The resentful best friend travels through daily life

Ji Yanli said: "Then what do you want me to do?"

Shen You said, "I will sell the seeds to you. Can you promote my seeds for me?"

"I can't make the decision on this matter. I'll talk to my father about it later." Ji Yanli said awkwardly.

Shen You and Zhou Ning didn't want to force him, so they had to leave first.

Along the way, Zhou Ning observed carefully and found that there were more beggars on the road, and judging from their faces, they did not look like people from their place.

Zhou Ning went to buy steamed buns and found a child who looked only seven or eight years old. He said to him, "Answer my question and I'll give you this steamed bun. Is that okay with you?"

The child was as thin as a reed and barely had the strength to nod.

"Where do you come from?"

"We are from Mengzhou." The child had an accent when he spoke, but it was just barely understandable.

"Why are you here?"

"It's so dry over there that even grass doesn't grow. There's nothing we can do. And we're constantly fighting, and we just can't survive."

"Fight? Who's fighting with whom?"

"do not know."

Zhou Ning handed him the steamed bun, then went to a nearby store to buy him some water. She watched him finish his meal before leaving.

Seeing Zhou Ning's serious expression, Shen You asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you know about the drought a long time ago?"

"I don't know anything about the war. It's been so long, but I still don't know what this dynasty is like. I chose history, but how come I'm still illiterate?" Zhou Ning said in a low voice.

"Me too, it's okay. Don't we still have a master? Master, master, you can't call me that for nothing." Shen You smiled sinisterly.

After returning home, Shen You dragged Zhou Ning to Qingyi. Qingyi was about to drink tea and contemplate life when he was interrupted.

Qingyi put down the teacup helplessly and said, "Tell me, what's wrong?"

Shen You tried his best to look harmless and said, "Master, please tell us about the situation in the court."

Qingyi was about to spit out the tea he had just drunk, but when he thought that this tea was his most precious treasure, he was reluctant to spit it out, so the tea slowly got stuck in his throat, making him cough.

"Why did you think of listening to this?" Qingyi asked while coughing and blushing.

"Oh, with your good disciple's sharp eyesight, I feel that something big is going to happen next." Shen You patted Qingyi on the back and said playfully.

Qing Yi glanced at the two of them, cleared his throat, and said, "Okay. Since you are my disciples, it would be good for you to know something."

Shen You and Zhou Ning pricked up their ears to listen.

"There are two countries surrounding our Daqian Dynasty, the Shuo Mo in the north and the Nanjiang in the south. In fact, there was also a Xia country, but it was destroyed by our dynasty eleven years ago."

"Our dynasty is now the most powerful country, but now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the forces are mixed, and local forces are entrenched, and the government is unstable."

Zhou Ning asked: "Has this chaos always been there?"

Qing Yi lowered his voice and said, "No, it's because the new emperor was the prime minister before, and the previous emperor abdicated to him, so all the forces, some obeyed him, some didn't, and that's how it is."

Shen You took a breath of cold air, it turned out to be a usurpation of the throne.

Qing Yi said: "The two families that support the new emperor are one civil and one military. The civil family is the Qi family, and the military family is the Ji family."

"Qi family?"

"Ji's family?"

Shen You and Zhou Ning said at the same time.

Shen You asked, "Then, does that have anything to do with Qi Ji and the Ji family in town?"

"Yes." Qing Yi said, "Qi Ji is the eldest son of the Qi family and the eldest son of Qi Liang, the current Minister of Justice."

Shen You thought to himself: According to the plot of the novel, I thought he was a prince or something, but I didn’t expect him to be the young master of a wealthy family.

Seeing that Shen You and Zhou Ning looked calm, Qing Yi nodded with satisfaction. The fact that these two were so calm seemed to be due to his proper education.

"What about the Ji family?" Shen You asked.

Qing Yi took out the book that was used as a footrest from under the table, flipped through it, and said, "Oh, it's here. The Ji family is now divided into two families, the Ji family in the capital and the Ji family in the main family. The head of the Ji family in the capital is the current general Ji Yu, and the Ji family in the main family is the one you know. Although the family is divided, they still share prosperity and decline."

"The conservative aristocratic families include the Bai family of Qingzhou, the Su family of Yanzhou, and the Cui family of Anzhou. These aristocratic families are cautious and self-protective, but they are also connected to various forces. There are also aristocratic families headed by the Wang family and the guest generals who occupy the land and claim to be kings, which seems to be a bit like usurping the throne. The other various groups, officials, and businessmen also have their own plans."

After listening to this analysis, Shen You only had one word in his mind: "Chaos."

"Oh, by the way, the Qingzhou Bai family is Qi Ji's maternal grandfather's family, and Bai Zhao is also from the Bai family, not the Qi family. In fact, the various forces are intermarried and colluded with each other, but they also frame and plot against each other. In short, there are no absolute alliances or enemies, only absolute interests between each other." Qing Yi closed the book and finished speaking.

Zhou Ning's mind exploded, and he frowned and asked, "Yuzi, have you figured it out?"

Shen You nodded and said, "I've figured it out. Then Master, last time there were two girls, Ning saved them, and they also saved Ning, who are they...?"

Qingyi took out the closed book again, searched for a long time, and said: "These two are the younger generation, wait for me to look for them, I checked last time. Oh, here, those two girls are from the Cui family in Anzhou. The Cui family is not simple. It seems to be peaceful, but it has military forces and connections. The two girls are the legitimate daughters of the Cui family, Cui Wangmei and Cui Jianhe. As for why you saw them here, there is an explanation."

"The Cui family raised a commoner, who is now a general, but is far from being worthy of Miss Cui Wangmei. But marrying Cui Wangmei to this man can win people's hearts and be easier to control. In short, he is a high-level chess piece. Cui Wangmei didn't want to marry him, so she ran away from the marriage."

"Escaped from the marriage? But isn't it the young lady of aristocratic family who cares most about reputation? Is it okay for her to escape from the marriage like this?" Shen You asked in surprise.

Qing Yi said: "It's a long story. Cui Wangmei, Cui Jianhe and their brother Cui Wenfeng are born from the same mother, but the current head of the Cui family is a concubine. In short, the relationship between these three siblings and their father is very delicate, so it's not surprising that they would do something like this."

"Oh~~" Shen You thought: This aristocratic family is indeed not simple.

Somehow, Shen You thought of Qi Ji, so she asked, "What about Qi Ji? How does his situation compare to Miss Cui's?"

Qing Yi smiled bitterly and said, "It's even worse than that. In the past, the Qi family was weak, and Miss Bai married Qi Liang. But after Qi Ji was born, the Bai family became weak, and the Qi family became more prosperous. Not long after, Miss Bai died of illness, and Qi Liang married a new wife who was a bodhisattva in front of people but a vicious person behind people. Naturally, Qi Ji had a hard time."