After two months of suffering, she finally got the chance to go to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat. Her scumbag father was busy arranging various matters with the ministers, and she was finally going to become a wild child with no one to take care of her.

She had hoped to sleep until noon, but the biological clock she had developed over the past two months woke her up at dawn.

Liang Chongyue sat on the bed depressed, staring at the two secret guards hanging on the ceiling, speechless.

Fan Shi: "Hey, Fan Jiu, it seems the Fifth Princess has spotted us. What should we do?"

Fan Jiu: "Don't worry. The Fifth Princess saw us the first day we were hanging from the beams of Yikun Palace. It's okay."

Fan Shi: "That's impossible. The fifth princess was only two months old at that time."

Fan Jiu: "Fool, do you really think the Emperor brought the Fifth Princess along just because she's pretty?"

......

Liang Chongyue listened to the two "bat monsters" talking freely as if no one was around. If she hadn't lacked strength, she really wanted to knock them down.

Let’s see if these two chatterboxes really look like the “bat monster”.

Liang Chongyue couldn't sleep in bed, so she got up, packed up, and went to check on the rice she had planted two months ago.

In the backyard where flowers are blooming, there are clusters of green rice seedlings growing abruptly.

Daxia has a vast landscape and the capital has distinct four seasons, although the people currently only plant one crop of rice a year to ensure yield.

After paying taxes and leaving seeds for planting next year, the remaining food is barely enough to feed the family.

But now that she is here, everything is different.

Liang Chongyue gently stroked the seedlings that had not yet drooped their heads. These were the rice seeds she bought from the system mall.

The grains are plump and pest-resistant, so there is no need to select them. Every plant and every grain will look the same as before they are planted.

Moreover, she understood the climate and topography of each state in Daxia, and could basically grow two crops.

Once her experiment is successful, the problem of food for the people of Daxia will be solved.

"Your Highness is well."

Liang Chongyue heard the voice but did not turn around, and continued to focus his eyes on the seedlings in front of him.

"Doukou has gained any new insights from serving these seedlings recently?"

Liang Chongyue smiled and picked a flower next to the seedlings, then put it to her nose and smelled it.

The fragrant scent of flowers filled her chest through her nostrils.

"In reply to your question, Princess, I've noticed that these rice seedlings are growing better and faster than those in the agricultural department. I'm going to go so far as to say that I think this crop of rice seedlings will be ready for harvest in another month."

Liang Chongyue nodded to Doukou with satisfaction.

Two months ago, when she first started sowing seeds, Doukou showed the talent that the system mentioned.

Neither of them had ever farmed before. She was still trying to understand it bit by bit by referring to the instructions, but Doukou had already learned it by herself.

So she immediately decided to send Doukou to the Agricultural Bureau to learn how to farm. Within a month, Doukou became a master.

Now she is taking care of the flowers and plants in the backyard, mainly her seedlings.

With Doukou around, she only had to take a look at the growth of the seedlings occasionally, except for the first day when she was sowing seeds.

"Puppy, how much luck does Doukou have?"

"It's 4, and Doukou's favorability towards you has reached 80%."

Liang Chongyue pondered in her heart that rice seeds were not expensive and she couldn't spend all her luck on them.

Just buy one or two hundred kilograms. Scarcity makes things valuable. Plant one seedling and you can harvest two crops a year. Moreover, the yield of seedlings produced by the system is amazing. In a few years, most of Daxia’s land will be planted with rice seeds produced by the system.

Liang Chongyue put his hand on Doukou's hand, opened his arms, took a deep breath of the fresh floral fragrance still covered with dew in the early morning, and his whole body relaxed.

Liang Chongyue closed his eyes, immersed in the fragrance of the flowers, and spoke to Doukou:

"Since you understand the difference of these rice seedlings, you should also understand their value. This princess remembers that your mother also worked in this palace, but left before she was 30. I believe she was once very respected in the palace. She must have received a lot of rewards. Why did she send you to the palace? You know, if a palace maid enters the palace without grace, she will never leave in her life."

When mentioning her mother, a trace of pain flashed in Doukou's eyes. Her mother was born a palace maid. How could she not understand that once she entered the palace, she would never be able to leave? However, she quickly adjusted her mood, and the pain in her eyes was soon covered up.

Liang Chongyue didn't even open his eyes, listening to her silence, not caring what she was thinking.

Doukou looked at the gorgeously dressed and beautiful Fifth Princess in front of her. She still remembered the sweet date paste cake. The piece she got was only the size of half a palm, but it was that date paste cake that supported her drowsy and shaky body and prevented her from losing her composure in front of the palace.

She remembered that day when everyone was trying their best to be chosen as the fifth princess's maid. She didn't even think that she would be selected. It was not until her usual work partners left that she woke up from her dream.

The Fifth Princess was neither happy nor sad, neither arrogant nor impatient, and had her own opinions on many things. She was the most talkative little master she had ever met in her life.

She had been in the palace for several years and had seen too many servants in the palace who were hypocritical and betrayed their masters for personal gain, but she had never seen the servants in the Yikun Palace behave like this.

She used to think that the Imperial Noble Consort Chen was extremely strict with her subordinates, and the servants in the Yiku Palace did not dare to do so. So from the moment she was chosen by the Fifth Princess, she was prepared to be cautious in her words and actions every day.

But Aunt Chunxiang never spoke harshly to them when she taught them. She just explained the rules to them once, and then familiarized them with the rules of Yiku Palace, and then let them follow her and serve the Fifth Princess.

The Fifth Princess never got angry with them. Even when she was in a bad mood, she would just wave her hand and let them leave, and leave her alone. There was no better master to serve than the Fifth Princess.

"To answer your Highness, my mother once worked as a servant in the palace of Concubine Yu. When I was young, my family was wealthy for a while. But then something bad happened. My father lost most of his fortune in gambling. My two younger brothers needed to study. Being a maid in any family in the capital wouldn't offer as much as the monthly salary offered by the palace, so I entered the palace."

Liang Chongyue had already read the information about these palace maids. What Doukou said was true. She finally closed her eyes and enjoyed it enough. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Doukou's eyes were slightly red. She must have felt humiliated to mention this matter.

Liang Chongyue took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her.

“It’s not how a person is born that matters; what matters is what she becomes when she grows up.”

"Take good care of these seedlings. You will benefit greatly from them. If you ever wish to sever your blood ties with my family, you can come find me."

Doukou suppressed the trembling of her hands and took the handkerchief handed to her by the Fifth Princess. On it was the Fifth Princess's favorite Cantonese embroidered flowers.

Every stitch and thread is so lifelike that you can almost smell the fragrance of flowers if you smell it closely.

Watching the Fifth Princess's receding figure, her body instinctively bowed to express her gratitude. In the past, she didn't understand what the teaching nanny meant when she said that once they entered the Yikun Palace, their lives would be completely transformed.

Now she understood.

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