Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 48

Xie Shu withdrew his gaze: "You were taught very well by your grandfather. Everything is for profit. I will never be able to match this. But if people don't even have any true feelings, what's the fun in life? In the future When you have someone you like, do you want to calculate everything like this?"

Xie Ran stopped and looked at her back as she walked forward without stopping, shocked and speechless.

True feelings?It turns out that she has reached the point of true affection for King Wuling?

Early the next morning, there was a fine snow in the sky.

Xie Shu dressed neatly and opened the door, and found Chu Lian standing next to Mubai, he couldn't help being taken aback: "Why are you here?"

Chu Lian lowered his head: "The villain wants to do something for the prime minister, but he has nothing else to do, so he can only serve the prime minister."

Xie Shu smiled: "I appreciate your kindness, but it's still unnecessary, just let Mubai do it."

Mubai straightened his chest, glanced at Chu Lian, thought he was a good person, but unexpectedly wanted to steal his job!Hmph, I won't let you succeed!
Chu Lian naturally also noticed Mubai's eyes, it was not unpleasant, and felt sorry, he handed over the cloak he was holding in his arms with both hands: "The villain is leaving, this is the prime minister's cloak, thank you prime minister .”

Mubai immediately took over, declaring the sovereignty of his close subordinates.

As a childhood friend and benefactor, Xie Shu naturally treated him differently, fearing that he might misunderstand, so he said a few words of comfort: "You don't have to worry about it, don't worry if you stay here, you won't be short of food and clothing. If I feel bored, I go to build in the garden, I don’t appreciate it, other people do, I think there are more birds in the garden recently.”

Chu Lian couldn't hold back for a moment, laughed, looked up at her and said, "I can only use this method to relieve the prime minister's worries. If the prime minister doesn't dislike it, the villain will often play two songs for the prime minister in the future."

Huya used to be a self-reliant person. Xie Shu guessed that he probably didn't want to idle around in the prime minister's mansion, so he nodded: "Alright, I'll cultivate some fun too."

Xie Ran came from Liuyunxuan, passed by the courtyard, and saw Xie Shu talking to Chu Lian with a smile at the door, his face was slightly cold.

He asked Chu Lian to stimulate Wuling King, not to give him a chance to use his brain.

"what are you doing here?"

Chu Lian turned his head, saw Xie Ran's sullen face, and hurriedly saluted, "Little man..."

"Go away!" Xie Ran angrily interrupted him.

Chu Lian was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew.

Xie Shu suddenly became unhappy: "What is Tang Shu doing? He was shouting in our courtyard early in the morning."

Xie Ran was annoyed all night because of her words last night, so her tone was naturally bad: "Isn't it all for the prime minister's good, do you think I like to meddle in these nosy things?"

"For my own good?" Xie Shu was provoked by his tone, and his dissatisfaction with him for the past few days was also ticked off, and he sneered several times: "I don't know what kind of person you Xie Ran is? Say yes For my own good, not actually for myself?"

She walked out of the room and approached him step by step along the corridor: "Since you came back from Ningzhou, you have been acting weird and interfering with my affairs. What are you planning? Huh?"

Xie Ran might as well if she suddenly changed her face and looked astonished, she forced her to back all the way, and didn't stop until her back was against the pillar: "I..."

"What are you?"

Xie Shu had a smile on his face, but his eyes were gloomy.The sky behind her was blue and white, snowflakes were falling outside the corridor, her face was so close at hand, as bright as the moon in the sky.

Xie Ran used to think that she was soft-hearted and could not achieve great things, so he somewhat looked down on her. Now that she is in power and acts decisively, sometimes there is a hint of majesty from that seemingly friendly smile, which makes him re-examine, that originally outstanding His appearance became more and more eye-catching, and even his personality became somewhat mysterious, so close at this moment, he was at a loss for what to do.

Seeing his uncertain expression, Xie Shu knew that there was nothing he could ask, so he snorted and turned back to his room.

Xie Ran was stunned, stood for a while holding the pillars, then turned back to Liuyunxuan.

Guangfu heard some noises outside the courtyard just now, and followed him all the way to comfort him: "Young master, don't worry, the prime minister will know that you are doing good for him. Young master, you should hurry to receive the envoys."

Xie Ran ignored him, went back to the room and closed the door, Guangfu wanted to follow in, but suddenly heard the sound of smashing things inside, and stopped in fright.

Wei Yizhi didn't go to court today, Xie Shu guessed it was because of his elder brother's return.

Walking halfway after leaving the palace, a young servant stopped Che Yu, who claimed to be from Da Sima's residence, and was ordered by Da Sima to invite the prime minister to the old house of Wei's family.

Xie Shu lifted the curtain and took a look, wondering, "Where's Fu Xuan?"

"Fu Xuan has been sick for the past few days, so he didn't follow the county king to serve him."

Xie Shu suddenly remembered that Fu Xuan had said that An Heng was the one who saw through and killed his father's rebellion. He understood, and said to Mubai, "Go and see the old house of the Wei family."

The house was as quiet as ever, there were already servants waiting by the door, Xie Shu was led to the attic in the backyard as soon as he got out of the car.

Wei Yizhi only wore a thin snow-green toga, and he didn't feel the cold at all, as if he had been standing in the garden waiting for a long time.Seeing Xie Shu's arrival, he waved his hand to tell the servants to step back, walked over quickly, and hugged her full before saying a word.

Xie Shu nestled in his arms and said in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

Wei Yizhi's arm was strong, and he hugged her and turned around twice. Xie Shu lifted his toes off the ground and exclaimed. He laughed deeply, as if he was extremely happy.

"What's the matter with you?" After standing still, Xie Shu grabbed his arm and asked him.

"My big brother is back."

Even though he already knew the answer and saw his smiling face, Xie Shu was still happy for him: "It's such a happy event, I guess Mrs. Xiang must be very happy."

Wei Yizhi scratched her nose with his fingers: "Did you sneak a peek last night? I caught a glimpse of you, no wonder I wasn't excited at all."

"Who said I'm not excited?" Xie Shu hooked his neck and kissed his side face: "Congratulations."

Wei Yizhi smiled and brought the other side of his face closer: "Then congratulate this side too."

"Okay." Xie Shu tiptoed and took a bite on that side of the face.

Wei Yizhi covered his cheeks and hissed softly, and just about to speak, Xie Shu pushed him away.

A servant walked over quickly and asked Wei Yizhi to go back to Da Sima's mansion.It turned out that Mrs. Xiang was so happy because her eldest son came back, she fainted when she saw someone that night, and she just woke up, and the young servant came to report because of this.

Wei Yizhi dismissed him, dragged Xie Shu's hand and said, "My eldest brother has suffered a lot. He is sick all over and is recuperating. I will take you to see him again in a few days."

"Okay, let's go back quickly." Xie Shu pointed to his cheek, and said with a joking smile: "Be careful when you meet people when you go out, there are teeth marks."

Wei Yizhi couldn't laugh or cry.

Da Sima's mansion is busy today, everyone is digesting the news of the eldest son's return to the mansion, both surprised and delighted.

Wei Shizhi has already washed and washed, leaning on the couch, he is no longer in a mess, showing a clean, elegant and handsome appearance.

The doctor sat aside to check his pulse, but Mrs. Xiang couldn't sit still, she paced back and forth beside her, sometimes looking worriedly at the doctor, sometimes at Wei Shizhi, still wondering if she was dreaming.There have been too many changes in the past ten years, Wei Shizhi has gone through a lot of vicissitudes, and lost a lot of weight, so it's too late for her to feel distressed.

Wei Yizhi walked in, covering his cheek with one hand.

Mrs. Xiang turned her head to see it, and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with you?"

Wei Yizhi smiled: "Toothache."

When Wei Shizhi was captured, the team was only a few dozen people, but it took hundreds of Qin soldiers to subdue it.At that time, he fought hard to the end, and there was only one person left, who was soaked in blood and still did not kneel.The generals of the Qin army were deeply frightened and thought he was a general. After they captured him and took him to the state of Qin, they asked him to surrender several times, but he resolutely refused.

In the eyes of insiders, he is a hero, but in the eyes of outsiders, he is a prisoner after all, who was sent back by Prime Minister Qin as a gift of goodwill.He felt that he had humiliated the Wei family, so he refused to agree to Wei Yizhi's report to the emperor, and he would only recuperate in the mansion without contacting the outside world.

Ten years of hard labor made him overwhelmed and sick.Wei Yizhi invited many doctors to see it, and they all said that it was difficult to cure, or that they needed rare medicinal materials, some of which had never even heard of their names.

Mrs. Xiang was so worried that her hair turned gray again, and she didn't dare to think about gaining and losing again after experiencing loss, she was afraid that Wei Shizhi would not be able to hold on.

At noon Wei Shizhi took medicine and fell asleep, she stayed by his couch for a while before getting up and going out, just about to order his servants to cook the medicine for the evening, the butler came over with Mubai.

"I have met Mrs. Xiang, I am ordered by the prime minister to deliver some medicinal materials to Mr. Wei." Mubai waved his hand, and the two servants behind him brought several large paper packages in their hands to Mrs. Xiang.

The name of each package of medicinal materials was written on the outside, Mrs. Xiang was very surprised when she saw it clearly.She has been hearing the names of those strange medicinal materials these days, and she remembers them very clearly. These medicinal materials are actually needed by Wei Shizhi, but they are obviously hard to find.

"Where did the Prime Minister find these medicinal materials?"

Mubai thought that she was prejudiced and worried about his young master's things, so he muttered a few words in his heart, and said: "Some were found from the Western Regions, and some were found in the medicine garden at the foot of Fuzhou Mountain."

"But... that's the Royal Medicine Garden."

Mu Bai raised his neck: "The prime minister is loyal to the country, His Majesty will definitely not mind giving him some medicinal materials."

"..." Mrs. Xiang realized that the prime minister took advantage of his power to overreach again, but this time she did help the Wei family a lot. She rubbed the handkerchief and struggled a little before compromising: "Then thank you, prime minister."

Wei Yizhi received the news after returning home that day, he was quite surprised, his mother didn't kick Mubai out, and even thanked him, which really flattered him.

Going to visit Wei Shizhi in the evening, Mrs. Xiang happened to be there too. He intentionally told Wei Shizhi about this, and encouraged him to meet Xie Shu intentionally or unintentionally, while secretly observing Mrs. Xiang's expression.

Hearing this, Wei Shiyi said as expected: "The prime minister has shown me great kindness. I should thank him face to face. It is not right to let him come to the residence. I should go to the prime minister's residence in person."

"No, Prime Minister Xie said he would come to see you after he heard the news of your return. You are not in good health, so you don't need to make a special trip." After Wei Yizhi finished speaking, he looked at Mrs. Xiang: "What does mother think?"

Mrs. Xiang put the medicine bowl by Wei Shizhi's hand, and snorted: "If you want, please invite, I don't care about entertaining!"

Wei Yizhi sighed helplessly.

It just so happened that An Heng and the others were wandering around the capital these few days, accompanied by Xie Ran, Xie Shu was happy to be at leisure, and accepted Wei Yizhi's invitation.

On the day of the rest, Mrs. Xiang took her maidservant to offer incense early in the morning.She has been favored by Xie Shu and it is not good to keep people out of the door, but if she wants to watch Xie Shu flirt with her son... then it would be better to kill her!
There were servants waiting in front of Da Sima's mansion, and when they saw Che Yu in the Xiang's mansion from afar, they went to report to Wei Yizhi, and when Mubai opened the curtain, he had already come to greet him personally.

Just as Xie Shu leaned out, a voice in the car said: "Prime Minister, wear a big cloak, it's very cold outside."

Wei Yizhi heard that the voice sounded like Chu Lian, and when he took a few steps closer, it turned out to be him, and was immediately displeased.

Xie Shu really obediently put on the cloak, with a thick fur collar against his pink face, as delicate as a flower stamen in February in early spring.She got down from the car and saw Wei Yizhi staring at the car, said with a smile: "Chu Lian is going out to buy something, so I asked him to go out with me." After finishing speaking, she ordered Mubai to take Chu Lian to work, Come back and take her back home.

Seeing her like this, Wei Yizhi knew that she didn't know what Chu Lian was thinking about her at all, so he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

As soon as he entered Da Sima's mansion, he could smell the faint fragrance. Xie Shu turned his head to look, and there was a white plum blossom in the courtyard.The sun is surprisingly good today, shining on the branches, dyeing the snow-white petals into a slightly golden color, which is too beautiful to behold.

It just so happened that Wei Shizhi was still drinking the medicine and hadn't finished dressing up yet, so Wei Yizhi asked Xie Shu to admire it up close, so as to pass some time.

Xie Shu walked under the tree, but saw Mu Miaorong coming from the back courtyard, wearing a pair of apricot-colored skirts and a belt with plum blossoms embroidered on her waist, and there were a few plum blossoms pinned in her hair. Yan.

Wei Yizhi saw Mu Miaorong and wanted to take Xie Shu away, but she took the initiative to say hello: "Miss Mu, long time no see."

Mu Miaorong originally lowered her head, and only saw her when she heard the voice. Seeing her standing side by side with Wei Yizhi under the plum tree, Lanzhi and Yushu, complementing each other, she really wanted to turn around and leave.But she came here to find Wei Yizhi for something, so she had no choice but to go forward patiently and greet the two of them separately.

"What has Miss Mu been up to these days? Haven't seen you for a long time?" Xie Shu smiled kindly, as if he had forgotten everything before.

Mu Miaorong said: "I am planning to ask the King of Wuling to allow me to go back to Ningzhou. Now that the situation in Ningzhou is stable, I want to go back to worship my father and visit my brother."

Wei Yizhi felt a little sudden: "Why didn't I hear you mention it?"

"Actually, I've thought about it a long time ago. It's just that King Wuling and Mrs. Xiang are busy these days, so I didn't mention it."

Mu Miaorong is not uncountable, during this period of time, Wei Yizhi kept her at a respectful distance, and there was no news from the Queen Mother. Because of this, even the relatives in the capital did not go around with her, only Huan Ting always treated her Difficult to stalk.She also wanted to take this opportunity to avoid these troubles.

Xie Shu suddenly had an idea, and said to Wei Yizhi: "Wuling King, can you avoid it for a while, I want to have a few words with Miss Mu alone."

Wei Yizhi didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left.

Xie Shu asked: "Miss Mu went to Ningzhou, did she tell Huan Ting?"

Mu Miaorong lowered her eyes and did not look at her, and whispered softly: "Why should I tell him?"

"He has a deep affection for you. You are going to such a far place and you don't know whether you will come back in the future. Naturally, you should inform him."

Mu Miaorong twisted the pendant on her belt with her hands and did not speak.

Xie Shu looked at her expression quietly, and suddenly sighed: "Forget it, it's better not to tell him, after all, his family has arranged a marriage for him."

Mu Miaorong was taken aback, then looked up at her: "What?"

"Don't you know? He hasn't come to look for you in this period of time, right? Because he thinks that you have no intentions for him anyway, so he should just give up, so he plans to accept the family arrangement and marry someone else." Xie Shu looked at the sky shaking Shaking his head: "My poor cousin..."

Huan Ting never came to look for Mu Miaorong, it was because he was sent by Xie Shu to receive the envoys during this period.Mu Miaorong didn't know it, and watched her go away in astonishment.

Xie Shu walked to the corridor, Wei Yizhi was waiting there, and asked her with a smile: "What did you say to her?"

"Just like you, I just helped Enping." Xie Shu stopped a young man and ordered: "Go find Mr. Huan and ask him to prepare to accompany Miss Mu to Ningzhou, and say that the truth has approved him." Fake."

Wei Yizhi rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I seem to know how you helped."

After this delay, the maid came to report that Wei Shizhi had got up.

Xie Shu followed Wei Yizhi into the room, and saw him reclining on the couch, with loose hair in a bun, wearing a red silk-trimmed robe, and a tea-white cloak covering his legs, with handsome features, but a little bit of vicissitudes , looks like an individual traveler who lives in seclusion in the mountains.

He had already met Xie Shu at the official office that day, so Wei Shizhi naturally knew who she was, and was about to stand up and salute immediately, but was stopped by Xie Shu, "Finally, I saw the elder brother whom the King of Wuling always talked about, he is really charming."

Wei Shizhi smiled, coughed, and said after a while: "Speaking of being extraordinary, one of them is enough for our family."

Wei Yizhi invited Xie Shu to take a seat, and said with a smile, "Brother looks more like my father, and I look more like my mother. Our two brothers don't look very similar."

Xie Shu looked at them enviously: "It's nice to have brothers."

Just as he was talking, a servant from outside rushed in, saying "It's not good": "Your Majesty, the guard Fu was taken away by the envoys of the State of Qin."

Wei Yizhi stood up: "When did it happen?"

"Just now, Fu's bodyguard went to offer incense with his wife, and encountered an envoy from Qin State on the way. He was said to be a traitor and was arrested. Madam asked the younger one to report to the county king."

Wei Yizhi frowned: "I told him not to show up recently, why did he go out again?"

Xie Shu got up and said, "Let's go and have a look."

An Heng's chariots and horses were parked beside the Qingxi Middle Bridge outside Dongyangmen. This place is a place where nobles live together. There are no common people, and they don't worry about being watched by the common people.

(End of this chapter)