Following Yin Gong slowly walking in the garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it cannot be denied that Xie An's mood was very nervous.

After all, the old man in front of him was the prime minister of the dynasty.

"How?" Suddenly, Yin Gong, who was walking in front, asked with a smile.

"Huh?" Xie An was stunned, thought for a while, and said carefully, "Did the student miss something?" ”

"Hehe, no, no, no, it's the old man who doesn't say it very clearly, and the old man asks you, how is this garden?"

Xie An suddenly realized, relieved, and looked around.

The garden in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion is actually not big, and it cannot be said to be luxurious, but it is very simple, just like the carriage that the eldest grandson Xiangyu borrowed from her grandfather, which makes people feel a peaceful state of mind, as if they are in nature.

Although Li Shou's Anle Mansion is also very large, and even some of the decorations are more luxurious than the Prime Minister's Mansion, it does not have this kind of feeling that people are in harmony with the surrounding scenery.

Thinking about it now, Xie An actually felt this feeling in the Donggong Mansion, but it was a pity that the row of wooden frames full of weapons placed in the courtyard by Liang Qiu Dance destroyed the peaceful scenery.

After hesitating for a moment, Xie An truthfully said his heartfelt evaluation.

"It's not big, but it's exquisite, it feels like it's comfortable......"

"Hehehe," Yin Gong smiled slightly, noncommittal, and looked at a few dwarf trees in the garden and said, "You are very honest...... No, you should say, you are smart! ”

Xie An was stunned, and then realized that the old man in front of him was referring to himself not deliberately complimenting.

"The prime minister praised it falsely, and the students didn't dare to be ......"

"......" Yin Gong glanced back at Xie An when he heard this, shook his head slightly, and said with a chuckle, "It's true that you are a student who can take the exam, but in front of the old man, you shouldn't call yourself a student......

Is he sarcastic about himself?

Xie An frowned slightly, but at this moment, he saw Yin Ping and continued quietly, "This time the invigilation of the examination, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is also a student of the old man, you are taking the examination in the examination he presided over, he is half of your master, in front of him, you can call yourself a student, but in front of the old man, no, this is against ethics!" - Don't mess with the generations! ”

Listening to Yin Gong's calm tone, Xie An's face turned slightly red, and he secretly scolded himself for spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Thank you Prime Minister for mentioning it, the kid has been taught......"

"Teachable!" Yin Gong smiled slightly, then looked at the scenery in the garden, and said with a long sigh, "Xie An, do you already have a table?" ”

"Uh, no ......"

"Oh, in that case, the old man sells an old man and calls you a little An, can you?"

Xie An couldn't help but be a little flattered when he heard this, and arched his hand and said, "The Prime Minister is serious......

"Hehe, Xiao An, you are too restrained...... At the moment, the old man is not the prime minister, but the girl's grandfather, understand? ”

"The kid understands, if the old man has anything to say, the kid listens!" Xie An said tentatively.

Hearing this, Yin Gong glanced at Xie An, smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Well, it's not stupid!" As he spoke, he paused and sighed slightly, "The old man knew a few years ago that one day, that girl would leave my eldest grandson's house, and it would be a miracle that she could endure it until today......"

"The old man is angry, and the boy will persuade her ......"

"Anger? The old man was not angry, so how could he say that he was angry? ”

"Huh?" Xie An looked up at Yin Gong and saw that his expression was calm, without the slightest sign of anger, and he was a little puzzled in his heart.

"You think you're surprised, right? The girl has not yet left the cabinet, but is waiting to be married, and she will stay in the same house with you for a few days, but the old man will only ask......"

"This ......," Xie An felt beads of sweat gradually oozing from his head.

"It's not that the old man doesn't want to care, it's just that he doesn't have that qualification......" Speaking of this, Yin Gong sighed, shook his head and said, "You also saw it just now, the old man didn't say anything, and the girl said she wanted to leave...... The girl had actually thought about a way out, and she didn't care if the old man would drive her out of the house because of this incident. It is conceivable that she has had this idea for a long time, but she has not yet found a place to live, so she has to live in my eldest grandson's house......"

"This ...... Why? ”

"The old man will tell you a story......

"Uh, yes......"

"About seventeen or eighteen years ago, my son was not a soldier in the army, but also like this gentleman in Jijing, addicted to wine, one day, my son and his colleagues were eating wine in the official kiln, and took a fancy to a woman, Wang, and welcomed her into the house as a concubine......

A year later, Wang was pregnant, at that time my son did not have an heir, therefore, whether it was the old man or my son, very happy, on the day of delivery, my son also set up a banquet, invited many guests, the old man also specially took the name early, unfortunately, Wang gave birth to a daughter......"

"......" glanced at Yin Gong, and Xie An was thoughtful.

"At first, my son and the Wang family were quite affectionate, but after this incident, my son gradually became estranged from her, and after that, as my son's official rank became higher and higher, and he met more and more people, he gradually began to dislike the origin of the Wang family, and after marrying a few wives and concubines, he placed the Wang family in another courtyard, and did not visit ......"

“……”

"At that time, among my sons, wives and concubines, there were two new concubines, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed He.

These two daughters were born in a merchant family, and their upbringing is good, but there are inevitably some forces. I did everything I could to please my son's two-room wife, but he bullied the Wang family in every way, took the house where the Wang family lived, drove her and her daughter out of the courtyard, and told them to live in the front yard......"

"It's too much......" Xie An frowned unconsciously and muttered quietly.

"It's commonplace to be flattered and bullied!" Yin Gong sighed with his eyes closed.

"Don't you care, old man?" Xie An asked cautiously.

When Yin Gong heard this, he showed a little bitter smile on his face, shook his head and said, "After all, it is my son's housework, how can the old man interfere?" Moreover, the two concubines were pregnant at the time, and the old man was greedy, and sometimes he thought about his children and grandchildren, and only scolded the second daughter, but he was ...... Alas! ”

Looking at the guilt on Yin Gong's face, Xie An didn't know what to say.

"When the child was nine years old, suddenly one day, the concubine surnamed Zhang didn't know why, she rushed to the concubine's room surnamed He like crazy, punched and kicked her, and the second daughter was unkempt and scuffled to the ground, causing both fetuses in the womb to have a miscarriage ......" Speaking of this, Yin Gong couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for the two concubines in the eldest grandson's womb who died before they were born.

"This ...... What's going on? Xie An looked shocked.

Yin Gong frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "At that time, my eldest grandson's family was in chaos, and my eldest grandson Jing hurried back to the house, and the old man who was handling government affairs in Shangshutai also had to put down his official business and return to the house.

After some interrogation, the concubine surnamed Zhang insisted that the concubine surnamed He had given abortion drugs in her diet, but the concubine surnamed He flatly denied it, but said that the concubine surnamed Zhang saw that she had an unfortunate miscarriage and was afraid of losing my son's favor, so she deliberately made up this lie, and even took this opportunity to harm the child in her womb, causing a lot of trouble. In the end, these two concubines, who were usually favored by my son, were expelled from the mansion......"

"How could this happen for no reason?"

"Naturally, it's not for no reason," Gong Yin sighed and said in a deep voice, "At first, the old man only said that the two daughters framed each other in order to win my son's favor, but the old man thought about it and still felt that this matter was quite strange...... It wasn't until my son drove the two concubines out of the house that the old man saw a nine-year-old child who smiled proudly in the crowd......"

"It's hard to ...... Don't? Xie An's eyes widened, and he was speechless in shock.

Glancing at Xie An, Yin Gong said in a deep voice, "I feel more and more that something is wrong with this matter, the old man took her to no one and deliberately asked her if it was her as a ......."

She ...... What did she say? ”

The boy confessed, without the slightest quibble, and the old man asked her how she did it, but she refused to say, and told the old man to guess for himself...... So, the old man found the maid who was serving the two concubines at that time, inquired carefully, and thought about it repeatedly, only to know that the child had deliberately won the trust of the two concubines, and had been waiting for the opportunity to retaliate......

Finally, one day, the concubine surnamed Zhang accidentally had diarrhea, and the child came to her room, and after begging for pastries as before, she said a word, [Aunt He is very worried about Aunt Zhang, although she is also pregnant with my younger brothers and sisters, but these days she still frequently goes in and out of the kitchen to check the heat of Aunt Zhang's fetal meals in person......]"

“……”

"At that time, my son already had two wives, a wife and a wife, and both of them wanted to compete for the title of equal wife, but they were toyed with by a nine-year-old child...... It's just a nine-year-old child, who endured for months, flattered the two concubines, and with just one sentence, it made the two daughters suspicious of each other, such scheming, such a city, such a speculation on people's hearts......" Saying, Yin Gong took a deep breath, lowered his voice and said, "At that time, the old man realized that my eldest grandson's family had produced a wizard comparable to a demon!" ”

Xie An only heard his face full of surprise, and was stunned for a while, before muttering, "It's really unexpected......"

"You must have guessed who the nine-year-old child who can play with others and applaud is, but that's not what the old man wants to say......"

Xie An was stunned when he heard this.

"The old man was too shocked by the talent of Xiangyu's girl, and he forgot to warn the two maids for a while, so that my son finally learned about it one day, and was furious, and asked the people of the house to tie up the Wang family and Xiangyu's child to the family hall to carry out the Legalist......

When he woke up, the boy cried and fell down in front of his mother, who was covered in scars, and said a word in front of everyone......"

"A word?"

"If she doesn't die, in her lifetime, she will definitely overthrow my eldest grandson's family......" Speaking of this, Yin Gong took a deep breath, his expression froze, his tone gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "The old man arrived in Jijing at the age of twenty-three, assisting the prince of the day, that is, the current majesty, when the child was nine years old, the old man has been the prime minister for more than ten years, what kind of person has not seen it?" But when the old man looked at the fierce eyes of the child when he spoke, the old man trembled, as if he was in an ice cave, freezing his heart and lungs, and in a trance, it seemed that a voice sounded in the bottom of the old man's heart...... [This child, can't be kept!] ]”

"......" Xie An's face was shocked when he heard this, and he said in disbelief, "You...... Didn't you think about killing her, old man? ”

"Ah, the old man has thought about it," Yin Gong nodded unabashedly, and said with a sigh, "Maybe Xiangyu's girl forgot, but the old man didn't, the old man didn't dare to forget, the old man has seen many people in the past few decades, but no one has ever called the old man so frightened...... Since then, the old man has taken her mother and daughter to the old man's house, and asked someone to take care of her, for fear that my unsuccessful son will do something irreparable...... Wang is gentle and virtuous, not only did he not hate my son's harsh criticism and affection for her, on the contrary, after learning of his daughter's ability and paranoia, he advised him every day that if she hadn't been induced, the old man would not have dared to keep the child...... Despite her poor background, Wang is undeniably a good daughter-in-law of my eldest grandson's family, but unfortunately, the old man is not a good father-in-law, and my son is not a good husband......"

Xie An opened her mouth and said with a wry smile, "No wonder every time she mentions her door, it's like a different person......"

"In recent years, it has been quite good," Yin Gong said with a wry smile, "In the first few years, it was unbearable...... It was all thanks to Wang's persuasion, teaching, and the old man's tricks that the child's temperament gradually turned around......"

"Little trick?"

Yin Gong blinked and said with a smile, "Those who are used to luxury will lose their sharpness!" - No matter what the child wants, the old man will satisfy her, and she, who is accustomed to a life of luxury, slowly loses her first sharpness......

Okay, that crazy woman's habit of spending money lavishly turned out to be your old pampering! Or is it deliberately pampered......

People are old and treacherous, horses are old and slippery, rabbits are old and eagles are difficult to take, this sentence is not false at all!

Where would Xie An not understand that Yin Gong is so accustomed to indulging his eldest grandson Xiangyu is nothing more than trying to polish her sharpness little by little, so that she can subtly get used to a luxurious life and be content with the status quo.

A small belly pocket costs a few hundred taels, and a jade crown costs a thousand taels, not to mention those luxurious clothes, that is, the eldest grandson of a big family can afford to raise such a daughter......

is worthy of being an old man who has been sitting as prime minister for more than 30 years!

Xie An secretly admired.

But thinking about it on the other hand, Xie An also felt that this old man was actually quite helpless, if it wasn't out of helplessness, who would want to contact the relationship between relatives in this way?

Suddenly, Yin Gong opened his mouth and asked, "Xiao An, in your opinion, who is so terrible?" ”

Xie An was stunned, his heart moved slightly, and said, "People who are not restrained ......"

"Clever!" Yin Gong praised him, and then asked, "Then do you know the purpose of the sword and the scabbard?" ”

Xie An frowned slightly when he heard this, and said strangely, "What does the old man mean, do you want me to be the scabbard of a sword named [Eldest Sun Xiangyu]?" ”

Yin Gong looked at Xie An in surprise, nodded and praised, "It is worthy of being the person that the old man and grandson fancie, just a little bit!" As he spoke, he paused, sighed and said, "The old man's daughter-in-law, Wang, passed away three years ago...... The old man has always been very worried that the child will be undisciplined, but unfortunately, it is useless to preach just because the old man has a little affection with the child...... Just now, when the old man saw that you unceremoniously counted down the child, she was not annoyed...... Can you tell me how you did that? ”

Looking at Yin Gong's sincere gaze, Xie An scratched his head, and told Yin Gong about the eldest grandson Xiangyu one by one, and did not hide some common sense things about his elder Sun Xiangyu, only listening to the Yin Gong sometimes nodding and sometimes smiling.

"I see...... Yin Gong chuckled and stroked his beard, and sighed, "As the so-called one thing descends one thing, in the past three years, the old man has been waiting to see if anyone can restrain the child, if not, when the old man leaves, he has to kill her!" Otherwise, not only will my eldest grandson's family face accidents, but I am afraid that my Great Zhou will also suffer! ――The old man has been the prime minister for more than 30 years, and he is not fully sure to deal with it, let alone others? ”

"This ......" Xie An opened his mouth slightly, because he knew that the old man in front of him was not joking.

"Those who are not bound by worldly rituals and are not bound by human feelings and sophistication will inevitably bring disaster to this world and this country in the future! In public and private, the old man can't stand by and watch! - Please, Xie An, give that kid a shackle! -- My eldest grandson's family treats her mother and son a lot, old man, I really can't bear to kill her......"

Looking at the faintly moist in Yin Gong's eyes, Xie An nodded silently.