Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Later historians analyzed that in the early stage of the Meng Pu Rebellion, there were too many ways to contain it - the people who started the turmoil only wanted food and clothing, and the government had too many means to temporarily meet their needs.

But in this period, Sheng Chao has reached a stage of extreme **.

Local officials are used to bullying the people and don't want to compromise at all.

In order to achieve political achievements, they suppressed the report and began to gather force to try to suppress.

In front of this group of people who have run out of food, the original method of trying Bailing no longer has the expected effect. When the officials realized the seriousness of the matter and sent letters to the capital for help, tens of thousands of hungry people arrived in the capital with Zhezi.

When the garrison of the capital was woken up by his subordinates in Xiangyinglou, he even let out a wake-up call and threw an ice china wine glass.

The porcelain cup spun around on the soft blanket, flickered for a long time, and stopped.

When he heard the urgent report from his subordinates, the garrison was so frightened that he grabbed his clothes and ran out. On the way, he just stepped on the wine glass on the blanket, slammed into the threshold, and smashed two front teeth.

But at this time, the soaring adrenaline had made him forget the pain, and he quickly got up and started again.

It is a pity that the hungry people are the hungry people after all. After they reacted in Beijing and assembled a strong army to suppress them, the turmoil soon subsided.

At the celebration banquet five days later, the garrison officer who lost his front teeth was honorably injured because of his publicity, and the officer was promoted to the first rank.

Having lived in Beijing for a long time, Qi Yi, who witnessed the whole incident, wrote the whole story into a secret letter and sent it to Qi You, who was still on the front line.

Qi You, who was preparing for the war against Rong, put down the task at hand with a dignified expression, stayed up for two days, and wrote several long letters to reject Rong.

After receiving the letter, Qi San, according to Qi You's instructions, ordered people to go to various places in Liaozhou to make arrangements, and personally went to the inner city to report to Cao Mi about the Meng Pu Rebellion.

After Cao Mi heard about it, he thought it was absurd.

She asked: "So, now that things have settled down, how has the palace been affected?"

Qi San shook his head solemnly.

He explained: "According to Qi Yixin, the Holy One was greatly frightened."

"Then you should be alarmed." Cao Mi sneered bluntly: "The hungry people rushed to the door of the house and almost climbed over the wall of the palace to enter the 'Miansheng'. It's no wonder that you are not afraid."

Qi San did not show any discomfort to his princess' disrespectful remarks.

After all, he is a person of Qi You, and he really lacks a little reverence for the emperor who is far away.

After Cao Mi finished laughing, he sighed again: "It's just suffering those hungry people. By the way, how were those people dealt with in the end?"

Qi San paused and continued: "The Holy Master was frightened and contracted a disease, and after sobering up, he demanded that all participants be severely punished.

"But my court has a statute of 'the law does not blame the public', so when Qi Yi sent the letter, the court was still arguing with no result."

Cao Mi sighed: "I know...

"From the attitude of the saint, he must have hated the people because of this."

Maybe it was just a coincidence that the Meng Pu Rebellion happened to happen around the capital, and the rioters rushed to the imperial city without a clue.

Today, the emperor on the dragon chair is not like his ancestors, who grew up riding a horse against the wind and frost.

Since childhood, the saint who was hidden in the deep palace, where has he suffered such grievances? After recovering, he could not wait to hack to death all the rioters that might threaten his life.

"Yes." Qi San nodded, confirming Cao Mi's guess.

He bowed to Cao Mi and said, "Your Highness mentioned in the letter that although the Meng Pu Rebellion has subsided, the consequences are just about to begin.

"My lord is still in Fengrong, the war with the Rong is about to start, and he can't come back in a short time.

"So, the prince wants to remind the princess that you must not go out at will recently. No matter what happens, take the three young masters and the little lady with you, and wait for him to come back."

Cao Mi was so surprised that he almost forgot to react.

To be honest, when she first heard Qi San's story, she was listening to a current event that had nothing to do with her.

But unexpectedly, Qi You gave such a serious reminder.

Fortunately, her heart is now devoted to taking care of the little baby girl, and she really has no chance to go out.

So Cao Mi nodded and said, "Well, I understand.

"My lord's words, I will keep them in my heart. Now is the time of trouble, and the guards who refuse the Rong will have to trouble you more."

Qi San cupped his hands: "This is the responsibility of the subordinate, please rest assured, Princess."

Seeing that everything that should be said has been said, Qi San immediately saluted and left.

Cao Mi knew that he must be busy now, so he stopped talking and let him leave on his own.

After Qi San left, she also prepared to go back to the room with the help of Dong Li.

But just after turning around the screen, Princess Bei'an saw Qi Rui and Qi An talking together.

Cao Mi shook his head helplessly and asked, "You guys came out to eavesdrop again?"

"It's not eavesdropping." Qi An heard the words, raised his head and responded, "My eldest brother and I were standing here, and we heard it accidentally."

Cao Mi was so angry that he rubbed the top of his hair several times: "You're the only one who will quibble."

After "punishing" Qi An, Cao Mi turned to Qi Rui and said, "Next time you want to hear it, just go straight ahead. There's nothing you can't let you know about these things."

Qi Rui was stunned, and then explained: "I know.

"But it was really my sister who wet the bed just now... The wet nurse wanted to help her change her clothes, so we came out to breathe, and then I accidentally overheard the conversation between my mother and Qi San."

"So that's how it is..." Cao Mi nodded.

She ignored the little baby girl's wetting the bed again, and instead asked the two of them: "Then you all heard? What do you think about this matter?"

"What do you think, mother?" Qi Rui asked back.

Cao Mi frowned.

"I think it's a bit absurd..." After thinking for a while, she answered truthfully, "But I also feel that your father's reaction is too much.

"I was originally going to Shuijing next month to pick up the merchant ships coming from Lizhou, but according to your father, I didn't want me to go there...

"The disaster situation in Liaozhou is well controlled, and there should be no such thing as the capital. Why did he want me to stay in Jirong?"

Qi Rui and Qi An looked at each other.

Afterwards, Qi Rui seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said, "Mother can wait.

"Although Qi An and I have some guesses, we don't dare to make false statements because of the seriousness of the matter. But if... if our guesses are not bad, after a while, my mother should know."

Cao Mi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

Since she gave birth to a little baby girl, the people in the house have been a lot more careful with her attitude.

And this time, she was clearly an adult, but the two children seemed to know more than she did.

Fortunately, Cao Mi was also big-hearted, and only said that the family he cared about should not be in any danger. To understand this, she also lost interest in pursuing it.

She embraced the two of them and said, "Let's go, it's time for the wet nurse to change her sister's clothes. Let's go in and see her."

Qi Rui and Qi An nodded and followed Cao Mi into the house together.

Two months later, the situation in the Sheng Dynasty really changed beyond Cao Mi's expectations.

The sage who was frightened by the Meng Pu rebellion did not know which nerve was connected wrongly, and restricted the scale of disaster relief more and more strictly.

He seems to feel that he can only feed the rebels with his own food, so he is stingy and unwilling to lend a helping hand to the victims.

Correspondingly, the corruption of officials in various places has become more and more serious, and the means of law enforcement have become more and more severe.

When Cao Mi heard the news from the outside world, he only knew that except for a few areas, rebels similar to the Meng Pu Rebellion had also appeared one after another in other prefectures.

Everywhere people were without food, rising up and shouting their own voices.

Among them, just south of Liaozhou, in Minzhou, which borders Liaozhou in a large area, the most powerful rebel team has been established.

Speaking of which, if there were no Qi You and Cao Mi, one had controlled the situation in Liaozhou through politics and the other through people's livelihood, and the team with the most refugees should have appeared in the Liaozhou area.

But no matter what, when rebels were frequent in various places, even in the refusal that had not yet been affected, Cao Mi also felt the drifting feeling of being a duckweed under the tide of the times. It was at this time. Only then did she understand what Qi Rui and Qi An didn't make clear before.

But it was useless to figure this out, Cao Mi was so worried that he couldn't eat for several days in a row.

Her mood swings were felt even by the little baby girl who had been able to make various "babble" sounds for more than eight months.

Every time Cao Mi held her, she would slobber on Cao Mi's face, as if comforting.

"Mother, why should you worry." Qi Rui put down his job and sighed and persuaded: "Father has already made arrangements, and there are also guards on the southern front of Liaozhou to resist the rebels from Minzhou heading north.

"The imperial court also sent troops from Minzhou and Fanzhou to suppress it... As long as there is no accident, the rebel forces will soon collapse.

"We are in Jirong, so as long as we don't go out at will, it's still very safe. Mother doesn't need to disturb herself, just wait for father to return."

Hearing this, Cao Mi glanced at him, then shook his head: "Well, I know, I'm just... a little uneasy..."

She has been trying her best to recall these days, and she is really not sure whether the book she was reading at that time has the same passage.

But there are many rebels everywhere, which should have happened after Qi Rui became an adult.

Nowadays, even the general trend of the world has a faint tendency to advance, and Cao Mi is really restless.

Qi Rui thought for a while, called the nurse to carry the baby girl, and persuaded awkwardly: "My sister has two more teeth, and now she is helping us with our meals.

"My mother is not for herself, but also helps her eat a few more bites, how about it?"

The eldest son of the palace has been pampered since he was a child, and he still does not know how to coax people.

But Cao Mi saw from his words and deeds his serious attitude to comfort him this time, and his good intentions to really hope that he would be happy.

This is what makes the princess most moving.

So she smiled, took the little baby girl who was uncomfortable in her eldest brother's arms, nodded and said, "Well, I see."

Holding the little baby girl in her arms, she said again: "Mother thinks too much these days, hey... Indeed, this is the end of the matter, and it is not something that can be solved by worry.

"You three are also growing up, so you should eat more."

The three young princes of the palace nodded when they heard the words, and picked up the bowls and chopsticks again.

The author has something to say: I saw a lot of cute people saying that there is still a long way to go, but there is no such thing.

At this rate, this article will be finished in early May at most.

There is another chapter in the evening, thank you for your support~

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 2 bottles of Tangli; 1 bottle of big knife;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!