The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

Lu Shi opened his eyes wide, his mouth slightly open, and looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment, his eyes full of disbelief.

When the wind blows, layer upon layer of golden waves are raised in the rice fields, like a golden ocean.

She took a deep breath, and the air was filled with the fresh fragrance of rice.

Lu Shi ran to the edge of the rice field and squatted down to carefully observe the rice. The rice ears were heavy, the grains were plump, and they exuded a strong vitality.

She couldn't help but reach out and gently touch the rice ears, feeling their softness and toughness.

This kind of rice seems to be very good, not just ordinary good, it combines all the advantages in one.

As a sacred tree, Lu Shi naturally knew that this was a high-yielding, stress-resistant rice variety with strong heat tolerance, good disease resistance, and a high fruit set rate, with a potential yield of over 2000 kilograms per mu. It was also highly adaptable and could grow in a variety of environments.

What’s important is that it tastes relatively good, and may have the characteristics of plump rice grains, crystal color, and soft texture.

Lu Shi looked happy, but he was confused in his heart.

This kind of rice is obviously a hybrid variety, and even in later generations it would take a lot of time and effort to cultivate it.

So why are there such excellent rice seeds in this world?

There was inquiry in her eyes as she looked at Xie Yue, but the smile on her face remained unchanged.

"So this manor hides such an important treasure. No wonder we were so cautious when we came here."

Xie Yue lowered his eyes and looked at the golden rice all over the ground. Finally, there was a sense of warmth on his body besides the coldness. It was not a disguise, but a true feeling from the heart.

His eyes curved slightly, and the ice and snow melted.

"Babies are always coveted, so you can never be too cautious."

He stood there for a moment, then shifted his gaze and smiled at Lu Shi, "Your Majesty, please keep this a secret."

Xie Yue's body was under the sun, and no matter how strong the sun was, it seemed that it could not penetrate his dark green clothes and could not shine on him.

Lu Shi suddenly felt the hairs on her back stand up, and she immediately said to herself: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I am not the kind of person who doesn't know the limits. I will definitely keep this a secret."

"That's great." The black air around Xie Yue dissipated, and he returned to his cold appearance.

"Your Majesty, do you know why I brought you here today?"

Lu Shi thought, "I should know."

This action might be to test her. She knew about this manor. If there were any rumors outside in the future, she might be the culprit, and then Xie Yue would have a reason to kill her.

If this matter had not been spread out, Xie Yue's purpose of testing her would have been achieved, and he might have given her a little trust in the future.

Of course, she couldn't let Xie Yue down! Even if the secret of her disguised as a man was revealed, she wouldn't tell anyone about the manor's secret!

Suddenly, she heard a light laugh. Lu Shi looked towards the source of the sound and saw Xie Yue smiling at her with his eyebrows slightly raised.

"Since Your Majesty knows, then let's take action."

Lu Shi was completely clueless after hearing what Xie Yue said.

Action? What to do? What to do?

Just as she was wondering, Xie Yue took two sickles from the servants in the village and handed one to her.

"Sickle?" Lu Shi was stunned, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Sure enough, Xie Yue confirmed her guess the next second. He raised his thin lips and uttered some words that made Lu Shi uncomfortable.

"At the end of August, the rice in this area matured early and is ready for harvest. Your Majesty has a lot of free time, so it's a good opportunity to work hard."

Lu Shi was about to refuse with a bitter face. After all, he was an emperor. How could he do such a job?

But before she could open her mouth, Xie Yue had already gone into the rice field and was working with the servants.

Xie Yue's slender fingers were like finely carved jade chopsticks, and he didn't look like someone who worked regularly.

These hands are only suitable for holding a pen, giving orders and making decisions in the court, not for holding a rough sickle.

Xie Yue worked with a clumsy, unsteady hand. His fingers were often cut by the sharp rice leaves, blood oozing from the wounds. He glanced down, then wiped the blood away carelessly, then continued to clumsily cut the rice under the guidance of his servants.

Seeing this, what else could Lu Shi say? Even the powerful regent was sent to the ground, so how could she, a puppet emperor with no real power, be spared?

She had no choice but to go to the fields to harvest rice.

Lu Shi had never harvested rice before, and her technique was a little unfamiliar at first, but she gradually became proficient and even worked faster than ordinary farmers.

Ruofeng and Ruoyun beside Xie Yue were amazed at what they saw.

Now they had a concrete picture of the hard life Lu Shi had lived in the cold palace.

When they investigated the little emperor, they learned that they were not able to get enough food in the cold palace. Therefore, in order to make a living, they opened up a large piece of wasteland in the cold palace and planted a lot of vegetables.

Although he had never grown rice before, farm work was basically the same, so the little emperor was able to become proficient immediately after being unfamiliar at the beginning.

Thinking of this, they felt that the little emperor was quite pitiful. He was obviously a noble heir to the throne, but he lost his mother when he was just born. His father was also a heartless person. He directly threw him into a remote and shady cold palace, where he stayed for nearly twenty years. No one knew how much suffering he had endured in that cannibalistic place.

Although he ascended the throne directly after coming out of the cold palace, he had no real power and was strictly controlled by his prince.

Thinking about it this way, it seems quite reasonable for the young emperor to poison his prince.

However, no matter how reasonable it is, the little emperor is still too stupid. He has missed twenty years of education and is easily provoked.

The little emperor didn't even think about it. If it weren't for his prince, how could she sit so comfortably on the throne? Gold and jewelry, brocade clothes, delicacies from land and sea, how could his prince be inferior to her?

She had never had such a comfortable life in the cold palace in the past. She even dared to poison his prince. It was only because his prince was magnanimous, otherwise the little emperor's body and brain would have been separated long ago.

I hope the little emperor has really changed this time and won’t let his prince down.

As for Lu Shi, who was considered a fool, she didn't notice at all that the look in Ruofeng and Ruoyun's eyes when they looked at her contained very complicated emotions, including sympathy, disgust with stupidity and disappointment in her.

She rubbed her waist which had been bent for a long time, looked up at the golden rice fields that seemed to have no boundaries, and sighed in her heart.

How long will it take to mow such a large piece of land?

Wouldn’t it be possible for her to come back for more tomorrow if I cut it off today?

No.

Why was she so desperate that she insisted on leaving the palace to follow Xie Yue? Now, she has been drafted by him to serve as a soldier.

Lu Shi was crying in her heart, and then she met Xie Yue's gaze. She immediately lowered her head and began to cut the rice diligently again.

Look, she is very well-behaved and hardworking. She is not lazy at all and dares not to steal, so please trust her a little more.