Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 39

The battle situation in Ningzhou did not deteriorate because of Mu Chong's death. On the contrary, the vanguard Xun Zhuo and his lieutenant Zhang Zhao used his death to boost morale. down.

Xie Shu took the opportunity to ask his staff to write a call to action accusing Tuyuhun of violating the agreement, disregarding morality, and calling on the men of Jin to join the army, and the crowd was excited for a while.Taking advantage of this opportunity, she began to make full arrangements to deal with King Changsha.

The King of Changsha finally sent someone, a middle-aged scribe who looked very shrewd.Wang Jingzhi wanted to take him to the East Palace to meet the prince, but he directly said that he wanted to see the prime minister.

Wang Jingzhi had no choice but to take him to see Xie Shu again.

Sitting in the study, Xie Shu saw him looking directly at him, not kneeling or worshiping, so he called a guard and said, "This man doesn't know etiquette, cut off his leg."

The scribe was shocked, and hurriedly saluted: "Prime Minister forgives the crime, the villain offended."

Xie Shu saw that he didn't have much integrity, and it seemed that the King of Changsha's servants had no sense of integrity.

She asked in a deep voice, "What did the king of Changsha say?"

The scribe lowered his head and said, "The king of Changsha said that he will not talk to the crown prince, nor will he talk to His Highness the Ninth Highness, but to negotiate with the prime minister and King Wuling."

Xie Shu and Wang Jingzhi exchanged glances.

The King of Changsha was indeed shrewd. The Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince had just been persuaded to join forces, so he picked their supporters to negotiate. In this way, it was easy to divide the two princes during the negotiation.

The scribe said again: "And you two should dress lightly, and don't bring troops into the city."

Xie Shu sneered: "How many troops does the King of Changsha have? How many troops outside Jiankang City? Do you think he is qualified to negotiate terms? The imperial court sent him a letter of surrender just to see the face of his royal relatives and relatives, not to let foreign enemies Taking advantage of it, he has not yet been charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason!"

The scribe was startled by her scolding, calmed down and said: "The responsibility of the villain has been passed on."

"Well, when you go back, you must tell the king of Changsha verbatim what truth has said, and tell him that he is a traitor. What right does he have to kill truth?"

The scribe was worried that she would kill him, so he hurriedly bowed and slipped away.

Wang Jingzhi was a little worried: "Isn't the Prime Minister worried that he will irritate the King of Changsha?"

Xie Shu shook his head: "The so-called peace talks are a way to delay. Yang Qiao's troops have already circled to the rear of Changsha County. The King of Changsha has come in full force, just to take over his lair. Now it is time to motivate him to do something. Only then can we attack back and forth in one fell swoop."

Wang Jingzhi was stunned, then frowned again and said: "The King of Changsha's move seems to have come with the heart of victory."

Xie Shu smiled and said, "Maybe it's the desire to die."

Sure enough, the King of Changsha was stimulated. He tore up the letter of surrender that day, and sent troops to attack Kuaiji County at night.

The incompetence of the county guard made him feel like he was in a no-man's land.But the first thing he did after he got Kuaiji was to dig up the ancestral graves of the aristocratic families.

The Wang family naturally bears the brunt.

When the news reached Jiankang, all the families were shocked.

Xie Shu was wondering about the motive of King Changsha's move, and the old lady of the Liu family sent a letter.

Mrs. Liu was the oldest among the elders of the family. He was very favored by the late emperor. Xie Shu didn't know Changsha King well, so he wrote to him and asked him. Only today did he reply.

The letter actually had a lot of praise for the King of Changsha. Xie Shu had also heard that the King of Changsha was proficient in everything from humanities to martial arts, so at first he thought that he rebelled because he was unwilling to live under others for a long time. Said a past story——

When the late emperor was in power, he asked several princes about their strategies for governing the country. The king of Changsha proposed to abolish the powerful families and centralize the imperial power, which frightened the late emperor.This matter was pressed down by the first emperor at that time, otherwise it would inevitably lead to chaos.

Xie Shu was very surprised. Originally, the king of Changsha came here under the banner of killing her, with the purpose of usurping the dynasty, but she seemed to have just understood why he wanted to usurp the dynasty.

Since it is necessary to deal with all the aristocratic families, it is natural to unite all the aristocratic families to resist.

Xie Shu immediately ordered people to write to the major families to unite their troops.All clans in the aristocratic family have soldiers and horses, more or less, and they are quite a huge force when united.

After writing the letter, she was a little tired, and fell asleep on the desk with her forehead propped up, Mubai hurriedly walked into the study and said, "Master, Miss Mu and Mr. Huan quarreled at the gate of the mansion."

Xie Shu opened his eyes: "What? Go and have a look."

Huan Ting had been lingering outside the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time. Ever since he saw Mu Miaorong, he felt as if dozens of claws were scratching his heart. Brother may have something to do with it, but I still can't help running here.

Just when Mu Miaorong came back from the palace, when she got out of the car, she saw a strange man staring at her intently, she felt a little unhappy, when he came to speak actively, she said a few words to him with a straight face.

Huan Ting was very aggrieved, he spoke directly and without restraint: "That day when the girl fainted, I was the one who carried you into the carriage. Why is the girl so heartless?"

Mu Miaorong's almond eyes widened: "You... are clearly a disciple!"

Huan Ting hurriedly said: "No, no, I fell in love with the girl at first sight, and I don't have any dirty thoughts." After he finished speaking, he quickly added: "I know the girl is still observing the filial piety period, can we talk about it after three months? I just want to see you Just seeing you."

The emperor issued a decree, in order not to neglect political affairs, all officials' families should keep their filial piety and change the year with the month.Three months of filial piety is equivalent to three years of filial piety.

Mu Miaorong snorted: "I don't have feelings for you, son, you better leave quickly, so as not to offend King Wuling."

Huan Ting was delighted when he heard it: "Prince Wuling, that is my childhood friend, there is nothing wrong with him."

Mu Miaorong said angrily: "The Empress Dowager has agreed to betroth me to him, no matter how rude you are, don't you offend him?"

Huan Ting was stunned: "Ah? Did I hear wrong?"

"I also want to ask this question." Xie Shu stood at the door, staring at Mu Miaorong: "What did you just say?"

Mu Miaorong snorted and walked past her.

Xie Shu asked Mubai to greet Huan Ting, followed Mu Miaorong's footsteps, walked all the way to her residence, and asked again: "Is what you just said true?"

"Of course it's true?" Mu Miaorong turned around and looked her up and down: "Are you jealous?"

Xie Shu frowned slightly: "I just didn't expect Miss Mu to start thinking about marriage right after her father died."

Mu Miaorong's eyes turned red: "It's easy for you to say, my father died in battle, my brother was weak, and the Mu family will collapse from now on. Now that the queen mother has given this opportunity, why don't I choose a backer for myself? Sincerely, my father always wanted me to marry him."

Xie Shu's face was slightly cold: "You want to marry him so much, how do you know if he wants to marry you?"

"I know he doesn't want to marry me!"

Xie Shu was taken aback.

Mu Miaorong blushed and said, "It's not your turn to blame me! I just like him, even if he doesn't like me, I still like him. If I like him, I will try my best. If I don't try, how will I know he won't?" Will you nod? What about you? Compared to me, I don’t even have the qualifications to discuss marriage with him, can you wash your hands and make soup for him? Can you bear children for him?”

Xie Shu is speechless.

Mu Miaorong sat aside and wiped away her tears.

She was very emotional today. Although the queen mother promised to make decisions for her, she felt sad when she thought that there was still King Wuling to pass.

The father who loved her the most passed away, and her favorite King Wuling didn't take her seriously.In the past ten years, I was carefree and too proud, and I don't know what it will be like in the future.

She felt that she was too humble, so she couldn't help being angry when she saw Huan Ting who was as humble as herself.

Xie Shu didn't speak any more, turned around and left. When he was about to reach the study, he saw Huan Ting. He had a good temper, but he was not angry, but his expression was rather helpless.

"I thought she had something to do with my cousin, but I didn't expect Zhongqing to be her favorite." He sighed.

Xie Shu patted him on the shoulder: "Go back, now is not the time to talk about this."

Huan Ting left in disappointment. She went back to her study and wrote a letter to Wei Yizhi, all about dealing with King Changsha.

Before letting Mubai send it, she hesitated several times, but in the end she didn't add any extra words.

I knew this day would come, sooner or later.

Everyone will be happy to see what happens, what can she do?
Mu Miaorong is right, she can't do anything, so why point her fingers?
In April, when Fangfei is coming to an end, only lush greenery remains in Jiankang City.The atmosphere in the capital is very tense, and the battle with King Changsha is imminent.

Xie Shu was about to go out in his car after breakfast when he found the carriage of Da Sima Mansion parked in front of the door.

Fu Xuan beside the car stretched out his hand to help the people in the car out, she was a little surprised when she saw it: "Madam Xiang has returned to the capital?"

Mrs. Xiang was wearing a crimson Ru skirt with large flowing sleeves and a dignified appearance. She bowed to her with a cold face: "I'm here to pick up Miao Rong to the Da Sima Mansion. I have to take care of her these days, Prime Minister."

Hearing her words, Xie Shu regarded Mu Miaorong as one of her own, smiled, but said nothing.

Mubai had already gone to communicate, Madam Xiang looked at her, and suddenly said: "May the Prime Minister have a few words with me in private?"

Since Wei Yizhi told her about her past, Xie Shu respected her a little more, and his attitude became more modest, and he extended his hand to make a request, and the two walked aside, avoiding others.

"The prime minister is now being pointed at by the King of Changsha, is it the time when troops are needed to get out of trouble?"

Xie Shu heard her subtext, smiled and said: "Wuling King came for King Qin, not for the truth, and the purpose of King Changsha is not really just me."

"I don't care about these political affairs, I only care about the future of our Wei family." Mrs. Xiang stared at her closely: "Has the prime minister ever understood the pain of orphans and widows who depend on each other? Has he ever understood the difficulties of family rejuvenation?"

Xie Shu lowered his eyes slightly: "I understand."

Mrs. Xiang was taken aback, thinking of her life experience, she pursed her lips and remained silent.

Mu Miaorong came out, said goodbye to Xie Shu politely, and then saluted Mrs. Xiang.

Mrs. Xiang pulled her to comfort her, and the two spoke kindly, like a mother and daughter.

Xie Shu turned around and went back to the house: "You two, go slowly, the truth will not be sent away."

Mu Miaorong looked at her back, and somehow sympathized with her.

Mubai quickly followed Xie Shu's footsteps, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the King of Wuling has set off for Kuaiji, and he entered the palace before leaving."

Xie Shu stopped for a moment: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)