In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

"No need."

He Qingya narrowed her eyes and looked at Xu Yushi and Xu Jingxuan, and she knew that they had no good intentions.

"We came here with my aunt to see if the He family's child is okay. Qinglu wants to see your unrepentant face again. Since we have done it, let's go now."

He Qiudi saw that He Qingya had said everything she wanted to say, so she didn't add anything more.

She looked at Xu Yushi and said, "Qingya and Qinglu are both daughters of the He family. Their marriage cannot be decided by anyone without the approval of A Niang and Second Brother. You can forget about making any move on this matter."

"Ms. Xu, the midwife has been sent to you. It's up to you how you want to give birth to the child. But if you want to use the child to restrain the He family, I don't mind. Anyway, the He family can do nothing about your husband's family and your mother's family."

The latter part of the sentence contains a threatening element.

He Qiudi doesn't care what the Xu family does.

I only care about the child in Xu Yushi's belly.

Given the second brother's condition, it is still unclear whether he will marry again in the future. The child in Xu Yushi's belly may really be the second brother's last child, so she must cherish him no matter what.

Wait until they leave Xu's house.

He Qingya rubbed her face and said to He Qinglu: "Qinglu, do you know why A Niang invited us into the house for tea and snacks just now?"

He Qinglu shook her head in confusion.

"She wants me to be with my cousin Xuan."

He Qinglu is not a child anymore.

I understand, but I only half understand.

But it is only a partial understanding.

So, after being shocked, she said in confusion: "Sister, cousin Xuan seems to be not bad. He is a scholar and can pass the examination for a scholar. Maybe he can pass the examination for a Jinshi and become an official in the future."

He Qingya explained to her.

"Qinglu, you are still young and don't understand the twists and turns here. You have to remember that grandma hates my grandmother. Back then, grandma didn't agree with my father marrying my mother, so how could she be willing for me to marry my cousin Xuan?"

"My mother always said that she would be able to get us engaged once Cousin Xuan passed the imperial examination. In fact, it was just a temporary solution to deceive us so that she could take money back to my maternal grandparents' home and ask me to help. If she really wanted to marry me to Cousin Xuan, I'm afraid our marriage would have been arranged long ago."

"Now, the He family is about to become prosperous, and my father has become a minor official. The Xu family can't marry into the He family. My mother wants to trick us into marrying her and make us do something shameful, just to force me to marry my cousin Xuan. In fact, they don't like me, but want you. Qinglu, are you really willing to enter the Xu family and be bullied by your two cousins?"

He Qinglu shook her head repeatedly.

"So, stay away from A Niang. Even if she is our A Niang, you can't trust her easily. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss."

After He Qingya finished speaking, He Qinglu nodded as if she understood, but it was unclear how much she understood.

Return to the He family.

He Qingya said to He Qiudi, "Aunt, I want someone to send Qinglu to my father. I want to go to Xirong with you."

"Wouldn't it be nice for you to go to Wei County with Qinglu?"

"You...your matter, if I go with you, I can take care of it. After driving the Xirong people away, I will go to Wei County to pick up Qinglu and bring her back to Shiliu Village. Don't worry, little aunt, I can protect myself."

Seeing He Qingya's insistence, He Qiudi had no choice but to say, "Okay. Then let Qinglu stay at Feng's house first, and when Lan County delivers food and grass supplies to Wei County, let her go to Wei County Post Station with the government's convoy."

He Qingya nodded: "Okay. Before Qinglu meets her father, I will ask my aunt not to let her go. To prevent my mother from taking advantage of her."

"Ah."

In fact, He Qinglu is young and soft-hearted, so she is easy to take advantage of.

He Qingya could have left her behind and let her live in Pomegranate Village, but He Qingya still brought her to Lan County to see Xu Yushi to fulfill her wish.

Then send He Qinglu to Wei County to reunite with He Huaiping.

Only after meeting He Huaiping did He Qinglu feel safe and truly feel that her father was now an official who could protect her and that no one could bully her anymore.

Leaving tomorrow.

Tonight, He Qingya and He Qiudi explained a lot of things to He Qinglu.

He Qinglu is a little silly and slow.

But after going through so much, she knew that her elder sister and aunt would not hurt her, so she listened to them.

After making sure that He Qinglu would follow the arrangements and would no longer listen to Xu Yushi, He Qiudi felt relieved to take He Qingya to find Feng Shiyan.

Both of them changed into tight clothes that were convenient for riding horses, and even changed their hairstyles in order to avoid attracting attention.

Although if you look closely, you can still tell that they are both women dressed as men, it is still much more convenient to change into men's clothes.

When they arrived, Feng Shiyan was discussing with the generals how to narrow the encirclement and annihilate the enemy as quickly as possible.

The longer the protracted war lasts, the more disadvantageous it will be for the Great Zhou.

Even if we could surround the Western Rong people in the mountains and force them to run out of ammunition and food, and then they would surrender voluntarily, we could defeat them without wasting a single soldier of the Zhou Dynasty.

But this could not withstand the interference of the Queen and the King's brother-in-law.

Once the Western Rong people are given time, with the help of the Queen and the King's uncle, they will ask for peace and Feng Shiyan will have no chance to fight.

This time the Western Rong were defeated.

In order to seek peace, the most they could do was return Huangquan Pass to Da Zhou and pay compensation in the form of money, cattle and sheep.

Any more, probably not.

But if Feng Shiyan had defeated the Xirong people earlier and captured Jinshan County, Changning County and Huangquan Pass in one fell swoop, the Crown Prince's forces would have had bargaining chips to control the overall situation, allowing Feng Shiyan to pursue the victory and capture more cities.

It is urgent to annihilate the enemy as soon as possible.

Feng Shiyan discussed with the generals and advisers in the tent for two days, but they still hadn't decided on a specific plan.

The conservatives felt that the Xirong people were surrounded in the mountains, and Jinshan County, Changning County and Huangquan Pass were also surrounded by the troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty, unable to leave the city. Sooner or later, the Xirong people would not be able to endure and would surrender. There was no need for them to take the risk of annihilating the enemy in a few days.

Even though the Western Rong people had been trapped in the mountains of Lan County and Jinshan County for more than 20 days and lacked food and water, they still had an army of more than 100,000.

It’s not easy for Da Zhou to swallow them up now.

It would be better to surround them for a few more days, and then kill them when they are too hungry to use a knife.

The radicals felt that they needed to press on while the victory was won, fearing that if they delayed further, something might happen and the imperial court would negotiate peace with the Western Rong.

However, there was no foolproof way to defeat these more than 100,000 extremely vicious Western Rong people who had no way of retreat at the lowest cost.

Knowing that He Qiudi had come to the military camp.

Feng Shiyan asked everyone to rest for a while and discuss the matter after dinner, then he brought Yang Yi and others to pick up He Qiudi.

"Qiu Di, why are you here?"

It's very dangerous here. If possible, Feng Shiyan doesn't want He Qiudi to put himself in danger.

But he was kind of happy at the same time.

Now that he is in trouble, if she comes over, she will definitely help him find a solution that has the best of both worlds.