Qi Jing changed into clean clothes, his long hair should have just been washed, and the tip of his hair was still dripping with water, so he came in with a medicine bowl.

Qi Baohua smiled when he saw it: "Fourth brother, I don't have a fourth sister-in-law, why do you have to worry so much." ”

Qi Jing sat down and put the bowl aside: "Isn't this trying to tell your sister-in-law to drink medicine early, where do you want to go?" ”

While speaking, Qi Jing tried the medicine and gave it to Yun Yao, Yun Yao took the medicine bowl and drank the medicine in the bowl in one go, and after drinking it, he couldn't stand it and wanted to vomit, Qi Jing hurriedly took a small basin and then, Qi Bao immediately said urgently: "Fourth sister-in-law, you have to endure it, hurry, I have some candied fruit here, you can eat it quickly." ”

Yun Yao ate a few candied fruits before she could hold back the bitter taste and didn't spit out the medicine.

It's just that after such a toss, her face was very bad, Qi Jing looked very worried, even if Qi Bao was here, he was embarrassed to ask more.

Qi Baohua is also quite eye-catching, seeing this, he only said that he had something to go back to first, and when he left, he said to Yun Yao: "Sister-in-law is resting these days, if there is anything, just ask someone to tell me, and if you want to eat or play, tell me, don't be embarrassed." ”

Yun Yao smiled and waved her hand: "Let's go, if you want to go, you should leave quickly, I'm afraid that I won't be able to go home at night." ”

Qi Baohua saw that Yun Yao could talk and laugh, and after saying a few more words, he got up and said goodbye.

She walked on the front foot, and Qi Jing on the back foot was a little afraid to touch Yun Yao, coaxing Yun Yao to laugh non-stop, Qi Jing looked at Yun Yao and smiled, he also laughed, and after laughing, he looked at Yun Yao's stomach: "Lady, I just asked the kitchen to prepare some meals, you will eat a little more in a while, now you are not more than usual, always pay more attention to ......"

Yun Yao listened to Qi Jing's tirade and said a lot of words. Overall, it is nothing more than telling her to eat more, sleep more, and rest more, Yun Yao nodded with a smile and agreed, beckoned to Qi Jing, Qi Jing moved over and sat down, Yun Yao took a handkerchief and slowly dried Qi Jing's hair: "Just took a bath, what are you doing if you don't stay in the house and run back and forth, come over if your hair is still wet." Although it is now spring. But the weather is still cold, what if you freeze back and forth, don't rely on the good bones in the prime day. In the future, I will also be a father, I have to think about everything, I have to think about me and my children, you are really sick. Which one is reliable, me or my child? ”

Qi Jing, who said this, smirked for a long time before replying: "I know it in my heart." ”

After his hair was dry, Qi Jing looked back at Yun Yao. Her eyes were full of affection: "Lady, you are so good to me." ”

With a snap, Yun Yao slapped him: "Nonsense, I'm not good to you, but to whom?" ”

"Didn't slap your hands, did you?" Qi Jing grabbed Yun Yao's hand and looked at it carefully for a while: "I have thick skin, don't hurt my lady's hand." ”

looked at Yun Yao's palms red. Qi Jing was very distressed: "If I say the wrong thing in the future, if you want to beat me directly, it hurts to clap my hand so directly." ”

"One pregnancy is stupid for three years." Yun Yao looked at Qi Jing speechless for a while. In the end, I only got this sentence.

"Huh?" Qi Jing couldn't figure out what he meant.

Yun Yao rolled her eyes helplessly: "People often say that a pregnancy is stupid for three years, and it is talking about those of us who are mothers." But when a woman is pregnant, no matter how smart she was, she became stupid for the sake of the child, and now I see that I have not become stupid, but you have a tendency to become stupid, Xianggong, let's not be really stupid for three years. ”

When Qi Jing heard this, he smirked again: "As long as the lady doesn't dislike me, I'm willing to be stupid." ”

Yun Yao really wanted to roll her eyes again, she stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Qi Jing's eyes: "What is this?" ”

"Two." Qi Jing replied honestly.

"It's okay, it's not stupid and thorough, it's just a little bit second." Yun Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help laughing when she saw that Qi Jing hadn't come back to her senses in a blink of an eye.

Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xidi, and the now ruling Empress Dowager Li convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss the attack on Suzhou.

The little emperor Tuoba Yi was held in Li's arms and fell asleep, and Li patted Tuoba Yi with one hand while listening to the opinions of the ministers.

Because last year, the weather was cold and froze to death a lot of cattle and sheep, and Sidi relied on animal husbandry to make a living, which made the whole Xidi a little green and yellow this spring, and the people were in difficulty.

The courtiers and the Li family had similar meanings, they were all in favor of sacking Suzhou, and after discussing for a while, some generals asked the Li family to send troops immediately.

Li asked the household department to prepare grain and grass, and asked the generalissimo to order troops and horses to attack Suzhou three days later, this time, Li will personally lead the troops to the battle.

As soon as I heard that the queen mother was in person, some ministers immediately objected, however, most of the courtiers supported it, this Li family is not an ordinary woman, speaking of which, she has superb martial arts, and knows how to arrange troops, and she has a deep heart, when the first emperor was in power, it was because the Li woman was too powerful, and the first emperor had no choice but to let her dominate in the deep palace, and many of the first emperor's favorite concubines were killed by her.

When the first emperor died, it was also because the Li family covered the sky with one hand, and the Li family was considered a prestigious family in Xidi and had a lot of in-laws, so the son of the Li family, Tuoba Yi, who was only three years old, could become the emperor of Xidi.

Tuoba Yi is too young, after he ascended the throne, the affairs of the court and the central government are all decided by the Li family, and now it has been almost a year, the Li family has excellent skills, does things neatly, and does not tolerate opposition, and there were courtiers who opposed her earlier, but they were all bloodily suppressed by the Li family, so that now, most ministers have become accustomed to the Li family's control of the court.

After discussing the matter of sending troops, Li asked the household department to find some affairs for the people in Xingqing Mansion who could not eat, so that the people could do hard labor to earn some money to support their families, and at least they had to spend this spring for An Ansheng.

The household officials received the order, and Li wanted to give a few more orders, but at this time Tuoba Yi woke up, and Li had to order the ministers to disperse, and she took Tuoba Yi back to the harem.

As soon as Li gave an order, the entire Sidi took action.

Xidi has to plunder the Great Zhou every year, this has become a habit, if you really want to prepare, it is easy to master, within a few days, the grain and grass are ready, the soldiers and horses are all together, and you can go out on the expedition at a glance.

On this day, Qi Jing watched Yun Yao drink the medicine. When she came out of the house after she fell asleep, before she walked to the front office, she saw Tian Zongwang, the master he invited, hurriedly running over: "My lord, the guard is in the front office, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

"When did the garrison come?" Qi Jing immediately quickened his pace and asked as he walked.

Tian Zongwang followed behind Qi Jing and said, "It's been more than a quarter of an hour since I came." ”

Qi Jing's steps were a little bigger, but he arrived at the study in front of him in a breath. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Yu Long standing in the room, anxious and circulating.

"You're not an outsider either. Won't you go to the back house to look for me if you have something, what are you waiting for here? Qi Jing said first, and after sitting down, he called someone to serve tea. Asked Yu Long: "What is going on?" ”

Yu Long couldn't sit still in a hurry, and stood up and said: "Just now the spies reported, there are a large number of soldiers and horses gathered in Xingqing Mansion, and I think it should be Xidi who is going to knock on a large scale." ”

"What?" Qi Jing was taken aback. also stood up: "Knock? Didn't you just ransack it last winter, why ......?"

"Those barbarians are only good to bully as Da Zhou. From time to time, they come and knock on the level, they can come when they want, they can leave when they want, where they will discuss with you. Yu Long became more and more anxious: "We just took over Suzhou." Now I haven't even figured out the political affairs and garrison here, if it's really a large-scale knock, then ...... I can't say it's really bad this time. Maybe we'll both have to settle down here. ”

"What nonsense." Qi Jing was also extremely shocked in his heart, and he barely managed to stabilize his mind: "The enemy hasn't come yet, so we can't mess with ourselves." No matter how strong the soldiers and horses of Xidi are, it is also a division from afar, and it is not as advantageous as our lord of Suzhou, moreover, the city wall of Suzhou is high and thick, and it is repaired every year, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if he comes to besiege the city with 100,000 soldiers and horses, he can't take it in a month or two, and Xidi is poorer than us, where do they get the grain and grass to support the soldiers and horses to besiege for a month or two? ”

Qi Jing's words were also right, and Yu Long also stabilized his mind after hearing this, sat down and thought carefully: "If you give us a year and a half to familiarize ourselves with the Suzhou military equipment, and then train our own henchmen, I am not afraid of how many people come to Xidi, but now...... Brother, we're just here, and I haven't figured out how many people I have under my hands yet. ”

Qi Jing nodded: "I know you don't have a bottom in your heart, how can I have a bottom, but no matter what, we have to make a good plan, so let's do it, you first count the soldiers and horses, I will go and ask someone to count how much grain is stored in the city, and then discuss with the rich families in the city, and ask them to also send some guards to help defend the city, after all, let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

"Okay." Yu Long nodded in agreement, didn't say anything more, got up and left: "I'll check the soldiers and horses." ”

Qi Jing sent Yu Long away, listened to Tian Zongwang's discussion for a while, and called the officials of Yangcheng to talk about the possibility of Xidi knocking on the customs, and asked them to count how much grain there was in the city, and then go to each household to check the number of people, in addition, to discuss with the rich households in Yangcheng about asking each family to send people out.

In this way, Qi Jing was busy until almost midnight before going back.

Yun Yao couldn't hold back her sleep for a long time, but she woke up when she heard the voice.

Qi Jing took a few steps over and pressed her and told her not to get up, and tucked the quilt well.

Yun Yao lay down and rubbed her eyes: "Why did you come back so late?" Have you eaten at night? ”

Without waiting for Qi Jing to speak, Yun Yao shouted outward: "Peony, you go to the kitchen to see if there is any food, bring it over and ask the master to eat some." ”

Peony said yes and went to work, and Peony got up and got dressed when she heard the movement.

Qi Jing took off his coat, took the clothes handed by Peony and changed them, sat on the edge of the bed and asked Peony to make a basin of hot water.

Waiting for the peony to get hot water, Qi Jing washed his hands and face, just as Peony came over with food, Qi Jing ate a few bites indiscriminately, and smiled at Yun Yao: "I'm afraid I'm going to be busy these days, you can eat when you should eat in the future, remember to sleep when you should sleep, don't worry about me." ”

"What's the matter?" Yun Yao lay on her side and asked.

Qi Jing didn't hide it from her: "But I heard that the spy reported that Xidi had a change, I'm afraid it's a little unpeaceful." ”

What he said was an understatement, which did not make Yun Yao nervous, but Yun Yao also guessed that it must be a serious matter, otherwise Qi Jing would not be busy until so early or late.

Before Yun Yao could speak, Peony, who was cleaning up the table, raised her head and said, "Sidi is moving? Dr. Ji, who came to our house to check his wife's pulse, was arrested by Xidi earlier, and I heard that he had been a slave there for a long time, but then he didn't know how to run out and settled in Suzhou, and Dr. Ji must know something about Xidi. ”

"How do you know, girl?" Yun Yao was quite strange when she heard this, and asked with a smile.

Peony smiled: "Mrs. doesn't know, this girl usually likes to inquire about things the most, she knows who has any parents in the family, she knows it, she has only been here for a few days, but she knows everything in the vicinity." ”

"Oh?" Qi Jing twisted his eyebrows after hearing this, and looked at the peony again: "Tomorrow, please ask Dr. Ji to come to the house again to check his wife's pulse, and remember to call me when he comes." (To be continued.) )