HCB Chapter 314: Fool Guard
Chapter 314: Fool Guard
Qingfeng stood beside the carriage, holding potato chips in his hands, watching his master lead Princess Anping down from the carriage, then turned around, picked up two baskets, and took Princess Anping into the palace.
After watching the two people enter the palace gate and disappear from sight, Qingfeng was still holding the potato chips and wondering if he had woken up in the wrong way, otherwise how could he have seen such a fantastic scene.
He looked down at the thing in his hand. It seemed as if the master said it was a reward for him. He was going to eat the bag too. He saw the master eating it just now, so it must be delicious.
He drove the carriage to the place where carriages were parked under the palace wall, sat on the shaft, took out a piece of potato chip and looked at it: "Hmm, very thin, and there is a lot of powder sprinkled on it. I wonder if it tastes good." He put it in his mouth and chewed it twice. It was crispy and the five-spice flavor instantly filled his entire mouth.
Qingfeng's eyes lit up, and he instantly became energetic, and said incoherently: "Good, no wonder the master said the bag is also going to be bad."
He happily stuffed another piece into his mouth. He had no say in his master's affairs, so he went back and told his brothers that now that his master had the Princess of Anping, the Third Prince's Mansion would have a mistress, and they would no longer have to bear the stigma of being the master's captive male concubine. He was so happy that he wanted to cry.
Qingfeng sat on the shaft of the carriage, eating and crying, with a crunching sound in her mouth. Occasionally, she raised her wrist to wipe away her tears, which made the guards standing guard at the palace gate puzzled. They looked at Qingfeng as if he were a fool, and were all worried about the Third Prince. How could he be guaranteed to be safe when he went out with such a fool as his guard?
The third prince was unaware of Qingfeng's actions. He and Zheng Sisi went directly to the imperial study. At the door of the imperial study, the guards told them that the emperor had not arrived yet and should be in the Yangxin Palace.
The third prince directly asked a eunuch to pass on a message, saying that he and Zheng Sisi had taken the sweet potato seedlings to the Imperial Garden. I believe that when the emperor heard that Zheng Sisi had brought the sweet potato seedlings into the palace, he would quickly rush to the Imperial Garden.
In a corner of the Imperial Garden, Zheng Sisi was checking the corn and watermelon seedlings. Because the emperor himself planted the seedlings on this land, it was well taken care of. There was not a single weed and the land was fertile. The corn seedlings grew very thick and green, creating a unique landscape in the Imperial Garden.
The watermelon seedlings have grown, crawling on the ground for more than a foot, and are very strong. It seems that they don't need to be fertilized anymore. Zheng Sisi didn't see any insects here, which must be because the person who took care of it was very careful.
While she was still checking, the Third Prince had already summoned all the gardeners in the imperial garden, waiting for Zheng Sisi to demonstrate how to plant the sweet potato seedlings.
Zheng Sisi stood up and asked several gardeners about some things about growing corn, and also told them what to pay attention to later. While they were still talking, Emperor Yongshun arrived with several ministers and a group of eunuchs.
The Imperial Garden was filled with people kneeling down to pay their respects to the Emperor. Zheng Sisi also knelt down and saluted: "Your Highness, long live the Emperor!"
Emperor Yongshun was delighted when he saw Zheng Sisi. He laughed and said, "Quickly stand up, Sisi girl. You haven't been to the palace for a while. This time you have brought a surprise to the emperor. Come and show me what the sweet potato seedlings look like."
Emperor Yongshun didn't care about the greetings from the ministers and the third prince. Thinking about the 3,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes per mu, he was so happy that he even forgot his own name. He kept talking to Zheng Sisi, which dumbfounded all the ministers and eunuchs.
Only a few people who knew the inside story could understand the emperor's excitement. As long as the sweet potatoes were grown, the people of Dai Viet would no longer go hungry in two or three years. They would be able to eat their fill and have surplus food at home. Just thinking about it made him happy.
Zheng Sisi brought Emperor Yongshun to the two baskets, lifted the cloth on top and said, "I brought enough sweet potato seedlings to plant this field. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Emperor Yongshun lifted up a corner of his dragon robe and squatted down. The dragon robe was so big that he squatted down without caring whether the ground was clean or not. The whole corner of the robe piled on the ground, which again stunned everyone.
Emperor Yongshun reached out and took out a cut sweet potato seedling. It had three leaves on one stem and was cut off at the top and bottom. He looked at it for a long time in disbelief and asked in surprise, "Sisi, this is the sweet potato seedling you mentioned that can produce 3,000 kilograms per mu. It looks like this, nothing special!"
When they heard that the crop had a yield of 3,000 kilograms per mu, some ministers who were not aware of the situation were instantly furious.
"What? The yield per mu is 3,000 kilograms. What kind of crop is this? You must be kidding."