As soon as Song Jingyan returned home, she asked the maid to go to the accounting office to pay 10,000 taels of silver and sent it to the palace with great fanfare.
Li Yunhang happened to come back from outside. Seeing so many boxes of money, he asked doubtfully: "What are you doing?"
The steward said respectfully: "Master, this is the 10,000 taels of silver donated by the concubine to Yongzhou for disaster relief. We are now preparing to send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Li Yunhang nodded, "I understand, you go quickly." After saying that, he turned and returned to the backyard.
In the past few years since he and Song Jingyan got married, their relationship has been very good.
Anyway, no matter what his wife does, he will support her unconditionally.
Song Jingyan had just changed out of the formal clothes she had worn to the palace, and when she saw him coming in, she put a gentle smile on her face, "You're back?"
"Well, I went for a walk in the countryside with Xie Dong and the others." Li Yunhang pulled her to sit down: "Are you tired?"
"I'm not tired." Song Jingyan asked the maid to wash the strawberries and bring them to her, then she put one to Li Yuhang's mouth.
"This fruit tastes so good. You should try it too. I heard Tongtong said that the emperor planted it himself."
Li Yunhang tasted one and nodded with a smile, "It tastes really good."
Thinking about the money he just carried out, he smiled and joked, "But these strawberries must be quite expensive, right?"
Song Jingyan couldn't help but laugh and told him everything that happened in the palace today.
"When I received the post yesterday, I expected that something was going to happen today. Based on my understanding of Tongtong, if nothing happened, she would never be so free as to gather these women in the palace to make trouble for the family. Since at this juncture If you invite someone to enjoy the flowers and drink tea, you must have something to tell me."
"Those couple are really scheming, they can think of such tricks." Li Yunhang was quite gloating about his misfortune. "When these old foxes in the capital confront the two of them, who knows what sparks will arise in the future?"
He touched his chin and said regretfully: "It's a pity that we are going back to the northwest soon, so we can't see the excitement here."
Song Jingyan patted him and said, "Okay, don't stay up all day, hurry up and finish your business. Let's go back early. I miss Yun'er so much."
Speaking of her two-year-old son, Sun Jingyan felt soft in her heart.
If the child was not too young and she was afraid of something going wrong on the way, she really wanted to take the child to the capital and let Tongtong see it.
Li Yunhang held his wife in his arms, "Okay, I will make arrangements as soon as possible. We will return to the northwest in a few days."
Because the court arrived in time, although the disaster in Yongzhou was fierce, it was quickly controlled.
Proper arrangements have also been made for the people, and relief food and medicines have all been provided.
The relief money allocated this time had not passed through the hands of the government. The emperor personally sent people to purchase the items, and finally sent the army to distribute them.
Therefore, all the relief food and items this time were really used for the victims.
The afternoon before Li Yunhang and Song Jingyan left, the couple went to the palace to say goodbye to Li Yunze and Ye Yutong.
The four of them were sitting under the grape trees in the backyard talking.
Li Yunze raised his fist towards Li Yunhang and said solemnly: "Brother, thank you and Sister Jingyan for coming to my and Tongtong's wedding. Take care of yourself all the way. I'll be looking after you in the northwest from now on."
Li Yuhang quickly stood up and bowed in return, "Your Majesty, it's my turn to express my gratitude to you. If it hadn't been for you and the Queen, then Jingyan and Yichen would probably not be able to repay their life-saving grace. Please rest assured in the future, As long as I am here, I will definitely help you guard the northwest."
The two cousins were very polite to each other.
Ye Yutong and Song Jingyan looked at them with smiles.
Ye Yutong reluctantly said: "Sister Jingyan, now that you are gone, we won't know when we will meet again next time."
Song Jingyan said: "Tongtong, when Yun'er is older, I will bring him to the capital to see you."
Ye Yutong smiled and nodded, and asked someone to bring out the gifts she had prepared a few days ago.
"Sister Jingyan, these two boxes contain gadgets that Ping An and I prepared for Yun'er."
She pushed a few more boxes to Song Jingyan and said in a voice that only four people could hear:
"There are two purple Ganoderma lucidum plants and two ginseng plants here, as well as some medicinal herbs for replenishing the body. You can take them back to eat. It is best to use old hens to stew the soup, which will be more effective.
Your health suffered too much in the past few years. Although you are better now, you still cannot take it lightly and ask the doctor to check your pulse frequently. "
Song Jingyan looked at the precious medicinal materials in the box, her eyes red with emotion.
When she and Li Yunhang got married, Ye Yutong gave her purple Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng as gifts.
At that time, she wanted to keep half of it with her parents, but her mother did not agree and insisted that she take it all away. He also said that this thing was rare and asked her to keep it just in case.
She was reluctant to use those purple Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, but it was Li Yunhang who forced her to take them after finding out about them.
She held Ye Yutong's hand and said, "Tongtong, thank you."
Ye Yutong wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Sister Jingyan, we sisters don't need to say this to each other. Take good care of your health. If you need any medicinal materials in the future, let someone come and tell me. Ping An and I will find a way to help you get it. ."
Song Jingyan said with tears and a smile: "Okay."
Although Li Yunhang didn't say anything, he was very grateful in his heart.
He knew how precious these medicinal materials given by Ye Yutong were.
Purple Ganoderma lucidum alone is hard to find in the world. It is something that cannot be bought with money.
Seeing that they seemed to have endless things to say, Li Yunze took Li Yunhang to the kitchen.
"Brother, you and Sister Jingyan should go back after dinner. I'll make some chicken soup and stir-fry some side dishes, and we two will have some later."
Li Yunhang watched him quickly pack up the chicken and stew it in a casserole, and then started washing and chopping vegetables. Stayed there in shock.
Li Yunze looked at him as if he was struck by lightning, and explained to him with a smile: "When we were in the mountains, we had to do everything. I am not only good at cooking, but I am also good at feeding pigs, ducks, and farm work."
Li Yunhang stared at him for a while and then said: "But you are the emperor now. You can let the servants do these things. You don't have to do everything yourself. This is too tiring."
He knew how busy it was to be an emperor, and Li Yunze had just ascended the throne.
He is busy enough just dealing with the cunning ministers in the court, let alone dealing with various political affairs.
Li Yunze smiled and said: "Tongtong and I are used to cooking for ourselves, but she usually does it, and I cook it once or twice occasionally."
Li Yunhang nodded.
He stood in the kitchen for a while, feeling that the emperor was cooking there and it seemed a little unreasonable for him to be idle nearby.
But I looked around the kitchen and didn't know what I could do.
He asked hesitantly: "Do you need my help?"
Li Yunze glanced at him, meaning what will you do?
Seeing that he looked embarrassed, he pointed to the small basket of garlic next to him and said, "Peel two heads of garlic. I'll use them for cooking later."
Li Yunhang quickly took the basket over, studied it for a while, then broke off the garlic cloves one by one and put them in a bowl. He brought it to Li Yunze and asked, "Are these enough?"
Li Yunze first looked at the peeled garlic cloves in the bowl, and then looked at him speechlessly.
I thought to myself that this person was probably an idiot, he didn't even know how to peel garlic.
He put down the knife and peeled one off to show Li Yunhang, "Brother, it's like this."
"Oh, it turns out the skin needs to be removed, I understand."
Li Yunhang pretended to be calm and took the bowl of garlic cloves, sat down and peeled the garlic conscientiously.
But I felt extremely embarrassed in my heart. If I had known earlier, I would have stopped looking for trouble.
