An Qing time-traveled all of a sudden. From a doctorate in agricultural college, she became a Mongolian princess who was suddenly betrothed to the fifth prince during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Looking at the tall city walls of the Forbidden City, An Qing couldn’t help but hold her forehead and sigh.
Among all the people in this palace, everyone is as shrewd as a sieve. In front of them, she is undoubtedly a naïve and innocent girl.
However, fortunately, An Qing’s luck wasn’t too bad. She was betrothed to the fifth prince, Yin Qi, who wasn’t involved in the struggle for the throne.
Her maternal family was the most powerful branch of Horqin and was highly regarded by Kangxi.
Anyway, palace fighting was impossible for her. Wouldn’t it be nice to close the door and live a comfortable and wealthy life?
So,
When the side consorts and princesses were using every means to compete for favor, An Qing ate, drank and farmed.
When the sisters-in-law were busy showing their virtuousness and filial piety, An Qing ate, drank and farmed.
When the princes were busy forming cliques, fighting for power and profit, An Qing pulled Yin Qi along to eat, drink and farm.
But who would have known that it was this An Qing, whom no one in the palace paid attention to, not only saved the rare peonies used for sacrifices, which symbolized auspiciousness, but also solved the problems of crop pests and diseases such as “rice blast” and “ghost wheat” that had troubled emperors and officials throughout history.
Not to mention the successive high-yield crops in her manor…
Many years later, among the folk and in the countryside, there was a widely renowned “Goddess of Agriculture”. Thousands of common people voluntarily erected a monument for her.
It was said that this “Goddess of Agriculture” was a noble person in the Forbidden City, but she preferred to linger in the fields all year round because she said… she wanted all children in the world to have enough to eat.
Yin Qi grew up under the care of the empress dowager since childhood and was deeply influenced by her. Since childhood, he had a kind, generous and non-combative nature.
But since ancient times, the most unavoidable thing in the royal family is the struggle for power and profit. Facing the disharmony between father and son, the conflict between brothers, and the disputes among parties, Yin Qi was in a dilemma and walked on thin ice, and his heart was tormented day and night.
It wasn’t until An Qing came to his side that gradually, her calm and casual demeanor, every frown and smile, became his salvation.
From then on, he did his best to retreat unscathed from the fierce power struggle, just to enable her to live a peaceful and smooth life.
Three meals a day, four seasons a year, spring sowing and autumn harvest. Looking at the layers of wheat waves in the fields and then looking back at his wife and children beside him, Yin Qi felt an unprecedented peace in his heart.
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