For several days, Qiao Mingyue and Chi Lianyi studied sweet potato seedlings together. Qi Jingyun, who was originally dismissive of sweet potato seedlings, also realized the importance of sweet potatoes after Qiao Mingyue's several ideological educations. Later, he would help them carry water and do some manual work.

What Qiao Mingyue and Qi Jingyun were a little unexpected was that just when the sweet potato seedlings were growing, the Nanzhao faction came.

"See His Royal Highness King Jin, Her Royal Highness Princess Jin." The envoy had never seen the Emperor of the Great Zhou, so it was naturally impossible for him to know that the young man standing next to him was the emperor of the Great Zhou.

The guards were about to reprimand him, but the emperor stopped them.

"I don't know if the envoy came, I didn't make any preparations, I hope the envoy will forgive me." Qi Jingyun saw that the emperor did not mean to reveal his identity, so he didn't say much.

Having said that, Qiao Mingyue immediately ordered someone to make some wine and food.

At the dinner table, after a simple greeting, the envoy cut to the chase.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, Your Majesty wants the two of you to leave as soon as possible, and he is waiting for you at a banquet in Nanzhao."

Having said that, it is impossible for Qiao Mingyue to delay it for a few days, but her sweet potatoes have not grown yet!

Qiao Mingyue didn't listen to a word of what was said later, she only knew that they had set up to leave tomorrow.

"We're leaving, but what about sweet potatoes, it's hard to grow so lush." Qiao Mingyue frowned.

After all, after spending so much thought, Qi Jingyun is also very reluctant to these sweet potatoes, but there is no better way now, and he can't let Emperor Nanzhao wait for them.

"Or leave it to Chi Lianyi, she may be able to." Qi Jingyun proposed.

Qiao Mingyue shook her head, "As soon as we leave, the emperor will definitely return to the capital, not to mention whether it can be planted, even if it can, it will be too late by then." Originally, I thought that while the emperor was still here, I would quickly grow sweet potatoes and let him promote them to the world, so that I could save a lot of things. But now...... "Qiao Mingyue is very sad.

"I can only ask the emperor to bring back the sweet potato seedlings." Qi Jingyun continued her words.

"That's right, I can only let him take the sweet potato seedlings back and plant them." Qiao Mingyue nodded.

Qi Jingyun was taken aback, "I just said it casually, don't take it seriously." ”

Qiao Mingyue looked at him strangely, "What's the matter, I think the same way, let him take the sweet potato seedlings back to the palace to plant, and then promote them in other places after success, isn't it the same." And there are talents in the palace in this area, maybe they can be cultivated better than me. ”

Qi Jingyun was heartbroken, "But isn't this another political achievement for him?" ”

Qiao Mingyue smiled indifferently, "What does it matter, as long as he grows sweet potatoes well, so that the people of the world can eat their stomachs, and Da Zhou Road will not be hungry, these achievements are what he deserves." ”

"And a person like the emperor who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, will he care about this thing used to satisfy hunger, Zhumen wine and meat stink, how can these people who don't eat minced meat know that there are frozen bones on the road?" Qiao Mingyue has never seen the tragic situation of freezing bones on the road in her life, but she has read a lot of such poems in her previous life, living in the twenty-first century, she has not experienced such a thing, but after coming to this world, she realized that the characters and scenes that have appeared in the book, they are all real, and some things can be denied if they have not been seen. Just like now, she has no worries about food and clothing, but that doesn't mean that no one is hungry.

Hearing her say this, Qi Jingyun also felt that he was narrow-minded, and couldn't help but understand Qiao Mingyue a little deeper.

They planted a lot of sweet potatoes, and under the careful cultivation of so many people, the sweet potato seedlings grew well. After Qiao Mingyue made a decision, she took Qi Jingyun to dig sweet potato seedlings together.

They carefully dug out the sweet potato seedlings, and also protected their root system, in order to prevent the sweet potato seedlings from dying, Qiao Mingyue also specially kept some moist soil in the roots, and then wrapped themselves in impermeable oil paper.

Digging sweet potato seedlings is a delicate job, Qiao Mingyue didn't worry about handing it over to others, and after the two of them dug out all the sweet potato seedlings and wrapped them carefully, it was already dark.

Early the next morning, they packed their bags and prepared to set off, and before leaving, the emperor and General Qiao came to see them off. Qiao Mingyue took the opportunity to give all the sweet potato seedlings to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this is a sweet potato seedling I bought from a vendor before, its roots are edible, I have been planting it for some days, you can bring these back, and you will see the fruits in a few days."

The emperor thought that Qiao Mingyue had something good for him, but when he saw a field of grass, his face turned green.

However, he still sorted out his expression and said with a smile: "Okay, don't worry, I know." ”

"Your Majesty, this sweet potato seedling must be protected, sprinkled with water from time to time, not exposed to the sun, especially the roots, must be protected, otherwise it will die if you can't wait for ......the capital."

"It's getting late, let's go." The usher urged a little impatiently. Qiao Mingyue got into the carriage at this time.

As soon as Qiao Mingyue and the others set off, the emperor and his party immediately hit the road.

After leaving Yungui, the guards finally got tired of these sweet potato seedlings, "Your Majesty, do we really want to ...... these Do you want to bring them all back to the capital? ”

The emperor quietly looked at the sweet potato seedlings for a while, the guards did not take care of them as Qiao Mingyue said, the originally lush sweet potato seedlings were no longer the same for a few hours - the leaves fell scattered, some stems had been broken, and even the oil paper that Qiao Mingyue and Qi Jingyun wrapped one by one was torn a lot.

The emperor looked at these "defective products", and thought of the green appearance when Qiao Mingyue first gave him, and suddenly felt even worse. After a while, he waved his hand, "Throw it all away!" ”

A cartload of sweet potato seedlings was quickly thrown on the side of the road.

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On the other side, after getting into the carriage, Qiao Mingyue still looked worried and couldn't lift her spirits.

"What's wrong? Anything else? Not feeling well? Qi Jingyun was a little worried about her.

"It's fine." Qiao Mingyue leaned on his shoulder and said, "I'm worried that the emperor won't take sweet potatoes seriously, what if he throws them all away if he is too troublesome to walk on the road, or is not protected from the sun and dies?" As she spoke, Qiao Mingyue sighed again.

"Don't think about it." Qi Jingyun stroked her hair and said, "No matter what, you've already sent it out, you can't catch up and come back, right?" And this is a matter related to the lives of the world, I don't think the emperor will care. "That being said, Qi Jingyun didn't really have much confidence in his heart, after all, there were many unexpected things that the emperor had done.

In any case, Qi Jingyun's words did comfort Qiao Mingyue, she hummed softly, and then closed her eyes and stopped thinking about it.

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