Chapter 80 You Dare to Say, I Dare Not Listen
"Yuyan, what's wrong? Are you unhappy because I woke you up by kissing your forehead just now?"
Su Yuyan snorted softly.
"I dreamed that the prince married nine wives and concubines, and you were completely bewitched by them."
Jiang Hanyu: "...?"
"Yuyan, dreams are always the opposite of reality. I won't even marry a concubine."
Su Yuyan continued.
"I also dreamed that the prince died in the beds of his wives and concubines. He died of pleasure."
Jiang Hanyu: "...!"
"Good Yuyan, you are the only one in my life."
Su Yuyan continued talking to herself.
"I also dreamed that after the prince died, all your nine wives and concubines remarried, and I was the only one who went to your grave to burn paper every year. What a fool I am."
Jiang Hanyu: "!!!"
Dreamed about so many cuckolds after his death?
The veins on Jiang Hanyu's forehead couldn't help but pop.
Su Yuyan sighed softly.
"I also dreamt..."
Jiang Hanyu quickly sealed her lips with a kiss.
Don’t dream anymore, you scared me into a cold sweat.
It's so exciting to be your husband.
After the kiss, he said.
"Good Yuyan, if any minister tries to offer his daughter to me again, the worst that can happen to him is that his property will be confiscated and he will be exiled."
Su Yuyan curled her lips in satisfaction.
"real?"
Jiang Hanyu took out the extremely sharp dagger that he had held against Su Yuyan's neck when they first met and placed it in Su Yuyan's palm.
"If I ever take in concubines, Yuyan will use this dagger that can cut through iron like mud to cut my heart out."
Su Yuyan took the dagger and put it under the pillow.
"Oh, Your Majesty, just talk, why are you offering me a dagger? It makes me feel embarrassed to refuse."
After she finished speaking, she put her arms around Jiang Hanyu's slender waist, as if what had just happened had never happened.
Seeing her being polite but putting away the dagger very quickly, Jiang Hanyu said: "......"
At this moment, Jiang Hanyu was not angry about Su Yuyan's sudden punch, but was secretly happy in his heart.
"Does Yuyan's jealousy mean that she's a little attracted to me?"
Su Yuyan's voice was deliberately soft and charming, and she was extremely malicious.
"Hmph, figure it out yourself."
Hearing her answer, Jiang Hanyu felt secretly happy again.
He reached out and used the tip of his thumb to gently lift up the corners of Su Yuyan's mouth, which she had tried hard to suppress.
In the light golden morning light, Jiang Hanyu looked gentle.
"Nine wives and concubines, Yuyan dares to say anything, I dare not listen."
Su Yuyan laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward.
Stop laughing, she said.
"Your Highness will arrange for people to reclaim an acre of land in the nearest suburban area. After lunch, I will teach the farmers how to grow potatoes, sweet potatoes and other drought-resistant and high-yield crops."
Jiang Hanyu was surprised.
"Yuyan actually knows how to grow crops."
Su Yuyan nodded.
"The ecological environment of my original world was severely damaged, and most of the vegetables on the market were unhealthy, so I found someone to teach me how to grow crops. I have a planting area in my space, and all the crops in it are grown by myself."
Jiang Hanyu's warm lips landed on the top of her head.
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to reclaim an acre of land in the suburbs."
"The water conservancy project plan has been finalized. I will gather all the officials in Qiangzhou, divide them into areas, and assign them tasks. Once the division of labor is clear, we can begin construction."
Su Yuyan thought about it.
"The prince used the 150 thugs at Wanxianglou as coolies, forcing them to do seven hours of hard labor every day and only providing them with three meals a day. They are filled with sins and must spend the rest of their lives atoneing for them."
The corners of Jiang Hanyu's lips curled up.
"With these 150 strong laborers, progress will be rapid."
Not long after Jiang Hanyu left, Xiu'er knocked on the door lightly.
"Miss, there are five children looking for you."
Su Yuyan, who had just fallen asleep, got dressed and went to bed.
"You lead them to the front hall. I'll go after I wash up."
When Su Yuyan stepped into the front hall, she saw five little clay monkeys standing in a row, each holding a few bright red umbrellas and white poles in their hands, which were very beautiful and eye-catching.
She guessed that these red umbrellas and white poles were gifts from the five children to her...
The five children immediately bowed deeply when they saw Su Yuyan.
"Greetings, Princess."
Su Yuyan helped them up one by one.
"Are you here to thank me?"
A child who looked about eleven or twelve years old said.
"Um."
"We have many children in our family. I have six brothers and sisters in total. The crops in the fields have failed this year, and our family is almost unable to bear it. If the princess hadn't provided us with free meals, my grandmother would have starved to death."
Su Yuyan walked up to him and squatted down.
"also?"
"Did anyone in your family starve to death?"
The child wiped away his tears.
"My grandfather starved to death."
"We rely on the crops we grow to survive every year. During the nine-month drought, everyone rushed to the mountains and forests to hunt. With so many people in Qiangzhou, there simply wasn't enough game in the mountains and forests."
"I have a younger sister who is less than one year old, so the grain distributed by the court every day is given to my mother first. My grandparents said that only when my mother is well fed can my younger sister have milk to drink and survive."
"Princess, if you hadn't come, our family probably wouldn't have survived until the New Year."
As soon as he finished speaking, another girl who looked about eight or nine years old spoke.
"After the family's food supply ran out, my father, who favored boys over girls, fled to Kyoto with my two younger brothers, leaving me, my mother, and my grandfather behind."
"The food distributed by the government was only enough for our family of three to have one meal a day. Sometimes we were so hungry that my mother would take me to eat tree bark to fill our stomachs."
"Princess, I thought I would never be able to eat meat and white rice again before I died."
Su Yuyan felt extremely sad when she heard this.
"It's all in the past. King Rui has drought-resistant and high-yield crops. You will never go hungry again."
The five children choked up when they heard this.
"Really? No more relatives will starve to death?"
Su Yuyan's eyes were extremely determined.
"No, I promise you."
The little girl burst into laughter and handed the red umbrella with a white handle in her arms to Su Yuyan.
"Princess, this is something the five of us walked a long way early in the morning to pick just for you. Come and try it."
"Such beautiful mushrooms are hard to find. It's really hard to pick these."
Su Yuyan: “…”
"There's no need to be so ungrateful."
Seeing that Su Yuyan didn't accept it, the little girl's eyes instantly turned red.
"Princess, do you think these things are cheap? We are struggling to make ends meet at home, so we really don't have anything to give you. We picked these up early this morning and rushed them to you. We didn't eat them all by ourselves..."
Su Yuyan: “…”
"Luckily you didn't eat it alone. If you had, you would have really eaten it alone—like eating Meng Po soup alone."
At this time, the girl among the five children, who was only five or six years old, had a childish voice.
"Princess, what does it mean to eat Meng Po soup alone?"
"I just know how to lie on the board."
"What is a reclining board?"
“If you’re lucky, a day passes by in the blink of an eye. If you’re unlucky, a lifetime passes by in the blink of an eye.”
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