Wen Zhenghai finally met Prince Rui and Qingtian. Without thinking too much, he quickly stepped forward and knelt down to pay his respects.
"Your humble servant Wen Zhenghai greets Prince Rui and Her Royal Highness the Princess."
What? Princess?
Old Mrs. Ye, who was holding Qingtian, was stunned.
She lowered her head and asked, "My dear, is this person calling you Princess?"
Qingtian nodded and said, "Yes, grandma, the emperor has decreed that I shall be made a princess!"
Old Mrs. Ye knew that Qingtian never lied, so when she heard this, her head suddenly buzzed.
Although she didn't understand royal affairs, she usually listened to music and operas.
How could she remember that the emperor's daughter was the princess?
How come the prince’s daughter is also a princess?
So what should I do now?
Should we also learn to be polite?
Will I be able to hug Sunny Day whenever I want from now on?
In a split second, countless thoughts flashed through Old Lady Ye's mind.
She released Qingtian's hand and, imitating Wen Zhenghai's behavior, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "This humble woman greets Prince Rui and Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Who knew that after she did this, Qingtian would quit.
"Grandma, I'm not some princess, I'm Qingtian!" Qingtian rushed over and hugged Old Madam Ye. Looking up at Prince Rui with a sad face, she asked tearfully, "Father, why? Now that I'm a princess, grandma has to kneel down and kowtow to me, and she can't even hug me anymore?"
Prince Rui couldn't stand his daughter being like this, and angrily glared at Wen Zhenghai, then quickly said: "You can hug her, who said you can't hug her!
"But grandma is old, and you're grown up now. You can't always let grandma hold you. It would be troublesome if you hurt your back."
After hearing this, Qingtian hugged Old Lady Ye tightly and said, "It's the same if I hug grandma."
When Mrs. Ye heard this, her eyes instantly turned red with emotion, and she hugged Qingtian's little body with her backhand.
Wen Zhenghai was completely confused. Did he flatter the wrong person?
Then Prince Rui was heard saying to Old Madam Ye, "Please get up quickly. You don't have to be so polite in the future.
"Thank you, Prince Rui." Although Old Lady Ye agreed, she did not take it to heart.
After all, he is a high and mighty prince, and what he said at this moment might be from the heart.
But others can talk, but she can't really listen.
Otherwise, if people don't think the same way in the future and bring up the past, charging her with disrespect, she, a common citizen, cannot afford that.
Old Mrs. Ye stood up and pulled Qingtian, who had been sticking to her side. Although she didn't know the purpose of these people coming to her house, she still invited them into the house first.
"My home is small and simple. I hope Prince Rui and Lord Wen will forgive me."
After all, it is an old house that has been there for many years. It is not a brick house, but a low adobe house.
Although the Ye family are all hardworking people and keep the house clean and tidy every day, the objective conditions here are really low and gloomy.
Wen Zhenghai actually felt a bit disgusted. After entering the house, he didn't even want to touch anything in the house, as if he was afraid of touching something dirty.
But seeing that Prince Rui had already sat down, he could no longer be hypocritical. He hesitantly moved to the table and sat down reluctantly.
"Prince Rui, during this morning's court session, I reported to the Emperor on the status of the Ye family's crops.
“The Emperor said that the responsibility for this year’s autumn harvest has been handed over to the prince.
"That's why I rushed to find you as soon as I left the court. When I learned that you had come to Rongxi Village, I immediately brought people here."
Upon hearing this, Prince Rui raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Wen Zhenghai, and asked, "Master Wen, is this your first time in Rongxi Village?"
"That's right!" Wen Zhenghai felt relieved when he saw Prince Rui's good attitude. "Rongxi Village is located in a remote area, and there are really not many opportunities to visit.
"But our Sino-Agricultural Department has already sent Mr. Zhan here, and he has been keeping an eye on the Ye family's crops..."
This time, before Wen Zhenghai could finish his words, Prince Rui asked bluntly, "I just asked Mr. Zhan. He never returned to Rongxi Village after arriving there, nor did he write any memorials or submit anything else..."
After hearing this, Wen Zhenghai thought that Prince Rui was expressing dissatisfaction with the work of the Ministry of Agriculture, and quickly pushed the problem onto Mr. Zhan.
"That's right. Although Mr. Zhan's spirit is commendable, his approach to work still has a lot of room for improvement. I will definitely give him a good talk later..."
When Prince Rui heard this, his brows instantly frowned.
He suddenly remembered that he had always refused his brother the emperor and refused to take on any tasks. Another reason was that many officials really had mental problems, and if he said a few more words to them, he would be very angry.
"Do you really think I meant he didn't mention you?" Prince Rui's face darkened. "You didn't even come to Rongxi Village to understand the situation, and Master Zhan didn't report anything to you. So what did you report to the Emperor this morning?
"Are you lying and deceiving the emperor in the Golden Palace?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Zhenghai's scalp was about to explode.
He could no longer sit still, and quickly stood up and knelt, saying, "Prince Rui, please understand. This humble servant has absolutely no such intention. I simply reported some information gathered by my men to Your Majesty, and then I came after you without stopping!"
"That's because I came here. If I hadn't come, when would you have remembered to come? After the autumn?"
Wen Zhenghai was scolded so badly by Prince Rui that he couldn't even raise his head, and his face was covered in bruises and white patches.
Especially since this was happening outside, in the main hall there were not only Old Lady Ye and Qingtian, but also the guards from Prince Rui's mansion and people from the Ministry of Agriculture.
He is in his fifties and has completely lost face.
Wen Zhenghai used to think that Prince Rui had no knowledge of political affairs, but now he realizes that he had underestimated him.
No matter how unworthy Prince Rui was, he was still the legitimate prince born to the Empress, and the teachers arranged for him by the late Emperor since he was young were all great scholars of the time.
He was brought up in strict accordance with the highest standards for a prince.
What's more, as a prince, Prince Rui has been influenced by his surroundings since childhood and is very sensitive to many things.
He just doesn't do it normally, but that doesn't mean he won't do it.
After realizing this, Wen Zhenghai immediately put aside his previous thoughts.
Prince Rui's behavior is not something you can get away with by just a few words.
Before he could think of a suitable response, he heard Prince Rui ask, "Master Wen, you've been here for a while now, why haven't you gone to the fields to check on the crops?
"At the very least, shouldn't we go see Mr. Zhan, who has already moved out to live on the land?"
Wen Zhenghai wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.
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