Xiaocao was busy for eight or nine hours. If nothing else, his legs would have become stiff from standing.
In the end, everyone almost forced her to rest. Seeing that there was indeed nothing too difficult, Xiaocao agreed. When she turned around, she saw Wei Tingyu sitting quietly. He looked no different from before, but Xiaocao felt inexplicably guilty.
Wei Tingyu stood up, walked into Xiaocao, took her hand, and gently kneaded it, "Eat something first, then take a rest."
Xiaocao nodded, her rare intuition telling her that no matter what he said, it would be best to go along with him.
In order to save time, the hospital has arranged temporary accommodation for Xiaocao. It is a small courtyard with only three rooms. Although it is much smaller than the residence Xiaocao lived in Kaiping Imperial City, it is already very large in Xiaocao's opinion.
When the two of them went there together, the maid had already prepared everything. Although the food was not very rich, it was the best for her at the moment. Moreover, the cook was the imperial chef - this was considered special care from Emperor Xuanren.
After Xiaocao and the others had their meal and digested it, Xiaocao took a hot bath while Wei Tingyu massaged her hands, arms, shoulders and neck. It must be said that Wei Tingyu's massage technique was quite good. Xiaocao often helped him with massage in the past, so naturally he also wanted Xiaocao to relax when she needed it.
Xiaocao felt so comfortable after the massage that she fell asleep in the bathtub. When she felt that she was almost done, Wei Tingyu took her out of the bathtub, wrapped her in a blanket, and put her directly back on the bed. He then patiently massaged her body. Since she was sleeping on a kang bed, she would not feel cold.
Xiaocao was in a daze, talking to Wei Tingyu incoherently. In fact, she probably didn't know what she said. However, Wei Tingyu would not try to trick her at this time. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel sorry for her, but there were some things he couldn't say, so he could only take care of her as much as possible.
—Wei Tingyu followed stubbornly. Besides not wanting to part with Xiaocao, the main reason was that he knew Xiaocao's temper and was afraid that the servants below would not be able to persuade her and let her exhaust herself. Although she was young, it didn't matter if she endured for a short time. However, this battle could not be finished in a short time. If it took a long time, even the strongest would not be able to withstand it. She didn't listen to others' advice, so his words were more effective.
Only after making sure that Xiaocao was asleep and he had pressed the massage enough did Wei Tingyu stop and go to wash up.
After resting, Xiaocao revived with full blood and started to be busy again, and this cycle repeated.
During the day, Wei Tingyu would wander around the north city. No one knew what he was doing. He had a lot of people with him, but only a few followed him. No one knew what they were doing.
At the same time, after he had almost finished his tour, Wei Tingyu began to contact civil officials from all sides in the North City. It can be said that these people did not know at first that Princess Anguo was among the visitors. By the time they found out, she had already settled down in the hospital and was busy saving people all day long. They had no time to deal with them, so these people knew better than to disturb them.
Now that the son-in-law, who is also the commander and the military supervisor, has come to visit, they naturally dare not neglect him. Beicheng is the capital of the north, and the configuration of officials is naturally the same as that of the capital, but the military officers are all real military officers, and those who serve as civil servants in this area can also pick up swords and ride horses to kill the enemy. Correspondingly, the presence of civil officials is much lower. The status of civil and military officials here is absolutely unequal. It is absolutely impossible for civil officials to make trouble. Only those who do their own job well can stay here for a long time. Of course, those who are really ambitious usually want to transfer after their term of office is over, but such people usually don't come here.
Nowadays, the civil servants in the North City are all honest people.
Although this military supervisor did not go to supervise the army, he came to the government office, which was really puzzling.
However, Wei Tingyu came with the "handwritten order" from King Dingbei.
Wei Tingyu naturally informed Mu Bei about what he wanted to do. After all, the current situation was special, and there were many Dingbei Army members in the city. If Mu Bei didn't know, as soon as he made a move, the other side would definitely intervene, and unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts would occur. This was not Wei Tingyu's intention, so even if he didn't like Mu Bei, he would not act on impulse, otherwise he would have framed Mu Bei and killed him directly at the beginning.
With Mu Bei's agreement, the civil officials would naturally obey Wei Tingyu's orders.
Wei Tingyu only had one thing to do, which was to conduct a "census" in the North City. He had to confirm every head, even the children, and at the same time find out all their relatives. He had to be extra careful with the caravans coming and going - even though Qi Dynasty and Liuqi were fighting fiercely now, the trade between the two countries had never been interrupted. Of course, it was all private, not official. It was easy to imagine what was being transported to Liuqi. It was definitely a huge profit. The reason why Qi Dynasty did not cut it off was because the caravans' trading volume was strictly limited. This gave the caravans a chance to make a fortune, but it was also limited.
Wei Tingyu's intention behind such a big move is actually very obvious. You know, in special times, both sides will send out a large number of spies, and perhaps they have been deployed long ago, and will also take action at this time. It is very necessary to conduct an investigation.
Although the Dingbei Army has done a lot in this regard, Wei Tingyu still feels that it is not enough. After all, Xiaocao is here now, and he cannot afford to make any mistakes. Some people in Liuqie know how important Xiaocao is to Qi Chao, and who can guarantee that they will not pay attention to her? Therefore, it is never too careful.
It just so happened that this was the consensus of the Dingbei Army and even the entire northern land. Therefore, after learning of Wei Tingyu's idea, Mu Bei even directly handed over the entire Beicheng to Wei Tingyu.