Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1205 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 129

Jiang Xinxin lived a very comfortable life this year. She did not have to go back to the palace to host various banquets, and she declined the royal wives and ladies who came to the Old Summer Palace to meet him. No matter what good things they were, Dapangju could not leave her a single cent, and had to give her more than the full share. She was very happy to give out rewards lavishly in the Old Summer Palace, and almost everyone received at least ten taels of silver in rewards.

Over the years, Jiang Xinxin has found a suitable retirement path for the palace maids, but she still pays less attention to the eunuchs as a group. Especially now that the former chief steward of Jingren Palace, Jiang Fuhai, has been borrowed by Dapangju to grow corn and potatoes and has not returned yet, she does have a little Xizi who is temporarily taking over Jiang Fuhai's work. He works very hard, but he is not as good as Jiang Fuhai.

Jianqiu has been friends with Jiang Fuhai for many years. She was sent by Jiang Xinxin to visit Jiang Fuhai several times. Every time she came back, she said that Jiang Fuhai was whiter than when he just came back from Fujian, but he still hadn't gained weight.

So, she often mentioned Jiang Fuhai, hoping that Jiang Xinxin would not forget to bring Jiang Fuhai back.

Jiang Xinxin also understood what Jianqiu meant, and found a time to explain seriously: "Jiang Fuhai was borrowed by the Yangxin Palace before, and you went to see him a few times. You should know that he went there to first understand the situation in the imperial farm. After all, at that time last year, the planting time for corn and potatoes had been missed."

"So I guess Jiang Fuhai will be able to come back after the autumn harvest this year."

Jianqiu knew the reason. She was just responding to Jiang Fuhai's request to mention him more often in front of Jiang Xinxin so that Jiang Xinxin would not forget him.

Unfortunately, things are not always as we wish. After the autumn harvest of the new year, Jiang Fuhai was still detained in the imperial farm and could not return. Jiang Xinxin went to Dapangju in person to ask for his release, but was unsuccessful.

Big Fat Orange is one year older. Most of his hair has turned white, and wrinkles on his face are clearly visible due to his obesity.

In Big Fat Orange's eyes, although Jiang Xinxin also had gray hair and untidily wrinkled features, her spirit and energy were much stronger than his, and she looked like she could get rid of him.

Big Fat Orange knew that Jiang Xinxin would not die for a while, and with her reputation, she would definitely be a queen mother with certain power in the future, so he tried to speak calmly: "Jiang Fuhai is doing a good job, but such high-yield crops still need him to lead people to promote them. I heard that Xiao Xizi beside you can also be used, so Jiang Fuhai should lend her to me for a while."

Since it concerns people's livelihood, Jiang Xinxin could only grit her teeth and accept the matter temporarily, but she didn't want Jiang Fuhai to stay outside any longer, so she said, "Now that the autumn harvest has passed, Jiang Fuhai has nothing to do, so why not let him come back first, and it won't be too late to go out next year when there is another errand."

Jiang Xinxin took a step back. Dapangju couldn't press the issue any further, so she could only agree to let Jiang Fuhai come back to work and come back next year when there was a need to promote the planting.

Jiang Fuhai is now worthy of being Jiang Xinxin's die-hard fan. When he was harvesting that day, he mentioned in front of Jiang Xinxin that the seeds were brought back by her fleet.

Of course, Jiang Fuhai did not forget the contributions of his predecessors. After all, both corn and potatoes were brought back by people who went out to sea for planting in the late years of the previous dynasty. However, those people did not know that these species were so high-yielding, and the ones they brought back were rare species, so they were used in garden landscaping.

After a brief meeting with Dapangju, Jiang Xinxin returned to the Old Summer Palace again.

The difference is that when she left the palace at the beginning, she walked around Jingren Palace alone. Now, although Big Fat Ju did not see her off personally, he asked Prince Bao to send Jiang Xinxin back to the Old Summer Palace.

Jiang Xinxin looked at Prince Bao's departing back and had a bad feeling in her heart.

Jianqiu now has a different opinion of Prince Bao, and dares to mention the eldest prince Honghui to Jiang Xinxin, "Madam, let's go in. If the eldest prince is still here, the one who is seeing you off right now might be your grandson."

Yixiu and Honghui, mother and son, have already been reincarnated, so there is no need for Jiang Xinxin to go to the trouble of adopting a son for Honghui. Besides, considering her current wealth, Big Fat Ju would definitely not be happy with someone coming to share her money and wool business.

Just one night later, after Jiang Xinxin had finished her breakfast, she received some bad news: Prince Heng and Prince Bao came to announce the decree.

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims:—"

Jiang Xinxin held Jianqiu's hand and stood in the middle of the Louyue Kaiyun courtyard. She didn't pay attention to the parallel prose in front of her. In the end, she only heard that Prince Bao adopted Queen Ulanara as his legitimate son and conferred the title of Prince Bao to Prince Bao.

When Prince Heng saw that Jiang Xinxin was unwilling to kneel, he knew that things were going to be difficult. After reading the imperial edict, he did not dare to say much. He simply rolled up the imperial edict and handed it to Prince Bao, the newly-minted son of the Queen, who had already stood up next to him, then bowed and left.

The newly crowned Prince Bao was very excited. Even though he was already past the age of having a mother and his wife was already pregnant with his first child, he still felt that if the relationship between him and Jiang Xinxin could be further developed, it would only be beneficial to him.

It must be said that when Prince Duan and Prince He left the palace to build their own houses, Jiang Xinxin also gave them a subsidy of 20,000 taels of silver, which made him even more grateful for Jiang Xinxin's kindness to him, so he really hoped that he could be cared for and loved by such an elder.

So, Prince Bao hardened his heart and raised the imperial edict above his head. He knelt in front of Jiang Xinxin and shouted, "Your son greets you, mother."

Jiang Xinxin really wanted to smother the fat orange boy to death, but it was a pity that she didn't have the ability to climb walls or fly on clouds.

So the imperial edict held by Prince Bao became her punching bag. She swept the imperial edict on the jade scroll to the ground. Jade was tough but could not withstand being dropped. The two scrolls broke instantly, and a lot of jade chips flew everywhere.

After doing all this, Jiang Xinxin turned around and went into the house by herself. Jianqiu was a step slower, but she stayed to pick up the imperial edict, and helped Prince Bao up, and comforted him half-heartedly: "...The prince must be very clear about what happened to the eldest prince back then. The queen has not been able to get over it yet. Now the emperor is so reckless and suddenly..."

Prince Bao certainly knew that he would not be easily accepted by Jiang Xinxin, but it didn't matter. Anyway, according to the royal family's imperial genealogy, he was already the legitimate son of Empress Dowager Ulanara. As long as he did not modify his imperial genealogy again in the future, Jiang Xinxin would only be his biological mother.

However, after hearing Jianqiu talking about the eldest prince, Prince Bao suddenly had an idea and promised Jianqiu: "Aunt, today's matter is ultimately my fault to my mother. In the future, I will adopt my second son to my eldest brother as an apology."

Jianqiu was in a daze and found it unbelievable. Prince Bao assured her again, "Aunt Jianqiu, I am not lying. I will definitely give one of my children to you in the future to continue your family line."

It has to be said that as a native, Jianqiu was indeed very tempted by Prince Bao's proposal, and at this moment her heart involuntarily leaned towards Prince Bao.