In the year when Muhai Wang's family was ill, Chu Nian remembered clearly, at that time Shen Dui and her had an oral marriage contract, Chu Nian only saw Shen Dui for the first time, and the personable and noble son easily captured Su Nian's immature heart, and then did not see Shen Duan for a long time, Chu Nian also knocked on the side of his father, and his father only said that the court assigned Shen Dui to the southeast to visit, and the other fathers did not know, if she guessed correctly, the Su family was destroyed at that time.

Little by little, the Wang family exterminated the loyal and good people when they were not yet mature, and then extended their tentacles to the Su family, and in the end, the Su family was isolated......

When Shen Du returned to Beijing, Su Nian also met with him, and Chu Nian still remembers his dignified appearance at that time.

"County Lord?"

Hearing Ye Yuan's call, Chu Nian came back to his senses from his thoughts, just now they were discussing the disaster situation in Tingchuan, Chu Nian also called several other county orders to the Changshi Mansion, ready to clean up all the corrupt officials in Tingchuan.

Seeing that Chu Nian came back to his senses, Ye Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "County Lord, the other five county commanders have already arrived, do you want to invite the five county magistrates to come out now?" ”

Since Tingchuan Changshi was dismissed, Chu Nian invited the county magistrate of Wuzhong to live here, firstly, the old man was inconvenient to move, and secondly, he also asked him to see for himself how many of the other county magistrates were disloyal.

After relieving himself, Chu Niancai rubbed his forehead and said, "Please, let's just say that a meeting is going to be held." ”

At this time, several other county orders also arrived, and it seemed that several people were cowardly, but they were afraid that they were coerced by the previous Tingchuan Changshi, so they turned a blind eye to the oppression of Tingchuan Changshi.

Hearing the news of Tingchuan Changshi's dismissal, these county orders became more and more respectful to Chu Nian, and when they heard that Chu Nian was going to solve the Tingchuan disaster, they all expressed their hearts, for fear that Chu Nian would be stripped of his position if he neglected Chu Nian a little, and the old county magistrate also felt that Chu Nian could keep them for the time being, so Chu Nian did not make any decisions about them, if Ye Yuan really became Tingchuan Changshi according to the plan in the future, and then asked him to slowly clear himself.

When it came to the drought in Tingchuan, there was no way except for disaster relief, but now it will take a long time for the disaster relief funds in the court to be issued, and it can't solve the urgent need at all, so Chu Nian had to decide to first observe the people's feelings and make a decision.

After sending away a few county orders, Chu Nian planned to go to the nearest Wuzhong County to investigate the situation first, as for the miscellaneous matters in Tingchuan, the old county order proposed to ask Ye Yuan to deal with it first, and Chu Nian readily agreed.

When he arrived in Wuzhong County, Chu Nian found out how serious the disaster was, and the reasons why Tingchuan was so poor were the death of King Muhai, the corrupt officials, and the third was the sudden drought.

Tingchuan since that Zhao Qi became the Tingchuan long history after five years, it fell into a great drought, now the drought has been two years, not to mention the harvest, the people have even seen the low grain stock, seeing this, Chu Nian had to take out some silver from the previous Zhao Qi's corrupt "treasure" for disaster relief, and personally opened a river from the Lingnan near Tingchuan, this river opened for a whole month, and when the river opened to Wuzhong County, the entire Tingchuan has a water source, although it is still a drop in the bucket for the disaster of the entire Tingchuan, But it's enough to last for a while.

After dealing with the disaster, Chu Nian returned to the capital, and Tingchuan Mingmian was handed over to the county order of Wuzhong County for temporary management, and at this time, the originally scattered Tingchuan refugees were also assembled, and Ye Yuan was in charge of training troops in the col of Wuzhong County, with a total of 30,000 people.

After a tiring trip to Chu's house, Ye Yuan was arranged in another courtyard, Chu Nian got into the vanilla house and fell asleep with his head covered, during which there was a reward that Chu Yuanlang took the lead on his behalf, Chu Nian slept for two days before waking up, and got the news as soon as he woke up, the Queen Mother knew that Chu Nian had made a contribution to disaster relief, and specially held a banquet to celebrate Chu Nian's success.

Chu Nian frowned, Mei Xiang had already prepared clothes for Chu Nian, and at this time, Mother Zhu hurriedly came in from outside the door and said, "Lady, Lady Mu is here to pick you up." ”

Mu Qing? Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, he has been busy for a while, but he hasn't seen Mu Qing for a long time, today's so-called celebration banquet, the Queen Mother also invited Mu Qing? Doesn't it mean that because of the resistance of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion completely broke with the Queen Mother and the Wang family?

As he spoke, Mu Qing came in from outside the door leisurely, and when he saw Chu Nian, who was not dressed up, he immediately said with a look of disgust: "I didn't expect that the rumored unparalleled county lord with unparalleled wisdom and courage also had this side." ”

Chu Nian picked up the pillow on his side and smashed her: "That's because you came uninvited!" ”

After Chu Nian put on her clothes, she made her a flower and combed a lily bun by Mei Xiang, and then put on her coat and walked out with Mu Qing.

Mu Qing looked at the goose yellow on Chu Nian's body and was amazed, "Good-looking people look good in anything." ”

Since the second meeting, Mu Qing has been wearing a red dress, swaggering through the market in the style of Xichu, compared to her bright red, it makes Chu Nian look more indifferent, and the different styles of the two have attracted frequent sideways glances from the people who come and go from the Chu family.

But when he arrived in front of Mu Qing's carriage, it was finally Chu Nian's turn to marvel.

"Are you wearing a colorful flower?"

I saw that the carriage was originally painted with black wood, but there were colorful flowers on the roof of the carriage, and a gust of wind blew, and the fragrance of the flowers was almost pungent.

It's right to attract people's attention, and it's right to make people feel awkward in their hearts, this Mu Qing is really afraid that people will ignore her.

Mu Qing seemed to be very satisfied with Chu Nian's reaction, only to see her shaking her head triumphantly and said, "You don't understand, in Western Chu, the more flamboyant things are, the more beautiful they are." ”

Chu Nian smiled and said, "You're in a hurry, but I think I'll take my own carriage to go, I don't like the feeling of being watched." ”

Mu Qing looked stunned, and after a while, he reacted and dragged Chu Nian, who was about to escape, "This lady came to pick you up in person, you actually dare not appreciate it, take a walk, get in the car, don't let the Queen Mother wait for a long time, when the time comes, you will find the stubble of the two of us." ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to get into the carriage with tears and laughter, but on the way he met the carriage of the prince who was traveling back to the palace, Chu Nian was strange, so he saw Ming Xiu stopping Mu Qing's carriage, and shouted with a stupid face: "Nian'er is going to get married in the float!" You are not allowed to marry someone else! ”

Hearing this title, Chu Nian obviously had two drops of sweat on his forehead, this person really tried his best to take advantage of her regardless of the occasion, even if it was an old lady, he had never called her by her name, and now it was called out by the "foolish prince", which was really a mixed taste.

Mu Qing knew that this foolish prince liked to pester Chu Nian very much, so he helplessly held his forehead and said, "What are you really afraid of, how can you reason with a fool?" ”

Chu Nian sneered lightly: "Ah Qing, the other party is the prince, don't be rude, I'll go down now, you go over first." ”

Seeing that Ming Xiu really didn't mean to give way, Mu Qing had no choice but to agree, Chu Nian secretly got out of the carriage and was greeted by Ming Xiu into the prince's carriage.

When he arrived at the carriage, Ming Xiucai looked at Chu Nian and was silent.

Chu Nian sat across from him, and his heart was furious when he stared at him, so he frowned and said, "Your Highness, haven't you seen enough?" ”

Ming Xiu raised his eyebrows, "Nian'er is so beautiful, I can't get enough of it in my life." ”

Being teased by him, Chu Nian's face suddenly turned red, and she turned her head to the other side unnaturally, and at this time, the soft chair on her side was short, and the person actually sat down next to her.

Immediately after, the familiar fragrance of lotus flowers filled Chu Nian's nasal cavity, a big hand climbed on her shoulder, and as soon as her body became weak, she fell into a warm embrace.

The exhaustion of a whole month seemed to be emptied, and Chu Nian silently felt the temperature in this embrace, and suddenly blushed.

She has never promised his confession, but she has always been bad at refusing, and now it seems that she wants to cheapen this disciple.

Ming Xiu lowered his eyes, and saw the blush on her face, and couldn't help but move slightly, and his broad palm climbed up to her face, at this moment, Chu Nian was more like a kitten that had withdrawn his claws, obediently letting him caress her face, and after a while, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of strangeness came to his heart.

Ming Xiu smiled and looked at her increasingly sleepy face, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, what you did in Tingchuan, Lone knows it, that army, is it for Lone?" ”

Chu Nian squinted his eyes and didn't speak, obviously acquiescing, seeing her like this, Ming Xiu's mood became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but hug her tighter, feeling sorry for her and working hard for their great cause, and afraid that one day, he would lose this supreme treasure.

……

When she opened her eyes, the palace arrived, and she raised her eyes to a pair of soft eyes, and her heart was slightly warm, knowing that he was reluctant to call her, so she lazily got out of his arms.

"Your Highness has eaten all the way to tofu, is it enough?"

Ming Xiu looked at her with a pair of starry eyes, as if there were thousands of words in his eyes, "How do you call eating tofu?" Lone Ke is to protect you from Mu Qing's persecution. ”

Chu Nian pursed her lips and got out of the carriage, not far away, Mu Qing's flowery carriage was parked, seeing Chu Nian getting down from the carriage, she hurriedly rushed over and said with concern: "The prince likes you so much, didn't he take the opportunity to take advantage of you, right?" ”

These words are usually nothing, but Chu Nian blushed and said angrily: "No, Ah Qing is so enthusiastic, why don't I know." ”

Mu Qing showed an exaggerated expression, and then arched Chu Nian's elbow meaningfully, "Is it possible, do you like the prince?" It doesn't matter, as long as it's someone you like, I'll support you! ”

Chu Nian glanced at her, Ming Xiu had already gotten off the carriage, and when he saw Chu Nian, he stuck to Chu Nian's side, and it was the eunuch next to the Queen Mother who came to call Chu Nian, so he reluctantly let go of the hand that was pulling Chu Nian's arm.

Because the Queen Mother summoned Chu Nian alone, Chu Nian separated from the two and went to Cining Palace alone, when she arrived at Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was sitting on the top, and when she saw Chu Nian, she immediately beckoned to stop Chu Nian from saluting, "Nian'er doesn't need to follow those false courtesies, come here, I haven't seen you for a month, but I want to mourn my family." ”

I don't know if it's because of taking Zhuqing's elixir, the Queen Mother looks obviously a little more radiant than before, and she beckons Chu Nian to this stall, and she also has some strength in her hands, no wonder she treats Chu Nian like this, thinking it's because of Zhuqing.

Chu Nian smiled lightly and leaned on the side of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother took Chu Nian's hand and said: "Alas, I haven't seen you in January, Nian'er looks more and more mature, and now the affairs in the southeast are also assessed, you say, you have made such a great contribution, how should the mourning family reward you?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian lowered his head and said, "The Queen Mother doesn't need to worry. The emperor has already rewarded his courtiers. ”