As the group from Changhe County arrived at Anxingfang, Anxingfang seemed to become lively.

The Chang family certainly has a lot of popularity.

People used to look down on farmers because of their rustic appearance. But Chang Shuigen, a farmer, has a grandson who is almost a year old, and the emperor dotes on him every day. So even though Chang Shuigen is a farmer, he is the most precious farmer.

Moreover, the soil where Chang Shuigen is planted is different.

I bought some seeds earlier this year and planted the same kind of corn.

By autumn harvest time, the Chang family's corn cobs were equivalent to two or even four cobs from other families.

Others also serve with great care, but none can compare to Baishi Village.

This is fate; the Chang family is destined to make a living this way.

In Baishi Village, corn was being fried to the point of costing one or two taels of silver each, and it was no longer available.

Everyone suggested using it as seeds.

Although the same seeds cannot be grown as well as in Baishi Village in other places, better seeds can always increase yields.

This year's bumper harvest has made it impossible for Fuminbo not to be excited.

He Shuiying and Jing Wei entered the mansion and busied themselves with settling in. They could hear the commotion outside, which sounded like it was New Year's Day.

Little Chang Xiaozhong circled around his grandma and mom, wanting to see his cousin!

He Shuiying pulled her grandson aside and scolded him: "That doesn't belong to us, it belongs to the royal family, you can't talk about it."

Chang Xiaozhong covered his mouth; he knew! That's why he didn't mention it in Baishi Village, but wasn't he going to see his younger brother in Sheng'an?

He Shuiying also really likes her grandson.

There were quite a few people in the village who flirted with him, but he wasn't led astray.

The village children also kept watch, preventing outsiders from getting close.

Adults are watching, and children are watching too; Baishi Village is truly wonderful.

Although Jing Wei is busy during the busy farming season, things will be fine once the busy season is over.

This year, my family planted 6,000 ears of corn, but we couldn't sell a single one. We kept half for seed, and the rest were mostly harvested and given as tribute.

The food we eat is all bought from the village.

Chang Ziyan was also busy making arrangements.

He's a bit slow and learns things slowly, but he doesn't have any financial pressure, and he still makes progress when he studies hard.

Chang Shuigen is busy. He needs to go to the palace, and later he can also go to offer sacrifices to Heaven.

His daughter has already been sacrificed to heaven several times, as for his grandson, he can't even think about it.

Chang Shuigen would miss his youngest daughter, after all, she was raised by his side.

Unfortunately, while others see how good the Chang family is, they are unaware of the immense crisis lurking within them. Countless people are plotting against the Chang family.

Chang Shuigen was truly a farmer, and he was extremely cautious.

The more enthusiastic someone is towards you, the more ill-intentioned they are; he's most reliable when he's farming.

Chang Rui is settled in. This house is truly wonderful; the Emperor treats the Empress well.

Some people say that a mother's status rises with her son's, but Chang Rui thinks the daughters of the Chang family are better.

Yu Hui followed her mother, while Zhai Minglan held her mother's hand, acting like the mistress of the house.

He Shuiying called out to Zhai Minglan, "Be careful, your mother is pregnant."

Yu Yan didn't know either. She found out she was pregnant when she set off. She had already made preparations, and it wasn't easy to come to Sheng'an, so she just left. Otherwise, she still wouldn't have time to take care of the baby next year.

She was careful the whole way and was fine.

Yu Yan didn't care whether it was a son or a daughter. If she gave birth to a daughter, and her mother-in-law dared to say anything, then she would get a divorce.

Now that the Empress has a grandson, she has to be more assertive, otherwise people will take her for a fool.

You can't be a good person.

Zhai Minglan just wanted her mother to see.

Yu Yan saw it, but Sheng An was fine, and Changhe County was not bad either.

Yu Yan doesn't have such big ambitions; she's content with just living a good life.

A palace maid suddenly came to find Lady Anle: "The Sheng'an Prefecture has sent word that a woman has filed a complaint, saying that Chang Erlang raped a woman."

He Shuiying was completely dumbfounded!

A group of people, including Chang Shuigen, Chang Rui, and Chang Ziyan, came over.

He Shuiying pulled her son aside and asked, "What happened?"

Chang Ziyan, though not particularly bright, was not stupid either: "I don't know either."

He Shuiying asked, "Did you run into anyone?"

Chang Ziyan said, "They were the ones who wanted to touch me, and I've been careful the whole time."

Yu Yan was speechless.

Too many women have run to Baishi Village wanting to stay there; some are beautiful, some pretend to be pitiful, and there are all sorts of prostitutes.

Chang Zihe had to be careful to confiscate his eighteen concubines.

Although Chang Ziyan was only thirteen years old, he had been seduced by pretty girls many times. He didn't really take it seriously.

Chang Rui suggested, "Then we might be being watched again. Ziyan, think it over carefully, and let's go to the yamen to take a look."

Chang Shuigen nodded.

People were no longer afraid of government offices. Even the Sheng'an Prefecture.

Even if we're being targeted, we still need to make this clear.

He Shuiying was furious! They schemed against her son and implicated the Empress. They schemed against her six- or seven-year-old daughter and then her thirteen-year-old son; all of them deserved to die a horrible death!

Jing Wei was also very angry; this had probably started on the way to Sheng'an.

Or perhaps they knew the Chang family was going to Sheng'an and wanted to ruin Chang Erlang's reputation.

A direct assault might not be of much use to Chang Ziyan.

But everyone was very careful along the way. Where could Chang Ziyan possibly rape someone?

Chang Zhuan, who was about the same age as Chang Ziyan and they had played together in the village since childhood, asked Chang Ziyan, "You weren't raped, were you?"

Chang Ziyan's face turned black!

To be on the safe side, Chang Zihe said to the eunuch, "Please ask the imperial physician to take a look."

The eunuch knew the importance of the matter; anything concerning the Empress was no small matter.

There were many who were still determined to target the Empress, but their actions against Chang Ziyan were still excessive.

Chang Zihe was used to it; those things had no bottom line.

Everyone believed in Chang Ziyan.

Chang Zhuan exclaimed, "I want to see what kind of woman has this confidence!"

His father slapped him: "You have no confidence in any kind of woman."

Anxingfang was bustling with activity, and soon everyone knew about it.

Chen Yin had nothing else to do, so he went along to take a look.

It's really impossible for a boy like Chang Ziyan, who looks a bit silly, to be like that.

Don't make up excuses, like saying the Chang family is strict.

They encountered many more people along the way, and when they arrived at Sheng'an Prefecture, it was so crowded that it was impossible to move.

Someone shouted, "Kill this scum!"

Aww!

He was beaten up by the onlookers!

A woman rushed over and hit Chang Ziyan while whimpering.

Several women grabbed his hair and beat him up.

He Shuiying didn't even realize what was happening.

A rather sturdy woman in the crowd, with her sleeves rolled up but unable to get involved, chimed in: "She's obviously a slut! You think the Chang family is bullying others because of their power? You've probably never seen what bullying others means!"

A woman slapped him repeatedly with her thick palm, thoroughly enjoying the experience: "You think you can get what you want just because you have something? Even beggars have to be selective, okay?"

"Stop!" Miss Fan swaggered over, striking a pose.

Oh dear! The woman stopped talking to Madam Anle and pounced on Miss Fan, tearing her apart!

Someone else shouted, "This woman has an accent from the Ningzhou area, so this is a trap set by the Fan family? Miss Fan really came at the right time!"

Without the authorities intervening, everyone else solved the case. They tore Miss Fan to shreds.

The yamen runners of Sheng'an Prefecture couldn't manage it; there were just too many people coming!

The woman had gone in to complain, but she came out and deliberately caused trouble at the door. Let her cause a scene.

Anyone with eyes can see there's something wrong with this forced annihilation; it's just taking advantage of the Chang family's honesty.

Since the Fan family had set up this scheme, there wouldn't be just a few people involved. More people gradually squeezed in.

There were many onlookers, and they were just sitting around doing nothing.