The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

For a whole month, the capital city was covered in silver, as if it was covered with a layer of white shell.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. In order not to delay the daily court sessions, Liang Chongyue changed the venue of the state banquet to the Xuande Hall.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from various countries have checked into the post station. The General of Cavalry and the Military Advisor have also returned to the capital and are waiting outside to see you."

Liang Chongyue was playing with Minglang while peeling chestnuts. The chestnuts were cold on the outside but still warm on the inside, and had a smooth texture. Minglang liked them very much.

"Pass it in."

Liang Chongyue put the freshly peeled chestnuts into Minglang's mouth and put the remaining chestnuts in her hand into a plate on the side.

"Mother Queen, is it the Xiang family's uncle who has arrived?"

After Liang Minglang finished eating the chestnuts in his mouth, he took some tea and rinsed his mouth.

"Yes, Minglang, do you still remember your two uncles?"

The last time we saw him, Minglang was just two months old. Later, his two uncles led their troops to the northern border, so there shouldn't be any impact.

"I remember that there are many things in my palace that were given by my two uncles. The Empress Dowager even showed me the jewels and ornaments that my uncles gave to my mother."

The first sentence the brothers Xiang Huayan and Xiang Huating heard when they walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony was the clear, baby-like voice coming from the inner hall.

"This humble general pays homage to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty. I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Bao."

Liang Chongyue walked out of the inner hall holding Minglang and looked at the two people kneeling on the ground.

The wind and frost in the north are strong, and the two uncles look more haggard than before.

"My two uncles, please get up quickly. You must have had a hard time traveling through the snow and wind."

Liang Chongyue held Minglang and sat on the dragon throne. Seeing Minglang staring at his two uncles in fascination, he wondered what was going on in his little head.

"Come here, give me a seat."

The young eunuch serving on the side brought up two chairs and placed them in the center of the hall.

"I'm going back to the capital to report on my duties. First, I want to report to Your Majesty on the situation in the northern border. Letters are inevitably unclear, so it would be better for me to report to Your Majesty in person. Second, I can return to the capital to celebrate the New Year, which will not be tiring for me."

Liang Chongyue receives system reports on the situation in the northern border every few days. They are all automatically generated by the machine and are very accurate.

"The situation in the north is not urgent. With my two uncles here, I feel very relieved."

"Yunling, go to the Cining Palace and tell them to have the kitchen prepare a few more dishes that will suit your two uncles' tastes."

Yun Ling agreed with a smile. If the Empress Dowager knew that the General of Cavalry and the Military Advisor had returned to the capital, she would definitely be very happy.

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for the reward."

As soon as Yun Ling left, the two uncles got up from their chairs, stood up, and bowed to Liang Chongyue to express their gratitude.

"My two uncles are too polite. We are a family. This seems alienating."

Ping'an served the tea, and Liang Chongyue raised his hand to signal the two uncles to try it, which just stopped the eldest uncle from saying anything.

Some things don't need to be said out loud. The most important thing is that both parties know what they are talking about.

After half a cup of tea, Minglang was already sitting in Liang Chongyue's arms, peeling half a plate of chestnuts with a small tool.

"Queen Mother, please try it."

Liang Chongyue lowered her head to glance at Minglang, but saw that although she was speaking to her, her eyes were not directed at her at all.

Obviously, this plate of chestnuts was not necessarily peeled for her.

"Minglang has just peeled these chestnuts. Please try some, uncles."

Liang Chongyue took one and put it in his mouth, and asked Ping'an to deliver the rest to the table beside his two uncles.

Xiang Huating picked up one and put it in his mouth. It tasted mellow and sweet.

"I would like to thank His Royal Highness Prince Bao for the reward."

A small dish of peeled chestnuts made the atmosphere in the hall even warmer.

Liang Chongyue saw that her two uncles were looking at Minglang with loving eyes, as if they were looking at the younger generation in the family, and also as they had looked at her in the past.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Territory is vast, and most of its people live in the southern, central, and north-central regions. The northern part of the Northern Territory is home to several perpetually snow-capped mountains, making the climate cold and uninhabitable."

"The people in the northern border mainly rely on nomadic farming for their livelihood. Daxia's rice and wheat have a hard time surviving in the northern border, and even if they do, the yield is extremely low."

"This is the grain I saw people growing in the northern border. They call it millet."

As he spoke, Xiang Huayan took out a brocade bag from his waist and pulled out a handful of unhulled millet from it.

Ping An stepped forward and took it. When it was in Liang Chongyue's hand, Liang Chongyue grabbed a small handful and rubbed it. After rubbing off the outer husk, the millet inside came out.

The north is cold, and millet and sorghum are both crops that are resistant to barrenness and drought. The temperature difference between day and night in the north is large, so the millet and sorghum grown there should taste and have good nutritional value.

"My uncle should have brought more than this back to Beijing, right?"

Liang Chongyue put the millet she had just rubbed off into the empty teacup beside her. The rest of the brocade bag was still inside, untouched.

"I brought quite a bit back to the capital, but they haven't been inspected yet, so they're all at the post station."

Upon hearing this, Liang Chongyue waved to Ping An.

"Take someone to the post station to inspect the annual tribute brought back by the General of the Cavalry. If there are no problems, it can be registered. I am ready to taste the food in the northern border."

When attacking the northern border before, Liang Chongyue had only eaten beef and mutton from the northern border. She had never tasted this millet and didn't know how different the taste was from what she had eaten before.

"Yes, I will do it right away."

Ping An received the order and withdrew.

"Your Majesty, I have brought two princes from the northern border with me back to the capital to wish you a happy new year. They are also at the post station."

Ping'an paused slightly at the threshold when he heard this, and waited for a while. When he didn't hear His Majesty say anything, he continued to walk outside to complete the task His Majesty had ordered.

"Once they are here, they are guests. Arrange for someone to watch them and don't let them leave the post station before the state banquet, so as not to harm my people."

None of the northern royal family is a good person. They have brutal and bloody genes in their bones. It's just that their old emperor is dead, and now they have to bow down to her in a state banquet with all nations coming to pay homage.

In the eyes of these northern royal families, that scene was probably no less humiliating than the day the old emperor died.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I have already sent people to keep him under strict guard. We will escort him back to the northern border after they have celebrated the New Year for Your Majesty and Great Xia."

Upon hearing this, Liang Chongyue met his second uncle's calm and composed eyes and smiled in agreement.

It must have been the second uncle's idea to bring the royal family from the north to Beijing to celebrate the New Year for her. The eldest uncle was an extremely cautious man.

He would think twice about anything risky.

It seems that he was persuaded by his second uncle.

But this is indeed a good idea to boost the morale of the people.

The soldiers of Daxia sacrificed their lives and shed their blood on the battlefield, isn't it all for this day?

Nothing can better appease the souls of those who died in battle than seeing former enemies bring the most generous gifts from their country, change their arrogance, and kneel down to pray like ants.