Dressed like a loser and went to raise a baby

Chapter 414 Asking the Emperor for a Reward
Liu Meiren saw that the emperor was unhappy because the guards were digging rotten potatoes, so she said she would dig them and asked the guards to stand aside.

The emperor's death gaze was so scary that the guards did not dare to dig anymore, fearing that if they dug up potatoes again, the emperor would pull him down and chop them down.

Liu Meiren had dug several times and had mastered the skills. She brought out all the potatoes with just one hoe, and none of them were rotten.

During this interval, Feng Chenghan sent someone to fetch the basket and scale.

Wang Ping stood guard outside the cold palace and saw that the guards came in and took baskets and scales. He didn't know what was going on inside, and he was so curious that he was scratching his head like a cat.

All the potatoes were dug out, and the concubines of Leng Palace picked them out and piled them together. After a while, they piled up into two hills.

Feng Chenghan looked at the two hills in front of him, thinking that all these potatoes were dug out from two thin pieces of land of less than half an acre, and thought to himself: The land is really not what it looks like!

The basket the guard brought was very large and could usually hold two hundred kilograms.

The potatoes piled together were picked up into the basket, weighed and poured out.

Feng Chenghan watched the guards weigh him down, then pick up the scale after he fell down, and cursed in his heart that they were stupid.

These potatoes are all to be taken away, don’t they know how to bring a few more baskets?
Less than half an acre of land was weighed five times, and the final weight was one thousand two hundred kilograms.

"One thousand two hundred kilograms, there are actually one thousand two hundred kilograms." Feng Chenghan's face showed a look of disbelief. Less than half an acre of land produced one thousand two hundred kilograms. The yield of this acre is probably more than two thousand kilograms.

Wang Xin cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty. With these potatoes, the people of Tianyuan will no longer have to go hungry."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty..."

Others also followed Wang Xin to congratulate him.

Feng Chenghan, who was indifferent to emotion and anger, showed a look of joy on his face. Wang Xin was right, with this high-yield food, the people of Tianyuan would no longer have to go hungry.

Feng Chenghan asked the guard to get some more baskets, saying that he would take away all the potatoes and use them to cultivate more seeds, so that the potatoes could bloom everywhere in Xizhou next spring.

As soon as Mrs. Xu and the others heard that potatoes were going to be taken out for breeding, they said that there were a lot of them in the house where they used to work as a workshop!

Feng Chenghan took the people to pack, and he was very happy when he saw that the piles in the house were no less than what he had just dug in the ground, because this meant that more seeds could be grown.

The guards were loading potatoes. Leng Luoyue saw the obvious joy on Feng Chenghan's face and said: "Your Majesty, these potatoes are grown by the people in the Leng Palace. The fact that there are so many potato seeds is also theirs." Shouldn’t they be given some rewards for their contribution?”

Hearing that Luoyue was asking the emperor for a reward on their behalf, Mrs. Xu and the others looked at her with gratitude.

Feng Chenghan nodded. For planting so many potato seeds, the concubines of the late emperor, Leng Gong, had indeed worked hard and deserved to be rewarded.

"What reward do you want?" Feng Chenghan turned around and looked at Xu Taibi and others and asked.

Xu Taibin and others looked at each other. Is this a reward that they can give them whatever they want?

They looked at me and I looked at you. After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Xu said, "These potatoes were left by Luoyue before. If Luoyue hadn't brought us to grow vegetables together, we wouldn't have grown them." When it comes to these potatoes, we don't have much credit for them, so we are too embarrassed to ask for any reward." Putting all the credit on Leng Luoyue.

"If the emperor must reward us, we will naturally burst into tears of gratitude. We don't ask for any big reward. We only ask that the emperor can allow the guards of Leng Palace to bring us things out of the palace and into the palace."

Since they were no longer allowed to bring anything to them, they had nothing else to do except farm the fields during the season, tidy up the cold palace, play mahjong, and dance.Playing mahjong every day, there will be times when they get tired of it, so they still want to make small handicrafts like before and let the guards take them out of the palace to sell.

Feng Chenghan didn't expect that the reward they wanted was so small, and he frowned with his thick sword-shaped eyebrows.

Leng Luoyue felt that Concubine Xu and the others were too polite. She actually wanted them to directly ask the emperor to let them out of the palace. Since Feng Chenghan had already asked them what reward they wanted, they should open their mouths.

I have wasted half my life in this palace. When I get the chance, I will naturally leave the palace to enjoy the rest of my life. What's the point of being locked up in this square and cold palace?

"What kind of reward is this? Your Majesty, don't you think so?" Leng Luoyue asked with a smile.

Feng Chenghan nodded, feeling that this was indeed not much of a reward.

"Why don't the emperor forgive them for their past mistakes and let them go home?" Leng Luoyue suggested, observing Feng Chenghan's expression.

The late emperor has been dead for so many years, so what’s the point of keeping these late emperor’s guilty concubines in the cold palace?She is said to be a sinful concubine, but in fact she lost the palace battle and offended Xianha City, so she could not be happy.

Letting them out of the palace can save some money!

Returning home?Some of the elders immediately became nervous. They were abandoned by their families. Even if the emperor pardoned them and let them go free, they might not be as comfortable as living in the cold palace when they return home.

Moreover, they are already accustomed to the life in the cold palace and the people in the cold palace. If they are asked to leave the cold palace and live the life they had before entering the palace, and to contact other people, they will feel a little scared.

Some young eyes lit up. Unlike Mrs. Xu and others, they have only been alive for 20 or [-] years. Their lives have not been halfway through. Although Leng Gong is very good and comfortable, they still hope to have a life. They can leave the cold palace in the future, after all, their days are still long!
Even if their family members can't give them a good face when they return home, they can't ignore them either.It doesn't matter if they don't care, they still have some money on their hands, so they can buy a small house and live their own lives.

Feng Chenghan glanced at Leng Luoyue with a normal expression. In fact, when he first ascended the throne, he issued a general amnesty to the world and wanted to pardon the concubine who was locked up in the cold palace and return home.

It was because the Queen Mother disagreed that she let it go.

"Yes, but not now. I have to wait until the first batch of potatoes I planted is harvested." At that time, he will bring all the civil and military officials to see the potato harvest in person, and will announce that Concubine Leng's contribution to the potatoes has brought Tianyuan to a powerful acre. The production of two thousand catties of grain was announced to the world.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Liangren and the other young people were so excited that they knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.

Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. Although Mrs. Xu and the others do not want to leave the cold palace, this is the grace that Luoyue gives them. The emperor has also spoken. If they say that they do not want to leave the palace now, they will naturally be in the palace. Slap the emperor and Luoyue in the face.

So she also knelt down to thank them. Leng Luoyue saw that Xu Taibi and the others were not happy about being able to leave the cold palace, so she thought it was time to bring Xiaomao'er to them for a good chat.

Before leaving Leng Gong, Leng Luoyue took Mao Er to the yard where they used to live, and Feng Chenghan also followed.

The small courtyard is a bit simple, but it is clean and tidy, giving people a very warm feeling.

"Here, Maomao knows."

"This is the place where mother, Maomao and Caiwei lived before. Mao'er still remembers?" Leng Luoyue was a little surprised. If she remembered, then the little guy's memory is really too good.

"Yeah." Xiaomao'er nodded vigorously.

(End of this chapter)