Phi-Fic Chapter 438: Why didn’t my little aunt look for the Luo family?
Chapter 438: Why didn’t my little aunt look for the Luo family?
Luo Zibo felt an indescribable curiosity in his heart.
Seeing that the emperor did not stop him.
He boldly picked up the portrait on the table and saw clearly the face that was very familiar in his memory.
Luo Zibo froze like a wooden sculpture.
Why did this girl Lin's eyebrows look exactly like the little aunt in his memory?
Luo Zibo suspected that he had made a mistake.
He closed his eyes and opened them again several times. The face in the portrait was still the face he was familiar with.
Luo Zibo's throbbing feet trembled.
How could two people who are not related by blood have exactly the same eyebrows and eyes in this world?
He remembered that when his younger brother recognized Miss Lin as his adopted sister, he checked that the Lin family was an ordinary farmer doing business.
The Lin family's ancestors have been in Linjia Village for generations and are honest and responsible people. Miss Lin's biological mother was an orphan. She had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to her child, resulting in one body and two lives.
Orphan?
Could it be that his little aunt survived jumping into the river and married into the Lin family and gave birth to two sons and a daughter?
Why doesn’t my little aunt look for the Luo family?
"Luo Aiqing, what's your expression? Do you think there's something wrong with my painting?"
Hearing the emperor's displeasure, Luo Zibo took a deep breath, unable to suppress the panic in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the girl in the portrait is very blessed. I am afraid that I may be wrong, so I have repeatedly confirmed that this Miss Lin is a very blessed girl."
Hearing Luo Zibo say that Lin Lixia was very lucky, Ji Shen's dissatisfaction with Luo Zibo disappeared instantly.
He held the jade pendant in one hand and touched the face engraved in his heart on the portrait with the other.
Every word spoken was filled with joy, "Luo Aiqing has vision, she is very lucky!"
Luo Zibo looked at the emperor's self-absorbed look from the corner of his eye, and a turmoil arose in his heart.
He wished he could go home now and investigate the Lin family thoroughly to confirm his suspicions.
Ji Shen carefully closed the portrait and said, "Luo Aiqing, why did you come into the palace late at night?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, I am very happy!" Luo Zibo handed over the memorial in his hand with a respectful expression.
"When I saw this memorial from the county magistrate of Qingyang City, I was so happy that I can't wait to report it to the emperor tomorrow."
"Your Majesty, Magistrate Luo County reported in the memorial that the rice production in Qingyang City has increased by 30%, and a high-yielding grain has been discovered, with an output of more than a thousand kilograms per mu. This is really a blessing for the people of Longlin Country."
"As much as a thousand catties?" Ji Shen's eyes were full of ecstasy.
He had seen the increase in rice production by as much as 30% in the Lin family, and knew that it was Lin Lixia's contribution.
As for the potatoes with a yield of up to 1,000 kilograms per acre, was it something he had seen in the Lin family?
Ji Shen's eyes were filled with anticipation. After reading the memorial in one glance and three lines, Ji Shen felt inexplicably angry.
This Luo Haichang couldn't even write a memorial.
It only writes about the discovery of potatoes with a yield of up to 1,000 kilograms per mu in Qingyang City, but does not mention who discovered it?
"Luo Aiqing, send someone to verify as soon as possible. I want to know all the news after this memorial."
"...I obey the decree!" Luo Zibo's eyes were full of excitement, and he was thinking about how to persuade the emperor. Let him go to Qingyang City in person and handle official and private matters together.
At this time, there was a burst of urgent footsteps outside the hall, and he quietly turned back to look.
I happened to see Lu Dingkun coming in with a happy smile on his face, carrying a food box.
"Your Majesty, the Lu family received a cart of fresh stuff today. I specially sent it for you to try!"
"Submit it!" Ji Shen remembered that when he was in Qingyang City, he used the identity of Lu Dingkun.
Lu Dingkun opened the food box. There were three layers in the food box. The first layer was boiled whole potatoes, the second layer was stewed pork ribs with potatoes, and the third layer was braised chicken with potatoes.
"Your Majesty, this Qingyang City County Magistrate is very interesting. He sent gifts and recipes to the Lu family. Please try it!"
"It's for me." Ji Shen refused the eunuch's service and took out a whole potato and broke it open.
After tasting it carefully, his eyes lit up little by little. He was sure that he had eaten potatoes at Lin's house, but they were all steamed into paste.
This potato is indeed related to Lin Lixia.
After confirming his suspicion, Ji Shen felt an indescribable complex emotion in his heart.
Lin Lixia gave Luo Haichang unreserved high-yielding grain seeds that could be recorded in history.
However, Luo Haichang did not mention the Lin family in the memorial, betraying Lin Lixia's trust in him.
This Luo Haichang is really irritating.
At this time, Lu Dingkun smiled and handed over a letter: "Your Majesty, the county magistrate also sent a letter. I don't have much interaction with him. I guess this letter is..."
"It's mine." Ji Shen looked coldly, grabbed the letter, and read the three lines at a glance.
The corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Luo Haichang, an old fox, is quite far-sighted and very measured in his actions.
Afraid that the county magistrate's memorial would not be delivered to him, he sent potatoes to the Lu family and wrote him a deeply affectionate letter.
In the letter, he told the whole story about the origin of potatoes, and even praised Lin Lixia profusely.
Very interesting!
Lin Lixia's trust is not in vain!
"Luo Aiqing, there is no need to send anyone to Qingyang City!"
"Taofu, please pass on my oral instructions and ask the staff to recommend someone as soon as possible to succeed the county magistrate of Qingyang City.
Luo Haichang, the former county magistrate of Qingyang City, was transferred back to the capital and appointed as a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "
After Ji Shen's imperial edict came down, everyone in the palace was dumbfounded.
Yun Wuhen secretly sighed in his heart: Luo Haicheng was so lucky that in just over a year, he was promoted to the third level; he suddenly jumped from a sixth-grade county magistrate in Plum Blossom City to a capital official.
Taofu's eyes were filled with surprise. If the emperor's edict is passed, many people in the court tomorrow will ask about Luo Haichang, who has been promoted to a capital official.
Lu Dingkun was curious, what was written in the letter from the county magistrate? Suddenly he was promoted to a Beijing official?
Luo Zibo's eyes were full of astonishment. He had just thought of the reason for asking for orders to go to Qingyang City, but he no longer needed it.
Also, where did this Qingyang City County Magistrate catch the emperor's eye?
A mere six-level county magistrate.
He was actually appointed by the emperor, promoted two ranks, and became the fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, the head of the six departments.
Many officials in the court knew that his maternal ancestral home was in Qingyang City, and his playboy brother was also in Qingyang City.
He can already imagine how many people will come to him tomorrow to inquire about the county magistrate of Qingyang City?
In just one year, the emperor replaced Qingyang City with two county magistrates. What kind of magical place is that?
Could it be related to the emperor's sweetheart?
After thinking of this guess, Luo Zibo could no longer calm down. After returning home, he went straight to his grandfather's study.
From my grandfather's most treasured cabinet, he took out a portrait of his little aunt and looked at it under the light of day.
The faces in the two portraits look very similar, but their charms are worlds apart.
My aunt is more gentle.
Miss Lin is more agile.
Luo Zibo, holding the portrait, walked around anxiously in his grandfather's study, feeling very confused.
I don’t even know when my grandfather came in.
"Zibo, you're so good, what are you doing with your little aunt's portrait?"
"Grandpa!" Luo Zibo looked at the portrait that was taken away from his hands and asked in silence for a moment: "My little aunt was not dead back then, and she married someone else."
"...Impossible!" Luo Mingde's hand trembled and he subconsciously refuted Changsun's words.