Travel through Shen Meizhuang to open the system and walk sideways in the harem

Shen Meimei naturally wanted to go, because it was related to the livelihood of the country and the people. If the locusts were not effectively controlled, the farmland would be severely damaged, leading to food shortages and even famine.

In this situation, the society was in turmoil and the people were suffering. It was just like the saying, "When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer!" Therefore, she had to go and see the situation in person.

Shen Meimei thought to herself that several months had passed since she received this task last year, and time had passed quickly.

But now that the locust plague is really coming, she can't help but feel a little nervous, wondering if her efforts can really solve the problem. After all, facing such a large swarm of locusts, no one can guarantee that they can be completely eliminated.

She blinked her big eyes and stared at the emperor, as if begging him to agree to her request.

Then, she used her coquettish skills again:

"Your Majesty, please let me go. I will just watch from a distance and will never go near any dangerous areas."

Shen Meimei stood up and knelt down to beg.

The emperor couldn't persuade her, so he had to agree!

"I have really spoiled you. I let you do whatever you want. Remember, when you leave the palace, you must stay in the carriage and are not allowed to walk around!"

The emperor asked Su Peisheng to carry a sedan chair over. He helped Shen Meimei sit on it, and then he got on another sedan chair.

In early March, the ice and snow in the capital melted. Although it was still cold, the breath of spring had quietly arrived.

The carriage was driving on the official road. The locusts outside were much more serious than in the palace, and insects flew over from time to time.

The emperor was worried. It looked like this year would be a difficult one.

Soon, the carriage stopped at the edge of the capital. Many farmers were catching insects in the fields. The emperor was puzzled and wondered how many insects could be caught by human hands if the ducklings were not released to eat the insects.

"Your Majesty, why don't you find a few farmers to ask what is going on?" Shen Meimei pointed at the people catching insects in the fields not far away and said to the emperor.

"Yes, the court has spent so much money to hatch so many poultry, they can't just be used for decoration! Su Peisheng, call all those farmers over. I want to ask them why they don't implement the court's policies?"

The emperor spoke in an unhappy voice, lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to Su Peisheng.

Shen Meimei stopped the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, if you ask them like this, how can those farmers tell the truth? You should disguise yourself!"

As she spoke, she took out two pieces of clothes that belonged to ordinary people from the bag she was carrying.

"Your Majesty, please change your clothes. I will go with you! You will be Master Ai and I will be Madam Ai. Only when we become ordinary people can we find out the truth!"

Shen Meimei said mischievously that although she was now an imperial concubine, she still had the character of a little girl at heart.

The two changed their clothes, got off the carriage, and walked towards the fields.

When several farmers saw someone coming, they stopped what they were doing and asked curiously:

"Eh? Where are you from? There are so many locusts here. Why are you running here instead of staying at home?"

The emperor looked at the farmer in front of him and found that he was not very old, perhaps in his twenties or thirties, and was accompanied by two children aged five or six. He thought that the whole family should be catching insects in the fields.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Shen Meimei asked:

"Master Ai and I are from the rice shop in the city. We came here today to see if there is any food to collect. But I am very curious, there are so many larvae, how long will it take you guys to catch them? Didn't the emperor give out ducklings? Why don't you let the poultry catch the worms?"