"Yes, my sons obey the holy decree."

After saying that, Ji Qirui got up and left here, although he agreed to the emperor's arrangement on the surface, but after leaving the palace and returning to his prince's mansion, he couldn't help but start complaining to Xiao Jianyuan, "Why does my father want to treat me like this? I'm the crown prince, the eldest son! Future monarch. In the past, when Ji Changye and Ji Qimu were in the imperial capital, they were pressed everywhere, but I didn't expect them to press me when they left here! What am I inferior to them?"

It is precisely because of his noble status that Ji Qirui feels that he is so wronged, otherwise Ji Changye and themselves will not be in their eyes.

Listening to his words, Xiao Jianyuan sighed and comforted, "Your Majesty is also doing this for your own good. After all, you are too impulsive this time, and you have violated the majesty of His Majesty. Just let you go to the place of exile to suffer for a few days, without removing your status as the crown prince, it is already Your Majesty's grace. What else do you have to complain about?"

But now Ji Qirui can't listen to anything, and still insists on his own opinion and says, "It's obviously nonsense! Father must want to reuse Ji Changye and Lao Jiu, otherwise he wouldn't let them do anything there! Father is so foolish, isn't he afraid that they will do great rebellion?" He was now almost insane, and he began to desperately muttered to himself what he could not normally say.

"I think you're crazy! Prince, you can't get into trouble anymore at this juncture! If these words are heard by those who have a heart and reach the ears of His Majesty, not to mention you, even the Empress and our entire Xiao will be punished." Xiao Jianyuan said very helplessly, it seems that it will not work if he doesn't interfere in this matter now, otherwise according to Ji Qirui's current appearance, he may cause some trouble.

Seeing Ji Qirui's stunned appearance, Xiao Jianyuan continued to persuade him: "You, even if you don't think about your future career in life, you have to take care of your mother and the Xiao family's face, right? We've done our best to support you to this point, and you can't repay us with that. The most important thing now is not to rush anything, and to take everything slowly to grasp its essence and be able to defeat the enemy with one move. If you are in a hurry now, you will definitely be in a hurry." Xiao Jianyuan said.

"Grandfather is right, and it makes sense." Ji Qirui looked at him indifferently, Xiao Jianyuan thought that his words had played a role, but he didn't expect to hear Ji Qirui say next: "Since my father always likes to compare them with me, but if there were no them, wouldn't there be no one who could compare with me?" As soon as these words came out, people couldn't help but shudder.

Xiao Jianyuan looked at Ji Qirui in front of him in surprise, and hesitated to say, "You mean you want to ......" Speaking of the back, he didn't say it, after all, it's better not to say this kind of rebellious thing, or even just want to.

But Ji Qirui didn't care about these taboos at all and continued, "Ji Changye and Lao Jiu should stay there forever." He thought to himself: no one will be able to stop me then. When the time comes, both they and everyone will listen to me!

Seeing Ji Qirui smile dryly, Xiao Jianyuan only felt a burst of panic, he had already guessed what he wanted to do, but he still didn't give up and said, "Now your power is not stable, if you act rashly, it will definitely end in failure, where should you go then?" And do you think the Regent and the Nine Emperors are the ones who can be defeated so easily?" If this is the case, then they will not be afraid of these two people, because they are not a threat at all, but the truth is very different.

Xiao Jianyuan is not only worried about Ji Qirui, but also worried about the stability of the Xiao family in the court and the future glory and wealth.

"Grandfather, I have a certain amount of this in my heart. Don't worry anymore, I'll take care of this." After saying that, Ji Qirui resolutely turned around and left.

Then, he instructed the Rong people around him, "Send someone to monitor Ji Changye and the Nine Emperor Princes, and take action while they are unprepared. Don't hesitate, no matter what you do, remember?" His face was gloomy, and his words revealed fierceness.

Rong had never seen him like this, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, after all, he finally thought about himself, so he agreed to do his best to do this.

At the same time, Ji Changye and the others, who were far away in exile, didn't know Ji Qirui's plan

Concentrate on how to deal with the drought.

"Otherwise, according to the ancestors, set up a platform to ask for rain, if you can ask for it, it is the best, and if you can't ask for it, there is no loss, right?" He Yujin suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said his thoughts.

But it soon attracted Song Qian's rebuttal: "This stage requires manpower, material resources and financial resources, which are all a lot of expenses. The drought is raging here, the people are not enough to eat, their bodies and bones are weak, where can they do heavy work? Even if there are many people, where do we have surplus food for them? Even if the platform is set up, this rain does not mean that it can fall. If it is really useful to pray to God and worship Buddha, then there will not be so many disasters in the world. So, in the end, it's going to be empty joy, and everything will fall short?"

Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she asked Yuan Ruici, "Is there a big river around here?" Or is it a lake?"

"Yes, yes, but it's not close to here. And there was no way to bring the water over, so every time the government sent someone to fill it with water and come back. Tossing back and forth, no one has the strength, and no one is willing to go." Yuan Ruici sighed helplessly, he also wanted to solve the disaster as soon as possible, but he really couldn't help it due to natural disasters and human inaction.

After Ji Changye heard these words, he looked at Song Qian suspiciously and asked, "Song Niangzi wants to divert water?"

Song Qian nodded and said his idea: "Since there is water, there must be a way to attract it, so we will write to the imperial court and send people to dig a ditch to divert water." We're going to help too, and we'll always be able to dig it out. And I have observed the terrain here, there is a lot of precipitation there, the low-lying terrain is not easy to drain, and there must be a lot of waterlogging. Diverting water will not only solve the drought here, but also alleviate the waterlogging there."

Now she understands that the drought has to do with the weather and the inaction of the people here.

"What Song Niangzi said makes sense, and if you follow this route, several counties along the route can get water sources to alleviate the drought. But the only problem is that the soil here is loose and not easy to excavate." Ji Qimu spread out the map, pointed to the line on it and said to a few people.

This is a real problem.

But it's a last resort, and you'll have to give it a try anyway.

Without delay, Ji Changye went to write a recital, and then handed it to Changfeng and sent him to the imperial capital.

After finally having eyebrows, the expressions of several people were also much soothed.

And all this was seen by the people sent by Ji Qirui, and then rushed back to the imperial capital non-stop and informed Ji Qirui of this matter.

Rong suggested, "Your Highness, it is not easy for us to do this. But we can create some chaos so that we can get rid of them without us knowing."

Listening to his words, Ji Qirui became interested and asked, "What chaos? Tell me about it."

Rong showed a malicious smile, and then whispered in Ji Qirui's ear, listening to his idea, Ji Qirui agreed very much: "So do as you say, no matter what, this time they can't escape from my palm."

"Yes."

Three days later, the team sent by the emperor had already begun to dig the ditch under the command of Song Qian, and everything was going smoothly.

At night, Ji Changye entered the tent tent where she was stationed to send some food to Song Qian, and found that she was already physically and mentally exhausted and fell asleep on the chair, and she was really tired today.

Ji Changye couldn't bear to wake her up like this, so he put the rice bowl aside, then took off the cloak on his body to cover Song Qian, and found her a backrest to make her more comfortable.

Song Qian noticed these in her sleep, and suddenly woke up, she thought something was happening, and asked eagerly, "Is there an accident?"

"No, I just saw that you were asleep, and I was afraid that you would catch a cold and cover you, but I didn't expect to wake you up." Ji Changye explained comfortingly.

At this time, Song Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and also saw the cloak on his body.

She handed it to Ji Changye and said, "The night is cold here, Lord Wang, you have to pay attention to protect your body, if you are sick here, it is difficult to find a way to cure it." Don't get involved in the old diseases, it's yourself who suffers."

Ji Changye didn't take it, but said, "You are the commander

The backbone of this project should not fall ill. I'm fine, I've gotten better after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and there's nothing else to worry about. So don't worry about me, you better put it on."

The two of them were at a stalemate for a while.

This is Ji Qimu who walked in and was about to discuss the next route with Song Qian, and when he saw that Ji Changye was also here, he suddenly understood everything, and hurriedly turned around and retreated.

Song Qian knew that Ji Qimu had misunderstood, and hurriedly got up to chase after him to explain clearly, but was stopped by Ji Changye: "He won't think about it." He only thinks about it.

"I still think it's a bit stuffy here, so I want to go out and breathe. Do you want to be together?" Song Qian found a reason for himself.

Ji Changye shook his head and replied, "It's windy outside, and if you go out, you will definitely get sick. Song Niangzi, then you can eat. I'll go first, and then I'll have a good rest, and I'll be busy tomorrow." knew that Song Qian was uncomfortable here, so Ji Changye chose to leave after instructing, so as not to embarrass Song Qian.

Song Qian looked at his back and was a little stunned for a while, now she doesn't know how to face Ji Changye, she always feels that the care between the two people is very subtle, in the eyes of others, she is the princess regent, but only they know it, all this is just a scene.

But he seems to be inseparable from Ji Changye in the dark, as if something has restrained them together.

"Lord Wang." couldn't help it, Song Qian suddenly called Ji Changye.

Ji Changye turned around in surprise, but when he looked at Song Qian, Song Qian turned his head away, as if he was avoiding something.

"It's okay, let's get some rest early." Hearing this, Ji Changye nodded slightly disappointed and turned away.

Because the emperor kept sending people and materials from the imperial capital, and Zuo Huarong brought people to help, plus the project was not big and everything went smoothly, everything was completed in less than three months.

In the past three months, Song Qian and Ji Changye have never left.

"It's finally done." Song Qian looked at the water that came slowly and said very happily.

This also means that she can go back to Dijing to meet Yuanbao.