Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

This was not the only change. A few days later, another change occurred.

In mid-November, Yinzhen was named to accompany the emperor to pay homage to the Zan'an Fengdian and the Xiaoling Mausoleum. In addition to him, the seventh prince Yinyou and the thirteenth prince Yinxiang also accompanied the emperor.

When Honghui learned about this from his father, he secretly complained, is the change happening so quickly again?

"Father, will you be back in the next year after your trip?"

Yinzhen nodded: "It will take half a month at the earliest, or a month at the latest, depending on how your Majesty arranges it, but at the very least you won't be able to return to the capital until the end of the year. It's freezing cold today, and you're still young, so I won't take you with me on this tour this time."

Honghui was a little disappointed, but he still nodded obediently. There was nothing he could do since the timing was not favorable.

"Honghui, you are the eldest prince in the mansion. During the days when father is not in the capital, you have to help father take care of the mansion. If there is anything, go to your fourteenth uncle. If all else fails, ask your mother to send a letter to your mama. Father will also write back from time to time."

Honghui replied firmly: "Yes, my son will take good care of my younger brothers and sisters, as well as my mother, my legitimate mother, and my concubines, and make sure nothing happens to them!"

"Just do your best." Yinzhen was not so demanding on his eldest son.

A few days later, on November 20th, the emperor set out from the Forbidden City and headed towards the Temporary Resting Place and the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

This time, Honghui was finally able to escort the emperor on his tour.

There were long rows of gorgeous yet solemn carriages. The imperial chariot at the front looked magnificent and golden. The guards accompanying the emperor on the tour all rode on fine horses, looking particularly heroic and tall.

Honghui saw his father at a glance. He, his seventh uncle and his thirteenth uncle were riding horses around the royal carriage of the Emperor.

Well, it is obvious now that Ama's riding and archery skills are indeed at the bottom among all his uncles and aunts. Even his seventh uncle who has a slight limp is more relaxed and free than Ama.

But this sentence must never be said out loud, or Ama will get really angry and embarrassed.

Watching the emperor's carriage going farther and farther away, Honghui felt a little melancholy. He hadn't seen his father for at least half a month. Why did he feel a little uncomfortable for a moment? Did he become spoiled?

Then he was picked up.

"Fourteenth Uncle?"

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows, gave a slightly cunning smile, and then shook his eldest nephew.

"Honghui, let's go. Uncle Fourteen will take you to Yonghe Palace for a meal. I've discovered that with you here, the food at Yonghe Palace will be more exquisite. Your mama is too partial!"

Isn't it you, Uncle Fourteen, that Mama has always been partial to? Why are you jealous of a junior here?

Honghui had nothing to say and could only follow his fourteenth uncle to Yonghe Palace obediently. He was not sent back to the mansion until the afternoon.

After this day, the mansion became even calmer and almost nothing happened.

There was a heavy snowstorm in early December, and the whole sky and earth were covered in white. Walking in the snow made me feel particularly lonely.

After standing in horse stance for 25 minutes, Honghui felt that his body was almost frozen. In this snowstorm, he couldn't go out for a run to warm up his body. The martial arts classes in the past few days were getting more and more tiring.

Zhao Quanshun handed over a hot towel at the right time. He had two or three more on hand waiting to replace the eldest prince.

"Comfortable!" A wave of warmth came over him, and Honghui couldn't help but say it out loud.

"Big brother, I have already added more charcoal to the charcoal stove, warmed up a pot of milk tea, and roasted sweet potatoes and longan. They are just right for eating now. Would you like to have some?"

Honghui nodded decisively: "Bring it here!"

The wind was freezing cold, but after taking a sip of warm milk tea, he felt his whole body warmed up.

Seeing that Zhao Quanshun's hands were slightly red, Honghui said sympathetically: "You can also have a bowl, and send another bowl to your Grandpa Gao, saying that he has been troubled these days." On the snowy days, Gao Wuyong always carried him in and out, and his shoes were never stained with snow.

Zhao Quanshun nodded silently, then took a bowl, filled it half full, put a plate on it, and then left the study.

After he left, Honghui continued to eat and drink while warming himself by the fire.

The charcoal stove was burning first-class silver frost charcoal, so there was no smell of smoke in the room. As the eldest prince in the mansion, Honghui's allowances were excellent. Although he could not catch up with the master Si Beile, he was not much worse.

Most of the charcoal used in the mansion was allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and some was also brought in from the farm, including red basket charcoal, silver frost charcoal, and black charcoal. Various grades of coal were not available in full, but were supplied according to quotas.

The best quality red basket charcoal is only available in the front yard and the main yard of the concubine, but this year the concubine is also using silver frost charcoal.

First-grade silver frost charcoal is expensive, about half an ounce per catty. Looking at the charcoal stove that contained at least half a catty of silver frost charcoal, Honghui couldn't help but smacking his lips. It was too luxurious!

Of course, this is the price reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Silver Frost Charcoal is not that expensive among the common people. The first-class one is only twenty or thirty cents at most, although this price is already considered expensive.

Ordinary people cannot afford the expensive silver frost charcoal and red basket charcoal. They can only afford black charcoal and coal. However, black charcoal has a strong smoky smell and is not durable, and coal is even more carbon toxic. Every winter, countless poor people suffer from carbon poisoning.

But there are still many people who cannot afford charcoal and coal, and can only go up the mountain to collect some firewood. They spend the whole winter shivering and curled up on the bed or kang, enduring the winter with their own bodies. Those who can make it through are lucky, and those who can't just wrap themselves in straw mats and give up their lives in vain.

There is no greater suffering in the world than this!

These were all told to him by Mr. Dai. He had never known that the lives of the common people could be so hard.

Honghui was unhappy and remained silent for a long time!

The Imperial Household Department had always been embezzling money and deceiving superiors and subordinates, but the power of the Baoyi was so intertwined that no one dared to offend them easily. Although Huang Mafa knew this, he wanted to use the power of the Baoyi to compete with the power of the Manchu and Mongolian nobles, so he turned a blind eye and let the Baoyi take some money.

But the emperor underestimated the courage of the bannermen. That was not just greed for a little money. It was clearly deceiving their superiors and hiding the truth from their subordinates, and plundering people on a large scale!

Honghui was aware of all of the above, and he also knew that this was not a good time to deal with the bannermen. The emperor was a lenient ruler and would not easily take action against the Imperial Household Department.

But when Ama came to power, the good days of the Imperial Household Department were over. Ama could not tolerate any injustice and was even more "addicted" to confiscation of property. What if he knew that the Imperial Household Department was so audacious? Humph! ...

Let’s put the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs aside for now. The most important thing right now is the heating problem for ordinary people. Is there any heating device that is not dangerous, burns well, and is cheaper?

Coal, coal, yes, and also honeycomb coal!