Just when Di Bu and the others looked at the fourth lady Yi Yi who was kneeling in the prison in embarrassment, Xie An had already finished the morning dynasty, but he did not return to the house, and he wanted to go back to the house and hug Yi Yi to sleep again, but he was pulled by Li Shou, the son of heaven, to the Palace of Heart Cultivation.

"Speaking of which, you and I haven't gossiped like this for a long time, have we?"

After stir-frying a few side dishes in the imperial dining room, and a few plates of preserved fruits, Li Shou, the son of heaven, dismissed the eunuchs and palace maids who served beside him, and played chess with Xie An in the Yangxin Palace, and sat and drank morning wine on the other hand.

In Da Zhou, to be honest, drinking morning wine in the morning is not recognized, because in the eyes of others, this is considered a self-depravity, as the saying goes, the plan of the day lies in the morning, how can you spend the past in drunkenness?

But then again, when Li Shou was still the king of Anle, he and Xie An actually did this kind of thing, after all, the two of them were too idle at that time, except for drinking and passing the time, they actually didn't have anything to do all day, not as good as now, one was the emperor of the Great Zhou, and the other was an important minister in the court.

"Well, it's been a while......" Picking up the bronze wine cup and taking a sip, Xie An smacked his lips, and seemed to look at the half of the mellow rice wine in the wine cup with some dissatisfaction, although the warm rice wine was very nourishing to the spleen and stomach, he always felt that something was missing.

"Why did you switch to rice wine recently?" Xie An asked Li Shou in confusion, after all, in his memory, whether it was him or Li Shou, they used to drink soju when they drank.

Li Shou smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "It's not that I changed to drinking rice wine, it's just that the prince has been persuaded many times, and drinking soju hurts my stomach, so ...... Being a Son of Heaven also has difficulties in being a Son of Heaven. ”

Recalling that the old eunuch Wang Ying was waiting for Li Shou, the little master, like a calf guard, Xie An nodded thoughtfully, after all, according to the grapevine, the previous emperor Li Ji was in poor health because of excessive drinking during his lifetime, and now Li Shou is only in good health. Wang Ying, the old eunuch entrusted by Li Ji on his deathbed, will naturally pay special attention to the little master's meal, and there is no doubt that if it were not for Xie An today, even if he was replaced by any minister in the court, I am afraid that the old eunuch would not turn a blind eye to the fact that Li Shou, the son of heaven, drank morning wine.

"How's it going?" Throwing a few preserved fruits in his mouth, Xie An asked with a chuckle.

Li Shou smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Emperor Great Zhou." The king of a country, what else can be said about good and bad life? - It's not as comfortable as you are......" At this, he blinked and teased, "Some time ago. The Imperial Observatory has no shortage of impeachments for you......"

Hearing this, Xie An rolled his eyes speechlessly.

He knew that although the Imperial Historical Observatory was a person who favored Prime Minister Li Xian, like the upright Imperial Historian Meng Rang, who should be impeached or impeached, it was not a malicious attack in politics, but a role of supervision and encouragement. After all, this is the most fundamental reason why the imperial court set up the Imperial Historical Observatory, a supervisory body.

"How much money did you deduct me?" Xie An asked with a frown.

"Hmm," Li Shou touched his chin and thought for a moment, and said uncertainly, "It's about nine months......

"Nine months ......" Xie An's hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly. You must know that with his official position as the secretary of the Criminal Department, the monthly salary is two thousand two hundred taels, in other words. Li Xian justifiably deducted his nearly 20,000 taels of Yulu.

For the ladies in Xie An's mansion, 20,000 taels was just a drizzle. Especially the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the little rich woman, but for Xie An, the 20,000 taels is not a small amount, it is directly related to the amount of money hidden in his private small treasury.

"Damn it!" In front of Li Shou, the great son of Zhou, Xie An scolded in a low voice.

Rolling his eyes and glancing at Xie An speechlessly, Li Shou couldn't help but shake his head, after all, he also knew the affairs of Xie An's mansion, and knew that most of the Xie family's finances were in the hands of his second wife, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and the fourth wife, Yiyi.

"Still thinking about saving money to go to the Qinglou in the city to eat flowers and wine?" Li Shou raised his hand to take the wine jug and poured a glass for Xie An, he really wondered in his heart, in front of the three extremely powerful women of Liang Qiuwu, Changsun Xiangyu, and Jin Ling'er, Xie An could still maintain the [good tradition] of the past.

It didn't seem to hear the teasing tone in Li Shou's words, Xie An shook his head, and said a little seriously, "Well, I haven't had much time to ...... lately."

"What if it's empty?" Li Shou asked with a strange expression.

"It's empty...... Xie An grinned and tilted his head to think about it, shook his head, and said in a heavy tone, "That guy Mofei has defected to Xiangyu, and the danger is ......"

"You, ......" Li Shou couldn't smile bitterly when he heard this, he naturally knew the meaning of Xie An's words, it was nothing more than Mo Fei, the assassin of Dongling who acted as their ears and eyes, became the full-time errand runner and messenger of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, if Xie An had the courage to walk into any of the green buildings in the city, and kept him here before he had a few drinks, the eldest grandson Xiangyu over there would know that it was not interesting to be caught by that woman.

Perhaps noticing Li Shou's crying and laughing expression, Xie An was a little embarrassed, coughed, diverted the topic, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Don't just talk about me, by the way, I heard that some ministers in the court and the central government are urging His Majesty to take a concubine?" The last sentence he said in a mocking tone.

"......" Li Shou's face turned slightly red, glanced at Xie An, and said angrily, "What?" What does Xie Aiqing have to say about this? ”

Hehe, with a smile, Xie An leaned his head close to Li Shou, and said with a smile, "Do you want Weichen to check for Your Majesty?" ”

"Hey!" Li Shou smiled when he heard this, and said mercilessly, "Your self-theft is small, and it is a big deal to be chased and killed by a few ladies in your mansion!" ——For the sake of my little life, I won't bother Xie Aiqing about this matter! ”

"That's ......," Xie An pursed his lips, raised his wine cup and took a sip, and said slowly, "When are you going to start the draft?" I've always thought that Jiangnan women are good, why don't you take a few Jiangnan concubines? It also helped to alleviate the anti-imperial sentiment in Jiangnan......"

"What are you and I?" Seeing that Xie An was speaking freely, Li Shou glanced at him angrily, then shook his head and said, "I don't plan to take a concubine for the time being...... Wang and I have known each other in adversity, and I have never given up, and now I have improved a little...... I'm sorry for her! After speaking, he saw Xie An looking at him in surprise. Puzzled, he asked, "What are you doing looking at me like this?" ”

"I can't see it......" Putting down the wine cup in his hand, Xie An looked at Li Shou in surprise, and said strangely, "I really didn't expect that Your Majesty is still an infatuated lord......"

Ignoring Xie An's ridicule, Li Shou let out a long sigh and said in a heavy tone, "Since ancient times, the emperor has many concubines and heirs. In my opinion, that's not a funny thing...... Look at my brothers, hehe......" He shook his head with a wry smile and said lightly, "Anyway, I have a prince." It is enough to prevaricate the ministers of the DPRK and China...... Don't give me trouble in this matter! As he spoke, he glared at Xie An fiercely, after all, in his opinion, Xie An was not a master of peace.

"Shh Poked in the center by a sentence, Xie An pursed his lips a little speechlessly, at this moment. His Royal Highness hurriedly walked into a eunuch and knocked on the ground and shouted long live.

"Didn't you tell you to wait for rest to disturb me and Xie Aiqing from drinking?" Li Shou said with some displeasure, I have to say, I have been the emperor for two months. He already has the momentum of the king of a country, which can be seen by looking at the little eunuch's fearful appearance.

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! - In fact, the Great Prison Temple sent someone to find your Excellency, saying that there is something important to present to your Excellency......"

Li Shou looked at Xie An inexplicably when he heard this, and saw Xie An shrugging his shoulders and looking unaware. Nodding his head and saying, "Pass!" ”

"Yes!" Respectfully saluted. The little eunuch left in a hurry, and it didn't take long for a person to hurriedly enter the Heart Cultivation Palace, only to see that this person was dressed as a jailer of the Great Prison Temple, and he was undoubtedly the Dongling jailers in the heavy prison of the Great Prison Temple.

After knocking on the ground and hugging his fist to Li Shou, the jailer got up as he said, walked to Xie An's side, and whispered a few words to him in his ear.

"Who? Who are you talking about? Xie An looked at the jailer in surprise, his expression incredulous.

Seeing this, the jailer whispered a few words to Xie An, and Li Shou was surprised to find that Xie An's face changed slightly, and his eyes showed a little consternation and confusion.

"What's wrong?" Li Shou asked in wonder.

I saw Xie An's face showing a somewhat strange look, and he said with some embarrassment, "Something happened at home...... Your Majesty, Rong Weichen will retire for the time being! Because it was in front of the Dongling jailers, Xie An addressed Li Shou with an honorific title.

Hearing Xie An's words, Li Shou couldn't help but raise a little inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, nodded suddenly in understanding, and said with a smile of schadenfreude, "Since the family has changed, Xie Aiqing is okay to go!" ”

At this moment, Xie An was obviously not in the mood to care about Li Shou's fake smile, so he took his leave as he said, and hurried to the prison of the Great Prison Temple with the jailer.

As soon as he stepped into the prison cell, Dibu came out after hearing the news.

"Where?" Xie An asked bluntly.

As soon as Di Bu heard this, he led Xie An to the cell where Wei Hu, Wei Xuan, and others were held before, and now, there was a beautiful noble lady locked up here, this noble lady was kneeling in the prison door, seemingly calm, but it could be seen from her sometimes slightly trembling shoulders that her mood was not as calm as her complexion.

"Yiyi?" Standing outside the prison door, Xie An looked at his wife who was locked in prison in surprise.

"Husband......" Yiyi raised her head and looked at her husband with a guilty expression, then her face darkened and she lowered her head.

"Dibu, open the prison door!"

"Yes!" Nodding, Dieb used the key to unlock the iron lock on the cell door.

Xie An walked straight into the prison, and saw that Yiyi was dead with his head bowed and motionless, so he squatted down and asked in a puzzled voice, "Yiyi, just now Di Bu sent someone to inform the husband, saying that you let him go...... Hmm, you said that you assisted a thief to rescue the Taiping soldiers who were imprisoned in this prison, but is this the case? ”

Yi Yi's shoulders trembled slightly when she heard this, and she sobbed softly, "The concubine is guilty......" As she spoke, she slowly knelt on the ground.

Seeing that Yiyi's clean and white clothes were about to touch the dirty ground, Xie An helped her up and said kindly, "Get up and talk...... What's going on? - Could it be that someone coerced you? ”

Under Xie An's unbearable gaze, Yiyi's reddened eyes were like tears, and she cried softly, "It's not that someone coerced the concubine, it's the concubine...... It's a concubine who is willing to ......"

Xie An was stunned when he heard this, silently looked at Yiyi's pear blossom with rain face, couldn't bear it, wiped the tears from her face with his sleeve, and said kindly, "Let's go home and talk about it in detail, okay?" ”

Yi Yi shook his head and said in a sneer, "The concubine knows the law and breaks the law, and she harbors fugitives, so she should be questioned about the ......."

"Nonsense!" Xie An frowned. Then he noticed that his tone was a little tough, so he softened his tone and said in a low voice, "Okay, go back to the house with your husband first, don't you listen to your husband?" ”

Yi Yi raised his head, looked at Xie An with slightly red and swollen beautiful eyes, then lowered his head and said timidly. "The concubine doesn't dare to ......"

Xie An nodded with satisfaction, took off his official uniform and draped it on Yiyi, and gently helped her out of the prison door. "My lord, I think there is something for my lord to know......"

Seeing Di Bu's solemn expression, Xie An gently patted Yiyi's shoulder and said gently, "Yiyi, you go outside first and wait for your husband......

"Yes......" Yi Yi replied weakly, and her hands tightened the official uniform that her husband had draped on her. Walked out.

Glancing at Yiyi's departing back, Xie An turned his head to look at Di Bu, frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Dibu? ”

I saw Di Bu step forward and whispered, "Yesterday, the second lady came to the prison. Asked the humble to take one of those people out alone, a guy named Wei Xuan, and it seemed that he had successfully rebelled against that person. At that time, he thought that the second lady wanted to ask for some information about the Taiping Army from that person, but now that he thinks about it, something seems wrong...... Also, before Mrs. Yiyi came to the Great Prison Temple, my third brother Mo Fei had secretly dismissed the brothers on duty at the Great Prison Temple, and it seemed that he intended to let those escape, otherwise, even Mrs. Yiyi would definitely not be able to release the prisoners from the prison so easily......"

"......" Xie An raised his hand and rubbed his head speechlessly, where could he not see the shadow of the eldest grandson Xiangyu behind this matter, shook his head slightly, and said, "Forget it, it's just a few little minions of the Taiping Army...... Since Xiangyu did this, she must have her purpose, and the Huifu will ask him in person......"

"...... over here"

"Well, let's cooperate with her, and send dozens of Dongling brothers to take a few walks around the city...... Go back to the house first, you're busy with this side of the business, come to the house! ”

"Yes!"

After instructing Di Bu, Xie An took Yi Yi back to his house in a carriage, and along the way, Yi Yi hung his head and was silent, and the helpless and self-blaming look made Xie An very worried.

Xie An wanted to take Yiyi to the side hall or her room and ask her alone, but unfortunately, as soon as she walked to the front yard hall, she saw Liang Qiuwu, eldest grandson Xiangyu, and Jin Ling'er sitting in the hall, and saw Xie An returning from outside the mansion with Yiyi, Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er were obviously very puzzled, as for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, although she pretended to be confused and cute, the smug smile in her eyes could not hide Xie An's eyes.

"Yiyi? Early in the morning, what are you doing outside the house? - Husband, didn't you go to the early court? Liang Qiuwu, who didn't know what to do, asked in surprise.

"I'm ......" A hint of panic flashed in Yiyi's eyes as she looked at Liang Qiuwu, and she lowered her head and was silent.

This time, even Liang Qiu Wu saw that something was wrong, approached Xie An, frowned and asked, "What's wrong, An?" ”

To be honest, Xie An was very embarrassed, after all, what Yi Yi did was not big or small, and after thinking about it, he still truthfully told the women what happened, after all, all the women present were their own women.

"What? Yi you...... You actually ......" Hearing what her husband Xie An said, Liang Qiuwu was shocked and angry, looked at Yi Yi in disbelief, and asked in a questioning tone, "Why do you want to do this?" - Do you know that the Great Prison Temple is under the jurisdiction of the husband, and the Great Prison Temple has a business trip, and the husband will not escape the involvement! ”

"Is it because of the little guy called the withered sheep? Giggles, that little guy is quite pleasing...... "The eldest grandson Xiangyu is adding chaos to the side, fanning the flames, lest the world will not be chaotic."

"Withered sheep? The new guy named Ah Yang? Liang Qiuwu was stunned, glanced at Jin Ling'er, and looked at Yiyi in disbelief, as if he had thought of something bad.

"No, no......" With Yiyi's intelligence, how could he not guess the crankiness of Liang Qiu Wu and Jin Ling'er, and hurriedly defended, "It's not what you think......"

"What the hell is going on here!" Liang Qiuwu patted the table and asked angrily.

Yi Yi's face froze when he heard this, and he glanced at his husband timidly, thinking that he didn't want to be misunderstood by his husband, so he mustered up the courage and whispered, "He...... He's my brother, my own brother......"

Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er were stunned, beside the two of them, although Xie An never thought that Yi Yi would betray him, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother...... Where did you come from, brother? Liang Qiuwu looked at Yi Yi in surprise, after all, Yi Yi's matter, she knew best, Yi Yi was an orphan who was adopted by Liang Qiu Gong in the Donggong Mansion when he was a few years old, how could he have a younger brother?

Seeing this, Xie An concluded that there must be something unspeakable in her heart, and hurriedly relieved her, "Okay, that's enough, right?" - Yiyi, go to the room with your husband! ”

Before the words fell, he saw that the eldest grandson Xiangyu blocked Xie An's way with the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "Oh, it's not good to say that half of the appetite is hanging, anyway, there are no outsiders here, Yiyi, just tell the truth......" A glimmer of light faintly flashed in her seemingly smiling eyes.

"Xiangyu!" Xie An frowned and glared at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who pretended to be afraid and covered half of his face with a folding fan, and squeezed Liang Qiu with words, "If you do something wrong, the punishment will be put aside for the time being, at least you have to make it clear, right, Sister Xiao Wu?" ”

Liang Qiuwu rarely didn't care about the disrespect of Sun Xiangyu this time, looked at Yi Yi with a pair of tiger eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, husband don't meddle in this matter!" - Yiyi, you tell me clearly today why you want to help those thieves, if not, don't blame me for not thinking about my sisterhood for many years! ”

"Anti-thief ......" Yi Yi smiled bitterly when he heard this, plucked up the courage to look up at Liang Qiu Wu, and said quietly, "The anti-thief in your mouth refers to the ram that was killed by the Liang Qiu family in Jinling seventeen years ago?" Does it refer to the two sisters and brothers who escaped by luck among the hundreds of mouths of the ram at that time? ”

Suddenly, the whole room was silent, and the atmosphere became so awkward and tense.

"Ahra, the situation seems to be surprisingly bad, it seems that the slave family should avoid it for the time being......" snickering secretly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was about to turn around and leave, when Xie An next to him stretched out his hand and pressed her little brain.

"You stay here for your husband! - If you don't want to suffer in your ass! ”