Chapter 58: The Beginning of Love
Since being reminded by Ji Lingyun, Ji Chengyu has been sending people to keep an eye on Qi Simin's movements, no matter who Ji Sihong is going to use and how to do it, as long as he looks at Qi Simin, he is not afraid of his open guns and hidden arrows.
The people who were watching showed Qi Simin's affairs in every detail, and at first Ji Chengyu just glanced at it in a hurry, and he didn't find anything unusual. But gradually, he began to be interested in this woman's daily life, and regarded the letter sent to Qi Mansion as a leisure pleasure every day.
The three generations of military generals of the Qi family are the daughter-in-law Xu Shi and the daughter of the subordinates of the old general Qi, and Qi Simin is really the daughter of a general. But because she was the only daughter in the family, she was too pampered, she didn't learn a good martial arts, and she was not very interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she circled around the stove all day long, and she was a strange woman.
Now that Qi Simin is of marriageable age, the cousins of the Bai family have been given to marry King An, and the marriage period will be after March, and the Xu family is naturally more anxious to marry off their daughter. While looking around for a suitable son-in-law, he forced his daughter to make up for the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, for fear of being seen inside the straw bag under Qi Simin's shiny surface.
Qi Simin was also busy, while trying to find ways to get rid of all kinds of blind dates, while running to the small kitchen while secretly running to the small kitchen in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting women's red accounts. It is said that the man who had been on a blind date with her turned around and left when he saw her, and it is said that those who had eaten what she had made were full of praise and thoughts.
Ji Chengyu was really curious after reading the half-moon letter, and ordered the red kite to sneak into the Qi Mansion to get some food made by Qi Simin. At that time, the red kite's expressionless face was really ridiculous, but when he saw Ji Chengyu's straight face, he had to put away his shock and go silently.
Red Kite is the best at disguise, casually accompanying himself as an ordinary Qi Mansion, easily sneaking into Qi Simin's small kitchen, bringing out a plate of freshly baked milk cakes and placing them on Ji Chengyu's desk.
At that time, Ji Chengyu was immersed in official business, and only nodded slightly, and did not make any other moves. The red kite glanced at the master who was as usual, and quietly retreated.
Although Ji Chengyu likes sweets, he is not a person who indulges in appetite, he has just had lunch, and now he is all about the government affairs of the Boyun Trick. This pile of piles and turns seems to be an ordinary twist and turn, but it takes twelve points of mental concentration, and one careless may fall into the trap and be imprisoned.
He is the crown prince above 10,000 people under one person, standing tall but unstable, and he may be doomed at any time, so he has always carved caution and caution in his bones. But at this moment, the tip of his nose lingered with a faint milky fragrance, which made him involuntarily unstable, so he had to put down the pen.
Ji Chengyu looked at the delicate and small milk cake for a moment, twisted a piece and put it in his mouth, and then he was stunned.
Milk cake is not a rare dim sum, he likes sweets and has eaten it naturally, but compared to the piece in his hand, even the best pastry chef in the palace is three points inferior. The milky aroma is rich, the sweetness is suitable, the taste is soft and glutinous, and it almost melts in the mouth.
Ji Chengyu couldn't help but eat the little Fluttershy milk cake in one go, and his heart changed greatly about this different Miss Qi family. No matter what aspect a person can reach the pinnacle, it is a kind of ability, and Ji Chengyu has always looked up to those who have the ability.
Although he never forgot Qi Simin's craftsmanship, Ji Chengyu didn't want to let the red kite do this kind of thing again, but in the days that followed, he lost his appetite for a while, and the frightened kitchen lady was panicked, lest he would be driven out that day.
Ji Lingyun's trip to become a cat was not completely wasted, in addition to learning about King Jian's unscrupulous means to Qi Simin, he also learned a deeply hidden household secret, which just allowed Ji Chengyu to catch Ji Sihong off guard.
In that year, Ji Sihong took advantage of his authority to take charge of the household department to wantonly levy additional taxes in rich places such as Huaiyu and Shao'an to enrich his own pockets. Although this move was bold, Emperor Shangao was far away from being rich and dangerous, so Ji Sihong made a lot of money and secretly raised a lot of dead soldiers.
But I don't want to encounter two years of natural disasters, especially the disasters in Huaiyu and Shao'an, which are the most serious, coupled with the high taxation for a while, the people are not able to make a living, and Tan Youwei, the prefect of Shao'an, has reduced taxes and opened a warehouse for disaster relief.
If this excerpt was presented in front of Emperor Yuanhe, what Ji Sihong did would have been in broad daylight, but this excerpt was stopped and quietly sent to Ji Sihong. Within a few days, Tan Youwei went to see the king of Hades without waiting for the holy judge.
Tan Youwei and Huaiyu prefect Zhang Xianli used to be classmates, and later they were Jinshi at the same time, Huaiyu and Shao'an were next to each other, and the relationship between the two naturally became more and more intimate. After Tan Youwei's accident, Zhang Xianli noticed something unusual.
After thinking about it again, he decided to take a risk to enter the Beijing Saint, and confessed in person, but naturally he was chased and killed by Ji Sihong's men and horses again, and after several twists and turns, he disappeared.
Huaiyu and Shao'an are serious disasters, but the two places have lost their parents one after another, so you can imagine how chaotic it is.
Even the prefect couldn't be settled, and the people below naturally didn't dare to come out again, so they watched starvation everywhere, people's hearts fluctuated, and finally the victims had no choice but to rise up, and the matter finally came to the front of the saint.
Emperor Yuanhe has always boasted of today's peaceful and prosperous world, but he didn't want the people to rise up, although the riot was quickly suppressed, but it was tantamount to a slap in the face of Emperor Yuanhe, which was extremely loud. Ji Chengyu knew the seriousness of this matter, and invited himself to go to disaster relief and investigate the matter, but Ji Sihong also asked for his life.
At that time, Ji Chengyu had just been appointed as the prince, and Emperor Yuanhe felt guilty about King Jian and Concubine Lan, so he handed over this errand to Ji Sihong. Ji Sihong was the culprit, but he was just blaming people for wanting to cover up, and the matter of imposing taxes was pushed down on Tan Youwei and Zhang Xianli.
Tan Youwei was convicted of committing suicide in fear of crime, Zhang Xianli absconded in fear of crime, and Ji Sihong wiped out the other evidence of the crime, even if Ji Chengyu found out that it was unusual, he was powerless.
In order to clean up the relationship, Ji Sihong also found a substitute for the dead ghost to kill his relatives in the household department, but he didn't want this move to chill the hearts of his subordinates. Bai Zonglin and other household officials who had not touched their hands but knew about it, fearing that they would also be pushed out to confess their crimes in the future, so they privately collected a lot of criminal evidence for life-saving purposes.
After careful discussion, these incriminating evidence were divided into three parts and handed over to the three of them for safekeeping, and Bai Zonglin hid in the study was one of them.
Although Ji Lingyun was afraid that the Bai family would be implicated in it that day and returned the things, he still knew everything he should know, and after Ji Chengyu returned to Beijing, he began to look for Zhang Xianli's whereabouts.
Three days before Qi Simin's accident, Zhang Xianli was secretly taken to the capital, and Ji Chengyu has been preparing for this matter for the past three days. Zhang Xianli is the only witness in this case, and he also knows that he can have a glimmer of life by telling the truth about the events of the year, but he is afraid that King Jianwang will cover the sky with one hand. Now that the prince is secretly backing him, he naturally has a few more chances of winning, but Ji Chengyu is inconvenient to show up in this matter, so he has been arranging this matter for the past few days.
Since Qi Simin was tricked into the carriage, the stalkers passed the news back. Ji Chengyu thought about it again, so he asked Zhang Xianli to go to Dali Temple to surrender immediately, pestered Ji Sihong and couldn't say anything, and then went to Wangyue Tower by himself.
In fact, in his previous thoughts, if Qi Simin lost his voice to Ji Sihong, the Qi family would definitely be furious when they learned the reason for this incident, and with the temperament of the old general Qi and his love for this only granddaughter, he would definitely get justice in front of the saint. At that time, Zhang Xianli came forward to poke out the truth of the old case, which added fuel to the fire, and even his father could no longer cover up half a point.
But now, Ji Chengyu thinks of the woman who was at a loss in the backyard of Houfu that day, the person who once said that he would give his kitten, and the milk cake that Fluttershy made him forget, and finally changed his mind.
After getting Ji Sihong's move to return home, Ji Chengyu went to Wangyue Tower in person. The little two at the door were scared away by a look from him, and Ji Chengyu thought that it was not good to hear this matter go out, so he asked Xu Quan to stay at the door and go in by himself.
As soon as he entered the door, Ji Chengyu smelled a strange fragrance, and before he could react, he heard the sound of a woman's silence coming from inside. Ji Chengyu was stunned for a moment, and as soon as his footsteps turned, he saw Qi Simin rolling from the bed to the ground in the room.
His heart jumped, and he hurriedly stepped forward to probe her snort, only to find that she was breathing differently at the moment, and her face was red and strange. Just when Ji Chengyu was still in a daze, Qi Simin opened his misty eyes, and suddenly stretched out his hands around Ji Chengyu's neck and came up.
Ji Chengyu only felt that Qi Simin's body was very hot, and the red cheeks that were close to him made him even hotter. But Qi Simin was still rubbing unconsciously, muttering something in his mouth, as if he was asleep and awake and completely unconscious.
Ji Chengyu looked at the burned incense burner sharply, and realized what the fragrance he smelled was. He had the heart to let go of Qi Simin, but Qi Simin was already tortured by that incense at the moment, and grabbing Ji Chengyu was like a drowning man grabbing driftwood, and he really refused to let go.
Even sensing Ji Chengyu's intentions, she simply wrapped her legs around it, only feeling that this person was so cool, if she let him go, she would be burned alive to death, so she would definitely not let go!
Ji Chengyu was almost pulled to the ground by Qi Simin, he gritted his teeth and simply picked up the person and put him on the boat, but he had to bend down and stay in place because of Qi Simin's clamping.
Ji Chengyu's eyes had to be on Qi Simin, the red little face, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and moist red lips were close at hand. He felt that it was probably because he had inhaled the fragrance himself, and he couldn't help it, and just wanted to lower his head and kiss it.
Ji Chengyu used all his concentration to restrain himself, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was hoarse at some point.
"Qi Simin, wake up, wake up!"
Qi Simin only felt that the noise in her ears was terrible, and she shook her head irritably in protest, but the voice kept shouting. Her mind was half confused and half awake at the moment, and she wanted to gag the mouth of the person in front of her, but she was afraid that he would run away as soon as she let go.
When he was helpless, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, raised his head and blocked it with his lips. Sure enough, it was finally quiet.