Being a minor county official in ancient times

After offending a high-ranking consort by striking the Crown Prince, she was exiled to the northernmost frontier to serve as a minor official. The Emperor, feeling guilty about the necessary punishment, found himself unable to sleep. Meng Changqing, however, was so overjoyed that she packed her belongings overnight and left the capital before dawn. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful! After thirteen years of playing the grandson in the capital, she was finally liberated! From this day forward, Meng Changqing was free! She was going to Beishan County and become its "local emperor"! But the moment her carriage entered the county town, she was stunned. What on earth was going on? Was this a county town or a refugee camp? The people were so hungry they were eating dirt, and more than half had frozen to death. Reluctantly setting aside her ambitions of being a local emperor, she began to scavenge for supplies for the people under her rule. She led them in planting sweet potatoes, taught them how to build heated earthen beds, and slowly pulled them above the subsistence line.