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Chapter 724

Jiang Yuebai then told her how to test Xie Zhili, "It's very simple. You call her to sleep with you. If she claims to be sick and doesn't go, then she's a modern person. If she goes, then she's probably not."

Li Beichen laughed, "After all this time, you're asking me to use your beauty trap. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"No." Jiang Yuebai answered very straightforwardly. After he finished speaking, he felt that he had made a mistake and quickly tried to make up for it, "It's because the emperor's charm is so great."

"Well," Li Beichen frowned slightly, "What if she has no bottom line?"

Jiang Yuebai shook his head. "Any modern person would completely resist this. This age is so young, you can convert it. But it was different in ancient times. There was no such rule in the education of women in ancient times."

Li Beichen, "What if she predicts our prediction and goes all out?"

Jiang Yuebai thought for a moment and asked, "You are a modern person, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you know how many years she will be sentenced to, right? She has no bottom line, but you have yours, right? Could she drug you? Oh, if she takes the initiative to drug you, how are you going to deal with it?"

Li Beichen was suddenly stumped by the question, twirled his ring, and finally said coldly, "Send her to the cold palace."

Jiang Yuebai did not comment on this. Giving medicine is almost equivalent to poisoning, which involves life safety and is intolerable. She thinks that the person should be beheaded, but banishing him to the cold palace is also a relatively severe punishment.

"You can try it today. If she refuses, you can pretend to force her. If she struggles hard, it proves that there is something wrong with her. If she doesn't refuse, and she really is as eager to win your favor as she showed before, you can pretend to suddenly regret it and let her go."

She didn't say anything after that.

If Xie Zhili resolutely rejects Li Beichen, then the day after tomorrow's ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens and choosing the queen will become her engagement ceremony. The formal ceremony of enthronement will become the wedding ceremony, and that night will be the wedding night.

Marriage is a major event in life no matter in ancient or modern times. No matter whether Xie Zhili is a native or a modern person who traveled through time, such a plan can be called perfect.

If this is true, was it Mrs. Xie's plan, or her own plan, or was there another master planning behind her?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuebai shuddered.

Li Beichen also thought of what she thought of. He realized the seriousness of the problem. He even thought further and more.

If Xie Zhili was made queen, then the pregnant Jiang Yuebai would be her biggest threat. She only needed to arrange assassins to make Jiang Yuebai give birth prematurely. She would definitely not survive if she gave birth prematurely at this time.

The eldest prince would then become the biggest bargaining chip. If he was given to Xie Zhili to raise, she would protect him. If he was not given to her, she might kill him.

Xie Zhili had previously attacked the group by hinting that Xu Fang had poisoned the mung bean soup, and then put the blame on Qi Zhaoyi, who was then covered by Xu Fang. He even used the opponent's power to seduce Chanjuan to take action, exposing the nails that Meng Xin had arranged in the imperial kitchen, and forced Meng Zhao to send Chanjuan away. In the end, he himself was not implicated at all.

Of course, he deliberately allowed Xu Fang to secretly collude with Xie Zhili in order to test Xie Zhili and also to test Xu Fang's loyalty.

The incident of Concubine Lie was triggered by Concubine Lie provoking Concubine Yi, Jiang Yuebai taught Concubine Yi a lesson, Xie Zhili took the initiative and then brought the dog to the door, which directly caused Concubine Lie's death. The timing of the attack was very clever.

I have never thought of touching the Xie family before, so I have turned a blind eye to these things. If the Xie family takes the initiative to cross the line, that would be another matter.

Li Beichen touched Jiang Yuebai's head and said, "What are you thinking about in your little head? It's a mess. I know my limits. Don't worry."

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After Li Beichen accompanied Jiang Yuebai for lunch, he went to the Qinzheng Hall.

Liang Xiaobao asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you want to keep an eye on the people in Qixia Palace?"

Li Beichen thought for a moment and said casually, "Go ahead. Be careful not to alert the enemy. If you can't do that, don't monitor them."

"I understand. I will ask people to be more careful." Liang Xiaobao responded respectfully.

Afterwards, Li Beichen asked Liang Xiaobao to summon several ministers to the Qinzheng Hall for an audience.

The first one to come was Meng Xiang.

Li Beichen decided to take a month's sick leave, so he left Meng Xiang in Beijing for a month before going to Fujian to take up his post. From August 16th to now, it has been exactly one month.

Meng Xiang also knew it well.

After greeting, Li Beichen tapped the table and said, "First of all, I don't want to waste Meng Zhao's belongings, so I have sent someone to pack them up. You can take them with you later as a keepsake."

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Meng's eyes became moist and he was overwhelmed with emotions. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank the Lord for his grace.

"Second, I intend to have you lead the troops and the people to move back to Jilong. Vegetables, seeds, farm tools, firearms, and boats will be arranged for you. As for the people, they will be moved in from Guangdong and Fujian.

We will also allocate some funds to you, about one million taels, to be distributed to you over three years. You will mainly rely on your people and the people to be self-reliant. As for the female family members, they will be arranged to go there later. You will settle down there in the future. There is only one goal, which is to keep Jilong for me. If the Japanese pirates come, we will fight them thoroughly and not let them occupy it. Jilong is our territory and cannot be violated. As long as you are here, Jilong will be there! Otherwise, I will bring my head to you."

Meng Xin said excitedly, "I will definitely fulfill my mission."

This is equivalent to the emperor allowing him to govern himself in Jilong, letting him serve as the governor of Jilong and handle all matters independently.

This meant that the emperor was demoted in name only and promoted in reality, and placed great trust in him.

"Also, return to Beijing once a year to review your work and meet your sons."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Xiang knelt down respectfully and saluted. The second person to come was Ye Ming.

Li Beichen told Meng Xin about the matter of stationing him in the chicken coop and asked him to do his best to cooperate with Meng Xin to settle down in the chicken coop and coordinate the financial matters.

He was not afraid of Meng Xin's rebellion.

Unlike the later wealthy and advanced countries, Jilong was still a wild land with extremely low productivity and frequent attacks by Japanese pirates. If they still wanted to counterattack Fujian, they would be courting death.

Moreover, Meng Xin's family and three sons were all in the capital. Meng Xin was a sinister and cruel man, but he was very kind to his family and attached great importance to family affection. He had sent all the family members of the Meng family to Jing'an Temple in order to form a restraint.

Finally, Ye Ming was asked to prepare to bring the second daughter into the palace three days later as a sign of winning her over.

The third one to come was Lu Kunming, the Jinwu Guard.

Lu Kunming was originally sent by Jiang Yuebai to Juyongguan to deliver explosives to the king, and he was very brave and loyal. After Mao Yuliang was assigned to Anbei Protectorate, Li Beichen promoted him to the commander of Jinwu Guard.

Li Beichen talked to him about the security issues for the day after tomorrow. The two of them considered all the aspects again and made some arrangements.

Finally, Li Beichen asked Lu Kunming if he was married. Lu Kunming stammered that the other party was from a high-class family and he could not marry her.

Li Beichen said calmly, "This is a simple matter. Tell me which family the girl is from. I will grant you the marriage right away."

Lu Kunming was very shy, "I'm worried she won't like it."

Li Beichen smiled cheerfully, "Is there any girl who doesn't like a young and promising young man like Lu Qing?"

Lu Kunming felt embarrassed and stammered that it was Lord Han Ziqian's sister, Princess Chengping.

No wonder you say it’s out of your reach.

Lu Kunming then told how he fell in love with Princess Chengping at first sight.

Li Beichen remembered that when Princess Chengping entered the palace, she said that she already had a lover. This was a bit difficult. It was hard to say whether this lover was Lu Kunming.

But in ancient times, marriages were arranged by parents and matchmakers, and relationships were cultivated after marriage. Li Beichen agreed immediately.

At this time, the three-month period had expired and people were free to hold weddings and funerals. Li Beichen asked Liang Xiaobao to draft an imperial decree to marry Princess Chengping to Lu Kunming and choose an auspicious date for the wedding.

Lu Kunming was filled with gratitude and knelt down to kowtow. Li Beichen suddenly asked, "Lu Qing, what do you think of Mengshu?"

Lu Kunming expressed his opinion on Meng Shu, which was of course full of praise. He mentioned that he was trusted and reused because he killed Feng Ting, the commander of the palace army who was the confidant of the King of Wei and was plotting against the king, and saved Jiang Yuebai, who was still Concubine Rui at the time.

Li Beichen did not express his opinion in person.

Meng Shu was originally sent to Juyongguan by Jiang Yuebai together with Lu Kunming to deliver weapons and equipment, and followed Li Beichen through life and death.

Before Lu Kunming went there, he was already Mao Yuliang's deputy and had a high prestige, so it was natural for him to be promoted.

Meng Shu was only fourteen years old, just an ordinary guard. Although he was brave and good at fighting, Li Beichen thought that he needed more training and observation, so he transferred him from the Palace Army Guard to the Jinyi Guard, and still made him an ordinary guard.

These days, Mengshu has carried out many tasks and completed them well.

Lichun is still young and only knows a little bit of Kung Fu. If something goes wrong, it is far from enough to protect Jiang Yuebai. And the people who are placed around Jiang Yuebai must be cautious, safe, and loyal.

Li Beichen decided to assign Meng Shu to Jiang Yuebai.

When Lichun told Jiang Yuebai that there was a young guard waiting outside the door, saying that he was sent by the Emperor to protect the Empress closely, Jiang Yuebai asked Lichun to bring him in.

When he saw the person coming, Jiang Yuebai remained expressionless, but he was surprised and happy in his heart.

The same thing happened to Meng Shu. When he heard that he was going to protect Concubine Ning, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Concubine Ning is his idol.

That day, Concubine Ning held a sword in one hand and a human head in the other, wearing a bright red pomegranate-colored dress, looking as bold and domineering as a god of war. Every scene was engraved in his mind.

The white jade bracelet given to him by Concubine Ning was also carefully wrapped in red cloth and kept as a treasure.

Now that he gets to work for his idol, how can he not be excited.

The joy in his eyes and brows could not be concealed, and he bowed politely, "This young general pays respect to Her Majesty, Concubine Ning."

Jiang Yuebai smiled slightly and gave Lichun a look, "Okay. I will give you a dagger as a gift. Lichun, bring me the double-edged dagger that I made myself."

Meng Shu played with it with great delight, rubbing the word "Jiang" on the handle. He pulled the dagger out of the sheath, and saw it gleaming with cold light. He couldn't help but praise it, "It's really sharp."

Jiang Yuebai said slowly, "This dagger can cut iron like mud, use it with caution. If you have nothing else to do, follow me to practice."

"Thank you, Imperial Concubine Ning, for your trust. I will definitely fulfill my mission."