The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

General Ma was very sad, but people's sorrows and joys are not always the same.

His youngest son Ma Chuyang was very excited and did not hide it at all, "Haha, when my godmother comes back, I can walk a few steps to see her. Father, since you like to live in poverty, you can live alone. I am useless and can't endure hardship, so I can only enjoy happiness with my mother. Anyway, since I can remember, you have never taken care of me or my mother."

In the past, General Ma would have picked up a weapon and beat the man. But after seeing the household account book kept by his wife and the small amount of silver, he remained silent.

He certainly didn't care about his sons or their mother.

He was an incompetent husband and an incompetent father. He deserved to be the way he was today.

Ma Chuyi was still feeling somewhat heavy-hearted. "Take care, father. Your son... cough, I will live in the military camp from now on."

Ma Chuyang pouted and said, "Ma Chuyi, you are so hypocritical! You clearly asked your mother to leave the best yard for you. Tsk! I hate your behavior of trying to please both sides the most. It's me who has to distinguish between gratitude and resentment!"

Qin, whose name was Fangfei, spoke out to stop them at this time, "Yang'er, you can't say that about your brother. Divorce is a matter between your father and me, but your father will always be your father, you must remember this."

Ma Chuyang immediately bowed respectfully to his mother and said, "Son, I'll remember this."

Wow, his mother is really broad-minded.

General Ma looked at Qin Fangfei, who was well-maintained and still defended her dignity as a father in front of her son, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

She then summoned the palace guards and said, "Today I will ask you in front of General Ma, if you are willing to follow me, I will welcome you. If you are not willing, I will not force you."

After all, these palace guards are all General Ma’s old subordinates.

The palace guards all raised their heads to look at General Ma, their eyes revealing a trace of pity.

General Ma did not make things difficult for them and just waved his hand.

The palace guards followed Qin Fangfei. Over the years, they had already regarded her as their master and family member.

Not only did she never treat them harshly, she also treated them with great respect.

The news of General Ma's divorce spread like wildfire in the capital.

Emperor Mingde was also totally surprised and shook his head, "I just conferred her the title of First Rank Consort, and right after that she divorced Old Ma."

His original intention was actually to stabilize General Ma's family, but it had the opposite effect and directly broke up the family.

Eunuch Qi asked tentatively, "Does this rank of imperial consort still count?"

Emperor Mingde said sternly, "The imperial edict has been issued, how can we treat it as a joke? I just didn't expect... Alas!"

Qi Wanshitong comforted his master, "Don't feel bad. The ice is three feet thick, but it didn't freeze overnight. I heard that General Ma's two sons are very happy. Especially our third place winner, he is so happy."

"Humph!" Emperor Mingde couldn't help laughing. "I'm afraid what he regrets most now is that he wrote a wish for Old Ma to be transferred back to Beijing to accompany his mother. I have to be careful of him, so that he won't come to me and ask to change his wish."

He picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Tang Chujun, mentioning General Ma's divorce.

After Tang Chujun, who had just arrived in Youzhou, received the letter, he wrote back to Emperor Mingde. This time, along with this reply, he also added a letter to Qin Fangfei.

When Qin Fangfei received Tang Chujun's letter, she was directing people to plant wintersweets. She had long coveted the wintersweets in Tang Chujun's backyard, which filled the house with fragrance when the wind blew.

She wants it too! We have money in hand, we can do whatever we want, no need to hide it.

In the evening, Qin Fangfei read Tang Chujun's letter several times when she had some free time. The letter was full of their joyous journey through the mountains and rivers, with occasional thrills, which was also a different kind of life experience.

To sum up, the sky is high and the earth is vast, which cannot be covered by the courtyard in the backyard. If you have time, you should walk around to realize how big the world is and how much wonders it contains.

Qin Fangfei happily replied to the letter, saying that the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things happening here.

It turned out that General Ma's concubine Wu and her son Ma Chuyuan were exiled, and they were upset. Wu cried and made a scene to no avail, and it was said that on the day she was escorted out of Beijing, she personally declared that Ma Chuyuan was not General Ma's son at all.

This matter is now being spread all over the capital. Regardless of whether it is true or false, General Ma is so ashamed that he has no place to put his face.

General Ma went to the border again. Before leaving, he returned the vacant General's Mansion to the court.

Emperor Mingde took back the house and gave another house to Ma Chuyi to be used as a general's residence.

In other words, Ma Chuyi and Ming Zhao would get married in the future, and Ming Zhao would become the mistress of the house when she moved into the general's mansion.

Moreover, the blood-sucking insects in General Ma’s house can no longer recognize their home.

Qin Fangfei wrote a long and eloquent article, but she still felt unsatisfied. If it weren't for the cold winter, she would have wanted to go directly to Youzhou to meet up with them.

But she didn't know that Shi Anxia and the others had traveled a long way, even visiting Yongle County, just to delay until winter to come to Youzhou to do important things.

Because according to Shi Anxia's memory, there will be an unprecedented earthquake in Youzhou in the winter of that year, and the epicenter will be the county seat of Chang'an, the capital of Youzhou.

Because Chang'an County was densely populated and the earthquake occurred in the middle of the night, there were countless casualties and it was a horrific sight.

As early as the beginning of the year, Minister of Works Gao Pinyuan received an order from Emperor Mingde and sent a large number of craftsmen to Chang'an County to reinforce the houses.

The Minister of Revenue Tang Chuyu sent people to prepare enough supplies and stored them in a temporary shed built in the suburbs.

A large number of Youzhou garrison troops were also transferred to Chang'an County for garrison.

In short, all the preparations that need to be made have been completed, and now we are just waiting for the earthquake to come.

The reason why Chang'an County in Youzhou was prosperous has a lot to do with its border with Liang State.

On one side is Chang'an County, the capital of Youzhou in the northern wing, and on the other side is Dong'an County, the capital of Chenzhou in Liang State.

These two counties are interesting. There is a street between them. The one on this side of the street is Beiyi, and the other side of the street is Liangguo.

The two countries exchange what they have and what they need, and border trade is prosperous.

Chang'an County suddenly gathered troops and stored food, which naturally caused a stir in Dong'an County.

The governor of Chenzhou in Liang State was so frightened that he quickly reported to the court, thinking that Beiyi was going to go to war with them.

At this time, Emperor Yong of Liang was still in charge of the affairs and immediately followed suit.

The Chief Minister of the Cabinet, Lord Wang Yi, volunteered to garrison in Dong'an County, and the Minister of Rites, Wu Xianwen, also expressed his willingness to go together.

The two had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

As early as when the two of them were on a diplomatic mission to Beiyi, Emperor Heng had told them that according to calculations by a skilled Feng Shui master in Beiyi, an unprecedented earthquake would occur in Youzhou, causing a large number of casualties.

Dong'an County was also one of the disaster-stricken areas.

But the two were always skeptical. After all, could a Feng Shui master predict an earthquake?

But Emperor Heng's expression was serious at the time, and he still asked them to keep this matter in mind secretly.

They just have to wait for the governor of Chenzhou to report the unusual movements in the northern wing to the court, and then they will have a reason to ask for permission to go.

Emperor Yong approved the request and sent the brave general Nie Zhan to lead troops to garrison in Dong'an County.

The two adults were skeptical, but they did not slack off in their work. They followed the instructions, reinforced their houses, stored large amounts of food and other supplies, and waited for the so-called big earthquake to come.