Chapter 189: The Joy of Housewarming
Seeing that September is coming, Chang'an City is spreading the gloom of the autumn wind, and it gradually reveals a bit of late autumn.
The rebellion in Guanzhong did not spread too obviously, mainly because the drought in Guanzhong was alleviated after the autumn, and the relief work in some of the hardest-hit areas was also carried out very smoothly, and with the new conscription, the hatred of the victims towards the imperial court was alleviated.
And the Jianghuai region also temporarily entered the tranquility before the war. Liu Yue knew that King Huai would not be willing to plot only two counties, and for the throne, sooner or later there would be a battle with King Huai. The sentinels of the Imperial Forest Army entered the Jiangzuo land in batches to carry out pre-war intelligence spying, and at the same time, Liu Yu also arranged for people to find the secret agents of the Huai King in Guanzhong, especially in Chang'an.
The whereabouts of Liu Liniang, the intelligence chief of King Huai, are still a mystery.
On August 28, there was no further news of the rebellion in both places. Liu Yu stayed in the Yaqian Hall for more than half an hour, mainly talking about separating the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Rite Division from the household department. Su Yan didn't have any idea, what Liu Yu said was what, was asked by Liu Yu about Yuan Bolang, Su Yan was quite happy to take out a playbook, which was actually Yuan Bolang's playbook and sealed Liu Yu as the master.
It is an indisputable fact that Liu Yu is the teacher of the Son of Heaven, but this is only a tacit relationship between the master and apprentice, and has not gone through legal procedures. Yuan Bolang was repeatedly suppressed by Liu Yu when he came in, and this time he actually changed his temperament to promote his position, which surprised Liu Yu. Could it be that Yuan Bolang has the intention of showing goodwill? After thinking about it, Liu Yu felt that Yuan Bolang's plan was the same as his own response to King Huai, which was to show weakness by pushing the boat, ease the stalemate, and stop the army for the time being.
"Is the master this master or not? If so. No one will point fingers at me in the future. Said that the master bewitched me. In fact, the master has always been helping me, I know the way. Su Yan said earnestly.
"These things on the surface will be made when the world is settled. If you want to make the people around you high-ranking officials, not only do these people have the ability, but also make yourself and the people around you enough to serve the public. The most important thing for the Son of Heaven is to make the world surrender, do you ask yourself if you can do it? ”
Su Yan thought for a while and said, "The master is still worried about King Huai, right?" ”
"King Huai is one thing, but if you can subdue King Huai, it will also be equivalent to subduing the world. But now, the imperial court does not have such capabilities. It needs to be accumulated and cultivated to get through this drought first. ”
When it comes to drought relief, Su Yan has a sad face, he is the emperor, and what he hears the most is the disaster, and almost everyone has to talk to him again. In fact, he had never seen what a drought was like.
Originally, letting Su Yan personally visit the victims would have a great effect on alleviating the contradictions between the victims and the imperial court, but in this eventful autumn, Liu Yue did not dare to take such a risk to let Su Yan go.
Liu Yu came out of the Yaqian Hall and went to the door of the inner court. Go to yesterday's appointment with Qi'er.
Originally, Qi'er was standing at the door with a small bag containing her underwear, waiting a little anxiously. When she saw Liu Yu, she immediately cheered, and even Wu Shuo, who was stunned, didn't pay attention to it, and greeted her directly.
"Brother Liu, you're here." Qi'er had a smile on her face, as if she was glad that Liu Yu could keep her promise.
"It's time to come over after the matter is dealt with, and you haven't started moving yet?"
Wu Shuo shook his head and walked over, and glanced at Liu Yu with resentment, and Qi'er didn't have the heart to pay attention to her.
"My mother is still packing up her things, and Qi'er will come out and wait after packing her up. The female official said that she would leave at noon, and the carriage was already waiting at the palace gate. ”
Liu Yu had already specially asked the officials of the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Rite Division today, and the mansion prepared for the Fourteenth Princess and Lin Meiren was in the west of the city, and it was not too far from the Qianfeng General's Mansion. This time, the concubines who had children of the emperor were removed from the palace, and the palace still attached great importance to it, not only to return their freedom, but also not to let the widows of these former emperors do things that humiliated the royal family.
Qi'er happily moved out of the palace, Wu Shuo felt depressed because she couldn't play together often in the future, and she had been a "wild man" in the mountains with her great-grandfather Wu You for more than ten years. When sending Qi'er out of the palace, Wu Shuo's eyes were red, and he was comforted by Qi'er's long and short words, Wu Shuo simply let go of his throat and cried.
Originally, when I saw the president of the Imperial Forest Army at the door, I wanted to stand up straight and behave well, but who knew that Wu Shuo's crying was really amazing, which provoked these guards to look sideways.
"Cry what cry! It's not life and death, as if no one will allow you to leave the palace! If you cry again, General Ben will tell the guards that you are strictly forbidden to walk outside the palace! ”
Liu Yu scolded twice, Wu Shuo immediately stopped crying, glared at Liu Yu with resentment, and then ran towards the palace as if he was angry. Only then did Liu Yu understand that in fact, what Wu Shuo was crying about was not that he would not see Qi'er in the future, but that Qi'er's heart had been completely occupied by Liu Yu, and she could only be relegated to the second place in the future.
Liu Yu recalled that Wu Shuo's eyes were a little poisonous, and he sighed in his heart, saying that could it be that this little god stick would retaliate against him in the future? has lived with Old Man Wu for a long time, and the psychology of a normal girl will also be perverted. Qi'er was beside her, Liu Yu didn't think much about it, and escorted the carriage carrying Lin Meiren and Qi'er to their new residence.
The courtyard gate is not big, there is no plaque, and the surrounding area is also very deserted and there are few neighbors. The royal concubine lives here, everything must be low-key, and the maids in the house will not reveal the situation inside when they come out to buy daily necessities, so as not to be targeted by some well-intentioned people. Of course, Qi'er didn't plan to be a caged bird when she came here, and when she entered the door, Qi'er secretly said to Liu Yu: "Brother Liu, Qi'er has prepared several sets of clothes, you can pretend to be a little maid and a maidservant, or a little eunuch, Qi'er will often go to play with you." ”
Qi'er is still a child's heart, and the meaning of liking is to play together, innocent and immaculate. Liu Yu had to think about the consequences of this incident, if Qi'er came to the door to find him every day, maybe Xu Xuanzhu wouldn't say anything, but the Han sisters would definitely keep telling him in his ear. Although the sisters of the Han family are obedient to Xu Xuanzhu, it only represents their respect for Mrs. Zhengmu, in fact, the two little girls, especially the younger sister Han Xiaoting, are jealous ghosts.
This time, the mansion prepared by the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Rite Division is only the house where the original merchant house was confiscated, and it should have been abandoned for a period of time and recently renovated. There are still traces of groundbreaking in many places.
Although this trip was escorted by the Imperial Forest Army, in fact, in the future, there will only be female officials and palace maids here to take care of the lives of the royal mother and daughter, that is to say, this is a nunnery like a place with only female dependents, and Liu Yu cannot enter this mansion without permission after today.
It was rare to come in once, Liu Yu also seized the opportunity, looked at the surrounding environment, and by the way, asked Lian Husheng and other guards to investigate the situation of the surrounding people. Four into the courtyard, there is no rockery, no pond, no pavilions, much like the pattern of northern architecture. In addition to the master room, the rest of the four courtyards are not small, not as large as the size of the football field, but the scope of the kicking and kicking field is still sufficient.
The green bricks are rotten, and this house has a history of several decades. Liu Yu pushed open some old doors and went in to take a look, except for a few scattered tables and chairs, there was not even a decent piece of furniture.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu...... Oh no! ”
Qi'er, who was going into the room with her mother to pack her things, ran over in embarrassment, looking panicked.
"Ah......h
Liu Yu immediately drew his sword and rushed over, but found that it was not too much of a fuss. It turned out that because this yard had been abandoned for several years, there were many snake nests in the yard, and many snakes jumped out when they were alarmed.
There are good things on the outskirts of the inner city, and Liu Yu also met birds and animals when he moved to settle down together. And these crawling snakes are basically women's natural enemies, and even the female officials who do not smile and look unfazed on weekdays are all frightened and huddled on the stone tables and stone benches in the courtyard at this time, and dare not come down.
A few guards went up and cleaned up the snakes that came out of the snake. Liu Yu picked one up and looked at it, it was a non-venomous ordinary snake. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, these snakes are about to enter the hibernation period, and this time they suddenly came out obviously because someone disturbed their peaceful life.
"Turn over all the holes inside and out, and plug everything you can!"
After all, Liu Yu brought the elite guards of the Royal Forest Army, they were trained in the field on weekdays, and they were used to the usual snake holes.
No one dared to go into the master room, so it was handed over to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu walked in front, Qi'er cat was behind him, walked into the room, but found that there was only one bed inside, indicating that Qi'er slept with her mother on weekdays. Lin Meiren was standing quietly beside the bed, giving a salute.
Originally, Qi'er was cleaning up in the room, but now she is only half-packing, and Liu Yue directly saw a small white belly pocket on the bed, which was the one that Liu Yue peeked at Qi'er that day. Qi'er found that Liu Yu's eyes were flushed, and rushed over to put her belly pocket away. Liu Yu pretended to be innocent, and symbolically looked around, the house was newly renovated, and there were no burrows of snakes, insects, rats and ants.
"There is no snake nest here, so the subordinates will go out first." Liu Yulin still saluted Lin Meiren very respectfully when he went out. Etiquette between monarchs and ministers is indispensable, although Lin Meiren is not powerful, but she is the famous concubine of the emperor after all.
"Commander Liu, you wait." Lin Meiren said suddenly.
Liu Yu turned around, and Lin Meiren continued: "Don't forget the matter of your promise to the concubine. ”
What promised her? Liu Yu thought about it, and immediately remembered that when Lin Meiren thought she was going to die, she promised that she would take her out of the palace to listen to the play.
Now that the first half of the difficult "out of the palace" has been achieved, Lin Meiren is even more eager to fulfill the most difficult wish, and can hear the second half of Liu Yu's singing that day, looking at Liu Yu with an expectant face. That kind of trust is almost as blind as Qi'er.
"Concubine Lin, please rest assured, the ministers will not break their promises."
Only Qi'er next to her blinked, not knowing what Lu Dao's mother and Liu Yu were talking about. (To be continued......)