May 29 was an ordinary day for Suning in the past, but this year has become extraordinary.

It was her first birthday since she came into this world, and there was no birthday cake or candlelight dinner, but she was looking forward to this ordinary but beautiful day.

As soon as the first rays of sunlight of the morning came through the room, she opened her sleepy eyes, and the Qi family led the maids to stay in the inner room outside the wing room.

Qin'er and Shuang'er prepared warm water for washing, bathed and changed clothes for her, and then Qi pulled her to the dressing table and groomed her personally.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Suning'er suddenly remembered the day she had just come to this world.

She remembered that the Qi clan was also dressed up like this day that day.

It's just that time has passed, and her current state of mind is completely different.

She has completely integrated into the life here, no longer hesitant, no longer depressed, and full of expectations for life again.

Maybe life is like this, no matter how much suffering you have experienced, as long as you live, you will end up feeling that everything is not a big deal.

She began to like the woman in front of her, and regarded her as the closest person in the world.

Qi Shi held her slender and supple green silk in her hand, and her gaze was still so approachable, but she could no longer see that faint sadness in her eyes.

She looked thoughtfully at the quiet face in the rhombic mirror, and asked slowly, "What kind of bun does Ning'er like today?" ”

Suning'er smiled gently: "Ning'er is not particularly particular, or A-Niang's eyes are more in line with Ning'er's mind, so it's better for A-Niang to choose." ”

Qi Shi looked at her carefully, and said thoughtfully: "There will be nobles in the palace today, Ning'er naturally has to dress dignified and generous today, this yellow floral skirt can show the dignity of those princesses in the palace, it is better to put a bun, it just so happens that the jewelry I selected from the East Market yesterday is also suitable for this dress." ”

"Well, then I'll listen to A-Niang."

The mother and daughter discussed and dressed up in the room for nearly half an hour, and it wasn't until Alai from the outer courtyard came over that the Qi family was completely dressed for her.

Ah Lai looked at the beautiful face in front of him, and immediately forgot to come in to get through, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Yiniang is really beautiful today, as if she came out of a painting." ”

Suning'er giggled, it was rare for this little girl to be so sweet-mouthed, and said happily: "Alai, but there are guests in the front yard?" ”

Ah Lai nodded obediently: "Back to the eldest lady and Yi Niang, the sage sent an envoy to read the edict, Ah Lang asked the two of you to come over and receive the edict quickly." ”

Suning'er was not particularly surprised, since Zhao Yuanbai begged the saint to give marriage, he wanted to come to the palace today to read the edict of marriage.

It's just that since King Ying ascended the throne, it has been a while now, and she hasn't seen him, and she always feels a little uneasy in her heart.

In the past, when he was still a prince, he often looked like a hippie smile, without a straight face, but now that he is an emperor, I don't know if his temperament has changed.

She was really worried that this guy wouldn't be able to fight the eunuchs of the Beiya party.

With the Qi clan leading the maids in Tanghua Courtyard to the front hall, Su Jing and the envoys in the palace had been waiting for a long time.

The hall was full of gold, silver, jade, jewelry, silk, and fine flowers, and in addition to mentioning the content of the marriage, the edict specially added 300 households for her, and as a dowry, even the household register was sent over.

This moved Suninger to tears.

Everyone knows that her princess is just a title, but the saint treats her even more heavily than those princesses in the palace.

As far as she knows, many princesses in Chongrenfang have never received a real seal until they marry as wives, and Princess Anping is still the emperor's own sister, and she has only received 300 food estates.

The saint treated her like this, and Suning'er really didn't know how to repay him for this kindness.

When the envoy in the palace was sent away, Su Jing looked at everyone and sighed excitedly: "The saint treats A-Ning like this, the emperor's grace is vast, even if my Su family is broken, it will be difficult to repay it." ”

After that, he looked at Su Ning'er tightly, and instructed in a serious tone: "A-Ning, you must not live up to the sage's good intentions, and you must live a good life with Yuan Bai in the future." ”

In fact, Su Ning'er can also think of the original intention of the saint's gift this time, Zhao Yuanbai and him are close friends, and now that he is the emperor, he can't clearly support his best friend, and he can only put more thought into the family affairs of the two.

Su Jingneng has this grateful heart, and Suning'er is happy, but she hopes that her second uncle can maintain his position, not be blinded by interests, and can draw a clear line with Wen Jiqing and the Beiya party, so that she can repay the kindness of the saint.

Fortunately, she hasn't heard anything appalling about Wen Jiqing and Su Jingyou doing yet, but in her opinion, if the two really want to plot something, I'm afraid it will be a little disgraceful.

Thinking that on weekdays, everything in the palace was Wen Jiqing who came to the mansion in person, but today he is a new face, Su Ning'er couldn't help but ask at this time: "Second uncle, Wen Guogong has been doing well recently, he entered the palace that day and sent it over along with Ning'er's birthday gift, presumably the court affairs have been busy recently, right?" ”

Hearing her mention Wen Jiqing, Su Jing suddenly became in awe, frowned and replied: "Wen Guogong has been really busy recently, A-Ning you know that he loves you the most, and it is really a last resort to miss your birthday today, a few days ago, there was an insect plague in Jiangnan, and the silk produced by the mulberry farmers could not be handed over to the weaving mill in full, I am afraid that it will affect the transaction with the Turkic Yima this year, Wen Guogong is discussing with the courtiers for the saint how to ensure that Yima is not affected." ”

"Insect plague?" , Suning'er frowned: "I'm afraid it's very serious, right?" ”

"It's a bit serious," Su Jingjian said with a smile: "But it won't affect Yima after the autumn, Wen Guogong has cooperated with the three provinces and six ministries to allocate special funds for the silk merchants in the book to subsidize the affected farmers, that is, in this way, the price of silk will rise a lot, and the imperial court will have to take out more silver from the treasury to purchase silk." ”

"I see."

Su Ning'er responded indifferently, but she already realized in her heart that there was something wrong with this.

Su Jing said again: "If you want to say that a saint is indeed sympathetic and loving to the people, he is a rare benevolent monarch, and he would rather wronged the imperial court than let Sang Nong and us silk merchants suffer, so I also promised Wen Guogong that after the New Year this year, I will donate another 100,000 yuan of silver to the imperial court to help the war in the north." ”

"The second uncle can have this heart, and the saint must be very pleased to know it."

Suning'er looked at him and squinted slightly.

Throughout the ages, it was not uncommon to use disaster relief as an excuse to make money, and even if the ancient society paid attention to the development of commerce, it was impossible to value merchants so much.

Earmarking funds to help the victims, and then asking the imperial court to use the silver money to buy high-priced silk, it sounds like Renjun did it, and she really hopes that this is a beautiful story, not a means used by the Beiya party to collect money.

After all, now that Wen Jiqing is in charge of the dynasty, he only needs to package everything in a high-sounding manner on the surface, and then allow some benefits to merchants and relevant officials, and it is also easy to embezzle the treasury money, and it is not difficult to do.