Before the rice seeds are planted, you can tell what they are doing, but Xiao Ran and Rong Yan still gave them a respectful look.

Xiaoxiao was also very careful when choosing the Xibei products. This bag of seeds is all carefully selected grain seeds. At least when the emperor compared it with the ordinary rice seeds that Eunuch De had asked to find, the difference was still obvious. .

The emperor on this side controlled his strength to grab a handful of rice seeds and look at them carefully. On the other side, Yan Lu had already begun to expound on the hardships of researching new rice seeds, how he had persevered for several years, how the Yan family lived and ate in the fields, and what was the most important thing. Good fertilizer and the most careful care are all that's needed to cut the flesh and bleed it.

At the end, he added: "After I learned that I had planted new rice, many people asked for it, and many people imitated it. However, I wanted to present it to His Majesty first, so I didn't agree."

"However, I took precautions, but some of them were stolen by the young people. I was afraid that something would go wrong again, so I immediately sent someone to secretly send the rice seeds to the capital, so as not to alert the snake and avoid any complications."

The more Xiao Ran listened, the more disgusted her expression became. While Rong Yan's expression was calm, his heart was full of disgust.

If Xiaoxiao hadn't been smart, the new rice seeds her family had worked so hard to grow would have become the property of the Yan family. If she didn't recognize them, she would have been beaten down and said that the Ning family's rice seeds were stolen from his Yan family.

It's so shameless and has no limits.

The emperor just wanted to maintain the majesty of the monarch, and he was calm on the surface, but there was already an uproar in his heart.

Based on his understanding of the Yan family, they did not dare to deceive the emperor about this matter, so the yield of rice seeds must be true. Since it is true, then he has to be flexible in the way he handles Yan's laws.

"Then what happened to the account book submitted by the boy from the Han family?"

Yan Lu was already prepared: "Your Majesty, my general judge has been a loyal servant for many years. I never thought that he would be greedy. I also entrusted him with many of the family accounts. Over the years, I have been too concerned about rice seeds, but I have not I once thought that he would be so bold as to do such an outrageous thing..."

Emperor: "In this case, is it excusable?"

Yan Lu immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick: "Your Majesty is compassionate, but I am frightened!"

After flattering him, just when the emperor was about to give him a chance, Rong Yan took a step forward and said, regardless of Xiao Ran's obstruction, "I would like to inform my father. What a coincidence, I also have a letter here." The above table is a collection of new rice seeds.”

He took out the note written by Magistrate Shen from his lapel and presented it to the emperor.

With Yan Lu's impassioned and tearful explanation laying the foundation, the emperor glanced at the ten lines. After reading, he frowned and looked at the signature: "Shen Congjun? Magistrate of Xijiang County?"

Rong Yan said: "Exactly, to inform my father, I happened to meet Magistrate Shen before returning to the capital. I learned that there was a good harvest of new rice seeds, so I helped him bring the rice back."

The emperor's gaze flickered back and forth between Yan Lu and Rong Yan: "Oh, so Shen Congyun is also planting new rice seeds? My ministers have done a good job of keeping things secret."

Rong Yan is neither humble nor arrogant: "Father, the reason why County Magistrate Shen didn't report it early was that he didn't know whether the rice seed yield was true at first. To be honest, when he just planted two acres of new rice seed, he just had an idea. I didn’t want to suffer any loss if I tried, so I didn’t even go out of my way to find a fertile field, I just used the middle field that happened to be empty to try.”

This statement was quite new. The emperor asked: "He planted the rice himself, but he didn't know it?"

Rong Yan then explained: "Master Shen doesn't dare to take credit. The rice seeds were actually given by others."

They slightly changed the story of Mr. Yuan's delivery of rice seeds to Xiaoxiao instead of to Magistrate Shen, who was about to go home after going to the Yamen. Magistrate Shen felt that his statement about the yield was not realistic, so he only regarded it as that. The old man was either joking, or he was a little confused because of his age.

He also didn’t expect that when it was time to harvest this year, he would say—good guy, Zhongtian’s yield per acre is at least 800 kilograms!

"But Magistrate Shen was not sure whether this crop of rice was the only one with high yield, or whether it would continue to be so after planting, so he kept most of it to continue planting trials, and only asked his son to bring a small bag to Beijing to present to his father."

After saying that, he took out a small cloth bag.

Yan Lu, who thought he had a chance to win, suddenly shrank his pupils and looked at Rong Yan in shock.

Then I heard him say: "Oh, by the way, there was an episode during this period. I heard that bandits were trying to steal new rice seeds. Fortunately, Magistrate Shen took precautions and used ordinary rice seeds to fool them. All the real new rice seeds were It’s intact, and I think by now the seedlings should have been raised and ready to sow autumn rice.”

Yan Lu only felt that his knees were so painful that he could no longer feel anything, and all he could think about was - it's over!

Emperor Xia is such a person, and the secrets can be heard in just a few words, not to mention Yan Lu's moral character is now in despair.

Xiao Ran would not be absent when someone falls into a well and beats a drowned dog: "Mr. Yan looks surprised? In fact, we are too. I didn't expect that Master Yan also planted new rice seeds. I didn't hear what you said on the way, otherwise I would have entered We brought you in while you were in the palace, which saved you from having to kneel for so long."

"Oh, by the way, since they are all new rice seeds, why not plant them together?"

Where Yan Lu dared, he could only lower his head deeply and avoid the emperor's gaze.

No matter how treacherous and cunning he was, he could not think of a way to save himself when faced with such a sudden reversal. In just a short moment, the ground was already wet with cold sweat.

Seeing this scene, what is there that the emperor does not understand? Putting down Yan Lu's rice seeds, he asked with a cold expression: "What do you think of Yan Qing?"

Yan Lu stammered: "Chen, minister, minister..."

The emperor chuckled: "Why, Master Yan really wants to make decisions for me?"

Yan Lu was stunned, only to hear a majestic and indifferent voice: "Press into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and wait for your fate."

When being escorted by the guards past Rong Yan and Xiao Ran, Yan Lu asked tremblingly: "Did you deliberately make me think that I got new rice seeds?"

Rong Yan held up his hands and said, "If this were not the case, how could Master Yan follow us into the capital obediently without causing any trouble?"

Yan Lu's eyes were distracted and he opened his mouth several times to speak, but was forcibly dragged away by the guards.

The emperor looked over and over at the small bag of rice seeds, and then he suddenly wanted to plant them in the palace. He had to go to the Qinzheng Hall for work every day, so he simply pulled up the flowers and plants in the yard to make room for the rice seeds.

The Queen pretended not to know about such a big news. Due to strict laws, she was taken into custody by the Ministry of Punishments, but she had not yet been convicted. The Queen hurried to the Qinzheng Hall and saw the emperor in his prime taking off his clothes. He has taken off his dragon robe and is hoeing the ground himself.

She was so frightened that when she was about to step forward, she saw Eunuch De, who was waiting at the emperor's side, asking in a low voice: "Your Majesty is in a mood, do you need a servant to convey the message to your Majesty?"

When it comes to this, how dare the queen?

Under the scorching sun, she just stood in the open space, waiting until the emperor finished his work, and then asked in surprise: "Huh? When did the queen come? Dezi, you didn't even tell me what happened to you."

The two of them were so close, and she would have seen her a long time ago. The queen knew this and wiped her sweat and said: "Your Majesty, don't blame me. I see that your Majesty is so devoted, and I don't want to disturb your Majesty."

She knew full well that the emperor must have seen through the Yan family's plan. The strict rules would not only lead to guilt, but would also implicate the family.

"Come here, ask the imperial chef to bring you a bowl of mung bean soup. Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body."

The emperor returned to Qinzheng Hall and said, "It's such a hot day. The queen came to see me. What's the matter?"

The Queen's thoughts changed rapidly and she raised a big smile: "I am here to congratulate Your Majesty. I heard that iron ore was discovered in Liangcheng..."

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