When Chu Shaoyuan arrived at the outskirts of the city, the family had disappeared without a trace.

Wei Qing asked many people in a row, first some people said that they didn't know, and then after revealing their identities, someone had the courage to explain the reason for the matter, only saying that they were taken away by a nobleman, but they didn't say which nobleman they were taken away.

Chu Shaoyuan sat in the car and listened to the intermittent sound of talking outside the car, his eyes narrowed, he suddenly thought that Wei Qing said to him just now, the fourth child has often haunted the suburbs of the city recently, could it be that the fourth child has an idea to fight with him?

He said in a deep voice to Wei Qing, who was still inquiring: "Wei Qing, let's go back to the city!"

Wei Qing heard this, answered through the curtain, said a few words to the person in front of him, and jumped into the carriage.

"Lord Wang, I heard from the people nearby, that noble man claims to be the king, do you think it will be ......" Wei Qing's voice was very low, even if Chu Shaoyuan was so close, he would only hear it clearly.

He shook his head: "There's no need to guess, if it's him, tomorrow morning will know." ”

On the way back to the city, there were suddenly snowflakes, this was the second snow after entering winter, Chu Shaoyuan looked out through the curtain, only to feel that the snowflakes were falling down one by one, as if someone had thrown pieces of paper from the sky, looking at this gloomy weather, I was afraid that this snow would fall for a long time.

Suddenly, I thought that the evening light is the most favorite snowy day, every snowy day, her yard will always be piled up with a few snowmen, the tip of the nose made of carrots, the eyes made of silver frost carbon, the mouth is fixed with a few gray linen thick lines, a large ball of snow and snow, but it looks cute and cute, every snowy day, when he is a little scared, he will always go to her to rub for a while, he thought of this, only to wrinkle the tight brows and loosen a little.

When passing by a very old plum tree on the outskirts of the city, Chu Shaoyuan suddenly stopped the carriage.

He wrapped himself in a big coat, turned over and got out of the carriage, and walked slowly to the old plum tree.

The plum branch has already held out the bud, the light and faint pink looks very pleasing, he seems to think of something, the corner of his mouth bent, and then raised his hand to pull the flower branch closer to the front to see, and then selected a few of the best growing branches, broke a few branches hard, tied them with ribbons, and then got into the car again, let the coachman continue to hurry.

Zhang Quanshun, who followed on the side, felt like a mirror in his heart, when he lived in the palace in the past, there were plum trees in Yunhua Palace, but he never saw the prince fold back and insert the bottle, and now he folded it so carefully, I am afraid that it is only because the princess likes it, and the prince will be so tight.

Among the rumors of the size of the imperial capital, only the rumor that Prince An is very close to the princess is true.

Zhang Quanshun carefully took the flower branch in Chu Shaoyuan's arms, and handed him the hand warmer that had been prepared earlier.

smiled and said cleverly: "If the princess sees the old plum tree blooming, she may be so happy." ”

Chu Shaoyuan nodded with a smile, with a look of approval, and while holding the hand warmer in the palm of his hand, his eyes fell on the plum blossom branch gently, and he didn't see the gloom of Fang Cai at all.

There are some things he knows, even if he is anxious, but sometimes he can only deploy slowly, and he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and even if the fourth child really wants to help the prince deal with him, will he still sit still and wait for death?

Well, it's better to go back to the house and take a good evening photo to make her happy, it's better than hanging like this now.

And if there is such a person who knows cold and hot as Wanzhao by his side, it is not easy to do errands, and no matter how dark the future is, he does not feel afraid.

……

It's just that after all, he still couldn't go back to the house directly to send the plum blossoms back, because Zhao Guangyao, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, had been waiting for Chu Shaoyuan to come back at the city gate.

He saw the emblem of the unique dragon pattern on Chu Shaoyuan's carriage from a distance, and hurriedly greeted him regardless of the wind and snow.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have something to report!"

The carriage stopped, and Chu Shaoyuan opened the curtain and put people in the carriage.

When he left, the Ministry of Industry was still a dead mess, the two waiters of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Chong had already been relieved of his authority on the second day of Xia Mingchen's wedding banquet, and he only left Zhao Guangyao alone.

The obvious anxious look on Zhao Guangyao's face made him a little strange: "What happened to the Ministry of Industry? Why are you so anxious?"

"It's not about the Ministry of Industry, no, you can't say that, it's also related to the Ministry of Industry," Zhao Guangyao said a little upside down, and he sank down, and then straightened out his thoughts, and said in a deep voice, "It's about the princess's family, the former Ministry of Works, the family of Lord Xie, someone broke the bullet to impeach Lord Xie for being greedy for ink when he was serving in the Ministry of Industry." ”

Chu Shaoyuan's face was slightly surprised, the Xie family is rich, who in Yunfu City doesn't know?

What's more, Old Master Xie is an old man who has gone through three dynasties, if he really has something greedy for ink, I am afraid that he will be detected early, how can he be reused by the three emperors?

And the Xie family has always been the richest in Yunfu City, and some people impeached his grandfather for being greedy for ink, isn't it too interesting? Although his grandfather was not a serious planner, he was also among the top among the officials, and he had worked hard in the Ministry of Industry for so many years, and if he said that there were some old things left over from the Ministry of Industry, he believed it, and if he said that his grandfather was greedy for ink, he felt that every word was ridiculously tight.

Zhao Guangyao saw that he didn't speak, and couldn't help but say again: "It's not just that Lord Xie has been impeached, but also Lord Xia, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, has also been impeached, saying that Lord Xia followed Lord Xie to be greedy for ink, and there are still credentials, the imperial historian compared the previous net worth of Lord Xia as a hall official with the current net worth, if it wasn't for the greed for ink, how could he have so much money in just a few years, and set up a running water ......banquet for his own family and son to get married." ”

Zhao Guangyao went to look at Chu Shaoyuan as he spoke, and saw that his eyebrows narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and some expressions that seemed to be smiling but not smiling were condensed on his face, and he didn't know whether he should finish everything.

I heard Chu Shaoyuan say: "Can there be evidence for these impeachment twists and turns?"

Zhao Guangyao shook his head: "The prince also knows that most of the impeachment twists and turns in the DPRK and China have no real evidence, but even so, it is always the impeachment twists and turns, and it will always be suspected by the emperor." ”

Chu Shaoyuan couldn't help but want to laugh, where did he get the courage to impeach the Xia family and the Xie family without evidence? Are these people having fun?

He laughed and said, "You don't have to pay attention to these, it's just that the imperial historians are idle and have nothing to do, so there will be such a show, you should be watching the excitement." ”

Chu Shaoyuan easily defined this matter as a farce, which made Zhao Guangyao a little embarrassed, after all, his first reaction after hearing it was to wait for Chu Shaoyuan at the city gate, and then solve this problem with him.

I didn't expect people to care at all.

Not only did he not care, but he even had the time to talk to the eunuchs around him.

It's simply that the emperor is not in a hurry to die eunuchs.

Seeing Zhao Guangyao's anxious look, Chu Shaoyuan, who couldn't return to the mansion, had no choice but to tell Zhang Quanshun: "...... Huazhi handed it to the princess and said that I would go back later tonight. ”

After telling Zhang Quanshun, he let him get out of the car and go home by himself, and then turned to look at Zhao Guangyao.

"You're going to tell you all about it now. ”

Zhao Guangyao felt that he couldn't help but gasp a few more times.

“…… Originally, there was only one book of impeachment, only the impeachment of the Fuguo Mansion, and then somehow it was involved in Lord Xie, and then Lord Xia, who was the in-law, was even involved with the princess. ”

Chu Shaoyuan felt a little strange, this impeachment came at a bit too inopportune time, if it was said that when his grandfather was still in the official position, someone impeached him in the past, but now everyone has stepped back from this position, and even his father has already praised people, but there are still people who dare to come forward to impeach.

Could it be that this is all for him, Prince An?

Thinking so in his heart, and thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but want to sneer, do these people think that he, Prince An, is a vegetarian? Dare to go to his own house so blatantly, then don't blame him for being ruthless!

He glanced at Zhao Guangyao and nodded slightly: "Since it is the Ministry of Industry that impeached the predecessor, and I am now in charge of the Ministry of Industry, it is not good to keep silent, so let's go, and I can teach the impeached imperial history to see if our Ministry of Industry Yamen is a place where anyone can be greedy for ink." ”

Zhao Guangyao heard that Chu Shaoyuan's words were all for Xie Ningyuan, and immediately felt that he had taken the right step, Prince An really attached importance to Prince An's foreign family, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, the minister has already sorted out the account books of the Ministry of Industry in recent years, as long as you take it out and compare it, you will know." ”

This saved a lot of things, Chu Shaoyuan glanced at him deeply, knowing that Zhao Guangyao had been in the position of the waiter for a long time, and wanted to move his position, so he nodded and smiled without being picky: "Zhao Shilang is diligent and dignified, and he is really the pillar of my Dayan." ”

This is to praise Zhao Guangyao.

Zhao Guangyao smiled modestly: "The prince praised it falsely, this is the duty of the minister." ”

He knows very well that the essentials of dealing with these royal nobles must not be pinched, but he must not lower his body too much, so that he will fall into the quagmire, not only will not make these nobles happy, but will be looked down upon.

A person like him, who is neither humble nor arrogant, and can be used for it, is the favorite choice of the royal nobles.

After Zhao Guangyao finished speaking, he sat in the car and talked to Chu Shaoyuan about some other official affairs, neither flattering nor cowering, but let Chu Shaoyuan nod in his heart, thinking that if there was no suitable candidate for the position of the Ministry of Works, it would be okay to put Zhao Guangyao on top.

The two chatted about official business all the way, and the carriage also walked all the way from the suburbs to Xiangze Street, and then walked forward through Xiangze Street.

Zhao Guangyao got out of the car and turned around to help Chu Shaoyuan open the curtain, Wei Qing stood next to the carriage with an umbrella, covering Chu Shaoyuan who had just leaned out, and preventing the large clouds of snowflakes from falling on him.

……

The fourth prince, Chu Shaohan, was in a separate courtyard that was only less than seven or eight hundred meters away from the Ministry of Industry at this time, and he placed the family in the courtyard.

People come and go on Xiangze Street, and people are placed here, one is conspicuous and easy for people to notice, and the second is that anything will be known immediately.

He just wants people to know what kind of family Chu Shaoyuan has supported, and he can persecute the family like this for the sake of more than a dozen acres of land, so that the godfather can see clearly who is the one who can really be trusted, so as not to be deceived by Chu Shaoyuan's rhetoric.

After the head of the family settled the family, he went to the flower hall in the outer courtyard, and looked at the rich young man in front of him, and couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart.

"Wang ...... Lord Wang," his voice trembled, "Are we causing you trouble, otherwise let's just put us on top of Zhuangzi, such a good courtyard is really a bit ......"

After all, the head of the family is a flat-headed common man, a little scared and uneasy, he knows that these big people can't have so many good hearts, and treating him like this is just to control the family, he vaguely regrets it, just wanted to say otherwise, forget it, they are willing to sell the land to the Fuguo Mansion.

I heard the displeasure of King Yijun say: "You live in Zhuangzi and are very far away from Yunfu, if you come forward at that time, won't it take a lot of effort? Why, aren't you used to living in this courtyard?"

The head of the family was very bitter in his heart, how could he dare to say that he was not used to living habits, it was not a place where people like them could live, so he had to make his own body a little more stiff, "I'm just afraid of causing trouble to the prince." ”

Chu Shaohan was impatient: "Arrange for you to stay, just stay, and wait for tomorrow when the king hands over the fold and let your father's father see the grievances of your family, and then seek justice, you will not be too late to leave." ”

I don't bother to say a word of comfort, a routine attitude.

But the head of the family ate this, and when he heard Chu Shaohan say this, he was faintly relieved in his heart, and treated him badly, which was better than speaking in the breeze and drizzle, making him feel that there were not so many conspiracies, and a heart could settle down.

……

When Chu Shaoyuan came out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, it was already completely dark.

The snow in the sky did not ease at all, it seemed to be bigger than before, at first it was like a piece of paper, a small piece, and now it was like cotton, and it fell in a large clump, and when it fell on the human body, it dissolved into a puddle of water.

Wei Qing used a silk umbrella with twenty-four joints to cover Chu Shaoyuan steadily, preventing those snowflakes from falling on him.

Chu Shaoyuan stretched out his hand to pick up the clumps of snowflakes, smiling gracefully, not seeing the coldness when he was in the yamen of the Ministry of Works.

"Let's go, let's go home!"

He rolled over and got into the carriage and commanded aloud.

After returning to the palace and entering the light secluded residence, Chu Shaoyuan found that the snow had been swept through the courtyard of the light secluded residence, and two cute little snowmen were piled up at the door.

He chuckled and walked quickly into the inner room.

Chanyi is holding a romance novel under the bright palace lamp to read, the room is full of dragons, she only wears a peach-colored jacket, and puts on a lilac-colored Fuwen soft satin Yuehua skirt under her head, she looks down at the book, with a lazy makeup bun on her head, so that the exposed neck is more and more slender and fair, looking at her from the side, the simple appearance shows her beauty even more.

Chu Shaoyuan saw her like this as soon as he lifted the curtain, and only felt that her side face became more and more delicate and beautiful under the silhouette of the light, which made people's hearts pound and pound.

Chanyi turned her head when she heard the movement, and when she saw that it was him back, she curled her lips and smiled: "Yishu, you're back." ”

She casually put the book on the table and walked over to take off his big hat, but he waved his hand again and again to stop her.

"Don't, you wear less, I'm cold, or I'll come by myself," his eyes were full of reluctance to give up, and while untying his big hat and draping it on the hanger, he said with a smile: "The old plum tree on the outskirts of the city actually bloomed early this year, or with heavy snow, the plum blossoms of a tree, it is estimated that they will be in full bloom tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Chanyi smiled and said, "Okay." ”

But it's not certain that he will have that free time, every time he makes an appointment to do something, there will always be such and such things, and she is used to it, but she still has to make peace.

Since he wouldn't let her help change her clothes, she had no choice but to arrange dinner.

"Jinping Jinse, tell the big kitchen to bring in the dinner," she instructed the maid to set the meal, and casually collected the things on the table, and turned back to ask Chu Shaoyuan, "Do you eat on the table of the Arhat bed, or on the table of the Eight Immortals?" I forgot to say, I saw that it was snowing today, so I thought about what you said earlier that you wanted to eat the pot, so that the big kitchen prepared the pot, the Luohan bed was a little crowded, but it was warm, although the table of the Eight Immortals was spacious, but there were only two people to eat, in the end it was a little deserted, it was better to put it on the table of the Luohan bed, you said okay?"

Chu Shaoyuan is a person who does everything by her, so naturally there is nothing bad about it.

The two sat cross-legged, and a few maids brought in the cut and washed dry cabbage, tofu vermicelli and potato chips, watery mushroom fungus and some kelp or something, and finally brought two large plates of thin mutton slices, and the copper hot pot was filled with milky white bone broth, which added some condiments of old mountain ginseng wolfberry and red dates and ginger slices, which looked hot and made people very appetizing.

Chanyi smiled and sandwiched all the sliced mutton into Chu Shaoyuan's bowl, she drank a few mouthfuls of soup, and watched him eat with a smile.

Chu Shaoyuan took a few bites and found that she didn't eat, so he raised his eyes and looked at her with concern: "Why don't you eat it at night, it will hurt your stomach if you eat it again after a while." ”

She smiled and nodded, and after eating a few bites of mutton, she couldn't eat it anymore, because she ate two pieces of dim sum when she was waiting for him in the afternoon, so she was not hungry now, but looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was really hungry, so she scalded some more mutton clips for him to eat.

And she herself picked some vegetarian dishes to eat, while eating and said: "Today's mother received the second brother from Fujian sent back the New Year's gift, and also sent a lot of them to the house, are some of Fujian's specialties, he said that some are the villagers sent the soil instrument, can not shirk, so he took some back home, I looked, most of them are some short-paste, it is not greasy to eat, but the amount is real, eat a few and be full." ”

Chu Shaoyuan couldn't help laughing, and reached out to pinch the tip of her nose, "I said why do you have such a small appetite today, it turns out that you have secretly eaten dim sum." ”

"Hurt ......" Chan Yi snorted softly, pressing his troubled hand down, his brows furrowed slightly.

Seeing her exhaling pain, Chu Shaoyuan came up to help her blow it, but was pushed away by her disgusted, "A smell of mutton." ”

Chu Shaoyuan couldn't cry or laugh, she was eating mutton pot, naturally it was a smell of mutton, seeing that she was still rubbing the tip of her nose, her heart softened a little, "I'll help you rub it." ”

"Go, go, who wants you to rub it!" Chan Yi ruthlessly pushed his outstretched hand away again, "Day by day, there is no right way, and before the meal is finished, it will start to make trouble again." ”

His heart was tingling when he saw her powdery face, and despite her resistance, he leaned over and pecked her on the lips.

She was so disgusted that she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, wiped the oil slick off her mouth, and glared at him: "A mouth full of oil!"

Chu Shaoyuan smiled and picked up the mutton to eat, swallowed the mutton in his mouth, drank the clear soup, and then said: "The second brother's fortifications in Fujian are almost finished, he is not an official who has been released, he still has to go back to Yunfu to order something, and it is estimated that he will be able to come back at the end of the year." ”

Chanyi said with a smile: "That's good, my mother has been talking for a long time, saying that the second brother went to Fujian, not only suffered such a big crime, but also thousands of miles away, I can't see it, and I don't know if people can be safe, and now I can come back early, so that my mother can rest assured." ”

She thought for a while and said: "But there are a lot of people who are getting married before the end of the year this year, and the far ones are closer, Shen Boyan got married on the twenty-fifth of this month, and then Chu Shaotian, the son of Prince Li, got married on the eighth day of November, and the second brother Xiao also set a date, which is on November 30, as if the children of the family in Yunfu City are in a hurry to get married. ”

Chan Yi said and said, as if she was a little emotional, she took the tip of her chopsticks to poke the tender tofu in the pastel plate, poked a hole, and clearly said that it was so old-fashioned, but the movements in her hands were childish and cute, which made Chu Shaoyuan look at it and feel a wave in his heart.

He smiled and grabbed her fingertips and pinched them gently: "If you don't want to entertain them later, it's just a courtesy." ”

Chan Yi glanced at him, as if men were like this, and they didn't consider the exchange of courtesies in terms of human feelings.

She pulled out the fingertips that he clenched, "Eat quickly, if you don't eat meat, it's going to be cold, it's cold these days, be careful not to restrain yourself when you eat cold!"

I didn't say anything to him, but gave him the meat and vegetables to eat.

When he had eaten enough, the men removed everything from the table.

Chanyi disliked the smell of mutton on his body, and took him to wash, and waited until he came out of the bathroom, then he felt refreshed.