Out of Xihua Gate, you will be greeted by a burst of magnolia flowers.

As soon as they passed, there was a commotion. Because Zhu Zhanji walked in front, those who gave way and saluted, made Hua Qiao and Fang Wanyan uncomfortable.

"Brother Taisun, we won't go with you, I'm sorry to ......"

Hua Qiao just wanted to pull Fang Wanyan to the side, but Zhu Zhanji pulled his sleeve, and he smiled: "Where are you going, I'll take you to meet the concubine." ”

Hua Qiao had no choice but to give Fang Wanyan's hand, and followed Zhu Zhanji into a waterfront pavilion, Quanlu Pavilion.

Fang Wanyan turned her head and saw that Xu Zhijin was standing beside her father, who was talking in a low voice, without looking at her. If you have a son-in-law, you don't want a daughter?

Fang Shizheng now doesn't know how satisfied he is with the son-in-law that his daughter chose herself.

The Xu family is a rich party, Xu Zhijin is very clear about the family of businessmen, the methods of tax evasion, the old father-in-law's treasury is stretched, and the new son-in-law gave him an idea:

First, check the underreporting, omission, and reporting of goods by businessmen, and second, check the corruption of tax officials and the "personal favors" of local officials.

Brother Xu: Brother, you didn't get much property, but your brother didn't treat you badly...... Yes, for you, brother has made less money in the past two years, do you want the list of corrupt tax officials?

Xu Zhijin also told Taisun that there is no grain in the treasury and no food for the common people, so is it true that Daming has not grown food? Starting from the Beijing Division, regardless of the emperor's relatives and relatives, if they have land in their hands, they have to bear the military rations needed for the emperor's Northern Expedition.

Imperial Grandson: Do you mean that the emperor's imperial village, the imperial concubine's imperial village, my father and my imperial village will all provide grain? Yes, I'm the youngest, I'll go out first, do you want me to go to the harem to ask for something?

Anyway, this year's accounts have finally been settled.

The imperial grandson took the buckwheat and came to a group of women dressed in woven gold clothes, and sitting in the middle was the daughter of Zhang Yu, the king of the river, Zhang Guifei Niangniang.

Guifei Niangniang is the daughter of Jiangmen, she entered the palace late, although young, but Yongle Emperor thanked her father for his merits, canonized her as a concubine, and let her take charge of the affairs of the six palaces.

"I heard the old prince of the Zongren Mansion tell me, saying that he hugged you and the nurse's son by mistake back then, and it is not easy for your father to get you back, the flesh and blood of the Zhu family, in the end, are more noble, and don't let you suffer a lifetime of grievances.

Xiancao, you go and bring the pair of jade Ruyi I got this year, and enjoy the buckwheat, so that she can do her filial piety in front of her parents with peace of mind. Hey, your earrings are special, one color on one side, come to me, let the palace see. ”

Hua Qiao stepped forward with a smile, and Zhang Guifei took a closer look, red sapphires are not rare, and they are rare to match like this.

"Since you like colored gemstones, this palace has a peacock opening screen, and it is inlaid with colored gemstones, so you can only wear it for a young girl, so I will reward you."

The county lord of Yanping, who accompanied his mother and sat in front of the concubine for a long time, was really itchy with hatred:

The hairpin I wear is also inlaid with jade and gemstones, why didn't you think of matching it with me?

After meeting the concubine, Hua Qiao withdrew from the Quanlu Pavilion.

Zhu Zhanji was left behind for questioning: The concubine wanted to ask him if the emperor had eaten the food he had donated.

Hua Qiao looked around, there was no one she knew, and even Chunxi didn't know where to go.

Quanlu Pavilion is in the west of the Guanghan Palace, and the sound of "quack" came from the opposite bank, and there were big white and black birds vaguely seen, and there was the swan room of the West Garden.

Hua Qiao was interested, and she didn't look for Chunxi, so she carried her skirt and walked along the path on the bank of the Taiye Pond towards the direction of the swan house.

Although the West Garden is dominated by the water surface, there are also rabbit platforms, swan houses and tiger cities, so that the royal family can enjoy here. But if you want to hunt, you still have to go to Nanyuan.

The daughter of the county lord of Jiaxing and the two ministers rested in the Yingcui Palace, they had just fed the swans and rabbits back, and the girls were afraid of the sun, so they went to the hall next to them to rest and chat.

"Huh? Isn't that the girl who shot radishes with the men at the spring banquet? Miss Lu of the Ministry of Rites said with a smile: "She is always so shocking, she walks alone, and she doesn't even bring a girl." ”

"Who is she, how can she see her at the spring banquet and summer banquet?" Miss Wang, the right inspector of the imperial historian, asked curiously.

"This ...... She was...... My half-sister. "Jiaxing doesn't know how to explain the strange origin of buckwheat.

The gossip hearts of the two girls immediately jumped, and the three handkerchiefs exchanged their heads and began to discuss.

Hua Qiao saw someone in the Yingcui Hall from a distance, and the palace maid was standing outside, and she didn't know if it was a lady inside, or a princess or a county lord, anyway, she was not interested in knowing her, so she walked over quickly.

The swan room is built next to the liquid pool, there is a little eunuch is feeding a swan that hatches eggs, and there is another swan standing next to it.

"Don't come here." The little eunuch hurriedly walked over to stop her: "The swan that hatches eggs and brings the baby is the most ferocious, beware of it pecking you." ”

"Is it just a swan lady who hatched the eggs?" The buckwheat stopped and watched from afar.

The little eunuch smiled, pointed to the one next to him and said, "That's the swan lady, and the swan father is sitting, and they take turns to hatch the eggs." ”

"Oh! The swan daddy is too powerful, and the rooster won't hatch the eggs. ”

The little eunuch couldn't help but laugh and said, "Because he is a rooster, not a chicken father......"

Chicken daddy? Chicken girl? Both of them covered their mouths and laughed.

The little eunuch saw that she was dressed like a master, but there was only one person, and he didn't know what to call her, so he handed her the food bowl in his hand and asked, "Do you want to feed the swans?" There are a lot of them in the lake. ”

Hua Qiao took the food basin and followed the little eunuch to the edge of the Tai Liquid Pool, and the swans swam over one after another when they saw the food bowl.

She sprinkled the fodder and watched the swans compete for food, some sank into the water, and the swans still chased down with fierce children, and the buckwheat had not laughed so happily for a long time.

"County Lord, do we still want to follow her?"

"If it weren't for that damn little eunuch, the county lord would push her down now!" Yanping said angrily.

She saw Hua Qiao walking towards the swan room alone, so she brought her personal palace maid Caixia to follow. There was water all the way, and maybe I could push her into the lake if I found an opportunity.

Just now I listened to my mother's chat, and I learned that this buckwheat, and the Hu Yanjin she fancied, lived in the adjacent courtyard, and it was Hu Yanjin who brought her to the capital.

The man she fancied and couldn't get was actually next to Hua Qiao!

Yanping was hating because of jealousy, and when she saw the concubine Niangniang rewarding her with a bunch of things, she was even more jealous, and she wanted to kill her immediately.

"That'...... The little one goes and lure the little eunuch away! Caixia came up with an idea.

The two of them had just come out from behind the tree, only to hear someone calling from the opposite side of Hucheng, the little eunuch answered, ran over from the lake, saw the lord of Yanping, saluted, and ran towards Hucheng.

Yanping and Caixia glanced at each other and walked quickly towards the lake.

The buckwheat is also naughty, and it is not interesting to throw it and feed it, so he goes to the side and brings the green vegetable leaves, grabs them in his hands, squats on the lake, and lets the swans peck at them.

Hearing the footsteps, she thought that the little eunuch had returned, and she didn't look back, but smiled: "Look, they love to eat vegetables!" ”

Caixia was still a little panicked when she walked away, but Yanping pushed her down without hesitation, turned around and ran away in a panic

The buckwheat was defenseless and fell into the liquid pool from the water platform, and the swans around them flapped their wings and quacked, and they didn't pay attention to it, and they couldn't see that the swans were frightened because of anything.

The hydrophilic platform is a platform that sticks out of the water from the shore, and the bottom is the deep water, and the buckwheat can't swim, only fluttering in the water, and can't even shout for help.

"Master Zhang, it seems that someone has fallen into the water!"

"Paddle the boat over!"

"Oops! The man sank ......"

When the boat approached the water platform, there were no buckwheat trees in sight on the water, only the swans that had regained their calm were swimming in all directions.

Master Zhang had already untied his hat and the embroidered spring knife hanging on his waist, and a fierce man stabbed down.