Chu Shaoyuan was also silent, hearing what his father said before, he somehow felt a little irritable in his heart, could it be that if he hadn't been so seriously injured, would his father still want him to take care of Fujian's affairs?

Although the prince should indeed contribute to the affairs of the court, should he really let him fill it with his life?

He closed his eyes, feeling bitter in his heart.

Emperor Wen looked at him and didn't speak, and then looked at his slightly pale expression, he roughly understood what he meant, sighed in his heart, and did not continue the topic, but asked about some things in his house.

"I heard that you moved from the main courtyard of Yuxiu Garden to the side courtyard?"

Chu Shaoyuan nodded, "It's winter, a large plum tree is planted next to the light secluded house, I have liked plum blossoms since I was a child, and in a few days I will be able to enjoy the snow while watching the flowers, and the princess also said that after the plum blossoms bloom, pick some to make plum blossom wine to make plum blossom balm." ”

Emperor Wen smiled: "It's rare that you have such a good relationship, and it is not in vain to be able to support each other." ”

Chu Shaoyuan thought of Chan Yi, and the expression on his face softened: "When the plum blossom wine is ready, I'll take some and give it to my father to taste." ”

Xu has never done such a thing, and Emperor Wen also seemed to be interested, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I can also taste the plum blossoms in Yuxiu Garden, whether they are still the same as before." ”

After a few gossips, Emperor Wen still had a lot of political affairs to deal with, so he let Chu Shaoyuan go back.

Chu Shaoyuan walked on the palace road, the high vermilion palace walls on both sides blocked his vision, and from the place where he walked, he could only see the eaves of the Qianyuan Hall flying high and upturning, and the squatting beasts on the eaves.

In the midst of the successive regime changes in the imperial city, perhaps my father has long lost his original intention.

He glanced at the Qianyuan Hall several times, and the boredom churning in his heart was about to be suppressed by him.

……

Within a few days, Xia Mingche returned to Yunfu from Fujian.

The Xia family received the news early in the morning, and the Xie family got up early to prepare, looked at the courtyard where the second son lived, inside and out, and asked people to stack the winter clothes prepared earlier and put them neatly into the cage, and the house also smoked his usual incense.

Before noon, Xia Mingche stepped into the house.

As soon as Xie Shi saw Xia Mingche, his tears couldn't stop falling, and there was a little choking in his voice: "You kid, it's been such a long time since you left, look, there was no meat on your body, and now there is only a handful of bones left in the toss!"

It's really not Xie Shi who wants to talk about him, when the parents don't feel sorry for their children, especially Xia Mingche, who has been in Fujian every day in the past few months, plus when he was infected with the epidemic before, because it was a little serious, after the epidemic was cured, his body was tossed and thinned into a handful of bones, even people like Xiao Qing who were not on the accident table couldn't stand it, and he ordered his entourage to boil and drink the medicine three nights a day.

Xia Mingche comforted Xie Shi with a smile on his face: "Mother hasn't seen me for a long time before she thinks I'm thin, in fact, I'm just a little tanned, thin is not to talk about, it's just that there are many affairs, and the result of hard work, don't you want to be thin, I can't even find a delicious braised lion head to sell, I'm going to eat two big plates of braised lion head today!"

He hurriedly smiled and transferred the pregnancy, in fact, he still gained a few pounds when he came back now, if he let his mother know that he was so hard when he was sick, I am afraid that he will regret more and more that he should not let him out of this door.

When Xie heard Xia Mingche say this, he hurriedly instructed Mama Su beside him: "Go to the big kitchen and ask the cook to add a large plate of braised lion's head." ”

Mama Su smiled and nodded.

Xie Shi looked at Xia Mingche carefully before and after, and saw that he was only dark, and there was nothing else wrong, and the hanging heart gradually withdrew into his stomach, and he glanced at Xia Mingche with a smile: "Your illness has scared your grandmother enough, since you were sick, your grandmother has been burning incense and praying, and now that you are back, go to Fushoutang to see your grandmother first." ”

Xia Mingche said as he walked: "This is natural, it's just the dust on my body, I'm afraid I'm going to choke my grandmother." ”

Seeing that he still had the strength to joke, Xie couldn't help but smile and glanced at him, "I've been out for so long, but I'm still not as upright as before, and I'm not a little steady." ”

Naturally, being outside is not as easy as being at home.

Seeing his mother's rare good mood, Xia Mingche didn't open his mouth to pierce it, nodded and said: "Thinking that my son always needs to be taken care of in the eyes of my mother, I just don't pretend to hide it." ”

It made Xie Shi laugh again.

All the way to Fushoutang, Mrs. Xia had been waiting in the house, and there was Chan Yi sitting next to her, holding a small pastel hanging pot to help Mrs. Xia add tea, while saying funny things next to her, which made Mrs. Xia laugh again and again.

Xia Mingche heard laughter outside before he entered the house, and while pulling the curtain in, he asked, "Grandmother, what happy event did you hear, and you smiled so happily." ”

When Mrs. Xia saw him come in, her eyes lit up instantly, and she stretched out her hand to beckon her over.

"Come and show Grandmother if you've lost weight. ”

Xia Mingche stepped forward, and Old Madam Xia grabbed his arm, her brows furrowed, "Taller and thinner, I was originally a white-faced little Langjun, but now the color on my face is heavier than that of your eldest brother." ”

Xia Mingche couldn't help laughing: "Grandmother, where did you say, the eldest brother is different from me, the eldest brother's errand is in the Shenji Camp, they are not like us who run around outside every day, you said that I am black and thin, which is true, but eldest brother, I don't see where he has lost weight and where he is dark." ”

Old Madam Xia couldn't help but smile: "When have you seen your eldest brother, how will you know if he has lost weight and darkened." ”

Xia Mingche was in a hurry, and after saluting, he looked for water to drink, and heard Mrs. Xia ask him with a smile, and hurriedly poured two large cups of tea before he said slowly: "When I saw my eldest brother on the outskirts of the city, he said that he followed Shangfeng out to work today, and it happened to be nearby, so he guarded the road to see if he could meet me." ”

Old Madam Xia nodded, "Look at the smell of smoke and dust on your body, hurry back to take a bath, and come over for lunch together in a while." ”

Xia Mingche responded: "I'm tired all the way, walking back and forth between the water and land routes, thinking about going home quickly, so that I have left everything behind," said and looked at the Chan Yi behind Mrs. Xia, "The second brother didn't come back in time for you to get married, but the second brother brought you a gift." ”

As he spoke, he asked the attendant to hand over the box in his hand and put it in front of Chanyi: "This is a mirror and spice bought from Fujian, I heard Xiao Qing say that the ladies and ladies in Fujian like this." ”

Chanyi took it with a smile, and looked at it in her hand to know that this mirror was a foreign product, which could shine a fine picture of the human figure, and the so-called spice was actually a small bottle of perfume, and the fragrance spread faster and faster when rubbed on the body.

She bent her mouth and thanked her with a smile: "Second brother has a heart, but I don't see Sister Qing, did she come back with you?"

Xia Mingche nodded slightly, a flush appeared on his face, "She went home first, and she has some things to do." ”

Chanyi saw that Xia Mingche's tone vaguely revealed a little shyness, knowing that he must be getting along well with Xiao Qing, and smiled a little narrowly: "I'll ask Sister Qing to come over in the next post for a while, I haven't seen her for a long time, I miss her very much, and I don't know if she is doing well in Fujian." ”

Things in Fujian are a bit complicated, and Xia Mingche didn't want his family to worry, so he deliberately ignored them.

When it was time to eat, Chu Shaoyuan also came over from the yamen.

Sitting around the table, Xia Mingche ate Xiang Siwen, but he could see from his eating method that he really wanted to eat the food at home for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have eaten so fast, and it was almost as if someone was competing with him.

……

In the study, Chu Shaoyuan clasped his hands, and although there was no eagerness in his tone, Xia Mingche could detect his emotions somewhat.

He rarely has such anxious, complicated, and somewhat tangled emotions.

Xia Mingche couldn't help but ask, "What's going on in the court?"

Chu Shaoyuan frowned and said: "My father intends to let Chu Shaohan go to Fujian, and it seems that the charter has been set recently, and the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division will be taken over by the Marquis of Zhongyong, and the Yin of Shuntian Mansion has promoted Huang Yizheng, but the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has been vacant. ”

Xia Mingche was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Now that the post of Fujian General Army is still vacant, I don't know if the emperor has any arrangements." ”

The position of the Fujian General Army is very important, if it is not for his henchmen on his side, when Chu Shaohan goes to Fujian, I don't know what will happen, Xie Jianning is alone in Fujian, although the uncle is honest and knows how to be flexible, but if someone wants to find trouble, I am afraid that it will still be tricky.

Chu Shaoyuan thought for a while and said: "I deliberately promoted my uncle to the position of governor of Fujian, and let Wang Li take the position of the general army of Fujian, so that there are more people in Fuyu secretly contacting Chu Shaohan, and Wang Li will not show mercy to his subordinates." ”

After all, the previous injury was the rest of the people, although Wang Li was a little bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, but he would never swallow this humiliation.

Xia Mingche nodded and said: "That's okay, I heard that Qin Bohou's crime has been decided, but the punishment has been delayed, what are the people in the three divisions doing?"

This doesn't make sense at all, unless there is some other arrangement from above.

Chu Shaoyuan shook his head: "I'm afraid that there is another deep meaning behind this matter, my father didn't ask about his guilt for a long time, I think it has something to do with those people behind him, but this is not something we want to think about now." ”

Xia Mingche looked at him, although he said that Qin Bohou's crime was decided, but if he was not completely solved, he would still have a lot of dreams.

Chu Shaoyuan smiled and said, "Qin Bohou can't turn the sky left and right, but the prince who is in the Taimiao is a little tricky. ”