Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 62

Mrs. Xiang was concerned about her son on the battlefield, so she asked Fu Xuan to wait outside the palace early yesterday to welcome Wei Yizhi, but Fu Xuan came back, but he was nowhere to be seen.

I thought that Wei Yizhi was drunk and stayed in the palace by the emperor, but she got up early this morning to tend the flowers and plants, but the housekeeper said that he went to the prime minister's mansion after not returning all night.Her face was a little ugly, and she immediately reprimanded the housekeeper and told him not to talk nonsense.

Just as the butler left, Wei Yizhi entered the gate.

"Mother, I have something to tell you."

Mrs. Xiang put down the water ladle and wiped her hands with the handkerchief handed over by the maidservant. Seeing his tired expression, she was very concerned: "Why are your eyes red and you haven't slept all night? You just came back from the battlefield. What do you want to say?" Let’s talk about it after we rest.”

Wei Yizhi held her arm: "Let's talk now, sooner or later we will talk."

Mrs. Xiang looked at him suspiciously, but nodded: "Then go to your study."

Wei Yizhi helped Mrs. Xiang into the study, first invited her to sit down, then suddenly lifted up his clothes and knelt down in front of her, bowing his head respectfully.

Mrs. Xiang was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

Wei Yizhi lowered his eyes: "Mother, I want to marry Xie Shu."

"..." Mrs. Xiang's expression froze for a long time, and gradually cracked: "What did you just say? Marry... Xie Shu?"

"Yes." Wei Yizhi looked ashamed: "It's just that she has a shortcoming in this life, and I can only tell my mother now."

Mrs. Xiang became excited: "You also know that he has shortcomings, he is a man, so naturally he has shortcomings!"

"It's not for this reason...it's because I've been hiding the truth from you."

Xie Shu didn't know that Wei Yizhi had left, and she didn't wake up until noon.

Mubai came in and waited on her to drink a bowl of medicine, worried about her health, he called Dr. Zhong over to give her a consultation.

"My lord's vitality has been seriously injured this time, he needs to be recuperated, there is no rush." ​​Dr. Zhong wrote another prescription and handed it to Mubai, but he didn't rush to leave, instead he knelt down in front of Xie Shu and said: " Forgive me, young master, this time it was the villain who was not strict enough to guard against you, so that young master was almost killed."

Xie Shu asked Mubai to go out to guard, and said to him: "I just want to ask you about this, so you tell me everything you know."

Dr. Zhong even claimed it was true, sat back on the stool and continued: "The poison in the young master is not common, the villain has only seen records in the past, it is said that in the Han Dynasty, someone in the Hengshan Kingdom used this method to eliminate dissidents, and later it was widely spread in the palace. This method is to give the other party a drink of medicine first, followed by a drink of medicine, the two are compatible, and the poison will be drawn, so that it is not easy to be noticed. The poison of the young master this time is even more clever, whether it is the medicine or the latter. Drugs are harmless when used alone."

"Then you shouldn't be able to see it?"

"Originally, I couldn't hide it from the villain's eyes. The last medicine for this poison was in the prescription sent by Mr. Ran earlier. I was careful, but the prescription used by Mr. Ran didn't contain that medicine. Naturally, it won't be poisoned. , so the villain was relieved to use that prescription for the young master, but now it seems that the young master has taken medicine to induce it."

Xie Shu nodded slightly: "I understand."

When it was dark, Guangfu rushed into Xie Ran's room in a hurry: "My lord, this subordinate told you to go out to avoid you if you didn't listen, it's all right now, the prime minister has woken up, and he must be held accountable."

Xie Ran sat in front of the bronze mirror, picked up the comb, and said without any panic, "Tie my hair and change my clothes, I will go to see the prime minister right away."

Xie Shu couldn't sit up until now, and could only lie down, Mubai put a lot of cushions on her back to let her sit up, and combed her hair in a bun, looking more energetic.

Xie Ran came out from behind the screen, and after not seeing him for a while, he became much haggard and his cheeks were sunken.Standing a few steps away, he glanced at Xie Shu, and then saluted Xie Shu. The bamboo green toga made him look thinner, but his posture was as elegant as before.

Xie Shu beckoned to him suddenly, Xie Ran was slightly taken aback, but he got closer and sat down on the low stool beside the bed.

"Why didn't Uncle Tang run away while I was down?" Xie Ran understood why she approached her by herself after she opened her mouth.

Holding the hem of his clothes with one hand, he said calmly: "I can't escape, and I don't want to escape."

Xie Shu hooked the corners of his lips: "I admire you the most. You have done anything and never denied it after being found out."

She coughed, then paused and said: "Doctor Zhong has already told me about the poisoning process, I would like to ask Uncle Tang to clarify for me, when exactly did I drink that medicine?"

Xie Ran's expression suddenly became a bit illusory: "During the period when the prime minister trusted me the most. At that time, the prime minister's foundation was not stable, and he was not so defensive. It just happened to catch up with the hidden illness. Although I was attached to the prime minister , but after all, it’s not Xie’s family, and I always have to save some bargaining chips for myself. But I never thought that one day I would really use it.”

"As expected of Uncle Tang, he left a way out for himself so early on. But Dr. Zhong didn't see that the medicine was attracted from the prescription. Is it because you gave me another prescription at that time?"

"That's right, the prescription of Yaoyin has been kept by myself, and I just burned it a while ago."

Xie Shu fell silent, and it took a long time before he spoke again: "My cousin must be very disappointed that I survived this catastrophe."

Xie Ran smiled sadly: "The matter has come to this, what the prime minister wants to do is up to you."

"Disposal? Do you know why I always gave you a chance when you made mistakes again and again?" Xie Shu smiled self-deprecatingly: "Because you are the most suitable head of the Xie family in my eyes." people."

Xie Ran was shocked, and suddenly looked up at her face: "What?"

Xie Shu closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed to have some energy again: "But now I can only choose to give up on you like my grandfather. Because you don't regard yourself as Xie's family at all."

Xie Ran stood up excitedly: "Everything I do is for the Xie family, how can I not treat myself as the Xie family!"

"Yes, you have always said that, but you have never regarded yourself as the Xie family in your heart. You have never been able to let go of your identity as an illegitimate child. When the elders are around, you don't even dare to enter the officialdom; , you are always thinking about the Xie family, and you are afraid of being abandoned by the Xie family. To you, the Xie family is just a shelter, and the Xie family is just an ally of interests. You have to rely on them, and you are desperately guarding against them. You can't see clearly Given the current situation, you have no choice but to protect your family's interests in order to protect your own interests."

Xie Ran sat back in a daze.

"But you are indeed more suitable than me to be the head of the Xie family. I have no choice but to embark on this path. The city is not as deep as you, and the methods are not as ruthless as you. It is you who are needed for the continuation of the family, not me. I I thought that with you by my side and a few more juniors like Xie Xuan, the Xie family would be prosperous in the future, but until today, I didn't know that I misjudged you after all."

Xie Ran laughed abruptly, and suddenly rushed over and grabbed her by the collar, "You think you know everything? Xie Shu, I wish you never went back to Xie's house!"

Xie Shu looked calm: "Yes, then no one will take your chance away."

Xie Ran was stunned: "That's right, you're right..." He almost lifted her up with force, his eyes were red, "Kill me! I hate me now more than you!"

"Want to die?" Xie Shu slowly pushed his finger away: "I won't kill you, but I will give you power and let you be the head of the Xie family."

Xie Ran let go of his hand in astonishment, and fell to the ground.

"But remember, you will never get real power, and I will decide everything." Xie Shu supported the edge of the bed with one hand, leaned slightly to look at him, and said with cold eyes, "You can only be my puppet. "

When Xie Ran stepped into the corridor, he seemed to have been plucked out of his soul and was in a daze.

Wei Yizhi happened to be walking from a distance, saw him like this, and came out of Xie Shu's room again, he already guessed in his heart, when he passed by, his hand was already on his waist, thinking about it again I endured it.

This is Xie Shu's business, she will handle it herself.

Having talked too much earlier, Xie Shu was a little tired. He just drank another bowl of medicine and was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.Wei Yizhi sat down on the edge of the bed, she opened her eyes and saw him, and got into his arms spontaneously.

Wei Yizhi stroked her hair: "Have you dealt with the poisoning?"

"Ah."

"Are you sure it's alright?"

"Aren't you still here?"

Wei Yizhi smiled, straightened her body and said, "Come with me to live in the old house tomorrow, and leave the Prime Minister's mansion temporarily to take care of yourself."

Xie Shu hesitated, "What if Mrs. Xiang finds out?"

"Don't worry, I told her."

"What? She actually agreed?"

"No."

"That……"

"But she didn't object."

Xie Shu wanted to say something else, Wei Yizhi lowered his head and pecked her lips: "In the past two years, things have been going on, you and I get together less and more, now something like this happened, I will never leave you alone again Now, don't worry too much."

Xie Shu nodded.

When it was dark, Mubai brought food over, and Xie Shu told him to pack his things briefly, and then asked him to inform Dr. Zhong that he would also be taken to the old house of the Wei family.

Wei Yizhi brought her some food, and when he heard this, he thought of something, and asked tentatively, "Doctor Zhong didn't say anything to you, did he?"

"say what?"

"The condition of your body."

"A lot of instructions, Mubai remembered them all."

Wei Yizhi looked at Mubai, who shook his head at him, he was relieved, and talked to Xie Shu about something else with a smile.

After eating, Xie Shu wanted to go out for a walk, but he was so weak that he was finally thrown by Wei Yizhi to lie down on the bed obediently.

The maidservants brought hot water in, but they didn't dare to look up, they just pretended not to see that there was King Wuling in the room.

After washing, Xie Shu was extremely tired, hugged the quilt and fell asleep, and said in his mouth: "You should go back, do you really want to stay close at all times?"

Wei Yizhi closed the door, walked back and said, "You think I'm joking?"

Xie Shu raised his eyelids: "I don't care, I'm afraid there will be rumors in the capital again soon."

Wei Yizhi lay down beside her, gently stroking her fingers: "Then this time, let's say that this king took revenge with meritorious deeds, and in turn imprisoned Prime Minister Xie, how about it?"

Xie Shu giggled and laughed: "I beg the King of Wuling to show mercy."

"Wonderful idea, you still owe me a debt."

Xie Shu poked his head out from under the quilt and looked at him blankly: "What account?"

"That time when Lu Xining came to test you, you played with me, and then you forgot what you promised me?"

Xie Shu blushed, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Wei Yizhi smiled and straightened her temple hair: "Go to sleep."

It was already a hot summer, but Xie Shu's body was cold because of his illness.After sleeping until midnight, she looked for the quilt everywhere, but she was too tired to move, so she couldn't help humming, and Wei Yizhi beside her was awakened immediately.

"As one wishes?"

Xie Shu was taken aback by his eager tone, and in turn patted him on the back reassuringly: "I'm fine."

Wei Yizhi took her into his arms and let out a long sigh of relief.

Xie Shu didn't even look for a quilt at all, just nestled in his arms all night, but couldn't fall asleep anymore, listening to his heartbeat, he was full of thoughts all night.

The Wei family's old house had already been cleaned, but there were no more servants, Wei Yizhi only dispatched a few clever maidservants to serve in the inner house, and left the main work to Mubai and Fu Xuan.

Fortunately, after the war was settled, nothing major happened for the time being. Xie Shu asked the emperor for leave and lived here with peace of mind.

The house began to waft the fragrance of medicine all day long. She recuperated for a few days and gradually got better. She would occasionally walk in the courtyard until the cicadas were singing loudly and the sun was scorching hot. Then she stayed in the house peacefully.

Wei Yizhi stayed here as long as he didn't go to court these few days. Xie Shu cared about Mrs. Xiang and urged him to go back to Da Sima's mansion many times, but he still went his own way.

After all, Xie Shu was used to being an official and couldn't stay idle, and he would sigh after a few days.Wei Yizhi told her not to corset her chest when she was recuperating, but she didn't listen.After waking up early in the morning and finishing dressing up, she unfolded the bamboo bone fan to block the sun and went to the pool in the inner courtyard. After feeding the fish for a while, she felt bored, so she just sat in the pavilion in a daze.

There were a few people standing behind the flowers, Mrs. Xiang probed her head, looked left and right, and kept saying, "Impossible? Impossible, absolutely impossible..."

The personal maid was at a loss: "Ma'am, what is impossible?"

Mrs. Xiang pulled her arm forward and pointed at Xie Shu who was sitting in the pavilion: "What do you think of the Prime Minister? Is he a handsome man?"

The servant girl blushed: "Oh madam, I think the prime minister is good-looking, but I never said anything. How did you know?"

"Okay, okay, you go away!" Mrs. Xiang looked at the flowers for a while, still muttering in her heart: How could it be?Although she looks a bit feminine, her speech and behavior are indeed masculine.

There were footsteps in the distance, Mrs. Xiang saw that it was Fu Xuan and knew that he had good hearing, so she hurried away with her maidservant for fear of being discovered.

Fu Xuan walked into the pavilion and bowed to Xie Shu: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty is staying with the county king to discuss matters in the imperial study. There is still a banquet in the palace today. He will be home late. Please don't wait for him to eat."

"Oh?" Xie Shu was quite interested when he heard the discussion, "But what happened in the court?"

Fu Xuan looked at her before saying: "No."

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Xie Shu knew there must be something wrong, but also knew that it would be extremely difficult to pry something out of his mouth, so he had no choice but to stop asking.As soon as he left, she told Mubai: "Go out and check if something happened."

Mubai only came back at noon, and unexpectedly he also looked unwilling to speak, and was reprimanded by Xie Shu with a straight face before speaking.

"My lord, it's not that the subordinates don't say anything, it's really for your own good." He rubbed the corner of his clothes aggrievedly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that there are rumors that something happened to you, and they pointed the finger at King Wuling. Your Majesty probably I asked the King of Wuling to ask questions. Anyway, the King of Wuling will take care of it, and you need to recover from your illness, so don't worry about it."

Xie Shu twitched the corner of his mouth: "They said I was dead, so it's nothing? Is there anything else?"

"It's gone." Mubai said decisively.

"Really, no, yes?"

"...Xie Ziyuan, Xie Yun and others have come here many times to beg to see you, but they were blocked by the King of Wuling."

"Then it's no wonder people are targeting him." Xie Shu thought for a while, "Did Xie Ran reveal the news of my coming here?"

"No way, Mr. Ran didn't even know you were here. The King of Wuling specifically ordered not to tell him."

Xie Shu suddenly realized that Wei Yizhi had actually guarded against him without saying anything.

"I see," she took out a private seal from her sleeve: "You take my token to see Xie Ziyuan and let him know that I'm fine. In addition, let him find out who is spreading the rumors behind his back. Report quickly."

Fu Xuan met Dr. Zhong who came to deliver medicine to Xie Shu in the corridor, pointed to Mubai who was busy going in and out, and said, "Doctor Zhong said that it is best for the prime minister to rest, but the king of the county has reached this point, and he still wants to take care of him." If you can't let go of political affairs, what should you do?"

Dr. Zhong shook his head: "There is no other way, I can only wait for you to figure it out."

When it was dark, Mubai came back and was very excited as soon as he entered the room: "Young Master, it is not bad. If someone is spreading rumors behind his back, who else could it be? Of course it is your deadly enemy Lu Cheng! Near the Prime Minister’s Mansion, they even sent someone to tell Xie Ziyuan and others that they saw King Wuling bring you here with their own eyes, which caused the Xie family and the Wei family to be at war in the court hall.”

"I understand." Xie Shu lay on the couch and shook his fan.

Lu Cheng was still waiting for Wei Yizhi to deal with her, so he was naturally anxious to know her result, presumably she hadn't shown up in the past few days, which made him anxious.

Wei Yizhi did the same, without saying a word.

The emperor held a banquet in the palace that night, which was actually a full moon wine for the eldest daughter of the prince.

Although Wang Luoxiu gave birth to a daughter, the timing was too good. She was the emperor's first grandchild, and when Qin was defeated, the emperor was very superstitious. He felt that the child was blessed, so he decided to take care of it.

Just in time for a breezy night, desks are widely set up in the Qilin Hall.

All the officials sat down after congratulating the emperor and the crown prince, looking very happy, but everyone looked at the king of Wuling sitting on the upper right, and then at the vacant seat of the prime minister on the upper left, with subtle thoughts.

(End of this chapter)