Reborn to abuse the scumbag, the demon queen destroyed her ex-husband's entire family

"I didn't think of asking you to marry someone high up, but I also didn't think you would find someone who is not as good as our Xiao family!"

It is not difficult to hear from these words that Xu is not optimistic about Xiao Mingyue and Lu Yu.

But today is a happy day, and seeing that Xiao Mingyue was about to be unhappy, Xu quickly changed her words.

"Fortunately, my son-in-law knows how to make progress. He will just have to live slowly when times are hard. He will eventually become successful."

"Brother Yu, that day will definitely come. When that happens, I will make Xiao Ruge kneel down and cry in front of me!"

The originally beautiful face became distorted because of jealousy and hatred. If Xiao Mingyue looked at the bronze mirror, she would discover her ugly side.

But she didn't notice it. Instead, it was Nanny Quanfu, who was standing behind her and combing her hair, who saw it all clearly.

When she saw Xiao Mingyue's angry expression, Nanny Quanfu was so frightened that she shuddered and quickly lowered her brows and dared not look around.

After delivering the makeup, Xiao Ruge returned to her own yard and did not go out again.

In the evening, firecrackers were heard from the front yard. It seemed that Lu Yu came to pick up Xiao Mingyue. After Xiao Mingyue left, the banquet began to become lively in the front hall.

Xiao Ruge lay in the rocking chair without moving until Bai Zhi prepared the food and brought it in, then she put down the notebook in her hand.

The weather was getting colder and colder, but fortunately there was charcoal in the house and a hot water bottle to warm her hands, which made Xiao Ruge feel much better.

As soon as she stood up and sat at the table, Mu Gu walked in with his hands behind his back. She raised her eyebrows when she saw him.

"You just came here so brazenly?"

"I told Master Xiao that I was coming to see you, and he asked the servant to bring me here, fearing that I wouldn't be able to find your yard!"

Thinking of what Xiao Mingzhi had said before about finding someone to lead the way, Mu Gu couldn't help but want to laugh. He was much more familiar with Ruyi Garden than Xiao Mingzhi.

"have eaten?"

Since Mu Gu was able to stay at the Xiao family, he must have come to attend the wedding banquet. However, the banquet in the front hall had not yet ended, so it was estimated that he did not eat much.

While asking this, Xiao Ruge had already looked at Bai Zhi and asked her to prepare another set of bowls and chopsticks.

Mu Gu was not polite and sat next to her. He picked up Xiao Ruge's chopsticks and took a bite of food. He smiled and said, "It was too noisy in front. I didn't eat well, so I came to your place to eat for free!"

The two men had dinner together, and while drinking tea after the meal, Mu Gu mentioned that Qizhou County Magistrate Chang Yunfei had written a memorial saying that heavy snow in Qizhou had caused many dilapidated houses to collapse, and he hoped that the court could allocate silver for disaster relief.

"What did the Emperor say?"

Xiao Ruge was drinking red date tea, but she was thinking in her heart that the emperor might not allocate money for disaster relief for the time being. He would probably ask someone to go over and take a look first, and then decide based on the situation.

Sure enough, Mu Gu then asked the emperor to suppress the matter temporarily and let the people below nominate someone to go to Qizhou. If the situation is really serious, it will not be too late to allocate funds.

But Xiao Ruge knew that when they rushed to Qizhou, they would most likely encounter a snowstorm, which would prevent the news from being sent back, and many people would be frozen to death by then.

"Go tell the emperor that you are going to Qizhou!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruge suddenly made an important decision. Instead of letting others go, it would be better to let Mu Gu go.

After all, the two of them have made a lot of preparations, and others may not be able to do as well as Mu Gu.

Mu Gu, who was drinking tea, was stunned. His face turned serious. He put down his teacup, sat up straight and asked, "Are you sure you want me to go?"

Xiao Ruge nodded firmly, "You go first, I will find a reason to go back to the old house in a few days, and then secretly go to Qizhou to help you!"

Mu Gu thought about it, nodded and agreed, then asked with some concern: "Is the snow disaster in Qizhou this time very serious?"

Xiao Ruge sighed, "I'm not too sure, but I have a bad feeling in my heart."

In her previous life, she was in the capital and had never been to Qizhou.

But later, as time went by, Qizhou suffered severe snow disasters, countless houses collapsed, and many people were crushed to death in their sleep.

Later, because of heavy snow, the roads were blocked and the imperial relief grain could not be transported in, and countless people froze to death or starved to death.

In short, after the snowstorm was over, the governor of Qizhou counted the population and found that only 40% of the original was left. The population of the entire Qizhou had dropped sharply, and almost one in ten towns and villages remained, with widespread misery.

Having made up his mind, Mu Gu proposed to go to Qizhou during the morning court session the next day.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne with no visible expression on his face, but his eyes revealed a hint of relief. He asked him in a deep voice why he wanted to go.

Now it is the end of the year. If Mu Gu chooses to go to Qizhou at this time, he may not be able to return in time for the New Year.

"Father, Qizhou is densely populated, and it has been snowing since the beginning of winter. Lord Chang also mentioned in his memorial that many houses were damaged and many people were displaced. I think that the court should send a person of noble status to the area at this time."

Having said this, he bowed to the emperor again.

"Logically speaking, there is no one in the entire Dalong Dynasty who is more noble than my father, but my father's body is precious and he has national affairs to worry about. I want to go to Qizhou on my father's behalf, so that the people of Qizhou will know that my father has not forgotten them!"

Mu Gu placed the emperor on a high position and flattered him, which naturally pleased the emperor.

"Xiao Qi, your heart is commendable. In this case, you will go on my behalf. You must comfort the people of Qizhou and don't let me down!"

"Yes, I obey your order!"

Mu Gu knelt down and accepted the order.

Since he was going to Qizhou on behalf of the emperor, he naturally could not leave empty-handed.

So the emperor gave an order and the Ministry of Revenue began to collect food. After a period of chaos, Mu Gu finally left the capital with cartloads of food.

At this time, it was already past Xiao Mingyue's three-day return date. She originally wanted to come back and show off to Xiao Ruge that she was the one who married Lu Yu, after all, and got there first.

But when she came back, she found out that Xiao Ruge had gone back to the old house, saying that the anniversary of General Xiao's death was approaching, so she went back early to prepare for the sacrificial ceremony.

Originally, Xiao Mingyue wanted to chase after Xiao Ruge to the old house, but then she thought that it was General Xiao’s death anniversary and felt it was a bit unlucky, so she did not go to look for Xiao Ruge.

But she didn't know that Xiao Ruge was not in the old house at this time, but had secretly left Beijing and went to Qizhou.

The fighting in the north has stopped because the weather was too cold. The Rongdi people could not hold on any longer and withdrew their troops back into the depths of the grassland.

Since they didn't get the upper hand in Dalon this time, they will surely make a comeback next spring when the weather gets warmer. Old General Yao Yongkun also wrote a memorial to the emperor, saying that he disliked military rations, military pay and some military supplies.

However, due to the snowstorm in Qizhou, the military rations were not much, and only military salaries and military supplies were delivered normally.

Looking at the pitifully small amount of food, General Yao became worried and could only write letters to the surrounding counties to borrow food, otherwise the soldiers in the north would have a hard time surviving the winter.