Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 406: Dispatching Troops to Hedong (Part )

In fact, Huan Xi had already pointed out the direction for Wang Meng to share power, which was the beginning of the imperial examination system that he said would be decided by Wang Meng alone.

Huan Xi had already agreed with Wang Meng to be the chief examiner before the exam was launched.

But at that time, Wang Meng was not at the center of the storm. It was with Huan Huo's questioning that Wang Meng's situation became difficult.

Huan Xi regarded Wang Meng as his own Zhuge Liang, and Wang Meng was indeed like Zhuge Liang, working hard for him on every detail.

But you have to ask about everything and intervene in everything, which not only makes you tired, but also causes complaints from people below you.

Huan Xi let Wang Meng stay in the military camp and take charge of 100,000 soldiers, which was undoubtedly a strong support for Wang Meng. He was telling everyone that he always trusted him.

It was not until Huan Xi asked Wang Meng to return to the city to rest for two days and spend time with his family that Wang Meng, a workaholic, politely declined.

Huan Xi then brought up the old matter again. Even when there were widespread accusations from the outside world that Wang Meng was usurping power, he still allowed Wang Meng to be the chief examiner and decide on the admission or dismissal of candidates on his own.

It was only then that Wang Meng came to his senses and understood the implication of Huan Xi's words.

Although he openly accepted this task in front of Huan Xi, he was already prepared to let important officials such as Xie An join in and help him select talents for the country.

In fact, it is not Wang Meng’s fault that he did not understand Huan Xi’s meaning at first.

Huan Xi has always cared about Wang Meng and can be said to have taken care of him in every possible way.

In the early years, in order to prevent Wang Meng from staying up late to review official documents, he even had people deliver the documents to the Weiyang Palace at night for him to review himself.

Therefore, Wang Meng initially thought that Huan Xi just wanted him to take time out to accompany his family. After all, Huan Xi himself was a person who valued his family, so Wang Meng did not think about it that deeply.

When he returned home, Wang was surprised to see her husband:

"I thought my husband would not be back from the Shangshutai until dusk."

As a wife, of course you know the person next to you.

Wang Meng explained:
"There are so many things going on in the military camp that I haven't had a good rest these days. Today, Lord Liang has granted me two days of leave. I plan to stop worrying about military affairs and rest well in the mansion."

When Wang heard this, her eyes lit up and her joy was beyond words. Who wouldn't want her husband to take time to spend with the family?

Wang Meng actually knew that he had neglected his family. He had to deal with military and national affairs for Huan Xi, and he also had to discipline Huan Xi's son.

Although Aman has three teachers, the most important one is Wang Meng.

It was precisely because Wang Meng was too busy to spare time to take care of other things that his second son Wang Pi developed such a bad temper.

Wang Meng loved his eldest son Wang Yong as much as he hated his second son. He also had no time to care about Wang Yong's education, but Wang Yong's talent and character were far beyond what Wang Pi could match.

Wang Meng was not surprised by this. Huan Xi and Huan Ji were born to the same parents and were both raised with the pampering of Sima Xingnan, but the two brothers were worlds apart.

When Wang Meng got home, he asked his wife before he even had time to drink a sip of tea:
"Where is Yong'er?"

When Wang heard her husband mention his eldest son, she couldn't stop smiling:
“The prince is taking a rest today, and he brought Yong’er to Weiyang Palace early in the morning, saying that he was following his father’s orders and wanted Yong’er to have more contact with Luo Niang so that they could develop feelings for each other from an early age.

"If you ask me, Lord Liang is still too doting on his children. Marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. How can he care about their own thoughts?"

Obviously, Wang was very satisfied with the marriage arranged by Huan Xi. Although Luo Niang was born out of wedlock, she would still have to be given the title of princess when Huan established his kingdom in the future. Wang Meng couldn't help laughing when he heard this:

"Now you are talking about your parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, but back then, I was just a peddler walking around the streets, and you still insisted on marrying me."

Wang was told of the proudest thing in her life, and she boasted:
"That's because I have a keen eye for people and know that my husband is definitely not an ordinary person."

Of course, there was another reason that Wang was embarrassed to say, which was that although Wang Meng was born in poverty, he was handsome and had a good appearance.

Regardless of ancient or modern times, at home or abroad, this is a world where appearance matters. If Wang Meng was ugly, I am afraid that Wang would not notice the extraordinary qualities of an ugly peddler.

Huan Xi left Chang'an today. Xie Daoyuan had no mood to teach. Even though she was used to this kind of separation, after spending some time together, Xie Daoyuan still felt like she had lost her soul.

Of course, this situation is also related to the mood swings of pregnant women.

Naturally, Huan De, Huan Lu, Luo Niang, Zhou Youniang and others also took a holiday.

The Qingliang Palace was very quiet. Since Huan Xi played the role of the kind father and someone else was playing the villain, Xie Daoyuan could only play the villain and act the role of a strict mother that the children feared.

Therefore, when he did not have to come to Qingliang Palace to study, even Huan De, the biological son, would rather play with his brothers and sisters somewhere else than stay with his mother.

When Sima Xingnan arrived at Qingliang Palace, Xie Daoyuan was feeling depressed.

Sima Xingnan certainly understood this kind of emotion. When Huan Wen led Huan Xi to attack Shu, she had been depressed for half a year.

Sima Xingnan first whispered a few words to the maid beside him, and after the maid left, he talked to Xie Daoyuan to relieve his fatigue.

After a long time, the sun was about to set, and Xie Daoyuan's mother Ruan Rong finally arrived.

It turned out that Sima Xingnan had previously asked a maid to bring Ruan Rong into the palace.

Sima Xingnan smiled and said:

"Xi'er is not in Chang'an now, and the harem is full of women and children. You may stay for a few days. With you taking care of Ling Jiang, I can manage the affairs of the palace without any worries."

How could Ruan Rong refuse? She had even prepared some spare clothes in advance.

Xie Daoyuan felt comforted by having her mother's company.

After Sima Xingnan left, Ruan Rong and Xie Daoyuan started their mother-daughter conversation, which initially revolved around three people, namely Huan Xi, A Man and Xie Xuan.

This was not Xie Xuan's first time on the battlefield, but it was his first time leading troops. This made Ruan Rong worry about him, fearing that Xie Xuan would encounter danger on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Xie Daoyun comforted him:
"Jie Er (Xie Xuan) is still young. Although he is leading troops at the front, most of his men are newly recruited soldiers who lack experience. How could Huan Lang drive him into danger?

"Don't worry, mother. Huan Lang knows what to do. We don't need to worry about this."

Ruan Rong rolled her eyes at her:
"It's not your flesh and blood, so of course you don't feel bad about it. If A-man had led troops on the battlefield at the age of fifteen, you would have been unable to sleep in Chang'an."

When Xie Daoyuan heard this, she put herself in the situation and became as upset as her mother had said.

(End of this chapter)