Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Li Qingyan sat on the threshold from day to night and then to dawn, with Zhao Xuantong beside her, without saying a word.

The two little children just stood there, stunned.

The heavy rain suddenly subsided and then stopped around noon.

The sun finally came out after the sky was covered by dark clouds.

Cheers erupted from the riverbank.

"The water has receded, the floodwaters have receded."

"The seven southern counties have been saved."

Li Yan stood atop the embankment, gazing at the now calm river.

Look.

Humans can conquer nature.

Li Qingyan was grinding ink on the table, her nose turning black from the effort. The ink sticks in the county government office weren't as good as those in the palace. After a few more vigorous strokes, a few more drops of ink landed on her face.

It turned into a black and white rabbit.

Li Yan wiped her face, but the more he wiped, the dirtier it became.

Li Qingyan quickly dodged, even standing on the table to avoid it.

"Li Yan, are you sure you want to appoint him?"

"Oh? Tell me what you disagree with?"

Li Yan put down the handkerchief in her hand, tilted her head back, and wanted to see what strange ideas were going on in the little brat's head.

"He's a schoolteacher with no management experience; isn't this just creating trouble for him?"

Upon hearing Li Qingyan's words, Li Yan took out some documents from the side and beckoned Li Qingyan to squat down and look at them.

"These are county government documents; you can see he handled them very well."

"Look at this, Hong Yan knows the seven southern counties exceptionally well, especially since his father was a water management expert, and he has inherited his father's skills in water management. He has been a great help on the dikes."

"And this..."

Li Yan patiently explained to Li Qingyan the reasons for appointing Hong Yan as county magistrate, which was a form of personal instruction, as if he were a successor.

After reading all this, Li Qingyan felt her eyes were blurry. Li Yan was truly terrifying; even when he was so busy, he could still observe Hong Yan.

"Father, why not build a project?"

Li Qingyan wiped her face and took out a map from her pocket. It was covered in colorful drawings. Pointing to the map, Li Qingyan explained, "Mr. Shao told me that the terrain here is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. This way, we can use the terrain to draw water without dams and irrigate by gravity flow. This will also help with flood control..."

Looking at the tiny bundle, and then seeing this single sheet of paper, Li Yan was shocked.

Even the Ministry of Works hadn't imagined such a project.

What's inside that little head?

He certainly didn't know that Li Qingyan was a top student in water conservancy engineering before she carried out the system's mission.

As Li Qingyan was talking, she noticed that Li Yan was lost in thought. She pouted unhappily, reached out and grabbed a strand of hair from the end of his head. "Li Yan, listen to me."

"Is Old Deng getting dementia? He's always spacing out. Should I try to trick him into taking the throne before his dementia gets too severe?"

Li Yan took his hair from her hand. "Little brat."

This kid is just like he was when he was little. He liked to grab my hair when I was breastfeeding, and he still does it now that he's all grown up.

"If this little brat's move really succeeds, it will benefit the world and leave a lasting legacy."

Li Qingyan didn't think too much about it; she just didn't want to see the same thing happen again.

"Here you go, you deserve to be remembered for generations."

Li Qingyan spoke with great seriousness. Seeing this, Li Yan burst into laughter; he certainly didn't want to tarnish the little brat's reputation.

These blueprints need to be taken back to the capital for thorough discussion with the officials. This project will likely take many years, and arrangements need to be made for funding and personnel.

The city gates of Nanqi Town were finally opened.

The transported grain gradually entered the city, and everything seemed to have returned to normal.

only……

Even on a hot day, Li Qingyan kept snuggling into Li Yan's arms, as if she didn't want anyone else to see her.

These people would definitely greet them when they saw them.

"Your Majesty, these are candies for the little princess."

"These are fruits grown in our village; they're delicious. Let the little princess try some."

……

Li Qingyan felt embarrassed by their antics. The guards behind her were carrying a pile of things.

They're heading back today.

The people came to say goodbye, and the scene was very grand.

Besides the criminals, Li Qingyan also took Doctor Liu and Tao Jiannan away.

Tao Jiannan was one of the key witnesses, while Doctor Liu was the aggrieved party.

It wasn't until last night that Dr. Liu revealed his true identity.

He had always lived in Erdong Village, which was the first place hit by the flood. The disaster struck at night, and most of the villagers drowned in their sleep.

Doctor Liu escaped the plague because he had some very special medicinal herbs and lived in the mountains. After the flood receded, the plague began to spread.

Several children went up the mountain to seek help from Doctor Liu. After learning about their symptoms, he went into the forest to gather herbs and told the children to have the villagers sprinkle quicklime and wood ash in the village. He said he could return in just two days.

Two days later, he collected all the medicinal herbs needed to cure the illness and returned to the village that night, only to find the sky ablaze with fire.

The villagers were all burned to death.

The magistrate was the one who started it all.

Doctor Liu couldn't be sure that Li Yan and his group were good people and would definitely help him. So he kept quiet, wanting to find an opportunity to kill the magistrate.

He only lowered his guard after seeing Li Yan and Li Qingyan risk their lives to protect the people.

"Where is Mr. Tao's fox den?"

Li Qingyan still remembered this matter. Seeing that she was about to leave Nanqi County, she still had to fulfill her promise to Hong Yan.

"What does Your Highness want to do?"

Tao Jiannan had no idea where she had learned about the fox den.

Li Qingyan's eyes curved slightly. "Mr. Hong said that many girls died there, and my father and I plan to burn it down."

Upon hearing Li Qingyan's words, Tao Jiannan's eyes lit up. He had wanted to demolish this place for a long time, but he had been prevented from doing so for many years.

Li Qingyan was naturally unafraid. Since they were leaving anyway, destroying this harmful thing wouldn't let the people know who did it. They wouldn't be able to trace it back.

After destroying it, they sent people into the city saying it was struck by lightning, and no one would continue to believe in a place struck by lightning.

Li Yan turned his head. These weren't things he taught him. This little brat really had a bunch of underhanded tricks up his sleeve. But at least he meant well, otherwise... he would truly be a born devil.

Doctor Liu covered his ears and pretended not to hear.

The fox den wasn't far from where they were now, just up in the nearby mountains. Passing through bushes nearly as tall as a person, they could vaguely see a cave whose entrance was blocked by vines.

Tao Jiannan took a deep breath to even out his breathing. "Your Majesty, Your Highness, this is the fox den."

Li Yan carried the kerosene in one hand and Li Qingyan in the other, walking inside.

A cold wind was blowing through the cave.

Water droplets flowed down the stone wall.

In the very center is a fox statue, surrounded by a forest of white bones.

Li Yan squatted down and took a look. The bones were human bones, and they all belonged to girls who were thirteen or fourteen years old.

Those girls are all dead.

Li Qingyan slid off Li Yan's arms. "It's truly despicable that someone would harm another person's life for such superstition."

"After today, this place will cease to exist." Li Yan sprinkled kerosene into the cave.

The moment the tinder touched the kerosene, a raging fire broke out.

"ah!!!"

Li Qingyan instinctively covered her ears, then rubbed them. "Li Yan, did you hear that?"

Li Yan scooped her up in his arms. "No, what's wrong?"

Li Qingyan shook her head; she must have misheard. After they had walked away, a white light flew out of the cave and touched the hem of Li Yan's clothes.

The fire on the mountain was quickly discovered, but no one went up the mountain to put it out.

An old man gazed in the direction of the fox den on the mountain and sighed deeply, "Struck by lightning, wasn't it? It's burned down, it's burned down, it's burned down."

Yes, it was burned, so be it. His sister and daughter were sacrificed to the fox den.

They have all lost too many people.

The fox den was like a mountain, and now that the mountain has finally been moved, they breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this thing isn't indestructible, but rather that they can't destroy it.

Whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made one, it has nothing to do with them anymore.

Li Qingyan glanced at the letter in Li Yan's hand. "Bai He? Where could he have gone?"

Li Yan handed her the letter, his neck almost as long as a goose's neck from watching the play.

"He'll go find that person. We'll probably have a lot to deal with when we get back."

The capital city is currently experiencing the calm before the tsunami.