52. The fifty-second step of the minister
After the Spring Festival, there is nothing particularly important for Xiao Qiao to be busy with in a short period of time. However, there is no time for the household department to have a free time in a year, and Xiao Qiao can't find time to take Hu Li out for a spring outing.
Thinking of what Qin Yujia said again, Xiao Qiao had to sigh, he couldn't take Hu Li to go wherever he wanted in a short period of time.
However, Hu Li didn't care much about this. He was dragging Qin Yujia to squat in front of a stall selling steamed buns at this moment, the meat buns that had just come out of the pot were hot, and the smell of meat came to his face as soon as he bit into it, and the feeling of thick juice bursting in his mouth made Hu Li squint his eyes comfortably.
Qin Yujia also has no princely demeanor at all, just squatting in front of other people's stalls like Hu Li. The stall owner looked at the sword on Qin Yujia's waist and swallowed the words that were about to be driven away.
"Yu Jia, I seem to have seen you at the Spring Festival a few days ago." Hu Li swallowed the meat bun in his mouth, his eyes were shining, and he looked like I had discovered your secret, "I thought you were a little similar to the Eighth Emperor Prince, and said, are you a relative of the imperial family, or a member of the royal family?" โ
Hu's first words made Qin Yujia's hand holding the meat bun tremble, and he was relieved to hear his words later. But on the day of the Spring Festival, he was wearing a prince's suit, and Hu Li didn't recognize it, which was really lucky!
"It's a bit related." Qin Yujia looked at Hu Li's heartless and heartless appearance, and he didn't take it seriously at all, and suddenly felt that he would think that Hu Li was estranged from him because of his identity, and he thought a little too much.
"It's miserable, I've heard that there are a lot of troubles in the royal family, no wonder you like to run out." Hu Li swallowed the last bite of the meat bun, pouted his oil-stained fingers, and said vaguely.
"Ah, it's a lot of trouble." Qin Yujia remembered what the third emperor brother said yesterday when he was looking for him, and felt that he was really right to leave the palace early after listening to his mother's words.
Hu Li patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, slapped the oil stains on Qin Yujia's clothes, and moved his legs to stand up, "In order to comfort you, I invite you to a gluttonous feast, there are many delicious delicacies there." โ
Qin Yujia didn't see that he was slapped on the shoulder, and followed Hu Li to the gluttonous banquet. The two of them had a happy stomach, and finally stood on the chair and moved uncomfortably.
"I won't be out in a few days, something is wrong." Qin Yujia drank a cup of tea and sighed. He still sneaked out today, and if his father knew that he ran out at this time, he would definitely go to talk to his mother for a while.
"Oh, got it." Hu Li nodded, he didn't really care much about whether Qin Yujia could come out, everyone had their own private affairs to be busy with, and Brother Xiao had promised to wait for him to go around the household from tomorrow, but he had to become a little fox to take him.
But it doesn't matter, it's good to be able to go, he also really wants to see what Brother Xiao does on weekdays, maybe he can help!
The next day, Hu Li, who was taken to the household department, followed Xiao Qiao into his office room under the curious eyes of the adults in the household department, and stood on the desk of Xiao Qiao's office with confidence, but looking at the stacks of papers, he was suddenly dizzy.
Xiao Qiao nodded Hu Li's little nose, and the warm and wet feeling made Xiao Qiao touch it again, "I don't even like to memorize books, and I still want to read these things, huh?" โ
Hu Li stretched out his little paw and fluttered twice, and the whole little fox's front paw stood on Xiao Qiao's wrist, and his fluffy tail hit Xiao Qiao, and his little eyes were sharp. It's a pity that Ling Li was only three seconds away, and he was pinched by Xiao Qiao's tail.
Xiao Qiao didn't tease him, he let go after pinching twice, and took some glutinous snacks from the side and put them in front of Hu Li, "Eat a little, and I'll take you to other places in a while." โ
Hu Li held a small snack in his two little paws, nibbling slowly, looking here and there for a while. The small snack was only the size of Hu Li's little paw, and it was eaten by Hu Li after a while.
Today, most of the humerus ministers of the household department looked at Xiao Qiao's room, the reason was that Xiao Shilang brought a little fox with a big palm after the morning court, with snow-white hair, a fluffy big tail, and red eyes, which looked cute and cute.
It turns out that the young and talented Xiao Shilang likes this kind of small, soft pet, which is really special and unexpected.
So when Xiao Qiao came out with Hu Li, Hu Li was warmly greeted by the adults again.
It wasn't until the afternoon that after Xiao Qiao left with Hu Li in his arms, several adults got together and muttered for a long time.
"I really can't see that Xiao Shilang likes to raise these little pets." An adult touched his deliberately grown mustache and sighed.
The other adult nodded, "Not really, but now I feel that Xiao Shilang is much closer, and I always felt that talking to Xiao Shilang was abrupt before." โ
Several adults nodded at the same time, every time they talked to Xiao Shilang, they felt that Xiao Shilang had a smell of fireworks that did not eat the world, which was really strange.
If Xiao Qiao knew that the results of his cultivation had come out, he would definitely be in a better mood, instead of looking at He Zhaohua who stopped him and dragged him to the gluttonous banquet with a depressed heart now.
"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Qiao put Hu Li on the table, asked Xiao Er for a small wine cup, poured some tea for Hu Li, and let him drink it slowly.
He Zhaohua didn't spit out the words that came to his mouth for a long time, and pointed at Hu Li and trembled, "This...... This is the little fox that the people in Xiao Mansion said before that you raised, didn't you say that you sent it to Zhuangzi to raise it? Where did you find such a beautiful little thing?! โ
Xiao Qiao slammed He Zhaohua's hand pointing at Hu Li, looked at He Zhaohua unconsciously, and slowed down his tone, "You are in such a hurry to drag me over, what is the matter?" โ
He Zhaohua was still very strict when he was down to business, he restrained his "coveting" look at Hu Li, and said in a deep voice: "Grandfather wants me to go back to the northwest." โ
"Northwest? I remember that your He family's ancestral home is in the northwest, and it is not far from the fief of King Beixian. Xiao Qiao stroked Hu Li's back with his palm, touching him so comfortably that he lay motionless on the table.
"Well," He Zhaohua irritated and poured two cups of tea directly, "Although the northwest is said to be the ancestral home, once I return to the northwest, I don't know what the imperial city will become when I come back." โ
"You don't have to worry about that, I can watch it for you." Xiao Qiao thought that most things were like this, "Moreover, it is also beneficial for you to go back to the northwest, and by the way, help me do something." โ
"What benefits? No, what do you want me to do for you? He Zhaohua instantly looked at Xiao Qiao vigilantly, knowing that this bastard would not be kind enough to help him.
"You also said that your ancestral home is in the northwest, if you can hold all the forces belonging to the He family in the northwest, even the imperial city will not dare to deal with you at will." Xiao Qiao saw that Hu Li had finished drinking, poured him a little more, and took a small plate with some peanuts and put it in front of him.
"I know, it's just that simple." He Zhaohua is so big in the He family, he can make most of the resources of the He family lean towards him, and he still has some ability.
"I'll give you a few people, and you can take them to the northwest, and then you will know that the power of the He family is not so difficult to hold in your hands." Xiao Qiao didn't care about picking a few from the group of people who had just been trained a few days ago by Xia Ling and giving them to He Zhaohua, "As for helping me, the Eighth Prince is in the Northwest, I hope that the Northwest can be used by him when the Eighth Prince returns." โ
"The Eighth Prince? Do you want to support the Eighth Prince? He Zhaohua said in a low voice.
"You can rest assured that you will go to the northwest." Xiao Qiao didn't answer, and instead went to peel the red coating on the outside of Hu Li's peanuts.
He Zhaohua didn't ask anymore, he still didn't know about this kind of thing, he would be a pro-emperor in the future.
He Zhaohua soon happily took Xiao Qiao to his people in the He family's surprised eyes and drove the carriage to the northwest, the old man touched his chin, when he called this stinky boy to the northwest, he was obviously still shocked, how could he be so happy that he couldn't wait to go in just two days.
The old man couldn't figure out what was wrong, but He Zhaohua looked at the three people sent by Xiao Qiao, and he was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth. Ouch, Xiao Qiao still thought a lot, he actually cultivated talents by himself early, and he also had to cultivate some henchmen by himself.
Just a few days after He Zhaohua left the imperial city, a holy decree of Emperor Huiming stirred up the storm in the imperial city, and the waves that were originally in the dark gradually surfaced.
The four princes have never been married because they have been traveling abroad, but the three princes not only have princesses, but also several side concubines and concubines. Now that the eldest prince has been crowned king, although the opportunity to be crowned king is not good, the third prince and the fourth prince are not young, and it is time to be crowned king.
This holy decree is to give the adult third prince and the fourth prince the title and crown the king, but there is no fief for the time being.
The third prince was named King Duan, and the fourth prince was named King Rui, the two of them were of the same grade, but the three princes have been walking around the ministry, and the four princes have not participated in any political affairs.
The three princes are now powerful, but Emperor Huiming did not show him how special he was, which made the ministers in the court extremely aggrieved one by one. Even if you want to support the three princes, you don't dare to do too much, and no one can say who will win in the end.
Don't forget, although the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince are not yet before they tie their hair, they are not small, and although the Seventh Prince is not good at foreign affairs, Concubine Ning is indeed one of the four concubines in the harem, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.
The court was surging, and in Xiao's mansion, Xiao Qiao was pressing Hu Li on the bed, โกโก his throat. The fatal part was held in his mouth, Hu Li's whole person was red, and the physiological tears in his eyes were also full of eyes.
Xiao Qiao's eyes were deep, as if there was a fire burning, Hu Li shrank his shoulders and reached out to push Xiao Qiao.
Xiao Qiao picked the person up, and his voice was hoarse, "Turn back into a fox." โ
Hu Li looked up suspiciously, his voice was a little hoarse, and he had a soft nasal voice, "Huh? โ
"Turn back into a fox, or I'll kiss you." Xiao Qiao was about to bite Hu Li's ear, Hu Li's eyes widened, and he instantly turned into a small fox, four big tails covered his entire body, and a glutinous voice came out of the tail, "Brother Xiao, you threaten me again." โ
Xiao Qiao chuckled, pulled Hu Li into his arms, felt the bulging of his lower body, and couldn't help sighing, the days of vegetarianism are really long!