"Ouch~, I'm tired to death, I have to take a concubine for my husband while I am pregnant with a child, I'm afraid that I am the only one in the entire Great Song Dynasty who is so miserable!" As soon as Cao Ying came back, she immediately complained in front of Zhao Yan, and also put her legs on the chair, and motioned for Mi Xue to beat her legs.

Looking at Cao Ying's Lafayette appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be a little funny, but he deliberately said angrily: "It's not all caused by you, but I have paid myself to help you!" ”

"If you get cheap, you're still selling well, that's what you're talking about, husband, what you look like now!" Cao Ying heard Zhao Yan's words, but she raised her head and glanced at him and said, although Ouyang Wanling came together with Zhao Yan by mistake because of Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang's indiscriminate help, but in the final analysis, it was because Zhao Yan had ruined Ouyang Wanling's reputation, otherwise she would not have been married at the age of eighteen or nineteen.

"By the way, my husband asked my eldest brother to come fishing today, did you tell him about my father asking you to urge my eldest brother?" Cao Ying suddenly asked again at this time, Zhao Yan would not hide anything from her, after all, Cao Ying is not only an expert in governing the family, but also very familiar with the affairs of the court, and there are some things that Zhao Yan can't decide, so he will ask Cao Ying for advice.

"Well, it's already been said, and the eldest brother also agrees to determine the candidate for the crown princess after he goes back, but there is a piece of news that is neither good nor bad, do you want to hear it?" Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment.

"Oh? What does it mean to be not good and not "bad news"? Cao Ying also asked very strangely.

"It's not good to say that it's not good, that's because the eldest brother has already sued me, and the cousin prepared by your Cao family may not be able to become the crown princess!" Zhao Yan said immediately, from Cao Ying's standpoint, she naturally hoped that Zhao Yan could make the woman of the Cao family the crown princess, but unfortunately this was destined to be disappointed.

"How so?" Cao Ying also said to herself with some disappointment. Then he looked up at Zhao Yan and said, "Could it be that the eldest brother has already decided to choose that Gao family woman as the crown princess?" ”

"Haha, this is the not bad side of this news, because the eldest brother did not choose the woman of the Gao family as a concubine, and even he has already stated that he will never make a woman from the gate a concubine!" Zhao Yan laughed when he heard this.

"This ......" Cao Ying was stunned for a moment when she heard Zhao Yan's words. Then he said to himself, "This is really not good or bad news, but the eldest brother is really bold, aren't you afraid of offending the Queen Mother and the Queen because of this?" ”

"Alas, the eldest brother's temper has been discussed before, and he may compromise on other things, but he is very stubborn and assertive about his marriage, and I even guess that it is probably because the queen is too strong. made the eldest brother have some rejection of the Jiangmen woman, so he made this decision. Zhao Yan said immediately, and also told his analysis of Zhao Ji's personality, and he also guessed that the reason why Zhao Yan made this decision was on Queen Gao.

"Giggles, it's understandable to say this, I'm afraid the queen herself didn't expect that it was because of her that the eldest brother refused to take the woman from the Jiangmen as a concubine. But this is also good, saving the Cao and Gao families from fighting for the position of the crown princess. Cao Ying couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. For a strong woman like Queen Gao, she doesn't like it very much, after all, it doesn't matter if a woman is stronger, but if she is too strong, it will be disgusting, at least it is very wrong for Zhao Yan and Princess Bao'an and other princes and princesses not to recognize their biological mothers.

"Huh. Aren't you disappointed? Zhao Yan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Cao Ying's appearance, although Cao Ying was already his wife, she was also the daughter of the Cao family, and sometimes she also had to consider the interests of the family, so Zhao Yan wanted to come. When she heard the news that Zhao Ji did not choose the woman of the Cao family as the crown princess, she must have been a little disappointed.

"Giggle~" Zhao Yan's words just fell, but he didn't expect Cao Ying to laugh, and after a while, he said, "Husband doesn't know, my cousin who has been cultivated into the palace since childhood is named Cao Ruo, and she is the sister of Cao Ni's cousin, and she ranks sixth among the sisters in the family, but my cousin has looked at me unpleasantly since she was a child, and she has not even heard her called. ”

"Hey, that's strange, there is such a thing between your sisters?" Zhao Yan was also a little surprised when he heard this, although Cao Ying's personality is also a little strong, but she still takes good care of her sisters, for example, like Cao Ni and Hu Yanping, she also helped her when they encountered difficulties before, so Zhao Yan didn't expect Cao Ying to get along with her cousin badly.

"Hehe, the king of the county doesn't know, originally the family wanted to train the princess as a candidate for entering the palace, but the princess has been very assertive since she was a child, and she didn't want to enter the palace at all, so she refused, and as a result, the family trained the sixth sister as a candidate for entering the palace, so the sixth sister always felt that she was not as good as the princess, and she wanted to compare with the princess everywhere, and the result became the current situation." At this time, Mi Xue, who was beating Cao Ying's legs, suddenly said with a smile.

"Mouthy!" Cao Ying glanced at Mi Xue, but she didn't mean much blame, after all, she didn't care about these things for a long time, and even joked with Zhao Yan in the end, "Husband, I almost became your sister-in-law." ”

"Ouch! The royal sister-in-law is above, please accept the little brother's worship! Zhao Yan also joked at this time, he didn't expect Cao Ying to have this experience, but it's not surprising to think about it, Cao Ying is not only the first in appearance among her sisters, but also rare is that her intelligence and insight are even more outstanding, usually Zhao Yan has to ask him for advice when she encounters things, so if she enters the palace, she is really a mother in the world, it is estimated that the elders of the Cao family also saw this, so they chose Cao Ying, but unfortunately Cao Ying has no interest in this, and her temperament is too strong, it is estimated that Cao Ying will not dare to force those people.

"I'm going to die, be quiet, and don't be afraid to let outsiders hear the joke!" Cao Ying heard Zhao Yan speak too loudly, and immediately beat his chest and shouted, but then she also felt a little funny, and laughed out loud again.

Accompanied Cao Ying to chat for a few words, then Zhao Yan turned his head to Mi Xue and asked: "Mi Xue, you and Ning Er and Si'er have been really hard during this time, and the family has been quite smooth during this time, have you encountered any trouble?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's rare question about family matters, Mi Xue couldn't help but smile and said: "Thank you for your concern, as long as you stay at home with peace of mind, there will be no trouble if you are in trouble." But as soon as Mi Xue said this, she suddenly frowned, as if she had thought of something, and then said, "There is one thing that is not a trouble, but the slave maid and the two sisters dare not make the decision, and they are about to discuss it and then sue the prince and princess." ”

"Oh? What is it that makes you, the little housekeeper, afraid to call the shots? Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment, Mi Xue is Cao Ying's right-hand man, managing the affairs of the family inside and out, so the little bean sprouts are called her little housekeeper behind her.

"Ah, it must be the nickname given to me by Little Bean Sprouts again, it's ugly!" When Mi Xue heard the name of the little housekeeper, she immediately guessed who it was, and then shouted with a dissatisfied face.

"Giggles, I think it's very appropriate, let's call Mixue little housekeeper in the future!" Cao Ying covered her mouth and smiled at this time, since she was pregnant, her personality has become much more lively, and she often jokes with Mi Xue and them.

"Princess~, you...... How can you fool around like a small bean sprout! Mi Xue heard Cao Ying's teasing, and was dissatisfied again at the moment, but the result naturally caused Cao Ying to laugh again.

After making a few jokes, Mi Xue had the opportunity to continue the topic just now, only to see her ponder for a moment and say: "The prince and princess, although we added a few more canning workshops last year, both the army and the people have a huge demand for canned food, but our canning workshop can't even meet the needs of the army, so during this time, the imperial court has been urging us to expand production, but this is not something that can be done in one sentence, I discussed with my two sisters for a few days, and I didn't come up with a good solution." ”

"What's so rare about expanding production, just open a few more canning factories?" Zhao Yan asked strangely when he heard this, there is no shortage of money in the house now, so in his opinion, it is not difficult to add a few canning workshops.

"The king of the county doesn't know, our canned food is mainly divided into canned fruit and canned meat, among which canned fruit is okay, the annual fruit output nearby is enough to supply the production of several of our canning factories, but canned meat is different, after all, Tokyo's meat is also shipped from other places, the freight alone is not a small amount, and the number of shipments is also limited, and now the meat raw materials in our canning workshop are already somewhat insufficient, so even if we increase the canning factory, I am afraid that we will face a situation where there is no meat." Mi Xue explained to Zhao Yan at the moment.

"I see, I forgot about that." Zhao Yan also showed a sudden expression when he heard this, in this era, not only the transportation is not developed, but there is no means to keep the meat fresh, so the transportation of meat can only send some live sheep and live pigs, and then slaughter them when they arrive at the destination, so that not only the number of transportation is limited, but also the cost of transportation is extremely high.

"Alas, I was worried about this problem before, but I didn't expect to encounter it so soon." At this time, Cao Ying also sighed, when she first opened a canning workshop, she took into account the problem of raw materials, but the popularity of canned food Cheng dù still far exceeded her expectations, only one year, the development of canning workshops has encountered the bottleneck of raw materials.

"Then why don't you go to the production area of those raw materials and start a canning factory?" Zhao Yan asked again at this time.

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Cao Ying and Mi Xue glanced at each other helplessly, and then spoke: "Husband's idea is very good, but there are two problems that need to be solved. (To be continued......) R1292