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

Chapter 284 Secretly Happy
As dusk fell, Mei Qian seemed to smell the sweet fragrance of sugar water in her dream.

[Host!! Taro balls! The kind with red bean soup base! ]

Mei Qian, who was awakened by Xiaomei's excited scream, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up in an instant, which scared Qi Chen.

"woke up?"

"Ok?"

Mei Qian looked at Qi Chen who was sitting at the table, taking out food from the lunch box, and placing the small casserole in the lunch box directly on the charcoal fire.

As the boiling syrup in the casserole spread out, it was scorched by the charcoal fire, and the sweet aroma of caramel once again enveloped the entire bedroom.

With this sweet fragrance, Mei Qian's mind seemed to be blacked out for a second. Then she looked up at Qi Chen and asked, "How did you come directly into my room?"

"I originally wanted to put my things down and leave."

"If you really thought so, you wouldn't have brought such delicious food."

Mei Qian curled her lips and did not accept Qi Chen's answer. Seeing her like this, Qi Chen could not help but lower his head and chuckle.

Mei Qian simply pulled the cloak off the hanger beside the bed, wrapped it around herself, and got out of bed.

Perhaps it is because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, Qi Chen just felt that Mei Qian's casual and lazy movements were very beautiful. The setting sun outside the window sprinkled gently on Mei Qian's body, and even her loose hair seemed to be glowing.

Mei Qian grabbed a hairpin on the dressing table and tied her hair behind her head, then sat down at the table and looked at the clay pot of sugar water on the charcoal fire beside her.

Qi Chen didn't even wait for Mei Qian to ask anything before he served out two bowls.

Mei Qian took the bowl of sweet bean paste and taro balls, and couldn't help but admire it in her heart:

An emperor who cannot lead troops to war is not a good cook.

Why does Qi Chen know everything?

While enjoying the bowl of sweet soup, Mei Qian felt immersed in a unique atmosphere of happiness because of the sweet and soft soup.

Outside the house, the north wind is blowing.

Inside the house, there was a charcoal fire and a bowl of sweet sugar water.

As for Xiaomei's babble in her mind, Mei Qian simply ignored it.

"You had a day off today and didn't even look for me."

Qi Chen sat opposite Mei Qian and looked at her happily eating the sweet soup before he spoke.

There was a hint of grievance in his tone.

After listening to this, Mei Qian raised her eyes and met Qi Chen's gaze.

After seeing this, Mei Qian knew that the other party knew what happened to her today.

So, Mei Qian quietly finished the sweet soup brought by Qi Chen, and then slowly said:

"Then I have to ask you, that assassin last night... um, I don't even want to call him an assassin, it's just... he's crazy.

You actually like that kind of person, and you do writing work for him..."

"That person was never my confidant."

Qi Chen explained to Mei Qian,

“When I stayed in Jiangbei and gathered a group of people, not all of them were originally on my side. Some of them were once the staff and subordinates of other princes.

Because in the early days, in order to fight against the Western Rong soldiers, I could only reorganize all the forces for my own use."

"Is there still this?"

"Well, it's just that among these forces, some people are truly talented, while others are just filling in the gaps."

People like this one who have no ability but still resort to conspiracy and intrigue are obviously just filling in the gaps and don't even have a clear understanding of themselves.

In this regard, Qi Chen could only say that it was no wonder that Qi Yu became the winner in the end.

What future does a prince have if he has such an aide?
Or maybe, the person who can recruit such a person by his side must have poor eyesight.

However, after explaining this matter, Qi Chen thought about what happened last night. Compared to Mei Qian's disgust, he was really extremely angry and scared about what happened last night.

If Mu Ying hadn't been alert, what would have happened if this happened when Mei Qian was alone?
Qi Chen didn't dare to think about it.

"Tomorrow, I will ask Chang'an to pick some people for you." Qi Chen looked very serious when he said this. Mei Qian knew that the questions he asked her were definitely not as easy as she thought.

Qi Chen was also worried.

"Well, I really need to increase my guard. I don't know how many such incidents will occur in the future."

Her promotion alone is an eyesore, not to mention the group of women behind her waiting to come out and cause trouble.

"There won't be a next time. I won't let those people take advantage of me." Qi Chen stretched out his hand and wrapped Mei Qian's hand tightly.

Feeling the burning heat from the other person's palm, Mei Qian smiled softly and said, "Don't worry, I value my life too. But I talked a lot about the imperial examination with that person from the Jiangnan Lu family today."

"how?"

Qi Chen naturally knew that Lu Ji was visiting everywhere.

“He thinks you just need to give their family a fair chance to perform.

I guess not all people from aristocratic families want to enter the government by relying on their family background.”

"Because they find that family background is useless and sometimes even becomes a hindrance."

“However, they probably didn’t expect that only a few of their thousand-year-old family’s heritage would appear on the test paper.”

Mei Qian said wickedly, and smiled at Qi Chen.

Their reform of the imperial examination system has brought about tremendous changes in its content.

Most of the content is related to reality. Although there are some classics, history, and collections of literature, they are not many.

Even if the children of aristocratic families have always been proud of their extensive knowledge and wide reading, there is still a huge difference in their performance in exams, so it is of no use.

Lu Ji, who was unaware of the conversation between Mei Qian and Qi Chen, had been in a state of excitement since returning to the inn.

Lu Ji has absolute confidence in his own talent and the literary talent of the young men in his clan.

As for what Mei Qian had told him before that women could take the imperial examinations, he just listened and didn't take it seriously.

If Jiangnan is really recovered and the imperial examination is held again, the daughters of the family may want to try it and might as well join in the fun.

How many women can truly compete with men in the imperial examinations and stand out?
Lu Ji wasn't worried at all.

Different from Lu Ji's actions in the past few days, Wu Hui stayed very quietly in the inn without moving around.

I would just occasionally walk to the corner and listen to the peddlers' shouting on the other side of the wall, just for fun.

Lu Ji was running around everywhere, and Wu Hui felt that he was just like a clown in his eagerness to gain personal connections.
Every time Lu Ji came back, he saw Wu Hui staying in the yard every day, like a fool with dementia.

"Aren't you afraid that I will tell His Majesty about these things when I return?"

After dinner that day, Lu Ji was still very excited, so he simply stood in the corridor and played several lively flute pieces to express his mood.

Listening to the flute music, Wu Hui couldn't help but came over and said these words.

"Tell His Majesty? Shouldn't you tell Lord Hu?"

"You!" Wu Hui looked at Lu Ji in embarrassment, cleared his throat awkwardly and asked, "You have visited so many people in the past few days, have you found out what they think of Jiangnan?"

Hearing such a question that didn't make sense, Lu Ji looked at Wu Hui twice. Wu Hui couldn't help but stare back and said, "Why? That's not what you're asking?"

"There's no point in playing dumb like this."

Lu Ji put away his flute and was about to leave, but Wu Hui stopped him again: "Don't go. I don't know what you do all day. What if you piss off the people in Jiangbei? How am I going to explain it when I go back?"

"What do you want to tell me? Do you think what we came here to discuss can be successful?"

"But it didn't work..."

Wu Hui was speechless. Although the prime minister did not mention any punishment if he failed, based on his many years of experience as an official, the most terrifying thing was that the punishment was not clearly stated.

"I heard that the mutton hotpot at Tianxue Tower is the best."

Lu Ji looked up at the starry night sky and said, "Although it's not snowing, it's a good time to eat mutton because of the cold weather."

After that, Lu Ji was about to go out. Wu Hui suddenly thought of something and said, "If Lord Lu doesn't mind, why don't we go together?"

"can."

To some extent, Lu Ji still has his tsundere personality, but he has restrained himself a bit after being beaten by society.