Chapter 335: Fruitless Peach Forest
"I insisted that he give a reason, and he said he didn't want to put pressure on you."
As He Jinglan spoke, she couldn't help but hold her hands to her heart, feeling deeply moved.
"He has always been aggressive and has the ability to do so. From the time I saw him growing up, he could get whatever he wanted, power or fame."
“I never thought I’d see him take a step back for someone in my lifetime.”
"Oh, I looked outside at that time. Was the sun going to rise from the west this morning?"
Gu Xixi said calmly, "Fortunately not."
He Jinglan knew that Gu Xixi was feeling confused at the moment, so she considerately stopped asking her what she thought.
After walking a few steps, Gu Xixi said, "You haven't finished telling the origin of this piece of land."
He Jinglan was startled, "Oh, yes, I just mentioned that Mu Nanzhao told His Majesty the reason, then continue."
"Your Majesty guessed that the woman Mu Nanzhao was talking about was a woman. He said that he originally thought that the regent was not greedy for money or women, but he was afraid that one day he would suddenly have a sudden enlightenment and go to the temple to eat vegetarian food at a young age, causing the court to lose a strong and capable person."
"Your Majesty is very happy to learn that the Regent also has the same sentiment of a young and beautiful woman."
"When he wanted to continue asking, Mu Nanzhao just said that the girl was just an ordinary woman, and she had not yet agreed to his request. Your Majesty would be in vain even if he asked."
"Why not give him some time? Maybe in the future, His Majesty will be able to eat the first batch of fresh peaches from the peach forest."
"It is said that His Majesty laughed heartily at the time, saying that he had never expected that there would be a woman in the world who would leave the Regent waiting, and he immediately gave the entire piece of land to the Regent's Palace."
Gu Xixi sighed, "Even if he is as powerful as he is, he has to act so cautiously in front of the imperial power."
He Jinglan nodded, "My brother also said that Mu Nanzhao's move was brilliant."
"By confessing my embarrassing experiences to His Majesty, I can at least bring you closer to His Majesty."
"It can also further dispel your majesty's suspicions."
The new emperor's foundation is not stable yet. If Mu Nanzhao is eager to marry a powerful official or a noble family at this time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.
So he told the emperor that he had someone he loved and that the woman was of ordinary birth.
Better than an immortal who is flawless and high above everyone else.
The emperor prefers close ministers who are flesh and blood and who can express joy and sorrow.
Obviously, Mu Nanzhao had understood this a long time ago.
Gu Xixi thought to herself, she had already taken on this tool position before she even arrived in the capital.
He Jinglan looked at Gu Xixi with some suspicion and said, "Although he has other plans in this matter and is killing two birds with one stone, I believe what he said is true."
Gu Xixi raised her eyes and smiled back at He Jinglan, "I believe it too."
However, it is impossible for Mu Nanzhao to give up his pursuit of power for Gu Xixi.
Just like Gu Xixi would not give up her dream agricultural empire for Mu Nanzhao.
When the two of them walked into the peach forest.
An Qinghe ran over excitedly, holding a bunch of freshly picked peach blossoms in his hand, some of which were in full bloom and some were in bud.
"Xixi, this is the most beautiful one I saw at first sight. I'll put it on you."
In ancient times, both men and women could wear flowers in their hair, which was considered elegant.
An Qing and himself inserted two of them in their hair.
Seeing his bright smile and expectant eyes, Gu Xixi couldn't bear to refuse.
"Thank you. This flower is really beautiful. Give it to me and I will wear it myself."
An Qinghe felt a little disappointed that he couldn't put the flower in Gu Xixi's hair himself, but he still put the peach blossom in her hand with a smile.
I watched her awkwardly gesture at a few positions and finally insert it into her right ear. All I could see was her wearing the flower in her hair.
An Qinghe smiled and nodded, "It looks good. It suits you just as I thought."
He Jinglan watched from the side, her eyes wandering, thinking in her heart that this boy might be in too deep.
So she interrupted with a smile, "Why did you and Xixi get the cut, but not mine?"
An Qinghe put away his silly smile and said seriously, "In my family, although flowers are paired with beauties, if a man wants to give flowers to a girl, not just anyone can do it."
He Jinglan retorted, "Am I just a random person? Aren't the three of us all friends?"
An Qinghe glanced at Gu Xixi and was about to say something.
Gu Xixi, however, had already entered the state of working on her business. She patted the peach tree beside her and said in surprise, "The tree is at least twenty years old."
As she walked forward, she looked closely at each peach tree she came across, "This one must be twenty-five years old."
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This peach forest has grown gradually, some are as old as thirty or forty years.
He Jinglan couldn't help but wonder, "Since they have been growing here for so long, why have they never produced peaches?"
If there were fresh peaches, at least it would attract people from nearby areas, and this place wouldn't be so unknown nowadays.
Gu Xixi said, "You can see that the trees are growing in random places and their ages are uneven, which shows that they were not planted by humans."
An Qinghe temporarily forgot all his romantic thoughts and focused his attention on the peach tree.
"If they weren't planted by humans, where did all these trees come from? They can't bear fruit on their own, and there are no peach pits falling to the ground, so where do the peach trees come from?"
Gu Xixi thought about it and guessed, "Maybe some small animal ate the peaches and carried them here."
"There are their habitats nearby, and there are farmers who grow peaches."
In order to verify their guess, the three continued to move forward from the center of the peach forest.
A hundred meters outside the peach forest is the end of the Regent's Palace territory.
Only when I got to this side did I see the sign that said private territory, no entry for outsiders.
Monk Anqing didn't know that this was Mu Nanzhao's place. He looked at the sign and was shocked:
"It's bad. We came in uninvited and picked someone else's flowers. We are committing a crime without asking."
He Jinglan glanced sideways, "You picked them, we didn't."
Gu Xixi said, "Stop teasing him."
She confessed to An Qinghe, "The willow-shaded road we walked on when we came ashore just now, and the sign we saw when we left the peach forest just now, both are Mu Nanzhao's places."
An Qinghe was stunned, and the joy of the spring outing gradually faded.
Gu Xixi smiled and comforted him, "Jinglan went there on his own and got his permission to invite us to play today, so you don't have to feel like you owe anyone a favor."
An Qinghe suddenly understood, "That's right, we were invited by Miss Jinglan, so we owe her anything."
He Jinglan smiled and waved her hand, "No, no, I don't owe you anything. You took care of me a lot when I was in the northwest. I should do this."
Not far ahead, we saw large tracts of peach orchards.
He Jinglan looked around and remembered, "This place is Xianguo Village! I've been here before, but I took a different route this time, so I didn't recognize it at first."
An Qinghe's eyes lit up. "Xianguo Village? With that name, does that mean everyone in the village grows peaches?"
He Jinglan smiled and said, "That's right."
"Every summer, half of the fresh peaches supplied in the capital come from their village."
She followed Gu Xixi's gaze and said, "But they also grow crops, just less."
Gu Xixi didn't say anything. She didn't even look at the spectacular orchards. She quickly crossed the path and walked towards the green farmland opposite.
She bent down and picked something from under the leaves of the wheat seedlings.
Then he opened his palm and saw a string of sticky things with reddish-orange granules on the edges, each one like a long grain of rice.
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