Xiuying looked at the tender white snow pears with a layer of mist in her eyes.
At a glance, I saw Xiao Anzi wearing a pair of old cloth shoes.
The big toe of his left foot was poked out and his head was exposed.
She went straight back to the room, took out two ingots of ten taels of silver from the money bag and stuffed them into Xiao Anzi's hand.
"Take some of this money and quickly buy a pair of leather boots, a warm cotton coat, and spring and autumn clothes."
"No, no...Sister Yun, how can I ask for your money?"
Xiao Anzi quickly waved her hand and refused.
"What? Do you think your sister's money is dirty?" Xiuying said angrily:
"Let me tell you, every bit of my silver is clean. They were all rewarded by the emperor and empress when I performed. There are more than one hundred and sixty taels in total, and this is only twenty taels."
"Hurry up and take it, otherwise, don't give me this or that."
Seeing that Xiuying has talked about all this, Xiao Anzi will not be able to pass the test if he doesn't accept it.
"Okay, I'll take it, you don't need so much."
"And your adoptive father! Remember, you need to buy leather boots, as well as winter clothes, spring and autumn clothes. If you don't have enough money, I still have some."
Xiuying emphasized.
"No, Sister Yun, these twenty taels of silver are enough." Xiao Anzi answered anxiously, for fear that she would think wrong.
Xiuying always felt that Xiao Anzi was reluctant to spend money, just to perfunctory herself.
But others have already said so, so it’s not easy for me to nag me anymore.
After a long while, he muttered as if to expose it, "I'll have to check on you in a few days."
Although the sound was low, it was enough for Xiao Anzi sitting opposite to hear.
He was startled off guard, then chuckled softly.
Xiuying took a sip of the pear soup. The fresh and sweet taste was very refreshing.
She narrowed her eyes with satisfaction and tasted it slowly.
Sure enough, the chef in the East Palace made the food, and the cooking was unparalleled.
At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her previous home. She loved eating sweets made by her mother.
After tasting a few more mouthfuls, his eyes suddenly became dull again, and he pounded the bottom of the bowl with his spoon, his tone a hint of sadness.
"Xiao Anzi, do you know? Although my father is busy with official duties, he cooks good food."
"Every day when I get home from the court, I will cook a table of delicious dishes for my mother, my two brothers and me to eat. This has been true for as long as I can remember."
Hearing this, Xiao Anzi remained silent.
He could guess that Xiuying must have been born into a wealthy family, but he did not expect that she would be a young lady from a high-ranking family.
The four words "going to court every day" indicate that her father is a high-ranking official and a minister of the court.
This made him understand the difference between himself and Sister Yun better.
When it comes to her parents and brothers, Xiuying is no longer so sad.
Now I miss you more.
His father was Ling Chi, his two brothers were beheaded, and his mother and direct female relatives were sent to the Jiaofang Department and became lowly official prostitutes.
No matter what, she got through it.
Let me ask, apart from death, what other obstacles can she not overcome?
"Master, the eunuchs in the palace are not good people. Don't get too close to them."
A few days ago, he heard that Xiuying was living with the eunuch Wang Jinghong. He was a little sad when he heard this.
However, when he said this, Xiao Anzi suddenly remembered that he was also a eunuch and couldn't help but lower his head.
Xiuying shook her head secretly, "Sister, I see you are also a child of a wealthy family, how could you enter the palace?"
"I am originally from Henan, my father is a member of the Communist Party of China, and my mother is a married woman."
"..."
After learning more about it, I found out that Xiao Anzi's family originally had more than a thousand acres of fertile land. However, there was a severe drought for three years and no grain was harvested.
The people all fled to Beiping Mansion.
When he was dying, his father discovered the possibility of entering the palace as a slave. As a concubine, he was forced to embark on this path.
"My mother died of starvation on the way to escape. My father heard that the Prince of Yan's Mansion was accepting slaves, and each of them was given a hundred taels of silver, so he sent me in. He took the money and ran away."
Xiao Anzi started crying as he spoke.
Xiuying was pitiful and distressed. She gently wiped away his tears with her handkerchief and sighed.
With the world people.
"Xiao Anzi, don't cry. You have a foster father to protect you now, and a sister. Don't be sad."
Xiuying touched his head and comforted him.
"Sister Yun, what food do you want to eat?" Xiao Anzi asked with concern.
She tilted her head and thought for a moment, looked at the bright sky with her bright eyes, and opened her mouth and said firmly:
"I want to eat... braised pork and braised fish, hehe..."
Seeing Xiuying smiling happily, Xiao Anzi also laughed happily.
He didn't make a sound, just curled his eyes and nodded slightly.
He said he couldn't stay longer, but he couldn't help but stay and watch her finish the sherry soup and minced meat and vegetable porridge.
In this way, he was very satisfied.
"We can't delay any longer. I have to go back to the East Palace. The Crown Princess has a lot of things going on there." Xiao Anzi stood up and patted his sleeves.
"Be careful on the road, brother!"
Xiuying stood up to see her off, but Xiao Anzi stretched out her hand to stop her, "Sister Yun, please stop seeing her off. Go back to the house and rest quickly. It's cold outside."
He walked out the door and walked quickly towards the East Palace.
Maybe because I was happy in my heart, I didn't feel how far away I was, so I lifted up my clothes and walked in the wind.
When I arrived at the gate of the east palace, I saw Master Xu and his adoptive father standing there talking.
"This servant pays homage to Master Xu."
Xiao Anzi had great respect and envy for this young minister who was only two years older than him.
His family background is strong and he is smart and capable.
"Oh, it's Xiao Anzi, are you back?"
Xu Qin's clouds are calm and the wind is gentle.
"Um."
Xiao Anzi agreed vaguely.
He still doesn't understand, what does Lord Xu mean by this?
Xu Qin nodded slightly towards Luo Ping, turned around and walked towards the East Palace.
"How is the girl recovering?"
When Xu Qin walked away, Luo Ping asked in a low voice.
"Reporting to my adoptive father, she is much better. She can walk around the courtyard and drink sherry soup and a bowl of minced meat porridge."
Xiao Anzi was taking out the twenty taels of silver from his pocket, preparing to give it to his adoptive father.
Unexpectedly, Luo Ping had already stepped out of the palace.
"Go back to Lanxiang Palace quickly, the Crown Princess is looking for you."
When Xiao Anzi heard this, he shrank his head in fright, took his hands out of his pockets, and trotted towards Lanxiang Hall.
Crown Princess Zhang is usually a chatterer, talking casually.
Xiao Anzi has been serving the prince and her since he was at Prince Yan's Mansion in Peiping.
She was used to ordering him around, and she turned a blind eye to the local eunuchs and maids who had recently entered the palace.
Xiao Anzi is like a part of her body. She turns around and disappears, and keeps mumbling.
…
On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, Fengtian Hall.
This was the first court meeting in the first year of Yongle.
The leaders of various ministries, monasteries, and temples worked hard and made statements one after another to gain maximum rights for their respective departments.
The focus of the competition is nothing more than funds, authority and personnel.
The definition of authority has always been this way, and there is no end to the wrangling.
Funding is also a commonplace. Let me ask you about the feudal dynasties. Which dynasty’s treasury was full?
The only strange problem in the first year of Yongle was the lack of official personnel.
Thinking about it, when Zhu Di entered the city last year, there were only less than twenty civil and military ministers above the third rank.
Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Huang Zhicheng and other six ministers were all exterminated, and nine of the ten clans were wiped out.
Eighty-eight out of ten officials above fifth rank in the capital escaped.
