"You sound good." Jiang Changdai pursed her kissed thin lips, and looked at the person in her arms helplessly, "This new capital plan is actually related to the fundamental interests of the nobles and ministers. You tried your best to obstruct the project, and Song Yuanshan who framed you in prison before, even if you are not afraid of danger, have you ever thought about Chang and me?"

The round trip from Yicheng to the capital takes more than two months, and the journey is surrounded by dangerous mountains and waterways. If there is any news, I may not be able to know her safety in time.

"But if I'm afraid of danger, does Sister Dai really want me to hide in the mansion for the rest of my life?" Liu Mei'er was kneeling upright and asked with a very serious expression.

Jiang Changdai met her bright eyes, hesitating to speak. Regarding the persecution of Liu Meier by Song Yuanshan and other gangsters, it was only because it was not the best time to deal with it, so she chose to let Liu Meier retreat from the limelight.

But blindly avoiding is really not the solution to the problem.

"At present, Jiang Guo needs to be stable to the outside world. Is Meier complaining that I can't avenge you?" Jiang Changdai is also very self-blaming. Now that the foreign enemies have not been eliminated, she can't rashly attack Prince Jiang Hui's courtiers, otherwise it will easily cause trouble. turmoil.

"I, I didn't mean that."

Seeing Sister Dai's sad expression, Liu Meier lost all her firm will, "I just think it's not a good idea to hide all the time. Why don't you try to see how they will frame you this time? If the time is right, you may be able to catch them."

After all, Liu Meier was also worried that if she kept hiding behind Sister Dai, maybe they would directly target Sister Dai, which would be even more dangerous.

It's better to risk yourself first to attract their attention. As long as they show their claws and get the ironclad evidence of their framing, even if they can't be punished, it will be enough to scare them from making trouble.

Seeing her careful explanation, Jiang Changdai felt a little less emotional in his heart. He reached out to caress her face, and said with murderous intent in his eyes: "Even if Meier blames me, that's what I should do. If I don't care about Jiang Guo's great cause, I will definitely let her go." People like Song Yuanshan understand how humiliating you were when you were paraded through the streets and imprisoned."

Liu Meier stared at Sister Dai in a daze, her cheeks became slightly hot and said in a low voice, "So Sister Dai saw it too."

Sister Dai watched such a shameless parade, and even Liu Meier felt ashamed.

After all, Liu Mei'er is also a Confucian scholar who studied as an official, so she is somewhat bookish and thin-skinned.

"It's nothing." Liu Meier leaned her head close to Sister Dai's cool palm, "I heard that there were people throwing rotten eggs in the past, at least I was safe and sound that time."

Jiang Changdai saw that she was still thinking about comforting herself, her eyes were sour and tight, her thin lips were slightly pursed but she did not speak.

In fact, during that parade, Song Yuanshan originally arranged for people pretending to be ordinary people to prepare rotten eggs and other more disgusting things.

It's just that Jiang Changdai sent secret guards to arrest them all, which saved Liu Meier from being even more embarrassed.

Of course, it was also from that time that Jiang Changdai was convinced that Song Yuanshan was maliciously targeting Liu Meier.

"By the way, Sister Dai must be careful about Song Yuanshan." Liu Meier knew that the imperial decree would come to the mansion tomorrow, so she naturally wanted to order more things, "Song Yuanshan may have a lot of people in private."

Jiang Changdai raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Is this really true?"

Liu Meier nodded hesitantly and replied: "Song Yuanshan seems to know some martial arts, but he has never shown his ability to the outside world, so I am worried that he will hurt sister Dai."

"You should worry about yourself first." Jiang Changdai rubbed her red earlobe with her fingertips, "But I will be careful."

If Song Yuanshan is very skilled and has a group of fierce soldiers beside him, then this person should not be Song Yuanshan who came from a family of scholars.

Or maybe the real Song Yuanshan is dead.

Of course, these are just suspicions. Jiang Changdai needed time to investigate, so naturally she didn't inform Liu Meier.

In the afternoon of the next day, the imperial decree was sent to the son-in-law's mansion, and Liu Meier returned to the mansion early to prepare the carriage and horses for leaving the capital.

In the evening, the servants were all tidy, and Liu Meier spent most of the day just arranging Chang's new clothes.

The three of them were surprisingly quiet at dinner, and then Liu Meier took care of Mrs. Chang back to the hospital to rest, and listened to some instructions.

When the night was getting darker, Liu Meier came out of the Chang's courtyard, and saw Sister Dai standing at the end of the corridor, alone, making people look at her more and more reluctantly.

"Keep sister Dai waiting for a long time." Liu Mei'er lifted a corner of her robe and walked over quickly.

Jiang Changdai looked sideways at the approaching person, reached out to hold her hand and said, "I have a few things for you."

It was very cold at night in late autumn, Liu Meier covered Sister Dai's slightly cool hand and replied: "Mother has already prepared all the clothes and supplies for the four seasons, Sister Dai doesn't have to worry that Meier won't have enough to eat or wear warmly."

"Although these few things of mine can't feed and clothe Meier, they can protect her life." Jiang Changdai was worried that someone would be waiting for an opportunity to kill her along the way, so she naturally wanted to make more plans for her.

Seeing that Sister Dai said so seriously, Liu Meier felt a little more vigilant and asked: "Could it be that Sister Dai thinks that Song Yuanshan will be on the way and is in a hurry?"

Jiang Changdai led her into the main house of the son-in-law's mansion and said, "Song Yuanshan may not commit murder blatantly, but it is inevitable that some noble officials will want to make trouble. After all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents."

I saw that there were two boxes on the desk that was originally used to place poems, calligraphy and paintings, and they were of different lengths and sizes.

"I sent a troop to accompany you to Yicheng to guard, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions." Jiang Changdai opened a square box, and saw a golden-brown soft armor in the box, which was shining brightly in the candlelight. It is soft body armor, ordinary swords cannot penetrate the body, it is most suitable for you who do not know martial arts."

Liu Meier looked at Sister Dai who put on the soft armor for her, and said in a low voice with warmth in her heart: "Sister Lau Dai, don't worry."

Seeing her standing obediently in front of her, Jiang Changdai muttered with resentment: "If I can stop you from leaving the capital, why bother?"

Although what Liu Meier said yesterday was reasonable, but the trick of leading the snake out of the hole is too dangerous.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the surrounding area of ​​Yicheng has not been well-planned. If she makes a mistake for a while, how can she bear it.

"Sister Dai, don't worry too much." Liu Meier couldn't say anything else, so she could only comfort her weakly.

Jiang Changdai saw that she still had no intention of retreating. Although she was worried in her heart, she had to admire her courage. She pinched her face with her fingertips and told her: "This soft armor fits well. You must wear it all the time when you go out, even at night. You can't take it off, you know?"

Liu Meier only felt that her face was almost swollen by being pinched by Mrs. Chang and sister Dai.

"understood."

Jiang Changdai let go of her hand reluctantly, then opened the box on the other side and took out a sleeve crossbow, opened the buckle and tied it to her left arm.

This too light device attracted Liu Meier's curious attention and asked: "Is this a crossbow?"

"Well, this sleeve crossbow is easy to carry and hide. It can fire six fine steel bows and arrows. If you can use them skillfully, you will definitely be able to save your life at critical times." Jiang Changdai let go of her hand that was resting on the tie, and then circled behind Liu Meier. , raised her hand to hold her left arm, leaning against her back, with thin lips attached to her ear, "I'll teach you how to use it."

Liu Meier straightened her back and felt her ears itch. She pointed her left arm at the wooden compartment of the bookcase. Sister Dai reached out to hold her right hand and rested her fingertips on the button of the sleeve crossbow on her left arm.

"This kind of sleeve crossbow has a shorter range than the usual bows and arrows, but it's still enough to kill villains who approach you."

The cold voice in Liu Mei'er's ears was very seductive, Liu Mei'er pursed her lips and blushed and responded, "Yes."

"Its use method is similar to that of a bow and arrow. You only need to press this place to shoot short arrows." Jiang Changdai pressed her fingertips to press the sleeve crossbow switch.

With the feedback from her fingertips, Liu Meier felt that the broken arrow was shot out without a sound.

And there was a broken arrow standing between the bookcases, Liu Meier exclaimed: "Its speed is really fast."

Jiang Changdai raised her arm from behind her and hugged her with a light smile, "It was originally designed as a concealed weapon to take advantage of surprise attacks, but it has become a suitable self-defense weapon for Meier."

Liu Meier tilted her head and asked, "Is this one going to sleep and can't leave her body?"

"Of course, it has a device to prevent the mechanism from being set up, and it doesn't matter if it gets in the water."

"It's amazing." Liu Meier looked at the sleeve crossbow on her left arm seriously.

Seeing that she was looking so seriously, Jiang Changdai raised her chin with her fingertips and kissed her cherry lips, saying, "But I still have to take it off tonight."

Liu Meier's eyes were shining brightly, revealing her shyness, and she replied in a low voice, "Yes."

When the lamps in the house flicker, the gauze curtain hangs down to the ground, covering the graceful figure.

Due to the busy government affairs this year, Jiang Changdai couldn't remember how long it had been since she had made out with Meier.

Originally, it was colder with deeper dew at night in autumn, but the warm tent was full of spring, and the clothes of the two of them were crumpled and tucked away in the corner, and there was only a little singing and euphemism revealed.

When the sky was getting brighter, it was foggy in the early morning of autumn, and the maids of the son-in-law's mansion were cleaning the courtyard one after another.

And the palace people in the courtyard of the main house were still waiting outside, as if there was still no movement inside.

A thin figure reveals a graceful figure in the red tent, and a pair of slender hands lifts the gauze.

Jiang Changdai raised her hand to pick up the thin inner coat and tied it up by herself, the room was still dark.

Liu Meier raised her hand, rubbed her eyes, looked at Sister Dai who was on the couch, and called in a daze, "Is it dawn so early?"

"If you don't wake up, don't go to Yicheng." Jiang Changdai reached out her hand to brush away the long hair that fell on her side, leaned slightly closer, pinched her nose with her fingertips and muttered.

"Well, wake up, I'll wake up soon." When Liu Meier opened her mouth, a soft kiss fell on her lips.

Jiang Changdai propped her palms on her side, looked down at the sleepy-eyed person and said, "I don't know if you can go back to the capital for the New Year. Remember to write to me every month to report on your daily progress, remember?"

Liu Meier's eyes regained her spirits and responded repeatedly: "I remember."

"My status is not good enough to send you away from the city, so you should be more careful in everything." Jiang Changdai lifted the quilt that covered her with her fingertips, and her eyes fell on the red plum marks.

"It's not good-looking." Liu Meier shyly pulled the quilt to cover herself and whispered softly.

Jiang Changdai looked at her silently and replied: "If it's not good-looking, then why are you still here with me?"

Liu Meier's gaze fell on Sister Dai's collar, and she saw some imprints on her fair skin and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I accidentally forgot it last night."

"Forget it." Seeing that her lips were a little swollen, Jiang Changdai naturally knew that her treatment of her last night was not much better.

Parting is imminent, no matter how much intimacy is spoken, it is always sad.

When the two came out, the palace people came in one after another to wait on them.

The three of the Chang family ate together, and Liu Meier looked eagerly at Sister Dai who left the house early because she was going to the morning court.

When the figure disappeared into the hall and the rattling of the carriage could not be heard, Liu Meier looked away.

"You, if you don't want to part with it, why bother to take on that drudgery?" Chang was also reluctant to let her child leave her side while eating porridge.

Liu Meier pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "Meier is not filial, mother should be angry."

Seeing her children working hard, Mrs. Chang couldn't speak harshly, so she could only respond: "Forget it, you'd better eat more before setting off."

When the construction team came out of the capital from the Ministry of Industry, the morning court in the palace held government affairs as usual.

Seeing that the eldest princess didn't care about the son-in-law from Licheng at all, the ministers couldn't help but guess that maybe the two were just a superficial couple.

After the morning court, the prince Jiang Hui looked at the aunt who was looking through the documents in the palace. In fact, he wanted to send his little uncle as a gift, but he was rejected by his aunt.

For a moment, even the prince Jiang Hui couldn't help guessing that the rumor that his uncle and his aunt had a disagreement might be true.

Otherwise, the two have been married for many years, and they never see a child.

In the evening, Jiang Changdai returned home as usual, and she was still not used to seeing the empty place next to Mrs. Chang.

It's just that Jiang Changdai knew that Mei'er was worried about Chang Shi, so she naturally wanted to take care of Chang Shi with filial piety for her.

As for the people traveling all the way from the capital, from the plains to the interlaced rivers, Liu Meier led the big black horse and looked at the accompanying Yue Yue, only to realize that the troops that Sister Dai mentioned turned out to be the Yue Family Army.

How did Yue Yue think that she was promoted to the Southwest General, and she had to accept such a small task as the eldest princess, and she felt a little bit aggrieved.

When I came to Yicheng in November, the common people came out to watch the fun, and local officials also prepared banquets to reward generals and officials.

At Yingge Yanwu's banquet, Liu Meier was wary of sister Dai's previous words, so she was cautious about everything around her.

"Master Liu, although you are the chief supervisor of this project, if you do something to offend the eldest princess, I don't have eyes for a knife." strict.

"General Yue, don't worry." Liu Meier looked at the knife swung in front of her, still a little startled.

This girl Yue is impatient, Liu Meier is really afraid that if she loses her balance, she will be in danger.

After drinking the three rounds of banquets, Liu Meier went back to her room alone. She was so busy all the way that Liu Meier didn't want to think about Sister Dai.

But now it's hard to settle down, Liu Meier's heart is tense again, and she can't help but sigh.

The Xindu project has been in preparation for many years, and now that the financial resources and manpower are in place, it is natural to start early.

In order to speed up the process, Liu Meier discussed with the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Works several times about building fortifications in sections, which could save time and maximize the manpower.

In order to allow the people to work safely at night, Liu Meier divided the rotation system into different days, and increased part of the money at night, so that processing at night can also reduce the casualties caused by overwork of the people as much as possible.

Throughout the ages, in order to build the capital of the royal palace, there have always been countless casualties of the people.

At first, when Liu Meier read it in the ancient book, she was still wondering why the time was so urgent, but now she realizes that the officials are also suffering and can't explain it.

As long as the court ministers can unite as one, the construction period will not be so rushed, not to mention that Liu Meier has made a three-year contract.

Everything from supervisors to food needs huge amounts of money. Jiang Changdai only received three letters from Yicheng throughout the winter.

All of them were to report the amount of the project entering the government and the amount of money spent, and there was no half of the words that she missed herself.

It was snowing heavily outside the window, and Jiang Changdai looked helplessly at the letters placed on the desk, so she had to pick up a pen and write down the appropriation paperwork in Liu Meier's style.

Since ancient times, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Accounts allocated funds, and finally the silver was annexed by officials layer by layer, and only [-]% of it fell into the hands of the people.

Jiang Changdai originally wanted to send Rong Yue's black-armored army to escort Yinliang, but then she thought that maybe this was a good opportunity.

Those Confucian officials would definitely not give up such a good opportunity to make money.

Sure enough, the crown prince Jiang Hui personally approved the project silver taels, and the courtiers had a lot of discussions about it. Fortunately, Jiang Changdai took precautions and tripled the original silver taels that Liu Meier had proposed.

In this way, no matter how much the courtiers lowered the price, the court would still be able to give Liu Meier the silver taels needed.

In the whole morning discussion, Jiang Changdai never took the initiative to speak a word, so that the prince Jiang Hui felt a little bit offended by these aggressive ministers.

Although the prince Jiang Hui wanted to rely on them to seize power, but they were suspected of forming a party for personal gain, and repeatedly suppressed and excluded the power of the aunt, which was really blatant.

Then the prince Jiang Hui was worried that if his aunt was pushed into a hurry, he might just arrest them all.

Therefore, Prince Jiang Hui gave an additional 500 million taels of silver on top of the amount negotiated with the courtiers.

When the Ministry of Households allocated funds according to the edict, the ministers began to hear the news, and Jiang Changdai was already quietly tightening the fine net woven in her hands.

But Song Yuanshan felt that this happened too peacefully.

The ministers were so aggressive, but the eldest princess didn't respond at all. It was really like the quiet eve of the martial arts last year.

As the end of the year was approaching, the eldest princess participated in more banquets, and there were often occasions to have a banquet with Song Yuanshan.

"I heard that the Bank and Household Department for the construction of the new capital has allocated funds, and they have been sent out of the capital one after another today. Isn't the eldest princess worried that the money is not enough?" Song Yuanshan moved closer with a slightly drunken expression.

Jiang Changdai saw that there was something in Song Yuanshan's words, she turned her head to look at him and responded: "Teacher, matters above the court should be discussed in the court, and now it's a banquet of drinking and merrymaking, so it's time to enjoy dancing and listening to music."

Song Yuanshan saw that the eldest princess didn't show any emotion, so he guessed that maybe she didn't want to mention it.

"What the eldest princess said is true." Song Yuanshan raised his hand to call for his servants, his face did not change, "This is a famous local wine in Fu country, can the eldest princess have a drink?"

"I'm tired." Jiang Changdai didn't want to talk to Song Yuanshan, since he had lost the patience he had for Meier since he was in trouble with Meier.

Song Yuanshan looked at the eldest princess who was leaving straight away, feeling something was wrong.

The eldest princess has never been so impatient with the officials. She may not have been sincere to herself in the past, but she will not be so blatantly ignoring.

Many officials watched the excitement, Song Yuanshan held up the wine cup and said in a low voice: "If you don't drink today, you will have a time to beg me in the future."

Jiang Guo is not monolithic now, and the eldest princess will always give up power in the future.

At that time, it is hard to say who will be the knife and who will be the fish.

At the end of the year when it was snowing heavily, the capital became more and more lively, but the Princess Mansion became more deserted.

Jiang Changdai would visit Mrs. Chang every day, and then go back to the bedroom of the Princess Mansion to rest.

The desk in the bedroom was still filled with paperwork that was half the height of a person, but no one was lying on the bed waiting for him to go to bed.

In the dead of night, Jiang Changdai raised her hand and rubbed her brows, looking sideways at the territory map behind her.

Now there is only the struggle between the Three Kingdoms. As long as Jiang Guo dominates the world, Jiang Changdai will be able to leave the court with peace of mind.

It is heard that the emperor of Mo Kingdom is seriously ill, and the eldest prince Mo Yao and the third prince Mo Tai are in constant disputes, so there should be chaos.

Most of the patriarchs of the thirteen tribes formed an alliance for the territory of the Mo country for gold, silver and jewels. Now that the Mo country is deeply mired in the quagmire of fighting with the Feng country, it is no longer the invincible power it used to be.

At such a time when there are internal and external troubles, if Jiang Guo gives a fatal blow, he will be one step closer to unification.

Jiang Changdai stood alone in front of the vast territory map until Tian Mengmeng left the mansion again to go to court.

Everyone is lazy in winter, and many courtiers in the court came later than in summer, but Prince Jiang Hui found that his aunt always came very early.

Prince Jiang Hui always admired the hard work of the Princess Jiang, so she never dared to slack off.

"Hello, aunt." Prince Jiang Hui saluted respectfully.

"I want to visit His Majesty later, would the crown prince wish to go with me?" Jiang Changdai looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and guessed that maybe Yicheng is also so cold now.

"Yes."

After the morning court ended, the two came to the emperor's bedroom. The guards outside the bedroom are all personally arranged by Jiang Changdai.

The hall was filled with a strong smell of medicinal soup. Prince Jiang Hui looked at his father, who was still sleeping on the sickbed, and said seriously: "Nowadays, father is drowsy most of the day, and it seems that he is not very awake anymore."

Jiang Changdai reached out to stroke the snowflakes off the gorgeous court dress, and looked casually at Jiang Feng who was sick.

He is obviously about the same age as Meier, but now he is already sick like an old man, his eyes are turning dull and dull, his pale lips are lightly parted but he can't say anything.

This is the best result that Jiang Changdai wants. If Jiang Feng recovers, there will probably be a new coup.

Just like the young prince who was killed by Wu Feng at that time, Jiang Changdai could have saved that child.

But he is the child of Concubine Wu, and also a puppet of the Wu family. Once he is alive, there is no guarantee that the Wu family will revive.

When she came out of the airtight hall, Jiang Changdai reached out and looked at the gloves Meier made for herself, thinking that her hands were already full of blood.

So even if Jiang Changdai wanted to retire safely, those ministers would not be at ease.

Jiang Changdai let out a long sigh and murmured, "This snow is really clean."

The prince Jiang Hui on the side didn't quite understand, Xue, how can there be something unclean?

In fact, Jiang Changdai wanted to be charming.

In Jiang Changdai's eyes, Mei'er is like the clean ice and snow in front of her eyes.

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