Chapter Forty-Seven: An Unexpected Guest
Lin Yu chased Xu Siye around with a sword behind Xu Siye, and when Xu Siye was about to step out of the door, he accidentally collided with the man outside the door and looked up.
The man was wearing a scarlet robe embroidered with five phoenixes and a round neck, and he was holding a gift wrapped in a box, dripping with water.
Although Xu Siye didn't know who that person was, he could tell that he had been in a high position for a long time by looking at the quality and color of the embroidery on his clothes.
The Great Song Dynasty advocates simplicity and never allows the use of gorgeous embroidery or gorgeous colors, and the man is like this, it must not be simple, looking at the man's white face and beard, and there is no Adam's apple, Xu Siye learned the identity of the person who came after a little thought.
Xu Siye had heard that the chamberlain in the palace had been raised in the palace since childhood, so his face was white and beardless, but the chamberlain always accompanied the emperor to appear, how could he come to Yangzhou alone and come to Xu's mansion.
"Xu Siye is here." The man said this in an almost sharp voice, and Xu Siye immediately knew that this was the chamberlain in the palace.
"The villain doesn't know that the adult has not come to greet him, and he hopes to forgive his sins."
Although Xu Siye did not have all kinds of etiquette in his previous life, he saw more and knew it himself, and others must be respectful and respectful when they greeted the inner waiter, but he did not greet him, and even collided with the inner attendant, which naturally made the inner servant unhappy.
Xu Siye was shocked in his heart, it was not his own family that blackmailed the Lin family in the name of the emperor, if so, he would definitely die in his heart, like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down.
"I don't know what is important for the angel lord and nobles to come here, if it is useful to Xu's place, I will definitely go all out."
Xu Siye kowtowed on the ground while looking at the waiter with his spare eyes, seeing that the waiter's face had a slightly unhappy expression, but after hearing this, his face softened slightly.
"Since Xu Gongzi has such an idea, it is really a blessing, and there is really one thing to bother Xu Gongzi, soon, the emperor will come to Yangzhou, and ask Xu Gongzi to move out for a few days, and it is not in vain to build this Xu Mansion." Seeing that Xu Siye was so interested, the waiter gradually changed his sharp statement.
Xu Siye thought in his heart, the current emperor is really calculating, not only to save his face, but also to be able to create a palace in Yangzhou for himself and fall the title of loving the people like a son, killing three birds with one stone, occupying a dominant position in the battle with Shi Miyuan, for a while it seems that the people of Li are useless, but there is still a reason that ants bite the elephant to death.
The waiter saw that Xu Siye didn't answer, thinking that Xu Siye didn't want to be moved out, so his eyes sharpened, "The emperor built the Xu Mansion but you lived first, which is also a great honor, if you are so ignorant, the emperor will blame it, and you will not be able to eat and walk around." ”
Xu Siye saw the dream of Red Mansions in the past and said that the Cao family took over six times, and couldn't help but think in his heart that he had so much power, how could he say that he would fall, but now it was his turn, but he found that all of this was like a passing cloud, it was given by the emperor, if the emperor wanted to take it back, he could immediately return, and only what he held in his own hands was his own thing, and then he couldn't help but keep an eye on it and leave a way back for himself.
"Don't blame the waiter, Xiaomin was thinking just now that although Yangzhou is rich, in such a situation, the people live in peace and the people are happy, but the emperor is well-informed, and he can't help but see the things in Yangzhou, how can he serve the emperor well, so that the emperor will not come to Yangzhou to disappoint the fun."
Xu Siye had a flattering smile on his face at this time, looking so sincere, Xu Siye was able to be a high-ranking official in his previous life, and his ability to do these two things with three knives has naturally reached the peak.
The waiter saw that Xu Siye had such a good attitude, and he sincerely considered himself, so he couldn't help but put his mind at ease, so he turned around and was about to leave.
As soon as the waiter turned around, he heard Xu Siye's voice slowly, Xu Siye stepped forward in a few steps and stuffed a heavy purse into the waiter's hand.
"With this little thought, I'll keep it for adults to drink tea."
Xu Siye has been in the officialdom for a long time, and naturally knows that it is impossible for a person like an inner servant to impress him with just two sweet words, and the most effective and direct way is to give them enough silver, so that they can use it for themselves and make themselves invincible.
The chamberlain saw the silver coming, "How can this make it a great honor to do things for the emperor, how can you accept Xu Gongzi's silver again." He shirked the three, and took the silver into his bosom.
"Emperor, tomorrow will be here, I don't like spicy food, I hope Xu Gongzi will prepare early." The waiter who turned his head and walked away suddenly turned around and threw these words at Xu Siye.
Xu Siye had already thought that the emperor wanted the Xu Mansion to take over, so he naturally explained everything, this chamberlain did not explain it, that is, the silver did not come, and he took out enough benefits, this chamberlain and said all kinds of hobbies of the emperor, it is conceivable that if Xu Siye did not spend two silver taels, then the emperor would inevitably fall into a helpless situation when he arrived at the Xu family.
The spring night in Yangzhou is always very short, Xu Siye just fell asleep, he felt that he heard the rooster crow, got up and cleaned up the Xu family, the emperor is coming, so the fragrant flowers and so on have to be prepared, sprinkle and sweep the streets, and lead the people to splash water on the streets, see that there is no trace of floating soil on the street, this is relieved.
After the rooster crowed three times, holding the umbrella of the people, a mighty procession gradually appeared in front of everyone from the end of the street, and only saw four white horses pulling a big cart.
Xu Siye was amazed, and didn't say anything else, just looking at the four white horses, the coat color and shape were all the same, and he knew that they were valuable things.
After a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of Xu's mansion, Xu Siye lowered his head to greet the carriage, and saw that a small number of people were put down next to him, and a man wearing a yellow embroidered dragon slowly walked down, with a majestic demeanor and dignified movements, this is the emperor, only the emperor is worthy of such a big battle.
Xu Siye saw that the man had stepped down from the carriage and immediately knelt down, and the mountain shouted long live, and everyone knelt down one after another when they saw Xu Siye kneeling, and followed the mountain to call long live.
The man didn't say anything, just looked at the kneeling crowd and nodded slowly, Xu Siye didn't know how many heads of state he had received in his previous life, In order to maintain their manners, they generally didn't say much.
After the man came down, he slowly walked into the Xu Mansion surrounded by seven or eight people, and after entering the main hall, Da Ma Jindao sat on the Taishi chair in the main hall.
"Xu Youcheng is loyal to the monarch and loves the people, no matter how much money I spent to build this Xu Mansion, it is not enough to match Xu Aiqing's virtue." The emperor pursed his eyes and looked at Xu Siye, who was kneeling below.