On September 16, Gao, the mother of the Prime Minister's house, gave birth to the eldest son of the Prime Minister's house, and the Prime Minister's family celebrated.

In the Qiuhua Hall, the old lady sat on the main seat, and the rest of the aunts and girls sat on the chairs below.

The nurse took the eldest young master out and said with a smile, "Old lady, you see how beautiful the eldest young master is!" This little guy is getting stronger. ”

The old lady smiled, "It's good to be healthy, it's easy to feed." ”

"Give me a hug." The old lady said with a smile. Obviously, he likes the eldest young master very much.

The nurse carefully sent the eldest young master into the old lady's arms, and the old lady didn't want to let go when she hugged her. Wen Jin also snuggled up, laughed for a while, and then Wen Jin comforted, "Grandmother, it's time for my brother to breastfeed, you better let the nurse hold it!" ”

The old lady still smiled, "Okay, give it to the nurse, you can't starve my precious grandson." ”

The old lady freed her hand, and then asked, "Why hasn't Xiangye come back yet, didn't he come back from the court at this time?" ”

Wen Jin comforted softly, "Grandmother, don't be anxious, maybe the emperor has something important, so he deliberately left his father in the palace to discuss?" ”

"Wait for my father to come back and tell him about my brother's birth, so that he won't be in a hurry on the road." Wen Jin said and laughed.

The old lady was also full of smiles, and asked again, "How is Madame?" ”

The midwife hurriedly replied, "Madame, everything is fine, but she has just finished giving birth and is already tired and asleep." ”

"That's good." The old lady's heart was very comforted.

Aunt Tao sat under Aunt Li, stroking her belly seriously, with a look of longing on her face.

The old lady's face became happy when she saw this scene, "Aunt Tao, these days, are you comfortable?" ”

Aunt Tao was busy getting up and going back, and the old lady was busy opening her mouth to let her sit down.

Aunt Tao thanked her, and then said respectfully, "Thanks to the old lady, everything is fine with the concubine." An old lady pointed out that the medicinal food master in the past was recuperating, and the concubine felt a lot lighter. ”

"That's good." The old lady just wanted to say a few more words, but a maid outside said, "Xiangye is back, Xiangye is back." ”

As soon as the maid's voice fell, Xiangye hurriedly ran in. When Yingmen saw the old lady, she asked with a happy face, "Mother, do I have a son?" ”

The old lady smiled and asked the nurse to hold the eldest young master to Xiangye. Xiangye took the child clumsily, no matter how you look at it, you can't get enough of it.

The old lady was overjoyed, so she suggested, "Let's hold a full moon banquet for the eldest grandson of the Prime Minister's mansion." ”

Xiangye frowned when he heard this, and handed over the eldest young master to the nurse. "Mother, this is not appropriate."

The old lady furrowed her brows, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiangye said solemnly, "My son was summoned by the emperor alone in the palace, and a cold wave came in the northern region in advance, and many cattle and sheep froze to death, and the people were defenseless for a while, and there were also people who starved to death." At this time, it is really not appropriate to feast on a large scale! ”

When the old lady heard this, she fell silent, obviously a little depressed.

Wen Jin was so anxious that he blurted out, "In the summer, the southern region just experienced a drought, why didn't the northern region suffer from a cold snap before it was winter?" ”

Xiangye also sighed, "Xichu's national fortune is unfavorable this year!" ”

Before the joy of Xiangye's son came to his heart, he was washed down by the disaster. Because the emperor handed over the matter of solving the cold wave in the northern region to Xiangye.

In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wen Jin walked in without hindrance.

"Father." Wen Jinying gave a salute.

Xiang Ye was thinking about it at this time, and when he heard Wen Jin's voice, he raised his head from the pile of book folds. "Wen'er, what's the matter with you?"

Wen Jinyan smiled, "My brother's name, my father has thought about it?" The eldest son of the prime minister is the treasure of the people in the house? ”

When Xiang Ye heard his eldest son, he felt a lot relieved. His face relaxed slightly, and he picked up a pen and wrote on rice paper.

"Su Wencheng." Wen Jin read softly.

"What a name." Wen Jin sincerely admired.

Xiangye also said comfortably, "Adult, talent, success." I hope he lives up to my expectations. ”

"My brother will definitely hold up the lintel of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Wen Jin said categorically.

Xiangye looked straight at Wen Jin, he seemed to know a little bit about his daughter. This daughter can't help but be smart and empathetic. A few words relieved me a lot.

Wen Jin didn't care about Xiang Ye's gaze, and only asked softly, "Is my father worried about the cold wave in the north?" ”

Xiangye sighed and said, "I have thought of many ways for my father, but I can't take care of them all!" ”

Wen Jin's eyes moved slightly, "Father didn't have the idea to go to the treasury of the nobles of the family, right?" ”

Xiangye was stunned, and said, "How do you know?" ”

Wen Jin looked aware of it, "If there are still silver taels in the treasury, the emperor will not hand over this tricky matter to his father." But my father couldn't conjure up silver taels empty-handed, so he could only try to get them. And the best and quickest way is to ask those nobles to donate silver taels for disaster relief. ”

Xiangye nodded secretly, "My father does think so, but in this way, he will inevitably offend those nobles!" Although the Prime Minister's Mansion is powerful, it can't make a public wrath! ”

Wen Jin's eyes turned, and there seemed to be brilliance in his eyes. "What if the initiator is a nobleman in the palace?"

Xiangye's eyes lit up, "Wen'er, this is an idea?" ”

Wen Jin smiled slightly, "This time, I'm afraid I will have to use the chrysanthemum banquet of the eldest princess of Chaoyang." ”

Xiangye asked suspiciously, "Eldest Princess Chaoyang?" That's not a good talker! ”

Wen Jinwan smiled, "Father, don't worry, I will say that the eldest princess of Chaoyang will be moved." ”

This year's chrysanthemum feast is much earlier than in previous years, the chrysanthemum has just bloomed, and it has not yet reached the peak season, so Princess Chaoyang sent out a post for the blossom feast.

This year's chrysanthemums have a lot of patterns and colors, and the patterns don't need to be detailed, but the colors alone add purple and green.

Purple chrysanthemum and green chrysanthemum are both rare things, so this time Princess Chaoyang not only invited the ladies of each family, but also gave invitations to the wives of each family.

Outside the palace, it was just that, and Princess Chaoyang also specially sent someone to inform the concubine. said that if the concubine is willing to appreciate her face, she will bring the concubines in the palace to visit the princess's mansion.

The princess's mansion respects the marquis and the concubine is here.

The concubine Niangniang has just taken over the power of the six palaces, and this time she can lead the concubines in the palace to participate in the flower-viewing banquet, so she naturally likes to join in the fun. So the concubine begged the emperor, and the emperor nodded and agreed.

On the day of the flower-viewing banquet, the Chaoyang Eldest Princess's Mansion was directly in the market. People come and go, and the people in the eldest princess's mansion can't be welcomed.

Finally, it was time for lunch, and everyone sat down.

The eldest princess gave up the main house and took a seat, and asked the concubine to take a seat. He sat at the head of the concubine.

The concubine seemed to be in a good mood, and couldn't help admiring the chrysanthemums of different colors placed in the hall.

After three rounds of drinking, Princess Chaoyang proposed with great interest, "Guifei Niangniang, why don't we make a chrysanthemum order?" ”

The concubine was happy in her heart, and naturally she readily agreed.

Princess Chaoyang said again, "It's a chrysanthemum order, and there should be some color heads, why don't we each take out some things out, and put them all in the color head box if we lose?" ”

The concubine was overjoyed, "This is a good idea, it is so, I will use a pair of jade jade bracelets on my wrist as a color head!" ”

Princess Chaoyang hurriedly exclaimed, "The concubine is really a big hand!" It all made Princess Ben feel panicked. ”

The concubine Niangniang hurriedly smiled, "The eldest princess is really good at joking, can't the princess's mansion take out a pair of bracelets?" ”

The eldest princess also smiled and took off a pair of red gold bracelets on her wrists. "Then I'll use this pair of bracelets as a color!"

With the noble concubine and the eldest princess taking the lead, the ladies and ladies of those noble families naturally took out the good things they were wearing.

In the first round of the chrysanthemum order, when the drumming fell, the chrysanthemum just stopped in the hands of the concubine Niangniang, and the concubine Niangniang easily came up with a poem about chrysanthemums, and the game passed. The color head of the concubine is still placed in front of the concubine.

Everyone opened their mouths to chase after the concubine Niangniang. The concubine Niangniang was also full of joy.

The drumming sounded round after round, and no matter who you went to, you could easily face each other. So the color head was not moved.

An hour and a half passed quickly, and Princess Chaoyang said that this was the last round, but unexpectedly, this round of chrysanthemums happened to reach her hands.

Princess Chaoyang meditated on the verses, and suddenly read sadly, "Stay until the winter wind covers the autumn wind, and only smell plum blossoms and don't know chrysanthemums." ”

After reading this poem, Princess Chaoyang secretly wept, "This chrysanthemum can't withstand the wind and frost, let alone a person?" Now I think of the persecution of the people in the northern region by the cold wave, and I feel guilty when I think of my own fine clothes and food. ”

"Jufang." Princess Chaoyang called.

"The slave is here." The maid behind Princess Chaoyang immediately stood up.

"Go and count my dowry out of thirty boxes, count the things, and send them to the treasury for registration. It is also good to contribute to the people of the north. If I can save them from hunger and cold, it will be a blessing for me. ”

When the maid Jufang heard this, she respectfully agreed.

Wen Jin stood up and said with righteousness, "Zhuqing, you will fold the dowry left by your mother to me into 100,000 taels of silver tickets and send it to the eldest princess's mansion tomorrow." ”

After the order, Wen Jin said respectfully to Princess Chaoyang, "The princess forgives her sins, Wen Jin is not talented, and she also wants to contribute to the affected people, so she will take matters into her own hands to bother the princess." ”

Princess Chaoyang looked moved, "It's rare! It is rare that the nobles of the capital family still have such a righteous woman. ”

The concubine seems to have sensed the whole story, but at this time she can only push the boat with the current.

"Bai Zhi, when you return to the palace, you will also send 50,000 taels of silver to the Xichu treasury for the palace." The concubine commanded loudly.

Bai Zhi, the palace maid behind the concubine, was stunned for a moment, and then respectfully agreed.

With the beginning, the wives and ladies of other noble families also commanded their maids.

Seven days later, the treasury of Western Chu had saved enough silver taels to understand the disaster situation in the north, and even a lot of silver was left.

In the imperial study, the emperor praised Xiang Ye a lot, and Xiang Ye only responded respectfully, not daring to slack off at all.

When there were only the emperor and the chief eunuch in the imperial study, the emperor said coldly, "It turns out that the nobles of the Western Chu family are even richer than me!" ”

The chief eunuch trembled, and hurriedly saluted and said, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." Who in this world can be richer than Your Majesty? ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, and then laughed.