Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Spring has arrived in just a few days, and spring plowing and autumn harvest are the foundation of agriculture.

After the war, Li Yan spent his spare time farming.

When the retired emperor was not yet emperor, he taught his children that the people's lives depended on the heavens and the seasons for farming. If they did not know how to cultivate the land, they would not understand the hardships of the people's lives, and they would not need to sit in such a high position.

Li Qingyan listened attentively in the carriage. "Before Old Deng became senile, he was fairly mentally sound."

Today, Li Yan brought her out to farm, so both of them were dressed in coarse gray-white linen clothes. Even Yan Xu, who was riding a horse, and several guards were dressed in the same way.

They really do look like ordinary people.

People were already working in the fields early in the morning, and they greeted Li Yan and Yan Xu when they saw them.

"Li Erlang, Yan Dalang, come quickly!"

"It came a little late this year."

The person who greeted them was a rather dark-skinned and thin young man, who looked to be no more than thirty years old.

"I brought along an extra little one this year."

After Li Yan finished speaking, he picked up Li Qingyan and got off the carriage.

Erhei looked at Li Qingyan, then at Li Yan and Yan Xu, and said, "This child is so pretty. How come she looks so much like both of you?"

"Whose doll is this?"

Li Yan paused for a moment, glanced at Yan Xu, and then at Li Qingyan. This kid looked like him when he was little, but how come he looks more and more like Yan Xu as he gets older?

Li Qingyan waved her hands and feet at Erhei, saying, "It was my dad who grabbed me. No one else would do such a bad thing. He was about to strangle the child and thought he was just playing around."

Erhei noticed Li Qingyan rushing forward with her head tilted back and quickly shouted, "Li family's second son, quickly put the child down! This... will strangle him!"

He wiped his hands on his clothes before daring to take Li Qingyan in his arms. "This child is really handsome, much fairer than my few mischievous kids. He looks just as good-looking as your father."

Li Qingyan nodded, "You have good taste. I also think my dad is good-looking."

Erhei burst into laughter at Li Qingyan's antics.

Li Yan and Yan Xu each carried a hoe and walked into the field. They also gave Li Qingyan a specially made small hoe.

Upon reaching the fields, they began hoeing. Watching Li Yan and Yan Xu getting further and further away, Li Qingyan took a deep breath and was about to chase after them when an old woman stopped her. "Little child, your father is really something. What are you doing bringing such a small child to the fields? Aren't you afraid of hurting him?"

"It will take at least two more years before the children have to work."

The old woman poured Li Qingyan a bowl of water and told her to sit down and rest.

Actually, there were a few children in the fields, but they were all around ten years old. Li Qingyan, who was a little older, came with the women of her family to deliver water and food.

Li Qingyan sat on a stone to the side, and the old woman laid out a straw mat for her. The people were tired but also laughing and chatting while they were plowing the fields.

After Li Yan became emperor, the only policy he did not abolish during the reign of the retired emperor that he continued to follow was the tax policy, which stipulated that there were different methods for measuring taxes on fertile land, inferior land, and land with varying amounts of land.

This reform was initiated during the reign of the retired emperor and was not fully completed until a few years ago.

Because it threatened the interests of many imperial relatives and nobles, there was much opposition at the time, resulting in considerable bloodshed.

It was because Li Yan devoted himself to this reform that he had no energy to manage other places. After the reform was completed, his power was swallowed up. If it weren't for Yan Xu managing the army, Li Yan would probably have become a puppet emperor.

Li Qingyan asked Li Yan if he regretted it.

Li Yan held her on his lap and said, "I have fought in wars and traveled across half the country. I have lived among the people and witnessed their suffering. Heavy taxes have caused families to be torn apart and people to die..."

He worked diligently his whole life, yet met a bad end.

Do you think I regret it?

Li Qingyan had no conclusion that day, but seeing it today gave her a conclusion.

She had just finished drinking water when Li Yan grabbed her by the armpits and lifted her up. "Little fatty, you're slacking off now?"

Li Qingyan flailed her legs, trying to kick him.

As a result, when Li Yan reached out, Li Qingyan couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes. Li Yan raised an eyebrow, "Short legs. Like a short-legged dog."

"Li Yan!!!" Li Qingyan couldn't even bite him.

Li Yan laughed heartily as he read it.

Yan Xu stood not far away watching the father and daughter playfully fighting.

Sunlight shone on Li Yan, and her smile was bright and cheerful, devoid of the scheming of the imperial court and harem, only happiness and ease remained.

During the time they were working the land, Li Qingyan and the others stayed in a courtyard in the village. Someone had come and cleaned it in advance, so they just had to move in.

Li Qingyan sat on the doorstep, chin in hand. Behind her, the house was in complete chaos.

Li Yan went to take a bath, and Yan Xu went to pick vegetables. Hong Yu and Cheng Yan were killing a chicken in the kitchen. The two, who usually killed people as easily as peeling radishes, made a huge fuss over killing a chicken.

Feathers kept falling from the sky onto Li Qingyan's head. She closed her eyes and blew gently, and the feathers flew away.

As the sun was setting, many young women came out and stood at the village entrance.

Li Qingyan sat at her doorstep watching them, and after a while, she saw a peddler arrive at the village entrance.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I've got them all. I've brought them all back for you."

The peddler quickly took out the contents of his bamboo basket.

Small porcelain bottles, but some of them have cracks.

"These were all ordered by Ronglanju. Some of our cheaper bottles are cracked or broken, and those noble people don't want them."

"That way we can get it for a cheaper price."

"Broken ones will definitely be cheaper..."

"I want this..."

Give that one to me.

"Don't fight over these, I want them all."

……

A group of people were chattering away.

When Yan Xu returned, he was carrying a wild rabbit. He saw Li Qingyan squatting at the door and asked, "What is Your Highness looking at?"

Li Qingyan raised her chin. "Those girls are buying Ronglanju's perfume balm. Is it really that good?"

Yan Xu picked up Li Qingyan in one arm. "Ronglan Residence opened five days ago, and all the women in the capital love it. Every day when it opens, the perfumes are sold out. My two younger sisters also wanted some, and the steward and the others managed to buy some for them yesterday."

Li Qingyan was somewhat surprised; indeed, it has always been easy to make money off those who love beauty.

She was starting to feel a little tempted.

Perfume balms can be quite profitable.

Just as Li Qingyan was thinking about how to make money, a chicken flew out. Hongyu flipped in the air and caught the chicken, but the chicken feathers that fluttered out got all over Li Qingyan and Yan Xu's heads.

"Yanxu, you've become all fussy."

"His Highness is no less impressive."

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

In the end, it was Yan Xu who went into the kitchen.

Li Qingyan sat on a small stool with Hongyu squatting on her left and Chengyan squatting on her right.

"How did you two survive? What did you eat in the wild?"

Hong Yu said seriously, "Wild fruits, eating snakes raw, roasting rabbits and mice alive, but it's not that troublesome."

Cheng Yan quickly rushed over and covered Hong Yu's mouth, "You'll make His Highness sick if you talk like that. Shut up."

He pointed to Cheng Yan's head, "There's something wrong with him here."

Li Qingyan rubbed her face, about to say something, when she heard Li Yan's voice.

"What are you all doing squatting here?"

When Li Qingyan looked up, she was stunned by Li Yan's appearance for the first time.

Li Yan's hair was loose, held in place by a white jade hairpin. She wore a white dress with wide sleeves that hung down casually.

He looked like a hermit.

After shedding his imperial aura, Li Yan was a gentle and refined gentleman.

"My old man, Deng, is just so handsome."

[Those who prioritize appearance have no moral bottom line.]

"Do you even know anything about aesthetics, you little brat?"

"Tch~"

【Tch~】

Feicha's aesthetic is all kinds of delicious food.

Li Yan reached out and plucked a few feathers from Li Qingyan's head. "Too lazy to even notice they've all grown hair?"

Li Qingyan had just finished being amazed when she suffered such a blow.

[Hahaha... Host, your mouth is really sharp... Hahaha...]

"Could we poison him to make him mute?"

[That won't work, he's the emperor, hahaha...]

Flying Fork nearly laughed himself to death.