Chapter 61: Eating a Few Spiritual Vegetables from the Great Yan Emperor Is Acceptable

Lin Yao left, and the guards led by Yan were soaked like drowned rats.

The rain summoned by Qin Bi happened to be light only on her side, specifically drenching Yan and the other guards. The guards glanced at the young master's wife over there, then back at the torrential downpour on their side, their expressions filled with surprise.

Qin Bi sighed gloomily; summoning rain right in front of others didn't seem like a good idea.

Unfortunately, Qin Bi was overthinking it. The guards were delighted, thinking they were very fortunate. Well, Qin Bi had forgotten that this cultivation world of fiction lacked rain; having abundant rain was a good thing.

Nearby villagers ran over, their eyes full of envy.

Children even stood by the vegetable patch catching the rain, their faces beaming with joy. Qin Bi's expression remained devoid of emotion. If it were the old Qin Bi, she would have rejoiced with them, but now her heart had grown cold, and she felt indifferent toward everything.

"Young Master's Wife," Lin Yao returned by activating the teleportation array, holding vegetable seeds: "I bought cabbage seeds."

Qin Bi: "..."

Cabbage seeds again. Well, there weren't many other vegetables available in winter.

Cabbage seeds it is! In winter, there was no room for pickiness.

In ancient times, the inner quarters and strategists generally did not interact. Although strategists were nominally servants compared to the women of the inner quarters, their actual status was not low, and strategists did not have to obey the orders of the women.

Some ladies of the inner quarters could not even command their strategists.

Qin He was not in this category; she had always been able to command the strategists around the young master.

For instance, the strategists around He Yan had a good relationship with Qin He, always recognizing her as the future wife of the young master of the Yan Guogong Prefecture. Even at Xue Wang Fu, Qin He held the authority of a young master's wife in front of the strategists.

Of course, strategists obeyed the Prince and the young master; nothing a strategist did could be hidden from them. Qin Bi had never tried, so she didn't know if she could command Lin Yao.

After all, he was the number one strategist.

The number one strategist was quite different from ordinary advisors.

"Plant them," Qin Bi had little to say, offering only this sentence to avoid an awkward silence.

Lin Yao didn't mind. The young master's wife was a daughter of a concubine from Qin Yan's Marquis Prefecture, her status far below Qin He's. It was expected that her knowledge and abilities were somewhat lacking. Young Master Rong was fated to be a widower with no children, so as long as this one was unaffected, that was enough.

What good was Qin He's fortune? He Yan was also fated to be a widower with no children; two previous betrothals had failed. Therefore, this fortune clashed with the young master. As a strategist, someone like Qin He could not be considered.

Lin Yao went to call a few more farmers to transplant the seedlings. Children ran over to help. For the task of sowing seeds, they found several meticulous people. The field area was large; after sowing one ridge, they turned to look, and the cabbages were visibly growing vigorously.

Just in this one day, they achieved the growth of several days.

The rain continued for half a day without weakening. Lin Yao was surprised. Yan decided to go all out and told the guards: "Don't rest. Quickly take charge of commanding the plants to reclaim the land. Such heavy rain is rare."

"My lord, rest assured," the guards were diligent without needing reminders.

Summoning plants was even more enthusiastic. Never having seen so much rain, they frolicked in the downpour, pawing at the soil. If the cultivators hadn't urged them on, the summoned plants would have taken root and refused to leave.

By mid-afternoon, Qin Bi looked over. A significant amount of fertile land had been reclaimed. She couldn't tell the soil grade, but it was definitely fertile land. Sandy soil was already top-tier, and with rain irrigation, the nutrients were even more abundant.

"We have reclaimed about three mu of new land," Lin Yao reported to Qin Bi. "Adding the vegetable patch we planted earlier, we have reclaimed five mu of fertile land in total, all top-tier fertile land."

Five mu of top-tier fertile land was quite a lot. Qin Bi smiled.

"Young Master's Wife, do you want to dig up some vegetables?" Lin Yao urged Qin Bi.

Qin Bi looked over. Lin Yao pointed to the coriander patch and said: "The coriander is ready to eat."

Oh, she understood. Lin Yao and the others also wanted to eat vegetables they had grown themselves. Previously, the baby cabbages hadn't grown, but now the coriander had sprouted and could be dug up and eaten. Qin Bi hadn't mentioned it, but Lin Yao couldn't help but remind her.

"Dig them up!" Qin Bi nodded with a smile.

Hearing this, Lin Yao called out to Yan and the others: "Stop working. It's getting late. The young master doesn't allow us to return late. Let's dig up some coriander and head back. We'll come to the fiefdom again tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Yan and the others stopped summoning the plants and went to dig up vegetables.

Qin Bi dug up two handfuls of coriander. Each stalk was quite large, and ten or so stalks made two big handfuls. Lin Yao and the others couldn't dig recklessly; they only dug a few stalks, enough to serve as a side dish when they returned.

This field had an owner: the young master. The young master's wife had reclaimed it for the child. They were the young master's people.

Seeing this, Qin Bi spoke up: "It's the first day of digging. You can dig up a few more stalks of vegetables. If you can't eat them all, you can give them away. It's not a rare vegetable; it's just coriander for seasoning."

"That would be wonderful," Yan and the others dug up a few more stalks.

Qin Bi stepped over to the cabbage patch and carefully dug up over ten baby cabbages. She didn't believe that the Great Yan Emperor would forbid eating one or two stalks. Rong Yang had brought so many vegetables; could they possibly all be planted in the ground?!

Activating the teleportation array, the group returned to Rong Wang Fu.

Rong Juan was still in the palace. The young master Rong Yang and the young prince waited in front of the teleportation array. The young prince looked surprised upon seeing Qin Bi, while Rong Yang ran to her side, showing great affection.

"Mother," Rong Yang said in a milky voice.

Qin Bi saw the child's thoughts at a glance. Smiling, she took out the dug-up vegetables, set aside half the coriander, took out one baby cabbage, and put the rest into the child's bag.

"Take all of these into the palace!" Qin Bi placed them in the child's hands.

"Okay!" Rong Yang was delighted.

The young prince's eyes nearly popped out. Oh my, so many baby cabbages had been dug up! The young prince hurriedly pulled Rong Yang into the palace and went straight to the Imperial Study.

"Father, something amazing has happened," the young prince held up the bag: "We dug up a lot of baby cabbages."

Rong Juan, holding a brush and reviewing memorials, heard the commotion and looked up.

The Great Yan Emperor, who was eating pastries, leaned over to look: "How many baby cabbages?"

The young prince held out the bag for the Great Yan Emperor to see. That did it; the Great Yan Emperor lost interest in his pastries, rushed out of the Imperial Study, and ordered the guards and eunuchs to pull up several flowers and plants from the Imperial Garden.

With the cleared space, they planted the baby cabbages one by one.

The Great Yan Emperor counted them. Over these past few days, there were now twenty-one cabbages in total.

Rong Juan stood under the corridor, gazing at the opened-up Imperial Garden with a calm expression. He had been reborn for several lives, yet the Great Yan Emperor had never planted vegetables in the palace; the Imperial Garden had always been filled with flowers and plants.

This life was different.

The child Rong Yang wobbled over to Rong Juan's side, looking up with his small head: "Father, there are no vegetables to eat again."

"Go ask your Imperial Uncle for some," Rong Juan said.

This life, he would not be Emperor, but eating a few spiritual vegetables from the Great Yan Emperor was acceptable.

"Imperial Uncle," Rong Yang went to find the Great Yan Emperor again: "There are no vegetables to eat."

The Great Yan Emperor's cheerful expression froze. He waved his chubby hand: "Eat spiritual vegetables."

The young prince immediately looked overjoyed, and Rong Yang was happy too. Spiritual vegetables tasted much better than ordinary vegetables.