Lu Qingjin didn't say a word, so he held back all his thoughts, and could only smile wryly, and watched these ladies busy with their work, fortunately, although the family members of this official cared about pomp and circumstance, they still had some understanding, and the vegetable garden near the imperial garden was still intact, and Lu Qingjin couldn't say anything when he saw this, so he could only go to the vegetable garden to clean up by himself.

The vegetable garden is still lush and green, which makes people feel a lot better, Lu Qingjin walked on the side and looked at the overly lush plants and said with some concern: "Don't you all know how to prune these things?" If this continues, I am afraid that there will be no fruit to come out. ”

The little eunuch on the side hurriedly said: "The slave really doesn't know this, so I will ask the Internal Affairs Office to send someone over tomorrow, and it will be too late to think about it." ”

Lu Qingjin frowned, reached out and pulled off part of the branches and leaves of the tomatoes, and sighed long: "Is this still too late?" Never mind! You don't understand this, tomorrow I will call a few people from the Zhuangzi to be in charge, now you find a pair of scissors and I will prune here, or this mess will be rotten. ”

The little eunuch hurriedly brought a big pair of scissors over, and Lu Qingjin rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up for a while before raising his hand and saying, "Give me a cup of tea!" It's just too hot in this place. ”

Concubine Li handed over the teacup in her hand and said lightly: "I haven't seen a queen like you, don't you see those women in the imperial garden are all enjoying it, you are the most noble queen suffering here, and I don't know if it's upside down." ”

This was very teasing, but Lu Qingjin was not angry, but smiled faintly: "I don't dare to call those people over, you haven't seen how jealous I was over there when I was just here, if I call someone to help, I'm afraid I'll have to pick up my small vegetable garden." ”

Concubine Li stretched out her hand and took down the broken grass on her head and said slowly: "Don't look at how high these people seem to be, in fact, they are just cheeky and have a lively routine, or they still understand, who doesn't know the whole vegetable garden, they won't come here even if they leave the palace immediately, but the cost of a day today is really a bit big." ”

Lu Qingjin pursed his mouth, put down his already tired hand, rested for a while, and said slowly: "I thought that even if I responded to the emperor's invitation, I would give gifts, they wouldn't come empty-handed, right?" ”

Concubine Li couldn't help but smile and waved her hand behind her, Xiao Cui stepped forward and handed over the agarwood box in her hand with interest, Concubine Li took the box and nodded and raised her eyebrows and said helplessly: "This is not going to happen, but our queen mother does not take the usual path and likes some strange seeds, even if these people are sent in a car, they can't cover our expenses today, and they still suffer a loss." ”

Lu Qingjin was originally a little distressed about the money, but when she heard this, she became excited, she hurriedly took back the box in Concubine Li's hand, the box was made of agarwood, and it was slippery in her hand, Lu Qingjin tried several times and couldn't open it, so she returned it.

Seeing this, Concubine Li smiled, helped herself to sit alone on the chair, put the box on the table, and tinkered: "It turns out that giving gifts is just a casual box and putting it up, and now I don't know if it's because you like agarwood, but all the boxes sent to the palace are like this, in order to prevent the box from being damaged by impact, a layer of lime powder is smeared on it, which is not easy to open." ”

Lu Qingjin wiped his hands, put the scissors aside, walked over with the cup, and poured himself a cup of tea before saying: "Agarwood is very expensive, even if we have a box, we won't lose money, I don't know when these adults will be pragmatic, don't think about the good things in the Dayu treasury every day." ”

Concubine Li pushed the box that had been opened over and took a sip of milk, and said helplessly: "You think too well, isn't this official an official for wealth and power?" Who would beg for their own hardship. ”

Lu Qingjin glanced at it indifferently but almost screamed, only to see a whole box of corn quietly placed there, the orange and yellow color was very dazzling in the sun, Concubine Li glanced at it and turned her head uninterested: "It should have been sent from the marginal place, although I haven't seen it, it doesn't look like it's delicious." ”

Concubine Li was pregnant during this time, and she liked gorgeous things very much, so she couldn't look down on a lot of simple points, Lu Qingjin helplessly pulled the box in her direction, carefully observed the quality of the corn, and let out a long breath: "Don't look at this thing, it looks ugly, but it still tastes very good, especially for people like you who are pregnant in midsummer, it is the most nourishing to eat the body, and the yield of this thing is also considerable, if it is planted with Huaijiang rice, no one will starve this winter." ”

Concubine Li took a bite of the grapes on one side and said a little vaguely: "Aren't there sweet potatoes and potatoes now?" Aren't these two things enough? ”

Lu Qingjin got up and pulled her and walked in the direction of the Imperial Garden: "You just stay in a comfortable place for too long to not understand, although the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is very high, it is not a serious food, and if you eat too much, you will be hungry, this corn and Huaijiang rice are different, this is a serious food that can withstand hunger." ”

Lu Qingjin pulled the reluctant Concubine Li along the way, and when she arrived at the Imperial Garden, she saw all kinds of delicacies on the big table in the open-air pergola, not only pastries, but also spicy lobster, Concubine Li gasped and almost fainted: "These people are really excessive, I originally thought that they were just taking some vegetarian dishes in Shengshi Pavilion, this is simply Shengshi Pavilion's income for half a day, Niangniang, you still don't care?" ”

Lu Qingjin said in his heart that I want to take care of it, but no one listens to me, Qin Zhao walked over with some embarrassment, and smiled flatteringly at Concubine Li's unkind eyes: "I really don't have time to discuss this matter suddenly, these dishes were bought by me in the Shengshi Pavilion at that time, and the Yinzi Internal Affairs Office will go to settle the bill." ”

Lu Qingjin raised his eyebrows, took a sip of tea, calmed down, and felt better, but Concubine Li was not so easy to deal with, and almost shouted angrily: "You said it lightly, isn't the silver in this treasury also filled in with the dividends of Shengshi Pavilion, and these adults can just coax it, do you know the current situation of Dayu, how much money do you have to make to squander it!" ”

After all, Qin Zhao is the emperor, and when he said this, his face would be ugly if he couldn't hold it, Concubine Li was pregnant, and she was already uncomfortable in the middle of summer, so angry, her face was even more ugly, Xiao Cui looked at the confrontation between the two people with some concern, and didn't know what to do.