In the fourth year of Shenwu, the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, the weather in Changsha City was hot and dry.

The red sun is like fire, sprinkling countless hot flames, making the entire Changsha City feel like steaming.

Unlike the dry heat in the north, Changsha City in the south is full of humid heat, and the air is filled with wet heat.

Changsha City is already small. Although the outer city has been expanded, the import of grain and money from the ten southern prefectures, coupled with the arrival of a large number of nobles, officials and merchants, the expansion of Changsha City cannot keep up with the speed of population increase.

As a result, the crowds are crowded, making Changsha City more and more humid and hot, and the sale of ice becomes more and more popular.

Shaofu naturally understood the method of making soldiers by saltpeter. There were thousands of people in the Changsha Royal Palace, and tens of thousands of kilograms were consumed every day. However, Shaofu not only had the ease, but also had a lot of extra sales to the city.

Shaofu Temple was deeply influenced by the emperor and spared no effort to make money. When seeing the big ice business, it immediately did not want to expand its production capacity, but wanted to monopolize the business and asked the emperor for approval.

This is really a way to seize profits from the people.

Li Jia flatly refused.

The popularity of saltpeter ice making was originally done by Li Jia. The ice cubes saved many lives. If Shaofu Temple monopolizes and the price will naturally rise, it will go against his original intention.

The palace, the hall of state.

In such weather, the emperor was naturally lazy to govern, and most of his affairs were pushed to the Political Affairs Hall. After all, the current national policy is to recuperate and regulate prefectures and counties. These civil servants are more capable than Li Jia.

This is the advantage of having the prime minister. If he abolished the prime minister like the Ming Dynasty, then even if there is a cabinet, he would still be inevitable to criticize the king.

Lizheng Hall belongs to the territory of Empress Zhou Yinger. As the lord of the harem, the palace is vast and luxurious. There are more than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs serving. The expensive ambergris permeates the air, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Li Jia lay on the side of the bed, wearing a thin coat on her body, holding the palace maid who seemed to be boneless and cold, slowly falling asleep.

This woman's body is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is very suitable to sleep with her in her arms. Li Jia recently discovered that she was treated as a personal palace maid, but she did not include her concubine. Once she became a concubine, she would not be able to accompany her.

The palace maid next to her was holding a palm-leaf fan and fanning the ice basin. The breeze was blowing, and it was very cool, looking at the woman being hugged enviously.

Several palace maids knelt on the bed, dressed in thin clothes, intentionally or unintentionally showing their beautiful and smooth body, fanning the emperor's feet, and the emperor lay down without any image, his heart was not turbulent, his eyes closed, and he enjoyed this rare pleasure.

On this summer, his fun with beds has subsided a lot, at least during the day, he never tried it.

A few steps away, through a curtain, Queen Zhou Yinger held the book with a big belly and started reading with relish. She looked at the emperor from time to time, or the princess who had been having a lot of noise and had a lunch break for half a day, was in a very happy mood.

This kind of life is what she wants.

On the side, Baopin was taking care of his son, the fifth son of the emperor and Yuan Geer, who was two years old, at the age of lively. Because he was close to the queen, he often accompanied the Zheng Hall. Now that the queen is pregnant, he is naturally there.

She didn't think it was annoyed. She helped the queen manage the harem, but she was full of energy. During this lunch break, she felt more and more happy.

"Empress--" At this time, a palace maid suddenly ran out of the door. Her steps were clear but silent, and her voice was urgent.

"What's wrong?" the queen glanced at the book, looked at the book in a tangled way, and then asked dignifiedly: "Why are you so anxious?"

"The eldest prince was unwell and hired an imperial physician for a delay, which seemed to be infected with the cold!" The palace maid seemed to be a manager. Although she was anxious, her words were very brief, which explained the situation in a short time.

"Oh?" Zhou Yinger, the lord of the harem and the legitimate mother of all the princes in the palace, naturally knew her burden and responsibility. Although she was a concubine's son, she still needed to worry:

"If there is any mistake, you will be responsible for the consequences!"

On this side, Baopin learned the news. As the queen's right-hand assistant, she quickly ordered the eunuch to prepare an emergency strategy, that is, the prince's premature death and the funeral.

In ancient palaces, the premature death rate of princes was too high, or in other words, the premature death rate of children in ancient times was very high, so the palace naturally needed to be prepared in order to avoid trouble.

"Do you want to inform Your Majesty?" Baopin twisted his waist, tilted his chest, opened his red lips slightly, and asked softly.

"The eldest prince is the eldest son of the emperor. Although he has not been awarded a title, his status is still valuable. Naturally, he needs to wake up Your Majesty!"

Zhou Yinger can distinguish between priorities and priorities.

In the absence of a legitimate son, the eldest son in a sense is to prepare the crown prince, and the government should not be neglected. It is necessary to wake up the emperor.

Baopin nodded slightly, twisted his waist, lifted the curtain, and came to the bed. Seeing the emperor sleeping with the beauty, she glanced at the woman in her arms with a very jealousy, firmly settled down, stretched out her hand, and shook it slightly on the emperor's shoulder.

"Huh?" Li Jia felt the shaking and immediately woke up. What caught his eye was a pair of huge snow-capped mountains, and his mind shook.

"Yeah~" The woman in her arms suddenly moaned and twisted her body slightly.

Li Jia was a little embarrassed and woke up a lot in an instant. He sat up, looked at Baopin and a pair of snow-capped mountains, and asked without hesitation: "Is there anything important?"

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince is sick, it seems to be due to the cold!" Feeling the emperor's fiery gaze, Baopin was surprised and happy, and proudly stood up. She had always been confident about her breasts.

"What?" Li Jia was shocked when he heard this. This was his first son. In this era of extremely high premature death rate, a small wind and cold can take away a person's life, let alone his son.

Even if he is not the eldest son, he likes it very much.

"What do you mean by the imperial physician?" Li Jia asked while putting on her clothes.

Baopin said, "I don't know, but the imperial physician is seeing a doctor."

"Hurry, go to Chong'an Palace!" Li Jia hurriedly ordered.

Chong'an Palace is the palace of Concubine Li and Hou Liniang. The eldest son of the emperor is being raised by her. She is not relieved to others and the emperor is not relieved to be relieved to be raised.

When we arrived at Chong'an Hall, we were indeed surrounded by a large group of people. More than a dozen imperial physicians who specialize in children were discussing each other orthogonally, while the eldest prince was lying on the bed not far away, looking uncomfortable all over.

"What's the situation?" When Li Jia arrived, everyone knelt down. He hurriedly asked, quite anxious.

"Report to your Majesty, I and others' diagnosis and treatment, and unanimously agreed that the eldest prince was infected with cold and had prescribed a prescription!" The leading imperial physician said quickly.

This is interesting.

The eldest prince was infected with wind and cold, and the prescription was confirmed, so the pot belonged to everyone.
Chapter completed!