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Chapter 1275 Going to Cook for Yan Bao
The ministers were confused by the emperor's actions.
Seeing the scale carried to the hall, you looked at me and I looked at you, "What is the emperor going to do?"
"Is the Emperor going to confiscate our property?"
"There is no need to carry the scales to the main hall to search the property."
"Then the emperor wants to sell rice?"
"Your Majesty, it's okay to buy rice at this time, but you're still selling rice?"
"That means the emperor wants everyone to donate rice."
The ministers were talking in low voices.
Everyone thought that it was likely that the emperor asked everyone to donate rice.
Emperor Lan Qian looked at the ministers and snorted coldly, "Zhang Fu, start with the people from the Ministry of Personnel."
Zhang Fu walked up to the Minister of Personnel and said, "Master Xu, please go up."
The Minister of Rites pointed at the scale and asked, "Eunuch Zhang, do you want me to get on the scale?"
"Yes, Lord Xu, the Emperor wants to measure the weight of each of you before you go to provide disaster relief."
The Minister of Rites was incredulous and said, "Measure weight? Measure my weight?"
Zhang Fu nodded and said, "Master Xu, hurry up. Don't delay your disaster relief efforts. The sooner you go, the sooner you can rescue the refugees."
Zhang Fu winked at the two imperial guards.
Two guards came up, one on each side held Lord Xu, and put him on the scale.
Zhang Fu fixed the flower star on the scale and shouted with full energy, "Mr. Xu, the Minister of Rites, weighs 178 kilograms."
The person who was recording nearby quickly wrote it down in the account book.
Ministers: Why does this look like selling pigs in the countryside?
The emperor wouldn't really sell them all, would he?
After the recorder finished recording, two guards lifted the Minister of Personnel off the scale.
Just throw it on the ground.
Then Zhang Fu came before the Minister of Revenue.
This time, without waiting for Zhang Fu to speak, two imperial guards went up and lifted up the Minister of Revenue.
When the other ministers saw this, they stepped onto the scale on their own initiative, without the need for guards to support them.
After all the ministers had measured their weights, Emperor Lan Qian personally collected the account book that recorded the ministers' weights.
The Minister of Rites, who was the first to be weighed, couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty, why did you ask me to weigh you?"
"You will know when the time comes." Emperor Lan Qian said in a calm voice.
The court officials always felt that today's weight measurement was not as simple as it seemed.
What does weighing have to do with disaster relief?
Are they afraid that they are overweight and won’t be able to float up if they fall into the water?
Even though all the ministers were smart, they could not guess the emperor's true intentions.
Xiao Yanbao also asked Dahuang whether any ministers had guessed her intention.
[Master, so far no minister has guessed the true purpose of measuring weight.]
Emperor Lan Qian asked his ministers to go home and report to their families before setting off half an hour later.
Little Yanbao also took advantage of this half hour to go see his mother.
If her father had not held her tightly in his arms, she would have gone to see her mother when the ministers were measuring her weight in the hall.
As the disaster in Lan Country was so serious, the atmosphere in the court was rather solemn. This time, there was no eunuch who went to Queen Hui's palace to report that the little princess had returned.
Emperor Lan Qian had a lot of things to explain, so he did not go to Queen Hui's palace with Xiao Yanbao.
Queen Hui has been worried these days as she has heard about the severity of the disaster.
That rebellious son returned to the palace a month ago and said that Yan Bao had gone to a faraway place to find a doctor for the young master of the Huo family and his return date was uncertain. Unless there was an extremely urgent matter in the palace, don't send her any news.
Even if the message was transmitted, Yan Bao might not be able to receive it.
So during this period of time, Queen Hui and Emperor Lan Qian resisted the urge to send any message to Yan Bao.
Queen Hui was struggling in the palace over whether to tell Yan Bao about the disaster in Lan Kingdom.
Yan Bao hasn't come back yet, so he must not know about the flood in Lan Country.
Otherwise, with Yan Bao's personality, he would have returned long ago.
Since Yan Bao didn't know, it was possible that Yan Bao had already left the territory of Lan Kingdom, and perhaps went above.
What if I delay Yan Bao's business by sending a message to him?
Tao Yao saw her queen was so conflicted, "Queen, why don't you send a message to the little princess? It's up to her to decide whether to come back or not."
Just as Tao Yao finished speaking, she heard the eunuch outside shouting, "The little princess is back."
Before Taoyao could run out to see, little Yanbao had already run in.
"Mom, I'm back."
Queen Hui stood up from the couch, but before she could take a step forward, little Yanbao had already thrown himself into his mother's arms.
Queen Hui was still a little dazed.
Holding Yan Bao's little face, she asked, "Yan Bao, is it because mother misses you too much that she has hallucinations?"
"Mother, this is not an illusion. I am really back. It's all Yan Bao's fault. I made you worried."
Queen Hui picked up Yan Bao and said, "It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back."
She said nothing else and asked nothing else.
Yan Bao should have known about the flood when he came back.
Yan Bao will definitely not stay in the palace for long this time when he comes back. With Yan Bao's ability, he will definitely follow to provide disaster relief.
"Taoyao, go and bring all the food that's warm in the kitchen to the little princess."
Little Yan Bao kissed his mother on the cheek, "Mom loves me the most. Whenever I come back, there are always delicious foods."
Queen Hui watched her precious daughter finish all the food on the table and asked, "Yan Bao, have you not eaten properly for so long?"
My daughter's appetite has increased again.
In the past, there would be some food left on the table, but this time it was all eaten up.
Little Yanbao was afraid that his mother would worry, so he didn't tell the truth, "It's because the food made by mother's small kitchen is so delicious that I can't stop eating it."
"Then you should stay by the Queen Mother's side. The Queen Mother will cook your favorite meals for you every day."
Before Xiao Yanbao could say anything, the voice of Emperor Lan Qian could be heard from outside the palace, "Then the Queen will have to come with us to provide disaster relief."
Queen Hui: The emperor is really well-informed. Yan Bao had just had the time to eat when the emperor got the news and came looking for him.
"Your Majesty, are you going to provide disaster relief as well?"
"Not only Yan Bao and I will go, all the court officials will go as well."
"Yan Bao, have you met your father?" asked Queen Hui.
Little Yanbao was afraid that his mother would be angry, so he quickly explained: "My brother sent me a message saying that something big happened in the palace, so I went straight to the palace."
Let mother blame my brother, don’t blame me.
Anyway, my brother is used to being beaten with a feather duster by my mother, so it doesn’t matter if he is beaten one more time.
Ye Zeyan, who was doing disaster relief, sneezed twice.
There is a feeling of being remembered.
However, Queen Hui felt that what the Emperor said made sense.
"Taoyao, bring all the kitchen utensils with you. Let's go with the emperor to provide disaster relief. I will cook exclusively for Yanbao... and the emperor."
Queen Hui originally just wanted to cook for Yan Bao himself, but seeing that the Emperor was here, she took him along as well.