The Submissive Emperor - Chapter 41

“The wine was brought by the second uncle of the minister from Lingnan, and the minister only got two altars,” Lou Jing was a little surprised. He didn’t expect the queen to like lychee wine so much. “This is not a particularly precious thing in Lingnan. It’s fine to bring a few altars, but it will take at least a month.”

Just two jars of wine, one was given to the queen, and the other was given to Xiao Chengjun. Xiao Chengjun also liked this wine. It was impossible for Lou Jing to take wine from his husband and honor the queen.

“My palace is just asking casually, Mofei’s twists and turns,” Ji Zhuo waved his hand, “General Zhengnan left Beijing?”

“Just out of town this morning, rushing back to Lingnan for the New Year.” Lou Jing said with a smile.

The queen nodded and said nothing. She explained Lou Jing to Xiao Chengjun and told Xiao Chengjun that Jingnan would arrive in Beijing three to five days later. Since she has been ill, she will take a few more days off.

Corvée is not impossible to enlist. If you want to enlist, you must have a king with clear rewards and punishments, and a clean and honest court to ensure that the servants are not abused and the money and food are provided in time. However, looking at thousands of years of history, few dynasties can do it. What’s more, this faint court nowadays will cause mutiny if it is not done properly. At that time, whoever supervises the river will be the culprit and will be cast aside by the people.

If Xiao Chengjun were to supervise the repairs of the river, once he was infamy, even if he seized the throne in the future, there would be no good things in the history books.

After bidding farewell to the queen, Lou Jing did not go back to the Vermilion Bird Hall, or to the Royal Mansion of Min King after he left the palace, nor did he return to the Bei Ya as a errand. Instead, he went to the Prime Minister Zuo’s mansion.

The left minister, Zhao Duan, was still the director of Shangshu Province. He was not at home, and his servant led Lou Jing to the yard of the Nine Young Masters.

“Several masters are all in the yamen, and it’s no wonder that you are insignificant.” The butler in Zhao’s mansion spoke very eloquently, with some Jiangnan literature anger.

Lou Jing waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and he was originally here to look for Zhao Xi.

“Furun House, Derun Body, a wide heart and fat body, so a gentleman…” The sound of the book echoed from time to time in the small courtyard planted with green bamboos. Lou Jing couldn’t help but walk a few steps quickly, wanting to laugh at Zhao Xi who was finally willing to study seriously. Two sentences.

When I walked around the bamboo forest, I saw Zhao Xi standing in front of a stone table in the yard. There were many books scattered on the ground. He took a writing brush and wrote and painted on the white paper on the table.

Lou Jing quietly walked behind him, ready to slap him, but Zhao Xi suddenly turned around, and the two were shocked at the same time.

“Ah!” Zhao Xi shouted suddenly.

“What’s your name!” Lou Jing quickly slapped his head. The butler hadn’t walked far, and he heard the cry of killing a pig for a while. He must have thought that he had beaten Zhao Xi, so he beat him before Zhao Xi filed a lawsuit. , Lest you suffer.

Holding the sore head, Zhao Xi glared at Lou Jing, “I suddenly understand why I can’t become a gentleman.”

“Why?” Lou Jing lowered his head and looked at the words written on his desk, full of “heart wide and fat”!

“Because I am too skinny,” Zhao Xi took out the “University” and pointed it to Lou Jing, “De run my body, my heart is wide and my body is fat, I have no virtue, so I can’t moisten my body, so I won’t get fat.”

Lou Jing took away the book in his hand, threw it on the ground, and sat down on the stone bench freely, “Master Zhao asked you to study at home, that’s how you read it! I think you don’t want to be admitted to the scholarship, so you can just pretend to be a man and marry a woman. I’m here.” As he said, he squeezed the snack on the table and took a bite.

“You dare to mention this!” Zhao Xi didn’t get angry when he heard it. “Your prince has hurt me. For his letter, my second uncle punished me to write it for half a month. The policy is discussed.”

“His Royal Highness has an appointment with Zuo Xiang, why do you want to punish you?” Lou Jing glanced at him, and this fool probably deceived Zhao Duan again.

“What are you talking about?” Zhao Xi jumped up immediately, dare to feel that his strategy and thesis for half a month have been written in vain?

“I’m asking you, these days, did the Zuoxiang mention building rivers?” Lou Jing grabbed Zhao Xi who was going to Shang Shusheng to find Zuoxiang’s theory, and pressed him onto the stool.

“The servitude is mentioned on the right,” Zhao Xi finally showed some seriousness on his face when he talked about it. “It is said that because the refugees in Qinghe have hit the surrounding area, the mess in Qingyang County can’t be covered. I want to use this. The way is to capture those troubled refugees for their corvee.”

Lou Jing knew it, and it turned out that Wen Chen looked at things differently from his perspective, but the news was very useful. “Who caused the incident by the refugees in Qinghe, can the Secretary-General know about it?”

“Cut, do you still have to think about it?” Zhao Xi curled his lips. “People from the right-hand side, like crazy dogs, dare to do anything.”

Lou Jing raised his eyebrows. The word mad dog was appropriate. He got up and patted Zhao Xi’s head, “You should study hard, I can wait for you to take the three yuan and third grade.”

“Your stepmother, what are you going to do?” Zhao Xi frowned and looked at Lou Jing. He hasn’t heard from the Anguo Government House these days. He is still very worried, for fear that Lou Jing will suffer. “If you want to fight, remember to bring it with you. I.”

“Don’t worry, you don’t need to get involved with this little thing.” Lou Jing laughed. Zhao Jiu never forgot to fight. If he was asked to go, he wouldn’t be angry with Wei directly, it would be difficult to do.

In the evening, I returned to the Minwang Mansion and had dinner with Xiao Chengjun. Because he slept too much during the day, and his Highness Minwang was not at all sleepy, Lou Jing took him to the yard to eat.

The autumn wind rustled, causing the dead leaves to fall from the trees. Xiao Chengjun looked at the bleak courtyard and couldn’t help sighing, “The weather turns cold, and the refugees in Qinghe don’t know what to do?”

Since he lost the position of prince, Qinghe’s disaster relief work has not been under his control, and he has always heard bad news.

“I heard that the right minister wanted to enlist these refugees with all his strength.” Lou Jing took the cloak that Anshun had brought up.

“What are the common people?” Xiao Chengjun sighed and stretched out his hand to put it on. Who knew Lou Jing put the cloak on himself, then hugged him tightly and wrapped it in a wide cloak.

Xiao Chengjun looked at him dumbfounded and waved his hand to make An Shun retreat. If this goes on, he will definitely become more and more lazy. His Royal Highness of the King of Min took a look at him and leaned against Lou Jing.

“I have a way to turn the slave into a laborer,” Lou Jing said, rubbing a cool ear.

“What way?” Xiao Chengjun turned to look at him.

“Tomorrow you will know,” Lou Jing pecked on his lips, deliberately selling Guan Zi said, “but I have to wait until tomorrow night to do it, I can accompany you out in the daytime.”

The busiest general of the Yulin army is the Yulin Zhonglang, who takes the Yulin army on duty every day and guards in the palace. Lou Jing is now the leader of the left, only busy during the holidays.

Xiao Chengjun didn’t ask, but smiled slightly, “You are not in the house for many days, so you are not afraid that people will see it?”

“I’ve been separated from my dad,” mentioned this, Lou Jing’s eyes flashed a cold light, “Let Wei Clan go to the county in these few days.” But these are all trivial matters, for Lou Jing now. , Nothing is more important than not being able to play with your husband.

In the end, Xiao Chengjun didn’t agree to the proposal to go out to play. He has just been on sick leave, so he can’t run out casually, but he has the intention to go to Jingyishan to see Xiao Chengjin.

The next day, the two drove the carriage early and quietly went to Jingyi Mountain in the east of the city.

The imperial physician said that Jing Wang’s condition was not very good these few days, and Xiao Chengjun was always very worried.

The surrounding area of ​​the palace is still quiet, the red leaves have fallen for nearly half, and the mountain shows a bit of sadness in the late autumn. Changchun Pavilion is still warm as spring, but the people in the Pavilion are full of sad faces.

“The prince is not doing well these days. I heard that His Royal Highness was abolished as a prince, and he…vomited blood that night.” The butler whispered to the two in the front yard with a sad face.

Lou Jing frowned and held Xiao Chengjun’s tighter fist, “The prince is in a bad shape, so you should show a little smile. You are so sad every day, and people who are not sick are also worried about getting sick.”

The butler heard the dissatisfaction in Lou Jing’s tone, and only then awakened himself to add a block to the Lord, “The old slave is guilty.”

Xiao Chengjun waved his hand to stop the housekeeper’s words, and pulled Lou Jing into it.

The second prince Xiao Chengjin was still lying in the small pavilion in the middle of the hot spring, with his eyes closed and his brows furrowed.

“Cheng Jin…” Xiao Chengjun sat down on the couch and called him softly.

Xiao Chengjin slowly opened his eyes and saw the person who came. He couldn’t help but smile. “Seeing you come together, I am relieved…cough cough cough cough…” Before he finished speaking, he began to cough violently.

“The prince!” Jing Wang Concubine Zhang’s avoiding the cubicle, heard the sound and walked out quickly to support Xiao Chengjin, and gave him comfort, “The prince is unwell, and the concubine can’t avoid it. Don’t forget the uncle.”

“It’s all from my own family, so don’t talk about those vain courtesies.” Xiao Chengjun looked at his younger brother’s situation and took care of them there.

After finally stopping his cough, Xiao Chengjin took his brother’s hand and gasped for a breath, “I feel that time is running out these few days, and I have something to say to you.”

Xiao Chengjun looked at him, trying to stop him from talking nonsense, but the words choked in his throat, because his brother’s words were true, and his body really couldn’t last long.

“The Rightist faction cannot be solved by external forces and must be resolved from within.” Xiao Chengjin handed a slapped pamphlet to Xiao Chengjun. “These are my copies of these days. The names, birthplaces, and official positions of the students of the Rightist faction are among them. I’ve also written all the associations in it. I hope I can help my brother.”

Lou Jing looked at the booklet and admired Xiao Chengjin’s wisdom very much. He inadvertently caught a name, and a past many years ago suddenly appeared in his mind. He couldn’t help but was taken aback. That person might be the one who disintegrated the rightist faction. The essential!

Xiao Chengjun didn’t notice Lou Jing’s expression. He only held the booklet, pressed his lips tightly, and said for a long while: “I said that you are not allowed to work any more, when will you be obedient!”

“I just want to do something for my brother,” Xiao Chengjin smiled and sighed lightly, “Rui’er is still young. It turns out that my brother is a prince, so I can’t say that. Now that my brother has become a prince, I ask my brother to take care of him. …Cough cough…”