"Get up, the king knows what you said and has made arrangements."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qingxi stood up and stood beside to serve.

Xie Ruiyuan looked at the letter on the desk. He seemed to be handling official business, but in fact he was thinking about other things.

The news he sent to the capital must have been delivered to his father's desk long ago. The letter detailed how Mengyue led the villagers to destroy the locust swarms from Yongkang, and how they prevented the local locusts in Qingshan from moving north, thus preventing the locust plague in several major northern prefectures.

Such a great achievement must be rewarded, and it cannot be an ordinary reward.

In addition, he had selfish motives and clearly stated in the letter what kind of reward he wanted to give to Mengyue.

He believed that his father would not refuse his honor, and no matter how much the court officials opposed, his father would implement the reward.

Once Mengyue receives the award, her status and position will naturally rise, and she may even surpass more than 90% of the rich ladies in the capital.

When his relationship with Mengyue is made public, not many people will attack Mengyue's identity.

Even if there is, it can easily shut others up.

Xie Ruiyuan's guess was correct. On the official road of Wuning County in Qingshan Prefecture, a royal carriage was driving, followed by a ceremonial guard. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this group of people came from the palace.

The leader of this team was none other than Jiang Yue, the chief eunuch of the emperor's side. He was carrying the emperor's order from the capital to Wuning County. In order to reach Wuning County as quickly as possible, they had little rest and were exhausted along the way.

After half a month's journey, we are finally approaching our destination.

As the group was heading towards Wuning County, Mengyue arrived outside the gate of Banyue Villa.

"Miss, please come in."

Looking at the doorman who was bending down to invite her in, Mengyue was a little confused. She hadn't even given her name yet, so how did the other party know her and invite her in?

Although she was confused, since she was already here, Mengyue had no intention of going back and walked straight into Banyue Villa.

Because she had been here before, Mengyue knew that as a killer, whenever she arrived in a strange place, the first thing she had to do was to figure out where she was and then find a way to retreat.

Therefore, when Meng Yue first came to the Banyue Villa, she had already figured out the layout of the entire villa, so she went to the study where Xie Ruiyuan was without asking servants to lead the way.

"Master, the princess is here."

As Xie Ruiyuan's personal bodyguard, Qingxi's main task is to protect his master's safety and always pay attention to the movements around him.

If there is an assassin, he can be discovered and counterattacked immediately.

That's how it was. When Mengyue was still some distance away from the study, Qingxi discovered it and immediately reported it to Xie Ruiyuan.

In fact, after the cold poison in Xie Ruiyuan's body was lifted, his strength did not recover to its peak, but it recovered to 70% to 80%, so there was no need to worry about the internal strength causing the poison to take effect.

As early as the moment Mengyue arrived at the villa, he knew Mengyue's coming.

It's just that when he learned that the cold poison had been cured, his attitude towards Mengyue changed, and he hadn't figured out how to face her.

Mengyue came to the villa as soon as she arrived, which was why he didn't go out to greet her immediately.

But at this moment, Mengyue stood at the door of the study. Escape has never been his style.

"Please invite him in."

"Yes, Master."

Qingxi quickly opened the door and saw Mengyue standing outside.

"Qingxi greets the princess."

"Qingxi, I'm not your princess, just be my daughter."