Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Snowball and Flame, who had been sleeping in the house, heard the two children playing and ran out to play together.

Xiao Jin, who was sleeping in the tree house, heard a noise in the yard and poked his little head out to look curiously.

When it saw snowballs and flames rolling in the snow, it couldn't help but fly into the air and chirp from time to time.

Seeing the children so happy, Ye Jintang also smiled a little more.

The snow was getting heavier, but the children were reluctant to go into the house. Soon their faces and hands were frozen red.

"Pingping, An'an, you can't play anymore. If the snow gets wet, you'll catch a cold."

"Mom, we are wearing thick cotton clothes, so we won't get wet."

Pingping is a cunning little man and is not easy to fool. He and Anan stood in the corridor and did not go into the yard. After playing for a while, only their hands and sleeves were a little wet, but their shoes were clean.

It was not easy for Ye Jintang to trick them into the house.

"Aren't your hands cold? Mommy's hands got really cold after standing outside for a while."

Pingping rubbed his little hands, then reached out to hold Ye Jintang's hand, his delicate eyebrows slightly raised, a little hesitant. He felt that his mother's hands were warmer than his own.

"Brother, Mom is cold, let's go inside."

An An is a caring and thoughtful girl. When she heard Ye Jintang say that she was cold, she immediately didn’t want to play outside anymore.

"Okay, let's go back."

Ye Jintang stretched out his hands with a smile, and pulled one of them in each hand and went into the house together.

There was a charcoal stove in the room which was quite warm, and a palace maid brought a hand warmer for the three of them to warm their hands.

"Lvzhu, go and bring two bowls of cold-dispelling soup. The two little guys have been standing outside for so long. They should drink some cold-dispelling soup to get rid of the coldness in their bodies."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

The two little guys were drinking hot soup in the house, while Xuetuan and Huoyan were rolling in the snow.

After a while, a thick layer of snow fell in the yard. The snowball is white to begin with, and when it lay on the snow, it was almost invisible.

The most dazzling thing in the yard is Flame. The long fiery red hair looks like a ball of flame burning in the snow.

"My Lady, just now Sister Mu sent someone to send a letter saying that Cui Lanwei from the Ministry of Justice wanted to see her, but Sister Mu did not agree."

Nanny Zhang lifted the curtain and entered the room, lowering her voice and continuing beside Ye Jintang's ear, "Nun Mu also said that Cui Lanwei has not given up yet, and is trying to find a way to get out of the prison."

"She's already a prisoner, but she still refuses to behave. Does she think that my master is from the Divine Doctor Valley and will help her out because we're from the same sect? She really takes herself seriously."

Ye Jintang snorted coldly and didn't take Cui Lanwei seriously at all. As long as she was locked up in the Ministry of Justice, she would not be able to cause any trouble.

When Xiao Mo conquers Xirong, Cui Lanwei will have no use left and her life will come to an end.

"She really disgusts me during the New Year. If that's the case, Cui Lanwei shouldn't eat for the next few days. Just give her water to drink. Let her reflect on herself."

"Yes."

There was a New Year's Eve banquet in the evening, and Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo both dressed up and attended.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner was over, the two of them stayed up together again with Ping Ping An.

Last year, Xiao Mo was bored to death when he stayed up all night to celebrate the New Year, but now with his family around him, time passed quickly.

"Jintang, it's great to have you around."

Looking at Ye Jintang's long eyelashes under the candlelight, Xiao Mo couldn't help but walk up to her and give her a big kiss.

"The kids aren't asleep yet."

Ye Jintang gave Xiao Mo a speechless roll of his eyes.

"The two little guys are really energetic. I thought they would fall asleep soon, but I didn't expect them to keep watch with me."

Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang sat side by side on the futon, watching the two children playing with the mechanical horse and the mechanical cat, their hearts filled with happiness.

The next day was the first day of the new year. Early in the morning, court officials came together to wish Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang a happy new year. Normally, Ye Jintang should have dinner with the concubines in the harem on the first day of the new year, but Xiao Mo had no concubines, so they could only have dinner as a family of four.

Without concubines in the harem, Ye Jintang's life was very quiet. Xiao Mo and she had a holiday together and did not have to deal with court affairs. From the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the two of them were almost always together.

Xiao Mo, who is usually aloof, is like a piece of taffy sticking to Ye Jintang. In the short term, Ye Jintang feels that they have a good relationship, but after a while, she starts to feel a little disgusted.

But no matter what excuses she made, she couldn't get rid of him. When she wanted to be alone and read a book, he would appear within five steps of her.

"Hey, the morning court session is finally about to begin. If I continue to have a holiday like this, I'm going to go crazy."

On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, Ye Jintang took out the dragon robe that Xiao Mo was going to wear the next day, and he was extremely happy.

"Jintang."

Xiao Mo looked at Ye Jintang with great resentment. How could a wife expect her husband to be busy every day?

"Your Majesty should go to bed early, as you have to attend court early tomorrow morning."

"Can't sleep."

"We went out to see the lanterns for such a long time tonight. Isn't Your Majesty tired?"

"Not tired, on the contrary I'm excited."

Xiao Mo chuckled, turned around and threw Ye Jintang onto the bed.

"I have to attend the morning court tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you once I'm busy. I'm going to withdraw the money I need for the next few days today."

"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."

Ye Jintang pulled the quilt to cover herself. Xiao Mo was as strong as a bull. He wanted to advance his benefits, so she was afraid that she would not be able to sleep tonight.

"It's okay, it's not like this every day."

The shameless Xiao Mo threw back the quilt and ate Ye Jintang clean like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep.

She didn't even know when Xiao Mo went to court the next day.

However, Xiao Mo did not lie to Ye Jintang. After the New Year, Xiao Mo became busy and sometimes Ye Jintang could not wait for him to come back until midnight.

When the spring plowing began, another city lord fell. The lord of Mucheng actually raised private soldiers. Under the pretext of suppressing bandits, he raised a large number of private soldiers on the mountain next to Mucheng.

The court officials just thought that the Lord of Mucheng was stupid enough to keep private soldiers, and no one took the matter seriously.

It was not until the beginning of summer when the Lords of Wencheng and Baishicheng were both dismissed for embezzling taxes that the court officials finally realized that things might be a little different from what they thought.

After each city lord fell, Xiao Mo would not look for another person to take on the position of city lord. Instead, he would directly turn the city into a state and appoint a prefect to hold the position.

If it was only one city, everyone could still accept it, but if every city was like this, then it would be a serious matter.

Smart people have realized that Xiao Mo might abolish the city lord system.

The lords of other cities were communicating with each other, trying to unite to persuade Xiao Mo to give up this idea, but they did not expect that Xiao Mo would suddenly send troops to attack Xirong.

Shi Bin led an army of 200,000 and headed straight for the Western Rong.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. The Western Rong are strong and their cavalry is very powerful. If we attack rashly, our army will probably suffer a great loss."

Some old ministers could not bear to see Xiao Mo disrupt the current false peace, so they immediately advised him against it as soon as they entered the court.