No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Chapter 444 Are you counting on us to cover for you?

The Goryeo delegation has arrived in Beijing, and recently the peddlers walking around the streets of the capital have been going to the Huitong Hall intentionally or unintentionally.

Huitongguan was the place where foreign envoys were received at that time, and the envoys lived here.

The arrival of people outside means new business, and the vendors come here to smell the scent.

The Fourth Master rubbed his brows, squeezed through the crowded street and went to Huitong Hall.

After all, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, it is necessary to show concern for the visiting envoys.

But that was also because the emperor was too easy-going. If he said that he didn't ask them to go to the Ministry of Rites to pay a visit, it was already a good thing.

He walked into Huitong Hall with a cold face, and the people inside were talking loudly.

When speaking in Korean, with the addition of interjections and facial expressions, it looks like they are arguing.

The Fourth Master's mood became even worse.

I was already feeling uncomfortable just thinking about having to deal with this group of extortionists all day, not to mention running into someone and getting into an argument so early in the morning.

Ever since he came, the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites seemed to have suddenly lost their minds and had to report everything to him for his decision.

In fact, he could understand it very well. After all, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were all old, and everyone wanted to live in peace and wait until they could retire.

However, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites were extremely complicated, and some matters might not seem big at first glance, but if they went wrong they could become a disaster.

They have been working in fear for so long, and suddenly they caught such a capable and responsible prince like him. Wouldn't they try to shirk the responsibility to death?

But the Fourth Master is a man who is not afraid of anything and can overcome any difficulties.

This...aren't there more and more things happening?

Lin Mingyan was waiting for him to come back home for dinner. It was already past eight o'clock and the children were about to go to bed.

She was so convinced!

When the Fourth Master was in the Imperial Household Department, he was busy building houses for his brothers. It was understandable that he was busy as a cricket, after all, it was for his brothers.

In the Ministry of Revenue, I was busy ensuring that the people of the world had enough to eat.

Hey, now that he’s at the Ministry of Rites, he can still be busy!

When the Fourth Master came back, her little mouth was pouting like an oil bottle.

"What are we having for dinner? I'm hungry," he touched his stomach and smiled at her.

Lin Mingyan couldn't stand him laughing like that. He made her stunned and she couldn't get angry anymore.

I could only greet him: "Eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes and bitter melon..."

It’s such a hot day that he can’t eat greasy food. The Fourth Master doesn’t eat any meat at all now.

But he doesn't like eating eggs, so he can't get enough protein.

Lin Mingyan thought of tomatoes and sent someone out to find them. She made them sweet and sour so that he could eat most of the plate.

As for the bitter melon, it's to help Fourth Master cool down his internal heat. He's been really hot-tempered lately...

The Fourth Master ate the scrambled eggs with tomatoes that she made, and now whenever he thought of this dish, he felt his appetite improved.

I sat down next to her and began to look forward to the food being served.

Lin Mingyan told Du Juan to go order the food. When no one was in the room, she snorted twice and said, "I thought my stomach was different from ours."

Be careful of stomach problems if you have irregular meals!

The fourth master quickly coaxed him: "I have been hungry for a long time, but it was the messenger who dragged me to cry poor."

There was a reason why the Goryeo Kingdom came to the country to beg for a diplomatic mission.

Because this year's typhoon did not follow the usual rules, it did not land in the vast territory of Qing Dynasty, but blew to the Korean Peninsula.

If the Qing Dynasty encountered a typhoon, only the coastal areas would be affected, but the inland areas would not be affected.

If the imperial court allocates grain from various parts of the country, we can still survive this year.

But Goryeo was already poor, so wouldn’t it collapse completely if such a natural disaster struck?

"I heard from their envoys that half of the families in Goryeo are now homeless," the Fourth Master sighed.

He did not have a good impression of Goryeo, but he was still very sympathetic to the suffering of the Goryeo people.

Lin Mingyan couldn't say against her conscience that people deserved it now. After all, the vast majority of the people were innocent.

In the face of natural disasters, humans are insignificant.

"Then what should we do? Are we going to rely on the Qing Dynasty to back us up?" Lin Mingyan asked a little hesitantly.

Humanitarian aid is certainly a good thing, but the Qing Dynasty itself is also in dire straits.

Fourth Master: "The word 'guarantee' is well used. It just means they are incompetent and are waiting for us to clean up their mess!"

The Qing Dynasty was the suzerain state and Goryeo was a vassal state.

Logically speaking, it should be the suzerain state that gets benefits from the vassal state, otherwise it will beat you up.

Now, the situation is reversed.

When things are fine, the Qing Dynasty will give rewards; when things are bad, the Qing Dynasty will also provide a safety net.

What the hell is this!

"Then are you going to wipe it off?" Lin Mingyan covered her mouth with her hands after she said that, fearing that he would pinch her mouth.

The Fourth Master glanced at her sideways and said, "That's not for me to decide."

He just listened, wrote it down in a memorial, and reported it truthfully.

This was also the main purpose of the messenger talking to him all day.

After all, the King of Goryeo is the emperor's subject and can write memorials to him.

However, these envoys were envoys of the King of Goryeo and were not qualified to submit memorials to the Emperor.

Even any auspicious signs they sent could only be submitted through the Ministry of Rites, and they could not meet the emperor in person.

All we can do is pull the Fourth Prince aside and ask him to say a few good words for him.

Lin Mingyan felt a little relieved after hearing his explanation: "So they are inferior?"

How remarkable were the Koreans of later generations?

Developed countries look down on developing countries.

At this moment, I am inferior to them!

The Fourth Master smiled and said, "A vassal state is actually not even as good as a vassal king."

"These envoys claim to be ministers, but they are nothing more than servants of the Li family. Of course, it is impossible for the Emperor to receive them personally."

After saying that, he explained that if an overseas country sent an envoy, such as Great Britain.

Then Emperor Kangxi still had to meet him in person. After all, he was an equal envoy from another country, and it would be wrong not to meet him.

But the surrounding vassal states are not qualified.

Lin Mingyan listened to these stories while eating and unknowingly ate a little more.

She touched her rounded belly and punched the Fourth Master twice in anger: "It's all your fault! Eating so late and eating too much, you're gaining weight!"

As we get older, it’s easier to gain weight than when we were teenagers and our metabolism was high!

Seeing her poking her belly with a worried look on her face, the Fourth Master smiled and said, "You're not fat, not fat. It's a blessing to have some weight on."

He really thought so. After all, he could never gain weight, and it would be bad to be skinny.

Lin Mingyan was unhappy: "No, I want to go out for a walk. I feel too guilty to sleep right after eating!"

She glanced at her pocket watch and saw that it was almost nine o'clock, which made her even angrier.

It's already nine o'clock and she's still eating two bowls of rice. This mouth of hers is in tatters!

It was dark outside, and the Fourth Master certainly didn't agree with her going out for a walk, so he had to change to an exercise that didn't require going out.

I took her to exercise until the moon was hidden...