Chapter 151 The Biggest Official I've Ever Seen
Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang looked at Shen Lingshu in shock, and then said nervously: "I, can we?"
The two of them watched An An and Bei Bei in the carriage, who were either sleeping or playing. Looking outside the carriage, the little ones could be happy for most of the day.
After getting off the carriage and arriving at a new place, and having eaten and drunk their fill, An An and Bei Bei began to look around again. Even the quiet sister was looking around curiously.
"Of course, Aunt Zhang, Aunt Wang, if you hadn't been protecting me, Mom, and my brother at the farm, I'm afraid we wouldn't have grown up."
"I want to thank you."
Shen Lingshu said sincerely, and stuffed the two sisters directly into the arms of Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang. The two were nervous and worried. They held the two children very carefully, for fear that they would fall or get hurt.
Shen Lingshu looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile: "You don't have to be nervous, it's just like when you took care of your children before. They are both very strong now."
Both the elder sister Chu Mingchu and the younger sister Chu Mingxi have been in very good physical condition from birth to now, except for a time when they had a fever in Lingtai Mountain.
Now they are almost one year old, they are full of weight, eating well and growing well. Otherwise, no matter how worried she is, she cannot take the two children out.
Sure enough, not long after, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang held the child and made the child laugh.
In the evening, Chu Cong came back. Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang immediately followed Madam Wu, whom they brought from Kyoto, to the kitchen to help. When they saw the prince, they were excited!
"Puff~"
Shen Lingshu chuckled.
Chu Cong raised his eyebrows. He was outside the house just now and heard laughter from inside. As soon as he entered the house, these people ran faster than rabbits.
"This king..." Chu Cong hesitated, not knowing what to say.
Shen Lingshu took the initiative to speak and said, "Your Highness, the highest official Zhang Ma and the others have ever seen is the village headman. Now that they have seen Your Highness, aren't they so scared that they dare not even speak?"
"Your Highness is of noble birth and exudes a noble air. If ordinary people saw you, they would probably kneel down and kowtow, and wouldn't dare to speak." Shen Lingshu's words were joking. She looked up at Chu Cong and said, "Your Highness, when I first met you, I was also scared."
"but……"
Shen Lingshu opened her hands and moved them around his waist, then raised her head and said, "After spending time with him, you will realize that the prince is the best prince in the world, and he truly cares about the people."
"Really?" Chu Cong lowered his head and looked at Shen Lingshu's bright red lips. His Adam's apple moved. The journey was tiring, and he hadn't been close to Lingshu for a long time.
"Of course it's true."
Shen Lingshu looked at him with a darker look in her eyes, and quickly changed the subject: "Prince, come and try Wang Ma's cooking. It's spring now, shepherd's purse pancakes, and fried eggs with toon. I haven't eaten them for a long time."
Shen Lingshu pulled Chu Cong to change the subject: "Shepherd's purse? Toona sinensis?"
For a prince, these wild vegetables were something he had never even heard of, let alone eaten.
"Your Highness, you can try it later. I used to eat it when I was little."
Shen Lingshu is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. The director didn't have much money, so when they were very hungry, they would go up the mountain together to look for wild vegetables to eat. They had eaten all kinds of wild vegetables and coarse grains.
At dinner, there was a table full of delicious dishes, including fish and meat, but in the corner, there were two dishes that looked out of place.
"Qingwu, bring it here and try it."
Chu Cong took a curious look at the dishes that Ling Shu had eaten when she was a child. He also wanted to try them.
"yes."
Qingwu brought the two dishes over. The shepherd's purse dumplings looked no different from ordinary pancakes.
The fried eggs with Chinese toon are fried until both sides are golden brown, just like a big round plate.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to taste it just for me."
What Shen Lingshu missed most were these two dishes. In her memory, these two dishes made by Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang were even more delicious than meat.
Shen Lingshu picked it up first and stuffed it into her mouth. It tasted familiar, just like what the dean’s mother had made.
Shen Lingshu's eyes were slightly red. The inheritance she left behind was received by the dean's mother and others. It should be enough to raise those homeless children.
Chu Cong also tasted one, it was a combination of sweetness and slight bitterness. He raised his eyes and saw Shen Lingshu eating so hard that tears were about to flow, so he bit it whole.
During this meal, Chu Cong discovered that Shen Lingshu ate half a bowl more than usual, and ate up all the shepherd's purse dumplings and fried eggs with toon.
"tasty."
Shen Lingshu touched her round belly and explained with a smile: "When there is a famine, these wild vegetables can save lives!"
"Lingshu, I've ordered people to buy all the surrounding land. I'll put it in your name and build a manor. If you have the chance in the future, you can stay here for a while. How about that?"
Chu Cong's words shocked Shen Lingshu, "Prince, you..."
"This is your mother's home. As my concubine, there's nothing wrong with returning to your mother's home."
Chu Cong had just said it casually, but seeing how shocked she was and how moved she was with tears in her eyes, he suddenly thought that Nancheng was not far away, so it would be nice to come over.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Lingshu was moved. Even if Chu Cong just said it casually, as long as he was willing, this matter could be accomplished.
That night, Shen Lingshu was also exceptionally enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that Chu Cong experienced an even more different feeling.
The next day, Chu Cong went straight to the county government office and started preparing for the early rice with his men.
"Your Highness, these fields are freezing cold. How can early rice grow if we plant it now?"
"What if it doesn't grow? Wouldn't all that seed be wasted?"
Lord Xu, the prefect of Nancheng, looked at Chu Cong with an embarrassed look on his face. Prince Lin was a prince, and even if he couldn't grow the seeds, he would just be scolded at most. But if he did, it would be a huge achievement.
But as the prefect of South City, if he could grow it, he would get promoted and make a fortune. If he couldn't, he would lose his head.
"Sir Xu, I came to Nancheng to plant early rice on the orders of my father. Why, Sir Xu, are you going to disobey the order?" Chu Cong did not expect that Prefect Xu would make excuses.
"Your Highness, it's not that I'm unwilling, but Your Highness..." Prefect Xu looked embarrassed and conveyed the Crown Prince's intention. He said, "Your Highness, it's freezing cold. If we plant crops now, nothing will grow."
"Your Highness, why do you have to..."
Before Lord Xu could finish his words, Chu Cong snorted coldly, "Prefect Xu, go ahead and get the grain seeds ready. Tomorrow, I want to see them planted in the fields."
Chu Cong's eyes were icy cold, and his condescending attitude was even greater than that of the Crown Prince...
Lord Xu shuddered all over, thinking about what the people who served His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said yesterday, that the Crown Prince and the concubine had been fooling around all night. Then he looked at the person in front of him... Lord Xu's eyes were full of sorrow. He didn't know whether it would be good or bad for Mu Ningguo to have such an emperor in the future.
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