Section 1 [First Meeting]

In the summer, the sheep newspaper spread to the county capital, and the rainy north was finally flooded in January. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Emperor Dayong issued an edict to blame himself, review, and released 30 palace maids to fight the disaster, and took the opportunity to suppress the unhealthy trend of extravagance and extravagance of Beijing officials, and ordered the investigation and punishment of more than a dozen officials who were good at gambling or concubines who exceeded the etiquette system.

For a time, the people of the county capital court were panicked, and they hurriedly rectified their family style and were strict with themselves. The emperor did not get rid of anyone again, but only ordered the right attendant of the household department to bring disaster relief silver to Shuofang, and Shuofang was sent to the neighboring states and counties to transfer grain support.

The sky has just turned white, and it is already busy to pacify the people in the embassy.

The large kitchen is now dedicated to supplying rice porridge and mixed noodles steamed buns needed by the Qifu soup kitchen, and the masters in the house have to open their own small kitchens for food.

But at this time, Qi Long went out early and returned late every day, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, except for the occasional breakfast at Mrs. Qi's, the remaining two meals were hastily done in the yamen or the disaster area.

Shi Xizai has entered the military camp and is not in Qi Mansion for food.

Mrs. Qi already eats little, and likes to eat lightly, but now that there is a disaster in Shuofang County, she has no appetite, as long as Qi Long is not there, it is also a perfunctory porridge cake and side dishes, and the two of them can't be regarded as the master's diet naturally with Mrs.

Qi Caicai is the same as the whole house's unanimous 'eating fast', Qi Caicai's favorite sauce roasted elbow flowers, scallion fried lamb's hoof tendons, canned quail, assorted Su plate, osmanthus wings, honey yam, canned tofu...... Tease her in her dreams every night. So in the morning, when Jin Zhu and Chu'er served their girls to change their clothes, they always saw ** water stains on the neckline and shoulders.

Mrs. Qi was so hungry that Cai Cai didn't have the strength to dance with a knife and a gun, but she also felt sorry for the child's growing body, so on the third day, she instructed the small kitchen to prepare an extra meat and a plate of desserts for Cai Cai.

Qi Cai Cai is full of thoughts...... Think about national events!

Seeing Daddy's hard work to provide disaster relief and supervise the repair of the embankment, and his mother was busy presiding over the feeding and managing the porridge factory, Qi Caicai thought about it and begged Mrs. Qi to let her go to the porridge factory to help with the porridge. Of course, Mrs. Qi didn't allow it, so Qi Cai used her to study hard in the future, and the female celebrity was a bargaining chip.

Mrs. Qi was troubled by Cai Cai, and ordered her to wear a hat and give porridge, not to talk to others, and not to make trouble.

Qi Caicai didn't go to soup porridge for fun, she really wanted to share her parents' worries and do something practical for the victims, so she politely declined the invitation of many official girls to go to Puji Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.

At this time, Qi Cai picked a snow-blue narrow-sleeved skirt with a blue arrowroot cloth half-arm, wearing a light gray hat and standing in the porridge factory, the whole person seemed to melt into the mist and rain, and every time the spoon was raised, a silver light danced, and the rice porridge did not miss a drop in the pottery bowl.

The eldest maid Jinzhu and the second-class maid hairpin were both dressed in narrow-sleeved kudzu clothes, wearing silk veils, and handed the porridge to the victims.

In the porridge factory, the victims lined up in an orderly manner to receive the porridge, and everyone in the Qi Mansion distributed the food in an orderly manner, and no one noticed that there was a young man wearing a half-faced wooden mask standing around the corner, wearing a dark green dark striped short brown hidden in the overgrown weeds.

The young man was the prince who supervised the disaster, and he arrived in Shuofang County two days ago, but he did not rush to find Shuofang's pacification envoy, but Weifu privately inspected.

After two days, seeing that this Shuo Fang appeased the real diligent government and loved the people, and the jurisdiction was also due to the timely flood control and embankment fixation, and the rapid evacuation of residents around the riverbank, the disaster was not serious, so the prince heard that the Qi Mansion opened the tent to give porridge while waiting for the arrival of the household department and the Ministry of Works, and came to have a look, and happened to be attracted by the silver light.

"Do you know who this woman is from Qi Mansion? He turned out to be a martial artist. ”

The shadow guard responded: "Your Highness Bing, the daughter of Qi Long,"

Before he finished speaking, the prince continued:

"Qi Long only has such a precious daughter, but he is willing to be put in this disaster area to suffer, if it weren't for the secret of this palace, he would definitely think he was acting. The biological one is still like this, presumably the Qi Mansion is even more strict with the adopted child, and Jiang Guifei sent someone to keep an eye on it? Interestingly, Shi Xizai informed the bandit Shi. ”

Shadow Wei lamented that his master would always know so much, so that he had no sense of existence. He also knows the master, and only occasionally asks him to confirm the information, but he doesn't know what the master knows, and he has slapped him in the face more than once. As a well-known elite Shunfeng in the shadow guard, he is now at a loss what is the use of himself?

Fortunately, the professional quality is excellent, Ying Weiluo thought about it and retreated to investigate Shi Xizai, and if the information was not complete, he would definitely be scolded until he bled out.

The prince looked at the flying iron spoon in the little girl's hand again with great interest, and was amazed at her wrist strength.

At this time, the investigation should be understood, the prince turned around and was about to leave, but Qi Caicai shouted coquettishly, "The little thief is going to escape." ”

He was stunned.

When he turned around, he saw a thin child of the victims rushing forward with his head buried in his bulging clothes, and when he passed by him, the prince instinctively wanted to attack, but was unloaded by a soft hand, but the wind brought by the action slightly blew away the mesh beads on the woman's hat, revealing a pair of frightened apricot eyes, and wanted to take a closer look at the rabbit teeth that she bit her lip flap, and the tulle obscured her vision.

Qi Caicai looked at the masked man who was out of place with the ragged victims, hesitated, and saw that the child who stole the steamed buns had run away, and chased after the child without entanglement with the strange man.

The prince followed for some reason, only to see the woman jumping on tiptoe with light and dexterity, and the snow-blue skirt and light gray veil rippled like ripples, making him feel distraught. But the woman didn't realize it, and she jumped up and caught the child.

"You stinky little hairy boy has learned to steal, hand it over!"

The boy clutched his steamed buns, looked up at Qi Caicai, and stubbornly said nothing.

Looking at the funny picture of the little girl lifting the child, the prince couldn't help laughing, but it made Qi Caicai, who had always regarded him as nothing, glare, and said angrily:

"Your Excellency still learns not to look at insolence, sneaky and still dare not show your true face, you better find another way, so as not to be misunderstood what kind of disciple you are." Qi Caicai rolled her eyes a few more times as she spoke.

The prince was embarrassed, why didn't he feel like he could keep up? was also said so bluntly that he was a disciple, abrupt, he was really abrupt. The expression on his face did not change, and he changed the topic:

"It's just a few steamed buns, and the girl is afraid that she will lose her grace if she makes a big deal with a child."

"Everyone follows the rules and two steamed buns per person, what if he steals five at a time and eats what others don't have? If everyone is so selfish in the current catastrophe, how many will survive! ”

Qi Caicai finished speaking indignantly, and the child saw that she didn't pay attention to herself and struggled to escape, but was slapped on the neck by Cai Cai in a hurry.

Looking at the boy who fainted on the ground but still tightly protected the steamed buns, Qi Caicai frowned a little unbearably, this was not her intention, she just wanted to educate him not to steal.

"The women's club is really as fierce as a yaksha." The prince couldn't help but joke and tease her, but regretted it after speaking, why is he so open-mouthed today, he really looks like a disciple.

But seeing Qi Caicai's body stiffened suddenly, he said coldly:

"Your Excellency is too worried, martial arts practitioners have benevolence and righteousness in their hearts, and they act chivalrous and righteous in their hearts, and if they plot against each other, they will kill people and sell goods, this has nothing to do with men and women, it just cares about their own hearts!" Qi Caicai's voice was warm and beautiful, and the words he said were so mean, he really judged people by their appearance, no, they judged people by their voice, and lost their son!

After speaking, without waiting for a reply, the Qifu family who came to the order picked up the child and turned around to leave, and a three or four-year-old girl rushed out of the horizontal and hugged the leg of one of the family members, and the voice was glutinous and cried: "Don't take away my brother, my brother stole steamed buns for his mother and Mengmeng." It's all cute, it's not good, big sister, let them catch me, don't take my brother away. ”

The second-class maid stepped forward to block the little girl's dirty hand that grabbed Cai Cai's skirt, and shouted:

"Who's your sister? How can you be my girl's sister?! "I also want to reach out and push the girl, full of flattery.

saw Qi Caicai clasping her wrist with a black face, and whispered in her ear: "Only this once." ”

Hai'er was in pain, and when she withdrew it, there was a heavy red mark on her coagulated wrist, and she was embarrassed and angry, and she was weak with tears, but her eyes looked at the prince who was still wearing a mask and wearing a low-key dress.

Qi Caicai's attention was on the girl at this time, and she didn't see Hai'er's charming. And the prince just glanced at her when Hai'er scolded her, and he didn't like that this girl had no rules, so he naturally didn't look at it again.

Qi Caicai picked up the girl and asked softly, "Where is your mother now?" ”

But seeing that the little girl was crying even more fiercely, and there was a snot bubble on the ground one after another, Jin Zhu quickly took a silk handkerchief and wiped it for her.

"My mother is sick and can't come to get food in a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city."

"Then why don't you just tell the steward to give you an extra share, and you want to steal it?" The prince was puzzled.

The little girl hesitated, stopped crying and said, "My brother said that there is no good one in the official family, and they are all compassion for others to see, and they will not give us any more." ”

The surrounding victims opened their mouths in a chaotic manner: "Little girl, if it weren't for the mercy of Mrs. Qifu and the girl, how could you, your brother and your sick mother survive the flood?" ”

"Yes, yes, General Qi is the god of our Shuofang, what did your brother say!"

……

Seeing that the girl was about to cry again, Qi Caicai hurriedly instructed the family to take the sister and brother back to the house and then make plans.

Jin Zhu felt that it was inappropriate, and reminded Cai Cai with his ear, if a precedent was set, I was afraid that there would be troublesome people in the future and use this to enter the house, if it was not allowed, one by one would definitely shout that the sky was unfair, if it was allowed, Qi Mansion was not a relief house, and people who didn't get any mess were sent in.

Qi Caicai thought about it reasonably, so he ordered the family to take the two children to the inn to board, looked at the hairpin with affection in his eyes, and ordered her and a few family members to invite Lang Zhong to go to the broken temple on the outskirts of the city to have a look.

The prince admired this resolute little girl more and more, and wanted to say a few more words, Qi Caicai was already surrounded by the family, leaving him with only a looming back, and he would see him again, he thought.

Hai'er was already bored with this bitter and unprofitable errand, and when she raised her eyes and saw that the prince was looking at Qi Caicai, she suddenly felt a little uneven, but she was just born well, she was not as good as the rude girl with developed limbs!

Thinking about it, he twisted his slender waist and walked to the front of the prince, and walked to the hospital with lotus steps, deliberately leaving his back to the prince, no matter how he thought about it, this willow thin waist was weaker than her girl's straight and hard back!

Section 2 [Misunderstanding]

A few days later, as soon as the day dawned, there were guards who passed the news that the prince and the right attendant of the household department and the Ministry of Industry had arrived at the Jinchuan Post Station in the capital, Qi Long thought that he would go to the city gate with the officials of Shuo Fang to greet him, but he didn't think that the prince had already arrived silently, and he couldn't help but praise the prince a little more. But the prince doesn't pay attention to pomp, which doesn't mean that Qi Long, as Shuofang's parent official, can ignore it, and immediately asked Mrs. Qi to prepare a delicate meal and prepare to send it to the prince in person.

As soon as the small kitchen was ready, I saw the prince's close attendant, the eunuch Gu Xia, come to inform him that the prince was already on the way to Qi's mansion, and it would take about a stick of incense to arrive, so that Qi Long could be prepared.

So the Qi Mansion took out the efficiency of the military camp, sprinkling and sweeping dust, pruning flowers and branches, killing chickens and sheep, frying and steaming. The people in the outer courtyard and the kitchen were busy with their feet not touching the ground, and the low-ranking servants in the inner courtyard were also transferred to help, while the others served the master to change clothes and make up.

Qi Long wore a purple official dress and a stiff winged hood and stood outside the gate with his family, and Mrs. Qi wore a purple foreign women's clothes, and Qi Caiyu and a group of female dependents waited at the second gate.

After a while, the prince arrived, but when he got off the horse, he made a gesture to Qi Long, who was about to salute.

"General Qi doesn't have to be polite, the palace is now only a five-grade supervising imperial history. Come in a hurry, there is a lot of trouble, look at Haihan. ”

Qi Long knew the prince's kindness, if this trip was only about official rank, the two would get along with less red tape, and it would be more convenient for Qi Long to act.

In his heart, he had a good impression of the prince even more, and returned the salute, "In this case, food has been prepared in the house, and His Royal Highness has breakfast in the cold house, and then we will go to inspect the disaster together, right?" ”

"Please."

Walking to the second gate, Mrs. Qi and her inner family had a Wanfu ceremony, and she should have lowered her eyebrows and stepped aside, but Qi Caixuan glanced up, and this glance was just opposite to the prince's eyes.

Looking at the delicate bronze mask and tall posture, Qi Caijun instantly thought of the masked man a few days ago. Although he was wearing a hat before, looking at the other party's face, Qi Caizhen was very sure that the 'prince' in front of him was the same person as the man hiding in the disaster, and blurted out in surprise:

"Why are you a disciple?"

Mrs. Qi quickly pulled Cai Yu behind her, and then made amends to the prince: "The little girl is negligent in discipline and offensive, I hope Your Highness will forgive you." ”

Qi Long also hurriedly bowed down and said: "The little girl is used to being wild in the border area, and there are many omissions in etiquette. Picking, don't kneel yet! ”

The husband and wife were red-eyed, secretly hating that they were usually too indulgent in picking, and the child pointed at the prince and slandered him, and the size of the matter all depended on the prince's thoughts. It's just that no matter what the punishment is, the father and mother are so distressed that they let Cai Yu kneel down so that the prince can have a step down, and for Qi Long's sake, he will expose the matter in Qi Long's face.

Qi Long and Mrs. Qi thought well, but they forgot that Qi Caizhen was a stubborn donkey who admitted death.

Cai Xuan, who was still standing upright, shouted to Qi Long: "Dad, why should my daughter kneel if she didn't do anything wrong?" I once saw him in the porridge factory, sneakily following his daughter, and his words were frivolous and rude. Dad, have you ever checked the token, how can this kind of person be the prince? ”

"Shut up!" Qi Long slapped his palm on Cai Yan's face, and hated the iron and steel, and turned his head away to hide his distress.

Mrs. Qi looked at her daughter with red marks on her little face but gritted her teeth and tears, she was also very distressed, but she couldn't hold her daughter in her arms now, she had to make sure that the prince would not be severely punished, so she knelt down straight in front of the prince.

The prince here was overjoyed because he saw Cai Xuan, and he was even more overjoyed when he heard Cai Xuan remember that he was even more overjoyed, but he didn't feel that Cai Xuan's words were inappropriate, but felt lost because he had caused Cai Xuan to misunderstand. was about to explain a few words to Cai Xuan, but it was because the Qi couple had a strong mood to protect the calf and didn't give him a chance to open his mouth at all, which caused things to evolve like this.

The prince glanced at him, and Gu Xia hurriedly helped Mrs. Qi up. Couldn't help but care about Caixuan, the prince said lightly:

"General Qi is really a tiger girl, and her straightforward heart is due to the customs of the people in the border area, and the palace should also follow the customs of the villagers, how can he worry about Ling Yan, everything should be a misunderstanding."

Cai Xuan, who wanted to argue again, was dragged back to her courtyard by Mrs. Qi with a smile on the grounds that she would not disturb the prince's meal.

"Do you know what you are wrong today? Why did your dad beat you? Mrs. Qi was too straightforward and said loudly.

But seeing her daughter with red eyes and slightly swollen cheeks, Mrs. Qi still couldn't bear to reprimand anything after all, pulled Cai Yu in her arms, and sighed:

"Don't blame your father for being ruthless, if he doesn't beat you, who knows how the prince will punish you? Although you are a gentle and elegant person, but in the end, you are the pride of the sky, and your actions like that are tantamount to pulling teeth from the mouth of a tiger. ”

Qi Caizhu hugged her mother's waist and cried, Mrs. Qi gently patted Caizhuo's back to smooth her breath, and said slowly:

"Let's not say that you are a clear person, even if it is really as you said, you have met the prince and had a quarrel, what good is it for you? You are still young, and when you come later you will know that something should rot in your belly, and if you mention it, you will not know what kind of evil it will be. ”

Mrs. Qi took the opportunity to teach Cai Cheng the truth of how to behave in the world, but Qi Cai was full of resentment towards the prince and did not listen to it.

It wasn't until many years later that Qi Caijun recalled his mother's words again, and it was too late.