The Emperor sat on his throne with a cold face, and a gloom seemed to erupt at any moment in his eyes.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military knelt on the ground, their heads hung deeply, and no one dared to raise their heads.

The hot wind outside the hall blew in, everyone was sweating, and the dull air seemed to make people faint at any time.

The emperor's question echoed in the hall like a sharp blade breaking through the fog.

Whoever to send to Jiangnan, no one wants to go to this matter.

The officials in Jiangnan have always been in a group, and the courtiers know whose pockets the money they have allocated.

No one wants to be this hornet's nest.

One is not good, but it will end up with no bones left.

Seeing that no one answered him, the emperor's voice of gritting teeth echoed in the hall,

"Where does the disaster relief money that the household department disbursement every year go? Who can talk to me? ”

"A moment ago, it was said that the wind and rain were good everywhere this year, and now suddenly the people are displaced, okay! Very good! ”

"You have made the whole world see my big joke!"

All the ministers hung their heads, not daring to gasp for breath, they were almost suffocating!

Xu Han knelt in the team, such a thing was usually not her turn to speak, so she looked like a quail, hung her head, and looked at the smooth ground.

The courtiers didn't speak, but the three princes volunteered to stand up and say that they were going to Jiangnan for disaster relief, but they were rejected by the emperor.

In the end, the emperor ordered two officials who were well-known in the court and had a reputation for integrity to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief, and at the same time ordered Jin Wuwei's guards to escort them.

"When the two of you go forward, you will definitely investigate this case clearly, give justice to the people of Jiangnan, and also give me a clean and honest rule."

"No matter what happens, you act cheaply, I will bear it for you."

This is simply a reassurance to the two officials, the water in the south of the Yangtze River is already very muddy, colluding up and down, if you really want to investigate to the end, that is, the court will also be shaken three times.

They weren't sure where to find out, but now that His Majesty Chrysostom had moved away, they had an idea.

At the same time, the emperor also gave a series of names and titles to the two officials, which was very simple.

It is impossible not to simply say that the current situation in Jiangnan has to be played by officials who take risks privately, and you can imagine how grim it is.

There is such chaos in the court, he is the lord of the world, and he can't get out of it, these two officials are investigating the case for him, and he must give him enough rights.

At the same time, the emperor suddenly said,

"Jin Wuwei commands and knows that Xu Qing will escort you together, and you can discuss what you can do."

Xu Han hung her head, she didn't know what she was thinking, but she was named out of surprise, if it wasn't for the colleagues on the side who pushed her, she wouldn't have come back to her senses.

She raised her head, but she didn't expect the emperor to let her follow her to the south of the Yangtze River......

She couldn't resist, she flattened her mouth and knelt down to receive the order.

After going down to the court, Xu Han had just walked out of the gate of the political hall, and was stopped by Cui Hai, who was hurrying from behind, saying that His Majesty was invited.

She followed Cui Hai to the side hall and met the emperor.

She thought that going to Jiangnan had nothing to do with her, but the emperor ordered her to travel, and the emperor called her over, obviously because she had other things to order.

She was about to greet the emperor, and the emperor waved his hand, "Get up." ”

Since Xu Han told the emperor the secret, the emperor's attitude towards her was much more casual, as if he was closer.

He sat on the imperial case, stared at her for a while, slowly sipped his tea, and looked left and right.

Cui Hai cleverly brought everyone down, and then he beckoned Xu Han to step forward, looked at her deeply and said,

"I've seen your wit, so tell me next, can I trust you?"

Xu Han paused slightly, and then knelt down with Mali's robe, "If Your Majesty has orders, the minister will definitely swear allegiance." ”

The emperor asked her to get up and speak, and said,

"I asked you to go to Jiangnan, of course, to let you protect the safety of Qincha."

"But beyond that, it's because there's a secret order for you."

Xu Han's heart lifted slightly, and he raised his head.

The emperor didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and took out a sealed letterhead from the imperial case and handed it to Xu Han.

"Here are the things I have ordered you to do, and at the same time, they have also given you secret decrees to let you act cheaply, and even the accompanying officials will listen to you when you have to."

"But this letter, you can't open it now, you need to go to Jiangnan, and then open it, and the things to be done above are very clear."

Saying that, the emperor straightened his waist slightly, "The matter is done, I will promote you again when I come back." ”

Many thoughts flashed through Xu Han's mind for a while, and she finally said,

"Your Majesty, it's just to find out what you have commanded in the envelope itself, or whether it is the people and things related to it."

The Emperor stared at the door for a moment, and finally said,

"But everything that has to do with it will come to me."

"But you can't leak the news, and if you do, even I won't protect you, do you understand?"

Xu Han gathered his eyes and nodded hurriedly.

But she secretly complained in her heart, and she didn't know what a fatal thing it was, but the emperor actually handed it over to her.

At the same time, she was also given that right, and the accompanying officials obeyed her, which must have been a big matter.

"I'm waiting for your good news." The emperor closed the lid of the teacup, "Go down, remember my words, no matter what you find, report to me as soon as possible, and be careful." ”

The last sentence obviously has some meaning of care, which makes Xu Han worry even more, what is the hell about it?

Can she regret it now and not want the emperor's respect?

No matter what, the matter has already been settled, and she can only accept her fate, so she wrote down what the emperor said and retreated.

Hearing that Xu Han was assigned to Jiangnan to investigate the case, the Xu family was worried, but the emperor's order was made, and there was no way to resist the order, so he could only bury his head and help Xu Han take care of his clothes.

Xu Han's mood was not very good, not because he was going south, but because the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

After menarche, her woman's characteristics became more and more obvious, especially the white silk on her chest, which did not dare to relax on such a hot day, and was tightly wrapped.

Every day, back to the palace, it was soaked for several layers, if it weren't for the fact that she was rich, had enough people, and changed her clothes frequently, Xu's early let people be smeared with a cool plaster unique to Shudi, and she estimated that she would have to cover the prickly heat.

Xu's heart was distressed, but there was no way, fortunately, Xu Han's chest shape was not particularly majestic, otherwise it would be really white and silky.

Xu Han sat in the bathtub, looked at the two balls on her chest, a little worried, and said to Changying, who was helping her bathe,

"To be a woman is to have two kinds of troubles, one is heavy on the chest, and the other is that there are always a few days a month when you are very weak."

She frowned, "Changying, you said that I was wrapped early, if I wrapped it late, would it be bigger?" It's hot next, and my clothes are thin, so why don't I wrap them up tighter? ”

Changying didn't dare to wrap Xu Han too tightly, one was uncomfortable, and the other was that Xu Han was a woman after all.

She reassured,

"Lord Wang, this is okay, although the clothes are thinner in summer, but no one has doubted you in the past two years, just stay up, it's cold."

She helped Xu Han wipe her back, stretched her head to the front, looked at it, pursed her lips and joked,

"Lord Wang, it's good that you are like this, not big, not small, delicate and cute, I don't know who it is, you can enjoy it."

Xu Han, who was originally very worried, was suddenly a little crying and laughing when she said this, and picked up the water in the bucket and splashed it on Changying, making Changying scream again and again.

The two had a while, and Changying said, "Speaking of which, your status is valuable, and no one dares to approach you, and then you go to the south, and no one dares to pull with you." ”

"So, don't tie it up tightly, it's not good for your body after all."

There is no other good way, Xu Han can only comfort himself like this.

Because Xu Han wants to go to the south of the Yangtze River, it will take three or two months to go back this time, except for the time when Xu Han was sent to Shu by Xu Xuan, this is the longest time she has been away from Xu.

Because of this, Xu Shi is very easy to be sad when she comes in, Xu Han understands her mood very well, before leaving, but mortals in the mansion, always try to accompany them as much as possible, but at the moment she really can't concentrate.

Xu Jun's side, since the last abnormal movement, the study has been very quiet recently, and Xu Jun has rarely come to her trouble.

and the matter of her sending Xu Mian and Guo Zheng to find Mi'er has not yet been settled.

Although she knew that this matter was urgent, but if she didn't find Mi'er for a day, Mi'er would have to suffer for an extra day, and when she thought of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart.

She sat in her study with the letter the emperor had given her in front of her.

She never expected that the emperor would have this secret decree handed over to her, and before she got the things, she thought about a lot of things, but she still didn't understand what else the emperor needed her to investigate secretly in addition to disaster relief.

Before going out, Yu Dongping and the others set up a bureau, saying that they were seeing her off, after all, Xu Han was the best among them.

Now that the emperor is blue-eyed, this is simply a slap in the face to those Qingliu and Endeavor disciples, who said that the gentleman will always be the gentleman.

The little prince of Zhenbei used facts to explain that the children of the gentlemen can also do good errands.

As soon as Yu Dongping saw Xu Han, he couldn't help but say,

"Tut, I didn't expect that among the few of us, Brother Han turned out to be the most promising, and he was also the one who went the farthest."

I think the farthest they can go to the suburbs to hunt or something, and no further away.

In addition to Xiao Wei, Xiao Zheng went to some places with Lao Chengengong back then.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at Xu Han with envy.

Originally, Yu Dongping was also Jin Wuwei's, and asked Yong'an Hou to follow him to Jiangnan, but no one in the Hou Mansion agreed.

Shu Ze quietly made a color like Yu Dongping, and Yu Dongping remembered what Xu Han was doing when he went to Jiangnan this time.

Although he didn't want to do anything, but he was in the noble house, he just didn't want to listen, and he also listened to the situation in Jiangnan, how tricky it was when such a big thing happened in Jiangnan this time.

In fact, Xu Han's going to Jiangnan is not something to envy, and he couldn't help but touch his nose.

He turned around and wanted to put his arm on Xu Han's shoulder to apologize to her, but Xu Han moved as if he didn't feel it, and went to Xiao Wei on the side to get something.

Of course she did it intentionally, she used to wear thick clothes in winter, but now her clothes are thin, and it is better for her to stay away from others.

So, taking advantage of everyone's lively conversation, she went to the couch by the window and sat down.

She fanned it with her hand, pretending that it was too hot to sit in the crowd, and came over to dissipate heat, but the others really didn't say anything when they saw this.

A figure sat beside her, and she turned her head to look at it, and it turned out to be Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, held a wine cup in his hand, and sat with her to look outside.

Suddenly, he asked,

"Do you ever feel like you have to do something?"

Xu Han glanced at him suspiciously, thought for a while, "No." After a moment, he changed his words, "Now there is." ”

Xiao Wei leaned on the coffee table with one elbow, his attitude was a little lazy, with a hint of tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes, and said with a smile,

"When I was a child, my wish was that my parents could still live, and when I was older, I hoped that I could defeat Huo Shiniang."

"Later, when Eleven Niang disappeared and I found that none of these things could be realized, I had something I had to do in this life."

This conversation was a bit clueless, Xu Han couldn't understand what he wanted to say, so he could only say dryly,

"Men, there's always a goal. So as not to get lost. ”

Xiao Wei smiled casually, someone downstairs was riding a horse by, he retracted his gaze and looked straight at Xu Han,

"Yes, then do you know what Xu Xiuyan's goal is?"

When Xu Han heard the words 'Xu Xiuyan', he subconsciously frowned, but he only let go for a moment,

"I'm not Xu Tanhua, how can I know his goal."

"Besides, what does the goal of others have to do with me?"

Xiao Wei raised his head and drank all the wine in the wine cup, and then his tone was a little cold,

"Because next, you're going to walk with him all the way."

When Xu Han heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, "What? ”

In the Ming and Ming dynasties, the emperor did not let Xu Xiuyan go by name......

Xiao Weidao,

"Xu Ge Lao was locked up at home during this time to reflect, although it seems that it has nothing to do with the court, but you also know that nearly half of the people in the court were promoted by him. How could he sit still? ”

"Xu Xiuyan automatically went to the emperor to ask to go to Jiangnan, he didn't go to investigate the case, but asked the foreign government to go to a small county in Jiangnan to be a county order, and His Majesty agreed.

That's why I asked you how much you know about Xu Xiuyan. ”

"After all, because of Xu Xilian's matter, you have completely offended Xu Ge Lao."

Xu Han was silent for a moment and said calmly,

"I don't know Xu Xiuyan."

Xiao Wei smiled, as if expected.

Because of Xu Xiuyan, Xu Han's mood was a little not good, and he was also a little impatient with Xiao Wei, and said,

"What the hell is the prince trying to say? might as well say it bluntly, Xu Xiuyan went to Jiangnan to be a county magistrate, then he would do it, and I would not be afraid of forming a grudge with the Xu family. ”

"Anyway, you can't say that you want to buy Xu Xiuyan."

Xiao Wei shook his head and said,

"Although Xu Xiuyan has been in the Hanlin Academy, he is known for his talent and is also smart, I have been in contact with him, he is not as simple as he seems."

"When he went to Jiangnan, maybe he was instructed by Xu Ge Lao, Jiangnan, you have to be careful."

"Frankly speaking, I don't like Xu Xiuyan, and I don't want to buy people I don't like, so I'm more inclined to let him disappear......"

His originally lazy aura became a little gloomy.

Xu Han saw that he did have a prejudice against Xu Xiuyan, but he didn't know when they had a prejudice because of something, but Xiao Wei also kindly reminded her.

Here, Xu Han was discussing Xu Xiuyan's matter with Xiao Wei, and in the palace, Xu Jun went to the main courtyard to find the Xu family for the first time.

Xu is helping Xu Han pack up, if she doesn't allow it, she can't wait to follow Xu Han to Jiangnan.

The things that Xu Han packed up packed up the two carriages, looking at the list in his hand, Xu sighed and instructed Mama Fang,

"Forget it, when Han'er comes back, give her the list and let her pick a useful belt."

"She's going on an errand, not a tour, and if she really wants to go out with these things, she will be laughed at."

Mama Fang comforted on the side,

"Niangniang is also worried about the prince, and the prince can understand."

Xu smiled bitterly, "If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have suffered these crimes." ”

Outside, the little maid came in to report, "Niangniang, the old prince is here." ”

Without waiting for her to report and play, Xu Jun waved his hand and waved the curtain high, and the person looked a little angry.

As soon as he entered the door, he pointed to Xu's nose,

"It's all a good thing you did, now that Xu Han is going to go far away, is she the one who can go far away?"

Xu Shi was angry when he saw Xu Jun now, and suddenly choked,

"What do you mean she's not someone who goes far away? So who is the one who goes far away? You? Or is it your baby Xu Zhao? ”

came with Xu Jun, and Xu Zhao, who was standing outside the door, suddenly said, "......"

Xu Jun snorted coldly, "Can she go far away with her small body?" Also, this errand is something that no one else can dodge. ”

"Others can't hide, but doesn't she want to hide? The emperor specified that she should go, and she could resist the decree? If you don't want her to go, you go to the emperor.

Xu Shi went back, she couldn't see Xu Jun's repeated appearance, saying that he was good or bad to Xu Han, not good, and came to care about it from time to time.

It's just a stone in the head, sometimes pressed, sometimes sober.

I don't know what he wants to do.

Xu Jun was choked and speechless, his heart was weak, so his face became more and more unkind,

"If she doesn't have to be bored, and now she is a good son, can such a thing happen?"

Xu Shi didn't like to listen to this, her child, everywhere is good, she took a deep breath,

"Xu Jun, this is the last time I will say these words to you, I haven't known what you're thinking all these years, and I don't know that you still love Han'er one moment, but the next moment you want her to die."

"What are you for? If it were because of me, then Han'er would be your child after all, and she would also have your Xu Jun's blood in her body. ”

"Although Han'er is not expected to come, the moment I knew that there was her, I hated to strangle her, but I am a mother in the end."

"A mother who really loves her child, I just want her to follow her own heart in everything, and I don't want her to suffer a little."

She gently covered her chest with her hands, her face was a little pale, and her body was even a little shaky.

Mama Fang behind her hurriedly stepped forward, supported her, and looked at Xu Jun pleadingly,

"Lord Wang, although the slave and maid are subordinates, I have to say that it was clear that Niangniang had decided not to interfere with the river water with your well water, and it was you who rushed into Niangniang's yard and did such a thing, so that Niangniang would be pregnant again."

"For the sake of the child, Niangniang endured it, but why didn't you let Niangniang go?"

Xu Jun staggered back a step, ashamed of what he said.

Xu Zhao, who was standing outside the door, also became a little frightened with an expressionless face.

For the affairs of his fathers, he has always not understood why the princess was finally asked to marry by her father, and later Bai's entered the door.

also gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and after the princess gave birth to Xu Xuan, it took many years before giving birth to Xu Han.

It turned out that there was such a secret in it.

Xu is a resolute person, if you are ruthless, I will leave, after the Bai family entered the door, he lived in a separate courtyard with Xu Jun, and he was not allowed to get close.

Even, she once said, it's just a cucumber, how can it get into my eyes when it's dirty? Disdain to use it.

Xu gently patted Mama Fang's hand and said,

"Let's end it all at once, I don't want to go on like this."

She looked at Xu Jun mockingly,

"Those things are over, I was bitten by a dog, and I can't bite back again, how dirty it is."

"It's just Han'er, it's your child, can you tell me frankly today, what is the reason why you treated her like that?"

It's already torn its face, and now I don't want a fig leaf.

Xu Jun looked at Xu with a blue face,

"What happened back then, I did it wrong, but I didn't mean it!"

"Didn't you ask me why I was like that to Xu Han, okay, I'll tell you the reason today."

He lifted his robe and sat down on a chair.

Xu Shi nodded, looked at Xu Jun and said word by word,

"Good!"

She sat on the top seat and looked down at Xu Jun, wanting to see what flowers could come out of his mouth.