Many people felt sorry for her.

Imperial Concubine Hui was only one step away from becoming empress, but she was still not satisfied and insisted on suppressing all her opponents, even resorting to such means.

What a pity!

As the Qiao family and his son were imprisoned, Imperial Concubine Hui's title was stripped, and she was directly demoted to a regular concubine.

This order made everyone sigh again.

Truly, she tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.

Consort Le, who had been falsely accused, was promoted to Imperial Concubine Le.

This seemed to be a signal, and many concubines began to gravitate towards Imperial Concubine Le.

Amidst these struggles, Imperial Concubine Shu remained extremely calm, neither fighting nor抢, and she didn't even seem to care that Jiang Chen wasn't visiting Chengqian Palace.

This seemingly world-weary behavior puzzled everyone.

Even Xu Changqing, the Minister of Revenue, couldn't understand his younger sister's thinking.

He found an opportunity to see Imperial Concubine Shu and couldn't help but ask the question in his heart, "Sister, do you have no desire for the position of empress?"

Xu Changqing didn't consider himself someone eager for fame and fortune, but if he were Imperial Concubine Shu, he couldn't possibly be so indifferent.

Imperial Concubine Shu listened to her brother's question, only smiled faintly, and didn't answer.

Xu Changqing took this reaction as confirmation that Imperial Concubine Shu truly thought that way and left, shaking his head.

This situation quickly spread throughout the harem, and many concubines breathed a sigh of relief.

Although since the sixteen concubines had become pregnant, Jiang Chen hadn't visited Chengqian Palace except for that one time when Consort Heng went to Chengqian Palace to cause trouble.

But most people still considered Imperial Concubine Shu a very strong competitor.

After this scene spread, many people finally felt completely relieved.

In their view, Imperial Concubine Shu was probably the type who didn't compete with the world.

Jiang Chen also heard these rumors, but only smiled faintly.

These people guessed and guessed, but they didn't know that Jiang Chen had already made a decision about who would be empress.

And Imperial Concubine Shu knew this very well, so she wouldn't compete.

The reason Jiang Chen hadn't been going to Chengqian Palace during this time was to allow Imperial Concubine Shu to safely give birth to her child.

After Imperial Concubine Hui was demoted to Consort Hui, the other concubines also calmed down.

Although they still tried to win Jiang Chen's favor, the kind of behind-the-scenes scheming had disappeared.

Everyone could see that Jiang Chen wasn't the kind of emperor who was easily fooled.

If something really happened, Jiang Chen would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly.

Rather than risk tripping up their opponents, it was better to show off more in front of Jiang Chen, which was what the concubines were thinking now.

Under this peace, the weather finally turned hot.

At this time, Jiang Chen also received a letter from Bao Qimeng.

In the letter, Bao Qimeng first expressed his longing, and then talked about the planting of sweet potatoes in the north, and invited Jiang Chen to inspect the Xiongnu Autonomous Region.

Jiang Chen calculated that it had been more than a year since he last went to the Xiongnu.

He really had to show his face to the Xiongnu, otherwise these Xiongnu people might forget about their emperor.

Moreover, the farming season was basically over, and the weather had been good in various parts of Great Wei this year, and there were no major events for the time being.

After Jiang Chen arranged things, he asked Jing Yue to follow secretly, and led Yao Shouxin, the Minister of War, and Zhao Ting to the Xiongnu Autonomous Region.

His trip was not only to see the situation of the Xiongnu, but also to see the situation of the northern military camp.

In the past few years, the northern military camp had first fought continuously with the Xiongnu, and then was drawn to fight against the Quanrong, suffering significant losses.

In the past year or so, according to the Ministry of War's report, the northern military camp, which had shrunk from 120,000 to 80,000 men, had finally been replenished to 120,000 men.

For this one-third of new recruits, Jiang Chen, the emperor of Great Wei, needed to show his face!

Two days later, Jiang Chen and his party stepped into the territory of the Xiongnu Autonomous Region.

At this time, although the Xiongnu Autonomous Region was still the place where the Xiongnu used to be, the environment had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Previously, the Xiongnu people didn't engage in farming, only grazing, and there were wild grasses everywhere.

But now, everywhere you could see were neatly planned farmlands, and Jiang Chen could even occasionally see a few Xiongnu people wearing Xiongnu clothes walking back and forth in the fields, their faces filled with smiles.

Jiang Chen smiled and walked over, greeting a few Xiongnu people gathered together.

However, they all looked at Jiang Chen blankly.

Jiang Chen was a little puzzled, thinking that he hadn't spoken clearly, so he said, "Hello, we are from the capital, and we want to ask you about the situation."

But they still looked blank. Seeing that Jiang Chen was about to say more, they chattered and said a few words that Jiang Chen couldn't understand.

Jiang Chen listened to the language like heavenly scripture and suddenly realized.

After all this time, they couldn't understand what he was saying!

Yao Shouxin whispered beside him, "They are speaking Xiongnu."

Jiang Chen nodded, and then he used sign language that everyone could understand.

He pointed to the field, then made an eating motion, and then patted his belly, meaning, can you all eat your fill now?

The Xiongnu people immediately kept drawing circles in front of their stomachs, indicating that they were very full, with bright smiles on their faces.

Jiang Chen smiled and said goodbye to them.

It could be seen that these people liked the stable life very much.

However, the language problem also needed to be solved.

"Minister Yao, what is the situation with the schools that I previously asked the Ministry of Rites to set up here?" Jiang Chen asked.

Yao Shouxin then said, "Because of the severe drought last year, the Ministry of Revenue had to temporarily reduce expenditures, so the Ministry of Rites only established ten schools here."

"But I heard that the Ministry of Rites plans to build ten more schools this year."

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "The schools should not only teach the Four Books and Five Classics, but also set up a subject to teach farming."

Yao Shouxin nodded repeatedly.

Although the Xiongnu people they had just encountered had learned to farm, they were still in the minority.

And the fields cultivated by most of the Xiongnu people were unbearable to look at.

But fortunately, Bao Qimeng was very powerful. Although the Xiongnu people wanted to plant rice and wheat, after Bao Qimeng discovered the amazing yield of sweet potatoes, he vigorously promoted the planting of sweet potatoes in the Xiongnu Autonomous Region.

The Xiongnu people Jiang Chen had just asked were planting sweet potatoes.

After walking forward for two more days, Jiang Chen and his party arrived at Zhayingtun, the capital of the Xiongnu Autonomous Region.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Bao Qimeng led a group of ministers to welcome Jiang Chen outside the city.

Jiang Chen stepped forward two steps and helped Bao Qimeng up, "You may dispense with the formalities."

Being held by Jiang Chen's hands, Bao Qimeng's face flushed slightly, and his eyes looking at Jiang Chen also contained affection.

However, Bao Qimeng knew very well that the current environment was not suitable, so he invited Jiang Chen and the others into the city.

Zhayingtun two years ago was no exaggeration to describe as a barren land, with only a small number of Xiongnu people living there.

But today's Zhayingtun was full of vitality.