The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

There was a maidservant nearby who came from a farming family. She quickly whispered the news.

"This is the polished rice we eat every day. If you peel off the outer skin, you will see the white inside."

The women suddenly understood and were only surprised. They did not care about how incredible it was to have a yield of eight stones per mu!

Another minister stepped forward and held the rice ears in front of his eyes, examining them carefully. "The rice awns are as short as rat whiskers. They must be a demonic transformation! The Qi Min Yao Shu records..."

"Your Excellency is talking about a book from the Northern Wei Dynasty." When Yu Dehou was at home, she felt that these people might bring the story up with the idea of demonic transformation. After all, her daughter was called a goddess outside!

So, he made preparations early. He pulled out the yellowed "Book of Si Sheng" from his bosom, with rice ear specimens from different years sandwiched between the pages. "During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, the yield per mu in Guanzhong was less than one dan. Now, the fertile fields in Jiangnan can yield two to three dan. How can this not be considered a freakish change?"

"absurd!"

"You're such a sophist! You're just an ordinary farmer, yet you're comparing yourself to figures in history books. Putting aside the question of whether your rice yield is real, let's talk about that other thing in the basket called sweet potato. You say it yields 40 dan per mu? That's simply a fantasy. Don't think just because your son and daughter are favored by His Majesty, you're starting to spin nonsense."

"Why? You think you can become an official too."

A bearded official with a fierce expression stepped forward, took out a sweet potato, threw it on the ground, and crushed it with his foot. The orange-red flesh stuck to the hem of his purple robe. "The Taizu stipulated that the five grains are rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans. This thing doesn't even count as one of the five grains!"

"You must be from a poor family and can't find anything to give to His Majesty, so you're trying to trick His Majesty with something."

Qin Haowen frowned slightly as he looked at the sweet potato that was trampled to pieces on the ground. Such a sweet potato could be divided into several seeds and produce dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes, but it was actually crushed by this person.

However, he knew this man. He had always followed him and had no bad intentions. He was extremely protective of him as the emperor. Perhaps in his eyes, Yu Dehou and Liang Shulan were just deceiving him!

However, when the sweet potato was crushed, a sweet smell was released, which made the burly and bearded minister look down at his feet.

He stared at it for a long time, thought for a while, bent down, picked up a piece of crushed sweet potato, and put it into his mouth.

"Huh~ It's actually sweet!?"

He bent down again and picked up a large piece. Without a trace of disgust on his face, he took another big bite.

"Oh my god! It's actually really sweet!"

He was really shocked and confused, and quickly looked at the emperor sitting on his left.

Qin Haowen winked at him, and the minister quickly returned to his seat, suddenly realizing that he had been reckless...

At this time, Qin Haowen cleared his throat and continued what he had not finished saying.

"Pass on the order, Shang..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted again. The Minister of Revenue fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty! Do not believe this nonsense. This man said that he can produce a certain amount of yield per acre. What if he just picked up a seed at random? And that sweet potato, even if it tastes sweet, so what? We have never seen it before. We don't know how to eat it or how to grow it. He wants to reward us with empty promises. Absolutely not!"

The empress dowager coughed lightly at this time, and the eunuch in charge of ceremonies brought over a gilded lacquer tray. When he lifted the yellow silk, the whole hall was filled with the aroma of caramel, and inside was actually filled with sweet potatoes.

At this moment, everyone instantly understood that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager seemed to have seen this sweet potato a long time ago and should have verified the yield, otherwise they would not be so eager to give the reward.

However, as they waited for the plates of sweet potatoes to be placed on their tables, they were all somewhat at a loss, and finally fixed their gazes on Yu Ruyue!

This is the daughter of those two people. She should know how to eat this, right?

As a result, before Yu Ruyue could make a move, Shen Zhiheng took the sweet potato in front of Yu Ruyue, peeled off the thin layer of skin on the outside, revealing the orange and steaming flesh inside!

Yu Ruyue smiled and took a bite, a very satisfied smile immediately appearing on her face.

The ministers followed suit.

They peeled the skin one after another, and when they put it into their mouths, their eyes lit up immediately.

Especially the general who had eaten raw sweet potatoes before was shocked. He didn't expect that they would be sweeter after being cooked than raw.

Remembering his earlier rudeness, he quickly stood up and apologized to Yu Dehou and Liang Shulan, "I'm truly sorry, both of you. I was short-sighted and didn't know there were such delicious things in the world. That's why I offended you."

"If this thing really can produce 40 dan per mu as you say, everyone in the world will be grateful to you!"

The minister who had called every potato a monster before, seeing that the others had no reaction after eating the sweet potatoes, couldn't help but take a bite himself.

He didn't expect that this thing was so soft, sweet and delicious.

If I take this thing back home to my toothless mother, she should be able to eat two.

The women in the family couldn't get enough of the sweet roasted sweet potatoes.

I only regret that I didn’t know earlier that there were such delicious things in this world.

Yu Ruyue stood up and said with a smile, "My parents went through great pains to find this sweet potato on the other side of the sea. We had no food at home, so we planted it to give it a try. We didn't expect the yield to be so high, and it's so delicious! Not only can it be boiled and roasted, but you can also cut it into pieces and make candied sweet potatoes!"

"Anyway, there are many ways to prepare it. If you have a great chef at home, you can ask him to learn more ways to eat it. Don't worry, this thing is absolutely not poisonous."

Qin Haowen continued, "Princess Anguo is absolutely right. Everyone should know that my mother and I were once exiled to the countryside. At that time, there was a drought, coupled with war, and everyone was on the verge of death. Princess Anguo and her parents used this sweet potato to save my life and the Queen Mother's life!"

Good guy!

Everyone finally understood why the emperor and the empress dowager were so close to the Yu family. It was not because of Lord Shen, but because this family had saved their lives!

Good guy!

The farmer they looked down upon unexpectedly became the savior of the emperor and empress.

In addition, Princess Anguo did contribute in the previous battle.

It’s no wonder that the emperor would give Princess Anguo such an honor.

At this moment, everyone suddenly felt envious and jealous of Shen Zhiheng!