The world is heavy and late

Chapter 356 Bribery
After chatting with Gu Weiyun for a while, Xia Qing was about to leave.

Gu Weiyun took a look at the sky and did not leave anyone behind, so Qiao Huan sent him out of the palace.

Weiyang Palace is not close to the entrance of the palace, but except for very urgent times, Xia Qing seldom drives away by sedan chair.

One is her identity, she was the wife of a seventh-rank official before, so it's not easy to be so public, and two, she also wants to talk to Qiao Huan more.

Although there is a family leave every month, Xia Qing has been out of Beijing for more than three months, and the chances for them to see her are very limited.

Xia Qing looked at Qiao Huan, who was becoming more and more calm and resolute, and said, "You're getting more and more bored, obviously it's not because of me."

"I have already left the palace, this account can no longer be relied on me."

Qiao Huan lowered his head and smiled, but it was obvious to Xia Qing, because Xia Qing was really not tall. Although Qiao Huan was not tall, he was better than Xia Qing anyway.

Xia Qing snorted twice and asked, "Something has happened to you recently. It seems that you have been a little distracted today."

Qiao Huan pursed her lips and said: "Lou Sizheng is getting old and wants to go back to his hometown; Hu Sizheng's health is probably not very good."

Xia Qing blinked and looked at Qiao Huan, paused for a few seconds and sighed: "Such an important matter is kept in my heart, and I really think I am a gourd? Does the empress know about this?"

Qiao Huan shook his head and nodded again: "I've heard about Hu Sizheng and Lou Sizheng's affairs, and they haven't officially reported to Weiyang Palace yet."

Xia Qing squinted her eyes and looked at the palace road in front of her. There were little maids and servants walking on both sides, and occasionally there were guards patrolling the palace.

"Look carefully to see if someone is looking at that position, or if Hu Sizheng and Lou Sizheng are really coming soon."

Qiao Huan nodded, Xia Qing thought for a while and said, "Go back and send a message to Hu Sizheng and Lou Sizheng. I will come to visit you next month."

Qiao Huan pursed her lips and said, "My aunt is out of the palace, so please trouble my aunt to worry about me."

Xia Qing leaned back, raised his eyebrows and said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, you are not only more bored, but also polite."

Qiao Huan pursed his lips and stopped talking, and when he was sending him back from the palace, he happened to bump into Xiang Cang at the door.

Xiang Cang glanced at Qiao Huan's origin and said, "Send it away?"

Qiao Huan nodded, sighed Xiang Cang and said, "It's very difficult to meet outside the palace."

Qiao Huan didn't answer, but instead asked, "How are Gong Zhengsi and Si Shansi?"

Xiang Cang glanced at Qiao Huan, didn't continue Xia Qing's topic, and turned to the serious business: "Si Shansi's side is still stable, the people there are careful, and there is Pingzhang Supervisor. It's Gong Zhengsi's side, you probably have to get ready early."

Qiao Huan raised his eyes and glanced at Xiang Cang, and Xiang Cang squinted at him, both of them had the same blackness and sharpness in their eyes.

Xiang Cang suppressed his voice, making the originally thin voice a little unpredictable: "President Xu is not too young, although it is impossible to leave the capital, but for the sake of Master Xu, at least he can go to Huangzhuang Go to retirement."

"Master Xiao Xu, we all know about it. I'm afraid Gong Zhengsi is the one who can't do it."

Qiao Huan narrowed his eyes, looked at the person in front of him and said, "There is also Eunuch Gao, Xiang Cang, I reminded you, if you don't remember, I won't remind you a second time."

After speaking, he lowered his voice and moved forward slightly, staring at Xiang Cang's eyes and said, "But I don't want my aunt to see it, and I don't think you want it either."

Xiang Cang looked at this person who always kept his sharpness hidden in his bowed head and smiled, raised his eyes and said, "Don't worry, the miscellaneous family doesn't have that much appetite, but it's just that there shouldn't be too many changes in this palace." Okay, so I don't know who asked my aunt to clean up the mess."

Both of them are boring gourds, but there are seldom such sharp moments.

But to be honest, neither of them was surprised at all.

The two warned each other, and then one went out of Weiyang Palace to do business, and the other entered Weiyang Palace to report back, and passed each other, as if the reply just now had never existed at all.

After Xia Qing came back, she also felt that the bustle of Xu's house had never existed. She glanced at the quiet house and said to Cheng Dalang next to her, "Changmin went back today?"

Cheng Dalang scratched his head and said: "I sent it back in the morning, the young master was expecting you and the master to come back, but today the Song Mansion sent someone to pick it up, and the young one was sent back."

Xia Qing slumped her shoulders, okay, a little bit happy, but also a little bit disappointed.

It was as if the cub I had fed for a long time suddenly kissed someone else more.

Xia Qing is very conscious of doves occupying the magpie's nest, but also very arrogant, and even dared to compare her status in Changmin's heart with Mrs. Song Qi.

Cheng Dalang pursed his mouth and didn't dare to let Xia Qing see it. Xia Qing had no children to play with, so he had to sit at the door and wait for Xu Zhong.

But Xu Zhong didn't come back today.

In fact, Xu Zhong is also very puzzled. Although he has been promoted, he is still in the Ministry of Education.

When the time was almost up, Xu Zhong wanted to leave. He was no longer the Xu Zhong he used to be, but now he was Xu Zhong staring at the hourglass.

When the time is up, even if there is something that cannot be dealt with, he will take it back.

After all, if he didn't go back, he would still be in Cao Ying's heart. For him, Xia Qing was more important than everything in his hands, and it had always been like this.

But when Xu Zhong saw that there were two quarters of an hour left, he actually waited for someone else's invitation.

He raised his eyebrows and asked the guard, "Is it General Lu who wants to see me?"

The guard clasped his fists and said, "Yes, General Lu is waiting for Your Excellency at the Martial Arts Field."

Xu Zhong glanced at the drip glass, sighed a little in his heart and said, "Okay, please wait a moment."

When Xu Zhong arrived at the martial arts arena, Lu Jin was still riding a horse and shooting arrows. There was a distance of a hundred meters, and the sound of the arrows pierced through the air.

Xu Zhong stood still without saying a word, although he was a little anxious, he could only endure it, and only hoped that General Lu didn't ask him to appreciate archery.

In fact, it was not. After Lu Jin saw Xu Zhong, he reined in the galloping horse, acting steadily like a veteran in the battlefield.

After getting off the horse and throwing the bow in his hand to the soldiers beside him, Lu Jin stepped forward and cupped his hands at Xu Zhongyi: "Master Xu."

Xu Zhong also bowed his hands and saluted. Lu Jin led Xu Zhong to the tent, and Xu Zhong followed behind. Although he didn't know what Lu Jin wanted to say, it must be something important.

After all, Lu Jin really seldom seeks out others, and a person with such a high position and military power like him will rarely make himself feel uncomfortable.

Xu Zhong thought about what could bother Lu Jin to make a special trip recently, and wondered if it was Suzhou.

Before Xu Zhong could figure it out, Lu Jin had already waved someone to serve tea, and said after deliberating, "Master Xu, Ling Zheng is teaching in a women's school now?"

Xu Zhong's logical thinking that he had analyzed just now was suddenly broken, Ling Zheng?Xia Qing?What is the relationship between this?
Perhaps it was because Xu Zhongdun had been there for a long time, or maybe Lu Jin was a little embarrassed, so he said, "Ahem, my two little daughters are also studying in a girls' school."

Xu Zhong had a vague feeling, but it was still too unbelievable, so he thought about it and said, "Yes, I don't know what advice my lord has."

Lu Jin glanced at the guards who delivered the tea, and the guards quickly retreated, Lu Jin also took a sip from the teacup and said, "Ling Zheng and I have met each other a few times, and we also met in the palace back then. It's admiration."

Xu Zhong: ...He felt that there was an indescribable weirdness in Lu Jin's words.

Despite this in his heart, Xu Zhong's face did not change at all, and he even said without changing his face: "Thank you, General, for your love."

Lu Jin slowed down and said again: "The late wife was widowed in the past, and she died soon after. My two daughters were mostly disciplined by my mother. Now that my mother is old, my two daughters are too self-willed."

After Xu Zhong finished speaking, he saw the guard who brought tea just now came in again with something in his hands.

Lu Jin just said: "I sent them to the academy today, and they will have to work harder in the past."

Xu Zhong: ...is this a bribe?

Xu Zhong had never felt so speechless, not even when facing Xia Qing. Although Xia Qing often couldn't speak his angry words, at least he was not as complicated as he is now.

But he couldn't help sighing a little, is this a parent?Pity.

(End of this chapter)