Mingjia was worried, "Mom, I hope Fourth Brother won't be beaten up."
When the aunt hit people, it hurt so much that Mingjing often covered her buttocks.
Su Xuan smiled and said, "No, your aunt has experience and won't hurt Xiao Si."
Mingjia, "..."
This experience was probably gained from Brother Mingteng and Mingjing.
Mingjia stood up and asked, "Shall I go see Fourth Brother?"
"Don't go. Wait until your aunt has finished scolding Xiao Si before going. If you go to your aunt now, Xiao Si will only be more angry."
The elder sister-in-law will be even more angry because she is not as sensible as her younger brother.
Mingjia didn't dare to go over, "Mom, I hope Fourth Brother won't blame me."
Su Xuan was not worried. "No, this kid knows everything. He just has a bad temper because he has been spoiled since he was a child. It's good to teach him a lesson. He will be able to control his temper in the future."
As she spoke, she touched her son's head. Minghui had the capital to throw a tantrum because his two older brothers supported everything, but her son couldn't. His temperament was a bit like hers and a bit like her husband's, and more like her, which caused him a lot of worry.
On the contrary, the daughter is exactly like her husband. Her son has a father with no ambition, a sister who is destined to be rich, and the only son of the fourth wife. She will have to worry too much about him in the future. Oh, when will her son grow up so that she can relax.
In the evening, everyone who went to the yamen came back. No one sympathized with Minghui, and everyone agreed that Minghui should control his temper.
Mingyun and Mingteng came to see Minghui together. The power of his two brothers added together was not more than two, but doubled. Minghui finally clasped his hands together and begged for mercy, "I was wrong, I was really wrong, big brother, second brother, please stop."
He really reflected on it and will never do it again.
In Qizhou, Dong came into the government office carrying a food box. Chang Lian was resting on the table. He got up when he heard footsteps. When he saw it was his wife, he relaxed and asked, "Why are you here?"
Mrs. Dong put the food box on the table. "I was afraid you didn't have any food, so I brought it to you personally."
Chang Lian got up and washed his face, his mind cleared up a lot, "I thought I just took a nap for a while, it's almost dark now, not to mention I'm really hungry."
Mrs. Dong set the table and said, "I see from your face that you didn't sleep again last night?"
Chang Lian was really hungry. He took the bowl and took two bites before replying, "I didn't sleep well after a while. There are too many things going on in the city. You know there's not much food left."
"Then where does the food outside the city come from now?"
Chang Lian, "Some of the military rations were misappropriated."
Fortunately, the military rations and granaries have always been managed and stored separately. General Liu took the initiative to borrow it. Only then did he realize that there was a lot of military rations stored for defending the city.
Mrs. Dong was reluctant to talk about the military rations, so she only talked about her own family. "There are only you and me in our family, and we don't have many servants. Do you think we should donate some food?"
Chang Lian shook his head. "I have already donated medicine once, so there is no need to donate food immediately. I have already thought of a way. Many of the noble families in the state capital have their own farms. They have stored food. I will borrow some food from them this time."
"They will?"
She didn't believe that they would lend out food. The last time they donated medicinal herbs, the noble family didn't donate much.
Chang Lian's nasal tone became heavier, "They have to borrow food this time."
General Liu received reports from refugees and actually caught a few instigators. The origins of these people were somewhat surprising, but they could be made into a big deal.
Chang Lian whispered: "Don't go out recently, wait for me to come back home, the affected states are not peaceful."
Qizhou was considered to have reacted quickly, while Lizhou was in chaos.
Mrs. Dong took note and said, "Then I'll ask Fenmo to come back on time to get the meal."
Chang Lian nodded, "Okay."
He really needs to be well nursed back to health. The prefect is recovering from his injuries. If he falls ill again, Qizhou will be even more unstable.
Two days later in the capital, the emperor smiled when he read the letter from the grassland tribes, saying that they could borrow troops to join the war, but the court would be responsible for the food and fodder. What was his idea? They really thought he was a fool. They would eat the food he gave and attack the army from behind. What a good plan.
Zhou Shuren was curious why the emperor suddenly called him into the palace. When he entered, he saw the emperor reading a letter with a creepy smile.
The emperor laughed enough and handed the letter to Zhou Shuren, "The Yi Banner wants to lend us troops."
Zhou Shuren quickly read the letter and said with a sigh, what a good plan. This was the idea when the princess was sent to the palace. "Do you want to borrow this soldier?"
The emperor was delighted. "Lend it, why not? It's free meat buns delivered to your door."
Zhou Shuren understood that the emperor was preparing to make dumplings. "Your Majesty asked me to come?"
"Food and fodder must be prepared. Food and fodder must be prepared."
Zhou Shuren understood, "I understand."
This is to make a fuss about food and other supplies. The emperor got a lot of secret medicines from the Yao family and has been researching them for years. Who knows what kind of terrible poison they will come up with.
Now it all depends on who has the better skills in their calculations against each other.
Moreover, the horses of the Yi Banner are all good horses. Not to mention that the emperor is jealous, he has been jealous for a long time.
The emperor borrowed troops from the Yi Banner tribe. The princess of the Yi Banner tribe in the harem was trembling. She took the reward to Aruna's palace and asked, "Why didn't my sister's tribe lend me troops?"
Aruna thought to herself, because she had to be on guard against you, she hid the sarcasm in her eyes and said with a smile: "My sister's tribe has surrendered to the emperor, but the tribe does not have as many soldiers as my sister's tribe. The existing troops are also used to protect the tribe's caravans, so we really can't lend them out. I am really ashamed."
Princess of the Yi Banner said, "We princesses of foreign tribes still rely on our own tribes."
Aruna touched her belly, "Sister is right."
The princess of the Yi Banner found it extremely boring. Aruna agreed with whatever she said. She also disliked the jewelry that was given as a reward and left in displeasure after sitting for a while.
Aruna didn't know if the princess was really stupid, she only knew that after a while, she would stop bothering her.
In Zhoujia Village, the news that King Qin had been assassinated spread from the border. It was rumored that King Qin's life or death was unknown. Jiang Miaogang was a little panicked when he heard the news.
Jiang Miao quickly realized that something was wrong and calmed down. A war could break out on the border at any time. The news of the assassination of King Qin did not come from the capital, but from the border. This was intriguing.
Seeing her sister-in-law's calmness, Jiang Muting couldn't help but ask, "Isn't your sister-in-law worried?"
Jiang Miao knew that her stepsister wanted a favor from her, but unfortunately she didn't want to give it, "This news must be fake."
"How do you know?"
"A war is about to break out on the border. The assassination of the King of Qin has affected morale. This is obviously a conspiracy."
Jiang Muting, "Is that so?"
She was thinking of sending someone to get information, but now there is no need for that.
Jiang Miao said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, I'm going to write a letter back to Beijing to ask. I'm going back first."
"good."
Dong Yiyi was happy that her daughter-in-law ignored Jiang Muting. As soon as her daughter-in-law left, Dong Yiyi said, "It's getting late. I won't keep you here."
Jiang Muting, "I don't have a place to stay when I return to my parents' home?"
"please."
She was able to hold back her anger and talk because of her husband's kindness, otherwise she would not have said a word.