Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 236 The world is going downhill!

In just half a month, storytellers in all the major teahouses and restaurants in the capital were telling the story of the injustice done to the God of Grains. Because Ruan Shixing was very good at writing storybooks, and Ruan Qingqing's own experience was indeed legendary and wonderful, everyone never tired of listening to it.

When Zhou Zheng heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Every one of them, the Ruan family, is quite troublesome. Never mind! Why don't I go add more fuel to the fire for them!"

Caesar was confused when he heard this. "Master, what do you want to add to the fire?"

"Isn't it the Queen Mother's sixtieth birthday in three days? I'll send her a generous gift!"

Caesar reminded him seriously, "Sir, you are still in the period of confinement, I'm afraid you won't be able to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet."

Zhou Zheng spun the fan in his hand and said, "I can't be there in person, but that doesn't stop my gift from arriving!"

Seeing that his master was determined to cause trouble, Xize had no choice but to shut up.

The Empress Dowager's sixtieth birthday happened to be three years after the surrender of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Yunqing has recovered well in various places. In addition, in that war, the defeated countries have successively compensated a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and other items, so that the treasury of Yunqing has never been so full.

So for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet this time, Murong Jinyang waved his sleeves and made it a grand affair!

Murong Jinyang's birth mother, Empress Dowager Feng, was not the kind of person who liked grand and lively occasions. She usually stayed at home and lived a simple life. So after the birthday banquet, she was quiet except for socializing when she had to.

It was not until the gift-giving session when Eunuch Li announced that Zhou Zheng was giving a gift of a performance by Master Lan Yue, the top ventriloquist in Lisuyuan, the most famous teahouse in the capital, that her frozen smile suddenly showed other emotions.

Her eyes lit up slightly, and she turned to Murong Jinyang and said, "The last time I listened to the storyteller in Lisu Garden was when your father was still alive. Thirty years have passed without me noticing, and now I miss him quite a lot."

When Murong Jinyang heard this, he hurriedly said, "If your Majesty likes to listen to storytelling, I will accompany you to listen more often in the future. Even if your Majesty summons me to the palace to listen, it is also acceptable."

Empress Dowager Feng couldn't help but smile when she heard the first half of the sentence. When she heard the second half, her face froze. She scolded calmly, "How can the harem allow men other than the emperor to enter at will? Please be careful with your words, Your Majesty!"

Murong Jinyang quickly apologized, "It was my fault!"

Empress Dowager Feng also couldn't bear to lose the emperor's face. "If the emperor understands my loneliness and wants to show his filial piety, it would be enough for him to accompany me, an old woman, to have a meal and talk to relieve my boredom when he is not busy on weekdays. Don't do other fancy things."

"My son, please remember this!"

While the mother and son were chatting, the gifts had been read out. In order to make up for his guilt towards his mother, Murong Jinyang asked Master Lan Yue to tell a story to everyone.

The reason why Master Lan Yue has become the mainstay of Li Su Yuan is that, besides his lifelike ventriloquism, he also looks as cold and elegant as jade, and as handsome as a banished immortal.

Hence the elegant name of Lan Yue.

"Thanks to the great blessings of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, the people now have a good harvest and live and work in peace and contentment. Today, I will tell you a story about the God of Grains!"

Because this is a story that everyone on the streets loves to hear, as soon as Master Lan Yue finished speaking, many people immediately cheered in low voices.

Empress Dowager Feng found this interesting, and many people cheered below, so she nodded and said, "Let's listen to the story of the God of Five Grains today!"

It sounded fine at the beginning and it made everyone present cry.

"The life of the God of Five Grains is really rough!" Empress Dowager Feng couldn't help but wipe away her tears and sighed.

The more he listened, the tighter Murong Jinyang's brows furrowed. Although it was a mythological story, he felt that the story was more and more familiar. If he thought about it carefully, wasn't it a reflection of Ruan Qingqing's story?

Thinking of this, Murong Jinyang's face darkened immediately. Zhou Zheng was becoming more and more restless. Even his closed-door reflection could cause him trouble!

But seeing that his mother was rarely interested, he could not get angry on the spot, so he calmly listened to the story with the empress dowager.

When the story came to the part about the God of Five Grains saving his father and his life or death being unknown, Master Lan Yue stopped and knelt down to Queen Mother Feng, "In mythology, there is a God of Five Grains saving his father. In our Yunqing country, there is also a girl who is said to be the reincarnation of the God of Five Grains. She used her intelligence and wisdom to benefit the village, the county, and even our entire Yunqing country. But when her father was imprisoned, she also rushed thousands of miles to rescue him without hesitation."

I was so excited listening to the story of Empress Dowager Feng. I heard that this story actually has a prototype, which made me very curious.

"Where is that girl? Is she out of danger?"

"We don't know whether he is alive or dead now." Master Lan Yue said regretfully.

"How could such a legendary girl be missing? " Empress Dowager Feng stood up involuntarily, with a look of disbelief on her face.

Then she looked at Murong Jinyang who remained silent, "Emperor, that is a good child, and a blessed child. Your Majesty, please help the girl when you have time! It would be a pity if the child is gone!"

Murong Jinyang had no choice but to respond silently, while at the same time trying to find a reason to get rid of Zhou Zheng.

This is not over yet.

Because of this incident, whenever the noble families held a big banquet in the palace, they would invite the storyteller to tell the story of the God of Grains. The old ladies in the palace loved to listen to this.

The experience of the protagonist, the God of Grains, in the story has also aroused widespread discussion.

"If you ask me, the God of Grains is just stupid. If she had just stayed in Jiangbai City, wouldn't everything have been fine?"

When the old men in the teahouse heard such remarks, they all beat their chests and stamped their feet.

"The world is really going downhill! People's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be! They only care about their own petty gains and have no filial piety or gratitude at all. How can such people be worthy of being a child? How can they be worthy of standing between heaven and earth?"

"What you old men said is really unreasonable! Is it us who don't want the God of Grains to be filial? It is said that the God of Heaven and Earth, the Emperor, the parents and the teacher are all above the Emperor. It was the Emperor who didn't let the God of Grains save her father, and she didn't save him because she was following the will of the Jade Emperor. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and filial. How many sons bid farewell to their parents and went to the battlefield to fight bravely, and could not enjoy their parents' cares. Could it be that they only care about their own petty gains and losses?"

"How can these two things be the same? The soldiers went to the battlefield and fought bravely, that was great loyalty and righteousness! To protect their country, their parents were not under their protection? Look at the God of Grains, he was always thinking about how to make sure everyone had enough food. Now her father was abducted by Western strongmen, the immortals didn't care, and the Jade Emperor didn't ask. If she is indifferent even when her own parents are imprisoned, wouldn't she be unworthy of being a child?"

"That's right! Some people are blinded by fame and fortune, and have lost their consciences. They even disregard basic human ethics. Isn't this the decline of morals and the decline of human nature?"

"Don't you think the Jade Emperor who caused all this is the most despicable? He just watched helplessly as the Western strongmen kidnapped the father of the God of Grains. You should know that the father of the God of Grains is also a fairy who has helped many people in the world."