The next morning.
After Guan Zhiyue jumped rope in the yard, she stared blankly at the wasteland behind the corridor.
Bilian, who was washing and hanging clothes nearby, noticed this and quickly ran over to stand next to Guan Zhiyue. She followed Guan Zhiyue's gaze and saw the place overgrown with weeds.
"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?"
Guan Zhiyue didn't turn her head, continuing to stare at the overgrown area, and said, "Bilian, shouldn't someone of my status be able to have a few eunuchs and maids with him?"
Hearing Guan Zhiyue ask such a question, Bilian said sadly, "Your Majesty, you are the Empress, and your rank is above that of the Fourth Consort. You are entitled to be matched with twelve servants."
Guan Zhiyue's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she asked excitedly, "Then what about my people? Where are they?"
Bilian, her eyes red, said, "When we first entered the palace, Your Majesty was banished to the Cold Palace. The servants who originally served in Kunning Palace stopped serving you there after you entered the Cold Palace and all tried to escape."
Upon hearing this, Guan Zhiyue had only one thought in her mind: "When people leave, the tea grows cold."
"Well, okay! In that case, let's start hiring!"
Upon hearing her mistress's words, Bilian looked at Guan Zhiyue with some confusion and said, "Your Majesty, what are you saying? Recruiting workers? What for?"
Guan Zhiyue pointed to the overgrown area in front of her and said, "Of course, it's for clearing land for farming and raising chickens."
"Your Majesty, I want to lose weight, eat organic vegetables, and eat fresh food. It's better to rely on yourself than others. Your Majesty, I'm going to clear land and farm, and raise chickens myself."
Bi Lian.....
"Your Highness, do you know how to farm?"
Rosamund Kwan....
"Can't I learn it if I don't know how?"
Guan Zhiyue is skilled at farming because she grew up with her maternal grandparents when she was very young in modern times.
So for her, clearing land and planting crops was a piece of cake. However, she hadn't planted any crops since she went to university. But she knew that the original owner of this body, Guan Zhiyue, had never planted any crops.
"Your Highness, what do you need me to do?"
Guan Zhiyue looked at the overgrown weeds in the yard, swallowed hard, and then turned to Bilian, asking, "How much silver do you have left?"
Bilian thought for a moment and said, "A few days ago, the young general specially brought three hundred taels of silver to Your Majesty."
"Three hundred taels! How many workers could that hire?"
"Okay! Let's write a job posting and put it on my door."
Bilian looked at Guan Zhiyue with some confusion and asked, "Your Highness, what is a job posting?"
Well....
"If we want to attract people, shouldn't we put up a job posting or something?"
Bilian seemed to understand something and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I understand, Your Highness, you're talking about official business, aren't you?"
"Public announcement? Ah! Yes, yes, public announcement, public announcement!"
Guan Zhiyue and Bi Lian returned to their room and prepared the writing materials. Guan Zhiyue then sat down at the desk, while Bi Lian waited beside her, grinding ink and watching with expectant eyes as Guan Zhiyue began to write.
Guan Zhiyue was embarrassed. She was illiterate and couldn't write traditional Chinese characters.
"Hehe... Bilian! Your mother is tired from jumping rope today, why don't you write for me?"
Without a second thought, Bilian replied, "Alright, Your Highness, please rest for a while."
Upon hearing that there was hope, Guan Zhiyue quickly stood up from her seat and began grinding ink for Bilian. As she did so, she said, "The Cold Palace is recruiting fifteen workers to clear land. Anyone who is not willing to work can come to the Cold Palace to clear land."
The daily wage is 800 cash, plus delicious herbal tea. Payment is made immediately. Limited spots available, first come, first served!
Bilian finished writing in a few quick strokes. Guan Zhiyue looked at the somewhat incomprehensible classical Chinese characters and said to Bilian, "Okay, okay. Then take it out and post it at the front door first, and then promote it."
"With such high wages, we're sure to have people applying for jobs here."
Bilian said with some worry, "Your Majesty, won't the Emperor blame us for this?"
Guan Zhiyue waved her hand and said, "No, it's so far from where he is! He won't know. You hurry up and recruit workers, don't delay my important business."
"Yes! I'll go right now."
Guan Zhiyue watched Bilian walk to the door to post the notice, then picked up the jump rope and started jumping in the yard. Now that she thought about it, she was really motivated. If she succeeded, she would lose at least half of her weight.
Bilian had just posted the notice when a figure quickly took it down, while Guan Zhiyue, leaning back in her rocking chair, was still fantasizing about how many people would come for interviews.
I need to choose carefully, otherwise what if the people I choose don't work? What if they delay my project?
"Oh my, I'm so excited just thinking about it! We can start clearing the land right away!"
Bilian returned from the main gate, looking very happy, and said, "Your Highness, I've already put up the posters. Now we just need to wait for the eunuchs and palace maids to come and apply."
"Yes, yes, you're a quick learner! You're a smart kid!"
Guan Zhiyue and Bilian waited in the corridor for the palace maids and eunuchs who came for the interview.
Unbeknownst to them, the notice they had just posted had been taken down by a guard in the tree and was now heading towards the Emperor's Chengqian Palace.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Ji Shang flipped down from the roof beam and knelt directly in front of Li Qiji to pay his respects.
Li Qiji looked up at Ji Shang kneeling on the ground and asked, "What is it?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!"
Hua Quan hurriedly ran over to take it and respectfully presented it to the Emperor.
"Job posting?"
"The Cold Palace is hiring? What's going on?"
"This is a notice that the Empress of the Cold Palace just posted. Her maidservant put it up and it was taken down by me," Ji Shang replied respectfully.
Li Qiji asked with some displeasure, "Doesn't she have any servants in her palace?"
"Hua Quan!"
"Your Majesty, this servant is here."
Li Qiji said somewhat angrily, "Aren't there any servants in the Empress's palace?"
Hua Quan replied somewhat awkwardly, "Your Majesty, Kunning Palace does have servants, but..."
"But what is it? Tell me."
"However, the Empress was banished to the Cold Palace on the very day of her wedding to you. All the servants in Kunning Palace, except for the Empress's dowry maids, were scattered."
"Outrageous! Who gave them permission to mix the ingredients themselves on their own?"
Hua Quan answered tremblingly, "Yes...it is Consort Shen."
"Bang..."
A beautiful teacup shattered right beside the two of them, and Hua Quan had no idea what was wrong with his emperor.
"Go and fetch Consort Shen for me."
The reason why Li Qiji made such a big fuss was because Shan Liuxian had taken the initiative to visit the Emperor the night before Guan Zhiyue's time travel.
One night.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Preceptor requests an audience!" The eunuch who had come to announce the arrival excitedly ran to tell the Emperor.
Upon hearing that the Imperial Preceptor had come to see him in person, Li Qiji was so excited that he stood up from the dragon throne and rushed out to greet him personally.
"Liu Xian greets Your Majesty!"
"Grand Preceptor Shan, your seclusion is over? I wonder what important matter you have that you sought me out for so late at night?"
Shan Liuxian is the astrologer of the Southern Kingdom. He is 22 years old, 185 cm tall, with long, flowing silver hair. He likes to wear long robes with tassels and always has a feather fan in his hand.
She had a face that was so beautiful that you couldn't look at it a second time; it was alluring and seductive, and you couldn't forget it once you saw it.
He was encountered by Li Qiji while he was fighting abroad. He was later brought back to the palace and appointed as the national advisor to help predict the fate of the Southern Ding Kingdom.
"Hmm! When Liu Xian was in seclusion, she calculated that an auspicious star would descend upon our Southern Ding Kingdom, and this auspicious star would be able to rewrite the destiny of our dynasty."
It will also help Your Majesty overcome various difficulties and propel our Nanding Kingdom to a new era.
"Oh! Is that really true?"
"I'm absolutely not kidding!"
"Then, Grand Master Shan, could you calculate where this auspicious star is located?"
Shan Liuxian smiled and said, "The auspicious star is already in the western part of the palace. I hope Your Majesty will treat it well, but do not move its position."
"Liu Xian takes her leave!"
After Shan Liuxian left, Li Qiji wondered what palaces were located to the west of the imperial palace.
In the end, it was Hua Quan who told him that it was the Cold Palace.
This explains why Li Qiji later started to treat Guan Zhiyue well and why he didn't release her from the Cold Palace.
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