With just the right amount of joy on his face, Deng Hong got up and knelt down to thank Chen Yuantai respectfully.

As soon as he came out, he was a five-grade official position, which was a great blessing for ordinary people, but in terms of Deng Hong's background, it was nothing. It's just that he can't be regarded as a grace in the household, but a reward for his meritorious service and Chen Yuantai's appreciation of his talent.

The prince is also very happy, and he has always believed in Deng Hong's vision and talent. Now that it can enter the household in this way, if this foreign rice seed can really take root and sprout in Dayan, then this credit is no less than Chen Xinan's achievements.

"Go and call Gao Chen and Li He." Chen Yuantai instructed the prince, "This is a great matter, and I want to explain it well." ”

After a while, the two pavilion elders rushed over from Wenyuan Pavilion, and after listening to Deng Hong's statement, they couldn't help but be shocked. Li He has been dealing with grain and agriculture for many years in the household department, and he knows that this matter is of great significance. It can even be said that the Zhou Dynasty died in a popular uprising caused by famine.

The incompetence of the last two emperors of the Zhou Dynasty, the corruption of the officials, and the chaos of the army were of course the fundamental reasons for the fall of the Zhou Dynasty. However, the direct cause was the drought and famine in the northwest that year, Chen Yuantai took advantage of the situation and led people to occupy several county offices to open warehouses and release grain. If this is not the case, it is still unknown whether the current rivers and mountains are of the Great Zhou or the Great Yan.

Li He looked at Deng Hong, who was talking eloquently, and glanced at the corners of his lips with a smile, and the prince who was sitting upright understood that the Anguo Mansion was about to rise again. Thinking about his son, although he was a jinshi, he had to teach himself everything when he first entered the officialdom, and he was really a little discouraged when compared to the two.

"Deng Gongzi cares about the people of the society, and the ministers are all ashamed." Gao Chen smiled modestly.

Li He hurriedly said: "The minister is in charge of household affairs, Deng Gongzi can list a charter, and I can help you to add some modest help." ”

The words of the two people set the position of Deng Hong's principal. are all old rivers and lakes who have been in the officialdom for many years, who will steal the limelight of his cousin in front of the prince?

"Very good," Chen Yuantai was in a good mood and smiled very heartily, "This major matter is in charge of Deng Hong." But if you dare to cheat and play tricks, and push back and block, I will not forgive! ”

The tone was joking, but there was a bit of warning in it.

Gao Chen and others felt a pang in their hearts, and paid more attention to the trial planting of real wax rice seeds.

"You've been gone for so long, and your aunt is very worried." Chen Yuantai smiled at Deng Hong and said, "Let's go to Kunning Palace with the crown prince to have a look." ”

The prince was overjoyed, he hadn't seen his mother for nearly half a month. Although mother and child are close to each other, they cannot be easily seen. Rao is a young man, but his attachment to his mother is no less than that of other ten-year-old children.

The two of them thanked each other, and the prince said briskly, "Cousin, you're finally back!" You don't know how hard I was going some time ago! The queen mother's illness has not been cured, and although the fourth brother is full moon, he still looks like a little sick cat. My grandfather and uncle were often to blame for my father's ......"

Deng Hong smiled and said: "If there is anything, I will always stand in the way for you, the prince and relax." If you are in chaos, this court will be in chaos. ”

The prince smiled embarrassedly: "My cousin is good to me, I naturally know." It's just that my cousin has to find a way at home, well, I have to take care of things, and I can't let my grandfather and uncle mess around anymore. ”

Deng Hong glanced at the prince quickly, and understood that these things that had happened in the Anguo Mansion a while ago had made the little prince unhappy.

Deng Hong responded with a smile, and the two of them entered Kunning Palace one after the other.

The queen heard early in the morning that her nephew had returned from the sea, and when she entered the palace today, she kept her spirits up and did not lie down. In fact, she was also a little apprehensive in her heart, and she didn't know if Chen Yuantai would be kind enough to let Deng Hong come in to see her. It wasn't until she heard that the palace people outside came to report that the queen breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly called someone to summon her.

"How can you get such a tan! I've lost a lot of weight! When the queen saw her son and nephew coming in together, she was very happy, beckoned the prince to sit beside her, and took Deng Hong's hand and said.

Deng Hong looked at the queen's sallow face and felt her thin knuckles, which made him a little panicked.

With the queen in the harem, everything about the prince can be justified, and everything in the Deng family can be safe and long-lasting. If the queen is gone, and the prince has less people to protect in the harem, who knows what kind of changes will happen? The collapse of the building was only instantaneous.

"Auntie, are you ......" Deng Hong was a little speechless, and his concern was overflowing, "Do you feel better?" ”

The queen smiled bitterly and said, "Two days are good, two days are not good, I can't do anything." Take your medicine on time and listen to the doctor's instructions. The rest is left to fate. ”

She turned her head and instructed the palace maid: "Go and bring the fourth prince over and let Brother Hong take a look." ”

The palace maid took the order and left, and after a while, she came in with a big red silk swaddling cloth.

Deng Hong took it cautiously and looked at the four princes, only then did he understand what the "little sick cat" in the prince's mouth meant.

The fourth prince is thin and small, and he is not a healthy and energetic child at first glance. He fell asleep deeply, breathing so lightly that it seemed to be absent, as if the three souls and seven spirits were only holding a thread on his body.

"Which physician's medicine do you take on weekdays?" Who is taking care of the bodies of the four princes? Deng Hong handed the child to the queen and asked softly.

"It's a famous folk doctor invited by your grandmother from outside the palace, who said that she specializes in gynecology and pediatrics." The queen looked down at her son in her arms, a loving smile on her face.

"Is it reliable?" Deng Hong asked with a frown.

"Look at you child," said the queen, "I am so sick that your grandmother can still perfunctory me?" ”

It's not for nothing that good intentions do bad things!

Deng Hong thought for a while, and when he thought of the people around Shen Jiazheng, he smiled and said, "How dare I question my grandmother!" It's just that you have taken this doctor's medicine, and there is no improvement, so it is better for me to recommend another one to enter the palace, and the two doctors will treat you together, and you will have a greater certainty. ”

"Cousin, has someone chosen?" The prince interjected.

"Yes." Deng Hong replied with a smile, "A good friend I made when I was in Siam, and he has a lot of talented people under him. At that time, I was suffering from miasma, and I was about to bury my life overseas, but he saved me. Later, he was in danger several times, and he relied on the help of this benevolent brother to finally save the day. ”

The queen was shocked when she heard him, and she took his hand and said nervously: "You must not do such a thing again in the future!" Guogong Mansion is your only seedling, if you have a mistake, what will you do with this family? How did you let me and the prince live in the palace? ”

As she spoke, the queen burst into tears.