At half past midnight, Li Junche passed by the backyard and saw that the lights were still on and Man Qiu and four others were standing outside the door.
Normally at this hour, Wen Jinhe would have fallen asleep.
Seeing Li Junche walking towards this side, the four of them quickly saluted and said, "Your Majesty."
"Isn't the princess still asleep?"
Hearing the noise outside, Wen Jinhe quickly put the books into the space.
Then there was a knock on the door.
Wen Jinhe looked at the figure on the window and said, "Come in."
Opening the door and walking into the room, Li Junche saw Wen Jinhe sitting cross-legged on the couch with long black hair.
The Kang table was filled with messy white papers, some of which were scattered on the other side of the Kang table.
Upon seeing this, Man Qiu hurriedly walked over to clean up, leaving a place for Li Junche to sit down.
After sorting it out and putting it aside, he was about to leave when Wen Jinhe stopped him and said, "I'm a little hungry. Bring some snacks."
Man Qiu bent down and replied: "Yes."
Li Junche glanced at the words written by Wen Jinhe, and randomly picked up a piece of paper full of words to read.
Before he finished reading, Wen Jinhe pulled him back, "Isn't it bad for the prince to take business secrets without asking?"
Li Junche's eyes narrowed, "I thought they were all precautions about planting. I didn't expect you to know these things."
She hasn't been locked up in the cold palace since she was a child. Could it be that she learned from growing vegetables in the cold palace?
Wen Jinhe finished writing the last word and put away the pen, calling Man Dong to come in and tidy up, "It's all about farming, so it's naturally confidential. I bought some fields today and am going to plant something."
Li Junche had no intention of asking Wen Jinhe what he did today. If there was any strange behavior, Zhao Bi and He Shi would come to report it.
If he didn't say it, it meant it was nothing serious.
He was worried that Wen Jinhe's harvest would not be good, so he warned in advance: "Farmers have a hard time growing food, and they often have to wait and see whether God will give them face. Droughts, floods, and poor harvests also happen from time to time."
Wen Jinhe looked at Li Junche, looking a little perverse under the yellow candlelight, "My lord, don't worry, it's all my private property. I will take good care of it and won't let it go to waste."
Just as Li Junche was about to say that if he was short of money, he could go to the accounting room to get it, when Man Qiu walked in with midnight snacks.
Looking at the snacks set out on the table, I saw that although each item was very small, the total portion was quite substantial.
Wen Jinhe got down from the couch and said to Li Junche, "Your Highness, let's use some together."
Sitting at the table, Wen Jinhe ignored Li Junche and started eating on his own.
After four or five yuan of snacks, I was full. After drinking a glass of milk, I went to wash up.
Li Junche looked at the white liquid in the cup, looked at Man Qiu and asked, "What is this?"
Man Qiu replied: "Back to your lord, this is the milk produced by a cow that the princess went to buy today."
Li Junche was confused, "Why is there no fishy smell?"
No one in the royal palace would drink cow's milk or goat's milk, and the fishy smell was a bit unpalatable.
Man Qiu replied: "The princess asked the cook to add black tea to it and boil it. After filtering, she added honey and the fishy smell became very light."
When Man Qiu came back with the cow, the chef in the kitchen was surprised for a while when he found out that it was Wen Jinhe who wanted to drink milk. He didn't expect that after processing it according to the princess's method, the taste would become so mellow.
Li Junche drank a glass of milk and left.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw several servants walking in carrying a bucket of milk, which was still steaming.
"This is?"
Man Dong replied: "The princess said she wanted to take a milk bath."
Li Junche's feet seemed to be stuck to the stone bricks, and he turned back to look at the silhouette on the window in disbelief.
Seeing their prince leaving in a hurry, Man Qiu and Man Dong looked at each other and signaled their servants to carry the milk in quickly.
It was very quiet outside the window, and the weak candlelight covered the carved railings and tiles with a thin layer of mist.
You can also hear the hoarse chirping of birds and insects in the trees.
Man Qiu whispered: "Princess, it's late at night, be careful of catching a cold."
Wen Jinhe closed the window and handed the stack of planting instructions he copied to Man Qiu. "Plant according to the above requirements. Go to the warehouse to get the seeds. They are in the remaining boxes of dowry."
Man Qiu lowered his head and reached out to take it, "Yes."
The remaining dowry box in the princess's warehouse contains the betrothal gift given by the prince. When did it turn into seeds?
Early the next morning, Man Qiu brought He Shi to the warehouse. When he opened the box, he found that it contained all kinds of seeds, with words written on them.
When did the princess switch the bag?
After breakfast, Man Qiu asked someone to carry several boxes of seeds out the door.
After running outside all day yesterday, Wen Jinhe felt lazy all over, so she simply asked Zhao Bi to move a deck chair and place it under the tree.
Snacks and tea were placed on the square table.
She held the storybook she bought from outside and flipped through it with great interest, "The prince went out again after his morning court?"
He Shi replied: "Because of the wedding of the prince and the princess a few days ago, the emperor gave the prince a few days' leave. Once the three-day wedding leave was over, in addition to the daily morning court, the prince was responsible for the daily affairs of the garrison outside the city. He was busy. Common thing.”
Wen Jinhe sat up, and Man Dong immediately put a soft pillow on her waist, "It's a labor of love. You sell yourself and your life for nothing."
Thinking about the two shops that I bought, it would take a while for the vegetables and food in the fields to be harvested, and it would be a waste to leave them empty.
"Zhao Bi, how many blacksmith shops are there in the city?" This ancient means of transportation is really inconvenient and too slow.
Although there is a motorcycle in the space, it cannot be used directly.
Or build the bicycle.
Zhao Bi thought for a long time and then replied: "There are about thirty or forty businesses. They are all small businesses. They make hoes, iron pots, kitchen knives, and occasionally receive some customized swords."
Wen Jinhe told Man Dong, "You and Zhao Bi go out of the house and buy a blacksmith shop. The people inside sign the death contract. If you don't want to, give them some severance pay, and then go to Ren Ya Zi to buy some knowledgeable stuff." Put people in."
Zhao Bi felt a little uneasy. What did the princess want to do if she wanted to set up a blacksmith shop to make weapons so openly?
This matter needs to be reported to the prince.
Butler Li walked into the backyard with an invitation and bowed: "Princess, Princess Heng has sent an invitation to invite you to attend the princess's full moon banquet at Prince Heng's Mansion the day after tomorrow."
Wen Jinhe opened the invitation and put it aside after reading it, "Can you not go? There are too many people and it's annoying."
Butler Li was a little embarrassed, "Princess, in the past there were no female relatives in the palace, and no one invited the dignitaries in the city to hold banquets. It is different now. Moreover, the little princess is the eldest daughter of Prince Heng. I will call you aunt. Is it okay if you don't go?" Too appropriate?"
My prince never goes to these social banquets, and if the princess doesn't go either, she will be embarrassed in the eyes of outsiders.
Wen Jinhe looked away and said, "Okay, then we have to go."
Butler Li then left with peace of mind.
