So while he was preparing to leave, he was still trying to test Ji Changying.
Luo Chengwu glanced at Ji Changying and quickly turned away: "The princess might not even recognize these flowers. Isn't it embarrassing for the prince to say this?"
The Grand Minister of Agriculture had a kind smile on his face: "Don't worry, Princess. We'll raise the ones we can, and we'll throw away the ones we can't. We won't make it difficult for you, Princess."
Ji Changying stood up and took a look, and found that there were indeed several kinds of precious flowers in it, such as Jianlan, Drunken Yangfei, Green-calyx Plum, etc.
She looked at Gong Yehong with some surprise. "I didn't expect that you guys in Northern Yan would even cultivate a tree plant like the Drunken Yang Concubine and a small deciduous tree like the Green-calyx Plum into a potted plant. Amazing!"
Luo Chengwu and Gong Yehong didn't quite understand the words she said, but they could tell that she could recognize what these dead branches were!
The Grand Minister of Agriculture looked at her with some excitement and surprise: "The princess actually recognized them all?"
“I guess so!”
Ji Changying did not deny it.
The Grand Minister of Agriculture looked at her with shining eyes: "Did the princess also revitalize that pot of golden branches and jade leaves? The princess is really capable! I admire you!"
Ji Changying listened to his flattering words and gave him a strange look. "The flower was simply crushed, and the temperature wasn't suitable for its growth. As long as you remove the branches and replant it, and take good care of it, it's still quite resilient and can be kept alive without much care."
"If it were really that simple, there wouldn't be any gardeners in this world! Don't be afraid of the princess laughing at me. Although I'm the Minister of Agriculture, specifically in charge of agriculture and sericulture, I can manage crops, but if you ask me to plant flowers, every time I plant a flower, it will die."
The Grand Minister of Agriculture looked sincere, without any embarrassment at revealing his own shortcomings.
Ji Changying looked at him in surprise: "You are too modest."
Gong Yehong looked at Ji Changying and made a decision in his heart: "Since the princess knows all of them, I will give those flowers to her for disposal."
Looking at the few flowers in the pots that were about to die, Ji Changying accepted it without hesitation.
She would have thrown these people away if she didn't want them, so what's the point of giving them to her?
After sending Ji Changying away, the three people in the room were silent for a long time. The Grand Minister of Agriculture couldn't help but speak first: "Your Highness, Wuyouzi's words are only half right. You said this..."
Do you want to believe it?
I always feel reluctant to go back like this, but there is no point in staying here any longer. It's really a headache.
Luo Chengwu pounded his fist on the table. "Damn that old charlatan! I should have brought him along earlier! I wouldn't be so worried now."
Gong Yehong pondered for a moment, "We should do both. We should write a letter back immediately about the situation here. We can then proceed slowly. Even if something does happen, it will be easy to turn back."
The Grand Minister of Agriculture nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said, "That's fine. Let's choose a day to go to the palace and bid farewell to Emperor Dali."
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Ji Changying asked Yanyun to send the flowers back to her house and put them in her room. She bought some health supplements and took them to the Criminal Investigation Department to visit Ren Dongnan.
When they arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department, Ji Changying felt that the atmosphere today seemed particularly tense. Chuan Qiong, who was always cheerful, saw that the smile on her face looked very forced, so he took her directly to Ren Dongnan and said goodbye.
"Did something happen in your Criminal Investigation Department?" Ji Changying felt something was wrong and asked with concern.
Chuan Qiong forced a smile on his face: "Haha...it's okay."
Seeing that he was obviously unwilling to say more, Ji Changying did not ask any further questions, but just looked at him deeply.
The deepest part of the Criminal Investigation Department dungeon.
Xie Siheng's entire face was hidden in the darkness, and his hands were covered in blood.
He stood there holding a whip. The face of the Xuanping Marquis opposite him was illuminated by the candlelight. His entire body was tied to the rack, with no intact part of his body. He looked at Xie Siheng with surging anger in his eyes: "You are really my good son! You actually killed your own father. You are as cold-hearted as your mother! I should have strangled you to death if I had known this earlier!"
When Xie Siheng heard him say this, his hands trembled slightly. He raised his hand and whipped him in the face with a whip, and the skin on Xuanping Hou's face was immediately torn.
"Are you and my mother brother and sister?"
Xie Siheng gritted his teeth, looking at him with some difficulty but determination.
Marquis Xuanping's face turned pale with pain, and the hatred in his eyes intensified. "Hahaha!!! You are the bastard born from me and your mother! So what if you hate me? My blood still flows through your body! Even if you kill me, it won't change this fact! You are a monster! A filthy bastard!"
"You didn't deserve to live in this world from the beginning! I've been able to raise you for all these years because I thought you were still useful. When your mother found you, her first reaction was to abort you! It was me who persuaded her to stay, and that's why you're here today! In fact, you should thank me for keeping you alive all these years!"
Xuanping Hou's face, filled with smiles and blood, was extremely hideous, with bright red blood running through his teeth.
Xie Siheng looked down at the blood on his hands, feeling sick to his stomach and rubbing his hands desperately.
"You think I'm dirty? You're a monster a thousand times dirtier than me! You shouldn't be alive, you should die! Die in the princess's mansion with that bitch of your mother! Who told you to live? How does it feel to be alive? Is it worse than death?"
"Why don't you just die? You should just die, you know that?"
Xie Siheng stopped what he was doing, walked up to Marquis Xuanping and sneered, "You want me to die?"
Excitement flashed in the eyes of the Marquis of Xuanping. "Shouldn't you die? Your very existence is a sin! In this world, no one loves you, and no one will ever love you. If no one likes you, what's the point of living?"
"Really? I won't die! I want to live and watch you suffer a fate worse than death. You don't have many secret agents left in the palace, right? I have a list in my hand. Before tomorrow, these people will be buried with you. Don't worry."
"Don't you want to steal the country? Don't you want to restore it? Since you refuse to hand over Huiji, I want you to watch helplessly as I destroy all your plans bit by bit, and as you are despised and scorned by everyone."
Xuan Ping Hou's eyes turned red, and he struggled to strangle him: "You evil child! Filthy and incestuous product! Sooner or later, you will be sent to the eighteen levels of hell! I curse you! You will be doomed to die a miserable death—"
Xie Siheng threw down the whip expressionlessly, ignoring the insults and curses behind him, and let Xuanping Hou curse there madly.
He returned to his temporary residence with an indifferent expression, asked someone to bring hot water, and soaked himself in the hot water, trying desperately to rub off the blood on his body, over and over again.
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