Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 269 Another Change of Person
Mei Qian always felt that it was very bold for an ancient person like Qi Chen to confess his feelings so bluntly.

But just when Mei Qian thought Qi Chen was very bold, after Qi Chen confessed his true feelings to her that night, he rested for a night in the palace, left a letter and ran away without saying a word.

This cowardly look of trying to cover up one's mistakes made Mei Qian feel both amused and helpless.

Brave and cowardly.

However, she and Qi Chen can be considered a perfect match.

The one who is last should not make fun of the one who is second to last.

Mei Qian couldn't sleep well after that night because of Qi Chen's words. She tossed and turned in the second half of the night, fearing that Qi Chen would come to her the next day and ask her what she was thinking.

The moment Mei Qian learned that Qi Chen had run away, she breathed a sigh of relief.

To be more practical, if someone who is powerful, rich, has a house, and is not under pressure from his parents, and is also handsome, suddenly confesses to you, even if you didn't know him before, you would just give in to his real conditions.

Are you excited?
For the sake of money, she has to jump twice more per second.

But this was the ancient times, a time when family background was both the most and least important.

Because your so-called family background is just a word from those in a higher position.

As a result, Mei Qian felt a little upset again.

When she thought about it carefully, she realized that she did have some feelings for Qi Chen, but she was neither willing nor brave enough to pin her entire life on him just for that little bit of feeling.

There is still a lot that needs to be considered between the two of them, at least Mei Qian herself has not figured it out yet.

"Ah~"

Suddenly she realized that she was old enough to fall in love, but she felt embarrassed to be so aggressive right away.

"No, you sighed at least ten times today. Sighing is not good."

In the study, after the New Year, the atmosphere in the Li Su Mansion began to become tense - Qi Fei planned to catch Xirong off guard in early spring!
At the very least, she had to retake Yunzhong City as soon as possible!

A group of staff have been calculating various tactics in Qi Chen's study room these days, and the food and supplies prepared before the New Year have also been adjusted accordingly.

Mei Qian also always followed Qi Fei, listening to the deployment between her and her subordinates and occasionally offering some suggestions.

It actually seems quite normal, but Qi Fei found that Mei Qian has been sighing a lot recently.

"Nothing, just some emotion."

Mei Qian deliberately changed the subject and said, "I originally only heard that you had female officials under you, but after I came here, I didn't see too many of them. I didn't expect that you actually had a female army."

Just after the New Year, Mei Qian saw a group of female light cavalry coming to Xinquan, which shocked her.

"The Li Su Mansion has always had female soldiers, but this matter has not been reported to the court since my father took over. The Ministry of War will not be willing to allocate military pay for female soldiers."

"Why did Prince Jing recruit female soldiers?"

Mei Qian thought that the female soldiers were built by Qi Fei, but she didn't expect that they existed when Prince Jing was around.

"Didn't I tell you about Tianxue City before? Tianxue City is connected to the Western Regions, and the customs there are very different from those in our Anguo.

There are also herdsmen in Tianxue City. Their customs are somewhat similar to those of the Western Rong people, and their temperaments are tough. And it's not just the men, the women too.

If the husband dies, in order to protect the family's cattle and sheep, the women in the family will do the work of the former male owner, such as herding sheep and cattle, riding horses and shooting wolves.

In addition, our soldiers are stationed there not only to prevent the Western Rong people from taking a detour and secretly attacking Tianxue City, but also to prevent horse thieves from the Western Regions.

However, the locals also hate horse thieves, so they will organize their own militia to fight against them.

In some families where there are not many men, women will also join in.

When my father took over the Lisu Prefecture, he discovered that when the Western Rong invaded Anguo, there was a very powerful female hero in Tianxue City who organized her own troops to fight against the Western Rong invaders who invaded Tianxue City. When my father learned about it, he took a closer look and organized a female army for Tianxue City. The army was named "Guli Army" after the deceased female hero.

"Ah, then it's great that you arranged for those women to stay in Tianxue City."

After hearing this, Mei Qian couldn't help but feel happy for the women who were about to set off for Tianxue City.

The light cavalry in the Guli Army was specially sent to escort them, but after they all left, Mei Qian discovered that only a small part of the Guli Army was escorted back.

There are still nearly five thousand troops left here.

"Mei Qian, you told me about women serving as officials that day..."

When Mei Qian later asked about the arrangements for these Guli troops, Mei Qian did not expect that Qi Fei would actually hand this army over to Mei Qian.

Regarding this explanation, Qi Fei said that after Mei Qian told her those things about the woman, she thought of Gulijun at that time.

“Mei Qian, this team is handed over to you. Since you want to change the current predicament of this woman, then… I will give you more helpers.

Regarding the imperial examination for women that you mentioned, I have tentatively asked Mr. Yanliang about it. Although he did not quite agree with it, I still agreed with some of what he said.

You want to break up the power of the aristocratic families through the imperial examination for women, but have you ever thought that those women may not be the same as you? "

Qi Fei cares about Mei Qian, so Mei Qian should be grateful.

Then, Mei Qian heard her say: "So, I want you to lead this Guli Army to fight for a place for women in the court for you and them."

After hearing this, Mei Qian bowed to Qi Fei and said, "I will definitely live up to the princess' trust!"

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The only people who knew about Qi Chen's secret escape were the palace eunuchs An Ji, Chu Ji and Mu Ying.

After Qi Chen came back, he once again received explosive news.

"Qi Yu is dead?" Qi Yu had just returned when Mu Ying told him the news. Qi Yu was shocked. "When did it happen?"

"Your Highness, during the New Year, after Qi Yu died, Prime Minister Wu Hui joined forces with the other great officials to help Qi Yu's two-year-old son ascend the throne. Currently, the Queen Mother is the regent, but it seems that the Prime Minister and other civil officials are still in control of the government."

"Qi Yu's youngest son...where is his eldest son Qi Ming?"

"He also died of illness along with Qi Yu."

After hearing this, Qi Chen glanced at Mu Ying, and Mu Ying also looked at Qi Chen.

The two of them knew each other tacitly that there was something wrong with the matter.

It’s good to have a young son. He is easy to control.

"Before the New Year, they sent me news that Yao Lin might change the situation. I didn't expect it to be like this just after the New Year, and the change would be this way."

"Your Highness, there is one more thing." After Qi Chen sighed, Mu Ying's expression remained expressionless. He then continued, "It is said that the new emperor in Jiangnan has ascended the throne and intends to confer you the title of King of Zhenbei, an iron-hat prince, hereditary."

Compared to Qi Yu's tactless and crazy accusation of treason after Qi Chen and his men took over the north, now that Qi Yu is dead, the ugly faces of those who truly control the court have been truly revealed.

"King of Zhenbei?" Qi Chen sneered, "My father personally bestowed the name 'Yongning' on me. What kind of behavior are they taking for granted?"

What behavior?
Behavior of brain disease

A mocking smile appeared on Mu Ying's lips.

When he was in Jiangnan, he was often slandered by those civil officials behind his back. Now, all the disgusting things were directed at Qi Chen.

Mu Ying didn't even dare to think about what disgusting expressions those Jiangnan people would show after Qi Chen revealed his legitimate status...

Mei Qian: There are so many things to do.

Qi Chen: +1