She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 82 Mentality

Colonel Tian was a little annoyed by what he said, but it didn't show on his face. He still watched the other party leave with a slight smile.

When everyone was completely gone, he fell down and cursed secretly, "I don't know how this idiot managed to get into the same rank as me."

He was originally too lazy to care about Captain Zhou, but he was afraid that the balance between Chengyang County and Fucheng would be broken, and if there was a real commotion, he, who was sent from Fucheng to Chengyang County for support, would be the first to bear the brunt. Influenced.

Tian Xiaowei sat for a while, and decided to visit the little princess——

No matter if you talk about this kind of thing with County Magistrate Zhou or Captain Meng, it is because the identities of the two parties are too formal and there is no room for change.

On the contrary, because of his status as the princess, he has the right to interfere with anything in Chengyang County, and because he has no actual position, he can pretend not to know when he doesn't want to interfere.

Xu Shu originally thought that among the school lieutenants from the two prefectures, the most prone to problems should be Tian Xiaowei, after all, he looks like a person who is very good at making money.

But he never expected that the one who would really be taken advantage of was Captain Zhou, who seemed the most upright and serious.

Of course, Xu Shu did not completely believe Captain Tian's words. After he left, she found someone to investigate.

Zhou Xiaowei's hometown is in Xuzhou, next door to Taizhou. The distance is not very far. It only takes two days by horseback from Chengyang County. But at the current moment, she does not dare to wait even two days in vain.

So she made two preparations. On the one hand, she sent people to check the situation of Military Advisor Li, and on the other hand, she simply and rudely asked people to monitor the other party and Captain Zhou. Once anyone sent from these two people wanted to leave the city, they would directly intercept them.

Anyway, the war is approaching, everything is complicated, the traffic between the two places is blocked, or a group of robbers appear to rob people passing by, it is quite logical, isn't it?

And once it is confirmed that there is indeed a problem with Junshi Li, there is no need to find excuses. Even if it is just a small guy who has an affair with a foreign race, he will not be able to get away with it.

Xu Shu has a lot of things to do recently. Even if this matter is important, she can't pay too much attention to it. After thinking about it, she decided to trust her cousin once.

After all, she even trusted Magistrate Zhou and Captain Meng, so she couldn't keep her cousin in the dark.

Presumably, even if the Xu family has plans, they don't have the heart and ability to participate in such things as having an affair with a foreigner, so Xu Zhao can be trusted.

Xu Zhao listened to Xu Shu's explanation of the current situation, and took over the task of arranging manpower to monitor Zhou Xiaowei and Li Junshi. Before he could ask any more questions, Xu Shu had something to leave, so she hurriedly left him a sentence:
"People who run errands or send messages can ask Yang Luo for it. He has been managing the internal affairs these days, and he must have figured out the situation of most of the servants."

Only then did Xu Zhao realize that there was such a secret behind the Hu people's move south. As for why he didn't tell him until Magistrate Zhou and others knew about it, he also vaguely understood the reason.

It would be false to say that they are not disappointed, although Pei Peng's family has always been separate from the Xu family, so even though Xu Shu's surname is Xu, their grandparents do not treat her with the same attitude as other grandchildren.

However, Xu Zhao still felt that they were cousins ​​and a family, hiding it like this...

Yang Luo, who was also excluded, did not have Xu Zhao's distress. Of course, he did not expect to gain the complete trust of Pei Peng's mother and daughter just after he took refuge, so he did not feel disappointed. Xu Zhao sat still, thinking about the right candidate.

When he was freed from his thoughts, he turned to look at Xu Zhao, who was still sitting there in a daze, with a look of injustice on his face.

Yang Luo couldn't help but make a point:
"What's your expression? Do you think you are just ordinary cousins?"

Xu Zhao was puzzled:

"We are cousins, what do you mean by being cousins?"

"Then would you regard Her Royal Highness as an ordinary aunt?"

Xu Zhao was stunned. He seemed to have never regarded Pei Peng as an ordinary aunt. Ever since he decided to follow Pei Peng, he rarely even called her aunt, and always called her "your highness."

Xu Zhao shook his head, as if he understood what Yang Luo meant.

Yang Luo smiled and said:

"That's it. You also know that the relationship between you and His Highness is that public affairs come first and private affairs come last. Then why can't you see clearly in the Princess's place?"

"cocoa……"

"But she is younger than you and she is a woman. You think you are the elder brother and can control her, right?"

Xu Zhao glared at Yang Luo angrily:

"What are you talking about? I never wanted to control her. Although we are brothers and sisters, we have different identities. It's not clear to me."

"You may not deliberately want to control her, but subconsciously feel that she should tell you everything and discuss with you.

But have you ever thought that Her Royal Highness is not here now, and the princess is acting as the surrogate mother to lead the princess mansion.In the entire mansion, you defected at the beginning of the year, and so did I. We have not gained full trust, and we have not made much contribution, and we do not even have official positions as officials in the Princess Mansion, or in Chengyang County.Then why should the princess tell you and me about such a secret? "

Xu Zhao was speechless. He felt that what Yang Luo said was reasonable, but he also felt that he was not despicable enough to want to take away Pei Peng's power. He just felt that he should not hide it from him.

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Yang Luo didn't say anything more. He patted his clothes that were wrinkled from sitting for a long time, got up and went back to his room.

Yang Luo has been quietly taking care of the internal affairs of the princess mansion these days. At first, he was just asked by Cheng Fei to help supervise the craftsmen in making wine.

Later, many family members of officials lived in the mansion. The original chief historian of the princess mansion was busy taking care of external affairs for Xu Shu. The housekeeper could not find young men, so he asked Yang Luo to help manage the brewing yard. place.

Yang Luo is careful and patient. He doesn't mind that the work he does has no future. On the contrary, he helps sort out the internal affairs of many princess mansions.

Whether the food, clothing, housing and transportation are appropriate, and whether the arrangements of the attendants are busy and not chaotic, this point can naturally be felt by the staff who live in the Princess Mansion, and they can also see whose credit it is.

Therefore, their perception of Yang Luo has steadily improved.

Among them, Mr. Wu is the most obvious. He is very old. He stays with Pei Peng purely because he wants to retire comfortably. If he is lucky enough to meet the right person, he can take on a good apprentice and provide for him until the end of his life. .

Therefore, compared to other young people who were trying to gain attention in front of the young master Xu Shu, he preferred Yang Luo's stability.

Of course, Yang Luo ran from his hometown to the capital, and then came to Taizhou, also for the future, but at least he can rest assured, isn't he?
This kind of stability also made Mr. Wu a little more thoughtful about training.Not to mention accepting students as students, it is still too early, but it is still possible to mention a few words to young people.

Therefore, during this period of external disturbances, Yang Luo was called over from time to time by Mr. Wu to drink tea and play chess. He also heard some interesting stories about Pei Peng and Xu Shu's reading from him.

If we say that during this period of time, Yang Luo had intuitively speculated on the personalities and acting styles of Pei Peng and his daughter through a few contacts.

The information disclosed by Mr. Wu in the conversation is to let Yang Luo understand more comprehensively that before the mother and daughter of Pei Peng grew into what they are today, before they were influenced by concepts such as ethics, Confucianism, Law and Taoism, They are more primitive and undisguised characters and preferences.

Even though Yang Luo didn't realize Mr. Wu's intention at first, after a few times, he understood that it was intended to remind him.

This is the difficulty of being a follower of the heroine.

They will easily despise the other party unconsciously because of their gender disadvantage, and even try to manipulate them.

What Mr. Wu wants to remind him is not to try to despise or manipulate them, especially Pei Peng.

Because she grew up to be what she is now, she must have escaped many people who tried to manipulate her.

And this is actually what worries Xu Zhao. He unconsciously underestimates Xu Shu, who is his sister by blood but is his lord in identity.

Fortunately, this is also his luck, because Xu Shu has not become Pei Peng after all, and she is not so sensitive to this kind of contempt, and she can still give him a chance to make mistakes.

After Yang Luo left, Xu Zhao also returned to his bedroom. He neither asked anyone to light the lamp nor serve food. He sat in silence for a while in the increasingly dark night, and then hurriedly turned over as if he suddenly thought of something. The lamp in front of the desk was lit, and then a thick stack of letters was dug out of the cabinet.

There are his parents, his uncles, his grandmother, some brothers, sisters, classmates and friends...

He pushed aside the other letters, but took out the letters from his second uncle, his grandmother, and his parents, and spread them out to read.

Yes, yes.

Xu Zhao's face seemed to be crying and smiling, and against the wind-blown wick, he looked even more gloomy.

He didn't realize it in the past, even though he was closer to his parents in his heart, he still felt that every word and every word written by his grandmother and uncle to remind him was all out of good intentions.

But when he compared these letters together, he discovered the differences.

His parents have always told him that since he chooses to follow his aunt, he must recognize his identity, distinguish between public and private affairs, and do his job well.

And his grandmother and uncle seem to have been telling him that although his aunt is from the royal family, but marrying into the Xu family is the wife of the Xu family, and his cousin is the daughter of the Xu family, his younger sister.

They also said that he was a son of the Xu family. If his eldest uncle didn't care about anything, he had to shoulder his responsibilities. Don't let people think that the Xu family has no one and can only let the women and children stand up.

Xu Zhao felt cold sweat when he compared it like this. Every word seemed deeply affectionate, but every word told him to take the lead in fighting for the Xu family's authority over the princess's mansion.

But this is not his original intention!
Xu Zhao still remembers his decision to follow Pei Peng to Taizhou despite his grandmother's disapproval. He remembers that while packing his luggage, his mother told him not to listen too much to what his grandmother and second uncle said and to do his own thing well. .

But since when did he gradually lose his initial caution?
It seems that since his uncle and aunt returned to Beijing, Xu Shu was in charge of the whole government.

She was a little unfamiliar with her, and soon after Chengyang County was attacked, Xu Shu was too busy, and she was not familiar with Pei Peng's staff and subordinates, so many things were left to Xu Zhao to ask.

Xu Zhao doesn't have much real power, but others consider that he is Xu Shu's cousin, and even if they don't delegate power to him, they will ask for his opinion.

Over time...

　The recent plot has been a bit slow, mainly because there are some early content that I want to explain clearly. I will speed up the pace in the future to bring the two sides together as soon as possible, and then enter the stage of development.

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