I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Mrs. Lin staggered away holding the broom.

Ji Xiaobei really couldn't laugh anymore.

The emperor wanted to marry his daughter to Fu Jichang.

How could Fu Jichang refuse?

No, if you don’t agree, it would mean you are arrogant and disobeying the order. The worst punishment would be demoting you to a commoner or exiling you.

Ji Xiaobei shuddered.

"So you agree?" Ji Xiaobei's face changed.

"I didn't. I just said that I was in mourning for my grandmother and it was not appropriate to talk about marriage now..."

"Xiaobei, I want to resign! Let's go to my hometown in the south..." Fu Jichang spoke out his true feelings.

Ji Xiaobei said worriedly: "You can't resign from this position just because you want to. It's said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. It's true. Otherwise, I will go with you to see the emperor..."

Fu Jichang shook his head, not everyone could see the emperor casually.

Ji Xiaobei thought of Li Yunjiong again. Forget it. Should he say that Fu Jichang doesn’t want to marry your sister…

Not appropriate either.

Or should we give Fu Jichang to Princess Yulin?

impossible!

You can keep it, but you can’t let others take it away from you!

This is Ji Xiaobei's consistent principle in life.

There was silence in the room.

Outside the house, Mrs. Lin wailed in her heart: Ji Xiaobei, Ji Xiaobei, why are you so disobedient? I asked you to marry Xiaoyao a long time ago, but you always pushed it. Now, you are not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. No, the emperor is in a hurry. He is going to marry his daughter to Fu Jichang.

Why are you so stubborn, kid?

Really, just like your damn dad.

I, an old woman, couldn't close my eyes even when I was dying.

Why is my life so miserable?

Shitou came from the backyard holding a bundle of cloth. Seeing his mother in a state of dismay, he asked hurriedly, "Mom, what happened? Did our family lose some money?"

The breath that Mrs. Lin had been holding in her heart suddenly burst out. She stared with her eyes wide open, raised the broom, and hit the stone.

"It's all your fault, you little bastard! It's all your fault..."

Mrs. Lin shouted while suppressing her tears.

"Mom, what's wrong with me? Mom..."

The stone that was attacked by the broom looked confused...

Mrs. Lin threw away the broom in her hand and pulled the stone into the house.

"Wow wow wow... Shitou, your sister's life is so miserable, mother's life is so miserable..."

Mrs. Lin was crying with snot and tears.

Shitou was so scared that he quickly closed the doors and windows.

Shitou looked around Mrs. Lin to see if his mother was suffering from hysteria.

My eldest sister just came back, why is her life so miserable?

"Your sister, the emperor... Ouch, ouch..." Mrs. Lin covered her chest with her hands, unable to breathe.

Shitou's head was dizzy from being hit by the broom.

No, he really couldn't imagine how his sister and the emperor were related, one was a dragon in the sky and the other was a little girl from the common people.

"Your sister, no, the emperor wants to give Princess Yulin to Xiaoyao..."

After a long while, Mrs. Lin finally took a deep breath and said.

Stone:……

God!

His usually dull brain suddenly became bright.

"Mother, my sister is the eldest and Princess Yulin is the youngest?"

he asks.

Mrs. Lin stopped crying immediately and raised her hand to hit Shitou on the head.

Is now the time to discuss this?

……

The door boy ran in.

"Miss Ji, someone claiming to be Mr. Cao came to see you?"

Ji Xiaobei, who was in a daze, was pulled back.

"Lord Cao, which Lord Cao?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"It should be Lord Cao, the Minister of Agriculture~" Fu Jichang said.

Ji Xiaobei: Yes, I don’t know any other Lord Cao either.

"Please come in!"

A moment later, a dark-looking old man rushed in.

"Master Fu, Miss Ji, sorry to bother you..." Master Cao saw Fu Jichang was also there and hurriedly bowed.

But his face showed that I had something important to do, and he didn't feel guilty about disturbing me at all.

"Sir Cao, please take a seat!" said Fu Jichang.

"No more sitting!"

"Sir Cao, have some tea!" Ji Xiaobei handed a cup of tea to his rough hands.

After not seeing him for a few months, Lord Cao has become even thinner.

Maybe it’s because Huang Po’s chicken soup is no longer nourishing.

Lord Cao took the teacup, drank it all and said, "Another cup!"

Lord Cao drank half a pot of tea before he got rid of the heat in his body.

It is early summer now and the weather has become hot.

"Master Cao, please sit down and talk slowly!"

Fu Jichang felt a little sorry for the skinny old man in front of him. If he walked on the street, no one would believe that he was a senior official in charge of agricultural production in the Great Northern Dynasty.

He educated the Minister of Agriculture, saying that a Minister of Agriculture who did not farm was unworthy of the official hat on his head!

He is the one who leads the way!

Lord Cao did not sit down, he was just standing.

"Master Cao, please sit down!" Ji Xiaobei looked at him leaning against the wall, feeling a little sorry for him.

"Oh, I won't sit down anymore. My old legs are hard to stand up after sitting down. It's better to stand!"

Lord Cao smiled, and the wrinkles on his face became more prominent.

"Ah, Lord Cao, didn't Huang Po cure your leg? I went to the capital and Cao's house twice to look for you, but I couldn't find you!" Ji Xiaobei asked in surprise.

When she came back, Huang Po asked Ji Xiaobei to let her go see Lord Cao.

Ji Xiaobei and Jiaojiao went to the capital twice to pay a visit to Lord Cao, but they couldn't find him.

"Hehe..." Lord Cao said with a simple smile, "Your wife Huang is still thinking about an old man like me..."

"Xiaobei, I come to you again today with a licking face!"

Lord Cao said this and glanced at Fu Jichang.

The first time Fu Jichang saw Lord Cao, he knew that there must be some problem that could not be solved, so he came to find Ji Xiaobei.

He was still a little angry at the time.

However, seeing Lord Cao's expression, he couldn't utter a single unpleasant word.

"Master Cao, please speak slowly!"

Ji Xiaobei asked someone to find a high stool and asked Lord Cao to sit down.

"The wheat in Anzhou has just reached the flowering and heading season, but the wheat aphids are much more serious than in previous years. The wheat leaves in Qingfeng County were eaten by aphids overnight and turned yellow. The wheat is about to fill with grain. If the aphids are rampant, the wheat yield will be reduced. In the past, our Minister of Agriculture used to spray lime water, but it doesn't work now... I want to ask, Miss Ji, do you have a better solution..."

Lord Cao briefly repeated it.

Ji Xiaobei had seen wheat at his grandmother's house when he was a child, but he had no impression of wheat aphids at all.

"A while ago, the Anzhou government reported this matter in a memorial. I know about it."

Fu Jichang sighed and said.

Today's weather is warm and humid, which is very conducive to the breeding of aphids. If the problem is not resolved within three days, the wheat harvest in Anzhou may be a total loss.

The emperor placed the burden on the Minister of Agriculture.

They must come up with a solution within two days.

"Lord Cao, the people of the Minister of Agriculture are very experienced. It was just a coincidence that Xiaobei was able to get the potato seeds last time. I'm afraid she..."

Fu Jichang spoke first.

He felt that Ji Xiaobei should not be allowed to take risks in this matter, as he was scared half to death by the potato incident last year.

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