168 Chapter 168
(Cat flutter Chinese) Staring at Shen Xian's big dark circles comparable to pandas, Sable Cicada helplessly half forced and half coaxed Shen Xian to a side hall where Lu Ji's three bear children were to rest temporarily.
After Diao Chan settled Shen Xian, the bear children rushed over when they heard the sound, and they were very happy to see Diao Chan, Lu Ji even reached out to Diao Chan for a hug: "Sister Diao Chan, you are back." β
Diao Chan likes children very much, and when she saw Lu Ji stretching out her hand to her, she naturally showed a happy smile on her face, she bent down slightly, picked up Lu Ji, and nodded the tip of his nose: "Come back, are you very well-behaved?" β
Lu Ji nodded: "Yes." β
Lu Xun stood behind Lu Meng with his arms crossed and rolled his eyes, he whispered: "I usually don't smile or speak with a cold face, but when I see my beautiful sister, I laugh more than anyone else." β
Lu Meng scratched his head and said casually: "Actually, you want to hug it too, but you're embarrassed when you're older." β
Lu Xun was furious, and just as he wanted to refute, he heard Lu Meng continue: "Well, in fact, I want to too. β
Lu Xun: ...... Forgive you.
Diao Chan chatted casually with the children for a while to understand what had happened in the two days that he was away, and it didn't take long for Sun Ce, who heard the news, to hurry over with Liu Xi, who was originally sleepy and yawning and wanting to sleep, and the first thing they said when they met was: "Support? β
"On the way," Diao Chan put Lu Ji on the ground, motioned to Lu Meng to take the Lu family's uncle and nephew out to play, and then said to Sun Ce: "I encountered the assassins of the Yang Mansion on the way to intercept the Shangshutai spies, but fortunately I was rescued by Mr. Jia and Mr. Guo who passed by. So they changed direction and came directly to Chang'an City, I think they are walking slowly and one step ahead. β
After listening carefully to Diao Chan's words, Sun Ce was relieved, he handed over Liu Xi, who had been fluttering blindly in his arms since he saw Diao Chan, and looked left and right to confirm that Shen Xian was not there, and would never hear these words, before complaining to Diao Chan: "You don't know, the third sister somehow negotiated with Wang Yue's old stubbornness, and if she didn't agree with him, she detained the frustrated prince and His Majesty, forcing Yang Sikong to jump over the wall and arrest me, and almost didn't escape." β
Diao Chan scratched Liu Xi's chin with his hand, and Liu Xi waved his little hand and laughed. Seeing Liu Xi so happy, Diao Chan couldn't help but smile: "The lord has always been good at seizing opportunities, and it is indeed a little difficult to keep up with her train of thought." β
"What could she have thought?" Sun Ce snorted: "She just thinks of where to do it, and when she fights, she changes and remedies. β
This kind of Shen Xian is indeed difficult to cooperate with others, except for Jia Xu and Guo Jia, who sometimes think as out of step as her, most people find it difficult to understand her approach, even if Guo Jia and Jia Xu, being able to understand does not mean that they will agree. But there is no way, who made Shen Xian the lord? The subordinates who worked part-time could only listen carefully to the boss's speech.
However, this also has an advantage, his own people can't guess Shen Xian's thoughts, and the enemy can't guess either.
With Diao Chan's words, Sun Ce was like taking a reassuring pill, and he no longer had to worry about when Chang'an City would be overwhelmed by the army and the situation would be reversed in an instant.
Jia Xu and Guo Jia arrived in the afternoon of the same day, half a day later than Diao Chan. At that time, the soldiers guarding the city saw a group of men and horses coming from a distance, and they were immediately frightened, and rushed to report to Sun Ce and Wang Yue. Sun Ce thought that the enemy had finally come, and just wanted to sigh why others were so fast, but found that it was his own people.
Although there were less than a thousand men and horses, it was better than nothing, and besides, there were less than 3,000 people available to them in Chang'an City.
"It's really embarrassing for you that such a few people can't hold the city gate on one side, and they can still take the city down." Jia Xulema stood under the Xi'an Gate and looked up and sighed: "I haven't been back for a long time, why do you think this place is getting more and more broken?" β
"I think it's okay," Guo Jia turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the soldiers who followed him, walked quickly to Sun Ce, and asked quite eagerly, "Where is the lord?" β
Sun Ce raised his chin with his arms and squinted at Guo Jia slightly, the word "unhappy" was written on his head, and even Wang Yue, an outsider who didn't understand anything, could clearly see it.
"The third sister is resting," Sun Ce said, "Mr. Guo, let's discuss the issue of defending the city, right?" There is also the problem of the placement of the ministers in the city, the third sister arrested all the people in the palace in order to save trouble, and now the big and small officials are complaining, and I have to scold two sentences when I see it. β
Sun Ce felt that he was really lying on the gun, but when he passed by the gate of Mingguang Palace, he could be caught by an official walking in the courtyard and scolded.
"What's there to worry about?" Guo Jia waved his hand impatiently: "Anyway, the lord doesn't plan to use them." β
"Guo Fengxiao," Jia Xu called him warningly, "Are you sleepy and want to sleep?" β
Guo Jia patted his mouth, smiled and shook his head in Sun Ce's blank gaze: "Hmm...... I'm a little tired when I'm in a hurry on the road, and when I'm tired, I love to talk nonsense...... Leave me alone, so where is the lord? β
"I said that the third sister is resting, why don't you wait for a while?" Sun Ce was regarded as serving Guo Jia's stalking kung fu, he simply showed that he was out of sight and out of mind**, and directly ignored Guo Jia and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Wenhe, can you come with me?" We have no one to appease those officials, originally Bo Yan wanted to go, but I yelled back, and the third sister didn't bother to take care of it, it is true that she has a lot of things at hand in the past two days, but she can't honestly hang these people......"
"Don't worry, Bo Fu," Jia Xu patted Sun Ce on the shoulder and laughed at himself, "The lord is waiting for me to come." β
"By the way, call Bo Yan," Jia Xu added: "He is not too young, there are some things to learn, since you want to come, let him see it." β
Lu Xun, who received the notice, happily ran to find Jia Xu, leaving Lu Ji and Lu Meng looking at each other.
"Uh...... Are you going to check it out? Lu Meng asked a little embarrassed: "Shall I take you with me?" Mr. Wenhe probably won't kick us out. β
To be honest, sometimes Lu Meng was a little afraid of Lu Ji, because he never knew what shocking actions this expressionless little dot would make in the next second.
"No need," Lu Ji said lightly, "I probably know what Mr. Wenhe wants to do." In fact, it doesn't matter if those people care about them, my sister has no intention of continuing to let them sit in the official position in the future, since they will be removed from power sooner or later, why care what they think and think in their hearts? β
Look, this kid is speaking amazingly again. Lu Meng thought silently.
Lu Ji ran to the basket and picked up a rabbit puppet sewn by a little palace maid according to his requirements, held it in the air and put it in front of Liu Xi's eyes, and teased her around: "Mr. Wenhe is going now, it is not those detained officials who are appeased, but the intertwined relationship network and various families behind them." If my prediction is correct, although those people will be dismissed from office in the future, the new generation of children in their families will be brought to Chang'an one by one to take their place. And those big families, as long as the officials are still their people, they don't care whether it is the son or the old man who is sitting in the position. β
This is a compromise and gentle approach, if Shen Xian wants to settle down in a short period of time and no more disputes, she will inevitably choose to do so, but this move brings peace and at the same time means that she, the new ruler, temporarily compromises with the family, the war has been fought for more than ten years, and in the end, the winner is still the hairpin family.
But according to Shen Xian's character, would she give up the fruits of victory so easily?
Lu Ji rubbed his eyes and put down his arm, which had been a little sore for a long time. Liu Xi, who was having fun, was stunned for a while before she realized that her little rabbit was gone, she stretched out her arm and kicked her leg dissatisfiedly, and raised her little hand to try to reach Lu Ji who was holding the edge of the small bed.
"She's looking for toys." Lu Meng pointed at Liu Xi and reminded.
"I'm a little tired, I'm also a baby," Lu Ji threw the little rabbit to Lu Meng: "You play with her, I'll sit for a while." β
Lu Meng: "You...... All right. β
Looking at Liu Xi, who was blinking softly with big eyes and seemed to be looking at him expectantly, Lu Meng's heart swelled with huge pressure, he was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man who was really good when facing a creature like a baby! You can't do anything with force, you have to be careful, for fear that if you don't pay attention, you will hurt them.
Lu Meng put the rabbit in Liu Xi's hand, Liu Xi stared at it for a while, as if he was calibrating the target, and then took advantage of Lu Meng's unpreparedness to reach out and grab the rabbit in one fell swoop, but because the child's soft hands were not strong, she only touched the rabbit and did not completely catch it. But even so, Liu Xi laughed happily, she waved her little arms, as if she wanted to play again.
"Where has the lord gone......" Lu Meng changed the rabbit to another place, causing Liu Xi's big eyes to look at it with a purr. He whispered: "This is her daughter, is she so relieved that we can watch it?" β
"This shows that my sister believes in us," Lu Ji held his chin and watched Lu Meng tease Liu Xi with interest, and a sudden idea suddenly popped up in his mind: "Brother Ziming, this little ancestor should be ...... in the future."
Lu Ji didn't finish speaking, he just stretched out his finger and pointed to the top of his head, and he didn't point until he was there.
Lu Meng shook his head and replied very honestly, "I don't know. β
"If we bring her up from a young age, how face-saving it will be to say it in the future!" Lu Ji clapped his hands, and it was rare to show the liveliness and mischievous behavior that a child of this age should have: "You coax her well, this job is too promising." β
Lu Meng shook his head helplessly: "...... I don't think so. β
If you know all kinds of black history when an emperor was a child, and the emperor ascends the throne in the future, the first thing I am afraid is to completely shut you up so as not to be ashamed.
When Lu Meng and Lu Ji teased Liu Xi, Shen Xian had actually been sitting at the door of the hall eavesdropping on the conversation of the two children, she usually didn't have much time to care about the Lu family's uncles and nephews, and after adopting them, they were basically free-range, except for providing food, clothing, housing and transportation, they knew very little about their psychological world, and Lu Lingqi and Guo Yi, who came later, were even more so...... Frankly speaking, the smooth growth of these children is completely the result of their own efforts, and there is basically nothing wrong with Shen Xian.
In the past, Shen Xian also thought that the child was raised like this, and she could give whatever she wanted, after all, she had already raised several of them, and they all looked like there was no problem. But after having Liu Xi, Shen Xian suddenly found that it was not the case, Lu Ji, Lu Xun and others already had their own sense of right and wrong and the ability to distinguish between right and wrong when they were adopted by her, and these two children were extremely smart, even if Shen Xian didn't care at all, they could survive by stumbling and groping, but it was just a hard point to live.
But Liu Xi is not like this, her newborn baby is like a blank piece of paper, no one has crossed a stroke on the paper, in addition to supporting her, she also needs to teach her the truth of life, teach her all kinds of life knowledge, behave in the world and so on. This is a great and arduous project, because the kind of person the child will becomeβgood or evil, noble or inferior, humble or proudβis inseparable from what his parents have taught him from childhood to adulthood.
This is no longer just "raising" children, this is simply shaping the soul.
"I'm still a crooked little bastard myself, and your father doesn't look very reliable," Shen Xian sighed, rubbed her eyebrows, and said to herself: "Baby, looking at the whole family, it seems that only your second uncle can train you to become a talent......
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