Mu Yelai caught a glimpse of Xiao Shihe's appreciative eyes towards Du Hengshuang, and immediately knocked over the vinegar jar, couldn't help but sneer, pursed his lips, shook his head, and said, "A wife and a virtuous husband are not in trouble, this old saying is really not wrong." If you don't interfere indiscriminately, Brother Xiao will be more peaceful. Do you understand what you're talking about? How could the prince be a person who covers his ears and steals the bell and deceives himself?! How many times have I said it, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand! Specially for Brother Xiao to cause trouble! ——This matter is related to the military and the people's hearts of Daqi, and it should have been personally advocated by His Majesty! It is arrogant for others to mention it! ”

Xiao Shiji withdrew his eyes from looking at Du Hengshuang, and stared at the black jade tiger paperweight in his hand.

Du Hengshuang tilted her head slightly, glanced at Mu Yelai, with some provocation and disdain, and said with a slight smile: "Then Miss Mu San means that Master Hou shouldn't mention this topic in the court?" Is it wrong for Hou Ye to mention it? ”

"It shouldn't have been mentioned in the first place!" Mu Yelai was stunned by Du Hengshuang's eyes, and blurted out the words in his heart, "This matter is completely stupid!" This is what Mu Hou said to Mu Yelai when he commented on Xiao Shi and this proposal, Mu Yelai thought it was true and kept it in his heart. For her, no matter what she does, it is not as important as pleasing the crown prince and the crown princess.

These two sent her to Xiao Shiji, let Xiao Shiji accept her, and gave her the opportunity to be favored by Xiao Shiji, who was her great benefactor.

After Mu Ye finished speaking, he realized that he was very wrong. - How could she say in front of Xiao Shiji that his proposal was "stupid"?! I can't wait to pump myself a few big-eared shaves......

Du Hengshuang smiled and lowered her head, knowing that Mu Yelai had fallen into the pit she had dug. Fingers twisted a snow-white silk around, the silk was as white as snow, but it was only the same color as the back of her hand.

What people are most afraid of is underestimating enemies, and what women are most afraid of is temptation.

As long as these two conditions are not met, every woman can become a strong person in life.

Hearing Mu Ye say that his proposal was "stupid", Xiao Shiji suddenly changed his face, but immediately regained his composure, his face was not shocked, and he didn't even raise his eyelids.

Mu Yelai covered his mouth suddenly, and he couldn't hide the chagrin on his face. "No...... No...... Brother Xiao. I didn't mean that, I didn't mean your proposal, I meant ...... The occasion you mentioned was not quite right...... "and tried to quibble, dying and struggling. only to find that she was surrounded by Du Hengshuang. No matter how you tell. In the end, she couldn't escape the consequences of her accusing Xiao Shi and saying the wrong thing. She also knew that she couldn't say that he was wrong in front of Xiao Shiji. Men are all about face......

Thinking about it, she didn't blame herself for saying the wrong thing. I don't blame Xiao Shiji for being cautious, but I hate Du Hengshuang more and more, feeling that she is not only rude and vicious, but also insidious and cunning, with her by Brother Xiao's side, I am afraid that I will not have any chance in this life......

Of course, Du Hengshuang would not allow Mu Ye to come up with other reasons to quibble, so he only interrupted her words in a hurry and said with a smile: "Miss Mu San, this is what makes me different from you. I am an ignorant woman, I only know the affairs of the back house, and I don't understand the twists and turns in the court. What our Hou Ye did, in my opinion, is all right. Even if it's not right, it's right. With a smile, he flew another glance at Xiao Shiji, and the words were like honey, pouring buckets on Xiao Shiji's body, soaking Xiao Shiji and the whole person in the honey pot.

Xiao Shiji wanted to tighten his face again, but he couldn't help but show a smile on his lips, and his heart and eyes were open.

"He is my husband, and what I want to protect is his face. And for you, Miss Mu San, the crown prince and the crown princess are the most important people for you, and everything you get today is due to the prince and the crown princess, so what you have to maintain is the face of the prince and the crown princess. Our positions are different, and in fact, we can't argue who is right and who is wrong. Du Hengshuang said slowly and logically, and what he said was with a gun and a stick, but he held Xiao Shiji and hit Mu Yelai, Mu Yelai was panicked when he heard it, and secretly scolded Du Hengshuang for being shameless, slapping her man's ass in front of outsiders, and he was not afraid of losing her demeanor as a wife.

But Mu Yelai quietly looked at Xiao Shiji, but found that he had involuntarily raised his eyes, and his mind was pulled by Du Hengshuang.

Mu Yelai was angry and anxious, he was really unwilling to work hard for so long, and he was beaten by Du Hengshuang with a few beautiful words, so he also interrupted Du Hengshuang's words, sank his face, and said: "Madam, today you said that the prince is not good, fortunately, I heard it, I gave Brother Xiao face, and I won't say it to others." If someone else hears your great rebellion, it will be light to exterminate your family. - Dare to be disrespectful to the prince and His Majesty, do you still keep you for incense? ”

Du Hengshuang let out a soft "oh" and said, "What did I say about disrespect today?" Miss Mu San, don't think crookedly and deliberately ruin our Xiao family...... You saved our Hou Ye back then, and I am grateful to you. This time, you have something to borrow money at home, and I also said that it is not appropriate to let Hou Ye pay 100,000 silver alone. You saved the life of our Hou Ye, and you also saved my life, so I should pay half of the silver. - I'm not afraid to let Miss Mu San know that 50,000 taels of the 100,000 taels of silver came from my dowry, just to thank you for saving your life. ”

What the?! Mu Yelai's face turned red all of a sudden. She never expected that Du Hengshuang would know about her writing a letter to borrow silver! How could Du Hengshuang know about this?! Could it be that Xiao Shiji told Du Hengshuang?!

"You talk nonsense! The 100,000 silver was given to me by Brother Xiao...... It has nothing to do with anything else...... When the steward Xiao came to give me the silver, he obviously said that it was Brother Xiao who gave me flowers, but he didn't say that it was because of other things! You deliberately lied to me and misled me! Mu Yelai immediately burst into tears, and he really couldn't stand to lose such a big face in front of Du Hengshuang. She has always looked down on this woman, and she actually took money from her dowry, is she really stupid, or is she pretending to be stupid? ……

She originally thought that the silver was sent to Muhou Mansion by Xiao Shihe and his chief steward directly, after all, she knew that Xiao Shihe was a rich man, and 100,000 silver was really nothing......

Xiao Shihe looked up in astonishment, only to realize that 50,000 of the 100,000 silver was made by Du Hengshuang with a dowry, and he was stunned for a moment. He thought that Du Hengshuang was uncomfortable, although he didn't dare to disobey his words, he sent silver to Mu Yelai as he instructed. But then I kept arguing with him, and I must have been angry.

Who knew that today I heard Du Hengshuang say it in person, saying that he saved Xiao Shiji's life, that is, he saved her Du Hengshuang's life, and said that his life also has half of hers, so she is willing to give 50,000 silver from the dowry.

Xiao Shiji did not doubt the truth of these words at all. With his understanding of Du Hengshuang, Du Hengshuang would not deliberately brag like other women. She's such a hard temper. What she didn't want to do. You don't want to do anything by pressing her head. But what she said she did, it must have been done, and there would never be any fake.

Xiao Shiji let out a long sigh in his heart, and turned his head to look at Mu Yelai, who was trying his best to deny it. said lightly: "This 100,000 silver." I asked my wife to send it. At that time, you said that you wanted to borrow silver. I think this hurts your face too much, so my wife said that it was money for you, because she didn't want to hurt your face. How can you say that she is misleading you? - I thought others didn't understand, you should understand. These silver are just to repay your life-saving grace. ”

Repay you for saving your life...... Nothing more.

Mu Yelai chewed on this understatement, and suddenly his heart felt like he was immersed in bitter water, and he wrinkled in pain.

Du Hengshuang lowered her eyes, and a sneering smile flashed at the corner of her lips.

Xiao Shiji's words did not make Du Hengshuang feel anything at all. What she did for him, he no longer used his heart to understand, but allowed two women to compete in front of him to show who valued him more, and was led by the nose by other people's words. - How can such Xiao Shiji be a minister in the court side by side with those old foxes in the court who have countless backhands in every sentence and every action?! - Sooner or later, there will be no scum left of the scum......

Even for the sake of their Xiao family, she should retreat bravely.

Mu Yelai was in a hurry, and hurriedly apologized to Du Hengshuang, "Madam, it's my fault, I misunderstood Madame." However, that incident has passed, and we are now talking about the bereavement of the widows of the fallen soldiers, so you should not talk about these trivial things. ”

Du Hengshuang covered her sleeves and smiled along her topic: "Miss Mu San is really wealthy, and 100,000 silver is just a trivial matter. In order to plan the 100,000 pieces of silver, our house has put a lot of effort into it. ”

Mu Ye was stunned, and his eyes flickered and looked at Xiao Shiji.

Xiao Shiji's lips pursed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mrs. Zhuguohou, since you seem to be thinking about Brother Xiao, why don't you talk about your high opinions? Is there any way to satisfy the prince and His Majesty, and at the same time make Brother Xiao not hurt his prestige? Mu Yelai gritted his teeth and threw this thorny question out of the way.

In her opinion, it is impossible to do both of these things. Shun has lost her brother's affection, no matter what, she will offend one party.

From Mu Ye's point of view, it is better to let Xiao Shiji suffer some grievances for the time being than to let the prince and His Majesty take root in their hearts.

If Du Hengshuang blindly protects Xiao Shiji and speaks, Mu Yelai will be able to grab her handle and tell her that she is too naïve, and the consequences of offending His Majesty and the prince are very serious, maybe what awaits them is the end of the destruction of the family.

Du Hengshuang said secretly, I'm afraid that if you don't ask, if you ask, you will wait to completely lose your position in Xiao Shihe's heart......

"Miss Mu San, I know that in your heart, you always think that Your Majesty and the prince cannot be offended, and to offend them is to kill yourself. So he could only let Hou Ye be wronged and make a living. But I don't think you see it the same way. Since Hou Ye has already said his words, now he is arguing whether it is right or wrong, whether it should be or not, in fact, it is all an afterthought, and it is useless. In my opinion, what we need to consider now is how to turn Hou Ye's disadvantage into an advantage, instead of throwing away his only advantages, in order to please others, in order to make a living, he completely threw his face to the ground and trampled on others. Du Hengshuang straightened his spine, sat on the brocade, and said.

"If you throw Hou Ye's face to the ground and step on the prince and His Majesty, you can make His Majesty and the prince angry, I can only say that your vision is too narrow, your methods are too inferior, and you completely ignore Hou Ye's face, how Hou Ye will gain a foothold in the court in the future, and how Hou Ye will be powerful in the army in the future, and how to command thousands of troops and horses again." Du Hengshuang looked at Mu Yelai's increasingly dark face, and solemnly threw out a big killing weapon that could touch Xiao Shi's heart.

As a general, he understands better than anyone how important the military spirit is.

Why is the army of the Southern Expedition more willing to listen to the orders of Xiao Shi and the second commander, and is not willing to listen to the orders of the first marshal Qi Xiaogong. is the best example of this.

Because Xiao Shi and the officers and men in the army had prestige in their hearts, they were more willing to believe in him, follow him, and obey his commands.

If Xiao Shiji destroys this prestige, the consequences will be much more serious than losing points in His Majesty and the prince's heart.

Because His Majesty, the crown prince, and even Prince Yi value Xiao Shiji, they only value his prestige in the army. His military talents were displayed because he was supported by the soldiers.

If Xiao Shiji doesn't even have this prestige, then he really has nothing. Don't forget, he's just a good son from a poor family with no family support......

"Master Hou is the commander, and the military orders are like mountains, do you know the way? If he said it in public. can be ignored as a stable. How will he command thousands of troops again in the future? How to lead troops to war again? You don't understand this, why do you give advice to Hou Ye? Are you sure you're here to help Master Hou? Didn't you come to drag the Hou Ye back? Du Hengshuang pinched the seven inches that could touch Mu Yelai and Xiao Shiji step by step.

Mu Yelai was so stammered when he was asked, he secretly scolded Du Hengshuang for being cunning, and immediately softened. muttered, "Huh? Is it that serious? No way? - Brother Xiao. Why don't I ask the prince? He made a cowardly and pure look on his face. The aura of the ignorant woman who scolded Du Hengshuang earlier seemed to have been eaten by her......

Xiao Shiji shook his head. He raised his chin to Du Hengshuang, "Shuang'er, you go on." ”

Du Hengshuang nodded with a smile and said, "Since this matter has been said by the Hou Ye in public. If he didn't mention it, it would only discredit His Majesty's prestige at all, so it was better to follow the trend. Anyway, he has already mentioned it, so don't worry about whether it's right or wrong, you can only go one way. ”

"How do you go down?" Xiao Shiji asked, leaning up.

Du Hengshuang smiled: "I think about it, there are some things that need to be done by His Majesty and the court, but there are some things that we can do." For example, we can take the initiative to set up a school for the children of those fallen soldiers, recruit them all to go to school together, and those who are willing to inherit the mantle of their fathers in the future can enlist in the army after completing the school, and the army can give preferential treatment to these people. On the side of the school, we can bear the constraints of the venue and the gentleman. - Master Hou, if you think it's good, I can calculate how much silver I want. I sold some shops this year, and the silver is still there, and I can take them all out to make this face for Hou Ye. ”

Du Hengshuang smiled without blinking, and planned to give away the 100,000 taels of silver that he had just recovered from Mu Yelai.

Mu Yelai's face became more and more pale, and finally he couldn't sit down, so he stood up and said, "Brother Xiao, I'll go and ask the prince what he thinks...... For this method of running a school, let's ask the prince. With that, he quickly took his leave.

Xiao Shi and his eyelids did not lift, and let Mu Ye come and flee.

After Mu Ye came and left, Xiao Shiji looked at Du Hengshuang with emotion and said, "Don't be a three-day scholar, you should be impressed." - Frost, who taught you all this? ”

Du Hengshuang smiled and said in a low voice: "This is the human heart." Shiji, if you want to gain a foothold in the court, if you really want to continue to be an official, you must learn to figure out what is behind people's hearts. And the court is not a battlefield, sometimes strength can't decide everything. Although the battlefield is changing rapidly, it is still necessary to rely on strength to speak, and it is impossible for people without strength to win a long-term victory on the battlefield by relying on strategy alone. On the battlefield, as long as you really have the strength, have a grasp of the overall situation, and then make some decisions and break through in time, you can be invincible. ”

"But under the battlefield, it's not so simple, even if you have strength and loyalty, you still can't stand many people from calculating you, and this kind of calculation can hide in the shadows and continue for many years. The causes you have planted may have to wait a long time to see the effects appear. And by then, often it's too late. Du Hengshuang said meaningfully, "This time, you should be prepared." There is no reward for the victory, and it may be only the first step. The latter thing may be even bigger than this blow. ”

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One more four thousand five. 2:2 p.m. and 7:3 p.m. Continue to repay the debt of the pink ticket in February, and it will be paid off tomorrow. The addition of the sister paper rewarded in February, I will pay it back in March. O(∩_∩)O

…… (To be continued......)

PS: One more four thousand five, ask for pink tickets and recommended votes. 2nd watch in the afternoon and 3rd watch in the evening. Today is the weekend, so I'll do more if I have time. T_T

Thank you for the milk mint candy, DCC Luo Lan, frost, hot ^^, evening music, drizzle and light cold ~ The peace charm that was rewarded yesterday. O(∩_∩)O