Chapter 1179: Empress Chen
Granny w.a.n.g nodded, but she still said worriedly," Your Majesty, the matter of His Majesty leaving the palace will become an open secret soon. This note says that the imperial n.o.ble consort"s maiden family is investigating the whereabouts of His Majesty"s palace. Do you think they will do something bad to His Majesty?"
Empress Chen shook her head. "Royal n.o.ble Consort Zhou Yuexin and Third Prince Yuwen Feiye won"t, but the Zhou family is too ambitious, so they might!"
Granny w.a.n.g was shocked." Then, Your Majesty, what should we do? What if the Zhou family really found out about the Emperor"s whereabouts and really attacked the Emperor?"
Empress Chen said calmly, "Who gave the people of the Zhou family such inflated ambitions and desires?"
"Imperial n.o.ble Consort and Third Prince!" Granny w.a.n.g immediately responded," Empress, you mean…"
Empress Chen nodded and said," Since His Majesty is not in the palace, then as the mother of a country and the head of the six palaces, I have an obligation to clean up the foul atmosphere in the back palace for His Majesty. Don"t you think so, Nanny?"
"That"s right!" Granny w.a.n.g nodded.
Empress Chen immediately ordered, "Set off for Chang le Palace!"
The person living in Chang le Palace was one of the four concubines, Consort Zhao Xian, Zhao Changle!
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At this moment, the busy Emperor did not know that his secret departure from the palace had already been made known, but it had caused a b.l.o.o.d.y storm in the six palaces!
A few hundred Mus of land, in just two days, all the grain was collected.
Of course, Lin Yuelan had arranged for everyone to work.
After all, sometimes the weather was not good. Who knew when it would change? Therefore, it was better to finish everything as soon as possible so that she could be at ease.
Besides, she didn"t have to worry about not having a place to dry the harvested grains.
Before planting the rice, she had to consider where to sun the grain, how much land to take, and so on.
Yuwen Longyan and Eunuch Zhang were even happier and more excited as they looked at the yellow grains.
Eunuch Zhang looked at Yuwen Longyan and exclaimed," Old Master, this old servant has calculated. This harvest has reached 8th stone per mu!"
This was double the harvest of an ordinary farmer.
Yuwen Longyan looked at Eunuch Zhang, who was making a fuss, and said," Butler, you don"t have to tell me. I know!"
Last year, they received eight stones per mu. This year, there were no droughts or floods. There was no reason for the harvest to be less than last year.
Therefore, he had already decided on a high yield of eight stones per mu.
Eunuch Zhang said excitedly," This old servant used to be a peasant child. Back then, the yield per mu was only three or four stones. This was before any natural or man-made disasters occurred, and the harvest was good. However, once they encountered a natural or man-made disaster, it was very likely that they would not be able to harvest anything. At that time, we could only starve to death. Back then, when I had no harvest during the drought, my family had no choice but to sell this old slave for some money and food to let my family survive. If…"
At this point, Eunuch Zhang"s eyes turned red with tears. He continued," If our family had such a good harvest back then, we would have saved some food. Then, when the disaster came, our family wouldn"t have been so hungry that they couldn"t survive!"
Yuwen Longyan heard Eunuch Zhang"s words, and his eyes narrowed. He sighed in his heart.
Then, he said to Eunuch Zhang," Don"t be so sentimental. He believed that the girl"s farming methods would soon be popularized. At that time, all the people in the country would have a good harvest, and there would no longer be the days where they starved to death and had to sell their children to survive."
Eunuch Zhang nodded." Yes, Your Majesty is wise!"
However, Yuwen Longyan looked at Wu Ming, who had been carrying the grain for the past two days, and asked in confusion," Why has Wu Ming been picking the grain?"
Eunuch Zhang listened to His Majesty"s words and followed his gaze to find the way. He reacted as if, these two days, the grain seemed to have been picked by Guard Wu.
Eunuch Zhang was also puzzled. "That"s right. Why is it Wu... Young Master Wu has been carrying the grain. Isn"t he tired?" A few hundred Mus of land, a few thousand stones of grain. It would be strange if he weren"t tired.
"Old Master, I"ll ask Miss Lin if she wants to relieve Young Master Wen." After all, he was the number one secret guard on the Emperor"s side. If she really exhausted him, who would protect the Emperor"s safety in the future?
Yuwen Longyan glanced at Lin Yuelan and Jiang Zhennan, who was talking at the other end of the paddy field. Then, he looked at Wu Ming, who was carrying the load with an expressionless face. He immediately raised his hand and said," No need. I believe that the girl knows her limits!"
Lin Yuelan must have her reason.
Therefore, he had better pretend that he didn"t know anything!