Before Cui Xiaojun entered the gate of the Hou Mansion, a servant came out to say hello, saying that the Tired Hou had returned. Cui Xiaojun smiled and ordered someone to see the reward, she sent Du Motian and Don't go out of the city to greet the tired Hou a few days ago, but after hearing the news, she was still surprised and happy, and after getting off the sedan chair, her steps couldn't help but flutter a little.

But she controlled it very well, and did not show too much excitement in front of the servants, and returned to the inner house, but the tired marquis was not there, and when she asked, she knew that the tired marquis went straight to the study soon after he returned.

Yahuan ran to the study to check on the situation, and soon returned, reporting that the tired marquis was taking a nap, and said that he would wake him up as soon as his wife returned.

Cui Xiaojun had no one to wake up the tired marquis, anyway, she had something to do, go to the back hall, and order someone to invite the tired marquis's entourage, if they didn't rest.

Don't go back to the Drunken Immortal Tower, Du's grandson and Meng E came to see Madame.

Cui Xiaojun only expressed his gratitude to the Du family's grandson, and did not give a reward like an ordinary servant, this is a great favor, and the current tired husband and wife are not able to repay it.

Cui Xiaojun was a little confused about the guard "Chen Tong", she had never heard of this person, and she recognized the other party at a glance as a woman dressed as a man, which had nothing to do with flaws, it was completely intuitive.

Meng E didn't deliberately speak in a male voice anymore, "My name is Meng E, and I used to be a palace guard. ”

Hearing that Meng E was a guard, the Du family's grandchildren were taken aback, but Cui Xiaojun was very happy, stepped forward to take Meng E's hand, and deliberately said a few more words to her.

Cui Xiaojun dealt with some affairs in the mansion again, and finally didn't want to wait any longer, so he moved to the study.

Yahuan gently put the wine tray on the desk, and quietly withdrew, Cui Xiaojun stood in the middle of the room, staring at the tired Hou on the small bed for a while, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and the tired Hou's appearance had changed a little, even in his sleep, he had a bit of wind and frost.

Han Ruzi was tired, and the rush for many days showed his power, he didn't sleep enough last night, and he yawned not long after returning home, and he wanted to sleep for a while, but he didn't wake up more than an hour later.

When the tired Hou was away, Cui Xiaojun often came to the study, cleaned up the house spotlessly with Yahuan, and sometimes sat on a chair to read a book, so when he walked to the desk, he could see the changes above at a glance: The tired Hou turned out the history of the country again, and he had read more than a dozen pages.

Cui Xiaojun smiled, sat on the chair, picked up the book and continued to read, the room was very quiet, she could clearly hear the sound of tired Hou's breathing, she didn't like this kind of books very much, but today she read it with relish, and even poured herself a glass of wine, held it in her hand and turned it slowly, occasionally taking a sip.

I don't know how long it has been, Yahuan suddenly ran in and gestured to his wife, indicating that the matter was urgent.

Cui Xiaojun put down the wine and books, glanced at the tired Hou who was still asleep, walked out of the study, and gently closed the door.

"The Queen Mother has a decree, please enter the palace immediately, the sedan chair is already waiting outside."

"Queen Mother......" Cui Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, wanting to wake up the tired Hou to discuss, but she had entered the palace several times before, and each time she came out after a short while, thinking that this time was the same, she hesitated for a moment, did not disturb her sleeping husband, and hurried to the front yard with Yahuan.

I met Meng E on the way, she had already changed into women's clothes, and like the maid in the house, she stepped forward and said, "I'll accompany my wife into the palace." ”

"Of course it couldn't be better." Cui Xiaojun let his maid ring stay, "Wait for the tired Hou to wake up and tell him that I will be back soon." ”

More than ten eunuchs and palace maids came to the palace, and there was a team of guards, the pomp was bigger than before, Cui Xiaojun recognized one of the female officials, didn't ask much, got into a sedan chair with Meng E, and went to the palace.

After dark, Han Ruzi finally woke up, feeling excited, and the lost strength and spirit seemed to be back.

At a glance, he saw the book and the wine on the table, "Someone." ”

Yahuan pushed the door in, "Tired Hou, you're awake." ”

Han Ruzi didn't recognize her, "You are ......"

"The slave's name is Luzhu, and she is the maid ring next to the lady."

"Oh." When Han Ruzi left home, the maid beside Cui Xiaojun was still the former palace maid, and for some reason it was replaced, he didn't care, and asked, "Has Madame been here?" ”

"Well, here, don't let us wake up the tired marquis."

Thinking that his wife was by his side just now, Han Ruzi smiled, "Where has she gone now?" ”

"I entered the palace by order, and I just left ......"

"What?" Han Ruzi was startled, and even his voice changed.

Yahuan Luzhu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mrs. often enters the palace and never spends the night in it, and she will come out in two hours at most." ”

"Madame often enters the palace?" Han Ruzi was even more surprised, he had never seen her mention this matter in Cui Xiaojun's letter.

"Yes, I accompanied my wife into the palace before, but today I changed people, and it was the ...... that Tired Hou brought back"

"Meng E."

"Yes, Sister Meng E sent Madame into the palace."

Han Ruzi felt a little relieved, "Who did Madam see when she entered the palace?" ”

"It's not Concubine Cui, it's Wang Meiren."

Han Ruzi's heart relaxed a little, and said with a smile: "I know, you go down, if Madam comes back, come and inform me immediately, no matter what I'm doing." ”

"Yes."

Yahuan retreated, but Han Ruzi didn't know what to do, during the day, he didn't talk much with the "Chun Yuxiao" who didn't know whether it was true or not, and many questions were not clear, and now he has no clue.

He sat on the chair for a while, vaguely feeling that there was still the residual warmth left by his wife on it, picked up the book and looked at it, Cui Xiaojun turned more than twenty pages, obviously sitting here for a long time, she put a bamboo bookmark on the page that Tihou had read.

"Come ......" Han Ruzi remembered that Zhang Youcai was not around, and most of his cronies stayed in Shenxiong Pass, so he got up, drank half a cup of residual wine, and went to find the Du family grandson in person, and he never asked about one thing.

"Don't die, when did you do things for Madame? Also, how do you get in touch with the Aspirants? ”

After all, Du Chuanyun has practiced since he was a child, and his physique is excellent, he has been running around longer than Han Ruzi, but he has recovered faster, he slept last night, and today is no different from usual, but he is reluctant to enter the study, standing at the door, he can push the door out at any time.

Du Motian replied: "Don't die took the initiative to come to the door a month ago, he once helped Tihou, so Mrs. trusts him very much, and the hopeful person has been in contact with him." ”

"Don't die, what do you call that hopeful?"

"Mr. Huangfu."

Han Ruzi snorted, thinking that he had really made a mistake, and the possibility that the Qi Hopeful was Chun Yuxiao was even lower.

A servant hurriedly ran in, Han Ruzi was overjoyed, thinking that his wife had returned, but the servant just said that there was someone outside the gate who asked to see him, claiming to be Yang Feng, an acquaintance of the tired marquis.

There are a lot of newcomers in the Tired Hou Mansion, and I don't recognize the former manager.

Han Ruzi immediately got up, ran out of the study, and went to greet him in person.

Du Chuanyun stepped aside and said to his grandfather, "When will we pay off the favor we owe to Eunuch Yang." ”

"His favor has already been paid off, calculate carefully, he still owes us."

"Hey, didn't you say it earlier, then why are we staying in the Tired Hou Mansion?"

"Alas, human affection is a mountain, and there is still one after turning over, we don't owe Yang Feng, but we owe it to Hou and Mrs. Tired."

"No, they owe us about the same." Du Chuanyun's eyes widened, he couldn't have imagined that he had done so many things, and he was still indebted to the tired Hou, just like rolling the dice, obviously winning more and losing less, and finally settling the account, but the silver was a few taels less.

Du Motian was in a very good mood, and patted his grandson lightly on the head, "After walking the rivers and lakes with me for so long, don't you even understand this truth?" Favor has always been a confused account, you owe me and I owe you, and in the end it becomes a friendship, now let you leave the tired marquis, can you do it? ”

Du Chuanyun scratched his head, "This ...... It's a little reluctant, and I still think that one day I will follow the tired marquis to become a general. ”

"You become a general? It's better to hurt less people. ”

Du Chuanyun laughed a few times, "Then what's the matter with Yang Feng?" The debt has been paid off, and we have no friendship with him. ”

Du Motian put away his smile, "Yang Feng is a strange person, he understands the rivers and lakes and uses the rivers and lakes, but he never has nostalgia, let alone a debt of favors, so he must be careful to deal with him." ”

Du Chuanyun nodded thoughtfully, "Eunuchs are all weirdos...... It's not right, Cai Xinghai is completely different from Yang Feng. ”

Han Ruzi brought Yang Feng in, Du Chuanyun immediately closed his mouth, remembered his grandfather's words, and nodded to Yang Feng reservedly, looking as serious as he was, but Du touched the sky and hugged his fists.

Yang Feng ignored Du Chuanyun at all, and only returned the salute to Du Motian.

Han Ruzi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and said loudly: "Yang Gong has resigned from the post of Commander of the Northern Army, and from now on, he will be the head of the Tired Hou Mansion again." ”

Du Motian smiled and said, "Congratulations to the tired Hou for getting another general." Uh, you talk, we won't bother. ”

Han Ruzi's intention to compete for the throne had already been made public, and he was not in a hurry to talk secretly, and said: "The two of you are my right-hand men, so I won't be outside, please stay and discuss major matters together." ”

Du Motian looked at Yang Feng, and Du Chuanyun shouted: "Great, finally let me participate in big things, don't let me run errands anymore, it's very tiring to perform light skills, but it's not specifically for sending letters." ”

Han Ruzi smiled and invited the three of them to take a seat, and then asked Yang Feng, "Why did Champion Hou let you go?" ”

"Champion Hou doesn't need me anymore." Yang Feng replied flatly.

"You've done a lot of things for Champion Hou, right?" Du Chuanyun asked, I heard that the favor debt had been paid off, and he had no scruples about Yang Feng.

"Well, quite a bit." Yang Feng generously admitted, "It is not appropriate for the champion Hou to show up when he first returned to Beijing, it was I who contacted the prime minister and the ministers to persuade them to support the champion Hou, and the hopeful came to the door, and it was also I who persuaded the champion Hou to accept him, I seemed to have done too successfully, and the prestige is now deeply trusted by the champion Hou and can completely replace my position." ”

"Hehe, it turns out that Yang Gong has no place on the side of the champion Hou, so he went back to the side of the tired Hou." Du Chuanyun looked down on Yang Feng a little.

"I will always have a place here for Yang Gong." Han Ruzi didn't think so, he used to proudly think that he could do great things, but now he doesn't think so, being able to get Yang Feng's help again is his first victory back to Beijing, this victory came so easily, even he felt that he was very lucky.

Yang Feng didn't want to waste time, so he said directly: "The son of the champion Hou was taken into the palace, and Mrs. Tired Hou is the same, right?" ”

Han Ruzi finally understood that it was unusual for Xiao Jun to enter the palace this time, "This is the arrangement of the Qi Seeker?" ”

"It should be. Also, I just got the news that there is a new rule in the contest this time. Yang Feng was not interested in Mrs. Tihou entering the palace, and his gaze stopped on Han Ruzi's face, "You must be nominated by at least one first-rank minister to be eligible to compete for the throne." (To be continued.) )