Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 52

"Only half." He was just showing his loyalty, and he didn't intend to actually hand over the military power, as long as the emperor knew what to do.Now is the time of peace, it's just a stopgap measure.

Sima Ting saw that he looked cold and serious, and thought to himself that he was unhappy about being deprived of military power.This is also understandable. After all, he has been in charge of military affairs for so many years. Even if the other party is his own eldest brother, he is reluctant to give it away.

Thinking of this, of course he wanted to comfort him: "Don't worry, brother Zhongqing, when the mastermind behind the scheme to frame you is found out and your innocence is restored, then the treacherous officials will not be able to frame you."

Wei Yizhi remained silent.

Sima Ting didn't say any more, stepped forward and dragged Wei Shizhi, who still didn't understand the situation, and left.

Mrs. Xiang was astonished: "What is this for?"

Wei Yizhi didn't answer her, turned around and walked towards the study.Fu Xuan followed quickly, knowing what was going on in his heart, and said in a low voice: "You don't have to take it to heart, the prime minister is not a person who makes trouble, and he will definitely not take the opportunity to frame you."

Wei Yizhi remained silent, only thinking about the note paper Xie Shu sent, which clearly stated that he should agree to the marriage.

She has always been sensible, she will not make mistakes due to circumstances, and naturally she will not give up the opportunity to promote Xie's family because of him.He was very clear about this, and the word "graciousness" in the letter made him brood.

Before Xie Shu told him that he accepted him because he was moved, because of his kindness.Later, she went to the battlefield to live and die with him, and they finally fell in love with each other.But now in this letter, she mentions kindness again, so that Wei Yizhi doesn't have to worry about her accepting marriage to protect himself, and he can't help but make him wonder if she went to the battlefield just because he gave her the soldier talisman...

In fact, Xie Shu has already made a decision, but it has not been implemented yet.She has been unwell since she fell down today, and she didn't even take a few bites of food.Mubai felt that she was worried about King Wuling, so he persuaded her for a long time.

Chu Lian just came to see her, and seeing her complexion was not good, he quietly suggested that Mubai make a bowl of vegetable porridge, they used to eat this in Jingzhou, remembering bitterness and sweetness, maybe it can make her appetite better.

Mubai went to do it suspiciously, but he didn't expect that Xie Shu actually ate more than half of the bowl when it was served, which made him anxious, fearing that the position of personal servant would not be guaranteed.

Sitting behind the case, Xie Shu pushed away a pile of papers, waved to Chulian, and when he sat down opposite, smiled and said, "It's boring to lock you up in the prime minister's house all day, and I can't enjoy myself even if I take you out occasionally. , you are restless, and I plan to arrange an errand for you, I don't know if you are willing."

Chu Lian immediately said: "It's good if you can do something for the prime minister, the villain really doesn't want to eat and drink for nothing."

Xie Shu was amused by his words: "Well, I want you to teach Xie Xuan the rhythm."

Chu Lian was stunned for a moment before remembering that Xie Xuan was the young master who often followed her at that time, and hurriedly said: "How can this be done, the villain's status is low, the prime minister should invite a famous teacher for Master Xuan."

"What to do if you belittle yourself, that's it."

The two were talking when someone suddenly stepped into the study.

Xie Shu raised his eyes and was slightly taken aback. Wei Yizhi was wearing a white robe with large sleeves, his skirt was loose, his hair was slightly messed up, and his wooden clogs landed soundly. Behind him was the dark summer night. He stood at the door and watched. She is as independent as a lone pine.

Chu Lian took the initiative to retreat without waiting for Xie Shu's order. When he passed by Wei Yizhi, he felt that he had glanced at him, and felt his shoulders sink slightly, as if he had been pressed hard by something.

Xie Shu got up and walked over, closing the door behind him, "Why are you here?"

Wei Yizhi looked at her quietly, with deep eyes, and said after a long time: "If I really agreed to the marriage, do you not care at all?"

Xie Shu didn't expect him to ask this question, and thinking about the scene where he married someone else, he felt like a heavy stone was crushing his heart, and he was so bored that he couldn't say anything about the current situation and her position.

"It's not that you don't care, it's just that if you can accept it, at least you can get out of the predicament temporarily."

Wei Yizhi stared at her and took a step closer: "So you don't care that I will betray you?"

Xie Shu couldn't bear the gaze, and turned around: "You didn't blame me, and you don't owe me anything, I know your heart is enough, you will get married sooner or later."

The more you get, the more greedy you get, and the more you get along, the more you want to last forever.But if she said too much, she would believe it. She felt that she had accepted this reason, and she could accept him to spend his life with others in a chic way.

With footsteps approaching from behind, Wei Yi embraced her from behind with one hand, pinched her chin with the other and pulled her over. He lowered his head and kissed her, abruptly and quickly, with a hint of viciousness.

As soon as Xie Shu's accumulated emotions relaxed, he didn't know why he had such a reaction. He wanted to comfort him, so he raised his hand to cover his arm resting on his waist, but he suddenly let go of her.

When Xie Shu turned around, he had already left without looking back, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night. She even felt that the hug and kiss just now was an illusion.

"Mubai."

Mu Bai who hid far away appeared at the door again.

"Go and find out if something has happened to the Da Sima's mansion. In addition, let the eyeliner in the palace also ask if there is any movement on His Majesty's side."

Wei Yizhi suddenly had this kind of reaction, maybe something unexpected happened in the Da Sima Mansion, which made him helplessly ready to accept the marriage.Or maybe the emperor came forward to put pressure on him, and he had to agree because he shouldered the responsibility of the family.

In the middle of the night, Mubai returned, and said to her: "All the great families suddenly gathered with Your Majesty to join King Wuling in collusion with the Qin State, His Majesty persuaded King Wuling to hand over military power, but King Wuling recommended his brother Wei Shizhi to take over the military power temporarily But today Wei Shizhi was ambushed on his way back into the palace and was seriously injured."

Xie Shu sat behind the desk, and it took him a while to digest the news: "I deliberately stood still to stabilize those aristocratic families. Why did they suddenly act together?"

"My subordinates don't know. The eyeliner in the palace said that someone handed the book to His Majesty before that. I don't know what they said, but I only know that the book came from the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Xie Shu's face darkened: "Maybe we can find out who is the person who ambushed Wei Shizhi?"

Mubai looked at her face, and his tone became cautious: "Yes...it's Xie Yun."

Xie Shu understood instantly.

During this period of time, she has been thinking about the countermeasures, and she also intentionally played tricks, and she has been standing still. Others have concerns, so they dare not act rashly.Now that they all gathered before the emperor to attend Wei Yizhi, someone must have secretly instigated them, and it must have been in her name.In addition, now that the Xie family has harmed Wei Shizhi again, the evidence that she is the mastermind behind the scenes has been conclusive, and there is no denying it.

The first thing she thought of was that the people of Qin State were secretly provoking the relationship between her and Wei Yizhi, but the people of Qin State could order Wei Yizhi's wet nurse, but they definitely couldn't order Xie Yun.

This matter can only be done by the Xie family.

She squeezed the pen tightly: "Before I went back to the house earlier, did you come to my study?"

Mubai thought for a while: "My lord's study has always been closely guarded, and idlers are not allowed to enter."

"Hmph!" Xie Shu sneered: "There is a person who can come in even if he threatens the servants with his qualifications, so go and bring Xie Ran to me!"

Frightened by her tone, Mubai hurried out to find Xie Ran.

Xie Ranshi walked into the study room, wearing only a thin green shirt, with loose hair, as if he had just been dragged from the bed.

"Is the prime minister looking for me?"

"Tang uncle thinks I can ask you for anything else? You took the seal and stamped it and presented it to the palace, and then secretly encouraged the big families to unite against King Wuling, didn't you?"

Xie Ran's face was stiffened by her tone: "The prime minister found out earlier than I thought."

Xie Shu stared at him coldly: "Why?"

"Why?" Xie Ran laughed suddenly: "The prime minister said why? Xie's family is under the control of the military power of the Wei family, and since there is a chance, we should seize his military power. But the prime minister has been reluctant to touch Wuling King because of his selfishness. Seeing that he is about to make a comeback by marrying Qin, is this what the head of the Xie family should do?"

Xie Shu suddenly smashed the inkstone, and the ink stains splashed on Xie Ran's clothes, and he fainted a little bit, dripping like blood: "I am selfish? Then let me ask you, how many generals in the Xie family can take over the military power of King Wuling? Are there any?" How many generals have such illustrious military exploits that he can convince the masses? Aristocratic families fight for military power, King Wuling suffers setbacks, and Qin will benefit in the end, is this what you want to see?"

Xie Ran looked at her in astonishment: "Did I hear it wrong? The prime minister is going to be a loyal minister, right? You have completely forgotten what your uncle taught you at the beginning? The aristocratic family should not get involved in imperial power disputes, nor should they get involved in world disputes, otherwise it will only decline. faster. But now the Prime Minister has already taken both of them!"

Xie Shu got up and walked in front of him, looking down at him: "I forgot, because the grandfather's Xie family has been destroyed under the cooperation of you and me, do you still think about it?"

Xie Ran's face turned pale.

"You said that I don't think about the Xie family, but why do I feel that your actions seem to be aimed at King Wuling, and it may not be for the Xie family? What did he do to make you hate him so much?"

Xie Ran's eyes fluctuated, and he held his palms tightly: "Everything I do is for the Xie family."

Xie Shu didn't seem to have heard him at all, after sitting down to the case, he asked Mubai to regrind the ink for himself, and while picking up the pen to write, he said: "I don't care how you persuaded Xie Yun, but since he dared to disobey me You should bear the consequences. As for you, it seems that you are only suitable to be Mr. Ran in the prime minister's mansion, so you should hand over your official position."

Xie Ran was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily: "The prime minister has always been cruel to his own people."

"My own person?" Xie Shu looked up at him: "How can my own person trip me up in the dark? Remember, I can give you everything, and I can get it back at any time. If there is another time, maybe it won't be the same." It's just a punishment."

Xie Ran snorted coldly, got up and went out without stopping all the way, until he walked to the courtyard gate of Liuyunxuan, the hand holding the door frame trembled.

The heat is gradually receding, and the summer will be over in a blink of an eye, but there is still no progress in the witchcraft case, and the envoy of Qin State can't wait for an answer. The emperor has been urged several times, but he seems to be still thinking about it. , so far no comment.

When Xie Shu received the news from Qin State, he had just vomited up all he had eaten, and lay down on the couch with a wet kerchief on his forehead with one hand, feeling weak.

Mubai felt that her health was getting worse and worse after returning from Ningzhou, and she was already very worried, but when she thought about Mr. Ran who had stimulated her a while ago, she felt a little resentful.He came over with tea and waited for her to rinse her mouth. He was going to find the doctor, but she stopped him: "Let's talk about Qin's affairs first."

He had no choice but to say: "Prime Minister Qin wants to implement the New Deal in the country, but has encountered great resistance. It seems that the country is not very peaceful at present."

"So that's how it is..." Xie Shu stroked his chest, his expression was too serious, but his face was too pale, and his black and white eyes were made more dazzling, but it was a kind of morbid beauty, "Send this news to King Wuling."

Mubai led the order to go out, returned shortly after, and told her: "King Wuling didn't see his subordinates."

Xie Shu was startled, leaned back to lie down, and waved his hands: "Forget it, he's probably still angry."

In fact, there must be a way for Wei Yizhi to find out about Qin's affairs. She did this to show her favor. Let's see Wei Yizhi's reaction.But if it was her herself, if he took the opportunity to suppress her and acted as if she wished she could marry someone else as soon as possible, she would probably be angry.

She didn't know at all that apart from this, there was also the letter written on paper.That was the bull's-eye that directly hit Wei Yizhi's weakness, and the other series of things were cracks that spread.

In the early morning of the second day, Wei Yizhi unexpectedly appeared.He was solemnly dressed in court clothes, his eyebrows and eyes were steady, as usual, as if nothing had happened.

The emperor asked him to come out and sighed: "I already know about Wei Shizhi. He is loyal to the country and should be reused. It's just a pity that he is injured now."

This is to use his injury to take back the words that let him be in charge of the military.Wei Yizhi raised his hand and bowed: "My brother suffered a minor injury, and he will recover soon, not to mention that it is not difficult to keep the military power temporarily in these days of peace."

When the family members of various families heard this, they quickly calculated in their hearts. It seems that Da Sima will not hand over the military power easily.

The emperor couldn't help regretting it at this time, he would have said that if he had known earlier, and he never thought that there was really someone in the Wei family.Looking at Wei Yizhi's appearance now, it seems that he is not afraid of his suspicion, and he doesn't know what his plan is, but it makes him feel jealous.

He coughed lightly and said, "It is said that King Wuling came to court today because of the envoys from the Qin Kingdom coming to propose marriage. I wonder what King Wuling wants?"

Xie Shu couldn't help but glanced at Wei Yizhi, there was no expression on his side face.

"My minister is willing to marry Qin."

The buzzing discussions in the hall stopped abruptly, and there was an instant silence.

Xie Shu lowered his eyes, pinched the hem of the clothes with his fingers and let go, sooner or later there will be such a day, there is nothing to regret.

The emperor stroked the armrest of the dragon chair with one hand. He didn't get the joy of the five counties on his face. Instead, he was thoughtful and said after a long time: "The witchcraft case still needs to be thoroughly investigated. The envoys can take the reply and go back to the country. King Wuling temporarily It's better to stay in the mansion, according to what I said before, half of the military power will be handed over to Wei Shizhi."

Wei Yizhi gave thanks.When all the officials retreated, he turned and walked towards the gate of the palace, without looking at Xie Shu from the beginning to the end.

Others also noticed this, and guessed in their hearts that the reason why King Wuling accepted the marriage this time was probably to get rid of the prime minister.

Xie Shu felt uncomfortable in his chest again, covered his lips with his hand and coughed twice, suppressed his nausea, and walked out of the palace door with his usual expression.

Wang Jingzhi followed her, looked at Wei Yizhi's back, and asked, "How does the Prime Minister view the King of Wuling today? Even the subordinates can see Qin's intentions, and the King of Wuling will not fail to see it."

Xie Shu kept walking and didn't look at him, and said as he walked, "He should have his own plan."

Wang Jingzhi sped up a few steps, and the hem of the court clothes rustled softly as he walked. He came to her side and said in a low voice: "The person who was persuaded by the Wang family to seize the military power of King Wuling that day was not sent by the prime minister, right?"

Xie Shu finally stopped, and turned to look at him: "How can you see that?"

"If something happens to King Wuling, Qin will benefit the most. The prime minister is not the kind of person who is desperate for immediate interests."

Xie Shu was a little surprised, and twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Among the aristocratic family, only the Taifu is a confidant." Even Xie's family couldn't understand and support her. I didn't expect that the person who said these words in front of her was Wang Jingzhi.

Wang Jingzhi laughed a few times: "Among the aristocratic families, I can only talk to the prime minister. I accept the title of bosom friend without hesitation."

The two were talking, and they had already walked up the long palace road, when a call came from behind them, and when they turned their heads, it turned out that it was Donggong Cheyu who had arrived.

A little court lady hurried up to greet him, first saluted Xie Shu, and then said to Wang Jingzhi: "Teacher, please stay, the princess wants to talk to you."

Both Wang Jingzhi and Xie Shu stepped forward to salute, and Wang Luoxiu got out of the car, smiling dignifiedly as always, but looked plump.Seeing that Xie Shu was there, she still looked away with a quick glance, and bowed slightly.

"Brother, go back slowly, I have something to bring to Yunzhi, and I am rushing to see you at this time."

While Wang Luoxiu was talking to Wang Jingzhi, Xie Shu felt that it was time to leave.Just turning around to leave, she suddenly saw Wang Luoxiu retching with her hands covering her mouth, the little maid next to her quickly stepped forward to support her, and tried her best to persuade her to go back and rest quickly.

Xie Shu frowned and said, "What's wrong with the Crown Princess?"

The little maid looked embarrassed, looked at Wang Luoxiu, wondering if she should say something.

Wang Jingzhi saw it, and asked in a low voice: "Is the Crown Princess happy?"

It was really embarrassing to say this in front of the two men, Wang Luoxiu nodded, blushing thoroughly, embarrassed to wait any longer, and ordered the palace servants to move the things into Wang Jingzhi's car and then go back.

With a happy face, Wang Jing followed to the side of the car and helped her board the car with his own hands, told her to stay in the palace well and not to run around, and then told the palace servants to take good care of her and not to neglect her.

After finishing the call, he turned his head and found that Xie Shu had gone a long way. He yelled twice, but she didn't stop, as if his mind had wandered away.

(End of this chapter)