Helian Yu screamed. Unconsciously, some cake crumbs went into his throat. He coughed repeatedly and his face turned red.

Helian Su patted her on the back and gave her half a cup of tea, and then she calmed down.

"When will you change your reckless behavior?" Helian Su snatched the cake from her hand and said with a fierce look, "As a punishment, you are not allowed to eat cakes today."

Helian Yu's eyes widened slightly: "You are targeting me!"

Helian Su was silent for a moment, then he pinched Helian Yu's increasingly round face and asked, "Do you really want to promote wheat seeds in a new place?"

"certainly!"

"Well, I'll give you half a month. As long as Zhaoyang County can collect a letter from all the people, asking for permission to cultivate wheat, I'll agree."

Helian Yu said without hesitation: "No problem!"

"You are quite straightforward." Helian Su chuckled, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corner of Helian Yu's mouth. "Zhaoyang County is not too far from the capital, but it takes five days to go back and forth. In this way, you only have ten days left. If you go with the Jiangnan Enke, you will have even less time."

"I can ask someone to do it!" Helian Yu snorted proudly, "Talented people who are not put to good use are like a building without pillars. If we employ virtuous people who are capable, the people can be governed. Master has not taught me in vain."

"Indeed. Who do you want to find to help you, Xiaoyuer?"

"Don't worry about this, father." Helian Yu jumped off his lap, threw a handful of dried fruits on the table, and shouted as he ran, "Please come on, old man!"

Helian Su’s face turned black: Bastard!

He was just in his forties and in the prime of his life, but this little girl called him an old man.

Helian Yu ran out of the imperial garden, and Chang An and Xingchun happened to come to pick her up.

Xingchun took the dried fruit from her hand and chuckled, "Your Highness, did you steal it? Why are you in such a hurry?"

“You guessed it right!”

Helian Yu stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers, very casually and unrestrainedly. Chang An helped her get on the sedan chair and sat down, and went to Fengyang Pavilion.

"Chang'an, you should know some words, right? Sometimes you dip your sleeves in ink and don't even notice it." Helian Yu sat sideways on the sedan chair and lowered his head to ask Chang'an who was walking beside him.

Chang An looked up at Helian Yu, trying to guess what she meant. Apart from her dark eyes, he saw nothing, so he suppressed his thoughts and answered honestly, "I have practiced calligraphy with Your Highness for a few days, and I can already recognize some simple characters."

"It's just right. You don't have to go with me during the Jiangnan Enke. I have something else to tell you." Helian Yu stroked his chin with his fingers, staring at Chang An, which made Chang An feel uneasy.

Chang'an will be the supervisor of the East Factory in the future. There is no problem with his ability. Currently, he has not sided with the prince. Sending him to do this is a training and also a trust.

Helian Yu said dimly: "Chang'an."

Chang An felt a chill on his back. He raised his head and smiled faintly, looking innocent and pitiful, as if he was revealing his fatal weakness to his master in order to beg for some favor and trust: "Your Highness?"

Chang An had no idea what Helian Yu would ask him to do, and he vaguely sensed that things were not simple.

"Forget it, let's go back to Fengyang Pavilion later and talk behind closed doors."

Chang An nodded: "I understand."

The group returned to Fengyang Pavilion. Helian Yu sent everyone out and left only Chang An in the hall.

Helian Yu took out a square jade pendant with a magnolia flower pattern and handed it to Chang An: "Tomorrow you will rush to Zhaoyang County and use some tangible benefits to get the people of Zhaoyang County to submit a petition to the people, asking for permission to plant new spring wheat in Zhaoyang County."

"Your Highness wants to spend money to buy a copy of the Book of All Peoples?" Chang An whispered.

"Yes and no."

Helian Yu climbed onto the table, and Chang An held her up with his hand, fearing that she would fall. After she sat down, she took off her shoes, dangling her little feet in stockings, and humming a tune.

"You can give out porridge to do good deeds, help the poor and the needy, redress injustices, etc. If these soft methods don't work, you can just make up some random crimes, arrest people on the street, force them to sign, or find some talented people who can imitate handwriting and fake it as well."

Chang An lowered his head, his eyes full of fear. This scene even overturned his cognition.

"Chang'an." Helian Yu stepped softly on his waist with her little feet. "The excuse you gave to get close to me was so weak!"

"Anyway, you won't stay in Fengyang Pavilion forever. I'm giving you a chance. Whether you can seize it or not is up to you."

Chang An knelt hurriedly: "Your Highness, please forgive me."

"Yeah?" Helian Yu crossed his legs, his eyes full of doubt, "Forgive me for what? What's wrong with wanting to climb up? Help me do something good, and you will have the credit. Wouldn't it be easy for you to climb up?"

Chang An hardened his heart, raised his head, and said firmly: "Since I have followed Your Highness, I am Your Highness's man and will never betray Your Highness."

Helian Yu chuckled and pulled the golden bell on the table. The bell rang pleasantly: "Chang'an, you are so nice."

"We'll go see Master in the afternoon and ask him to send a few masters to protect you." Helian Yu crossed his legs, one hand shaking the bell, the other hand supporting his chin, his face slightly worried, "Master asks me to write big characters all day long, it's really annoying."

"Ah, what are you kneeling for? Get up." Helian Yu stepped on his shoulders twice, and his stockings slipped down a bit, leaving some wrinkles.

Chang An looked directly into Helian Yu's eyes, which were as bright as stars and as black as crystals, deep and clear: "Slave——"

Helian Yu stepped on him twice again and rang the bell: "We are family, there is no need to be so formal."

"... Chang An understands."

"That's good to know."

The future governor of East Factory is here!

You have to reward yourself! Helian Yu's eyes were bright and she turned around and climbed down the table, letting Chang An put on her shoes.

"After lunch, serve us sugar-steamed yogurt, water chestnut flour cake, and silver thread cake. My father has punished me by not allowing me to eat cakes today, so I will eat them behind closed doors! Humph! Double servings!"

Chang An's mouth twitched: "I understand."

After serving Helian Yu lunch, Chang An returned to his room to practice calligraphy and read, while Yu Shi, Xingchun and Cidong stayed in the inner hall to take care of him.

The Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

"Xiao Yu'er disagrees with the trial planting in the prince's fiefdom. This shows that she doesn't trust me." Helian Chi smiled, walked around the desk, and put his hand on Lu Jing's shoulder. "In the heart of the stinky girl, the common people are much more important than me and the prince."

Lu Jing was unsure of Helian Chi's intention and asked, "Your Highness, this matter..."

"People are like water. Zhaoyang can control water. What's wrong with that?" Helian Chi walked to the window and fiddled with the flowers in the vase. "You little girl is too smart. You don't want to play those tricks with me and the prince. After all, wheat seeds are for the people. Whether it's the prince or me, reputation is not as important as people's livelihood."

"Send some people to protect the wheat seeds. I will let the prince play this game."

Lu Jing bowed: "I obey your command."

"There's something else."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"The little girl likes to eat cakes. Find me some top-notch cake chefs." Helian Chi leaned against the table. "Then I will take her to Jiangnan."

"It's a long journey, we can't let this little bastard suffer."

Lu Houmo.

If a bastard could be treated like this, he would also like to be a bastard.

(End of this chapter)