"You are such a bully." Song Qianyuan threw the small manure cart on the ground and walked away. "I'll let you look down on our Song family. I'm going home to study now."

"Studying is nothing. It won't be too late to show off in front of me when you pass the imperial examination."

Cheng Youning's sharp tongue irritated his parents, so Cheng Feng and Shang Xi, bearing the stench of manure, began to scold Cheng Youning from both sides. Suddenly, a manure cart was pushed in front of Cheng Youning. Cheng Youning raised his straw hat, raised his eyebrows, and pricked up his eyes, shouting, "Song Qianyuan, you lingering ghost, why are you back again? This prince is annoying everyone in the Song family, can you please stay out of my sight?"

Song Qianyuan said stubbornly: "No, I always finish what I start."

"None of the Songs are good people. They either punish me or oppose me."

Cheng Feng slapped Cheng Youning on the head again. There were many people around here. If he were at home, Cheng Feng would have kicked Cheng Youning on the butt, making him angry so early in the morning. He would not have forgiven him even when he got home.

In the whole morning, Cheng Youning pushed three carts of manure back and forth to the field he had reclaimed. When he returned with the last cart, half of Cheng Youning's body was covered in manure. Before Cheng Feng and Shang Xi could ask how he had done it, Qiao Rong spoke up, "The manure is slippery, and His Highness had to pry and pry each cart onto the ground himself. As a result, he accidentally slipped and fell."

In order to help Cheng Youning up, Qiao Rong also got covered in feces, and both the master and servant were in a mess.

"Did you get hurt from the fall?"

Cheng Youning shook his head without saying a word.

At noon, when everyone was drinking mint water to cool off, Song Tingzhi appeared in official uniform with a group of people.

Shang Xi asked Cheng Feng, "Why did Song Tingzhi post a notice on the city wall right after he arrived? What did it say?"

"Let's go and take a look!"

The refugees were greedy for mint water and no one read what was written on the notice. They thought that neither good nor bad things would happen to them.

The people who came to watch were all beggars entering and leaving the city, but after watching, everyone started to say, "We beggars are going to accept refugees."

After hearing this, the refugees all dropped their bowls and rushed to read the notice. However, no one knew how to read. "Prince, Princess, what does it say?"

Shang Xi smiled and said, "Your good days are coming. The Fengqi court is willing to lend you food, seeds, and farming tools. You can rent wasteland in Fengqi to reclaim it, and when the harvest comes, you can repay the amount you borrowed. The rent can also be paid in grain."

Shang Xi explained it five times before he finally made it clear. He also said to those people: "If you want to stay in Fengqi to make a living, you can go to that senior official. He is our Fengqi Supervisory Censor, sent by the Emperor to help you. If you want to rent land or borrow food, you can go to him. If you are not feeling well and need medicine, you can also go to him to get it. The herbs are free."

After understanding what was going on, everyone hurried away. In an instant, Song Tingzhi was lost in the crowd and surrounded by refugees.

Shang Xi only heard someone shouting, "Those who want to borrow food, line up here."

"Those who want to rent land come here."

"Those who need medical treatment should come here."

"Hey, line up, line up, don't crowd in front or back, you, line up at the back."

After Shang Xi saw it, he was amazed and said, "What a powerful ability!"

Cheng Feng smiled and asked, "Who are you talking about who is more capable?"

“They are all very strong.”

Cheng Feng pushed Shang Xi's shoulders and walked forward. "Wife, we don't need to distribute porridge anyway. Take the food home and don't stay here in the sun."

"Do you think Yuhua can go back? If there's no news from the Chen brothers, she'll have to wait here all day." Shang Xi thought about it and said, "Cheng Feng, don't go back too early. I think Youning is in a bad mood today. If he gets angry for no reason, I can't beat him up. You stay here in case of emergency."

Hearing this, Cheng Feng looked towards the wasteland in the distance. Cheng Youning was working under the scorching sun, fertilizing his land with a shovelful of manure. But where was Qiao Rong?

"Where's Qiao Rong?"

"He was there just now!" Shang Xi looked in the direction of the crowd and actually found him. "He's there."

"Why is he joining in the fun? Let's go and take a look."

Qiao Rong squeezed into the crowd and said to Song Tingzhi in the middle of the crowd, "Sir Song, my prince just fell and needs to go to the Prince's Mansion to recuperate."

"Are you injured?"

"No, I just fell all over myself with shit."

Song Tingzhi looked at Taise and said without emotion, "Since there's nothing serious, then we can return at 3 p.m."

"But our Highness hasn't had lunch yet."

"I have some sesame cakes there to fill my stomach."

When Qiao Rong heard this, he realized that this meant he was not allowed to go back. He cursed Song Tingzhi in his heart, then flicked his sleeves and turned away angrily.

Then Qiao Rong went to the field and said something to Cheng Youning. Cheng Youning was wearing a big straw hat, so his face could not be seen clearly, and it was impossible to hear what the two people were talking about. Song Qianyuan was working on the other side of the field. There seemed to be an invisible gap between them, and it was obvious that they didn't like each other.

Cheng Feng shook his head, "The conflicts between these people seem to be getting deeper and deeper."

Shang Xi said, "How about I ask someone to go back and get Youning some clothes?"

Cheng Feng said: "Don't indulge him. What's the big deal if he gets a little dirty or tired? He's not that delicate."

Shang Xi reminded Cheng Feng: "Your son was raised in pampering."

Cheng Feng said, "I do want to spoil him. Will his grandfather agree? His grandfather clearly wants to raise him roughly. Let them do what they want. I wonder what we'll do with this land after we reclaim it. We can't let our son farm in the mountains all day. Let's go and get some shade under the big tree."

The young couple did not take this matter seriously, but Cheng Youning was not a pushover. As soon as the time of Shen arrived, he dropped his shovel and pickaxe and went into the palace.

He was covered in excrement, making the whole hall stink.

Wan Lianxing already knew everything that happened today. The secret guards had also explained exactly how Cheng Youning ended up covered in feces, so he wasn't surprised to see the stinking Cheng Youning. "Prince, go wash up and come back to see me."

Cheng Youning took off his big straw hat and said, "Grandpa, I'll just say a few words and leave."

"If it's about Song Tingzhi, forget it."

"Okay, I won't criticize him. I just want to ask, when can I really put my studies into practice? As a beggar prince, I have no complaints about contributing a little, but I can't spend all day with manure. If Song Tingzhi can't teach me how to read and write, then Mr. Huang will do it. Didn't we agree that the two gentlemen would take turns teaching me? Why haven't I seen Mr. Huang for two consecutive days?"

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