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

However, at that time, she did not know that the imperial edict was closely related to Xie Ruiyuan's life and property. Instead, she cooperated with Xie Ruiyuan based on her heart and the idea of ​​completing the task.

But before Xie Ruiyuan told Li Mengyue what to do next, he called Qingxi into the study.

"Your subordinate Qingxi pays respect to the prince and princess."

This time, Qingxi called Li Mengyue "Princess" in front of Xie Ruiyuan.

Li Mengyue looked at Xie Ruiyuan first and found that he looked calm and did not scold Qingxi.

But she knew that only Xie Ruiyuan's principal wife was qualified to be called a princess. In this way, Xie Ruiyuan's thoughts on her were obvious.

But for some reason, she didn't want to refute, and just let Qingxi continue shouting.

"Qingxi, this is a coal mine detection instrument. Just press it and you will know if there are any coal mines within a hundred miles. There is also a honeycomb coal machine. You should quickly go to the north and search for coal mines. Once you find them, let our people cooperate in mining. There is no limit to the quantity of honeycomb coal you can make. You can make as many as you can."

"Qingxi obeys the order."

Qingxi stood up, walked forward, picked up the coal mine detection equipment and honeycomb coal machine, and prepared to set off.

He is the master's personal bodyguard and also the master's most capable assistant. He and Qingxuan, Qingning and Qingzhi have all followed the master since childhood and received the most rigorous training.

They will carry out every order given by their master to the letter without asking for reasons.

Just like this time, he was the only one among the four personal guards who was with his master, but his master still sent him to the north.

He would not ask his master who would protect him if he left. All he wanted in his mind was to set off as soon as possible, because he could tell the importance of the matter from his master's tone. It was definitely a matter of urgency.

Of course, even if he went to the north, he wouldn't have to worry about his master's safety. Not to mention that the cold poison in his master's body had been cured, his strength was slowly recovering, and he could use his internal strength at will. Even their princess Li Mengyue had powerful martial arts.

Although he couldn't see the princess's martial arts skills, there was no doubt that they were very powerful, and ordinary people couldn't get close to her at all.

The princess also has a hidden weapon on her. With her accuracy, there is no need to worry about her safety. Besides, Qingzhi will be here in two days.

"There is also a coal mine near Beiling City. Tell Xie Qichen the address and ask him to send people to mine it to ensure the safety of the people in Beiling City first."

"Yes, master."

"Qingxi, wait a minute."

"Princess, what do you want me to do?"

"Nothing, it's just that it's very cold in the north right now. Bring some cotton clothes with you when you go. I'll prepare some things for you to take with you to save your life. Anyway, time is of the essence. Besides, if you can't reach the north safely, the things you are asked to bring will be useless."

Hearing this, Qingxi remembered the last time his master sent him to Xinghua Village. Although he was injured at the hands of the princess, the princess still bandaged his wounds and prepared food for him.

When he heard Li Mengyue say that she would prepare something for him, he felt so excited that words could not express it.

"Thank you, Princess."

After Qingxi left, Xie Ruiyuan helped Li Mengyue sit on the chair. He moved another chair from the side and the two sat side by side.

"Ayue, you also know what will happen if the refugees are not handled properly. I believe you don't want the refugees to riot in despair."

"Okay, just tell me your purpose."

"How much food do you have?"

Li Mengyue had said that Xie Ruiyuan would not talk to her about refugees for no reason, and he definitely had a backup plan waiting for her. Now here he is, eyeing the food in her hands.

There was indeed enough food in her space, but she couldn't just take it out carelessly, even if the other party was Xie Ruiyuan.

"Two cents a pound, how much do you want?"

"Five million catties."

"How many?"

Xie Ruiyuan thought that she had said too much. The national treasury could not provide so much grain now. How could he subconsciously think that Li Mengyue had grain?

So he immediately changed his tune.

"Three million jin will do. No, just like last time, one million jin will do."

When Li Mengyue heard about five million kilograms of food, her first reaction was that Xie Ruiyuan, as a prince, was too cowardly to only want such a small amount of food.

She originally thought that since Xie Ruiyuan had spoken, she could take the opportunity to give Xie Ruiyuan enough food to help all the refugees.

She had thought before that since she had already given one million kilograms for free, if Xie Ruiyuan asked for more food, she would definitely charge him a lot of money.

What she didn't expect was that the dignified Prince Chen didn't even have one thousand taels of silver in his hand. He was a complete pauper.

How could she ask for a high price? So she asked for the same price as in the village, which was two cents per pound.

She doesn't care about the food. What she cares about is whether the food can be put to good use and truly be used to help the victims.

The reason why she was willing to give it to Xie Ruiyuan was that during the time she had interacted with Xie Ruiyuan, she knew that Xie Ruiyuan was a prince who cared about the people and would not be greedy for food. On the contrary, under his majesty, even if the officials below had any ulterior motives, they would try their best to suppress them.

But what should she do now? Xie Ruiyuan suddenly reduced the amount of grain from 5 million jin to 1 million jin.

She originally thought that five million kilograms of food was too little, and she didn't even want to take away one-tenth of the food in the space, let alone one million kilograms.

"Why, it's difficult. If you don't have it, forget it. I'll find another way."

"You look down on me, don't you? How could I be without food? I just think that five million catties is too little."

When Xie Ruiyuan heard this, he was a little bit unbelieving and spoke directly.

"What did you say? Say it again."

Li Mengyue looked at Xie Ruiyuan. She really didn't know why he was so excited. She didn't answer Xie Ruiyuan directly, but asked about the specific number of refugees.

“How many refugees will eventually arrive in Qingshan Prefecture?”

"It's unknown at the moment, but at least 500,000 or 600,000."

Hearing this number, Li Mengyue calculated in her mind how much grain would be needed, and estimated it to be around five million kilograms.

"Five million kilograms of food. Send someone to the house in town to get it in seven days."

Seeing Li Mengyue's expression, even though Xie Ruiyuan had some guesses in his mind, he couldn't help but be shocked. That was five million kilograms of grain, not a few thousand or tens of thousands of kilograms. It was taken out just like that. He couldn't help but wonder about Li Mengyue again.

But he still endured it. He knew that Li Mengyue had a secret, otherwise she wouldn't have suddenly become a lady from a wealthy family, possessing superb medical skills and unique martial arts, and even being able to easily take out large quantities of food.

But as far as he knew, Li Mengyue was still cooperating with the Qian family to make money, which meant that she did not have much money, but she could come up with so much food. It was obvious that there was something wrong.