Chapter 277: So now once they start fighting, they will be furious.
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers' faces changed!
Someone couldn't help but say, "Sir, what do you mean by that? Are we going to donate the things we worked so hard to grow to other people to eat in your name? What about our village?"
"That's right, my Lord hasn't kept his promise yet and asked your men to help us! Last time, my Lord personally said that the official hat would be given to Madam Ruan, but Madam Ruan..."
"You rude and unruly people! How can I allow you to speak nonsense? Without my generosity, how would you even have a chance to grow food?"
"I am thinking about all the people of Wuheng. I am not asking you to feed only me. You are so stingy and calculative, and..." Before she could finish her words, Mei Xi could no longer tolerate his face and stepped on a stone that bounced onto his mouth!
"Ouch!" His face twisted in pain, and he yelled, "You...you really don't want to die! Don't even think about threatening my life like last time! There are so many people here today, if you dare to disrespect me and try to kill me, you will suffer the consequences!!"
There were many officials who came with him. Naturally, they stood on the side of the minor officials. Everyone wanted to get food without any work.
So now, once they start fighting, they become furious.
Ruan Mian looked at the official calmly. Just as he was about to take action, he suddenly noticed the unusual behavior of the birds and beasts.
Soon Yun Xiu came to her side and whispered to her, "Sister Mianmian, the princess is here."
Hearing that it was Princess Jiacheng who came, Ruan Mian guessed something. He suddenly glanced at Mei Xi, his face suddenly changed, and he fainted.
Meixi and Cuizhu looked at each other immediately, and ran over and shouted in tacit understanding.
"Girl! Girl, don't scare us! Girl, wake up!"
Cuizhu pointed at the official and complained, "Sir, how could you make our daughter so angry? She works day and night to grow crops and is so exhausted that her body can't stand it! If anything happens to her, then... what should we do, wuwuwu..."
"Girl! Quick, go find our master and come and save the girl!"
Mei Xi shouted angrily. The villagers nearby believed her and became anxious. They rushed to Ruan Mian's house to ask her father to come and treat her.
However, Princess Jiacheng who came here happened to see this scene. When she saw Ruan Mian fainted, she was so angry that she immediately got off the carriage.
He scolded the seventh-rank official, "Well, you! You really think you're the boss of Wu Heng?!"
Upon hearing this, the seventh-rank official shuddered, then immediately put on a flattering smile and walked towards the princess: "Madam Princess? Why are you here?"
Princess Jiacheng kicked him away, her face full of disgust and said, "I'm not coming? If I don't come, won't you make Madam Ruan mad to death?!"
He Shun paused and smiled awkwardly in confusion. He didn't know when the princess's wife had such a good relationship with Ruan Mian?
Just as she was about to speak, the princess looked at the maid with some concern and asked her to urge Master Ruan.
Ruan Mian is still of great use to her, so nothing can go wrong at this time.
So when Ruan Mian slowly opened her eyes, the princess stood by her unconditionally.
Seeing He Shun was about to speak, the princess's eyes darkened and she pointed at him and said, "Since it's Madam Ruan who grew the grain, she will decide what to do with it!"
"If you say anything more, I will ask the prince of the fiefdom to judge the matter."
Even if Chen Bochong was gone, she still had the status of a princess, and was personally conferred by the late emperor. He Shun, a minor official of the seventh rank, would never dare to act rashly.
He immediately bowed humbly and responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the princess's wife is right, then... then Madam Ruan will deal with her own food. Let's..."
He was about to leave before he could finish his words, but was stopped by Ruan Mian.
"Master He seems to have forgotten to answer...what he promised me."
When the princess heard this, she decided to satisfy Ruan Mian first.
So he pulled He Shun forward and asked, "What else did you promise Madam Ruan?"
A villager nearby quickly added, "Last time, Lord He wanted to destroy our sunroom and prevent us from growing crops. Madam Ruan begged Lord He, saying that if we couldn't grow crops, we could just let him do whatever he wanted. Only then did Lord He agree."
"At that time, Lord He looked down on us and said that if we could grow enough crops, the official hat would be given to Madam Ruan, and his men could be dispatched by Madam Ruan to help with growing crops." The villagers' words almost pissed He Shun off to death.
However, upon hearing this, the princess chuckled and said, "Is that so? Sir He, as the saying goes, a gentleman's word is as good as gold. You are an official, and if you can say such things, how can you not do them?"
He Shun quickly laughed and joked, "It was just a spur of the moment statement, how can you take it seriously?"
But the princess's expression suddenly changed: "You are just saying it out of anger now! If Madam Ruan hadn't planted it, would you have let them go?!"
"No one is interested in your official position, but the promise you made to Madam Ruan cannot be covered up with just a few angry words."
He Shun naturally knew what the princess meant. At this moment, he felt like he was swallowing coptis and his whole body was not feeling well.
But as a princess, he had no chance to refute!
He had no choice but to follow the princess's words like a servile lackey: "Madam Princess is right! Even for the sake of the people of Wuheng, I will temporarily hand over this dispatch token to Madam Ruan for a few days. Let your men go help plant crops and contribute to our Wuheng!"
The princess took the token, weighed it for a few times, and when she handed it to Ruan Mian, she did not forget to speak to He Shun.
"As the father and mother of Wu Heng, I believe that Lord He will certainly advance and retreat with the other officials. You might as well come and plant crops when you have free time these days, and advance with the people, so as to demonstrate your determination to be an official."
When He Shun heard this, his whole face changed!
He came to grow crops? ! !
The princess sneered, "What's wrong with that?"
Hearing this, He Shun shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, there's nothing wrong with it."
He Shun, who was very angry, left with his men in shame. With the token, Ruan Mian suddenly had a lot more labor force.
The whole village was delighted.
However, she also knew that Princess Jiacheng came here today because, as the saying goes, one would not come here for no reason.
Just by guessing, you can tell that he came here for the disaster relief money.
She would never have thought that the silver had long been looted by Ruan Mian and returned to the hands of the people.
Sure enough, after He Shun and his group left, Princess Jiacheng and Ruan Mian returned to the house together.
In the warm room, she stated her purpose.
It was indeed for the disaster relief money.
However, what she told Ruan Mian was only Chen Bozong's private vault.
"Madam Ruan, these properties are jointly owned by Chen Bozong and me. No, more like my dowry. He brought them from his fiefdom after taking office. He just wanted to settle down here."
"Now that he's done this, I naturally have to get it back! You have great powers, so you must be able to figure out where those treasures went, right?"
She looked at Ruan Mian with hope. She had just done a good thing for Ruan Mian, so Ruan Mian couldn't just give her a perfunctory response with a few words.
But at this time Ruan Mian already had a plan in mind.
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