Seventh Master, Madam didn't go back to the mansion today.

In the early morning of this day, Shuoxi swept the floor in the front yard, and one person clasped the door of the courtyard.It was Qi Yutao's cousin, Yuan Jia, princess of Puhe.

The princess entered the courtyard and cried for a long time before explaining the matter clearly - after the defeat of the son-in-law, he took his little lover and ran away, leaving her and the children alone.

Qi Yutao and Jiang Shi looked at each other, and knew in their hearts that this Puhe princess was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she has a bad temper. Except for her mother and concubine who doted on her, no one wanted to associate with her.After her mother passed away, her relationship with the son-in-law became increasingly bad, so she had nowhere to rely on after her family was ruined.It should be because I found out that my cousin lives here, so I brought a few children here.

Although the home was shabby and small at this time, it was not safe for her to run around the streets with a few children in the current war, so Qi Yutao decided to leave them behind.

At noon, Jin Xiaolan was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, and Qi Yutao also came to help her. After all, there were guests at home, and he was worried that Xiaolan would not be able to do it alone.

"Master, I can just come here, you don't have to cook by yourself." Jin Xiaolan said awkwardly.

"It's okay, I'll cook these dishes. This Princess Puhe has been spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. All the cooks in the family have retired from the old royal chefs in the former palace. These few dishes she loves are very difficult to cook. Someone needs to be here. Keep an eye on the heat, and this peony carving cannot be cut without ten years of knife skills." Qi Yutao explained.

Jin Xiaolan looked dumbfounded at Xiao Qiye's superb knife skills. She didn't expect this prince to have so many talents. She, who doesn't like to talk, couldn't help but praise: "Master, your knife skills are too good. Can...can you?" teach me?"

Qi Yutao smiled: "Okay, I will teach you when I have time, and you will be fine with more practice."

"You go and prepare the boiled meat dish, as long as I'm here."

"Okay." Jin Xiaolan responded in a low voice.

Half an hour later, the two prepared a large table of dishes together, and everyone gathered around the dining table, holding back their saliva and waiting.

Qi Yutao wore an apron around his waist, and was sweating profusely from work. He didn't look like a majestic prince in the past, but like an ordinary citizen.

"Come on, Yuan Jia, I personally cooked these for you, my cousin. They are all your favorite dishes in the past. How would you like them to taste?" Qi Yutao specially put her favorite Linglong Bai Yuzhen on in front of her.

Cousin Yuan Jia looked at her cousin's commoner clothes and the broken hair on his head, and couldn't believe that this was the former King Ling Xiao.

"Cousin Tao. Thank you for taking me in. I still have two children with me. I really bother you and my cousin." Yuan Jia's eyes were wet.

"Damn! It's okay, I just happened to be a companion with my Bojia."

"By the way, how did you find my residence?" Qi Yutao asked.

"Oh," Yuan Jia put down his chopsticks, "Cousin Xun told me."

"Brother Six? Did you see him? Is he okay now?" Qi Yutao sat up straight and asked seriously.

"He took his wife to Yongcheng to seek refuge with the Fourteenth Emperor's Uncle. I heard that the Fourteenth Emperor's family has a private house and private land, and it has not been confiscated. Now he lives a life without worrying about food and clothing. But he has some personal enmity with my father. , I can’t go to him either.”

Qi Yutao sighed a bit: "Uncle Fourteenth Emperor...you and I don't know how he got those private houses and fields. He used to form parties with many ministers in the court to trade official titles for private purposes. My father Wang Nian thought he was The youngest brother always turned a blind eye to him. The sixth brother asked me to go with him before, but I didn’t want to, so I moved here. It’s very nice here, clean and comfortable.”

"Mother." Princess Puhe's child tugged at her clothes.

"What's the matter, Gu?"

"I don't like to eat this plain boiled chicken." The child pointed to the dishes on the table in a childlike voice.

Qi Yutao smiled awkwardly, several expensive side dishes are needed to make the royal meal in the palace, but now he is living in poverty, has no income, and has to support so many people.In order to save money, he can only make meat and vegetables vegetarian. Although this "boiled chicken" is called chicken, it is made of tofu.

Princess Puhe took a look at the plain boiled chicken with chopsticks, and then slowly put it down in embarrassment.

This meal cost Xiao Qi a lot of effort, but Princess Puhe didn't eat a few mouthfuls, and even showed them a disgusted face, not to mention her child directly said that he didn't like these dishes, Xiao Qi Grandpa was very unhappy and depressed all afternoon.

When it was time to rest at night, Qi Yutao was in a bit of trouble. At that time, in order to save money, the number of rooms was just right. The two concubines each had a room, he and Jiang Shi had one room, and Shuo Xi had one room.Four bedrooms and one living room, plus a kitchen, there are no extra rooms.

There was really no other way, so Jiang Wanzhen had no choice but to give up her master bedroom to the princess to take the children to sleep, and took Xiao Bojia and Naiwen to sleep in the same room.Zhou Mengyun's temper has grown since she became a wife. She didn't want to share a room with others, so she lived in a room by herself.

The main room, Xiao Qiye, couldn't sleep anymore, so he had to live in Jin Xiaolan's room.

Since Jin Xiaolan thought Qi Ye was angry last time, she has become a lot more docile, and she even boiled the bath water for him.

After getting along for a period of time, she wasn't so afraid of him anymore. She knew that the master in front of her was not a scary person. He had a gentle temperament and was very approachable and easy to get along with.

After taking a bath, the two of them were a little tired after a busy day. They were lying on the bed and getting ready to sleep. The moonlight came in from outside, and Xiao Qiye didn't speak. He looked at the moonlight on the ground and suddenly felt a little melancholy.

"Master, what are you thinking?" Jin Xiaolan asked.

Qi Yutao looked at her eyes that were as bright as Song Yitao, and said with a smile: "Oh, I was thinking... so many old friends and old friends are gone now, some of them are even missing, just like Qing and the princess don't know where to go Where is it, Ruyu and the others don't know where they are, and even the princess of the Izumo country has no news."

"Also, my fifth brother and the others don't know how things are going. They're all in different places." Xiao Qiye sighed.

"My lord, although I haven't studied, I know a word—if there is a destiny, we will meet each other from a thousand miles away. If there is a destiny, we will meet again."

Xiao Qiye looked down at her face, stretched out his arms, and held her in his arms: "Fortunately, I have some comfort with you by my side."

Jin Xiaolan blushed.Xiao Qiye noticed that the person in his arms was a little nervous, so he patted her on the shoulder comfortingly, and Jin Xiaolan relaxed a little.

Jin Xiaolan seemed to suddenly think of something, and raised her head to look at the master: "Master, is the boiled chicken I made today bland, so the children don't like it?"

"No, it's those children who have been pampered since childhood. They dislike this "boiled chicken" made of tofu and don't like to eat it...I have to cure them! Let them know that they are no longer what they used to be The princes and princesses of the princes and princesses, we can't return the abalone's wing belly, and the common people have to eat whatever they eat."

"Sir, how do you plan to deal with them?"

Qi Yutao raised his eyebrows: "Tomorrow, I will continue to cook boiled chicken for them, and I will eat it until they get used to it!"

The next day, another old acquaintance came to the house.Qi Yutao came back from shopping outside, and when he entered the door, he saw the back of a man standing in the living room.

"You are......"

The man turned around, and a familiar face came into view.

"Tongzhi? Why are you here?! I couldn't find out your whereabouts before, come! Sit down!" Xiao Qiye was very happy.

"Qiye, why do you live here? It's so remote and small, and the roof leaks even in rainy days. How can you condescend to live here? I can help you find a place to live!" Qiao Tongzhi frowned. , Concerned Road.

"It's okay, I want to live far away, away from that new king, away from Qi Yuhan and Qi Yuze, so that they can't find me." Xiao Qiye put down the vegetables in his hand and made tea for him himself.

"Cheap Fengming, a bit bitter, don't dislike it." Xiao Qiye brought the tea in front of him.

"Impossible, how can I let you make tea for me yourself!" Qiao Tongzhi hurriedly stood up, looked at him respectfully, and said with a frown, "Qi Ye, I came to you this time to bring you Ru Yu Letter, he seems to have something important to tell you."

Little Seventh Master opened the letter: Seventh Master himself.Once the old days are separated, the mountains and rivers change their colors, and life and death are boundless.Today, the owner has changed, and Yu has something important to tell.Previously, thanks to the witty advice of Princess Rong, she stole the beam and changed the post to protect Emperor Qizhen from leaving the city.On the way, he was detained by the envoy of the Izumo Kingdom and threatened the late emperor to be his puppet. The late emperor angrily refused, wishing to die and thank Sheji.However, Princess Izumo was righteous and sacrificed her life to fight, and was able to escape the golden cicada again.On the way back, the first emperor left alone, but he was nowhere to be found. Later, the traitors from the Izumo Kingdom forced me to hand over the first emperor, and everyone in the Li family fled in all directions.I am fortunate to have the help of people from Western allies to travel across the ocean.I would like to practice new techniques and return to China in the future to rejuvenate my Daning.May Qiye cherish himself.

Yu, handwriting.

Little Seventh Master frowned: "Second brother is not dead!!"

"Tongzhi, I beg you, help me find the emperor's whereabouts!! He is not dead! He doesn't know where he went." Xiao Qiye was very excited.

"The emperor is not dead?? Then who is the one who died?"

"I don't know...but Ruyu told me that the emperor was replaced by Taotao before. The person who died may be someone else. I'm going to find my second brother. He must be very dangerous by himself now. , I can't let him have trouble!"

"Okay, Lord Qi, it's inconvenient for you to show up. The lord is looking for you everywhere to make you a general. I'll take care of the search for the late emperor!" Tong Zhi said with piercing eyes.