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After Xue Yinong dealt with Gao Zhirou's matter, the whole person was not ordinarily relaxed, and his head was like a bone candy leaning on Xu Shutong's shoulder and being coquettish.

"Dredge."

"What for?"

"People miss you."

"Poof, can you be a little more bored?"

Xue Yinong blinked his eyes and said, "Yes." ”

"Haha! Come and sit down and have something to drink to suppress the freak. By the way, report that you went to the Sujin Imperial Palace. ”

Xue Yinong sat down and drank some sweet soup. Speaking of his father's health has gradually recovered, he is just sorry for the affairs of his brothers.

Xu Shutong snorted coldly, "They have a good calculation one by one, and it is too naïve to want to take the emperor's throne because of this, this is called 'people are not as good as heaven'." ”

"Well, Shutong doesn't have to deal with these villains. To say something strange, I think I have seen the king respectful. ”

"Huh? What's going on, let's hear it. ”

"Here's the thing, there was a group of people riding fast horses past, the leader of the one was all white, wearing a gray dress, but the skin on his cheeks was very tender, you know, women are very picky about their appearance, I may also have a little bit of this disease, so I paid more attention to it for a while, I always felt like respecting the king, hehe, it may be that I was dazzled, how could he be in the capital, it's too unbelievable, if he comes to the capital, it makes no sense that the people over there don't report to me, I haven't received any abnormal information for the time being."

When Xu Shutong heard this, he frowned directly, "Your Majesty, although this thing seems unlikely, since you also think that person, you should pay attention to it, some things would rather believe that there is, and when it is ruled out, it is not too late to believe that there is nothing." ”

"Yes, I understand, I will order someone to check and see how the movements of the palace are going, and there are strangers on Qu Shang's side, if King Gong really came to the capital, then it is very likely that it is because of Qu Shang. If it was just a guess before, then his arrival proved one thing - Qu Shangyou has a small background, but I am afraid that it is true that he has too many tricks to respect the king in his hands, and if I rebel from it, I am afraid that there will be a great gain. ”

Xu Shutong saw that she was thinking far-reaching, so he didn't say anything. "It's good that the emperor knows it in his heart."

Xue Yi smiled nong, "Don't talk about these things, you have been busy for so long, and you are busy planning for me, are you tired?" How about letting me do a little bit for Shutong and pinch my shoulders? ”

"I'm missing a shoulder pinch, now it's good." Xu Shunong unceremoniously aroused Xue Yinong, Xue Yinong was like a massage girl, trying her best to make Xu Shunong happy.

In the evening, Xue Yinong received two express reports. King Gong has never left the palace, and the people are still there, but a large number of strategists in the palace have been dispatched, and the secret guards have followed them, but they have not continued to track in the direction of the capital.

The secret guard express in the capital said that a group of people came to Shangshu's mansion today.

Xue Yinong took two express reports and came to the conclusion: Xue Qingqiu is likely to have disguised herself from the fiefdom and come to the capital, so today she is not blind and wrong, but true.

He came, and it couldn't have been better for her. The whip of the province is beyond the reach of the chief.

Let's say that Xue Qingqiu came to the capital in a self-styled manner, passed by Xue Yinong, and was terrified, afraid that she had already discovered herself, and there was no special movement after waiting for a long time, so she settled down. Pretending to be a group of people from the rivers and lakes entered the Shangshu Mansion, Qu Shangwen, the official of the Ministry of Shangshu, came and hurriedly came out to greet him, and said: "Wechen has seen the prince." ”

Xue Qingqiu was carrying him on his back, looking at the landscape paintings in the house, all of them were handwritten by famous artists, knowing that he was coming, he turned around and said, "No courtesy." Without waiting for Qu Shang's instructions, he sat down, pointed to a position and said, "You sit." ”

"Yes."

"Your letter to the king has already read it, this adventure to the capital is all for you, you said that you have always done things properly, how to raise such an unsuccessful son, for him to ruin everyone's business."

Qu Shang apologized again and again, "The dog is not a weapon to make the prince angry, and it will cause you trouble, but Weichen is just this one son, and when he is old, he is looking forward to his retirement, if he is not there, what is Weichen doing so much for." ”

Qu Shang's heart for his son is also sincere, but this matter is really difficult to do. If Xue Yinong has found evidence, then even if he wants to protect Qu Shang, if he doesn't help Qu Shang, if Xue Yinong finds his son, he is afraid that he will turn against him for the sake of his son.

It's hard, it's hard.

Seeing Xue Qingqiu's hesitation, Qu Shang couldn't help but feel a little anxious and said some cruel words. "It's okay if the prince doesn't want to help, when the time comes, Weichen may not be able to control his mouth, if my son is gone, I don't want to live......"

Anyway, what he has in his hand is the evidence of Xue Qingqiu's crimes, as long as he submits it to the top, the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime can be escaped, and it is good to come back with another life when the time comes.

Xue Qingqiu didn't know the meaning of his words, and was a little annoyed, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about, when did this king say that he won't help you, has our affection been fake for so many years?" This king only said that it was difficult, but you should give this king a little time to think. ”

He was very unhappy about Qu Shang taking the opportunity to threaten him. Qu Shang accepted it when he saw it, "Weichen is reckless, he said the wrong thing, the prince has a lot, Weichen is too anxious, and he doesn't choose what ......to say."

Xue Qingqiu waved his hand and told him not to say any more, "Okay, your matter is known to the king." Now make a place for the king's advisers to rest, and the king will do his best to come up with a plan. ”

Qu Shang thanked him a lot, and asked people to clean up more than a dozen side rooms, and everyone gathered together to study this matter.

Obviously, they were very uncomfortable with Qu Shang's ignorance. Staff Xu also came over this time, wanting to take the opportunity to see his sister in the palace, he said: "This Qu Shangshu is too ignorant, he didn't say repentance when he made a mistake, and he was embarrassed to threaten the prince." ”

"Okay, staff, you don't have to complain about this king. How do you think this matter can be solved? This king doesn't want to help, but because of the threat of this old horseman, he knows a lot about us, and he can't help it. ”

Staff Xu naturally understood, "It's better to retreat bravely from the rapids." ”

"What's that saying?"

"Taking advantage of the fact that the emperor has not found out about him, he submitted his resignation, saying that he is old and in poor health, and he wants to go back to his hometown to care for the elderly."

"You said let him do it?"

Staff Xu said: "Not bad. He is still in the position of the secretary of the ministry, so the next suitable candidate, I believe he can also make some appropriate arrangements, so that our affairs can continue, and he and his son can be safe and sound, escape, incognito from now on, I believe he is still willing, compared to life, to find a beautiful place to retire, isn't it good? ”

However, he still had a plan, which was to find what Qu Shang had hidden, or simply set fire to the entire Shangshu Mansion, so that they would not have to worry about someone threatening him.

Xue Qingqiu felt that there was some truth when he heard it, and the others didn't have any good ideas for the time being, Xue Qingqiu said: "Then according to the will of Xu's staff, this matter will be done, and this king will talk to Qu Shang about this matter tomorrow." ”

That night, Qu Shang and his wife couldn't sleep, it was about the child, Mrs. Shangshu turned over and over, and Qu Shang didn't feel sleepy.

"What are you turning over, you still don't sleep."

Mrs. Shangshu said, "Master, did you say that the prince would help us?" ”

Qu Shang sneered a few times, "This matter is not for him, if he wants to give up on me, then he also has to weigh the consequences, I have done so many things for him over the years, if you want to get rid of me, then I will present these evidence to the emperor, and I will redeem the guilt and save my son's life, that little brute, how is it lately?" Is there a little bit of peace? You should also teach him well, if he is allowed to have an accident again, I will not be able to save him even if I am a heavenly Daluo Immortal. ”

"Don't worry, let him study in the room these days, and he is not allowed to go anywhere, and the master instructed that Su Ri's son misbehaved, and the concubine was found out with a pen, and what could be filled was filled, and what could be compensated was compensated, and the matter was controlled as much as possible within the scope that could be forgiven by the emperor."

"That's fine, we must be fine, we must also take the initiative ourselves, don't do it to the emperor, it's all bad debts."

Mrs. Shangshu said: "You have to hide those things well, but I am afraid that the prince will be unwilling to listen to your words, and he will find someone to find out and kill people." ”

"Rest assured, those things are safe."

The next day, Qu Shang got up early in the morning to go to court, and Xue Qingqiu also got up. Qu Shang said goodbye, seeing that Xue Qingqiu had black green under his eyes, obviously delayed a little late.

"Lord Qu."

"Morning prince."

"Your business is already in sight. After discussing with everyone, it was decided to let you retreat bravely, and stop before the emperor found you. You can submit your resignation today, and the next candidate for the secretary of the ministry should also be properly proposed. When the time comes, find a place to retire! This king never treats those who have merit to him, and this is already the best that this king can do. ”

Although Qu Shang was reluctant to be powerful, his life was more important, he said: "Wechen understands, thank you for the prince's love, Wechen will let his family take care of the burden and be ready to leave at any time." Qu Shang was very simple, and when he arrived in front of his wife, he directly informed everyone to pack up, and the action was smaller, so that no one would know.

When he arrived in the middle of the court, Ren's father-in-law's sharp voice penetrated the entire main hall, "There is a morning play, and there is no retreat." ”

Qu Shang stepped out of the ranks at the moment, holding the book in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." ”

"Say."

"Wechen is old, and his health has been worse every year recently, so he wants to resign and return to his hometown at this opportunity."

Father-in-law Ren asked him to pass his notebook, Xue Yinong read it, and said: "No, although Qu Shangshu is old, he is in good spirits, and it is still okay to serve the court for a few more years." Besides, if you leave, I won't be able to find anyone to take your place for the time being. ”

She was afraid that Qu Shang would see that the situation was not good and was ready to escape, so she had to settle his heart first, and then find a chance to find out some things.

Qu Shang immediately proposed that his deputy He Xin was available, Xue Yinong raised his eyebrows, He Xin's ability to deal with affairs is very strong, but he is not his own person, and he still has his own person in an important position.

However, Qu Shang was prepared for this time, and he was worried that there would be no one to take over, so he immediately mentioned it, it seems that he is thoughtful and must go.

She said: "Okay, since Qu Aiqing insists on this, I can't make it difficult for others." It's just that it takes time to hand over the work, and there is still He Xin's matter, I still have to investigate, you give me seven days! ”

She wanted to see who gave Qu Shang the idea of 'retreating as advance' to generalize her army.

Qu Shang agreed when he heard it, and his face was happy. Xue Yinong saw these in his eyes and pretended not to know.

After retiring from the dynasty, Qu Shang returned to Shangshu's mansion and personally went to thank Xue Qingqiu. "Thank you for your advice, now the emperor has agreed, saying that after seven days, Weichen will be allowed to return to his hometown."

Thinking that after seven days, the end of the world will be free from now on, Qu Shang is also relaxed, and he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he always wants to have a moment of leisure but can't get it.

Xue Qingqiu said: "That's good, congratulations to Lord Qu, you can return to your hometown with honor and return to your hometown." ”

"TOEFL, TOEFL."

After Qu Shang left, Staff Xu came in and asked, "Lord Wang, what did Lord Qu say just now?" ”

"The emperor agreed to let him go."

"Really? He didn't suspect it? ”

"I don't know, I said that after seven days, he was allowed to go, but this king feels that there are many things - there are many dreams at night, and there is a danger for one day when there is a day, what do you think?"

Staff Xu smiled dangerously, "Yes, the prince is still good at preventing future troubles, and you must not learn the benevolence of the emperor's wife." Just now, my subordinates went out, and I heard that the Gao family assassinated the emperor, but the emperor did not copy the whole house, this is his mistake, we can contact the Gao family for our use, all the emperor's enemies are our friends. ”

Xue Qingqiu smiled gloomily, "Not bad! You have a lot of point. Qu Shang's affairs will be handed over to you, and it is best that those evidences of him will disappear from this world together, and whoever dares to threaten this king, this king will let him not see the sun tomorrow. ”

Staff Xu said: "Yes." ”

But he said that Qu Shang suddenly gave a shot, which caught Xue Yinong a little off guard, knowing that there were more experts around him, and he didn't dare to be careless, and as soon as he returned to the Splendid Palace, he arranged for someone to investigate all aspects of the matter.

People in the Splendid Palace are in and out for a while, so they are not busy.

Xu Shutong and Cun Xi cut cloth to make diapers for the child in another compartment, Xu Shutong looked at the bulging belly very depressed, she was going to give birth in a few days, but the closer the day came, the more nervous she became, and she couldn't even eat well all day.

Cun said regretfully: "Niangniang, why are you unhappy?" ”

"I don't know, I just don't know if it hurts to have a baby? How much it hurts. ”

It's a pity that he rarely sees Xu Shutong so helpless, and smiled, "Niangniang will also be afraid?" ”

"People are also brides on the sedan chair, the first time, of course they will be nervous and scared."

"Then why don't you ask Concubine Xiao, she is a person from the past, and her experience is always more than yours."

Xu Shutong suddenly realized: "Yes, how did I forget her." I went to see the public move every day, so I forgot about this serious matter, the public move is about to be a full moon, and I don't know if the emperor is busy remembering this matter? Thinking about it, Xiao Guifei and Gongju are looking forward to it. ”

Thinking of the baby like a dumpling, Xu Shutong gasped with joy. Every time I talk in private, I call it 'foul', it's too likeable, even though he is not Xue Yinong's child, Xue Yinong is also very happy, and he runs there once a day.

"Why don't you take advantage of the emperor's time to ask." ”

"Exactly!"

Xue Yinong was coming out of the study at the moment, and when he heard them seem to mention his name, he smiled and said, "What are the two of them talking about fun, it's not called Shangzhen." ”

When the two saw her come out, they bowed and gave up their seats. Xu Shutong raised his head and asked, "Why are you here?" Aren't you busy today, I see everyone coming in and out. ”

"I also asked me, Shutong, you are so nervous, should you have prenatal depression?"

"What's that?" She'd never heard of it, and it was weird and mysterious. Cun Xi also tilted his head, obviously thinking about what the hell is this? I've never heard of it.

Xue Yinong explained: "This is an instinctive fear of the unknown situation in the future, just like whether it hurts when giving birth? I don't know what kind of pain it will take, how the body changes, etc., so I pay special attention to it. ”

Xu Shutong and Cun Xi's expressions were amazing, with an 'oh', stunned look, they had never heard of such a thing.

Xu Shutong saw that Xue Yinong was so idle, so he asked: "Your Majesty, you have nothing to do, and you have time to come and interrupt us." ”

"No, take a break for a while, I have to deal with so many things a day, I will be overtired if I don't rest, hey!" Thinking of the bad thing in her heart, she couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong? Who made you unhappy, or what news came out of the court. ”

"That's not it, do you remember Qu Shang? The last time we went to see my father, the emperor and the queen mother, I beat his son. Xu Shutong nodded, didn't she just want to tease her, but it didn't work, and she was repaired by Xue Yinong.

"What's wrong?"

"He submitted his resignation today, you said that he did a good job, and I didn't blame him, and it was said that he was old and frail, isn't it very suspicious, could it be that my actions made him suspicious?" Xue Yinong thinks that he doesn't have any overly suspicious behavior, and he hasn't always taken a laissez-faire attitude recently, as if he hadn't heard of it.

Qu Shang's abnormality is exactly what the problem is. And the man behind him seemed to be a little uncontrollable.

If what Qu Shang had in his hands was not so important, why should he be in a hurry to ask him to retreat?

And all she can do is seize the opportunity and make good use of Qu Shang.

Xue Yinong was silent for a short time, Xu Shutong still thought something was wrong with her? Pushed her, and when he saw that she was silent, he didn't bother her, and when Xue Yinong came back to his senses, he smiled, "Where are the words?" ”

Xu Shutong smiled: "You don't remember it yourself, but you still want us to remember." In her heart, she connected Xue Yinong's words and understood a little, but Xue Yinong didn't want to tell her, so she didn't ask.

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to Concubine Xiao?"

Cun Xi said: "Yes, Niangniang has what depression you said, so the slave maid asked yì to go to Xiao Guifei to learn from the scriptures, it is better than sitting here and thinking nonsense." ”

"If so, then go!"

Xue Yinong roared urgently, Xu Shutong said: "Look at you, let's just talk, you just want us to go, forget it, let's go, don't delay you to do things, but there is a word to ask you, can you still do the full moon wine of the public ceremony?" ”

"Of course, I'll have to cook it myself that day."

"That's good, I'm afraid that you will forget about this matter, and let Gongju and Xiao Guifei look forward to it." She thought about it, and there was really nothing else to do, so she pushed Xue Yinong to do things, and she and Cun Xi went to Zhiqiu Garden.

There are a few people in Zhiqiu Yuan at this time, and it is very lively. They usually have nothing to do, talking and laughing around the children.

Meng Sui came in and reported: "Niangniang, Xu Jieyu has arrived." ”

Yu Shiyou said with a smile: "She is also here, she is not staying in the palace, she loves to run around, and she is not afraid of her heavy body. ”

Everyone is not surprised by her words, anyway, Xue Yi's favor on Xu Shutong is not a day or two, and her diligence when she comes here is also the benefit of Xiao Fang, isn't it? The crowd just laughed at what they said to her.

Xiao Fang asked the knower to invite her in.

Xu Shutong entered the house and took a look, Yu Shiyou was there, and Li Tong was also there. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said, "Why did you come here so complete today, and you came to see the public ceremony?" "Come in and say hello to Yu Shiyou, and give Xiao Fang a blessing, where do everyone dare to accept her courtesy, although Xu Shutong is low, it is because she doesn't want to come out, if she really gives birth to a prince this time, it is unknown that she may squeeze into the fourth concubine. But Xu Shutong is not blind to her, so that people can't understand her.

There is proud capital, but it is disdainful to use it.

The qiē that this woman has done makes people feel incomprehensible.

Li Tong stood up and called out to Xu Shutong, "Sister Xu." ”

"Ah, the godmother and godaunt of the public have arrived. What about public acts? ”

Xiao Fang said: "It's not lying there." ”

The movement of everyone is so big, where is Xiao Gongju still sleeping in the small cradle, he has already opened a pair of eyes like thick paint, looking at everyone with bones, turning non-stop, where he can't see, his head has to rotate with him, looking for Xue Yinong in the crowd.

'Oooh' sounds come out of the mouth.

Everyone laughed when they saw it, and Xiao Fang said, "I'm awake." Every time I wake up, I look for the emperor everywhere, it's really greedy. She went over and picked up the little girl, wrapped her in a small quilt, and met the crowd. Pointing to the queen, "Gongju, this is the queen's mother." He said to Li Tong again, "Li Meiren." He said to Xu Shutong again, "Xu Jieyu." ”

Xiao Gong moved his arms and asked Xu Shutong to hug him.

Xu Shutong smiled and stretched out his arm to hug the child. Xiao Fang was afraid that people with her body would not be able to bear it, so she said, "Did Jieyu let the girl hold it for you?" ”

"It doesn't matter, I'll hold it." took Xiao Gongju and scratched her little nose, "You're naughty again, aren't you?" Miss your father, don't you? This little padded jacket is so beautiful today, your mother worked very hard to do it for you, do you like it? ”

Xiao Gongju was very face-saving, waving his arms vigorously, giggling and laughing, revealing toothless pink gums.

The crowd laughed too.

Li Tong smiled and asked, "When will Sister Xu give birth?" ”

"It's coming, the doctor said that in the past few days, I'm very scared. The emperor said that I had prenatal ......" She couldn't think of that word for a while.

Cun Xi added: "Prenatal depression. ”

"Oh, yes! It's the disease of blind worry. Let me come and walk around here more and learn from Concubine Xiao. ”

Xiao Fang said: "Indeed, I was worried all day long when I was about to give birth, but I was born fine." If you want to maintain a good relationship, it will be like giving birth to a pain for a while, especially the first child, which is not very smooth, and it would be good to have a few more. ”

"Well, if you have a noble concubine, I feel a lot more at ease."

Li Tong smiled and said: "It's almost the New Year again, I haven't seen it for a long time, if she comes back this time and finds that she has become an aunt, I don't know how happy she should be, and she has added two nephews." ”