Chapter 258: Overwork
As night fell, Yanjing City, which had been noisy for a day, gradually calmed down.
Since the death of Prince Gong, the huge palace of Prince Gong has been vacant. Originally, this palace should have been inherited by the new Prince Gong Pu Wei, but Wang Chenhao made a hindrance from it, insisting that Yi had given the palace to Yun Tong before he died, and Pu Wei was weak and had to leave crying.
Wang Chenhao gave this second largest mansion in Yanjing, second only to the Forbidden City, to Ning Xiang Gege Yuntong, for a very simple reason, because the flower of Yun Tong had been secretly picked by Wang Chenhao in a dark and windy night. Yun Tong has become Wang Chenhao's woman, of course Wang Chenhao has to feel sorry for her and spoil her, so it is logical to leave Prince Gong's mansion to Yun Tong to live.
Of course, except for the cronies around Wang Chenhao who knew about it, no one knew the true relationship between Wang Chenhao and Yun Tong. Although Wang Chenhao repeatedly hinted in front of Cixi and Guangxu that he intended to take Yuntong as a concubine, in the end the imperial family refused on the grounds that the ancestors were not allowed to intermarry with the Manchu and Han people. Although Wang Chenhao can directly announce Na Yuntong as a concubine, if Cixi and Guangxu make a fuss on this ground, it will be a very big blow to Wang Chenhao's personal image, so in the end, Ruan Zhongshu's advice to Wang Chenhao is to "secretly develop an underground affair" and wait for the right time to make plans.
Most of the original servants in the mansion were sent away, Yun Tong only left a grandmother and four maids, and the other servants were replaced by a special person sent by Wang Yunqing, the head of Wang Chenhao's guard.
The back house is quiet, except for a chicly designed pavilion with a lamp.
On the warm bed of the gauze tent, Wang Chenhao and Yun Tong hugged each other tightly, breathing in the drunken breath left by each other's bodies because of the fierce love.
After a while, Yun Tong opened his eyes, reached out and gently slid his jade finger over Wang Chenhao's face, and said softly, "Let's stay tonight." β
Wang Chenhao closed his eyes and hugged her tightly, kissed her and said, "The prime minister who doesn't return home at night will make the headlines in the newspaper." β
Yun Tong said disobediently: "You are the prime minister, who dares to scribble?" Just get him caught! β
Wang Chenhao opened his eyes for a moment, then closed them tiredly, and said slowly: "We are a country with open cooking and freedom of public opinion, and I have no right to arrest them." β
Yun Tong stretched out a pair of jade arms from the quilt, wrapped around Wang Chenhao's neck, kissed Wang Chenhao's face, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "You don't have any rights, so what kind of prime minister are you?" β
Wang Chenhao responded, and said: "The mouth of the people is better than the defense of Sichuan, and it is a dangerous thing to not let the people speak. Besides, their rhetoric will urge the political axe to correct its own mistakes, and such a political axe that will correct its mistakes can achieve long-term peace and stability. β
Yun Tong pouted and said, "Don't listen to your reasoning!" β
Wang Chenhaoqi said: "You used to be happy to talk to me about the big truth. β
Yun Tong replied: "Is it different now! When people have men, they will have to concentrate on their husbands and children in the future, how can they have the heart to take care of national affairs? β
Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled evilly: "I don't see any difference, except for the lack of a hymenββ"
"Shameless!" Yun Tong suddenly became angry and his face turned crimson, and he hit him with a pink punch.
Wang Chenhao laughed a few times, hurriedly turned over and hid his head under the pillow, and handed over the rest of his body to Yun Tong to ravage wantonly.
After Yun Tong "beat" Wang Chenhao violently, he suddenly said: "Get up and tell you about business!" You hurry up and take me over the door, the Queen Mother is forced to marry someone to Baron's bastard every day. β
Wang Chenhao turned around and said, "I've wiped my mouth dry, but Cixi's old witch just won't let go, I think she just deliberately corrected me!" β
Yun Tong's face was suddenly full of dissatisfaction, and he pouted: "I don't care, you hurry up and settle the old witch!" β
Wang Chenhao said curiously: "You didn't care about Cixi calling the old witch before. β
Yun Tong immediately said: "I am marrying a chicken and a dog and marrying a dog, who made you unable to spit out ivory?" β
Wang Chenhao paused for a moment, and then said: "Are you scolding me?" β
Yun Tong said without fear: "My Prime Minister, do you have any opinions?" β
Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "It seems that this Prime Minister has to revive his husband!" β
Saying that, Wang Chenhao threw Yun Tong down like a tiger, although Yun Tong screamed loudly and resisted, but his hands did not try his best to block it, and his body and mind took the initiative to meet Wang Chenhao's fierce impact again and again.
After another round of passion, Wang Chenhao felt a little tired.
This time, it was Yun Tong's turn to smile vengefully: "It seems that there is not much imperial food to hand over to the two first ladies when the Prime Minister goes back tonight." β
Wang Chenhao rolled his eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Yun Tong saw Wang Chenhao's sad appearance, and suddenly showed a bright smile like victory.
β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β» when Wang Chenhao returned to the residence, it was already late at night.
After tossing with Yun Tong for a long time, Wang Chenhao was already a little tired at this moment, and after washing up, he planned to go to Linglin and Linglang's room for a massage and a good night's sleep.
"Husband, you're back."
A heavenly voice sounded in his ears, and it seemed that Wang Chenhao was frozen on the spot like magic. This voice is too familiar to Wang Chenhao, and he doesn't need to guess to know that it is his eldest wife Li Youyi.
"Madame hasn't slept yet?"
Wang Chenhao turned around and looked at Li Youyi with a smile.
Li Youyi, who has already given birth to two daughters for Wang Chenhao, is only slightly fatter, but she has the charm of a mature woman.
"The concubine has something to discuss with your husband!"
Since marrying Li Youyi, there has always been only one thing that Li Youyi and Wang Chenhao want to discuss, which has never changed in the past few years, and it seems to have become a specific contact code for the two.
Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled bitterly, I'm afraid there will be no imperial grain to hand over tonight. Especially Li Youyi has always been angry about not giving birth to a son to Wang Chenhao, and now that Luo Xier is pregnant, Li Youyi is worried that Luo Xier will give birth to a son to Wang Chenhao first, so she is ten times stricter than before.
"Ma'am, you see it's getting late tonight, why don't youβ"
Li Youyi just smiled lazily, pulled together her dark and soft hair, and there was a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't speak, just looked at Wang Chenhao quietly with a pair of beautiful eyes, and her eyelashes blinked a few times as if she could speak.
"Okay."
Wang Chenhao can refuse any woman, but in the face of his favorite wife Li Youyi, Wang Chenhao can't come up with any prevarication.
Fight!
Wang Chenhao cheered himself up in his heart, and obediently followed Li Youyi into her room.
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Li Youyi called him several times, but the last time he was pulled by Wang Chenhao to accompany him to sleep.
Li Youyi then wrote a leave note and ordered Baoqin to be sent to the secretary's office of the Prime Minister's Office, and everything was handed over to Secretary General Nguyen Trung Shu.
Ruan Zhongshu thought that Wang Chenhao was sick, so he hurriedly came to visit. But at the door, he was stopped by Wang Yunqing, the chief of the guard.
"Lord Ruan, don't worry, the Prime Minister is not sick, he is just overworked, just sleep lazy."
"I remember yesterday there weren't a few official documents? Prime Minister: He seems to have left work early. β
Wang Yunqing coughed dryly and whispered a few words in Ruan Zhongshu's ear.
Ruan Zhongshu suddenly realized at this time, and said: "Chief Guard, as the closest person to the Prime Minister, you should remind you more in the future!" β
Wang Yunqing hurriedly said: "Lord Ruan doesn't know, yesterday's situation was special, and the Prime Minister has always paid attention to the rhythm before!" β
Ruan Zhongshu suddenly said sharply: "I'm not just referring to this matter, the party has been in turmoil recently, so we must strengthen vigilance, I will shoot you if something happens!" β
Since Wang Yunqing followed Wang Chenhao, he had never seen Ruan Zhongshu have such a stern expression. Wang Yunqing suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem, so he said: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the Secretary-General, whoever wants to hurt the Prime Minister will not be able to step on my corpse." β
"Even if you die, your ghost must promise not to cause any harm to the Prime Minister!"
"Yes! Swear to protect the Prime Minister's safety! β
Ruan Zhongshu nodded, handed over a few official documents to Wang Yunqing, asked him to forward them to Wang Chenhao for approval, and then left.
Looking at Ruan Zhongshu's back, Wang Yunqing felt a little cold in his neck.
A guard next to him stepped forward and said, "Captain, this Ruan Wenren's temper is very good!" β
Wang Yunqing shook his head and said, "Recently, I also seem to smell the feeling of uneasiness, and I told the brothers to cheer up!" β
β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β» Wang Chenhao didn't get up and slept all the time. Li Youyi was forcibly pulled by Wang Chenhao and had to sleep lazily with Wang Chenhao.
However, when Baoqin told Li Youyi about several official documents sent by Ruan Zhongshu for Wang Chenhao to review, Li Youyi decided to put state affairs first and persuaded Wang Chenhao to get up.
Wang Chenhao couldn't resist Li Youyi, but he really hadn't slept for a long time, and he missed the wonderful feeling of sleeping lazy, so Wang Chenhao decided to lie on the bed and read the official documents.
Fortunately, most of the official documents sent by Ruan Zhongshu were the latest events abroad, so Wang Chenhao asked Li Youyi to read it to him, and he took the opportunity to continue to sleep.
"The wave of strikes in Dublin, Europe, demanding wage increases and reduced working hours has swept across Europe, and Zhang Jian, Minister of Industry and Commerce, has asked whether there are relevant policies in place."
"No!"
Li Youyi then picked up the vermilion brush and made a cross on it.
"John Edward, leader of the Irish Nationalist Party, called on the people to rebel against British rule, and the British Civil War was likely to break out, and the Minister of Defense, Wang Shizhen, asked whether to sell arms to Ireland."
"No direct intervention!"
Li Youyi asked, "What does that mean?" β
Wang Chenhao explained: "It means that the political axe cannot interfere in it, but private arms dealers are not within the restrictions. β
"Oh!" Li Youyi then asked, "Then do I cross the fork or tick?" β
Wang Chenhao opened his eyes, looked at Li Youyi's cute expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Half a hook!" β
Seeing that Li Youyi didn't quite understand, Wang Chenhao told her to just draw a diagonal line on the checkmark.
Li Youyi did so, and made a half-hook on it, but Wang Chenhao couldn't help but steal the fun, thinking that when Ruan Zhongshu saw these hooks, forks, forks, and half-hooks, he didn't know how to feel.
Li Youyi saw that Wang Chenhao was secretly happy, so she said coquettishly: "Don't laugh!" β
As a result, Wang Chenhao laughed even more.
Li Youyi snorted disdainfully, thought about it, and wrote a few beautiful words on the back of the half-hook that are not allowed to directly intervene.
"There is a famine in India, and according to the British newspaper Hindu, about millions of people are on the verge of death. Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi asked for instructions on whether to provide rescue? β
"It's up to you!"
Li Youyi asked, "What does that mean?" β
Wang Chenhao replied: "It means that the meaning is just a moment." β
Li Youyi said: "The British won't say we're stingy, right? β
Wang Chenhao said: "We are not rich, if it weren't for the help of the British, I wouldn't be too lazy to care about the British's!" β
"That's a half-hook?"
"Yes!"
Li Youyi then continued: "The U.S. Department of Industry wants to build an undersea cable connecting Hawaii and Manila, which passes through our territory of Wake Island, and the Department of Defense asked if it agreed? β
Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said, "Agreed, this is a good opportunity for us to steal US intelligence!" β
Li Youyi then put a tick on it.
"William Holmes, the candidate of the American Cooking Party, was killed by a gunman, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to send a message of condolences in the name of the Prime Minister's Office."
"Accurate!"
Britain, France, the United States, and Germany are again at an impasse over the partition of Polynesia, and the Ministry of Defense reports that the 6th Squadron of the 3rd Marine Corps of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, led by Lieutenant Sun Guozheng, has set up a coaling station on Cook Islands and declared that the Cook Islands are occupied by China. Britain, France, the United States and Germany protested against China, and the Ministry of Defense asked for instructions on whether to evacuate the Cook Islands? β
Wang Chenhao shook his head and said, "Since it is occupied, there is no need to evacuate." Besides, Britain, France, the United States, and Germany are at loggerheads over the partition of Polynesia, which is just the right opportunity for us to intervene. β
Li Youyi asked, "Is it important there?" Didn't you say that you would not expand externally for the time being? β
Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "At this time and that time, it turned out that Britain, France, Germany, and the United States sent troops to Polynesia at the same time, and we definitely couldn't intervene, so we had to give up expansion." But now that the four of them are deadlocked, we can intervene. Britain, France, the United States and Germany only protested without any strong wording, which shows that they now also need an external force to break their deadlock, so that we can reap the benefits. β
Li Youyi shook her head, not understanding what Wang Chenhao meant.
Wang Chenhao didn't want to explain more, and said: "You write and ask Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi to propose the open door policy I told him before to the political axes of Britain, France, the United States and Germany!" β
Li Youyi asked, "What is the open door policy?" β
Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "It's a cheap policy!" β
(To be continued)