Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, many gorgeous lanterns were hung in Cannes. The red lights and yellow spikes reflected on the white snow add a hint of joy to this icy season.

The painting created by the twins was eventually made into two identical lanterns by Cao Mi and Qi You.

On the Lantern Festival, Cao Mi distributed two lanterns to the twins.

Qi An and Qi Ran looked at the simple and ugly lanterns in their hands, and compared them with Qi Rui's hands. It was obvious that they were carefully crafted by the lamp craftsmen in the city, and their faces darkened.

Qi An was the first to ask her brother, "It's all you, who made your mother so ugly!

"Mother must be angry, so she won't buy us lanterns, let us use such ugly ones!"

Qi Ran raised the lantern to his face, looked at it carefully for a while, and came to a conclusion: "Nonsense, my mother is obviously very beautiful."

He pouted, and after a while he said, "You are so ugly, you don't look good on lanterns!"

Qi An glared at him, turned his head and ran directly to Qi Rui's side to complain.

Qi Rui glanced at the lantern in his hand and said, "I don't look at the pictures you drew, but the words written by my father and mother are quite beautiful."

After being reminded by him, Qi An also turned his attention to the words on the lantern, which made him feel a little relieved.

The production method of these two lanterns is very simple.

Because the two bear children only drew one pair, Cao Mi placed another piece of red paper under the picture, and then took a knife and cut out all the places with ink marks.

Afterwards, the two pieces of red paper were each covered with a layer of transparent red tissue paper, covering the lantern skeleton that Qi You had originally made.

At this time, the candlelight in the lantern shines through the tissue paper and shines through the cut-off gap, making the whole lantern look shiny.

And when you look closely, you don't pay attention to the weird ghostly talismans below, and you only look at the words "Minfu Guoqiang" by the King of Bei'an, and you can taste a bit of arrogance.

Cao Mi packed up by himself, and came over to greet a few children to go out.

Although Qi You's injury is not completely healed, after this period of recuperation, he has improved a lot, and there is no problem in going out.

A family of five came to Fengdeng Building in a comfortable carriage and was led by the shopkeeper all the way to the fifth floor, where there were no outsiders, and looked down at the continuous sea of ​​lights in Cannes City.

"Before Fengdeng Tower was not built, we were all admiring the lanterns on the flat ground." Cao Mi looked down and said with admiration, "How can we see such a dazzling appearance!"

The three children surrounded him and nodded.

Qi An pointed to the east direction: "Mother, there is the palace over there!"

Cao Mi nodded.

The mother and son were on the top floor and began to search for the familiar places in the city little by little.

They went from Sifang Bookstore, which was only two streets away from Fengdeng Building, to Rongguang Villa in the distance, which was also brightly lit.

Qi You has been silent, standing silently behind a few people, only occasionally responding to a few words from the children calling him.

It wasn't until the few people turned to the north direction that he leaned in front of the railing and looked out of the fort.

Seeing his dignified appearance, Qi Rui asked, "Father, are you going to go back to Changling after your injury is healed?"

Qi You nodded and said, "Yes.

"Like last year, I leave after winter."

Qi Ran rushed up to hug his thigh and said, "I don't want my father to leave."

Qi You touched the top of his hair and didn't respond.

Seeing that the atmosphere was silent, Cao Mi quickly pulled Little Fatty off the lap of King Bei'an and pulled the topic away.

Until late at night, a family of five enjoyed the moonlight and lights on Fengdeng Building, and the crowded pedestrians on the street slowly dispersed. Cao Micai ordered the people below to prepare for the matter of returning to the palace.

The twins were still young and couldn't stand up late, they had already slept a quarter of an hour ago. Qi Rui, who was almost seven years old, couldn't hold back, and yawned groggyly.

After carrying the children into the carriage, the three of them slept on the soft bedding in the carriage.

The section from Yongle Street to Wangfu is the most prosperous section in Cannes.

The road is paved with high-quality bluestone, and the carriage travels very smoothly on it, and it is not bumpy at all.

Qi You was injured and could not ride a horse very well, so it was rare to get into the carriage with Cao Mi's mother and son.

Helping Qi Rui to press the corner of the quilt, and looking at the peaceful sleeping faces of the three children, Cao Mi's mouth curved.

When she raised her head, she suddenly found that after the three children fell asleep, only herself and Qi You were left awake in the carriage.

At this time, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Probably because a little sake he drank at dinner had a lot of stamina, and at this time it finally worked, Cao Mi felt a little hot.

She spoke first, trying to break the stagnant silence.

"After Wang Ye returned to Changling, are you ready to start preparing for things outside the Great Wall?" she asked in a low voice.

Qi You was also looking at her, and nodded when he heard the words: "Yes."

Speaking of things outside the Great Wall, Cao Mi was actually very anxious.

After all, the cause of Qi You's death recorded in the book is closely related to this incident.

"Your lord is unparalleled in bravery, and he must be able to recover the five border cities, but..." Cao Mi pursed his lips and said with difficulty, "Is it true that on the imperial court side, will the lord really earn this credit?"

Qi You was a little surprised.

He did not respond directly, but instead asked: "Recently, you seem to be very concerned about the affairs of the court?"

Cao Mi stopped his head.

She had already thought about her speech, and at this time, she would not be speechless by Qi You's question: "I was just thinking that our family should have gone back to Bei'an, but there was an accident before it was sealed, and we had to go to Bei'an. Liaozhou here.

"With the power and position of the prince, someone in the DPRK must have deliberately attacked, which caused the current situation."

She lowered her head and traced her eyes carefully on the faces of the three children, so that Qi You could clearly see her concern for the three children: "Rui Er and the others are still young, now... I'm just afraid of another accident."

After listening to Cao Mi's words, Qi You lowered his head and pondered.

After a long while, he said: "I told you before that they will indeed obstruct. But I already have a plan in my heart, those people can't hinder my decision."

Cao Mi frowned and reminded: "It's easy to hide with a gun, if it's a serious contest in the court, I'm not worried...

"My lord, what I'm afraid of is the dark arrow of the villain."

For her sake, Qi You's brows were also tightened.

After a while, he said, "Well, I see."

After a pause, he promised: "I will assign more people and pay attention to the movements of the court.

"After the spring, when I return to the outside of the Great Wall, most of the time I continue to prepare and test, and I won't do it so quickly."

Seeing that he raised his vigilance, Cao Mi breathed a sigh of relief: "Well."

After that, the two of them didn't say more, and quietly leaned against the wall of the carriage until they returned to the palace.

Cao Mi held the car door and carefully hugged Qi An and Qi Ran, who were sleeping, into the arms of the two maids.

The maids stood on the ground and easily picked up the twins.

They are the old people who have been serving in the twins' yard, and this kind of thing is familiar. After taking over the child at this time, the two resigned directly and went back with the twins.

But when the same situation came to Qi Rui, it was a little more complicated.

The eldest son of the palace was very good-looking and taller than his peers. A woman like Cao Mi could no longer move him freely.

But at this time Qi Rui was asleep, and Cao Mi didn't want to wake him up, so he whispered to Qi You: "My lord, please call a guard over and send Qi Rui back to the yard."

Qi You glanced at Qi Rui and said, "I'll come."

Cao Mi was stunned for a moment, then refused: "No no."

She glanced at the location of Qi You's wound and persuaded: "Your injury is not yet healed, and Rui'er's weight is not light, and it will be bad to accidentally press your wound later!

"It's just a small matter, just let the guards come."

Qi You raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I can't even do this little thing well?"

"No!" Cao Mi explained helplessly.

She was about to speak, but Qi You was impatient.

He jumped out of the car neatly and directly hugged Cao Mi, who was still squatting at the door.

Cao Mi did not expect his actions, so he closed his eyes tightly in fright, and wrapped his hands around his neck consciously.

When she came back to her senses and opened her eyes, she realized that she had been in Qi You's arms for a while.

Qi You looked at her with a half-smiling smile and said, "How, can I hold it?"

Cao Mi blushed and quickly got off him.

After this little episode, she dared not say more.

Seeing that Qi You easily hugged Qi Rui, she hurriedly saluted, turned around and took her maids back to her courtyard.

Qi You looked at her apparently "fleeing away" hastily appearance, and shook his head amusingly. It wasn't until he couldn't see Cao Mi's figure that he hugged Qi Rui tightly in his arms and turned to walk in the other direction.

When the butler saw that the convoy had entered the door, he took the lantern and personally came to the gate and closed the gate of the palace.

In the Sifang Bookstore, Manager Zhang, who had been busy all night, was about to close the gate of the bookstore when he heard a call from the street.

"Manager Zhang! Manager Zhang! Please wait a moment!" the man shouted anxiously as he ran.

Shopkeeper Zhang stopped and took a closer look, only to realize that the person who came here was a literati who would come to the bookstore to read books every day.

But at this time, the moon was already slanting eastward, and the people who had been busy all night turned off their lanterns and went home to rest. It was really not a good time to visit.

Shopkeeper Zhang asked in surprise, "Ji You? Why are you here?"

The name of the visitor was Ji You, a young man in his twenties with excellent learning.

Because of Cao Mi's instructions, Shopkeeper Zhang paid great attention to the qualified poor students who came to the bookstore.

But this Jiyou is a little strange.

Many people like him, or like Yu Liang, proved their talents and were absorbed into the palace by Cao Mi and became the staff of the palace.

Either he received the subsidy given by the shopkeeper Zhang and went back to his hometown to seek an official position.

You must know that in today's prosperous dynasty, the imperial examination system has not yet been widely developed, and literati want to be an official, not just by studying hard, but also by themselves.

Ji You is young, but his knowledge is very good, and he has already reached the standard of being recruited or funded.

But shopkeeper Zhang had hinted at it several times before, but he politely rejected it.

After a few times, Manager Zhang put out this thought and stopped paying attention to him deliberately.

And Ji You seemed to be completely unaffected, and only continued to stay in the bookstore, reading books and writing articles on weekdays.

The author has something to say: there is one more chapter at 9 p.m.

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Sakura Wuhai; 10 bottles of Mr. Mao; 6 bottles about whether or not; the author cried and begged me to send him 5 bottles of chrysanthemum; 4 bottles of Tangli; 2 bottles of Qiao An and Xiaotangzi; Green ., 1 bottle of Chen Zijie;

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