The Favoured Medical Princess: 830 Become a minister
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The summer in southern Xinjiang is getting hotter and hotter. The sun is like fire, scorching the earth. The herbal tea shop at the gate of the city has been set up again as in previous years, providing coolness and herbal tea to the merchants coming and going.
On the eighth day of July, the imperial envoy Zuodu Yushi hurriedly left Luoyue City under the "escort" of nearly a hundred southern Xinjiang troops.
Luoyue City, which had been noisy for several days, has completely returned to its former peace.
After Zuo Du Yushi left, Pingyang Hou, who had been hiding for two months, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pingyang Hou has stayed in Luoyue City for nearly a year since he arrived in southern Xinjiang in August last year. This year is both long and fleeting. Now the Prince of Zhennan has finally turned darkness into light. , baring his fangs to the king, Pingyang Hou also realized that the time had finally arrived. After repeated consideration, he sent a greeting card to Bixiaotang asking to see Xiao Yi.
While waiting anxiously, Marquis Pingyang quickly received a reply, and the next day he met Xiao Yi in the Shu Zhi Hall of Bixiao Hall.
I have to say that Pingyang Hou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Yi has always been arrogant and unruly, and he acts casually. His willingness to see him is a good start.
"The prince took the trouble to send the little girl back, and I am here to thank him!" Pingyang Hou respectfully said to Xiao Yi who was standing above him, clasping his fists.
Xiao Yi looked at Marquis Pingyang with a smile, made a gesture for him to sit down, and said casually: "Since I promised you something, I will naturally do it!"
Xiao Yi said it casually, but Marquis Pingyang couldn't help chewing these words over and over in his heart, as if he had received some kind of guarantee, and he felt quite settled. Yes, Xiao Yi is not like the one from Wangdu. He is an ambitious person who wants to achieve great things, so he naturally sticks to his word!
Thinking about it, Marquis Pingyang sat down on the mahogany armchair beside him. After pretending to take a sip of tea, he calmed down a little and then said with a smile: "After Baiyue and Nanliang counties, the prince attacked again. Going down to Xiye County, this fierce heart and courage really make me admire and respect you."
Pingyang Marquis kept calling Baiyue, Nanliang and Xiye counties, but he was actually expressing his support for the independence of Southern Xinjiang in a roundabout way. As the Pingyang Marquis of Dayu, before the emperor recognized the independence of Southern Xinjiang, , saying this naturally conveys the meaning of surrender.
Xiao Yizheng was holding a teacup and drinking tea. Hearing this, he slightly raised his eyelids and glanced sideways at Pingyang Hou, half-smiling but not smiling.
This glance looked careless, but also revealed a hint of eagle-like sharpness, as if he had already read through Pingyang Hou's mind.
Pingyang Hou suddenly thought that based on what he had heard about Xiao Yi this year, Xiao Yi hated others beating around the bush.
Pingyang Hou took a deep breath, stood up, walked to the hall again, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "Your Majesty, I am impressed by your talent and strategy. I am willing to serve you with all my strength!"
Pingyang Hou said sonorously and forcefully, directly changing his name from "this Hou" to "Chen" in order to show his sincerity.
Pingyang Hou has been in Southern Xinjiang for so long and has been secretly observing the trends in Southern Xinjiang. He has long seen that the King of Zhennan is just a paper tiger, or a facade. The real master of Southern Xinjiang today is the Crown Prince Xiao. Yi, so just now he only said that he would surrender to Xiao Yi, not the Zhennan Palace.
The development of Southern Xinjiang this year completely exceeded Marquis Pingyang’s imagination. Xiao Yixiong was talented and mighty like the late emperor. Southern Xinjiang was booming. In just a few years, it quickly grew into an eagle that could laugh proudly for nine days!
In comparison, Dayu is no longer in his prime, and is already an old man in his twilight years...
There is a saying: good birds choose trees to roost in.
With his current situation, he can't return to the royal capital anyway, so he might as well stay in southern Xinjiang, maybe there will be a better future!
Now that Xiao Yi has turned darkness into light and announced it to the world, it must be the time for him to employ people. Since he came to southern Xinjiang last year, he has never violated Xiao Yi's wishes and has done all the surrender and goodwill that he should do. It has been expressed that to this day, logically speaking, it should be a matter of course, right? !
Pingyang Hou was thinking secretly in his heart. When he saw Xiao Yi smiling and saying nothing, he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and his heart started to rise a little bit.
There was silence for a moment in Shu Zhi Hall. When the sound came again, it was suppressed by the loud chirping of cicadas outside...
Summer is getting thicker.
While Xiao Yi was meeting the guests, Nangong Yue from Bixiaotang was not idle either. Almost as soon as Xiao Yi left, Xiao Fei came on the back.
Today, Xiao Fei wore a moxa-green phoenix-tail flower-carved silk trousers, with a simple knot wrapped in green silk. She looked the same as usual, elegant and pure, but Nangong Yue noticed from her slightly pursed lips. From the corner of her mouth, she could vaguely feel that Xiao Fei seemed to have something on her mind.
After the aunt and sister-in-law greeted each other, Xiao Fei sat down next to Nangong Yue.
"Sister-in-law," Xiao Fei hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have something to discuss with you..." Originally, Xiao Fei wanted to talk to Nangong Yue as soon as she came back, but seeing that she was tired from the journey, the palace Things were so busy that it took several days.
As soon as Nangong Yue saw Xiao Fei's expression and tone, she knew that this matter was not simple.
She raised her hand and made a gesture, and Baihui and Huamei who were waiting at the side understood. After Fu Fu, the two maids quickly retreated, leaving the two sisters-in-law alone in the Dongci room.
At this time, Xiao Fei took out a folded piece of tissue paper from her sleeve and handed it to Nangong Yue, "Sister-in-law, take a look..."
After Nangong Yue unfolded the tissue paper, he looked at it at a glance. His face showed a bit of surprise at first, then disbelief, and finally a taste that was hard to describe.
It turns out that this letter was written by Han Lingfu to Xiao Fei!
This letter written by Han Lingfu can be considered very emotional. It not only expresses his deep admiration for Xiao Fei's talents, but also releases the bait of Xu Yi as the crown prince. Finally, he expresses affectionately that "for the rest of my life." A pair of people”!
Nangong Yue's eyes paused for a long time on the phrase "two people for life", and slightly raised her lips in mockery.
For some reason, she seemed to faintly smell the scent of her cousin Bai Muxiao in this letter.
After a moment, Nangong Yue looked up from the letter and handed it back to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei frowned at the letter, as if holding a hot potato, and explained seriously: "Sister-in-law, this letter is from a person who claimed to be Gong when I went to the Great Buddha Temple last month to offer incense. The people of the county prince and history forced it on me..."
Xiao Fei omitted what she said. That day she took Xiao Rongyu to the Great Buddha Temple to offer incense. The man who claimed to be Chang Shi tried to talk to her several times, but she ignored him. In the end, he bribed one to come. The fragrant girl, the girl forced the letter into Xiao Rongyu's hand, then turned around and ran away. The most humble person is invincible. Xiao Fei had no choice but to accept the letter.
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei's face with a hint of displeasure, a smile on her lips, and asked knowingly: "Sister Fei, what do you think about this matter?"
Xiao Fei wrinkled her delicate brows and said seriously: "Sister-in-law, I think there is something wrong with Prince Gong!"
After a pause, Xiao Fei continued in an orderly manner: "He clearly has a wife and concubines, but he still insists on promising me a life-long relationship. It is really ridiculous. What did he do to his two dead wives? Land?! He clearly has a son, but he allows another woman’s son to be the crown prince, and where does he put his eldest son?! This man is unjust to his wife and unkind to his son. He behaves without rules and violates the rules. Incestuous relationships are often..."
Speaking, Xiao Fei shook her head in disapproval and resolutely commented: "This person is really not something you can get close to!"
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei, the smile on her lips became deeper and deeper, and her dark eyes sparkled even more. Their sister Fei is so interesting! She really wanted to reach out and rub the top of her hair.
This time Han Lingfu really made a mistake!
He probably thought that the little girl had a new love and was the easiest to bewitched, but he didn’t know that their sister Fei was the most disciplined. Han Lingfu’s letter not only failed to impress Xiao Fei, but also made Xiao Fei completely disgusted with him. !
"Sister Fei, the imperial envoy sent by the emperor a few days ago sent an imperial edict..." Nangong Yue suddenly said.
Originally, she, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai knew the content of the imperial edict. Nangong Yue did not intend to mention it to Xiao Fei, but since Han Lingfu wrote such a letter to Xiao Fei, she had to tell her Xiao Fei mentioned this matter.
Following that, Nangong Yue told Xiao Fei that the emperor intended to let the Zhennan Palace select a son-in-law to choose the heir apparent. Xiao Fei was stunned.
She admits that she has read some history books, but this kind of thing is really unheard of. This... this... this emperor is too confused! Could it be that eldest brother wants southern Xinjiang to be independent for this reason? !
Thinking about the opportunity for her eldest brother to declare the independence of Southern Xinjiang, Xiao Fei couldn't help but have this idea in her mind.
Nangong Yue smiled and took one of Xiao Fei's bare hands, and said proudly: "Sister Fei, we don't care about the princess or anything like that!"
Xiao Fei was stunned, and for a moment, she put her sister-in-law's face and her eldest brother's arrogant and unruly face together, pursed her lips and smiled, with a shallow pear dimple at the corner of her mouth, which made her cool temperament A little more childish.
As long as my sister-in-law is here, I don’t have to worry about anything!
Seeing Xiao Fei nodding her head obediently, Nangong Yue raised the corners of her mouth even higher, and thought about Xiao Fei's marriage in her heart: In more than two months, Sister Fei will be sixteen years old, and the marriage must be accelerated. , Fortunately, the young men from the new battalion that he had selected before also returned to Luoyue City this time. He had to quickly settle Sister Fei's marriage, so as not to be remembered for getting married one moment, and then to be remembered the next. Thinking about marrying far away!
"Sister Fei..."
Nangong Yue was about to mention the marriage secretly to Xiao Fei when Xiao Yu's cry of "wow wow" suddenly came from the direction of the inner room. Soon, Que'er came in and reported that his grandson had wet himself. bedding.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei quickly exchanged knowing glances, and both the sister-in-law couldn't help laughing.
Their brother Yu loves to be clean the most. When he couldn't speak, he knew how to use various sounds to remind adults to change his diaper or wait for him to pee...especially after he started talking. I rarely wet my pants anymore.
I have to say that Xiao Yi also deserves some credit for this.
Poor Brother Yu would be ridiculed by his father every time he wet his pants and wet the bed, which left a deep imprint on his little mind. Every time he accidentally wet the bed, the little guy was extremely sad and frustrated. .
After a while, the little guy, who had been cleaned up by the wet nurse and the maid, ran into the east room. After putting on clean clothes, he completely forgot about the bed-wetting incident just now. He held a hand in his chubby little hand. A nine-link chain, playing with it with a smile.
Ever since Guanyu Bailu taught the little guy how to play Nine Links, he has become completely obsessed with this magical little toy and has to touch one every day. In addition, he also picked up a bad habit. .
"Aunt..."
No, the little guy stumbled up to Xiao Fei, handed the nine-ring chain to his aunt with a smile, and then looked at her expectantly.
Nangong Yue and the maids beside her were speechless.
Little Xiao Yu has always been stubborn. When he likes to pick flowers, he will pick all the plum blossoms in the garden. Recently, one of Xiao Tuanzi's favorite things is to ask others to solve the nine-link chain for him. After solving it, Then he asked others to put it back on him, over and over again, never getting tired of it.
In the past few days, almost all the people he has met have been tested by him. When someone solved the problem, he would praise the other person as "good"; if the other person could not solve the problem, he would sigh in disappointment... ...In just a few days, everyone in Bixiaotang has learned to understand Jiulianhuan, including King Zhennan.
Of course Xiao Fei couldn't be bothered by the mere nine-link chain, and he solved it in a short while. Seeing this, the little guy "Dragon Heart" applauded happily, coaxing his aunt to almost float into the sky, and she disassembled it for him several times...
Amidst the bursts of light laughter, the sun unknowingly set more than half of the sky.
At dusk, light and darkness alternate in the sky.
Xiao Yi came back from the front yard. When he saw Xiao Fei and Xiao Yu were there, he showed an unabashed expression of disgust.
Unfortunately——
"Daddy!"
As soon as the little guy saw his father coming, he twisted his body and jumped out of his aunt's arms, happily throwing himself into his father's arms. It seemed that he could not see his father's dislike at all.
"Bad boy, have you taken a shower?" Xiao Yi's nose moved, and he smelled a faint scent of toilet water from Xiao Yu, and then smiled evilly, "You didn't wet your pants, did you?!"
The little guy buried his face in his father's chest in aggrieved manner, feeling too embarrassed to see anyone.
This big brother is bullying Brother Yu again! Xiao Fei didn't know how many times she felt sympathy for her little nephew.
Hey, I have to be nicer to Brother Yu in the future!
Xiao Fei swore secretly in her heart, stood up, and left wisely.
Xiao Fei left, leaving only a family of three in the house. A touch of warmth spread between each other's looks and smiles.
Xiao Yi sat down on the Arhat bed with Xiao Tuanzi in his arms, with Nangong Yue’s thighs touching their thighs and their knees touching their knees.
Xiaotuanzi immediately discovered a new game, crawling up and down on his parents' laps, "squeaking" on anyone he climbed on, and smearing his parents' faces with saliva.
Seeing that the little guy was about to make his father angry, Nangong Yue hurriedly handed him the nine-ring chain. The little guy's attention was immediately diverted, and he started playing with the nine-ring chain "ding-ding-ding-dong". Come in series.
After dealing with the little guy, Nangong Yue hurriedly diverted Xiao Yi's attention. She cleared her throat and asked, knowingly: "Ayi, Marquis Pingyang is gone?"
Just pamper this brat! Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows and glanced at Nangong Yue. He didn't know her intentions, but he still cooperated and told her about Pingyang Hou's intention to defect to Southern Xinjiang.
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows and said slowly: "Ayi, Marquis Pingyang is somewhat capable and capable...but he cannot be called bold and loyal."
Back then, Pingyang Marquis easily gave up Han Lingfu for Han Lingguan. Last year, he came to southern Xinjiang as an envoy to the south, but he bowed his head to Xiao Yi in order to protect himself after weighing the pros and cons. But now he understands that the situation is stronger than others. , and even more decisively surrendered to Xiao Yi.
Pingyang Hou changed his mind again and again. To put it nicely, it was because he was judging the situation, but to put it badly, he was a bit like a grassroots person.
However, no one is perfect, not to mention that the newly independent southern Xinjiang is in urgent need of some talents. No matter Nanliang, Baiyue, or Xiye, they are still in a state of waste after the war. The military generals were in charge of internal affairs and people's livelihood affairs, which made them miserable. Although Guan Yubai was coordinating from the rear and no big mistakes could be made, it was difficult to go further.
After all, Guan Yubai is only one person, and he is too weak!
Nowadays, southern Xinjiang is hungry for all kinds of talents.
Nangong Yue knew these things well without Xiao Yi saying them.
Xiao Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Although Pingyang Hou has this and that shortcoming, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, so he can be considered a useful person. As long as our southern border is strong, he will not dare to Instead, you can be a capable minister..."
Looking at Xiao Yi's confident look, the smile on Nangong Yue's lips became deeper and deeper, reaching into her eyes and eyebrows...