243. I Am a Good Emperor (4) (1/2)

All matters after the lifting of the maritime ban eventually fell on Prime Minister Zhao.

As soon as the court was dismissed, he could not wait to find several friends who suddenly changed their minds just now, and asked them why they had just made things worse.

These ministers had experienced at least two dynasties, all of them had gray hair, but they were in good spirits. After listening to Prime Minister Zhao's words, they began to speak with a smile.

"The maritime ban has been in place for a long time. If you think about it carefully, lifting the maritime ban is actually a good thing for our Liu country. Those foreigners still have good things in their hands."

"That's right." Another old minister continued, "Not to mention that it was your majesty who proposed to lift the maritime ban. If other colleagues proposed it, we could discuss it with each other, but your majesty is the king of a country, and we are all loyal to the king. Naturally, what your majesty says is what it is."

As soon as these words came out, the other two ministers immediately understood and echoed, "That's right."

They put their naked loyalty to the king in front of Prime Minister Zhao, and see if he would be embarrassed to cheat them!

Prime Minister Zhao was even more confused than before. He didn't understand why all his old friends seemed to have changed after one night when they were all talking fine yesterday.

Although the order had been issued, he still didn't give up and said, "Why do you have to do this, my Lords? Although your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, we old ministers also have the role of admonishing your Majesty. We should go and have a good talk with your Majesty about the lifting of the maritime ban. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money and manpower. This..."

Several ministers became alert.

Okay, they won't be fooled, but the Prime Minister is still trying to drag them into the ditch.

After being friends for many years, I didn't expect him to be so cunning.

"Your Majesty has also said that it is just to cancel the maritime ban, there is no waste of money and manpower, those who go to sea are just voluntary, whether they go or not, what does it have to do with Your Majesty?"

The relationship is not that simple, Prime Minister Zhao really doesn't understand why the tacit understanding between the few people seems to have disappeared without a trace at this moment, so he has to try hard to open his mouth to persuade:

"But..."

"Prime Minister, don't say more."

Several ministers spoke righteously, with seriousness written on their faces, "When Your Majesty was young, we said a few more words on political affairs for Liu But now that Your Majesty has reached the age of twenty, we, as ministers, should listen to Your Majesty's words, and we should not have any intention of controlling Your Majesty. "

"Since Your Majesty has strongly advocated the lifting of the maritime ban, there must be a reason for His Majesty. The Prime Minister should do a good job of the task given by Your Majesty."

"It's getting late, I'll take my leave first..."

Prime Minister Zhao stood there with a blank face. Seeing that several friends were all full of justice, as if they were walking with the wind, he hurried forward to chase them.

"But didn't we agree yesterday..."

"Sir, Sir..."

A little eunuch behind him caught up, and when Prime Minister Zhao barely stopped several friends, he said respectfully, "Your Majesty summoned you to see the Prime Minister."

Prime Minister Zhao had to swallow the rest of his words and said to several friends, "Wait until I leave the palace, we will talk in detail."

Several ministers watched Prime Minister Zhao being respectfully invited away by the eunuch, and their moods were quite complicated.

He also said that he didn't intend to trick them. His Majesty never summoned his ministers.

A minister breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and saw that there was no one around, and asked in a low voice, "Have we passed this level?"

"We still need to be cautious."

Another minister looked serious, "We are all good friends, he won't go too far, but the children at home need to be carefully warned. If something happens, at this critical juncture, we old guys can't save them even if we join forces."

They all looked much more solemn, while speculating on what big things His Majesty and the Prime Minister were going to do, while discussing how to maintain their image of loyalty and patriotism in front of the Prime Minister, and slowly walked away.

Prime Minister Zhao, who they thought was deep-minded and unfathomable, was directly summoned into the hall.

This is also considered the inner hall. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has never summoned these ministers in. Prime Minister Zhao guessed that it might be because of the cancellation of the sea ban, and His Majesty came to him to warn him.

Thinking that it might be because of this matter, his expression suddenly relaxed a lot, and there was a little relief in his eyes.

Regardless of whether he agrees with the lifting of the maritime ban or not, Prime Minister Zhao is still very happy that His Majesty is finally willing to deal with government affairs.

Even when he saw the emperor in a black robe holding a pot of flowers and looking at them non-stop, Prime Minister Zhao's relief did not disappear.

"Minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Wei Mingyan retracted his gaze from the pot of gorgeous flowers in his hand and smiled at Prime Minister Zhao, "Prime Minister, do you know why I called you here?"

Prime Minister Zhao said respectfully with a hint of emotion, "I don't know."

"Come, Prime Minister, look."

Wei Mingyan waved his hand and saw Prime Minister Zhao coming forward, then he showed him the flowers in his hand.

"Look at this flower, how beautiful it is, do you know why?"

Prime Minister Zhao never thought that His Majesty summoned him specifically for a pot of flowers.

He was a little disappointed, but answered honestly, "I don't know."

"I knew you didn't know, Zhang Yuan!"

Zhang Yuan, who had been waiting on the side, hurriedly and respectfully placed the plate in his hand on the table in front of the two people. On the plate, there was something similar to black mud lying quietly with a strange smell.

"Look, this is called fertilizer. It can accelerate the growth of grass when used in the soil. It only takes a little bit of it, and this pot of flowers will grow so much bigger than other flowers."

"It is also very easy to match. It only needs a little cheap stuff to match it. I think, Zhang Yuan, bring the flowers that are planted with this pot of flowers but not sprinkled with fertilizer, and show them to the prime minister."

Zhang Yuan quickly took a pot of the same variety of flowers that had not yet bloomed in the hands of other eunuchs and showed it to Prime Minister Zhao.

Prime Minister Zhao looked at the two pots of flowers with huge differences, and then looked at the black soil-like thing. His pupils shrank and his heart was pounding with excitement.

"This, this..."

He often deals with government affairs, so he naturally saw the effect of fertilizer at a glance.

If such a good thing is sprinkled on the ground, the tax revenue alone can be much more in a year.

The most important thing is that if this thing is real, it will definitely save the people! !

"Prime Minister, I know what you are thinking."

The most noble man in the world, wearing a black robe, smiled proudly and pushed the pot of flowers in his hand in front of the Prime Minister.

"What, with it, do you still oppose the lifting of the sea ban?"

No objection!

Of course not!

With such a magical object, the people will benefit from farming, and the treasury will be abundant in a few years. At that time, what will they be afraid of? The barbarians.

Prime Minister Zhao quickly turned around in his mind, and his relief became greater and greater.

Your Majesty has really grown up.

He knelt on the ground with a sincere heart, and no longer had the feeling of watching a child in the past. He just felt that whether he was there or not, His Majesty could take good care of Liu State.

Prime Minister Zhao did not give any advice this time, but asked, "I wonder where Your Majesty plans to start now?"

Should it be made in large quantities first, or should it be sent to practice farming first.

But since His Majesty is so confident, he must have cultivated it before, and he must have felt that there was no problem, so he sent it to him.

No wonder His Majesty suddenly wanted to lift the maritime ban. It turned out that he had the confidence in his heart.

Thinking that His Majesty had such a plan at such an age, he felt ashamed and convinced at the same time.

With such a king, their Liu Kingdom would prosper!

Wei Mingyan pointed at the gorgeous flowers and said confidently: "Of course, we should move the flowers in my flower room first. The barbarian country must have never seen such good flowers. These flowers should be sold at a good price."

The excited smile on Prime Minister Zhao's face, which was blooming because the young master could finally stand up, froze.

"Sell, sell flowers?"

"Of course."

The most noble man in the world propped up his chin, his handsome eyes full of yearning for money, "Don't you say that the flowers of foreign countries are not beautiful? These flowers I raise are all carefully cultivated, and I also add good things like fertilizers. Each one grows better than ordinary ones, and should be able to sell for a good price."

Prime Minister Zhao could hardly believe his ears, "Your Majesty strongly advocates the lifting of the maritime ban, just to sell flowers?"

"Of course not." The handsome emperor's face was full of contempt, "Why would I lift the maritime ban because of this."

Huh...

Prime Minister Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there is still hope.

He just relaxed, and Wei Mingyan said, "I'm for the glass recipe of foreign countries."

"Glass recipe?"

Prime Minister Zhao immediately remembered the scene when the maritime ban had not been lifted, and these things were sought after and competed for by everyone.

He was a little puzzled, "What does your majesty want this for?"

Could it be that this glass has other uses besides viewing?

"Of course, it is to use this glass to build a greenhouse. Prime Minister, you know that this greenhouse is very useful. Come closer and I will tell you in detail."

"Speaking of which, this method was proposed by Zhao Shuqing of your family, and Lang Su of Lang Mansion. If it weren't for him, I would not have thought of lifting the sea ban."

Half an hour later, Prime Minister Zhao returned to the mansion with a complicated expression.

He couldn't believe that when he didn't know, His Majesty had played with Shuqing of his family and Lang Su of his father-in-law's family.

He was thinking about the matter of lifting the sea ban all night yesterday, and he never thought that it was because of a few pots of flowers.

Because she was still in a trance, Mrs. Zhao was worried about her husband, so Prime Minister Zhao told her about what happened today.

After saying that, he sighed, "I'll go talk to Qing'er right now."

Mrs. Zhao immediately became anxious, "My husband, you know Qing'er's character, he didn't mean to instigate His Majesty."

"I know, I just want to ask him about the fertilizer."

Prime Minister Zhao was in a complicated mood because his second son, who he had never expected, actually made such a treasure that could benefit the people. With Mrs. Zhao's instructions, he went all the way to his son's yard.

Because Zhao Shuqing didn't want to go out, Prime Minister Zhao came to this yard countless times when he missed his son, but never looked at the flowers and plants in the yard so carefully.

I didn't think about it before, but now I see that they are indeed better than those in their yard.

Such a good thing has been quietly staying in their yard for so long. It's his fault that he didn't notice it before. After all, Qing'er's character is like that, and he doesn't have a good friend to interact with. If His Majesty hadn't come to the mansion with Lang Su on a whim, maybe this fertilizer would not be born until a hundred years later.

Thinking of His Majesty who saw such a treasure that could bring life to all people, but only thought about using it to grow flowers, Prime Minister Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

It’s difficult.

When he entered the yard, he saw his son holding a book and reading it carefully, and his eyes suddenly softened a bit.

There is no parent who doesn't like children who love to read, especially this child who used to be so heart-wrenching.

"fertilizer?"

Zhao Shuqing did not expect that the emperor had already told the story before he went to tell his father. He was a little surprised that the emperor who looked unreliable actually discovered the effects of chemical fertilizers, but his appearance remained the same. Calm.

Seeing his son's calm look, Prime Minister Zhao had to admit that his son, like His Majesty, had no idea what kind of treasure this fertilizer was.

"Qing'er, how did you come up with this fertilizer?"

Zhao Shuqing recalled it and said truthfully, "I want to grow flowers better."

Prime Minister Zhao struggled to hide the complexity on his face.

He tried hard to convince himself in his heart that he could not blame the child. After all, Qing'er had suffered from a strange illness since he was a child. After recovering, he had never left this courtyard. The master who taught him only had a few words left. It is normal for an old man who plans to live out his life in the mansion not to know what chemical fertilizers can be used for.

After Prime Minister Zhao comforted himself, he looked at Zhao Shuqing with even more loving eyes as he recalled the hardships his son had suffered.

"Qing'er, you have made a great contribution this time. Dad wants to thank you very much."

Yes, of course he knew this was a great achievement.

Speaking of which, in those TV dramas I watched before, if the protagonist took out something like fertilizer, would he be granted a throne or something?

Thinking that he could become a prince, Zhao Shuqing couldn't help but feel a little excited, but there was no smile on his face. He could only nod his head and said concisely, "You're welcome."

This is what he should do as a time traveler.

Can I choose my own title for the throne? He wanted to choose something that sounded good.

"You like flowers, don't you? Dad will send someone to buy flowers for you."

Zhao Cheng promised his son, "If you want to buy flowers from now on, just tell dad and he will buy them for you."

"Okay, Dad won't bother you with your reading. Remember to rest early. Don't read until it gets dark. It's not good for your eyes."

After Prime Minister Zhao finished speaking, he left the courtyard.

When he turned around, he saw his handsome-looking son sitting on a chair, with a fair and calm face. Even though he knew that the child had a cold temperament, he still felt somewhat comforted.

Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with things.

This kid still looks a bit like himself.

Zhao Shuqing waited until Prime Minister Zhao disappeared in this courtyard, then slightly lowered his head in the gentle breeze and looked at the book in his hand.

Was there something wrong just now?

He was just being polite. Dad wouldn't really think he didn't want a reward, would he?

Is it true that such a good thing as chemical fertilizer only replaces a few pots of flowers?

Why is the emperor so stingy?

Does his sister really want to marry such a stingy man? Still a big nine-year-old.

The wind is so strong and it's a bit cold.

It's better to go back to the house and continue thinking.

By the time Zhao Shuqing slowly returned to the house with the book in his arms, he could no longer remember what he was struggling with just now.

***

The matter of lifting the maritime ban has fully begun.

Prime Minister Zhao, who was still trying to argue with the emperor, quickly switched sides after entering the palace once.

The other ministers were more or less confused about the situation, but the senior ministers who were in high positions snorted in their hearts that the Prime Minister had agreed immediately without any objection from them.

Not even pretending to be fake.

Although there was a lot of mental activity, when Prime Minister Zhao came with fertilizer and posted a message to meet at the restaurant, the few of them still got together affectionately.

"There are such good things in this world."

A minister carefully looked at the black soil in the white jade plate, his face turned red with excitement.

"Your Majesty wants to lift the sea ban, is it because he obtained such a treasure?"

They thought of this almost immediately.

Prime Minister Zhao: "...Almost..."

Several ministers looked at his complicated expression and realized in their hearts.

Look, this guy is embarrassed to trick them.

He still has a conscience.

They were all friends for many years. They put aside their grudges and continued to discuss enthusiastically how to promote this tried and tested treasure.

By the time they finished talking and the sky was getting dark, they all left and prepared to disperse.

"Everyone, please wait."

Prime Minister Zhao thought that after His Majesty told him about this matter, he still said with some laughter that it was busy outside and that he would come to his house to enjoy flowers with Qing'er next time. He kindly reminded him, "There are a lot of things in Beijing recently. You guys should be well disciplined and don’t cause trouble outside.”

These officials' children are used to being arrogant and domineering. They often don't like each other and confront each other in the street. They are young and energetic. Prime Minister Zhao also understands, but he is afraid that when they are noisy, they will bump into His Majesty who is leaving the palace. Then it will not be good. It's over.

He also suddenly remembered, and by the way, he was reminded like this, and he didn't notice that the elders all had stern looks on their faces, and they agreed with solemn eyes.

It wasn't until Prime Minister Zhao left in his own carriage that they got into the carriage in panic.

Your Majesty, is it possible that we really want to take action on those juniors?

They also knew that the sons of the nobles in the capital had long been brought up to be lawless. If His Majesty wanted to investigate, it would not take much effort to find out.

And when the trouble reached His Majesty, how could they protect themselves?

They thought about it all the way with uneasiness. Once they arrived at their own house, they did not even bother to drink water, and began to thoroughly investigate whether the sons and grandsons in the house had done anything wrong.

If there were any, they would make up for it if they could. If they could not make up for it, some would beat the people directly and report to the government, while others would not be so cruel and try their best to compensate and ask the victims not to care.

Fortunately, although there were a few sons and grandsons who acted dissolutely, fortunately no murder lawsuits were made.

This thorough investigation also made several old adults realize that the children who were well-behaved in front of them would not be so well-behaved outside, and they all warned them with stern faces.

They have a prominent position in the court, and naturally they are powerful at home. They frightened and beat them, and frightened all the young people in the family into being obedient and dared not to mess around again.

The women in the family watched the commotion uneasily. If someone asked, they would not get an answer. They just said that they just wanted to investigate thoroughly.

This statement was not credible the next day.

If they just wanted to investigate thoroughly on a whim, why did the adults investigate thoroughly together?

They also have in-laws, who were the first to get the news. Although they didn't know what happened to make the adults discipline their children in this way, they also learned to investigate their families.

After this commotion, half of the capital knew about it.

The officials in the capital who are still alive now are all foxes. They prick up their ears and investigate everywhere when there is any movement. Now, seeing this situation, they also began to discipline their children.

For example, a group of dandy boys had a fight in the street before. It happened every now and then in the capital, but now if they dare to fight outside, their families will break their legs first.

These boys were scared and became very obedient, and they dared not do anything else.

They have always been active in the capital, and now it has suddenly become quiet, how could the people in the capital not notice it.

The small officials in the capital didn't know what happened, and the civilians were even more confused, but it didn't stop them from being careful. Even the petty thieves on weekdays shrank silently and dared not to take action again, for fear of being shot.

The vegetable vendors didn't even dare to shout too loudly, and the soldiers guarding the gates were no longer lazy as before. They stared with wide eyes all day, patrolling the people coming and going, for fear of losing their jobs accidentally.

In the end, the atmosphere of the entire capital was solemn and clear.

This strange situation continued until the well-informed foreign fleet heard the news and brought goods to the capital.

The last time they came was more than ten years ago. They thought they could make a fortune after coming here. Unexpectedly, they finally arrived in the capital, but the goods they brought with great effort were not bought like last time.

There is no way. More than ten years ago, the nobles in the capital bought their goods at high prices, but now the new dandies in the capital have no money.

Their families were afraid that they would cause trouble, so they all withheld the gold and silver in their hands. At first, they could still rely on their own small treasury to continue playing, but after being withheld for so long, even the thickest small treasury could not hold up.

No one can afford it, so naturally there is no desire to compare.

Those overseas merchants are a little confused.

To be honest, the practical value of the things they brought is not much. After all, although they are businessmen, they are also foreigners first. It is impossible for them to bring the good things that can change the environment in their own country to Liu State to improve Liu State’s national strength.

What they brought were all some items that looked luxurious but were useless except for being displayed beautifully. Once these things would have been sold in Liu State without any worries, but now the nobles and their children did not buy them and the common people could not afford them, so these overseas merchants were in an awkward situation for a while.

They had no choice but to unpack the seeds they brought and sell them at a cheap price.

Although it was cheap, no common people were willing to buy them.

They were already tight on money, so why didn't they buy grain seeds instead of these seeds of unknown seeds?

Some of the nobles and their children were interested and bought them back to let their servants plant them, intending to see what the overseas seeds could grow. Apart from that, no one else wanted to buy them.

They were still very interested in the glass photo frames, but they could not afford them.

These merchants stayed for nearly half a month, and did not sell much of their goods, but they bought a lot of things in the capital to resell.

But when they left, their faces were not happy.

Clearly, the records given by their predecessors said that the people here like their goods very much, and they can make a lot of money by selling them. Now, not only did they not make any money, but they also lost a lot.

After this batch of overseas merchants left, the seeds bought by the nobles' children gradually grew.

They were really strange and no one could recognize them.

But because some of them did bloom beautiful flowers, these young people who had long lost their entertainment became excited again, competing to compare whose flowers were more beautiful.

Fortunately, because the rumor that the emperor also loved flowers gradually spread in the capital, the elders at home turned a blind eye to their small gatherings to appreciate flowers.

These teenagers suddenly seemed to have found new fun.

Flowers are blooming at this house today, and everyone is invited to come and watch it. Flowers are blooming at that house tomorrow, and friends are invited to watch it. In short, because they have no money to go to a restaurant, these noble disciples go up to this house and down there every day. Going to that house again, suddenly there were many more people selling flowers in the capital.

Wei Mingyan also bought flowers.

Today, he came out of the palace with Prime Minister Zhao holding flowers. The two sat in the same carriage. Prime Minister Zhao, who had never been so close to His Majesty, was very nervous. However, His Majesty, who was wearing ordinary clothes, seemed to be invisible. Show off the potted flower in her hand to him enthusiastically.

"I personally selected this flower in front of the foreigner's stall. The flower that bloomed at that time was quite beautiful. After I brought it back to the palace, I watered it every day. I never pretended to do anything to others. I returned it It received a lot of fertilizer, and it really lived up to my expectations. It bloomed again after the flowers faded. Look how beautiful the flowers are. "

Prime Minister Zhao looked at this strange "flower" with a stiff face.

"Look at this white color, like snow. It looks really nice to me."

The color is quite like snow, but it doesn't look like a flower at all.

Prime Minister Zhao watched His Majesty gently caressing it with his hands, stroking and caressing it, and he caught the white thing inside the 'flower'.

"Ah, it fell out."

Wei Mingyan quickly stuffed it in again with quick eyes and hands, and smiled at Prime Minister Zhao as if nothing had happened, "I thought that Brother Shuqing should also like this flower. I heard that there have been many flowers that have never been seen in Beijing recently. Flowers, if you want me to see them, my flowers are the best.”

"Brother Shuqing must have thought so too."

Seeing His Majesty make a decision on his son's reaction on his own, Prime Minister Zhao wiped the sweat from his head.

He knew that if Qing'er really despised this potted flower, he would tell the truth about his own child.

I just hope that His Majesty will not be too angry when the time comes.

Arriving at the Prime Minister's Mansion worriedly all the way, Wei Mingyan was helped out of the car by Zhang Yuan first, leaving Prime Minister Zhao with a complicated expression as he watched His Majesty swaggering into his home like this, feeling tangled in his heart.

There is still Jiu'er in his house.

Although Jiu'er is engaged to His Majesty and they are far apart in age, it is not good for His Majesty to come all the time.

But if he was asked to influence His Majesty's fate, that would be impossible.

Prime Minister Zhao sighed and thought helplessly, that's all, he should tell Jiu'er to try not to walk around the house in the future.

He still hasn't figured out why Jiu'er was designated as queen.

She is still so young.

Wei Mingyan also had this idea.

From a distance, he saw a little girl in light yellow clothes flapping butterflies. There were two maids watching over her carefully. From time to time, he could hear her ringing laughter.

It has been cold lately, but today the sun is a little warmer. Butterflies also came out and flew around among the flowers. Coupled with a delicate-looking girl chasing them with a smile, the picture was as beautiful as a painting.

It would be even more perfect if the girl wasn't so young.

Just as Wei Mingyan was thinking about it, the laughter there stopped, but Zhao Shujiu, who was having fun, noticed his foreigner, stopped fluttering, and looked over timidly and curiously.

The maid hurriedly stepped forward and said to Wei Mingyan Fu Shen, "Young Master is here to find the Second Young Master. You can get there by taking this road."

Wei Mingyan smiled, broke off one of the flowers he was holding in his arms, and handed it to the maid, "I'll go right away. This flower is blooming well. You can take it to your girls."

Seeing that the maid was stunned, he didn't care, holding the flowerpot and strode towards the path pointed by the maid. Zhang Yuan behind him hurriedly followed with his body bent.

Zhao Shujiu stood there, his delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if he was remembering something. The maid came back and said something strange, "This young master is dressed luxuriously, and he doesn't look like someone who doesn't respect etiquette. Why?" Will you give flowers to the girl?"

There is no reason for a foreign man to give something to a girl who has not left the palace.

Another maid guessed, "Is it an elder from another mansion?"

"There are no elders who give flowers to the younger generation. The girl is already so old."

Zhao Shujiu watched the tall figure go away, then looked back in a daze, and said softly, "Give me the flower."

The maid immediately stopped talking and gave the flowers to her hands.

Another maid said crisply, "This flower blooms strangely. I heard that a foreign businessman came to the capital some time ago and sold a lot of flower seeds. This flower must be one of those flower seeds."

"Yes, girl, I have never seen such a flower without petals."

Zhao Shujiu looked at the weird "flower" in his hand, which was made up of five small white balls, but he was thinking about the man just now.

She had seen him.

Obviously I was a little scared and resentful at first, but now I feel that he is a good person.

Maybe he wasn't as addicted to toys as those people said.

Zhao Shujiu touched the little white ball on it and said, "I don't know what this flower is called."

"Xu doesn't have a name."

"I heard that the flowers grown from Fanbang seeds belong to whose flowers they are named. Maybe the young master just now hasn't named them yet."

Zhao Shujiu's childish face showed a bit of curiosity.

What would he name the flower?

--"cotton."

Zhao Shuqing, who seemed to others to be still extremely calm and indifferent, was shocked and took the flowerpot handed over by the man. Looking at the five familiar little cotton balls on it, he immediately thought in his mind that he finally no longer had to sleep that night. The kapok quilt became flat after being pressed.

As an expert on Baidu Encyclopedia, Zhao Shuqing immediately called up information about cotton in his mind.

It can stop bleeding and can be taken externally or internally.

The most important thing is, now that we have cotton, are cotton quilts still far behind?

He was completely fed up with the kapok quilt that flattened when pressed and could not be expanded back. Although Zhao Shuqing was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he did not have to worry about such a quilt or two, but when he went to bed at night, in order to be able to sleep all night I slept so soundly that I didn't even dare to turn over under the quilt while sleeping.

Every time when the air gets cold in autumn and winter, the quilts that can be seen everywhere in modern times and are not rare are the things that Zhao Shuqing misses the most.

But now, he actually saw cotton.

"Is this flower called cotton?"

Wei Mingyan took the branch with the small white flower balls in his hand and turned it over and over, "Shuqing, does it look good to you?"

He said enthusiastically, "I heard that flower parties are popular in Beijing. I also want to hold one so that they can take a good look at my flowers."

Zhao Shuqing asked, "Did Mr. Huang really buy it from the Fanbang people?"

At this point in time, does Europe already have cotton?

Wei Mingyan looked innocent, "When I bought it, it was already blooming. After raising it for a month, it turned into this. Shuqing, I think you have quite a lot of flowers here. How about we being in your yard?" Let’s hold it.”

Zhao Shuqing ignored the last sentence and said, "Are those Fanbang people still there?"

"Left long ago."

The handsome young man said boredly, "They can't make money, so of course they won't stay for a long time."

"Our flower party will be in your yard. I'll go tell the Prime Minister and it's settled."

Seeing that the man who had been pampered since childhood decided to hold this so-called flower party, Zhao Shuqing finally woke up from the excitement of "With cotton, he no longer has to wake up in the middle of the night with the cold wind and a face full of snot."

He only asked one sentence, "I don't have any friends, do you have any?"

The most noble man in the world was silent.

He has lived in the palace since he was a child, how could he have any friends.

Without friends, even if there are a whole yard of flowers, no one will come to appreciate them.

Seeing that Wei Ming was silent, Zhao Shuqing turned to him with cotton and asked, "Can you give me some of these seeds? I want to make something with them."

"Seeds? Where are the seeds?"

Zhao Shuqing felt helpless. He took out the cotton seeds inside the cotton and showed it to the man, "Seeds."

This little cotton is definitely not enough to make a quilt. Fortunately, his place is big enough and he also has Zhuangzi at his disposal.

To make a quilt, you also need to stretch cotton. Zhao Shuqing has never been exposed to these before, so he needs to search in his mind to see if he has seen it accidentally.

Just thinking that in a few months, he would have a quilt that was fluffy and warm no matter how hard he pressed it, made Zhao Shuqing feel comfortable.

"Shuqing, do you also like this kind of flower?"

Wei Mingyan was very good-tempered and did not blame him for tearing down his flowers. He smiled and said, "I also heard that someone planted flowers and grew a long string of red things, which looked pretty good."

Zhao Shuqing's eyes immediately lit up.

He took out a pen and paper, drew a red pepper on the paper, and asked expectantly, "But what does it look like?"

Wei Mingyan glanced at it and nodded, "That's it."

Chili!

Hot pot, fish head with chopped pepper, spicy chicken...

——Gudong!

Zhao Shuqing suddenly stood up with Mian Mian in his arms, pulled him and walked outside.

Zhang Yuan's eyes widened and he quickly followed in small steps.

He was afraid that His Majesty would be angry, but Wei Mingyan had no intention of being angry at all. Instead, he followed Zhao Shuqing out cooperatively, asking as he walked, "Where will Shuqing take me?"

"Let's go find this."

Zhao Shuqing was excited inside, but the words he spoke were still old-fashioned, as if they were orders and notifications.

Wei Mingyan didn't care about his tone, but said regretfully, "I just saw them having a party in the restaurant that day. I went in and took a look around and then came out. I don't know which young master is responsible for it."

The hand holding him immediately let go.

Zhao Shuqing held the cotton in his arms and walked slowly into the house.

Zhang Yuan almost stared out of his eyes when he saw it. He had never seen anyone who dared to treat His Majesty like this before. The arrogance reached his throat. He remembered that Your Majesty was hiding his identity now, so he had to swallow carefully. go back.

According to his understanding of His Majesty, in the past, His Majesty would have been furious, and it would have been normal for him to pull people out and chop them down. If his anger had been stronger, he might have angered his family members.

But since His Majesty became addicted to flowers, it seems that even his temperament has improved a little bit. Although he is a little strange about this change, His Majesty no longer shouts and kills as before, which is very strange to eunuchs like them who serve people. A good thing.

As soon as he thought of this, he heard His Majesty smile and say, "If Shuqing wants to find that potted flower, I have a way."

Ah, sure enough.

Your Majesty seems to have a particularly good temper towards the Second Young Master Zhao.

***

Your Majesty is going to hold a flower viewing party.

All the sons of officials who want to participate must bring flowers. They can bring one pot or many pots, but the most important thing is that these flowers must be flowers that have never been seen before.

Isn't it just a matter of saying that flowers brought by foreigners must be planted?

This news spread quickly throughout the capital. The fact that His Majesty loves flowers has long been known. Now he is actually holding a flower viewing banquet. If someone brings flowers that catch His Majesty's eye, then the person who brings the flowers will also catch His Majesty's eye.

In the past, His Majesty didn't like to do these things. They wanted to get close to His Majesty but had no rules. But this flower viewing banquet, there are countless opportunities...

For a while, those who had already bought flowers couldn't help but be happy and waited happily to enter the palace, while those who didn't buy them were looking for them all over the capital. The flowers from foreign countries were sold at sky-high prices. I don't know if those foreign merchants would regret leaving the capital early if they knew this day would come.

Now there are three days left before the date set by His Majesty, and those who bought flower seeds are shaking. Once they are shaking, the listlessness that they had been confined to their homes by their elders for some time has disappeared unconsciously, and the streets seem to have returned to their former bustle.

When Lang Su stood on the street he used to like to walk on, he actually felt like he was in another world.

Roughly speaking, he has been locked up for several months.

During these months, he got up early and went to bed late. Every day when he opened his eyes, he was forced by the martial arts masters to go to the martial arts training ground to start practicing martial arts.

The sweet and soft little maids are gone, and the servants who followed him every day are gone.

Even eating and drinking cannot be big fish and meat. If it weren't for the fact that his clothes were still as luxurious as before, Lang Su almost thought he was an ordinary citizen.

Because His Majesty said that Lang Su should adapt to the hardships of the border in advance and temper his character.

He went from a young master who waited for people to serve him as soon as he opened his eyes to a hard laborer who had to dress and wash himself, and even go out to fetch water by himself.

If he dared to act like a young master, those martial arts masters would drag him to the martial arts arena and beat him up in the name of a competition.

Lang Su didn't want to!

But he had no choice. Those martial arts masters were personally bestowed by His Majesty. Even if his mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were reluctant to let him suffer, they could only persuade him to listen to the martial arts masters to avoid suffering.

In the end, Lang Su was beaten into submission.

Because the martial arts masters told him that if he couldn't beat these martial arts masters in one day, he would be locked up in the Lang Mansion until he won.

The key: he beat two martial arts masters alone.

Lang Su was almost in despair and tears, but fortunately, he was a genius. Although he could never remember what he read, he made rapid progress in martial arts. In just a few months, he was able to tie with the martial arts masters.

The reason why he was able to defeat the two martial arts masters in one go was because his friends came to the mansion and said that the emperor was going to hold a flower viewing banquet. Everyone was busy showing off. If he didn't come, he would miss it.

Wherever there is a limelight, there is Lang Su.

On this day, he suddenly rose up and finally defeated two martial arts masters.

They went back to the palace to report, and he could finally come out happily and breathe a breath of fresh air.

Ah, the fragrance of freedom.

Thinking of the flower-viewing banquet mentioned by his friends, Lang Su strolled to buy a pot of flowers.

Unlike his friends who were poor because their families didn't give them money for fear of trouble, Lang Su had been given a lot of money by his distressed elders in the mansion in the past few months. Even his father gave him a hundred taels of silver notes. He saved for a few months and it was a huge sum of money. It was more than enough to buy a pot of flowers.

Based on the information given by his friends, he finally found the flower seller.

Lang Su saw a strange plant with bright red color at a glance.

It was long and pointed, but it looked pretty red.

As soon as he put his hand on it and didn't fall, his shoulder was patted.

Turning around, it was Wei Mingyan's handsome face.

Lang Su's legs softened and he almost knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"After all, you and I are uncle and nephew, so there is no need to perform formalities."

Wei Mingyan interrupted him and asked him, "Do you want this?"

Lang Su nodded honestly.

"But I want it too."

He immediately said, "I don't want it anymore."

"Okay, your nephew is quite sensible, Zhang Yuan, take the money."

Wei Mingyan took the pot of red peppers in his hand with satisfaction, and was about to take a closer look when he heard an arrogant voice suddenly rang out.

"This strange thing, this young master bought it."

This familiar voice...

Lang Su turned around and saw that it was indeed Fan Yuancai, who was looking at them with disdain.

He carefully looked at Wei Mingyan's face again.

The smile on that handsome face was gone.

"I have already paid for this flower."

Wei Mingyan's words did not make Fan Yuancai give up. Instead, he looked up with even more disdain and sneered, "How much did you spend on it? I will give you double the price."

As he said this, he turned his head to look at Lang Su sarcastically, "I am not like some people who don't want things that others want."

After Fan Yuancai finished speaking, he waited for Lang Su to get angry, but there was no anger on his face.

Instead, he looked at him with a weird look.

What's going on? Lang Su has been locked up at home for several months. Has her brain been shut up?

At this time, the strange young man spoke again, "I won't sell this flower."

"Not selling?"

Normally, Fan Yuancai would not have done anything wrong, but with Lang Su, his sworn enemy, standing there, followed by several friends, how could he be willing to be humiliated?

He glanced at the strange man standing opposite him and saw that he had a strange face. He was a face he had never seen before in Beijing. He must not be a handsome boy from Beijing. He straightened his back immediately.

He said aggressively, "You won't sell what I want to buy? Do you know who I am? Do you know who my father is! If you piss me off, I can make you..."

Lang Su was almost frightened to death by his boldness, and quickly yelled at him before he said anything more outrageous:

"Fan Yuancai, shut up, you..."

"okay."

A slender hand stopped in front of him. Wei Mingyan looked at Fan Yuancai, slowly put the flower back in his hand, and asked, "You want to buy this flower, but are you going to the palace's flower viewing party?"

"nature."

"Okay, here's the flower for you."

Seeing this rather good-looking strange man put down the flowers and leave, Fan Yuan smiled proudly, "Lang Su, is the person you brought here so brave?"

In the past, Lang Su might have quarreled with him, but now, he could only sympathize with this mortal enemy.

He stepped forward, and under the vigilant gazes of Fan Yuancai and the others, he reached out and patted his shoulder gently, sighing sympathetically.

"Whatever you want to eat in the past two days, just eat more."

I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it anymore.

Fan Yuancai looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Have you been imprisoned in the house to make you stupid?"

Lang Su looked at him again and sighed, "I'm waiting for you to thank me."

three days later

Among the pots of strange-shaped flowers, Fan Yuancai was trembling all over, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a pale face.

The handsome man in the black dragon robe looked at the pot of red in front of him and said casually, "Now I know who you are and who your father is."

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