Chapter 895: The Empress is pregnant
When the local officials learned that the imperial court attached great importance to the matter of abandoned babies, they did not dare to be careless, and selected competent people to handle this matter.
To this end, patrols have been intensified at the entrance of the temple, and night patrols have also been increased along the Qinhuai River.
When the singers saw that their business was interrupted, they also changed their ways to communicate with their guests, or hid notes under their wine glasses, or sang them directly in the form of singing.
The officials could actually understand it, and occasionally caught a few that were not registered, only to be stuffed with some broken silver immediately.
Seeing that there was no one around, the officials also turned a blind eye, and nothing happened to Quan Dang.
In the college, the woman in charge of the baby brought the baby in at the front door, and sold the baby to someone else at the back door.
As for what those people do with the baby, they don't ask more.
Whenever an official came to check, someone would always report in advance, and then the women in the academy would spend some money to borrow a few children from nearby families to pretend to be there, and then return the children when the inspectors were gone.
The inspectors saw that there were a lot of children in the academy, so they happily handed out the subsidized silver taels.
And these silver taels were eventually divided between the people in the academy and the women who took care of the children. And the reason why it will be divided into points for the people in the academy is nothing more than to gag their mouths.
On weekdays, these abandoned babies are put on the bed at will, some can crawl, and they often fall out of bed, but as long as they don't fall and break bones, no one in the academy will hold the baby to see a doctor.
As for what the babies eat, it's also very casual. Those who can only eat milk, and those who don't have milk to eat, are only given rice soup, and those who can eat are only given some rice porridge. As a result, the children all look thin and weak.
The woman who takes care of the children is completely different, every day the mountains and seas are delicacies, and the jewelry she buys is also worn one by one.
Because this thing is easy and profitable, in the end, it is the relatives and friends of the local officials who do these positions.
And the lives of the singers have not changed much, it is nothing more than that they have changed from singing and drinking on the boat to singing and drinking in people's homes, changing places, becoming more hidden, and becoming more casual.
Abandoned babies still appeared, but the local officials did not report the matter to the imperial court.
In fact, only a few babies were left to cope with the inspection.
Gradually, a few more inns and restaurants were opened on the side of the academy, which were dedicated to those who came from far to buy babies.
During the day, these hotels are open as usual, and there is no problem with them.
At night, you can often see people in twos and threes touching the back door of the academy at night, and these people do not enter the academy, but just stand at the door and say a few words, and then hand a small bag of things in, and then take a big package from the people of the academy.
And inside this large package is the baby that has been sold.
No one knows what will happen to these sold babies, or maybe they will become other people's child brides, or they will be used to refine medicine.
The cold wind blew through, and the leaves on the roof swirled.
The baby girl sleeping in the bed suddenly began to cry, cutting a gap in the silent night.
"Cover her mouth and make a noise!" A woman on the side hurriedly covered the baby's mouth with her hand, "Don't make it too tight, no one will want it if you die." ”
Secretly, there are not a few of these babies who have been sold.
Seeing that the monthly subsidy was getting more and more silver taels, Lin Zhongchao suddenly felt that there was something wrong.
Without greeting the local officials, Lin Zhongchao quietly went to the Qinhuai River for an unannounced visit.
Soon, Lin Zhongchao found out these tricks to defraud the court of money.
Back in the palace, Lin Zhongchao discussed the situation with Zhou Zhengzheng, and suggested that Lin Ce cancel the previous subsidy and use stricter conditions instead.
First of all, the first one is that once someone is found to be selling babies, they will be beheaded and executed immediately.
Second, if the abuser is found to have abused the baby, let the abuser be abused three times as much in the same way.
Thirdly, those who embezzle subsidies must not only take out the money they have embezzled, but also pay double the compensation, and if they don't have the money, they will be put in a prison cell, and they will no longer be able to take care of babies for the rest of their lives.
With the promulgation of these policies, some timid people stopped doing it, and in order to implement the policies in place, Lin Ce asked the squire of the military department to personally supervise the case by the Qinhuai River.
Palace.
Yua is two years old. Zhou Yinuo decided to hold a family banquet to celebrate his birthday. When reporting to Lin Ce, Lin Ce said that the little princess was also one year old, and the two of them happened to have a birthday banquet together.
is almost a year old, and the little princess also has a name, or Lin Ce asked Lin Zhongchao to give it: Lin Taiping.
Because it was a family banquet, there was no extravagance, it was just a simple side dish, Lin Ce was very happy, hugging Yu'er and hugging Taiping.
Yu'er is very sensible, pinching Taiping's little face from time to time, hugging Taiping's crazy kiss, looking like a good brother.
Zhou Enoch has no signs of pregnancy, so he treats Yu'er as his own flesh and blood.
After the family banquet, he would rather sleep with Yu'er than refuse Lin Ce's request to sleep.
"Come, Yu'er, the queen mother will teach you to fly a kite." Zhou Yinuo pulled the thread with one hand and held Yu'er with the other.
The kite flies high in the sky. Yu'er suddenly looked at Zhou Enoch and said, "Queen Mother, don't use kites." ”
Zhou Enoch was stunned: "Yu'er wants to say don't float away like a kite?" ”
Yu'er was already able to understand and nodded.
Zhou Enoch hugged Yu'er, "Don't worry, Yu'er, the queen mother won't be like a kite." What's more, even if you are a kite, the queen mother will pull the string tightly and will not let you leave. ”
Yu'er smiled and pulled the string to play by herself. However, it was a two-year-old child, his fingers were not steady, the kite hung on the branch, the string broke, and the kite flew away.
Yua cried. Zhou Enoch said: "Yu'er doesn't cry, the kite flies, but the queen mother won't fly away." When hell freezes over. ”
Yu'er laughed again.
Zhou Enoch's feelings for Yu'er became deeper and deeper, but who knows, not long after, he found out that he was pregnant.
Zhou Enoch was very afraid, afraid that the child she gave birth to would break up her relationship with Yu'er. I'm even more afraid of being born a prince, what can I do.
You must know that there is only one position for the prince, and Zhou Enoch hopes to leave it to Yu'er, but if he really gives birth to a son, it is his son-in-law, Yu'er is the child of a palace girl, even if he is the eldest son, he can't be the prince.
Zhou Enoch was very sad and came to ask Zhou Zhengzheng, Zhou Zhengzheng said that everything is arranged by God, so that Zhou Enoch can relax, Yu'er will always be her good son.
Lin Ce heard that Zhou Enoch was pregnant, so he hurriedly set aside half of the kitchen to cook food for Zhou Enoch in the future.
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