That is, I was too stupid in the past, and I didn't expect that the mother emperor wanted to give me the throne when she cultivated me, otherwise I would have been wary of the imperial sister very early.

Thankfully, I don't know, though. With such an existence, I am afraid that she can see through my mind at a glance.

I don't know, that's why I can live a long time. This is also the meaning of the Mother Queen's concealment of her thoughts from me.

Well......

But now it's different.

I urged the redcoat to gallop through the fields.

……

Summer has arrived, and at the beginning of spring, the ears of grass have pulled out strong green stems, falling down with the wind, and paddling a green wave. Scarecrows and paper-tied eagles are erected in the fields, and these devices move with the wind, scaring off many birds that have landed in the fields to peck at them.

I don't know the grains, so I can only guess that it might be beans, cotton fields, or millet or something, but I can't confirm that I haven't seen any fruits.

As far as the eye can see, there are rice paddies like steps on the surrounding hills. Under the sun's rays, the water surface reflects the light, separating the original green mountains into irregular circular mirrors. There are sporadic farmers who are scattered in the fields, pushing buckets or plows to work in the fields.

The one who knows the edict should be a person of high morality, and eighty percent of it is Xia Zhu, who is still in charge. I should visit Xia Zhu, the old lady, first, if I can't talk from her, I need to find someone else.

The edict's code is so useful.

There are fields all around, mountains on all sides, and there are three or four houses in the distance, large and small, making it impossible to determine where Xia Zhu lives.

Not far away, a peasant woman was applying fertilizer, and I jumped off my horse and stepped forward to inquire about the direction of the Xia family's manor.

"This eldest sister, Xiaosheng passed by here and came to ask for directions." I am still dressed in men's clothes, and my words and deeds are also in the style of a child.

Instead of the hospitality I had imagined, the peasant woman looked at me with wary eyes, and asked me who I really was, and what the purpose of the main house was.

I had to make up that I was a footmerchant's retinue to negotiate business with the farmer.

"It's useless for you to find the old lady, that old lady is very rigid, old and stubborn, and she doesn't know how to be flexible at all. If you're looking for it, you must find Aunt Shufeng. She didn't tell me the location of her master's house, but pointed to the hill to the west and said that it was Xia Shufeng's territory.

"But my boss said that she only needs to find Mrs. Xia, and Mrs. Xia is the one in charge."

"Oh, young man, I see that you are handsome, why is this head not open? The old lady doesn't like to do business, and what sells you is the most ordinary buckwheat rice. The extra agricultural products are only used as rewards for tenants, not for merchants. Where is it like Aunt Shufeng, raising silkworms and making mulberry weaving, opening cloth workshops, killing pigs and selling restaurants...... You look like the smallest of her estates, but the cellars are full of gold and silver, and even the family members are rich. Listen to me. ”

She refused to tell me the direction of her master's house, and blindly pushed this "business" to Xia Shufeng. I agreed and rode in the direction she was pointing.

After walking through a field path, a farmer happened to pass by with a flat pole.

This time, I pretended to be the son of an old friend of the old lady and tried to ask where the main village was.

The farmer was also very vigilant, and repeatedly questioned me which of the old lady's friends I was. I recounted that my ancestors were displaced by the old lady, redeemed the deed of sale, and went to the city to do business.

"The old lady is not happy and doesn't ask about foreign affairs. Now it's Xia Daxue who is in charge, so you'd better go find her first. The farmer pointed to a farmhouse and tried to introduce me to Natsutake's eldest daughter.