Eunuch He had long ago sent people to keep an eye on news from Princess Yongchun, fearing that the Emperor would remember and ask. Now the Emperor actually asked.
He immediately replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, Princess Yongchun had the Imperial Household Department remove all the flowers and trees from the small garden in the inner hall of Qi'an Palace today, saying they no longer want to plant flowers but vegetables."
After Eunuch He finished speaking, he lowered his head cautiously, fearing that the emperor's anger would affect him.
In Eunuch He's opinion, it would be quite unkind of royal upbringing to tell others that a princess of a country likes to grow vegetables instead of flowers.
But what Eunuch He didn't expect was that the emperor was silent for only a moment. Not only was he not angry, he even looked quite interested. "Let's go and take a look!"
In the past, the emperor would have considered Yongchun's behavior inappropriate. But now that he knew that two years later, there would be a severe drought in Yuan'an, and even tree bark would be precious, he was more accepting of Yongchun's behavior.
The most important thing is that the emperor is very suspicious! After Xie Zixin appeared, he became even more suspicious of everything around him.
When the emperor arrived at Qi'an Palace, Yongchun was already directing the sowing of seeds. As for how to plant the seeds? As a princess, she must be able to find someone who knows how to do it.
Yongchun also sprinkled a small area under the guidance of this person. It turned out that after a while, Yongchun actually found it a bit fun. She even circled the area she sprinkled and waited in anticipation to see the vegetables sprout.
When the emperor came with his men, he saw his daughter looking at the land with a perverted expression.
"Tang'er, what are you thinking about?" The emperor stopped the people around him from speaking, walked over quietly, looked in the direction his daughter was looking, and asked curiously.
"Father, you are here?" Princess Yongchun turned around and saw that it was her father who came. She was very happy. Yongchun was so happy that she immediately wanted to salute.
The emperor reached out and supported his daughter as she was about to bow. "No need to be so polite. I just came to see you."
The attendants immediately noticed and placed the table, chairs, and teacups where the two of them were standing. Yongchun then took the opportunity to pull his father to sit down.
"I'm fine, father, don't worry." Princess Yongchun looked full of energy at this moment, without any trace of her previous decadence.
The emperor nodded with satisfaction. He was very happy to see that his daughter was developing in a good direction.
He pointed to where Yongchun had just been looking and pretended to chat casually, "What were you looking at?"
"Oh, these are the vegetables I planted myself! I'm really looking forward to seeing them grow. They're sure to be delicious."
In Yongchun's heart, her father was always a kind father, so she was not afraid of being scolded when she told him these things.
"Why did you think of planting this?" The emperor pretended to be puzzled and tested his daughter.
Although Yongchun was smart, she couldn't guess what her father was thinking, but she was worried that her father would vent his anger on Yue'er and lead her astray. After all, growing vegetables was not a particularly elegant behavior among noble ladies.
So she subconsciously took the responsibility on herself.
"Yesterday, when I left the palace, I asked Princess Shuxian to accompany me to the Yuan'an market, where I saw many people selling seeds. We saw that many people were buying, so we bought some and brought them back to plant for fun.
I also said that I would compete with Princess Shuxian to see whose vegetables are better."
Princess Yongchun looked at the emperor cautiously after she finished speaking, "Father, you won't forbid me to have children, will you? I'm too bored being stuck in the palace all day, Father..."
The emperor responded to Princess Yongchun by ruffling his daughter's hair in retaliation, "You little heartless person, I didn't say anything, and you're blaming me."
After the emperor finished speaking, he felt relieved. It seemed that they were just two children playing around. He didn't want Zhou Qiongyue to have another adventure.
Zhou Qiongyue didn't know that her friend's kindness had cleared her of suspicion once again. She was still in the mansion, directing the people around her to help her tidy up the land and plant vegetables!
It was mainly Zhou Qiongyue who was in charge, and the people around her were of different races. If you round it off, it was also her own race.
Originally, she was quite unhappy to have her father rub her hair at such a big age, but when she heard that her father agreed, she no longer had any dissatisfaction, but was only happy, "Hehe, then the father agreed to let me grow it for fun?"
The emperor looked at his daughter's happy face and was at a loss for words. He thought he doted on his only daughter, but she still looked like a little white rabbit, which was really worrying.
"You're my daughter, and you haven't done anything that would endanger the country. It's just a little hobby. Who dares to say anything? Why are you so cowardly?
And every year your mother, the queen consort, and the others will also take the lead in experiencing farming and sericulture, so you can rest assured!"
"Father is the best father!" Yongchun praised sincerely.
"You..." The emperor felt that he had no way to deal with such a lovely daughter. He could only find a good prince consort for her to protect her in the future.
The emperor looked at his well-behaved daughter and suddenly thought of the severe drought in two years. An idea came to his mind: he had to marry his daughter off before then. Otherwise, someone would take advantage of the situation and rob her.
Sometimes the emperor also has many concerns and helplessness, and he has no intention of letting his only daughter marry a foreign prince.
The emperor thought of this and asked tentatively: "Cousin, if father asked you to consider the candidate for the prince consort, would you be angry?"
"Ah?" Yongchun had indeed not considered this question. After all, before yesterday, she looked as if life would be boring without love.
Yongchun knew that her father loved her and wouldn't bring up this matter so early for no reason. As expected, without a man, her brain worked much better. She was still a little hesitant, "Is it too soon?"
The emperor knew his daughter was frightened, so he kindly comforted her, "Father will not harm you, you must trust me."
After experiencing what happened with Xie Yunshen, Yongchun lost confidence in love and her own vision, so she was quite relieved that her father wanted to find someone for her.
"Who are the candidates?" Yongchun was simply curious.
"Hmm...Xie Chengyuan, the eldest son of Marquis Xuanping; Sun Changping, the eldest grandson of Marquis Sheng'en; your cousin Lu Feiyun, who is the same age as you; and Zhou Zhiquan, the second eldest son of Zhou Wencan. Which one do you prefer?"
The Emperor actually discussed the candidates for Prince Consort Yongchun with Consort Xian last night, but they were definitely not the same group of people as today.
After all, yesterday, he and Concubine Xian's idea was to find a quiet and easy-to-control man to accompany their daughter. But today, his idea was to find a man who could protect his daughter in times of trouble or who had such a family background.
So he chose the candidates on the spur of the moment. He was actually quite wary of these people, but for the sake of his daughter's future, he felt that he could give in.
"Ah?" This magnanimous move stunned Yongchun. The three marquisates were all inside. Yongchun knew what this meant, and at this moment she felt extremely happy.
It’s not because there will be a prince consort with a good family background, but because of my father’s love.
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