The next day, Shangguan Qingge woke up and found herself sleeping in bed. Her head hurt so much that she rubbed her head.

"Damn, my head hurts!" She only remembered that she talked to Bei Yunchen for a while last night, and then she looked at the moon and drank cold beer! As for how she got to bed, she had no impression at all.

"Miss, you're awake!" Dong'er came in carrying a washbasin.

"Dong'er, how did I get back last night?"

"Miss, you drank too much last night. It was the Fifth Prince who carried you in. Miss, you never drink, so why did you drink so much last night?" Last night, when Bei Yunchen carried her in, everyone was shocked. Fortunately, Bei Yunchen was a gentleman and did not do anything. But for a girl to drink with a man late at night and become unconscious is too dangerous!

Shangguan Qingge simply washed up and went back to bed. She felt so bad from the hangover that she needed to lie down for a while!

Time passed quickly, and half a month had passed in the blink of an eye. During this half month, the sweet potato planting results were very good. Half of the fields in Lijia Town had been planted, and the construction of the reservoir had been completed. Qingyun and his companions also returned, bringing back the good news that the dam along the river had been built.

On this day, Shangguan Qingge, Bei Yunchen, Old Man Li and others inspected the project. As long as Shangguan Qingge felt it was okay, they would start to divert water, and the project was completed well along the way.

"Well, that's good, we can divert water!" After hearing this, Mingcheng rode his horse to inform the people next to the cart to divert water. He saw the people guarding the cart using a hoe to dig up the last small section of soil of the newly dug canal next to the first pool, and the water flowed along the canal to the reservoir!

Shangguan Qingge and others waited by the reservoir for about ten minutes, and then the water came! The water flowed into the reservoir along the canal!

She calculated that based on the current flow rate, the reservoir would be full in just 24 hours, and then the water would be discharged along the stream to the river channel in Heping County. Soon, people along the river would be able to use the water! At most, it would only take half a month!

All the issues have been resolved, and Bei Yunchen has also issued a notice to return to Beijing after two days of rest!

In the past two days, Shangguan Qingge gave Li Zihua more agricultural planting books and seeds. After Li Zihua received them, he felt as if he had found a treasure!

The day to return to Beijing has arrived, and the large army is ready to go. Several leaders, led by Bei Yunchen, bid farewell to their fellow villagers and set off!

When passing through Heping County, we saw that the first dam of the river was full of water and was flowing to the next dam.

In the carriage, Shangguan Qingge looked at the scenery outside... Actually, there was nothing to see. Because of the drought, the trees in many places had died, and the ground had cracks due to lack of water.

Along the way, in addition to their army, there were also many civilians fleeing. The reason why the civilians fled to the capital was simply because there was still food in the capital!

Shangguan Qingge took out a lot of steamed buns from the Qiankun Circle and asked a few maids to give them to the victims while the team was not paying attention. Well, if you can save as many people as possible, then save them!

In seven days, the large army has arrived at the camp in the suburbs of Beijing. Except for the leaders, everyone else is stationed here!

There are also many refugees outside the capital. Although Bei Yunchen said that Jingzhao Yin is in charge of this matter, the number of refugees is only increasing. The people in the palace have also begun to reduce their meals from three meals a day to two meals, including all officials in the capital!

They arrived in the capital in the morning and needed to go to the palace to resume their duties in the afternoon, but only Bei Yunchen and the old Marquis of Zhenbei would go.

The carriage started to move towards the city gate. In a soup kitchen, Shangguan Qingge saw an acquaintance, Shangguan Qingyun!

Shangguan Qingyun was seen wearing plain clothes, with her hair tied up with a plain hairpin and light makeup on her face. If it weren't for the maid accompanying her, she would really look like a girl from an ordinary family.

Shangguan Qingyun is good-looking, and even if he is dressed like this, his face still attracts a lot of people's attention.

Shangguan Qingge looked at her, and she also noticed Shangguan Qingge in the carriage. Shangguan Qingge curled his lips at her in disdain and lowered the curtain!

Shangguan Qingyun, who was sitting on a chair, saw her and stood up suddenly.

"Miss, what's wrong?" asked the maid next to her.

"I seem... to have seen Shangguan Qingge. Hongxiu, hurry up and tell mother that the little bitch Shangguan Qingge is back!" Upon hearing the news, the girl named Hongxiu ran towards the Shangshu Mansion.

On the other side, except for the old Marquis Zhenbei who was going to meet the Emperor with Bei Yunchen, everyone else returned to the Marquis Zhenbei's Mansion. The old lady took Shangguan Qingge's hand and said.

"Ge'er, now that you're back, just stay at home. Grandma will clean up your mother's room and you can live here."

Shangguan Qingge shook her head and rejected her grandmother, explaining that the purpose of her return this time was to make those who participated in poisoning her mother, causing her brother's disappearance, and torturing her pay the price!

Seeing that Shangguan Qingge was so stubborn, the old lady knew that this girl had made up her mind and said nothing more. However, she still had her mother's room cleaned up so that she could come back and live there at any time. The old lady decided to accompany Shangguan Qingge back to the Shangshu Mansion after lunch.

In the carriage, the old lady and the aunt accompanied Shangguan Qingge back to Shangguan Mansion. Zhenbeihou Mansion was not far from Shangguan Mansion, only two streets away, and they arrived there in a short while.

The carriage stopped in front of Shangguan Mansion. The group got off the carriage and were about to go inside, but were stopped by Xiao Si at the door.

"Stop, does this lady have a visiting card?" Xiao Si said a little arrogantly, and the eldest lady slapped him in the face. The eldest lady was a martial artist and naturally very strong. Xiao Si was beaten so hard that he turned around twice and sat on the ground with stars in his eyes.

"You are blind. The eldest daughter of the Shangguan Mansion is back and she still needs a visiting card!?"

When Shangguan Jin heard the noise, he ran out immediately and saw his eldest daughter standing at the door holding the old lady's hand. He stepped forward and bowed.

"Madam, when are you coming back?" As an important official of the court, he certainly knew that Zhenbei Hou's people were coming back, but he was surprised by the return of his eldest daughter.

"Humph, I remember that Lord Shangguan also called me mother-in-law before. Why is he calling me old lady now?"

"Um...Mother-in-law..."

"No need!" Shangguan Jin was interrupted before he could finish his words. "After Wan'er passed away, the relationship between your Shangguan family and my Chen family should have ended. It's only because of my two grandchildren that we still have a little in-law relationship. I can't bear the responsibility of calling you mother-in-law!"

When Shangguan Jin heard her say this, he understood what she meant. He thought, why bother making himself unhappy? So he stopped mentioning his mother-in-law.

"I'm sorry for being rude. May I ask why the old lady came here today?"

"Why? Can't I take my granddaughter home?"

"Yes, please come in, old madam!" Shangguan Jin politely invited the person in, and told Xiao Si next to him to call his mother and wife over. He still had to be polite.

After a while, they arrived at the front hall, where the old lady, the first lady and the second lady of the Shangguan family were already sitting and waiting.

When Shangguan Qingyun saw someone coming, he stepped forward and saluted politely.

"Qingyun meets the old lady and the eldest lady."

The old lady glanced at her and ignored her, but sat directly on the chair. Shangguan Qingyun felt so embarrassed that she had to go back to Liu in embarrassment. Then she heard the old lady Shangguan, who was sitting in the main seat, speak.

"Sister, what brings you here?"

"What? Can't I send my granddaughter home? I remember my granddaughter's last name is Shangguan. If my sister doesn't want to acknowledge this granddaughter, our Chen family can raise her and change her last name back to Chen!"

When Madam Shangguan heard this, she was furious. What did it mean to change her surname back to Chen? Did Shangguan Qingge originally have the surname Chen and was she a member of the Chen family?

"What are you talking about, elder sister? Qingge is the eldest daughter of my Shangguan family, so she is naturally a member of the Shangguan family."

"You still know that Ge'er is the legitimate daughter. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought that our Ge'er was a wild child without a father!"

These words made the Shangguan family even angrier. This old guy came here just to cause trouble today.

"Madam, what you said is not right. Qingge is the legitimate daughter of our Shangguan family, so she should naturally return to the Shangguan family. No matter what, your Chen family is our maternal family. How can you mix the two up!" Liu said unhappily.

The old lady didn't look at her and spoke unhappily.

"As a bastard, what qualifications do you have to talk to me?"

When Liu heard this, her face turned red with anger. What she didn't want to mention the most was her status as a concubine. Even if she was the second daughter of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, it still couldn't change her status as a concubine. No matter how hard a concubine tried, it couldn't change. She was now able to sit in the position of the first lady of the Shangshu Mansion because of her father, the Zuo Prime Minister, and Shangguan Jin, a second-rank official. Otherwise, she would either marry someone below the third rank as the main wife, or continue to be a concubine.

Actually, the reason why she was able to become Shangguan Jin's legal wife was because her father, the Left Prime Minister, needed to win over officials in the court, otherwise she would not have her current position.

"What's going on with your Shangguan family is your own business, but our Ge'er is sensible and doesn't want your Shangguan family to be embarrassed, so this time when she returns to Beijing, Ge'er is still willing to return to the Shangguan family. You Shangguans treat such a sensible child like a weed!"

"What are you saying, elder sister? Qingge is sensible. As a grandmother, I naturally know that and I have never treated Qingge badly. Qingge, don't you agree?"

"Oh, when you say you haven't treated me unfairly, do you mean just give me a bite of food so I won't starve to death? If you haven't treated me unfairly, then explain to me why you sent Ge'er to the farm."

"Well... Old sister, you know that there is a severe drought now, and there is not enough food to eat. The Shangguan family is also in trouble now. If I didn't feel sorry for Qingge, how could I bear to let her go to the farm? I'm afraid that she will suffer here!"

"Really? Look at your plump and round figure. She doesn't look like she's short of food!"

"I..." Old Madam Shangguan was speechless for a moment. Yes, with her current condition, no one would believe her if she told them she was short of food!

"Alright, I don't want to listen to your excuses. What happened in the past has already happened, but Ge'er is back this time. We will get the same treatment as Miss Di. Otherwise, don't blame our Chen family for not remembering our friendship!"

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