The aunt and nephew reconciled as before.

Qichi held his nephew's arms, and his body was already cold, but it was only then that he finally felt a little hot.

After a while, when he looked down, the child fell asleep.

She was both funny and pity, and the people along the way were tired. He was shocked again just now. It would be strange if he was not tired.

After resting and getting on the road again.

Xinlu lifted the curtain and was about to come in. Seeing this scene, she pursed her lips and smiled, and then withdrew.

She knew that their head was the softest.

The northern border is vast and the roads are vast, and it is known as the eight prefectures and fourteen prefectures.

I finally got to the place, but I didn't want to encounter this delay. I set off again and arrived at the city. It was already dusk, and the city gate was closed early.

There was a little noise outside, and Li Yan woke him up. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. He couldn't tell where he was. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Xinlu, who was sitting outside the car, tucked the curtain tightly and whispered: "Don't speak out, you should be careful when walking outside."

Qi Chi took the curtain and took a look. There were many people gathered in the snow under the city gate, most of whom were dressed thinly, and in the darkening sky, they looked like erratic shadows.

"Nothing, it's just a refugee, not a villain."

Li Yan was curious: "What is refugee?"

"Those who come from other places will flow into the eight prefectures and fourteen prefectures in the north will naturally be called refugees."

Li Yan was shocked: "It's cold and there are still people who are willing to come here. I guess the management here must be good."

Qi Chi said: "I don't know whether the governance is good or not. I only know that there are many recruitment here. Vacant people can reclaim land and farm land, or they can join the army to eat. Why not come?"

Li Yan is good at learning and asking questions, and can remember everything after listening to it. He admires his aunt even more. No wonder when his father was still there, he always said that she was walking around and her experience was not inferior to that of a man. How could she be clear if she didn't go out to see these things with her own eyes?

"The things in Northland are really different from those in Gwangju," he said while recalling the knowledge he learned: "I remember this place should be under the jurisdiction of Anbei Protectorate."

The words suddenly stopped.

Anbei Protectorate.

Why do you feel so familiar?

"Ah!" He thought of something, was shocked and turned to look at his aunt.

When Qichi heard him say that Anbei Protectorate Mansion, he guessed that he would have this reaction, and it was not surprising at all.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Li Yan thought it a little bit, and then aroused some sadness: "It's all that I have dragged my aunt down and told her to stay in Gwangju after getting married."

"Don't say stupid things, you don't understand what you do."

Although she didn't know much about that husband, he was really generous. At least he hadn't spoken to her for so long to go to the Protectorate's Mansion. During the holidays, he would send someone to Gwangju and say a few polite words that he couldn't get out of.

On the contrary, she has always expressed little, and only cared about her nephew.

He is in the north and she is in the south, and they are in peace and do not interfere with each other.

This kind of couple is also the only couple in the world. How can they make him a child understand?

Sometimes she doesn't understand it very much.

Xinlu asked outside: "Honor, should you please find the soldiers on the city wall to communicate with each other?"

Qichi thought about it, but it was not bad, it was just quite troublesome. Although they had identities, they had no urgent reasons and were prone to leave the talk. Moreover, once the city gate opened, if these refugees squeezed in with them, she would be responsible for anything wrong.

Finally, he said, "Change the way and go to the guest house."

There are hostels outside the city for pedestrians to settle down, which is for guest houses.

The carriage and horses arrived at the place and it was completely dark.

The master's family is a woman, so the prince cannot be asked to show up in public. Xinlu asked the driver to enter the store to arrange it.

The coachman was also cold, so he threw the whip and ran into the door. Soon after, he ran back and told Xinlu: The shopkeepers were full of customers and could not accommodate many of them.

Xinlu rubbed her hands and vented her breath, trembling with coldness. She was about to go in and drink a little hot soup when she heard this, she became anxious and hurried into the car to reply.

Li Yan had woken up completely and couldn't help but mutter: "How could it be? We didn't see many people along the way. How could a guest house outside the city be full?"

Qichi stroked his head, "It's right." He ordered Xinlu: "Get my hat."

Xinlu was stunned: "Does the main family go to make arrangements in person?"

"Um."

The hood was in the luggage pulled by the carriage behind. Xinlu quickly picked it up, served Qichi and put it on, and then tightened the cloak for Li Yan.

The coachman outside had already opened the curtain and placed the stakes.

Two lights were picked out from the courtyard wall, snow surrounded the house door, and three feet of ice were hanging under the tiles.

Qichi led Li Yan into the door.

As he said, she didn't see a few people, and she quickly swept the hall and the kitchen behind her, and there was no fireworks coming out.

"How does Lady Labor ask about it personally? It's a sin..."

The driver on the cabinet had been attracted by the coachman. When he saw Qichi wearing silk yarn and brocade, his black hair was faintly visible under the veil, he must have been no ordinary woman. When he saw that there was a young man with a golden crown and jade face next to her, he even knew that he was very well-behaved and bowed to him.

"I heard that the guests are full?" Qi Chi asked.

"It's not full," hesitated on the cabinet: "It's just that the weather is not good this winter and there are many refugees, so I dare not do business randomly."

There is nothing wrong with it.

Qichi reached out and took out something and handed it to Xinlu, signaling her to show it to the cabinet.

Xinlu sent the things over, picked up the one on the cabinet, and looked at them carefully with her eyes.

It was a piece of green jade carved into the shape of a fish. Apart from its good quality, there was nothing special about it.

However, after looking at the cabinet, the person on the cabinet changed his expression and hurriedly returned the things to Xinlu. When he looked at Qichi, he respectfully said: "If you don't know Mount Tai, please don't blame me. This is the arrangement, and you can drink all the time." After that, he hurriedly went back and asked someone to go.

Xinlu let out a sigh and felt comfortable. She turned her head and called everyone down, tied up the horse and unloaded the truck, and was busy.

Li Yan was surprised and asked quietly: "What did your aunt show him just now?"

Qi Chi put Yu back into her sleeve, covered her index finger and said, "It's a token. This guest house is counted in my name."

"What?" Li Yan was stunned.

Xinlu happened to come over. When she heard this, she felt good and wanted to make fun of it. She was about to call the prince, but when she remembered that it was inconvenient, she changed her voice: "Would you please go to play when you were the head of the family?"

Li Yan quickly recalled it, looked at his aunt incredibly, opened his mouth, and saw that the person on the cabinet was leading the person to take them to the guest room, so he had to endure all his words first.

The others were busy preparing meals and boiling water, and their aunt and nephew went into the room to rest first.

After entering the door, Qichi took off the cover hat, Li Yan grabbed her sleeve and came over. His eyes were wide open and his mouth opened and closed, and he was talking with his breath: "Aunt, Xingshang is something that a talented man does."

Qi Chi deliberately teased him, and also learned his tone, pressing his voice down: "Yes, but what should I do?"

Li Yan lowered his head, rubbing his soles around, without making any noise.

At first, Qichi thought he was struggling. When he looked carefully, he found that he was laughing while holding the corner of his mouth. Instead, he became strange: "What are you laughing at?"

Li Yan looked up at her: "I laughed that it was my dear aunt, and she dared to do business in secret."

Qichi poked his forehead with his finger.

He covered his head and avoided it.

The two of them also ate dinner together, but because Li Yan was interested, he insisted on staying in his aunt's room and asking her to tell her about her experiences outside.

After the meal, I still refused to leave.

"Does the father know?"

Qi Chi rinsed her mouth, cleaned her hands, stood in front of the lamp and raised the wick. The flames rushed up, illuminating her eyebrows and eyes brightly: "I know, your father's reaction is similar to you."

Li Yan couldn't help laughing again. The wound on his forehead was itchy. He smiled and wanted to reach out to touch it. When Qi Chi saw it, he slapped it with one hand.

"Money is a good thing, and you will soon want to laugh more," she said.

"..." Li Yan blinked and thought about the meaning of his aunt's words.

Didn't figure it out.

I suddenly understood why my father mentioned that my aunt was walking outside many times, but he didn't mention what she did.

It turned out to be making money.

In fact, how could he know that he would do this secretly back then, which was also due to helplessness.

Since Qichi's father became King of Guang, the Tian family has gradually become harsh on the vassal kings who were originally enfeoffed and released. While suppressing the aristocratic families, they vigorously promoted poor families. By the time they reached her brother's generation, it was even more obvious, and the tribute was increased several times.

Gwangju is still rich, but it is difficult for a long time. Her brother is unwilling to learn from other vassal kings to collect more taxes, so he has to use land to pay for it.

That was exactly what the Tian family wanted, which was equivalent to returning the rewarded fiefdom little by little, and then he could go to Chang'an and Luoyang to keep it in captivity, and rely on the saint's mood to live.

Although the Tianjia government orders are changing and now they are becoming more gentle, it is really difficult for those years.

Qichi was named the Lord of Qingliu County. That year, he was given the excuse to go to Qingliu County to check out his fiefdom. He went out and handed over a sum of money to his brother after he came back to help him pay the tribute.

When her brother asked her where she got the money, she told her truthfully that she used her mansion as collateral and exchanged it from the private custody warehouse.
To be continued...