Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 37

The jailer said, "All recruited."

Wang Jingzhi took a look at the confession letter, nodded, and ordered: "Take her to Miyagi, let her explain clearly to His Highness Ninth Prince in person."

The person was dragged out, Xie Shu said: "I always feel that it is too smooth, is there any problem?"

Wang Jingzhi walked out and said: "I have concerns, but right now it's better for His Royal Highness to give up being an enemy of the crown prince."

"makes sense."

Sima Ting was guarding outside the Helu Gate. He hadn't slept well or eaten a good meal in the past few days. He had lost a lot of weight. Thinking about his father's life and death, and his mother's concubine being trapped in the palace, Xie Shu His hatred became stronger.

Huan Ting came to be a lobbyist once, and Yuan Peiling hurried him away: "It's okay if you persuade me, but let's forget about convincing His Highness the Ninth Prince."

Sima Ting was even angrier because of this, Xie Shu, a treacherous minister, still wanted to persuade him to give up?dream!
Yang Qiao came from a distance, saluted and said: "Your Highness, Prime Minister Xie and Wang Taifu said that they brought witnesses, which can prove that it was not the queen who framed the noble concubine."

Sima stood up excitedly: "Let them roll over!"

Both Xie Shu and Wang Jingzhi were dressed in court clothes, they were extraordinarily solemn, they saluted Sima Ting, but he remained silent with a sullen face.

"Your Highness, the beauty presented to His Majesty by King Jin of Changsha is the one who framed the imperial concubine. This matter has nothing to do with the Queen and the Crown Prince."

Xie Shu handed the confession letter to Sima Ting with both hands, and when he took it, he still glared at her fiercely.

"The King of Changsha's scheme?" Sima Ting looked at Xie Shu coldly, "Uncle Huang came here under the banner of killing you, so you're not trying to blame Jiangdong with this move?"

Xie Shu asked the jailer to bring the beauty up.

The miserable woman was tortured, she couldn't kneel stably, she bowed to Sima Ting, and suddenly said sharply: "His Royal Highness, Rong Bing, it was the prime minister and the Taifu who forced me to give false testimony. In fact, this matter has nothing to do with the king of Changsha. The people who really ordered me to frame the imperial concubine are the queen and the prince!"

Xie Shu hurriedly ordered someone to subdue her, but she bit her tongue and committed suicide.

"Thank you!" Sima Ting was furious, so angry that he wanted to draw his sword.

The guards of the Xiangfu rushed forward, protecting Xie Shu and retreating, Yuan Peiling hurriedly went to ask Sima Ting: "Your Highness, calm down."

Knowing that he was responsible for this matter, Wang Jingzhi took the initiative to stand in front of Xie Shu: "Your Highness, this is a trick of King Changsha, don't fall for it!"

The imperial army led by Wang Jiama and Xie Yun immediately raised their weapons, and the situation was imminent.

"Your Highness!" Someone came on a horse from a distance, and when they got closer, they stopped and hurriedly reported: "King Wuling is already on his way back to the capital!"

King Changsha's army is not far from Changsha County, but Wei Yizhi has already arrived in Jiangzhou County.Because Xie Shu had written him a letter a long time ago, asking him to go back to the capital quietly.

Wei Yizhi ordered [-] soldiers and horses in Wuling County, and divided them into three groups to march towards Jiankang. He was the first one.But King Changsha was concerned about the last one, so he thought he was behind him, but in fact he was almost at Jiankang.

He did not rush back to the capital, but set up camp in Jiangzhou, and then ordered 10 troops to be transferred from the Xuzhou military camp to guard the border defense of the capital, showing a trend of echoing back and forth.

Sima Ting had already sent a letter to Wei Yizhi, but according to the time, it could not be so fast, so he was very surprised when he heard the news.

Wei Yi's life is full of troubles. He entered the camp at a young age and cultivated a calm disposition.Concubine Yuan Gui kept saying that he was impulsive by nature, and asked him to learn more from Wei Yizhi.Thinking of these words now, he felt ashamed and sad, so he took the initiative to put away his temper, let Xie Shu go, and decided to meet Wei Yizhi in person.

Both Xie Shu and Wang Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered their troops to retreat to Miyagi, and the two sides returned to a confrontation.

When he returned, Wang Jingzhi was in the same car with Xie Shu again, and he said worriedly: "The king of Wuling must have returned to the capital to support the nine princes. He has a strong army and horses. After dealing with the king of Changsha, the next one will be the prince."

Xie Shu shook his fan and said nothing.

Wei Yizhi's military camp is set up in the wild, the night is peaceful, and the spring breeze blows the fragrance of new flowers into the tent.He stood in the tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the terrain of Jiangzhou and silently calculating his plan.

This area is a place where people's livelihood gathers, so it is really disadvantageous to start a war.

Naturally, it would be best to retreat without a fight.

Sima Ting walked in with big strides, and Wei Yizhi didn't turn his head before saying a word, "Your Highness is impulsive again."

His eyes turned red: "Brother Zhongqing said it easily, the emperor is bedridden, and the concubine mother is trapped deep in the palace. I have been held in their hands since I was a child, how can I just sit idly by?"

Wei Yizhi turned around and asked him to sit down.

"Your Highness is understandably in a mood, but it's too easy to be used by others. You and the prince are at war, and the one who benefits the most is the King of Changsha."

Sima Ting snorted coldly: "I knew Uncle Huang had no good intentions, that's why I was so anxious to ask Brother Zhongqing to come back."

"That's good, I thought His Highness wrote the letter for himself, so that protecting the country and the country will not be in vain His Majesty's expectations of you." Wei Yizhi said with a smile: "It's also thanks to His Highness's letter, otherwise my mother I really don’t want to let this king come back.”

He called Fu Xuan to give some instructions, and then said to Sima Ting: "Your Highness, please stay in the Da Sima Mansion temporarily. It is really inappropriate to guard outside the palace every day. The Empress Dowager and the noble concubine will not feel at ease."

Sima Ting always listened to his words, and thought that everything was arranged by him, so he nodded obediently.

Xie Shu should have come to see Wei Yizhi as soon as possible, but something happened suddenly.

Murong Chao, the right-wing king of Tuyuhun, suddenly led an army into Ningzhou, burned, killed and looted, breaking the peace that had not been maintained for several years.

Now the court is in chaos, the two princes are confronting each other, an emperor's uncle is eyeing him, and there is another foreign invasion, but the emperor who holds the power of the court is still lying on the sickbed.

Xie Shu was so worried that he drew several bastards in the study, and finally decided to ask the eyeliner in the palace to keep an eye on the emperor's movements.

I heard that the emperor occasionally wakes up recently, and she wants to really become a traitorous minister.

After three days in a row, I finally received news that the emperor had woken up again.Xie Shu entered the palace immediately, because the emperor's condition was up and down, and she didn't even have time to change the court clothes.

With all the gates in the palace city closed, Xie Shu hurried into the palace with Huan Peisheng, Xie Ran, Xie Ziyuan and other cronies, and went straight to the emperor's bedroom.

Eunuch Xiang saw something wrong with a large group of people coming here from a distance, and wanted to move the queen mother, but Mubai had already stepped forward to restrain him.

The imperial doctor was asking the emperor to take medicine at this time, and seeing the prime minister bring so many people in, he was baffled, but unfortunately he was taken out of the palace gate before he could figure out the situation.

"Weichen see Your Majesty."

Everyone saluted together, the emperor was weak and leaned against the bedside weakly: "The prime minister entered the palace late at night, what's the matter?"

"This minister is here to ask His Majesty to fulfill his promise, and His Majesty asks His Majesty to let this minister return to the post of Minister of Records."

The emperor's eyes widened: "Are you trying to force the palace?"

Xie Shu smiled like a flower: "Your Majesty, you are serious. Didn't you personally promise to restore the humble officials to their original posts after His Highness the Crown Prince got married?"

The emperor was so angry that his face turned pale, and he put his hands on his chest and gasped for breath.

Xie Shu looked respectful: "Don't be angry, Your Majesty. During the period of your coma, the empress, the crown prince, and the noble concubine suffered grievances. His Highness the Ninth Highness was instigated to fight with the crown prince. The king of Changsha has rebelled, and Tuyuhun has also entered Ningzhou. The Great Jin Dynasty is already suffering from internal and external troubles, so please be considerate of this humble official's feelings of being loyal to the country."

The emperor was shocked: "Why did no one tell me this?"

"Your Majesty needs to recuperate and not be stimulated. I have no choice but to tell you." Xie Shu raised his hand slightly: "Please give me the seal and ribbon of Lu Shangshu Shi."

All the ministers present bowed down: "Your Majesty, please take care of the overall situation."

"You..." His Majesty pointed at Xie Shu angrily, too angry to speak.

Xie Shu looked at him calmly: "You are not joking."

The emperor choked for a moment and gradually calmed down.Xie Shu only wanted power, he would not betray the country, and he was wrong in agreeing first.What's more, his current situation is indeed not suitable for holding power.

"Hmph, Prime Minister Xie is really looking more and more like an old prime minister." The emperor sneered, and said loudly: "Come here, take the minister's seal."

Under Mubai's watchful eye, Eunuch Xiang approached with the seal ribbon in hand, the emperor was tired again.

"Your Majesty is wise, please take care of the dragon body."

The emperor watched a group of people exit the screen, and fainted from vomiting.

Xie Shu went out of the palace gate, and said to the imperial physician, "If something happens to Your Majesty, I will ask for you."

The imperial doctor was frightened and rushed in to rescue the emperor.

On the way back to the mansion, Xie Shu said with a smile: "Now that you have real power, it's not bad for the king of Changsha to say that he wants to be on the side of the Qing emperor."

On the second day, Xie Shu went to Jiangzhou to meet Wei Yizhi.Because of the close distance, she did not inform him in advance.

When we arrived at the barracks, it was noon, and the barracks were strictly disciplined and extremely quiet.

All the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion had to wait outside the camp, Xie Shu took Mu Bai to the big tent with the escorting soldiers.

She has a golden crown and hair, a sapphire blue wide shirt, exquisite eyebrows and eyes, red lips and white teeth, walking all the way, causing the resting soldiers to look around constantly.

"This is the first time I've seen someone as handsome as our Wuling King."

"Yes, this beauty is also very beautiful among women, but it seems that it is not as good as the girl from the Mu family."

Wei Yizhi sat behind the desk and wrote, and his pen flew like flying.

Xie Shu approached quietly, and was about to catch him by surprise, when he heard him say calmly: "Why, are you trying to scare me?"

"Tsk, what fun do you martial arts practitioners have?"

Wei Yizhi put down his pen, looked up at her, with a smile in his eyes, his appearance became more and more dazzling, "Why did you come here suddenly?"

Xie Shu sat down beside him and stroked the hem of his clothes: "What do you think about the Tuyuhun invasion?"

Wei Yizhi pretended to be disappointed: "So it's for this."

"The enemy is now, do you still have the time to joke around?"

Wei Yizhi showed her what he had just written: "It's all arranged. Mu Chong has already led the army to fight, and my subordinates, Zhang Zhao and Xun Zhuo, who are good at fighting, are also there. There is no problem in resisting for the time being. The most urgent thing is to solve the matter here."

Xie Shu nodded, "The King of Changsha is really worried, if you want to rebel, don't rebel at this time." After she finished speaking, she was suddenly taken aback: "Why is the timing so coincidental?"

"I also think it's a coincidence. Do you still remember the last time when Murong Dynasty went to Jin as an envoy, he claimed that he was ambushed by the Jin army through Jinxing County, and he also said that there were Jin army prisoners and weapons as evidence. I said at the time that Jinxing County soldiers and horses Half of it belongs to King Changsha, and the other half belongs to me, and he still looks calm and unafraid of being investigated."

"You mean, he has been involved with King Changsha for a long time?" Xie Shu thought of something: "King Changsha's internal response in the palace is a Tuyuhun woman, she is extremely loyal, and she used her life to provoke conflicts between the nine princes and the prince. She is loyal to Murong Chao."

"It's no wonder that it's the opposite. It turns out that we have been preparing for so long." Wei Yizhi looked at Xie Shu: "What are your plans?"

Xie Shu was about to speak when a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the tent.

"I'm bothering King Wuling, I'm bringing soup."

She looked up, and the girl who hired Tingting came in with a tray, with colorful embroidered skirts, bright pearl hairpins, black eyebrows and double emerald feathers, and Xiafei dyed pink cheeks.

It was Mu Miaorong.

Unexpectedly, there were other people in the tent, Mu Miaorong looked up and saw Xie Shu, and almost spilled the soup she was carrying.

"Why are you here?" After speaking, he realized that he was impolite, and he saluted reluctantly: "See the prime minister."

Xie Shu glanced at Wei Yizhi: "No wonder I haven't seen him for a while, King Wuling's complexion has improved a lot. It turns out that he is nourished by drinking soup every day."

Wei Yizhi winked at Mu Miaorong and told her to back out.But when Mu Miaorong saw Xie Shu, she was on guard all over, wishing to step forward and separate the two of them by two or three feet before she was reconciled, not only did not leave, but also brought soup to the case.

"Wuling King, drink it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold." After speaking, he looked at Xie Shu with a smile and said, "Does the prime minister want a bowl too?"

Xie Shu smiled: "There's no need for the truth, the King of Wuling likes it very much, so you should leave it to him."

Wei Yizhi pressed his forehead, so he had no choice but to speak directly: "Miaorong, you go out, this king has something to discuss with Prime Minister Xie."

Mu Miaorong glanced at Xie Shu, and went out unwillingly.

Hearing Wei Yizhi's affectionate address to her, Xie Shu said with a smile, "Zhongqing has not long since returned to Wuling, and when she comes back, there will be more close people around her."

Wei Yizhi sighed: "Don't mention it, she went from Ningzhou to Jiankang to visit relatives, passed through Wuling, and went to visit my house. Because of the relationship between the Mu family and me, my mother stayed with her for a while, and later I heard about her. If you want to come to Jiankang, let her go with me."

Xie Shu heheed twice: "It's good, the journey is lonely, and there is a beauty like a flower beside me, so I can have fun."

Wei Yizhi suddenly stared at her with a half-smile.

Xie Shu glanced at him: "The Prime Minister intends to persuade the crown prince and the nine princes to put aside their previous grievances, join hands to discuss peace with the king of Changsha, stabilize the situation, and send troops to repel Tuyuhun. What does the king of Wuling think?"

Wei Yizhi had no choice but to restrain his emotions, just as he was about to answer, Mu Miaorong went away and came back.

"I just forgot to ask King Wuling, what would you like to eat tonight?"

Wei Yizhi was helpless: "These are arranged by the Huotou Army, so you don't have to do it yourself."

What else did Mu Miaorong say, he waved his hand to signal her to go out.

Xie Shu pursed his lips.

Wei Yizhi continued: "The method you just said is good, but I am worried that the king of Changsha will not make peace with the two princes, especially the ninth prince is still underage..."

Mu Miaorong came in again: "How long is the Prime Minister planning to stay here? Do you want to try Miaorong's craftsmanship?"

Wei Yizhi couldn't laugh or cry.

Xie Shu smiled at her softly: "That's natural. Since Miss Mu is so active, why don't you go to Benxiang's residence for a few days, and Benxiang will be more satisfied."

Mu Miaorong was taken aback: "Ah? No, no, thank you, Prime Minister, I still won't go."

"Come on, didn't you just say it was good?" Xie Shu called Mubai and told him, "Go help Miss Mu clean up, and send her to the prime minister's residence."

Wei Yizhi is happy to see Xie Shu's arrangement come to fruition, if Mrs. Xiang hadn't asked Mu Miaorong to be with him before allowing him to come back, he wouldn't have brought her in the military camp alone.

But Mu Miaorong was not reconciled, she just refused to go with Mubai: "Mrs. Xiang clearly promised that I can come and go with King Wuling at any time, and the prime minister has no right to interfere in other people's family affairs."

Xie Shu raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Yizhi: "So this is your Wei family's business."

Wei Yizhi coughed dryly.

"Forget it, it's just that the truth is discussing important matters with the King of Wuling today, and only Miss Mu is going in and out. If the news leaks in the future, I will ask for you. Are you willing to take responsibility?"

Wei Yizhi nodded: "Xie Xiang also said that, after all, this is a big matter."

Mu Miaorong was wronged, she pursed her mouth and ran out, Mubai hurriedly followed.

The tent finally returned to tranquility, Xie Shu then raised his hand to Wei Yizhi: "Go on."

Looking at her serious face, Wei Yizhi could only hold back a smile: "I mean that the King of Changsha may not agree to negotiate with the two princes, but what you said is also reasonable. Well, I will be the one to convince His Highness the Ninth Prince." , the prince will leave it to you, find a chance for the two brothers to meet and speak clearly, they are all sensible people, and they will not be confused."

"Alright, then let's do this." Xie Shu got up and left after speaking.

Wei Yizhi stretched out his hand to hold her: "Let's go now?"

"Otherwise?" She glanced at the soup bowl on the desk: "The soup is already cold, you should drink it quickly, don't disappoint the good intentions of others."

"Hmm... that's right." Wei Yizhi let go of his hand, and picked up the soup bowl pretending to be helpless.

Xie Shu walked out of the big tent with a cold face, he put down the bowl, and finally let out a low laugh, then got up and chased out of the tent again: "Mr. Xie wait a moment, the king will go to Jiankang with you."

Xie Shu still had a bad complexion: "Prince Wuling, please go ahead."

Mu Miaorong went to the prime minister's residence first, with a displeased face, Mubai followed behind and asked her what she planned to do delicious food for the prime minister, she stomped her feet angrily.

"do nothing!"

Mubai rubbed his nose, and muttered softly: "If you don't do it, you don't do it, what is there in our prime minister's mansion? Tch!"

Xie Shu and Wei Yizhi rushed back to Jiankang on horseback, and they didn't have a chance to talk all the way.After entering the city, the troops were divided into two groups, one wanted to enter the palace to meet the prince, and the other wanted to go back to Da Sima's mansion to persuade the Ninth Prince.

Wei Yizhi wanted to say a few words to Xie Shu in private before parting, but Wang Jingzhi came in a hurry. As soon as they met, he said: "The Prime Minister is finally back, I have been waiting for a long time." After he finished speaking, he came to Wei Yizhi again. Seeing the ceremony, it was considered warm, but then he went to talk to Xie Shu and asked her to drive with him.

Xie Shu didn't refuse, and followed him into the car.

Wei Yizhi was slightly displeased to see the intimate words between the two.

Fu Xuan backed away silently, still wondering in his heart, wasn't the county king quite happy before?

(End of this chapter)