The next day.
Consort Rong stayed in Chengqian Palace for an entire night, but Li Qiji still did not appear.
"ah!!!!"
"Who exactly told me that His Majesty would return to Chengqian Palace tonight? Why hasn't he come back?"
"This is absolutely infuriating! It's driving me crazy!!!"
Consort Rong was shouting and yelling at the entrance of Chengqian Palace!
Her maidservant quickly spoke up to stop her, saying, "Your Highness, be careful what you say! You are right here at the entrance of Chengqian Palace!"
Consort Rong huffed and said, "Let's go back to the palace!"
The two left dejectedly. Meanwhile, in the Cold Palace, after listening to the report from the secret guards about what happened in Chengqian Palace, Li Qiji said to Hua Quan in a calm and emotionless voice, "Go and move the bed in Chengqian Palace away and throw it away. Replace it with a new one."
Hua Quan didn't know why, but he did as he was told. After all, this matter could be big or small, and it was better to listen to the emperor's opinion.
After Li Qiji left, Guan Zhiyue got up with Bilian's help, and Bilian told Guan Zhiyue what she knew.
"Oh! Really? It seems these women are quite a nuisance!"
“That’s right! Now the Emperor’s mind is entirely on Your Majesty, so naturally those women want to gang up on you.” Bilian said with an indignant expression.
Guan Zhiyue smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? If you're not convinced, let's just fight!"
Bilian laughed. Her mistress was getting bolder and bolder these days. If she said something wrong, she would just say, "If you're not happy, then fight!"
“Your Majesty, you are the Empress, how can you be so rude?” Bilian said.
Guan Zhiyue said with a smile, "My Guan family is a family of military generals. If you're not convinced, then let's fight!"
"Your mother learned these skills from my father and brothers! If you're not happy, let's fight!"
While tidying Guan Zhiyue's hair, Bilian smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty! If that day ever comes, I will be the first to rush there."
"What are you doing?"
Bilian said, "Naturally, it's to take care of those little rascals for Your Highness."
Guan Zhiyue smiled and said, "Okay!"
The master and servant chatted and laughed, and quickly finished tidying up. They had drunk so much wine last night, but they felt pretty good and their spirits were high. Today, they had to take out all the rice they had harvested yesterday and dry it.
In addition, the weather is getting colder, so we need to start making winter clothes. Also, Guan Zhiyue has discovered a new crop and wants to plant it next year.
Cotton is available at this time of year, but for some reason, the yield is consistently low, always so small, giving the impression that it only grows seedlings but doesn't bear fruit.
After all, the cotton seedlings had indeed grown wildly, but they hadn't produced any fruit, so Guan Zhiyue still felt that the cotton seedlings were not growing well. She held the cotton seedling seeds in her hand.
It's currently soaking in the space water, hoping to produce more fruit next spring.
"Your Highness, what are you doing squatting here?" Shiliu came over from the backyard carrying a basket of eggs.
Guan Zhiyue peeked out and saw that there seemed to be more than ten eggs.
"Wow, these are all fresh eggs from today!" Guan Zhiyue said.
Shiliu said, "Yes! Your Majesty, you didn't know!"
"Your Majesty, do you know? Our hens lay eggs every day."
"Oh, that's good."
"Yes, Your Majesty is truly amazing! Everything you raise will thrive, and everything you cultivate will survive!" Shiliu exclaimed sincerely.
She was in charge of feeding the chickens in the backyard. They had 24 hens and 13 roosters in their cold palace, for a total of 37 chickens, of which 15 or 16 hens were laying eggs.
So I usually find fifteen or sixteen eggs every day, but I don't know which hen it is, and it only lays one egg every other day.
Or perhaps these sixteen hens take turns resting and laying eggs. Shiliu observed them carefully, but still couldn't figure it out.
Guan Zhiyue nodded after hearing what Shi Liu said, "As long as we have fifteen eggs every day, there's no need to worry so much!"
"After all, even a chicken needs to rest!"
"Yes, Your Highness. Then this servant will take the eggs to the kitchen first." Shiliu stopped thinking about the matter, bowed, and left.
Guan Zhiyue continued to examine the cotton seeds in her hand, recalling how those who grew cotton in her previous life handled and cared for them. She wondered if the farmers hadn't taken good care of them, which was why the cotton wasn't growing well.
Cotton plants also need weeding, fertilizing, and transplanting. In addition, it's important to collect as many flower buds as possible so that more and larger cotton plants can be produced.
It seems these are the steps. I should take a closer look. Oh, I see!
After figuring things out, Guan Zhiyue stood up from where she was squatting, threw the cotton seeds back into her spatial storage, clapped her hands with satisfaction, brushed off the dust from her body, and walked smilingly towards the rice drying area.
Liu Debao is directing the eunuchs as they work hard to dry the rice!
The rice that Guan Zhiyue planted had already been threshed; it wasn't the kind of rice that had grown from the stalks. It had all been detached from the rice plants.
"Oh dear, Your Highness, what brings you here? There's so much dust in here, it'll be uncomfortable if it gets on you. This isn't a place for you to come here." Liu Debao saw Guan Zhiyue strolling over from afar and quickly called out to stop her.
He knew that rice ash would be very uncomfortable if it got on his body, so it was best to avoid contact with it!
He was tough and thick-skinned, but the Empress was of noble birth; getting rice ash on her body would be extremely uncomfortable.
Upon hearing Liu Debao's words, Guan Zhiyue stood still and watched as Liu Debao came running over excitedly. She then asked, "How did it go? Was the rice weighed this time?"
Li Debao said, "It's been weighed, it's been weighed, and it's more than the first season's rice!"
Guan Zhiyue was very satisfied to hear this, and then said, "Take advantage of the high temperature these days and dry these rice grains and put them in storage. We will be going to harvest the corn in that area soon."
"Send these out quickly. Have someone set up racks under the eaves facing the sun so that the corn can be hung up to dry in batches when it's brought back."
As Guan Zhiyue spoke, she pulled out a drawing she had already prepared from her sleeve, explaining how to hang the corn to dry and how to build the frame.
Liu Debao took the blueprints, carefully tucked them back into his chest, and patted them, saying, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this servant will handle it perfectly."
Guan Zhiyue nodded and left, quite satisfied!
Everything is getting back on track. It's been over a year since she transmigrated here, and Guan Zhiyue is very satisfied to see everything around her slowly changing because of her.
I hope things will turn out as I wish in the end!
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