The fruit was really sweet, and the children loved to eat it, so Mrs. Xue stopped after eating two pieces.

He wiped his hands and said to the children who were eating fruit, "Do you know why the grapes and honeydew melons in the Western Regions are so sweet?" ”

The children who were eating were stunned, but they didn't expect Mrs. Xue to ask this question.

The emperor has always attached great importance to the education of the princes in farming, so that they must be close to the lives of the people.

The eldest prince said: "The melons and fruits grow well, it is nothing more than good water and soil, and then the seeds?" ”

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Then for grapes and melons, what kind of water and soil is good?" ”

This is a question that the princes did not dare to answer easily.

When the emperor asked them to plant rice, the eldest prince didn't even know that rice seedlings should be planted in paddy fields, and after this incident, he knew that different crops had different growth environments, and they could not be generalized.

These grapes and honeydew melons came from the Western Regions, so how did he know the water and soil of the Western Regions?

It's a problem.

Taifu Xue knew that they didn't understand, so he said softly: "You don't have to care, it's good that you can learn more about the water and soil in the country now, and you naturally don't understand the water and soil in the Western Regions." If you want to know, I will tell you about these melons and fruits today, and I have an impression in my heart. ”

The eldest prince and the others were very pleased, "Okay, okay, Taifu said!" ”

"There is land in the Western Regions, called Turpan. It was a low-lying basin known as the Fire Continent. It is also the main production base of Portuguese grapes, and the annual tribute of Portuguese grapes is more than one-fifth of domestic production. ”

"So much wow!"

The children couldn't help but marvel, Mrs. Xue touched his nose and sighed that he had accidentally told the truth.

There are indeed a lot of melons and fruits from the Western Regions, but the princes can't eat them a few times, and most of these melons and fruits that have been carefully transported for thousands of miles have been given to the favorite concubines in the palace and the royal family, and there is no share of them.

Fortunately, Su Youyi and the queen will send them some melons and fruits they get, otherwise they won't even be able to smell the taste, this is the emperor's method of educating children.

Xue Taifu continued: "Due to the high temperature, long sunshine hours, and large temperature difference between day and night, it is especially suitable for the growth of grapes, so the melons and fruits are abundant, and because of the unique geographical location, Turpan's groundwater storage is abundant, so the sugar content in the fruit is very high. Even if we planted the same seeds in the capital, we wouldn't be able to grow such sweet grapes. ”

"I know!"

The eldest prince smiled: "Tangerine is born in Huainan as orange, and Huaibei is born as orange, Taifu Am I right?" ”

Mrs. Xue smiled knowingly, "Yes, the eldest prince really knows how to draw inferences from one case and has benefited a lot." ”

The third prince said while nibbling on the melon: "So, is it because the water and soil of the capital are not as good as the Western Regions?" I heard that the Western Regions is a vast desert, how can it be better than the capital? ”

"Not really."

Xue Taifu explained: "The water and soil in the Western Regions are naturally as good as the capital, and the capital can grow wheat and rice, which are the rations that the people rely on for survival. It is difficult to grow these in the water and soil of the Western Regions, so they only have grapes and honeydew melons, but we also have apricots, plums, peaches, apples, pears, ......."

Mrs. Xue casually said a large list, and the children were satisfied when they heard it.

It seems that the capital is still good.

The second prince was silent eating melons and fruits, and Mrs. Xue glanced at him intently, feeling that he had been talking a lot less recently.

In the past, he always liked to be competitive, but since Li went, he didn't even talk much, and he was stunned no matter what he said in class on weekdays, and he didn't seem to listen.

It seems that no matter how well Concubine Yan treats him, she can't erase the influence of his mother in his heart.

On this day, Li Ge's illness has improved, and he handed over the fold and didn't know what to say recently.

After lunch, the emperor came to the Leaning Green Pavilion, and the eyes of all over the garden were staring at the Leaning Green Pavilion, lest the dead Li family still be turned over to make any waves.

The Li family was majestic during his lifetime, and the aftermath was still after his death, and the concubines had to worry.

Su Youyi was also very curious, "Did the emperor come here for the excerpt handed by Li Ge Lao?" ”

"Hmm."

The emperor sat on the couch and took a sip of tea, "In order to take care of Li Ge Lao and the second prince, I have promised to bury the Li family as a virtuous concubine. Li Ge's old party did not make any moves, after all, the death of the Li family had nothing to do with me. ”

Su Youyi secretly thought in her heart that the emperor was really black-bellied, and he had completely left himself out.

The ministers of the court and the central government thought that the emperor really remembered the old days and buried the Li family as a virtuous concubine, and where did he think that he was just to get rid of himself.

Su Youyi said: "Then what else does Elder Li Ge want to do this time?" ”

The emperor glanced at her, "The Li family is gone, what else does Elder Li Ge have to worry about in the palace, can't you figure it out?" ”

Su Youyi suddenly realized.

It's the second prince.

"Li Ge always came to the second prince?"

"Exactly."

The emperor put down the teacup, his eyes were slightly cold, "Although I have given the second prince to Yan Concubine, the blood of the second prince and the Li family is constantly chopping, and it is even more so between the second prince and the Li Ge Lao. Li Ge Lao compromised and asked his daughters to come to visit the second prince, and I had to rely on it. ”

Su Youyi nodded, this is also human nature.

Didn't Weiyuan Hou Jiangsu also do such a thing at the beginning?

The emperor continued: "The queen's illness is not yet cured, there can't be no one in the palace to receive her, Yan Concubine is the adoptive mother of the second prince, and it is inconvenient for me to think about it."

Su Youyi thought for a long time before realizing who the female relatives who Li Ge's hometown came to visit.

Li Ge only has two daughters under his knees, the Li family is dead, isn't the rest his youngest daughter Li Ziyue, that is, Ji Yushen's wife?

The emperor asked her to receive Ji Yushen's wife?

She was suddenly full of black lines, and she couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she had to take it hard.

Does she want to tell the emperor that Ji Yushen is her old lover, and she doesn't want to see her old lover's wife now?

Anyway, she has already let go of Ji Yushen, just see it.

Three days later, Li Ziyue took a red sedan chair to the outside of the Imperial Garden, and was led by the palace people to the green pavilion.

When I entered through the corner gate, I saw that the flowers and trees were neat and the houses were tall.

Li Ziyue is not the first time to enter the imperial garden, she came once last time when the emperor's concubine's family members visited the palace, and she is familiar with the road here.

Walking along the lake embankment, I soon came to the outside of the green pavilion, which looked like a very ordinary water pavilion, not like the emperor's favorite concubine.

Li Ziyue was quite puzzled, after approaching the courtyard, Fang Jue was luxuriously decorated, and everywhere was exquisite, not losing the place where her sister lived in the past.

In comparison, although the Li family's residence was spacious in the past, it was not as exquisite and elegant as here.

The emperor's favor can be seen.

Li Ziyue knew the relationship between Su Youyi and her eldest sister, so she couldn't help but be a little worried, and turned around and glanced at Jing'er, who stuffed a piece of silver into the palace people who brought them in.