After I kissed the rough man Khan, I was busy farming in the grassland

Yelu Yan and Li Xianyun walked and played like this, and finally arrived in Yanzhou.

Yuchi Hong personally led people out of the city to welcome them.

Yelu Yan arranged a position for him at the frontier. After he arranged the affairs in Yanzhou, he would go to the frontier to take up the post. Without Yelu Yan's order, he was afraid that he would not be able to return to Shangjing.

The carriage carrying Yelu Yan and Li Xianyun slowly stopped at the city gate.

Jinwu said outside the carriage, "Khan, Lord Yuchi is leading officials to welcome you at the city gate."

Yelu Yan looked at Li Xianyun who was sleeping in his arms.

The two had just made love and their clothes were in disarray.

These past few days, apart from having fun, the two of them spent time together doing shameful things.

Li Xianyun also indulged him and let him act as he pleased.

The carriage was still the one they used to come to the border. The seats had been removed, making it a large bunk bed covered with a thick blanket, just like a big bed.

Yelu Yan was a very angry person who kept making trouble day and night. Li Xianyun was seriously sleep deprived, so after Yelu Yan let her go, she nestled in his arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Yelu Yan gently pulled his arm out from under Li Xianyun's neck, sat up, covered Li Xianyun with the quilt, adjusted his collar a little, then opened the window and looked outside.

Yuchi Hong and the others knelt on the ground, bent their arms and saluted, saying: "Greetings to the Khan, greetings to the Queen."

Yuchi Hong lowered his head, his eyes sharp. Although he just took a quick glance, he did not see Li Xianyun.

Yelu Yan said calmly: "Get up."

"Thank you, Khan, and thank you, Queen."

Yuchi Hong stood up along with the other gentlemen. When he looked up, he saw Yelu Yan looking at him with a cold gaze. He immediately lowered his eyelashes respectfully.

He had some inappropriate thoughts about Li Xianyun, which were planted during the Later Tang Dynasty.

I thought I had hidden it well, but unexpectedly I was still discovered by Yelu Yan.

That's why Yelu Yan asked him to guard the border and didn't let him return to the capital.

Yuchi Hong was uneasy.

At the same time, he felt that this was a good thing. As a subject, he should be punished for having inappropriate thoughts about the queen.

Working at the frontier, the sky is high and the land is vast. It is a good thing even if we don't see Yelu Yan and Li Xianyun being in love.

After figuring this out, Yuchi Hong looked up and saw that the carriage had traveled some distance.

Yelu Yan, Li Xianyun and their entourage still stayed in the mansion where they had lived before.

On that day, Li Xianyun went to the government office and discussed with the officials. Then, the next day, she took the officials to the garment factory.

When she walked in the spacious courtyard of the garment factory, the female workers who saw her were stunned, and soon some of them called their friends and ran around to tell others.

In a short while, many female workers gathered in the huge yard.

Someone said, "Greetings to the Queen." The women workers knelt down and bowed. "Greetings to the Queen."

During the Battle of Xinzhou, Li Xianyun's identity was made public. Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. People in nearby counties and prefectures all knew that the kind and fair-skinned "Master Li" was the Khan's favorite - the Queen of Khitan.

When the female workers found out, they were surprised and overwhelmed with disappointment.

If Li Xianyun was Mr. Li, perhaps he would still remember these poor female workers.

If Li Xianyun was the queen, such a high and mighty figure, how could she care about a group of ants like them whose lives were as worthless as grass?
During these days, dark clouds shrouded the garment factory, extinguishing the fire of hope that the female workers had finally ignited.

When they heard that Li Xianyun followed the Khan back to Shangjing, they all fell into complete despair.

Unexpectedly, at the moment of despair, I saw Li Xianyun again.

It was a blessing from heaven. Li Xianyun asked everyone to stand up and said, "I came here today to tell everyone where they are going."

She said this and looked towards Youlan.

Youlan handed over a book respectfully.

Li Xianyun held up the book and said, "This is the book we found in Kewo's residence. It records in detail the trafficking of female workers. I have already discussed with the government and will give these trafficked female workers enough money to let them go home."

Most of the female workers in garment factories were trafficked.

At this moment they were extremely excited.

"Great."

"I can finally go home."

"That's all thanks to the Queen."

Many people shed tears of excitement as they spoke.

Someone knelt down to thank Li Xianyun, "Thank you, Queen."

Li Xianyun helped the female worker in front of her up, but more female workers knelt down.

She had no choice but to say, "Everyone, get up."

But no female worker stood up until Li Xianyun said, "I still have a lot to say. How can I say it while you are kneeling like this?"

The female workers then stood up with smiles on their faces.

A Han female worker timidly asked: "Queen, we want to return to our homeland, is that possible?"

These Han women were abducted and sold during the Later Tang or Later Liang dynasties and were subsequently sold to the Khitan.

Li Xianyun said: "This is one of the things I want to tell you. The government will contact Houliang and Houtang to issue you a pass. Then you can return to your homeland with the pass."

The joy of being able to see their loved ones brought many people to tears.

Li Xianyun looked at some of the female workers who had sad expressions - they were the wives of officials whose property was confiscated because their family members were convicted of crimes.

"As for the confiscated officials' families, they can be released back to their hometowns after they have served five years here. If they have not served five years yet, they can only be released after five years."

In fact, this applies to most of the families of convicted officials, some of whom have been in the garment factories for more than five years.

Even those officials’ wives who had not yet reached five years of marriage felt relieved, as at least they had hope.

Li Xianyun continued, "No matter what the situation is, if there are female workers who don't want to go home, they can continue to stay in the garment factory and get paid every month. From today on, the garment factory will return to its previous mode, recruiting helpers from outside and breaking away from the government. The clothes made will not only be supplied to the army, but also sold to the outside in spare time."

In this way, the garment workshop could not only accommodate many female workers, but also ensure a source of income.

Everyone was very happy when they heard this. The queen was really meticulous and had thought of every little detail.

After Li Xianyun arranged the matters of the garment factory, she went to the carpenter's shop with the officials.

The master carpenter saw Li Xianyun and came to greet her from a distance. He knelt down and saluted before he even came to her. "Your Highness, Queen."

Li Xianyun quickly helped the master up, "Master, no need to be so polite."

But the other craftsmen in the carpentry shop and the people who came to buy things bowed firmly.

Li Xianyun asked them all to get up.

Last time there were only three or two craftsmen in the carpentry shop, but this time there are more than twenty.

The huge factory building was also greatly modified and turned into a shop selling looms and cotton spinning machines, where people lingered. (End of this chapter)