Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Cui Jinyin had never seen a bamboo castanets before, so she was very curious. "Is it like a bell?"

The woman smiled shyly. "Of course, it's not as loud as a bell, but it's easy to make. We can hang a few outside the bathroom. That way, if someone comes in or out, everyone will know."

Cui Jinyin opened her lips slightly, and after imagining it in her mind, she praised him generously: "Then you are quite amazing."

In her mind, people who can make things by themselves are very powerful.

"I have bamboos at home." She thought of the small bamboo forest outside her uncle's study window and pondered, "But the bamboos don't grow well and never grow big. Can I use them? If I can, I'll send someone to cut down a few."

Outside the crowd, Shen Zheng felt something was wrong after hearing what was said.

At this time, the place that Cui Jinyin could call "home" and enter and exit freely must be the residence of Xu, the Minister of Personnel.

And the bamboo that grew in Xu's mansion and never grew up...

I’m afraid it can’t be ordinary bamboo?

It’s been a long time since Cui Jinyin has been ignorant of the value of things.

Shen Zheng's eyes shifted slightly, and she vaguely looked at the emperor. She saw the emperor's mouth move slightly, and he slowly said four words: "Gold inlaid with jade bamboo."

Okay.

Shen Zheng understood after hearing this.

Gold-inlaid Jade Bamboo, which is called "jade between gold" by literati and scholars, a small plant of good quality is worth a large bamboo forest.

Such precious little bamboo is made into bamboo castanets for the jingfang, which can be appreciated by both the elite and the masses.

"Alright, alright." Just as he was thinking, Cui Jinyin also finalized the production of the bamboo castanets. She said loudly, "That's it, then. You all go away first. I'll call you when the bamboo is delivered. Go and do your own things. I'll keep an eye on this, don't worry!"

Before they knew it, all the women present regarded her as their backbone and scattered after hearing her words.

Some of them were going to help take care of children and the elderly; some were going to work in the back area; and others were going to find a manager to show off their skills and see if they could learn better skills from the maids in the palace and become independent as soon as possible.

The long-term displacement made them understand a truth - if people want to stand up, they can only rely on themselves.

After the crowd dispersed, Xiao Yu finally brought the queen to Cui Jinyin.

She smiled at the queen, loosened her hand, stepped forward, hugged Cui Jinyin's thigh, looked up and asked her: "Beautiful Yinyin, are you building a house?"

Cui Jinyin was originally contemplating the blueprint in her hand. Upon hearing this, she lowered her eyes to look at Xiaoyu and asked in a deliberately calm voice, "How did the beautiful Yinyin teach you?"

"What?" Xiao Yu was confused and blinked his eyes.

Cui Jinyin put two fingers together, making a clamp shape, and disdainfully "pinched" away the little hand that was pulling at her skirt. Then she asked in surprise, "Did you wash your hands just now?"

She really disliked the little girl's dirty hands.

Not to mention it's black, it's also super sticky!

So she had already warned the little girl: "You can't touch my skirt without washing your hands, otherwise I will punish you!"

"My beautiful lady, wash my hands for me." Xiao Yu spread out her hands and grinned, "They're clean, you can touch them."

"Beautiful lady?" Cui Jinyin felt a little dissatisfied and subconsciously raised her head and said, "Looking around this shelter, besides me, Cui Jinyin, there is no other beautiful lady..."

Seeing the person in front of her clearly, she was so frightened that her throat cracked: "Emperor——"

"Yellow flowers sway beneath the eastern fence, blooming alone in the frost!" Shen Zheng immediately interrupted her, "There are hundreds of varieties of flowers in the world, and it's best not to compete with other flowers for spring. Cui Jinyin, you should stop comparing yourself too much."

After the emergency rescue, everyone present looked over.

The emperor and his empress were amazed at her quick thinking, while the craftsmen working on the job felt...

"Who is she? She came and recited poetry, and it scared me for no reason."

"Scholars are like that. They want to compose a poem wherever they go. Maybe there's something special about the clean room at the soup kitchen that inspired her."

"I think... I don't want my daughter to become like this in the future, so weird."

"Don't worry about her. Get back to work. Business is good today. There's still another one to go after we finish the soup kitchen."

"..."

Shen Zheng gritted her teeth and said nothing. Cui Jinyin was so frightened that she didn't even react before she opened her mouth and said, "Emperor—"

"Don't worry, Empress." Shen Zheng stepped forward and waved her hand in front of her. "Master Bi and Madam Bi took some time to come and see us. What are you standing there for?"

"Master Bi?"

Cui Jinyin looked at the emperor who was still mocking Shen Zheng, and then turned to look at the queen, as if waking from a dream: "Your servant... No, I am Cui Jinyin, and I greet Mr. Bi and Mrs. Bi!"

Hearing her calling "Emperor" on the left and "Minister" on the right, Shen Zheng closed her eyes helplessly.

If these craftsmen had paid more attention to these few people, they would have discovered something was wrong long ago.

Fortunately, they were bewitched by the golden hairpin and it was difficult for them to do two things at once.

"You have a lot of things going on," the emperor said, walking over with his hands behind his back. He looked at the busy craftsmen and asked, "Do you know how to lay walls and tile?"

Cui Jinyin opened her mouth, but was so nervous that she didn't know how to answer.

She recalled that the last time she spoke to the emperor was at a palace banquet three years ago.

In her opinion, the emperor had merely asked her a few casual questions, perhaps something along the lines of "What are you reading?" and "What do you want to do in the future?" But she hadn't expected that upon returning to the Prime Minister's residence, her grandfather... no, Prime Minister Cui, would be extremely displeased and deliberately ignored her for several days.

From then on, Prime Minister Cui never took her to any palace banquets again.

Since she didn't like the restrictive rules in the palace, she was naturally happy not to go.

"I..." She cleared her hoarse throat and said with her head down: "In reply to Master Bi, I don't understand these things, but, but..."

Just what?

Do you think that if you spend your own money on something, you have to keep an eye on it yourself?

It doesn't seem to be the case.

After a pause, she said sincerely, "I just think it's interesting to build walls and cover them with tiles. After watching the walls being built and the men's and women's rooms being completely separated, I feel happy..."

On the side, Eunuch Hong listened to Mu Qing's words, then restrained his expression, walked lightly to the side of the emperor, and whispered something to the emperor.

The emperor first frowned and looked around the bathroom, then looked at Cui Jinyin carefully, and finally his brows relaxed.

"You..." His smile was no longer distant, and he said, "You look a bit like your uncle. Not bad, you've grown up."

Cui Jinyin raised her head in disbelief.

Was she praised?

Was he praised by His Majesty in front of Lord Shen?

"Thank you for the compliment, Master Bi!"

Her smile actually took away the color of the red hairpin on her head.

On the other side, the Queen also listened to what Eunuch Hong said, and looked at Cui Jinyin with more admiration and love in her eyes.