In March, the annual spring hunt was changed to a spring banquet, because most of the military generals of the DPRK and China were gone, and the rest were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and the climate on the border side was harsh, sometimes there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants, although there were always materials transported there, but the deworming medicine was obviously not enough.

So, some ministers advised the emperor to hold a spring banquet, and invited the nobles in Beijing to enter the palace to mix incense, to see who made the most effective sachet, and the emperor approved.

As soon as the news came out, the nobles in the capital were enthusiastic, after all, this was a rare opportunity to show their faces in front of the emperor.

If he behaves well, he may be able to be assigned to marry the two princes of the current dynasty.

Of course, it is naturally the best to be able to become the crown princess, if not, it is not bad to become the seventh princess, now the situation in Beijing is very good, the relationship between the seven princes and the prince is good, anyone can see that it is not a problem for him to be crowned a king in the future.

As for the useless fifth prince, everyone naturally doesn't think about him anymore, and at a glance, he knows that he has no future at all, even if the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, he is afraid that he will not even be able to get a prince.

Therefore, even if you can't become the crown princess, it's good to be the seventh princess.

And so, the ladies began to move.

Fang Yuanyuan naturally also received the news, and came to Gu Mansion early in the morning.

As soon as she entered Qinyuan, she opened her voice and shouted: "Sister Qin, have you heard?" His Majesty asked the nobles in Beijing to show their strengths and make sachets that can not only repel snakes and insects, but also calm the nerves. ”

Qin Niang was picking up the pen and drawing something seriously, and she was not too surprised to hear the words, she didn't even pause with the pen, but the words still responded to her: "I heard that after the dispersal of the dynasty, my sister-in-law came to chat with me for a few words, and brought me some pastries made by her own hands by the way." ”

As soon as Fang Yuanyuan entered the house, he saw that she was painting seriously, so he stepped forward curiously and asked, "What are you painting?" ”

After Qin Niang added the best pen, she straightened up, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "A kind of artillery that can replace the rushing car, to put it bluntly, it is a large firearm, but this is much more expensive to do, and it also needs experiments." ”

Qin Niang stared at the picture drawn on the red and tightened her eyebrows.

Fang Yuanyuan glanced at the paper and said very incomprehensibly: "This thing looks a little strange, are you sure it can be used?" ”

Qin Niang put the pen aside, touched her chin and said: "This is made according to the structure of firearms, it's not like no one has ever made this kind of artillery before, it's just too expensive, and it's also very cumbersome, if it is transported to the border, it will attract people's eyes and ears, and it is easy to be robbed, so I thought, can I reduce the size and hold it in my hand." ”

Fang Yuanyuan had also heard of that kind of artillery, but it was something bigger and more bulky than a punch car, and it was really inconvenient to use, and it was also very difficult to change the gunpowder, and it was very difficult to transport it back and forth.

"But if it's made into a hand cannon, what can it do?" It was hard for Fang Yuanyuan to imagine that a cannon that could be held in his hand was not the same as a firecracker?

"So I've improved it a bit, and I think I'll take it to the blacksmith tomorrow and let them try to make one." Moreover, this matter cannot be delayed, if it can be successful, she must let them build more and send a few to the major borders.

If the siege has this thing, it will undoubtedly be a matter of twice the result with half the effort.

"Okay, when you have someone make it, remember to call me to take a look, and I want to see how powerful this new style of artillery is." Fang Yuanyuan said, a hint of hope appeared in his eyes.

She never doubted Qin Niang's words.

"Are you here today just to tell me about the Spring Banquet?" Qin Niang then took her eyes off the paper and looked at Fang Yuanyuan's face.

Qiu Tao knew that Fang Yuanyuan was coming, so she had already brewed the tea, put it on the coffee table on the side, and then asked the little girls to go to the kitchen to serve some snacks.

Fang Yuanyuan saw that there was food and drink, and he was not polite, he sat on the side of the coffee table, looked around with his eyes and asked, "Huh?" Where's your little warbler? ”

The corners of Qin Niang's mouth twitched, and she suspected that she had come to Ying'er to play with her, not to her.

"My sister-in-law took her out to play, and she also took Brother Yun'er, saying that there were new things on Xiyang Street, and she wanted to take their brother and sister out to see the excitement." Qin Niang sat down opposite Fang Yuanyuan, poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip and said.

Brother Yun is the son of Gu Chen's eldest brother and sister-in-law, now he is five years old, he looks very cute, since the birth of Ying'er, he followed his parents to Gu's house to see it, and he shouted every now and then to find his sister to play, and sometimes he even came here to play all day and was reluctant to leave.

No way, the Gu family's male Ding is thriving, since the generation of the old man Gu, the Gu family has never had a daughter, Gu Chen's eldest brother and sister-in-law have given birth to three children in a row, all of them are men, and they finally got a daughter here, can they not be fresh?

Gu Yun is the youngest son of Gu Chen's eldest brother and sister-in-law, the eldest son and second son have been sent to the academy to go to school, and they are the kind that live in the academy, and they will go home on weekdays.

Because Gu Yun is not yet old, he can still come to Gu Mansion to play with his sister all day long, but according to Old Man Gu's temperament, I am afraid that he will be sent to school next year.

"When I was a child, I didn't know what it was like." Fang Yuanyuan sighed, stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth, and then squinted his eyes in enjoyment, "This is Sister-in-law Gu's craft, right?" ”

Qin Niang nodded, all her energy has been spent on improving weapons recently, and all these cooking and embroidery jobs have been left behind by her.

Let her make something to eat by herself at this time, I'm afraid she can't even control the heat.

"You came to tell me about the Spring Banquet, is it possible, do you want me to attend together?" Qin Niang drank tea and said lightly.

"Of course not." Fang Yuanyuan pursed his lips and said, "I'm purely here to gossip with you." ”

As she spoke, she retold the contents of a minister's proposal to the emperor in a vivid and vivid manner, and at the end she did not forget to mock: "Look at these people, isn't it just to let your daughter show her face in front of Your Majesty?" Is it possible to find such a high-sounding reason? ”

To put it bluntly, isn't it a draft that wants to be transformed?

Who is the fool when it comes to it!

"I don't think your sister-in-law will repeat the original words in such detail, after all, the person who revealed the news to her will definitely not say it so clearly, she only knows a rough idea, so, what do you think when you hear me say this?" Fang Yuanyuan asked with interest while biting the osmanthus cake in his hand.

"What can I think, they want a draft, it depends on whether His Majesty is happy or not." Qin Niang tugged at the corners of her lips, "I see that Your Majesty doesn't want to make any marriage contract for the crown prince now, and the candidate for the crown princess, I think the queen must also have a number in her heart, and it is useless for these people to fight." ”

"Isn't there still the Seven Princes?" Fang Yuanyuan blinked his eyes and said with interest, "After all, it's already eighteen, if this is the son of a normal family, he would have already married, and this Concubine Chu would not be in a hurry." ”

Qin Niang looked at her speechlessly: "The prince is not in a hurry, what is he anxious about, but he is only eighteen, a man can start a business first, and then start a family, even if he is in his twenties, no one dares to say anything gossip." ”

What's more, it's a royal man.

If you change the woman and don't marry seventeen, I'm afraid you will be drowned in saliva.

"But, Sister Qin, don't you go with me to see the excitement?" Fang Yuanyuan propped his elbows on the coffee table, leaned his head towards Qin Niang's side and said.

Qin Niang rolled her eyes: "People want a noble girl in Beijing, what does it have to do with me?" I'm already a noblewoman. ”

The corners of Fang Yuanyuan's mouth twitched: "But Your Majesty didn't say that as long as she is not out of the cabinet, this woman has always been skillful, and this matter is solving problems for the soldiers in front of her, what does it have to do with the talent and ingenuity in the brain?" Could it be that a woman can't make sachets? ”

The left and right are just making sachets, is it possible that they have to be out of the cabinet?

The Emperor didn't say that.

Therefore, Fang Yuanyuan felt that as long as she was an official woman with more than four grades in Beijing, she could be qualified to enter the palace to compete.

"The person who put forward this opinion must just want his own girl to show her face in the palace, and they all have to hate me to death when I go." Qin Niang said without modesty.

It's not that she braggarts, in the past few years, she has also learned some pharmacology with Mama Jin, and she has read a few medical books in her spare time, and she knows more than those noble girls in Beijing who stay at home, let them sew a sachet, Qin Niang believes that they are better than the other.

But if they want to put some practical things for the soldiers in the sachet, they are afraid that they will not be able to do it.

"Then let them hate you to death, anyway, you don't like it even if you don't show off on weekdays." Fang Yuanyuan said unceremoniously.

Qin Niang glanced at her speechlessly: "If you dare to love, you just came over to lobby me just to watch a big scene." ”

Fang Yuanyuan didn't hide it, and nodded very happily.

can see Qin Niang killing in all directions, which is much better than watching those noble girls compete for favor.

Besides, a large number of soldiers have only left in Beijing, and they have gone to the front to fight hard, and they don't know if they can come back alive, but these people in Beijing are still thinking about climbing the power and expanding the power in their hands at this time, which is really unpleasant.

"Ah Yuan, you've been separated for three years now, and you really don't plan to marry again?" Qin Niang looked at her seriously and asked.

Fang Yuanyuan is only a few months younger than her, and now she is almost nineteen, if she doesn't marry, the Fang family won't know how to be criticized in the future.

"Marry what? A woman can't live alone? I also look down on it, and our Fang family is not afraid of others gossiping. For this, Fang Yuanyuan is very open-minded.

This world is so harsh on women, but if she doesn't care, others can't do anything to her.

Just like Qin Niang, in this era of three wives and four concubines for men, she wants to have a couple for a lifetime, and what can others do with her?

So, why is she vulgar?

Fang Yuanyuan said this, and Qin Niang didn't say anything anymore.

At this time, the voice of the porter sounded from outside the door: "Young lady, the young master's cousin is here." ”