Chapter 498 - Chapter 498: Nuannuan Extra_1 (1/2)

Chapter 498: Nuannuan Extra_1

Dongchen Village has become famous across the country as a village of immortals. It is adorned with blooming flowers and abundant fruit trees. Each household cultivates special crops. My mother said that these are spiritual rice, wheat and sorghum, which can prolong life when eaten by mortals.

By the way, my mother is a bona fide immortal. With a wave of her hand, flowers bloom and fruit trees mature.

Our whole family has learned magic from her.

Because mother has opened the spiritual veins for each of us and taught us how to cultivate.

But then, many people came to Dongchen Village to seek immortality, which annoyed the locals. So my mother set up an array inside and outside the village. Only foreigners who reported in advance could enter and exit freely.

This stirred up a hornet’s nest. Somehow, the Emperor found out and came to Dongchen Village personally. After that, he simply refused to leave, even abdicating the throne to his son, Zhou Wuyang.

His consorts and their families were unhappy about this and began to make a fuss. Especially the old men and women. They insisted on living in Dongchen Village with the retired Emperor, claiming they would protect his safety.

Humph! The Retired Emperor is safe in the village, safer than in the Imperial Palace, where would he need a group of old men and women to protect him?

What’s even more irritating is that the Imperial Army in Beijing also wants to protect the Retired Emperor.

Dongchen Village is only so big. If we let them all in, wouldn’t it be as cramped as sardines?

However, nothing can stand in the way of people’s desire to seek immortality. Everyone is rushing to Dongchen Village, causing trouble for the surrounding countryside. This has prevented them from farming peacefully, so my mother had to surround the entire Qinchuan County and Zhouhe County with an array.

But then, the neighbouring county became dissatisfied, crying out from outside the constraints. Both the County Magistrate and Provincial Government officers complained to the new Emperor about my mother, accusing her of caring only for her own land and disregarding the livelihood of the neighbouring county.

I was really puzzled. My mother merely set up a boundary for her own territory. It did not obstruct traffic at all. Moreover, she left routes for people to pass through, specifically leaving pathways and waterways for carriages and boats.

We only realized later that the reason was that crops grew rapidly within the boundary, birds and beasts were flocking in, people living inside appeared younger and healthier, and life was very prosperous. As a result, people flocked to these two counties and once allowed in, they wouldn’t leave, dead or alive.

This caused a severe population drain in the surrounding counties and local officials were extremely displeased.

Fortunately, my mother noticed this situation and reformed the array rules, stipulating that only locals were permitted to settle.