The imperial city of Wuling County, the streets and lanes are full of people, the business of shops and stalls is hot, many residents' residences are being renovated, and even visitors from other counties can be seen in the surrounding area, in just half a month, the imperial city gradually becomes prosperous from the original small city, the speed is fast, one day changes, the reason for this is naturally because of the rise of the royal family of Pingtian country, which has led to the prosperity of the imperial city.

At this time, on the street, there was a master and a servant walking on the road, and the two of them were beautiful, especially the woman in the grass green dress, who was overwhelmed by the country and the city, causing the surrounding passers-by to look back several times, and almost crossed the intersection that was about to turn a corner.

These two are Qin Zhi and her maid Ying'er who came out of the Qin Mansion.

The maid frowned slightly, as if she was worried about the morning, and when she accompanied Qin Zhi to go shopping, she was not in the mood to look at the shops on the side of the road, but kept looking at the tips of her shoes.

Qin Zhi noticed that something was wrong with Ying'er, she naturally understood what Ying'er was thinking, so she said loudly: "Ying'er, from today onwards, you don't have to follow Qin Chang, follow me in the future, with me, the two old people in the family will not dare to bully you." ”

Ying'er sighed lightly: "Miss, Ying'er is not worried about herself, Ying'er is thinking, is it not good that you are so stiff with your family now." ”

"What's wrong?" Qin Zhi seemed to be in a good mood, she smiled.

"Actually, you can use your relationship to save the young master's life, Ying'er thinks that the plan that the master said can be tried." Ying'er said.

Qin Zhi shook his head and said: "If they take the initiative to discuss this matter with me, I may think about it, but they actually hide it from me, making me feel that they don't treat me as a family at all, I still remember when I was a child, my family was poor, there were only two bedrooms, I had a cold, and the high fever did not go away, they were worried that I would infect Qin Chang, so they let me sleep in the living room outside, those nights were really cold, I was thinking that if I froze to death or died of fever outside, they should not frown, from then on, My heart also became cold. ”

When Ying'er heard this, she felt sympathy, and she also understood why Qin Zhi was so indifferent to this family.

The two walked and saw the signboard of 'Yanjing Restaurant' not far away, Qin Zhi took Ying'er's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go to dinner, the glutinous rice ribs we ate last time we went to this house were particularly delicious, it was a few months ago, do you remember?" ”

Ying'er smiled: "Remember, remember, and it's very expensive." ”

"It's not expensive, I'll bring you, you just need to open up and eat." Qin Zhi said with a smile.

The two laughed and trotted into the restaurant, and a gray-clothed young man who had been following the two not far away also followed into the restaurant after looking around.

Qin Zhi chose a secluded place by the corner and sat down on either side of Ying'er, who was busy not far away, and Ying'er shouted to Xiao Er, who was busy not far away, "Xiao Er, bring up the menu." ”

Xiao Er responded: "Okay." After cleaning up the work in hand, Xiao Er went to the counter and took the menu book and walked to the table where Qin Zhi was, halfway through, a gray-clothed young man walked from the side, Xiao Er didn't pay attention, just said: "Find a place to sit in the guest officer." ”

When the gray-clothed young man passed behind Xiao Er, he suddenly reached out and patted Xiao Er's shoulder.

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, looked back, and found that the young man in gray walked outside the store, a little inexplicable.

"What are you stunned about, the phoenix room on the second floor wants a pot of sake, hurry up and send it to you." The shopkeeper behind the counter shouted.

"Okay." The shopkeeper hurriedly handed the menu book to Qin Zhi's table, and said with a smile: "The two guest officers choose slowly, just call after choosing." ”

Qin Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, you go get busy." ”

After that, Xiao Er hurriedly ran to the kitchen to get the wine jug.

Qin Zhi smiled: "The business of this shop is still so good. With that, Qin Zhi opened the menu book.

"Huh? What is it? Ying'er tilted her head and found an envelope in the menu book.

Qin Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then as if she thought of something, she hurriedly took out the envelope and stuffed it into her sleeve, while looking at Ying'er and said in a low voice, "Don't speak." ”

Ying'er closed her mouth in interest and nodded.

Qin Zhi looked up at the gray-clothed young man who had gone out before, but at this time, he couldn't find anyone at all, and the gray-clothed young man had already left the tavern.

"It's okay, let's go ahead and order." Qin Zhi smiled lightly.

"What's wrong with Miss? The letter just now..."Ying'er didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Qin Zhi: "You just treat it as if you haven't seen it, and don't mention it to the outside world." ”

"Yes." Ying'er nodded.

I don't know if the chef of this restaurant has changed, or the cooking skills of the previous chef have declined, and today the two of them feel blandly and tasteless when they eat the dishes they liked to eat before.

"Let's go back." After Qin Zhi checked out, she rushed back to Qin's Mansion with Ying'er, and she was not interested in continuing to shop.

As soon as the two returned to the Qin Mansion, they found the royal sedan chair parked outside, Qin Zhi was stunned, obviously this was Emperor Meng Qi's visit, thinking of the messenger she had just met in the tavern, this would Meng Qi come to visit again, and the coincidence between this made her brain feel a little messy.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Don't you go in? Ying'er next to her saw Qin Zhi standing at the door in a daze, and couldn't help but say.

"Ah, it's okay, let's go inside." Qin Zhi came back to her senses, and then stepped into the door, thinking to herself, no matter what Meng Qi came here for, it was better to see it first.

After entering, the housekeeper of the Qin Mansion came to greet him and said, "Miss, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the living room, hurry up." ”

Qin Zhi nodded, looked at Ying'er beside her and said, "Go to my room and wait for me." ”

Ying'er nodded and walked to the backyard.

Qin Zhi came to the living room and saw Meng Qi drinking tea.

When Meng Qi saw Qin Zhi coming, he smiled happily and said, "Aiqing, you are finally back, I am looking through the autumn water, and I have drunk three cups of tea." ”

Qin Zhi bowed and said with a light smile: "Let Your Majesty wait for a long time." ”

Meng Qi shook his head, put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Your family's tea is not very good, there is a pre-ordered tea sent by the Cheng family in the palace, and when you come back next time, I will bring you two packs." ”

"Then thank you for your kindness." Qin Zhi said with a smile.

"Let's get down to business, I'm here this time, mainly to discuss with you how to deal with the 100,000 troops of Qu Yuguo, in fact, I have already thought about the countermeasures, but the details of the implementation still have to be discussed with you, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, after all, the construction of field fortifications in the future still needs to be carried out by your Ministry of Works." Meng Qi put away his smile and said with a straight face.

"Oh?" Qin Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Does Your Majesty have any good plans?" ”

Meng Qi looked around, made a silent movement, and said: "There are many people here, to prevent the partition wall from having ears, let's discuss it in another place." ”

Qin Zhi nodded and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Old place." Meng Qi said.

Qin Zhi said embarrassedly: "What old place? ”

Hearing this, Zoro next to him held back his laughter, his face twitched and agitated with scars, which was really scary.