Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 15

Wei Yizhi was also a little surprised: "No wonder, I have soldiers and horses stationed at the border, and I still figured out that my subordinates have neglected their duties. It turned out to be a lie. But at that time, it spread quickly in the capital, and this lie is also a capable person." man."

Xie Shu twitched the corner of his mouth: "That's right."

Wei Yi dismounted from his horse, handed it over to Fu Xuan who followed closely, and walked forward with her: "By the way, didn't you say that he was your childhood playmate that day, and you often wore women's clothes when you were young. He won't have any misunderstanding, right?"

Xie Shu secretly admired his delicate thoughts, and said with a smile: "There is no misunderstanding, it is impossible to fall in love with me, right?"

Wei Yizhi laughed and said, "I don't know what you looked like when you were young. If you were half as good-looking as you are now, you are qualified to attract any man's attention."

Xie Shu smiled awkwardly.

Will Huya fall in love with her?It shouldn't be, at that time everyone only had food in their eyes, who would think about such illusory things.

Wei Yizhi sighed suddenly, and looked to the north: "It's always a good thing that people are not dead. It would be fine if the bulletin I received back then was also fake."

Xie Shu didn't expect to bring up his sadness, and felt a little guilty.

In fact, before she heard about Wei Shizhi, she always thought that it was impossible for a child from a family like Wei Yizhi to have any sad past.

All they have is fine wine in high cabinets, surrounded by beauties, and the occasional sadness is just because of the feeling of viewing the scenery, or the failure to get the expected high salary.

They don't know what it means to be full of phoenixes and locusts everywhere, what it means to be without food and parting with life and death, and they don't know that being alive is the most fortunate thing in this world.

During the eight years in the Xie Mansion, she thought she had seen through the essence of the aristocratic family, but only after meeting Wei Yi did she realize that what she knew had nothing to do with him.

She intentionally interrupted, so she suggested: "It's been a long time since I went to drink in Changganli, why don't you and I have a drink together now?"

Wei Yizhi returned to his senses and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

Just as he was about to set off, there was the sound of carriages and horses behind him, and someone shouted: "Prime Minister, stop!"

Xie Shu turned around, it turned out to be Wang Jingzhi.

Wang Jingzhi returned to the car, got out of the car after a while, came over and offered a piece of neatly folded clothes with both hands: "That day, the official was drunk and lost his temper, and he was rude to the prime minister. It's really ashamed for the official to put on his clothes."

Xie Shu took it over and said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter. If the governor is ill, he will not be well. After recovering from a serious illness, I know the feeling of illness best."

Seeing that the two seemed to have a personal relationship, Wei Yizhi interjected intentionally: "How could Governor Wang thank you so abruptly?"

Wang Jingzhi showed embarrassment: "This... is really hard to say."

Xie Shu knew what Wei Yi was thinking, and he was afraid that he would be suspicious if he wanted to cover it up, so he said generously: "Speaking of which, I am not afraid of the Wuling King's joke. ,Hahaha."

Wang Jingzhi shook his head, thinking it was funny too.

Wei Yizhi glanced at Xie Shu's side face: "So that's how it is."

Seeing that Wei Yizhi was present, Wang Jingzhi thought, "It's a coincidence that the Prime Minister and King Wuling are traveling together today, why don't you two go to a nearby courtyard for a short talk?"

Xie Shu looked at Wei Yizhi: "What does King Wuling think?"

"It's all about thanks."

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

When boarding the car, Wei Yizhi deliberately distanced himself from Wang Jingzhi, and said to Xie Shu in a low voice: "Wang Xie has been fighting for the front for many years, I don't think you can get so close to Wang Jingzhi."

Xie Shu laughed softly: "Where, I just met by chance, and you are the only one who gets close to me."

Hearing her answer, Wei Yizhi suddenly felt jealousy in his words, and couldn't help frowning.

The Wang Family Courtyard was built at the foot of Fuzhou Mountain, next to the Dongmen Bridge. It occupies a small area, but it is extremely unique.

When Wang Jingzhi went back, he found that there was a guest at home.Huan Ting, Yang Saw, and Yuan Peiling were sitting in the courtyard. When they saw him coming in with Xie Shu and Wei Yizhi, they hurried forward to salute.

Xie Shu smiled and said, "It's a coincidence today, why did you meet together?"

Huan Ting originally thought that Xie Shu was in a bad mood recently, but seeing that she was in a good mood at this time, he was also happy: "I was bored, so I invited Huanying and Ziyu to enjoy the scenery. I came here and wanted to take a rest. Bothering the governor of the king."

Huanying is Yang Zao, Ziyu is Yuan Peiling, and Huan Ting is almost inseparable from them. All three of them have just started official careers and have a lot of free time.

Wang Jingzhi didn't care about it: "The visitor is a guest, so you don't have to be polite. Everyone wait a moment, and I will call someone to serve tea."

Huan Ting laughed and said, "There is no need for you to order, your sister has already given orders."

Only then did Xie Shu understand the reason for Wang Jingzhi's warm invitation, and he glanced at Wei Yizhi with a smile: "It turns out that there is someone in the master's house."

Wei Yizhi glanced at her, smiling, and didn't mind her teasing.

Seeing that his sister was not there, Wang Jingzhi sent someone to find her.

When Wang Luoxiu heard about Wei Yizhi's presence, she understood what her brother meant, and soon he came, wearing a long-sleeved skirt with a water-blue trim and a concubine-colored double-breasted skirt, her waist tightly tied, making her look even more beautiful .

She sat down at a later position between Wang Jingzhi and Wei Yizhi, didn't talk much, just being everyone's audience.

Sitting diagonally across from her, Xie Shu found that her makeup was heavier than usual today, but she couldn't hide her pale face. At first, she suspected that she was ill, but suddenly noticed that she was covering her belly with one hand, and then guessed what was going on.

From time to time, Wang Jingzhi talked to Wei Yizhi about the topic of relatives, so that Wang Luoxiu had something to say, but she was not in good spirits, and her smile became more and more forced.

Probably aware that someone was looking at her, Wang Luoxiu looked up, and seeing Xie Shu staring at her, she immediately buried her head with blushing cheeks.

As a woman, Xie Shu was very aware of this feeling, so he said to Wang Jingzhi: "I have something to discuss with all of you here. I wonder if Governor Wang can find a quiet place?"

Wang Jingzhi knew that she wanted to avoid Wang Luoxiu, so he had to get up and lead everyone to sit in the backyard and let Wang Luoxiu go back to rest.

Wang Luoxiu was very surprised, not sure if Xie Shu saw something.But if he even knew about a woman's menstruation, how could he be a manly person?
Wei Yizhi walked beside Xie Shu, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Xie Shu covered his mouth with a fan, his eyebrows curved: "What are you asking about the girl's family?" After speaking, he went to follow Wang Jingzhi's footsteps.

Wei Yi was stunned.He has seen this smile before, and it's not like he's never heard this word before, but it's the first time he's seen Xie Shu saying this with a smile like this, which is both charming and angry, which puzzled him a bit.

A few people listened to Xie Shu bragging for a while in the backyard. Seeing that it was getting late, Wang Jingzhi wanted to keep a few people for dinner, but Huan Ting and Yuan Peiling wanted to see Yang saw's new beautiful dancer, so they politely declined.Huan Ting couldn't enjoy playing by himself, thinking about his cousin, he came to encourage Xie Shu to go with him.

The corner of Xie Shu's mouth twitched, and he said with a sneer, "Forget it, I'm not interested in those."

Yuan Peiling poked him and winked desperately.

Huan Ting recalled it, and exclaimed in amazement: "Cousin, you are really masculine? I thought it was rumored by others! Do you want to call the Xie family dead like this?"

"Pfft!" Xie Shu sprayed all the tea in his mouth.

Wang Jingzhi couldn't help laughing, and while laughing he confessed to Xie Shu: "Yes, I'm sorry, Prime Minister, I can't help it, hahaha..."

Yang Saw sighed beside him: "Enping is talking nonsense again."

Huan Ting was blushed by their smiles and sighs, and said, "Then I don't want to say anything, but you, cousin...you want to get married anyway!"

Xie Shuzhan shook his fan and joked deliberately: "Then if you have a good candidate, remember to recommend it to my cousin."

Huan Ting's face is bitter, the reputation of being a good man has spread, and you are really aggrieved when his girl is about to marry you.

Wei Yizhi glanced at Xie Shu, with a half-smile: "If this king knows that there is a good girl, he will also pay attention to Xie Shu."

Tsk, he laughed and was turned back several times.Xie Shu raised his eyebrows: "Thank you King Wuling for that."

"Thank you for your kindness."

In the end, the group didn't have a meal, so they bid farewell and left.Seeing that Xie Shu was alone without any entourage, Wang Jingzhi wanted to send chariots and horses to see her off.Wei Yizhi also planned to give her a ride, but he took back his words when he saw this, and said goodbye and went back home first.

After the housekeeper learned where Wei Yizhi came back from, he said with a smile: "If Madam knew that the county king had gone to the other courtyard of the Wang family, she would definitely not make this arrangement."

Wei Yizhi was puzzled: "What arrangement?"

The butler smiled so ambiguously, and said mysteriously: "The king of the county will know soon."

Wei Yizhi did find out very quickly. Not long after returning to the room after dinner, a beautiful girl came in with hot water, lowered her head and said shyly: "Madam asked the servant to serve the king to wash and rest."

Wei Yizhi straightened his cuffs and glanced at her, noncommittal.

The girl thought he had acquiesced, and came over with hot water, undressed him, put her hand on his arm, trembling slightly.

Wei Yizhi suddenly noticed that the girl's feet under her skirt were actually stepped on in clogs, revealing her tender toes.His eyes slowly moved up along those feet, from the slender waist to her face, and looked away in disappointment.

Just now, for a moment in my mind, I thought I would see the smiling eyebrows again, and even the coquettish words echoed in my ears.

"Go out."

The girl was startled, thinking she had done something wrong, she hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"It's okay, let's go down. Madam, the king will tell me, you don't have to worry."

The girl bowed, gave him a slightly resentful look, picked up the water basin and went out.

Wei Yizhi pinched the center of his eyebrows, trying to suppress this inexplicable thought, but it backfired.

He suddenly got up, raised his sword and went out to practice martial arts.

Entered the camp at fifteen, made meritorious deeds at seventeen, and has galloped on the battlefield for ten years. Could it be that he is no match for Xie Shu?
Within a few days, Jiankang entered the rainy season.

Xie Shu went to court after his illness, and he was still bouncing around happily, which caused the emperor a headache.The ministers also showed their goodwill to Xie Shu frequently, which made her stomach ache.

When will this manly day end?

Wei Yizhi has been surprisingly low-key in the past few days. Not only did he keep his mouth shut in court, but he also stopped communicating with Xie Shu in private, which made Xie Shu think that he had offended him.

Mubai didn't know where he heard the gossip, and said to Xie Shu: "My lord, you should be careful, I heard that the King of Wuling and the Wang family have been walking around frequently recently, I'm afraid they are going to get married, what will the Xie family do then!"

Judging from what he meant, it was as if he wanted Xie Shu to get married as soon as possible.

"Just do what you want, and you can still keep King Wuling from marrying for the rest of his life?" Xie Shu rolled his eyes.

Mubai narrowed his eyes seriously: "If there is a way, my subordinates are willing to give it a try."

"..." Xie Shu patted his head, what a loyal child.

The rainy season is the most irritable. The emperor has been in a bad mood recently, and his wife and children are unlucky. It is said that even the most beloved concubine Yuan Gui was reprimanded and cried all night in the palace.

The most unlucky one belongs to the crown prince. The last time Lu Gu's rebellion was handled improperly, the emperor is still talking about it, and it is inevitable that there will be times when his words are fierce.

The prince seemed to be disheartened. When he got up early that morning, he suddenly ordered someone to pack up his things, and went to the emperor's bedroom to worship three times, saying that he would become a monk.

The palace was in an uproar.

Xie Shu hurried into the palace, the emperor was so angry that he smashed everything in the imperial study.

"It's all right for the evil son to be incompetent, but he dares to threaten me by becoming a monk! In this way, his wish has been fulfilled, and the position of the crown prince can be abolished and established!"

The ministers all stared at the ground, studying whether the maids cleaned up today.

As soon as Xie Shu changed his normal routine, he was very excited, and immediately came out to stop him: "Your Majesty, you can't. Since ancient times, there has been an orderly relationship between the elders and the younger. stand?"

Seeing her, the emperor became even angrier: "What kind of king can he be like this? It's better to hand over to the virtuous early!"

"The crown prince is young and has not yet been determined. How does Your Majesty know that he cannot become a Mingjun?"

"Thank you!" The emperor blew his beard and stared angrily.

Xie Shu lifted his clothes and knelt down on the ground, nodding his head: "Your Majesty, please take back your order, otherwise I can only admonish you with death!"

The emperor took a half step back in shock: "What did you say?"

In the imperial study room, most of the courtiers knelt down and yelled to help: "Your Majesty, please take it back!"

The aristocratic family has always seldom intervened in imperial power disputes. Even Xie Mingguang used gentle means to stop the abolition of the prince, so Xie Shu's reaction was so fierce that the emperor was greatly surprised.

He turned his head and finally found a helper: "Wuling King, what do you say?"

Wei Yizhi arched his hands, and said lightly: "The country should have a wise king, and there is nothing wrong with your majesty in peace."

Another group of people knelt down and chimed in: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Xie Shu quietly glanced sideways at Wei Yizhi, frowning.

Of course the emperor couldn't let the prime minister's blood splatter on the spot, but he really wanted to abolish the prince, but in the end he had no choice but to postpone the matter and send everyone away.

How could it be possible to hide such an explosive fact that the prince is going to become a monk? Fu Xuan also heard about it.He waited outside the palace, seeing the prime minister and his own county king leaving the palace one after the other, but they didn't say a word to each other like strangers, he felt a little understanding.

"Did the king and the prime minister have a disagreement?"

Wei Yizhi smiled: "That's right."

"That's not enough to stop talking." Since the actor's incident last time, he clearly felt that the county king had already treated Cheng as a true brother.

"Brotherhood is shit!"

Xie Shu was so angry that he smashed the inkstone.

Although most of the aristocratic families are wise and safe, but Wei Yizhi has a good relationship with the Ninth Prince, how can he give up this opportunity to honor David's family.

Mubai walked from the corridor to the door of the room, and said to the servants who probed their heads: "What did you all hear?"

The servants shook their heads in unison and quickly dispersed.

Only then did Mubai push the door open and go in, wanting to cry without tears: "My lord, manners, manners!"

In fact, the prince really has the heart of birth.

Almost everyone in the palace knew that the prince was not only benevolent, but also dedicated to Buddha.When the other princes were fighting for favor with the emperor, he was squatting in the corner of the palace wall and feeding the poor wild birds; while the other princes were talking loudly, he was sitting in the Buddhist hall meditating.Even being soft to Lu and Gu before, it was because of the goodness of heaven.

In all fairness, Xie Shu also felt that this kind of person was not suitable to be an emperor, but he was the eldest son and it was the rule.

On a larger scale, the balance of the aristocratic family is maintained by the rules. If someone destroys one, someone will destroy two, which will inevitably affect the balance.

To put it bluntly, if the emperor were to be abolished, he would definitely establish the Ninth Prince. How could that one wish to punish her to death? How could he let him succeed!Compared with the Ninth Prince, it is natural that the Prince is easy to deal with.

But now the emperor has the support of Wei Yizhi, he holds a heavy army, and his words carry weight.

Xie Shu calmed down after smashing things, sat in the study for a while, ordered Mubai to inform Huan Ting, and asked him to invite as many friends as possible to her banquet.

Mubai wondered: "My lord, do you still have the time to hold a banquet?"

"That's right, it's on the Qinhuai River."

Huan Ting loves to play, and he also likes this cousin. When he received the invitation, he agreed without saying a word, and then ran to call Yang Saw, Yuan Peiling and others.

The pontoon bridge under the Suzaku sails, the Qinhuai River is clear and quiet, the lights on both sides of the river are laid out, and the star river is brilliant all day long. The boat is in the middle of the water, like a floating starry sky, beautiful and magnificent.

Xie Shu ordered Mubai to invite Xie Ran to entertain everyone, while he himself went to the palace.

Since the Huya incident last time, Xie Ran hasn't shown up in front of people for a long time.In order to prevent him from developing arrogance, Xie Shu directly issued an order, even if he didn't want to, he had no choice but to come.

Xie Ran has always had a lot of contacts with the children of the big families, so the guests present were very happy to see him appear. When he was overwhelmed by the atmosphere, most of the resentment in his heart dissipated, and he immediately ordered people to invite singers and dancers, to accompany.

Everyone was eating, drinking and having fun, and their interest was high.

After seeing Xie Shu for a long time, Huan Ting couldn't help asking, "Why don't you see the prime minister?"

In fact, Xie Ran has not seen Xie Shu until now, he didn't know how to answer, Mubai raised the bamboo curtain, Xie Shu appeared at the cabin door.But she didn't enter right away, she turned sideways, and respectfully reached out her hand as a gesture of invitation.

A young man with a high crown and hair, and a purple robe with long sleeves leaned in, with gentle eyes, looking at so many people in the field, but his emotions were almost unaffected.

The people present immediately got up one after another, bowed their heads together and bowed down: "See His Royal Highness the Prince."

Sima Lin raised his hand: "Excuse me, everyone, today I am a guest at the prime minister's invitation just like everyone else."

(End of this chapter)