Wangze, Zhao Wangfu.

King Zhao dragged his family and shrank in the room, not daring to go out. Whenever there is a little wind and grass outside the window, hearing this prince in his ears is tantamount to beating drums and beating gold, almost scaring him to death.

Although the princess didn't look down on his virtue, she was also a little afraid, and stroked her son's healed scar and said:

"Now Qi Ning is all from the Yue Domain, except for a few thousand soldiers who watch the house, there is no one to protect us. His Majesty is not in Yuzhou, and even the secret guards have been brought, alas...... Mother is just a boy like you, and she really doesn't want you to have any more accidents. ”

The prince was eighteen years old, and his blood was in full bloom, and he scolded: "That Sheng Fuyu is too deceitful, they are all of the same clan and clan, and they don't even leave us a way to live!

King Zhao swallowed a mouthful of blood silently, and said to his wife: "He is so old, you also teach him to be sensible." ”

The princess's willow eyebrows were upside down: "The son is not the godfather's fault, the little rabbit cub slammed his eyes into the wall, and the prince blamed the concubine for being a woman!"

Shizi: "......"

"Son, since the Yue Fan can control Qi Ning's military power, do you still care about those pedantic literati? If the Yue clan wants to achieve the goal of fighting against the present court, it must win the hearts of the people, and the civilian officials have just become a stepping stone for him to consolidate his foundation.

King Zhao educated him earnestly, stroked his beard and concluded: "We are under the eaves, and the monk can't run the temple, so he will bow his head." ”

The prince said unevenly: "Father, our family has lived in Qi Ning for more than a hundred years, and we are the kings of the great Qi domain, you can't be inferior to them for the silver in the treasury!"

The princess twisted his arm fiercely: "If your father hadn't been drinking and couldn't even lift a pen, he wouldn't have broken your leg!"

King Zhao: "......"

The princess sighed melancholy: "That being said, if the prince really doesn't want to take care of it, then he will now write a handwritten letter to inform the affairs of Prime Minister Ling Jieyu in the mansion, and now the admiral will put him in the mansion, it is impossible to just let him recuperate." He is at odds with the Yue Domain, and he is the emperor, and it is even more rare to have experience, I am afraid that the governor of Nan'an will soon become the governor of Qining. ”

She said it mildly, "Fuzhong" is actually the whole city and even the whole province, and the officials do not listen to the words of the imperial court, and need a reliable person of higher rank who is on their side to give instructions to the present. It is inconvenient for the vassal king to participate directly in political affairs, but he can provide nominal recommendation and delegation of power.

King Zhao nodded, "The civil officials in the province are more timid than the other, if there is a fight, someone will have to do the troublesome things to appease the people's livelihood." When the king asks His Majesty, let Ling Jieyu take over. ”

He took out a piece of paper from the drawer, saw his son looking at him seriously, and coughed:

"What's wrong?"

"Father, give you a pen. ”

Shizi respectfully handed it over with both hands.

“……”

*

A sedan chair swayed out of the palace, and after more than half an hour, the car stopped between the two stone lions.

The two big characters "Zhou Mansion" are written on the plaque on the door beam, which is the residence of Zhou Yong, the governor of Qining. There are ten provinces under the Qi State, and the province is divided into three divisions, and the governor is above the three divisions, most of whom are idle uncles who commit the pain of the festival at every turn.

After many days of rain, Mr. Zhou's knees were devastated, and he drank Guizhi Baihu soup slowly in the bedroom, and his ankles began to hurt when he heard that a distinguished guest was coming.

The distinguished guest lifted the sedan curtain, stretched out an emerald bamboo umbrella, and calmly stained the bluestone slab with soap boots. He stood under the eaves and waited for a while, and the butler bowed down to meet him and led him straight to the courtyard.

In the late spring, the rain was inevitably scattered, and his cuffs brushed the dead flowers soaked in water, like a wisp of smoke stopping on the branches of the bushes.

Zhou Yong saw a person Shi Shiran passing by the garden through the glass window, and the porcelain bowl fell on the tabletop, splashing a few drops of medicinal juice.

Ling, Lingjieyu?

"Don't come unharmed, sir. ”

"It's a blessing to Lord Ling, but the bones are not very comfortable. ”

Governor Qi Ning sat in the reception hall and personally made tea for uninvited guests, his hands trembling like chicken feet.

Ling Jieyu was very useful, and said kindly to Lord Zhou, who had a kind face: "Thank you, the junior came today to ask the adult to borrow something." ”

He showed a gentle and polite smile and leaned back, "Your Excellency's Governor's Seal Letter will be handed over to the junior for safekeeping." ”

Zhou Yong suspected that there was something wrong with his ears: "What......? Do you want the old man's official seal?"

Ling Jieyu stretched out his slender hand frankly and bent his eyes: "Exactly, my lord, just give it to me." You are also idle, the younger generation wants to do Qi Ning's political affairs on your behalf, and there is no official seal of the adult, how can you make the two political envoys and the envoys obey their orders. ”

After all, Zhou Yong is a veteran in his career, so he immediately put away his polite expression and snorted coldly: "There is no evidence, if you get the will of the saint, take it out and show it to the old man, if not, don't blame the old man for sending the guest." ”

Without waiting for Ling Jieyu to speak, he said again: "Lord Ling, the old man knows that you were trapped in Chuzhou by His Royal Highness King Yue before, and if you can appear in Wangze City safely, the court will definitely help, but no matter how capable you are, you can't control Qi Ning." ”

"Your information is really well-informed," Ling Jieyu sighed, "I really can't come up with any holy decrees." ”

Zhou Yong waited vigilantly for his next step, and sure enough, the other party lowered his voice: "But the four people who sent me here are all good hands in the army, and they must have found something in the adult's room at this time." ”

"Ling Jieyu, you ......"

He Shi Shiran withdrew his left hand, lowered his eyes and smiled: "This official has not yet received His Majesty's order, but he was entrusted to the first emperor ten years ago, and today he has to show some loyalty." When the Yue clan was entrenched in the South China Sea for a long time, the first emperor took great pains to leave him to His Majesty to cut down the authority of the domain, and gave the official the right to rule the two provinces. It doesn't make much sense for an official like an adult, so it's better to save money for the country. ”

Zhou Yong had eaten idle dinner in the position of governor for many years, and someone slapped him in the face, and his face turned blue and white for a while: "You are so uninteresting in your future life, the old man has no grievances with you, you want to be honest and deliberately slander! The old man will report to the ...... in Beijing."

"Are you dizzy, are you dizzy, since this official dares to directly lead someone to take the official seal, what effort do you have to report it?" Ling Jieyu shook his head, and suddenly the corners of his lips hooked, "This official is here to shut up the adults forever, and no one will say a word more." ”

Zhou Yong didn't expect his words to be so unscrupulous, he was simply lawless, his eyes were round and he scolded angrily: "You dare to detain the imperial court officials! Just rely on your two or three nonsense words? Ling Jieyu, I think you are lawless, when Wei Yu conspired against the incident, the first emperor drove you out of the capital, and the punishment was really too light!"

Ling Jieyu has lived for such a long time, and he has never seen such a person who can't grasp the key point, so he wanted to laugh at it, but when he heard him mention his mentor Wei Shangshu, he couldn't help but sink his face.

"Just rely on these two or three sentences of this official, don't you want to retire from the official position in peace, who has looted the financial deficit of Qi Ning Salt and Iron, and who has colluded with the Yue clan in private, Your Majesty is clear. ”

He stood up, his cedar-like figure pulling a straight shadow on the carpet, and looked down at the old governor with his head raised slightly:

"Just because the official has been an emperor in Xiangguang Palace for five years, this reason alone is enough for the official to be domineering and powerful. ”

Zhou Yong couldn't hear his arrogant tone, and before he could sneer, he had already broken through the door of the meeting hall.

The man looked like a guard, holding a tray in his hand, and the governor's seal that he had touched out of his study was placed in it with a loud ribbon.

Zhou Yong's eyes darkened.

In addition to the white jade seal on the plate, there was also a small bottle with red string.

Ling Jieyu picked it up and sniffed it under his nose, his eyebrows stretched slightly, "The official's body is not very good, it rains, and his bones hurt badly." I heard that the boss has more than a dozen ointments for treating paralysis in his house, thank you for the medicine. ”

He will step over the threshold and look back: "Please inform the political envoy and others that I hope they will be prepared before the official visits them." ”

Ling Jieyu walked out of the garden, the sky was still half-dead and leaking, but his mood was unusually happy.

Today, when I talked to him about the government affairs of the three southern provinces, he refused without hesitation, and when it came to the occasion, he realized that he was still reluctant to be too tired of the students, and it would be five years for five years, so that Fanjing would have no worries, and the monarch could rule the country and level the world as soon as possible, and cultivate himself and marry a daughter-in-law.

He has always shirked and always worried.

As soon as he stepped into the palace, a little servant hurriedly came and said that the old lady asked him to hurry up. Ling Jieyu thought as he walked, it seemed that there was nothing important recently, that is, physical reasons?

On the second floor, a group of maids came and went by the screen, some carrying a basin, some carrying a handkerchief, and some carrying a needle and thread purse. He saw that this posture did not look like a doctor's medical treatment, but he could not guess what was wrong, and the old lady heard footsteps inside, and called him to the bed like a bell.

Bang Xiang was lying on the bed, his soft black hair flowing beside the porcelain pillow, and his fair side face was gentle and lovely. She squinted at her husband, who rarely showed a stunned expression, her cheeks flushed, and she turned over and buried herself in the quilt.

An old physician with a white beard said to him cautiously: "Mrs. Zun is probably pregnant, and both Lao Yu and Physician Wu have seen the pulse, although it is too early, but Madame's pregnancy is very obvious...... My lord, my lord?"

Ling Jieyu came back to his senses, "Huh?"

Fang Yi continued: "According to Madame, there has never been such a symptom before. I can't be sure, but as usual, I should tell you. ”

Ling Jieyu was still standing in place, the soles of his boots seemed to have taken root, but the ecstasy in his heart grew like a vine, and he lost all his senses for a while, and he could only feel his violent heartbeat.

“…… You have to accompany her more, don't just pounce on official business, these days pity her and worry about you, you haven't slept well at night, look at this sharp face. ”

The old lady was babbling, and suddenly found that her son was absent-minded, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "You are not listening!"

Ling Jieyu squatted down at the head of the bed, held Bang Xiang's warm hand, opened his mouth, and only came out with a nondescript "thank you".

The old man knocked on the ground with his cane and sighed: "I finally have a hope for my family, you have been married for ten years and there has been no movement at all, I am ashamed to dream of your father." ”

Ling Jieyu didn't expect to hear the doctor say this in his life. At first, he thought that it was nothing for two people to be together, even if they didn't have children, but as they got older, they could understand the thoughts of their elders. Helplessly, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, thinking that he might not have a chance with his children in this life, but unexpectedly, the ups and downs of fortune and now he fell into an incomparably big surprise.

He was indeed a little confused.

Bang Xiang looked at him, with a little water in his eyes, and pinched his sweaty palm.