Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

The Queen Mother arrived at Mo's village.

Mo Yuanji was working in the fields when he saw a group of people coming from a distance. He could tell from the aura of the woman leading the group that she was the Queen Mother.

I also saw my daughter following behind the Queen Mother.

Mo Yuanji stood up, wiped his hands vigorously with the corner of his clothes in a panic, and walked quickly towards him.

"See the Queen Mother."

“Is this the sweet potato you planted?”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

"Mrs. Xiaojie said it was divided into five pieces, and one was dug out from each piece."

Mo Yuanji didn't ask anyone else to dig, but went to dig by himself. He picked one at random from each piece of land and knelt on the ground to dig carefully.

Mo Chenxi walked over to help.

The sweet potatoes are not fully grown yet, and are as big as a small mouse.

The Queen Mother had been watching beside him, dug out one and placed it at the edge of the field.

After Mo Chenxi helped his father finish digging, both of them had sweat on their foreheads.

Queen Mother Wang looked at Mo Yuanji and his daughter, who looked like a farmer from the countryside. He had white hair at such an old age, wore coarse cloth clothes, and his shoes were covered in dirt and mud.

It can be seen that he has been doing this every day for the past two months.

Mo Yuanji had someone bring a few basins of water, and he washed the sweet potatoes himself. He picked out a few of each size and placed them on a plate. Eunuch Liang came over and took the plate.

Mo Yuanji took a sweet potato, took a bite and said, "Sweet potatoes can be eaten raw. I thought I'd wait until all the sweet potatoes are harvested to see if I can make vermicelli noodles, grind them into flour, and make cakes or something like that."

The Queen Mother reached out and took a sweet potato from the plate, put it in her mouth and took a bite. It was crispy and had a hint of sweetness.

Mo Yuanji went to a simple shed at the end of the field and took out a stack of papers. "Empress Dowager, these are my records."

It was Eunuch Liang who took it and handed it to Queen Mother Wang. Queen Mother Wang read the first few chapters. There were dates and daily records on them, including watering methods, mature watering methods, and detailed records of germination and growth.

She nodded and said, "I'll send a few people over."

Mo Yuanji answered respectfully, "Yes."

This means that the land was taken over by the imperial court.

He was excited, as the Mo family's future started with this piece of land.

The Queen Mother returned to the capital in a carriage. She had been a little irritable recently, thinking it was her own negligence. She felt that her son was still young and had behaved well before.

After her grandfather passed away, she only focused on checking on her son's daily life, but did not pay attention to his teacher.

The emperor has more than a dozen husbands, one of whom is the maternal grandfather of Concubine Shen Gui's sister-in-law.

The Shen family originally wanted Concubine Shen Gui to advance, but unfortunately she only gave birth to a daughter. For this reason, Queen Mother Wang did not place much importance on the Shen family.

However, the in-law relationships in large families are complicated and intricate. Several old gentlemen were selected by the late emperor for the emperor, and the Queen Mother cannot deal with ministers who have in-laws with the Shen family because of the Shen family.

This gave the Shen family an opportunity to take advantage.

The late emperor had few children, only two sons, and Prince Duan was less than five years old. The Queen Mother did not deliberately instruct her sons to alienate their sisters, but instead taught them to care more about their sisters.

She didn't expect that the Shen family took advantage of this. It wasn't really taking advantage, but rather finding an opportunity.

The Queen Mother's heart turned cold. She remembered what her son once said: What if you are twelve years old? I will be no worse than you.

Yes, when he was twelve years old, he wanted to get rid of her as a mother. Knowing that she wanted to make the granddaughter of Minister Lian the queen, her son took the initiative and said that he wanted to make the daughter of the Shen family the queen, that is, the niece of Concubine Shen Gui.

The reason given was that the Lian family, a newly wealthy family, could not compare to the Shen family, a century-old family of Hanlin scholars.

The Queen Mother secretly resented it.

Today I went to Shuangfeng Temple and listened to the master's lecture. I felt calmer. I also met Mo Yuanji and his daughter, and that piece of land.

Grandfather asked her what she would do, but she always put the people of the world first.

So for her, what difference does it make if her son marries the daughter of Minister Lian or the daughter of the Shen family?

The next day, several people came to the palace, led by Jia Youjian, the chief supervisor of Shangshanglinyuan, the bookkeeper, several clerks, and several secretaries.

There were only two Diancheng that Mo Yuanji didn't know, but he knew the others. When he retired, his immediate superior was Jia Youjianzheng.

Jia Youjian usually ignored him, but this time it was different. He said from a distance: "Master Mo, I'm here to see you."

Mo Yuanji went to meet him and said, "Master Jia, thank you very much. Look, I don't even have a place to entertain you."

Jia Youjian said, "You're too polite. We're not like brothers when we come to your place. I brought them here today and came to see you as well. We haven't seen each other for several years."

The servants moved a few benches to the edge of the field. Mo Yuanji asked Lord Jia to sit down. The others stood and looked around, wondering why the Empress Dowager had sent them here.

Jia Youjian didn't know why, but the Empress Dowager just said that everything should be done according to Lord Mo.

He heard the Empress Dowager address Mo Yuanji as Lord Mo. Could it be possible that Mo Yuanji could enter the court and serve as an official?

Considering his age and the fact that he looks like a local rich man, it's unlikely.

Could it be that Lord Mo is lucky to have a granddaughter?

He didn't know the exact number of people in the Mo family, so he would ask his wife about it when he got back.

Mo Chenxi brought the tea over personally. Jia Youjian thought it was a servant and took the teacup.

Mo Yuanji introduced: "This is my daughter."

Jia Youjian was about to drink, so he quickly stood up with the teacup in his hand. There was no table to put it on, so he had to hold the teacup and said, "It's Madam Xiaojie. My husband has been saying that he wants to visit Madam Xiaojie."

Mo Chenxi said, "I'm so sorry, I've been at the manor the whole time and not at home."

Jia Youjian saw that the father and daughter looked like country people, and he had no idea what they were up to.

What was planted in the field that alarmed the Empress Dowager, who sent someone over specially with all the luggage ready. She said that food and accommodation would be provided in the farm and would be arranged by Lord Mo.

Mo Chenxi would not leave just because someone came. This was such a good opportunity to show herself. Everything she did here would definitely be reported to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was too busy with her work to take care of this matter at the moment. She announced the candidate for the Queen and sent maids to the Shen family to teach the future Queen.

This again surprised the people in Beijing. No one had guessed that the queen would come from Concubine Shen Gui's family.

Minister Lian was baffled. Previously, because of Zhong Hanlin's incident, his granddaughter had lost hope. But not long ago, the Queen Mother hinted at something, and he was surprised and delighted.

Fortunately, he didn't tell his family, thinking that he would tell them after everything was decided. The main reason was that he was afraid that something might happen. Unexpectedly, something really happened.

He didn't know where the problem lay, but he hated the Shen family. The Shen family had interfered with him without any hesitation.

A few days later, the Empress Dowager summoned his wife into the palace, and he repeatedly told her to speak less and listen more.

But the Queen Mother did not say a word of hint, but just rewarded her old wife with a set of headgear.

Minister Lian looked at the headgear over and over again, but couldn't make out what it was.