In the end, Guan Zhiyue was so scared that she hid inside the space and went to play with Xiao Tuantuan.
However, inside the room in the Cold Palace, Yuan Ningsu secretly opened the window and climbed in from the outside.
He wandered around the room in the dark, and when he reached the bed, he didn't find Guan Zhiyue. He was a little puzzled!
"Oh dear, I clearly saw that woman go inside!"
"This person suddenly reappeared, but is gone!"
Unexpectedly, Guan Zhiyue inside the space was so frightened that she grabbed a baseball bat from beside her.
"Master, you're in big trouble! Look, someone's got their eye on you!"
"What stupid and heinous thing have you done? They've even come all the way to our house!" Xiao Tuantuan added fuel to the fire.
Guan Zhiyue was so frightened that her hands were trembling. Who the hell was this person? Someone save her!
Where is Bilian?
What about pomegranates?
They didn't even know about such a big commotion. Could it be that they've already met with some misfortune?
Guan Zhiyue was already imagining a million possibilities in her mind, but she had no idea what the specifics were.
Seeing Guan Zhiyue like this, Xiao Tuantuan stopped making fun of her and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious."
Trust me!
Guan Zhiyue looked up at the little girl floating in mid-air, swallowed hard, and said nothing. Instead, she turned her head and said, "Do you think I'm being particularly cowardly?"
Xiao Tuantuan glanced down at Guan Zhiyue, only to see that Guan Zhiyue was currently huddled inside the room, holding a baseball bat in both hands, her eyes fixed on the movements outside the room, looking as if she didn't dare to breathe.
"Why be a coward? It's probably human nature!"
"It would be a miracle if I wasn't afraid!"
Yuan Ningsu searched the room but found nothing useful, so he had no choice but to leave as he had come.
Inside the space, Guan Zhiyue was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. By the time she finally recovered, it was almost dawn.
Out of fear, I had no choice but to rest inside the space.
——
The next day.
Bilian knocked loudly on the door, but Guan Zhiyue inside seemed deaf and didn't make a sound.
Bilian shouted and banged, finally waking Guan Zhiyue from inside the space.
Guan Zhiyue groggily got up, glanced around at her surroundings, and realized she was in a spatial dimension. Recalling what had happened last night, she understood everything. She shook her head and left the spatial dimension.
"Oh dear, Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"Why are you sleeping so soundly?"
"This servant is about to break down your door!" Bilian said, looking at Guan Zhiyue who was yawning.
Guan Zhiyue said apologetically, "I went to bed too late last night, so I didn't hear you just now."
"By the way, have all the rice stalks in the paddy fields behind the hill been pulled up yet?"
"Have the paddy fields been renovated?"
While making the bed for Guan Zhiyue, Bilian said, "Not yet!"
"Why is Your Highness in such a hurry?"
Guan Zhiyue exclaimed, "Not yet? Then we need to plant the second crop of rice!"
Bilian was shocked. A second season of rice?
Isn't it only allowed to plant one crop of rice? Why is there a second crop? Besides, will the second crop of rice even survive?
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Go and fetch Liu Debao right now!" Guan Zhiyue said, pointing to a maidservant at the door.
Upon hearing this, the little maidservant quickly left to find the head eunuch.
Seeing Guan Zhiyue's state, Bilian realized that Guan Zhiyue was truly angry.
Soon after, Liu Debao arrived, looking travel-worn, and saw Guan Zhiyue sitting neatly dressed at the round table.
"Liu Debao, what kind of work are you doing?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Debao immediately knelt down in front of Guan Zhiyue, looking extremely flustered. The servants standing nearby, seeing Guan Zhiyue's appearance, also quickly knelt down.
They certainly didn't want to lose their lives; if their master was in trouble at this time, someone was bound to suffer.
Therefore, considering all of the above, it's best to obediently kneel down and listen to what your master has to say.
"Your Majesty, what have I done wrong to anger you? Please give me some guidance, okay?" Liu Debao knelt before Guan Zhiyue and asked tremblingly.
Guan Zhiyue looked around and saw that everyone in the room was kneeling on the floor. She quickly said, "Did you do what I asked you to do last time?"
"I told you, we need to plant the second crop of rice before the start of autumn, do you remember?"
Liu Debao was shocked to hear this. His wife had been telling the truth. They were really going to plant a second crop of rice!
"Your Majesty, normally rice can only be planted for one season... This servant..."
"Alright, you just didn't listen to me. Now, gather people right now and get them to remove the rice stalks and turn the soil over."
"If you don't finish tilling those fifty acres of land today, none of you will eat!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Debao quickly kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes, this servant will go right away, right away!"
So Liu Debao crawled out of Guan Zhiyue's courtyard and hurriedly went to do what Guan Zhiyue had told him to do. He was terrified. The Empress was always so gentle. Why was she becoming more and more unpredictable lately?
"Alright, all of you get up! Go do what you're supposed to do!" Guan Zhiyue said after looking around.
Bilian also stood up from the side, walked behind Guan Zhiyue, and gently patted her shoulder.
"Your Majesty, this servant has discovered something!"
"What's up?"
"Yes, this morning I noticed that there seem to be some potatoes missing from the kitchen!" Bilian said uncertainly.
Upon hearing this, and considering what happened last night, Guan Zhiyue understood everything. It turned out that someone was eyeing the high-yield grain.
"Alright, I understand. Don't make a fuss about this. Just pretend nothing happened. I'll handle it."
Before Guan Zhiyue could even deal with what she was doing, she heard some terrible news coming from the front hall!
It is currently the busy harvest season, and farmers are harvesting the rice they have grown in their fields. However, this is happening in a place hundreds of kilometers away from the capital.
In a place called Sihuangzhou, the entire prefecture's grain has been invaded by locusts, resulting in a complete crop failure for the people of Sihuangzhou this year. It seems like a famine is imminent!
Upon receiving the news, Li Qiji immediately ordered the Ministry of Revenue to organize disaster relief funds and grain, but deciding who to send to deliver them became a major problem.
After all, we still need to send an expert who knows how to control locust plagues!
The court was abuzz with discussion, and everyone was deep in thought. What minister or agricultural official in the court could possibly know so much?
If all the agricultural officials are sent away, what will happen to the imperial estates in the capital?
Everything is at a standstill; everyone is racking their brains...
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