Qin Wan smiled without saying anything. She tried to pull her hand back, but couldn't. She snatched the rice ear from his hand unhappily and said coquettishly, "You always touch me when you come here. Aren't you ashamed?"

Xie Qing helped her sit down and said with a smile: "You are my fiancée. We will be the closest people in the future. Why should I be shy? If I am shy, I won't be able to get married."

Qin Wan had never heard him speak so bluntly. Her face immediately turned red and she looked at Zhenzhen and the others beside her. Seeing that they all lowered their heads and quietly retreated, she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not too embarrassing.

Xie Qing looked at the time, somewhat reluctant to let go of his hand: "The harvest from the south has arrived. Are you going south again soon?"

Qin Wan played with the rice ears and shook her head. "No, it's too far to go. They've learned everything they need to learn. Can I just do it myself?"

Xie Qing was completely relieved: "I thought you would enslave all the farmers who knew how to graft and hybridize."

Qin Wan chuckled. "Of course, I choose people with good character when giving it to His Majesty. Otherwise, if something goes wrong later, it won't be my fault. Don't worry, I have enough manpower here. And I'm mainly in Xiaoxue Village now. If you can't find me in the capital, just go to Xiaoxue Village."

Xie Qing calculated his time and said with a smile, "Then I don't have to go back to Beijing. It's closer to find you in Xiaoxuezhuang. If I can't find you there, I'll go back to Beijing."

Qin Wan smiled and told Xie Qing about her recent plans.

She only brought Yijia and Zigui with her into the palace. Taoyao was in charge of the accounts of all the farms and shops, and Zhenzhen was in charge of all the shops in the capital.

The farm naturally has stewards to manage it, and these stewards report to Zhenzhen regularly, and then Zhenzhen can just go to the palace to find her.

As Qin Wan spoke, she mentioned the capable women on the farm. She sighed softly, "These people are only valued on my farm. Elsewhere, they'd just be doing laundry and cooking at home, and their talents would never be recognized."

"Even if they planted the land, if others tell others, it will only be attributed to the men in the family."

"So what are you going to do?" Xie Qing looked at her.

Qin Wan thought about it again and again, and said, "If it is really as Song Shao said, giving them some gold and silver will cause trouble sooner or later, so I thought, just give them a little gold and silver, and arrange the rest from other places."

Xie Qing stroked her hand and asked, "What are your plans?"

Qin Wan said, "I found Mr. Sun from the manor a while ago. I freed their children from slavery, sending the boys to school and the girls to learn some skills to support themselves. I thought of these women, so I made the same arrangements."

"I couldn't bring myself to break up their families, so even though they were released from the civil service, they still lived with their families on the farm. I paid for the children to go to school and learn skills. As a mother, what matters most is the future of her children, and this would be the greatest reward for them. Furthermore, with one of them being a slave and the other a civil servant, their statuses naturally differ."

Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan's playful appearance and couldn't help but lean forward, sniffing the fragrance of her hair, and said: "Their status and position at home are different. After a long time, they will naturally stand up."

"Yes!" Qin Wan nodded heavily, but did not notice that he suddenly leaned over and hit her forehead on Xie Qing's chin, which hurt so much that she burst into tears.

Xie Qing was also in great pain, but he quickly rubbed her forehead: "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts." Qin Wan slapped him angrily, "It's all your fault for holding me so tightly."

Xie Qing was stunned for a moment, then nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, it's all my fault."

Although he said so, he was reluctant to let go of her hand. He coaxed Qin Wan softly, looking at her soft profile, and his hand quietly climbed up her waist: "In this life, I will never let you down."

The sudden love words made Qin Wan laugh out loud. She avoided Xie Qing's hand and gently pushed him away.

Xie Qing stepped back gloomily: "What are you laughing at?"

Qin Wan tilted her head and thought for a moment before asking, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's true." After saying that, Xie Qing reacted. He looked at Qin Wan and asked, "Is there any difference between truth and lies?"

Qin Wan sat up straight, tilted her head and looked at Xie Qing seriously, saying, "Of course there is a difference."

Xie Qing said without hesitation: "Then I want to hear both the truth and the lies. I'll listen to the lies first."

Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing inquiringly, not missing any subtle expression on his face. Her love words flowed out like money. At the end, she smiled faintly: "These are all lies. You said you would not let me down, and I said, I will not let you down either."

Xie Qingde's expression became more gentle as she continued to talk sweetly. However, when he heard the word "lie", his expression changed instantly and his voice became colder: "So that's why you were laughing just now?"

Qin Wan nodded. She leaned over and stroked Xie Qing's cheek. The warmth of her hand softened his expression. He asked, "What's the truth?"

"The truth is..." Qin Wan moved forward, bringing them a little closer. She looked him in the eye and said seriously, "The truth is, I will believe you, but only today because I'm useful to you and our friendship is tenfold today. As for the future, whether I believe you or not depends on what you do."

She spoke seriously, her expression serious and resolute: "If in the future, you only love me nine points, then I will only love you seven points. If you only love me five points, then I will love you three points. If you are no longer sincere to me, then the only thing between you and me will be our status. You are the emperor, I am the empress, and I will assist you as the emperor and help you manage the harem. Nothing else will happen."

Xie Qing was touched. Lies sounded nice, but they were superficial and the easiest to be exposed.

The truth was hard to hear, but it was the most real. He looked at Qin Wan with the most sincere and resolute eyes and said gently, "Don't worry, I will never let you down. The position of Queen will definitely be yours. There will be no one else in this harem except you. You don't need to answer me, just watch my actions."

"Okay." Qin Wan agreed with a smile, then gently shook the rice ears in her hand. "Now, our question is, if we want to hand over the grain, when is the best time to do so?"

Xie Qing came back to his senses from his sentimental mood. This was reality, this was life. He took the rice ears and said with a smile, "Of course it's the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Qin Wan pondered this for a moment and said, "Then I'll carefully select the seeds for Your Majesty. Of course, I'll have to find good seeds. Otherwise, if next year's harvest comes in and it's less than two or three stone, wouldn't that be a slap in my face?"

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say." Xie Qing rubbed his forehead against hers, their breaths intertwined, and the atmosphere became more ambiguous.

Seeing their lips getting closer and closer, Qin Wan suddenly stepped back and put some distance between them: "Wait, I remembered something!"