Mo Yuanji thought that everything his daughter said was told to her by the Grand Princess.

He was also very excited. If this thing called sweet potato was grown and it was really as his daughter said, he could imagine that his Mo family and he would go down in history.

The father and daughter immediately took the two bags of sweet potatoes to the farm and asked the people in the farm to clear the land and pull out some unimportant vegetables.

Mo Chenxi knew how to grow sweet potatoes, but she had never grown them herself. She told her father to cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces and bring them back from southern Fujian on a hot day. Some of them had small white sprouts, and she tried to have a sprout on each piece.

"As long as it can sprout and grow vines, and continue to cultivate with the vines, we can grow a large area."

Mo Chenxi stared at the white sprouts of the sweet potato with shining eyes. Mo Yuanji did not suspect anything and carefully cut the pieces himself.

"Dad, the farm must have kept an eye on it. If anyone asks, just say it's for Grand Princess Wenshan. I think the Grand Princess is quite arrogant, and no one dares to mess with her."

Mo Yuanji then asked, "What does the Grand Princess want you to do?"

Mo Chenxi said what happened, Mo Yuanji was speechless after hearing it, knowing that his daughter did not have this magical power, and had no choice but to perform the play.

"If anyone comes to you about this again in the future, find an excuse to turn it down."

Mo Chenxi said, "I don't want to have this reputation either. Fortunately, everyone knows that I am weak. The eldest princess said that Mrs. Qiu San wanted to ask me something, but she didn't dare to bring it up.

"Dad, when you have time, check and write down any special events happening with the high-ranking families in Beijing. The only people who would come to me for help are those from high-ranking families with high official positions, or those who have connections that can connect them with our family. If they can't refuse, I know the general idea and can say something ambiguous to get away with it."

Mo Yuanji shook his head and sighed, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have played tricks that time. I'll just push it off if I can next time."

He also knew that now he couldn't refuse anyone who could speak up, such as Princess Wenshan.

Princess Wenshan thought about it for two days, then went to the palace to see the empress dowager and told her about it.

The Queen Mother said, "Is this why you came back?"

Princess Wenshan readily admitted, "Yes, Yulan couldn't sleep at night. She kept dreaming about her great-aunt coming back to visit the grave. When I heard about Madam Mo's situation, I went to find her. I didn't expect it to be true. It's just that her health was too poor. She couldn't bear even a few words from her great-aunt."

The Queen Mother is speechless. Now she addresses her like her husband's concubine. Shouldn't she say that her grandmother didn't say much?

As for the Chen family bloodline, just like what your grandfather said, your son has their blood in him, you chose it yourself.

Princess Wenshan was two years older than the late emperor and, as the common people called her, was his elder sister-in-law. When the princess married, the Queen Mother had not yet entered the palace, and she only knew that she had chosen her own consort. A series of events ensued, including the late emperor's reprimand for the princess and the newly pregnant Queen Mother, who overheard their conversation.

The late emperor said that the eldest princess brought shame to the royal family. If she liked women, why did she want to get married?

The eldest princess said confidently, "Why can you like men but I can't like women? I got married because I wanted to live a good life like a woman. That bastard told me on our wedding night that he liked his cousin and asked me to take her as a concubine. It seemed like being a prince consort was so unfair to him. He even put forward conditions for my wedding night?

"He was the one who slapped me in the face first. Doesn't he like his cousin? I obliged him. A concubine is still a concubine, and a concubine has to serve the mistress, so I let him not touch her. I didn't expect it to turn out like this. Anyway, Yulan didn't want to be that bastard's concubine, so she was willing to stay with me."

The late emperor threw a book on the table. The eldest princess said with disdain, "Do you dare to make the person you love a male queen? I only love Yulan. We agreed that after I die, she will become a nun. After she dies, I will never love anyone else. Do you dare?"

It was that time that the Queen Mother knew that the late emperor liked men and slept with her in order to have a son. In order to conceal his true feelings, he deliberately favored Concubine Jiang and also visited other concubines.

Afterwards, Princess Wenshan tried several times, and the Queen Mother said: Why can't women do what men can do? The Princess immediately regarded her as a confidant and told her everything when she went to the palace.

Therefore, the Queen Mother knew about the affairs of the Grand Princess and the Zhou family.

The eldest princess has a son who is thirteen years old and was born to a palace maid beside her. Prince Consort Zhou and a maid of the Zhou family have a daughter who is ten years old this year. It is said that they had sex while drunk.

Prince Consort Zhou and the Grand Princess were at odds with each other and refused to agree to a divorce. When the Grand Princess Wenshan was in Beijing, he would knock on her door and make a fuss. Therefore, the Grand Princess had another residence in Beijing and often went out.

However, in order to cover up her affair with Luo Yulan, she created the illusion that she had a lover.

"What are your plans?" the Queen Mother asked.

Princess Wenshan said, "I have an idea. Let Prince Consort Zhou write a letter to become a concubine, let Yulan establish a female household, and adopt Zhou Haoyu to her to inherit the Luo family line. Then we can move Yulan's great-aunt's grave back to Huaibei. I know my great-aunt didn't want to be buried in the Zhou family's ancestral tomb. She was angry with her husband all her life and didn't want to be buried with him."

Seeing her speaking so easily about something so difficult to accomplish, the Queen Mother said, "I won't help you. This is too unreasonable."

Princess Wenshan said, "I don't expect my sister-in-law to help me. I just want to say something. If anything happens, my sister-in-law will pretend not to know. If anyone comes to my sister-in-law to say something, my sister-in-law will push it onto me, saying that I am arrogant or domineering. Anyway, don't take the blame."

The Queen Mother nodded.

Whenever the eldest princess talks about her younger brother's wife, it is a reminder, or a warning, to stay out of her business, as she doesn't give face to anyone.

The Queen Mother never cared about her affairs, and the eldest princess never interfered in state affairs. She was devoted to her affair with Luo Yulan, and also tried to get rid of Prince Consort Zhou.

It was because the Queen Mother never said a word to her, and even understood her, so after the death of the late emperor, the Queen Mother wanted to rule the country from behind the scenes. Many ministers opposed it, but Princess Wenshan supported her with all her strength and even took the four-year-old new emperor to court.

The ministers were frightened into compromising. It was better for the empress dowager to be in charge of the government than for the eldest princess to be in charge of the government. If she kept a lover in the harem, it would be a joke for the Great Yan Kingdom.

Princess Wenshan said, "I brought some food from the south and asked Mogancai to help grow it. His daughter has been very helpful to Yulan, so I don't have time to reward him. If you have time, please give Mogancai something to reward me. I heard his family is very close, so give him some extra silver."

The Queen Mother agreed, knowing that Princess Wenshan's words meant she had no money. She sent someone to give her some silver notes, and the Princess took them and thanked her with a smile.

The Queen Mother never complained about this. It was better for the Grand Princess to ask her for money than to extort money from local officials.

Although personal morality may be compromised, the greater good remains.

The Queen Mother didn't care about what she said about asking Mo Yuanji to grow things, thinking it was just an excuse to ask for money.

She asked Eunuch Liang to give Mo Yuanji 10,000 taels of silver, and Mo Yuanji was speechless again.

My daughter said that if she could grow sweet potatoes, she would make a lot of money. It’s true. She has already made 10,000 taels of silver before she even grows them.

However, he gave all the ten thousand taels to his daughter. This was his daughter's credit. When the crops were grown in the future, the Mo family would benefit greatly.

Because my daughter said she only wanted money, not fame.

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