Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Having been a good girl all her life in her previous life, she must live for herself in this life.

"There are some things you don't understand yet."

Xie Junyi looked up at the moon and asked, "Do you want to be closer to the sun?"

"what?"

Before Meng Xiyue could react, she felt her body lighten, and she was so scared that she quickly hugged the person next to her.

Xie Junyi held her in his arms, stepped on the roof, and landed on a century-old tree.

They sat down on the branch. Under the bright night sky, they both looked much smaller.

"Do you think people will turn into stars in the sky after they die?"

Xie Junyi asked while looking at the sky full of stars.

"No, those are not transformed from humans." Meng Xiyue said in a low voice. She couldn't explain why those stars only looked small. In fact, they were also planets and had nothing to do with humans.

Xie Junyi smiled bitterly, "I know that when a person dies, there is nothing left. But perhaps our souls are always floating somewhere, resting on a certain star."

This time Meng Xiyue did not refute. She used to think that when a person dies, his soul dies along with the person.

But after experiencing the time travel, she believed that the soul could exist independently of the body, and perhaps they really were floating on the stars.

Suddenly, a beam of light cut through the night sky.

"There's a shooting star, make a wish."

After saying that, Meng Xiyue clasped his hands together towards the sky and silently recited a few words.

"Why don't you allow it?"

When she opened her eyes, she saw Xie Junyi staring at her intently, and her cheeks turned red.

"I don't believe this. Your destiny is in your own hands." After saying this, he continued to ask.

"What did you wish for?"

Meng Xiyue just wanted to roll her eyes.

"You don't believe it, so why do you care what wish I made?"

"Let me guess, do you want to be with me for the rest of your life?"

Xie Junyi stared at her with burning eyes.

"certainly not."

Meng Xiyue said no, but her face turned even redder. She raised her eyes and looked at him.

"I hope you will be happy and blessed in your life."

Xie Junyi felt as if his heart was being grabbed by someone, and he couldn't help but hold the person in his arms tighter.

next day

When Meng Xiyue woke up, it was already noon.

Xie Junyi was reading in the yard. When he saw her get up, he walked over and held her hand, "Let me take you to the mountain today."

"Okay."

Meng Xiyue had never climbed a mountain before and was very happy.

But unlike yesterday when there was no one around, there are many more people on the mountain today.

There were young people, old people, women and even children.

They were all squatting on the ground clearing weeds. She remembered what Xie Junyi said, that the farmers in the other courtyards were contracted out to nearby villagers. She knew that these were the villagers who came to work.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

When the villagers saw Xie Junyi, they did not kowtow and greet him in fear, but greeted him like a friend they hadn't seen for a long time.

"Didn't you say you've never lived here before? Why do they all seem so familiar with you?"

"I have never lived in the villa, but I often go to the nearby village. This is the village closest to the capital. The condition of their crops reflects this year's harvest, so I often go there."

Through his explanation, it is further proved that he is a good prince who cares about the people.

The two walked up a little further and found many children here. They were holding wooden sticks and knocking the fruits on the trees.

“Is this a sour jujube?”

Meng Xiyue looked up, looked at the fruits hanging on the tree, and asked.

"It's sour jujube. There are a lot of them on this mountain, but the others are all up there. They don't dare go deep into the mountains, so they can only pick the ones from this tree."

As he spoke, Xie Junyi waved his palm and many dates fell down. He reached out to catch one and handed it to Meng Xiyue.

"Taste it."

Meng Xiyue took a bite and couldn't help frowning, "So sour."

The sour dates she eats in modern times are sour and sweet, not so sour and astringent.

"Sour dates are naturally sour." Xie Junyi laughed, "The nobles in the city don't like these wild dates, so only the children in the village eat them to satisfy their cravings."

Meng Xiyue looked at the children who were happily picking sour dates. Even though they were grimacing from the sourness, their faces were still happy.

The sour jujubes that were hard to swallow in her mouth might be one of the few snacks they had throughout the year.

After these children had picked up all the fruits, a thin little girl wearing patched clothes walked under the tree and picked up the rotten fruits that the other children didn't want.

Seeing this, Meng Xiyue hurried forward and said, "If these are spoiled, they can't be eaten."

The little girl looked up, her face was even more sallow than she looked. The girl looked at her, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, then she smiled and shook her head.

"It's okay. This one is a little broken. This side is still edible."

"We'll pick a few more good ones for you."

As soon as Meng Xiyue finished speaking, the girl took the bad fruit and left, "Thank you, Miss, but it's okay."

"Ugh…"

Meng Xiyue wanted to call her back, but Xie Junyi pulled her back, "Even if we give her good food, she can't eat it, you see."

The girl walked to the corner, squatted down, and handed all the fruits in her hand to a little boy. The boy was even thinner than her and should be her younger brother.

The little boy took the fruit happily, but before he could eat it, it was snatched away by several older children.

Seeing that they were all rotten fruits, they threw them to the ground without mercy.

"This bad fruit is a reward for you."

"They are the children of the Liu family. Their father passed away two years ago. They also have a grandmother who has difficulty walking. The whole family depends on their mother Liu alone to support them."

The housekeeper explained, "Since there is no man in their family, the villagers often bully them. These children followed suit and bullied the siblings."

"They know that even if they get good things, others will take them away. Therefore, they never fight for them. Even the work done by Liu is the dirty and tiring work that others are unwilling to do."

When you are in trouble, there are very few people who can lend a helping hand, but there are many people who will add insult to injury.

The fact that Liu was treated like this cannot be attributed to the bad people in the village. It’s just that everyone seeks profit and avoids harm, and they are all selfish.

She sighed and said to Qianxiang, "Qianxiang, pick more fruits and take them back to the other courtyard to wash and chop them. I will come back to make sour jujube cakes for you."

"it is good."

Asaka nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Meng Xiyue stopped looking at the siblings and walked upstairs with Xie Junyi again.

The mountain was very high, and when they reached halfway up the mountain they could already see the nearby villages.

“Why are there so few rice seedlings?”

Looking at the seedlings at the foot of the mountain, the distance between each tree was a bit too wide, Meng Xiyue couldn't help but ask.

"Not many rice plants survived. When they sowed the seeds, they spread them very densely, so only a few of them germinated. Many of the seeds rotted in the paddy fields."

Xie Junyi knows these crops very well.