The Emperor shook his head, and his demands were only resigned.

The eldest prince stretched out his hand very elegantly and helped the elderly Cheng Li get up.

Cheng Li stood firm and hurriedly bowed in thanks.

The eldest prince smiled gently and followed the emperor inside.

The second prince glanced at Cheng Li lightly, his face was not happy or angry, and he walked in side by side with the eldest prince.

The remaining two younger, still young, were thinking about how to please their father in addition to playing every day, and they smiled at the turbulent waves of the court and followed in.

Cheng Lijing waited for everyone to go in and walked last.

The emperor had already sat down at this time, and when everyone was seated, a meal was served.

The emperor came this time, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple did not prepare, so he could only bring out meals for the officials.

These meals are of good grade for others, but if they were served to the emperor, they would be a little rough.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't mind, but ate sweetly.

In the room on the side, Yuan Baoer curled up pitifully.

Bursts of fragrance came through the cracks in the wall, making her even hungrier, who was already hungry.

Just when she thought she was going to carry it like this, a scent rushed to her nose.

Yuan Bao'er looked up, and Gu Sheng handed over a hu cake with vegetarian chicken and vegetarian meat.

"Thank you, sir," Yuan Bao'er stood up to salute, took the cake, and opened her mouth.

Seeing that Gu Sheng was still there, he hurriedly closed it.

Gu Sheng walked out expressionlessly, but after going out, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up.

In the house, Yuan Bao'er had already buried her head in hard work.

After eating two cakes, I finally felt that my appetite was filled, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

And in the compartment of the dining hall, several palace maids suddenly remembered the little lady who came with Master Cheng.

Several people talked, but they didn't see anyone, and they suddenly panicked.

Just as they were about to look for it, they saw the guards in front of the palace and learned that the little lady had left on her own, and a few people were relieved.

After eating, the emperor will return to the palace.

But before leaving, he stopped Cheng Li and said in a low voice: "Mr.'s Lin'er has grown up, why don't you let her share some of the burden for Mr." ”

Cheng Li smiled: "That child is still childish, I'm afraid that she will cause trouble, but she will be tired of getting down to business." ”

The emperor laughed, "Who hasn't grown up slowly?" ”

"I think she's very sensible."

"Ganluo is the twelfth phase, your Lin'er is the same age as him, but he can't be a phase, a petty official of six or seven grades, is not competent?"

Cheng Li's heart moved, and he secretly calculated that there seemed to be a few deficiencies in this grade at this time.

The emperor said: "I heard that she also contributed to the affairs of Changle County, and if she can serve the public wholeheartedly and only conduct one character, she will be better than those compounds that worry about the country and the people, but there are some mistakes, can't I tolerate it?" ”

It's all changed to me, and Cheng Li knows that this is the will.

He hurriedly went down and gave the order.

The Emperor nodded and walked away satisfied.

The eldest prince glanced at Cheng Li lightly, they were already Xu Guan, it seems that the father and the emperor value the ancestors and grandchildren of the Cheng family much more than others have seen, and he turned to look at the second prince.

The second prince looked calm, but only he knew what he thought inside.

The eldest prince retracted his gaze and, with everyone, went back to the palace.

Cheng Li sent the emperor away, and then he remembered that he hadn't seen Yuan Bao'er for a while.

He hurriedly went back to look for it, and saw Yuan Bao'er and Cuixin Wang Mama coming from the other side.

"Grandfather," Yuan Bao'er smiled, eating two delicious Hu cakes that could swallow her tongue, Yuan Bao'er's mood was very beautiful.

Cheng Li saw that she was fine, so he sighed softly, "It's not too early, let's go back too." ”

Yuan Bao'er nodded and got into the car with him.

The chess game was still there, Yuan Baoer was bent on reviewing the game, but Cheng Li had no thoughts.

"Bao'er, my grandfather asked you, do you want to be out at this time?"

"Now?"

Yuan Bao'er was surprised, "I haven't taken any homework yet?" And it's not too late? Is that okay too? ”

Cheng Li didn't know that Bao'er was too young, but with His Majesty's dictation, even he couldn't do anything.

"Do you want to or don't you want to?"

Yuan Bao'er lowered her eyes and thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, I am now and will be in the future, which do you think is better?" ”

Naturally, it's better to be older, she has just entered the academy, and she still knows a lot of knowledge, if she goes to the place, I'm afraid that something will really go wrong.

However, since the emperor had spoken, they had no choice at all.

"Each has its own pros and cons," Cheng Li analyzed for her, "but you have no choice, not now, and you won't have to in the future." ”

Yuan Bao'er's mouth opened slightly, and her eyes widened, "Why?" ”

Cheng Li thought that she might join the ranks, so he revealed more to her, "Your Majesty is not confused, I had two minor illnesses in succession a while ago, although it is fine, but I see that my spirit is far worse than last year." I guess he won't be able to wait that long. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the carriage.

"I'll go," Yuan Bao'er said in a deep voice for a long time.

"Have you thought about it?"

Cheng Lidao: "Do you know that if you join the office, you will be transferred to the Ministry of Industry and focus on farming." ”

"Nowadays, the control of fields is extremely chaotic, if you get involved in it, one of them is not done properly, and you are likely to lose your life."

Cheng Li didn't want her to join the royal family, and he didn't want her to be out of office at this time.

He originally planned to let Yuan Bao'er study in the academy for a few years, but he picked up the good work of farming, and when Bao'er came over, there was no obstacle.

The promotion and research and development of rice seeds may go more smoothly.

But he didn't want to, the emperor had a whim, he had to ask Bao'er to participate in the election at this time, and the Ministry of Industry was in a mess at this time, and Bao'er came in, afraid that she would suffer.

"I'm not afraid," Yuan Bao'er smiled when she saw Cheng Li's sorrow, "Compared with my life, I would rather die than live silently." ”

"Nonsense," Cheng Li is old, and he can't listen to this the most.

Yuan Bao'er saw that he really went to his heart, and hurriedly smiled and hugged his arm.

"Okay, let's not talk about it."

She leaned against his arm, and when she saw Cheng Li's expression softened, she whispered: "My lifelong wish is to let no one starve to death in the Qing Dynasty, I know, this idea is too stupid." ”

"But I'm willing to do everything I can for this stupid idea."

"Now that Your Majesty can afford it, and you want me to help him with my modest strength, how can I shirk it?"

"You kid," Cheng Li swore by caressing her sideburns, a little regretful.

"It's just that I shouldn't have taught you too much, if you didn't learn, you wouldn't have this mind."

Yuan Bao'er smiled, "Even if you don't learn, I'm me." I have eyes, and I see the suffering of the hungry people, the suffering of the people, and I still think so. ”

Cheng Li let out a long sigh, "Who do you say this kid you look like?" ”

"Naturally, it's like an ancestor," Yuan Bao'er shook his sleeve coquettishly.

Cheng Li was shaken by her and had no choice but to sigh and go with her.

When he returned home, Cheng Li wrote a letter and ordered Zhang Dalang to send it to the academy.