Allure of a Country Maiden

Shangguan Wanru asked Xiaoer why she was here today. It was the emperor's birthday at the end of the year and she knew she had a lot to do.

"I've been busy with a lot of things lately, so I don't have time to catch up with you. I'm pretty busy with things today, so I came here to catch up with you and give the Crown Princess a bottle of pills by the way."

After hearing this, the maid behind Shangguan Wanru paused for a moment while refilling the tea, then she filled up the tea as if nothing had happened and returned behind Shangguan Wanru.

"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Shangguan Wanru was a little strange after hearing this. Isn't her illness cured?

When she and Du Yijin were daughters, they didn't have much contact. She fell ill after she got married. In order not to affect her recovery, she couldn't disturb her. The relationship was not close, but she also knew that she had recovered from her illness.

"Your sister-in-law had a hard life when she was a child, and her body was already weak. Recently she caught cold twice, which made her body suffer even more. Women are most afraid of cold, and the imperial doctors were helpless, so I gave her some pills to regulate her body." Xiaoer. Originally, she wanted to say that Du Yijin was just a little cold and that it would be fine after a while, but she noticed that the maid's movements stopped when she mentioned the pills, so she deliberately said it was serious.

"So serious? Fortunately, we have you, otherwise our family would be divorced! You are still the same as before, with a kinder heart than anyone else." Shangguan Wanru has great trust in Xiaoer's pills.

"Friends help each other, not to mention that we are now considered relatives." Xiaoer said nonchalantly.

Shangguan Wanru nodded.

"Didn't Prince Nangong come back with you this time?"

"No, my father is seriously ill and he has to stay by his side to take care of his illness." If she hadn't wanted to help her husband, she wouldn't have been able to come back.

"Then you're going back to Nangong Kingdom after the Longevity Festival, right?"

"Yes!" Shangguan Wanru was reluctant to leave her parents, but she also cared about Gong Zixuan.

The maid behind Shangguan Wanru suddenly felt something in her heart. Although it was presumptuous, she still spoke: "Princess, I have something to say and I don't know whether I should say it or not."

After hearing this, Xiaoer raised his head and glanced at her, then looked away as if he didn't care, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip of tea.

Shangguan Wanru saw that she was so rude in front of her family and said without even looking at her: "Since you don't know whether you should say it or not, don't say it!"

"But this matter is of great importance. It concerns the prince..." The maid hesitated to speak at this point.

Xiaoer's eyes flashed with coldness.

"Stop talking nonsense! If you have anything to do, just tell me!" Shangguan Wanru still paid more attention to Gong Zixuan.

The maid glanced at Xiaoer before speaking: "I heard that the prince's life was saved by the pills given by Princess Rui. I thought that if Princess Rui could give another bottle of pills to the prince, and let the prince give it to the emperor, the emperor would be in good health. Yes, I must feel that the prince's filial piety touches heaven."

After hearing this, Xiaoer's lips raised and she looked at her with a half-smile: "I don't know what disease your emperor has, so how can I just give you medicine?"

"Isn't Princess Rui's pills a cure-all for all diseases?" the maid replied, looking directly at Xiao'er.

It’s a lie that Shangguan Wanru wasn’t moved after hearing these words. The emperor didn’t love the prince very much. If he could get the pills back and make him get better, he would definitely change the emperor’s view of the prince. But such pills must be very good. It's expensive, she couldn't ask Xiao'er for it.

"You have too many things to worry about as a maid! Okay, you can go down! You don't need to wait here! Xiao'er, don't mind if my maid talks too much."

Xiaoer shook her head and glanced at Shangguan Wanru apologetically: "No, I only have one pill like that left. I plan to keep it to save my life when I give birth to a child in the future. I can't give it away anymore. This pill It was also left to me by my master, who said I could give it away, but I must keep one for myself, so I’m sorry.”

The people of Nangong Kingdom are really trying their best to take advantage of themselves!

After hearing this, Shangguan Wan said awkwardly: "It's okay. It's true that the maid's words have embarrassed you. In fact, my father has taken the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor and has been getting better day by day."

Xiaoer nodded after hearing this.

The two of them talked about other things, but Shangguan Wanru had not yet recovered from the pain of losing her child, so she kept it secret and was not very interested.

Seeing this, Xiaoer made an excuse to leave.

…

On the occasion of the emperor's birthday, envoys were sent from the Eastern Jin Kingdom and the Nangong Kingdom, as well as from further afield, such as Korea and other countries.

They hadn't been here for several years, and they were shocked when they saw the changes in Min Zeguo.

There are more bridges, more roads, and more new houses. The most important thing is that when walking on the street, the people smile more and are prosperous. What does all this mean? It represents the people living and working in peace and contentment, and what the court and the people want!

Every envoy who came to celebrate his birthday saw these changes and felt extremely complicated. This Min Zeguo was a few steps ahead of their country.

And that zoo, that big circus, so many animals, how did you find them? How were those ferocious beasts tamed? And how do you teach those animals to perform in conjunction with humans?

At the palace banquet, foreign envoys were not interested in watching the wonderful performances.

They all rushed to ask the emperor the questions in their hearts.

…

"Your Majesty, why can your country's officialdom be cultivated so quickly? I haven't been here for several years, and this visit really opened my eyes! The carriage is walking on the road without any bumps."

Building roads firstly requires money, and secondly it requires manpower and material resources. How much money will it cost to repair so many roads and bridges? How could Min Zeguo become rich all of a sudden when he was still very poor before?

The emperor was very happy today. Seeing envoys from other countries expressing all kinds of envious praises for his own country made his vanity greatly satisfied.

"Most of those roads were built by ordinary people on their own initiative. As long as ordinary people have the money and effort to build the roads, the whole family will not have to pay tolls when walking on that section of the road! By sending one labor force, the whole family will not have to pay tolls. Common people They all enthusiastically signed up to build roads. Also, now as long as someone commits a crime, we no longer waste food in prison, we give it to them..." The emperor kept talking about some things that were not secrets in this dynasty, but foreign envoys Tell them the basic national policies that they don’t know.

After hearing this, everyone praised the emperor for his wisdom.

The power of one person is very small, and the power of a family is not great, but if families in the entire country are involved in building roads, the power is immeasurable!

In recent years, not only the main official roads in various counties and towns have been repaired, but in some wealthy villages, the entire village road has been repaired! Every family lives in a new house. Of course there are not many such villages, but they do exist.

If some envoys were arrogant when they went to Min Zeguo before, now they no longer have that sense of superiority.

Now it is the turn of Min Zeguo's envoys to be proud and proud when visiting other countries.

The palace banquet didn't end until very late. The emperor's mouth became dry when he talked about it, and his face became frozen with laughter!

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