Chapter 231 Meet Him
The Queen Mother left with the palace maids, leaving Shen Wei and two young palace maids in the pavilion.
Shen Wei stood there in confusion. Two little palace maids stood outside the pavilion with their heads down, looking at their noses and their hearts, treating themselves as if they were stones.
Shen Wei didn't wonder for too long before footsteps were heard and a man in a python robe came towards him.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness, may your Highness be safe and sound."
The two palace maids bowed to the man, which allowed Shen Wei to know his identity: "I, Shen Wei, greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Shen Wei stood up immediately and bent his body.
The prince came and sat down opposite Shen Wei, his eyes deep and tender: "Sit down, I have something to tell you."
Only then did Shen Wei understand why they had made the appointment in the Imperial Garden.
Why did the Queen take everyone away?
It seemed that the prince was meeting her.
It wasn't that the Queen wanted to see her.
As soon as Shen Wei sat down, he heard a question from the prince that almost made him collapse.
"I sent people to Lingnan to look for the sweet potato vine you mentioned, but no one had ever seen a sweet potato vine before. We only found a few similar ones. I don't know if they are the ones you mentioned."
The prince tilted his head to the side, and someone immediately brought a few wooden boxes, each containing a few vines.
Shen Wei: "!!!"
sweet potato??
She was so restless and confused that she felt as if she had been hit hard by a huge hammer and almost jumped out of her mind.
Sweet potato vine?
She, she said?!
Shen Wei was shocked and terrified. She didn't remember any interaction with the prince. Could it be that the prince was deceiving her?
This shouldn’t be the case. How could people of this era know about sweet potato vines?
The prince saw Shen Wei's eyes flashing slightly, as if he was thinking of a countermeasure.
He did not rush Shen Wei. He leisurely picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.
After a while.
Shen Wei had an idea in her mind, and she carefully looked at the boxes on the table.
Then, he shook his head seriously.
"Your Highness, these are not sweet potato vines."
The prince was not too surprised after hearing this, and even his expression did not change.
He just said:
"If we can't find it in Lingnan, do we have to go across the ocean to look for it?"
"You just need to answer me. If you can find this kind of drought-resistant and disaster-resistant crops, maybe you don't have to go to the Xiongnu land."
Shen Wei's heart was filled with a thousand waves, and he lowered his head and replied: "Your Highness, I can't give you an accurate answer now."
"After all, I'm not sure if there are sweet potato vines in Lingnan. It's possible that a merchant brought them back accidentally, but I don't know what plant the rhizome is, so I just planted it somewhere."
This time, a hint of disappointment clearly flashed across the prince's face.
"Miss Shen, if possible, I hope you can go to Lingnan!"
Shen Wei thought about it for a moment and realized that this secret entry into the palace might be just for this conversation.
Shen Wei was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"I wonder....have we met before?"
The prince stared at Shen Wei deeply and said, "This is not important. What is important is that this is the only way you can distort the situation."
"Even if you get the Xiongnu border map, what can you do? The disaster is severe, and the people outside are living in poverty. The court has already diverted the military's grain to disaster relief. How can there be silver and grain to fight a war?"
“Food is the primary need of the people. A prosperous country is one that thrives. If we cannot solve the problem of food, we cannot solve everything else.”
Shen Wei glanced at the prince.
I suddenly felt that this face seemed familiar.