Chapter Seventy-One: Spotting Opportunities
Mu Qing was taken out again, and the person he saw was not Lin Zhennan, but Bailichen.
He looked at the embarrassed Mu Qing with a cold face, and after confirming that she was not hurt much, he left with a calm face.
Mu Qing also knew that he was really angry, after all, it was because he left without permission this time, which led to such serious consequences, and she felt a little guilty in her heart when she thought of this.
On the other side, Xin'er breathed a sigh of relief on her face, if her mother was in any danger, how would she explain to the third prince?
"Niangniang, you can't be so impulsive next time, otherwise the slave will really have no way to explain."
Mu Qing nodded, he also knew that he had really done something inappropriate this time, and he shouldn't have chosen to stay here in a fit of anger with him, and now he was not only arrested as a threat to Bai Lichen.
Moreover, Bai Lichen had to disobey the emperor's order and send the rations that were originally going to be given to other county towns here.
Mu Qing originally wanted to apologize, but everyone walked to the door of Bailichen's room, but was stopped by the guards.
"Third Imperial Concubine, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has instructed you not to let you in, and please don't embarrass us subordinates."
Mu Qing knew that he must not want to see him, so he deliberately asked someone to stop at the door, and cautiously asked the guard.
"Are the third prince still angry?" The guard shook his head and nodded, for a long time Mu Qing didn't understand what he was talking about, and he didn't dare to say what Bailichen had instructed again.
"Okay, Xin'er, let's go back first, it seems that His Royal Highness doesn't want to see me now, and I still have some important things to say to him."
Mu Qing deliberately made her voice very loud so that the people inside could hear it, and sure enough, just when she raised her feet and wanted to go back, someone came out of it.
"His Royal Highness said that please come in, the third imperial concubine."
Mu Qing turned his head and smiled, with a hint of joy.
"Okay, what the hell do you have to say, just say it now, and get out when you're done." Bai Lichen put down the book in his hand and frowned tightly.
Danqing on the side bowed his head to serve, he never thought that Bai Lichen would be forced to such an irritable point by a woman, which was unheard of by him for more than ten years of serving his master.
He sympathized with the Third Imperial Concubine in his heart, but he felt that she would definitely be troubled by his own son-in-law today.
"Still angry?"
Mu Qing was not polite, and sat directly opposite Bai Lichen, but Bai Lichen looked away, looking unwilling to see Mu Qing.
"Okay, this time I didn't do well, I shouldn't be stubborn and insist on staying here, I should go with you, otherwise this kind of thing won't happen, I know, Fengyuan County is the source of drought, as long as Fengyuan is well managed, there will naturally be rice grain to other towns."
Bai Lichen was slightly taken aback by these words, obviously he didn't expect Mu Qing to say such a thing.
In his eyes, Mu Qing is just a little clever, and he still lacks a little bit of heat in big things.
But now Mu Qing's performance is telling him that she actually understands.
It's just that this makes Bailichen even more angry.
"Why are you staying here when you know that?"
If she knew her intentions, why did she stay here and not leave?
Mu Qing was choked up, she actually wanted to say that at that time, it was just a fight with Bailichen.
But I always felt that I would be killed if I said such words, so I finally chose to change my word.
"Aren't I angry that you abandoned these people, you see, if you don't make a move, the people in Linqi Town will starve to death, it's too pitiful."
Too lazy to talk to Mu Qing about these crooked theories, Bai Lichen waved his hand to drive people away, but fortunately, Mu Qing reacted first, and she rushed to speak before Bai Lichen.
"Don't you listen to what I want to say? It's about this drought. ”
After saying that, Mu Qing commanded his heart, and the expression on his face was a little proud.
"I found a blade of grass in the woods."
With that, Xin'er put the fern on the table, and the fern leaves were fluffy and fluffy, and it looked a little cute.
"You don't mean to say that this bracken can satisfy your hunger?"
Bai Lichen's face was a little obviously disappointed, and Danqing on the side was worried that the two masters would quarrel, so he was busy speaking.
"Third Imperial Concubine Niangniang, although this bracken looks edible, once it is cooked, it will contain toxins on it, and people will suffocate and shock to death if they eat it."
Mu Qing nodded, looking like I knew.
"Now that you know, what else do you do with it?"
"Naturally, I have a reason, the toxin of this fern is not in the leaves, but on the outside of the fluff, as long as you find a way to remove the fluff, it is not poisonous after cooking, and it will not be harmful, but it is very nutritious."
Removing fluff?
Even Xin'er's face was a little surprised, when Niangniang ordered to get this blade of grass in the morning, she persuaded Niangniang several times that this blade of grass could not be eaten, because after eating it, she would be poisoned and die, but Niangniang obviously didn't want to pay attention to it.
I didn't expect it to be like this.
"But this is easy to remove the fluff, but it is not easy to do, this leaf is already tender, if you use a brush to brush it, it will only be brushed down with the leaves, and it will not be edible at that time."
"This is simple, as long as you use some vinegar and salt, the fluff on ordinary fruits, as long as you use some salt, you can get rid of it, but the fluff on this fern can only be completely removed with vinegar and salt."
This fern grows a lot in the forest, but because it is poisonous, no one eats it even in times of famine.
Now, if it is really like what Mu Qing said, it can be said to be a great help to this drought.
After all, rations have always been scarce, and the discovery of something that can not only satisfy hunger but also be abundant can naturally replace rations.
"Okay, you're not angry now, are you? I'm not stupid, I'm here for a long time, I don't have anything on my hands, my goal in the first place was to be able to find these plants that can be eaten in a meal replacement, so that the pressure of the drought can be relieved. ”
Mu Qing talked eloquently and selected several plants, Bai Lichen's heart couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
No matter how unloved Mu Qing is, how could she know so many things if she is still the second lady of the Mu family, and Mu Qing's personality is a little different from the previous legend.
He even suspected that the current Mu Qing and the previous Mu Qing were not the same person at all.
"How do you know this, as far as I know, the second lady of the Mu family can be said to be at home, but you know these things that ordinary people can't know."
"My mother's family is in business, and the third prince should know about it."
Mu Qing smiled, she had long known that Bai Lichen would suspect this matter, so she had already thought of her words, and now she can say that her face is not red and her heart is not beating when she lies.
"There are a lot of books in her collection about this, but unfortunately, after her mother died, her mother threw them away."
Speaking of which, she also leaked a look of regret.
"I haven't read several of them yet, but I can't find them anymore."
Mu Qing's maternal ancestor He family is a well-known business family, and he also has certain connections in the capital, although he has severed the relationship for many years, he is reluctant to let his daughter suffer.
Naturally, there are a lot of things to dowry, and it is normal for some of them to be ancient books that no one has heard of.
Naturally, Bai Lichen wouldn't believe it so quickly, so he just hesitated for a while, and finally seemed to feel that even if he didn't believe it, there seemed to be no reason to refute it.
He has never believed in the study of ghosts and gods, and besides, Mu Qing has been confined to the mansion every day before, even if he has nothing to do, it is normal to like to tinker with some strange gadgets.
"Okay, forget about this matter, Danqing, you order to go down, send half of the guards to the forest to collect this blade of grass, and then let the cook learn how to deal with it, and finally make a meal for the victims to eat."
Danqing responded, his face showing a little joy.
He used to beg his master to open his mind, but now he begged his two masters not to quarrel at every turn, he was just a poor subordinate, and he couldn't stand this.
The cook, who was instructed to do things, felt a little strange at first, why this third imperial concubine came up with such an unbelievable approach.
But when he washed one of the blades of grass with a mixture of vinegar and salt, he was slightly surprised to find that the fluff on it had long since disappeared.
In fact, this fern is full and juicy, so it tastes good in the first place, and if it weren't for the fact that it can't be eaten, it would have been picked up a long time ago.
It is very easy to grow, there are many forests around Linqi Town, but after a while, the soldiers and soldiers will pick a few large baskets of grass blades, and boil these grass blades into vegetable paste, which has a unique flavor to eat.
Lin Zhennan originally got two boxes of grain, and distributed it from door to door, and each family only received a small bag of rice.
Unexpectedly, now that the Third Imperial Concubine had found such a good alternative to food, Lin Zhennan's eyes turned a little red.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, thank you to the Third Imperial Concubine, if it weren't for the help of the two nobles, I'm afraid the people in Linqi Town wouldn't have survived for a few days."
He was a little ashamed in his heart, when the three imperial concubines were in the forest before, he also found someone to follow and kidnap the three imperial concubines, who knew that people were actually looking for something to eat for them.
However, Mu Qing didn't care too much about the past, but she could understand the suffering of these victims.