After having this idea, Emperor Qi immediately went to find someone to inquire about the relationship between Zhu Sha and Xie Xun during this period.
He was very satisfied with the results he obtained.
At least on the surface, it seemed that Zhu Sha had completely fallen out with Prince Huai. Not only that, he even hated Prince Huai's palace in his heart.
The most obvious manifestation is that several of Xie Xun's lieutenants would go to his mansion to discuss matters every once in a while. However, since the incident about Gu Meiren came out, Zhu Sha never saw Xie Xun again.
Even when I saw Xie Xun on the road, I didn't say hello and refused to salute.
After receiving this news, Emperor Qi felt relieved.
Looking for an excuse, he first promoted Zhu Sha's military rank.
Then after Zhou Ci left, control of another part of the Imperial City Army was completely handed over to Zhu Sha.
Zhu Sha received the imperial edict and immediately sent someone to convey the news to Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang.
Now that he has gained control of the Imperial City Army, he does not dare to show his connection with Xie Xun.
When looking for someone to deliver a message, they always use trustworthy people and secretly go to Prince Huai's Mansion at night to deliver the message.
After Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun got the news, they were completely relieved about the Imperial City Army.
"Your Majesty might as well send a message to General Zhu, asking him to create more friction with Zou Yuan when he is in charge of the Imperial City Army. Only in this way can Father truly feel at ease."
Xie Xun nodded, wrote a letter, and handed it to a trustworthy subordinate, asking him to deliver it to Zhu Sha's mansion overnight.
"Now that Zhu Sha's matter has been settled, Gu Meiren...do we need to arrange for her to come out of the general's mansion?" Xie Xun smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll make Lao Zhu wait too long, he won't be able to wait.
"
Qin Rushuang thought for a while and said cautiously, "Forget it, let's give it a few days. There is no rush at this moment. He has just taken over the Imperial City Army, and it would be too eye-catching if a woman appeared next to him immediately.
"
Seeing that his proposal was refuted, Xie Xun was not angry. He nodded and said, "Then it's all up to you."
The second day.
With no more worries in her heart, Qin Rushuang was completely free.
When the old housekeeper of the palace saw that Xie Xun was not in the palace, Qin Rushuang was free again, and finally found Qin Rushuang with the renovation plan of the palace.
"Princess, there is something that I shouldn't have interfered with. I should have obeyed the prince's orders. However, I still feel that the prince's instructions on this matter are inappropriate."
As he spoke, he handed the reconstruction plan of the palace to Qin Rushuang's hands.
"Princess, you see, what the prince told you before was to leave a side courtyard, but then the prince secretly ordered the old slave to transform all the side courtyards that were bulldozed into places for the little emperor and grandson to play in the future. The side courtyards are all
Do not stay."
The old housekeeper continued, "Old slave naturally understands the prince's intention. The prince likes the princess and wants to live with her every day..."
"But if we don't leave any side courtyard, what kind of valuable guests will come to the palace in the future? Where will the guests live? They can't live in the servants' rooms, right? The rest is the wing room where the little emperor's grandson lives.
I can’t live there anymore. Isn’t this arrangement inappropriate?”
Qin Rushuang took a look at the renovation plan of the palace. The old housekeeper didn't say it right. Not only was it inappropriate, it was simply against the rules.
She patted the old housekeeper and said, "Thank you for your hard work. This matter is indeed the result of the prince's lack of thinking. Don't worry, I told the prince tonight that the side hospital must be kept, and there must be two places."
What she was thinking about was the two side courtyards. One was for Xie Xun, and the other was used to house the guests of the mansion.
The old housekeeper knew what Qin Rushuang was thinking, and he was naturally happy to see Qin Rushuang willing to consider for him and the rules of the palace.
"Oh, by the way, Princess, the prince said that the accounts of the palace will be handed over to you. When will I bring the accounts of the palace here, can you check them?"
Qin Rushuang also thought of this incident after being reminded by the old housekeeper.
Previously, Xie Xun said that he would hand over the palace's accounts and his assets to her, and she handed over Xie Xun's assets to a trustworthy shopkeeper to take care of them.
She really hasn't sorted out the palace's accounts.
Thinking that there would be nothing to do today, he nodded and said to the old housekeeper, "Let's take today. Bring all the accounts of the palace to me to check and see if there are any unnecessary expenses in the palace and reorganize them."
The old housekeeper happily took the construction plans of the palace and left, and soon he personally delivered the account books of the palace.
"Then Princess, please watch first while I go guard the workers while they renovate. If anything happens, please call someone to inform me and I will come right away."
Qin Rushuang signaled him to go do his own business first, then took the account and started reading it in the room.
The old housekeeper had always been personally responsible for the accounts of the palace.
Seeing that the old housekeeper was loyal to Xie Xun, there was no big problem with the palace's accounts.
In addition, there are few women in the palace, and Xie Xun is not a person who likes extravagance, so the expenses of the palace are quite normal, and even much less than she imagined.
It is precisely because of this that the money in the palace is much more than she imagined. It must be the salary that Xie Xun has accumulated over the years, as well as the reward from Emperor Qi after winning the battle.
After she checked the accounts, there was a thick book at the bottom of the accounts. When she opened it, she found that it turned out to be Xie Xun's private account.
Qin Rushuang was a little puzzled by the dense collection of private account records, all of which were allocated to households in different places across the country.
These people are found in various places and have different surnames. They don't look like Xie Xun's distant relatives.
Qin Rushuang had doubts in her heart, so she called the old housekeeper for questioning.
When the old housekeeper looked at the account, he slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, this is the prince's private account. Why did the old slave bring this over?"
Next, the old housekeeper told Qin Rushuang the origin of this account.
The people recorded in this account are all the family members of those soldiers who followed Xie Xun in the border battles over the years and unfortunately died on the battlefield.
After a soldier died in battle, the court would also allocate some silver to send back to his hometown, but there were so many connections among these, and in the end, only a meager amount could be obtained from the family members.
Xie Xun wanted to take care of the families of these dead soldiers, so he used his own private account to take care of these family members for many years.
However, what touched Qin Rushuang was that Xie Xun showed unprecedented seriousness about this matter.
It is clearly written in the account that these coins are distributed every three months.
The amount of silver given is not much, it is an extra ten or two percent based on the daily expenditure of the people in each place.
If a soldier dies and there are no younger members of the family but only the elderly, he will support them until they die.
If there are children at home, then the money will be given to the children until they are eighteen years old and can support the family, and then the money will be cut off.
Even the old housekeeper couldn't help but say, "The prince is cold-faced and kind-hearted. He never told anyone about these things he did, and in order to ensure that the money would reach the hands of these families, he specially sent veterans who had withdrawn from the battlefield.
, stationed in various places, dedicated to helping him issue silver coins and taking care of his family.
Qin Rushuang was moved after hearing this.
I have a different understanding of Xie Xun.
In the evening, after Xie Xun returned to the palace, Qin Rushuang told Xie Xun the accounts of the palace, and by the way, she praised the old housekeeper for doing a good job with the accounts.
Xie Xun smiled and said: "The account books you usually look at are huge. Now that you are in charge of the palace's account books, you are overqualified and underused."
"The prince is joking, if you don't clean one house, how can you clean the world? The palace's accounts are equally important. Oh, by the way, speaking of this, grandpa has asked someone to deliver the message. They have already set off from Jiangnan, and it should not take a few days to do it.
Arrive in Kyoto."
Speaking of this, Qin Rushuang looked serious.
"Today, the old housekeeper showed me the renovation plan of the palace. Your Majesty, don't be too busy blaming him. This matter is really your fault, Your Majesty, because you didn't think it through well. How could you not keep even a side courtyard?"
Xie Xun knew that he was in the wrong and said: "How can there be any reason for me to live in a side hospital? You and I are already married and even have children. Of course we should live together. If the news spreads, it will make people laugh."
Qin Rushuang knew what he said was reasonable. She didn't want to discuss the matter, but said: "Then we can't leave even a side courtyard alone. What will we do if guests come to the house in the future? Don't say anything else, just let's get over it.
Grandpa will come to Kyoto in a while. He is so old, do you have the heart to let him live in another courtyard? I want to take grandpa to my house so that he can live and recuperate."
Xie Xun knew that Qin Rushuang had reached this point, and his little thoughts would definitely not succeed.
So he took a step back and said, "Then we can only keep one side hospital, and it won't work if we have more."
"As for the guests you mentioned in the palace, I have bought a courtyard next to the palace. I will open a side door between the two courtyards. If any guests come, they can live in the courtyard next door.
It preserves the privacy of the guests and won’t disturb us, what do you think?”
Qin Rushuang thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine. There are many secrets in the palace. It is indeed a good idea to open a separate mansion next to it."
The two of them each gave in, and finally finalized the renovation plan for the palace, and it was already late at night.
The nanny has been very discerning in the past few days. Seeing that the prince and princess live together, she puts the little grandson to sleep early every day, without giving Qin Rushuang a chance to carry the child to the main courtyard. It was the same today.
But she was thinking too much about the child, so she got up and wanted to take the child over to sleep with her in the incense room. As soon as she got up, Xie Xun suddenly put an arm around her waist from behind.
"Stay with me tonight instead of the kids."
His tone was dull, as if he was a little unhappy.
He held Qin Rushuang's waist with one hand and leaned his face on her back from behind.
"He takes up so much of your time during the day. At night, you should allocate some time to me as a husband. This can be called filial piety. How can any son compete with me for my wife every day?"
