Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 142 A Smell of Sourness (4000 words)
If eight officials were killed, Mrs. Gao would definitely make a fuss, but it didn't. When the list of eight officials was announced to the hall this morning, there was still no fuss from Gao's party.

This is strange.

Su Juesong took the secret officer to check the list of all the personnel up to the eighth generation, and the result was nothing unusual, not to mention them, even the eighth generation of their ancestors did not have much connection with the Gao Clan.

"Your Highness, let the eight officials take office immediately?" Four of them were promoted from Hengnan, and the other four were officials from Central Beijing, who were trained by him personally, and their qualifications are very good.

Ji Chong pinched his brows, "Have you heard anything about Gao's side?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are some people who want to follow Mrs. Gao's footsteps and want to get some positions, but this time, the Gao family and his son seem to have gone out of their way, and they all blocked them." Su Juesong wondered, "Could it be that they were killed by His Highness?" Scared?"

Afraid?If Gao's party is really afraid, no matter it is the salary of the army or the salaries of officials at all levels, the household department should take out the money without compromise, but now, if he has no capital, he will not be able to support 30 yuan. In the military, the salaries of many officials are not fully paid at all.

"How is the treasury's account checking?"

"Go back to Your Highness, checked twice, there is no difference."

"Got it." Ji Chong had a headache.

When Mu Tong heard the conversation inside come to an end, he quickly opened the door and came in, "Your Highness, Miss Shen is here."

Su Juesong withdrew consciously.

Go to the door and meet Miss Shen who came in, "Miss Shen, long time no see."

"Master Su, long time no see." Shen Chuxia cupped her hands in salute.

After paying the salute, Shen Chuxia stepped in.

Su Juesong also stepped out, but after thinking about it, he stopped her, "Miss Shen, please stay here—"

"Master Su, what's the matter?" Shen Chuxia turned around.

"That... would like to treat you to a cup of afternoon tea, are you free?"

It's not yet noon, how about afternoon tea?Shen Chuxia smiled slightly, "Okay, where is it?"

Su Chensong said, "There is a small kiosk in front of my office room. The afternoon sun is just right, suitable for drinking tea."

"Okay." Shen Chuxia agreed.

In the study, Ji Chong listened to the conversation between the two verbatim.

He hadn't seen her in nearly three months, and he looked expectantly at the curtain.

"Your Highness, Miss Shen has arrived."

"Come in."

"Yes, Your Highness." Mu Tong lifted the curtain himself, "Miss Shen, please—"

"Thank you, Brother Mu."

I haven't seen him for three consecutive months, and suddenly, it seems like years have passed, and it seems like I saw him just yesterday.

Four eyes facing each other.

He was facing the door, his high nose bridge was illuminated by the light leaked in from the lifted curtain, his eyes were fixed, his eyes were bright, his head was slightly raised, his brows were sharp, but the brow bone line was unexpectedly soft.When the tails of the eyes are slightly lowered, the sharpness is fully restrained.The jaw line is a little tight, which looks inexplicably sexy.

Shen Chuxia was caught off guard by the electric shock, and the atmosphere stagnated for a moment.

The little lady came against the light, wearing a slim waist and long jacket and skirt, without any accessories, not even earrings, wrapped in the sunlight outside the door curtain, forming a light veil, which happened to fall on her Shengxue's face, floating There is an extremely unreal hazy halo, the long eyelashes like crow feathers are dense and curled up, and a pair of bright eyes reflect light with water, full of vitality, making people unconsciously addicted.

"Your Highness—" Shen Chuxia saluted him with a smile.

Ji Chong's posture is lazy, his long legs are crossed, and his sitting posture is not correct. He obviously has a very oppressive and aggressive heroic appearance. When he saw her, he first let go of his sharpness and coldness, and the remaining part of him was aloof, indifferent, and vague. His overly clear and handsome features gave off a sense of yuppie abstinence.

But his eyes were glued to her face, and seemed to carry a trace of enthusiasm, rolling over her cheeks inch by inch, causing a blush, and the temperature in the study rose silently.

Shen Chuxia's ears turned red with disappointment: "Your Highness..." She came to have a business, "How is Brother Xi doing here, you should study hard."

"What do you say?"

"……"What's the meaning?Shen Chuxia didn't understand what he meant.

"You don't know what kind of virtue your younger brother has?"

Oh, it turned out that brother Xi was naughty, so it wasn't that you insisted on staying, and she didn't let him stay, but she couldn't be like this on the surface, pretending to be very embarrassed to accompany the ceremony, "I have made His Highness suffer."

She didn't smile sincerely, and that slightly smug and proud expression was damn greedy.

Ji Chong's eyes moved, and he called lightly: "Come here——"

When Shen Chuxia heard these two words, she raised her head in shock, her hair in a tasseled bun hanging by her ears curled up with her straight body movement, revealing her cheeks, her brows were picturesque, and she looked bright.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was saying that he couldn't come?

Shen Chuxia couldn't understand what "coming here" meant. For some reason, after a year, she seemed to have become shy. Instead of going forward, she said with red ears, "I'll go and see Brother Xi first. !"

"Come here!" A certain man leaned back on the teacher's chair, "I am important, or is he important?"

"..." What a sour smell, did she hear correctly, Brother Xi is an eight-year-old child, is it necessary to do this?
"Huh?" Someone raised his eyebrows again, with a look in his eyes that you don't want to see your brother unless you come.

Uh... Even threatening was used, not childish, Shen Chuxia walked around behind the big desk helplessly.

It doesn't matter if you are young or not, as long as the tricks are easy to use.

As soon as Ji Chong hugged someone into his arms, he lowered his head and... the word N is omitted below.

After the word N, Shen Chuxia sat in his arms. It turned out that when she came in, at the end of February, the weather was warm and then cold, and she was still cold. Now that he was pulling and kissing, her blood was already rushing and her body was warm.

He laughed lowly, his voice was low and deep, like the laziness when he first woke up, extremely relaxed.

His complexion was white and his lips were already light, but after the kiss, they were dyed with a bit of sexy spring color, which made his already clear and handsome facial features even more picturesque, so good-looking that he would make people want to whore.

Shen Chuxia covered her face.

Ji Chong pulled her hand covering her face, "Isn't it too late to be shy now?"

"I want you to manage."

"They're really siblings, even the tone of voice is exactly the same."

Ji Chong lowered his eyes and closed his eyes, and gently stroked the top of her head with his palm, which was soft and delicate, giving him relaxation and peace of mind.

Shen Chuxia settled accounts with him after the autumn, "Didn't Your Highness say that you went to the Yunnan Army?"

"No money, how to meet them."

"..." Shen Chuxia didn't understand.

"Eh, you don't understand."

Shen Chuxia understood this sigh, "Got it." She leaned against his heart, listening to his strong heartbeat, lowered her eyelashes, and the corners of her mouth curled into a sweet arc.

"You understand?"

"Of course." Shen Chuxia raised her head, "It's either for the salary or for the red envelopes for the Chinese New Year. Your Highness is sorry to go with empty pockets."

That's right, how could he forget that she is not an ordinary boudoir girl, she walks the world like a man, knows everything, and even helped him solve many problems.

"Then what do you say I should do?"

"Let them fend for themselves."

"What do you mean?" Ji Chong looked down at her delicate and clear face.

"Those soldiers in Houshan are not fighting all day long, just wandering around. The young ladies and daughter-in-laws in the surrounding towns are scared to run away. If His Highness doesn't find something for them to do, even the mother birds will not dare to fly around. .”

"Haha..." Ji Chong couldn't help laughing when she said it.

"Still laughing." Shen Chuxia rolled his eyes.

After laughing enough, Ji Chong asked, "Then how can you let these soldiers release their energy that has no place to rest?"

"There are many ways, it depends on your Highness."

"How can I be reluctant?" he said, "But their food and pay are really a headache for me. Even the gold and silver mines have been emptied by them."

"Then quickly find a place for them to eat."

"What do you think?" Ji Chong asked tentatively.

"Do you really want to listen?"

"Ah."

"For example, building embankments for the rainy south of the Yangtze River, renovating fields and repairing canals for the Zhaobei land that is flying sand and rocks, for example, cleaning up the mud-clogged section of the Grand Canal... you can send them out, and let that county provide food within the scope of that county. , if the counties are rich, you can also ask them to pay the soldiers, which will solve their excess energy and solve your worries."

Ji Chong stared at her with bright eyes, "Why didn't I think of that?"

"It's not that you didn't expect it, but you think it's a waste of talents. How can you use my soldiers to do these rough jobs?"

In fact, Ji Chong really didn't think so. He had been thinking about whether he should go to the farm before learning, but he also had his own considerations. Once he went to the farm, he would have to transfer to the north, and it would be fixed, which would not be conducive to his dealing with the Gao family now.

The matter of garrisoning the fields was at least something after the defeat of the Gao family, but before the defeat of the Gao family, he could not let his army be too far away from his eyes, or could not be fixed in a distant place.

Unexpectedly, the little lady solved the problem of food and clothing for the 30 troops in just a few words.

Ji Chong hugged her excitedly and gnawed on her again.

"Well...well, I want to see my brother."

younger brother?It's cool over there and stay there.

When Shen Mingxi heard that her sister was coming, she ran over bouncing all the way, and when she reached the door of the study, she didn't even look at Mu Tong and other guards. She pushed the door and was about to enter, but was stopped by Mu Tong, "Young Master Shen, can't you enter now?"

"Is my sister in there?"

"..." Suddenly, Mu Tong didn't know how to answer.

Come back, this brat will definitely come in, but the current situation between His Highness and Miss Shen is definitely not suitable for children; if you don't come back, it's lying again, this brat doesn't care whether he is His Highness's personal entourage, so he won't give him face , Once you know that you will definitely be spoiled, it's really too much.

"That's it." Shen Mingxi rolled his eyes, and an idea came out, "Hey, Mr. Su, you're here too!"

Mu Tong turned his head subconsciously.

Taking advantage of his distraction, Shen Mingxi pushed the door open and ran in. After a short passage, he lifted the curtain and called, "Elder Sister...Elder Sister..."

Shen Chuxia fled from Ji Chong's arms in a panic, arranging her hair and clothes.

What Shen Mingxi saw was Shen Chuxia who was tidying up, "Sister, did you fall?"

"No...no..." Shen Chuxia was ashamed and embarrassed.

"Then why do you seem to have fallen down, your hair is messed up, and your clothes are wrinkled..."

Ji Chong's face was indifferent, "Whoever lets you enter the study casually, you will be fined to copy the classics."

"Ah..." Shen Mingxi turned around and ran away, "I didn't enter casually, I didn't see anything, I won't copy, even if killed."

"He..." Shen Chuxia pointed outside, "Is that how you solved it?"

"From a brat."

Shen Mingxi is no ordinary brat, this kid is really honest, "What kind of book is Jingshitongjian, are there many?"

"Not many, only thirteen volumes."

What?Thirteen is not too much?No wonder the little bully ran away in fright, and Shen Chuxia shook his head in fright, it was really cruel.

Shen Chuxia came, Ji Chong didn't work any more, the two of them came out of the study, looked at the scenery outside the corridor while chatting, basically she was talking about the trivia of life in the three months after she left.

Some of them are related to business, and there is also the matter of her two younger brothers returning to their hometown to take the exam for talent.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for opening the path to a poor family. Otherwise, boys like my brother don't know what to do in the future. Kao Shitu at least gives them a goal in life."

Ji Chong looked tired, "I'm sorry, I promised to see you, but the affairs in Beijing and China are so complicated that I really can't get away."

"I know." Shen Chuxia held his hand for the first time, "I don't blame you."

After being held by hand, Ji Chong's heart warmed up, and he looked sideways at her, his eyes full of affection.

Shen Chuxia was embarrassed by him, "It's almost noon, Your Highness won't treat me to a meal?"

Ji Chong stretched out his hand to pinch her nose, "How could that be!" The two went to the restaurant for dinner intimately.

Mu Tong followed behind them not far or near, and was sincerely happy to see that His Highness was no longer tired.

When Lu Qi returned to Beijing, Qian Yuan received the news and asked him to have lunch with him.

Lu Qi laughed and said, "Today is really strange, someone invited you for breakfast, and someone invited you for lunch. If I had known, I would have gone back to the capital more often, so as not to suffer in that corner."

Qian Yuan scolded with a smile, "Don't be born in the midst of blessings and not know your blessings. Do you know how quiet your corner is? It makes me want to go."

"Clean?"

"At least it's cleaner than Beijing." Qian Yuan seemed to be full of bitterness, "You know, from the twelfth lunar month of last year to the present, I have been checking accounts every day, and I almost lost my hair."

Lu Qi looked at his hair, "It seems to be much less than before."

Qian Yuan almost burst into tears, "How can you marry a wife with such virtue at such a young age..."

"Have you finished the investigation?" Lu Qi asked.

"It's over, I checked it twice, and there's nothing wrong with it."

Lu Qi smiled and said, "Hey, do you want to find out the problem?"

"As long as it's an account, how can it be good at all." Qian Yuan said, "There must be something wrong with a good account, but I can't find it out with my ignorance."

Lu Qi frowned, "You are a newly promoted official, it's normal if you can't find out, can't the people from the Prince Regent's Palace not find out?"

Qian Yuan shook his head, "Well, the accounts are made by experts, and ordinary people may not be able to find out."

"Is there no master in the Prince Regent's Palace?"

"This..." Qian Yuan shook his head, "I don't know."

At lunch, Shen Mingxi also sat at the table, together with Ji Chong.It's really interesting for the two of them to eat as if the person opposite them is air.

Shen Chuxia didn't say much either.

After eating, Ji Chong left time for his siblings, and he went to work in the study.

Without Ji Chong, Shen Mingxi hugged Shen Chuxia's arm, "Why did you come to see me now?"

"Where's your mother?" Shen Chuxia asked.

"Wash and wash in the yard."

Hearing this, Shen Chuxia felt relieved, "What kind of wife did Your Highness invite for you?"

"I heard you know each other."

"Master Wei?" Shen Chuxia didn't expect that Ji Chong would let the number one Confucian in Lingnan teach Shen Mingxi, and he would pay so much attention to him, "Then how are you doing?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mingxi pouted, "That old man is really fierce."

(End of this chapter)