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Bi Zhenye readily agreed to follow him up the mountain. However, he was a young master of a high official's house, and a Princess who was raised in a deep palace, so how could he tell what grass was wild vegetables? Before going up the mountain, he couldn't help but ask Shen Qing: "Have Princess picked wild vegetables before?"

Shen Qing shook his head: "What about you?"

Susu carried her basket and brought Little Pei to the front, while complaining to the little fatty: "It's still so cold, where are the wild vegetables? "You little rascal, your heart is too big. Your father's whereabouts are unknown, and your mother is walking out the door with her stomach puffed up. Do you still have the mood to go up the mountain and play?"

Little Pei chuckled: "They will be back soon anyway."

Susu replied: "That's right, I can't wait for them to come back tomorrow."

As he spoke, he glanced behind him, and sure enough, the Princess who had lived like a prince ever since he was young didn't walk on this trackless mountain, step by step, slow and nervous. Young Master Bi patiently waited at the side, one hand out to support and protect the people around him.

"Aunt, let's go." Little Pei tugged on Susu's clothes, and headed deeper into the forest.

On the other side, the empress and her group were heading towards the location of Ling Chaofeng's disappearance. It would take them three to four days to walk slowly, and two to three days to walk quickly.

First Princess Xiang Yuan, who had followed him here, squeezed into Xiaowan and his car. The shop only left behind Uncle Biao and Susu.

The Aunt Zhang and the palace had a relationship, so she naturally knew about the matters of the First Princess. Seeing how this little married woman carried her mother's temperament and also had a completely different personality, it was truly a novel experience.

In the Daqi Nation, there was one person who could be tyrannical, and if he could even poke a hole in the sky, he would be in no big deal.

But at a time like this, as a princess, the Aunt Zhang knew the ways of the palace and understood what was meant by "one man, one woman". As the daughter of an emperor, she could be lawless, but as the sister of an emperor, she might not.

However, this was not a matter that the Aunt Zhang should meddle in, and the person in front of her was chuckling as if it was the same as before. Perhaps what she was sighing about was that, as a princess, one must be reborn in the Xiang Dynasty to truly have the meaning of having golden branches and jade leaves.

"Xiaowan, have we met before?" First Princess asked this question several times along the way. "I keep having the feeling that we've met before, but I just can't remember a single thing about it."

Xiaowan timidly but surely shook her head. "First Princess, this humble woman has never been to the capital before.

This time, she was just strolling along with her brother and sister. No matter how she looked at Baisha Town, she felt that they looked familiar, especially so this delicate and weak little lady in front of her.

She asked again, "Is it all right for the child in your womb to be so bumpy?"

Xiaowan nodded his head: "Thank you for your concern, this humble woman is fine, this humble woman's body is very strong."

The Xiaowan was very confident about her body. On the contrary, she could often see the First Princess looking out the window, the bumpy carriage and horses did not make her feel uncomfortable, but she did not seem happy.

Sometimes, the First Princess would mutter to himself, "The outside world is good, but it's a pity that he's getting busier and busier, there's almost no time to walk around."

This "he" Xiaowan could already guess, so she was naturally Prince Consort Ma, the older brother of Princess. Xiaowan now knew a bit about the powerful people in the capital, but these powerful people were completely different from what she had imagined.

When they raised their hands, their smiles were filled with nobility. However, they did not have the cold arrogance of arrogance from high above. Each and every one of them was very amiable.

Indeed, those who were truly in the clouds no longer cared about their status. On the contrary, those who were a bit proud could not wait for everyone to raise their heads and look at them.

Xiaowan had to laugh at herself. At this time, she was actually still in the mood to think about the lives of others. Her husband had disappeared, and she was already worried to death.

But at this very moment, deep in the mountains, Ling Chaofeng followed a few white-haired elders and arrived under a towering tree.

Pen straight into the cloud of the tree trunk, precipitated by the years and vicissitudes, it is awe-inspiring.

Ling Chaofeng raised his head and looked at the people around him. "These pieces of wood can withstand ten thousand years of wind and rain without being eaten by insects, and as generations of emperors, they are all cut down to build palaces. If we were to use them to build ships, it would be extremely suitable."

Ling Chaofeng touched the tree trunk, as if he could feel the power that came from the earth.

The old man sighed, "But you need so much wood, if you cut it all down, this mountain would be dead. The Supreme Emperor had fought for many years to build his war chariot cannon emplacement. He had used up countless amounts of vegetation and had barely thirty years to recover, yet he still hadn't recovered even a bit. Yet he had to be cut down in large numbers once again. Manager Ling, in the future when the mountain slides and the mudslides submerge the entire mountain, the people will still be the ones to suffer. "

Ling Chaofeng nodded: "Yes elder."

The old man continued, "Since the end of the kingdom of Zhao, we have spent all our efforts to protect the forest. I have never stepped out of the mountain in my life and have watched the lush and verdant mountains become barren."

He brought Ling Chaofeng along and walked forward. The sunlight was no longer blocked by the dense foliage, the scenery in front of him suddenly widened, but what he saw was a barren slope.

"With us mountain villagers, it won't be enough to repair the mountain forests." The old man said gravely, "But the court thought that everything in the mountain was inexhaustible, and no one ever looked to see how this place had been ruined. The wood that is the best in our own Daqi, the wood that is most suitable for building palace warships, is grown here by us. I'm afraid in another twenty years, not even birds and beasts will be able to survive here. "

In the beginning of the Daqi, it had been more than thirty years. After experiencing the Zhao Country's corruption in the last year, the Supreme Emperor, in addition to conquering the east and fighting the west, had also helped the citizens across the country rebuild their homeland. He had used up a lot of wood from the front to the back.

Even though Daqi was a vast forest, with just a few mountains inside of it, it was enough for the people to cut firewood and live. However, the wood could not be used to build palaces or ships, it's best wood could only be found here, but here, a desolate scene had already occurred.

"The Emperor should be arriving soon." Ling Chaofeng said, "It is time for him to see for himself, if the imperial court does not do anything, in the future when the current generation of emperors wants better wood, there will not be any left."

The elder replied, "We have a lot of concerns, Manager Ling. You must also know that the ten officials are extremely greedy. If the court were to pay for the restoration of the mountain forest, it would be necessary to appoint officials to supervise it. We were originally free villagers, and no one knew more about this mountain than we did. If that is the case, we would rather not have the Imperial court interfere. But if the imperial government does not intervene, we will not be able to save these mountains. "

"This junior understands the elder's meaning." Ling Chaofeng said, "I will definitely ask your majesty to come up with a plan that is absolutely correct. Your majesty's achievements are not in the present moment, but in this thousand years, he is a rational and wise person. You can rest assured."

The white-haired old man caressed the trees beside him. "It would be our honor if they could transform into a warship to protect the common people with Daqi. However, if we cannot protect this forest in the end, then my entire life will be meaningless."

At this moment, a young man neatly climbed up the mountain and told the elders and Ling Chaofeng, "Someone is coming. A lot of people are here, Manager Ling.

Ling Chaofeng told the crowd, "Lead them into the mountain forest. Don't act rashly or have a direct confrontation with the Emperor. If you trust me, let me negotiate."

They, the villagers, had never left this place, and could not think of how to deal with the Tian Clan. Naturally, they trusted Ling Chaofeng and entrusted him with the task.

This time, the method to lure the Emperor over on purpose was easily seen through by the Emperor, but Ling Chaofeng's goal was for him to see through it, so that he would be curious about what exactly was happening here. Naturally, he had also expected that the night would come.

When the emperor and his group reached below the mountain, the Xiaowan was still a day's journey away. After agreeing to meet up and enter the mountain together, Xiang Run took Siyan and set up camp here.

Siyan followed the emperor and stood at the bottom of the mountain looking up. She heard the official beside him say: "Your Majesty, in this mountain, there is the best wood for the Daqi. There are also the ridges of the Imperial City. The Supreme Emperor's construction of the Culture Hall, the various palaces, the Qin Province's Royal Tomb and so on all came from here. "

Siyan said very naturally: "If I were to cut like this, wouldn't this mountain become bald?"

The emperor looked at her with a solemn expression. The official beside her laughed dryly, "What the Empress said …" "It makes sense, but as you see it, Empress, this place is still lush and verdant."

Siyan laughed: "If we were to be bald here, wouldn't it be better if we didn't come? "Master, look at these trees. They are neither tall nor short, they are not the wood you mentioned. They are trees that can be seen anywhere."

The empress dowager came from the Chuanyu, and walked through countless of fields and mountains. In front of her, there was no need to force words.

Xiang Run frowned, he seemed to have realized something.

"Your majesty, you can't blame me for speaking too much. When you enter the mountain later on, you must be prepared. Perhaps the scene that you see after passing through here will cause one's heart to turn cold." Siyan sighed, "I hope we can keep some for us to use in the war. I'm afraid that after we use it all up, our children and grandchildren will not be able to use it for much longer."

The emperor was quiet. He seemed to understand why Ling Chaofeng had gone missing.

When she saw the emperor, she felt the atmosphere was heavy. How could she have expected that it was something related to the forest, her heart was filled with surprise, but seeing Xiaowan's tense face, Siyan hurriedly comforted her, "Don't think too much, we haven't received any news yet, we've been waiting for you guys to arrive and we'll head into the mountain together."