Chapter 1218: Chapter 1215: Full Moon Banquet Chapter 1218: Chapter 1215: Full Moon Banquet “Go buy.” Ye Muyu instructed, “Arrange two horsemen in each town, taking turns to relay messages, always aware of the situation in the Northern Region’s warfare.”
This was yet another significant expense.
Upon receiving the instructions, Housekeeper Luo went down to handle the matter.
Ye Muyu took out ten thousand taels to establish the Scout Team.
This was only the initial expense.
However, she did not mind the cost; silver could always be earned, while message transmission was the most challenging task at this time.
Upon receiving a letter from home, Chu Xing, Ye Muyu visibly smiled.
This time, seven manors back home had harvested up to 2,200 catties of potatoes per acre.
Altogether, that was over two million catties in yield.
Ye Muyu replied, asking Chu Xing to store the potatoes well and not to sell them, just waiting to be used when necessary.
Then she found Madam Liu and brought in several kitchen maids to open a food shop on North Street, specializing in potato dishes.
In less than half a month, the food shop was bustling.
The silver earned, Ye Muyu, while the prices of grain were still affordable, exchanged it all for grain.
Ye Muyu’s actions were not hidden from many in the capital.
Once even the Imperial Palace sent people to buy potato dishes, the business at the food shop grew even hotter.
But she did not take this opportunity to expand the premises, just added a few more staff.
Inside the Imperial Palace,
Emperor Xuanming looked at the potatoes served on an exquisite colored-glaze plate, picked up a piece with his chopsticks, and chewed gently, feeling very pleased.
“Reward.” Emperor Xuanming waved his hand magnanimously.
The Chu family received another reward, mostly in practical gold and silver, with a notably lesser proportion of palace-forged jewelry pared to last year.
Suddenly, the capital’s influential families realized that Chu Heng was in high favor with the Emperor.
After Su Mei finished counting the rewards, she asked, “Lady, should we move it to the warehouse?”
“Take the gold and silver to buy grain.” Ye Muyu was even less heartbroken spending the effortlessly gained silver.
With a smile in her eyes, Su Mei delegated this task.
Madam Liu happened to e in from outside the yard.
Ye Muyu asked her to sit and rest a while, continuing to talk,
“Ah Yu, have you heard? Consort Jie in the Imperial Harem has given birth to the Sixth Prince. In a couple of days, it’s his full moon celebration; they say when he was born, there was a radiant glow of dawn, and according to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, it’s an auspicious sign.”
“But due to the warfare in the Northern Region, the Emperor hasn’t managed the celebration in the palace, but in the past few days, court officials have been advising the Emperor to hold a full moon celebration for the Sixth Prince, saying it might bring good luck and possibly end the Northern conflict.”
“What do you think, can a child like the Sixth Prince really be that mystical?” Madam Liu furrowed her brows, “But, if it truly could stop the war in the North, that would be a good thing, too.”
The moners think simply, as long as they are fed and clothed, war only brings suffering to them.
Ye Muyu nodded, “I have heard about it.”
“So do you think the Emperor would actually hold a full moon celebration for the Sixth Prince at this critical point in the conflict?”
“I don’t know.” Ye Muyu shook her head.
And this news was confirmed the following day.
The Emperor would hold the full-moon celebration for the Sixth Prince on the sixteenth day of the fourth month, inviting court officials into the palace to convey their congratulations.
Ye Muyu was somewhat surprised, considering that the current one should be a diligent and people-loving good emperor; how could he agree to such a request, especially since in the view of the moners, conducting lavish feasts amid wartime seemed excessively luxurious and disruptive of the governmental order.
Could it be that the Emperor genuinely believed the words of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, assuming that the Sixth Prince was born under auspicious signs?
As a way to seek blessings?
No, that still wasn’t right; Emperor Xuanming was still in the prime of his life.
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