Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

The New Year's flavor in Cannes is not as strong as that in the capital, but this year's Bei'an Palace has changed from last year's deserted appearance, and was almost stepped over the threshold by visitors.

Qi You rushed back to Cannes before the Chinese New Year, but it was not because he wanted to go back to the palace to celebrate the New Year, but because the affairs in Cannes had piled up to the point that he had to come back.

After coming to Liaozhou, he spent most of the time outside, and the time he spent with several children was greatly reduced, but Cao Mi knew that the entire palace was able to support itself because of him running around.

Seeing that he was obviously leaner this time, Cao Mi still felt a little distressed even though there was no marital relationship between the two.

She felt that she must have been dealing with three children recently, and couldn't help including this one in her family on the list to be looked after.

After the excitement of the first month passed, the family sat together on the couch after a long absence, enjoying a rare leisure time.

The three children had not seen their father for a long time, and they all gathered around him and chatted about recent trivial matters.

Qi Rui turned five years old in February, and has been in Mengmeng for half a year, and the twins have been taking classes for a few months. Qi You sat on the couch and tested the three people's homework.

The little prodigy Qi Rui, who is often praised by Master Lin, is more disciplined than before in front of Qi You, and looks very much like his father.

The two of them just lowered their heads and listened, the other raised their heads and replied respectfully. The warm lights in the room imprinted the figures of the father and son on the wall. Cao Mi had just eaten, and it was when he was sleepy. He felt that the concept of home was incomparably clear and true for a moment.

The eldest and the second child did very well in their schoolwork, and they were easily applauded by Qi You. Only the third child, grief-stricken, played the edge ball, and when he looked back at Cao Mi in grievance, there were still tears in the corners of his eyes.

Cao Mi glanced at Qi You in dissatisfaction.

In fact, Qi Ran's performance is considered excellent in other families, after all, he is not yet four years old. It is true that the above two brothers are too good, and this comparison shows that he is ordinary.

But Qi Rui and Qi An couldn't be regarded by ordinary people's standards. Cao Mi himself rarely compared the three, because he was afraid that the third child would have a shadow in his heart.

After finishing the exam, Qi Rui suddenly asked, "Father, what does Feng Ping look like?"

Qi You thought for a while and said, "Kangcheng and the capital are cities for life and pleasure, but Fengping is a gate that is always ready to fight."

He mentioned the high-rise city walls and dozens of watchtowers on display.

He also mentioned this year's snowstorm. A soldier in Wu'an Village adopted many orphans. When they were found, many of the children had frostbite. It was Lei Li who gave orders to save the lives of those children.

Qi Ran blinked and suddenly said, "Orphans? You can send them to Rongguang Villa."

He turned to look at Cao Mi: "Mother can take them in."

Several children followed Cao Mi to Rongguang twice later, and their memories of the school there were particularly fresh.

Cao Mi touched his little head.

Feeling Qi You's gaze, she knew that Qi Ran's children's words should have been heard by the King of Bei'an.

So she nodded: "Well, yes."

Looking at Qi You, she simply said directly: "Last year, the villa had a bumper harvest, and there is a surplus of grain in the warehouse. If there are still refugees in Liaozhou this year, the villa can continue to collect part of it."

"Do you have spare energy?" Qi You raised his eyebrows.

Cao Mi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Next year, I plan to expand the scale of farming, reclaim the idle land in the villa, and then separate the wool workshop from the villa.

"Zhuangli currently needs a lot of manpower."

In fact, Cao Mi's plan for next year is far more than the above two, but she knows that there is no need to say too much, it is enough to point to it.

Sure enough, when it came to the matter of wool, Qi You also became interested.

Feng Ping's army already knew the benefits of wool, and now there are still tens of thousands of sets of shortfalls in the army, and Qi You is also in a hurry.

Moreover, he is now the king of Liaozhou, and Cao Mi can solve the problem of some refugees, which is also beneficial to him. So he nodded and said, "This king knows... How many people can you accept next year?"

Cao Mi pondered for a while: "Those orphans who have nowhere to go...you can do it, you can send whatever you can. But if you are young and strong, I need about 700. It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, as long as you can work. That's it."

Qi You nodded, obviously agreeing.

Neither of them noticed that in their daily communication, they had automatically omitted the self-proclaimed "prince" and "concubine".

This situation, even when the original sister, the first princess, was still there, it never happened.

Cao Mi doesn't call herself "concubine", a big reason is because she is not used to it. When she was in a relaxed mood, she sometimes said something smooth, and she would just forget about it. But Qi You's change seemed a little sudden, but it was logical.

But at this time, even Qi You himself did not notice this slight change.

Cao Mi thought of something, and asked again: "You...you're going to Fengping again in the beginning of spring?"

Qi You nodded and replied: "Well, at the end of February... I will stay until Ruier's fifth birthday and then leave."

Cao Mi nodded thoughtfully, but Qi Rui suddenly said, "Father, I want to go to Fengping with you."

As soon as he said this, the two adults were stunned.

Before Cao Mi's mind could come to a conclusion, Qi An unwillingly replied, "I'll go with Big Brother too!"

Qi You held down Qi An's head and stopped his fluttering momentum.

He turned his head and asked Qi Rui, "Why do you suddenly have this idea?"

Qi Rui said seriously: "The book says that reading ten thousand volumes of books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Fengping is the most important pass in the north of Shengchao, and it is also where my father lives. I want to go and see it."

Qi You shook his head.

"That's really good." He glanced at Qi Rui, "but you haven't read the ten thousand volumes of books, so what are you going to do?"

Qi Rui made a move.

He pouted, and then retorted: "But I heard Qi Liu say that when my father was very young, he followed his grandfather to the battlefield."

"Do you think the battlefield is a fun place?" Qi You asked frowning.

Being mentioned by the eldest son, Qi You also remembered when he was six or seven years old.

The first time he faced the battlefield, he was carried by his father on a horse. During the day, he was silent all the time, watching the scene of the fight with a blank face. The previous King of Bei'an was very satisfied, and even praised him for his courage.

At night, the survivors went back to clean up the battlefield, everyone was quiet, no longer the noisy shouting and killing in the daytime, he stood beside his father, and felt that the cold moonlight stabbed him all over his body and his blood was blurred.

"You're still young..." Qi You said faintly, "It's not right now."

Qi Rui was not convinced, he wanted to say something else, Cao Mi patted him on the shoulder quickly.

When it comes to saying that Qi Rui is going to Feng Ping, she is the first to disagree! Even if Qi You had let go just now, Cao Mi had to fight with their father and son with his neck stuck in his throat.

But the King of Bei'an held on to the first level, and Cao Mi's sanity also took advantage of this time to return to the cage.

She knew that she couldn't use such a rude one-size-fits-all approach against the boss, so she said softly, "Master Lin has taught you a lot during this time. Rui'er wants to go with her father, and her heart is commendable."

As soon as she said this, the four men in the family looked at her together.

Looking at Qi Rui's rekindled hope, Cao Mi looked away uncomfortably, and said, "But have you ever thought about what to prepare before going to Fengping?"

Qi Rui blinked, he hadn't thought about it yet.

Cao Mi smiled and chased after the victory, "You heard from your father before that the battlefield is full of dangers, and at your age now, if you don't make adequate preparations, you can only cause trouble for your father if you go there.

"To get to Fengping, you must at least know a certain amount of combat knowledge first, you need a good horse, and an army willing to follow to the death, right?"

Qi Rui pursed her lips and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Mother is right."

Cao Mi knew that this was the time to persuade people, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Then she reassured: "In the next few years, my mother will help you arrange these things. If you stay in Cannes, you will not only complete your homework with Master Lin, but also take time to train in force. You can handle it. come over?"

When the prospective male protagonist heard her say this, he was not afraid to be rejoiced, nodded his head with bright eyes, and said, "Well, mother, I can handle it!"

The second child, Qi An, was brought up by him to ignite his fighting spirit, and he followed suit: "Mother, I want it too!"

Cao Mi grabbed his chubby face with a headache, nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

Although they disagreed with the two children coming to the battlefield at this time, but seeing the aggressiveness of the eldest and the second child, Qi You, their father, also hooked his lips, and he was very relieved.

In a blink of an eye, he saw the third child, who was pouting his **** and did not "express his position". He frowned and hugged him into his arms, and asked, "What do you want to do in the future? Follow the two brothers to Fengping and fight together. Are you okay?"

Little Fatty widened his eyes and shook his head in horror.

"Then what do you want to do?" Qi You raised his eyebrows.

Little Fatty flattened his mouth and said honestly, "I...I want to eat sweet bean cake."

King Bei'an's face sank instantly.

Cao Mi quickly took Qi Ran from him to avoid him getting angry, and threw her chubby dimple out.

The thought of defending her younger son gave her courage and gave Qi You a stern look.

After that, she lowered her head to comfort Qi Ran and said, "It's a good thing that Qi Ran has her own preferences. Even if she is different from the eldest brother and the second brother, she will be able to live happily in the future."

She looked into Qi Ran's eyes and smiled: "Being the champion, there is more than one path to the right future, right?"

Little Fatty nodded as if he understood, but his mood improved inexplicably.

On the other side, the two eldest children looked at each other when they heard Cao Mi's words, but did not speak in tacit understanding.

After a while, Cao Mi saw that it was getting late, so he arranged for the maids to send the children back.

After the three children left, there were only two people left in the house, the King of Beian and the Princess.

Cao Mi was thinking about what to say to break the embarrassment. Unexpectedly, Qi You, who was usually taciturn, opened his mouth first: "Are you too spoiled for the third child?"

He was still a little worried about what happened just now.

Cao Mi frowned and asked: "As the eldest son, Qi Rui is talented and ambitious, and both Qi An and Qi Ran respect him.

"The second child has admired his brother since he was a child. Sometimes, Qi Rui's words are better than my discipline. Although he is a bit stubborn, he never fails to do things like homework. When he grows up, he can help Qi Rui naturally.

"Qin Ran, as the youngest son, what's wrong with pampering him? He has no heart, he is simple and cute, but he values ​​love and righteousness, so he can listen to advice the most. It's good to be idle."

After talking about the three children, she said again: "Even if I'm not in the palace, I can leave him a good enough family business, and I don't need to force him to face what he doesn't like!"

Thinking of the Rongguang Villa and the various workshops at hand, Cao Mi's words were full of confidence. She has raised so many refugee orphans, how could she treat her little chubby poor?

Qi You frowned and glanced at her: "I don't have much time in the mansion, you are raising the three children, I know that you know them better than I do.

"If it's just in an ordinary merchant's house, your plan is not bad, but this is the Bei'an palace, and they are all direct sons. If they take a wrong step, they may cause disaster."

Hearing this, Cao Mi pursed his lips.

After a while, she nodded when she wanted to understand, and agreed with Qi You.

In fact, she also knew that she doted on the third child.

For the love and attention of the three children, she believes that she is not biased. But the eldest and the second are too well-behaved, and Cao Mi, as a book-wearer, even vaguely knows their future achievements, so he is naturally a lot more at ease with them.

Only the youngest is Qi Ran, harmless and lovable. In the book, because of his elder brother's seizure of power, he ended bleakly. Cao Mi hopes that his arrival will change something, so that he has no worries in his life.

No one is perfect, this is what she considers from the standpoint of a mother as a woman.

But she had to agree with what Qi You said.

In the palace, he enjoys the wealth and power that ordinary people can't imagine. Whether he likes it or not, he has to take the corresponding responsibility.

Seeing that she understood, the King of Bei'an nodded and said, "They are all still young, so they are not in a hurry now, I have already made arrangements for this matter.

"I brought this up with you tonight, just to let you know that you can love them as you want, but in the future, don't interfere with my cultivation of them."

Cao Mi nodded: "I see, my lord."

Knowing that Qi You also cares about the three children, Cao Mi is not so resistant.

Originally, in a family, the father is always stricter, and the mother is gentler. Only by teaching both hard and soft can children grow up steadily.

After thinking about this, Cao Mi was relieved. She picked up the tea on the case and drank it, only to feel a little more relaxed.

——

King Beian was very busy, and even when he returned to Cannes, he still lingered in his study every day.

In mid-February, the eldest son of the royal family of Bei'an celebrated his fifth birthday. Qi You and Cao Mi held a birthday banquet for him, which officially pushed Qi Rui to the front of the major families in Liaozhou.

The day after the birthday banquet, Qi Youcai sent the birthday gift he prepared to Qi Rui.

Qi You's birthday ceremony is unusual, it is two living people.

That day, a man Cao Mi had never seen before appeared in the palace.

The man looked to be in his 30s or 40s, he was blind in one eye, and he walked without making a sound.

Cao Mi saw Qi Liu in front of that person, just like the mouse saw the cat, he straightened his shoulders and called out "Second Brother" respectfully.

Qi Er nodded, and took the two teenagers behind him over Qi Liu and saluted Qi You and Cao Mi.

Qi You nodded to signal him to get up, and Qi Er stepped aside.

The King of Bei'an then pointed to the two young men he brought with him and said to the eldest son: "These are raised by Qi Er, and they will be yours from now on. After you accept them, name them, and they will I will only obey you."

Qi Rui nodded with bright eyes.

The two young men were not very old, they looked like they were only eleven or twelve years old, and they did not show any timidity in the face of several masters with high identities present.

They are tall and straight, with clear eyes, like young eagles who have just learned to fly.

Cao Mi knew that this was Qi You helping Qi Rui to cultivate his own power.

Qi Rui named them "Tianshu" and "Tianxuan", which are the names of the first two stars in the Big Dipper.

After Qi Rui's birthday, Qi You began to prepare to leave again.

A few days before he left, he rarely invited Cao Mi to the formal occasion of the study.

Cao Mi didn't know why, but he cheered up and prepared to deal with it.

Qi You asked her to sit next to her and asked, "I heard from the masons in Fengping that there are strange kilns in the cement workshop, and the firing temperature is higher than that of ordinary porcelain kilns?"

Cao Mi was stunned for a moment. After reacting, he nodded and affirmed, "Yes. Cement is fired at a higher temperature than porcelain, and a special kiln is required."

After this period of optimization, the cement workshop has figured out many firing rules.

They transformed the original Minzhou kiln, and rebuilt a new cement kiln for cement firing in the factory.

After Qi You heard it, he said straight to the point: "I want to know how to build that kind of kiln."

Cao Mi looked up at him.

To be honest, she didn't know whether Qi You knew the value of this kind of kiln.

It seems that the value of the new kiln construction method is actually not as good as the cement and sweaters that Cao Mi supplied to Fengping for free. However, in this era of low technology level, the real value and significance of the huge innovative breakthrough such as raising the firing temperature will be included in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools in future generations!

If King Bei'an is going to ask for it for free this time, then Cao Mi will have a good talk with him.

But soon, Qi You's next sentence dispelled her concerns.

He coughed lightly, and seemed to be a little uncomfortable: "Cough, I know you may not want the money... But this king has kept five thousand silver in the inner treasury. If you need it in the future, you don't have to go through the housekeeper, you can withdraw it yourself. ."

Cao Mi almost lost his temper and shouted in front of him: "What misunderstanding do you have on me? I want money!"

At this time, she finally realized that the sweater from before was probably because of this misunderstanding that Qi You gave up the idea of ​​giving her money.

At that time, he was not in the palace, and he felt that the letter could not be explained clearly, so he simply did not express it.

The value of the 5,000 taels of silver in the inner treasury has far exceeded the construction method of the new kiln and the total value of several batches of sweaters given by Cao Mi before.

Although Cao Mi couldn't understand his brain circuit, he was still very happy when he thought of the clear 5,000 taels of silver in the palace's internal treasury.

She silently recited in her heart, "I will only take what I deserve, two thousand taels is enough." She nodded to Qi You and said, "After a few days, I will let a few people in the workshop. A professional kiln master left with you?

"I don't know about the new kiln. It's more convenient to send someone directly there."

Qi You nodded.

"There won't be any danger when they go to Fengping, right?" Cao Mi confirmed.

Qi You shook his head: "No, they won't go to Fengping, I will keep them in Huaitong."

Huaitong was to the north of Fengping, so he didn't need to face the invasion of the Rong clan, so Cao Mi felt relieved when he heard the words.

"That's fine," she replied.

When the topic was over, she pondered the timing and was about to retire and leave, but Qi You asked again, "Why don't you ask me what I'm going to do with these people?"

Cao Mi stopped his movements and asked along his words a little confusedly: "Uh...then, my lord, what are you going to do with these people?"

Qi You gave her a deep look: "I'm going to build a new iron smelting workshop in Huaitong."

Cao Mi nodded.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Qi You couldn't help but ask again, "Among the classics left by Cao Hanlin, are there any rare books that mention the method of smelting?"

Only then did Cao Mi realize his intention to bring this up on his own initiative!

Her heartbeat suddenly quickened, because she couldn't tell whether Qi You was really asking this time, or whether she was trying to test it out.

Despite envisioning such a confrontation, she nearly lost her temper.

She quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with a stiff face, "This... I don't usually pay attention to the content of iron smelting, why don't I look it up in the next two days?"

Seeing her like this, Qi You actually nodded, smiled in a good mood, and said, "Of course it's the best."

Cao Mi waited for a while. Seeing that he had no plans to pursue further questions, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately resigned: "If there is nothing else to do with your lord, the concubine will retire first."

Qi You nodded and let her leave with a salute.

After a few days, Qi You left with the new smelting method he got from Cao Mi and a few masters who built kilns.

As a veterinarian, Cao Mi knew nothing about smelting. Those few smelting methods were found by her from the data on the corners of the iPad in the past few days.

Now that iron is an industry under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, Cao Mi didn't intend to involve it. This time when King Bei'an mentioned it, she was considered a good friend.

Thinking like this, Cao Mi pretended to be reluctant to send his husband away, while happily increasing the amount of withdrawal from the internal treasury from the original plan of 2,000 taels to 4,000 taels.

——

Soon, the grass grew and the snow melted, and the white land of Liaozhou was replaced by the fresh green of early spring.

Rongguang Villa has made adequate preparations this year. The experienced old farmers saw the opportunity and raised the seedlings early. As long as the fields are well plowed, they can plant the seeds.

Beisi selected the most diligent and careful refugees from each team and called them to one place.

He said to the crowd: "This year, you don't need to farm in the fields."

Everyone looked at each other, and a dark-skinned peasant asked, "Big steward, not farming in the fields... Then what are we doing?"

He added a little embarrassedly: "Small, the little man is clumsy, and his brain is not very bright. He only knows how to farm, but he can't do the work of a mason."

Beisi reassured: "No need to worry, you are still farming."

He pointed to the bags of seeds on the table: "The princess arranged for a few bags of new seeds to be delivered a few days ago. You guys have good farming skills, so I picked all of you out to serve the new things that the princess sent. ."

The crowd nodded.

The seeds were packed in a bag, so no one could see them, so the dark-skinned farmer asked again, "The new seeds, what new grains are they?"

In the minds of farmers, the things that need to be planted on a special trip are always inseparable from the categories of food and vegetables.

Beisi shook his head and answered truthfully: "These are rare plants in this dynasty, brought back from afar by foreign merchants and dedicated to the princess.

"As for what these seeds can grow... I don't know yet."

Hearing his explanation, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

Seeing this, Beisi did not blame them.

In fact, when he first heard this order, he also found it unbelievable. To say that the princess wanted to plant something novel, he could understand it, but just leave the seeds to the gardeners in the palace, so why send them to the villa?

But there is no doubt about the princess's order. These seeds, which do not know what they can grow, are now carefully delivered to him by the servants of the palace.

Recalling the letters sent with the seeds, Cao Mi's densely instructed words, Bei Si retracted his thoughts, and reminded him with a straight face: "These things are very important, and they are the things that the princess attaches the most importance to at present.

"Although you have left the field, as long as the new seeds are planted, the princess will give you other rewards.

"Next year there will be places for allotment, and you will be given priority at that time."

When everyone heard this, they were relieved.

Today, Rongguang Villa still follows the "big pot rice" model. Although everyone eats and dresses warmly, they also know that what they eat and wear now is not their own.

Cao Mi saved their lives, and they need two years to repay.

But next year's land division is the only way for them to regain their land. These farmers who depend on the land for food take this matter very seriously.

It is precisely because of the carrots hanging in front of them that it was so easy for the North Temple and the others to manage hundreds of refugees this year—everyone dared not slack off, fearing that they would not perform well and lose their qualifications to divide the fields.

Seeing that everyone clearly understood the importance of this matter, Beisi did not delay, and directly divided groups and handed different seeds to them.

Soon, the farmers who got the seeds, under the guidance of Beisi, opened the first piece of land with hoes on a fertile field upstream of the river in the villa.

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Han Zhen died with the master in her previous life, and she hated the sixth prince who killed their master and servant.

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Han Zhen held the mirror and thought: Isn't this the face of my previous life?

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Shengming's new emperor is very good, that is, he is over twenty-five years old and has no children under his knees.

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- Heart is like a rock, never changed.

【small theater】

At the beginning, Han Zhen (quietly forcefully): Stay away from me, dog emperor!

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Han Zhen: ... come back!

*keep the moonlight in your heart*

The female protagonist of the palace fighting game, a Buddhist non-staff player, is indifferent and rational.

Slow, warm, and the male and female protagonists heal each other

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Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 cloud walk;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Yungo; 1 bottle of Susu;

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