Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

After a few days, Eunuch Li left with all his people as he said on the day of the reception.

Qi You wore formal attire and kept sending him outside the city gate.

Looking at the backs of their group gradually receding, Qi You turned around.

As he walked back, he asked Qi San, “Is it all arranged?”

Qi San nodded: “Don’t worry, my lord, our people will keep monitoring him until they return to the capital.”

Qi You responded softly and accelerated his pace back to the inner city.

Cao Mi was talking to the three children, and when he saw him coming back, he asked, “Are they sent away?”

“Yes.” Qi You curled his lips and smiled.

Cao Mi thought for a while, and then said: “Is the war at the border crossing counted as the end?

“There shouldn’t be any more action from the imperial court, right?”

As she said that, she touched Qi Ran’s cheek: “If it settles down, I’ll take Qi Rui and the three back to Cannes this winter.”

Although Jurong is now almost built, it is still not as good as other cities in Liaozhou.

If it was Qi You and Cao Mi, it would be fine. Cao Mi was not unwilling to endure some hardships and stayed here to accompany Qi You.

But now the three children are still young, staying on the side of Jurong is not good for the growth of the three children.

If they return to Cannes, not only will the conditions be better, but they will also allow the three children to come into contact with the sons and talents of other noble families and encounter more opportunities.

In fact, Qi You was also thinking about this matter in his heart, and nodded when he heard the words.

He rubbed Qi An’s smooth hair and said, “Wait a minute, when Eunuch Li and the others leave Liaozhou, I will send you back.

“This winter, we can stay in the palace in Cannes to celebrate the festival.”

“Yeah.” Cao Mi replied with a smile.

Qi Rui suddenly said, “Father, mother, can’t we stay here?”

“Huh?” Cao Mi looked at him suspiciously.

She asked, “Do you want to stay?”

Qi Rui nodded: “Well, I want to stay with my father, and I also want to visit Yanrong and Feng Rong.”

The eldest son of the palace has the desert Changhe of the border in his heart, and he has no interest in returning to the peaceful Cannes city.

He thought about it for a while, and then added: “Or, my mother will take my younger brothers back, and I will stay and follow my father!

“When the New Year is over this year, I will be eight years old, and I am not a child who needs to be taken care of.”

“Then I want to stay.” Qi An said quickly: “I want to follow my brother!”

Qi You shook his head.

He said to Qi Rui, “Your foundation is not solid, so staying here is useless.

“If you can go back to Cannes this year, prepare yourself. Next year, I will ask Lin Yi to take you to the south.”

Qi Rui’s eyes lit up when he heard the words: “Really?”

“Yeah.” Qi You nodded affirmatively.

Cao Mi was a little worried: “The south…is it peaceful recently?”

She looked at Qi You: “I got news a few days ago that there was water in some places in the south…”

Cao Mi has been paying close attention to these news because of the impending natural disaster.

It is a pity that the transmission of information in this era is too slow. Cao Mi’s family is located in Liaozhou, the northernmost city of the Sheng Dynasty, and they don’t know much about news from other places.

Qi You heard the words and turned to look at her.

He nodded affirmatively and said, “Yes, there have been floods in some places in Minzhou and Quzhou. That happened a few months ago.”

But then, Qi You reassured: “But as far as I know, the scale of these floods is not large, and a few prefectures solved it by themselves, and they didn’t make trouble to the capital.”

Cao Mi frowned slightly and nodded.

Seeing that she was still uneasy, Qi You said again: “In the prefectures with developed water systems in the south, there are several flood disasters almost every year, and there is no obstacle.

“If you’re worried, I’ll let Lin Yi avoid those places when the time comes.

“With my escort, Rui’er will be fine. He’s eight years old, and it’s time for a walk.”

“Only eight years old…” Cao Mi muttered indignantly.

In ancient times, because the average life expectancy was relatively short, most people were forced to mature prematurely.

Qi Rui’s children were born in a powerful family like the Bei’an Prince’s Mansion, and it was even more necessary to carry the beam earlier.

At the age of eight, it is indeed a bit early for a study tour, but Qi You obviously made arrangements based on Qi Rui’s ability.

At this time, with all three children by his side, Cao Mi didn’t want to be too childish, so he argued directly with Qi You.

So she could only scratch her neck and nodded, and said lightly: “Well, let’s take a look.”

At this time, no one in the family of five thought that there would be a huge loophole in their plan today.

The discussions of several people revolved around the calming down of the situation, and the imperial court no longer focused on the Bei’an palace.

But what they didn’t expect was that Eunuch Li didn’t leave.

He went all the way south, but stopped directly in Cannes.

Then, he took out the imperial decree that the emperor had given him a long time ago, and changed his body from the original supervising army to the history of supervision in Liaozhou.

Qi You, the power in Liaozhou, has almost mastered it, so Qi You got the news just two days after their party arrived in Cannes.

He frowned tightly, and the secret letter in his hand had been squeezed into a ball as he clenched his fist: “What on earth are they trying to do?”

Qi San’s eyes were deep, and he snorted coldly, “This plan is intertwined, so it’s no wonder Qi Yi and the others didn’t get the news.

“I’m afraid that since Ji You and the others didn’t catch the princess, it’s already been laid there.”

The imperial decree appointing Eunuch Li as the Liaozhou Supervision History was carried by him a long time ago, and he did not go through the court discussion, and Qi You did not hear any news from here.

“My lord.” Qi San suddenly said in a serious tone, “We haven’t received any news about the above actions.

“You said… Qi Yi and Qi Qi, have they been discovered?”

Only when they can be targeted, they find nothing.

“There is no need to doubt, it has been discovered.” Qi You said: “This king is now in Liaozhou and cannot control the situation in the capital.

“Qi Yi and Qi Qi have no other support, so it’s not surprising that they will be discovered.”

He stomped two steps before the case, and said faintly: “This king just doesn’t know what the emperor wants to do?”

He suddenly replied to himself: “Did he really beat this king into a chaotic thief, a nephew who needs to be strictly guarded?”

When everyone in the room heard him say this, they all knelt down.

Qi San pressed his head tightly to the ground: “Your Highness, speak carefully.”

Qi You waved his hand, causing everyone to stand up.

——

At night, avoiding the three children, Qi You still told Cao Mi about it.

If he had done it before, he would not have done it. But over the years, he and Cao Mi have been close to each other, and he has always remembered the word “shared responsibility”, so Qi You will not deliberately hide this important matter of prosperity and decline.

After listening to Cao Mi, he was stunned for a moment, but then he seemed relieved, and only said lightly: “Well, then it seems… the matter of returning to Cannes City, we should wait a little longer.”

Eunuch Li’s line was over there, and she definitely didn’t want to go back and suffer.

Qi You pursed her lips, looked at her, and said, “Don’t you blame me… The matter, if I really have to count it, I still haven’t dealt with it well.”

Cao Mi laughed, shook his head and said, “No, it’s not your fault.”

She said calmly: “I knew the imperial court would not let us go so easily. If Eunuch Li left like this, I would be even more worried.”

Hearing this, Qi You frowned slightly.

He said: “I always feel that you have always been very jealous of the court.”

“Of course.” Cao Mi turned to face him, “I have always been alert and can accurately judge the good and evil of the other party towards me.”

Qi You only thought she was joking and shook his head helplessly.

He hurriedly approached Cao Mi and asked, “Then do you think this king is treating you with kindness or malice.”

Cao Mi gave him a disdainful look, then turned around and continued to check his ledger.

But she was quickly caught by the “malicious” King of Bei’an, and she started Fa-rectification on the spot.

——

The days that followed were so calm that Cao Mi felt a little dazed.

After Eunuch Li became a supervisor, he didn’t do anything, and he was a little bit like he didn’t move.

Qi You finished the housework and was completely free before the autumn harvest.

Cao Mi tried not to think that this was “the tranquility before the storm”, and only enjoyed the time when Qi You and his three children were with him.

Autumn is getting stronger, and soon it is time for the autumn harvest.

Rejecting the lively scene inside and outside the Rong City, Qi You took on the task of taking care of the three children.

Cao Mi once wandered to the outer city because of business affairs, and saw him training three children with his own eyes. Qi Rui and Qi An were fine, the youngest Qi Ran had tears in his eyes, but he didn’t dare to come to Cao Mi to complain.

But also because of this, the chubby little prince from the palace who had grown up to six years old had lost weight significantly after this, and looked at his two tall and thin older brothers.

Cao Mi sometimes hugs him, and is pleased that his younger brother is getting better and better looking and healthier, but it is also a pity that his soft cheeks are gone forever.

Before the snowfall, the five family members of the King of Bei’an put on ordinary people’s clothes and went to the countryside to play.

After two years of construction, the originally desolate Jirong City has recovered a little.

Not only did the building look brand new, but more and more people came and went.

Several people rested by the Jurong River for a while. Cao Mi took out a few sweet potatoes that had just been collected a few days ago from the back of the flames, and said with a smile: “Let’s bake the sweet potatoes!”

Then, she worked with several children, dug a pit, buried the wrapped sweet potatoes, and lit a fire on it.

Qi You has been away all year round, so he naturally knows this way of cooking, but the three children are pampered in the mansion all the year round, but they find it very novel to look at.

“Can this really be cooked?” Qi Ran asked with wide eyes.

Cao Mi nodded: “Of course, but it’s delicious, just wait and eat.”

Qi You nodded excitedly.

On the other end, Qi You took off his shoes and used the weapon he carried with him to fork two fish from a nearby shoal.

He simply handled the fish, inserted branches, and sent it to the fire.

Sprinkle the seasoning powder brought out, and the aroma of grilled fish slowly spreads out. Qi You handed one of them to the three children to share, and gave the other to Cao Mi alone.

Princess Bei’an, who got a whole fish, consciously received “preferential treatment”, and happily prepared to taste the craftsmanship of King Bei’an.

But just as she held the grilled fish in front of her, she couldn’t hold back a burst of nausea, and hurriedly threw the grilled fish back on Qi You’s hand, turning around and retching.

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