The locust plague in Jingzhou was not serious, and the disaster relief arrangements were quickly arranged. Xiao Jie was about to leave Xiangyang and go south to Jiaozhou, which was the most severely affected.

Of course, the real reason is that Xiao Jie calculated according to the time, the news of the defeat of Jiaozhi by Li Rui, the governor of Jiaozhou, will soon reach Luoyang, and he must rush to Jiaozhou as soon as possible.

Different from the cold reception he received when he first came to Xiangyang last time, when Xiao Jie bid farewell to Xiangyang, not only [-] Qingzhou soldiers went south with him, but all the officials in Xiangyang city, big and small, went out of the city to see him off, for fear that he would be left alone.

After all, they all saw with their own eyes that the officials who did not go to the pier to pick up Xiao Jie that day, from the governor to the county magistrate, were all put into prison cars by the Qilin guards and taken to Luoyang for questioning.

Among the farewell officials, Shi Zhaofeng, the new head of Nanjun, said that although his rank was not the highest, his position was the highest. There was nothing he could do about it. Who told him that his relationship with King Qi was unusual.

Although many colleagues in Xiangyang laughed at him secretly that Zhao Feng was a dog of Qi Wang Xiao Jie, but Zhao Feng was not ashamed at all, he just wanted to let the group of people who look down on him take a good look at it, what's wrong with being a dog !

If other people knew that the dog who became the king of Qi could be promoted from a small county magistrate to a county magistrate in just a few days, they would all want to go to the king of Qi and wag their tails and beg for mercy!

But they have that opportunity and blessing!

Xiao Jie waved goodbye to the officials who saw him off, then got into the carriage and set off southward under the escort of Qingzhou soldiers.

Because Xiao Jie himself did not have a carriage in Xiangyang, in fact, he was riding in Tao's carriage now, sharing the same carriage with Tao Han.

Although the space in the car is quite spacious, and the two of them are traveling together, it doesn't look crowded, but perhaps because there are only them alone in the car, Tao Han bowed his head and remained silent, and the atmosphere was obviously a little awkward.

Xiao Jie seemed to have known this scene before. He experienced it once on the second day of his marriage to Su Yao. He even considered whether to ask Ye Qiu to pretend to be an assassin tomorrow, so that he could stage another heroic rescue.

Although this kind of tactic is a bit nasty, but it is really easy to use.

"Your Highness, in fact, the night before I left Luoyang, my grandfather had already told me everything that should be said." Xiao Jie was still at war between heaven and man, but Tao Han spoke first.

Xiao Jie was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then what do you think?"

Tao Han shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

Xiao Jie's heart sank slightly, he sighed and said, "Are you unwilling?"

Tao Han neither nodded nor shook his head, but also nodded and sighed quietly: "I've been in a lot of trouble these days, I really don't know."

Xiao Jie decided to take a gamble, with a sad expression on his face, and he said in a very frustrated tone: "Miss Tao, I understand, if you really don't want to marry me, I will take the initiative to ask your grandfather to cancel it." This marriage..."

"No! Your Highness, that's not the case!"

"I admit that I hated you very much before, thinking that you are just like other rich and powerful sons, who only use power to overwhelm others and threaten our Tao family."

"But when you visited my house that day, you didn't pursue my brother's outspokenness. Even my third uncle was full of praise for the wine you brewed. At that time, I already had a good impression of you."

"Later, when you selflessly instructed our Tao family on how to restore the title of Marquis of Guannei, I admired His Highness so much that I wondered how there could be such a strange man in the world."

"There is a locust plague in the south of the Yangtze River, but you, as a prince, disregarded your personal safety, and took the initiative to ask for an order to go to the south of the Yangtze River to fight the locust plague. You even did not hesitate to contact smallpox patients, just to save the people of the three states from fire and water. I believe that my husband should be like your highness." !"

"I am very willing to marry Your Highness, but I don't want to be a victim of a political marriage. I hope His Highness will marry me because he likes me, not to win over the Tao family..."

When Tao Han said this, his eyes were clearly filled with tears, and his tone gradually became choked up, apparently unable to continue...

Xiao Jie also felt a little emotional in his heart, he held Tao Han's hand lightly, and said softly: "At Brother Three Emperor's wedding that day, there were so many big merchants present, why did I find you, don't you understand?"

"There are so many business families in the world, why did I find your Tao family to cooperate in brewing wine, and why did I insist on teaching you how to restore the title of Marquis of Guannei? It's not just to win your favor and favor."

"There are many ways for me to win over the Tao family, and there are many ways for the Tao family to express their loyalty to me, but why did your grandfather think of marrying you to me? Sparing no effort to help the Tao family is just to get close to you."

"You understand now, I didn't marry you to win over the Tao family, I did it to win over the Tao family to marry you."

After all, Tao Han is a girl in her boudoir. Hearing Xiao Jie's blatant and straightforward confession in her ears, and being held by Xiao Jie again, her pretty face instantly turned red to the base of her ears, but her heart was extremely sweet .

For a young girl in love, nothing makes her happier than the person she loves just happens to like her.

"Your Highness, can you...can you promise me something?" Tao Han lowered his head and bit his lips lightly.

Xiao Jie smiled slightly: "Tell me, don't say one thing, I can promise you ten or one hundred things."

"I hope you can treat me with courtesy before we get married." Tao Han lowered his head even more, but seemed to be afraid of Xiao Jie's overthinking, so he quickly raised his head and explained, "I have no other intentions, Princess Su is a real person. It's fine, and I'm still pregnant, so I don't want to do anything to offend her."

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Jie immediately let go of Tao Han's hand, nodded heavily and said, "I promise you."

Xiao Jie naturally understands Tao Han's concerns. Although the Tao family and himself both intend to marry, they haven't started the process after all. Once they are caught by someone with a heart, it will be a fatal blow to their image and Tao Han's reputation.

And Xiao Jie didn't want to be like Xiao Huang in the original book, every time after messing around outside, he would pretend to be innocent with Su Yao when he got home, forcing Su Yao to admit and accept the fait accompli.

What's more, I have promised Su Yao that I will never raise a housewife outside privately. If I want to take a concubine, I must take the initiative to let Su Yao know. If Su Yao disagrees, I will never let her in.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tao Han looked at Xiao Jie with crystal clear eyes, and his heart couldn't be more moved.

Xiao Jie smiled indifferently, and suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.

"Miss Tao, do you want to save some dowry for yourself?"

As soon as Tao Han heard the word dowry, his pretty face instantly turned red to the neck, but he couldn't help but sneak a white look at Xiao Jie, this man enjoys all the good things, what is dowry, and in the end he wants to take advantage of you.

But she had an intuition in her heart that maybe this Highness had discovered some way to make a fortune.

"His Royal Highness Qi Wang would like to give the little girl some advice on how to save this dowry." Having finished speaking, Tao Han has no restraint at all when speaking in front of Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie paused, and slowly uttered two words: "Refining sugar!"

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