After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the food lovers all over the country were shocked

On the day of the palace banquet, envoys from foreign countries, officials from Daliang, and their wives all dressed neatly and arrived at the palace on time.

After everyone took their seats, the entertaining singing and dancing began.

Guests are welcome, and Emperor Jingning raised his glass to welcome these envoys from foreign countries who had come from afar.

The envoys also raised their glasses, saluted each other from a distance, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Among the envoys sent by various countries this time, except for the State of Chen, the other countries all brought beauties with them.

The Dongyi even brought their princess with them.

The little princess looked quite pretty, but it was unknown whether her real identity was Princess Dongyi.

However, even if she was not a princess, her original status must not be low.

The court officials all knew that the Dongyi wanted their princess to marry Daliang to demonstrate their sincerity in seeking peace.

Of course, they must have used this method to exchange something and minimize the losses of Dongyi.

Since they want to have a marriage alliance, the Dongyi’s first target must be their Majesty.

However, their Majesty has never been interested in young beauties and has not added anyone to his harem for a long time.

Even the selection of concubines proposed by the ministers earlier was rejected by His Majesty, and he probably won't give in this time.

The crown prince and the princes are too young.

Among the royal family members of appropriate age, the one with the most honorable status is Prince An.

But Prince An doesn't look like someone who likes beautiful women.

If Dong Yi had sent him delicious food, he might have been happier.

In the final analysis, Dongyi has no chance this time.

Of course, even if His Majesty suddenly changed his mind and took the Dongyi Princess into the harem.

During the formal peace talks, the court officials would also keep an eye on His Majesty to prevent him from making any rash decisions.

Everything else is easy to talk about, but when it comes to interests, you must not give in.

Shen Zhaonian and the Shen brothers were not very interested in Dongyi's ideas. Compared with the beauties who were obviously coming for the emperor, they disliked the envoys from Nanxin Kingdom even more.

This time, there were several handsome young men in the envoys from the Nanxin Kingdom. Some were elegant and graceful, some were as graceful as bamboo, and some were tall and handsome.

There are all kinds of them.

Moreover, these people were obviously coming for their Zheng'er.

They were all circling around Zheng'er, and it was obvious that they had bad intentions.

No matter what, it's always better to be on guard.

Just as his ministers had expected, Emperor Jingning had absolutely no intention of marrying a princess to a foreign country.

He didn't intend to keep any of the beauties sent by these countries.

It's not like he hasn't seen beauties before. The queen was a stunning beauty when she was young.

Although she is a little older now, the queen's appearance is still the same as before, and she is even more dignified.

Although not all the other concubines in the harem were beautiful, they all met Emperor Jingning's aesthetic standards when they were young.

She is no less beautiful than the beauties who came with the envoys from various countries.

It’s not that Emperor Jingning has high standards, he simply thinks that places with too many women will cause too much trouble.

He grew up in the palace and was accustomed to all kinds of conspiracies and intrigues.

Naturally, I know that concubines in the harem will do anything to win favor.

Anyway, Emperor Jingning is very satisfied with the peaceful life in the palace now and has no plans to add any more people.

If we really add someone else, it may not only make the harem chaotic, but also make the queen tired.

It is possible that someone has some inappropriate thoughts and wants to attack the crown prince and several princes.

As for the Nanxin Kingdom's plan, Emperor Jingning could guess it.

Logically speaking, if Shen Huazheng was interested, she could choose one or two of these guys to keep.

If you like them all, you can keep them all.

Anyway, she is still young, so just treat it as a way to cultivate feelings.

When the time comes, he will decide which one Shen Huazheng likes and then arrange the marriage.

It's a good opportunity to cultivate feelings while secretly observing who is more reliable.

If you like both...that's fine.

Just think of it as keeping a few concubines in the mansion.

Anyway, Shen Huazheng has her own fiefdom and her own princess mansion in the capital.

At that time, she could just take her lovers to live in her own place, and no one would bother them.

But now it seems that Shen Huazheng has no intention in this regard at all.

Or perhaps she had no idea what the other party was thinking.

Looking at the Shen family father and son's vigilant look, if anyone dared to approach Shen Huazheng rashly, they would probably have their legs broken.

In this case, Emperor Jingning pretended not to know Nan Xin's thoughts.

Even if the envoy Nan Xin really had the nerve to ask, he would refuse outright.

Emperor Jingning and the Shen family guessed correctly, Nan Xin did have feelings for Shen Huazheng.

Nanxin began to pay attention to this matter as soon as they learned that Daliang had discovered a crop that could be mass-produced and could satisfy hunger.

This attention was of great significance. They discovered that this matter was actually proposed by a little girl named Shen Huazheng from Daliang.

The girl's identity was also extraordinary. She was the daughter of the Minister of Revenue of Daliang and the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor.

He was appointed as the Shanglin Office Commander by the Emperor of Daliang himself.

If they had heard in the past that women were able to enter the court and serve as officials alongside men, they would definitely have found it strange.

Could it be that the Emperor of Daliang has lost his mind? Otherwise, why would he do such a baffling thing?

But after learning about all the contributions made by Shen Huazheng, this idea immediately disappeared.

Shen Huazheng not only proposed that potatoes could be mass-produced, she also put it into practice.

In addition to potatoes, she also helped Daliang grow off-season vegetables and various fruits and melons, and built greenhouses.

Later, Shen Huazheng went to the northwest border of Daliang as an imperial envoy to assist local officials in promoting potato cultivation.

During this period, she also made some designs that were helpful for crop planting based on the specific conditions in northwest Daliang.

At least as far as Nan Xin knows, there is a drip irrigation circulation system and a water reservoir has been dug.

The more news he learned, the more jealous the King of Nanxin became.

Why doesn't Nanxin have such talents?

If such a talented person is Nan Xin's...

Thinking of this, the King of Nanxin felt like he was floating in the air.

Since he is a rare talent in a century, we must try every possible means to win him over.

The Nanxin envoys came to Daliang this time with an important mission. They wanted to find an opportunity to test Daliang's attitude and see if they could send Shen Huazheng to Nanxin as an envoy from Daliang to exchange experiences in agriculture and sericulture.

The mission of those young men was particularly important, which was to establish a good relationship with Shen Huazheng and see if they could trick her into marrying him using their beauty tricks...

Oh no, it was brought to Nanxin.

Originally, those handsome young men only regarded approaching Shen Huazheng as a mission, and they were even a little reluctant and slightly angry.

Isn't this kind of thing something only young men would do?

How could they be treated so badly, since they all came from distinguished families and were well-educated?

But after seeing Shen Huazheng, this idea disappeared instantly.

If I could really spend my whole life with such a beautiful woman, it would be the greatest blessing in life.

How can it be considered a waste to entrust this task to them?

It's clearly praising them.

However, Shen Huazheng's father and brother seemed very suspicious.

They had just found an opportunity to talk to her when they were hastily interrupted.

The Shen brothers sat next to Shen Huazheng. As long as they noticed someone's eyes falling on Shen Huazheng, they would look over without hesitation.