Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Chapter 434 Liu Quan Begs for Mercy

Originally, he was thinking that after getting enough food, he would find a way to get the eldest lady.

But things are unpredictable. One moment he was still thinking about how to get the person, and the next moment he was kneeling in front of the other person, kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.

The key point is that he doesn’t know whether he can get through this level smoothly, and he doesn’t dare to reveal the identity of King Chen.

If Prince Chen didn't want the villagers to know his identity, but he told them, wouldn't that be like an old man hanging himself to death?

Since there is no way to ask the Prince of Chen for help, then he can at least ask the eldest lady for help. He believes that he will kowtow here. With so many villagers watching around, the eldest lady will not do anything to him for the sake of face.

Besides, this didn’t cause any serious consequences. Even if someone died, the dead was from Zhuli Village, Zhu Lei’s grandson.

Liu Quan thought so and kept kowtowing. If kowtowing could make the young lady forgive him, then it would not be in vain.

No matter what, he must not fall into the hands of Prince Chen, because he felt that he would definitely not see the sun tomorrow.

In order to survive, Liuquan risked his life.

"Miss, please, spare me."

"If I knew you were here, I would never bring anyone here."

"Miss, you are a magnanimous person, can you please not bother with me? It was Zhu Sijin who said there was food in Xinghua Village, and Zhu Lei brought people here, it has nothing to do with me."

"Please, young lady, spare me."

Li Mengyue didn't know what Liu Quan was thinking, but she already knew what the situation was from Liu Quan's words.

After all, the incident was caused by her. If she hadn't wanted the village to be able to protect the property of each household in the face of an increasing number of refugees, she would not have established a patrol team with seven village chiefs.

But we can't let the patrol members work for nothing. If so, three to five days is fine, but no one would be willing to do it for too long.

Only then did it be proposed that everyone who joined the patrol team should be given corresponding rewards and 20 kilograms of food per month.

But she also knew that it was impossible for the seven villages to provide 1,000 kilograms of food to the patrol members every month.

It just so happened that she had enough food in her space. Since she could give Xie Ruiyuan one million kilograms for free, she would not be stingy with the seven villages.

But the villagers are different from Xie Ruiyuan. Xie Ruiyuan gets the food to help the victims, while the villagers get the food for their own use. Therefore, it is impossible for her to give food to the seven villages for free.

However, she also knew that the public assets of the seven villages were too few, and with the current market price of grain, it would be impossible to buy tens of thousands of kilograms of grain.

And she did have channels to get a large amount of food, and she didn't have to pay too much, so it didn't make much difference if she said it was free.

Therefore, she had no burden at all to sell grain to the villagers at a low price of two cents per pound.

In this way, the seven villages can buy tens of thousands of kilograms of grain without it being too much of a burden, and it can also stabilize the villages.

After all, with food, people joining the patrol team will be more motivated and can effectively protect the village to a certain extent.

But her original intention was good, but it attracted the covetousness of bad people, who came to the village so blatantly and forced purchases and sales.

Although silver was given, the price was probably two cents per pound. Nowadays, there are more and more refugees, and with the impact of locust plagues, the price of food is rising at a rocket speed.

A month ago, although the price of grain also rose, the increase was relatively small, only increasing by one or two times. Farmers with a little money at home could still buy some grain.

But now it’s different. The price of food has increased seven or eight times compared to before, and the key is that you can’t buy it if you have money.

She had passed by a grain store when she went to the county before and saw a long queue outside the store, and even then many people could not buy grain.

Not to mention that it was almost impossible for Liu Quan to buy tens of thousands of kilograms of grain at once.

Nowadays, large grain producers in Wuning County will not sell the grain, but will hoard it and wait until the right time to make a fortune.

Under such circumstances, Liu Quan would naturally be anxious about food. Knowing that there was food in Xinghua Village, how could he let it go easily?

Zhu Lei, Liu Quan and his group wanted to force the sale, but the villagers would naturally not agree, so it was understandable that they broke out in a fight.

However, she also noticed a phenomenon: all those who were injured were from Xinghua Village, and no one was injured in the other six villages.

She knew what was going on without having to guess. It must have been the people from Xinghua Village and Zhulin Village who had a conflict first, and then the six villages came to support, which led to the stalemate.

As for why the villagers were willing to give up their grain, there were certainly other reasons.

Li Mengyue looked at Liu Quan who was still kowtowing and said, "That's enough, stop kowtowing."

"Thank you, Miss. Thank you, Miss."

Although Liu Quan did not kowtow, he did not dare to stand up.

"Tell me, how did you threaten the villagers so that they would willingly give up their food?"

"Uh……"

Liu Quan raised his head and carefully looked at Li Mengyue's face, then looked at the man beside Li Mengyue, struggling over whether he should say it out loud.

He was afraid and worried that if he told it out, he would end up in a miserable situation.

But facing Li Mengyue's questioning, it was impossible for him to remain silent.

However, in the moment when Liu Quan hesitated, Li Yan stood up and told him everything that happened in the village in a clear and orderly manner.

Li Mengyue also understood why the villagers, who regarded food as their life, would easily compromise, and all the food in the granary was moved out.

At this time, Li Mengyue did not look at Liu Quan or the villagers, but at Xie Ruiyuan.

And Xie Ruiyuan also understood what Li Mengyue meant from her eyes.

In fact, Xie Ruiyuan felt a little wronged for Li Mengyue's questioning. All along, he only had one woman, and that was Li Mengyue.

Not to mention that Li Mengyue is now pregnant with his child, even if she is not, Li Mengyue is still his chosen princess and his only woman.

He didn't know who the second lady of the prime minister's mansion was, so it was nonsense to say that the second lady was his future princess consort.

"Ayue, don't listen to what outsiders say. You are my only woman, and the position of princess is also yours."

Li Mengyue felt sweet in her heart as she watched Xie Ruiyuan anxiously explaining to her.

[Host, don't believe it. There's a saying that goes, men's words are deceiving. For a man of high position and power like the King of Chen, there must be many women who come to him and climb on his bed. Even if the King of Chen is not tempted, he will accept all of them. After all, they are delivered to his door, so he should not refuse them.]

Li Mengyue was originally preparing to scold Liu Quan for talking nonsense and slandering the reputation of Prince Chen, but when she heard Tuanzi's words, she suddenly felt that they made sense.