In July, when the blazing sun burned like fire, the emperor left the Eldest Princess to handle affairs of state while he took Wenren Luoshui, Yunjian, and Sui Yun out among the common people.
The potatoes Yunjian had recently handed over had been introduced to farms around the Capital City, with excellent results.
After discussing it with his ministers, the emperor decided to promote their cultivation nationwide.
Lang Liuliu had overheard some of their discussion and was very interested in this thing called a potato.
The emperor also wanted to visit the common people himself, so he decided to take his ancestor along to see the realm governed by his descendants.
But as the saying went, a nation could not go a single day without its sovereign, so the emperor hauled the Eldest Princess in to do the work without a second thought.
Then he breezily left the palace with his ancestor.
It was not that he did not want to bring the Empress. Once she heard they were not going to the summer retreat, she refused to run around with him no matter what he said.
After leaving the palace, Lang Liuliu could stay in the red sandalwood bead bracelet Wenren Luoshui had given him for more than three days.
Upon hearing this, Lang Liuliu bounced all over the carriage in delight, looking for all the world like a human reverting to his ancestral primate form.
Annoyed by his incessant racket, Wenren Luoshui forcibly stuffed him back into the beads.
After three days on the road, Wenren Luoshui and the others arrived in Hongshan County, under the jurisdiction of Kuishan Commandery.
They had not set out with the officials promoting potato cultivation, so this trip was effectively an incognito tour for the emperor.
They were just about to head