Quick Wear: Pampering Your Lover

Mingzhen hadn't put on her makeup yet. Her soft hair hung on both sides of her cheeks, making her face look smaller and her eyebrows and eyes looked much softer than usual.

Her skin was as delicate and white as porcelain, her eyelashes fluttered like two small fans, her nose was shiny and her lips were as red as if they were painted with fat.

I didn’t notice it before if I didn’t look carefully, but now when I look closely, I can see that she is clearly a charming young girl.

Mingzhen raised her sparkling eyes, but there was a hint of sadness between her brows, "However, I also have my own mission..."

Lu Xingzheng was no fool and quickly understood the key. "So what should I do?"

He looked at the other person's body and should be responsible. Although he saved the person, he had a compensatory mentality in his heart and always felt that he owed the other person.

"If the secret of my female body is exposed, I won't be able to live." The girl's eyes were filled with tears. "So, Brother Xingzheng, I can't restore my identity, and therefore I can't give you a name... I can only interact with you privately. If you don't want to, I won't force you. Just pretend that what happened yesterday never happened..."

Lu Xingzheng finally couldn't help but hug the person in his arms back, "It doesn't matter, I'm willing, I can stay single for the rest of my life."

He had never thought about such love affairs and had no intention of getting married. Moreover, as a person employed by the emperor, marriage would instead make him wary.

But now that I've met her, although I have the idea of getting married, I also put her thoughts first.

Mingzhen's eyes lit up, she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips.

Seeing the general's cheeks flushed with invincibility on the battlefield, he felt secretly proud.

Ah, it’s so easy to fool.

......

He tidied up his qin and stood up and walked out of the yard.

Lu Xingzheng said that he had already informed his parents that he was safe, and had also made arrangements with Xue Chengjiao, and said that he had stayed at Xue's house last night.

She was thinking about whether to go back to the palace first or go to Xue's house to tell them, when she just walked to the main street, she was stopped by someone.

Xue Chengjiao held her wrist tightly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was unharmed.

Having not slept all night, his eyes were a little dark and his brows were furrowed. He looked quite different from the way he usually looked when playing with Mingzhen. His eyes were like cold stars, with a sharp and cold aura.

He looks a bit like a general.

Mingzhen glanced at him with a guilty look, "Jiaojiao, you didn't wait for me all night, did you?"

"I'm glad you know." Xue Chengjiao snorted and let her go. "You better treat me better in the future, do you hear me?"

Yesterday, General Lu sent someone to find him and told him that Mingzhen had encountered some problems and had to stay with him, asking him to help cover up the lie. He immediately went to find Mingzhen.

But the person who came to tell him refused to tell him where Zhen was. He even went to Lu's mansion, but Lu Xingzheng was not there at all. He was left wandering around like a headless fly for a long time, and finally he could only find a place to wait.

"I know, I know. Am I not good enough to you?" Mingzhen tugged at his clothes. "Go back home and get some rest. Look at you, you look as haggard as if you've been copying scriptures all night."

Once, Xue Chengjiao took the blame for himself and was punished by General Xue to copy scriptures all night. When he woke up the next day, he looked like this.

"I don't care. You must accompany me today and apologize to me." The young man pursed his lips, crossed his arms and snorted coldly.

"Okay, okay, let's go." Mingzhen agreed reluctantly.

She knew that her good friend hadn't slept all night because he was too worried about her, and she was very lucky to have such a friend.

......

The drizzle brings a chill but there is no frost; the leaves in front of the yard are half green and half yellow.

A cold wave sweeps in and winter is approaching.

Mingzhen was wrapped in a thick coat, staring at the still warm sunshine in a daze.

Heavy snow is coming, and before long, Yanbei and Hengdan will fall into famine. The snow disaster will cover all vegetation and take away life. Coupled with the chaos caused by bandits, the people will not have enough food to eat, and there will be starving people everywhere.

The Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince received orders to provide disaster relief, and each sent their confidants to escort the relief supplies. However, the greedy officials under their command secretly withheld the food and silver layer by layer, and by the time the supplies arrived in Yanbei and Hengdan, only an empty shell was left.

Yanbei and Hengdan are located in remote areas, and the people are trapped in the city and have no way to leave the city to seek help.

By the time they were discovered, only one in ten people were left.

Ugh.

How to break this game?

......

In Yuanhe Hall, on the high platform in the center of the golden pillar, the white-haired emperor, wearing a crown, sits on a gold-painted throne with a six-clawed dragon pattern.

The emperor looked a little tired, with one hand resting on his forehead. He looked down at all the officials from a high position, with an awe-inspiring air without even getting angry.

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will leave the court -"

At this moment, the Seventh Prince Ming Shiqi glanced at the Crown Prince, who was keeping his head down and silent, and with a slight curl of his lips, he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

He knew that his father must be in a bad mood because he was investigating the counterfeit currency and found the Crown Prince was responsible, and the Crown Prince had obviously noticed it.

After all, he was the one who gave the clue.

The Seventh Prince looked up, a trace of worry on his gentle face. "Some time ago, I suddenly had a dream about a famine somewhere in the Northern Territory. The people were suffering terribly, so I sent people to the Northern Territory. Yesterday, I received a letter saying that several places in the Northern Territory had suddenly experienced unprecedented heavy snowfall this year. It's already a sign of famine. People have already started looting for food, and there are even frozen corpses on the roadside."

He sighed and slowly knelt down. "Hearing this, I have been unable to sleep at night. I beg Your Majesty to allow the granaries to be opened for disaster relief."

The emperor's majestic gaze fell on the seventh prince, and he knelt straighter, his expression unchanged.

After a long moment, the Emperor's sharp, yet somewhat complicated, gaze fell on the Crown Prince, who was quieter than usual. "The Crown Prince is now old, and it's time for him to go out and gain some experience. This time, the Crown Prince will go to provide disaster relief."

"Your son obeys your command." The prince knelt down with a solemn expression.

He felt relieved.

The counterfeit coins were minted secretly by his subordinates, but he was not unaware of it. He just didn't expect that he would be tricked by his seventh brother and the news would be revealed to his father so quickly. Fortunately, his father did not give up on him.

He needs to perform well in this disaster relief effort and not let his father down.

But at this moment, the atmosphere in the court was slightly stagnant.

It was clearly the Seventh Prince who proposed the idea, but the Crown Prince was handed over to carry it out. Wasn't that too partial? Disaster relief was a simple matter, but it could gain a good reputation. As expected, the Crown Prince was the heir in the Emperor's heart.

"I think it is inappropriate. God has given instructions to the Seventh Prince, and he should be responsible for this matter. The Crown Prince is the foundation of the country. How can he condescend to go and provide disaster relief..." A minister stepped forward to question.

"The Crown Prince has lived in the inner palace for a long time. Now that he has reached adulthood, he should personally understand the people's sentiments." The Emperor remained calm and said directly, "The Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince will go together to provide disaster relief this time. The former will be the leader, and the latter will be the deputy. There is no room for further discussion."

In just a few words, there was an imperial majesty that left no room for questioning.

The matter was settled.

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