No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Lin Mingyan was still hungry, so she stretched out her sore hand and pinched the Fourth Master's waist, which reminded him.

The Fourth Master had a rare day off today and didn't want to leave her even for a moment. Seeing her hand hurt, he personally fed her: "How about these crab dumplings?"

It’s not the time to eat crabs now, but this crab roe was frozen last fall and saved specially for her.

After all, when she was in mourning, the only food she could eat was seafood.

"Mm, it's very fresh. Would you like to have one too?" Lin Mingyan fed him a mouthful with her backhand.

The Fourth Master doesn't really like eating fish, shrimp, crabs, etc., but he's in mourning and can't eat meat now, so every bite he eats will help him supplement his protein.

She is doing this for her own benefit. She really doesn't want to see the Fourth Uncle in that state.

Thinking of this, she reached her hand into the Fourth Master's clothes.

I used to have firm abdominal muscles, but now because of a serious illness and being too busy to exercise, coupled with insufficient protein intake, they have become a bit flat.

hiss~~

Lin Mingyan said sadly: "Master, I haven't exercised much recently~~"

Fourth Master: ...being rejected!

He stuffed the last crab dumpling into his mouth and glanced at her sideways: "From today on, I will squeeze out an hour every day to exercise!"

Lin Mingyan squinted her eyes and smiled secretly, looking at the Fourth Master's face which turned black with dissatisfaction.

After breakfast, they were forced to drink some donkey-hide gelatin, and then they went outside to bask in the sun.

Lin Mingyan sat in the armchair, but the Fourth Master felt a sense of crisis and stood instead of sitting.

This time, during the break, he was forced to add exercise time, so the Fourth Master really slowed down his pace for a while.

After all, there are new papers every day, and you can never be completely busy.

"Why not just pick up some unimportant things and keep Hui'er busy? What do you think?" asked the Fourth Master.

Lin Mingyan's eyes widened: "Ah? Hui'er is only a little old, can he understand it?"

Because of Emperor Kangxi's imperial edict, after the ceremony of enthroning the empress, Honghui was naturally named the crown prince.

However, apart from having two more tutors, he usually still studied in the Shangshufang with everyone else.

Even because he had not yet married, the Fourth Master did not let him move into the Eastern Palace alone, and he still lived in the prince's residence with his brothers.

Now, isn’t the responsibility of participating in politics a bit too much?

The Fourth Master felt a little sad when he saw her shocked expression.

This is Cha Cha. She is not thinking about what he is testing, but whether Hui'er is capable of doing the job.

If it were anyone else, they would definitely kneel down first and say that the prince would never have such an idea.

Just like the former deposed crown prince, he never touched a memorial in his life when his father was in Beijing.

Seeing him shaking his head and sighing, Lin Mingyan thought she had said something wrong and said awkwardly, "Ah? Then he should understand it, right?"

She had not received any education as a prince. In her impression, ten years old was still elementary school age and she couldn't even recognize all the characters.

Although I know that Honghui must have learned all the characters, I am still a little unsure about his participation in national affairs.

The Fourth Master smiled and said, "It's okay. It doesn't matter whether he can understand it or not. There will always be someone who can make him understand and help him get things done."

This is how the prince's team was built. He didn't need to be very talented, as long as he knew how to use people.

In view of the tragedy of his father and the former deposed crown prince, he decided to let Honghui participate in state affairs early and grow up slowly.

He would not have even the slightest doubt about being with the eldest son of his beloved life.

Lin Mingyan finally understood that it seemed that the main purpose was to train the prince's secretariat, which was not a bad idea.

Now that the tasks have been divided up, won’t the Fourth Master feel more relaxed?

This made her less worried about the Fourth Master's health.

"I heard from Wei Wu that all the sweet potato vines have been distributed this year, and almost every household in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has planted sweet potatoes," the Fourth Master was too busy to notice before, but now he remembered it.

Lin Mingyan: "Yes, it just so happened that last autumn was a bumper year, and I saved all the good sweet potatoes for seeds."

When Emperor Kangxi died last year, it was the autumn harvest time, and Lin Mingyan was quick-witted enough to save that batch of sweet potatoes.

If the Fourth Master had not come to power, this wave of food would have been their confidence.

When the Fourth Master came to power, she could immediately promote sweet potatoes vigorously, so that the people could have enough food to eat in the first year of Yongzheng's reign.

As long as there is such a good start, even if the Prince of Zhi returns with a great victory, he will have to submit obediently.

"Last year, we spread the word that those who wanted to grow their own vines had already been given sweet potato seeds," Lin Mingyan said with a smile, "It's more than the sweet potato vines we were given this year."

"If you want to plant more this year, it's more cost-effective to get sweet potato seeds."

"After this year's autumn harvest, we can promote it to more distant places next year."

"Okay, this year I'll ask Shandong and Henan to register first, and then send sweet potato seeds there after the autumn harvest," the Fourth Master expressed his support.

"You gave me so many sweet potato seeds for free. What do you want me to give you?"

Those are all Cha Cha's assets, we can't give them away for nothing.

He couldn't let her suffer.

Lin Mingyan didn't care about these efforts, but when the Fourth Master said so, she felt a little sweet in her heart.

People are not afraid of giving, but they are afraid that the other party will turn a blind eye to your efforts.

She thought for a moment and said, "Then you can build my garden. I haven't even had one..."

Hehehe, I’ve been craving the Old Summer Palace for a long time.

As a result, not long after the Fourth Master became Prince Yong, Emperor Kangxi died and never thought of giving him the Old Summer Palace.

Now that Emperor Kangxi has passed away, the Fourth Master naturally inherited all his gardens.

Including Changchun Garden and Yuanmingyuan.

But compared with Changchun Garden, which Emperor Kangxi often visited, Yuanmingyuan seems not so impressive.

Compared with the world-famous garden in later generations, the current Old Summer Palace is not even a younger brother, it can only be a grandson.

But no matter what, it is still a garden. Lin Mingyan was drooling with envy.

The Fourth Master looked into her sparkling eyes, pointed his index finger at her forehead and said, "What else can we do without your garden? You can choose any one of them."

"Then let's go to the Old Summer Palace," Lin Mingyan said without hesitation, snorting.

The Fourth Master thought for a moment before remembering this garden. He was stunned and asked, "Why do you want this garden?"

This garden really has no presence. Apart from being close to home and covering a large area, it has almost no famous landscapes.

Lin Mingyan pulled his sleeve and shook it: "That's it~"

The Fourth Master knew that she wasn't the type of person who was too shy to speak out about her feelings, so since she really liked him, he agreed.

However, a large sum of money was still allocated, and the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Household Department were ordered to carry out a major renovation.

"When it's finished and summer is coming, we'll stay in the garden for a while." The Fourth Master promised.

It turned out that when she was in the mansion, Cha Cha always wanted to go to the farm to relax.

Now that I'm in the palace, I feel more restricted, so I'm thinking of having a garden.

Lin Mingyan's mind was full of thoughts: Who among my family members understands? The Old Summer Palace is mine!