Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 67

"Your Highness is not ready yet, maybe you will understand in the future." Wei Yizhi lowered his eyes, paused and said: "If Your Highness really feels sorry for me, I would like to ask His Highness to do everything right."

"Brother Zhongqing, please tell me."

Wei Yizhi clasped his hands and said: "I would like to ask Your Highness to promise that I will retain the power of soldiers and horses as long as I live."

Sima Ting was very surprised by his obvious request for power, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Brother Zhongqing is the most qualified person to lead the army, I promise you."

Wei Yizhi paid a salute, said goodbye and set off.

The heavy snow on the street had already been cleared away, and the guards were lined up on both sides.The spirit sending team was huge and solemn, but there was not a single Xie family member.

"My lord, go back." Guangfu pressed the cloak on Xie Ran's shoulders, fearing that he would be recognized, and raised the hood for him to put on.

Xie Ran's eyes fixed on the car that transported the coffin, his face was whiter than the surrounding snow, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "She has been suffering from illness for two years, and now she is relieved, I should be happy .”

Guang Fulian claimed it was.

He spoke again, with a soft tone as if he was afraid of disturbing anyone: "Don't tell anyone that I came to see her off."

"Respectfully send off the prime minister!" The front team cleared the way, and the civilians and the imperial guards on the left and right knelt to see him off, shouting loudly.

Wei Yizhi was dressed in plain white clothes, snowflakes fell on his head and face, he got on the horse, raised his hand to caress the coffin, lowered his head and brows gently, and the world fell silent.

There were endless cries on both sides, as long as they thought of the person sleeping in the coffin, the women's hearts were broken and Luopa was wet with tears.

Rumor has it that even the empress shed tears, the Tai Tuo was drunk and Xie Zhiyin, and the head of the Xie family couldn't get sick...

The person who lifted the curtain of the car and amazed a capital city can only exist in memory now.

In the spring of the following year, Emperor Yuanning abdicated and was granted the title of King Xin'an, King Kuaiji ascended the throne, and the reign name was changed to Qingkang.

Before the prime minister died, he did not mention who should take over the position of prime minister, and now everyone is guessing who will get the vacant prime minister position.The various clans of the aristocratic family are even more turbulent, and they have already fought in private.

In mid-March, Emperor Qingkang issued a decree posthumously conferring on Xie Shu as the Duke of Wenrui Protecting the Country, and specially bestowing a plaque on Xie's Mansion for Loyalty to the King and Protecting the Country, as a reward for Shenglong.

Afterwards, Xie Xuan, a son of the Xie family, recommended himself and answered questions with the emperor.

Soon after this, Emperor Qingkang issued an imperial edict to appoint Wang Jingzhi as the prime minister, and the post of recording ministers was handed over to Menxia province and Shangshu province.

Since then, the prime minister's power has been divided and emptied, so the other families who were dissatisfied with this arrangement, especially the Xie family, accepted it calmly.

Sitting in the room, Xie Xuan read the letter Xie Shu left for him again, and leaned on the candle to burn it bit by bit.

Xie Shu had already figured out Qingkang Emperor's mind, he would not hand over the position of prime minister to the Yuan family or the Wei family, but to the Wang family, because only in this way could the power of the aristocratic family tend to be more balanced.So she asked Xie Xuan to find an opportunity to recommend himself, and proposed the idea of ​​dividing the power of Lushang, and told him not to stand out and only serve in the province.

Sima Ting is not a cowardly and incompetent person. He is young and gradually forbearing, so he will surely achieve great things.This arrangement was exactly what he wanted, and Xie Xuan's future was boundless.

Now everything is developing according to the prediction and arrangement in the letter.Xie Xuan suddenly felt that all these arrangements were so appropriate, it was not like An Heng assassinated the prime minister, but rather like the prime minister took advantage of the opportunity of An Heng's assassination.

But then he felt that he was thinking too much. After all, how many people would sacrifice their lives so recklessly?

He stood up and walked to the window, where every year the light yellow winter jasmine flowers were blooming delicately in the corner.At this time last year, Xie Shu pointed to a clump of winter jasmine and smiled at him: "You are like this early spring flower. It is a good season. Now this world is your battlefield."

Thinking of this, he clenched his hand behind his back into a fist, and opened it lightly, with a faint smile on his brows and eyes: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for giving me this opportunity."

It was drizzling in spring in Jingzhou. Wei Yizhi stepped on his horse and looked back after walking a long distance. The tomb guarded by soldiers stood alone, somewhat desolate.

The governor of Jingzhou said flatteringly, "Your Majesty has already started to build a shrine for Duke Wenrui, may I ask the prince of Wuling to give me a treasure of calligraphy?"

He nodded: "Yes."

Thank you very much, the governor.

On the second day, Wei Yizhi asked Fu Xuan to send a pair of elegiac couplets to the governor of Jingzhou. The governor was like a treasure, and he even called his family members to pass it around, and then he ordered someone to rub it and engrave it.

At this time, Wei Yizhi was already on his way back to Wuling County.

The distance between the two places is not far, and it doesn't take too long to rush back, but he seems to be in a hurry, rushing all the way.

Fu Xuan was very puzzled, held back all the questions, and finally decided that he was too sad, so he could only sigh secretly.

When we arrived in Wuling County, the weather was warm and the flowers were blooming.Wei Yizhi rode his horse to the county prince's mansion, hurried in, and didn't even answer the manager's greetings.

After hearing the news, Madam Xiang came over to greet him, and she waved to him while she was still in the corridor, with a very delicate expression on her face.

Wei Yizhi approached quickly, and she had already dismissed the left and right maidservants, and said in a low voice: "You are back, why did I hear that the prime minister is dead? But she clearly..."

Wei Yizhi raised his hand to cover his lips, and asked in a low voice, "Where is she?"

Mrs. Xiang pointed the direction.

The scent of medicinal herbs is overflowing in the wing room, there are few decorations, there are a few calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and there are small desk seats in the middle.

There is a bamboo couch next to the east wall, on which a person is lying on his side, wearing a plain white skirt, decorated with blue moiré embroidered cuffs and necklines, long hair like ink, half behind the ears, half up On the chest, the skin is as white as porcelain, the long eyelashes are lightly covered, and she is sleeping quietly. It is a picture of a beautiful woman with a clear charm and a lazy beauty.

Wei Yizhi walked around the screen, saw this scene, felt mixed emotions in his heart, after a long time bent down and gently stroked her face, felt the cool touch, and then he was relieved.

The beauty slowly opened her eyes, was dazed for a moment, and then laughed: "You are finally back."

Wei Yizhi suddenly hugged her forcefully, his hands were terrifyingly strong: "Don't scare me like this next time."

"And next time? Wouldn't that be a fraudulent corpse?"

Wei Yizhi closed his eyes, still a little scared at this moment.

When Mubai took him to meet Xie Shu, he suddenly told him that Xie Shu quietly left Jiankang and came to Wuling on the day Xie Shu was assassinated.He believed it, but he was worried all the way, worried that this rhetoric was just a scam to reassure him, and he finally felt relieved when he saw her actually lying here.

He let go of his arm, looked at her carefully, and saw that her hands were tightly wrapped with white cloth, and there were bloodstains that had just dried up on her palms, so he carefully supported her and said, "Did you block that sword with your hands?"

"Naturally, otherwise, with my body, I would really die if I get hit by another sword."

"It's too risky, what if the hands are useless?"

"Fortunately, it's not useless, but it really hurts badly. No wonder people say ten fingers connect to heart."

Wei Yizhi took her into his arms and gently rubbed her fingertips, as if this could relieve her pain: "What's going on, why did you suddenly let go of everything?"

Xie Shu had just taken the medicine, and his whole body was lazy: "I really want to say it's for you, but that's too fake. There are many reasons, and you are just one of them."

Wei Yizhi laughed: "That's better than nothing, tell me."

Xie Shu nestled into his arms to make himself more comfortable: "Xie Ran began to doubt my real identity. Even if I could kill him, it would not be a long-term solution. Now I am a big tree attracting the wind, both openly and secretly. A lot of people are staring at me, Sima Ting will definitely look for an opportunity to attack me after he ascends the throne, once it is exposed at that time, the Xie family will be doomed, this is one of them."

Wei Yizhi remembered that Xie Ran was a little displeased, but he didn't say anything, and listened to her quietly.

"The timing is also key this time. An Heng took the initiative to show up, so he must have the will to die. The situation was urgent. If he recognized Sima Ting, he would definitely assassinate him to blame the Xie family who supported Emperor Yuanning. I will protect Sima Ting did it to restrain the incident, but after thinking about it, only my death can make the Xie family completely withdraw from the disputes of imperial power, so he decided to plan, this is the second."

"In addition, Dr. Zhong has been persuading me for a long time. My body can't stand the exhaustion. I must rest. I'm afraid of death..."

"So," Wei Yizhi lowered his head and interrupted her: "What's my reason?"

Xie Shu glanced at him and closed his eyes: "I'm tired."

"Why do you get tired when you talk about this?" Wei Yizhi pretended to sigh: "Why is it so difficult for you to say that you care about me?"

Xie Shu opened his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were deep, like a day full of starlight, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Yizhi was completely peaceful in these eyes, touched her forehead with his lips, and stopped asking.

Xie Shu only brought two bodyguards and Dr. Zhong with him this time. He changed into women's clothes and wore a veiled hat. Fortunately, nothing happened along the way.

To avoid arousing suspicion, Mubai did not follow in time.When Xie Shu left, he told him that if he wanted to, he would find a reason to come to Wuling County to find her in a year, and when the dust settled, no one would be suspicious; if he didn't want to, he could stay at Xie's house.

Mubai's tears were not fake, between the Daxie Mansion who has been loyal to the Daxie Mansion for many years and the young master who has served so far, how heartbroken it is to have to make a choice.

All the servants in the Prince's Mansion of Wuling County have been changed, but Wei Yizhi did not appoint new servants to serve Xie Shu.Her hands were scratched deeply, and she had to use human hands to do everything. Wei Yizhi did not bother others, and did everything by himself.Sometimes when encountering private matters, Xie Shu himself would be embarrassed, but he still took good care of them.

The whole house knew that there was such a woman, and they were very curious, but they couldn't see her real face, so they could only continue to be curious.

Even Fu Xuan was no exception, but he thought it was a good thing, at least the county king no longer cared about the deceased prime minister.

Mrs. Xiang would visit Xie Shu occasionally, and she always felt weird in her heart. Most of the time, she only glanced out the window for a few times, and sometimes she shrank back when Xie Shu spotted her, making her look like a thief at home.

After coming down several times, Xie Shu couldn't take it anymore. Taking advantage of Wei Yi's presence at night, he asked, "What the hell is Mrs. Xiang doing? I feel like a monster."

Wei Yizhi smiled and said: "You just resumed women's clothing, she is not used to it." After speaking, he suddenly noticed that the robe on her body turned out to be a coat he had left here not long ago, and couldn't help frowning: "It seems that you are not used to being a woman yourself."

Xie Shu sighed secretly.She didn't bring a piece of men's clothing when she came, and now she wears women's clothing, but how can it be so easy to change the habits of many years?Even her hair, she didn't have a personal maid to serve her, and she didn't know how to comb women's hair, so she let her hair loose all day long.

Wei Yizhi liked her long hair, he couldn't put it down, but he didn't expect it to be related at all.

What Xie Shu is not used to is the leisurely life now, when he jumps in from the busy government affairs, he always feels empty.However, Dr. Zhong told her to rest, even if she walked more.

She almost died twice, and Wei Yizhi took it more seriously than anyone else. At first, he came after finishing the government affairs, but later he simply moved the government affairs to the South Courtyard where she lived.

Xie Shu occasionally said that he wanted to walk around, and he would put forward conditions in a calm manner: "Why do you learn to read music scores, I will let you go out and walk around, how about it?"

She wailed and could only lie down obediently to recuperate.

The servants were already talking about it, Mrs. Xiang felt that this was not the way to go, so she urged them to get married.

Xie Shu deliberately lay down on the couch and pretended to be sad: "Sure enough, you men are only thinking about the new couple. The prime minister has just passed away a few months ago, so you are in a hurry to get married."

Wei Yizhi laughed: "This is the first time I've seen myself competing with myself." But after speaking, I felt that what she said was right. From now on, it's time to say goodbye to that identity, otherwise wouldn't it be self-inflicted?
It wasn't until early winter that Xie Shu's face finally turned red, and the cloth strips on his hands were removed, but there were obvious scars on his palms and finger pulps.

Wei Yizhi was worried that she would get sores from the cold, so there was always a strong charcoal fire in the house.He began to let her participate in government affairs, first in the county, and later in the court.

Xie Shu knew his kindness and did not refuse, and the two often debated in the room.Fu Xuan once looked around, and finally saw the appearance of the woman with long hair up to her waist, and couldn't close her mouth in shock.

(End of this chapter)