Chapter 514: Diligence and Frugality
Bo Langjun and the other two went there for more than twenty days, and it was already June when they returned.
Several lotus flowers in the pond in the back garden of Bofu are already in bud.
Luo Jiaojiao lay on the wooden board in the water pavilion and was eating pastries.
Bo Langjun also played the piano in the pavilion on the water pavilion.
The curtains are floating, and the sound of the piano is pleasant.
Jiang Yu handled the affairs of Shaofu in the study for Bo Langjun and reviewed the accounts.
According to Bo Langjun, it is time for him to take a break.
Is he busy? This job is nothing to him! Compared to the fact that he used to deal with government affairs on behalf of the country, the government affairs of the Shaofu are simply worth mentioning!
After Jiang Yu closed the last account book, he sighed slightly in his heart.
The more idle a person is, the more he likes to be lazy! During these days when he was not in the mansion, even the guards in the mansion have relaxed a lot.
"General Manager Jiang! The Empress Dowager asked the old slave to send a message and invite the uncle to enter the palace!"
Eunuch Huang walked to the study door with a smile and said to Jiang Yu who was walking out.
Bo Langjun gave Jiang Yu the title of Chief Manager of the Shaofu. But Jiang Yu always felt very awkward when he heard others calling him Chief Manager.
"I understand! I'll tell you my husband now!"
Jiang Yu replied with a gift as usual.
When Luo Jiaojiao saw Jiang Yu coming, she got up.
Jiang Yu glanced at Luo Jiaojiao, who was full of pastry slags, shook her head and walked towards Bo Langjun.
"Master! The Queen Mother is welcome!"
The sound of the piano came to an abrupt end.
Bo Langjun got up and walked out of the pavilion, and left the water pavilion with Jiang Yu with his hands behind his back.
Luo Jiaojiao looked at Bo Langjun's back and thought to herself: "What did the Empress Dowager ask him to enter the palace for?"
There was a peaceful look in Anning Palace. Two palace ladies were cleaning the yard. When they saw that the Bo Langjun came, they bowed and bowed.
Bo Langjun entered the hall without looking sideways. Bo Ji, who was drinking tea, put down the teacup and looked at his younger brother.
"When I come back, why don't I go to the palace to talk to the emperor again?"
Bo Ji looked at Bo Langjun angrily.
"It was my brother who was negligent!"
After Bo Langjun bowed to Bo Ji, he sat opposite her.
Bo Ji personally poured him a cup of hot tea, and then asked what they had done on this trip.
Bo Langjun learned truthfully to his sister.
Others cannot understand the loneliness in the palace. Bo Ji can only learn something about the outside of the palace from her young brother Bo Langjun.
"Uncle is here too!"
The emperor went into the hall without asking for a notice.
"I have met the emperor!"
Bo Langjun stood up and saluted the emperor.
"Sit down!"
The emperor walked to the tea table and sat down.
After sitting down, Bo Langjun poured him a cup of tea.
"I heard that there is a lotus pond in the southwest suburbs. I want to invite the minister of the humerus to have a banquet and enjoy the lotus. You can do this!"
The emperor took a sip of tea and said to the Bo Langjun.
"I'll take charge of this matter now!"
Bo Langjun stood up and bowed and left the hall gate.
"He is so anxious to leave because he is afraid that he will ask him where he is going these days!"
The emperor curled his lips as Bo Langjun left hurriedly.
"What can he do? Have you been raising money for you?"
Bo Ji added tea to the emperor.
"My mother still pampers him as always, but he is no longer the uncle who was passionate about the government affairs!"
The emperor sighed.
"You have taken power, so he should take a break, right? Besides, look at how those ministers treat the queen's two brothers? Zhao'er's concerns are not unreasonable!"
Bo Ji naturally had to speak for Bo Langjun. But she was telling the truth.
Since Dou Changjun and Dou Shaojun came to the imperial city, all the ministers and ministers gave advice to the emperor in panic. Finally, they asked the respected Grand Tutor to teach the two of them before they could feel at ease.
The emperor thought about it and felt that the empress dowager was not unreasonable, so he no longer thought about forcing the husband to be the prime minister.
That position is empty first! The emperor said secretly in his heart.
Bo Langjun hurriedly left the Anning Hall, and he felt a little relieved.
He was afraid that the emperor would ask him where he went? If he answered truthfully, the charge of going to the Huns' territory would be confirmed! Although the emperor may not pursue it, he had a handle in his hands, which was not a good thing after all!
If he doesn't tell the truth, then the crime of deceiving the king will be even greater!
Bo Langjun returned to the mansion in a carriage and went directly to the study.
When Luo Jiaojiao saw that Bo Langjun was back, she quickly presented a cup of fragrant tea.
Bo Langjun drank two dishes of tea, then stood up and said to Luo Jiaojiao: "Let's go to the southwest suburbs to appreciate the lotus!"
"Um!"
Luo Jiaojiao climbed up from the ground happily and followed Bo Langjun out of the mansion.
Jiang Yuli was waiting for the master next to the carriage, but saw him bringing Luo Jiaojiao out together.
"Go to the lotus pond in the southwest suburbs!"
After Bo Langjun took Luo Jiaojiao onto the carriage, he ordered Jiang Yu to say.
The lotus pond ten miles southwest of the Imperial City is not big, but the lotus flowers are very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
"The lotus leaves are much larger than those in the lotus pond in Pingcheng!"
Luo Jiaojiao couldn't help but make a comparison.
But Bo Langjun was looking at the venue in the inner courtyard of the Lotus Pond. He felt that this place was not spacious enough. If the stage was placed in the middle, the space around would appear narrow.
"Mr. Lang! The lotus here is even better!"
Luo Jiaojiao ran up the wooden plank road and headed straight to the water pavilion to see the lotus over there.
If you set up a terrace on the water pavilion and let the dancers dance on it, you won’t take up any space.
"Go back!"
After Bo Langjun made up his mind, he urged Luo Jiaojiao to go home.
Luo Jiaojiao sat in the carriage and was still lying on the small car window and looking back.
After Bo Langjun returned to his house, he made a budget for making a terrace with Jiang Yuhe, and then sent him to the palace to show the emperor.
The emperor liked the terrace designed by Bo Langjun very much, but he was shocked when he saw the budget. He didn't expect that a terrace would actually require hundreds of gold, so he frowned and said, "These money is equal to the property of ten medium-sized families. It's too luxurious to build."
Jiang Yu didn't expect that the emperor would refute Bo Langjun's idea because he felt sorry for money.
Bo Langjun was not surprised to hear Jiang Yu's report.
When the emperor was in Pingcheng, he didn't know what money was! After he arrived at the imperial city, he needed to spend money everywhere, which often made him feel stretched, which made him have a certain understanding and understanding of money.
Therefore, everything in the palace is simple, and you can save as much as you can. Frugality has become a trend. Even his favorite Mrs. Shen is not allowed to wear floor-dragging robes and clothing with precious embroidery.
"Put the stage in the middle of the yard! Move the fences around you back!"
Bo Langjun changed the sketch on the silk and then ordered Jiang Yu to do it.
"I didn't expect that the emperor really understands that people's livelihood is not easy!"
Luo Jiaojiao was very satisfied with the emperor's frugality.
"If your father is still alive, he will definitely be very pleased to see the current emperor!"
Bo Langjun mentioned Luo Jiaojiao's late father Luo Yi.
Yes! How great would it be if my father was still alive!
When Luo Jiaojiao thinks of her father, she feels uncomfortable. Her father is a person who never wastes himself and really cares about the sufferings of the people! Such people are rare in the imperial city!
Chapter completed!