Best friends dressed up in ancient times to become mistresses? You run, I run too!

Jiang Yanche leaned closer and asked.

A handsome, fair face appeared before Shen Ningzhu, his captivating peach blossom eyes just as they had been three years ago, making Shen Ningzhu sigh that time had been exceptionally kind to this beauty.

"I never expected you to still be alive."

Shen Ningzhu curved her lips into a smile.

"I never expected that His Highness Prince Chen, who was once so high and mighty, would become so disheveled."

"You ask me why I saved you? Well, firstly, I felt sorry for you. You should have been a chosen one, but you've fallen into the state of a stray dog. It's truly heartbreaking. Secondly, I wanted to use you as an opportunity to escape from Jiang Xuan Yan's side."

Jiang Yanche paused for a moment, then finally smiled.

"From this perspective, my brother is more pitiful than me. He poured his heart out to a woman for three years, but all he wanted was to escape from him."

Shen Ningzhu's lips twitched slightly.

Open your heart and soul?

When did he ever open his heart? And doesn't anyone even ask if she wants his black-hearted ways?

They presumptuously imposed their ideas on her, and then complained that she didn't want them?

"Let's not talk about that bastard anymore, Jiang Yanche. What's your situation now? Are these the only ones left after everyone else has been killed? And what are you planning to do now?"

Jiang Yanche casually lifted his eyelids to look at her.

Suddenly, a wicked smile curled his lips.

"I heard that you gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, for my elder brother, and that you have already been granted the titles of Crown Prince and Princess in the capital?"

Shen Ningzhu's eyes lit up.

"You've heard about it too? That's great, then it means it's true."

Jiang Yanche: ? ? ?

"What do you mean? You didn't know about this?"

Shen Ningzhu's originally bright eyes dimmed instantly, and her exquisite fox-like eyes gradually became misty.

She gritted her teeth, angrily accusing Jiang Xuan Yan of his actions. Jiang Yan Che listened without doubt, because it did indeed sound like something Jiang Xuan Yan would do.

He finally believed that Shen Ningzhu had deliberately left with Jiang Xuanyan to escape his imprisonment.

"How about we cooperate?" Shen Ningzhu suddenly grabbed Jiang Yanche's hand and said cautiously.

"cooperate?"

Jiang Yanche raised his eyebrows and said with great interest.

“Yes, cooperation.” Shen Ningzhu nodded vigorously. “My child and I don’t want to get involved in power struggles. We just want to grow vegetables and flowers and live a leisurely life.”

“We’ll go back to the capital. You can sit on the throne. All you have to do is ensure that my widow and her orphan live a peaceful life.”

Jiang Yanche naturally didn't believe that anyone could give up the wealth and honor they had gained and be willing to become a peasant.

But thinking back to three years ago, when she could have secured a place in the Crown Prince's residence through her child, she went to great lengths to fake her death and escape, and some began to believe her story.

However, his influence in the capital had already been wiped out by Jiang Xuan Yan. Returning to the capital rashly would be like a lamb entering a tiger's den, so this matter needed to be carefully considered.

"Don't rush this. Are you hungry? The servants picked some wild berries. Would you like to try some?"

Seeing Shen Ningzhu nod obediently, he called out, and soon Yuan Yi came over carrying a large bunch of fruit.

"Miss Shen, please try this. It's sweet and sour; you girls should love it." Shen Ningzhu glanced at it and realized it was a wild kiwi. She immediately asked, "Where did you find this? Are there many of these trees around here? Take me to see it."

Seeing that the two looked puzzled, Shen Ningzhu smiled and said,

"You may not know this, but these fruits look small and sour, but through grafting, they can grow into large and delicious fruits."

Jiang Yanche, "What is grafting?"

"Yes, it can also be called grafting."

Jiang Yanche stared at Shen Ningzhu inquisitively, "It seems that Zhuzhu knows quite a lot."

Shen Ningzhu proudly raised her head, "Of course! Did you think that when I said I wanted to be a farmer, I meant an ordinary farmer who toils in the fields from dawn till dusk? Look at my arms and legs, do I look like someone who can make a living like that?"

Just kidding, her best friend is a PhD in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and she spends most of her time cultivating various medicinal herbs.

It's just a simple grafting technique.

"I know a lot more."

"I can improve grain varieties and increase the harvest several times over. I can also make southern fruits grow in the north, and I can grow summer vegetables and fruits in winter."

The two were stunned by what he said for a long time.

"Growing summer vegetables and fruits in winter? Such a contrary thing is impossible. Only gods can do what you are talking about."

Although Yuan Yi had a good impression of Shen Ningzhu, he couldn't help but refute such outrageous words.

"Cut~"

"Are you looking down on me?"

Jiang Yanche's eyes flickered between light and shadow, as if he were lost in thought, while Shen Ningzhu continued to paint her idyllic dream.

After a long while, Jiang Yanche suddenly grabbed Shen Ningzhu's hand and strode outside.

"Hey, where are you taking me?"

Jiang Yanche said, "I think there's a place you'll like. I'll take you there myself."

Before long, the two arrived at a spot halfway up a mountain. Now, Shen Ningzhu finally understood what Jiang Yanche meant by those words.

This place is truly a treasure.

Before her eyes was a large patch of wild tomatoes and a large patch of wild yams. To her even greater surprise, Shen Ningzhu also discovered a patch of wild potatoes, as well as quite a few fruit trees.

Hawthorn, pear, jujube, and kiwi trees.

Wait, that's...

Shen Ningzhu looked at the familiar leaves and ran forward. When she saw the brown or green spiky balls that had fallen to the ground, her eyes lit up.

"Chestnuts! Wow, so many, so many chestnut trees! We're rich! We're rich! Hahahaha..."

Jiang Yanche: ……

Yuan Yi:......

"Miss Shen, are you short of money?"

Jiang Yanche sneered inwardly. This woman had taken his million taels of silver notes; how could she be short of money? It was just a habitual greed. Sure enough, Shen Ningzhu said without any hesitation...

"Are you stupid? Who would complain about having too much money?"

Jiang Yanche said, "Then you can go back to the capital with your brother. You can spend all the money in the Jiang Kingdom as you please. Why bother with these few pennies?"

Shen Ningzhu thought to herself, "Nonsense, with a son who will become the crown prince, what more could I ask for?"

On the surface, however, he shook his head vigorously.

"A gentleman loves money but acquires it in a proper way. As long as there is enough money to spend, that's fine. I mainly enjoy the process of acquiring wealth through my own abilities, but that doesn't mean I should compromise myself by doing things I don't like or sacrifice my freedom for money."

Jiang Yanche narrowed his eyes. "Freedom?"

"Yes, life is precious, love is more precious, but freedom is the most precious of all."

This firm look and tone really intimidated the two people in front of him.

For a moment, he completely forgot that this woman, who kept saying that a gentleman loves money but acquires it in a proper way, had swindled him out of a million taels of silver three years ago.

The three of them dug up two holes of potatoes, two holes of yams, picked a lot of chestnuts, gathered some wild fruits, and then returned to the cave.

Throughout the journey, Shen Ningzhu talked incessantly about what those things were called and how to cook them.

But as they approached the cave entrance, the two people beside them suddenly stopped and looked at the cave with wary expressions.