Ji Yan left the palace and went directly to Prince Mu's mansion.

"What? Father sent you to Minjiang River?"

Ji Yanli told Xiao Mu that the emperor sent him to Minjiang today, Xiao Mu looked at Ji Yanli in disbelief.

Ji Yanli laughed at himself, "Yes, Prime Minister An and Xiao Ruohan tried their best to transfer me away, probably because they hoped that I would never come back and let me die in Minjiang."

"Don't talk nonsense." Xiao Mu glared at Ji Yanli in disapproval, "How could my father keep such a big thing a secret?"

Ji Yanli explained for the emperor, "The emperor is also afraid that the ministers will think too much and make the people panic."

Xiao Mu still frowned tightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "You have never suffered from that disease at all, so how can it help if you go there, Zhubei pretends to be sick, and let Doctor Zhang diagnose you with a strange disease. My idea is that I have troubled you again. I will go and tell my father to withdraw my order."

"What nonsense are you talking about! If the emperor knows that I'm pretending to be sick for no reason, I won't be suspicious." Ji Yanli knew that Xiao Mu was also worried about him, but he still persuaded him, "Let's not say whether the emperor will agree! Xiao Mu tried his best to send me to Minjiang, who knows what they are thinking. Do you think they will give up after knowing that I will not go to Minjiang? I guess they will choose a farther and more difficult place to send me to Minjiang delivered there."

"It's because I didn't think well."

"Okay, why bother to say these things." Ji Yanli took a sip of tea and put down the cup, "I came to your house to tell you this not to hear you blame yourself, but to remind you that I am not in Beijing You must be careful. If there is an urgent matter in the palace, you can go to my mansion to ask my elder brother for help. If there is something inconvenient, you can also go to the Cen Mansion in the south of the city to ask Cen Zhi."

"Cen Zhi?" Xiao Mu felt a little familiar, but then suddenly remembered, "Isn't this person Yun Yuan's servant?"

Ji Yanli thought for a while, and explained, "It doesn't count, it's just that I have a better relationship with Yun Yuan since I was a child, and then I followed Yun Yuan's side."

Speaking of Cen Zhi, Ji Yanli thought of Lu Jiangyou. He had stayed by Jing Ming's side for two years, so he should be very familiar with the struggle for reserves.

"By the way, Cen Zhi's wife, Lu Jiangyou, is proficient in strategy. It would be nice to have him as your counselor."

Xiao Mu remembered that Cen Zhi had always been with his elder brother to serve Yun Yuan, and he had never heard anyone mention his marriage in advance, "Ma'am? Is he getting married?"

Ji Yanli said vaguely, "Almost!"

Xiao Mu didn't dwell on this matter, instead he asked, "Is this person trustworthy?"

"Creditable!" Ji Yanli said again, "Jiang You is good at guessing people's hearts, and he once worked for Jing Ming in Yanbei for a period of time, so he can help you a lot."

"Then why did he leave Jing Ming again?"

Ji Yanli said half-truthfully, "Probably because he couldn't get used to Jing Ming's misbehavior, and met Cen Zhi again, the two of them secretly fell in love, so they left Yanbei with us."

"Is it all arranged?"

Mo Yunyuan looked at Ji Yanli, who was returning late, and thoughtfully took off his clothes for him, and helped him to freshen up.

"Well, I have asked the emperor for an imperial decree to allow you to go together." Ji Yanli said again, "I just don't know what Prime Minister An intends to transfer me away at this time."

Mo Yunyuan comforted, "The soldiers will block the water and cover them with soil."

"Yes." Ji Yanli was afraid that he would forget to send someone to communicate with Lu Jiangyou tomorrow, and said to Mo Yunyuan, "Although Jiang You can't get a good reputation in Yanbei, he has worked for Yanbei. But if he is willing, I will send him tomorrow." Before leaving, I asked my eldest brother to prepare a new identity for him to take part in the imperial examination. Today I also mentioned Jiang You to Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu is short of such talents as Jiang You."

"Okay, I'll send someone to inform Jiang You tomorrow."

"Well, let's go to bed earlier, we have to hurry tomorrow."

"Physician Zhang, I'm the one who burdened you when I went to Minjiang."

As soon as Ji Yanli saw Imperial Physician Zhang, she saluted him.

Doctor Zhang is old and has some wrinkles on his face, but he looks very kind, and he waved his hands with a smile, "General Ji, you are welcome."

"Firstly, the Fourth Highness didn't put a knife on the neck of the lower official, and forced the lower official to help you, which was voluntary. Second, the lower official heard about the Minjiang River earlier, so he wanted to go to the Minjiang River, but what happened? I couldn’t go away, and then I heard that the area around the Minjiang River has been healed. Now the emperor ordered the subordinate to go, which fulfilled the wish of the subordinate.”

Ji Yanli: "Mr. Zhang's doctor is benevolent, and he hangs the pot to help the world. I am ashamed of myself!"

Imperial Physician Zhang: "I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. It's getting late, Mr. Ji, let's hurry up."

Ji Yanli knew that Doctor Zhang cared about the people of Minjiang, and he didn't want to waste time, so he responded, "Okay."

Ji Yanli helped Imperial Physician Zhang into the carriage, and shouted to the soldiers in front, "Let's go!"

Cen Zhi was about to sneak out of the mansion, when he opened the gate, he collided with a tightly wrapped person outside.

After hearing Ji Yanli's words, Xiao Mu planned to personally come to the door and invite that Brother Lu to be his counselor to show his sincerity.

Just as he was about to pull the knocker and knock the door, the door of the mansion opened.

Cen Zhi looked at the man in black in front of him warily, "I don't know why you come to my house, young master?"

Xiao Mu said nothing, raised his head, and put down the cloak on his head.

"Fourth Highness." Cen Zhi looked around vigilantly, and then quickly made way for Xiao Mu, "Fourth Highness, please."

"Cen Zhi, you bastard! What did you tell me last night!"

"Don't torment me, don't torment me, how did you treat me!"

"Don't even think about sleeping with me this month, go to the wing by yourself!"

Cen Zhi brought Xiao Mu to the living room, and as soon as he got closer, he heard a man yelling at Cen Zhi aggressively.

Cen Zhi rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "My wife's personality has become a little more lively today, and she is still very calm on weekdays. The Fourth Highness laughed at me."

Xiao Mu coughed twice, and responded perfunctorily, "En."

I thought: Did I come at the wrong time?

"How dare you come back!"

When Lu Jiangyou saw Cen Zhi, he became angry and his back hurt. He picked up the book in his hand and planned to throw it at him.

Cen Zhi quickly grabbed Lu Jiangyou's wrist, and said in a low voice, "Stop making trouble, save me some face. The Fourth Highness is here."

When Lu Jiangyou heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately realized who the person in front of him was.

A few days ago, Lu Jiangyou was very happy when he received a letter from Mo Yunyuan.

Since I came to Northern Qi, I either stay in the mansion all day, or I go to Ji's mansion to play chess with my master. If I go more frequently or stay for a longer time, then Master Ji will kick me out with an unhappy face .

If he could really participate in the scientific research in Northern Qi, it would be considered a fulfillment of his regret in Yanbei.

As for the matter of being a counselor for the fourth prince Xiao Mu, it doesn't matter, since the master has chosen Young Master Ji, and Young Master Ji is on the side of His Highness the Fourth Highness, naturally nothing can happen to His Highness.

"Fourth Highness!" Lu Jiangyou hurriedly stood up, ready to salute.

"Don't be too polite."

"Yes."

Xiao Mu took the main seat, and Lu Jiangyou sat below.

Cen Zhi brewed a new pot of tea for the two of them himself.

Xiao Mu casually chatted with Lu Jiangyou, "Huai Ning mentioned you to me earlier, saying that you are talented and proficient in strategy. I heard that you are still preparing for the scientific examination recently?"

Lu Jiangyou: "Yes, the township examination is at the end of the month, and Caomin is currently studying at home."

Xiao Mu asked again, "How sure are you?"

"One percent!"

Xiao Mu looked at Lu Jiangyou puzzled, not knowing whether he was being modest or what he meant, "Huh?"

Lu Jiangyou smiled confidently, "I can't be sure of 'juren' by [-]%."

Xiao Mu also laughed when he heard this, "Alright, I'm looking forward to hearing the news of your ranking next year."

Xiao Mu has always disliked conceited people, but for some reason, Lu Jiangyou gave him the feeling that he really had such confidence.

Lu Jiangyou: "Yes, Caomin will not dare to disappoint the Fourth Highness's expectations."

Xiao Mu: "Then do you know why I came here today?"

"I know! Young Master Ji talked about it with me." Lu Jiangyou replied, and then added, "It's an honor to be able to serve His Highness."

Xiao Mu also said the same thing when he saw it, asked what should be asked, and took out a jade pendant from his sleeve, "Since that's the case, if you have something to do and need my king's help, you can take this jade pendant to Prince Mu's mansion. That's it."

Lu Jiangyou took the jade pendant respectfully, "Yes."

Xiao Mu stood up, "I don't want to stay long, I'm afraid that Xiao Ruohan's people will find out, if I need you, I will send someone to contact you."

Lu Jiangyou stood up and saw him off, "Yes, Fourth Highness, go slowly!"

Seeing Xiao Mu leave, Cen Zhi leaned over, "Jiang You..."

As soon as Lu Jiangyou heard Cen Zhi's voice, he remembered last night and threw the teacup on the table over.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Cen, Zhi! The debt between us has not yet been settled, and you still dare to take advantage of me!"

Cen Zhi hurriedly dodged sideways, the teacup fell to the ground, and the water spilled all over the floor.

"I won't bother you tonight, really!"

Lu Jiangyou sneered, "Oh, Cen Zhi, you really think I'm a three-year-old child, go sleep in the wing!"

"Hey, what's the matter? Just now I heard Jiang You yelling something, is this a fight?"

As soon as Uncle Chen came in, he saw tea dregs and water stains all over the ground.

Ji Yanli and Mo Yunyuan were going to Minjiang, afraid that Chen Bo would not get used to it when he came to Northern Qi, so they discussed with Chen Bo to let him live in Cen Zhi's mansion for a while.

It just so happened that there were not many servants in Cen Zhi's mansion, and he hadn't recruited a few satisfied ones yet. Uncle Chen would take care of them both in the past, so Cen Zhi would welcome them.

Uncle Chen is an old man, so Lu Jiangyou would not vent his anger on Uncle Chen, "No, we are just kidding, Uncle Chen, just leave it alone, don't move, let Cen Zhi clean up later."

"Me?" Cen Zhi pointed at himself in disbelief.

Although Cen Zhi called Mo Yunyuan his master, but since he was young, Cen Zhi grew up with Mo Yunyuan and lived in Yunyuan Mansion, so he was also half master in the mansion.

Lu Jiangyou stared at Cen Zhi, "It's not you, could it be me?"

"Don't dare, I'll do it, I'll do it." Cen Zhi hurried over to snatch the broom from Uncle Chen's hand.

"Oh, I can't help it."

Chen Bo said he was about to grab the broom in Cen Zhi's hand, but was stopped by Lu Jiangyou.

"Uncle Chen, don't pay attention to him, you just need to rest during the time you come to the mansion, and let the servants do the work."

How could Cen Zhi dare to say no, so he quickly agreed, "Yes."

Uncle Chen can be regarded as someone who watched Cen Zhi grow up, although Cen Zhi showed respect to His Highness on the outside, and did his job well.

In fact, he still couldn't change the habits and temper of the second young master of the Cen family.

Not to mention taking care of others, even if he can't take care of himself well, his elder brother Cen Xing still takes care of him in life.

Now, he is eaten to death by this Mr. Lu.

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