Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 21

Xie Ran finally sent a letter, saying that it had been deployed in Jiankang City.Xie Shu didn't want to stay any longer, so he immediately asked someone to notify Wei Yizhi to prepare for his departure.

Mu Zizhen specially found an opportunity to say goodbye to Shu. Compared with the impatient Mu Chong and his domineering younger sister, he is the most gentle member of the Mu family. Although he is the son of a general, he is more like a scholar.

"I heard that my sister-in-law offended the prime minister, and I hope that the prime minister will not remember the villain. She is the youngest, her mother died young, and her father has not been married, so she neglected to teach. In fact, my elder brother is also responsible."

Xie Shu smiled, noncommittal.

Mu Zizhen thanked her again for the marriage, bowed her head and said: "The prime minister rejected the Lu family's marriage, I am really grateful, thank you for your success."

Xie Shu helped him up: "The truth is not a knowledgeable person, not as good as Mr. Mu. In the future, Mr. Mu will have good things, and he will be a loving husband and wife. Therefore, it is reliable for Lu Cheng's daughter to marry you."

"The prime minister was joking. The prime minister's celestial appearance is in a high position again. It's just that he didn't intend to. If he wanted to, he would have been surrounded by beauties."

Xie Shu is helpless, I am determined but also powerless...

On the day of departure, Mu Miaorong locked herself in the room and cried for a long time.

After this farewell, I don't know when I will be able to see King Wuling, and then hearing my father say that there is no hope of marrying him, I am even more sad, and my eyes are swollen.

Before boarding the carriage, Xie Shu said to Mu Chong: "The governor can't even educate a daughter well, so how can he talk about serving as an official? It seems that it is a risky move to transfer you to Ningzhou, and I will not dare in the future." You have been promoted."

A mouthful of old blood choked in Mu Chong's throat, and he vomited back and lay there for three days.

It's the end of autumn, walking back from the colorful Ningzhou, the dazzling scenery gradually disappears along the way, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

Wei Yizhi hasn't seen Xie Shu in private for a long time, Xie Shu occasionally climbed into his carriage to discuss things, he didn't pay much attention to her, and often wandered away.

After several times like this, Xie Shu couldn't bear it anymore, thinking again and again, there is only one possibility.

"Zhongqing, have you taken a fancy to Mu Miaorong?" Speaking of which, she also intends to destroy the marriage. In her opinion, Mu Miaorong is far inferior to Wang Luoxiu, but Mu Miaorong is so beautiful that Wei It is not certain that Yizhi will be tempted.

Wei Yizhi shook his head and looked down at the book.

"Then what's the matter with you, a lost soul?" Xie Shu looked out of the car and sighed: "If Madam Xiang finds you like this when you go back, you will definitely think it's my fault again, and you must hate me to death."

Wei Yizhi gripped the scroll tightly, I hate you too...

In the early winter, when the horses and horses arrived in Wuling County, Wei Yizhi took the initiative to talk to Xie Shu: "Can Mr. Xie go to Wuling Prince's Mansion for a few days?"

Xie Shu stood outside the car, looked far north, and shook his head.

Jingzhou is to the north of Wuling County, and she doesn't want to get close.

Wei Yizhi seemed to have guessed a bit, and when he thought of the music made by the actor, he felt complicated.

When we arrived at the boundary of Jiangzhou, we realized that half a year had passed.

Xie Shu remembered how hot he was when he set off, but now he was wearing a cloak, and he was filled with emotion, and said to Wei Yizhi: "It's really not easy to march and fight. I admire you more and more."

Wei Yizhi suddenly leaned out of the carriage and ordered the Wei family to stop to say goodbye to Xie Shu.

Xie Shu was surprised: "Where are you going?"

Wei Yizhi glanced at her: "Go to Kuaiji to propose marriage."

Wei Yizhi's proposal of marriage was carefully considered.

He didn't expect that his eyes were higher than the top, and it was a man that he fell in love with for the first time.

The more I hope that Xie Shu is a woman, the sooner I want to cut it off, I have to make a thorough conclusion.

Snow began to fall from the sky, he stopped at the post station, looked out from the window, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

I didn't expect to get to the point of getting married in the end because I was forced to retreat by a Xie Shu.

Fu Xuan walked in from the door, brushed off the snowflakes from his shoulders, and presented the letter in his hand: "Jun Wang, the letter sent by Jiankang, it seems to be a big deal to hurry up."

Wei Yizhi quickly took it and opened it, and frowned after reading it carefully: "What a coincidence, the queen mother is critically ill, it seems that we can't talk about marriage at this time." He waved his hand, "Order, the snow will stop tomorrow." Let's go back to the capital."

As early as when they were in Ningzhou, the Empress Dowager was already in poor health. This year's winter came early and it was extremely cold, so her condition worsened immediately.

The emperor is a dutiful son. When he came to the throne at a young age, the powerful family members were like wolves, tigers and leopards. It was the empress dowager who listened to the government behind the curtain as a weak woman, and made false promises to everyone.

Seeing that his mother, who was kind to him in nurturing and supportive, was lying on the bed and wasting away day by day, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep or eat well, so he sent a special person to seek good doctors across the country every day.

Although the queen mother's serious illness is not a good thing, it is very beneficial to Xie Shu. It is not suitable to marry at this time. She has another reason to reject the Lu family's marriage.

Previously, Xie Ran had magnified and magnified Lu Cheng's handle, arranging a lot of witnesses, at least he could confirm that Lu Cheng was corrupt.Xie Shu pretended not to know, and only asked Tingwei to come forward to strictly investigate.

In fact, these things can't move Lu Cheng at all, at most they can remind him.It's just that the emperor was worried recently, and seeing this happened again, he was very angry, and demoted him from his position regardless.

Xie Shu came forward at this time, and kindly begged for Lu Cheng's favor, halving the punishment.

Lu Cheng knew that she was the one who did the trick but suffered from no proof, so he accepted it unwillingly. He scolded these gangsters in his heart, and thinking of his beloved son who had been killed, he became furious and shouted "" Great revenge is hard to avenge" and fell ill.

It is also sick, everyone is obviously more concerned about the Queen Mother.

The prince is benevolent and specially went to Guanghua Temple on Fuzhou Mountain to pray for her old man.As the prime minister, Xie Shu had to express something, so he asked to go with the prince.

Although all living beings are equal in the land of Buddhism, and there are real royal relatives and nobles, the common people can only be stopped by the forbidden army and watch eagerly.

Xie Shu entered the Daxiong Palace, and immediately felt a knife-like gaze piercing his body. Looking up, it turned out that the other princes were also there today, and among them was the Ninth Prince.

I haven't seen her for more than half a year, but Sima Ting has grown a lot taller. He stared at her coldly. If he didn't worry that someone would come up and beat her.

Xie Shu pretended not to see this look, saluted several princes one after another, and then stood quietly in the line to pray for the Queen Mother.

The form is uncomplicated and ends quickly.

Xie Shu bowed to the prince and took his leave first. Sima Ting had already passed her and went out. While walking, he said to the other princes who were traveling together: "Brother Zhongqing is going back to the capital today? Let's all go to meet him."

Hearing his address, Xie Shu suddenly felt that the Ninth Prince was quite cute. How many people did someone like Wei Zhongqing really regard as brothers?

Down the mountain actually began to snow.Mubai stood guard at the foot of the mountain, tied her cloak, and said in a low voice, "Wuling King's chariots and horses have already entered the city, but have not yet reached Kuaiji."

Xie Shu nodded: "Since the marriage has not been completed, Wang Wei's power will not become stronger for the time being, so go tell Mr. Ran to withdraw the plan."

"Yes."

Because there was a prince coming here, the imperial guards were guarding along the way, and the people nearby were also evacuated.Xie Shu looked up at the sky, and said to Mubai: "I won't take the car anymore, let me go."

Going south, cross Dongmen Bridge and Nanyin Bridge to reach Qingxi.

The snow was falling more and more, Xie Shu finally lost interest and was about to board the car when she heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance. She turned her head and looked, and someone was approaching at the end of the street. Only when she got closer did she realize that it was Wei Yizhi.

Seeing that there were horses and chariots, Wei Yizhi reined in his horse and stopped, and light snow fell on his cloak.

He looked at Xie Shu, standing in the snow, her eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with snow, her surroundings were white, and her lips became more and more shockingly red.

They looked at each other for a long time, but it was Xie Shu who greeted him first: "Why did the King of Wuling go back alone first? Just now I heard His Highness Ninth Prince said that he was going to welcome you."

"My mother has some matters that I need to go back to deal with, so I will go first." Wei Yizhi didn't stay any longer, and after finishing speaking, he transferred his horse and left.

Xie Shu felt that he seemed to be preoccupied when he came back this time. Could it be because he regretted not being able to propose a marriage for the time being?
I can't tell he's worried.

As soon as Wei Yizhi returned to the mansion, he saw Mrs. Xiang sitting in the hall with a straight face, obviously waiting for him.

He took off his cloak while stepping into the hall: "What's the matter, mother, are you unhappy when I come back?"

Mrs. Xiang snorted: "Didn't you write to say that you went to Kuaiji to propose marriage? Why did you come back like this? The queen mother is seriously ill and she doesn't want to marry, but you can also settle the marriage first!"

Wei Yizhi sat down beside her: "I am Da Sima, how can I go back to Kuaiji after receiving the news, it will be confirmed."

Mrs. Xiang had no choice but to rub the handkerchief angrily.

Wei Yizhi comforted her: "I really plan to get married this time, are you still afraid that I will go back on my word?"

"Really?" Mrs. Xiang was now happy: "Hearing you say that, a big stone has fallen from my heart."

Wei Yizhi smiled.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the new year, the queen mother was seriously ill, and it was difficult for the common people to celebrate to their heart's content, and the smell of the new year was almost invisible in the capital.

Xie Shu was leading all the officials to eat vegetarian food with the prince to pray for the queen mother. He hadn't tasted meat for many days, and his mouth was bitter.Just about to ask Mubai to quietly get her some meat to eat, Xie Ran came, mysteriously took out a package from his sleeve, and put it in front of her.

Xie Shu took it apart and saw that it was a whole piece of barbecue, drooling greedily: "Tuiji, I see you are getting more and more handsome recently."

Xie Ran has figured out Xie Shu's temper. As long as it's not a big deal, she's easy to talk to. A pack of ice cubes and a barbeque can make her smile.

"As long as the prime minister likes it."

"luv't."

Xie Ran took the opportunity and said: "Then can I take back those people who gave to Xie Ling?"

Xie Shu paused: "What happened to him?"

"It's nothing," Xie Ran said with a righteous face, "I don't like it."

Xie Shu shook his head amusedly: "Grandfather told me before that the family of my great-uncle and grand-uncle is very difficult to deal with. As long as it's not a big deal, just let them mess around. It's important to save some energy for serious business."

Having said that, Xie Ran could only give up.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, something happened to Xie Ling.

Xie Ran hastily walked into Xie Shu's study room, complaining: "The prime minister doesn't listen to my request all day, now the Xie family has been implicated by Xie Ling!"

Xie Shu was startled: "What's going on?"

"Xie Ling led people to practice. He didn't want to wait for a ready-made place, but he wanted to run into the street. Today, he bumped into the imperial army who was looking for medicine for the Queen Mother. Not only did he hurt two doctors, but he also destroyed the best medicinal materials."

"What?" Xie Shu got up annoyed, "Your Majesty is very concerned about the Empress Dowager's condition, and it's the time when he is furious recently. This uncle will really cause trouble for me!"

Xie Ran had a look of hatred on his face: "I have already said that this person is not available, and the prime minister should not be courteous to him."

"Forget it, it's useless to say these things at this time." Xie Shu went back to his room to change his official uniform: "I'll go into the palace and apologize to His Majesty."

It is conceivable that the emperor was furious. The empress dowager was at a critical point in her condition and needed good medicine and medicine, but the prime minister connived at her relatives to spoil the event.

Even if you control the government, you can't be so defiant, it's like committing a crime!

Xie Shu knelt in the imperial study room, pleading guilty again and again.

"Xie Xiang knows that he is guilty now? If the Queen Mother makes a mistake, can you bear it?"

"Damn my humble minister."

"Hmph, I can't thank you. If you want to, go and kneel for a few hours outside the palace for the queen mother!" The emperor walked out of the palace with a flick of his sleeves.

Xie Shu sighed, His Majesty governed the country with filial piety, so now, he can only admit defeat.

The weather was gloomy, and it seemed that it was going to snow again.She lifted up her clothes and knelt down outside the imperial study room, and she delayed Xie Lingling a hundred times in her heart.

There was a little palace maid who quietly stuffed a cushion for her while no one was around. In fact, kneeling was not too tiring, but something unexpected happened not long after.

Xie Shu felt a cramping pain in his lower abdomen, and suddenly screamed that it was not good, he actually forgot that today is the day of menstruation, the incident happened suddenly, without preparation, this can be regarded as torture.

Forget it, I originally planned to kneel down on him for a moment, since the timing is not right, let's kneel for a while...

Wei Yizhi had just visited the Empress Dowager, came out of the inner palace, passed by the imperial study, and saw Xie Shu kneeling there.

He had already heard the emperor Lei Ting speak about Xie Ling angrily, and he was not surprised by it: "Although it is rare for the prime minister to punish you by kneeling, if you don't kneel, something will happen to the queen mother, and the fire will burn on you. "

Xie Shu sighed: "You still understand."

"How long have you been kneeling?"

Xie Shu looked up at the sky: "It's almost two hours."

Wei Yizhi raised his eyebrows slightly, he hadn't entered the palace two hours ago.

"Zhongqing go back first, I'll leave later."

Wei Yizhi saw that she was just going through the motions, and was really worried that the emperor would be so angry again.He shook his head and was about to leave, but when he turned around, he saw a small wet stain on the hem of her lower body, which was already dark brown on the black official robe, and he couldn't help being surprised.

After killing enemies on the battlefield for many years, he is most familiar with bloodshed, which is obviously blood stains.

Xie Shu glanced at him sideways, his face turned blue because he endured the pain: "Why don't you leave?"

Wei Yizhi remained silent and seemed to be thinking. After a long time, he took off the cloak and put it on her, and then left the palace.

Xie Shu didn't know about this, and didn't find out that the back of the official robe was stained until he changed his clothes after returning home. Thinking of Wei Yizhi's actions again, he was secretly shocked.

Wei Yizhi is not an ignorant young man, maybe he knows about women.The point is that he already had doubts, and I'm afraid that the suspicions that were suppressed by her before will be drawn out again this time.

This matter is serious, if he finds out, he will definitely not die well.

Xie Shu thought for a long time in the room, and decided to take precautions, so he wrote a note and asked for leave, saying that he was injured and needed recuperation.

The injury is easy to say, but the location of the injury is hard to say.

In order not to arouse Wei Yizhi's suspicion, Xie Shu deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and blocked everyone who came to visit.

Unexpectedly, indecent rumors spread in the market not long after - the prime minister had a brave and extraordinary male favorite, several times in a night, the prime minister was injured in the back court, and when he entered the palace, the wound burst and blood was seen...

Xie Shu was angry and funny, how could outsiders know where she was hurt, it was definitely because she was not strict with her mouth.

She said to Mubai: "Give me a lesson on all those maids and servants who are serving you, speak without restraint, even go out and talk nonsense about where the truth hurts!"

Mubai was even angrier than she: "Young master, don't worry, this subordinate has already taught you a lesson!" After speaking, he glanced at Xie Shu, and quickly filtered it in his mind, making sure that there really is no such thing as a brave man in the mansion.

Unexpectedly, despite the rumors from the outside world, Wei Yizhi remained silent.Huan Ting, Yuan Peiling and others had come to visit Xie Shu several times, but he stayed put, as if he didn't know anything about it.

The New Year passed through the empress dowager's repeated illness and the heavy gossip of the prime minister. In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of the 27th year of Yuanhe, and everyone had forgotten about it. Wei Yizhi suddenly came to the prime minister's mansion.

When Xie Shu walked into the study, he saw him sitting behind the desk drinking tea, wearing a crow-green robe with large sleeves, he hadn't seen him for more than a month, his appearance was as elegant as usual.

"Why did Zhongqing come today?"

Wei Yizhi raised his head and looked over with a smile on his face: "Your injury is still unhealed, I am a little concerned, so I came to see you."

Seeing his smile, Xie Shu felt annoyed, sat down opposite him and said, "I'm sorry."

"I should have come to see you earlier, but I heard that you didn't see any visitors, so I put it off until today."

"I can't help it, the position of the injury is indecent, I'm ashamed to see people."

"So that's the case, but I've always been puzzled, what kind of injury will hurt that position, is it really as rumored?"

Xie Shu smiled: "Zhongqing really cares about my affairs."

"That's natural," Wei Yizhi stared at her, and said clearly: "Who made you and me brothers?"

When Mubai came in to serve him, Wei Yizhi had already left.

Xie Shu naturally understood that he was here to test things out, and after sitting behind the case and contemplating for a while, he ordered Mubai: "Go find a tall and strong man from the Xie family's staff."

Mubai looked puzzled, but hurried to do it.

There is a tall and strong man named Qi Zheng among the Xie family's staff.Xie Shu hadn't seen him in person, and after hearing Mubai's description, he thought it was okay, so he decided to use him.

She handed the list she had just written to Mubai: "Go and invite all the people on this list, just say that today I will invite everyone to have a boating gathering at Xuanwu Lake."

Huan Ting and others were naturally on the list. Huan Ting was in a hurry for the rumors that had intensified during this time but never saw the prime minister. When he received the invitation, he ran faster than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)