How could it be her?

How could it be Aunt Lai? ! !

She had guessed about everyone in the palace, even Chulu and Chuyu who were by her side, but she had never doubted Lai Ma, who had accompanied her all the way to this day.

I didn't expect it to be her! It could be her!

Jiang Qianruo stood up suddenly, but felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.

Emperor Mingde quickly supported her and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? I'll call the imperial physician for you!"

Jiang Qianruo grabbed his hand tightly: "No need! I'm fine, I just got a little mad."

She took a breath and exhaled slowly: "Tell me, how did you find out?"

It is indeed difficult to investigate old events.

The Dragon Shadow Guards kept a close watch on the entire Yanfu Palace, preventing even a fly from flying out. For many days, apart from some trivial matters, there was no movement.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Qianruo was right.

Apart from them, the only people who knew the inside story about recognizing the princess were the people who did it back then.

On the day of the palace banquet, the moment she saw Zhou, Nanny Lai understood everything.

She made up an excuse to get something and left Yanfu Palace. On the way, she met Wang Delu, the eunuch of Concubine De. When they passed each other, she handed him a note.

Her movements were very covert, and if the Dragon Shadow Guards hadn't been watching her closely, they wouldn't have noticed.

Then Wang Delu burned the note and arranged for people to do a series of things.

It was precisely because time was too tight that the tail was not handled cleanly, and the Criminal Investigation Department was chasing closely, so Wang Delu was discovered in such a short time.

"Surprisingly, it's her."

Jiang Qianruo muttered to himself, sitting on the couch in a daze.

Nanny Lai and she had been friends since their youth, and had supported each other all the way. It was difficult for her to accept this, which was even more difficult for her to accept than when she knew the emperor had betrayed her.

"How dare she!!!"

Emperor Mingde was also very angry. He saw the friendship between the Empress and Nanny Lai and said, "Go and bring Nanny Lai in!"

Eunuch Liu, Chu Lu and others who were guarding outside the door all changed their expressions and looked at Nanny Lai on the side.

The atmosphere in the entire Yeonbok Palace suddenly became extremely tense.

When Nanny Lai heard the sound coming from inside, her heart skipped a beat, as if the knife hanging over her head had finally fallen.

Without waiting for the Dragon Shadow Guard to come forward to catch her, she walked into the hall without saying a word.

"Mammy?" Chu Lu and Chu Yu looked at her in panic, not knowing what to say.

Eunuch Liu held out his hand to stop the two men: "Your Majesty and the Empress certainly have their reasons for doing this."

Inside the hall.

Nanny Lai knelt on the ground as soon as she entered the room: "I don't know what I have done to cause the wrath of His Majesty and His Majesty."

Emperor Mingde sneered: "Don't you know what you have done?"

"I don't know." Nanny Lai knelt on the ground, her voice calm.

"Good, very good! You are worthy of being the head nanny who has been lurking in this palace for so long. Your mentality is indeed incomparable to others!"

Emperor Mingde became even angrier when he saw the look on Lai Ma's face. He was about to order people to take her away for torture, but was stopped by Jiang Qianruo.

"If you are dissatisfied with me, you can tell me why you want to harm my child?"

Jiang Qianruo spoke in a light voice, looking at Nanny Lai with disappointment in her eyes.

Nanny Lai shuddered slightly and looked up at Jiang Qianruo, her eyes already red. "This servant has no complaints against the Majesty. Back then, my parents wanted to sell me to that filthy brothel to marry my brother, but it was the Majesty who bought me and gave me some dignity. This servant is grateful in her heart."

"Then why? Why on earth did you betray me? Why did you replace my child back then?!"

"You know I've always treated you as my own sister. I've doubted everyone in this palace, but I've never doubted you!"

"I've even thought about it. After a while, I'll let you leave the palace and live in Mingyue's mansion. She'll take care of you in your old age, and you won't have to worry about the rest of your life!"

"No matter what difficulties you have, you can tell me, but why? Why are you doing this?"

Nanny Lai kowtowed and said, "I don't know what your Majesty is talking about."

Jiang Qianruo stumbled, looking at Lai Mama with an expression as if she had never met her before: "Even at this point, you still refuse to tell me the truth."

"The Dragon Shadow Guard saw what you instructed Wang Delu to do that day. You can't just deny it."

"For the sake of our past relationship, tell me the truth. Why is this happening?"

Jiang Qianruo squatted down and pinched Lai Ma's chin to force her to look straight at her.

Nanny Lai lowered her eyes and said, "Your servant, I have nothing to say."

Jiang Qianruo closed his eyes and let her go, "Huichun, I'm so disappointed in you."

She stood up and didn't want to look at the person on the ground again.

When Emperor Mingde saw her like this, he immediately shouted, "Send her to the Criminal Investigation Department. Keep an eye on her and don't let her die!"

When Lai Mama was dragged away, her eyes were red and she kowtowed three times on the ground: "This servant wishes the Majesty a thousand years of worry-free life and a long life!"

——

After Ji Changying returned home, he received several reply letters in succession.

Manager Wang of Anxiang Flower Shop wrote to inform that Liangzhou had received the official document of the notice. He did not expect that his master was actually the princess.

He first congratulated Ji Changying, and then between the lines he was bragging about how well-chosen the name "Wang Fugui" was, and how it really brought good luck to people.

Then he said that the New Year was coming soon, which was the time to reconcile the accounts, so he planned to go to Beijing in person with the New Year gifts and the account books.

There are also letters from Xiao Tiancun, one to Ji Fengyi and the other to her.

What surprised her was that the letter to her was actually written by Zhang Ziru.

He also first congratulated her on becoming a princess, and then talked about the difference between the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

It not only records in detail the difference between sweet potato seedlings and potatoes, but also talks about the difference in taste and eating methods, and by the way asks Ji Changying if she knows what these are.

After reading all the letters, Ji Changying showed a satisfied smile on his face.

She chose this variety of potato because its genes are stable and its yield will not decrease after being planted a few times. The current yield is about the same as she expected.

If the current development continues, within two years, the total crop output in Liangzhou will reach an astonishing level.

Even if there are natural disasters or man-made disasters again, at least not so many people will die of hunger.

"Go see if uncle is back."

Ji Changying took the letter from Ji Fengyi without opening it, and asked Yanyun to go and ask.

After a while, Yanyun and Ji Fengyi came in together.

"Aying is looking for me?" Ji Fengyi frowned, and it seemed that his journey out was not going smoothly.