The people on the fruit trees did not dare to delay at all.

soon.

A large group of people gathered around Shen Guidi.

Some of them are natural people from the farm, but a large number of them are tenants who have been oppressed for a long time.

Even though He Qingchen had punished Manager Cao and compensated them that day, those were only temporary surpluses for the tenant farmers who had suffered from famine for many years.

They dare not rely too much on that compensation.

For now, I can still help with some work on the farm, just to have an income.

Or, something to eat in one bite.

It's good to be able to provide a little support to the family.

They lowered their heads, not daring to ask, not daring to look, and even less daring to speak.

Shen Guiyi pursed her lips and said, "Don't panic. I asked you to come here to tell you that the fruits are not ripe yet. Don't pick them yet. Wait until they are riper, then come and pick them."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

With panic running wild in his heart, one of the elderly men raised his eyes tremblingly, and was about to open his mouth, but he pursed his dry lips again. His old and deep eyes were filled with more fear, despair and anxiety.

Shen Guidi looked at him intently.

After a brief thought, he explained to them one by one: "In the past, according to the prince's wishes, these fruits had to be sent to several mansions in the capital and the southern border military camps. All the expenses of the farm were supported by the prince's mansion, which was always a great pressure.

From now on, these fruits will no longer have to be sent to those mansions and the southern border, but can all be kept on the farm.

Therefore, there is no need to pick these fruits too early.

In a while, you will help clean up the cellar on the farm. If the cellar can hold all the fruits from the farm, then use them directly. If not, then dig a few bigger ones on the farm.

This princess will take care of everything including wages and food."

In fact, after thinking about it for a while, she knew that the cellar on the farm must not be big enough.

Hearing the sound, everyone exploded.

Digging a cellar?

Put all the fruit in the cellar?

Shen Guiyi winked at Dazhuang, signaling him to make arrangements first: "Dazhuang, take care of the things here first, and then go find a few people who are good at fortification and know how to dig cellars. After you finish these, come over."

After that, she left.

Da Zhuang glanced at her back and quickly responded and got busy.

Shen Guidi did not return to the manor, but walked slowly towards the back mountain of the manor.

Zhou Hui followed behind him and couldn't help but said, "Princess, don't go any further. The Songcheng Mountain is ahead. The mountain is high and the water is deep. There are many wild animals. It is really dangerous. Why don't you go back first?"

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Guidi didn't take it seriously.

Songcheng Mountain is the only mountain in the capital.

There is a river running across the foot of the mountain.

This river is a very tiny branch of the moat in the capital city, but unlike the moat, this stream is very clear and cool.

When you walk to the river, you can see many small floating fish swimming in the water.

Shen Guidi took a few steps forward.

"Princess, the river water is cold, you..."

Chun Lan tried to stop him, but before she could finish her words, Shen Guidi interrupted her, "Your Highness brought me here to play. If you don't allow this or that, what are you going to play with?"

"..."

"Zhou Hui, go back to the farm and find some rice dumplings. Let's eat some cicadas and have fun."

Shen Guidi ignored her and turned to Zhou Hui and gave instructions.

She was sent to the countryside when she was young and was most familiar with this natural world. Although she was later taken away by her uncle, she would go back to live there for a few days from time to time.

After one year in Beijing, this is her first time returning to a similar environment.

Shen Guidi looked at the green all around, and could vaguely hear the faint sounds coming from the mountains and the joyful sound of cicadas chirping in the distance.

Zhou Hui was stunned for a moment: "Princess, what did you just say?"

He might be hallucinating.

After all, the princess is a lady from a noble family, how could she possibly do such things?

"I said, go get some sweet rice dumplings." Shen Guidi repeated impatiently without even turning her head, but her eyes were fixed on a very beautiful little fish under the water, with a very free smile on her lips.

Zhou Hui was stunned for a moment, then quickly did as he was told.

He even forgot to give instructions to the guards beside him.

About two quarters of an hour later.

He hurried back, looked around, and saw no one.

However, there was a rustling sound coming from behind the bushes not far away.

Zhou Hui paused.

His face suddenly became serious. He lowered his voice, quickly glanced around, then selected a place and quickly rushed over, intending to go around from the back to avoid alerting the enemy.

However, he had just reached the back of the bushes.

But then he was stunned again.

The bushes in front blocked their view, so he didn't notice that there was a rocky beach on the other side of the bushes.

now.

A group of people gathered on the rocky beach, squatting or sitting.

In front of them, two small stoves were set up, on which several fish of different sizes were roasting, and the aroma of fish lingered in the air.

Everyone on the rocky beach was talking and laughing, enjoying their meal.

This includes the princess who, in Zhou Hui’s eyes, should have been a lady from a noble family, Shen Guidi.

Everyone around was stunned.

Princess, how...

She was eating grilled fish with them, even chatting and laughing?

Was the princess he met before a fake one?

Zhou Hui began to doubt his life.

Shen Guidi was alert and immediately realized that someone was staring at them.

When she turned her head, she saw the man standing behind her in a daze, holding a few rice dumplings in his hand and a modified long pole. Obviously, it was a tool specially used to catch cicadas.

Shen Guidi's eyes lit up: "Guard Zhou, you're here?"

Zhou Hui uttered an indescribable "hmm".

One of the guards glanced at him and then looked at the fish in his hand.

After hesitating for a few moments.

He bit the entire edge of the fish and stuffed his mouth full.

Then he called to Zhou Hui with satisfaction: "Guard Zhou, come quickly. The princess just found a lot of wild fish in this river and asked us to catch them and grill them. Come quickly, or they will be all gone."

Everyone twitched their eyes and made way for Zhou Hui with a wry smile.

Zhou Hui held a long pole and walked over step by step.

It was clearly a very 'friendly' scene, but he turned it into a serious scene where he didn't recognize anyone.

Xiaoliu was sitting next to him and quickly added, "Guard Zhou, don't listen to his nonsense. The princess knows that you have worked hard, so she kept some for you. They haven't been roasted yet. I will roast them now and you can eat them right away."

Zhou Hui glanced at Xiaoliu.

Then he stepped over and sat next to Xiaoliu.

After sitting down, he discovered that there were two small pools dug beside the rocky beach. One of them contained a few fish that looked very similar to the ones on the fire rack, and the other one contained a lot of field snails.

"This……"

Could it be that the princess still wants to eat this?

This thing likes to burrow into sand and mud pools. Although it is edible, it tastes earthy and fishy.

They might even eat the sand in their stomachs or even their small shells.

It is really……

It tastes terrible.

They are marching and fighting outside, or carrying out missions outside.

Unless they really couldn't find anything to eat, they would never think of eating this thing. Even if they had no dry food, they could go up the mountain to hunt some wild animals. They would never fall to the point of eating this thing.

"Guard Zhou, are you looking at these Tian Qing?"

Zhou Hui glanced at her and said "hmm" coldly.

"This is what the princess asked us to catch. I have never seen it before. When the princess cooks it, it tastes just as good as these fish. However, she said it is dirty and needs to be kept for a few days. Once she finds all the seasonings, we can cook it and eat it."

"..."

Are you really planning to get it to eat?

Zhou Hui unconsciously looked at those Tian Qings twice more.

Seeing that he seemed to be listening attentively, Xiaoliu continued to chatter, "Guard Zhou, tell me, this thing looks so ugly, can it really be eaten?"

Zhou Hui pursed his lips: "...Yes."

"Really? This thing, from what I see, doesn't seem to be sold in the market outside. Did the princess eat it in the countryside before? Did the princess have a hard life before?"

Xiaoliu murmured in a low voice, and there was a hint of heartache for Shen Guidi in his words.

Zhou Hui hadn't thought that far at first.

After Xiaoliu said that, he started to think more.

I heard that the princess was sent to the countryside to be raised since she was a child, so it's not surprising that she likes things from the countryside.

From what we have now, we can also see that the princess used to go out often.

only……

There really isn't much of a country girl's temperament in the princess.

This was something he had been thinking about for a long time but still couldn't figure out.

What puzzled him even more was why the princess was still playing along with them?

And there is Xiaoliu.

How dare she mutter this and that in front of the princess, things related to the princess?

Shen Guidi, who was sitting diagonally opposite Zhou Hui, looked at Zhou Hui calmly, then looked at the atmosphere that she had finally livened up since he came over, which gradually became stiff, and she sighed.

Then he swept the last bite of fish in his hand into his mouth.

Then she dusted off her hands, stood up and said, "You guys eat, I will help you digest your food."

When Zhou Hui heard the voice, he immediately stood up.

Shen Guidi looked at him and said, "No need to follow me. It's right here. Give me your long pole."

Zhou Hui: “…”

Everyone: "..."

Shen Guidi doesn't care what they think or see.

She walked past the crowd, came to the edge of the circle, pulled away the long pole beside him, threw it over her shoulder, and walked away slowly.

At one end of the pole, there was a rice dumpling that Zhou Hui had temporarily hung there.

The rice dumpling swayed with Shen Guidi's movements.

After walking a few steps, he seemed to remember something.

She looked at Xiaoliu and Zhou Hui and smiled wickedly, "Xiaoliu, Zhou Hui, I'll have to trouble you to find more Tianqing. The ones in the pool are not enough to eat."

After saying that, she left.

If Xiaoliu hadn't just mentioned that string of food, she really wouldn't have remembered when she had eaten it.

That was what Youbai took her to eat.

It can be said that Tian Qing is one of Youbai’s favorites.

"...No. Princess, these...are all gone. Where can I find them?"

Xiaoliu let out a ghostly howl.

Shen Guidi ignored her and didn't even look back.

Zhou Hui was a little surprised.

He was away for just a short while. What happened that made Xiaoliu dare to act like a spoiled child with the princess?

Although Zhou Hui was confused, he still looked in the direction of Shen Guidi, not daring to relax at all, for fear that Shen Guidi would walk far away alone and they would not be able to take care of her, which would lead to something dangerous.

Xiao Liu grabbed Zhou Hui and said, "Guard Zhou, let's go."

Zhou Hui: “?”

He didn't move, but looked at Xiaoliu in surprise, as if asking her why she was pulling him.

Xiao Liu held his mouth and said, "Go find Tian Qing in the river. Didn't the princess say that there are not enough Tian Qing in this pond?"

"...The princess went there alone, so we have to keep an eye on her." Zhou Hui refused.

He pulled his hand back.

He put his hands behind his back again, and his intention to avoid suspicion was obvious.

Xiao Liu didn't take it seriously. He glanced at the people sitting around, still enjoying their meal, and retorted angrily, "No, there are so many people here. They will watch the princess."

Zhou Hui made an excuse: "...I haven't eaten the fish yet."

Xiao Liu glanced at the fish that had just started to grill: "It's not cooked yet, grill it for a while longer, there's no rush."

"...I don't want to go." Zhou Hui said bluntly.

Xiaoliu didn't know what had happened, and once again grabbed him and dragged him to go: "No, you were the one who just talked to me about Tian Qing in the pond, and the princess also asked you to go with her."

"..."

Isn't that what she wanted to say?

It seemed like he never asked her from the beginning?

Zhou Hui had never been so speechless before.

Even though he was worried, seeing that Xiaoliu didn't seem to want to give up, he could only wink at the other guards, asking them to keep an eye on the princess, and then he was dragged away slowly.

As soon as they left, the guards' eyes were fixed on the fish on the stove.

***

In the palace.

He Qingchen was riding his horse at full speed back to the palace.

Quite a few people have gathered in the meeting hall.

At first glance, all his good brothers were present, and in addition, there were several important officials in the court, also standing under the dragon table.

A group of people seemed to be arguing fiercely about something.

On the way back to Beijing, He Qingchen sorted out what happened at this time in his previous life.

At this time in the previous life, everything was calm and peaceful.

But just after the Dragon Boat Festival.

There was an earthquake of relatively small magnitude in Junzhou, far from requiring support from the capital.

However, someone was planning to deceive the capital from the beginning. When the news reached the capital and reached my father's ears, it caused a devastating earthquake. For this reason, my father was anxious and angry for many days.

The court was considering sending people to provide disaster relief.

According to court custom, the court officials recommended him to go, but He Chengjue went against his usual practice and firmly opposed his going to provide disaster relief. His reasons were high-sounding, but he also seized on the slight guilt his father felt towards him.

Finally, He Chengjue even proposed a candidate.

That is the King of Jin.

However, the King of Jin died on the way before he reached Junzhou.

From then on, Prince Jin's mother hated him for not going to Junzhou when he should have, and she also hated He Chengjue.

I don’t know what He Chengjue said to her in private.

She actually conspired with He Chengjue and did many evil things. Of course, revenge on him was the most important thing.

He Qingchen was thinking about it all the way back to Beijing.

This is the wrong day.

But at this time in the previous life, nothing big happened.

His rebirth changed the course of many things. I'm afraid that the earthquake in Junzhou that he had forgotten will also happen earlier.

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