After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1278 Threatening to Abandon the City

"Hmm." The young scholars continued writing tirelessly, copying prescriptions... They were almost sick of it. Ever since they came to the Northeast, they had been writing and writing without a moment's rest.

Shi Songxin, Zheng Qianjia, and the others looked at Si Pei, all suspecting that this man's request to leave the city to record the heroines' battle achievements was a way of running away because he couldn't stand the accounting.

Si Pei glared at them: "Everyone has their own job, don't you understand?!"

Zheng Qianjia was slightly startled. This fool actually understood their eyes... Sure enough, everyone has become smarter after experiencing the war.

But for Si Pei, becoming smarter is a bad thing.

Because of Si Pei's identity, once he becomes clever and adept at political maneuvering, he is destined to become a political enemy, and a political enemy is someone who steals his future credit... Si Pei should just die outside the city.

If Si Pei is killed for helping a woman record her battle achievements, the Si family, including Si Pei's maternal grandparents' family, will definitely do everything in their power to kill Qin Xiaomi, so as to obtain the formula for a powerful weapon for the aristocratic families and add another weapon for them to trample on the royal family and plunder the world's interests!

Tsk tsk tsk, this thing is even worse than Lu Qian.

dong dong dong, dong dong dong!
"Your Highness, preparations are complete. It's time for Madam Guan to depart." Commander Wei came over to remind her, pointing to a man in centurion's armor and saying, "Commander Chu, from the Chu family of the capital region."

The Chu family of the capital region were also raised and released by the Wei royal family. Like the imperial guards, they were loyal to the royal family.

"Commander Chu, thank you for your trouble." Old Madam Guan nodded to the young man.

Commander Chu bowed and said, "It is my honor to be able to protect the Wei royal family."

"Grandma, take good care of yourself and wait for us to come back."

“Brother Nong, remember His Majesty’s reign title: Wuxing.”

Lord Yan and other government officials: "..."

Please don't teach the Prince of Ye, a gentle scholar, to be so ruthless!

"If Da Bao'er's second aunt sees Da Bao'er's second uncle, I will tell him that you are doing well and that I will bring him back. Don't worry!"

Aunt Qin was astonished. Was the old lady so considerate? She even cared about her.

"Thank you so much, sir. Please tell my eldest niece that her second aunt and I, along with the workshop workers, are not just freeloaders. We can all work and we know how to work!" Aunt Qin shouted.

Lord Yan's old body trembled... The women of the Qin family are extraordinary. This second daughter-in-law of the Qin family has no children, and her husband is still outside the city, his life or death unknown. Yet she doesn't care about her husband, but only leaves a message for her niece, and it is a message with this kind of metaphor of striving.

Do they really intend to keep the weapons in the hands of women instead of offering them to the imperial court?

They should eat and drink well while they can, because this is a dead end.

"Alright, I will definitely convey your message!" Old Madam Guan smiled, her whole demeanor brightening. If her health allowed, she would have loved to don armor and ride out of the city.

"Si Pei, get in the car, let's go!" Old Madam Guan called to Si Pei.

Si Pei was stubborn, thinking he was in a good position: "This junior will not ride in a carriage, this junior will ride a horse out of the city!"

They really don't know their own limitations.

"Brother Pei, stop showing off, let's get in the carriage and go!" Si Feng endured the pain from his injuries (stabs from the assassin students, but not serious), pulled Si Pei into the carriage, and smiled at Madam Guan, "Madam, let's go."

"You're going too? Alright, drive, let's go!" Madam Guan led several female assassins into the carriage, and under the escort of the imperial guards and Wei soldiers such as Commander Chu, they sped out of Wuyuan Street and headed out of the city.

"Good heavens, after all that dawdling, they're finally leaving," the officials complained.

Dangdang Dangdang!
As the gong sounded, the clerk announced, "Gentlemen, we have added another measure to prevent the plague: any cases of persistent diarrhea that are also contagious must be reported immediately and isolation measures implemented!" "Listen for rumors circulating in the city about meritorious women. If any rumors attempt to exonerate them, arrest them immediately and bring them to the gate of Wu Garden for execution as a warning!"

No wonder they're from the Wei family, they're truly ruthless.

"Yes." The officials each had their own thoughts, but they kept them to themselves and quickly left to carry out the King of Ye's orders.

Not long after they left, the messengers also left in batches.

The Prince of Ye, the Qi envoy, and others then returned to the Wu Tower.

Qin Xiaogu and her entourage's carriage was still parked on the road, allowing Guan Shuli to see his wife and children from a distance of three meters.

"Da Bao'er, wake up and look at your father." Aunt Qin lifted Da Bao'er up, facing the clerk, and shook him.

"Waaah!" Da Bao'er is so annoyed by these adults. Can't they just let the baby sleep and grow properly?

"Haha, the boy cries so loudly!" praised Madam Sun.

With a smile on his face, Clerk Guan looked gently at the crying Da Bao'er, then his gaze fell on Qin Xiaogu, and he said to her, "Wife, thank you. Don't worry, our family will definitely get better and better."

Aunt Qin nodded, coaxing Da Bao'er, and said, "Yes, our family will get better and better."

They are adults who are responsible for their own households, so they must hold on and protect this home for the elderly and children.

As long as the Prince of Ye remains in power, and as long as she and the Prince of Ye remain husband and wife, no wolves in the city will be able to take away Xiao Mi's weapon!
Ugh, single guy Qi Tianshi really disliked the couple's mushy talk.

He turned to look at Qin Xiaogu, and immediately became much more refreshed: "Young Master, if you've finished sorting out the previous accounts, you can go and get the ledgers back to work on them. We're short-handed, and you've done a great job, so don't let yourself be too idle."

"It's all sorted out, but we still need to double-check it. I'll speed things up and get it done," Qin Xiaogu replied. The boy had lost a lot of weight; his baby fat was gone, and he looked rather pitiful.

Outside the gate of Wuyuan, after the clerk and his group had been gone for a while, Aunt Qin Er took Qin Xiaomai's hand and followed the Qin Jiang, Xu Qiao and other families back to their temporary residence to continue their quarantine measures against the plague.

"Second Aunt, hold on for three more days. If we don't have a fever after three days, we can go to Wuyuan Garden and chat with Grandma, Aunt, Brother, Xiaozhu, and Dabao from a distance," Qin Xiaomai said gently, trying to comfort her Second Aunt, afraid that she would worry about Second Uncle.

Aunt Qin laughed and pinched his cheek: "You've lost a lot of weight, you need to eat more."

Eat as much as you can while you still have food, lest the supply lines be seized by the enemy a month or two later, preventing the food from reaching the capital city, which would then be short of food and make it difficult to find food.

In fact, after the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth of August, no more grain was delivered from the grain route from Taizhou Prefecture to the capital city.

Fortunately, Kang Rong's death opened up the private granaries in the city. Now, each household has opened its private granaries and handed over the supplies to the government troops for distribution, so the city's supply has not been interrupted.

"Second Aunt, let's eat taro stems today. The taro tubers aren't quite ready to be dug yet, but we can eat the taro stems. Taro stems are also a kind of food," Qin Xiaomai said.

“Okay, let’s have pickled taro stems with steamed buns today, it’s very appetizing… Hmm, I’ll also add an egg for you.” Aunt Qin agreed and took Qin Xiaomai to the backyard of their temporary residence to pick taro stems.

These potatoes were planted in the spring by the Xue family, along with members of the merchant alliance, using the names of Wu Yuan, Qi Tianshi, Qiong Lao, and the young masters of the school.

No fertile land to cultivate? Xue Dongjia and his family took the lead in planting sweet potatoes and grains in their own backyard, as well as in the front and back yards of their houses inside and outside the Wuyuan Garden.

Unfortunately, because Gu Chengyong still occupied the capital city at that time, most of the households in the capital city did not plant it.

Those who followed the trend and planted it are now very fortunate, since the edible grains are growing in their own gardens, which gives them peace of mind.

However, the noble families, powerful clans, wealthy households, and even ordinary people in the capital city did not want to stay in the city any longer.

"The enemy has already reached the city gates! Why aren't you hurrying out of the city to escape the disaster? If you stay here, are you trying to wait for the main enemy force to arrive so that everyone can die inside the city?!"