I'm the Farmgirl You Can't Mess With

Chapter 1277: Avoiding (1)

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Never one to give up halfway, Qi Haoran insisted on staying behind to see the results. He expressed that he would not go anywhere until the reform was completed!

Livid, Qi Xiuyuan bellowed at him, "Get out!"

Qi Haoran straightened his neck and looked at him. Qi Xiuyuan glared at Mu Yangling. "Drag him away. Don’t your family always want to go out and sightsee? This time, I’ll give you a chance to bring the Crown Prince along!"

Mu Yangling said solemnly, "Big Brother, it’s fine if Haoran and I leave since we can’t help much anyway. But Little Bear and Little Treasure can’t leave."

Qi Haoran glared at her. Was he not as useful as his son?

"Little Treasure is the Crown Prince. He was the one who suggested the reforms. If he’s absent from the court, wouldn’t people view him as running away at the last minute? No matter how difficult the road ahead is, he has to bear the responsibility. It’s the same for Little Bear. The two of them have to stay."

Qi Haoran became even more dissatisfied. "So the two of them can’t be deserters, but I can?"

"What deserter? You weren’t the one who proposed the reforms. You only got involved to avenge us."

Unconvinced, Qi Haoran straightened his neck and said to Qi Xiuyuan, "I refuse to leave. I’ll see who dares to do anything to me."

Qi Xiuyuan pursed his lips and looked at him.

Not daring to look into his big brother’s eyes, Qi Haoran held Mu Yangling’s hand and turned to leave.

Fan Zijin advised Qi Xiuyuan, "Your Majesty, as long as you believe in Haoran, what else is there for him to be afraid of?"

"I believe in him, but not all the people in the world believe in him. If something really happens, with his bad temper, I’m afraid it’ll be too late for regrets."

When Fan Zijin heard this, he quickly turned around and chased after Qi Haoran.

At the end of the day, Qi Xiuyuan was still afraid that someone would frame Qi Haoran and force him to kill his family.

Haoran was not a person who had no desires. Also, with his foul temper, it was too easy to plot against him. There was no need for others to think too hard to scheme against him. Off the bat, Qi Xiuyuan could already readily come up with more than ten schemes to deal with him.

Everyone knew that Little Treasure and Haoran were Qi Xiuyuan’s weaknesses.

Hence, it was best for Qi Haoran to leave the capital and hide from the limelight. Fan Zijin rushed to persuade him.

Qi Haoran said angrily, "I’m not a woman. I can take good care of myself. There’s no need for Big Brother to worry about me."

"You’re making it sound so nice now. Tell me, how many times have you gotten into trouble all these years and let Eldest Cousin clean up your mess?" Seeing that he couldn’t reason with him, Fan Zijin turned to look for Mu Yangling and said, "You started this matter. You also said that reforms will stabilize the country, but Haoran is just a target here. How can we be stable if we have to worry about him day and night? You have to take Haoran away!"

Mu Yangling looked at the angry Qi Haoran and said in his ear, "You’re really stupid. With Big Brother and Zijin keeping an eye on us in the capital, we’re restricted from doing anything. We’ll only have an opportunity when we leave the capital."

Qi Haoran asked in a daze, "What opportunity?"

"What other opportunities can there be? Of course, we’ll help Big Brother and give those people a chance to cause as much trouble as they want." Mu Yangling snorted. "It’s not as if you can interfere with the reforms, so what can we do in the capital? What else can you do other than to shout out your support at the court meeting? However, it’s different outside the capital. The sky is high, and the sea is vast out there. If the homes of those opposing officials is set on fire, will they still have the strength to cause trouble for Big Brother and Zijin?"

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and instantly reacted. He touched his chin and said, "You mean to implicate all their fish in the pond?"

Mu Yangling snorted and smiled. She hadn’t been a Queen Consort for more than ten years for nothing. Although she rarely interacted with the officials’ wives, she knew that officials liked to maintain a social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships. She snapped her fingers and said, "Be it colleagues in the bureaucracy, fellow villagers, teachers and students, in-laws, and even colleagues, these are all connections which they take care to maintain. They don’t want to reform the official system because once the new official system is implemented, the usefulness of their connections will be reduced by 30%. Not only will they lose money, but they will also lose connections!"

"The officials in the capital must be related to the officials in the provinces." Mu Yangling said, "As long as we look into their classmates, fellow villagers, disciples, and in-laws, we will definitely be able to find out the problem. When the time comes, we’ll see if they still have the mood to cause trouble for Big Brother and Zijin."

Qi Haoran hugged Ah Ling in surprise and praised, "Ah Ling, you’re brilliant!"

Mu Yangling raised her head proudly.

If Qi Xiuyuan knew that the two of them were not leaving to avoid the limelight but to attract attention, he would definitely not let them leave the capital today.

If only, if only. By the time Qi Xiuyuan found out, it was too late for regret.

Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling did not expect that they would be gone for three years. They had originally intended to be away for a while, but under the pressure of the situation, the two of them could only continue to wander outside.

Qi Xiuyuan was right. There were indeed many people who secretly wanted to deal with Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling.

This couple was too much of a troublemaker, you see. Every time they tried to do something, Qi Haoran would definitely step forward to cause trouble.

Furthermore, because Qi Haoran had a high status and was favored by the Emperor, it was too difficult to take him down politically. It was even harder to assassinate him.

Who didn’t know that Qi Haoran was highly skilled in martial arts and that no one in the court could compare to him?

Even in the martial world, not many people were his match.

Hence, after much consideration, they decided to tackle it from a few angles. First, they had to think of a way to sow discord between him and the Emperor and damage their brotherly ties. In this world, even father and son, brothers, and husband and wife could fall out, let alone brothers from the royal family.

The Emperor might dote on him now, but with Qi Haoran holding such great military power and having nurtured so many generals, they did not believe that the Emperor would not grow suspicious of him. Sometimes, all they needed to do was plant a seed to sow discord.

Secondly, it would probably be faster to destroy King Rong from the inside. Besides, Queen Consort Rong was too detestable. Considering that the woman was already 30 years old, they didn’t believe that Qi Haoran wouldn’t be tempted at all when facing young and beautiful girls in their teens.

Thirdly, they planned to deal with his children. In short, if the situation allowed it, they would lead all his kids astray. If not, they would lie low and slowly sow discord, making his sons fight for the position of the heir.

They did not believe that Qi Haoran would still be where he was after a few years or more than ten years.

In short, many people secretly began to prepare. When Qi Haoran brought Mu Yangling home, he waved his hand and said, "Pack your things. I’ll bring you guys on a sightseeing trip."

The twins and the boy-girl twins immediately cheered. Qi Haoran pulled the twins’ ears and said, "The two of you better stay in the palace obediently. Otherwise, you’ll have to stay at your Uncle Fan’s house. In short, I won’t bring you along this time."

Tiger Head and Little Lion asked accusingly, "Why?"

"Because you still have to go to school!" Qi Haoran had a very good reason. He pointed at the boy-girl twins and said, "Little Leopard and Baozhu are still young, so I can teach them. Therefore, they can be spared."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yangling nudged him and said, "Don’t use idioms randomly."

When the twins heard this reason, they immediately cheered up. They said, "Teacher gave us extracurricular homework, so we have a month of vacation. Father, we’re free!"