Chapter 1025: The Discussion of the Pot Cover Chapter 1025: The Discussion of the Pot Cover Editor: Atlas Studios Mrs.
Yan and the others watched in shock as the Princess Consort and the young masters ate their vegetarian food with relish.
After hesitating for a moment, they picked up some food and put it into their mouths.
Mrs.
Yan fell silent for a moment and tried her best to swallow the food in her mouth.
Some people couldnât help but spit it out.
Was this something humans ate?
Everyone looked at the food in their rice bowls and then at the Princess Consort and the othersâ rice bowls.
They seemed to have gotten the same foods and hadnât been swapped.
Everyone could only stare blankly at Mu Yangling and the others.
Mu Yanglingâs family had a large appetite.
The reason why they let Little Fu and Little An fill up their rice bowls was because Little Bear and the others could help to finish up the food.
Little Madam Xia couldnât quite stomach the food at first as well, but seeing that they were eating happily, she somehow managed to finish more than half of it.
Mu Yangling took the remaining half and finished it up for her.
Their group finished eating everything in their rice bowls before saying to everyone with a smile, âTake your time to eat and donât hurry.
Weâll go back first.â She glanced at their rice bowls meaningfully.
âThe most precious thing in the world is food, so itâs best not to waste it.
Cining Temple has prepared more than enough food.
If you like it, feel free to stay for dinner before going down the mountain.â Who would dare to stay for dinner?
Everyone reluctantly finished the food in their bowls with a pale face before bidding farewell to the abbess.
Mrs.
Yan looked at the food in her bowl, then at her daughterâs.
With a sigh, she took her daughterâs basin and slowly ate it.
A madam beside her sighed and said, âNo wonder His Majesty is full of praise for Her Highness.
He said that the Princess Consort can hold up half the sky all by herself, and also contributed greatly to the filling up of the national treasury with grains.
Just her ability and perseverance to endure hardships are not something we can compare to, despite being immensely wealthy.
Even us canât stomach such coarse grains and vegetables.â Someone muttered softly, âI heard that Her Highness came from a farming family.
Itâs not surprising that she can endure such hardships.â Mrs.
Yan lowered her eyes and said indifferently, âItâs not surprising for the Princess Consort, but the young masters of the Princeâs estate were also eating with relish.
From this, we can see that the Princess Consort taught them well.â The madams who stayed behind nodded one after another, agreeing that this was extremely rare to come by.
Because they knew that the young masters from the Princeâs estate would come, they brought their children along when they came.
Boys could play with the young masters, while girls could show their faces in front of them.
Perhaps in the future, they could become phoenixes and soar into the sky?
Their children could not eat these things.
Just now, some of them even wanted to smash the rice bowl.
If the adults had not grabbed it quickly, they would have been reprimanded.
âAlthough Her Highness came from a farming family, her father is now a Grade 2B official.
I heard that her younger brother is also a jinshi.
With such a maternal family, so what if she came from a farming family?
Her status is rock solid.â âThe Princess Consortâs stable position is not the credit of her maternal family.
Just look at how affectionate Prince Rong is towards her.
Everyone can see that he truly cherishes her.
Last year, for the Princess Consortâs birthday, Prince Rong came to my jewelry store to customize jewelry a month in advance.
Never mind the gems, gold, and jade he used.
What was most touching was that he even specially sent someone to go back to the capital to look for Old Madam Gu of the Nine Auspicious Jewelry Store and asked her to design the blueprints.
Our family was lucky.
Master Miao happened to be working at my jewelry store, so Prince Rong handed the gems and blueprints to us.â âJust by looking at how His Highness hasnât had a single concubine after being married for so many years, one can tell how loving they are.â âThatâs because Her Highness is lucky.
Not everyone can meet someone like Prince Rong.â Prince Rongâs ferocity and his devotion were widely known.
The officials were intimidated by the former, while the women only saw the latter.
The former, on the other hand, was constantly diminishing in comparison.
Seeing that everyone was getting more and more enthusiastic, Mrs.
Yan coughed lightly and said, âEveryone, quickly finish up and hurry down the mountain.
When it gets darker, Iâm afraid itâd be difficult to walk on the mountain path.â Considering the Princess Consort was in this temple at the moment, it was not good to talk about people behind their backs.
This was despite the fact that she was also very tempted to join in on the conversation.
Third Madam Chen of the Pearly Jewelry Store hugged Mrs.
Yanâs arm.
âEven though weâre done eating, we canât head down the mountain straight away.
We have to rest for a while before setting off.
Weâre not capable enough to get our hands on a guest house.
Mrs.
Yan, why donât you invite us to your guest house to rest our legs?â Third Madam Chen and Mrs.
Yan were on good terms and their two families had been friends for five to six years, so they spoke more intimately.
Mrs.
Yan couldnât help but be amused.
Sweeping her gaze across the crowd, Mrs.
Yan saw that the people who stayed behind were either the madams of the large merchants or officials of the Guangdong bureaucracy.
They all knew each other.
Thinking that these people all had connections, Mrs.
Yan didnât decline.
She stood up and led everyone to her guest house.
As soon as she entered, Third Madam Chen hugged her arm and said, âGood Sister, weâre mostly hearing rumors about Her Highness, but your maiden family is from the capital and youâre also on good terms with the Duke of Peaceful Stateâs wife.
I bet you know more than us, right?
Tell us how Her Highness is so impressive.
Not only did she win Prince Rongâs heart, but she also received His Majestyâs praise.
Teach us a thing or two so that we can apply it on our darned husbands when we get back.â Mrs.
Yan poked her forehead and said with a smile, âMischievous.
Only you dare to say such things.
If word gets out, Her Highness will teach you a lesson.â Third Madam Chen stuck out her tongue, but she didnât think much of it.
It wasnât as if they were badmouthing the Princess Consort, so they wouldnât be punished even if word got out.
After a moment of silence, Mrs.
Yan said, âDo you think you can learn the Princess Consortâs abilities?
This matter is like a fantasy.
One of my big brotherâs good friends is an imperial guard.
Do you think Her Highnessâs only credit was that she had given two rabbits to Prince Rong and the Emperor and helped chase away the bad luck by wedding Prince Rong when the Emperor was dangerously ill?
These two points alone arenât enough for the Emperor to respect the Princess Consort so much to the point of praising her in front of the Imperial Court.â Mrs.
Yan lowered her voice and said, âI heard that the Emperor, Prince Rong, and the Duke have all been saved by Her Highness.
Two years ago, people in the navy joked that Her Highness had divine strength, but itâs actually true.
With her strength and martial arts, she not only saved the Emperor, Prince Rong, and the Duke, but also the Empress and His Highness the Crown Prince.
Itâs hard to say how many contributions Her Highness has made to His Majesty all these years.
Who among you has such abilities?â Everyone fell silent.
Mrs.
Yan continued, âAs for the grain tax and national treasury, you may think that the Princess Consort got the credit for nothing by sitting at home.
My husband is in charge of the agriculture matters.
Ever since Her Highness opened her Harvest Grain Store in Guangdong, farmers can use their household registration to buy grain seeds on credit.
The grain store then allowed the government office to promote the farming techniques it had developed.
After the autumn harvest, the farmers will pay a certain interest for the grain seeds they had bought on credit.
However, itâs not expensive; the interest on a pile of grain seeds on credit is only a little.
Therefore, anyone who canât afford to pay upfront for grain seeds can buy them on credit at the Harvest Grain Store.
Even farming tools and other items can be bought on credit.
The expenditure of a county may not be considered big, but on a nationwide scale this amount is not insignificant.
From this, it can be seen how much Her Highness spends.
If anything goes wrong, she will have to pay a huge loss.
Third Madam Chen, does your family business have the guts to do this?â Third Madam Chen blushed.
âIâm afraid even our old master doesnât have the courage.â âThatâs why I said that you canât learn it.
You think that she can enjoy endless wealth and glory just because sheâs the Princess Consort.
However, what she thinks is different from what we think.
Mrs.
Fan told me that the Princess Consort has got the softest heart in the world.
With her actions, she shows that she truly cares about everyone in the world.â âThe Princess Consort is willing to give up such a huge business, and Prince Rong didnât stop her?â Someone smacked her lips and sighed.
âOtherwise, why would I say that we canât compare to her?
My heart aches so much for the profits theyâre giving up.
Her Highness can give the farmers credit so readily.
They said that their family has enough money to spend, so they might as well do more things for the commoners while theyâre alive.
They reckon their descendants can get by just fine on their own, and their sons can earn their own money when they grow up.â Mrs.
Yan glanced at everyoneâs complicated expressions and smiled.
âSo letâs not talk about emulating the Princess Consort.
Even if we want to emulate her, we have to see if the men at home are willing to do so.
Even if we want to be heroines, our husbands might not be willing to part with the money.â Everyone burst into laughter.
âThatâs why everyone says Her Highness married well, having met Prince Rong who lets her do whatever she wants.
Otherwise, with her spending money so frivolously like this, no matter how good the coupleâs relationship is, it would be worn down in time.â âTherefore, the pot cover has to match the pot.
Now that weâve already been matched, whether itâs suitable or not, we canât change it.â Everyone laughed again.
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