Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Before opening the kit, Qi You paused.

Speaking of which, for him, the current situation is actually far from the level of "the problem of life and death that is difficult to decide".

The command to give death came faster and more direct than he imagined, but not completely beyond his expectations——

In his heart, he actually already had the answer.

But after thinking for a while, Qi You decided to continue to untie the tie on the bag according to his heart.

He was very sure that at this time, he was eager to get the company and support of his own princess.

And obviously, the princess is now in Jirong, so she can only let this small bag temporarily replace it.

He ignored the increasingly urgent urging songs in his ears and opened the note.

There were only a few words on the note, and he read it at a glance.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Qi You came back to his senses, took the fire box from the house, and lit the note.

The flames quickly kissed the piece of white paper and black ink, thinking that destroying everything would make him immortal. But when the paper burns out, it also turns to ashes.

Qi You didn't hesitate any longer, he came to the table and picked up the glass of poison wine.

Dozens of pairs of eyes from outside the house were staring nervously, waiting for him to persuade him to be decent.

But King Bei'an chuckled lightly, raised his hand, and threw the wine bottle directly on the wall.

There was a "bang", not only the wine bottle fell to the ground, but also the sound made by Zhu Yan's subordinates outside the house when they broke in.

"King Bei'an, what do you mean?" He stared, pointing at the poisonous wine that had been spilled on the ground, "Are you trying to resist the edict?"

But he didn't have time to wait for Qi You's response. The moment he finished speaking, the housekeeper who had waited outside the hospital rushed in with his soldiers.

Qi Liudang broke the window and entered first, without Qi You doing it himself, he directly put his knees on his back, firmly suppressing the messenger who dared to offend his master.

However, with the effort of a small half of tea, the situation has been brought under control.

The housekeeper brought a clean wet handkerchief: "Your Highness."

Qi You took the handkerchief and wiped his fingers that had just been spilled by the poison.

He stepped out, and the housekeeper followed closely behind, reporting as he followed: "The imperial court has sent a group of fifty-two people, and the palace has already arrested them all. The subordinates will send people to step up the torture to find out the slander..."

"No need." Qi You returned the handkerchief to the housekeeper.

In the suspicious eyes of the housekeeper, he lightly instructed: "Just kill them all."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask more clearly, but saw Qi You wave his hand.

He no longer hesitated, and retreated in compliance with Qi You's words.

Qi You continued to move forward, accidentally stepping on a dead branch on the ground.

But he was not affected at all, and instead continued to move forward steadily, while recalling the words on the note in his mind, he muttered: "...Qi Rui has a true dragon destiny?"

The princess who wrote the note was not here, and no one could answer his question.

King Bei'an curled the corners of his lips, and suddenly asked himself, "Then... what about this king?"

That evening, the first snowfall of the year in Liaozhou was finally not postponed, and it arrived as promised according to the solar term.

The fluttering goose feathers fell overnight, failing to cover the blood red in the palace.

——

While the road was not blocked by Xue, Qi You sent a letter to Jirong and picked up Cao Mi and his four children.

Before that, he had been staring at the affairs of the Rong clan, and the people from the imperial court had been eyeing the city, so he never let Cao Mi come back.

Now that the hidden nails in Liaozhou have been cleaned up by him personally, and the matter of the Rong family has come to an end, Qi You naturally can't bear his wife and children to stay in the Rong and suffer.

Cao Mi was rejecting Rong. In fact, he had heard news from Cannes on and off, and knew that Qi You was fine.

But when she lifted the curtain of the car and saw the King of Bei'an who was the same as before he left, she couldn't restrain her happiness and joy.

More eager and taller than her, the little daughter of the palace.

Being blocked by Cao Mi in the carriage, he called out "Daddy, Daddy" without seeing anything.

Qi You picked up the mother and daughter and got out of the car, turned around and brought three boys into the palace together.

The housekeeper and Qi Liu brought the servants who stayed in Cannes to salute along the way. Qi An let out a long sigh: "Hey, I'm finally back!"

"I thought you liked rejecting Rong more." Cao Mi smiled and said, "So are you looking forward to coming back?"

"Yeah." Qi An nodded.

He bluntly stated his thoughts: "On Jirong's side, the Rong family was chased away by his father, and now Uncle Lei Li is busy with Erong's side, preparing for business affairs, which is not fun at all."

After he finished speaking, he raised his head and asked his father, "Father, when we return to Cannes, are you just going to quell the rebellion?"

Before Qi You could answer, Qi Rui glanced at him and said, "What kind of rebellion? The rebels in Minzhou have already been captured by General Chen He.

"Even if my father passes now, he won't be able to catch up."

"Ah? Did you take it?" Qi An frowned and thought.

After a long while, he finally confirmed this fact, and then turned to ask: "Then... what about other state capitals?

"In addition to Minzhou, there must be other places, right?"

It was only at this time that Qi You smiled and said, "Well, there are rebellions elsewhere."

"Yeah!" Qi An nodded heavily and looked at Qi You with bright eyes, "Where is the rebellion? Is father still going to fight the rebellion?

"My eldest brother and I are riding well now. Can you take us with us this time?"

Qi You rubbed the top of his hair.

He looked ahead and replied as he walked, "The rebellion is in... Jinzhou."

"Jinzhou?" As soon as he said this, not only Qi An, but also Cao Mi and Qi Rui behind him were stunned.

Qi Rui pursed his lips and couldn't help but ask: "It's not that Yao An and Wang Zhuyan have led troops to suppress and wipe out the rebellion in Jinzhou.

"The rebellion in Jinzhou should be the first to be quelled... Could it be that during this period of time, there has been chaos in Jinzhou again?"

Qi You nodded.

Qi An was amazed.

He looked left and right, and saw that he was now located in the backyard of the palace, and they were all loyal soldiers of King Bei'an, so he boldly asked: "Who is so powerful? How dare you make trouble near the capital? Do you want to alert your father to suppress it?"

The capital was within Jinzhou, and Qi An thought the rebellion started outside the capital.

But Qi You shook his head.

During the chat, they had come to the front of the main courtyard.

Qi You crossed the threshold first with Xiao Qixin in his arms, and then in the process of waiting for Cao Mi and others to catch up, he faintly said a name: "Zhu Yan."

Qi Rui was the first to react and looked at Qi You in surprise.

However, Qi You smiled and said no more, just said, "Let's go, you guys are exhausted, the yard has prepared hot cakes, take a rest first."

Qi Ran, who didn't care about what they were discussing just now heard the words, smiled and cheered: "That's great! Thank you father!"

Under his simply satisfied laughter, Qi Rui and others temporarily put the matter aside and went to take care of it on their own.

After that, Qi You never left Cannes for the whole winter.

But that doesn't mean he's not busy. Every day, letters from all over the world can be piled up in thick stacks on his desk.

Cao Mi had inquired about the current situation, and Qi You only said that the matter was still under his control, and that he was staying in Cannes now because the time had not come.

"Where is the capital..." The princess thought for a while, and then asked: "I heard that the previous imperial court came to you, and you...

"What's the reaction from the court now?"

"No response." Qi You said: "After the incident was exposed, the matter of my collusion with the Rong tribe was finally discussed in the courtroom.

"Qi Yi and the others were prepared, and they were immediately cleared of the crime."

"So..." Cao Mi was a little confused.

Qi You glanced at her, stepped forward with a sigh, and held her hand: "Don't worry, my people are paying close attention to Jinzhou's movements. If there is anything, I will find out as soon as possible."

"Well." Cao Mi nodded understandingly.

She thought for a while and joked: "If something really happens, you must be the first to leave.

"It seems that I shouldn't ask, just cherish the time you have by your side with all my heart."

As she spoke, she took the initiative to throw herself into the arms of the person in front of her.

Qi You readily accepted, and said at the same time, "Things can always have results.

"According to my expectations, we can at most... endure a few years of separation, and then we will be able to stick together for a long time as the script says."

"A few years..." Cao Mi muttered.

She looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window, trying to hide her concerns under pure white.

Soon, the years turn around, and the palace welcomes another new year.

But before the first month, Liaozhou received news that the emperor had died.

It took more than half a month for the news to reach this northern land. In fact, the emperor should have died around the time of Chinese New Year.

In those days, Qi You, who was already busy, didn't even have time to sleep. He was out in the snow for a few days, ready to deal with the extraordinary circumstances that would arise.

As soon as the first month of the month came out, news came from the capital that King Bei'an would take his family to the capital to participate in the ceremony of the new emperor's enthronement.

"Want to... go there?" Cao Mi asked.

Qi You rolled up the imperial decree again and said, "Go. But I'm going alone, you stay in the mansion with the children."

Cao Mi pursed his lips and said worriedly: "This is actually... an obvious trap, you should see it?

"Let's not talk about why the first emperor died, we still don't understand whether the person who is going to ascend the throne is the righteous prince or the powerful Zhu Yan..."

"Well." Qi You turned to look at her: "I know."

"Then you..." Cao Mi was a little anxious.

But Qi You pressed her shoulder to reassure her: "But I have to go.

"As soon as the new emperor ascends the throne, not visiting the shrine is equivalent to conspiracy.

"Secondly, Zhu Yan will continue to sing tricks only if I and other forces have passed."

Cao Mi hesitantly nodded.

"I don't always see it as thoroughly as you." She said: "I can only hope that the lord will be more careful. People have gone completely, and they should come back completely!"

Qi You smiled and nodded and promised, "Yes."

After the snow melted, he took people away.

But less than two months had passed, and Cao Mi, who was waiting in Cannes, received news that Qi You was about to return.

The princess, who was taking Qi Xin out to appreciate the peach blossoms, calculated the time and said doubtfully, "No...just two months, it's not enough for the prince to make a trip to Jinzhou."

The person who reported the letter said: "I don't know the specific subordinates. Maybe when the prince returns, the princess will know everything."

Cao Mi nodded, not embarrassing him, and waved him back.

Seven days later, Qi You really returned to Cannes.

He reined his horse to the ground, and before he could talk to Cao Mi, he walked to a carriage behind him.

After a while, he invited a pompous middle-aged man from the carriage.

Qi Liu happened to be standing behind Cao Mi, and seeing her puzzled face, he leaned forward and reminded in a low voice, "Princess, this is...

"The first prince of this dynasty."