Han Mo's steps were extremely light, and the two beautiful girls didn't hear him come in, Han Mo walked to their side, looked at the table, and found that Xiao Qian was not writing, but painting.

Her little white hand held the brush, and between the strokes of the brush, the landscape appeared, which was vivid and majestic.

Han Qin finally saw Han Mo and was about to speak, Han Mo waved his hand lightly, smiled and signaled not to disturb Xiao Qian's painting, but saw that Xiao Qian was already the last few strokes, and the white little hands were extremely flexible, outlining the last stroke, Xiao Qian put down the brush, stretched her waist, and smiled at Han Qin: "Sister Xiao Qin, do you think my painting is good?" ”

"Mountains and rivers are one, and they are natural!" Han Mo had already clapped his hands and smiled: "Xiao Qian, I didn't expect you to have such a hand!" ”

Suddenly hearing Han Mo's voice, Xiao Qian was taken aback, turned her head, patted her chest gently, and said, "Xianggong, why didn't you make a sound when you came in?" Scared the hell out of me! ”

Han Mo stretched out his hand to pick up the painting and praised, "Xiao Qian, when did you learn to paint?" ”

"I started learning at a very young age." Xiao Qian smiled: "Xianggong, do you know how to draw?" ”

Han Mo shook his head: "Xianggong won't, when you have time, you can teach Xianggong!" ”

Xiao Qian held her cheeks, looked at Han Mo, thought about it, and then said: "If you want me to teach you, the prime minister has to worship me as a teacher first!" ”

Han Mowan smiled: "Then should I worship the teacher's wine?" Xiao Qian, who is a master, but you have to drink three glasses of wine from your apprentice, otherwise this master will not be able to do it! ”

Xiao Qian was stunned, she drank Hehuan wine last night, so that she knew the taste of wine, that was to death and did not want to drink again, I heard that the master had to drink three glasses of wine, so she immediately retreated, pouted and said: "Why are there so many rules...... Xianggong, I won't accept you......! ”

Han Mo smiled, and Han Qin had already said at this time: "Brother, the master is gone!" ”

"What?" Han Mo was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Han Qin was saying that the monk Xuanji had left the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, frowning slightly, but he also understood that characters like Xuanji were themselves a type of worldly masters, and since Aunt Bi's illness had been dealt with, he would not continue to stay here.

It's just that the Xuanji monk said goodbye, which still surprised Han Mo a little.

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Honglu Temple Qing Su Xianshi is not a high-ranking person on weekdays, Honglu Temple is used to deal with foreign envoys of the yamen, these years the countries are in a stalemate stage, in fact, each other's envoys are very rare, so from a certain point of view, Honglu Temple has also become an extremely idle yamen.

Suddenly, when he heard that Qingguo's mission had suddenly arrived, Su Xianshi was still a little surprised.

In fact, this time Wei Qing quarreled, and after the discussion of the Yan court, they knew that the envoys of these two countries would arrive in Yanjing in the near future, so the Honglu Temple, which had not moved for a long time, had already begun to prepare to receive foreign missions several days ago.

But the news I got that the earliest arrival of the mission would be three or five days later, so the officials of Honglu Temple were relatively idle in the past two days, but this sudden arrival of the mission made Su Xianshi hurriedly gather the officials of Honglu Temple, and asked them to immediately prepare a guard of honor and prepare to welcome foreign envoys.

Su Xianshi was not Xiao Mingtang or the like, the first time he heard the news, he immediately concluded that the mission he came was true, and there should be no falsehood.

Qingguo is a big country, and everyone knows that they are not here to bow their heads, and they have negotiated a non-aggression agreement for twenty years, so Yanguo must be very thoughtful in etiquette, and there can be no sloppiness.

Su Xianshi issued several orders in a row, in addition to preparing the honor guard of etiquette, he also sent people to the military department to inform Fan Yunao, asking him to send the Imperial Forest Army to guard the "Sitong Pavilion" where foreign missions temporarily lived, and even sent people to tell the emperor and cabinet ministers separately, and he himself was ready to lead the officials of Honglu Temple to the west gate quickly after the honor guard of etiquette was ready.

Taishi Xiao has not been in good health for the past two days, and when he got the news, he was still lying in bed to recuperate.

Watching the Fan family and the Han family's in-laws join each other last night, although Taishi Xiao showed enough smiles on his face, he was extremely angry in his heart, and he knew in his heart that the impromptu alliance would definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Xiao family in the future.

The Xiao family was the first to know the news, and that was Xiao Lingzhi. She immediately reported the news of the arrival of the Qing envoy to Mrs. Xiao, who was obviously a little surprised, and then a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "The people of Qingguo are just secretly crossing Chen Cang!" ”

Xiao Lingzhi helped Taishi Xiao sit up, and Taishi Xiao said: "The people of Qingguo are afraid that the people of Wei will arrive in Yanjing in advance, so they secretly take the lead, they want to go to Beijing first...... Be the first to arrive and always take the initiative, this time...... The people of Wei are at least not as smart as the people of Qingguo! ”

Xiao Lingzhi obviously understands this truth.

Her beautiful face looked haggard and seemed to have lost some weight, but those beautiful eyes were still very clear and full of calm light.

Han Mo got married yesterday, she didn't know, for her, there was a tingling in her heart.

It's just that she has always concealed her emotions very well, no matter whether she is happy or sad in her heart, it is difficult for others to see what she thinks in her heart on the outside, and she still looks like a beautiful woman who is as cold as water.

Helped Mrs. Xiao to sit down, Xiao Lingzhi poured water for Mrs. Xiao again, fed him a few sips of water, Mrs. Xiao looked at Xiao Lingzhi who was meticulous, and when she turned around, there was a complicated look in Mrs. Xiao's seemingly dim eyes.

"Zhi'er, this time Wei Qing has to send an envoy over ......!" Xiao Taishi said slowly: "If you are asked to decide, which country do you think it is better to negotiate with?" ”

Xiao Lingzhi groaned slightly, and then said: "Joining forces with the people of Qingguo, there is no worries, and you can ...... I got a lot of benefits from Qingguo...... Not a single soldier! ”

A smile appeared on Taishi Xiao's old face, and he nodded: "The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, I'm afraid that ten ** people have such thoughts!" Glancing at Xiao Lingzhi, she smiled faintly and asked, "Zhi'er, do you know what the old man thinks?" ”

Xiao Lingzhi frowned slightly, and asked softly, "Grandpa...... Isn't that what you think? ”

Taishi Xiao nodded: "Yes, joining forces with the people of Qingguo, of course, you can enjoy the things sent by the people of Qingguo in peace, but for my Xiao family, joining forces with the people of Wei is the best choice!" ”

Xiao Lingzhi's delicate body was shocked, an imperceptible light crossed her eyes, and her face was slightly surprised, and she asked in a low voice, "Godgrandpa, are you ...... Do you mean to join forces with Wei to attack Qing? ”

Master Xiao stroked his beard and smiled: "You are surprised? ”

Xiao Lingzhi nodded: "Zhi'er is indeed a little unexpected. ”

Taishi Xiao sighed and said, "Zhi'er, do you know why my Xiao family was able to become the number one family in the Yan Kingdom?" Our Xiao family's territory is not the largest among the family, the resources are not the richest, and the manpower in the court is not as good as the Su family, but why can we be called the number one family in the Yan country? ”

Xiao Lingzhi smiled slightly, and said softly: "It's Grandpa Gan's high morality and outstanding achievements!" ”

"Hahaha......!" Taishi Xiao and Xiao Lingzhi are together, without the yin and evil atmosphere on weekdays, they look like a very kind old man, shaking his head: "Silly boy, if others say this, that's fine, why do you say that?" This is just a lie, in my Yan country...... Respect can't be exchanged for the name of the first family! ”

Xiao Lingzhi's eyes wandered, and she asked with a smile, "Then why?" ”

Taishi Xiao's expression became solemn, and he said calmly: "Because of Huaiyu! ”

"Second uncle?" Xiao Lingzhi frowned.

She worships Xiao Huaijin as her father-in-law, and Xiao Huaiyu naturally became her second uncle.

"Not bad." Xiao Taishi said slowly: "The national strength of Yan is far inferior to that of Qingguo, if it weren't for Huaiyu guarding the northwest frontier, Qingguo would be fully capable of attacking the mainland of my Yan country, just because Huaiyu is in charge of the Northwest Army, so it is difficult for the people of Qingguo to even get an inch of my Yan country." In other words, it is Huaiyu who is maintaining the safety of my Yan Kingdom, and it is precisely because of this that my Xiao family can become the first family ...... in Yan Kingdom! ”

"There is a second uncle outside, and a godfather inside, both of which are indispensable!" Xiao Lingzhi said slowly: "If it weren't for Grandpa Gan to stabilize the court, the second uncle wouldn't be so at ease guarding the frontier!" ”

Taishi Xiao's eyes showed a look of approval, and said, "Zhi'er, you are really smart. He sighed, shook his head and said: "The old man always fights for reason in the court, but on the one hand, he also considers my Xiao family in many ways, and the other reason is to stabilize the court as much as possible and not let those families make waves...... The court is in chaos, the rear is unstable, Huaiyu is capable, and without the support of the rear, it is also unbearable ......! ”

Xiao Lingzhi sat down on the chair next to her, groaning, but did not speak.

"Now the saint wants to sharpen the Han family into a knife, and even more so to sharpen Han Mo into a blade, and use this knife to deal with the big families including my Xiao family, so that our families can fight each other and lose ...... each other!" Taishi Xiao's eyes showed a cold light: "The Han family is growing day by day, and in the long run, the old man may not be able to control the stability of the court at that time, and at that time, the court will be unstable, and the border will be in danger!" ”

Xiao Lingzhi thought for a moment before asking softly, "Grandpa, what does this have to do with the Wei State joining forces?" What is the benefit of joining forces with the Wei State for our Xiao family? ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Taishi Xiao's mouth, and he said: "Today's Yan Kingdom court, the Han family, our Xiao family, and the Su family, the royal family is behind the back, provoking my three factions to fight each other...... In fact, even if the royal family doesn't provoke, we still have to fight to the death. This situation, if it goes on like this for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to my Xiao family, so we must borrow a means to break this situation...... And to break this situation, there is only ...... war! ”

Xiao Lingzhi stared at Taishi Xiao and listened to his explanation.

"Huaiyu is a general, and a general can only accumulate new merits through war, Huaiyu's merits are ...... my Xiao family's merits!" Taishi Xiao said calmly: "Only the prosperity of military merits can make our Xiao family stronger...... Only war can make the confrontation in the court stop for the time being...... The old man can also take advantage of this time to re-stabilize the ...... court! ”