Chapter 54
byFor the sake of getting along well, Ella reminded the four princesses. As for the other princesses who have not been in contact with them, she doesn't care. This is not news that needs to be kept secret, and Rosalind will naturally notify others.
It's just that after hearing the news, Princess Minaya and the others will have trouble sleeping and eating, wishing they could tear her up.
Ella was about to go back after finishing her work. Faima and others still wanted to keep her and asked her if she wanted to visit Princess Katerin.
Ella refused. She had no contact with the princess, so she wouldn't bother her to recuperate at this time.
The people on Lucis's side were also very efficient. On the same day, his letter and rewards were sent to Princess Katerin. heard that her son-in-law and grandson were also impatient, and they came to the palace to pick him up the next day.gone.
Before leaving, probably knew that Ella contributed to this matter. Princess Katerin even sent someone a gift, because it was sent before she left, and Ella couldn't return it.Let Tetis put it away.
And with Princess Katerin's departure, not long after, people in the harem also heard about His Majesty's intention to dissolve the harem.
This has happened once before, so no one will believe that this is fake news, but just because it is not fake, it makes people panic.
After Princess Katerin left the queen, there are only fifteen princesses left in the harem today, nine of whom are princesses from other countries.
Like Rosalind and others, when the remaining five princesses and princesses heard the news, they were most worried that Lucy would send them back to China, even if they heard from Rosalind and the others that they would not be sent away, thesePeople are still frightened, after all, His Majesty has not yet issued a decree, and no one knows what will happen in the end.
Compared with them, the thoughts of the other five princesses who were born in the nobles of Sathia are somewhat complicated.
These five princesses are Sathyas themselves, and they were born in noble families with good family backgrounds. Even if they leave the palace, they can live well with their family backgrounds.
But the reason why these princesses who are still in the harem are still here is not because they think life in the harem is good, they have other plans.
This picture is of course their king, His Majesty Lucis.
Except for Princess Minaya, the other four princesses are still willing to stay here after confirming that Lucis has no intentions for the harem, for the sake of their own families.
It's true that they are much older than His Majesty, and they are not prepared to invite pets by themselves, but the girls in their family can.
Now besides the maids, these concubines are served by family descendants sent to them in various names. Although Lucis never enters the harem, these girls follow their elder concubines, more or lessIt is rare to see Lucis, like when holding a banquet, because the position of the princess is close to the throne, they follow the princess to attend the banquet in the name of serving, and the distance from the majesty is also close, maybe one day they will be able to enterHis Majesty's eyes.
Many people put aside the treatment due to a noble lady and went into the harem to serve as personal maids for their elders with the idea of being close to the water.
It's a pity that after so many years, the personal maids around the four princesses have changed batch after batch, but Lucis still didn't like any of them.
And now they are leaving the harem, doesn't it seem that their planning for so many years is completely in vain?
Even, as long as they think that they have wasted a whole ten years without any return, the mood of several people will be extremely complicated.
Don't even think about it, the one who will make His Majesty suddenly think about disbanding the harem will naturally only be the silver-haired princess.
Because of her, their plans all these years have been in vain, but even without her, they have not seen any hope after so many years of hard work. Instead, for the sake of the family, they, who could have gone out of the palace to marry like everyone else, are hardShengsheng has been dragged in the harem until now, wasting all his youth, and the family has not treated them as well as before because they have not been successful. Maybe one day they will give up their way, and with itI also gave up on them. At that time, they left the family's support, and their lives would not be any better than those princesses and concubines.
So their feelings towards Ella are very complicated now. They are angry because her appearance made them have to leave the harem, and they also feel relaxed to stop losses in time.
Of course, it's not that no one can't think about this and hate Ella even more, such as Princess Minaya who has never given up, and those noble girls who know that they are likely to leave the harem with the princesses.
But no matter how jealous they are, there’s nothing they can do about it. Lucy’s cleansing of the harem back then made them dare not have any wrong thoughts, and Ella didn’t live in the harem, so it was difficult for them to even see her, let alone attack her..
It didn't take long for everyone in the harem to panic, and Lu Xisi's will came down.
The decree is to let the current concubines leave the palace collectively, and after they go out, no matter whether they live on their own or want to find someone to marry, Lucis can arrange for them, and even give them a reward, whether it is for themThe future living expenses and dowry will be handled by them.
And along with this decree, there are sixteen marriage certificates - the extra one belongs to Princess Katerin who has already been taken away.
When the Sathiya people get married, they will engrave the marriage contract on the clay tablet, send it to the temple, and under the witness of the gods, both parties will sign their names.
The king can marry multiple wives, so the princesses all have such a clay tablet representing marriage, but the princess does not have the treatment of a queen and can sign a marriage contract with the king in the temple. Their marriage contracts are all signed by the king.After it is finished, it will be sent to the queen's hand, and then they will fill in their names, and then the priest will send it to the temple to worship, and the specifications of the clay tablets are also different from those of the queen.
Lucis's harem was inherited from his elder brother, but he had no intention of these concubines himself, so he did not sign a new marriage contract with these people after he ascended the throne, so from a legal perspective, these concubines cannot be regarded as his concubines, butHis sisters-in-law.
That is to say, in fact, as long as they want, princesses can leave the harem at any time.
This is actually an unspoken secret in the harem. The princesses were worried that investing in this secret would affect their life in the harem, so they never revealed it to the outside world, and the temple did not urge him to sign a new contract because they did not dare to offend the king.On the contrary, they kept their mouths tightly shut, which caused most people to not know that they were not actually married.
Now these clay tablets of marriage contract signed by the former king were taken out from the temple and sent to the princesses, and smashed in front of them, which means that they are single again and no longer the princesses of the previous king., and there is no need for Lucis to inherit them.
And it was because they didn't sign the marriage contract clay tablet, so when Lu Xisi suddenly announced that he would disband the harem and not allow anyone to stay, those ministers who still wanted to persuade them shut their mouths and let him handle it like thisup.
After all, there is no marriage contract, these concubines are just the widows of the former king, it is natural that Lucis does not want to raise them, others have no position to persuade them.
The princesses who received the decree saw that things could no longer be changed, so they could only start to plan for their future lives.
To Ella's surprise, regardless of the nine princesses and concubines, the remaining six concubines born in Sathya all chose the option of getting married.
"This is not something to be surprised by. Those Your Highnesses can only choose this."
In this regard, people other than her did not think this result was anything strange.
Although the status of men and women in Sathya is the same-whether they are actually the same or not, but the law stipulates this-but at the same time they also advocate that the man is in charge of the outside and the woman is in charge of the house, and the man works outside and the woman takes care of the family.
Therefore, it is really rare for women to work outside, unless the man in the family has an accident and cannot support the family.
And these concubines who are about to leave the palace are either princesses or nobles. They may have many talents, but the things they learned before are almost useless for how to make money and support themselves.
Looking for a job to support themselves is not like they do some small work every month in the harem, not to mention that most princesses still let the maids around them do the job arranged by Lucis, so you can seeIt turns out that they are not people who are willing to work.
Moreover, these concubines who have always been served by others cannot put down their identities to find a job, so for them, the most suitable and acceptable choice is naturally to find someone to remarry.
The financial dowry brought by women in Sathya after marriage still belongs to them. This part is not available to their husbands at will. The princesses have lived in the harem for so many years. Maybe they don’t have much cash, but valuable things are still kept.Quite a lot, and His Majesty promised to prepare a reward for them, and he would not be too stingy. With this reward plus the previous dowry and deposits, they will be very extravagant after marriage, but they have nothing to eat and drink.Worry can still be guaranteed.
And with Lu Xisi as their backer, their future husbands would not dare to treat them badly, so they wouldn't live too badly in the future.
The women in the harem are the most shrewd, and they can know how to choose the most suitable one after a little thought.
But the only thing that is different is Princess Minaya. It's not that she didn't choose to remarry, but she has a marriage partner herself, so she doesn't need Lucis to arrange for her.
I said before that Princess Minaya is a famous beauty in Sathya. Even after she married the late king, many of her admirers still remained infatuated. What's more, the late king passed away soon.Lucy's attitude towards the harem is there, so many of these admirers are still waiting for Princess Minaya to look back at them.
So this princess can marry herself without the arrangement of Lucis, and the conditions of her admirers are much better than those that Lucis can find.
After these concubines made their choices, Lucy's speed was not slow, and he quickly selected a group of suitable candidates and arranged a blind date for them.
Originally, there was no blind date. Lucis's initial plan was to find a suitable candidate and marry them directly, but when he told Ella about this, Ella felt that it was better for both parties to contact each other first.It would be better to give a marriage in the future, so they persuaded Lucis to hold a blind date for them.
Of course, a blind date is not a one-time success, especially the age of the princess is about forty or fifty years old. Women of this age are already old people in Sathya.It is difficult to choose a suitable husband. The men in this age group are either widowers or divorced wives, and they generally have children. In addition to considering the conditions of the man and the situation of the younger generation in the man’s family, since he has the opportunity to choose, then naturally you won't find someone you don't like and whose children are not easy to get along with.
This is why even the concubines who were born in the nobles of Sathia chose to accept Lucis' arrangement instead of asking their own families to help.Interests, not whether their future life is satisfactory.
Of course, Lucis was not so serious about finding a partner for the princesses, but he did not force the princess to choose. After the first blind date, he sent a servant to ask the princesses about their intentions.After the satisfied princess boldly expressed her opinion, Lucis didn't feel impatient, and arranged another group of candidates for the second blind date.
If these princesses were really his own harem, it is unlikely that Lucis would have the patience to let them pick and choose, but the princesses are actually Lucis's sister-in-law, and they have not made any mistakes, so this is a bit of face.He was still willing to give to his deceased brother, which is why Princess Minaya has repeatedly come to him to find a sense of presence in these years, and he did not deal with her because of anger, at most he punished her to do more things.
Probably seeing what he meant, the princesses became more picky about their blind dates afterwards, but they would not exceed Lucis's patience. The reasons for their dissatisfaction every time were very legitimate, so they went on several blind dates one after another before they finally got married.Each found a suitable husband candidate.
What's interesting is that the husbands they found were all younger than them, and one of them was almost ten years younger than them.The concubine, who was a round older than him, saw the right eye - but from the outside, they still match very well. People who can enter the harem and become a concubine are rare beauties, even unfavored princesses and concubines, and none of them are ugly, and they have been taking good care of themselves. Recently, they bought several sets of skin care products and cosmetics from Ella and learned a lot of makeup and maintenance methods. They look younger than before. OneJust looking at their appearance, it is completely impossible to think of their original age.
This batch of princesses has also become a living sign of the cosmetics factory. After the employees of the cosmetics factory completed the training and officially started production, the supply of cosmetics and skin care products has been in short supply.Merchants who saw business opportunities slowed down their panic buying, and basically the products were snatched away as soon as they were put on the store shelves.
The concubines have determined who they want to marry, and the next step is to get married naturally. For the sake of his brother, Lucis allows them to live in the harem until the day of their wedding, and even allows them to marry from the palace, and hold the wedding in the temple in the palace.
This is a great honor. Although the size of the temple in the palace is smaller than other temples, this is a royal temple. Only members of the royal family have been allowed to enter and hold weddings in it. Lucis is willing to let the princesses be hereHolding a wedding means that he is willing to admit that the princesses are also members of the royal family, and this is their natal home.
When Ella found out about this, she even teased him: "I can't see that you are so kind and willing to be their natal family."
Lucis's reaction was cold: "It's not kind, it's just necessary."
He really didn't do it for any good reason. He would choose to let them marry from the palace and allow them to have their wedding in the royal temple because of his promise to Ella.
He had promised Ella that he would not send those princesses back to the country, and in order to prevent their countries from coming to dignitaries, Lucis chose to do this. As long as he recognized them as members of the royal family, those countries had no right to ask him to send them back to the country.These princess princesses were sent back.
And those concubines born in Sathya just enjoyed a special treatment by the way.
Although the reason is so, the benefits brought to them are obvious. After marriage, not only the man's family will value them more, but even other nobles will treat them differently. Even princesses and concubines from foreign countries don't have to worry about not being able to integrate into the noble circle.But no one dared to openly confront the person Lucis protected.
The concubines are going to remarry, and the wedding can't be too simple for the sake of the royal family's face. With a swipe of the pen, Lucis allows them to hold the wedding in the style of a princess. With Lucis' will, the entire harem is busy. Fortunately, theyThe wedding was not held on the same day, otherwise even if the whole palace is busy, it may not be able to be busy.
According to the tradition of Sathya, both married men and women will hold a celebration banquet in their respective homes. Basically, they will celebrate at the woman’s home first, and then at the man’s home. Some people who live closer will choose to celebrate at the woman’s home at noon.Celebrating at the man's home at night can be completed in one day, but if it is a distant marriage, then the celebration will be completed at the woman's home before the wedding, and then go to the man's home after the wedding.
Princesses are married as princesses, which means that the palace needs to prepare a celebration banquet for each princess, but unlike the folks, the celebration banquet for the woman is after the wedding, after signing the marriage contract in the temple, that nightA grand celebration banquet will be held in the palace all night, and will be transferred to the man's home to celebrate the next day.
Although Ella can choose to attend or not attend the celebration on the man's side, but she must be present at the celebration banquet in the palace, even Lucis must be present, otherwise it will be regarded as the woman is not favored at home,Unless the relationship is bad to a certain extent, such a thing will not happen.
So in just two months, Ella participated in more than a dozen weddings, and directly memorized the entire process of the royal family marrying their daughter.
And weddings always require gifts. Just sending a dozen gifts is enough to empty out most of her wallet. Fortunately, after the cosmetics factory started to work, her wallet began to recover, and some of the gifts given out can be used for cosmetics and skin careInstead, the cost is lower than others, and it is not ashamed. The former princesses who received the gifts liked the things she gave.
And the maids around her are also very busy recently. The four maids followed Ella and were the first to come into contact with those cosmetics, and they also practiced their makeup skills.In order to ask Ella's maids to help them with bridal makeup - of course they would like to ask Ella for help, but regardless of whether they have the kindness, Ella's identity is not something they can invite.
After all the weddings were completed, the former princesses left the harem, and the harem became quiet. Before you knew it, it was already September.
At this time, the water level of the Inlula River rose to the highest level, and a bad news came along with the rising of the river water-this year's water level rose too high, and the streets of cities in some areas were even flooded, and a small number of houses were soakedAlthough there were no casualties, this year's river water level will inevitably affect the cultivation of next year's cultivation season.
This is not good news, but this happens every few years in Sathya, so they are used to it, and all they can do is re-plan the land that can be cultivated next year, and the land that cannot be cultivated will have tax reliefTo reduce the burden on the people, there is no need for disaster relief, not to mention that the situation this time is not serious, even if disaster relief is required, it is the work of officials and temples in various cities.
The delta has also been affected. Ella's field was almost flooded. Fortunately, she had someone dig a canal, and the river water rose in the middle, and Harnett led the farmers to increase the height of the artificial lake.A few canals were dug for drainage, so the impact was minor.
But apart from this bad thing for everyone, Ella has also received several good news in the past two months.
The original potted plants of tomatoes, peppers, and cotton that Ira had bought earlier had finally matured.She collected all the seeds that could be collected and stored them. When Sathya passed the hottest season, she could use them for sowing when autumn came. Among them, the tomato pulp and peppers left after removing the seedsThe rinds were sent to the kitchen for Najito to show his skills and enrich the table for them.
Although Ella’s taste is light, she also likes spicy food, especially she likes hot pot very much, so as soon as these two ingredients were brought into the kitchen, she taught Najido to cook a slightly spicy and tomato-flavored hot pot soupAt the end, he took Lucis to have a delicious meal.
She couldn't get enough of this meal, and Lucis quickly accepted the spicy taste, and he tended to develop a tendency to dislike spicy food. Of course, sweet and sour tomatoes are obviously very popular with him, especially the delicious ones.Sauce has also become a must-have seasoning for his every meal.
I heard that the people in charge of purchasing in the palace have recently been looking for people who grow tomatoes and peppers, and buy ripe tomatoes and peppers from them, but now those who grow tomatoes and peppers regard them as ornamental plants, so the price is not high.Fei, basically only nobles and rich merchants have them, but they are very well informed. After knowing that the king sent people to find these two kinds of red fruits, many people immediately sent their tomatoes and peppers to the palace., the money in exchange is not important, what they want to do is to please the king.
As for whether anyone has tried eating chili and tomato in private, heard from Nagydo that from time to time nobles would send people to the kitchen to inquire about the methods of these two new ingredients, so know that there are not many people who dare to try.
In addition, Lucis also gave Ella a royal plantation. This plantation is mainly used to grow barley and wheat. It occupies a large area, which is enough for her to grow tomatoes and peppers, and even cotton.superior.
Although Aila asked the owner of the grain store to help buy a lot of cotton potted plants one after another, there was not much cotton left after taking the cotton seeds. After drying, there was only about ten catties, and the cotton needed for weaving was removed., barely able to make a not too thick quilt.
But Ella learned from Lucis and asked people to buy cotton from the homes of noble and wealthy merchants. The process went smoothly. Ella quickly purchased thirty to forty catties of seeded cotton, which was enough for her to make two quilts.that's it.
The climate in Sathya is hot, but it will also drop in temperature in winter. In winter, the temperature in Sathya is about 20 degrees during the day, and it will drop to about 10 degrees at night, so it is relatively cold at night.Most of the quilts that people use in winter are blankets, which keep warm but are not breathable, and are not as comfortable as cotton quilts.
So Ella decided early in the morning that she had to get herself a four-piece bed set. Of course, she couldn't just think about herself if there were good things, so she had to "tribute" a set to Lucis. Fortunately, it was collected.Cotton is also sufficient.
However, the weaving tools currently used by the Sathya people are too crude, so to weave cotton cloth, Ella has to find a carpenter to order a weaving machine and a loom.Their structure is very clear, and it is not difficult for a carpenter to make it according to the drawings, it just takes a little time.
The production of the quilt core is a little more troublesome, because Ella only knows that the cotton is played with a bow-like tool, but she doesn't know how to operate it, so she can only tell the slave in charge of the general situation., let them do their own research.
Fortunately, picking cotton is not difficult. Once you find a method, it will be easy to operate, so before the cotton cloth is woven, the quilt core has already been played.
In August, the other two businessmen whom she interviewed and entrusted also came back one after another. They brought back a large number of tomatoes, peppers and hops that Ella ordered, but it was a pity that although they brought a lot of local plantsWhen they came back, they didn’t have the varieties that Ella drew for them, but it didn’t hurt them. Ella bought all the goods they brought back as promised, and they don’t need to find a way to sell these brought back goods, which saves themWith a lot of energy, the two businessmen set off again after a few days of rest in Sathya.
Of course, the best news is not these.
At the beginning, Ella replaced the seeds she bought from the grain store in the market with the seeds stored in her ring. In addition to rice, there were a lot of mixed seeds. Later, when she went to the grain store for the second time, sheShe also bought a bunch of unknown seeds, the former were planted in Tanis by her, and the latter were planted on the pasture after returning to Boiman.
It was these seeds of unknown species that gave her many surprises.
Taking her own field as an example, in addition to rice and some wheat, there are soybeans, potatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, apples, oranges, pears, peaches, apricots, wild strawberries,Blueberries, raspberries and other common vegetables and fruits in the fairy tale world, the seeds of those fruits are basically in the bag of mixed seeds given to her by the small animals in the fairy forest.
In fact, the varieties she planted were more than these, but more germinated seeds died one after another in the middle and late stages of growth, and only the above-mentioned ones survived in the end.
When the plants died in the first place, Harnett and the farmer who took care of them thought it was caused by their poor care, so they pleaded guilty to Ella. They were relieved when they knew that the plants themselves were the cause..
But even so, the many varieties that survived in the end were enough to surprise Ella.
After discovering that a batch of fruit trees had grown in her own land, Ella bought another piece of land in Boiman, built an orchard and transplanted these fruit trees. Unfortunately, the growth speed of the fruit trees was relatively slow and she wanted to bloom.As a result, it will take at least three to five years, and the first few years can only be carefully raised.
Wild strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are common wild fruits in the Fairy Forest. These plants are also not suitable for the heat of Sathia, but their vitality as wild plants is still very tenacious, and after recognizing them, Ella tookThese plants were transferred to the palace, and the gardener planted them in suitable courtyards. Now when she goes for a walk in the courtyard, she can see clusters of well-cared-for dwarf bushes in the corners under the shade of trees.Among them, wild strawberries have begun to bloom and bear fruit, and the fruit will mature soon. Although there are not many of them, they can be eaten this year, while blueberries and raspberries will not bear fruit until next year, and the other will not bear fruit until the next year.
And after removing these fruits, the vacated land Ella originally wanted to grow some other crops, but now it is the hottest month in Sathya, most of the seeds will not germinate at this time, sheSo he gave up this plan, and just asked someone to scatter some pasture seeds in the open space. If he can survive, he can also provide some feed for the cattle while raising the land.
Harnett is a very good steward, he is careful and doesn't make his own decisions. It is the first time for him and the group of farmers he hired to handle these new crops that he has never seen before, and he encountered many things in the process.Knight flipped through the book that Ella gave him one by one to find a solution to deal with it. If he encountered a problem that he couldn't solve, he would notify Ella for help as soon as possible, so that the crops in the field grew well.problem appear.
After entering September, most of the crops in the Tanis field have gradually entered the mature stage. Harnett wrote to tell Ella the good news, and invited her to Tanis, on the one hand, to see if the cropsIt's time to pick. On the one hand, want Ella to see the results of their work.
Ella is naturally going, as long as she thinks that her big piece of land will finally start harvesting, she is looking forward to it, and there is a small wheat field in her field, the climate of Sathya is doomed to the wheat here.They are all spring wheat, and the planting cycle is generally three to four months. Calculating the time, the piece of wheat she planted at the beginning is not yet ready for harvesting, but it is already in the grain filling stage. This stage is the most important for determining the yield of wheat.At any time, experienced farmers can roughly infer the yield from the grain filling situation of wheat.
The wheat planted in the field of the Boiman pasture will take almost a month at night, and the growth is naturally much slower. Although it is growing well now, the wheat ears have just grown, and they are just empty shells.It looks good, but it is not clear how much the later harvest can be.
So Ella decided to invite Lucis to take a look together. Let him see the wheat production a month earlier, and promote this planting method earlier. Maybe it can alleviate the problem caused by the surge of the Inlula River in the coming year.Difficulty in cultivating the land, reduced grain production and other issues.
Thinking of it, Ira put away the letter from Harnett and went to find Lucis.
Recently, Lucis has become busier than before, because every September is the month when those countries attached to Sathya pay tribute to Sathya, and it is also the month of Lucis' birthday.
Lucis's birthday is at the end of September, and the specific date is September 25th. At this time of year, besides sending tributes, those dependent countries also have to prepare a birthday gift for the young king, which can be described as a double burden.
This year, there is one more country of Qatar that needs to pay tribute, which also means that at the end of the month, Ella will see the mission from Qatar again, but don’t know if the leader is the ambassador from Qatar last time.
When Ayla met Lucis, the latter was discussing with the two new prime ministers about how many missions would visit Sathia this year.Instead of paper, the neatly stacked government documents are designed by Aila based on ancient Chinese memorials. Of course, the writing habit is from left to right according to the habit of the Sathiya people, so they are more concerned with the new documents.Acceptance is high.
When Aila came in, the two ministers who had been promoted from finance minister and government official to the left and right prime ministers had just finished their reports. They saluted her and left with interest.
"Am I bothering you?"
"No, they just finished talking." Lucis was quite clear about public and private matters. If the government affairs were not resolved and it was not suitable for Ella to attend, he would not let the soldiers let her in.
Ella felt relieved.
She asked Lucis to come with her to Tanis.
"Trust me, you must not miss this trip."
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