Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Jinzhou, the capital.

Qi Qi was restlessly waiting in the room, and suddenly heard the sound of eager footsteps outside, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the door.

Qi Yi was walking to the door, and when he saw this, he gave the two guards a look behind him, and walked into the room.

"Brother, how is it?"

Qi Qi closed the door and turned to ask Qi Yi.

Qi Yi poured a cup of tea by himself, and loosened his neckline: "It will be fine for the time being."

He was still wearing the attire of the court, and the complicated court clothes were not suitable for movement at all.

"Ok."

Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good.★"

He stepped forward to help Qi Yi pat the back, and said angrily, "Those people are really cunning.

"I saw that Liaozhou was poor before, so I transferred my master. Now, seeing that my master has recovered all three cities outside the Great Wall, I am going to cut down my master's personal soldiers and transfer my master back to Bei'an.

"Hey, how can there be such a good thing in the world? They all take advantage of it!"

Qi Yi took a deep breath and waved his hand to stop him.

Qi Yi and Qi Qi both have serious official positions and are subordinates of Qi You who stayed in Beijing.

The difference is that Qi Qi's official position is small, and he became a small official in Dali Temple, and is generally responsible for collecting news from the bottom of the capital.

And Qi Yi, who used the pseudonym Qi Yi in the court, was a minister of the Ministry of Personnel who could go to the court and face the saints, and was responsible for monitoring and intervening in major measures in the court.

After King Bei'an left the capital with his family that day, it was the two of them who were responsible for secretly managing Qi You's personal connections and power in Beijing.

"It's probably not that simple."

Qi Yi opened his mouth again.

He passed over Qi Qi, came to the book desk, and said, "I have to write a letter to the lord to inform him in detail about the situation in Beijing."

"what?"

Seeing his serious expression, Qi Qi quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Based on his usual understanding of Qi Yi, he guessed: "Is there another accident?"

Qi nodded.

He spread out a piece of rice paper, raised his head and asked Qi Qi, "You should know, right? From the fact that Li Bin's **** was sent to Liaozhou to serve as a supervisor, you can see the sage's fear of the prince.

"I originally thought that we would do some activities and bring Li Bin back, and the matter would come to an end.

"I didn't expect that he took two imperial decrees before he went, and now he has become a Liaozhou supervisor in Kangcheng, forcing the princess and several sons to dare not go back to the house."

"Of course I know about these things." Qi Qi said, "I also know that the imperial court has been discussing recently that now that the war is over, the prince's forces should be reduced and transferred back to Bei'an.

"You just replied that I will be fine for the time being, doesn't it mean that this matter has been suppressed?"

"Yes, it was indeed pressed down." Qi Yi looked up at him.

"I'm going to repeat the old story, just to let you know the attitude of the sage to the prince and the difficulty of this matter." He paused, and then said: "In fact, when I started with Lord Zhao and the others, everyone felt this matter. It's hard to be kind.

"But today, at the most critical moment of debate...

"The First Prince stood up and helped us."

"Eldest Prince?" Qi Qi was a little surprised.

The First Prince, as the name suggests, is the eldest son of the current Sage.

It is a pity that he was not from the queen. The current prince of the Sheng Dynasty is his younger brother, Qi Qi, who ranks fourth.

"It is rumored that the eldest prince is the most favored prince..." Qi Qi guessed, "So, because he helped the prince and the prince was transferred back to Bei'an, was he suppressed?"

"Yes." Qi nodded.

"Why did he help us for no reason?" Qi Qi put his hand on the desk and wondered.

"The eldest prince didn't come to us at all." Qi Yi sneered, picked up the pen, and started writing on the paper.

As he wrote, he said, "His help this time is mainly because he wants to disgust the prince."

In recent years, open and secret fights between the eldest prince and the crown prince are not uncommon. Relying on the favor of the saint and the power of his mother's family, he was stunned to fight back and forth with the legitimate prince.

Several important officials in the court who had been secretly taking refuge with the prince had some festivals with Qi You. In addition, Qi You was of high seniority. fully advocated.

This force has always been the number one enemy of the Bei'an Palace.

But before that, the eldest prince did not show any kindness to Qi You, so Qi Qi was so surprised when he heard his shot.

"I'm afraid it's more than that simple." Qi Qi lowered her eyes and analyzed.

He thought about it for a while, and then said, "The eldest prince never does business without return. Brother, do you think the eldest prince will take this opportunity to ask the prince for something?"

Qi Yi gave him an admiring look and said, "Well, very good, you can already analyze these things yourself."

Qi Qi was praised, but he was not happy: "You have already thought about it... or I am slow to respond."

Qi Yi smiled: "You might as well guess, what would he want from the prince?"

"What do you want?" Qi Qi frowned, "Now that the prince is in Liaozhou, he can't participate in the battle in Beijing at all.

"Unless the eldest prince wants to plan something in Liaozhou..."

After thinking for a while, he shook his head: "I've thought about it a lot, but I'm not sure."

"Well." Qi Yi said lightly, "Me too."

Saying that, he rinsed the pen in the water and hung it up again.

Looking up at Qi Qi, he smiled and said: "So, I wrote the matter and some speculations in the letter, waiting for the prince to judge.

"Of course, during this period of time, we must continue to pay attention to the dynamics of the DPRK. If you find anything unusual, you can come and tell me as soon as possible, and I will arrange it and send it to the prince."

"Well, I understand." Qi Qi said quickly.

Qi nodded.

He waited for a while, and seeing that the ink on the paper was dry, he directly put the paper into the envelope and hurried out the door.

When this letter arrived in Liaozhou, it happened to be the time when the spring flowers were blooming.

The spring day in Liaozhou also came later than other prefectures.

Qi You received a letter from Beijing the night before his departure to Changling. After a chuckle, he lit the letter in the lamp and let the ashes drift into the charcoal stove in the house that had not been removed.

Seeing this, Cao Mi asked, "What happened?"

She yawned with her slightly bulging belly held out.

"A little thing in Beijing." Qi You replied casually.

He stepped forward to support her and walked to the bed: "Have you finished your supper? It's time to rest."

Cao Mi cooperated and lay down on the outside of the bed.

Originally, she slept on the inner side, but during this period of time, because of her big belly, she often had to get up at night, and it was inconvenient to sleep on the inner side.

So the prince and the princess changed their seats.

"Aren't you going to take Qi Rui and Qi An to Changling the day after tomorrow?" Cao Mi was a little sad, "Hey...I don't think I can sleep for the past two nights."

Qi You brushed the broken hair off her face, and said with a chuckle, "It will definitely be back in two months at most, don't worry.

"This past, not only for gunpowder, but also for other affairs. After that, I will go back to Jirong to live permanently, and I won't go anywhere until he is born, okay?"

Qi You has said these words several times, but every time he promises, Cao Mi will be happy for a while.

So he was used to repeating it without hesitation when Cao Mi acted like a spoiled child.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Princess Bei'an nodded sensible: "Well, I see."

She began to ramble about: "Then you have to come back early.

"By the way, you have to take good care of Qi Rui and Qi An, Qi Rui is just fine, this child Qi An is so skinny, you have to find someone to look after him, and don't let him lose it again accidentally.

"I don't know the gun-powder thing. After all, I forgot where I read the formula that day, so be careful when you test it.

"There is little rain in the spring this year, and many places in Liaozhou may feel it. You really have to prepare for drought..."

Cao Mi was like this, nesting in Qi You's arms and counting them piece by piece.

Speaking of the back, her voice became smaller and smaller, and she fell asleep directly.

Qi You helplessly looked at how she was sleeping soundly, and murmured in a low voice, "Who just said that she couldn't sleep for the past two days?

"I see, this bit of parting won't affect your eating and sleeping at all."

It was obviously a complaint, but when he was told to say it, it was full of smiles.

Soon, he checked the quilt and closed his eyes like Cao Mi, meeting him in a dream.

——

On the day Qi You left, Cao Mi did not go to the city gate to see him off because he had said goodbye early.

When she woke up, the sky was already bright. After breakfast, she looked at the ledger for half an hour before asking Dongli, "Your Highness and... two children, are you leaving?"

Dong Li nodded in response: "Yes, Princess. In the early morning, the team set off."

Cao Mi rubbed his forehead and began to feel a little helpless about his memory.

She asked again, "Where's Qi Ran?"

"Young Master should be at Master Di's side." Dong Li replied, "There is Master Di's class this morning."

"Yeah." Cao Mi replied.

After thinking about it, she instructed: "As soon as Qi Rui and Qi An leave, no one will accompany him to eat during this time.

"You will pick him up later and let him have three meals with me in the future."

"Yes." Dongli responded with a salute.

After lunch, Cao Mi met with Rong Guan.

These days are the important moment of spring ploughing, and Rongguan has been busy in several villages outside the city and nearby.

"Spring ploughing like this?" Cao Mi asked as usual.

Now that she has a body, she usually doesn't read too many documents, and she directly asks the people below for many things.

"Don't worry, Princess." Rong Guan hurriedly put out his prepared remarks one by one: "The farming matters outside the city are proceeding in an orderly manner.

"Not only did the planting and cultivation of the original fields proceed smoothly, but the newly demarcated wasteland has also been reclaimed while the soil is thawing.

"Everything is exactly as you planned."

Cao Mi nodded.

She thought about it and said, "I've been thinking about it a lot recently, and I'm always worried. There are now tens of thousands of people in Jirong City, and the crops in the fields are related to everyone's rations. In any case, report to me or Qi San in time.

"Besides, I want you to go down and do two things.

"One of them is to arrange for people to build water wells. Some villages are some distance away from the Jurong River. With wells, they can get better water. Of course, some villages can be dug depending on the situation.

"The second thing is that I thought that the people in the city have raised dolphins and chickens now, so you order someone to find another batch of teal to breed them.

"I heard that the ducks in Fancheng are very good, and they also eat pests, but you can think about it."

Rong Guan replied respectfully, "Okay."

Cao Mi wanted to raise a group of ducks because he remembered the news that ducks could eat locusts in modern times.

Generally, droughts are accompanied by locust plagues, so it is always right to prepare first.

Anyway, if there is a locust plague at that time, it will not delay the ducks being raised and killed to eat meat.

"...I don't know if Ji Rongshi is suitable for raising ducks." After a pause, she expressed her concerns: "You should discuss this matter with those experienced old farmers, and then answer me.

"If you need to build a pond or something, go to Wang Shu and the others. If there are still problems that can't be solved, come and tell me."

"The villain understands, the princess can rest assured." Rong Guan said: "From what the villain sees, there should be no problem with raising ducks.

"When I go to the people below to discuss a set of regulations, I will come back and report to the princess."

"Yeah." Cao Mi nodded in satisfaction and said, "In that case, you can go down first."

Rong Guan answered "yes" and turned to leave.