She had investigated and found that in this dynasty, ordinary rice only produced about 300 kilograms per mu, which was already a bumper harvest, not to mention that there would be droughts, floods, insect plagues, etc. from time to time.

Food is the foundation of a country, and Andaman cannot help but be tempted.

"..." Andaman's expression changed slightly, he was in awe, and almost asked her if she was serious.

He had long known that Chu Qianhuang was a very valuable person, so he would rather give up the legitimate princess of Da Qi and let the emperor of Da Qi give Da Hao a fake princess, and take Chu Qianhuang back with him. However, he did not expect that Chu Qianhuang would give him another surprise.

Although Andaman didn't know much about agriculture, he knew that the yield per mu of the crop Chu Qianhuang mentioned was far higher than that of ordinary grains, and the value of this crop was comparable to that new type of bow.

As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people. Food is the foundation of people's survival, and on the battlefield, without food, there is no way to fight.

The other two Hao people in the pavilion were also very excited.

Andaman's smile became even warmer, and he said, "What can I do for you and your brother? Just tell me."

Chu Qianhuang sighed: "The prince should have inquired about my family. My father is guilty and can no longer inherit the title. My uncle has always coveted the title."

Chu Qianhuang didn't quite understand what she said, but Prince Andaman was smart and understood what she said, but he didn't respond. He just kept drinking his tea, as if waiting for Chu Qianhuang to continue.

Chu Qianhuang knew that he was waiting for her sincerity.

During this period of time, she was not only collecting money and packing, but also making some necessary preparations for going to Hao Kingdom. Originally, she wanted to wait until she arrived in Nanhao, and then present it to Emperor Hao or Wuhejialou to show her value.

But thinking that Aunt Jiang was so pitiful and Chu Yunyi was her own brother, Chu Qianhuang thought about it again and again and finally made a decision.

Chu Qianhuang took a cotton bag from Baoqin's hand, took out a light yellow fist-sized potato from it, and placed it on the stone table.

"That's it."

There is no maritime ban in Da Qi, but only caravans approved by the court can go overseas. Last year, a caravan returned from overseas, and Chu Qianhuang also wanted to see if there was anything from overseas that could be brought to Hao State.

By chance, she found a potted plant they brought back. The merchant said it was a flower brought back from overseas. She took a closer look and almost laughed. It was not a flower, but a potato. Thinking that the potato might be useful, she quietly spent half a dollar to buy it.

Andaman looked at this strange thing carefully. It was full of holes and looked a bit like a turnip, but it was not a turnip.

He was sure he had never seen such a crop before.

"What is this?" Andaman asked, pointing at something on the table, trying to remain calm.

"This is potato." Chu Qianhuang spoke confidently, "It is not only drought-resistant and has a high yield, but also in the south, after harvesting the rice in autumn, you can plant it in winter and harvest it in the spring of the following year."

“It can be eaten as a staple food like rice.”

"Is this potato really so good?" Andaman became more and more excited as he listened. He grabbed the potato in his hand and played with it with a burning gaze.

At the same time, Andaman exchanged glances calmly with the attendant next to him, and the attendant shook his head slightly at him, indicating that he had never seen this kind of crop before.

Chu Qianhuang could naturally see Andaman's excitement, so she simply spoke frankly to him: "It will only be a few days before the wedding procession leaves Beijing. Even if I give it to the prince, he won't be able to verify it, right?"

"Prince, I am sincere in doing business with your country. Your country should also show its sincerity so that I can sleep peacefully in the future, right?"

Andaman put the potatoes back on the stone table and said with a loud laugh: "Miss Chu, of course I believe in your sincerity. When you come to Hao Country, you will also be a Hao person, and we are all one family."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands towards Chu Qianhuang with admiration in his eyes: "Young lady, you are truly a heroine. I admire you for taking so much care of me, a weak woman. I can't wait to see you!"

Chu Qianhuang was quite pleased to hear Andaman's words. Although she looked down on the subordinates of Uhaduro, the pseudo-emperor of Hao country, she always had a smile on her face.

She waved her hand and acted modestly: "Your Majesty, you are too kind."

The two sides flattered each other politely, and Chu Qianhuang finally got to the point: "Prince, I just want to ask you to do me a 'small favor'..."

“Patta, patta…”

The rain suddenly became heavier, and the sound of rain hitting the walls, tiles and the ground drowned out the girl's deliberately suppressed voice.

In addition to the people, there were also a few green bamboos in the courtyard listening quietly.

After another cup of tea, Chu Qianhuang left with her maid. In the pavilion, Andaman looked at her leaving back and flicked his fingers quickly.

One of his followers took two steps forward and lowered his head to listen to the order.

“Huahuahua…”

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and soon it turned into a downpour. Wherever I looked, it was all wet.

The rain continued to fall until the afternoon.

When Chu Lingyu came out of the yamen, the rain had just stopped and the sky had cleared up, but he was in a very unhappy mood, as if there was a layer of dark clouds covering his whole body.

His colleagues knew that he was in a bad mood these days, so they all took detours when they saw him.

Look, it was clearly time to leave the yamen today, but no one reminded him. When he came to his senses, he was the only one left in the yamen.

His stomach was empty and began to rumble with hunger, so he asked the servant to go to the dim sum shop at the entrance of the alley to buy some freshly-baked dim sum to fill his stomach.

The servant ran off to buy snacks. Chu Lingyu walked slowly along the alley, unable to swallow the anger in his heart.

"Damn it!" He cursed softly and kicked the stones on the ground.

Originally, he had planned it well, but Chu Qianchen interfered and it turned out like this! !

In fact, both Chu Lingyu and Chu Lingxiao could see that Chu Qianchen did it on purpose and wanted to cause trouble.

But Chu Lingxiao also wanted the title. For the title, he didn't care about the brotherhood and wanted to sacrifice his brother to please Chu Qianchen. It was simply unreasonable! Chu Lingyu regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

If he had known earlier, he would not have bothered to let Chu Lingxiao come back, and let this good brother stay in Youzhou to suffer a little! However, there is no medicine for regret in this world!

Chu Lingyu was walking forward when he suddenly felt a shadow covering him from behind.

The other person was so close to him that he suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck start to count down.

Chu Lingyu was about to turn around when he felt a strong wind coming from behind, followed by a sharp pain in his lower back.

"ah!"

Chu Lingyu screamed, stumbled, and fell flat on the wet ground, splashing mud and water.

However, this is not the end yet.

The opponent kicked him on the waist again. The second kick was heavier than the previous one, causing Chu Lingyu to roll forward several times.

Chu Lingyu screamed again, and even half of his hair was loose. His clothes and hair were stained with mud and water, and were in a mess.

Then, the opponent stepped directly on his lower back, exerting heavy pressure...

This time, it was heartbreaking.

"Ah!" Chu Lingyu screamed again, his voice became hoarse and he felt as if his back was about to break.

At this moment, Chu Lingyu felt not only pain, but also fear.

He was afraid that he would die here, he was afraid that he would not see the sun tomorrow.

He shouted incoherently: "Spare my life, man, spare my life!"

"I can give you anything you want...ah!"

The screams came one after another, heart-wrenching.

When the servant came over with the snacks, he saw Chu Lingyu lying on the ground in a mess, and the person who attacked Chu Lingyu had disappeared long ago.

The servant was horrified and shouted at the top of his voice: "Master...Master, are you okay?"

The servant's shouting startled several passers-by who came over after hearing the noise, and finally even a team of yamen runners who were patrolling nearby came.

In the end, the weak and embarrassed Chu Lingyu was sent back to the Yongding Marquis Mansion by these yamen runners.

The news that Chu Lingyu was beaten spread throughout the house in an instant, and the entire Chu family was in an uproar.

The lady of the house immediately ordered people to invite doctors, and several of them were invited, all of them were famous doctors in the capital.

None of the news these doctors brought was good news.

This one said, "Madam Chu, I really can't do anything for you. Please ask your family to find someone else."

The other said, "Madam Chu, your son's spine is injured and he has no feeling in his lower limbs..."

Another said: "I will tell you the truth. Your son's injury is incurable, and he will have to lie in bed for the rest of his life."

Most of these doctors bowed and left without even writing any prescriptions.

The lady was almost crying. Her eyes were red and she kept muttering "How could this happen" in her mouth. She was at a loss.

Chu Lingyu groaned in pain: "It hurts, my back hurts so much!"

“It hurts so much!”

His face was as pale as paper, and sweat was pouring down his forehead. He had changed into a clean new set of clothes, and his waist was bandaged several times with white cloth. Some of the abrasions on his body had also been cleaned and applied with medicine.

"Master, what are you going to do in the future?" Liu threw herself on the bed in grief, crying and shouting with tears streaming down her face, "Come here, continue to find a famous doctor for me!"

Liu was unwilling to believe that her husband was paralyzed from then on, and she shrilly ordered her servants to go to other clinics in the capital to ask for doctors.

There was chaos in the inner room.

Chu Lingxiao sat there in a daze, not saying anything for a long time. He was shocked at first, then surprised, and then happy.

He clenched his fists in his sleeves, then unclenched them, as if he was thinking about something.

He knew that Chu Qianchen's talk of sending Chu Lingyu to Youzhou to take the blame for him was just Chu Qianchen wanting to vent his anger.

Now Chu Lingyu was ambushed and beaten so badly. No matter who did it, Chu Lingyu is now paralyzed. So Chu Qianchen has also vented his anger. This should be about the right level.

In that case, should he be given the job of the Military Selection and Purification Division of the Ministry of War? Just thinking about it, Chu Lingxiao's heartbeat began to speed up, and he felt a little excited.

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He was happy in his heart, but he also knew that if he showed it at this time, he would be criticized, so he pretended to be sad.

In fact, Chu Lingxiao did not sympathize with Chu Lingyu in his heart, and even felt that Chu Lingyu deserved it.

Last year, his leg was broken by the emperor. During that time, Chu Lingyu made sarcastic remarks about him openly and secretly. Sometimes he said that his injured leg would not heal, so it would be better to ask the imperial concubine to ask the emperor for a doctor; sometimes he said that he was disabled and could no longer hold the title.

Now Chu Lingyu's spine has been broken, he deserves it!

It was because he offended people everywhere that he was targeted and got hit by this blow!

Chu Lingxiao felt quite gloating and was waiting to see the joke.

Even if he had some brotherly feelings towards Chu Lingyu before, they had disappeared completely in the quarrels over the past few days.

He knew that Chu Lingyu had little respect for him as his elder brother, and Chu Lingyu had no intention of bringing him back to Beijing. In the final analysis, it was all for Chu Yunyi's sake.

At this moment, the Qilan Courtyard of the Second House was full of people. Not only were the Madam Dowager and Chu Lingxiao there, but people from the Third and Fourth Houses had also heard the news and came, making the place so crowded inside and out.

Everyone had different expressions and were whispering in groups of three or four.

Chu Qianhuang was also there, but she and other female relatives including Chu Qianling were in the main hall outside.

Chu Qianling was also crying, unable to control herself. Two lines of clear tears flowed down her face. The scar on her face has not healed yet and even makeup could not cover it up.

Several sisters surrounded Chu Qianling and tried to comfort her softly, but Chu Qianling still burst into tears.

Chu Qianhuang looked towards the inner room without saying a word.

She knew that it was the Andaman County King who sent people to attack Chu Lingyu, and she was also happy in her heart: Chu Yunyi was her biological brother and Chu Lingyu's nephew, but Chu Lingyu, for his own selfish reasons, did not care about the uncle-nephew relationship at all and wanted to send Chu Yunyi to the pervert Kang Hongda! Since he could do such a despicable thing, he had to suffer this fate today, which was his own fault, and he deserved it. It was retribution! God sees what you do.

Chu Qianhuang stroked her sleeves calmly and gestured to Baoqin, who came over. Chu Qianhuang whispered to her softly, asking her to tell Aunt Jiang.

Baoqin went out quietly. At this moment, the house was in chaos and no one noticed when she left.

Chu Qianhuang looked at Baoqin's back quietly, with a calm and steady expression.

Chu Lingyu is paralyzed and can no longer inherit the title. Next, no matter whether Shen is sincere or not, she must find a way to facilitate her and Chu Lingxiao's divorce. Then Chu Yunmu will leave with Shen, and Chu Yunyi will be able to inherit the title smoothly.

In the future, there will be someone to support Aunt Jiang, so she can rest assured. This can be regarded as the fulfillment of the original owner's filial piety.

Chu Qianhuang made up her mind and was about to look away when another middle-aged doctor with a plump figure and wearing a green robe came.

The old woman led the doctor into the inner room and said to the Madam, "Madam, this Doctor Wang is the best bone-setting doctor in the capital."

A spark of hope suddenly lit up in the lady's eyes, and Chu Lingxiao remained silent.

Liu said anxiously, "Doctor Wang, please take a look at my master!"

Doctor Wang nodded slightly, and without further greeting, he went behind the screen to examine Chu Lingyu.

Then the intermittent voice of Doctor Wang came: "Master Chu, do you feel it when I hit your legs like this?"

"I will touch your waist now, please bear with it..."

"Let me feel your pulse again..."

“…”

In between were Chu Lingyu's cries of pain, groans, and gasps.

The Madam Dowager, Liu and others on the other side of the screen all held their breath.

After a cup of tea, Doctor Wang came over, sweating profusely and looking troubled.

Before he could speak, the Madam Dowager and Mrs. Liu felt a pang in their hearts.

The lady held on to a glimmer of hope and asked, "Doctor Wang, is there still hope that my second child can walk? Even if he is lame, it doesn't matter..."

Doctor Wang shook his head and said helplessly, "Madam, your second master is suffering from paralysis and cannot be cured by any medicine."

Liu broke down and burst into tears again, with tears and snot streaming down her face. She pointed at Doctor Wang's nose and cursed, "Quack! Get this quack out of here!"

"Hmph!" Doctor Wang's face was distorted with anger. He stormed out and decided in his heart that his Qianjin Hall would never accept any patients from the Yongding Marquis' Mansion in the future.

The lady was also struck by lightning and her face turned even paler.

"Call the imperial physician." The lady said excitedly, "Call the imperial physician. The imperial physician Miu from the Imperial Hospital is the best at treating bone injuries. He must have a way."

Liu seemed to have grabbed a piece of driftwood, and cried, "That's right! Doctor Miu is the best at treating bone injuries!"

The third master Chu Lingting said in embarrassment: "Mother, how can we invite an imperial physician?"

Although the others didn't say anything, they all felt the same way.

In the past, the imperial concubine could still beg the queen for help, but now the queen is most afraid of the imperial concubine and the second prince. It is good enough that she does not make things difficult for the Chu family, let alone help.

The lady also understood this. She gently rubbed the smooth beads with the tip of her thumb, then gritted her teeth, as if she had made a difficult decision, and said to Liu: "Aying, go to the Duke's Mansion and ask your sister-in-law to invite the imperial physician with the letter from the Duke's Mansion."

The lady spoke slower and slower, and her speech became more and more difficult.

The Chu family and the Shen family have come to this point, and now the lady has taken the initiative to ask for help from the Shen family, as if asking her to apologize to the Shen family.

Liu's expression was even uglier than the lady's. She felt that if she went to visit now, wouldn't it be just asking Shen to humiliate her for nothing?

"Mother, my sister-in-law will definitely not agree to it. She will only laugh at us." Liu rubbed her handkerchief and said with gritted teeth, "Maybe my sister-in-law hired someone to do it. Otherwise, who would come to find him for no reason? The master doesn't have any enemies!"

"Yes, it must be my sister-in-law!"

Liu said with certainty, having already determined in her heart that the mastermind behind the scenes was Shen.

The Shen family has always had ill intentions towards their second branch, especially this time Chu Lingyu obviously offended the Shen family because of the Kang Hongda incident.

Madam: “…”

The lady pursed her lips, her expression serious and unsmiling.

In fact, she also felt that this matter was most likely done by Shen, or someone from Duke Mu's mansion wanted to help Shen vent his anger, but there was no evidence.

The lady had fallen into deep regret for who knows how many times.

We shouldn't have let the eldest son marry Shen back then. This vicious woman Shen is going to destroy the Chu family!

The lady tightly grasped the beads in her hand. The next moment, she heard Chu Lingyu, who was lying on the couch, say angrily: "Brother! It's you, isn't it?!"

"Stop pretending, you were the one who ordered this, right?!"

Chu Lingyu almost bit his teeth off, his blood-red eyes bursting with hatred. He was like a beast that was forced into a desperate situation, wishing to tear Chu Lingxiao to pieces.

Chu Lingxiao was still dreaming about his bright future when he was suddenly accused by Chu Lingyu and failed to react for a while.

He was stunned for a moment before he said, "Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

Chu Lingyu's face, which had been deformed due to weight gain, was now twisted by pain and hatred. His eyes became sharper, and he said murderously, "It's you!"

"What good will it bring to me, sister-in-law? It's totally unnecessary!!"

Although Chu Lingyu was tortured to death by the severe pain in his waist, his mind was not confused: Chu Qianchen forced him to go to Youzhou to suffer for his brother just to make them brothers enemies. Now Shen and Chu Qianchen's mother and daughter just need to sit and watch the show. Why did Shen send someone to break his waist? It would not benefit her at all! Therefore, it must not be Shen and Chu Qianchen's mother and daughter. The beneficiary of this matter is Chu Lingxiao.

It was Chu Lingxiao who tried to fish in troubled waters and push the blame onto the Shen mother and daughter so that he could get rid of suspicion!

Chu Lingxiao was really cruel and vicious. He didn't care about his brotherhood at all just for the job of the Military Selection and Purification Division of the Ministry of War! No, it should be said that he was also after the title! Yes, Chu Lingxiao could sell his own son, so he would naturally abandon his brother. He would kill anyone who dared to stand in his way.

(End of this chapter)