Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 3

The Ninth Prince did not let Xie Shu go, he had a good relationship with Wei Yizhi, and he believed that Xie Shufang was the one who had benefited from Wei Yizhi and was acting obediently. Since the courtiers talk about political achievements every year? According to my children, I have to talk about the style. Today, hundreds of officials are on the list, and the King of Wuling just returned to the capital. Let's comment on the most worthy of "good" in this court. Who is the minister of the word, how is it?"

It would be inappropriate for the emperor or any official to mention this, but the Ninth Prince is young and has always been favored, so it is naturally difficult for everyone present to say anything.

The officials also know that today's protagonist is King Wuling. His reputation is very good, so it's not wrong to just recommend him at that time.

However, Prime Minister Xie is sitting in front of him, so things are not easy to handle.

Xie Shu thought it was funny, no one in the civil and military courts knew that she was a traitor, and now she is acting like a traitor, and the word "good" really has nothing to do with her.The Ninth Prince is bullying her and becoming addicted.

The Emperor Piansheng didn't let her worry, and asked her first: "Since Prime Minister Xie is the head of all the officials, it's up to you to tell the story. In this full dynasty, who can afford the word 'good'?"

All the officials breathed a sigh of relief, whoever opened the mouth would be unlucky, let the prime minister decide for himself.

Xie Shu also didn't get up, bowed his hands towards the emperor, and said solemnly: "I feel that among the whole court, the only person who deserves such a reputation is myself."

"Pfft!" The Ninth Prince spewed out all the wine in one gulp, his face was red and black, so it was wonderful.

Wei Yizhi still just smiled, put down the wine glass in his hand, and stared at her carefully, as if interested.

The emperor was shocked by her brazenness: "How to say?"

Xie Shu rolled up his sleeves and held the folding fan in his hand, with a calm and composed expression: "Your Majesty also knows that the status of the humble minister is low, and he has received many looks at him since he entered the court. But what about the humble minister? Not only was he not overwhelmed by gossip, he also always adhered to the principles of the prime minister. Duty and loyalty. Isn’t this humble official a living inspirational model? How can you not be able to accept the word 'good'?" She said very emotionally, her eyes rolled, and there were tears in her eyes, which almost made the emperor feel sympathetic.

Probably never seen such a shameless person, the emperor was speechless for a while.

Xie Shu suddenly got up and said: "In case someone says the truth is sophistry, let's cast a vote today. You don't need to write your name, you don't need to write your name. Whoever thinks he deserves the word 'good' just write his name on the paper. At that time, His Majesty the Ninth Prince will personally count the votes, and His Majesty will personally announce the results, so it is fair, isn't it?"

No one dared to say anything, Wei Yizhi opened his mouth: "It sounds very interesting, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

The emperor let out a dry cough, and he nodded his head, "Then let's do it this way."

The palace people filed in with pens, inks, papers and inkstones, but they were quick, and soon there was a result.

The nine princes stand in front of the emperor and roll their names one by one. The eunuch Xiang next to the emperor is responsible for recording. After the final count, unexpectedly, it is really Xie Shu, who is worthy of one more vote for King Wuling.

"Impossible!" The Ninth Prince shook his sleeves and descended the steps angrily. The Emperor also frowned. Only Wei Yizhi and Xie Shu didn't change their faces, as if they were not the two of them who were discussing now.

Now the atmosphere became very delicate, the emperor gradually felt bored, a banquet did not bring any benefits, and Xie Shu was given a lot of limelight. Longxin was displeased, and soon left the banquet early with the excuse of dizziness.

Seeing this, Xie Shu also left immediately.She is the prime minister, so there is nothing she can do if she wants to show off, but it just makes the Ninth Prince even more unhappy.

"After the common people, they just don't know the rules!"

Holding the wine cup, Wei Yizhi looked up at the back of her hurriedly leaving, but smiled and said nothing.

Xie Shu walked all the way, not even caring about the winks cast by the maids, just after leaving the palace gate, Mubai came up to meet him, and she hurriedly ordered: "Brush and ink will serve you."

"Yes." Without delay, Mubai helped her into the carriage, lit the lantern, and found out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Xie Shu spread out the folding fan, spread the paper on the fan and drew and drew, stopping to recall from time to time, and he was busy for a long time before he stopped writing.

"Here, copy the name I wrote on it."

Mubai took it, and dared to ask: "My lord is in such a hurry, what did you write down?"

"It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's just that I'm in a hurry, and I'm afraid I'll forget what I wrote down." She spread out her folding fan and fanned it, and then slowly fell back with her heart in her hand.

Following the Ninth Prince's pole to put forward the idea of ​​voting today, it is nothing more than trying to test the bottom line.She wrote down the seats of the officials at the banquet, and the maids received the nominations in order, and the nine princes also came in order. As long as they were seated according to the number, they would know who chose her and who did not.

If she is not from the Xie family, there is nothing wrong with it, but if the Xie family did not choose her, then something should be done.

She closed her eyes and calculated carefully in her heart, suddenly she was taken aback, took the paper in Mubai's hand and looked at it again, the corner of her mouth twitched: "No way..."

Wei Yizhi actually chose her too!
This... must be her own misremembering, right?
Wei Yizhi was born in the Hedong Wei family, which is also a famous family.

I think that the Wei family also rose up in the past, and even the current queen mother is from the Wei family, but it is a pity that the two Wang and Xie families who united were defeated.The Wei family and the Wei family fought each other again after the two battles, and finally the Xie family won the championship in one fell swoop, and they rose to glory, and they have been together for decades.

Therefore, the enmity between Wei Yizhi and Xie Shu, if it is small, is a personal life-long event being misunderstood, and if it is large, it is a family business.

Compared with other Wei family members, Wei Yizhi's mother, Mrs. Xiang, is the most responsible hero in the family.She comes from a famous family and has the talent of Liu Xu. Although she is a woman, she is also a well-known figure in Dajin.But what is louder than her name is her fiery temper.

When Wei Yi returned to Da Sima Mansion, Mrs. Xiang rushed over and asked, "How is it? Is that brat surnamed Xie wanting to jump into the river out of embarrassment?"

Wei Yizhi held her hand with a smile: "My lord, I have seen Your Highness the Ninth Prince in the daytime, so it's all about this matter? I said why did I change my good clothes into coarse cloth?"

Mrs. Xiang's face was full of red: "Did my mother avenge you? That old bastard surnamed Xie prevented me from holding my grandson as soon as possible. How could I spare his grandson!"

Wei Yizhi smiled without saying a word, just as acquiescence, so as to ease her heart.

The emperor was obviously agitated by the banquet, and announced the suspension of the morning court the next day.But it happened that other officials had received the news early, and only Xie Shu was informed of the matter when he arrived in the palace.

It's a waste of time.Well, it's time to exercise!
Maoshi has not yet passed, and the sun has just shown its face.Xie Shu was walking back in court attire, and all the little maids kneeling on the ground along the way glanced at her.The picturesque eyebrows and eyes are set off by the solemn court dress, which is even more eye-catching. The toga has long sleeves, and the movement is windy, adding to the charm.

Xie Shu was pretending in court, but he was playful in private. He caught a glimpse of a court lady peeping at her, and deliberately winked at her, which made the little girl bury her face in her knees in shame.As soon as she left, the little maid was beaten violently by her companions.

"Well, you little fox, you actually seduced my prime minister!"

"Hey, the prime minister is mine, you go away!"

"You just go aside! You clearly said that the one you like is King Wuling!"

He boarded the chariot and went out of the palace gate. Not long after, he suddenly saw the carriage of King Wuling appearing in front of him, coming from the opposite side.Xie Shu thought he had misread it, so he stopped quickly, and when he took a closer look, Wei Yizhi had already lifted the curtain and poked his face out.

"Hey, King Wuling is going to court?"

Wei Yizhi nodded with a smile: "Some things were delayed today, and I came a bit late. Why, seeing the posture of Xie Xiang, could it be that the morning is over?"

Xie Shu laughed: "Where, Your Majesty drank a few more glasses yesterday, and stopped this morning. I thought that only the Prime Minister's Mansion was not notified, and I don't want the Da Sima Mansion to be the same."

"So that's the case." Wei Yizhi's face suddenly revealed, "If that's the case, then I will go back the same way with Prime Minister Xie."

"It's so good." Xie Shu put down the curtain of the car, smiled at Mubai, "You really know how to be a man, afraid that I would hate His Majesty because of this, so he made a rush to prove that His Majesty didn't intend to target me."

Mubai let out an "ah": "This subordinate thought that King Wuling really hadn't been notified."

"Your Majesty attaches so much importance to him, it is impossible not to notify him even if the civil and military officials of the court do not notify him." Xie Shu lovingly patted Mubai's head: "You are a pure and good boy, keep it."

"..."

The spring day was thick, and the luxurious car of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the simple car of the King of Wuling drove side by side on the avenue in the city, immediately attracting crowds of onlookers.

Mubai pouted and said: "It's impolite, even if you are the county king and the chief minister, you are one level lower than your son, the prime minister, how can you keep pace with your car?"

Xie Shu shook his fan and smiled.

This is the cunning of King Wuling, if he is always forbearing, it will only make her wary, but if he deliberately shows his sharpness, it will make people feel that there is nothing to fear.At that time, he deliberately borrowed a suit of clothes to make things difficult for her at the banquet, and this was probably the reason.

She sighed, this person's mind is unfathomable, it is really difficult to deal with.

At this moment, Wei Yizhi suddenly called her.Xie Shu raised the curtain, and saw his face as bright as pearls soaked in the sunlight, the smile on his lips wished he could melt the sight of others.

Surprised voices from the surrounding women came one after another, King Wuling didn't show his face the day he entered the city, but today he suddenly lifted the curtain, how could we not surprise them?And as soon as Xie Shu showed his face, another group of women's exclamation sounded again, almost with the momentum of the voice just now.

Xie Shu showed Wei Yizhi a helpless expression: "Why did King Wuling suddenly call the truth?"

Wei Yizhi suddenly smiled meaningfully: "It's nothing, I just want to see if Xiang Xie is as popular as the rumors, it seems to be true."

Xie Shu narrowed his eyes slightly: "The meaning of this is that the King of Wuling wants to compete with the truth?" She gently pressed her fan against her cheek, "Just for this face?"

Wei Yizhi hadn't answered yet, only heard a "plop", someone had already thrown melons and fruits onto Xie Shu's car, obviously fascinated by her unintentional actions.

"Look, the king hasn't said anything yet, the competition has already started." Wei Yizhi smiled and lowered the curtain on the window pane, and someone threw melons and fruits onto his carriage again.

For a moment, crowds surrounded both sides of the street, throwing melons and fruits one after another, standing in line on the left and right, with clear barriers, even Mubai and Fu Xuan were taken out to compete.

The main lineups of the two sides have developed from a silent contest to a vocal confrontation. One party said that my prime minister is extremely beautiful and talented;

The happiest ones are the melon and fruit vendors on the street, the low-oil ones make money!

Until the car drove through the long street, the two cars stopped at the fork and were about to say goodbye.

Xie Shu picked up the curtain and got out of the car, walked to the side of Wei Yizhi's car and said, "I heard that there are many beautiful men in the Wei family in the east of the river. Today, I am deeply convinced by the truth. The king of Wuling is really beautiful, so it's no wonder he will be called Throwing fruit into the car."

Wei Yizhi also got out of the car himself, and the black court dress with dark pattern brocade was naturally luxurious on him. He smiled gently and said: "Mr. Xie is absurd, how can this king compare to Mr. Xie?"

The two pretended to be humble to each other, Xie Shu suddenly showed embarrassment, and coughed dryly: "I just saw that you were thrown a lot of pomegranates and plums on your car. I am ashamed to say that the things I like There are very few, but I like to eat these two things, I don’t know..."

Wei Yizhi smiled lightly, and immediately said: "Fu Xuan, pick out the pomegranates and plums from my king's cart and put them on the prime minister's cart."

Fu Xuan frowned, but obediently obeyed.

Not a moment later, the people who quietly followed and watched spread the word.

"Hey, stop arguing, even the King of Wuling himself gave melons and fruits to the prime minister, that's clearly the meaning of being willing to bow down!"

"Hahaha! Let's just say that Mr. Xie is the number one beauty in Dajin!" Xie Shu's fans were proud.

"No, no, no! I don't believe it!" Three of Wei Yizhi's fans fainted.

A long time after the two sides said goodbye, Fu Xuan asked Wei Yizhi in a low voice through the curtain: "Why does the county king indulge the prime minister so much? He is clearly trying to use tricks to win."

"It doesn't matter. Originally, this competition was just a random nonsense of this king. If a man stands in the sky and the earth, why should he rely on a face?" Wei Yizhi said, and suddenly smiled: "However, this thank you is really interesting."

Interesting Prime Minister Xie returned to the prime minister's mansion and then knelt down and concentrated on eating pomegranates. While peeling the skins for her, Mubai said triumphantly, "I just said that the King of Wuling is not as good as you, my lord."

Xie Shu curled his lips indifferently: "Don't talk too much, just holding a heavy soldier and being valued by His Majesty, my son, I have to admire him."

Mubai rolled his eyes in disdain.

The courtyard had already turned on the lamp, and the old butler walked to the door of the study, ignoring the pomegranate peels all over the floor, and reported, "My lord, someone from Da Sima's residence has sent you something."

"Oh?" Xie Shu got up from behind the case, "Take a look."

Mubai immediately went to pick it up at the door, it turned out to be a set of plain white clothes, he took a look in his hand, and said unexpectedly: "My lord, isn't this the casual clothes you wore to the banquet that day?"

Xie Shu took it over and took a look, and it was true.

At that time, when she saw the coarse cloth clothes, she knew that the King of Wuling was deliberately threatening her with his body problem. After changing the clothes, he specially left his torn casual clothes. It seemed that he forgot to take them, but in fact "Gift in return".

The meaning is: Oh, I see you are so poor. Although the clothes are torn, they are quite valuable, so I will let you go.

Now that the clothes have been sent back again, does Wei Yizhi also have a "return gift"?
With this mood, Xie Shu unfolded his clothes and took a closer look, but was startled.

The corner of the clothes that was cut off by the sword has been put back together, and the seams are embroidered with high-quality red gold thread, which looks more delicate and luxurious.

"What else did the visitor say?"

The steward said: "People say that the King of Wuling personally ordered the clothes to be sent to the young master. The red gold thread on this is the spoils obtained from the battle against Tuyuhun. It is the right to return the gift to you before."

Xie Shu laughed: "But he also took away my gift."

"The King of Wuling said that he would not be rewarded for his merits, but he cut the clothes himself, so he must return them intact."

Xie Shu nodded: "I understand, this is a gesture of goodwill."

She clicked tut twice in her mouth. During the banquet that day, Wei Yizhi first taunted her, and then gave her a vote, which should have the same meaning.This opponent is indeed formidable, look at this guy's tricks, you don't know what he's thinking, if you can't hold your breath, you'll mess yourself up.

She gave the clothes to Mubai, told him to put them away carefully, and accepted the gift unceremoniously.

After finishing all this work, I just wanted to continue sitting down and eating pomegranates, but the housekeeper actually left and came back.

"Young master, it's not good. The old servant just got the news that Mr. Ran committed suicide!"

Xie Shu choked on a mouthful of fruit pulp and coughed for a long time, wondering who is Mr. Ran?
The Xie family is a big family, there are nearly a hundred people living in the prime minister's mansion alone.Xie Shu entered Xie's house relatively late, and was caught by Xie Mingguang every day to teach this and that. He had no chance to contact other people at all, so he didn't know a few people at all.

The housekeeper hurriedly went to deal with Mr. Ran's affairs, she was not in the mood to eat any more pomegranates, and asked Mubai, "Who is this Mr. Ran?"

Mubai replied: "My lord doesn't know something, in fact, in terms of seniority, you should still call Mr. Ran a cousin, he is the lord's nephew."

My lord is Xie Mingguang. Since he is Xie Mingguang's nephew, he is the son of Xie Mingguang's younger brother's family.Brother Xie Mingguang separated his family a long time ago, so it stands to reason that Mr. Ran should be kept in the second house, so how could he be in the Prime Minister's mansion?Xie Shu was puzzled.

Mubai continued: "It's just that something happened later, his identity changed instantly..."

Xie Shu was puzzled: "What happened?"

Mubai turned his head left and right to make sure there was no one there, then he mysteriously approached Balabala and said something, and after he finished speaking, he had an expression of "I won't tell him to ordinary people".

"Oh~~~" Xie Shu's expression was indescribably subtle.

(End of this chapter)