Chapter 56: Parading Through the Streets to Give Gifts to the Queen

It was still about an hour before dark.

Xu Huizu rushed back to Jinling City.

As soon as he entered the streets.

He began to meet neighbors living on the same street one after another.

They were all family members of the court dignitaries, and many of them were from Huaixi.

Many noble families were born in the common people and knew wild vegetables, so they asked curiously.

"Huizu, where did you get so many wild vegetables?"

"What do you do with so many wild vegetables?"

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Xu Huizu smiled generously and said, "I went to visit my sister and tasted the delicious wild vegetables in the village, so I asked my sister to pick some for me."

Hearing this, all the people who asked looked at each other.

After Xu Huizu rode past with a smile, they gathered together and whispered.

"Look, Miaoyun's life is not easy, she has started to eat wild vegetables!"

"This girl is really not afraid of being laughed at. She only brings some wild vegetables to her parents' home? Too shabby!"

"What else? She eats wild vegetables herself, what else can she bring to her parents' home?"

"Miaoyun is so stupid, how can she live on coarse food?"

"I guess Miaoyun must have regretted it. She brought wild vegetables back to hint to Uncle Xu that life is hard and she wants Uncle Xu to help her."

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The things Xu Miaoyun brought back to her parents' home turned out to be wild vegetables. This news quickly spread in this street where the powerful gathered.

Xu Huizu did not fail to hear the discussion behind him.

He was too lazy to pay attention!

Later, he would swagger and bring wild vegetables to the palace to give gifts to the queen.

Just send wild vegetables!

After the queen accepts it, see if these gossipers dare to gossip!

Don’t count the generations of people who live on this street.

Many people were originally farmers.

How many days have they stopped being farmers?

Do they not know whether wild vegetables like purslane are delicious?

They know!

They just think that saying they are delicious will expose their past!

Once they become rich, they dare not say that things that used to be delicious and filling are good, no matter how delicious they are, and they have to pretend to be disgusted!

Inferiority complex is at work!

“Brother, brother!”

Xu Huizu looked in the direction of the voice and saw his two sisters standing at the gate of the mansion, waving excitedly.

He smiled immediately.

They must have been waiting for a long time.

When Xu Huizu rode closer, Xu Miaojin and Xu Miaoxiu jumped and ran down the stone steps. They looked at the three horses, which were full of things, and their eyes sparkled. "Brother, what is this?"

"Delicious, we can eat it in the evening!"

"Do you have apricot blossom wine?"

"Yes!"

"What about eels?"

"Yes!"

"What about pheasants?"

"Yes!"

"Wow! That's great! Brother, we will help you!" The two little girls shouted excitedly when they heard that they had all the things they had been thinking about.

Xu Huizu called the servants at the door.

A group of people, leading baskets and bags, walked towards the mansion.

The kitchen in the mansion.

After giving each of the two greedy sisters a glass of apricot blossom wine, Xu Huizu reminded them: "Don't drink secretly! If you get drunk, we will have delicious food in the evening and we won't ask you!"

"Yes, yes, no, no!"

Seeing the two sisters nodding repeatedly, Xu Huizu smiled, sorted out four bags, and carried them out.

Xu Miaojin asked, "Brother, what are you going to do?"

"To the palace, to deliver something to the Empress."

Xu Huizu deliberately took Xiao Hei and left with four bags.

Can Uncle Lan be allowed to bully the weak?

Can't he take Xiao Hei and go to the palace to show off for his brother-in-law and sister?

My brother-in-law and sister disdain to do such a thing, but he is willing!

After going out, he led the horse in the alley. Not long after walking, he ran into Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou who hurried back with dark faces. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜

“Brother, did my sister ask you to bring some wild vegetables home that are not presentable? Come back and embarrass yourself!” As soon as they met, Xu Yingxu lowered his voice and asked.

Xu Huizu frowned and nodded, "Yes, what's wrong? You must not eat tonight!"

"Even if you beg us to eat, we won't eat!" Xu Zengshou said unhappily, "Do you know that the whole street is laughing at our family now!"

"I don't want to bother with you. Father will leave the court soon. You'd better behave yourself!" After a warning, Xu Huizu led the horse away.

These two younger brothers are too young, too face-conscious, and too concerned about other people's comments.

When their elder sister married her brother-in-law, they felt ashamed.

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In front of the Hongwu Gate.

Xu Huizu arrived with a horse, and said to the captain guarding the imperial city, "I want to see the queen, and behind me are some specialties I brought back from the countryside."

The captain knew Xu Huizu, checked him a little, and confirmed that there was no danger, and smiled, "Please come in, young master!"

With the identity of Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu entered the palace very smoothly.

After entering the palace, he soon met civil and military officials in the court.

"Nephew Huizu, what are you doing?"

"Sending some wild vegetables picked from the countryside to the Empress."

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He answered like this whenever someone asked along the way.

The news spread quickly.

"The eldest son of the Xu family, sending wild vegetables to the Empress? It must be the eldest daughter of the Xu family who asked them to bring them back."

"You sent pickled products and apricot wine a few days ago, but now you can only send wild vegetables? Life is getting worse day by day?"

"Did you notice the horse that Xu Huizu was leading?"

"How could I ignore it! Lan Yu's mount!"

"The eldest son of the Xu family is not a good person either!"

"No! He took Lan Yu Zengjin's horse, carried the wild vegetables brought back from Tuqiao Village, and swaggered through the market to the palace to give gifts to the queen. This kid took a small knife and stabbed Lan Yu in the heart!"

"Hmph! This little brat is not just poking at Lan Yu! He's also poking at all the people who laugh at and are hostile to his sister and brother-in-law!"

"Fortunately, Lan Yu is still recovering from his injuries. If he saw it with his own eyes, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood!"

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Royal study room.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial and asked with interest: "Are you sure, Huizu came to the market to give gifts to the queen? And he also held Lan Yu Zengjin's horse?"

"Yes, everyone in the palace is talking about it now." The young eunuch answered with his head lowered.

"This boy is not a good boy!" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up with a smile and ordered: "Go to the queen's palace and see what gift he brought to the queen?"

He was very curious...

It was nine years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Giving gifts to the queen and showing off like this.

Xu Huizu is the first!

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On the only way to the harem.

Xu Da had a dark face, waiting...

Xu Huizu approached under the leadership of the eunuch. After seeing Xu Da, he subconsciously shrank his neck, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Father, why are you here?"

snort!

Xu Da snorted angrily and pointed at Xiao Hei: "Just give your aunt a gift. Don't we have other horses in our family? Why, choose Xiao Hei!"

"Brother-in-law and sister don't bother to do this kind of thing. I'm young, so I pretend to be ignorant and do it for them!" Xu Huizu frowned, "I do this to tell those who laugh at and hate brother-in-law and sister, remember Uncle Lan’s lesson learned from the past!”

"Father wants to teach his child a lesson, and then he will teach him a lesson after he returns home."

"Let's go, you're an eyesore!" Xu Da waved his hands angrily.

After Xu Huizu hurriedly left with his little tail between his legs, Xu Da looked at it and couldn't help laughing: "You brat! He actually thought of giving a gift to the queen!"

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Xu Huizu arrived at Ma Xiuying Palace Courtyard smoothly.

Ma Xiuying also received the report early.

Standing in front of the window, I saw Xu Huizu holding four bags in both hands, humming and following the eunuch, then turned around and greeted him with a smile.

Xu Huizu entered the outer hall gate and happened to see Ma Xiuying coming out of the inner hall. He immediately smiled and said: "Auntie, I went to Tuqiao Village today and ate the wild vegetables cooked by my sister. They were very delicious, so I pestered her to pick them. a lot of."

"I don't know if Auntie likes to eat it."

Ma Xiuying stepped forward and took the bag from Xu Huizu's hand with a smile, "I like it. My aunt hasn't eaten it in several years."

"What wild vegetables did your sister cook for you? How did you cook it?"

Ma Xiuying pulled Xu Huizu, sat down at the table, poured water for Xu Huizu, and asked impatiently.

"The purslane, sister scalded it with boiling water..."

"Add wild garlic, a few drops of oil, and a few grains of salt. It's refreshing and delicious. It's perfect to eat now that the weather is hot!"

"Auntie, there are purslane and wild garlic we picked in the bag..."

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Ma Xiuying listened carefully to Xu Huizu's account of what he saw and heard during his trip to Tuqiao Village.

Before Shiro left, he prepared firewood, cut grass, and filled the water tank...

The children in the village heard that the master’s brother liked to eat wild vegetables, so they all volunteered to pick them with them...

All the details prove that Shiro and Miaoyun lived a happy life.

"Huizu, your brother-in-law is traveling far away. Is your sister suitable for it?" Ma Xiuying asked after Xu Huizu finished his story.

Xu Huizu blurted out: "Auntie, my sister is in trouble!"

Ma Xiuying looked at it in confusion...

"Failed? Failed by what?"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's laughter came from outside.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked in with a smile, glanced at the bag on the ground, and asked with a smile: "You are the first one to go through the market to give gifts to your aunt. What gifts did you bring? And what happened?"

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