It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Feixue stood next to Lu Xingchen, and at first she thought Ling Xiao's eyes were directed towards her.

Her heartbeat inexplicably quickened and her cheeks became hot.

So she secretly glanced at Ling Xiao.

But she felt that her eyes met Ling Xiao's, but Ling Xiao's eyes did not seem to meet hers.

Slowly she began to sense something. Ling Xiao's eyes had been fixed on Lu Xingchen.

Feixue's body couldn't help but shake.

It turns out that Ling Xiao likes girls.

She felt like she was broken into pieces.

The first thing that broke was her own heart, which was full of holes and hurt so much that she couldn't breathe.

It turns out that liking a man is so painful. If she had known this, she would not have entered into this relationship.

The most terrifying thing is that the person she loves so much doesn't like her, but instead likes another woman, who is her master.

Both she and Ling Xiao were picked up by the master.

The two of them grew up with the girl. But Ling Xiao never knew the girl's true identity, but she knew it from the beginning.

After observing her for a while, the master told her the girl's true identity and asked her to serve him personally.

After all, the girl is a man in disguise, and she cannot do without a woman to serve her.

She kept this secret and served the girl quietly.

The girl was also very nice to her, like a sister.

But how could this happen? The girl became her rival in love.

Of course, she would not compete with the girl for the man. If the girl liked Ling Xiao, she would naturally back off.

Ling Xiao, this bastard, is so bold that he actually dares to like a girl. Are they of the same status?

After Feixue's heart was broken, she regained her sanity and glared at Lingxiao with gritted teeth.

The girl was nice to him, and he really thought he was something great and treated himself as the master.

In the evening, after Lu Xingchen rested, Feixue came to Ling Xiao's room.

Ling Xiao was startled and covered his quilt.

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night? You want to use force, but I tell you, you can't beat me."

Feixue and Lingxiao had practiced martial arts since they were young. When they were young, Feixue could beat him, but when she was eleven or twelve years old, Feixue was no match for him. Later, he beat Feixue like teasing a child.

Feixue grabbed the chair next to her and threw it at Lingxiao.

Ling Xiao was so scared that he dodged quickly.

"Crazy woman, you are crazy. I don't like you, do you really want to kill me?"

Ling Xiao could also sense Fei Xue's feelings for him. However, he only regarded Fei Xue as a brother, never as a woman.

"You are so brave, you dare to like a girl."

Ling Xiao looked at Fei Xue in shock. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"You're afraid to admit that you like someone, you're as timid as a mouse."

"Who, who said I dare not admit it." Ling Xiao was immediately provoked by Feixue.

"And you still say you don't like her. Who gave you the courage? How dare you like a girl? Who is a girl? She is a star in the sky. What are you? You are just dirt on the ground. Do you think you can really get her?"

"Don't think that because a girl loves you, puts nice clothes on you, and treats you better than others, you think that the girl likes you. The girl just treats you as a younger brother, as a child."

"Feixue, be careful or I'll beat you up. I'm not a child, I'm an adult." Ling Xiao emphasized excitedly.

What annoys him most now is that others call him a child.

"You look like you're not even a child." Feixue snorted.

"I may not like you, and I may not marry you, but you are not qualified to like a girl. Swallow your thoughts."

"If the girl knew your dirty thoughts, be careful or I'll feed you poison and kill you."

"Men are precious, but compared to my master, they are nothing in my heart."

Feixue left some harsh words and walked out of the house.

Ling Xiao huddled in the corner like a deflated ball.

Although he is a humble servant, picked up by the master to serve the young master and the girls, he also has emotions and desires, he is also a human being, why can't he like the girls?

Wait... wait until he grows up a little bit, wait until he opens up new territory for the girl and conquers a piece of heaven and earth. When he stands in front of the girl like a real man, then we can talk about this.

Ling Xiao clenched his teeth tightly, revealing a fierce expression. One day, he would become a man who could stand tall and proud.

Three days later, Lu Feng conducted a detailed check of the accounts, land, and population of the entire Anren County.

There is little discrepancy between the tax registration and the land and population registration, which shows that Gao Shi did not lie and the accounts were relatively detailed.

Lu Xingchen went out these days to find out what the common people think of Gao Shi.

Overall, Gao Shi was a good official.

Moreover, he also resisted several attacks by refugees on ordinary people.

Ordinary people's demands are very low. As long as they have a shelter from the wind and rain to survive and raise their children, they can live a stable life.

Lu Xingchen took away the troops from Ren County and left 500 people to guard Ren County.

In addition, she has sent someone to inform Master Guo.

Ma Kui will send a group of troops to guard Ren County and maintain public order in Ren County.

Of course, although Gao Shi survived, it did not mean that he could continue to serve as the magistrate of Ren County.

The other counties remained as they were, but Gao Shi was sent back to Yuzhou by Lu Xingchen.

Mr. Guo will send a new county magistrate to Ren County.

In any case, they are really short of people who can manage the county.

Lu Xingchen led his troops to leave Ren County and continued towards Anzhou.

The situation in Anzhou was almost the same as that in Ren County, and it was established even shorter, only three years.

Anzhou was also a county town before.

Anzhou is very close to Ren County. In less than two days, Lu Xingchen's troops arrived at the city of Anzhou.

The prefect of Anzhou was more conscious and greeted Lu Xingchen five miles away.

Anzhou controls four counties under its jurisdiction.

Of these four counties, two belonged to Yuzhou during the Qi Dynasty, while the remaining two counties belonged to Yongzhou.

Yongzhou City is a real provincial capital city.

Yongzhou has been a strategic location fought over by military strategists throughout the dynasties.

Because entering Yongzhou City from the west is the Qinhuai area, which is located in the impact plain of the Yellow River and Huai River and is a granary.

After passing Yongzhou, you will enter Hanzhong, which is the Luohe impact plain, a fertile grain-producing area covering thousands of miles.

The original plan was to take over four states in two months, but Lu Xingchen had already taken over two states in less than a month.

Soon she received a military report from Wei Hu, who also successfully captured Yizhou and Huozhou.

There are several small prefectures between Huozhou and Yizhou, which were also established on the basis of former small county towns.

Lu Xingchen stood in front of the map, thinking about where to go next.

If they continue westward, both she and Wei Hu will arrive at the gates of Yongzhou.

However, attacking Yongzhou City requires careful deployment.

After all, Yongzhou City is already a provincial capital belonging to the imperial court.