Mountain and River Festival 255. Princess Changle's Plan

After returning to the mansion, Ye Li was in tears and laughed as she held the poor little Baozi and pleaded for him to Mo Xiuyao. Although it was true that Mo Xiaobao missed his mother very much, he definitely didn't miss her day and night and couldn't do anything. In fact, in the past few months, Mo Xiaobao was away from Mo Xiuyao's oppression, and Mr. Qingyun was particularly fond of this great-grandson, which was completely different from the way he treated Xu Qingchen for several years.

The brothers were so strict that Mo Xiaobao was so happy that he was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins and was having a great time. He was so happy that he forgot the homework that Mo Xiuyao had assigned to him last night before he left, saying that he would check it when he came back.

This time, Mo Xiuyao did not deliberately make things difficult for Mo Xiaobao. He assigned him homework that he could complete. But the bad thing was that Mo Xiaobao was too smart, and smart people are inevitably more cunning than others. So he procrastinated and when he suddenly realized that his father was about to come back, he had only finished less than one-third of his homework.

"Okay, you have ten days to make up for the homework your father assigned you, okay?" Ye Li reached out and rubbed the child's tired head and said softly. In fact, Mo Xiaobao was so young that Ye Li didn't think it was a good idea to assign him too much homework, but since it had been assigned, it must be completed. You can't let the child develop the habit of being cunning and taking chances.

Mo Xiaobao knew he was in the wrong, so he carefully raised his eyelids and looked at Ye Li, and said softly, "Mother, I know I was wrong." Ye Li nodded and smiled, "A good child is one who knows his mistakes and can correct them."

"Then... can I go to accompany Grandpa a few days later?" Mo Xiaobao said shyly. Ye Li couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, let's go to see Grandpa tomorrow, and then tell him that we will go to the academy in a few days. But you can't do this in the future. If you study with Grandpa, you must understand the principle of perseverance. You can't neglect your studies for other things.

"You know what I am doing?" Mo Xiaobao nodded obediently. Mo Xiuyao sat on the side and looked at him with a half-smile and said, "If you don't know, you don't have to study with your grandfather in the future. How about your father let your uncle teach you later?" Mo Xiaobao's face immediately fell. Compared with his uncle who was gentle, elegant and graceful but always made him a little scared, he still liked him more.

A kind and gentle grandfather.

Ye Li looked at the father and son helplessly. She could feel the displeasure they had with each other from hundreds of meters away. "Xiu Yao, your injury hasn't healed yet. Take a rest today and we'll talk tomorrow." Mo Xiu Yao's expression eased and he nodded. Mo Xiao Bao's eyes lit up and he blinked at Ye Li. "Mom, Xiao Bao wants to sleep with you." Ye Li

Just as he was about to answer, Mo Xiuyao had already picked up Mo Xiaobao and put him on his lap without hesitation, looking down at him and said, "Boy, you are almost six years old and you still want to sleep with A'li. Do you want to be laughed at?" Mo Xiaobao was dissatisfied and argued, "Father, you are over thirty years old, why do you still want to sleep with mother?!"

"Puff..." Ye Li finally couldn't help laughing out loud. Seeing that the adult and the child turned their eyes to her at the same time, she quickly waved her hands and smiled, "It's okay... I still have some things to deal with in the study. You two can discuss it slowly." After saying that, she fled under the stares of the two.

"I want to sleep with my mother." Mo Xiaobao said firmly.

"Ali is my wife. I need someone to accompany me to find your wife." Mo Xiuyao said.

"Mom is my mother, go find your mother." Mo Xiaobao widened his eyes.

Mo Xiuyao's mouth twitched, his expression was sly, "Only my wife can sleep with me. Those who sleep with me are cowardly and useless brats."

Mo Xiaobao was confused, "Where's my wife?"

Mo Xiuyao looked calm and said calmly: "When you grow up, you can find it yourself."

Outside the door, Ye Li listened to the nonsensical conversation between the two and turned away with a gloomy face.

As soon as Ye Li and Mo Xiuyao returned to Licheng, various political affairs came flooding in. Although Xu Hongyu was in charge, there were still many things that needed to be handled by Mo Xiuyao himself. The first thing to bear the brunt was the large amount of news about Ren Qining sent from Da Chu and the military exercises that Ye Li and Mo Xiuyao had already started preparing before leaving Licheng.

In the study, Mo Xiuyao stared at the thick files and documents piled up in front of him and raised his eyebrows. The intelligence network under the Dingwang Mansion was very efficient. In less than a month, all the information about Ren Qining had been delivered to the Dingwang Mansion's study. After reading the information, even Mo Xiuyao couldn't help but marvel at how deeply Ren Qining hid. Ren Qining looked like a young man in his twenties, but in fact, his age was the same as Tan Jizhi, and he was already thirty-seven or thirty-eight this year. For ordinary people, this age is not considered young, but for someone who aspires to dominate the world, he is still too young. After arriving at a tribe in Northern Jin at the age of twelve, this man never set foot in the Central Plains for more than 20 years. In these 20 years, he gradually established his foothold in the northern border, and gradually conquered the tribes of Northern Jin, and in essence, he took over the entire northern border. Without anyone noticing, including the Ding Palace, he quietly expanded the northern border into a place with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. To put it bluntly, even if Ren Qining could not successfully restore the country, with his current strength, he would be able to establish himself as a king in the northern border. In this way, Tan Jizhi, who was jumping happily between Da Chu and Nanzhao, was more like a smokescreen placed by Ren Qining in front of people. It is just not known whether this smokescreen was intentional or unintentional.

"Leng Haoyu just sent a message. Mo Jingqi is preparing to dispatch troops to the northern border." Xu Hongyu said calmly.

"Send troops to the north?" Mo Xiuyao frowned, turned his head to look at the generals sitting beside him, and asked, "Can the Chu army defeat the army in the north?" Lu Jinxian pondered for a moment and said, "If we talk about national strength and military strength, there is no reason why the Chu army cannot defeat the north. But in recent years, the north has been in turmoil, and various tribes have been conquering each other. Although the north has only a few hundred thousand troops, they can be said to be elite troops that have survived hundreds of battles. Although the Great Chu fought a battle a few years ago, its record is really worrying."

Feng Zhiyao sneered, "What's the point of your concern about whether he can win a great victory? Even if you are willing to send troops to help him pacify Beijin, he dare not let the Mo family army enter the pass. They have already taken most of their troops to let go of Feihong Pass." Mo Xiuyao smiled with a rare good temper, "I'm just worried that Mo Jingqi is too useless. If the northern army really marches straight in, it will not be a good thing for us." If he was worried about the safety of Da Chu, he would not have deliberately provoked Mo Jingqi in Ancheng. He just hoped that the generals under Mo Jingqi would not disappoint him too much.

Xu Qingchen said thoughtfully, "If nothing unexpected happens, within three months at most, war will break out between the north and the south. What are your plans, Lord?"

Mo Xiu Yao smiled and said, "Any plans? Shouldn't we prepare for the military exercise? Xiling is fighting Nanzhao, Da Chu is fighting the Northern Border, let's just play with ourselves." Everyone was speechless. Playing with ourselves, Your Majesty, you are really good-tempered.

After talking about Ren Qining, the topic naturally turned to the military exercise that had been prepared for several months. This was undoubtedly a very new thing for both civil officials such as Xu Hongyu and military generals such as Lu Jinxian and Zhang Qilan. In this era, wars were fought from time to time, so many people questioned the real significance of this so-called exercise. But no matter what, everyone was still looking forward to it as it had been prepared for several months. When Mo Xiuyao asked, Zhang Qilan immediately replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything has been prepared according to the instructions of Your Majesty and the Princess. The location is within a radius of 300 miles with Hongzhou as the center." Mo Xiuyao nodded and said, "The place is big enough, very good. Just prepare as instructed before."

"Then Your Majesty...when is the time set?" Lu Jinxian asked.

Mo Xiuyao raised his eyelids lazily and glanced at him, asking: "Will the enemy tell you when to attack? Be prepared first."

"Yes, I obey your command."

"Princess, Princess Changle is here." Ye Li was sitting in the small study, looking at the files, when Zhuo Jing came in to report. Ye Li was a little surprised. She had a lot of things to do right after she came back. To be honest, she had forgotten about Princess Changle. Putting down her pen, Ye Li said, "Please let her in."

After a while, Princess Changle stepped into the study. After not seeing her for two months, the cute little princess seemed to have lost some weight and had grown up a lot, but her bright eyes had become a little dull and sad.

"I have met Princess Ding." Princess Changle bowed. Ye Li came forward and pulled her up, looking her up and down before saying, "The princess seems to have lost a lot of weight, but the people below don't take good care of her?" Princess Changle shook her head and said, "Princess, you are too kind. The people in the palace treat Wuyou very well." After returning to Licheng with Feng Zhiyao and others, Princess Changle gave up her original good fortune and used the nickname given by the queen. So except for Feng Zhiyao, Zhuo Jing and a few others who followed her to Nanzhao, everyone else in Dingwang Mansion called her Miss Wuyou, and even the surname Mo was no longer mentioned.

Looking at Princess Changle who had grown up a lot, Ye Li sighed helplessly in her heart, pulled Princess Changle to sit aside and said, "It's good that you haven't been wronged. If there are any inconsiderate things done by the subordinates, just tell me, or tell Mo Chief Steward Zhuo Jing and others. Don't wrong yourself, understand?" Princess Changle's eyes were slightly red, and she looked at Ye Li gratefully and said, "Everyone is very kind to me, how could I be wronged. I came here today to say goodbye to the princess, I want... I want to move out."

Ye Li was startled, frowned slightly and asked, "Why?" Princess Changle said, "I know everyone is very kind to me, but Wuyou is an outsider after all. Prince Ding's Mansion is no different from any other place. It will be more free if you move out." Ye Li smiled and said, "Could it be that your uncle Prince Ding and I will restrict your freedom in this mansion?"

"No... That's not what I meant..." Princess Changle was at a loss, and seemed to not know how to explain to Ye Li. In fact, Ye Li understood what she meant. Even if she and Mo Xiuyao believed in Princess Changle, she was Mo Jingqi's biological daughter after all. In the palace, it was inevitable to be cautious and careful. Moreover, although there were not many people who knew Princess Changle in the city, there were still a few. If the news that Princess Changle was in Dingwang Mansion spread out, there might be another set of twists and turns in the future. But Ye Li felt a little distressed that the child in front of her, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, had to think about so many problems.

Perhaps she understood Ye Li's thoughts, Princess Changle smiled brightly, took Ye Li's hand and said, "Princess Ding, I know you are doing this for my own good. But I have grown up, and after leaving my mother and grandfather, they have to become an adult so that they can feel at ease, right? I am not without anything, my mother gave me enough money to live a life of luxury, and when they left, they also left two trusted members of the Hua family to take care of me. Besides, I am in the northwest, Princess Ding will definitely not let anyone bully me, right?"

Ye Li smiled, stretched out her hand to rub the little girl's hair and said, "You have grown up, but what are your plans for the future as a girl?"

Princess Changle tilted her head and thought for a while, then looked at Ye Li and said firmly: "I want to learn medicine. I know that the restrictions on women in the northwest are not as severe as those in Da Chu. After I learn it, maybe I can open a clinic to treat patients." Ye Li looked at her with a smile, raised an eyebrow and asked: "Then who do you want to learn from? How do you become a disciple? You should know that few doctors nowadays accept girls as apprentices. Medicine is not something you can learn by yourself by reading a few books." Princess Changle said seriously: "I can dress up as a woman and go to the clinic as an apprentice, otherwise... I will pay a great doctor to call me. My mother said that as long as you want to learn, there is always a way to learn something. And I am not completely ignorant. I can recite the herbal classics and know a lot of medicinal materials. It is better than those who know nothing at all, and it is easier for the master to accept me."

Seeing that the little girl had really made up her mind, Ye Li smiled at her and whispered, "Since you are so sincere, I will tell you a secret."

Princess Changle blinked and looked at her curiously. Ye Li said softly, "There are two miracle doctors in Prince Ding's mansion."

"Ah? Is it Doctor Shen who cured Uncle Ding? But I haven't seen him for such a long time." Princess Changle's eyes lit up, and she asked with some doubt. Ye Li smiled and said, "Mr. Shen and Mr. Lin were bored in the mansion, so they moved to the city to open a clinic. If you can let them teach you, you don't have to worry about medical skills." Although Princess Changle didn't know who Doctor Lin was, Shen Yang's name was known to the world. After hearing what Ye Li said, she made up her mind and nodded, "Thank you, Princess Ding, I know what to do."

Ye Li raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Mr. Shen and Doctor Lin may not accept you."

Princess Changle said firmly: "I will definitely try my best to ask Mr. Shen to accept me!" Ye Li stopped persuading her, sighed, patted Princess Changle's hand and said: "Since you have made up your mind, I will not say anything more. I will ask someone to choose a suitable residence near the palace, you can't refuse this. After all, Licheng is more familiar with the palace and it will be more convenient." Princess Changle no longer refused, her clear eyes were slightly red but she still smiled and said: "Thank you very much, Princess Ding."

The two talked for a while before Princess Changle stood up and said goodbye. After seeing Princess Changle off, Ye Li pondered for a while and called Zhuo Jing to ask, "Has Young Master Feng San been good to Princess Changle these days?" Zhuo Jing was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't understand the meaning of the princess's question, he still answered truthfully, "It's not good or bad. Princess Changle lives in the guest house and doesn't see Young Master Feng San often." Ye Li frowned slightly, thought for a while and asked, "Then... on the way back?" Zhuo Jing said, "On the way back... Young Master Feng San didn't seem to be willing to get close to Princess Changle. I remember that we missed the town again and rested in the wilderness. Lin Han asked Young Master Feng San to send some food to Princess Changle, and finally Young Master Feng San threw the things to me. However, Young Master Feng San was not rude to Princess Changle." Ye Li nodded and said, "I know, let Feng San come over later after you finish your work."

"Your subordinate Feng San wishes to see the princess." Within half an hour, Feng Zhiyao appeared outside Ye Li's study.

"Come in."

Hearing Ye Li's words, Feng Zhiyao stepped into the study and said with a smile: "The princess summoned me as soon as I came back. I feel extremely honored. What do you want, princess?"

Ye Li didn't bother to pay attention to his playful smile. She put down the file, picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip before saying lightly, "Princess Changle wants to move out of the princess." Feng Zhiyao was startled, and before he could say anything, Ye Li continued, "I have already agreed."

Feng Zhiyao frowned and said somewhat disapprovingly: "Why? Princess, Princess Changle is still a little girl. How will she live if she moves out alone?" Ye Li smiled faintly and said, "Little girl? Princess Changle is already fourteen years old. Although the Ding Palace and the Great Chu Royal Family are of the same lineage, they are already five generations apart in terms of blood relationship. How can a girl like her stay in the palace when they are not related to each other?"

Feng Zhiyao stared at Ye Li, obviously not believing her reason. Ye Li didn't care, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Well, actually I think that the Third Master Feng seems to have some opinions about Princess Changle. In this case, Princess Changle is just an insignificant little girl, and the Third Master Feng is the confidant of the prince, so I will naturally take care of your feelings first." Feng Zhiyao's face was a little unhappy, "When did I have any opinions about Princess Changle..." Facing Ye Li's half-smile, Feng Zhiyao could only touch his nose silently, "Then the princess doesn't need to let her move out, she is still a child after all."

"I've said it before, she wanted to move out on her own. A girl living under someone else's roof is inevitably sensitive. You've been sullen to her all the way, can you blame her for feeling uncomfortable living in the palace? You also know that she is still a child. In this case, the grudges of the adults have nothing to do with her. Not only you, I'm afraid that everyone in the palace who knows her identity has some grudges against her." Although it wouldn't be rude, but a girl is as sensitive as a hair, how could she not notice other people's attitude towards her. No wonder Princess Changle came to resign the day after she came back. But this can't be blamed on anyone, because her father is Mo Jingqi. Everyone knows that it's wrong to be angry, but how many people can do it?

"I know I was wrong in this matter. Princess, please keep her here." Feng Zhiyao said.

Ye Li shook her head and said, "Princess Changle has already planned to study medicine under a master, so it's more convenient for her to live outside. I asked you to come here just to ask you to find a suitable place for her to live, and to take care of her outside on weekdays. There are many people in the palace, and even if we give orders, we may not be wronged." Feng Zhiyao was silent for a moment, and felt that what Ye Li said made sense, so he nodded and said, "I understand, Princess, don't worry."