The royal family of Yan has always paid little attention to the inheritance of this direct bloodline, and even if there is no direct royal bloodline, the bloodline of the side branch can also be used as a successor.

The reason for the turmoil in the internal affairs of Yan three years ago was that the emperor of Yan already had three sons and several daughters, and there was no need for other side branches of the bloodline to inherit, but the side branch bloodline had the idea of fighting.

In this process, the eldest son and the second son of the Emperor of Yan also had infighting, and in the court of Yan State, there was a powerful minister with a great reputation, whose surname was Luo.

Don't underestimate this Luo surname, the Luo family is not only a hundred-year-old family, but also has historical records that can be used as a reference for thousands of years ago.

It can be said that all countries have Luo families, and these Luo families are all one family, so as to be able to show their prominence.

There is also a Luo family in the capital, and the current position is already sitting in the position of Shangshu.

Because of the Luo family's connections, power, and huge and terrifying financial resources, no matter which country's attitude towards the Luo family, it is quite sensitive and cautious.

If you can't use it for yourself, you can't keep anyone in your own country.

However, the manpower and material resources to be sacrificed in this way are too great in all aspects, and it is better to create a more beneficial situation than to work the people and waste money.

Therefore, the powerful minister surnamed Luo in the court of Yan State today should be the person supported by the Luo family.

Then correspondingly, in the Chu State, the one who was supported was the Shangshu of the Luo family.

It is said that the power of the minister is very good, notoriously treacherous, many secret methods, usually the dragon sees the head but not the tail, said that the face is terrifying, often wear a veil and dare not show people, the transmission is a god.

According to Qi Qingchu's intelligence, Yan Guo's ability to successfully quell the civil strife really relied on this powerful minister, but Qi Qingchu couldn't inquire about the more detailed and specific content.

The most important thing is that since the heir of the Yan Kingdom has been established, why do you have to go around the three princes of the Yan Kingdom who are outcast, you must know that since you are already waiting for the succession, you will inevitably have a lot more precautions and jealousy for your own brothers, and you can't hate to die.

Therefore, Qi Qingchu has always been making two assumptions, maybe the people of Yan Kingdom want to find the third prince and then kill him, or just find the third prince back and be the heir to the throne.

Because he secretly received a kind of information, the eldest prince and the second prince of Yan Kingdom were in the middle of the battle, and they were both defeated and recuperated at home, which lasted for a long time, and almost no news came out again. And now he is still on the throne is the old emperor of Yan State, and the powerful minister who assisted him.

Regarding this third prince, if Qi Qingchu contacted it himself, he actually wanted to find out what he had experienced in the Chu State or what he planned to plan for the future.

No matter how loyal and patriotic this point will not change, Qi Qingchu swore early on that he would do his best for his country and die.

To be loyal to Your Majesty, to the people, to yourself, the most important thing is to be loyal to the Chu State.

There is only a limit to what a person can achieve, but if you don't do it, there will never be a chance to achieve it.

He had never questioned whether His Majesty's decision was correct, and he had never questioned that His Majesty was able to let the third prince of the Yan Kingdom live happily in the Chu State for several years.

Although early in the morning, according to his idea, it is best to imprison people.

But what I am afraid of is that when Li Jiye is imprisoned, it will incur a greater disaster, and it will not be of great benefit to them from all aspects.

This is also why Qi Qingchu will follow His Majesty's decision from beginning to end. If you don't take the initiative to stir up disputes, there is still a chance to attract anyone's prying eyes.

"Vinegar." Qi Qingchu couldn't help frowning when she ate the dumplings, leek egg dumplings, if there is no vinegar, they are not very delicious.

But he said this to Li Jiye, who was still very drowsy while standing.

Li Jiye didn't listen to his words, and his eyes were blurred with tears, which were forced out by yawning.

Li Jicai, who had been paying attention to Qi Qingchu's situation, heard him say that he wanted vinegar, so he hurriedly took a small bowl from the table next to him, then poured some vinegar and walked over and put it in Qi Qingchu's hand.

Then he bowed respectfully and retreated to the side.

The store also sells dumplings, and the mistake is also made at home, and then Li Jicai went to buy them.

From time to time, Li Jicai will wrap some dumplings and sell them. On the table in the hall was vinegar and peppers, which were small jars of bees, with a small spoon, as a spare.

Because it is difficult to reconcile the mouth, and because of the different tastes of the people, "add it according to personal taste", this sentence is deeply experienced in the process of Li Jicai's business.

It is no wonder that in modern times, when eating instant noodles and putting condiments, people will say that adding and adding in proportion is to take into account the taste of everyone, and the difference between salty and light is different.

Li Jicai's sloppy movements made Qi Qingchu, who was about to take this opportunity to chat with Li Jiye again, a little dumbfounded.

But at this moment, he couldn't say anything, so he had to use chopsticks to clip a dumpling, put it on his plate, and then poured some of the vinegar that Li Jicai had just taken and put it into the plate, and when the time came, he could use the dumplings to dip in vinegar......

Li Jicai's face was attentive, and Li Jiye's face was sleepy. Xi Zien's face was curious, and Qi Qingchu's face was expressionless.

Later, no one remembered when the dinner ended, Xi Zien drank a lot of wine later, slightly upset, stood up and drew something at everyone, and even babbled nonsense.

Qi Qingchu had been silently enduring it at first, and when he couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up and left with him.

Li Jiye was forced to clean up the dishes and chopsticks before being put back to sleep.

Li Jicai didn't fall asleep all night in excitement, and his head was thinking about what happened just now.

Qi Qingchu's figure, Qi Qingchu's eyebrows and eyes, When Qi Qingchu's mouth opened and closed one by one, although he didn't say a few words in total.

He's so good-looking.

In the haze, he seemed to hear Xi Zien say that Qi Qingchu was going to supervise the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and Li Jiye was about to enter the Hanlin Academy, and he would definitely have something to do with him at that time.

Everything is a little related to the easy to do, and in the future, he may have to entrust Qi Qingchu to help take care of Li Jiye, although the other party may not take care of her, or give her this face, but Li Jicai feels that he finally has a legitimate excuse to approach Qi Mansion, and he doesn't have to sneak this and that to secretly inquire, which is really good.

I feel very excited when I think about it, maybe it's because when I ate Lantern Festival today, I ate too much carelessly, and I felt a little bulging and swollen in my stomach, which was very uncomfortable, and I couldn't eat so much next time.

But looking back, I feel that if it weren't for the fact that she went to the street on a whim today to go shopping and eat Lantern Festival, she wouldn't have met Qi Qingchu on the side of the road so coincidentally, and the two would not have such an intersection.

Fate, fate, it's wonderful, wonderful. Li Jicai hurriedly squinted her eyes when the sky was just slightly bright, and she was about to fall asleep, but she remembered that it was about to be daytime, and she was about to open her doors for business, and she, the chef, couldn't bear it anymore, so she simply closed the business today, so that everyone could rest and rest, and she herself could make up for the lack of sleep.

In her heart, being able to receive Qi Qingchu once is more meaningful and valuable than her doing business for ten days and half a month in a row.

I just wanted to write a note and give it to them, letting them know that it would not open today, but I couldn't get my hands on that word, so I flipped through the wooden sign hanging at the door, which read: "Do not disturb". No one would be able to come in and disturb her, and she would be able to sleep peacefully.

But no matter how tired and tired Li Jicai is, sleepiness or what?

There was always a faint feeling of throbbing and restlessness, urging her to think about something, as if a seed had fallen into the soil, and after being moistened by the spring rain, it quickly broke through the soil and took root and sprouted.

It's a feeling that is uncontrollable, and this feeling is very complicated, and it can't be explained for a while. Maybe over time, she'll be able to figure it out.

After Qi Qingchu went out with Xi Zien, he didn't call the groom, the subordinates of the Qi Mansion and the scary people of the Xi Mansion had already stood on their own sides, and then waited for their master to get on the sedan chair and then go back to the house.

Naturally, they are very well-informed, and they know where their master is, so they are estimated to go and wait there early, and then welcome their master home. In addition, Qi Qingchu often went back with Xi Zien when he went out, so the two families are very familiar with each other, and whoever has news will also reveal it to each other.

Xi Zien, who was full of alcohol, was disgusted by Qi Qingchu, and after pushing him to his subordinates, Qi Qingchu withdrew without hesitation and left, not even looking at him for the last time.

There were rumors in the past, is there a fetish for breaking sleeves between these two people? But later, according to Qi Qingchu's attitude towards Xi Zien, there was never anything unusual, and no one ever noticed anything wrong with him, as if he was an extremely ordinary friend.

Some people once said that Xi Zien unilaterally chased Qi Qingchu, but in fact, Xi Zien, a confidante outside, and a lot of wives and concubines.

He himself once said that he likes women, not men, although he is a prodigal son, but he is still extremely responsible for speaking, and everyone can see it.

So after a long time, everyone can only have to admit that two people with such a big difference in personality can become friends, and they really become friends.

Of course, in addition to Xi Zien's confidante, there is also one Qi Qingchu who is cold and refuses people thousands of miles away.

That's right, it's the world-famous Luo family, Luo Lianfang.

This Luo Lianfang is the daughter of Lord Shangshu, and her status is very noble, of course, this dignity is not only because his father is an important minister of the court, but also his aunt is none other than the current queen mother.

Then this identity has gone up a high level. I usually walk around the palace a lot, and when I was a child, I was with the princess and the prince a lot, so I naturally met Qi Qingchu early, but he was three years younger than Qi Qingchu, and a few years older than the princess Yitian.

looks like a beautiful, sweet and lovely, of course, not the kind of delicate and pretty, but shows a kind of woman's demeanor, which is cultivated since childhood, extremely rare demeanor and temperament. Mainly relying on the patronage of the Queen Mother, she learned all kinds of etiquette in the palace since she was a child.

In addition, the appearance is good, and it is also famous.

People say that the skin is delicate and smooth and white as a pearl, and Yingying's smile is very moving, which is a place where her appearance and temperament, quality and talent are all over and surpasses other ordinary women. Such a woman is often prone to jealousy.

Especially this year is her marriageable age, which makes it easier to attract jealousy, I don't know which man can marry a woman who is very superior in both world and appearance.

Many people speculate that if it is decided this year, then it is likely to be Luo Lianfang and Qi Qingchu, the best candidates. If the person who is a little close to Qi Qingchu among the men is Xi Zien, then among the women, it is this Luo Lianfang.

It is said that this Luo Lianfang, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, hops, is very proficient in everything, better than other women, too much, others are simply beyond the reach of the dust.

Men and women are beautiful, their status is equal, the men's conditions are superior, and the women's conditions are also very good.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, no one can be worthy of Qi Qingchu.

But as far as the illusion created is concerned, Qi Qingchu has completely shaped himself into the image he wants to the outside world.

Qi Qingchu still remembers the first time he met Luo Lianfang, those black grape-like eyes sparkled. The eyes are full of innocence and are very beautiful.

Later, Luo Lianfang seemed to be close to nothing, and he did not refuse, he just regarded her as a sister and a friend, and never thought about it for a moment.

Although his mother, Madame Qi, had always hoped that he would be able to think a little differently about Luo Lianfang. Anyway, let him marry a daughter-in-law and come back, according to his character, he will not marry a wife and concubine to marry too many women. But if it continues like this, won't you have to be thirty or forty years old to find a wife?

But there is no way, Qi Qingchu has always had his own opinions, and he will never change his mind because of other people's opinions, of course, no one knows if his favorite person is Luo Lianfang.