PDLP Chapter 1186 Living in the Sugarcane Grove
Chapter 1186 Living in the Sugarcane Grove
At the end of the letter, the Empress Dowager listed many very beautiful places.
"However, times have changed, and I don't know if they are still the same as before."
Please trouble Minglang to go and check on behalf of Grandmother, and then tell me about it when he returns.
Seeing the bright tears that soaked the letter at the end, I immediately decided where to go next.
Suddenly, I realized that the letter I sent back was naively ridiculous.
Anyone can go out and play if they want, even the Queen Mother.
Despite her years of dedicated governance, she remained confined to the square imperial city.
The farthest I've ever been in over a decade was when I was escaping the summer heat at the Old Summer Palace.
It wasn't that she couldn't leave, but that she wanted to stay there.
Where there is her, there is people's hearts.
"Am I being too selfish?"
Minglang turned to look at Qin Xiaosi, who had long since reached marriageable age.
She should have taken on the responsibilities of being the Crown Princess long ago.
But they were still out having fun.
It's really not right.
Seeing the prince's conflicted expression, Qin Xiaosi came up with a compromise.
"It will take us some time to return the way we came, so we might as well finish seeing the sights we haven't seen yet."
We won't linger in one place for too long, nor will we waste too much time.
"By making a detour back to the capital, I can describe more of the different places to the Empress Dowager."
These words struck a chord with Minglang, and listening to them brought her a sudden sense of clarity.
She looked at the letters again and suddenly laughed.
"My mother is still playing riddles with me at this moment, which scares me so much that I want to go back immediately."
Qin Xiaosi didn't understand what His Highness meant; he just hoped His Highness could be happier.
Tomorrow night, have Qin Xiaosi bring over the blueprints and mark all the places they've been. There's still a long way to go north.
“By going around here, passing through the northern border, and then reaching the border post, we can also circle back to the capital.”
It's just a little dangerous.
But by this time, the northern border was already part of the Great Xia.
As long as you don't get hurt by wild animals, it's not a big problem.
"If Your Highness thinks it's good, then let's do it that way."
Liang Chongyue noticed Minglang gesturing at the map.
Liang Chongyue sat lazily on the daybed, clicking her tongue twice at the bright scene in the picture.
"You're still not experienced enough; you didn't even realize what I meant immediately."
The system secretly rolled its eyes at its host.
"Host, you are the ruler of a country, the only female emperor. Everyone who sees your response must try to figure it out."
The system couldn't help but want to speak up for Minglang, and it even had to carefully consider the information it received from its host.
"If everyone had your brains, the people in charge of Heaven would have to change."
No sooner had such treasonous words been spoken than Liang Chongyue heard a crackling sound of electricity.
When the system turned around, it had been struck by lightning, which struck from the top of its head upwards.
It was chopped down from a distance of three feet.
People outside had no idea.
Liang Chongyue burst into laughter as she looked at the system's blacked-out head:
"Hahaha, serves you right for talking behind people's backs."
The system was indignant; it had said this to its host countless times before, and the host had said even more.
Why only chop it up and not its host?
After the farce that night, Liang Chongyue came to terms with Minglang's decision to continue his carefree life for a few more years.
Once a child grows up, they are no longer under their mother's control, and it's not good for the mother to interfere too much.
Only occasionally, after returning from the morning court session and finishing reviewing memorials, when he was tired, Liang Chongyue couldn't help but look up at the sky and chat with the system for a few minutes.
"Do you think Minglang will be more capable than me after he returns?"
The system sensed that the host was trying to wash his hands of the matter again.
He quickly interrupted her delusions.
“Host, you yourself have been in this position for a long time, let alone Minglang.”
Liang Chongyue clicked her tongue, not really wanting to accept this reality.
"If I had known, I shouldn't have let her go out to play. I could have taught her all these years. Now I'll have to teach her slowly when she comes back."
The system listened without speaking, and the host continued to exhibit these symptoms until she found a new, good book to listen to.
One day after court, Liang Chongyue called the system to his side and asked it:
"Can your machine detect when I will die?"
She no longer wanted to face the court officials who argued heatedly over trivial matters, spouting blatant lies.
"This cannot be detected, but there will be a warning when the host's life enters its final five years."
Well done, she'll have to suffer this for at least another 6 years.
Later, every month, she would receive local specialties from various parts of Daxia sent back by Minglang.
At first, I thought it was interesting, so I even asked the kitchen to cook it for me.
After Liang Chongyue praised her filial piety in his letter, Minglang became even more uncontrollable.
After winter set in.
I don't know where he is, so I had someone send him dozens of bundles of sugarcane back.
Liang Chongyue bestowed many gifts upon the emperor during the morning court session.
Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager loved it, so Liang Chongyue directly ordered people to try planting it near the capital and in several neighboring states.
When Xiang Huayue found out, she was deeply moved: "Why go through all this trouble?"
Liang Chongyue chewed on sugarcane: "We can't eat it now, we'll just have Minglang send it back from out of town."
How long can she stay in that sugarcane field?
At this time, Minglang went to Guilin County, where the mountains and rivers are continuous, the scenery is picturesque, and there are all kinds of fruits to eat.
She wanted to send everything back to her mother and grandmother.
In recent years, several delicious fruits have been introduced to this area.
Unfortunately, long-distance transportation was not possible, and the only thing that could be transported was sugarcane.
The other queens and empresses have all tried it.
Liang Chongyue and his mother were eating a local specialty hot pot. Liang Chongyue looked at the letter that Minglang had sent back and looked up at his mother.
"Wasn't your letter too suggestive? She seemed to be having a great time."
If Minglang initially had the idea of returning as soon as possible after receiving the letter, now that he has gone to Guilin County, it seems that he has left that idea behind in the mountains of Guilin County.
It's like he's addicted to sugarcane; he's still in Guilin County, and it's been two months now.
“Minglang is young and at the age where he loves to play. If His Majesty had had this opportunity to play back then, would His Majesty have refused to play?”
She shouldn't have said these things to her mother, knowing full well that her mother was protective of her children.
"Eat some vegetables, eat some vegetables. This was also sent back by Minglang. Mother, please try some."
Liang Chongyue picked up a piece of tofu puff with her chopsticks. The hot pot also contained rice noodles, potatoes, and other things that could withstand transportation, all of which Minglang had sent back from Guilin County.
Liang Chongyue had eaten all these things in her previous life. When Minglang first brought them back, she was still a little excited, but now that she had eaten them so many times, she felt that they were just so-so.
Seeing her mother enjoying the meal, she suddenly had an idea:
"Once Minglang returns and teaches her how to manage state affairs, I will take the Empress Dowager to Guilin for a year or two to see what kind of magic it has."