Chapter 40 Persuasion
Ji Yunqing listened carefully and couldn't help but said, "Isn't this good?"
You can enter retirement life at a young age and have someone to support you in your old age, which saves you forty years of detour.
At least this life is better than that of most people in the palace, right?
Although the person who took care of her in her old age was King Zhao, who was only three years younger than her.
Ji Yunqing couldn't help but think of herself. She didn't have the kind of relationship with King Zhao that could allow them to get along for a long time. When she got older, maybe the king would never visit her yard again.
By then, both the food and treatment will surely decline across the board. One day you may not be able to eat big chicken legs or big chunks of meat, and you don’t know if you can even eat minced meat during the Chinese New Year.
And the beautiful clothes are definitely gone.
Ji Yunqing instantly imagined a scene in her mind: it was a cold winter with heavy snow, and she was wearing thin and worn clothes, relying on shivering to keep warm.
The old lady with a face full of flesh threw her a piece of stale steamed bun and said, "Eat it quickly, this is your New Year's Eve dinner!"
Then he threw her a piece of cloth that had been there for who knows how many years and was full of holes bitten by mice and bugs, and said, "This is your new dress. It's New Year's Day, wear something nice."
woo woo woo...
She had such a miserable life!
Suddenly, Ji Yunqing was overwhelmed with grief, tears welling up in his eyes, "I want to eat a piece of steamed bun that is not stale!"
The concubine Wang was stunned: "What rotten steamed buns?"
She glanced sideways and thought, this Concubine Ji’s life shouldn’t be so miserable, right?
"Oh, nothing."
Ji Yunqing thought that he had not fallen to that point yet, so he came to his senses and slandered the Ji family: "I remember my life before. I often ate stale steamed buns at that time."
It's not really a disgrace. At that time, the original owner often ate steamed buns with cold water. If she was lucky enough to get something with a little oil, she would save it for her fiancé.
After all, my fiancé has been studying hard and needs some nourishment.
It was only after they arrived in the capital, where the place was smaller and the whole family lived and ate together, that the original owner was able to have normal meals.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Ji had lived such a miserable life in the past. Concubine Wang's eyes were full of sympathy.
Ji Yunqing didn't want to say more and simply brought the topic back to the topic.
"Where were we just now?"
Concubine Wang thought, "Speaking of Concubine Liu, she has never had a child, so she must be lonely. She often makes friends with some favored women. What do you think if she has a child..."
She didn't continue speaking, but everyone could understand what she said.
Ji Yunqing whispered: "Adopt!"
Concubine Wang nodded.
So, before, Concubine Liu treated her very well and wanted to adopt her child, but now that Concubine Zhao is pregnant, he has started to think about taking Concubine Zhao's child.
Ji Yunqing remained silent.
If the princess wants to raise a child, it will at least be good for the child. But we are all concubines, and adopting a child is not good for the child. Who would be willing to give birth to a child for someone else for nothing?
However, Concubine Wang didn't tell her these words before, but now she suddenly told her these words. What exactly did it mean?
Ji Yunqing thought about it silently and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, Sister Wang, for telling me this. Otherwise, I would still be kept in the dark. You are such a good person."
Wang Shiqi, who was suddenly given the nice guy card, said: "..."
That's it?
Ji Yunqing's eyes were full of relief: "Fortunately I'm not pregnant. Hey, fortunately I have good offspring - no, fortunately I'm lucky."
Concubine Wang was united in hatred and clenched her fists tightly, "Sister Ji, to be honest, when I first entered the mansion, I almost got fooled, but unfortunately I was too timid at the time, and even if I knew, I didn't dare to say it easily."
She hinted intentionally or unintentionally: "If the prince knew about this, wouldn't it be..."
"Sister Wang!"
Ji Yunqing nodded vigorously in agreement: "The prince has always hated evil, go ahead and speak, I support you!"
Concubine Wang: "..."
Is this a support issue?
She looked embarrassed: "I dare not, otherwise you should say it. The prince loves you so much, he will definitely make the decision for you."
Ji Yunqing was very straightforward: "I dare not, what do you mean by pampering or not, I just want to have something new, when there is another new person entering the mansion, I will have no choice but to rely on you, Sister Wang."
The two people each had their own ulterior motives and kept blaming each other, and in the end they went back to their own homes.
Ji Yunqing returned to the courtyard and told everyone, "From now on, people in our courtyard should try to have less contact with irrelevant people, even if they are fellow villagers, friends, or relatives. Don't accept things from others, understand?"
Several people nodded: "Yes, Master"
"it is good"
Ji Yunqing smiled.
"While we still have time, and the weather is nice today, let's do some spring cleaning together.
Clean the yard and the house, and replace the heavy winter items so they look fresher."
Ji Yunqing suggested this because she thought that there would be more pregnant women and children in the mansion in the future, so she would have to be more careful.
Don't let anyone put something that shouldn't be in her yard without her knowing.
Although it was Ji Yunqing who proposed it, the maids were the main force.
Ji Yunqing helped from time to time, and the maids didn't dare to ask her to do anything.
I didn't notice it at ordinary times, but when I started to clean up, I found that they had bought quite a lot of things.
There was a large, round iron pot in the warehouse, along with a spatula, and several bowls and chopsticks, all placed in a sack in an inconspicuous corner.
Half a bag of rice and half a bag of wheat were both well preserved for emergency use.
There were also a few maids who specially bought thick and thin fabrics at low prices from the closed down stores on the street.
There were also a lot of miscellaneous things, which took up most of the room.
There are several boxes on the shelf, containing various vegetable seeds classified into different categories.
For this purpose, Ji Yunqing specially compiled a book, which contains the growth habits of these vegetable seeds, seed characteristics, planting months, harvesting months, taste, how to cook... etc.
These are all preparations for her falling out of favor at any time.
Thinking of this, Ji Yunqing was thoughtful: "Xuancao, I almost forgot, can you move a small stone mill? If you can, we can grind tofu to eat in the future."
Hemerocallis answered with difficulty: "...Master, you are making things difficult for me."
Oh my God, what on earth is going on in the master's mind?
Suddenly, Hemerocallis heard her master's voice: "Let's turn the soil over while the weather is good. When it gets warmer, we can plant vegetables."
Hemerocallis was stunned: "..."
"Master, do you really want to grow vegetables?"
Planting fruit trees is understandable, but are you sure you can grow vegetables?
When the prince visited other masters' courtyards, not only were the flowers blooming, but the courtyards were also exquisitely decorated.
When you come to our yard, you see a yard full of vegetables?
It would have been better if Daylily hadn't said anything. After Daylily said that, she became more determined to grow vegetables.
"Stop talking and just grow vegetables."
Ji Yunqing looked determined. When she planted flowers, there might be poisonous flowers mixed in one day, and she couldn't tell. It was better to plant vegetables.
I’ve never heard of any vegetable garden growing poisonous flowers!