There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 625 Palm Festival (third shift)

But this year is different, she has money, not only can afford to eat rice dumplings, she can even buy complete sets of shops and houses.

No matter what this year, she will make zongzi well and eat zongzi.

It was only the first day of May, and Li Jiaoniang told the servants in the village to go to the mountain to gather more leaves for making zongzi.

Reed leaves are mostly used to make zongzi in the north, while reed leaves are used in the south.

Ruoye is also called one-leaf orchid, the leaves are large and green all the year round, and the leaf shape is beautiful.

In modern times, many people planted potted plants and placed them at home for viewing.

There are also several one-leaf orchids planted in the Liuyue Garden.

When Li Jiaoniang ordered the servants in the garden to pick the reed leaves, Luo Cheng immediately frowned and said, "One orchid leaf in Zhuangzi is too small to make zongzi."

Li Jiaoniang laughed, "We have to make at least a few hundred zongzi, how can those few leaves be enough?"

The one-leaf orchid in the village has not been planted for a long time, but the young seedlings are only one foot high.

It's enough to see, it's not enough to make zongzi, and it's not enough to pull them all out.

Luo Cheng said, "Why do you pack so much?"

Li Jiaoniang counted with her fingers, "Not many, we have a lot of people, and there are not many people to give away. The two brothers Cong'er gave some, Sister Tang's house gave some, Hengyang Gong gave some, third cousin Lu Send some over there, besides, there are more than [-] people in our village alone, a few hundred zongzi is really not too many."

Luo Cheng was surprised, "In this way, it really isn't much."

Li Jiaoniang was afraid that there would be too little to do, so she took a pen and started to record. After writing down and dividing the number, she exclaimed and said, "I'm afraid a few hundred is not enough, let's make a thousand. We leave six hundred in the village. one, and the others each give sixty."

Luo Cheng added, "Make more sweet rice dumplings."

Li Jiaoniang snorted, "I like salty ones, egg yolks and meat dumplings are my favorite."

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, half salty and half sweet."

Li Jiaoniang also wrote down what kind of rice dumplings to make, and calculated the amount of ingredients.

After doing the calculation, Luo Cheng took the list and asked someone to buy ingredients.

……

It was almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and the atmosphere in the entire Lin'an City became lively.

According to the usual practice, Gaozong will give festival rewards to the ministers.

The Department of Internal Affairs, which is in charge of the property in the palace, was particularly lively.

The servants in charge of each family took the list of gifts received by the masters of each family and went to the Department of Internal Affairs to get the rewards.

Of course, those with higher grades will get the most rewards.

For example, at Qin Hui's house and Hengyang Duke's, there were a lot of things to pull three carriages.

Cloth, pearls and jade, food, are dazzling.

Qin Hui made great contributions, and Gaozong was very satisfied with the peaceful life brought about by the land cession and indemnity, so he was rewarded a lot.

The Duke of Hengyang helped Gaozong ascend the throne, and his contribution was not small. Besides, he was Gaozong's only elder, so he was rewarded generously, which is understandable.

When the people from Furong Villa drove away with the gifts from Duke Hengyang in their carriages, many people cast envious and admiring glances.

But when they saw Qin Hui's carriage, people spat out in disgust, "Bah! A traitor who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

The servants of the Qin family glared angrily, intending to scold the passers-by, but one of them found out that their master's sedan chair was coming here, and they all kept silent, waiting for the master to punish the passers-by.

It was Qin Hui who came.

Qin Hui heard the abuse from passers-by on the street, and ignored it, but ordered the bearers to continue walking.

There are many people who scold him, and he can't kill them all.

The sedan chair was carried directly into the palace gate and stopped in front of Empress Wu's palace.

He didn't go to court for several days. This morning, Empress Wu sent someone to the Qin Mansion to invite him, so he entered the palace in a sedan chair.

Empress Wu specially sent someone to invite her, presumably there was something important to discuss.

Qin Hui took some medicine and went out after feeling refreshed.

After entering the main hall, Empress Wu immediately retreated from the irrelevant left and right, leaving only two confidant maids to serve at the side.

"Your Majesty invited the old minister into the palace. I wonder if there is anything we can discuss?" Qin Hui asked.

Empress Wu said, "My lord has been invited here, and I want to discuss with the prime minister about an important matter, which is about the establishment of a crown prince."

Qin Hui's eyes darkened, "The officials have made up their minds? Who should be established?"

Empress Wu said, "I didn't say who to establish, but there is one thing that makes me doubt that he will establish Zhao Cong."

Qin Hui narrowed his eyes, "My lady, please tell me."

Empress Wu said, "I gave the Duanyang ceremony this morning. In the past, the rewards of the two princes were the same, but this year's Duanyang ceremony, the two princes have different amounts. Zhao Cong has an extra pair of jade ruyis."

"..."

"It's fine if it's a farewell gift, but this jade is like a wish. It was rewarded by the first emperor when he made the official family King Kang. The official family has cherished it for many years, and it is of great significance."

When he said this, Qin Hui was immediately taken aback.

"The old minister remembered, there is indeed this pair of Yu Ruyi."

"That's why I invited the Prime Minister to discuss how to prevent the government from appointing Zhao Cong as the crown prince."

Neither Empress Wu nor Qin Hui liked Zhao Cong's succession to the throne.

Zhao Cong is too upright and serious in his work. He is a main fighter.

He and Qin Hui of the Peace Party have completely different political theories.

Qin Hui worried that after Zhao Cong came to power, he would cut off his official career and weaken the power of the Qin family.

This is something Qin Hui cannot accept anyway.

And Empress Wu is indifferent to Zhao Cong because she doesn't have too deep feelings.

She had never really raised Zhao Cong. After Zhao Cong's wet nurse died more than a year ago, Gao Zong ordered her to bring Zhao Cong with him to raise him, and then she began to raise him.

On the other hand, Zhao Jiu, since entering the palace at the age of six, has been living in Empress Wu's palace, and only recently moved out of the palace.

The two love each other like mother and son.

Empress Wu secretly wanted Zhao Jiu to succeed her.

Qin Hui pinched the tip of his beard, squinted his eyes and thought about it, and said, "There is no way."

Empress Wu was overjoyed, "Master Prime Minister, speak quickly."

Qin Hui approached Empress Wu and whispered, "Your Majesty, how about doing this..."

He murmured a suggestion.

After Empress Wu heard this, her brows and eyes immediately stretched, and she said with a smile, "This is a good idea. If you punish someone, you won't leave anything to talk about."

"However, several people need to cooperate with this matter." Qin Hui said again.

Empress Wu smiled lightly, "I have my own arrangements."

"So, the old minister is waiting for the good news from the empress."

After discussing, Qin Hui left.

Empress Wu was in a good mood, and called out to the people around her, "Come on, let's go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, it's time to see the Empress Dowager."

When they arrived at the Palace of Compassion, Empress Wu told Empress Dowager Wei about the daily lives of the two princes.

"The two children are independent, and they are surrounded by old maids and guards. I haven't seen many young people. After a long time, this young man has become old-fashioned." Empress Wu said.

Empress Dowager Wei nodded, "How can these people arrange their lives? Let's send some capable ladies there."

Empress Wu rolled her eyes and said, "Arrange the maids, the maids are careful, and the maids can take care of food and clothing."

Empress Dowager Wei blinked, "Maid?" She couldn't figure out what Empress Wu was thinking for a moment.

The two princes were only teenagers, so it was too early to arrange maids to enter the mansion.

Empress Wu waved her hands away from the attendants on the left and right, and whispered Qin Hui's suggestion to Empress Dowager Wei.

Empress Dowager Wei hated Zhao Cong because she hated the people in Zhao Cong's room, and she also hoped that Zhao Jiu would succeed her.

But in the competition, Zhao Jiu lost to Zhao Cong, which made Queen Mother Wei depressed for several days.

Now that she heard Empress Wu's suggestion, the depression and melancholy in her heart were swept away in an instant.

"You choose someone, Aijia will see it in person."

Empress Wu smiled and said, "Yes, Empress Dowager."

"However, let's just arrange for Pu'an, not for Jiu'er." Queen Mother Wei said after thinking about it.

Empress Wu shook her head, "Your Majesty, if you don't treat everyone equally, you will be criticized by your admonishers."

Empress Dowager Wei sneered, "Those eloquent officials are really hateful, big men are doing gossips."

Empress Wu said, "That's why the daughter-in-law treats them fairly and doesn't leave them anything to say."

Queen Mother Wei frowned and said, "Will something go wrong?"

Empress Wu smiled and said, "It's just a small matter. If people enter the mansion, they should be locked up for a few days? They won't be allowed to see Jiu'er."

Empress Dowager Wei suddenly realized, she nodded with satisfaction, "Then let's do this, you hurry up and make arrangements."

"Yes, ma'am."

……

After Empress Wu returned to the palace, she immediately made arrangements.

She selected thirty young court ladies.

After these people were repeatedly selected by the Queen Mother Wei, ten people were eliminated, leaving 20 people.

Then, she arranged all the beautiful and lively ladies into Zhao Cong's mansion, and arranged those mediocre court ladies into Zhao Jiu's mansion.

Empress Wu will arrange the affairs of the maids and report to Gaozong.

Gao Zong nodded without hesitation, and said, "Their mansion is big, and there are few people around them. It is also appropriate to arrange a few people to go in. The empress has worked hard."

Empress Wu smiled and said, "The concubines are their queen mothers, so it is right to arrange their daily life."

……

There were ten young and beautiful maids in Zhao Cong's mansion. When he heard the news, he was learning how to make zongzi with Li Jiaoniang in Liuyue Garden.

After listening to his entourage's report, he frowned and said in disgust, "No, return it all to the empress, I don't need any maids."

The attendant said, "But Your Highness, the King of Enping County also received a maid, so he didn't retreat. His Highness retreated, and the Empress blamed His Highness for not accepting her kindness, so what should I do?"

Originally, the queen didn't like Zhao Cong, isn't this causing trouble?

　Well, there is a typo in the title, Ran Ran has no permission to correct it, and it is troublesome to find an editor,

　　(Cover your face, or just make do with it? T, T), the text is the correct word.

　　Zongzi~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)