Chapter: 918
After that, there was no incident in the empire.
In the abundance of autumn, the harvest season has ended, and now it is winter.
Everything feels stable.
Without her father, Astelle ended the autumn in a peaceful mood.
Entering the beginning of winter, she now managed the imperial palace like an empress should and spent her days comfortably arranging social gatherings for the ladies.
“Your Majesty, I brought tea which is hard to get from the North.”
“I brought a new fabric from the South…….”
Thanks to the disappearance of problematic nobles after the last incident, most of the remaining nobles were polite to the empress.
The ladies also tried to look good to Astelle.
“Thank you all for your kind heart.”
“Your Majesty, I heard you’re going to the East this time.”
One of the ladies who was drinking tea asked cautiously. The other ladies were also watching her curiously.
Astelle decided to go on a winter trip to the East with Kaizen soon.
‘It is understandable to wonder that the empress is going to the cold East in winter.’
Kaizen is always busy except during winter, so we decided to take a short trip in winter with a minimum number of people.
“Since the trips always took place in the spring, this time His Majesty would like to see firsthand how farmers live in winter.”
Astelle put down the teacup and smiled softly and continued, “The life of the farmers in winter is the most difficult. Since there is not enough firewood, they suffer from cold and lack of food. Winter is also the time when the eastern fever reaches its peak.”
Although not as cold in the North, winter in the East is also very cold. There are many underdeveloped rural areas that are isolated due to snow.
“Before this trip, we plan to send food, winter supplies, and medicines to each region. That is why we secured food and wool in advance along with the herbs.”
The trip began with a simple reason that Theor missed the East. However, Astelle plausibly packaged this trip as a ‘winter tour to look out for the farmers.’
‘If you don’t do this, you’ll end up hurting only the soldiers in the cold winter for nothing.’
In fact, it is a good thing to help farmers through the difficult winter.
Astelle lived for six years in the eastern countryside and knew all too well the harshness of life in winter to the villagers.
She also witnessed firsthand how many farmers died from cold, starvation, and disease during the winter.
Preparing for winter was also difficult for Astelle, who suffered from poverty.