Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

"Get up, I know what you said and have made arrangements."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qingxi stood up and stood aside to serve.

Xie Ruiyuan looked at the letters on the desk. He seemed to be handling official business, but in fact he was thinking about other things.

The message he had someone send to the capital must have already been delivered to his father's desk. The letter detailed how Li Mengyue led the villagers to destroy the locust swarms from Yongkang, and how they prevented the local locusts in Qingshan from moving north, thus preventing several major northern prefectures from being harmed by locusts.

Such a great achievement must be rewarded, and it cannot be an ordinary reward.

In addition, he had selfish motives and clearly stated in the letter what kind of reward he wanted to give to Li Mengyue.

He believed that his father would not refuse his honor, and no matter how much the court officials opposed, his father would implement the reward.

Once Li Mengyue receives the reward, her status and position will naturally rise, and she may even surpass more than 90% of the rich ladies in Beijing.

When his relationship with Li Mengyue is made public, not many people will attack Li Mengyue's identity.

Even if there is, it can easily shut others up.

Xie Ruiyuan's guess was correct. On the official road from Qingshan Prefecture to Wuning County, there was a royal carriage driving, followed by a ceremonial guard. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this group of people came from the palace.

The leader of this team was Jiang Yue, the eunuch chief of the emperor's side. He was rushing from the capital to Wuning County under the imperial order. In order to reach Wuning County as quickly as possible, they did not rest much and were exhausted all the way.

After half a month's journey, we are finally approaching our destination.

While the group was heading towards Wuning County, Li Mengyue arrived outside the gate of Banyue Villa.

"Miss Li, please come in."

Looking at the doorman who was bending down to invite her in, Li Mengyue was a little confused. She hadn't even given her name yet, so how did the other party know her and invite her in?

Although she was confused, since she was here, Li Mengyue had no intention of going back and walked straight into Banyue Villa.

Since Li Mengyue had been here before, as a killer in her previous life, whenever she arrived in an unfamiliar place, the first thing she had to do was to figure out where she was and then find a way to retreat.

Therefore, when Li Mengyue came to Banyue Villa for the first time, she had already figured out the layout of the entire villa, so that Li Mengyue went to the study where Xie Ruiyuan was without letting the servants lead the way.

"Master, the princess is here."

As Xie Ruiyuan's personal bodyguard, Qingxi's main task is to protect his master's safety and always pay attention to the movements around him.

If there is an assassin, he can be discovered and counterattacked in the first time.

That's how it was. When Li Mengyue was still some distance away from the study, Qingxi discovered her and immediately reported it to Xie Ruiyuan.

In fact, after the cold poison in Xie Ruiyuan's body was cured, his skills did not recover to the peak period, but recovered to 70% to 80%, so there was no need to worry about using internal force causing the poison to take effect.

As early as the moment Li Mengyue arrived at the villa, he knew of Li Mengyue's arrival.

However, when he learned that the cold poison had been cured, his attitude towards Li Mengyue changed, and he had not yet figured out how to face her.

Li Mengyue arrived at the villa, which was why he didn't go out to greet her immediately.

But at this moment, Li Mengyue arrived at the door of the study. Escape has never been his style.

"Bring people in."

"Yes, master."

Qingxi quickly opened the door and saw Li Mengyue standing outside.

"Qingxi greets the princess."

"Qingxi, I'm not your princess, you can just call me Miss Li."

"Yes, princess."

Seeing that Qingxi couldn't be persuaded, Li Mengyue changed her target and said to Xie Ruiyuan who was sitting behind the desk: "Give Qingxi an order, don't let her call me princess."

"You and I already have a child, so you are truly my princess. Qingxi is right to call you that."

Xie Ruiyuan stood up from his chair, walked towards Li Mengyue while speaking, and waved to Qingxi.

Before Qingxi went downstairs, he closed the door.

"You and I are not married yet, so how can we be worthy of the name?"

"Oh, A-Yue wants to marry me so much."

"Get lost, when did I ever say I wanted to marry you?"

"I heard it wrong. It turns out that Yue doesn't want to be formal with me."

In the past, Li Mengyue always acted decisively when facing enemies. She would not attack those who were naturally disadvantaged, nor would she have much sympathy for them.

However, the time spent in Xinghua Village has made Li Mengyue change many of her views.

What Li Mengyue didn't expect was that the Prince of Chen could be so slick, which really opened her eyes.

And Xie Ruiyuan, such a person, made her feel very comfortable to get along with.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I have something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter? Sit down and talk."

Xie Ruiyuan pulled Li Mengyue to sit on the chair behind the desk, but Li Mengyue saw the documents on the table and didn't want to sit there.

"I'll just sit next to you."

"You and I will get married sooner or later, and husband and wife will be one. It doesn't matter if you see it."

After hearing what Xie Ruiyuan said, Li Mengyue stopped being pretentious, really sat down, and even picked up a letter to read.

"Winter has arrived in Beiling City, a full month earlier than in previous years."

"That's right. Not only did it come a month earlier, but there was a heavy snowstorm for half a month. Currently, the entire Beiling City is covered in snow. A large number of livestock have frozen to death, and many elderly and frail people have died in their sleep at night because they could not withstand the cold. In addition, the border guards' cold-weather clothing is too thin, and they have frostbite not only on their hands and feet, but also on their bodies, and are unable to participate in daily training."

While Xie Ruiyuan was speaking, Li Mengyue had already finished reading the entire letter. The situation was even worse than Xie Ruiyuan said.

Beiling City is the northernmost frontier city of the Great Zhou. Further north is Mobei. Beiling City was hit by a blizzard, not to mention the Mobei grassland.

There are many grassland tribes living in Mobei, some of which are relatively large, while others are small.

However, thirty years ago, a capable man emerged from a grassland tribe in Mobei and unified the Mobei grassland.

However, it is easy to unify all the tribes on the grassland, but it is not so easy to strengthen the tribal strength.

So even if Mobei was unified, there would be no good life.

After all, people on the grassland rely on grazing for survival and migrate frequently, and are particularly affected by the weather.

Especially when the cold wave hit this year, the Mobei grassland suffered a severe snowstorm that occurs rarely in a century. Countless tents were blown away, and many herdsmen and cattle and sheep died, causing huge losses to the Mobei tribes.

In addition, the grassland was covered with snow, and the cattle and sheep had no food. Even if they did not freeze to death, they would starve to death.

In previous years, there would be cavalry from Mobei coming to the border to rob, but this year, due to the severe snowstorm, the situation has become even worse.

Holding the letter, Li Mengyue's expression was extremely serious.

"Don't worry, even if there's a war in the north, it won't spread here."

Xie Ruiyuan took the letter from Li Mengyue's hand, put his fingers on Li Mengyue's face and smoothed her brows.