He muttered, "The masters don't teach poetry, but although I can't understand the meaning of this poem, I can feel that it is beautifully written." It's very atmospheric, and it must be more beautiful than the Imperial Garden. ”

Su Youyi suddenly felt a little distressed about the eldest prince.

He grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has never been out of the palace wall, and the most beautiful place he has ever seen is the Imperial Garden, so he compares other beautiful scenery with the Imperial Garden when he sees other beautiful scenery in the poem.

However, the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the palace walls, the creator's magic workmanship, how can it be compared with the beautiful scenery that is artificially chiseled?

Su Youyi said softly: "What the eldest prince said is that Poyang Lake is indeed very beautiful. Before the slave maid entered the palace, she was a Lingnan person, and she traveled a long way to the capital, passing by Poyang Lake on the way. These lines are actually not poems, but words in an article, called the preface to the Pavilion of King Teng. ”

"Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng......"

The eldest prince muttered the name and looked at Su Youyi with envy, "I envy Aunt Su for being able to enjoy the rivers and mountains outside, I haven't even been out of the palace city!" ”

Su Youyi was stunned for a moment, thinking of the scenes of hunger and cold on the road from Lingnan all the way north, thinking that she and Ji Yushen supported each other, and had also dug wild vegetables in the mountains to satisfy her hunger, and also served a broken bowl on the street to seek alms......

Those days lasted until they arrived in the capital, and in order to buy Ji Yushen a passable outfit to go to the examination room, she sold the only jade bracelet left by her mother......

"Aunt Su, what are you thinking?"

Su Youyi smiled reluctantly, "It's nothing, the slave maid is just thinking, when the eldest prince grows up, he can go out of the palace to do errands for the emperor, and then he will naturally have the opportunity to enjoy the rivers and mountains, don't you say?" ”

The eldest prince looked innocent, and folded his little hands to count, "When my father was the prince, he received errands at the age of sixteen!" I'll wait another eight years to be sixteen......"

He was instantly deflated, "It's been too long, I can't wait." ”

He suddenly said to Su Youyi: "Then why did Aunt Su leave the house before and come all the way to the capital, is she here for the draft?" ”

This is the past that Su Youyi is most reluctant to mention, but she doesn't want to deceive the eldest prince, so she has to understate, "No, only the young lady of the official eunuch family is qualified for the draft, and the slave maid is just the daughter of a teaching gentleman, how can she be qualified for the draft?" The slave's father was gone, and there were no relatives at home who could take care of the slave, so he simply went to the capital to find an errand. ”

The eldest prince still can't quite understand the situation of a folk woman who is helpless without her parents, and for the children of the royal family, especially those who are princes, their own identity can be elevated without their father.

But he could see that Su Youyi was very sad when she mentioned this, so she patted her chest, "It's okay, you don't have a father, and there will be me in the future!" ”

Su Youyi was originally very sad, but her expression stiffened when she saw this, and she almost laughed out loud.

Father and the little kid in front of him, can this be equated?

The eldest prince also felt that his words were a little untenable, and hurriedly added: "There is also the father!" Father is the most amazing person in the world, he will definitely take care of Aunt Su! ”

Come on, all her troubles were caused by the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor's fancy to her, she would still be the most powerful housekeeper aunt in the East Fourth Institute, and her life should not be too moisturizing.

It is with the emperor's "care" that there is a virtuous concubine and the unclear in the back.

Just as he was saying this, Xiao Jizi suddenly ran in from outside the study, "The eldest prince, aunt, the emperor's edict was passed in the harem, saying that there was a drought in the middle of the river this spring, and the palace should be more frugal and not extravagant." ”

The edict in the palace was not passed on by the queen but by the emperor himself, which shows how much the emperor attaches great importance to this matter.

The eldest prince looked at Su Youyi ignorantly, he didn't quite understand what the drought in the river had to do with thrift in the palace, Su Youyi patiently explained: "Our emperor is a Ming monarch, the people in the river suffer from drought, and the emperor can't bear to be extravagant, so he has to take the lead in making the palace thrifty." The eldest prince thinks about it, let's save a piece of clothing, if the saved silver is donated to the victims in the river, it can make several people who are about to starve to death live in peace for a few days! ”

Xiao Jizi quickly raised her eyes and glanced at Su Youyi, the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

He hadn't heard good words about the emperor from Su Youyi's mouth before, it seemed that what Shuya said was true, and Su Youyi finally fell in love with the emperor.

The eldest prince said: "Is our clothing so expensive? How many people can eat for a few days? ”

Xiao Jizi hurriedly said: "The eldest prince, not to mention the common people, your piece of clothing is enough for a dozen of our palace maids and eunuchs to eat for a day!" Aunt Su's clothes are rewarded by the emperor, so naturally it is good, ours is inferior, but it's always right to save a little! ”

Su Youyi glanced at him approvingly, in the past, Xiao Jizi only cared about making the eldest prince happy, and never taught him any big truths, but now he also knows how to help teach the eldest prince.

This is the tone of the people who serve the little master, if you blindly indulge the eldest prince to play, there will be no more noble son in the future.

The eldest prince nodded, "This is a good thing for the country and the people, my father must be thrifty, so naturally we can't demolish my father here!" ”

He looked around, and there were too many valuable things in the house, what he was wearing, and what was hanging in the house.

Su Youyi hurriedly said: "Actually, the eldest prince is already very simple on weekdays, and the emperor teaches well, and he is not favored by gold and jade." Only put away those exaggerated ornaments, and in the future, clothes, shoes and socks will be less to embroider the room, and the food cannot be short, our prince is still growing his body! ”

The eldest prince doesn't pay attention to dressing, he still attaches great importance to food, and Su Youyi's words are exactly what he wants.

The courtyard was cleaned up and down, and who expected that Gao Qishou personally brought someone to deliver the decree the next day, saying that the emperor had a new idea.

"Boss, how does the emperor want the prince to be thrifty, isn't this enough?"

Su Youyi pointed to the furnishings in the room, even the eldest prince had changed into clothes of medium fabric, and none of the minions dared to dress up too much.

Gao Qishou smiled: "This is very good, Aunt Su has always done things properly." However, the emperor said that it is not enough to be thrifty, but also to let the princes experience the difficulties of people's livelihood. Whoa—"

He pointed behind him, Xiao Yizi hugged a basket, which contained a handful of green leek-like things, Shuya shouted first, "Isn't this a rice seedling?" ”

Rice seedlings?

Su Youyi is the daughter of Mr. Teach, and she really doesn't know about farming, so she can't tell that this is a rice seedling.

Gao Qishou nodded with a smile, "That's right, the emperor hopes that all the princes will learn to grow rice and experience the difficulties of farmers." Aunt Su, the eldest prince will be handed over to you here, and our family will go to the second prince to pass the decree. ”

Give it to her?

Su Youyi looked confused, she didn't know how to grow rice herself, how could she teach the eldest prince?