Allure of a Country Maiden

The Shengpinghou family braved the heavy rain to welcome this distinguished guest at the gate.

The hems of the whole family's clothes were soaked by the heavy rain.

The carriage drove through the gate and stopped at the nearest corridor. Shen Chengyao quickly stepped forward holding an oil umbrella to greet the emperor as he got off the carriage. His clothes were soaked in the blink of an eye.

"Good luck to Mr. Shangguan, Shen Chengyao respectfully welcomes Mr. Shangguan."

Upon seeing this, Shen Haiqiang quickly stepped forward to hold an umbrella for him.

After the emperor got off the carriage, he turned around and wanted to take the fat seventh prince out of the carriage. Only after holding him did he realize that his son was really too fat!

He could barely hold it!

"Xiao Qi, it's time for you to lose weight!" He almost couldn't hug his son even if he wanted to get close to him like ordinary people.

The emperor held his baby and walked forward with unusual difficulty.

The Seventh Prince's face wrinkled up: "Dad, didn't you say I don't need to lose weight?"

"You have to lose weight when you grow up." If you don't lose weight, you won't be able to get a wife! The emperor thought.

Seeing that the emperor was a little overwhelmed, Shen Chengyao hurriedly said: "Master Shangguan, let me hold Xiao Qi!"

"No need." The emperor gritted his teeth. His expression was not as majestic as the one in the Jinluan Palace who was worshiped by the civil and military officials of the dynasty!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh... finally reached the corridor! I'm so exhausted! The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Liu and her children were blessed with a blessing: "I sincerely welcome Master Shangguan to my humble residence."

"Ma'am, there's no need to be polite. I'm the one who interrupted you. It's raining too hard. Let the children go back to the house quickly."

The rain was indeed so heavy that the hem of the emperor's clothes was wet. Worried that the emperor and the seventh prince would catch the cold, everyone did not show too much etiquette and quickly sent the emperor to Country Garden, which had been prepared, and asked the servants to get ready. Hot water to wash the two father and son.

Xiaoer asked someone to give them two bowls of ginger soup to keep them away from the cold.

After struggling for most of the night, the emperor and the seventh prince drank ginger soup and then rested.

It had been raining all night, and it showed no sign of stopping at dawn.

Shen Chengyao stood in front of the window and looked at the pouring rain. He was worried: "If the rain continues like this, the unharvested crops will suffer. Many people's food has not been harvested, and even if it is harvested, it has not been dried. It will also sprout."

The autumn harvest is already halfway through, and Xiaoer's crops usually mature a few days earlier than ordinary people's crops, so their family has only one farm far away that has not yet been harvested, which is specially reserved for the emperor to experience the fun of farmhouses.

"No, if it keeps raining, the food will spoil in the ground." Mrs. Liu is already in confinement. In addition to being plump, her complexion is very good.

"I can't go to Zhuangzi today. I'll inform the emperor." If the emperor hadn't wanted to experience farmhouse fun, Shen Chengyao would have gone to Zhuangzi in the rain and led the people to collect the food. Probably because he was afraid of hunger before, and he didn't want to see the food rotting there. The land was wasted.

Shen Chengyao came to Country Garden and told the emperor that it was raining today and he could not harvest. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said:

"Master Shangguan, you and the young master stay in the mansion. I will go to the village and ask the head of the village to take the people to harvest the crops. Otherwise, if the rain continues, the grain will sprout or rot when it is soaked in the water. Wait until the rain stops. , when the land is dry, I will come back to take Master Shangguan to Zhuangzi."

Raining during the autumn harvest is the most annoying thing. The emperor is here to experience farming life. He needs to experience the joy of a good harvest and the sadness of no harvest!

"I'm here to experience the farming life of the common people. Come on, I'll go with you."

Shen Chengyao was shocked when he heard this. How could this work? He took the emperor with him. It was raining so heavily. What if the emperor fell ill? After all, the emperor had just suffered from partial dryness not long ago.

The emperor knew what Shen Chengyao was worried about and deliberately showed a majestic face: "This is an imperial decree!"

Shen Chengyao was speechless. Did he agree to treat him as an ordinary citizen?

So Shen Chengyao rushed to Zhuangzi with the emperor who was suppressing him with force.

Accompanying him were Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuanyi who happened to be here.

The rain along the way blurred the vision in the distance.

On both sides of the road to Zhuangzi, there are many farmlands.

On the fields, many villagers were harvesting rice in the rain.

The emperor opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out: "The life of the people is miserable! Who doesn't hide in the house in this weather? Only farmers will harvest food in the rain."

It's almost late autumn, I'm soaked by the rain, and when the cold wind blows, I feel the biting chill.

"Your Majesty, please don't look outside. Be careful of getting your clothes wet." Shen Chengyao was riding in the same carriage as the Emperor. He saw the Emperor looking outside and stopped him.

"Has Marquis Shengping ever braved the rain to harvest grain before?"

"I have tried it, often." Shen Chengyao nodded. The two of them were bored sitting in the carriage, so they told the emperor about the past.

"I remember that it also rained during the autumn harvest the first year after we separated. My fourth brother and I also braved the rain to harvest the grain. Xiaoer was only seven years old at that time..."

Shen Chengyao told interesting stories about Xiaoer going up to the mountains to hunt pheasants and fishing at her grandmother's house.

The emperor's interest was instantly aroused!

"Can this fish still be caught like this? I have lived for half my life, and this is really the first time I have heard of it! Shengpinghou, when the weather gets better, let's try it too! I happen to be free recently! The emperor is sick this year, Qiu Lie will definitely It’s cancelled, let’s go hunting in the mountains together!”

Shameless, so shameless! Why did the emperor cancel the autumn hunting because he was ill? Is he just thinking of ways to go hunting? Shen Chengyao really wanted to slap his own mouth! He really doesn’t want to drink anything!

Shen Chengyao could only nodded sadly. The emperor ignored his distress and talked about his heroic deeds in hunting.

The atmosphere between the two of them was quite harmonious.

Suddenly the carriage stopped.

The emperor's carriage walked in the middle, driven by Zhao Yong.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiaoer's carriage was in front, driven by Xiao Fuzi.

The emperor opened the curtain of the carriage and asked Zhao Yong: "Why did the carriage stop?"

"I'm humble, let's go take a look!" Zhao Yong hurried forward.

Soon he came back: "Master, there is a pair of old men pulling a cart in front. The old man accidentally fell and couldn't get up, so the road was blocked."

After hearing this, the emperor hurriedly asked: "Is the injury serious? Go and get him into the carriage, let's take him home! The old man's old bones can't stand the torture."

"The old man didn't dare to ride in our carriage, and his carriage was full of freshly harvested grain. He couldn't bear to leave the carriage!"

The emperor became angry after hearing this: "Then where have all his children gone? How unbecoming it is for only two old men to pull the cart in such a heavy rain! Our court rules the world with filial piety!"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. Send the two old people home first, and then find out more about it." Shen Chengyao advised from the side.

The emperor regained his senses after hearing these words: "Zhao Yong, go and send the old couple home."

"But this carriage..." We can't leave the emperor halfway!