Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

"General Ji, what are the things loaded on your carriages?" Xiao Yan'an asked directly.

"Your Highness, those are the corpses of traitors. I was deceived by Luo Jixun. He said that the child was the blood of the late emperor and the only prince. He asked me to protect the child well. I didn't know that the child was actually replaced by the Empress Dowager to confuse the royal bloodline!"

"That Luo Jixun has been deceiving me all along. Fortunately, I sent people to the imperial capital to inquire about the situation. As soon as I learned the truth, I immediately broke with the traitor Luo Jixun and quickly captured those traitors! To show my loyalty to the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Is Luo Jixun also among them?" Xiao Yan'an asked again.

"Luo Jixun was not among them. Those were just some generals from the old Luo family. Luo Jixun was too cunning. He kidnapped my daughter and escaped from Yongcheng. However, I have always known his whereabouts. I only have this one daughter and I really don't want her to have any accidents. That's why I was so timid. Please give me a chance, Your Highness, and let me capture Luo Jixun. I'll capture him alive or dead!"

Xiao Yan'an understood that Ji Zhenghui was afraid that if he sent people to capture Luo Jixun, Ji Shuangshuang would be hurt.

"Since General Ji is willing to atone for his crime, I will help him. I will give him ten days. If he fails to catch Luo Jixun, I will charge you with dereliction of duty!" Xiao Yan'an did not let Ji Zhenghui go either.

Ji Zhenghui had no choice but to agree to it in order to protect his daughter.

He personally led people to capture Luo Jixun.

Xiao Yan'an led a large army into Yongcheng.

The prefect of Yongcheng led the officials of Yongcheng out of the city to welcome him.

Ji Zhenghui had killed all the generals of the Luo family, and the soldiers under him became a mess.

Xiao Yan'an had nothing else to do at this time, so he asked people to carry out reforms among these soldiers first, emulating Huaiyang's elimination system, eliminating and selecting layer by layer.

In the end, he selected 8,000 elite soldiers and brought them all under his command.

Ji Chuhe led a group of people to check the locations where mulberry and hemp were planted.

Xiao Yan'an felt that Ji Chuhe was busier than him.

It was already dark, and Ji Chuhe still hadn't come back.

"Tianxi, prepare the horses, I'll go pick up the lady." Xiao Yan'an ordered immediately.

"Yes."

Xiao Yan'an rode his horse for more than ten miles before he found Ji Chuhe.

Ji Chuhe was not planning to go back and was going to rest in this farmyard tonight.

Looking at Ji Chuhe in coarse cloth clothes with her jet-black hair tied with just a strip of cloth, he felt that he had discovered another kind of beauty in her, yet at the same time he was filled with heartache.

"Your Highness, why are you here?" Ji Chuhe was a little surprised when she saw Xiao Yan'an.

"I saw that you hadn't returned yet, and I was a little worried, so I came to pick you up."

"I sent someone back to inform His Highness that he really couldn't make it back tonight, so he stayed here. His Highness might have come before the messenger arrived."

"It's okay. I'm fine too." Xiao Yan'an sat on a tree stump in the farmyard.

Ji Chuhe couldn't help laughing when she saw him.

"Ma'am, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm not quite used to you sitting on this small tree stump." Ji Chuhe wanted to laugh more and more as he looked at her.

Xiao Yan'an was originally tall, and now he was a little more muscular. He no longer had that gentle boyish look, but instead had a more mature charm.

Ji Chuhe found that she hadn't looked at Xiao Yan'an carefully for a long time, and she didn't expect that he had changed so much.

"I think this dress doesn't fit me. If my wife and I change into the same dress, it should look better." Xiao Yan'an turned to Tianxi and ordered, "Find me the same dress as my wife."

"Your Highness, I am dressed in this way so that I can work more conveniently."

"Whatever Madam can do, I can do too." Xiao Yan'an was very stubborn.

Ji Chuhe stopped persuading him and let him wear whatever he wanted.

At this time, it was already dark, and Ji Chuhe and the others were preparing to take a shower and go to bed, but Xiao Yanan's sudden arrival disrupted their plans.

Ji Chuhe suddenly thought that it would take a long time for Xiao Yan'an to come here from the city, and she wondered if he had dinner.

"Your Highness, have you had dinner?" Ji Chuhe asked softly.

"No, you all have eaten, right? It's okay, I'm not hungry."

"Madam, shall I go and prepare some food for His Highness?" Mianzhu said immediately.

"No, you all should go and rest first. You have all done a lot of work today and are tired. Your Highness can't eat much anyway. I will prepare it."

"Yes." Everyone in the courtyard retreated, leaving only Ji Chuhe and Xiao Yan'an.

Ji Chuhe rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the stove.

There is no separate kitchen here, just a shed with a stove inside.

However, there is a lot of food on the stove.

"Your Highness, can I cook you some noodles? We are having noodles tonight, and they are delicious."

"Okay." Xiao Yan'an responded softly.

Ji Chuhe took out the noodles that he hadn't finished eating in the evening, cooked them and put them aside, then took out the chicken, tore it up and put it on top, poured a little chicken soup on it, and even fried an egg specially for him.

Xiao Yan'an looked at her busy body, and his heart was filled with an indescribable sense of happiness.

Is he dreaming?

If this was a dream, he would rather never wake up.

Let there be only the two of them left in this world, and no one else should disturb them anymore.

Ji Chuhe cooked the noodles and brought them out.

"Madam, let me take it. Be careful with the heat." Xiao Yan'an quickly took it.

Ji Chuhe pulled a small table and placed it in front of the wooden stool.

“Just eat here.”

"Okay." Xiao Yanan put it down and took a bite immediately. "Delicious! Really delicious!"

"Is it enough? Did I cook too little?"

"If I don't have enough to eat today, Madam, can you make it for me tomorrow?"

"Okay." Ji Chuhe nodded.

Xiao Yanan suddenly had an illusion. The way Ji Chuhe looked at him just now seemed like the way she looked at You'er and those children.

How could this happen? He is her husband!

Did she actually treat him as a child?

Xiao Yan'an had just finished eating his noodles when Rong Song's figure gently fell into the yard.

"Your Highness?" He looked at Xiao Yan'an in surprise.

"What? Are you surprised?" Xiao Yan'an asked back unhappily.

"No, it's not." Rong Song immediately shook his head.

"Is there any news about Luo Jixun?" Ji Chuhe asked.

"Yes. Ji Zhenghui has been afraid to kill him, fearing that he might hurt Ji Shuangshuang. Therefore, Luo Jixun has been fleeing northwards. According to my subordinates, Ji Zhenghui will definitely not be able to catch Luo Jixun."

"Don't worry about him. He can't catch Luo Jixun, so we can just punish him and make his crime even more serious." Xiao Yan'an interjected.

From the very beginning, he asked Ji Zhenghui to arrest people and was waiting for this day.