She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Chapter 461 The Emperor’s Favor is Great

The loud sound of gongs and drums coming from afar scared the birds in the trees so much that they flew high up, and also frightened the people gathered at the door of Wen Wuyan's house, making them shudder all over.

Then he stretched his neck and looked towards the road.

The distance was too far to see clearly, I could only see a very long group of people coming towards this side.

The children's parents clenched their hands until they ached, but they dared not say a word.

Fortunately, the group of people did not keep the villagers waiting for long, and they soon arrived at the village entrance.

"Come here, line up as I just said. If you disobey the imperial decree, you will be beheaded."

Beep!

As soon as Chen Wenguan finished speaking, the person who had just leaned forward to look at the roadside was so frightened that he immediately stood up as straight as the tree in his own yard.

Gu Qingqing looked towards the team coming over there, and saw that in front was Lord Xie Xie from Shangyang County leading the way, and behind was a group of people wearing bright red silk-woven embroidered costumes, with python-shaped chests with fish fins and tails, and embroidered spring swords hanging from their waists.

If not the Jinyiwei, then who else could it be?

Further back was an extremely luxurious carriage, followed by several sedan chairs and carriages that were much simpler than the one in front. Behind them was another group of people, who were dressed simply in ordinary armor.

As this group of people walked in, the people present didn't need anyone to remind them. They were so panicked that their knees went weak just by seeing such a grand scene. If there were no people around to pull them up, they might have fallen to their knees.

An extremely luxurious procession arrived in front of the red carpet, and a middle-aged eunuch with a white face and no beard, wearing a bullfighting suit, stepped down from the carriage.

Seeing this person getting off the car, a man wearing a court robe with a goose patch hurried forward from behind. At the same time, County Magistrate Xie, who was serving as a guide in front, hurried forward to salute.

Seeing this, Gu Qingqing sighed in her heart. She was not well-informed.

She could tell that the man wearing a goose patch coming up from behind was an official, but she couldn't recognize what kind of official he was.

Hey!

Then, a crowd of people accompanied the officials and the people with goose patches and walked on the red carpet to the table where the incense burner was placed.

After all the adults who came from nowhere were standing in place, Lord Chen winked at Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing. Next to Wen Wuyan was Gu Qingqing, next to Gu Qingqing was Xiao Wen Nuan, and next to them were Wen Rou, Wen Xin, and Li Xin.

Shen Lin, Young Master Shen, and Steward Shen stood behind them.

Following them are the village head, Wu Shan, Old Yang, the Zhao brothers, Niu Zhanghe's family, Li Yu's family, and then the villagers.

"kneel!"

Someone shouted and the villagers, whose knees were already weak, fell to their knees, as if only in this way could they feel at ease.

Gu Qingqing also knelt with her head down, listening to the sharp sounds coming from the front.

She understood the first few words. "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Wen Wuyan, a villager from Niutou Mountain, Shangyang County, Xinzhou Prefecture, Zhili, has made great achievements in farming, improved planting methods, and achieved good yields. With his own efforts, he has benefited the people in the village. I now grant you 100 taels of gold, 200 acres of good farmland, and 10 years of tax exemption to show my appreciation. I also grant you a memorial archway and order Xinzhou Prefecture to supervise its construction. I hope you will continue to work hard to seek the welfare of my people. I decree this!"

Gu Qingqing was completely confused. What did the emperor say?

Reward her family with 100 gold coins? Give her family 200 mu of land? Regardless of whether to pay taxes or not, the key is to give her a memorial archway? This, this is the emperor's great grace?

Wen Wuyan shouted "Long live the emperor" beside him, and the people around him shouted "Long live the emperor!"

Then a person in scarlet court robes came before Wen Wuyan. Wen Wuyan raised both hands to take the imperial edict and held it high above his head.

Gu Qingqing didn't dare to move until she saw an adult kneeling beside her stand up. Then she stood up as well.

Wen Wuyan was holding the imperial edict high in his hands, so it was inconvenient for him to raise his hands. Gu Qingqing supported him under his armpits and then lifted him up.

After the imperial edict was read, the middle-aged eunuch said a few words to Wen Wuyan, asking him to make more contributions to the court in the future, then turned and got into the car.

"I heard that you are also a scholar. Study hard, enter the court in the future, and become a good official who works for the welfare of the people." said the man wearing the goose patch.

After saying that, he followed closely and got into the luxurious carriage.

After they left with their men, Gu Qingqing learned from County Magistrate Xie that the person just now was the prefect of Xinzhou Prefecture.

Wen Wuyan held the imperial edict in both hands, and under everyone's gaze, he respectfully placed it in the main hall. Xie Xie was in no hurry to leave, and was invited into the yard with Shen Lin by Gu Qingqing.

As for the villagers watching?

Gu Qingqing really didn't have time to greet them now, but she thought that they didn't want to come to her house, because she just saw that after the group of people who announced the decree left, many villagers were wiping the sweat from their foreheads with their hands.

Just hearing an imperial edict seemed to have hollowed out their bodies.

Gu Qingqing asked Wen Shengxi and Li Xin to serve tea and snacks to several adults in the county. When she came out of the study, she heard the county magistrate say to Wen Wuyan, "I just wrote a memorial to the emperor about the method your family discovered and the data of the experimental field..."

She couldn't hear what was said afterwards.

Because her eyes were all focused on the tray covered with bright red silk in the main room. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, she was so bewildered that she seemed to think that the golden silk was shining with golden light.

The sound of swallowing saliva came from Wen Shengxi beside her. She looked at the red silk cloth with some uneasiness and asked, "Sister, are these all ours?"

"Mom, are we rich?" Even Wen Xin, who was always sensible, felt dazed.

"Mom, can we take a look?" Wenrou licked the corner of her mouth with anticipation.

Gu Qingqing also wanted to see it. The children had just mentioned it and there was no one else in the room. She said, "Why can't I see it?" and she walked forward and uncovered the red satin on the tray.

The neatly arranged gold ingots below emit a soft and radiant light, which makes people want to be intoxicated by it.

"Wow, so beautiful! Mom, I want to hug them when I sleep." He went up to them gently and touched them, then put his little face close to them, enjoying the joy very much.

Wen Xin didn't say anything, but walked forward and touched it carefully.

So, no woman can resist gold. If it weren't for being embarrassed, Gu Qingqing would have wanted to hold these gold ingots in her arms and admire them.

"It's so beautiful." Wen Shengxi said.

They didn't know how long they had been watching the gold in the house. Just then, Li Xin's voice rang out from the inner courtyard, "Aunt, uncle is looking for you."

"Hey, here it comes." Gu Qingqing said as she covered the gold with red silk again, and at the same time told Wen Shengxi, Wen Xin and Wen Rou, "You stay in the room and guard it. No one can touch the red silk."

"Ah, sister, I'll go to the front yard to take care of Xiao Nuannuan, and let the sisters look after her." Wen Shengxi said.

Gu Qingqing saw that she was trying to avoid suspicion, so she nodded in agreement.

Leaving the two little ones to guard the gold, she went out with Wen Shengxi.