When Ye Xiuxiu returned home, she cried to her mother.
Shang Xiaojunan caressed his beloved daughter and comforted her, saying, "It doesn't matter. Having a stomachache shows that he is a loser, so there is no need to worry. Tell Your Majesty, resign from your position and go home to be a rich girl."
But Xiuxiu didn't think so. Her mother's words aroused her competitive spirit. Moreover, Stomachache's arrogant and disgusting performance made Xiuxiu feel that she couldn't be so easy on him. Stomachache was a bad character.
The People's Guard that Sir Xiang created cannot fall into the hands of such people.
In the final analysis, Xiuxiu is not a person who can endure loneliness. She feels that she is destined to work hard in the workplace and to carve out a world of her own. For a long time, Xiuxiu has unconsciously regarded Shi Shigege as a role model.
In terms of means and style of doing things, she imitates Shi Shi Ge Ge in every way. Although she doesn’t know why, she feels uncomfortable looking at Shi Shi Ge Ge, but she still admires Shi Shi Ge Ge very much. Xiu Xiu always feels subconsciously that Shi Shi Ge Ge is today.
your own tomorrow.
Stomachache seems to have noticed Xiuxiu's thoughts, and repeatedly used "become a fourteenth princess" to seduce her in his words. It really played a big role. Xiuxiu felt that she couldn't just leave like this: This is
The People's Guard founded by my husband, why do you say you will inherit it? Even if I can't inherit it, at least whoever inherits it must have my say.
"Xiuxiu..." Shang Xiaojun listened to Xiuxiu's inner thoughts, shook his head and said with a smile, "A stomachache means he has no big future, but you can't underestimate him. Although his words are arrogant, the current commander
The Ministry really does what he said. His analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of several commanders is basically correct...Xiuxiu, do you think there is anyone else who is more suitable to be the commander-in-chief than him?"
Xiuxiu was startled, thought for a long time, and said reluctantly:
"It seems...there really is no one."
Shang Xiaojun smiled and said:
"My child, you are wrong. In fact, no one is more suitable than him."
Xiuxiu looked at her mother puzzled.
Shang Xiaojun curled his lips and smiled and said:
"Stomachache is very talented, has a flexible mind, quick reactions, and is very good at collecting intelligence. And, as he said, he is also the most 'politically aware' among the commanders. However, he has a fatal weakness.
Let him never be commander-in-chief. Even if he becomes commander-in-chief, he won’t be able to do so for long.”
Xiuxiu asked:
"What weakness?"
Shang Xiaojun smiled and said:
"Lack of leadership... He is like a gummy candy, or to put it worse, like a pug. It is perfect to be a subordinate, but if he really wants to sit in the top position, he can't control anyone.
Live... In this regard, Tingzhi is much better than him. Although Tingzhi is young, even though he is a professional in intelligence
He is not as good as him, but he is very capable of making all of you circle around him. Moreover, he has His Majesty’s 100% trust, Princess Liaoyang’s 100% assistance, and your 100% help. You three women can screw him.
They became a rope. What about his stomachache? There is nothing but himself."
When Xiu Xiu mentioned Xiang Xiaoqiang, she lowered her head again, her back trembled, and tears rolled down her face again.
Knowing that she had made a mistake, Shang Xiaojun sighed, hugged her daughter into her arms, and wiped her tears with a handkerchief. But the more she wiped her tears, the harder Xiuxiu cried, and finally she threw herself into her mother's arms and cried loudly.
He said intermittently:
"Mom...what should I do...teach me...what should I do..."
Shang Xiaojun hugged his daughter, choked with sobs, and sighed:
"Daughter... don't insist anymore, quit... go back to your mother and stay with her..."
Xiuxiu buried her face in her mother's arms and shook her head.
Shang Xiaojun stroked Xiuxiu's head and said with a smile:
"Xiuxiu, you think you are very smart, have some skills, and even have some wings, so you can fight against stomachache, right?...Don't be stupid, Xiuxiu, you are too young. There is nothing wrong with stomachache.
Older than you. How many of your previous 'wings' in the headquarters were obtained through support? How many of them were obtained by you yourself? You can see this with a stomachache, so you took them as soon as possible.
Those little 'wings' of yours have all been peeled off.
"Do you think having a stomachache and leaving you outside is just because a villain is successful? No, it's not that simple. He wants to show what he did to other junior officers in the headquarters. When you go to see him, if he
As soon as I received the notice from the secretary, I invited you in immediately, so your little bit of authority and little bit of wings might be preserved. But I deliberately said that you stood outside the door because of your stomachache, waiting in line like other ordinary clerks.
"At this special time, the middle and lower-level officers in the headquarters are all waiting and watching, and the girls who were attached to you before are even waiting and watching. And if you have a stomachache like this, then in their eyes, you really are nothing.
No more. There is no value in being attached to you anymore...Xiu Xiu, it’s not your mother who is pouring cold water on you. If you don’t believe me, you can feel the difference when you go to the headquarters tomorrow. Xiu Xiu, you are no different from other young officers.
Already."
Xiuxiu pursed her lips tightly, and tears of grief and anger continued to roll down. Her mind became clearer. She had a stomachache. The purpose of doing this was to "return to her original shape" and eliminate the possibility of "forming her own force".
Be able to support him wholeheartedly and rely on him.
From the perspective of stomach pain, Xiuxiu is much easier to control now. But from Xiuxiu's perspective, it is much more difficult to deal with stomach pain.
Shang Xiaojun sighed:
"My child, you are too young now, have too little qualifications, and have too little experience. Don't always compare yourself with Princess Liaoyang. You are still incomparable. Far from being comparable. You still need to grow up now, and you need to rely on and rely on a strong person.
The power. If you really want to plunge into the whirlpool of power, you must first find a strong person to protect you. Otherwise...even if you are not swallowed up, you will lose miserably...My child, you really want to fight hard.
If so, find someone to rely on."
Xiuxiu was startled, looked at her mother, and said uncertainly:
"Mom...you really want me to cling to that stomachache?"
Shang Xiaojun laughed dumbly:
"Who does he have a stomach ache? He's not worthy of being my follower, little Xiu'er! How could mom let you attach to him? What mom said was..."
She hugged her daughter and whispered a name.
…
The next day, the 24th, Xiu Xiu canceled her plan to visit other commanders of the headquarters and stayed at home to rest, stay with Qiu Qiu, and stay with her mother.
Like Qiu Qiu, she still holds on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that Xiang Xiaoqiang is not dead, even if he is captured by the Soviet Union. As long as he is captured by the Soviet Union, Her Majesty the Queen will exchange him for him no matter how much it costs.
The family listened to the radio and asked the servants to go to the streets to buy newspapers, eagerly looking for hope that Xiang Xiaoqiang was still alive.
But no. The main news today is the report of the battle between the two reinforced motorized infantry divisions and the Soviet army. There are also air battles, a series of air battles. The people of Ming Dynasty who have been accustomed to enjoying air supremacy since the beginning of last year suddenly feel very uncomfortable.
I’m not used to it. For the first time in a year and a half, the sky is not my own.
Governments around the world have strongly condemned this behavior of the Soviet Union, and have successively sent messages of condolences to Ming Dynasty to express their support. Many countries in the League of Nations have long disliked the Soviet Union, and they have all clamored to remove the Soviet Union from the League of Nations.
.But because the victimized country, the Ming Dynasty, did not file a complaint to the League of Nations, it had no choice but to give up. The Soviet Union was still like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and spoke with righteousness and awe-inspiring rhetoric that even it did not believe.
Some reporters counted and found that in the Soviet representative’s half-hour speech, he used the word “justice” fifteen times, “greatness” twelve times, “proletariat” ten times, “Lenin’s banner” eight times, and “the people” eleven times.
", nine times "liberation", six times "imperialism", and four times "gangsterism".
The counterpart to the Soviet Union is Germany. Hitler gave a speech in the Reichstag, looking active and excited. He almost jumped on his feet and scolded the Soviet Union, greeting almost all the ancestors of the Soviet leaders for eight generations. Especially the Soviet diplomatic people.
Commissar Litvinov, because he was a Jew, was scolded the most, even more than Stalin.
Finally, Hitler said that Germany would stand unswervingly with Ming Dynasty and fight together to eradicate this biggest plague of mankind.
Along with Germany, Japan actively condemned the Soviet Union. Of course, Japan used its traditional rhetoric, such as "Asia is Asia for Asians" and so on.
The representative of Japan to the League of Nations also made a sharp speech, starting with Russia's expansion in Siberia, saying that it was insatiable for land and wanted more land after it, and would never be as content as Japan; it said that it had always bullied small and weak countries, and in Europe
It participated in the carving up of Poland several times and continued to encroach on Chinese territory in Asia; and when it came to the Russo-Japanese War, it was said that if Japan, as the elder brother of the Asian family, had not stepped forward to block Russia's expansion, even the easternmost tip of Asia would now have been invaded.
Russia took over...
Anyway, it sounds like Japan hates Russia, and there is no way the two countries can come together.
…
On the third day, the morning of the 25th, Shen Rongxuan received a letter.
As the chief minister of a large empire, Shen Rongxuan receives hundreds of kilograms of letters from all over the country every day. These letters are opened and screened by a special department in the chief minister's official residence, and finally the more valuable or more interesting ones are selected.
A representative pile of letters was given to Shen Rongxuan for personal reading.
But this letter that arrived yesterday had the green light all the way, passed through layer after layer of screening, and was finally sandwiched among the dozens of letters and delivered directly to Shen Rongxuan's hands.
When Shen Rongxuan wore glasses and saw this letter, his expression suddenly changed.
The letter’s header is——Brother Ji Mo Huijian:
"Ji Mo" is Shen Rongxuan's nickname, but now there are very few people who call him by his cousin. When he was the director of Dongchang Factory, there were still a few big shots who called him by his cousin, such as the Chief Minister Fang Hongru, such as
Zheng Gongyin and the like. But later, after she became the first minister, no one called him by his nickname anymore. Even the King of Yanping Zheng Gongyin called him "Pavilion Elder" half-truly and half-falsely when he met him.
This letter is very short, claiming to be an "old friend from an early age". I haven't seen him for a long time and I hope to catch up with him.
The tone of the whole letter is calm and leisurely, neither humble nor arrogant, as if the recipient is not the head of a country, but a pure "old friend". The writing style and handwriting are elegant and unrestrained, with a strong bookish atmosphere, as if he is from a certain university Written by a liberal arts professor.
There was also a photo in the envelope. Shen Rongxuan turned the photo out and immediately stared at it. Then, his brows became tighter and tighter.
…
The photo shows a young girl wearing a light gauze, holding a paper fan in her hand, sitting on a Taihu stone by the lake with her knees in her arms, gazing into the distance.
In the background are several canna plants. In the distance are several pavilions.
All the early memories in Shen Rongxuan's mind suddenly came to life like lightning. He could not have been more impressed by the place in the photo - this was Prince Shang's Mansion. He had just graduated from college, and his newlywed wife had just entered Prince Shang's Mansion. As a tutor, he was often invited to the mansion to play. Later, when he found out about his wife, Prince Shang, he was full of shame, anger and humiliation, and personally entered the house to take her back...
This girl sitting leisurely by the lake is of course not his wife. But Shen Rongxuan is too familiar with her - he even met her yesterday.
This is Shang Xiaojun!
This is the "most talented woman in Donglin University" who entered Prince Shang's Mansion as a tutor with his wife, Shang Xiaojun!
What does she want to do? Especially, what does she mean by sending such a photo of Prince Shang's Mansion? What does she want to imply to herself?
…
Shen Rongxuan subconsciously put the photo back on the table and looked to the side as if he had a ghost in his heart. However, in the large office, except for his secretary sitting across from him, there was no one else.
His face was already a little pale. He slowly took out his handkerchief, wiped the sweat on the bridge of his nose, and then put it back calmly.
Shen Rongxuan looked at the photo while analyzing the possibility of the group of people opening the letter recognizing the heroine in the photo. After analyzing for a while, he thought it was unlikely that the people below would recognize the heroine in the photo. It's unlikely that people would even recognize the place in the photo.
It's too old, and Shang Xiaojun is not a famous person. The only people who can recognize this photo now are probably a few Donglin University classmates. The people opening the letter below are all young people, it's impossible .
...The reason why this letter passed through five levels and reached six generals directly is probably because of this photo. Although the people below could not recognize who it was, at least the letter was delivered to me. ...Then what do they think? They shouldn't guess that this is some kind of lover from their early years!
Thinking of this, Shen Rongxuan stared coldly at Shang Xiaojun in the photo, feeling a sense of unknown anger. However, he was helpless for a moment.
He folder the photos and letters and put them in the drawer. Then he looked at his watch. It was already eleven o'clock in the morning.
He called his secretary over.
"Check my schedule," he ordered, "and see if I can spare half an hour today at noon or afternoon."
When the secretary heard him say the word "today", she immediately showed an embarrassed expression. However, she still picked up her schedule and said:
“Sir, from 11:30 to 12:15 noon, you will have lunch with the American Ambassador;
From 12:20 noon to 1:30 pm, you will meet with the Chancellor of the Exchequer;
From 1:35 pm to 2:10 pm, you have to rest;
From 2:15 to 3:30 pm, you will meet with the Secretary of War;
From 3:35 to 3:50 in the afternoon, you will meet with representatives of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party government-in-exile in Nanjing;
From 3:50 to 5:00 in the afternoon, if you want your wife to come with you, please invite the British Ambassador and his wife to have afternoon tea;
From 5:10 pm to 6:00 pm, you will meet with the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Commerce;
From 6:10 to 8:00 in the evening, you will attend a dinner for the Belarusian nobles and ladies of Nanjing, as well as representatives of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party, generals of the White Guards, as well as ambassadors and ambassadors from Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries. lady;
After the dinner, you will chair a cabinet meeting...
Sir, look..."
Shen Rongxuan waved his hand, took the schedule and read it himself, and then ordered:
"The meeting with the Socialist-Revolutionaries is temporarily cancelled. In addition, the afternoon tea is shortened by fifteen minutes. The free half hour will be arranged between four and five o'clock. Okay, you can go out first. I will make a private phone call."
The secretary agreed, turned around and left with the schedule in hand.
…
Shen Rongxuan leaned on the wide backrest, let out a long breath, and covered his face with his hands.
After a while, he sat up, picked up one of the two telephones on the table, and began to dial the number for his house.