Chapter 114 The New Year is approaching

Author: Suisui

Chapter 114 The New Year is approaching

Time flew by and the end of the year was almost here.

In the imperial palace in Yanjing, a memorial from the coastal county magistrate of Yizhou Prefecture was placed on top of the pile of memorials in the imperial study under the care of the fourth prince.

Emperor Jingyong had lunch as usual, then quietly went to the Queen's Palace to rest for a while, then returned to the imperial study to review the memorial.

When I picked it up and took a quick look, my expression suddenly became serious.

That night, Emperor Jingyong summoned the Minister of Hubu, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Personnel to discuss for more than an hour, and then summoned Gu Qinhan, the commander of the Black Armored Guards, alone.

In the morning of the next day, Emperor Jingyong told the story about wheat growing in the saline-alkali land of the coastal county of Yizhou Prefecture.

Most of the officials in the court were immediately divided into two factions, and the four princes naturally helped Fang Shi speak out.

The other group believes that crops can be grown in saline-alkali land where no grass grows, which is a fantasy.

However, the ministers from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Personnel who had been summoned lowered their heads and remained silent.

Emperor Jingyong had already planned this matter, so they would not speak out.

They are all people who hang out in the officialdom, so there is no one who is short-sighted.

Some officials noticed something unusual about the three of them and winked at their colleagues. After a while, the hall fell silent.

Emperor Jingyong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, glanced over coldly: "Why don't you continue to argue?"

With his light words, the officials below knelt down in fear and shouted: "I don't dare!"

Emperor Jingyong snorted coldly and did not let them get up. He directly gave the imperial father-in-law beside him a wink.

The imperial father-in-law immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly: "I appointed Qin Zheng, the deputy commander of the Black Armored Guards, to take ten Black Armored Guards with him to escort Hanlin Chengzhi Su Yi to the coastal county of Yizhou Prefecture to investigate the facts.

If this matter is true, Fang Shi, the magistrate of the coastal county of Yizhou Prefecture, will be reinstated.

If this matter is false, Fang Shi, the magistrate of the coastal county of Yizhou Prefecture, will be executed."

Those officials who clamored about fantasy actually believed this. After all, they all knew the importance of this matter.

Even if I have eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, I would not dare to lie about this kind of thing...

It's just that they are not on the same road after all. As long as Emperor Jingyong does not come to a conclusion, they will not let go of any opportunity to stop their opponents.

But after receiving the imperial edict, they immediately understood that it was a certainty that the official would be reinstated.

As the imperial father-in-law shouted: "Retreat from the court!"

The officials knelt on the ground and respectfully sent Emperor Jingyong away before they stood up. Many of them were already covered in cold sweat.

At noon that day, Su Yi left the capital. Before that, he was summoned alone by Emperor Jingyong, and no one knew the details.

Fang Shi also received a letter from the fourth prince ten days later.

He opened the envelope, read it, and placed the letter on the candlelight.

The candlelight licked the letter paper, and the flickering light of the fire shone on Fang Shi's face, with an obscure expression.

…

Luoshan Village.

As the Chinese New Year approached, the village school officially closed. Xie Wenci packed his luggage, and with the farewells of the villagers, Chen Yuanhai drove the ox cart back to Shangyang Village.

The children no longer have to go to school, and the village becomes lively again.

At noon, the bright sunshine shines on the earth.

Gu Xingnian was wearing a bright red cotton coat and holding a bunch of candied haws in her hand. She stood next to Chen Qingzhou with a smile and asked Chen Qingzhou to help her assemble the six-post Kongming lock.

Gu Jinnian stood behind with a sullen face, holding the assembled six-post Kong Ming lock, and felt that the little girl was like a young cabbage willingly being humped by a pig.

Gu Ping'an didn't pay any attention to his younger brothers and sisters. He concentrated on waving the wooden sword Su Mo made for him, smiling like a fool.

"Ping'an, Jinnian, come and help mother get her things."

Su Mo's voice came out from outside the door. Gu Jinnian's face changed instantly and he quickly walked out of the door.

Gu Xingnian's eyes also lit up. He gave Chen Qingzhou a handful of candied haws in his hand, kicked off his calves and ran out.

Only Gu Pingan slowly put down the wooden sword as if it were a treasure before walking out.

Chen Qingzhou, who stayed in the courtyard, lowered his eyes at the candied haws in his hand and pursed his lips slightly.

Although Gu Jinnian was the first to run out, the fastest to reach Su Mo was Gu Xingnian.

The little girl opened her hands, hugged Su Mo's legs, raised her face, and her eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Mother~"

After Gu Jinnian went out, he restrained his hurried steps, walked slowly to Su Mo, pursed his lips and smiled.

Together with Gu Pingan, who arrived last, he shouted: "Mother."

Su Mo nodded in agreement, and then asked Gu Ping'an and Gu Jinnian to quickly move in all the New Year's goods behind her.

This is the first New Year she has welcomed since she came to this world, so she naturally wants to live it well.

The four of them walked into the house together, and Su Mo saw Chen Qingzhou holding a candied haws at a glance.

Chen Qingzhou was always extremely shy when facing Su Mo, his cheeks were slightly red, he pursed his lips and smiled, and his two dimples appeared.

"Aunt."

"Why."

Every time Su Mo saw him blushing, he would always smile like an aunt unconsciously.

It's time for lunch soon. Whatever Qingzhou wants to eat, Auntie will cook it for you."

When Gu Jinnian, who had been observing Su Mo, saw this, he lowered his eyes to cover the sinister look under his eyes, and clenched his hands tightly under his sleeves.

He knew that Chen Qingzhou was not well-intentioned!

Chen Qingzhou didn't know that Gu Jinnian missed him so much. He shook his head and smiled shyly.

"No, no, no, I'll go home and eat."

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Gu Xingnian next to Su Mo.

"Aunt, I'm leaving first. I'll come back to see Xingnian...and senior brother in the afternoon."

In mid-November, the first assessment was held in the village school.

After the results came out, Xie Wenci proposed to accept Gu Jinnian and Chen Qingzhou as his disciples.

Su Mo was happy to see the success, not to mention the Chen family...

At the beginning, Xie Wenci originally planned to rank the two according to their age, but Chen Qingzhou volunteered to be his junior disciple because he was not as knowledgeable as Gu Jinnian.

Of course, both Chen Qingzhou and Gu Jinnian knew the real reason.

Su Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the expressionless Gu Jinnian, and nodded slightly to Chen Qingzhou with a smile.

"Okay, be careful on the road.

As for your mother, she is in a special situation, so please be considerate and considerate of her."

Wang Taoqing found out she was pregnant a few days ago. Due to her last miscarriage, her menstruation was irregular, so she was already two months old when she was found out.

Because of what Su Mo said when she, Hui Niang and Gu Xingnian visited her last time after the miscarriage, she decided that this was the child who had the miscarriage, and she protected her carefully, not even daring to get out of bed.

But because of the high level of stress, her mental state was not very good. She always felt that someone would cause her to have another miscarriage just like last time.

Chen Qingzhou went into the house to visit her yesterday, but Wang Taoqing mistakenly thought that she was here to harm her unborn child, so she yelled at Chen Qingzhou and drove Chen Qingzhou out.

Afterwards, Wang Taoqing reacted and felt guilty. She felt that she was too impulsive and her attitude towards her son became extremely bad.

Seeing that she was beating her like a madman, Chen's mother was so frightened that she quickly asked Chen Cihai to restrain her while she went to find Wang Luocheng.

Wang Luocheng prescribed some soothing medicine, but also said that taking medicine alone would not be a long-term solution, and he would still need to enlighten Wang Taoqing more to soothe his heart.
Chapter completed!