PFC Chapter 183 Han Jiangxue
Chapter 183 Han Jiangxue
"The wind blows, the snow falls, disturbing my homesickness and making me unable to sleep. There is no such sound in my hometown."
Looking at the white snow outside the house, Huanxi thought of her grandmother again. Back then, in the mountains, there was also such heavy snow, a thick layer that almost reached her knees.
Grandma's wrinkled hand held hers as they built a snowman in the snow. Across the mountain, besides the whistling wind, the only sounds were her and Grandma's laughter.
I picked up a wooden stick at the door and used it as a crutch so that I could walk more steadily.
In this situation, Huanxi thought of another song.
"Hearing the wind and snow, is there anyone outside the wooden gate who will bring me back?
Who is waiting for whose appearance this night?
Cold river snow, the poor beauty in the white house, the spring flowers are exchanged for silver butterflies
All this is because of your leaving."
They had walked side by side on the way here, but she was struggling to make it back alone. She felt a little disappointed.
It was already dark when she got home. The ten-minute journey took her more than half an hour.
When Su Yun saw her return, she immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Madam, the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse are starting to bloom."
Huanxi was delighted when she heard this: "Really? Look, the flowers are blooming, which means it won't be long before they bear fruit."
Huanxi didn't even have time to take off his cloak before running to the greenhouse in the backyard. It was freezing outside, but once inside the greenhouse, it felt like summer.
The greenhouse is called a shed, but it is actually more like a greenhouse, except that the windows on three sides are covered with paper, and one side is connected to the wall by wall, which is connected to the bottom of the floor tiles. In this way, a stove can heat the walls and the floor at the same time.
Basically, each pepper plant is planted in one pot. In order for the pepper seedlings to grow better, we specially choose larger seedlings for cultivation. In this way, the seeds left behind can be passed down from generation to generation and become better and better.
Sure enough, small white flowers have begun to bloom on the branches of some peppers.
She remembered that peppers are hermaphroditic plants, and pollination is divided into two types: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Self-pollination occurs when the stamens and pistils are located within the same flower on the same pepper plant, and pollen is transferred to the pistil for fertilization. Cross-pollination occurs when pollen is transferred between different pepper plants for fertilization.
Both pollination methods have their pros and cons, but to be on the safe side, Zhao Huanxi cut off some small flowers and used them on other pepper seedlings for pollination. This was also to see if better seeds could be produced.
This is also an experiment. After all, she didn't graduate from an agricultural college, and all this knowledge came from the Internet. It takes a little bit of experimentation.
After finishing all these, Huanxi was sweating all over. The room was so warm that she forgot to take off her cloak while she was busy.
Come out of the greenhouse only when it's no longer so hot. If you come out all sweaty and get blown by cold wind, there's a 90% chance you'll catch a cold.
"Suyun, you are sweating too. Go change your clothes and take a shower. I asked Chunliu to make some ginger soup. Remember to come out and drink it later." Seeing that Suyun was about to do other things, Huanxi quickly told her to take a shower.
She was frail and hadn't recovered after so long of treatment. This ancient cold was fatal.
Su Yun's heart warmed, and she smiled and said, "Oh, I understand, ma'am."
She tidied herself up, changed her clothes and went to Yu Yan's room. The three wooden dolls were still placed on the windowsill. For some reason, Huanxi suddenly felt a little ironic.
"Yan Yan, are you feeling better?"
Yu Yan slowly opened her eyes and was happy to see the person coming. Guilt surged in her heart and bitterness rose up her throat, making her speechless.
Seeing her like this, Huanxi got straight to the point and said, "The letter you sent to the capital was intercepted by me. Did you know that?"
Yu Yan, lying on the bed, opened her eyes in disbelief, staring at Huan Xi in shock, nearly coughing again. Huan Xi had to go up to her and help her calm down for a while before she finally recovered.
"How...how did you know that?"
Huanxi said coldly, "Yanyan, you are too abnormal. Do you know that?"
“I don’t want to either…”
"What is Xu Qingzhao's shocking secret? Why do you all want to kill her? She just wants to live, to linger on, so why are you all unwilling to let her go?"
"Huanxi, I can't tell you. This is a huge scandal in the capital. If it gets out, the entire Shang'an Prefecture will suffer."
"Xu Qingzhao, is she the daughter of Emperor Jinyang?"
"Happy! Don't talk nonsense!" After saying that, she started coughing heavily again, as if she wanted to vomit out her heart.
However, this seems to explain why the emperor and several princes wanted to kill Xu Qingzhao. The missing edict was Xu Qingzhao. Xu Qinglan.
Huanxi brought tea to Yu Yan, then sat down beside the bed and continued:
"Even if you don't tell me, I know it. It's probably because Emperor Jinyang did something unkind to Mother Xu when he was young, which led to the birth of Xu Qingzhao. And Father Xu, out of pure revenge, withheld the imperial edict and committed suicide out of fear of punishment, right?"
Yu Yan looked up, and for the first time, she felt a surge of fear towards Huan Xi. This woman was too clever. She had only heard a few words, but she had already figured out the whole thing.
She carefully examined Huanxi's face and felt that she seemed even more indifferent than usual.
There was no warmth in his eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger who had nothing to do with him. Yu Yan felt a sudden pain in her heart.
"Huanxi, please stop talking. You can't talk about it anymore. It's all fake, all fake."
Double negation is equal to affirmation, and my joy was dashed.
If Xu Qingzhao really has royal blood...how can I protect her?
Since ancient times, the royal family has been ruthless. If Emperor Jinyang knew that his daughter was living among the people and was being hunted down by his own sons, I wonder how he would feel?
Recognize each other...definitely they cannot recognize each other. He, Emperor Jinyang, slept with someone else's wife and had a child with her.
It would be fine if they kept it hidden, but if they recognized each other, how cruel would that be to Qing Zhao?
Yu Yan's methods were not very clever. Every time she corresponded, she would take a book to a bookshop to exchange for a copy. The bookshop clerk was actually a spy planted by the Third Prince.
The letter Yu Yan sent contained only a few short words, but it completely destroyed the friendship between Huanxi and her.
"The Zhao family in Dashi has no male members. Arrest Xu Qingzhao immediately."
When Huanxi opened the letter and read these few words, she felt like she was struck by lightning. She had always considered Yu Yan her best friend.
Not only did she give her three children to her to raise, but she also became sworn sisters with them. Most importantly, she knew Yu Yan's inner ambitions and was unwilling to be inferior to others.
But she used her friend's life in exchange for what she wanted to do.
"Yu Yan, you're so stupid. Imperial families have always been ruthless. The Second Prince is not a human being, and the Third Prince might not be much better. If he could get rid of one of the princes, do you think Emperor Jinyang would allow such a thing to happen?"
"No... no... He promised me that as long as I could find Xu Qinglan, he would hand over the evidence that the Second Prince had framed my father to the Emperor. My father would then rest in peace in his grave! You simply don't understand!"
Having said this, Yu Yan couldn't catch his breath and vomited a large pool of blood on the ground.
She had been planning for so long, and hadn't reported the news back yet, because she was waiting, waiting for the person who would protect the Xu sisters to come. This way, she could fulfill her promise to the Third Prince and not let the two sisters down.