I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

Lu Yanzheng suddenly raised the corners of his lips, took Jiang Qinyu's hand and kissed it, looking at her with bright eyes and said, "Guess?"

Jiang Qinyu: "..." She couldn't guess anything, but she really wanted to hit someone.

Seeing that her expression was not right, Lu Yanzheng quickly said: "Okay, okay, I'll say..."

Jiang Qinyu's expression improved a little, and then she heard Lu Yanzheng slowly utter a name.

"Xiao Rui."

Jiang Qinyu's eyes suddenly widened. "Who are you talking about?"

Did she hear it correctly?

Lu Yanzheng raised the corner of his lips slightly, "You didn't expect it? Xiao Rui is not dead."

Jiang Qinyu: “…” I was quite shocked and surprised.

"Is he really still alive?" Jiang Qinyu came back to her senses and asked curiously.

Lu Yanzheng nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, he will come over in the next few days. You will know when you see him."

Jiang Qinyu was a little confused at the moment. She raised her hand and said, "Wait a minute, you said Xiao Rui is not dead, so he faked his death? Why did he do that? Does Mr. Lu know about it? How did you know?"

Lu Yanzheng was stunned for a moment by her question, then pinched her face helplessly and said, "You ask so many questions at once, how should I answer?"

"Uh," Jiang Qinyu also reacted and curled her lips, "Then start from when you found out that Xiao Rui was not dead!"

Lu Yanzheng smiled dotingly, "Okay, Madam has given an order, and I dare not disobey."

Without waiting for Jiang Qinyu's little fist to hit him, Lu Yanzheng began to tell him about the An brothers looking for him.

After they finished talking, the two drank a pot of tea. Jiang Qinyu was stunned.

"You mean he doesn't realize he's been exposed yet?" Jiang Qinyu asked in surprise.

Lu Yanzheng nodded, "Probably not knowing."

If Xiao Rui had known, he would have probably run away instead of working diligently in his position like he is now.

"Then if you give the throne to him, will he agree?" Jiang Qinyu was more concerned about this.

Lu Yanzheng spread his hands. "These things are originally his. He has no choice but to agree. Besides, I have gathered An Shiyi and the others. I am just waiting for Xiao Rui to come over in the next two days. Then I will return everything I took from him to him."

Now that the whole world has been conquered, the political situation is temporarily stable. The Western Qiang are frightened by gunpowder weapons, and the King of Western Qiang dares not show up. The one from Dayuan dares not send people to attack the border town at will.

With all the internal and external troubles gone, it was the perfect time for Xiao Rui to ascend the throne.

Jiang Qinyu pondered for a moment, "I think you're still too optimistic. Since he was able to fake his death and hand over everything to you, I'm afraid he won't be happy to take over if you return this mess to him now."

"He has to accept it even if he doesn't want to," Lu Yanzheng said resolutely, "I won't ascend the throne anyway."

Are you kidding? If he ascends the throne, besides being busy with court affairs all day long, he will also have to worry about his wife's wild thoughts. What if one day she runs away while he's thinking about her, what will he do?

Jiang Qinyu rolled her eyes at him and said, "That's not something you can just say!"

Xiao Rui is a person, and he has his own thoughts and methods. If he really doesn't want to, Lu Yanzheng would have been forced to take on a lot of things before, and Jiang Qinyu is not optimistic about him this time.

Seeing that she had been thinking about this matter, Lu Yanzheng felt a little uncomfortable, and his tone brought out a rare bit of childish dissatisfaction, "He should take his own responsibilities. This is his fate. There is no reason for me to take the blame."

And this time he has made full preparations, so it won't be so easy for Xiao Rui to escape again.

Jiang Qinyu saw this and was really at a loss for words. "Okay, okay, just do what you have to do. I support you anyway."

Knowing his attitude, Jiang Qinyu actually felt a sense of relief.

Maybe pregnant women always think more. During this period of time, she often thought about what she would do if Lu Yanzheng took a concubine in the future. Sometimes she even had restless dreams, woke up in the middle of the night, and suffered from insomnia.

Now, she doesn't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore.

Even though she still had to face the problem that Lu Yanzheng might change his mind and take a concubine in the future, after all, it was just an ordinary family, different from the imperial palace, and she could escape without any psychological burden.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Yanzheng suddenly approached, his tone domineering and tough, "Don't think about me taking a concubine or anything like that anymore, that's impossible. You will be the only woman in my life!"

There is only the death of a husband, no divorce.

Jiang Qinyu blinked and said innocently, "I'm not thinking about that. I'm just thinking about what to name the child..."

"Really?" Lu Yanzheng's eyes lit up slightly. "I've also thought about the children's future names. What do you think?"

The two of them instantly jumped from the issue of succession to the throne to the name of the child, and they became more and more excited as they talked.

Xiao Rui, who was riding at full speed towards Dingshui Village, suddenly sneezed several times in succession.

"Master, please take a rest. Don't catch a cold." An Shiqi felt the temperature around him and found it was cooler than yesterday, so he reminded him.

Xiao Rui continued on his way, saying, "It's okay. The prince sent us over with an urgent order. It must be something important. We should try not to delay our journey."

Now, both he and An Shiqi have been entrusted with important tasks by Lu Yanzheng. He is responsible for the assessment and appointment and dismissal of officials of the new dynasty, while An Shiqi is reorganizing the army.

The two have been very busy these days, but a few days ago they suddenly received an urgent letter from Lu Yanzheng, asking them to go to Dingshui Village immediately without any delay.

Although Xiao Rui didn't know what Lu Yanzheng asked them to do, he had thoroughly understood Lu Yanzheng's character over the past few days and knew that he would definitely not do something without a purpose, so he and An Shiqi traveled day and night just to reach Dingshui Village as soon as possible.

An Shiqi always felt that it was a bit strange that Lu Yanzheng asked them to go this time, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he didn't remind Xiao Rui.

The two of them traveled quickly all the way and finally arrived at Dingshui Village after five days.

It was evening when they arrived, and Jiang Qinyu's family was about to have dinner.

I heard the doorman come to report, "Your Majesty, there are two people outside who call themselves Anda'aner asking to see you."

Lu Yanzheng raised his eyebrows, looked at Jiang Qinyu, and then said to the doorman: "Please invite the two Ans to the dining room to have dinner together."

The doorman was stunned for a moment, but quickly agreed and left.

Jiang Qinyu was a little puzzled. "Who are these two people?"

Anyone who could be invited by Lu Yanzheng to the Lu family’s dinner table must be no ordinary person, but I have never heard him mention it before.

Lu Yanzheng leaned close to her ear and whispered something. Jiang Qinyu's eyes suddenly widened. "Is it him?"

"Well," Lu Yanzheng nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Old Master Lu is also in the village today. How about I send someone to call him over as well?"

Jiang Qinyu looked at him with a complicated expression and said nothing.

If the old man knew that Xiao Rui was not dead, he would definitely not cry loudly, but would just pick up a broom and beat Xiao Rui severely.

Jiang Qinyu reasonably suspected that Lu Yanzheng just wanted to see Xiao Rui get beaten up?

In fact, Lu Yanzheng really thought so in his heart, so without waiting for Jiang Qinyu to reply, he asked someone to call Mr. Lu back for dinner.

Soon, Jiang Qinyu saw Xiao Rui and An Shiqi in disguise.

But because they were at the dinner table, she finally held back and didn't look at them much.

The Lu family does not have separate tables for men and women when eating, otherwise Jiang Qinyu would not have been able to meet Xiao Rui and An Shiqi. Maybe this was done on purpose by Lu Yanzheng.

After the meal, Xiao Rui and An Shiqi really thought they were just here to eat.

As a result, just as the leftovers on the table were cleared away, Lu Yanzheng looked at Xiao Rui and said, "Mr. Xiao, how are you?"

Xiao Rui: “…”

Everyone: "..."

Mr. Lu was completely bewildered. "Which Young Master Xiao is the prince talking about?"

"Of course it's the former seventh prince, Xiao Rui, Young Master Xiao." Lu Yanzheng looked at Xiao Rui without changing his expression, but a cunning look flashed in his eyes.