mtl008 Chapter 286 As Long as She Lives
Chapter 286 As Long as She Lives
The pigs were divided into a control group, which was fed with sweet potato residue while continuing with the original feeding method.
This was a control experiment proposed by Lin Mingyan. The Fourth Master thought it made sense, so he started it in the two months before the Chinese New Year.
It is said to be two months, but in fact it is only one and a half months at most. In such a short period of time, with the same food intake, the pigs fed with sweet potatoes gained twenty kilograms, while the pigs fed with ordinary food only gained seven kilograms.
Such a huge gap is not just the individual performance of one pig, but the average of one hundred control groups.
In other words, eating sweet potatoes will help you grow more meat than eating those pig grasses.
Emperor Kangxi became even more interested in this result.
Although the Manchus preferred beef and mutton, some nobles would not even touch pork.
However, there were also Manchus who could not afford beef or mutton, so pork was a good substitute.
Not to mention that there are still more Han people in the world, so pork is the mainstream.
"Oh? In that case, we can try starting from a young age next spring," Emperor Kangxi had some understanding of these things.
The pigs at this time are local spotted pigs, which cannot grow very large and lack food. Raising one hundred kilograms in a year is already the limit.
Some people's pigs are so thin that you can see their ribs and there is no fat at all.
The Fourth Master made a rough estimate and thought that if he started feeding the pigs with sweet potato residue in the spring, he would have no problem producing 150 kilograms by winter.
The father and son discussed it carefully again and looked forward to next year.
While everyone was happy in Yonghe Palace, things were not peaceful in Huifei's Yanxi Palace.
She was scolding her only son: "Baoqing! Are you crazy?"
Last month, Concubine Hui was very happy because she had always loved Concubine Fujin's son and asked her for a princess.
Wu Ya was not a noble lady from a high-ranking family, she was just selected through a minor selection, but Concubine Hui was very happy that she could open this door.
After all, if a man is too affectionate and Irgen Jueluo is not blessed, it will be very disadvantageous for him.
It’s not that she had any objection to Irgen Jueluo, but she was just too unlucky. All four of her children were princesses.
The only son was born sick and his body was ruined. He didn't look like he would live a long life.
If the relationship between the two is not good, the worst that can happen is that they can wait until Irgen Jueluo dies and then choose a successor for Yinzhen.
But if the two of them have a very good relationship, that would be troublesome.
No matter how much Concubine Hui sympathized with Irgen Jueluo, she cared more about her own son.
It is certainly a good choice for him to come out and ask for a concubine.
But she didn't expect that Wu Ya alone could not satisfy Yinzhen at all, and he was actually interested in the Emperor's harem!
It’s just a desperate matter!
Yinzhen had a wooden face and allowed his mother to beat and scold him, standing still like a rooted tree.
"Mother, Qiqi is going to die," he said with difficulty.
The pregnancy she had a few years ago to try to have a son for him seriously damaged her energy and she never recovered.
Hongyu was also sickly. He was only three years old but still skinny and small.
If he had known that the birth of a son would require the exchange of his wife, he would have given up having a son for the rest of his life.
Concubine Hui was stunned for a moment by the pain in his eyes, but she was still furious: "Everyone is going to die. She is unlucky because she has bad luck."
"No one harmed her. You don't even have a concubine in your house, and my mother has never blamed her for a single word."
"But she is just unlucky. Do you still want to fight with her?"
After winter came, Irgen Jueluo's health gradually deteriorated. She not only sent good medicine but also sent imperial physicians to keep watch over her.
As a mother-in-law, she has done what she has done, and I can say with all my heart that she has a clear conscience.
Of course, this was not because she was a good person, nor because she liked Irgen Jueluo.
But it is my son’s favorite, that’s all.
"Don't fight? If you don't fight, she will really be gone!" Yinzhen's eyes were bloodshot and he knelt down with a plop.
He knelt on the ground and walked towards Concubine Hui: "Mother, please help your son."
"I want Qiqi to be alive, as long as she is alive!"
He now dares not close his eyes at night. Whenever he wakes up in the middle of the night, he has to reach out to see if Qiqi is still breathing.
If there is no way, then there is nothing he can do.
But now that he has it, he can't just watch Qiqi die.
When you die, you really have nothing left...
Concubine Hui closed her eyes and said, "Then tell me, what can we do?"
She had actually guessed it, but she was still deceiving herself, hoping that her son didn't think so.
But Yinzhen broke her last fantasy: "I want to ask Li to agree. If she can succeed, there must be a way!"
A line of tears ran down Concubine Hui's face, leaving a groove on her face.
In an instant she looked much older and looked quite elderly.
Yinzhen looked up and felt very sad, but was unwilling to retreat.
In a confrontation between a mother and her child, unless the mother is cold-blooded, the child will definitely win.
Especially when the mother has given birth to so many children but only has one son.
Concubine Hui had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, mother will help you, but you are not allowed to interfere!"
She had been with His Majesty longer than anyone else, and understood him better than his first wife, Hesheli.
His Majesty looks very gentle, but he is not like that at heart.
He loves his son, but if this son dares to covet his things, he will never show mercy.
Let her come.
Yinzhen suppressed his ecstasy, wiped his moist eyes, and kowtowed three times solemnly to Concubine Hui.
After Concubine Hui and others left, she shed tears silently for a long time, then called a palace maid to fetch water and wash herself up, making herself look presentable.
"Go and call Wei over," she ordered.
Although Wei gave birth to the eighth prince, she was still a noble lady and lived in a side hall of the Yanx Palace.
She was beautiful but timid. The most daring thing she had done in her life was to secretly get pregnant with the Eighth Prince.
And because she gave birth to the Eighth Prince, she became even more timid.
When she heard Concubine Hui's call, she hurried over without even a hairpin on her head.
Concubine Hui sighed and said, "Why are you so anxious? It's nothing serious."
Wei whispered softly, "I was afraid that Your Majesty would be anxious waiting, so I came here first."
Concubine Hui chatted with her for a while and said, "I heard His Majesty said that during the New Year, he would give a raise to the lower-ranking sisters in the harem so that everyone can share in the joy."
"Everyone else in the Yanxi Palace is young, but you have served His Majesty the longest."
"So I plan to move you up the list, and next year you'll be able to take on the position of the head of a palace."
A concubine of the rank of concubine or above can be in charge of a palace alone and be called the master.
Wei was both surprised and delighted. The Eighth Prince was growing up, and her status as his biological mother was too low, so it would be embarrassing for him to go out.
Of course it would be best if Concubine Hui could sincerely help her.