As soon as she met Concubine Shu, she asked about the child.
"Fortunately, I ate a lot and pooped a lot."
King Wei sat down and a chamberlain brought him tea. He took it and took a sip.
Concubine Shu looked at him and said with some distress: "Looking at you, are you, Aye, angry?"
"He wants to ask about the war in Northern Xinjiang, so naturally I have to give him an answer."
"War in Northern Xinjiang?"
Concubine Shu didn't ask about these things, but at this moment her eyes lit up.
"The Duke of Qin!"
King Wei nodded.
"So, how will this battle turn out?"
"I don't know."
"Then why are you scolding me?"
"I say, Northern Xinjiang will win!"
…
Later, King Wei came out of the palace.
After finding a place to change clothes, he went to buy groceries first.
"One pound of mutton."
"How about some more?"
"No."
If you buy too much, Sister Huang will mutter when you go back that you are spending money so lavishly. In the future, he will need a lot of money to study, marry a wife, and raise children and grandchildren...
As a mother, she wishes she could have arranged her son's life.
I bought mutton and some other things, and King Wei took them home.
When we entered the alley, it was cold and few neighbors were outside.
There were just two women stamping their feet and muttering softly.
For many people, life is a boring thing and they have to find their own fun.
There was once a scholar who was struggling to pursue the purpose of human life. He climbed high mountains and sought to see the masters from other places.
He entered the school and asked to see the learned people...
Everyone’s answer is different. Outsiders say that a person’s life is to wipe away the dust contaminated by the world of mortals, and to fully understand the true self and the world; scholars say that a person’s life is to do a career...
The scholar felt that these answers were meaningless to him, and he wandered in the market at a loss. When passing by the well, two women were talking about gossip, looking cheerful, as if the meaning of their lives was gossip.
The scholar was disdainful, but he still asked casually: "Madams, do you know why people are alive?"
The two women looked at him and suddenly laughed.
One of the women laughed so hard that she said for a long time: "Isn't this person alive just to live?!"
The scholar slapped his forehead fiercely, "That's it!"
From this, the scholar suddenly realized that he passed the imperial examination and passed the high school, and then his official career went smoothly...
This scholar is said to be Chen Shen, the Prime Minister of the Left.
The two women didn't say anything profound. When they saw Queen Wei, they stopped gossiping and looked envious in their eyes.
"Li Er, what did you buy for your eldest sister?"
King Wei said: "I cut off some meat to replenish my body."
"Is it mutton?"
The main source of meat for the people is pig meat.
"Yes." King Wei said concisely and to the point.
"A man who can make money and take care of his wife and children marries his eldest sister. It shows that this is his destiny!"
"No, hey! Li Er, I would like to ask, do you like my eldest sister?"
King Wei earns a lot from blacksmithing. If it had been anyone else, he would have welcomed his concubine into his family long ago.
The two women asked this question with some ill intentions, and even some secret encouragement.
When people live a good life, they will attract envy, jealousy, and hatred. This is a common thing.
King Wei glanced at them.
"like!"
Sister Huang is ordinary-looking and can’t be called a beauty!
The two women watched him go in and suddenly laughed.
"For such a stupid and dull man, only Sister Huang can feed and house him!"
"That's right! With all my strength, I can't even finish the iron, and I have to... beat Sister Huang!"
"Bah! Don't say that."
"Why, are you tempted? It's a cold day and there's nothing to do. Go home and find your own man. You can decide who will beat you!"
King Wei entered the house and took the vegetables he bought to the kitchen. When he saw Sister Huang cutting vegetables, he frowned and said, "Where's Mrs. Chen?"
Sister Huang turned around and said, "Did you take Da Lang to buy mutton? Mutton is not cheap today."
King Wei reached out for the kitchen knife, and Huang Damei wanted to avoid it, but somehow, it was as if her hand had been put into King Wei's hand.
King Wei held the kitchen knife and pressed the bacon with his left hand. The kitchen knife kept rising and falling...
Pieces of meat slices of even thickness are neatly arranged on the chopping board.
"Then what do I do?"
Sister Huang is used to doing things, and she feels uncomfortable when she stops.
"Make noodles."
King Wei immediately chopped the bacon into cubes and mixed some mutton cubes together.
After the dough was mixed, King Wei made meat-filled pancakes and baked them by the fire.
"The fire should not be too high, otherwise the outside will be browned and the inside will be uncooked." King Wei did not use chopsticks, but simply grabbed the hot pancake and turned it over.
Sister Huang squatted beside him and imitated him and reached out to grab it.
As soon as she reached in, she was licked by the flames. Sister Huang screamed and retracted her hand.
"Don't move!"
King Wei reached in and calmly turned the pancake over.
"Why aren't you afraid of getting burned?"
Sister Huang grabbed his hand and turned it over and over.
"I'm thick-skinned."
Sister Huang suddenly asked: "Marrying me will make you wronged my second brother."
"Don't feel wronged."
"It's a grievance!" Huang Damei insisted: "If my second brother joins the army, he can be a general at least. It's just that I am holding him back, so that you can only be a blacksmith."
"General, is it awesome?" King Wei took out a pancake and looked at it carefully. He felt that it was not cooked yet, so he put it in again.
Those flames seemed to be phantoms.
"A general can command thousands of troops."
"Yeah! I will do it later!"
"Second brother."
"Um!"
"How about I find you a concubine?"
"don't want!"
"Other families who have some money have concubines."
"I don't have to."
"You can make money, but if you don't need a concubine, outsiders will laugh at you."
"Whether others laugh or not, what does it have to do with me?"
"Manliness is gone."
"Manliness is not as much as a woman."
"Where is that?"
"When I can take good care of my wife and children."
"Second brother, marrying you is the best decision of my life."
King Wei remained silent.
"Second brother, tell me, are we destined to be together?"
"Um!"
"That day, I slapped you with a slap in the face, and I was worried that you would come to trouble me..."
King Wei's face was a little red when illuminated by the flames.
"Second brother, what kind of life can we live in the future?"
"Better days than the General."
"Just coax me! But I like you to coax me."
Huang Damei hugged his arm and leaned on his shoulder, smiling happily.
"By the way, I heard them say earlier that the Duke of Qin has done something big again and is going to attack Bei Liao."
King Wei asked: "What do you think of the Duke of Qin's move?"
"What a good thing!"
"What if the court scolds me?"
"Then Chao Zhong must be crazy!"
"What if the emperor scolds me?"
"Then it must be the emperor..." Huang Damei hesitated, "Then the emperor must have drunk too much."
Knock knock knock!
Someone knocked on the door, and King Wei shouted: "Wait a minute!"
He flipped the pancake and said, "Use hot chopsticks, don't turn it with your hands!"
"knew."
King Wei went to the front.
Opening the door, Li Han stood outside.
"The news of Zitai's attack on Neizhou has spread."
"So what?" King Wei walked out and closed the door behind his back.
"I'm wearing plain clothes." Li Han felt that it was too much to not let him in.
"Talking about things."
"Someone has opened a bet on the outcome of the battle in Neizhou. Zitai's side will pay two for one."
"Jin Wuwei didn't catch it?" King Wei suddenly shook his body, "Whose handiwork was it?"
"You are getting smarter." Li Han sighed, "A businessman in Pingkangfang, Chang Yun, said that it was nearing the end of the year and he wanted to start a game to make the people of Chang'an happy. He could bet at least 100,000 yuan on it.
"
"This is..." King Wei raised his head, "Throwing stones to ask for directions?"
"I often think about your strategies. Many times you seem dull, but as soon as you speak, you are astonished." Li Han's sense of superiority comes from his IQ, but he is often attacked by his two friends. "Then Chang Yun said, betting is like
Stand in line.”
"This is suppression." King Wei suddenly laughed, "A familiar method."
"He feels threatened!"
"Yes, so he asked people to set up a gambling game. In fact, he wanted to demonstrate to Zitai. The more bets, the better. With one hundred thousand dollars in one bet, those who can bet are either rich or noble. So many people are on the side of Chang'an, no matter what
The battle of Neizhou is a gesture."
"I'm just curious. Can't your Aye use some serious means?"
"I used it, but most of the people I sent were slaughtered by Ning Yayun."
"In the past, he would be secretive to show that Beijiang was still his subject. But this time he couldn't bear it anymore and used this method to tell the world that he was Zhengshuo and Zitai was a rebellious minister. I'm just curious.
Isn’t he afraid that Zitai will fall out?”
"Bei Liao is still there." King Wei said: "If Zitai is cautious and does not attack, then he will maintain the status quo. But Zitai attacks Neizhou with the intention of being cruel to Bei Liao. Once he succeeds in weakening Bei Liao,
, looking back, Zitai will be able to interfere in the affairs of Chang'an. He is afraid of this, so he uses this method to demonstrate. By the way, he also wants to see who is on the side of Chang'an."
"I asked before, and they all invested in Chang'an. The money is piling up like a mountain." Li Han was a little envious, "It's a pity that I can't mobilize too much money at home."
"It's not easy for the clan to express its stance on such matters."
"Yes! But if no one supports Zitai, that person will create public opinion and say that the world despises Zitai."
"Go back!" King Wei said coldly.
"Don't underestimate this matter." Li Han said seriously: "He should have used a great court meeting to denounce Zitai, but he took a wrong approach. While leaving room for retreat, he was able to use this opportunity to gather the carnivores of Chang'an.
My heart. To be honest, that Aye of yours is playing tricks of power, and I am afraid that even the head of state is no match for him."
"Go back!"
"Why are you anxious? This matter is closely related to you!" Li Han said angrily: "Once a joint force is formed, these people will become your enemies. Do you still want to take over the East Palace?"
"Um!"
"Then you are not afraid of those carnivores becoming your enemies?"
"Afraid! But I'm used to it."
Both prosper and lose, this is the relationship between him and Yang Xuan.
He brought enemies to Yang Xuan, and at the same time, Yang Xuan also brought enemies to him.
King Wei went back.
Sister Huang is waiting for him to eat.
The pancakes tasted good. Sister Huang ate two, and then went to change the pancakes to Mrs. Chen.
"Big sister!"
King Wei stopped her and said, "It's said to be gambling."
"Second brother, don't you want to gamble?"
"I just can't stand it." King Wei said the reason.
"Then let's do it!" Sister Huang was very reasonable, "But it will cost at least 100,000 yuan!"
"Some people place bets with rich people. I'll follow one of them."
"good."
King Wei returned to the palace.
"How much money is left in the mansion?"
Chief Ding said: "There are still more than one hundred and twenty."
The unit is, naturally, ten thousand.
"Where are the valuable things?"
"That……"
"Done!"
"About...seven or eight hundred thousand."
"I got two million and took them all away."
Chief Ding asked: "What is it going to be used for?"
“Support someone!”
Chief Ding: "..."
King Wei is crazy!
"Your Majesty, the king invested all his family's money, pawned his family's valuables, and collected two million dollars for betting."
Han Shitou looked helpless.
"That traitor must have fallen in love with Yang Xuan?"
"yes."
"He is unparalleled in his loyalty. He told me what to do." The emperor coughed dryly and said, "King Wei's corpse will be eaten as a vegetarian. He will be fined five hundred thousand yuan! His money and food will be suspended for one year."
As a prince, King Wei can receive a sum of money and food every year, which is not too much, but it is no problem to support the family.
A fine of 500,000 yuan is a punishment - you have already taken possession of your family property, where will you get the money to pay the fine?
To cut off money and food for a year means that King Wei and his family will have to drink from the northwest wind.
Without money, those guards, those stewards, those...how do you support them?
This move!
ruthless!
But after three days, King Wei sent someone to deliver 500,000 yuan.
"Where did the traitor get his money?" the emperor asked.
Han Shitou said: "King Wei pawned the fields and houses."
"That traitor! Arguing with a traitor about loyalty, you idiot!" The emperor sneered, "If he hadn't been so stupid, I wouldn't have been able to keep him!"
This is treating his son as an enemy.
Han Shitou was heartbroken.
Zhou didn't make any bets, and there was no need.
Therefore, King Wei's two million dollars became particularly eye-catching.
"This madman!"
The King of Liang drank wine at home and cursed at Li Han: "I have never seen a prince who seizes the title of heir still be loyal. Damn it! The ending for King Wei is nothing more than two things, a violent death or execution!"
To die violently means to be killed secretly.
After being executed, the new emperor ascended the throne and ordered his execution.
Li Han went to tell King Wei his grandfather's judgment.
"To say you are loyal is like a lunatic."
King Wei put down the hammer in his hand and said: "If you have to be despicable and shameless to enter the East Palace, then I would rather be a commoner for the rest of my life."
Li Han smiled bitterly, "I prepared 100,000 yuan for you. If you lose it all, use this money to tide over the difficulties!"
"No, I can support my wife and children by forging iron!"
"Where are those people in the palace?"
"Once Zitai was defeated in this battle, Bei Liao Hui invaded northern Xinjiang on a large scale, and Chang'an Hui gathered a large army and rushed to the north to attack from both sides... At that time, what else do I need from the palace?"
"How will you handle yourself then?"
"Leave Chang'an with your wife and children."
"Where to go?"
"Northern Xinjiang!"
King Wei fell silent.
There are only blacksmith customers coming and going in front of the door.
In front of Prince Yue's Mansion, there was a lot of traffic...
That morning, after finishing a horizontal knife, King Wei went to buy vegetables as usual.
I cut two kilograms of mutton. I had some dried vegetables from my sister at home, so I didn’t need to buy any. I bought a bag of wheat flour and carried it with me.
Outside the alley.
The steward of the King of Yue is waiting.
"I have met the king."
"Talking about things."
King Wei was carrying a bag of wheat flour and was a little impatient.
"Your Majesty said that we are all one family. It's the end of the year and we don't have much to give. I'll just give you 50,000 yuan. Please don't dislike me."
"Go back!" King Wei said: "Tell the third child not to learn those political tricks, he won't be able to learn them!"
King Wei entered the alley, and behind the steward came a man, Zhao Dongping.
"It seems that Yang Xuan really didn't get along with him!"
The steward said: "If Yang Xuan loses..."
"King Wei is defeated and will never be able to stand up again!"
"He should bow his head, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope."
Zhao Dongping shook his head, "Some people never learn to bow their heads in their entire lives!"
The two of them went out and arrived at Prince Yue's Mansion.
"King Wei should have little contact with Northern Xinjiang."
The King of Yue said: "Let's let this matter go and wait for the result."
Zhao Dongping smiled and said: "I guess it should arrive in a few days."
Ta-ta-ta!
Outside Chang'an City, a group of cavalry came.
"Stop!"
shouted the soldier guarding the city.
But the cavalry team held their heads high and galloped forward.
"Get out of the way to win!"
The captain kicked the sergeant away and shouted: "Where did it come from?"
The cavalry rushed into the city gate.
On Zhuque Street, people were coming and going.
The leading cavalryman raised his head, his eyes bright.
"Good news!"
All eyes turned to them.
"In November of the eleventh year of the Qian Dynasty, the Northern Xinjiang Festival Governor Yang Xuan of the State of Qin led his army to march north to Neizhou!"
Boom!
Winter thunder rumbles over Chang'an City!
In December of the eleventh year of Daqian.
Good news from Northern Xinjiang arrives in Chang'an.