Emperor Jingli said, "You continue to sleep."
Liao Qingqing asked inexplicably: "But the emperor, what happened to you?"
"I'm fine."
"Then why are you sitting with your eyes closed?"
Emperor Jingli made an excuse and said, "Zhen, I just want you to continue sleeping."
"???"
"Go to sleep." Emperor Jingli let go.
Liao Qingqing blinked and looked at Emperor Jingli sleepily.
She didn't notice the strangeness of Emperor Jingli, so she asked angrily, "Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare?"
"… It was a dream." But not a nightmare.
"It's okay, the dream is the opposite." Liao Qingqing patted Emperor Jingli's hand in a daze, and comforted: "Don't be afraid."
"...you go to sleep, I'm going to go to the morning."
Liao Qingqing is about to get up: "The concubine will wait for you to dress."
"No!" Emperor Jingli firmly refused.
Liao Qingqing stopped and asked, "Isn't it really necessary?"
"No, go to sleep."
"The concubine continued to sleep."
"Um."
Liao Qingqing lay back on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.
Really fell asleep.
Just, just, asleep
Emperor Jingli was surprised for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, a sweet smile unconsciously raised at the corner of his mouth.
When his eyes fell on the quilt, his face immediately stiffened, and then he lifted the quilt.
Looking at the slightly wet pants, I don't know whether to be happy or embarrassed.
Immediately call Fusheng, bathe and change clothes, and dress neatly to go to court.
As soon as he came to the court, he immediately summoned Imperial Physician Fan.
Imperial Physician Fan asked in a low voice, "Has the emperor reacted again this morning?"
Emperor Jingli said with a sullen face and body: "Not only did there react, but it also came out."
Imperial Physician Fan didn't understand for a while, raised his eyes and asked, "What happened?"
Emperor Jingli flew over with an eye knife.
Imperial Physician Fan immediately understood: "Going back to the emperor, it's a good thing to come out!"
Emperor Jingli didn't answer.
Doctor Fan continued: "But not once."
"Not once?"
"Yes, the poisoning incident that year almost endangered the emperor's life. Fortunately, God blesses the emperor. The emperor passed that level. Over the years, the ministers have been thinking day and night to remove the residual poison from the emperor's body. Although the emperor is young, healthy and recovering quickly, but for safety For the sake of it, you should be more aware of it to make sure that nothing goes wrong!" Imperial Physician Fan said sincerely and forcefully.
Emperor Jingli nodded and said, "Aiqing is right."
"I also ask the emperor to be patient."
"???" It sounded like he was in a hurry, Emperor Jingli didn't care, but still said in vain, Taiyi Fan, "You go down."
"Yes."
Doctor Fan left again.
Emperor Jingli got up, sat down at the table, and was about to approve a batch of books. Suddenly, the charming appearance of Liao Qingqing in the dream appeared in his mind.
And that kind of feeling like a fairy...
He had never experienced this feeling, it was indescribably wonderful.
At about the same time, he felt a heat in his stomach.
He quickly put away his mind, corrected his mentality, and focused on the memorial, so that he didn't think about the dream again, and he was busy until noon.
Fu Sheng stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, where is the lunch?"
Emperor Jingli said, "Go to Lisheng Pavilion."
Knowing that the emperor was going to Lisheng Pavilion, Fusheng inquired about Liao Qingqing's whereabouts early in the morning, so he said: "Go back to the emperor, Master Xi is not at Lisheng Pavilion right now."
"Where?"
"I went to the Jubilee Palace early in the morning."
"what to do?"
"I heard that after yesterday's rain, the flowers in the Queen Mother's backyard bloomed, and I called Master Xi to see it. Lunch will also be served at the Jubilee Palace." Fu Sheng replied with a smile.
"Oh, didn't the queen mother embarrass Xi Zhaorong?"
"I don't know about this slave." Fu Sheng knew that he should keep his mouth shut.
"Then I will go to the Shouxi Palace."
"Yes." Fu Sheng was about to rush out the door to report.
Emperor Jingli stopped him and said, "I don't need the imperial carriage, I'll take a walk."
"Yes."
Emperor Jingli sat and approved all morning's papers. It was time to move around. He walked with Fusheng.
As soon as I entered the Jubilee Palace, I saw Liao Qingqing dining with the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty!" Liao Qingqing shouted first with a smile upon seeing Emperor Jingli coming.
This cry was clear and sweet, and Emperor Jingli's heart softened.
Liao Qingqing stepped forward and saluted: "See the emperor."
Emperor Jingli stepped forward and held Liao Qingqing's hand: "Pingshen."
Liao Qingqing whispered: "Your Majesty, the concubines are eating here with the Queen Mother."
"I know." Emperor Jingli replied in a low voice, "That's why I came here."
Liao Qingqing nodded.
Emperor Jingli looked at the Queen Mother and said, "The son sees the Queen Mother."
The queen mother was as steady as a mountain and asked, "Has the emperor eaten?"
Emperor Jingli replied truthfully, "Not yet."
"Let's go together."
"My son obeys."
Emperor Jingli sat next to Liao Qingqing, accompanied the Queen Mother for lunch, and secretly observed the Queen Mother's attitude towards Liao Qingqing. Although the Queen Mother was cold and stern, she was not bad to Liao Qingqing.
I think the queen mother is used to seeing the complexity of people's hearts, but she feels a little more pity for a simple and transparent person like Liao Qingqing.
This is also Liao Qingqing's blessing.
Emperor Jingli also felt relieved.
After lunch, the Queen Mother needed a rest, so Emperor Jingli and Liao Qingqing left the Jubilee Palace without letting Emperor Jingli stay there any longer. Seeing that the corner of Liao Qingqing's mouth kept rising along the way, Emperor Jingli couldn't help asking curiously: "Qingqing is very happy?"
Liao Qingqing raised her head slightly, her eyes sparkled, and nodded: "Yes."
"Why?"
"Your Majesty, guess what."
"..." It was a naive statement, but Emperor Jingli still guessed and said, "Because of the promotion?"
"No." Liao Qingqing shook her head.
Emperor Jingli said again, "Because I rewarded you with a thousand taels of gold?"
Liao Qingqing shook her head again: "No."
"Because the queen mother has changed her mind about you?"
"Neither."
"That is… "
Liao Qingqing said proudly: "Because the concubines and concubines have grown vegetables."
Emperor Jingli looked surprised.
"Your Majesty, the concubine will take you to see it."
"..." When Emperor Jingli thought about the green vegetables that Liao Qingqing planted, he was really not interested.
Liao Qingqing raised her eyes and asked, "Your Majesty, don't you want to see it?"
"Think!" Emperor Jingli said dutifully, "Let's go and have a look."
Liao Qingqing took the initiative to take Emperor Jingli's hand, and as soon as she entered Lisheng Pavilion, she hurriedly walked towards her experimental field.
In the distance, I saw a pale green plant, the flowers were almost dropped, and I didn't know what kind of vegetable it was.
"Your Majesty, look." Liao Qingqing pointed to the test field.
"What are you looking at?" Emperor Jingli asked.
"Potato seedlings."
"Potato seedlings?" Emperor Jingli had never heard of this plant.
Liao Qingqing squatted down and scratched the soil against the potato seedlings. After a while, things the size of eggs appeared. She forcefully pulled one off and showed it to Emperor Jingli, saying, "Your Majesty, look. This is a potato."
"Potatoes?" Emperor Jingli's eyes fell on the potatoes in Liao Qingqing's hands.
"Yeah, it's edible!"
"Can you eat it?" Emperor Jingli didn't quite believe it.
"It's edible." Liao Qingqing nodded.
Emperor Jingli turned his eyes to the potato seedlings with disbelief. No matter how he looked at it, he felt familiar. He suddenly remembered and said, "This is not the umbrella flower from the northwest, which means protection from wind and disaster."
""right. "Liao Qingqing nodded.
"How did it become like this?"
"Improved by concubines."
Potatoes are not unfamiliar to people in the 21st century, but they are extremely unfamiliar to people in this era. I don’t know if it is due to the climate and environment. At present, potatoes only bloom, and their rhizomes cannot grow well.
The people on the northwest side did not discover the edible value of potatoes.
Think of potatoes only as ornamental flowers.
According to the meaning of "protection from the wind and disasters", it was given to Emperor Jingli as a tribute.
Emperor Jingli sent it to Lisheng Pavilion.
Fortunately, Liao Qingqing grew up in the countryside. When she was very young, she went to the fields with her grandparents to dig potatoes, pull up radishes, and pick cotton. She had a deep understanding of some crops.
At a glance, I recognized the so-called umbrella flower, which is actually a potato flower.
But she was afraid of different varieties of potato flowers, so she kept silent. Since last year, she has silently observed, cultivated, transplanted, watered, nourished, picked flowers and buds, etc. The nutrients are delivered to the rhizome.
I didn't expect to see it this morning, and the potatoes really grew.
Immediately let the lotus incense burn a few to eat.
Exactly like potatoes in the twenty-first century.
She was so excited.
Coincidentally, when Mammy Chang came to call her to the Jubilee Palace, she suppressed the joy and released it at this moment. She continued, "Your Majesty, this is delicious."
Emperor Jingli asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Well, your Majesty, would you like to try it?"
"Okay." Emperor Jingli became interested in this potato.
There is no small kitchen in Lisheng Pavilion, and you have to go to the imperial kitchen to cook things.
Liao Qingqing asked Hexiang to throw some potatoes into the charcoal stove.
After a while, a faint aroma wafted from the charcoal stove.
When the potatoes are taken out and the burnt skins are peeled off, a sweet aroma permeates the room.
Emperor Jingli looked at Liao Qingqing in amazement.
Liao Qingqing stuck the potato with chopsticks and handed it to Emperor Jingli, saying, "Your Majesty, try it."
Emperor Jingli took it over and saw that Liao Qingqing had already started eating potatoes in small bites.
He took a bite carefully, and the soft waxy sweetness spread in his mouth instantly.
It was a taste he had never tasted before.
But he didn't reject it at all, on the contrary, he liked it very much.
He looked at Liao Qingqing in shock.
Liao Qingqing asked expectantly, "Your Majesty, is it delicious?"
This potato gave him too many surprises, he said, "It's delicious."
"Not only delicious, but also hungry." Liao Qingqing said.
"Hungry?"
These two words struck at the sensitive point of Emperor Jingli.
He was a good emperor who cared about the people. He thought about the people's food and clothing, encouraged the people to open up wasteland and planted them, and even gave some areas a tax reduction.
Even so, it is good for a bumper year, and the people can eat and wear warmly; if the wind is not good and the rain is not smooth, a year of hard work will still be in vain.
Starvation happens from time to time.
So he was very concerned about the word "carrying hunger".
"Yeah, the concubine ate two in the morning and was not hungry all morning."
Emperor Jingli looked at the potatoes in his hand, no longer careless, and asked earnestly, "How many potatoes can this umbrella flower bear?"
"I don't know, concubine, but—"
"But what?"
"But the concubine feels that you can make a lot of knots. Your Majesty, come with the concubine."
"it is good."
Emperor Jingli followed Liao Qingqing to her experimental field again, opened a potato, pointed the root of the potato to Emperor Jingli, and said, "Your Majesty, look, these little potatoes can grow very large. Bigger than what we eat."
"How did you know?"
"Because the one the concubine ate today was very big."
"Can these little potatoes grow up?"
"Your Majesty, all these little potatoes don't need to grow up. If half of them grow up, that's a lot of harvest, right?" Liao Qingqing asked back.
You must know that the yield per mu of wheat and rice is only about 200 catties, while potatoes can reach 1,000 to 4,000 catties.
That's why Tudou saved one country after another in her world and created one myth after another.
Obviously, Emperor Jingli also saw the huge potential of potatoes.
He looked at Liao Qingqing with shock in his eyes.
After a while, he said, "Qingqing, you have done a great job."
This Liao Qingqing knows!
Emperor Jingli continued, "Follow me to visit the Ministry of Housing."
This Liao Qingqing didn't know, and asked inexplicably, "What are you going to do at the Ministry of Household?"
"Go to the Ministry of Accounts for the record."
"What case?"
"I set up an agricultural department in the Ministry of Household, specializing in crop planting and increasing production. You, a potato, has great potential. Go and file a record with the director of the agricultural department, so that it can be easily invested in the people and benefit the people."
"Wait a minute." Liao Qingqing stopped Emperor Jingli.
"What's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, the concubine discovered this potato by accident, and the concubine also took the name by accident, so I don't know its nature at all." For example, the mildew and germination of potatoes are highly poisonous. She can't disclose this for the time being. Dao: "For the time being, it will not be invested in the private sector. It needs to be discussed and studied again."
Emperor Jingli smiled.
Liao Qingqing asked, "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?"
"My agricultural department doesn't eat dry rice. They understand that these matters of life are made after repeated experiments. They are more cautious than us in this regard." Emperor Jingli said.
Liao Qingqing nodded reassuringly.
"Come with me."
Liao Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay."
Emperor Jingli took Liao Qingqing's hand and walked directly towards the Ministry of Household.
Before arriving at the Ministry of Household, their whereabouts spread in the harem. In Linhua Palace, Concubine Liang asked in surprise, "Has the emperor brought Xi Zhaorong to see the Minister of the Ministry of Housing and the Director of the Department of Agriculture?"
Concubine Xian nodded.
"Why?"
Concubine Xian frowned.
Concubine Liang asked, "Concubine Xian, what did you think of? You might as well say it directly."
"Prince Concubine, I wonder if you still remember the incident at Banshan Temple on the Double Ninth Festival last year?" Concubine Xian asked.
Concubine Liang Gui recalled briefly, and said, "Bengong remembers that at that time Xie Yi went to the backyard of Banshan Temple to inspect, and Xi Zhaorong jumped into a ravine to avoid suspicion."
"Well, with that jump, Xi Zhaorong was promoted from Xi Concubine to Xi Xiurong."
That's right!
Concubine Liang clenched her hands tightly.
The Banshan Temple of Bansui Mountain was originally a good opportunity.
As long as Liao Qingqing and Xie Yi are related, then Liao Qingqing will be doomed, how can there be Xi Zhaorong now? !
The thought of this made her angry.
Angry Liao Guiren and Jiang Guiren are incompetent!
Concubine Xian asked again: "Then the noble concubine, do you still remember what the emperor said to all the ministers when Xi Zhaorong was promoted?"
"What did you say?" Concubine Liang couldn't remember for a while.
Concubine Xian said: "The emperor said, 'I want to come here, this is the ordeal that Wansui Mountain has given to Concubine Xi, I believe that Concubine Xi will be successful in growing vegetables, and it will also benefit the people. Therefore, thinking of Concubine Xi's loyalty, Feng Xi The concubine is Xi Xiurong.'"
Concubine Liang Gui was stunned when she heard the words.
"In terms of growing vegetables, making achievements, benefiting the people, being loyal..." Concubine Xian deliberately picked out these key words, and added: "In terms of planting vegetables, the Department of Agriculture and Materials is in charge, and the emperor took Xi Zhaorong to the Department of Agriculture and Materials... "
Concubine Liang Gui was shocked when she heard the words.
She stared straight at Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian said nothing.
Concubine Liang Gui said, "Could it be that the emperor is paving the way for Liao Qingqing's future?"
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