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

Chapter 209: Idiot! Using my wife's dowry

The Fourth Master and Fourteenth Master completed the task independently by picking out the meridians, kneading them into balls, rolling them into strips, and finally making them into taro balls.

He even did the final steps of boiling ice water and mixing the yogurt.

When Emperor Kangxi reached out to take the bowl of taro balls from him, there was a hint of moisture in his eyes.

He hurriedly scooped up a mouthful to try it, and before he could even taste it, he praised: "Good! Good~"

Being born in heaven, such family happiness is much less than that of ordinary people.

He had fathered more than ten or twenty sons, but this was the first time he had eaten food made by his own sons.

After tasting it, I found it was surprisingly delicious.

He couldn't help but question: "Is this really made of sweet potatoes?"

He had originally thought about promoting sweet potatoes on a large scale to reduce food pressure.

However, the taste of sweet potatoes is much worse than that of rice and flour, making it difficult to promote.

A more important reason is that sweet potatoes are difficult to store and are very heavy.

If sweet potatoes were collected when taxes were collected, they could only be kept for one year.

But if the people were asked to change the tax on sweet potatoes into rice and wheat, they would never do it even if they were beaten to death.

In the end, we had to let it go.

Unexpectedly, this change of eating method will completely transform the sweet potato~

Before the Fourth Master could say anything, Fourteenth was quicker to speak: "That's right, this thing is so delicious, the Fourth Master even got stabbed for it!"

Fourth Master: ...this brat~

Emperor Kangxi became interested as soon as he heard it, and asked Fourteenth Prince to tell him everything he knew.

The Fourth Master thought to himself, this wasn't me intentionally deceiving the Emperor, it was the Fourteenth Master who was just talking nonsense.

The family of four is so happy that others are envious.

When Concubine De saw that they had almost finished playing, she asked the servants to make two bowls of soup separately and send them to the side hall.

Emperor Kangxi was stunned for a moment and said, "Your son made this with his own hands, and you're willing to give it to him?"

If he wasn't afraid of indigestion from eating too much, he would have wanted to eat up all the gifts his sons gave him.

Why is it that when it comes to Concubine De, she is in a hurry to give it to others?

De Fei tucked her handkerchief across her mouth and said, "Alas, poor thing! It's so hot it's almost like a fever, and the Imperial Household Department is so stingy."

"If Your Majesty hadn't come, how could I have used ice so freely?"

"What? That slave dares to deduct money from you?" Emperor Kangxi found it a little unbelievable.

Concubine De is ranked among the four concubines, and she has two sons of that age standing there. How dare a servant bully her?

Concubine De pulled the corner of her mouth and revealed a bitter smile: "They dare not deduct my share, but I am not the only one in this palace."

"Zhang Jiashi from the side hall has not been feeling well since the end of last year, and this hot weather is making it even harder for her to endure."

"Today, I, your Highness, will take advantage of your presence to give her a good service~"

After hearing this, Emperor Kangxi turned the Buddhist beads in his hand, but did not mention the matter of Bing again.

Instead, he mentioned Zhang Jiashi and praised her, "Yin'er is kind-hearted. Zhang Jiashi should send a royal physician to take a good look at her."

As the two of them were talking, their heads were about to touch. The Fourth Master and the Fourteenth Master also understood the expressions and said goodbye and left.

The Fourth Master left the palace, while the Fourteenth Master returned to the upper study.

He was very reluctant: "Fourth brother, next time Mu Xiu, can you take us out to play?"

"Nonsense, thinking about playing all day long," the Fourth Master said with a slightly cold expression, just like his father. "Also, you are not allowed to drag Thirteen into doing anything out of line."

"His mother hasn't been feeling well recently. Please stop bothering him and be nicer to him."

From Defei's tone just now, he could tell that Zhang Jia's health was probably not very good.

Thirteen, as a son, must feel bad.

Fourteen nodded hesitantly: "I understand."

When he returned to the study, he packed up some of his favorite things and placed them on the table of table 13.

Fourth Brother said he should be nicer to Thirteen, but he gave him all his favorite things...

Emperor Kangxi stayed in Yonghe Palace for one night, and Liang Jiugong came to report the next day.

"There was a mistake in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This year's edible ice has long been gone. What we use now is all purchased by the Eighth Master with his own money," Liang Jiugong reported concisely.

"Where did he get the money?" Emperor Kangxi had some knowledge of prices.

How much money would it cost to buy ice out of your own pocket in the middle of summer?

Lao Ba has no foundation at all. How can we get so much money if we don’t sell him off?

Liang Jiugong trembled his lips and said, "Eighth Lady..."

Emperor Kangxi's expression remained calm, but he threw the paperweight in his hand far away: "Idiot! You actually used my wife's dowry!"

He was the emperor, rich as the world, yet his son actually used his daughter-in-law's dowry to buy him ice!

Emperor Kangxi felt a tight pain in his chest, and his breath had a burning smell.

"Bring the steward of the Imperial Household Department here to me, and you will personally conduct the trial!"

Liang Jiugong went down with his nose pinched, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs ushered in a major earthquake...

Lin Mingyan was unaware of the changes in the palace. She was surprised to receive the invitation from Tian.

"Concubine Tian from the Third Master's family invited me to a banquet!" Lin Mingyan played with the card with the hairpin flower over and over again.

This was the first time someone invited her out to play after she became a concubine.

At that time, the Fourth Master said that after becoming a concubine, she would not be confined to the mansion and could go out and socialize.

But at that time I had just given birth, the weather was cold, and I was too lazy to move.

Later, when spring came and the Fourth Master was injured again, no one would probably invite her out to play at this critical juncture.

So for more than half a year, she didn't receive a single post.

The Fourth Master took the note from her hand, looked at it and said, "Third Brother has a keen sense. He saw that Master had entered the palace and wanted to ask you for information."

As for what the news was, it was of course a big move by the Imperial Household Department.

Although Emperor Kangxi set up the Imperial Household Department a few days after he entered the palace, he did not want to bring the matter of the Eighth Prince using his wife's dowry to the surface.

Liang Jiugong did it quietly and kept his mouth shut no matter who asked him.

Everyone started to think in the wrong way and blamed the Fourth Master.

After all, at this critical moment, what made His Majesty furious was of course the Fourth Master's injury.

Gorgeous...misunderstanding~

After listening to his explanation, Lin Mingyan nodded and said, "Then I won't go. It will save them from asking questions."

"Go ahead, just go," the Fourth Master patted her head, "have fun there, and enjoy yourself."

"No matter what others ask, you just say you don't know. Who dares to pry your mouth open?"

Lin Mingyan thought about it and realized that she was really looking forward to going out and playing.

At this age, she has never gone out to play with anyone, of course, not counting the Fourth Master.

It feels good to go out and play with colleagues like Tian and others, who should be considered colleagues.

In particular, Tian did not arrange the banquet at the Third Master's house, but held it at Fuxingju.

This way, they don't have to be restricted by Sanfujin, and they can still have fun.

expect......