The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

The queen looked at Ayun and motioned for her to continue.

Ah Yun paused and said, "It's cold in the twelfth lunar month, so why not order the imperial kitchen to cook Laba porridge and distribute it to everyone in the palace? This can be considered as a show of sympathy and care for them."

After listening to Ayun's suggestion, the queen thought that it might be feasible to distribute porridge.

After all, eating Laba porridge in the twelfth lunar month is a long-standing custom, and it would not go wrong if the imperial kitchen cooked Laba porridge. Moreover, the raw materials of Laba porridge are nothing more than grains, and it would not cost much money even if it was distributed to the whole palace.

"Ayun, this is a good idea. Go and tell the imperial kitchen to do it."

…………

Inside Prince Jing’s Mansion.

Lu Qingqing handed the letter to the guards and soon handed it to Prince Jing personally.

Prince Jing was sitting at the desk in the study, wearing a silver fox fur robe, looking quite elegant. He removed the wax seal from the envelope, opened the letter and read it carefully.

The more he read the letter, the deeper his frown became.

It wasn't because the task Lu Qingqing asked him to do was very difficult, but Lu Qingqing's handwriting was too sloppy and ugly. Prince Jing took a long time to understand the meaning of the letter.

After reading the letter, Prince Jing rubbed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Ever since he used the prisoner's dilemma method proposed by Lu Qingqing during the autumn hunt and successfully pried open the mouth of the suspect during interrogation, he has been very impressed by Lu Qingqing.

In addition, with the personal instructions from his royal brother, he was very happy to do the task of tracing the source of the counterfeit currency.

Prince Jing thought for a moment, and a plan for tracking down the case had already taken shape in his mind.

He called the guards around him and gave the order.

"There are counterfeit coins circulating in the capital. Someone must have minted them privately. Go check the flow of copper and lead materials in the capital over the past month. Pay special attention to the blacksmith shops and banks. If you find anything unusual, report it immediately!"

After giving the order, he stared at the letter from the palace for a long time, shaking his head as he read, with the expression of disgust on his face not diminishing in the slightest.

Prince Jing casually pulled out a piece of rice paper from the desk, picked up the brush and wrote in a lively manner.

"From Mr. Ming. I have been ordered to send people to investigate the source of the counterfeit currency. If there is any news, I will inform you immediately."

Having written this, Prince Jing paused, thought for a moment, and then continued writing:

"If you have any more letters to send to me next time, please have someone write them for you."

After Prince Jing finished writing, a satisfied expression appeared on his face. He folded the letter neatly, sealed it in a piece of paper, and ordered someone to reply to Noble Lady Ming as soon as possible.

When Lu Qingqing received Prince Jing's reply at Yinglan Pavilion, she was discussing a challenge with the Queen.

Erxi squatted beside the charcoal brazier in the hall and warmed his hands with a worried look on his face.

"My lady, we don't have much gold-thread charcoal left in our palace. If the queen doesn't send us charcoal, how can we keep warm in the future?"

However, in sharp contrast to Erxi, Lu Qingqing looked calm. She turned around, opened a small drawer next to the dressing box, took out a hundred taels of silver note, and handed it to Erxi.

"Erxi, as the saying goes, money makes the world go round. With money in hand, are you still worried that the Ministry of Internal Affairs won't help us with the shopping?"

Erxi took the banknote with a look of surprise on his face.

"My lady, how come you are so rich? With this money, even if the queen doesn't send us food and clothing, we will definitely have no problem getting through this winter!"

Seeing Erxi's reaction, Xiaotao, who was brewing tea by the stove, couldn't help but secretly covered her mouth and laughed. She walked up to Erxi and explained briskly:

"Erxi, you are not responsible for the money of the young master on weekdays, so you don't understand. Our young master is a real rich woman!"

Lu Qingqing smiled but said nothing.

That's right!

She has already achieved financial freedom by relying on the Mixue Ice Palace milk tea shop!

Even if the Mixue Ice Palace in the capital was closed down, the Mixue Ice Palace in the palace could still provide her with a steady stream of operating income.

The money she earned from running the Mixue Ice Palace was far more than ten times her share in the palace. With this money, she did have the capital to shop freely in the palace.

Lu Qingqing took the milk tea baked by Xiaotao and continued to nestle leisurely on the fragrant and soft chaise longue, unable to help but sigh secretly.

It feels so good to have financial freedom!

At this time, the sound of a report came from outside the door, and the guard brought Prince Jing's reply to Lu Qingqing.

She took the letter and opened it impatiently. A piece of elegant running script with smooth and flowing strokes caught Lu Qingqing's eyes.

She secretly sighed in her heart and admired him!

I didn't expect that Prince Jing is such a capable person, both civil and military. No wonder Li Xuansheng relies on and values ​​him so much.

However, after reading the contents of the letter, Lu Qingqing pouted and cursed.

Ha ha.

This Prince Jing was willing to help find the source of the counterfeit money. I was very grateful to him. But he mentioned at the end of the letter that he could find someone to write for him?

This is clearly a mockery of his poor handwriting!

Lu gently closed the letter and patted her chest to calm herself down.

Forget it. Literati look down on each other. Literati look down on each other. As long as. I hope the source of the counterfeit money can be investigated.

Lu Qingqing put the letter back into the study and turned to walk towards the piano keys. She unexpectedly found a bowl of watery rice soup on the flower table.

She asked, pointing at the bowl of porridge.

"What is this? Who brought it to me?"

Sanpang heard it and quickly stepped forward to reply.

"Disease Team. Just now, I and the Imperial Kitchen ordered tonight's order. This is the order given to a worker by the Imperial Kitchen. They said that the Empress and the Special Agents rewarded us with Laba porridge."

When Lu Qingqing heard that it was the Queen who came, she immediately understood about 80% of it.

He distributed the inferior carbon bars given to him by the Queen to the six concubines. The six concubines actually had no complaints about the Queen. The Queen was trying to win people's hearts with Laba porridge.

Lu Qingqing glanced at the Laba porridge on the table. How could this be called Laba porridge? There were not even a few grains in the bowl of porridge. It was not even qualified to be called Laba soup. It must be the result of the layers of embezzlement in the kitchen.

Lu Qingqing ordered Sanpang to remove the Laba porridge with disgust.

The queen had cut off her own palace's food, clothing and other expenses. At present, his food and clothing were all purchased with his own money. He had never had the opportunity to vent the queen's anger.

. Coincidentally, this bowl of Laba porridge is a miracle.

Before the Mixue Ice Palace in the capital was closed down, his newly launched Eight Treasure Milk Tea was the most popular among the people. Didn't the queen want to win people's hearts with Laba Congee? But he had to challenge the queen.

Let's see whether the bland Laba soup is more popular or his eight-treasure milk tea is more warming to the spleen and stomach?

Lu Qingqing made up her mind. Without saying anything, she went to the workers in Yinglan Pavilion to prepare the materials for the eight-treasure milk tea. She started to make the paper bags early the next morning.