Pei Zilie opened his mouth like this, but Wu Mingche was stunned for a moment, and then he pointed at Pei Zilie with a smile and said, "You kid! I haven't seen you for three days, and I have the courage to go to the house to uncover the tiles, and it's really the opposite. ”

Pei Zilie did not refute, but did not say a word and bowed his head slightly, it seemed that Wu Mingche did not give an answer, he would not give up.

Sighing deeply, Wu Mingche made up his mind and said: "Things have come to this point, in fact, there is nothing to say, Yangzhou Assassin Shi has already regarded the old man as an enemy, so where does the old man have any other choice?" ”

After a pause, Wu Mingche's voice became deeper and deeper: "When the old man needs to speak, the old man will definitely not be ambiguous, but Tuas, if you want to do this, the key is not in the old man, but in Your Majesty and the close ministers around Your Majesty." After all, it doesn't matter who the throne ends up with, how should the Yangzhou assassin history be handled, the old lady is soft-spoken, and all she can say is those few words, and it is not the old man who really works. ”

"Rest assured." Pei Zilie replied with his head held high.

Looking at Pei Zilie's relieved expression, Wu Mingche waved his hand: "This time you came to visit by yourself, but the two boys of the Xiao family and the Li family are nowhere to be seen, and they are all busy compared to each other. ”

Pei Zilie hurriedly wanted to explain, but was stopped by Wu Mingche stretching out his hand: "The future world is the world for you young people to break into, the old man is already old, all he can do is to do his best to say a few words to you, so that you can walk more smoothly." ”

While speaking, Wu Mingche had already set his eyes on the outside of the wall courtyard, and just a few wall courtyards behind, it was the mansion of Shangshu's left servant shooting Xu Ling: "Who is looking for Xiao Mugong?" ”

Pei Zilie hurriedly replied: "It's Brother Shizhong." ”

"Oh, it's expected," Wu Mingche narrowed his eyes, "This Li Xinchen is also a kid with a lot of ghost ideas, but I don't know if this old fox is facing the little fox, who is a little higher?" ”

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An inconspicuous two-wheeled carriage stopped outside the side door of the Xu family's mansion, while several strong men stood solemnly around the carriage.

Although they were all dressed in ordinary coarse cloth clothes, just by standing like this, they knew that they were not comparable to the evil servants of the family who roamed the streets on weekdays, and they were bulging at their waists, and they were obviously carrying short blades.

"Grandpa Xu, I have long heard that your family's sour plum drink is the best in the entire Jiankang Mansion, no, the best in the whole Dachen, even my father came to your house when he came out, and after he came back, he was full of praise for this sour plum drink, so you must take me to taste it today!" As soon as she jumped out of the carriage, Princess Ning Yuan couldn't wait to grab Xu Ling's sleeve, as if as soon as she let go of Xu Ling, she would run away.

Xu Ling didn't even salute, at this time, he could only change his movements with a wry smile and turn it into a gesture of please: "Your Highness, please be careful about the steps." ”

"A-Ning, don't be rude." Princess Lechang whispered a lesson on the side, and then apologized to Xu Ling with a guilty face, "Although the sister is the princess, she has been pampered since she was a child, and her personality is lively and stubborn. ”

Hurriedly waved his hand, Xu Ling said repeatedly: "Your Highness is serious, His Royal Highness Ning Yuan praised the Xu family's sour plum drink, and the old minister was too late to be happy, how could he blame him?" ”

After a pause, Xu Ling personally led the way in front of him, and introduced with some pride: "The humble house is withering, I can't help but look at it, but as His Royal Highness Ning Yuan said, this sour plum drink is one of the few signboards that can be used in the humble house." This sour plum drink is brewed with good plums, stored in the ice cellar on weekdays, the refreshing taste of sour plums, only the cold of ice cubes can be triggered, and the minister has tried to send it into the palace before, but maybe because of the reason for moving, or maybe because although there are ice cubes, but after all, it is not as cold as the ice cellar accumulated for many years. ”

Princess Lechang just listened silently, and her sister next to her was obviously gearing up and couldn't wait.

"Please also ask the two highnesses to move to the outer compartment of the ice cellar, so that they can be taken out and drunk." Xu Ling said with a smile. Not to mention that the two princesses are out of the house, what they represent is the royal family, and the cute appearance of Princess Ning Yuan alone makes Xu Ling quite happy in his heart. For many years, Xu Ling has not had a daughter or granddaughter under his knees, and no matter how witty and cunning the old fox is, there are times when he is kind.

"The palace will not follow the Ming Gong over," Princess Lechang thought otherwise, "I have heard for a long time that the Ming Gong's house has a lot of books, many of which are rare in the world, and please know where the study is, the palace wants to visit, although the Ming Gong accompanied his sister to go." ”

Xu Ling was stunned for a moment, but then smiled and nodded, Princess Lechang is a famous royal talent, Xu Ling has also pointed out her poetry and articles, I have to say that it is a few points better than most princes, so it is reasonable for Princess Lechang to be interested in the study:

"Since His Royal Highness has a request, the old minister should be satisfied," Xu Ling made a look, and a servant hurriedly stood in front to lead the way. "However, His Royal Highness went to the study, if my Xu family had no one to accompany him, it would be rude, but unfortunately the dog was not there at home, but fortunately, the grandson of the old minister, Deyan, was still in the back house, and the old minister ordered him to accompany His Highness."

"Ming Gong doesn't need to be so troublesome, the palace is just a casual walk to take a look and pay respects, so disturbing Xu Gongzi's study and study, the palace can't help it." Princess Lechang didn't have much curiosity about the son of the Xu family who had seen it at that poetry meeting, after all, although the poems he wrote were also excellent, they couldn't compare to Li Xinchen, who won the crown.

Xu Ling didn't expect Princess Lechang to flatly refuse, and he couldn't help but sigh low in his heart. Princess Lechang is over the age of Xuan, smart and erudite, gentle but courageous, very temperamental to Xu Ling, if she can give her grandson who has just been crowned and has not yet been married, it will naturally be better.

After all, for the Xu family, which has now reached the top, the most important thing is to correct their position, once they can climb relatives with the royal family, the Xu family will not only become the first family in Nanchen, but also will not attract royal suspicion and blows, after all, this kind of powerful family that has reached the peak in history is the biggest threat to the emperor's dragon chair.

As long as the Xu family is still dominant in the next ten years, even if the Xu family is loyal to Nan Chen, maybe Chen Ji will also take action to weaken the power of the Xu family, otherwise with the skills and strength of the Xu family, it is entirely possible to threaten the throne, especially whether it is Chen Shubao or Chen Shuling sitting on the throne, it is not necessarily the opponent of the Xu family.

Instead of becoming a thorn in Chen Ji's side and a thorn in his flesh at that time, it is better to take the initiative to resolve this crisis by himself. And if you want to avoid the suspicion of the royal family, continue to sit in this position, and change from a family to a royal relative, it is a very good means of self-protection.