Lu Jingxing then said to Wanyun, "So, you can't wait until summer. You need to get Madam Sheng interested in your cotton cloth now."
Wanyun said, "After I leave the palace, I'll discuss it with Sister Xiao Fang."
Lu Jingxing said, "Mm."
The next day, when the officials attended the morning court session, many of the older ministers looked unwell. The previous afternoon, they had received a memorial approved by His Majesty, forbidding them from eating grains, vegetables, chickens, or ducks raised by farmers for three days.
These officials couldn't eat anything. They had been starving since last night and were famished by this morning.
They had wanted to drink tea to fill their stomachs, but since tea leaves were also grown by tea farmers, they naturally couldn't have any.
And it was impossible to find wild fruits to eat in the middle of winter.
