Tong Xiao heard Liu Qi say that Childe was back, and the excited little guy jumped up, and the soles of his feet also quickened his pace and shouted: "Childe is back." dragged this Liu Qi towards the hall.

The rouge tiger was behind them, and when he heard this, he hurriedly chased after the two of them with his little feet, "What did you say?" ”。 The two little guys shouted in unison, "Childe is back." ”

The two of them said at this throat, and the people walking around the courtyard stopped, and they seemed to react in an instant: "Childe is back?" Childe is back! The maid-in-law and the family told each other, and after a while, the good news spread throughout the Meyer Mansion.

Yuexia in the hall had just finished reading the accounts, and the smile on her face had not faded. In the past two months, franchises have been opened one after another; The previous problem of capital turnover was successfully solved; The profits from the coal supply in Jinxiang Province are a steady inflow; This year, there is no backlog of tea inventory, just waiting for the arrival of new tea in spring; Even the pressure of "Cloud Pick" in the imperial court was successfully returned.

Yuexia collected the accounts, smiled and said to Li Enxi, who was sitting opposite: "There is Miss Lao Li, the accounts are very clear." Childe will be very happy to see it. ”

Li Enxi smiled slightly: "Childe has been gone for two or three months, is it coming back soon?" ”

The words didn't fall, and suddenly the door was pushed open, Tong Xiao pulled Liu Qi, followed by Rouge Tiger, and the three of them rushed into the room. "Mother, my dad is back!" He let go of Liu Qi's hand and threw himself to the side of the moon.

Rouge Tiger followed in, looked at this scene and smiled: "This Tong Xiao, your godfather hasn't agreed yet, so you call your mother so affectionate." ”

Tong Xiao leaned on Yuexia, looked at Rouge Tiger, and then looked at Liang Yuexia: "Anyway, anyway, Godfather will agree!" He yelled at the Rouge Tiger, pouted, and snorted and ignored the Rouge Tiger. Mother, my godfather is back, let's go pick him up......"

Yuexia is the mistress of this house, although she is not as frizzy as a seven- or eight-year-old child like Tong Xiao. But it's also blushing and heartbeating, standing up, and wanting to pick up people, and wanting to go back to grooming, but I don't know what to do.

Li Enxi stood up: "I'll call that He Libo back" and she walked out. Rouge Tiger also said: "I'll go and arrange for the house to pick up the son, you two are not a little small, don't pester the girl, go read a book!" She deliberately pretended to have a straight face and instructed Tong Xiao.

Tong Xiao jumped in front of Rouge Tiger, grimaced at her, and beckoned Liu Qi to go to the study, how could he read the book, but he was afraid that Rouge Tiger would nag and find a quiet place to play.

Two flowers bloomed and one branch each, and Meyer Mansion happily waited for Wang to go home, and Wang Fang was rushing to Kaifeng Mansion with a gift for Lord Bao at the moment, and he became more and more confused along the way.

Since Wang Bi and others entered Bianjing City, Xiao Wu has been very excited, the buildings on the street are lined up one after another, and all kinds of banners are dancing in the wind; In the brothel of the Red Mansion of the Singer Girl, the women with flowers and branches scratch their heads from the corridor, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous shops, standing on the street. A river runs through the city, and the surface of the river has frozen, as if a shining silver thread is threaded in the city.

Xiao Wu's eyes were dizzying, and the carriage in which Li Xili was sitting also lifted the curtain, and He Zhu poked his little head and looked at the world in front of him with novelty. Wang ordered Cai Jing to take He Xingyuan's father and son and Xiao Wu to Jinxiu Building, eat something and then go back to Meyer's Mansion to wait for him. He himself accompanied Li Xili to the Privy Council to report the above, and the Privy Council arranged for Li Xili's accommodation.

Wang Bian settled the envoy of Western Xia, first went to Wang Anshi's house, only his mother was in the house, Wang was afraid that his mother would nagging about taking Rou'er into the house as soon as possible, so he hurriedly asked his father where Wang Anshi went, and said goodbye to his mother.

Wang went out and met Yuan Ze with Liu Qi back, and Yuan Ze told his father that he was discussing matters in Lord Bao's mansion. Wang said goodbye to Yuan Ze and went straight to Kaifeng Mansion, and Yuan Ze sent Liu Qi to Mayer Mansion to deliver a letter.

Along the way, Wang always felt that something was wrong, the atmosphere in the city was depressing, this feeling seemed indescribable, such as in previous years, when the moon was entered, the street was very lively, and people purchased things for the New Year with a smile, but what I saw on the street today was that people were solemn and in a hurry.

Before his mission to Western Xia, it was the Jinxiu Building and Yunxuan that had just opened, and he would walk around the city almost every day to see his own business. At that time, walking on the street, many roadside shops and pedestrians who knew him would greet him. When I came back this time, it seemed that people didn't notice that this dusty person was the high-spirited prince.

Wang Fang pondered, this person was too forgetful, but fortunately someone recognized Wang Bei, "Wang Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a few days?" Out again? "It's the regulars of the Splendid Building who are talking.

Wang said with a smile, "Hehe, I just came back!" After saying that, he grabbed the man and asked, "There's nothing going on in the city during this time, right?" Why does the end of the year look so deserted? ”

The man looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "You just came back, you definitely don't know that the emperor is sick." Some days I haven't been to court. ”

When Wang heard this, he sighed in his heart: "Is there such a thing?" Do you know what the disease is? The two went from shouting to whispering.

The regular customer shook his head: "How do we little people know" As he said that, he looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around him, and then said: "Everyone is afraid of the emperor, and they don't dare to prepare more things for the New Year, in case of that, don't ...... the New Year."

The king knew that the "that" he said meant that the emperor had died, and his heart was also tight. Hearing the news, he quickened his steps and walked towards Kaifeng Mansion, thinking as he walked, if he walked through the front door of Kaifeng Mansion, he would inevitably pass through the lobby, and both sides of the lobby passage were like the Left Army Patrol Courtyard. Right Army Patrol Hospital, Main Hall. Right Hall. Cabinet Library. Such an office as the Academy of History. Not to mention the long time back and forth, it is not convenient to take things by yourself. So he bypassed the front of Kaifeng Mansion and went straight to Bao Zheng's inner house.

When he entered the house, he met the old housekeeper Bao Xing, and he told the king that Master Bao was discussing with several adults in the study. After that, Bao Xing went to report to Lord Bao and asked to see him.

Kaifeng Mansion has changed its rules? The office is in the house? It seems that Wang Anshi is not alone? Is it more serious? Wang Bian thought wildly, and after a while, Bao Xing came back and told Wang Bian: Master Bao asked him to come over and talk. Handing over the gift to Lord Bao Xing, Wang walked into Lord Bao's study.

The people in the study were all known to the king, and Wang An was sitting in the room; Bao Zheng sitting behind the bookcase; There are two others: one is Cai Xiang, who is familiar to the king; There is also a master of Jixian Yuan who works in Hanlin and knows the king of Kaifeng Mansion.

After the king visited everyone, he wondered in his heart, these are all old ministers, and their official positions are not low. Fearing that it would be inconvenient for them to discuss matters in their presence, he had to say goodbye to the adults. Master Bao saw the king's thoughts and said: "Sit down for the time being, today is not a business, and you will enter the palace tomorrow to reply to the decree, it doesn't hurt to listen to it." ”

Cai Xiang and Wang Qi knew that Wang was a celebrity in front of Emperor Renzong, and although they had no official position, they were sometimes more effective than their words. What's more, neither of them is an outsider.

Cai Xiang's cousin, Cai Jing, is now following Wang around. And Wang Jue is a close friend of Lord Bao, Li Gefei's quasi-father-in-law, and Li Gefei is Wang Anshi's student. In this interlocking and inextricably linked network of relationships, Wang Fang has long been at ease.

Seeing that several elders were looking at him with a smile, their eyes full of concern and expectation, the king knew that the palace would be reinstated tomorrow. So he sat down far away, and these people didn't treat Wang as an outsider, so they continued the topic they just talked about, only to see Master Bao pointing at Wang Qi and smiling at the others.

"I heard that Zhongshu sent someone to summon Yuyu to draft an edict, and he actually rejected Zhongshu and said: This important matter must be accepted in person!" Lord Bao smiled a little helplessly.

Wang Jue is also forty or fifty years old, his face is very white, lying silkworm eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a few strands of long hair, he strokes the stuffed beard with his hand, and listens to Bao Zheng's words, "Alas! He said, "I'm not here to meet the saint, some things must be met and talked about." ”

As Wang listened, it seemed that it was difficult to see Renzong.

Cai Xiang looked at Wang Qi with a slight Jianzhou accent and asked, "Can Lord Wang see the saint?" ”

Wang Jue nodded: "I said to the emperor: The subjects of the world have long hoped to establish a prince to avoid chaos. Is it really His Majesty's holy will this time? ”

Everyone stared at Wang Jue, and Lord Bao asked, "What did the emperor say?" ”

Wang Jue replied: "The emperor said four words: I have made up my mind!" And then I quit. ”

Wang looked at Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi and others, the expression on his face was very complicated, Wang Anshi said: "It is a matter of time before the prince is established, and General Zhao has been serving in front of the bed this time, which should be enough to move the emperor." Lord Wang, how do you think of the emperor's health? ”

"How dare you look, then General Zhao is staring at me. Not much to say! Wang Qi pursed his lips.

Cai Xiang received: "It's not that General Zhao misunderstood Lord Wang." ”

Master Bao raised his head with disdain: "Yuyu, don't worry, this edict was drafted by you, you are just trying your best to do things." And when he had said that, he looked at the king, who had been listening to them. Beside you, we have to hand over the important task to you, and enter the palace to take a good look at the saint's condition. ”

Wang was busy saying "yes", Zhao Zongshi served in front of the bed, which was a bit difficult to do, but he was a reply, presumably he would not stop more.

A few people chatted for a while, Cai Xiang and Wang Jue said goodbye, Wang looked at Wang Jue's back and thought, this Li Gefei's quasi-father-in-law didn't hurry up and marry his daughter, Wang was a little worried about this, you must know that Wang Jue is Li Qingzhao's grandfather, he is not in a hurry, Wang is still in a hurry.

Mr. Bao and Wang Anshi asked Wang Pan about his trip to Xixia, and also praised Wang Pan for helping Xue Xiang in Yanzhou, it turned out that Xue Xiang had already written a letter to Mr. Bao, saying that Yanzhou met Wang Pan and rescued the disaster together.

Master Bao said proudly: "My son is brave and resourceful, and he is righteous, and he will definitely have great achievements in the future." ”

When he said this, Wang Anshi glanced at him sourly. You're my son, okay? But mentally thinking so, I can't say that, I just say: "Let's go by" and go back.

The two old men were arguing, and the king was laughing with him, but his mind was thinking about how to avoid Zhao Zongshi when he entered the palace tomorrow.

Farewell to the lord, the king hurried back to the house, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he temporarily left other things behind, the house was lit up, and the family opened and shouted to the courtyard, "The son is back" The words spread throughout the mansion, and many people came out of the courtyard from the courtyard. Gathered around the king and walked towards the hall.