Shao Xun was quite surprised by Wang Xuan's miserable appearance, so he asked his soldiers to take him to bathe and wash up, and then found a quiet place in the backyard, waiting for him to recover before discussing matters.
As he followed the servants forward, Wang Xuan was thoughtful.
Duke Chen was in Nanyang Palace, giving orders and making arrangements at will. Everything was natural and without any flaws.
He recalled the slight change in the expression on the second sister's face when she heard about Queen Hui Yang's family, and sighed in his heart: Mr. Chen is good at everything, but he just likes to hang out with the princesses too much. He has a home wherever he goes, and he can act like
The male master was also served comfortably.
Sighing, he looked at the stains on his body and felt a little envious.
Mr. Chen was running around in Nanyang, would he suffer such a crime? Definitely not.
If you are tired, you can go to Leshi Manor to rest. If you are really embarrassed, you can go to Nanyang Prince's Mansion to take a rest.
Men, after all, they still need women to take care of them. Alas, Mr. Chen should be a role model for our generation.
Shao Xun was also taking a bath.
After marching for a long time in the rain, he didn't have fenders on his body, so he was naturally very dirty. After finishing his official duties, he took a comfortable bath.
Princess Liu of Nanyang took away the dirty clothes and washed them, then took out the clothes from the package, only to find that they had been wet by the rain.
In desperation, he went to the closet and took out a white robe.
She gestured at the cupboard and found that Shao Xun was similar in stature to her husband, so she happily took one and put it on the couch next to the bathtub.
"You have been in Nanyang for so long, are you tired?" Shao Xun closed his eyes and asked softly.
Mrs. Liu was silent for a while and said, "Everything is taken care of by my assistants. I'm not tired, but I'm a little scared."
"Who are you afraid of? Liang Chen?"
"He is just one of them. In fact, although Liang Chen is ambitious, I can see that he is brave enough to kill people, but not brave enough to control the whole house. He is hesitant and hesitant in doing things." Mrs. Liu looked at Shao Xun,
He asked curiously: "How dare you..."
"Xiaohe, I will do anything to get ahead." Shao Xun glanced at Mr. Liu and said, "If I served under Duke Pingchang from the beginning, I would also cling to you, please you, and protect you."
"You are indeed not a good person." Mrs. Liu blushed, then chuckled and said, "I am not a flower slave. If I knew you were thinking about me, I would send you far away."
"Yes, Hua Nu is different. She gave me a chance. I owe her all my life." Shao Xun said with emotion.
Mr. Liu lowered his head, looking a little startled and a little sad.
"For you, this is the only use value I have." After a long time, she sighed: "Let's set up a cover to let the old people of Nanyang Palace have a fig leaf to deceive themselves. After a long time, they will leave the palace again,
I served you as an official in a grand manner. The refugees from Guanxi living in Nanyang came in droves because of the name of Nanyang Palace. After a short stay, I went to Runan to divide my land. My life became stable and I was grateful to you. In the end, I was old and yellow.
There is nothing left…”
"I'm so pretty, but I'm not a heartless person." Shao Xun said, "I was sorry for what happened back then. Now that I've got you, I won't let you go again. Whether you like it or not, it's all aggrieved.
You have lived with me your whole life."
The tone was not very good, but Mrs. Liu felt inexplicably relieved after hearing it, and she said: "You speak in this tone now, is it the same with Hua Nu?"
"It's time to go see Meizi." Shao Xun didn't answer and stood up directly from the tub.
Mrs. Liu brought a cloth and wiped it for him.
"Put your good daughter to bed early tonight." Shao Xun pinched her face and said.
Just when Mrs. Liu was about to refuse, she thought of Shao Xun coming to help her solve the trouble in the rain. She secretly sighed in her heart. It is natural for a woman to serve a man. Making him feel more comfortable is also fulfilling her duty.
After wiping, Shao Xun put on his white robe. Before going out, he said: "You can stay here for another year and a half. After you stabilize, you won't need to stay here permanently. You can just stay here for a few months during the year."
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"Yes." Mrs. Liu responded softly, like a submissive little daughter-in-law.
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The sound of soft footsteps came from the lotus pond in the backyard.
A little girl stood up secretly from the grass with a few leaves on her head, looking very funny.
Wang Xuan met her eyes.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" he asked.
The little girl was silent for a while and said: "They said I was the princess, but my mother-in-law said I was not."
Wang Xuan's brain was a little down, but suddenly an idea flashed and he asked: "Who is your father?"
The little girl stopped talking, lowered her head and played with her fingers, feeling a little depressed.
After a long time, he suddenly said: "My mother-in-law said that she likes me the most and will ride horses with me."
Wang Xuan asked: "Didn't he come today?"
The little girl was indeed fooled and muttered: "You didn't ride with me again."
Wang Xuan's mouth suddenly became dry. He felt that he had talked too much just now and should not have made excuses from a little girl. What good would it do him to know this? If his father were here, he would have been asleep long ago and didn't see anything. What?
Didn't even hear it.
There was another sound of footsteps not far away, and two maids came over in a hurry. They bowed to Wang Xuan first, and then hurriedly picked up the little girl.
The little girl didn't struggle and just followed along.
Wang Xuan sighed and stared at the lotus pond in a daze.
There are round lotus leaves floating in the pond.
The evening wind blew, and the pink begonia flowers fluttered and fell on the lotus leaves.
Occasionally, a frog croaked from the pond, seeming to admire the beauty and tranquility of the lotus pond at night.
He returned to the pavilion where he was sitting just now.
Behind you is a bamboo forest.
The wind blows in the forest, and the bamboo leaves are flying. The delicate bamboo shoots burst out of the ground, and even a few sprouted out of the pavilion, which is really cute.
The birds that returned late flew into the nest, and the chicks were chirping and stretching their necks.
On the high wall behind the bamboo forest, a soldier stood silently with a sword and a bow.
Wang Xuan sighed. The pure land in troubled times still had to be guarded by warriors. He lowered his expectations for this trip.
"You seem to have something on your mind?" A familiar voice came from not far away.
"Mr. Chen." Wang Xuan came to his senses and stood up to salute.
"Sit down." Shao Xun returned the salute, came to the pavilion, and sat opposite Wang Xuan.
The soldiers brought the table and poured the brewed tea soup for the two of them.
"It was so hard to chase him all the way." Wang Xuan complained first.
"Why are you here?"
"Come for food."
"If the grain supply is insufficient, the emperor should issue an edict to reprimand him." Shao Xun said: "You are a Duzhi, and for some trivial matter, you ran from Luojing to Nanyang and sent the generals out. Wouldn't it make people laugh?"
"There is a great famine in the capital. If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid I won't even have the energy to laugh."
"Why is this so?"
"Ming Gong, the imperial edict has been issued. The food you promised..."
"I'll give it to you." Shao Xun smiled and said, "How is the situation in Beijing?"
"The emperor categorically refused to issue an edict." Wang Xuan said: "All the officials went to the Taiji Hall to ask for it. The emperor was furious and did not come out for two days. Later, Princess Xiangcheng came in to persuade her, saying, 'Liang Gong knows the general situation and will definitely meet.
The imperial edict was returned, and the emperor reluctantly agreed."
Shao Xun laughed.
Isn’t this the end of the world? Liang Fen even sold her house and failed to live up to the holy will.
"Two hundred thousand dendrobium millets and fifty thousand dendrobium beans will be shipped to Beijing next month," Shao Xun said.
"Can't you give me more?" Wang Xuan looked at Shao Xun expectantly.
"How much food do I owe the court?"
"Let's not talk about rents and taxes. We owe millions of dendrobium for grain."
"Repay slowly, don't be in a hurry." Shao Xun laughed, and then said: "The war in Hebei is raging, the emperor is sitting in the palace, and he has no strategy?"
"The Emperor has no time to care about Hebei." Wang Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that Liang Fen has left Wancheng. Is this true?"
"Liang Gong is old and has been in charge of Wan for two years. He is exhausted both physically and mentally. He has resigned from office."
"What can we do?" Wang Xuan lamented.
Shao Xun is a foreign minister, so naturally he doesn't have to listen to the emperor's noise.
They are court officials, and when they meet the emperor, you can imagine what will happen.
"It just so happens that I have to arrange a group of official positions." Shao Xun ignored Wang Xuan's troubles and just said: "There are more than thirty government officers and more than ten assistants in the Wancheng shogunate. Well, I am also the governor of Mianbei."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Wang Xuan said seriously.
This time, in order to get the emperor to issue an edict, Wang Yan threatened famine and persuaded all officials to plead in front of the Taiji Hall.
The emperor was still a little reluctant, but fortunately Princess Xiangcheng pointed out that Liang Fen would not obey the edict, so the emperor reluctantly agreed.
Now - haha, if the emperor finds out that he has been tricked, then the world will fall apart?
Do you want to ask for an official? Dreaming.
Upon hearing this, Shao Xun also considered it seriously.
If you ignore the emperor and appoint yourself as a general, the officials who are student soldiers will accept it, the killers from the government soldiers may or may not accept it, and the noble officials will definitely not accept it.
Values ​​are like this, you have to have a court and an emperor.
Even if you found your own country and proclaimed it a system, it would still be better than an ignorant official. After all, this is also a kind of righteousness, although the righteousness of the new dynasty may not be accepted by most people yet.
But before a new dynasty is established, you can only use the righteousness of the old dynasty, which cannot circumvent the emperor.
Sima Chi can do more things than Liu Xie.
Otherwise, change the emperor?
The idea just came up in Shao Xun's mind, but he put it out again. The time was not yet ripe.
Sima Chi definitely had something wrong with his brain! The more Shao Xun thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and said, "The food will not be distributed for now."
"This -" Wang Xuan was shocked and said: "Ming Gong, you can't do it! How can you blame all the officials? They have already tried their best to plead for you."
"If things don't go smoothly, I'll give you my official status and I'll distribute the food again." Shao Xun said decisively.
"Alas, I really can't go on being the Minister of Duzhi." Wang Xuan lamented.
Shao Xun laughed and said: "Meizi, if you can't do it anymore, don't do it. Come and help me. What do you want to do? After we capture Qingzhou, how about I make you the governor?"
Wang Xuan's heart moved.
Langya is right next to Qingzhou, and most people call it "Qingxu" together, because the two places have a close relationship.
When my father arranged for Chu Zhong to be the governor of Qingzhou, it was not without purpose.
If he could be the governor of Qingzhou, his subordinates and subordinates would all be family friends, relatives, and old officials of the Langya Wang family, so I don't know how comfortable it would be to do so.
"Ming Gong is going to attack Qingzhou?" he asked.
"Maybe I'll fight Shi Le first." Shao Xun said, "But I will never change my promise, so don't worry."
"Then it won't be until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?"
"Hmm. The Taiyang family has repeatedly invited Qingzhou to attack. I heard that the Yang family has a family background of two thousand stones and knows many people in Qingzhou. If the army kills them, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Shao Xun said.
Wang Xuan was shocked.
"I still believe in the Wang family." Shao Xun looked at his expression, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Some small things can be easily solved."
Wang Xuan was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I will return to Luoyang tomorrow to discuss with my father."
"No hurry, no hurry, drink tea first." Shao Xun said with a smile.
Chapter completed!