How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

It was a battle of one person after another, with the drums beating loudly, until the end, when the lady lost consciousness.

But you have to know that there are only cows that die from exhaustion in the world, but no fields that are damaged by plowing.

It's okay if it happens once or twice occasionally, but if it happens too often, he will definitely end up lying on the bed with lifeless eyes, watching his wife swinging on top of him.

He found that his wife was very competitive. If it were any other woman, she would have already lay down on the bed.

But his wife is different. Even in bed, she wants to take the initiative and won’t let him move. She moves on her own.

Although lying down is very comfortable, it will inevitably make my wife tired.

After all, this kind of thing requires the couple to work together and cooperate with each other to reach the most wonderful moment in the world together.

"Good morning, sir. Where's the lady?"

Not far away, a woman in green clothes walked towards him with graceful steps and greeted him.

"Madam, she hasn't woken up yet. It might be a little later."

Xu Chengling looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. Although her temperament was not as good as his wife, it was also very noble.

You have to know that his wife is the sister of the current emperor. In terms of temperament, no one can compare to her except the emperor.

But Xu Chengling had seen His Majesty before, and in fact he felt that his wife's temperament was even better than His Majesty's.

There is no doubt that it was because he had taken too good care of her. Xu Chengling couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Xia Chan saw that His Majesty had not woken up yet. Usually His Majesty woke up very early, so it seemed that he had overworked last night.

I can only say that he is worthy of being the master. He can even deal with a strong woman like Her Majesty.

"Master, didn't you tell Madam about what happened last night?"

Xia Chan's pretty face blushed slightly and she asked shyly.

Ever since Xu Chengling discovered her secret, the expression on her face was no longer as cold and serious as before.

"No, everyone has a little secret. It's not a big deal. Physiological problems must be solved. Even a nun can't achieve true purity of the six senses."

Xu Chengling shrugged and said that he knew Xia Chan became like that because of the influence of the abstinence technique.

Who doesn't have some desires? Before he got married, he relied on the fifth girl to help him satisfy his desires.

"Miss Xia Chan, if you still care about this, I can show you mine, but you have to keep it a secret for me."

Xu Chengling said, of course, he was not being a hooligan.

It's like a scene that often appears in anime, where the protagonist accidentally catches the heroine taking off her clothes. At this time, the man takes off his clothes and lets the other person look back.

Why is it that when a man sees a woman taking off her clothes, he is considered a hooligan, and when a woman sees a man taking off his clothes, she considers the man to be a hooligan? Is this reasonable? This is totally unreasonable.

Xia Chan couldn't help but roll her eyes at Xu Chengling's suggestion. It was not enough that he took advantage of her once, but he wanted to do it again. What a wishful thinking.

"Master, please stop teasing Xia Chan. Xia Chan is Madam's personal maid. You can't do anything to let Madam down, not even Master."

Xia Chan raised the corner of her mouth slightly and politely rejected him with her own standpoint.

At this time, Xu Chengling was sitting on a stool, wrapped in a coat. The wind was a bit strong today.

He looked at Xia Chan beside him, only to see that she was only wearing a thin gauze in such a cold day, and couldn't help asking:

"Miss Xia Chan, you are only wearing these few clothes, don't you feel cold?"

Xia Chan shook her head slightly and replied with a smile:

"Don't bother me, Master. Xia Chan will not feel cold if he activates his inner strength a little bit."

"That internal skill is really convenient. I wish I could learn a little bit of it."

Xu Chengling smiled helplessly. In this world, the deeper the inner strength, the stronger the strength.

For someone like Xia Chan, who is a senior sister of the empress's guards, her internal strength must be quite good.

"Master, if you want to learn, Xia Chan can teach you."

"Okay, so the first step is to practice the splits?"

“Pfft, not necessarily, but if your body is flexible, it will be much easier to practice internal energy.”

Xia Chan couldn't help but laugh. Although it was not necessary to be able to do the splits to practice martial arts, if one couldn't even do the splits, it meant that one's body flexibility was not up to standard.

"Forget it, don't bother my old bones anymore."

Xu Chengling sighed softly. It was too difficult to practice martial arts in this world. Those masters usually started practicing martial arts since childhood.

If someone like him starts practicing now, he will not be as good as others even if he practices for his whole life.

But it doesn’t matter. He may not know martial arts, as long as the people around him know martial arts.

But who doesn't have a martial arts dream, like flying over eaves and walls, fighting with swords, and showing gratitude.

None of this has anything to do with him.

"No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you are just a flesh and blood body. You can only defeat ten or a hundred people, unless..."

Having said this, Xia Chan couldn't help but pause, and then slowly said:

"It can reach the state of being invulnerable to swords and guns."

"Invulnerable to swords and guns... Is there really such a person?"

"Have."

This simple word spoken by Xia Chan made Xu Chengling feel a chill down his spine.

If one really reaches this level, is he still a human being?

At least for this world, it is probably a direct dimensionality reduction attack.

Xia Chan did not continue the topic, but asked Xu Chengling another question.

"Master, have you seen Xue Yuan?"

"Yes, I have seen her. You said she was your junior sister, right?"

"Yeah, how do you think she compares to me?"

Xu Chengling's heart skipped a beat when he heard this question, and he immediately became alert.

Here begins the most common plot in novels: beautiful women competing with each other.

"Miss Xia Chan, what do you mean?"

"Everything, looks, personality, martial arts, how does she compare to me?"

Xu Chengling was stunned. He thought it was just a routine competition of who was better looking, but it turned out that everyone was competing.

He thought for a moment, looked at the woman in green in front of him, and replied in a deep voice:

"I think that both Miss Xia Chan and Miss Xue Yuan are very beautiful to me, but if I have to say who is the most beautiful, it must be my wife."

After he said this, Xia Chan had no way to refute it. The other party's answer was too cunning. He cleverly avoided her question and brought up His Majesty.

Anyway, you are all pretty, but not as pretty as my wife. What a tricky answer.

"As for your personalities, how would I know? Some people may appear gentle and easy-going on the surface, but they are actually vicious and cruel inside. No one can tell. I don't know anything about your martial arts skills. How about you two fight first?"

"I have fought Xue Yuan 245 times, with 120 wins, 120 losses and 5 draws, with no clear winner."

"That's fine, it means your martial arts are equally powerful."

"The master's answer is indeed brilliant. He is indeed worthy of being the prime minister."

Xia Chan smiled slightly. The other party seemed to have said everything, but in fact, he said nothing.

"So, can Xue Yuan do this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly moved her pretty face closer, with a blush on her cheeks, her lips still unopened. She touched Xu Chengling's cheek briefly, then quickly ran away.

Chapter 81 Husband, I'm leaving

In the blink of an eye, the summer cicada disappeared.

Xu Chengling was stunned for a moment, then touched his face with his hand. It was a little wet, and there was still a trace of the woman's soft and warm touch on it.

"Bah, you female hooligan."

He just kisses and runs away, who are you looking down on?

If you want to kiss, kiss longer. It's boring to just touch me. It's over just when you feel a little bit.

After finishing the breakfast brought by the maid, Xu Chengling went to the vegetable garden.

Because it was winter, he built a shed outside the vegetable garden to prevent the corn in the garden from freezing.

At present, he needs to select winter corn that can withstand the cold to cultivate the next generation of winter corn.

Corn is easy to grow in summer and autumn, but once winter comes, corn seeds are difficult to germinate, and the corn yield will drop sharply, which will greatly affect the harvest of the following year.

Before he could promote corn throughout Dayan, he had to first cultivate high-quality corn seeds that could adapt to various environments. After several years of experiments, he was getting closer and closer to this goal.

After obtaining high-quality seeds, Xu Chengling will also conduct regional experiments, planting these corn seeds in some harsh environments to see what the yield is and whether they can adapt to the famine environment of wild geese.

Only after making sure that there was no problem at all would he propose to the empress to promote corn in Dayan.

Although the empress was a poor lady, she did quite a good job in people's livelihood, as can be seen from the fact that she opened the government granary to provide relief to the victims.

Moreover, the previous batch of disaster victims who had fled back from the Western Regions have been settled down by the empress and are currently receiving simple skills training before they can start working.

Although the policy of work-for-relief was proposed by Xu Chengling, it was the empress who implemented it.

Speaking of which, in a few days it will be the monthly court meeting of the wild geese.

……

It was not until noon that Yan Jixue came out of the house.

Today she was wearing a blue and cyan gauze dress that reached her chest, her black hair was tied up in a bun, and she wore a beautiful phoenix hairpin. Her face, without any rouge on it, was as smooth and crystal clear as white jade, without a single flaw.

Like Xu Chengling, she also came out holding her waist, her feet were a little weak, and she almost lost her balance.

Thinking of the scenes of last night, Yan Jixue gritted her teeth in anger. That guy actually made her pose in such a shameful position. He deserves the death penalty!

Sitting in the courtyard, Yan Jixue looked through the account book as usual.

Yes, because the Jia family had donated a piece of land before, there was an additional substantial income in the account book.

"How about I go and issue an imperial decree to the other imperial merchants as well?"

Yan Jixue thought about it and realized that these imperial merchants were making a lot of money in the capital by relying on their status. They didn't even donate more to the national treasury with so much money.

In addition to confiscating part of the extra income in the account book, Yan Jixue also used part of it to renovate the buildings and ancestral hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, making the entire Prime Minister's Mansion look brand new.

In addition, after her discipline and management over this period of time, the servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion worked harder and more orderly.

The current Xiangguo Mansion is thriving.

All of this, of course, is inseparable from Yan Jixue’s silent contribution.

"Humph, this traitor, look at how well I manage the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you don't know how to be grateful at all."

Yan Jixue snorted softly and put the account book away.

Since Xu Chengling was not seen at this time, it was likely that he had gone into the vegetable garden again.

But it must be said that Yan Jixue was very interested in the corn cobs he mentioned. If the corn cobs were really as magical as he said, perhaps they could solve the hunger problem that the geese have always had.

Even if the problem cannot be solved completely, it would be good enough to reduce the burden on the national government caused by the famine.

"Your Majesty, you are awake."

A graceful green shadow appeared silently behind Yan Jixue. She would only appear suddenly like this when His Majesty was present.

If it was the master, she would have scared him half to death by appearing like this.

It seems... not bad.

"Your Majesty, you have been married to the Xiangguo Mansion for more than a month. Although it may not be convenient for Your Majesty to show up in public when you first got married, now, Your Majesty can leave at any time."

"Let's go... Indeed, I should return to the palace."

Yan Jixue frowned slightly, and her eyes couldn't help but look towards the vegetable garden shed in front of her. He should be there now.

If I leave without saying goodbye now, will she anxiously look for me everywhere like she did when she looked for Qian'er?