"It may even expand to the entire Fengle County.
"If everything goes well, maybe your Fengle County will become a small granary in the capital in the future!"
Listening to Mr. Zhan's words, everyone in the room fell into beautiful fantasies.
Chai Zhiming seemed to see the road to promotion and wealth.
Wang Guangping envisions the beautiful scene of Rongxi Village getting rid of poverty and becoming rich in the future.
The villagers couldn't help but smile when they thought that their crops might grow as strong and full as those of the Ye family.
Mr. Zhan took another sip of wine, put down his cup, raised his hand and patted Wang Guangping on the shoulder. "So what the future holds will depend on your village's harvest next year."
After hearing this, Chai Zhiming and Wang Guangping both secretly made up their minds.
The villagers who were called to eat inexplicably felt a chill on their backs.
Everyone turned around to look for the source of the cold wind. Could it be that someone didn't close the doors and windows properly, allowing the wind to flow in?
Mr. Zhan never expected that a few words he said casually at the dinner table would make Chai Zhiming and Wang Guangping focus most of their attention on the crops in Rongxi Village the following year. The villagers had to follow Ye Laoer's example and work in the fields from morning to night.
On the other hand, Prince Rui brought his men back to the capital, and regardless of the lateness of the hour, he directly sent someone to deliver a letter requesting to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
The emperor was having dinner in the queen's palace.
Jiang Wei entered cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui has sent a letter requesting to see Your Majesty in the palace."
"It's so late, why is the seventh brother being naughty again?" Although the emperor said this, he had already put down the chopsticks in his hand.
The Queen also put down her chopsticks very tactfully and said gently, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui is no longer a child. Didn't you praise him a few days ago for being able to help you share government affairs?
"Since Prince Rui sent the invitation so late at night, it must be something important."
The emperor heard this and said, "Look at what's going on. I rarely have time to have dinner with you today..."
"Otherwise, you can come with me and see what the seventh brother is up to. If he does the same naughty things as before, I will punish him severely."
The queen's face brightened when she heard this.
Before, the emperor favored the concubine named Wu, and the other concubines in the palace also took up some of his attention. Basically, except for the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month and important festivals, he had no time to visit the queen's palace.
However, recently, Concubine Wu was disliked by the emperor and confined to the palace because of her random comments on matters outside the palace.
The emperor finally had time to come to the queen's palace.
Thinking about the last time Concubine Wu was confined to her house, it was because Prince Rui submitted a memorial.
Now the emperor is going to take me to meet Prince Rui, and the winner will be immediately determined. It will soon be clear to the former court and the harem who is the one who stands firm in the harem.
So the Queen was in a good mood, and the slight unhappiness she felt at being interrupted during her meal had long since disappeared. She was even thinking about how to repay Prince Rui's kindness.
Later, invite Princess Rui to the palace and give her and Qingtian more rewards!
There were no fools among the people around the queen. They could all see that the emperor's action was of great significance to the queen. They were all delighted and quickly found a cloak for the queen to put on, and then waited for her to go out to Tianyi Tower with the emperor.
Above Tianyi Building is the library, and on the first floor is the imperial study, which is also where the emperor handles daily state affairs and meets with trusted ministers.
So it was not surprising that Prince Rui was taken to Tianyi Tower after entering the palace.
But what he never expected was that after entering the room, not only the emperor's brother but also the emperor's sister-in-law sat up there.
Prince Rui brought Qingtian forward to pay their respects, but before they could kneel down they were called up by the emperor.
"Okay, there are no outsiders here. We are all family, so there is no need to be polite."
Prince Rui followed suit and said, "Royal brother, Royal sister-in-law."
Qingtian had only learned how to greet others, so she was a little unsure how to address them. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Qingtian greets the Emperor's uncle and aunt."
The emperor didn't care how the children called him, and even thought that "Uncle Emperor" sounded very friendly.
The queen was pleased with Qingtian's words "imperial aunt" and raised her hand to invite her to come to her side.
"Come over here on a sunny day. There are delicious foods here. Whatever you want to eat, the Royal Aunt will give it to you."
Qingtian looked up at Prince Rui, asking for his opinion with his eyes.
Seeing Prince Rui nodded, Qingtian walked over.
But she had just taken a few steps when she was stopped by the eunuch, who wanted to take the wooden bucket from her arms.
The eunuch didn't know what this thing was. Although he was not worried that Qingtian would assassinate him, this thing looked unclean, so it would be better not to carry it to the Queen.
But when Qingtian saw that they were about to take the wooden bucket from his arms, he immediately hugged it tightly, took a few steps back and returned to Prince Rui, refusing to move forward.
The emperor and the empress would go to the fields to plow the fields themselves every year to show their emphasis on agriculture, so they were familiar with the wooden bucket.
"Seventh Brother, why is Qingtian holding on to the wooden bucket and refusing to let go? Could it be that toys like this are becoming popular among children in the capital?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Rui suddenly lifted his clothes, knelt before the emperor and said, "Congratulations, my royal brother. Congratulations, my royal brother. I have just returned from Rongxi Village and brought back all the rice harvested from the Ye family's one acre of land.
“The wooden bucket in Qingtian’s arms is filled with rice seeds that were carefully selected by the Sinong Division.
"It is precisely because I know how precious these rice seeds are that I held them tightly all the way to Qing Tian without letting go."
Upon hearing this, the emperor perked up immediately, his eyes widening as he asked, "Has the harvest finally arrived? What's the yield per mu?"
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