After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 251 Celebrating Children's Day in Ancient Times

"how is your day?"

Seeing that most people had left, Pei Yuan walked over to Su Xiaoxiao, took her hand, and asked.

"It's only been one night, but you're saying this, I thought we hadn't seen each other for years."

Su Xiaoxiao said jokingly.

"Indeed, it's been several years since we last met. A day apart feels like three autumns."

Just as Pei Yuan was about to come over to express his longing, the emperor was about to move on, and as a minister accompanying him, he had to leave.

Seeing Pei Yuan's reluctant expression, Su Xiaoxiao gradually suppressed her emotions.

She simply waved goodbye to Pei Yuan and said, "Bye-bye."

Pei Yuan didn't understand. "What do you mean by 'bow'?"

"That means goodbye. You'd better hurry and go after the Emperor!"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly chased Pei Yuan away. The city had been quite lively these past few days, but the village head of Baihua Village couldn't sit still any longer.

Because he had just received news that the Emperor might return to inspect the area.

Magistrate Huang instructed the village head to prepare for the Emperor's arrival, which terrified the village head.

He has been the village head of Baihua Village for so many years, and Magistrate Huang has never come once. Now that the Emperor is coming, isn't this going to be the death of him?
Besides, what would the emperor do in such a remote and impoverished place?

In fact, he had no idea that the Emperor had come here several times, and had even worked in the fields with them, and had even met them.

"Ah? Is the Emperor coming?"

The village head was truly astonished upon hearing Magistrate Huang's words.

He had never seen such a person in his life. If he could see the emperor in this lifetime, the village head would feel that his life had not been in vain.

One villager told the village head, "Actually, when I went to the city yesterday, I happened to run into the emperor on his tour. The scene shocked me. Seeing it this time, my life has been worth living."

Another villager added, "That's right. Yesterday I saw many luxurious vehicles, and people kneeling on both sides of the street, shouting 'Long live the Emperor!' It was incredibly impressive."

Everyone turned to look at Su Xiaoxiao. "But why did the Emperor come to our village?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao quickly smiled and said, "Actually, I wanted to get rid of everyone about this."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at everyone, and they all looked at her with great confusion.

"What's going on?"

"Please keep my previous farming activities in the village a secret."

"No one will talk about this, and the Emperor probably won't ask any more questions."

The village headman said this.

"Since you've given us instructions, Mr. Su, we will definitely do as you say."

After Su Xiaoxiao explained everything, the village head and the villagers of Baihua Village waited for nearly three days, but they still didn't see the emperor.

These past few days everyone has been on high alert. The village head even led his men to wait from day to night, but they still haven't seen the Emperor.

They all thought that their Hundred Flowers Village had accumulated eight hundred lifetimes of good fortune to earn this one opportunity to meet the Emperor, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"It's alright, Uncle Village Head. Everyone should go back and stop waiting here. If we don't see him, we don't see him. Actually, the Emperor's arrival might not necessarily be a good thing."

Throughout history and across the world, only Su Xiaoxiao has ever dared to speak like that.

The village head was so frightened that he tried to cover Su Xiaoxiao's mouth, "My little aunt, you can't talk like that." Su Xiaoxiao laughed, "It's alright. If anyone wants to see the Emperor, they can go into town to see him. The Emperor has been in town these past few days, so there might be a chance to meet him."

"I need to go back to sleep. Tomorrow is June 1st, and I still need to celebrate Children's Day with the kids."

"What Children's Day?"

The village head looked surprised. "What is a child?"

"Children refer to little kids, and Children's Day on June 1st is a holiday for children!"

Su Xiaoxiao explained it this way.

The village head could only smile indulgently, "You child, you always have so many clever ideas."

Everyone learned about the previous Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival from Su Xiaoxiao.

The group stopped waiting at the village entrance and went home to rest.

Su Xiaoxiao lay in bed, but began to toss and turn. She didn't know why, but the big bed next to her felt empty without Pei Yuan.

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao was at home preparing delicious food for the children, mostly fried chicken, which the children loved.

Suddenly someone shouted, "The Emperor is coming! The Emperor is coming!"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly turned off the stove and came out of the house. She saw the grand spectacle in front of her.

The Emperor's departure from the city this time was a grand affair; instead of sedan chairs, everyone traveled together in horse-drawn carriages. Elite soldiers led the way, and palace maids followed behind the carriages.

Moreover, it is said that this time the procession was much simpler, whereas the previous processions could stretch for miles.

With so many people traveling along this route, it's bound to arouse the curiosity of many people. It seems that many curious people can be seen along this road.

The emperor even asked to get out of his sedan chair so he could see the living conditions of the local people.

The emperor looked at a field in the distance, which seemed to be poorly cultivated and looked quite barren.

After all, these fields were the villagers' means of survival, and the emperor frowned.

He pointed to that area and said to Pei Yuan, "General Pei, look, that patch of crops is sparse and uneven. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was planted with weeds!"

In that case, how can there be a harvest in the field?

The emperor asked Magistrate Huang, who was standing beside him, "How much grain tax did you collect last year?"

"Your Majesty, last year the government collected nearly ten million shi of grain."

"So many?"

Even the Emperor was shocked by these numbers. "How did you manage to grow the land like this?"

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Huang immediately kowtowed to the Emperor.

"I will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly if it is my subordinate's fault."

"You have to be considerate of the people's plight. How can so much grain be grown in such a desolate place?"

Magistrate Huang hasn't slept well these past few days, fearing he might have done something wrong and offended the Emperor.

The emperor's procession arrived at a small, narrow grove of trees next to Baihua Village, with the small hill where Su Xiaoxiao often hunted in the distance.

The area appeared even more desolate, and the cries of various monsters could be heard from the distant mountains from time to time, which immediately put the surrounding cavalry on high alert.

Pei Yuan also heard the shouts and quickly got out of the sedan chair to see what was happening.

(End of this chapter)