Emperor Kangxi didn't have the appetite for such food, but he did seem to enjoy the tea and snacks prepared by Consort Wanyi. Next, Consort Wanyi played the zither, and the Borjigit concubines danced their unique Khorchin dances. They ate, drank, and chatted about the Book of Songs, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

"I'm so tired, but I'm so happy." Consort Borjigit had completely revealed her true nature, jumping and skipping around.

"The main force has arrived here. We can set off for Yuquan Mountain tomorrow. You all get ready," Kangxi said, turning to Wanyi and the others who were following behind him.

"Your Majesty, please be careful."

Consort Borjigit's eyes flashed and she noticed an assassin wielding a sword and lunging at Emperor Kangxi. With lightning speed, Consort Wanyi pulled Emperor Kangxi away and fell towards the assassin herself.

"Ah! It hurts." Wanyi's arm was cut, and the pain made her tears stream down her face. In addition, she had just swallowed something and fainted. Kangxi reacted and quickly confronted the black-clad assassin.

"Assassin! Help!"

Consort Borjigit quickly embraced Wanyi, calling out to her as the guards were further away from the lake, not far away.

Wanyi woke up not long after. As soon as she moved, her arm burned. She opened her eyes and found that she had returned to her room. She looked around and saw that there was no one by the bed. She got up and drank some spring water, which made her arm feel less painful. Then she heard some noise outside and went out.

"Tell me, what is your purpose?"

Kangxi stared expressionlessly at the monks who had been captured on the ground. The guards had found Buddhist prayer beads on the assassins, so they arrested everyone in the temple.

"Your Majesty, since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, I have never left here, nor have I had the mind to care about the secular world outside."

Jingkong calmly spoke to Kangxi, and what he said was true; he was also unaware that the assassins had their Buddhist beads.

"Looks like he's still being stubborn even when he's about to die."

Borjigit's concubine was furious. She had thought that those who had become nuns were compassionate and merciful, but she never expected them to be so audacious as to attempt to assassinate the emperor.

"This old monk doesn't understand what you're saying, female benefactor." Jingkong sighed; she still couldn't escape this calamity.

"Take them all away and deal with them." Although Kangxi knew there might be a misunderstanding, he preferred to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Sister Borjigit, what's wrong?" Wanyi walked over quickly.

"Wanyi, are you alright? You lost so much blood, are you okay now?"

"Yes! Why did you come out? I can handle this matter. I'll have Liang Jiugong escort you back!" Wanyi was injured while saving him, which was a life-saving grace, so Kangxi took a good look at Wanyi.

"This humble servant is unharmed. Has Your Majesty found the mastermind behind the assassination?"

Wanyi looked at Jingwu, who was kneeling on the ground with a smile, especially after Wanyi appeared.

"The guards found Buddhist prayer beads on the assassin. Isn't that obvious? Sister Wanyi, don't be fooled by their compassionate faces." The Borjigit concubine got angry just thinking about this.

"Your Majesty, I don't think they would dare to assassinate you. Your Majesty might as well have someone investigate more thoroughly."

Wanyi, having received Jingwu's benefits, thought she could buy them more time and thus resolve the matter of the bead.

"Alright! Take them all away and have them searched again carefully. Since Consort Suo Zhuolun is alright, we will depart as scheduled tomorrow."

Kangxi was somewhat annoyed by Wanyi, but he refrained from scolding her, after all, she had just been injured for him.

"Yes, sir!" Liang Jiugong quickly agreed and left when he sensed the awkward atmosphere.

The next day, Kangxi received news that the incident from the previous night was caused by people sent by the Prince of Pingxi. He had no choice but to order the monks to be released. In his previous life, because his concubine Borjigit had been killed, Kangxi had killed everyone in the temple as soon as he saw the Buddhist beads.

Upon arriving at Yuquan Mountain, Wanyi recuperated in the garden. Seeing that Wanyi was not going out, Consort Borjigit stayed with her. Kangxi went out early and returned late every day until mid-May when he finally had some free time.

"I've been by your side every day for the past two weeks, I'm practically going moldy," said Consort Borjigit unhappily.

"I didn't say that you had to come with me, sister. You can go out and play by yourself!" Wanyi rolled her eyes helplessly and continued walking forward. She had recently heard that Emperor Kangxi was harvesting rice, so she came out to see if the harvest was finished.

"Is that the Emperor?" Consort Borjigit pointed to the pavilion. Because of the distance, she could vaguely make out that he was wearing a crescent-white dress.

"Probably! But is it serious that he's wearing white clothes to farm?" Wanyi thought Kangxi was joking! Wasn't it said that emperors would also go to the fields to experience it for themselves?

"Your Highness, as long as the first cut was made by the Emperor, it will be fine." While Wanyi was recuperating, Hongxiu and Tianxiang went to watch, so they knew a little about it.

"Oh, I understand." It turns out it was all an act.

"Let's go over there!" Wanyi pulled the Borjigit concubine towards Kangxi's direction.

"Your Majesty, the one mu of land we had the best chance of yielded only four shi of rice," Wei Jiaming said cautiously. This was only a little more than last year.

"What about the other varieties?"

Emperor Kangxi sighed. This was a newly developed rice variety, and about 400 catties was enough for an ordinary family to eat for a year.

"The harvest is only 200 catties. It is because I am useless and have failed the Emperor's expectations."

Wei Jiaming spent his life researching rice in this imperial estate, hoping that people all over the world could enjoy fragrant rice in the afternoon. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The new rice varieties were planted in early spring and have yielded a harvest. I wonder if we can plant them again. The previous varieties planted in the second half of the year only yielded about fifty catties.

"It's not your fault. This place still needs your management. It has already made progress, and I believe that with further improvements, even better rice varieties will be cultivated."

Both he and his father were determined to cultivate rice paddies, so that the people of the world would no longer go hungry.

"Your Majesty, this servant thanks you. This servant will do everything in his power to develop good rice varieties." Wei Jiamingwei kowtowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, Consort Borjigit and Consort Suozhuolun have arrived." Liang Jiugong spotted Wanyi and Guozhen walking towards them.

"Yes, I saw it."

Kangxi stood up and looked at the two women who were still chatting and laughing. Seeing that both of them had rosy complexions, especially Wanyi who looked healthy, his depression dissipated considerably.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."

Wei Jiaming, who was kneeling beside them, had already moved aside, his head down, not daring to look at them. After all, he was an outsider and should have stepped back. However, Wanyi and the others came too suddenly, and he could only tell that one of the women had an extremely beautiful voice.