Dressed as a top-notch girl, leading the whole village to become rich

Ye Lao Er said confidently, "The present is different from the past. We should put the people first in everything. Especially since we are all officials, we must not ignore the people."

If Ye Guo were here, he would definitely sigh. It must be said that Ye Laoer has a high level of ideological awareness. Once he opens his mouth, what he says can be written into a book or a biography.

The three of them already had a full understanding of the current disaster situation. The most difficult thing was that they didn't know when the flood would come and when the water would recede.

Ye Guo, who was far away in the mountains, suddenly heard someone knocking on his wooden door in the middle of the night.

"County Princess, I'll go take a look first." Madam Liu had a light sleep, so she sat up as soon as she heard any noise. Listening to the muffled knocks on the door in the rain, she took a dagger for self-defense from under her pillow, put it behind her back, and then went to open the door.

"Master National Preceptor?"

Aunt Liu wondered if she was old and her eyesight was blurry. It was dark outside and it was raining. How could the Imperial Master be here?

"Is Xiaoguo awake? I want to go in." Xu Changqing was only in his early twenties, and his voice was particularly easy to identify.

Nanny Liu had also been with him for some time and was very familiar with his voice.

After hearing it carefully, people suddenly realized, "The county lady hasn't put on her clothes yet..."

Before he could finish his words, Ye Guo's voice came from inside, "Let him in."

Nanny Liu instinctively moved aside. Xu Changqing lowered his head and walked into the wooden house. When he looked up, he was stunned.

Ye Guoren was actually still sitting on the bed, his lower body covered with a thin white quilt and his upper body draped over a dark purple cloak embroidered with peonies, making it impossible to see his figure clearly.

She had a smile on her face and delicate features. Under the cover of the night, she looked like an elf that had fallen into the mortal world, her eyes filled with joy.

"Xiao Wan, you and Nanny Liu, please go to the next room to take shelter from the rain for a while." Ye Guo smiled, weighed the quilt on his body, and laughed crisply.

Nanny Liu wanted to say something, but then Ye Wan pulled her away without her even having time to grab an umbrella.

Xu Changqing was just like Ye Guo, not caring at all. There were only two of them in the room.

He took off his raincoat and put it away, then poured himself a cup of tea. When he found that there was only cold tea, he frowned, then quickly relaxed.

There was no oil lamp in the wooden house. In the dark, Xu Changqing looked around, then moved the only stool in the room and placed it twenty centimeters away from the bed.

This distance is neither far nor close, and it is convenient to talk.

"Why are you here suddenly? Is my second brother here too?" Ye Guo's eyes rolled around, not showing the slightest sign of being worried due to the adversity he faced.

"Yes, we're here. I'm here because there are some things I'm not sure about, and I wanted to ask you in person." Xu Changqing's tone was as steady as ever.

Ye Guo had a question mark in his mind.

"Then ask me. I will tell you everything I know." Ye Guo didn't think there was anything that needed to be hidden between them.

Even though he knew about her important identity, he had never been curious to find out more.

So now that he says he is not sure, it means that he does have doubts in his heart, and they are not ordinary difficult and complicated problems.

Ye Guo even sat up straighter, waiting for him to ask questions.

But Xu Changqing, who was always unreserved in front of her, remained silent this time.

"Is there anything that I don't want to know?" Ye Guo waited patiently for a while, then asked bluntly.

"No, I just don't know how to tell you." Xu Changqing turned his head away, not even daring to look at her again.

The two of them had always had feelings for each other, but due to various reasons, they had never taken this feeling seriously.

Despite many inappropriate things, they never cared about other people's opinions. Just like the current scene, if the time and place were changed, or if other men from the Ye family were present, Xu Changqing would not be able to see anyone.

But Xu Changqing went up the mountain in the dark and rain in the middle of the night, and now he was sitting next to Ye Guo.

After all, he has lived in modern times for decades. Any native of Daqing probably wouldn't understand Xu Changqing's shy way of expression.

But Ye Guo understood it at a glance.

"You want to ask about what happened between us."

"You want me to go with you."

Ye Guo used declarative sentences in both of his sentences.

To be honest, she herself was a little confused, guessing it was one thing, but she had no idea what was going on behind the scenes.

But because of her two words, Xu Changqing turned back again and said affectionately, "I know that no one in this world understands me better than you."

Ye Guo even wondered if Xu Changqing had also read modern old-fashioned romance novels.

This is too much like a TV drama.

"No, no, no, let me take it easy first." Ye Guo waved his hands between the two of them, as if to temporarily create some distance between them.

"Xu Changqing, can you tell me first, what happened? Is the Third Prince dead? Or is His Majesty dead?"

Xu Changqing shook his head.

Ye Guo continued to guess, "Is it the Crown Prince forcing the emperor to abdicate? Or is it that the Northland was defeated?"

Xu Changqing still shook his head.

Ye Guo: "Your Majesty has changed the Imperial Master? You are not the Imperial Master now?"

Xu Changqing... nodded.

Ye Guo: ...

You ask how she guessed it? It all started when Ye Guo hadn't received his letter for a long time, and she had a sixth feeling that he was under house arrest by His Majesty.

Ye Guo really didn't expect that Emperor Cheng would choose to abandon the people of the three southern provinces for the victory of the Northern Expedition.

She took a long breath and did something she didn't expect.

She held Xu Changqing's hand.

His hands were cold and slender, with calloused fingers, which did not match his handsome face at all.

The hand, which had never been touched by a woman, instinctively wanted to avoid it, but was held back by Ye Guo forcefully.

"Don't you want me to go with you? You won't even let me hold your hand?" Ye Guo asked.

Xu Changqing only felt his heart pounding, as if it was about to jump out of his chest at the next moment.

All the blood in his body was concentrated in the same place. The hands were obviously soft, and he could break free with just a little effort.

He felt as if he was in shackles from head to toe, even his breathing was disordered.

Xu Changqing has always been an upright person, but on this night, he felt like a thief and was ashamed to see anyone.

All words, at this moment, have lost their meaning.

He even thought that even if Ye Guo rejected him, being able to hold hands like this would be enough.

In the past, he only thought that he would be alone after leaving his master, but he never thought that one day, he would be impulsive and reckless and come to see a girl in the middle of the night.

When he lost his status as the imperial teacher, he never regretted it at all.

But when Ye Guo held his hand, he felt fear.