【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 169 The Queen Mother who picked up the bargain is very upset 15

Lian Cheng choked, a hint of anger on his face, "Call those idlers from the Imperial Observatory to me!"

Nanny Yue lowered her head even more. There was nothing she could do about it. It seemed that the Imperial Observatory had no real ability.

The director of the Imperial Observatory and others were severely scolded and had to make careful calculations. Their faces did not look good after the calculations.

"what happened?"

The Supervisor grimaced, "Your Majesty, perhaps we miscalculated."

"Say!"

The Supervisor had no choice but to tell the truth, "Your Majesty, I have calculated that there has been no peace for nearly a hundred years, with constant natural disasters and famines."

"what?"

Lian Cheng's face turned pale and he took a step back.

Nanny Yue took the opportunity to slip away and came back to report to Yun Xi.

"This supervisor does have some abilities, but he just doesn't take it seriously."

Nanny Yue agreed with this. "Before I left, I heard that His Majesty fined the Supervisor three months' salary. The Supervisor cried miserably."

No wonder the Supervisor is distressed. Officials’ salaries have doubled now. Three months is not a small amount. Of course, this policy is in preparation for the anti-corruption action later.

"I've just acquired some cold-resistant grain seeds. Take them to the imperial farm and have them planted well. Perhaps they'll be of some use." Yun Xi pointed to the side hall. "Have the farmers plant them well and keep the seeds for a few years. Then they'll be ready for promotion."

Nanny Yue was surprised. "There is such good food?"

"Otherwise, God is merciful. The appearance of sweet potatoes and potatoes is due to the population explosion." Yun Xi smiled.

However, cold-resistant foods like potatoes have not yet been widely cultivated, and the seeds also need time to evolve. What she took out were the evolved seeds.

"I see."

Nanny Yue checked and found 1,000 kilograms of corn seeds and 1,000 kilograms of potato seeds. Although she wondered how the Queen Mother got them, she still did as she was told.

After a good night, the cold wave didn't come, which made people feel relieved. Maybe it won't come? This is the lucky thought.

Yun Xi did not slack off. She saw the scene when the cold wave came and it was very horrifying. She was naturally concerned and did not need to remind herself several times.

In the middle of the night when the snowflakes stopped falling, Yun Xi was suddenly awakened by the system, "Host, a cold wave is coming."

Yun Xi was stunned and shouted loudly: "The cold wave is coming, Yue'er!"

Nanny Yue hurried in, holding the brazier. "Empress Dowager, I've already sent someone to sound the alarm."

"Okay! Come quickly." Yun Xi took down several silk quilts. "Quick, light the fire, make it bigger, and cover yourself with these quilts."

There is floor heating in the palace, so it should be fine.

The alarm bell rang three times each time, three times in a row, a total of nine times, indicating that a cold wave is coming. There is a system to help spread the sound, and the sound is very loud. It should be heard in Beijing and its surrounding areas.

After being woken up by the bell, Concubine Meng and the others ran to Yunxi with their quilts in their arms. When Nanny Yue saw the fire, she thought it would get bigger, so Nanny Yu and Nanny Xi came to help, and the fire was one meter high.

"Alright, alright, everyone, gather around tightly."

Yun Xi greeted everyone and listened quietly to the noise outside. A strong wind seemed to rise up all of a sudden, hitting people's eardrums with a "wawuwawu" sound, and carrying something unknown with a rustling sound approaching quickly. Then there was a sound of shattering, "crackling..." "bang~" The concubines huddled together in fear and looked towards the window. It seemed that something was spreading in through every gap, and everyone was extremely nervous.

Concubine Meng seemed to see a giant of cold air crawling on the windows, walls, and doors of the hall, trying to squeeze in. Frost was like the giant's exhalation, coming in from some unknown gap, freezing inch by inch on the walls, the floor, and the kang...

Almost in an instant, the warm hall stagnated for more than ten seconds, the warm air was swept away, everyone shivered, the one-meter-high flame flickered, compressed to a few centimeters high, and almost went out. It was not until the cold wave passed that everyone felt their bodies slowly come back to life when they approached the brazier.

"Mother, is it over?"

Ling Zhaoyi was wearing the thickest clothes and was the first to come back to her senses. She asked hurriedly.

"That should be it. Don't move yet. Come to the fire and warm yourself up."

Everyone listened to her and didn't take off their clothes when they slept at night, so they warmed up quickly.

"Mother, there is so much water!" Concubine Meng pointed at the pillars and the bed in surprise. Yun Xi turned her head to look over and saw that water was dripping everywhere. It was caused by the rapid confluence of cold and hot water, and the water dripped onto the ground and flowed out.

"Yue'er, make the fire bigger. The rest of you find something to cover the charcoal so it doesn't get wet." Yun Xi instructed, "Yu'er, put the brown sugar ginger tea on the fire. Xi'er, bury the sweet potatoes in the fire to warm yourself up first. We don't know if the cold wave will return."

Ling Zhaoyi was the smartest. She took off a fur coat and covered the charcoal with it, so that the water droplets dripping from the roof could not penetrate the fur coat.

After drinking hot water and eating sweet potatoes, I finally felt much better. My body consumed a lot of energy to fight the cold.

"There are charcoal braziers there. Let's light a few more fires to dry the house. Yue'er, go clean the stools and bring them here so that everyone has a place to sit." Yun Xi felt the floor heating getting warmer and warmer. The palace should be dried out soon.

About half an hour later, the imperial kitchen delivered a lot of soups and snacks.

Yun Xi, still frightened, asked them to hurry up and eat something and rest, because who knew if there would be another cold wave.

"Thank you, Her Majesty, for your consideration. I understand."

"Go."

Lian Cheng asked in shock, "Zhang Lai, are mother and the queen okay?"

"Your Majesty, both sides have reported that everything is fine. Nothing has happened. It's just that the Queen was a little frightened."

"Quick! Go to Kunning Palace. I'll go guard the Queen."

Yun Xi sneered after knowing this. No matter how much Liang Bao loved her, it could not defeat the biological instinct of reproduction.

The next ten days passed like this every day. After ten days, the wind stopped and the snow stopped, and the sun shone on the earth, as if everything before was an illusion.

The Emperor and Empress spent ten days together, their relationship blossoming, and they were as sweet as honey. But do you think this straightened the Emperor out? You're completely wrong. Even strangers can develop feelings for each other after spending ten days together, let alone having a child. Doesn't this mean it's useless? No! It does. It's time to strike while the iron is hot.

"Feng An, go and dismiss all the men around the emperor, including Liang Bao. Find someone to exile him to the northern border and set up a position for the queen next to the emperor. Say that the emperor's children will see how heroic he is, and when he grows up, he will be a wise and benevolent ruler." Yun Xi raised the corner of her mouth, like a villain.

Feng An hesitated and said, "Let the Queen Mother know that it is now covered in ice and snow and there is no way to get to the north."

"Use a sled or something, and send him far away."

"What if His Majesty asks?"

"Tell me the truth. If the emperor wants him back, bring him back."