What is due will come.

Ye Tianhuai sighed very tiredly, and said in distress: "Recently, the state affairs have been busy, and I have no time to take care of anything else. You know that your brother led an army to Yunju, right? ”

This trick was very successful in diverting the subject. Hearing the emperor mention Gu Haiwang, the queen's face was nervous, and she said, "The concubine heard about it." ”

"Your brother's expedition this time is to contribute to the imperial court and to relieve my worries." After Ye Tianhuai finished speaking, he looked at the queen kindly and said, "You are in the harem, and you also have to relieve your worries for me." ”

The queen was stunned, not understanding what Ye Tianhuai meant.

"On the day of the wedding, I gave you the queen's seal, which is to give you the power to manage the harem. The third day of the third month of next month is the Queen Mother's Memorial Day, according to the rules, you have to lead the palace concubines and concubines to the Ciyun Temple to pray for the Queen Mother's spirit in the sky, can you prepare? Ye Qian asked seductively.

"The concubine heard that Gonggong Li mentioned this matter, but the concubine didn't know that she wanted the concubines and concubines to participate in the ......"

Ye Qianhuai interrupted her: "This year is the first sacrifice day of the queen mother, not only the concubines and concubines will participate, but also several princesses who are not yet adults. ”

There was some displeasure in her voice.

Ye Qianhuai, as the fourth prince who no one cared about, has grown in the palace for thirteen years, and it can be said that he has been dependent on Empress Jingmin for thirteen years, so his relationship with Empress Jingmin is particularly close.

The queen has also heard about this.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the concubine will definitely arrange this matter." The queen hurriedly packed the ticket to Ye.

"Recently there has been a war in the north, and there are many places where silver is used. The festival of the queen mother should not be extravagant and wasteful. Ye Qianhuai instructed again.

So, the second half of the meal was happily spent in the discussion of the Queen Mother's festival, and the queen never mentioned the matter of staying overnight.

It wasn't until the queen disappeared outside the palace gate with the maids that Ye Qianhuai put away the smile on his face and looked cold.

"Li Baoquan, check the people below you, who is delivering the news to Kunning Palace."

As soon as she returned to Jingshou Palace on the front foot, the queen on the back foot arrived, and even the braised beef was ready, which showed that she knew her whereabouts well.

After all, Li Baoquan was an old man in the palace, and he was very transparent, and he immediately understood what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty is angry, it's the old slave who didn't discipline the people below, so the old slave will go and investigate."

——

The next day, Li Baoquan brought back the news from Eagle Guard.

Tao Yuan replied in his own handwriting, but it was very concise-

It does. Let's see each other.

Tao Yuan is not reckless, he can talk like this, he must have something to say in person.

The matter of military rations was urgent, and after Ye Tianhuai got the news that Li Baoquan brought back, he decided to go out of the palace to find Tao Yuan.

"You stay in the palace, and if anyone comes to see me, they will say that I am not feeling well, and I will not see you today." Ye Tianhuai instructed Li Baoquan.

"Your Majesty wants to go out of the palace alone, and the old slave can't let go of it." Li Baoquan persuaded.

"Qin Yang went out with me, and he was familiar with the road outside the palace. If you don't stay in the palace, I can't let go. Ye Qian said.

Except for Li Baoquan, I'm afraid no one can stop the courtiers and the queen who came to see him.

"Aunt Fanghua, change my clothes." After speaking, Ye Tianhuai took Aunt Fanghua and walked to the dormitory without looking back.

——

She hadn't been out of the palace for a while, but what she saw when she left the palace today was very different from what she had seen before.

The market has been much depressed.

"I remember there used to be a lot of vendors setting up stalls here." Passing by a street corner, Ye Tianhuai asked Qin Yang, "Why don't there be any stalls today?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, after the recent war, there are profiteers who resell goods at high prices, and the government has strictly investigated, and the vendors in this area have withdrawn."

Outside the palace, Ye Qianhuai always called himself the fourth son, and Qin Yang also called her so.

"The Baishui River is nearly two thousand miles away from Shengjing, and it is so far away that there is already a rumor in Beijing." Ye Qianhuai said with emotion.

She listened to the ministers arguing every day over the war, but it was not until she saw the streets with few pedestrians that she felt that the people's livelihood was withering.

The impact of the war was far greater than she could have imagined.

This war must end quickly.

Ye Qian said to himself in the bottom of his heart.

"It's a pity, there used to be a stall selling peach blossom oolong cakes here, and I quite liked it." Ye Qianhuai muttered.

Not only is the scene in the market very different, but even the scene in the Huisheng pawn is very different from the last time Ye Tianhuai came.

The pawnshop is overcrowded, full of people who come to pawn things, so it's not lively.

The shopkeeper and a guy were busy behind the counter dealing with the guests. Seeing Ye Qianhuai, the old man immediately nodded to her through the crowd and pointed to the back door.

Qin Yang escorted Ye Tianhuai to squeeze a way out of the crowd and entered the backyard through the wooden door at the back.

As soon as the door closed, the cacophony of human voices was suddenly cut off.

The courtyard door of the main hall had been renovated, the door was open, and a man in black was sitting in the hall, tinkering with three palm-sized rice bags in front of him.

It was Tao Yuan.

Seeing Ye Qianhuai, he immediately stood up and bowed.

Ye Tianhuai quickly stepped into the hall door and said to Tao Yuan: "No need to be polite. ”

She looked down at the rice bag in front of Tao Yuan, and said curiously, "Commander Tao, what is this?" ”

"Childe, this is three different kinds of grain storage in the granary on the hill."

Tao Yuan reached into the bag on the far left, grabbed a handful of rice, and let the rice slowly flow between his fingers.

It is full of luster and is a good rice.

"This is from the main warehouse, and it's all rice from the year." Tao Yuan said, "My subordinates have found out that all kinds of inspections by the imperial court are basically inspections of the main warehouse, so the rice in this is the best condition." ”

With that, he put his hand into the middle bag of rice.

This bag is full of corn. Tao Yuan didn't let the rice flow between his fingers, but spread his palm in front of Ye Tianhuai, so that she could see the corn in his hand clearly.

The golden corn is mixed with dark yellow debris.

"What is this?" Ye Qianhuai asked.

Tao Yuan picked out the dark yellow straw-like impurities with his other hand, twisted them on his fingertips and showed them to Ye Qianhuai: "This is bran." ”

Then, he picked out an empty husk the size of a bean and said, "This is a rice husk." ”

"These are things for the animals." Tao Yuan concluded.

He checked the corn in his hand again and said, "Only about sixty or seventy percent of it is corn." ”

After saying that, he threw the rice in his hand back into the bag, then grabbed a handful of rice from the last bag and spread out his palm.

There is no need for him to say it this time, Ye Qianhuai can also see it at a glance.

Rice is mixed with white sand, and there is even more white sand than rice.

Ye Tianhuai's face changed suddenly.

She didn't expect that the adulteration of military rations would be so serious and blatant.

And what is even more terrifying is Tao Yuan's next words.

"This kind of grain is the largest storage on the plateau, accounting for about sixty percent."

(End of chapter)