The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

The emperor raised his eyes, his sharp gaze fell on the face of the third prince, and his voice became colder: "You came to me to plead for Chang Heng?"

Although he loved the third son the most, he would not allow him to form a clique with his ministers while he was still alive.

The Third Prince's eyes flashed with panic, and he immediately bowed his head to explain: "Father, I am helpless. Ziqi has been crying in front of me, saying how much her second uncle loves her, and she is afraid that her second uncle will be convicted."

Chang Ziqi is seventeen years old this year. She is the legitimate daughter of Chang Bin, the head of the Chang family, and the niece of Chang Heng. She married the third prince as a concubine two years ago.

The emperor paused and snorted coldly, "Considering that Chang Heng is a first-time offender, this time he will be fined one year's salary and demoted one level of rank!"

Hearing this, the Third Prince was overjoyed, "Thank you, Father, for your grace!"

The Third Prince thought for a moment and then said, "Father, do you know that the Chigua Bookstore was opened by the Little Imperial Uncle? The Little Imperial Uncle has always been happy to be an idle prince, why did he suddenly take care of such trivial matters?"

The emperor looked tired. He leaned back on the dragon chair and said slowly, "He got to know the Princess of Qinghe County. Zhao Xiaoshi was the cousin of the Princess of Qinghe County. The Princess of Qinghe County felt that Zhao Xiaoshi was treated unfairly in the army, so she complained to your uncle. Your uncle said that he saw injustice on the road."

The Third Prince looked puzzled. "I heard that the Princess of Qinghe County is a widow. Given the style of the young uncle, how could he protect a woman like this?"

"Hmph, how would I know? Your little uncle has always acted eccentrically and did not play by the rules. You don't need to care about this matter, so as not to come into conflict with your little uncle," the emperor said with a breath.

The third prince immediately said respectfully: "Yes".

"Go see your mother when you have time. You haven't seen her for a few days and she has started nagging again," said the emperor.

The Third Prince chuckled: "Thank you for your reminder, Father. I will go there later."

My father still dotes on my mother as always and cares so much about her feelings.

The third prince left Zhonghe Hall and went to Shufei's Yaohua Palace.

The mother and son were still talking about Zhao Xiaoshi and General Chang. Concubine Liang Shu put down her teacup and sneered arrogantly: "A mere peasant dares to jump around like this, Yu'er, Zhao Xiaoshi is really tired of living!"

The Third Prince lowered his voice and said, "Mother, Zhao Xiaoshi was able to bring back more than a thousand horses from the Northern Barbarians by himself. He must have some extraordinary qualities. And it seems that he is eager to make a contribution. If he is in the army, he will be successful sooner or later. Now, he has stood on the opposite side of us. We can't keep him any longer."

"Huh, isn't that simple? It's too easy to wipe out a person in the army, especially an unknown person with no background," Concubine Liang Shu leaned back in her chair with a smug smile on her face.

A vicious look appeared in the eyes of the third prince. "According to the news from the north, another group of northern barbarians has invaded the border, and the cavalry battalion has gone out to fight. After we drive away this wave of northern barbarians, we will write to Chang Heng. By then, without us saying anything, Chang Heng will also..." The third prince made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Concubine Shu nodded and said through her back teeth, "That so-called Qinghe County Lady must also be eliminated!"

A country woman, after using the title of Princess Qinghe, became so proud that she forgot her own last name.

The third prince said in a deep voice: "It is not easy to take action in the imperial capital. When she returns to Qinghe County, we will take action halfway. At that time, let the killer disguise himself as a bandit to rob the road. In this way, no one will be able to detect it."

Concubine Shu smiled and nodded: "That's great. As for Qi Jingyi, if he doesn't know the current situation and deliberately makes an enemy of us, we don't have to let him go."

"This requires careful planning. After all, father still cares about our little uncle very much," the third prince frowned.

At this time, Qi Jingyi didn't know that Concubine Shu and his good nephew were discussing how to deal with him.

After he left the palace, he suddenly felt that he had to get up early, run errands, and talk a lot, all for Gu Qinghuai's affairs.

No, he can't suffer any loss, he wants to go to Hua's house to eat and drink for free.

Prince Yi went to Hua Mansion again and wanted to stay for dinner, which made the cook in the mansion very anxious, fearing that the food she cooked would not suit Prince Yi's taste and he would chop it up with a knife.

The cook went to Shu Mingzong for help, and Shu Mingzong went to Gu Qinghuai for help.

Gu Qinghuai taught the cooks how to make hot pot, which was simple and delicious. Prince Yi had definitely never eaten it before.

Sure enough, Prince Yi was completely captivated by hot pot.

Gu Qinghuai took the opportunity to say, "Prince, how about we open a hot pot restaurant together? I'll provide the secret recipe and technology, you'll provide the storefront and labor, and we'll split the profits 50-50."

A hot pot restaurant opened in the imperial capital, and the charcoal from the charcoal factory can be sold to the imperial capital.

After returning to Tuniu Village, Gu Qinghuai planned to teach the people in the charcoal factory how to make gold-thread charcoal and silver-thread charcoal. With her status as a county lord, she could sell the gold-thread charcoal and silver-thread charcoal to the imperial capital.

Prince Yi agreed immediately without thinking, just so that he could eat hot pot often in the future.

Yu Qing Huai spent several days making a very detailed plan for opening a hot pot restaurant, and then handed it to Prince Yi, asking him to send people to implement it. After the store was renovated, she could train the staff.

Half a month later, five days before the coming-of-age party for Miss Liang at the Duke of Liang's Mansion, a letter came from the cavalry on the northern border: when the northern barbarians invaded, Captain Fu of the cavalry battalion was injured, and Zhao Xiaoshi was temporarily ordered to lead the troops to resist the enemy. In just over a month, Zhao Xiaoshi not only repelled the northern barbarians, but also recaptured the three cities of Tongcheng, Biancheng and Licheng, and no one in the cavalry battalion died!

Tongcheng, Biancheng and Licheng had been occupied by the northern barbarians for decades, but now they have been recaptured in one fell swoop. It is really gratifying!

The emperor was very excited when he took the flying letter. "Wonderful! Very good! This Zhao Xiaoshi is really a talent! Pass on my decree! Qinghe Zhao Xiaoshi is smart and brave, and has made great contributions in capturing the city. He is specially appointed as a brave young general, with an official rank of the fourth rank, and is granted the Bi Hai Xuan residence!"

Bi Hai Xuan was the former residence of the Duke of Wei and one of the largest residences in the imperial capital.

As all nine members of the Wei family were executed and the Duke of Wei's Mansion was flooded with blood, many officials were very taboo about this. Although they coveted the Bi Hai Xuan, they did not dare to own it.

As a military commander, the brave young general will be able to suppress the bloody and murderous aura of Bi Hai Xuan.

Overnight, the news that Qinghe Zhao Xiaoshi captured three cities in a row, was awarded the title of brave young general by the emperor, and was given the Bi Hai Xuan spread throughout the imperial capital.

Everyone in Hua Mansion was very happy.

On the one hand, Gu Qinghuai was excited for Qi Yuanshuo, but on the other hand, he felt very distressed when he thought about how hard and tired he must have been on the battlefield.

She bought a lot of pills from the system that could quickly restore vitality and strengthen the body and asked Bai Shou to bring them to Qi Yuanshuo.

Not only the people in the Hua Mansion were happy, but Zhou Cuiwan in the Zhou Mansion was also very happy.

The brave young general will return to the capital in a month to meet the emperor and receive his reward. Her chance has come!

However, this life is a little different from the previous life. In the previous life, the brave young general only recaptured two cities, Tongcheng and Biancheng, but in this life, he actually recaptured one more city, Licheng.