Then Xu Qin and other juniors stepped forward to salute. She is not familiar with the young ones behind Miaojin, but Xu Qin, Xu Jingchang and others in front are very familiar, and it is usually difficult for Miaojin to see them, at this time, she reached out and flicked it on Jingchang's head, and said with a smile: "Jingchang, seeing that your fourth aunt returned to the house is so plain, I am not happy at all, and the fourth aunt spoiled you in vain." ”

"Fourth aunt, where did you spoil me back then, it was obvious that you were bullying your nephew by virtue of your seniority." Jingchang called Qu Dao.

"Then how can it be called bullying you, it's not good for the fourth aunt to play with you?" Miaojin continued to laugh.

Jingchang said a few more jokingly, and Miaojin agreed to salute the others, and went to the backyard under the hug. She wanted to go to the backyard, but the palace maids and eunuchs who came with her resolutely refused to allow it, so she could only carry her over with a step, and the female official Qingwen helped her to step towards the backyard.

After a short time, when he arrived at the main hall of the backyard, Miaojin stepped down, looked back at the scenery in the courtyard again, and walked in.

The crowd sat down according to their status. Although it is a family banquet, so many palace maids and eunuchs from the palace, Xu Feixu and others are also the maids of the palace, and they can't be the same as ordinary people's family banquets. After pushing and conceiving, the highest status of the man in the Xu family is Xu Huizu, but he is only a prince, two levels lower than the prince or the imperial concubine, of course, he can't rank first; Xu Feixu, as the former princess Wang Zheng, the current princess, and the oldest and highest person in the Xu family, sits in the most noble position, Xu Huihua, Xu Mengyu, Xu Miaojin, etc. are arranged in turn.

After taking a seat, Miao Jin sent out most of the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving beside him, and only two personal female officials Qingwen and Bijin were left around him, and then immediately said to Xu Huizu: "Big brother, although I don't usually come to our mansion at any time, I don't need to be so luxurious." ”

"Fourth sister," Xu Huizu saw that the subordinates in the house at this time were all descendants of the Xu Mansion or who had gone out of the Xu Mansion back then, and his speech was also a little relaxed: "This is the first time you have returned to the mansion after entering the palace in the first year of Jianye, and my brother will definitely arrange the mansion to the best." ”

"Yes, Fourth Aunt, Uncle was so happy when he heard that you could go back to the mansion to save his family, and he didn't do anything else all day, just thinking about how to arrange the furnishings in the house. It's the New Year's month, and even the spring flowers can't bloom, otherwise the uncle will plant spring flowers in the whole house! Xu Jingchang also hurriedly said.

When Miaojin heard this, her eyes reddened slightly. Although Yun Xi is also good to her, she can't compare with her family, not to mention that Yun Xi is the emperor after all, although she doesn't fight much, it doesn't mean that she doesn't need to think about anything, and she has to follow Yun Xi not to offend him, where can she get along with her family?

But she has also been in the palace for more than five years, and she is not the immature little girl she was back then, so she quickly recovered and said: "The kindness of the eldest brother and the younger sister understand it, but if there is a chance to return to the house next time, it must not be so luxurious and wasted." ”

"And," Miaojin also whispered: "Our family is now rich to the extreme, and the families of military generals in all dynasties are like ours, big brother, you arrange it like this, right for the family." ”

The preface of Miaojin's words did not match the afterword, but everyone present understood, and Xu Huizu said softly: "Those who are staring at the Xu family, even if they don't have this one, they will stare at the Xu family, and if they don't stare at the Xu family, they won't say anything." What's more, as an imperial concubine, you have a very high status, and no one dares to say anything if the eldest brother arranges it like this. ”

"As for the future of our family, your eldest brother and I already have a plan in mind."

"What's the plan?" Miaojin asked.

Xu Huizu didn't answer, and said: "Today is a matter of great joy for you to save your relatives, why are you talking about this?" Our brothers and sisters are listening to the drama and talking at the same time. He also instructed the maids who were waiting in the house to sing the opera.

The seven brothers and sisters chatted while listening to the play. The seven of them are either in a high position in the Ming Dynasty now, or they have married into the royal family, and even small talk will inevitably involve the affairs of the court or the court. What's more, there are people who also have questions and want to inquire.

"Fourth sister, you are in the palace, have you heard that you want to change the support for the feudal kings who are sealed overseas?" Xu Feixu saw that he was singing on the stage at this time, and he couldn't hear others talking from a little distance, so he came over and chatted a few words and said.

"My sister hasn't heard of this." Miao Jin thought for a while and said, "There is just one thing, during the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the emperor said that he would let the guards all over the country suppress the bandits after the year, and exile all the robbers who were captured alive to Hanzhou. Later, the emperor talked to whom, not only the bandits who were captured after the year, but all the felons were exiled to the Hanzhou continent in the future, so that there were fewer people who could be sent to other feudal countries. ”

"This," Xu Feixu was just about to speak, and suddenly thought: "The reduced people are all felons, and some of these people are good, but many of them are habitual bandits who have accumulated years, and it is a headache to send them over, even if they are all put in the army, Gao Xu is afraid that they will teach other soldiers badly, so it is nothing without them." ’

At this time, after the play was sung, Xu Huihua ordered the maid to give a reward, and when he turned his head and saw what the two of them were talking about, he also smiled and said, "What did the eldest sister and the fourth sister say?" ”

"Oh, speaking of the newly discovered Han Continent. How can you say that 20,000 miles to the east, there is really such a large continent? ”

Xu Huihua also sighed. But I wasn't very excited. For most of the Ming people in this era, discovering a new continent is just a little more talk, and it has nothing to do with their own lives. It's a little relevant to them, and that's whether or not they'll be blocked. But Zhu Gaoxu has already been sealed to the Su Domain, and the acting king has also been sealed to the Western Regions, and King An is determined to live in the capital, so they don't have to worry about this, and they are just like ordinary people as a talking point.

But Xu Feixu thought of something again, and said to Miaojin: "Sister heard that I brought back some crops and seeds from the Hanzhou Continent that I have never seen before? ”

"That's true." Miaojin replied. Of course, Yunxi can't just give it to Sister Xiyao and her sister, all palaces can eat it. Of course, tomatoes were eaten in two meals, and only corn kernels and peanuts and peppers, which were easier to preserve, were used by the soldiers as dry food.

"How do those crops taste? Is it delicious? "They also ate corn, peanuts and peppers at the Chinese New Year's Eve feast, and asked about other things.

"There's one fruit called tomatoes that tastes the best, but it's hard to bring back, and I've only eaten half of it. But he brought back a lot of seeds and said that he would plant them in the fields in the backyard of the palace next year. In addition, there are melon seeds, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., and the seeds are prepared. ”

"What about the fields that my father opened up back then?" Xu Feixu said with some surprise. She married Zhu Di in the tenth year of Hongwu, and Zhu Di only became a vassal in Beiping in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and among the four royal daughters-in-law present, she spent the longest time with Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Huihua and Dai Wang Zhu Gui went to Datong a year after they got married, and Xu Mengyu and Miaojin didn't even catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang to be his daughter-in-law/granddaughter-in-law before his death. Although the royal family lives separately after marriage, after all, they are all a family, and they have to enter the palace on the fifteenth day of every month, and they also have to enter the palace during the New Year's holidays.

Xu Miaojin obviously did not have such a habit, and said: "The fields opened up by the first emperor are not only here, but also expanded a lot. The back half of the palace was originally a lake, and the first emperor filled in the lake to build the palace because of the excellent feng shui in this place. But after all, the foundation is not as flat as the original, and the lake is not so easy to disperse. In the last years of Hongwu, some palaces began to seep water, and it has become even worse in recent years. ”

"The emperor changed part of the layout of the palace, abandoned those seeping palaces, and built a few palaces in the original open space for people to live in. All the seepage palaces were torn down and planted with rice. ”

"The emperor really cares about the people and cares about the farmers." Xu Huihua said very stylized, and then said: "But in this way, hasn't the feng shui of the palace changed?" ”

"The emperor doesn't believe in feng shui very much, and he thinks that he can't believe in feng shui, but he can't believe it all. So the palace was demolished. However, when the new palace was built, it was still shown to people who know feng shui. Miaojin said.

Xu Feixu didn't care about the feng shui of the palace either. Zhu Di himself didn't believe in these things, otherwise he would not have rebelled in history. Xu Feixu was also skeptical of his influence. She cares more about other things.

"Can those seeds brought back from Hanzhou survive in a place like Nanyang? I want some to go back and try out the planting outside of Qian'an. ”

"Well, it is said that some of the seeds are found in very hot places, and they can be planted alive. But it's not easy to get some seeds. All the seeds brought back by Fang Dudu were held in the hands of the emperor, and he also told Wang Xi that no one could take a seed without his orders. ”

"Why is that?" Xu Feixu was very curious. Some seeds, why are they so tightly controlled?

Miaojin said hesitantly: "My sister heard the emperor talk about it in a trance, as if she was afraid that there would not be enough seeds after the year, so she is so strict now?" ”

"What is he going to do after the year?" Xu Feixu asked curiously again. Not only her, but Xu Huihua also looked at her curiously.

This time Miaojin shook his head. "I don't know much about this, but it must be related to agriculture, agriculture and agriculture."

"Three farmers? What does that mean? Xu Feixu asked again.

"Three rural, that is, the countryside, agriculture, farmers, the emperor recently invented the word, all things related to farming, farmers, the countryside he collectively called the three rural."

"It's a novel name." Xu Feixu said.

She still wanted to speak, but she only heard Xu Huizu's voice beside her: "Eldest sister, second sister, fourth sister, what are you talking about here so happily?" ”

"I didn't say much, I just talked about the novel crops that I brought back from the Han Continent." Xu Feisu said with a smile.

Xu Huizu didn't ask much, and after hearing this, he chatted casually, and said, "Eldest sister, it's past noon now, should we continue to listen to the play here, or go to dinner?" ”

"I'm tired of working here for a long time, let's go eat. But don't make a small sedan chair or a walk, it's not snowing now, so let's walk over like this. Xu Feixu said.

There was no opinion. As a family of military generals, the Xu family will not completely follow Confucianism in the upbringing of their daughters, and the four sisters all know a little bit about fists and feet, and they don't like to be stuffy in the house all day. Even the pregnant Miaojin didn't want to sit down anymore and wanted to walk with them. The female official couldn't help him, so she could only escort him.

By the time they got to the place, the food was ready and placed on the table, and everyone sat down and began to eat. As a pregnant woman, Miaojin eats differently from everyone else, and prepares a separate serving.

After dinner, I took a little rest in the afternoon, and then got together to talk again. "Jingchang, I've been in the capital for half a year, have you been naughty? What's going on? Miaojin said to Xu Jingchang. After she returned to Beijing, it was the New Year immediately, and Xu Huizu's wife didn't mention Jingchang when she entered the palace and talked to her on the first day of the first month, so she asked.

"Fourth aunt, why do you always suspect that I will commit something?" Xu Jingchang showed an aggrieved expression.

"You pretend less! The fourth aunt still doesn't know what about you? How can you feel aggrieved because of this? Miao Jin smiled.

"The fourth aunt has seen me through." Jing Chang said with a smile: "In this case, the fourth aunt should also be able to see that the nephew has been honestly in the mansion or in the guard for more than half a year, and he doesn't go anywhere else." ”

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

"Fourth sister, Jingchang really hasn't been to other places for more than half a year." Xu Yingxu made a witness.

"That's weird." Miaojin was a little strange: "You usually like to play the most, but you have endured it for more than half a year?" ”

"Fourth aunt, what you said is not right. I was 20 years old after my birthday last July, and I was an adult. Naturally, it won't be the same as when I was a child. Xu Jingchang said.

"That's right, you're older too. In the future, the Xu family will have to rely on you. Miao Jin sighed and suddenly glanced at Xu Qin. Xu Qin was so frightened by her glance that he trembled.

"Big brother, it's time for Qin'er and them to experience more. Since he can't follow the literature, he can only practice martial arts, but he can train more. The next time we fight, let him go to the battlefield to train. After Miaojin said this, he hurriedly added: "Of course, you also have to pay attention to safety." ”

"I also know what you said, and the next time there is a fight, let him go to the battlefield and give it a try." Xu Huizu said: "Not only him, but Tai'er and they have to go through it. They don't have hereditary titles, they have to earn everything themselves. But. "As a father, Xu Huizu intellectually understands that his sons must go to the battlefield to train, but after all, he is his own son, and he always wants to pave the way for his sons in advance, so that he does not need to change his future with the danger of losing his life.

"It would be nice if there was a way to be safe and have a future." He concluded.

Of course, Miaojin didn't know such a method, so she could only comfort him a few words.

The afternoon passed quickly, and it was time for Miaojin to return to the palace. Everyone was reluctant to let her go back to the palace, but the rules could not be violated here, and everyone could only say goodbye.

But at this moment, a man from the Xu Mansion ran over and shouted loudly: "Master, master!" A distinguished guest is coming! ”

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