Chapter 021: I want to be a pure minister
In another room in Ma Yuan, Xie Zuo recounted how he and the prince of Lu Guo had formed a bond when they first met.
One day, Xie Zhuo and his fox friends went to the boat to drink and have fun, and they wanted to play with the pitcher. When a group of people and tricks were having fun on the boat, they happened to meet the fourth master of Liang Wangfu feasting on a painting boat. Somehow, the two boats of people mixed together and competed.
Xie Zhuo played very well, although he was not a hundred hits, but he was also the quasi-leader of seven or eight out of ten. Cheng Song, the prince of Lu Guogong, may have heard that he was very good at throwing pots, so he proposed to compete with each other, and the color head was the incense tent of Li Cuiniang, the head of the house, plus five hundred taels of silver!
Xie Zhuo didn't have any thoughts about that Li Cuiniang, but when the battle came to the head, how could there be any reason not to fight! The others bet on the two of them, waving their sleeves and shouting and cheering.
The competition is determined by the winner or loser, but when it comes to the lottery and money, it is a little tasteless, which is no different from gambling.
The result was that the prince of Lu Guogong narrowly won by one throw, which made Xie Zuo lose face in front of his fox friends and dog friends! Xie Zhuo was not convinced, so he agreed to compare others next time, and Cheng Song gladly agreed, so there was today's horse training in the horse garden.
Xie Fuya listened carefully to Xie Zhuo's account of the events on the Jinghe River that day, and the more she listened, the more her brows became and her brows became tighter!
Lu Guogong is a military general, who guards the Xiguan fortress all the year round. Because it is far away from the court, it has nothing to do with any faction in the court. In the past two years, Xiguan has been peaceful, and Lu Guogong handed over the return of military power and returned to Beijing to serve his mother last year.
After Lu Guogong returned to Beijing, he was arranged to be a director of the Ministry of War, although he no longer held military power, his prestige in the army was still there. During the six months since he returned to Beijing, all forces in the DPRK and China have tried to win over Lu Guogong, but he seems to be ready to be a pure minister, maintaining a superficial harmony with people of any faction, and has no intimate contacts in private. Even the prince invited him several times but he didn't get anything!
Lu Guogong is a solid stone that does not move or shake, and it is impossible to win him over, but the other masters of Lu Guogong's Mansion still have gaps to drill!
King Liang was smarter than the crown prince, and neither he nor the prince had contact with the people of the Duke of Lu's mansion, but let the second son, who was only 16 years old, make friends with Cheng Song, the prince of the Duke of Lu!
"Sister, don't worry, although I'm lazy and casual, I still know how to weigh the weight. Xie Zuo saw that his sister's brows were still unresolved, so he expressed his determination and said, "When I go back, I will tell my mother that I will take over the errand arranged by the prince's uncle!
Xie Fuya retracted her thoughts and sighed lightly, "It's good that my brother can have this heart." Brother just need to remember that my sister and I will be the backer of my husband's family in the future, brother. I don't want my brother to become a big climate, I just hope that you can stand in front of people and speak with some weight. ”
Xie Zhuo didn't quite understand the meaning of Xie Fuya's words, but when he saw the slightly sad and melancholy expression on his sister's face, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed that he still wanted his sister to supervise him.
If you want to say that the person who knows Xie Zhuo the best, it must be Xie Fuya's younger sister! Her brother is not bad in nature, even if she is a gentleman who likes to play outside, she has never done anything to bully others, molest, or rob people's daughters.
Xie Zhuo's cultivation of this fun-loving and unwilling to do things is not only related to Princess Anyang's favor, but also related to the Xie family's ignorance and deliberate alienation of their brothers, sisters, sisters and brothers!
Xie Wu is the youngest son of Xie Yuan, the head of the household, and the grandson of the old lady Xie of the emperor.
The daughter of the heavenly family marries a courtier, and she can't greet the elders every day like an ordinary daughter-in-law, nor can she let her husband's elders meet every day to give her a courtesy, and the existence of the Horse Mansion is to solve this embarrassing problem!
Xie Wushang lived with his wife, Princess Anyang, in the Imperial Horse Mansion, and the children born were not among the peers of the Xie family. When they were young, their three children were only because they didn't live in the same house, so their cousins and cousins were not close to them. Once when Xie Zhuo and his cousins were playing hide and seek, they were tricked into hiding in the study of his grandfather Xie Shangshu, and heard his grandfather and father say that the Xie family should be pure ministers, Princess Anyang and the prince are brothers and sisters, and they must be the prince's faction, so that Xie Wu and his children will not go back to Xie Mansion in the future, so as not to make people mistakenly think that Mrs. Xie and him Xie Shangshu are also the prince's faction!
Xie Zhuo was already seven years old at that time, and there was nothing he couldn't understand about the words of an adult! He heard the strong disgust in his grandfather's words, and also heard the grievances and powerlessness of his father's defense. No one went to look for him that day, and he hid in his grandfather's study until it was getting dark and the servants were looking around in a panic before he came out on his own. Later, Xie Zhuo told his sister Xie Fuqing about it, and Xie Fuqing asked him not to mention it to his mother, Princess Anyang, and they would not go to Xie Mansion in the future.
Since then, Xie Zuo has thrown away his books and played with other nobles and brothers in the imperial palace who also don't like to read.
Thinking of the Xie family, who had caused his brother to be "disheartened" in his previous life, and his parents had an accident and had a convenient relationship, Xie Fuya hooked her lips and sneered.
Great-grandfather and grandfather want to be the pure ministers of the Son of Heaven? In this life, she wants to label the Xie family with the signature of the prince's faction!
No matter how hot Xie Zhuo's determination to say "must do a good job" can be, in the end, he has that kind of mind and is willing to take on errands, and it is not in vain that Xie Fuya rushed over and fell with Luo Changshou taming the horse!
"If my brother meets the prince of Lu again in the future, don't bet with him again. Before boarding the carriage and leaving, Xie Fuya told his brother, "I will look at that man...... It's not a blessed one, I'm afraid it's a short-lived ghost! Don't be unlucky and affect my brother at that time. ”
Rushi couldn't help but look at Xie Fuya with some surprise. Although the master is delicate and has a big temper, he is not a vicious person, why did he suddenly open his mouth and "curse" the master who kindly handed the whip?
"I know, my sister is careful on the road. Xie Zhuo didn't take Xie Fuya's advice to heart, and only hated Cheng Song when his sister was defending herself, "By the way, my sister sent a letter back to her home yesterday, saying that she wanted to ask her mother and you to go to Zhong'an Temple to make incense, and my mother has already replied that she will be free whenever she wants, and let her sister arrange it." Have you received the letter?"
"I haven't received it yet. Xie Fuya said, "I think my sister will send someone to send me a letter after she gets a reply from her mother." Does my brother know why my sister suddenly wants to go to Zhong'an Temple to offer incense? She is now pregnant, and her brother-in-law and the old lady and wife of the Ding'an Hou Mansion can agree?"
"I don't know that. Xie Zhuo frowned and said, "I should have agreed, right?"
The brother and sister chatted a few more words, and Xie Fuya asked the coachman to drive back to Chengyibo's mansion.
Xie Zhuo watched his sister's carriage go away, and then let out a long breath, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
My sister has been sick for two months, how did she become more and more serious after she got better? The tone of voice and the look in her eyes when she trained people were somewhat similar to the mother in the palace, even Princess Anyang, her mother, did not have such momentum.
Xie Fuya returned to Chengyibo's mansion, entered the mansion through the side gate of West Lane, and saw Luo Changsheng at the second gate.
"Immortal?" called out like a poem.
Luo Changsheng, who was walking back and forth at the door with his head down, raised his head, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute after seeing Xie Fuya and Rushi.
"The little Changsheng greets the second grandmother. Luo Changsheng grinned as he bowed, covering his left rib with one hand.
Xie Fuya saw his uncomfortable behavior, and wrinkled her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? Are you injured?"