Chapter 15: The civet cat eating melons in the field
Wei Qingye pinched her chin and looked at her, saying disdainfully, "You're so delicate."

Nan Zhiyu groaned twice in grievance, twisted her waist wildly, and tried to get off the table.

Wei Qingye was aroused by her little action. He raised his hand and patted her round buttocks twice, "What are you doing?"

Nan Zhiyu's gaze fell on the sand table behind her, her bright eyes showing curiosity, "Your Highness, what is this?"

Seeing that she was interested, Wei Qingye simply said a few funny words to her.

Nan Zhiyu looked at the river in the middle of the sand table and the terraces and canals on both sides, and recalled the scene of playing in the mud by the puddles when she was a child.

She pulled out a wooden hairpin from her hair, pointed at the river in the sand table and the different canals on both sides and asked: "The river is overflowing, why not use it to benefit the people on both sides?"

Wei Qingye looked carefully at the topography and river direction on the sand table according to what she said, "Why do you say that introducing water from both sides can benefit the fertile fields?"

Nan Zhiyu's watery eyes were dazed and then widened slightly.

She didn't expect that the crown prince didn't even know that rice fields needed water for irrigation?

On second thought, it is normal for him not to know anything since he sits in the hall all day.

"Most of the land in Southern Qin is planted with rice fields, and rice needs water to grow. You can see that these paddy fields are actually connected to the canals.

In the dry season, we can use the high altitude to store water for irrigation, and in the rainy season, we can use the terrain to discharge flood water..."

Nan Zhiyu was concentrating on her story and didn't notice that the man next to her had a light flashing in his deep, dark eyes, as if he had discovered some priceless treasure.

He thought that the person in front of him was no different from the group of jealous vases in his harem who were always jealous all day long. Now it seems that he was wrong.

"How do you know these things?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince held the person in his arms and asked softly.

"I saw it with my aunt at the farm before. That's what they said. I was just showing off my skills in front of Your Highness." Nan Zhiyu lowered her eyelids slightly, and her eyes were obviously a little dim.

Back then, her father believed what the Taoist said and thought that her aunt and his career were incompatible, so he cruelly abandoned her and her daughter on the farm and ignored them. Although she was the second daughter of the prime minister's mansion, she would have no food to eat if she didn't help with the work.

That was the farming work she experienced personally, how could she not remember it?
She was just a toy that aroused His Highness's interest. If she told him about the sufferings she had endured in the Prime Minister's Mansion as a child, His Highness would only comfort her with a few words.

This result is not what he wants, so the timing is not right and these things can be delayed and fermented.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately made a detailed plan for water diversion and regulation based on what Nan Zhiyu said and the geomancy map of Jiangzhou City.

The setting sun melted gold, the evening clouds were dim, Chai Hui tiptoed into the hall and lit the candles in the hall. The dim light instantly enveloped the entire hall.

He lowered his head and asked his master who was busy writing at his desk, "Your Highness, it's time for dinner."

Wei Qingye turned his head and looked at the dark night sky. Then he put down the brush in his hand, stretched his sore shoulders, and asked casually, "Miss Nan, have you had your meal?"

Chai Hui was stunned, "Your Highness, I didn't see Miss Nan leave!"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been so absorbed in handling official business that he probably didn't even notice that Miss Nan was lost?

"Why are you still standing here? Send someone to look for him quickly. If you can't find him, you don't have to come back!" Chai Hui nodded quickly and took a few people to search near Chongming Temple.

Wei Qingye looked unhappy as he searched everywhere in the hall. He just couldn't believe that a living person could disappear out of thin air in Chongming Hall? !
He searched the palace for a long time, but couldn't see Nan Zhiyu. Thinking of the shameful and secretive things going on in the harem, could it be that they knew that he had favored someone in Chengqian Palace and couldn't help but take action right under his nose?

Thinking of this, Wei Qingye's face became terrifyingly gloomy, like the silent rage of a sleeping lion in the forest that was awakened by someone.

Nan Zhiyu didn't know that Chai Hui and his men were going crazy looking for her. She was curled up behind a celadon dragon-patterned floor-standing vase beside the bookshelf, flipping through a book. Who knew that she accidentally fell asleep.

When Nan Zhiyu opened her eyes and climbed up from the felt, she saw Chai Hui outside, trembling with fear as he reported something to the Crown Prince. But she was so hungry that her stomach was upset, and she was afraid that she could not wait any longer.

Wei Qingye heard the slight sound of cloth in the hall and subconsciously thought that it was a scoundrel who was secretly eavesdropping. A cold dagger flew out from his wide sleeves.

Nan Zhiyu was just about to lean against a pillar and use the curtain to cover her view to peek at His Highness's mood, when a dagger with a cold glow came straight towards her.

She was so frightened that her pupils shrank, she was terrified, and instinctively wanted to dodge, but she found that her hands and feet were weak and she couldn't move. The dagger was getting closer and closer, and she could even feel the sound of the cold blade cutting through the curtains, and the slight stinging on her cheek.

The exquisite dagger was nailed straight to the pillar. She stared blankly at the man running towards her with her eyes open, and said in a choked voice: "Your Highness, are you going to kill me?"

After she finished speaking, Nan Zhiyu turned her head and looked at the exquisite dagger nailed to the pillar. Her face was so pale that it was almost transparent. It seemed that her guess was correct.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a handsome face, and when he looked down at her with his cold eyes and brows, he was like a statue on a high platform, watching the believers' desperate wishes in vain.

When Wei Qingye saw her standing there pretentiously after piercing the curtain, he clenched his fists nervously, with cold sweat on his palms.

I couldn't help but feel lucky that he just had the intention to kill.

“If Your Highness does not take action, I will take my leave first.” Nan Zhiyu’s eyes were clearly glistening with tears, but there was a smile on her lips as she turned around slowly.

"Where are you going?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walked up to her and grabbed her wrist.

Nan Zhiyu lowered her head. Her hands and feet were so weak that she couldn't even walk out of the gate of Chongming Palace. But she still said stubbornly, "Go back to Yiqiu Palace and ask my sister to take me out of the palace tomorrow."

Chai Hui was as anxious as a badger eating melons in the field. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so anxious just now, why is he not saying a word now?

He coughed twice and said with a smile, "Miss Nan, where have you been hiding? His Highness couldn't find me and thought it was because I didn't do my job well, so he almost drove me out.

You are kind-hearted, please help me by saying a few good words. Maybe His Highness will be in a better mood and let me stay!"

Nan Zhiyu was quick-witted and immediately grasped the key point in Chai's reply, which was that the Crown Prince couldn't find her and was very anxious.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sighed, and the next second he picked the person up by the waist and strode inside.

He was tall, long-legged, and strong, and could lift a person without any effort. "With your attitude that you can be blown away by the wind, where can you go?"

 Thank you all for reading Tangtang's book () and for voting for her recommendation. I will continue to recommend her. I also hope that the princesses will pay a little attention to this book. (▽`)ノ
  Today is still the day when the shabby author is begging for recommendation votes here with a broken bowl in his hand.

  


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