“…… I am in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and I can't do without the support of your Aiqing, and I hereby commend you: Xie An, the former Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, is still in charge of the Great Prison Temple, and is also in charge of the six doors of the North Town Fusi Jinyiwei and the South Town Fusi ......"

In the Taihe Palace, when Li Shou, who was sitting on the Dragon Court, said that he was sealed, except for Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Jing, the chief of the Ministry of War, and a few people who knew the inside story such as Liang Qiuwu in the Ministry of War, the Manchu Dynasty Wu in the hall was really taken aback, although they knew very well that since Li Shou had officially ascended the throne as the emperor of the Great Zhou, Xie An, who had always been good friends with him before, was naturally on the rise, but even so, they still did not expect that Li Shou would give Xie An so much and eye-catching authority.

The Criminal Department, the Great Prison Temple, and the South and North Town Fu Divisions, with many functions and powers in one, Xie An, who was still a commoner forced to make a living a year ago, can now be said to be the head of the supervision and interrogation institutions in the Li Shou court.

"Ministers Xie An received the decree, thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

"Weiwei Temple Qing Xun Zheng ......"

"Wechen is here!" Following Xie An, Xun Zheng, the secretary of the Weiwei Temple, also walked out of the column, bowed to the ground, and shouted long live.

“…… The previous Beijing division quelled the rebellion, Xun Aiqing made great contributions, and from now on, he was promoted to the post of squire of the Criminal Department, and he is still in Weiwei Temple! ”

"Weichen thank Your Majesty for your honor!" Xun Zheng, who was overjoyed in his heart, bowed and returned to the courtiers.

"The head of the military department, Sun Jing......"

"The minister is here!"

"Aiqing has long lived in the post of the squire of the Ministry of War, conscientious, hard work, loyalty, a few days ago, the secretary of the Ministry of War Xiang Zhen asked Aiqing to tell the elder, the eldest grandson Aiqing is familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of War, hereby, I hope that Aiqing can take over the post of secretary of the Ministry of Justice......"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xie An's father-in-law, Sun Jing, respectfully thanked Li Shou, the son of heaven.

Since the ministers, there have also been a large number of military generals who have been entitled, the first of which is Xie An's wife Liang Qiuwu. Won the title of General of the Pillar State, of course, this Pillar General is just a fictitious title, after all, as one of the four towns, Liangqiu Dance, according to the ancestral system of the Great Zhou, unless there is a change in the imperial court, it is not allowed to take over the military position of the imperial court and Jijing military, so as not to show signs of imbalance in the strength of the four towns, which will cause the other three towns to be dissatisfied. The same goes for Nanguo Gong Lu Song, Guanglu Temple Qingqin, and Xixiang Hou Han Li.

However, it seems that a group of generals such as Fei Guo, Su Xin, and Li Jing who have followed Xie An for a long time do not have this restriction, and they are officially sealed by Li Shou one by one. It's just that the status of the generals is not enough to ascend to the Golden Palace, so they can't thank Li Shou, the son of heaven, in person.

As time passed, the hearts of everyone in the hall were gradually raised, after all, the Manchu Dynasty martial arts in the hall knew that the next thing was the main drama, that is, the final belonging of the two positions of the prime minister of the dynasty and the secretary of the ministry!

It's not that Xie An has so much power that he can't compare to the secretary of the ministry. Even the position of prime minister, the problem is that the previous promotion of Xie An, Xun Zheng, Changsun Jing and many others is just a sure thing. It will not surprise the Manchu Dynasty Wuxin who was present too much, but the two positions of the official secretary and the prime minister are different, after all, as early as a few days ago, there was an extremely noble figure who booked these two positions.

"Your Majesty, wait!"

Finally. Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor and the king of the eight sages, who was always present without saying a word, finally stood up......

Exchanging glances with His Royal Highness Xie An, Li Shou frowned slightly. He said in a deep voice, "I don't know what the imperial brother has to say?" ”

I saw Li Xian slowly walking out of the middle of the column, clasping his fists, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Chen thinks that Lord Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is not enough to take over the post of prime minister!" ”

Wow, with a word, I tore my face with Li Shou and Xie An......

When the Manchu Dynasty Wu heard this, he was in an uproar, and watched this heavyweight contest attentively, you must know that in Jijing, who doesn't know that Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the teacher of Xie An, the new secretary of the Criminal Department? Is it a student of the former Prime Minister Yingong?

And now [the Eight Sages King] Li Xian first attacked Ruan Shaozhou, which is tantamount to bombarding the most powerful faction in the court today, that is, led by Li Shou, the son of heaven, Xie An, the secretary of the criminal department, and the three powerful families of Jijing, the eldest grandson family, the Liangqiu family, and the Lu family.

As Man Chaowu guessed, the master was targeted, and the student immediately stood up, looking at Li Xian, Xie An said with a displeased expression, "How can His Royal Highness Xian say this?" Lord Ruan is a virtuous person in the court, Lord Ruan is not enough to hold the position of prime minister, who can occupy this position? ”

"King!" Li Xian said indifferently.

"Haha," Xie An smiled in front of Man Chaowu, then restrained the smile on his face, pouted and said, "Don't come to this set!" ――Your Highness thinks that these two words alone are enough to obtain the position of prime minister? ”

When he said this, Xie An can be said to be fearless, you must know that his teacher Ruan Shaozhou is not like him Xie An, it is a well-behaved champion, although he does not have the memory of the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Li Xian, who is like cheating, but he is also an outstanding person in the world, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich in learning and reading poetry and books, even if Li Xian proposes to compete in front of the palace, he may not be able to win Ruan Shaozhou.

Perhaps guessing Xie Anxin's thoughts, Li Xian smiled slightly, glanced at Ruan Shaozhou, who was unmoved, and said lightly, "Senior brother is only able to learn, Xiao Wang is also admired, if Xie Shangshu plans to ask Xiao Wang and Senior Brother to compete on the spot, according to Xiao Wang, there is no three or two days, I am afraid it will be difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior......"

Seeing this, Xie An sneered and said, "In that case, why does His Highness dare to boast that the soft Shangshu is not enough to serve as the prime minister?" ”

Glancing at Xie An, Li Xian smiled and said, "It's very simple, Xiao Wang is more prestigious and supported than Senior Brother!" ”

"Support? - Who? Xie An pursed his lips and laughed.

As soon as the words fell, he saw a voice from outside the hall.

"King!"

"......" Xie An's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he subconsciously looked at the palace door, but saw that in the Taihe Palace, there were four people slowly walking into the hall, all wearing four-clawed black dragon king robes.

"These four are ......" Seeing the comer, except for Xie An and some other people who did not know what was going on, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and even Ruan Shaozhou, Changsun Jing, Liang Qiuwu, Xun Zheng and others also showed a little horror on their faces.

Li Yi, King of Qiuyang......

Li Qi, King of Hengyang......

Li Chen, King of Liyang......

Ruyang King Li Pei......

For a while, the Manchu Dynasty was silent, looking at the four former sons of heaven Li Ji's cousin and cousin Da Zhou Waifeng Wang Ye in a daze.

"What's the matter?" Taking a few steps back, Xie An lowered his voice and asked his father-in-law, Sun Jing.

"You don't know?" Eldest Sun Jing glanced at his son-in-law suspiciously, and said in a low voice, "A few days ago, the first empire was in the funeral ceremony. Didn't these four people arrive at the end as well? ”

Xie An smiled when he heard this, you must know that at that time, Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, had just given him the mansion, and he was still immersed in boundless joy, and his mind was full of the dozens of delicate beauties in the house, how could he have any spare time to find out if there were a few more princes who came to the funeral during the national funeral?

Seeing this, Eldest Sun Jing shook his head slightly, and informed Xie An of the identities of the four people, only to hear Xie An's face was shocked. Puzzled, he asked, "I originally had a prince in Da Zhou?" ”

"Hmm!" Eldest Sun Jing nodded, lowered his voice and explained, "To be exact, there are a total of thirty-one members of the royal family in the outer seal. But only these four are the strongest, and the first emperor Qinzhu set up private soldiers in their respective feudal countries, and the pomp and etiquette are no different from those of the lord of the country...... How come you don't even know about this kind of thing? In the last sentence, Changsun Jing was a little blamed.

"The lord of the country?" Muttering to himself, Xie An was dumbfounded, of course he knew that he could be described as the lord of the country.

To put it simply, the lord of the kingdom is the king of a country. Of course, the country referred to here is not the Great Zhou, but the vassal states within the territory of the Great Zhou.

These vassal states. It can also be called a feudal country, not only does it not need to pay taxes to the Great Zhou court, but it can even set up a court in the country, seal the prime minister, and worship hundreds of officials. All the rituals imitate the Great Zhou Tianzi, the only difference is. The dragons on the royal robes on those princes can only have four claws, and their status is similar to that of the prince of the East Palace, and the rest are almost completely copied from the Great Zhou court.

It is said that the prince who served as the lord of the country was a noble Li clan, and most of them were descendants of the princes who failed to compete for the throne in the past dynasties, and they did not need to pay taxes to the Great Zhou court, and the court had no right to meddle in the affairs of the princes' country.

The cousin of Li Ji, the son of heaven, ......

Xie An frowned deeply, because he found that since the appearance of those four princes, the momentum of Li Xian's side had completely overwhelmed the entire Taihe Palace.

Damn it!

I didn't expect this kid Li Xian to use this method to suppress his own side......

Xie An gritted his teeth hatefully, after all, since the appearance of the four princes, the ministers and generals of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't interject, after all, those four were the cousins and cousins of Li Ji, the former son of heaven, and Li Shou and Li Xian belonged to the close relatives within three generations, to put it bluntly, people are here to discuss family affairs, like Xie An, Ruan Shaozhou, Changsun Jing, Liang Qiuwu, Xun Zheng and other people with foreign surnames, how can they have any qualifications to interject?

In the blink of an eye, Li Xian changed the situation of less to more and created a favorable situation of five to one.

No, with four royal family members who should be called uncles in front of them, even if Li Shou wanted to ask Xie An's teacher Ruan Shaozhou to serve as prime minister, it was difficult to change the situation in the Taihe Palace that completely fell to the Eighth Emperor Brother Li Xian.

……

……

"Ann? Quiet? Husband? Quiet? ”

"Huh?" Hearing Liang Qiuwu's call, Xie An suddenly opened his eyes, and he realized that he had an extremely bad dream, the reason why it was called bad was because that dream copied Xie An's experience yesterday morning.

"What's wrong? Sweaty? - Have a nightmare? Liang Qiuwu, who was only wearing a small belly pocket, raised his hand quite distressedly to remove the cold sweat from Xie An's forehead.

"Ah, I had a terrible dream......" pinched the bridge of his nose, leaving all the troubles in his heart behind, Xie An turned his head to look at the still hazy sky outside the window, and said in surprise, "This point, isn't it?" - The early dynasty is in the morning......" As he spoke, he looked at Liang Qiu Wu with a puzzled expression, as if he was a little puzzled why Liang Qiu Wu woke him up so early.

Liang Qiuwu was stunned when he heard this, bit his lip lightly, and said hesitantly, "Why did you forget, didn't your husband want to teach you martial arts to strengthen your body for your wife?" - Ann, you're not going to regret it again, are you? ”

To Liang Qiuwu's surprise, hearing this, Xie An seemed to have thought of something, and when he got out of bed, while dressing, he nodded and said, "Oh, yes, yes, practice martial arts to strengthen the body...... Back? How can it be! ”

Seeing that Xie An was so cooperative, this was a little difficult for Liang Qiuwu to accept, and she couldn't figure out why Xie An, who had always been lazy and couldn't endure hardships, suddenly became abnormal.

"Ann, how are you ...... On that day, you complained again and again, and the concubine thought that you would regret it in every possible way......"

"How is that possible!" Xie An's eyes widened and he swore solemnly. "Since the husband has promised to dance, how can he regret it? Besides, the husband has been quite enthusiastic about martial arts recently! ”

Hearing Xie An nickname herself as a dancer, Liang Qiuwu was ashamed in her heart, and then listening to Xie An's later words, she was even more overjoyed, and asked curiously, "An, I really can't think of it...... Why did the husband change so much before and after? Remember for the wife. My husband has always disliked getting up early to exercise......"

"Well...... this" Xie An touched his nose when he heard this, his face was full of emptiness, and he said vaguely, "The ancients said that the plan of the year lies in spring. The plan of the day is in the morning...... Get up early in the morning to practice martial arts with your beloved wife to strengthen your body, such a wonderful thing, how can a husband be bitter? ”

Hearing Xie An's words, Liang Qiuwu's heart was even more joyful, and his face bloomed with a smile of joy from the bottom of his heart without hesitation, and that smile made Xie An feel a little ashamed.

In fact. Where did Xie An like to practice martial arts and be strong, but on the night of the wedding, he understood a truth, only with a strong body, he was able to realize his beautiful long-cherished wish.

Right now, Xie An is making calculations. It is nothing more than to completely settle his beloved wife Liang Qiuwu in the intercourse, thinking about it, once the four daughters find that they can no longer satisfy their husbands alone, the beautiful long-cherished wish of sleeping together. Will it be so far away from Xie An?

It's just this kind of thing, even though Xie An's skin is as thick as a city wall. It's hard to explain to my wife.

Come on, Xie An!

You can do it! Believe in yourself!

A moment later, under the guidance of Liangqiu Dance, the neatly dressed Xie An continued to walk in the open space in the backyard of the North Wing, because of the infinite yearning for a better life in the future, Xie An actually withstood the harsh requirements of Liangqiu Dance, which surprised Liangqiu Dance.

Facts have proved that once a person is occupied, he can indeed surpass his previous self and be willing to endure hardships and stand hard work, but there are few people like Xie An in the world.

And Liang Qiu Wu because he didn't know the true intention of his husband Xie An to practice martial arts, just simply thought that Xie An liked martial arts, so he naturally had a lot of joy in his heart, although he was still so strict when teaching Xie An, but he was quite gentle afterwards, and even, he reluctantly agreed to his husband Xie An's request, and bathed with him in a big wooden barrel, which can be regarded as a reward for his husband, after all, on weekdays, Liang Qiu Wu is a woman who is extremely strict with herself and sexual constraints, and only at night, will she linger with her husband Xie An, At other times, Xie An didn't even think about it.

"Huh......" slowly drank half a cup of [tiger saliva wine] handed by his beloved wife Liang Qiuwu, Xie An leaned his head on the side of the barrel, while indulging in the extremely obvious medicinal effect of the medicinal wine, while enjoying the fragrant service of the beautiful woman in his arms pinching his shoulder.

"This is called life......" couldn't help but peek at the fragrance under the belly pocket of the beauty in his arms, Xie An expressed his feelings from the bottom of his heart.

Probably noticing Xie An's secretly looking gaze, Liang Qiuwu glared at him angrily, and Xie An quickly closed his eyes in fright, and then, Liang Qiuwu looked at her husband's face and asked hesitantly, "By the way, An, what happened to His Royal Highness Li Xian......"

"Wu'er, don't you think it's a disappointment to mention this now?" Casually took the hot towel handed over by Liang Qiu Wu, Xie An covered it on his face, while feeling the beautiful feeling of the bursts of heat coming from the towel echoing the warm current in his body, while flatly expressing his opinion on Liang Qiu Wu's mention of this matter.

"Having said that, I think that my husband had better think about it in advance...... Or, ask Xiangyu to think of a way? ”

"......" Xie An reached out and took off the hot towel on his face when he heard this, glanced at Liang Qiuwu, and then shook his head and said, "Don't let Xiangyu interfere in this matter...... If he could, the husband didn't intend to ask her to meddle in the matter......"

"Why?" Liang Qiuwu asked suspiciously, in her opinion, Li Xiancai is eight buckets tall and has thousands of scrolls in his chest, which is not something that ordinary people can deal with, and only the eldest grandson Xiangyu is the best candidate, after all, this woman has a wisdom that is comparable to Li Xian.

"I don't want her to be embarrassed...... Li Xian has been her hair for many years, and now she is told to ignore the love of the year, and calculate Li Xian in turn......" Reaching out and stroking Liang Qiuwu's hair, Xie An said unusually and seriously, "Although Xiangyu will definitely help me and Li Shou deal with Li Xian, I don't want to do this...... Whether it's Wu'er or Xiangyu, your husband will never let you do anything that will make you feel embarrassed! ”

"An ......" Hearing this, Liang Qiuwu couldn't help but be greatly moved, and couldn't help but lean on Xie An, and said softly. Is it for the loss of his wife...... What is the husband going to do? ”

"How? Team up with Li Shou and have a good head-to-head battle with Li Xian's kid! Xie An, who had returned to his usual indecent appearance, whistled and said with a smile, "For the husband, even the former prince Li Wei is not afraid, will he be afraid of Li Xian's kid?" ”

"Ann, you seem to be full of confidence......"

"Confident?" Xie An smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Actually, I'm not sure at all, you know." Li Xian wants to compare with the former crown prince Li Wei, whether it is strategy or wisdom, it is only high and not low, in the face of such an opponent, how can he have full confidence? See the move! -- But the most troublesome thing is that. Li Xian's kid is different from Li Wei, he doesn't have too strong thoughts about being an emperor, compared to being an emperor, that kid is thinking more about how to strengthen my Great Zhou, so he can't be said to be a complete enemy, at most just a political enemy with disagreement...... At least for the moment. We and Li Xian still have a lot of common intentions to speak of! -- In this way, we must grasp the scale well, and we must neither be too wronged by ourselves nor too persecuted by Li Xian. Completely forcing His Royal Highness the prince who is worried about the country and the people to the opposite side, and even forcing him to the point of no return, this is the most troublesome...... In short, this matter still depends on Li Shou himself. When did Li Shou have something to do and was recognized by Li Xian, then when. Lee Hyun is no longer our political enemy......"

"Ann, listen to you, you don't seem to advocate helping Your Majesty......"

"Well, no surprises...... If you can, you won't help," shrugged his shoulders with a smile, Xie An slowly retracted the smile on his face, and said, "In the end, Li Shou is the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are some things that can only be stepped over by him alone, otherwise, he will never be able to become a Ming Jun, nor can he convince the people of the world......" Speaking of this, Xie An saw Liang Qiuwu looking at him in surprise, smiled, and said, "Actually, this is what Yin Gong said......"

"You!" Liang Qiuwu shook his head angrily, and stretched out his jade finger to put a little on Xie An's chest.

"But ......" gently holding his beloved wife's small hand and kneading it, Xie An's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he lowered his voice and said, "But if the people under Li Xian's hands do too much, the government doesn't mind knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and reminded Li Xian ......"

Looking at the husband beside him affectionately, Liang Qiuwu's eyes couldn't help showing a little surprise, but more than that, he was relieved.

[You...... You damn ...... How dare you...... You're ......]

[I...... I don't know anything......]

[How dare you...... How dare you...... I'll kill you! ]

[No, it's none of my business, you pulled me to bed, I didn't do anything from beginning to end, it's all you......]

[Shut up!] - Death! ]

[Help, kill......]

Remembering the scene when she first met her husband Xie An, Liang Qiuwu couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

"Ann, do you remember the day you first met your wife?"

"Hey, don't be embarrassed...... okay" Xie An smiled bitterly when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't that funny?" - At that time, Wu'er, you were holding a sharp sword in your hand, and you kept saying that you were going to kill me, and your legs were weak in fright, which is also human nature, and throughout Jijing, there are few people who can withstand the anger of [Yan Hu Ji] unharmed...... Therefore, it is normal for your legs to be weak in fright, but it is not normal to do the opposite! ”

Come to think of it, Xie An has always been very concerned about this matter, although Liangqiu Dance is not as good as others, but being scared by a woman makes her legs weak, which is really not a good reputation.

Looking at her husband's angry appearance, Liang Qiuwu shook her head with a chuckle, then held Xie An's face, and said in a straight and gentle tone, "The concubine just wants to say that compared to when we first met, An already has a bit of the momentum of a superior person...... The concubine can't scare her husband anymore......"

"Dance?" Xie An was stunned.

"So, let's do it...... The concubine can't scare her husband, and the former prince Li Wei can't do it, and the current [Eight Sages King] Li Xian can't do it either! ”

Feeling the tenderness from his beloved wife, Xie Anxin felt a sense of pride and said with a smile, "Of course! - The eldest wife of my Xie An's family, but the [Yanhu Ji], the head of the [Four Concubines], has been tested for a long time by the obedient husband and daughter-in-law, and the rest of the people are not ......"

Before the words fell, he saw Liang Qiuwu's eyes light up, and his breathing couldn't help but become short.

"Long ...... Woman? ”

"......" looked at the expectant and infinitely joyful brilliance in his beloved wife's beautiful eyes, Xie An opened his mouth, speechless, and secretly screamed in his heart.

Bad, bad......

Vaguely, a picture popped up in Xie An's mind, showing a crazy woman with the surname of the eldest grandson who made his entire Xie family crazy......