Xie Zheng had lunch and was about to go back to the backyard to take a nap, but before she left the front yard, a maid called her behind her: "Xie Niangzi!" ”

She stopped and looked back, and the maid immediately walked up to her and reported: "A big internal official just came, saying that he was ordered to invite Xie Niangzi into the palace." ”

"Got it," Xie Zheng turned around and turned back to the front yard, and really saw two inner eunuchs standing in the courtyard, but these two inner eunuchs looked quite angry, and almost all of the people who came to the house to summon her into the palace were the little eunuchs in Duchun, and no matter how bad they were, they were all familiar faces who were waiting in the Shiqian Palace, but this time it was not.

When the two little eunuchs saw that Xie Zheng had come to this, they knelt down and saluted together: "Knock to see the county lord of Hengyang." ”

"Get up," Xie Zheng raised his hand, and then asked, "Look at the eyes, it doesn't look like it's from the Shiqian Palace, which palace is it?" ”

The two little eunuchs got up together again, and only one of them replied: "Back to the county lord, the slaves and maids are from the Hanzhang Palace, and they are ordered by the noble concubine Niangniang to invite the county lord to enter the palace." ”

Xie Guifei? Xie Zheng was on guard, so he looked at the two little eunuchs, and asked tentatively, "What is your concubine looking for me to do?" Do you know what it is? ”

The other little eunuch thought about it and thought, "It seems to be ...... It is for the floods in Xiangzhou. ”

Xiangzhou floods? Xie Zheng hesitated for a moment, isn't Hengyang County, her food town, exactly in Xiangzhou......

"Got it, you guys go back and get back to your life, I'll pack up, and then I'll go to the palace."

"Yes," the two little eunuchs retired together, and after the two left, Yuzhi stood behind Xie Zheng and called softly: "Lady." ”

Xie Zheng smiled: "Concubine Xie summoned her, there must be nothing good, don't worry, and tell her to wait." ”

When the words fell, Xie Zheng walked back to Yazhuyuan slowly and leisurely, cleaned up a little, and then slowly walked out of the Hou Mansion, took the ox cart to the palace slowly, and walked and stopped along the way, it took about half an hour, the ox cart went to the door of the car, Xie Zheng and Yuzhi got off the car and walked to the Hanzhang Palace, and it took a while.

When the two of them went to the outside of Hanzhang Palace, the inner supervisor guarding the entrance of the hall shouted in a sharp voice: "The lord of Hengyang has arrived——"

Xie Zheng entered with a jade branch, and saw that there were not only Xie Guifei inside, but also Luo Shuyi, and three other familiar mothers, as well as the county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning, Xie Guifei sat in front of the main seat, Luo Shuyi led the three maidens to sit on the left side, and the county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning sat on the other side.

Naliyang County and Xinning County are both under the jurisdiction of Xiangdong County, Hengyang County and Xiangdong County are adjacent, both on the bank of Xiangshui, and both belong to the boundary of Xiangzhou.

"I thought that the noble concubine was summoned, just to talk about family life, but now that I see that several mothers are here, I know that there is something serious to talk about," Xie Zheng smiled with his eyebrows, walked up to him and bowed, and said: "Deyin has seen a few mothers, and I will say hello to a few mothers." ”

"No need to be polite, sit down," Xie Guifei stretched out her hand and pointed to the guest seat on the right hand side of the county lord of Liyang, Xie Zheng really didn't be polite to her, so she went to sit down, and then turned her head and nodded with the two county lords.

Luo Shuyi has always had a deep prejudice against Xie Zheng, and today she saw that she was deliberately late, and she was even more dissatisfied in her heart, so she said in a strange manner: "The county lord of Hengyang is not small, your sister has already sent someone to invite you, but you asked us to wait for more than an hour." ”

Xie Zheng unhurriedly picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, and then replied: "When I came to the royal road, I met an old woman, and I hit the head of the green cow inexplicably, and I didn't see her hurt, but I refused to go, and finally lost some silver. ”

"Since you say so, this palace will naturally not care about you," Xie Guifei did not shy away from speaking, and told everyone frankly that she was forced by Xie Zheng, so she didn't care about her belatedly, Xie Zheng didn't care about her, but Luo Shuyi still didn't give up, and said in a strange voice: "The county lord is really good at laughing, how can anyone be stupid enough to hit the cow by himself." ”

"Niangniang, you have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and all you see is the battle in the harem, and the deceit of the court, how do you know that the common people are also so bad."

When Xie Zheng said this, it seemed that Luo Shuyi had no knowledge, Luo Shuyi was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she didn't dare to say anything more to Xie Zheng, God knows what she was going to say to be embarrassing!

The two of them were arguing, but Xie Guifei, the "master of the harem" who temporarily took care of the six palaces, sat on it as if watching a play, and it wasn't until the two of them were quiet that she mentioned the matter.

"Okay, this palace summoned you here today, it is on the orders of His Majesty, for the flood in Xiangzhou," Xie Guifei said, and also took a sip of the tea cup on the side, and then said: "Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Yin Jingren sent people to quickly whip up the urgency, saying that Xiangzhou rained for several days, and the rain did not recede, causing the Xiangzhou water to rise, and the counties on both sides of the strait were affected by deep floods, with countless casualties, among which Hengyang County and Xiangdong County were the most serious. ”

Everyone didn't speak, they all looked at me, I looked at you, but the county lord of Liyang secretly complained to the county lord of Xinning: "What does the power of the concubines have to do with us?" ”

Xie Zheng heard it on the side, and his heart was clear, this Xiangzhou flood, there happened to be a Hengyang County that was seriously affected, but she was eating Hengyang County, so Xie Guifei naturally wanted to take advantage of this to find her trouble, Xie Guifei intended to target her, but if she was only summoned alone, it was too obvious, so she simply summoned the two county lords who had food in the counties under the jurisdiction of Xiangdong County to serve as a cover.

"What's so difficult about raising rice and grain, didn't the last time Niangniang invite the scholars to donate grain in order to collect all the grain and grass? This time, you can ask the scholars to help again, "Xie Guifei wants to embarrass Xie Zheng, then Xie Zheng will also embarrass Xie Guifei."

Xie Guifei listened, really gritted her teeth, the last time she collected grain and grass, she offended the scholar clan cleanly, and in the end the benefit was not at all, but became a wicked person, this matter, she was angry when she thought about it, all of this is thanks to Xie Zheng, and now Xie Zheng still dares to mention this matter!

"Okay, since the county lord has said so, then there is the county lord of Lao, who will plan this matter with the palace," Xie Guifei has offended the Shi clan once, and now she doesn't care so much, but she also wants to pull Xie Zheng into the water, so that Xie Zheng also has a bond with the Shi clan, so she thought that when she negotiated with the Shi clan, she told that it was Xie Zheng who proposed to raise food from the Shi clan.

How did you know that Xie Zheng saw through her tricks, so he prevaricated in every possible way, "Niangniang is really too high to look at Deyin, Deyin knows that people are soft-spoken, and he is not qualified to negotiate with the scholars, and he is stupid and talented, and he is incapable of giving advice to Niangniang, and he is favored by Niangniang, but Deyin is ashamed." ”

Xie Zheng said this, it can be said that he and the matter of collecting food from the scholar clan have been completely abandoned, Xie Guifei was very annoyed, so she had to endure this evil breath, and saw Luo Shuyi sitting at the bottom very proudly, so she turned around and wanted to drag her into the water, so she deliberately asked Xie Zheng: "That... According to the county lord's opinion, who should the palace find to help plan this matter? ”

"Niangniang's status is noble, and it will not be a problem to negotiate with the Shi clan to raise food, after all... Is it ripe once for birth, not to mention," Xie Zheng said, and also glanced at Luo Shuyi intentionally, and then said implicitly: "Your Majesty is called Niangniang, and the power of the concubines to raise rice and grain, this burden, how can it not fall on you alone." ”

After she said that, she looked at Luo Shuyi intentionally and asked, "Shuyi Niangniang, you said yes, right?" ”

Luo Shuyi had expected nothing good, but now this tricky rattan was still entangled with her, she looked sideways at Xie Zheng, and only asked with a cold face: "What does the county lord mean by this?" "How could she not know that Xie Zheng and Xie Guifei sang and harmonized, obviously wanting to harm her and offend the scholars, this matter of collecting food from the scholars, whoever stands on it is unlucky!

"It's not interesting, Deyin just thinks that Shuyi Niangniang, you are the assistant to the Sixth Palace, and you have always done more good deeds to convince people with virtue, and now your concubine Niangniang is in urgent need of manpower to help raise food, presumably Shuyi Niangniang, you, will not shirk."

Xie Zheng is agitating the general, Luo Shuyi now wants to be cheeky and resign in order not to be an enemy of the Shi clan, she was about to open her mouth to refuse, but the clinker Xie Guifei preemptively said: "This palace also has this intention, Sister Shuyi, you are the assistant to the Sixth Palace, and you should really take care of the matter of raising grain." ”

"Sister Guifei......" Luo Shuyi still wanted to die and struggle, but how did she know that Xie Guifei interrupted her words again, and only said: "I believe this is also what Your Majesty meant." ”

The implication is that if Luo Shuyi refuses again, Concubine Xie will go directly to Xiao Daocheng to ask for a decree, and when the holy decree is given, Luo Shuyi will not be able to say more.

Hearing this, Luo Shuyi finally had nothing to say, but she didn't agree simply, and now she can't shirk it, it seems that she can only act at the opportunity!

Xie Zheng smiled at this time and said: "The two ladies want to raise food from the Shi clan, for the well-being of the people of Xiangzhou, and also for Your Majesty's worries, although Deyin can't help much, but finally received the emperor's grace, and can't live up to Your Majesty's love, so I asked to be the first to donate food, Deyin is willing to donate ten stone of grain, although it is not much, but it can be regarded as a heart." Also, Deyin eats Hengyang County, but now that Hengyang County is seriously flooded, and the people are hungry, Deyin is willing to temporarily exempt Hengyang County from eating until Hengyang County recovers its vitality. ”

"Okay, the county lord has a heart," Xie Guifei sat on it and praised her, but she hated it in her heart, why did the good people let Xie Zheng do it, and the bad people all wanted her to do it!

The county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning, who were sitting on the side, glanced at each other, and seemed to understand each other's eyes, and the county lord of Liyang immediately said to Xie Guifei: "Your concubine Niangniang, the courtiers are also willing to temporarily exempt the food and donate another ten stone of rice grain." ”

The county lord of Xinning immediately echoed: "The courtiers are also willing." ”

"Okay, you all have hearts, and your majesty's trust in you is not in vain," Concubine Xie was originally cold, but now she squeezed out a smile, but she looked quite stiff.

Xie Zheng thought about it carefully, always worried that Xie Guifei and Luo Shuyi were doing bad behind their backs, and ran to Xiao Daocheng and asked her to also participate in the matter of raising grain, and now he was faintly uneasy in his heart, in order to avoid this matter, he hurriedly said to Xie Guifei: "Niangniang, Deyin still wants to go to Jiming Temple to chant and worship Buddha in person, and fast for three days, in order to pray for the people of Xiangzhou." ”

This was originally Xie Zheng's decision to avoid raising food, and the two people next to him looked at each other again, so the county lord of Liyang followed Xie Zheng and said to Xie Guifei: "Niangniang, the courtiers are willing to follow the county lord of Hengyang to Jiming Temple to pray for the people of Xiangzhou." ”

The county lord of Xinning then said: "The courtiers are also willing." ”

"Okay, you all go," Xie Guifei said this, she was extremely impatient, and after saying a word, she didn't even want to make a perfunctory smile, she just picked up the tea cup next to her and drank it all, obviously with a wave of anger in her heart, depressed.

Xie Zheng secretly finally escaped the catastrophe, and recalled that Xie Guifei and Luo Shuyi were sneered at by her witty words, and their faces were so angry that they gritted their teeth with hatred, and they were complacent and comfortable in their hearts.

She got up and walked to Xie Guifei, owed a debt, and bowed and retired: "Deyin retires." ”

Seeing that Xie Zheng was leaving, the county lord of Liyang actually glanced at the county lord of Xinning again, the two of them understood each other, got up and left the table together, the county lord of Liyang smiled kindly and respectfully, and said: "Niangniang, the courtiers have also retired." ”

And the county lord of Xinning, this time he did not repeat the five big words "the courtiers are also willing", but followed the county lord of Liyang without saying a word, and then the two turned around together and walked side by side to the outside of the hall.

Seeing that the county lord of Hengyang and the two county lords had left, the three unknown concubines in the hall who had not said a word in the whole process also retired together, and now only Xie Guifei and Luo Shuyi were still sitting in the hall, Xie Guifei showed a smile at Luo Shuyi that she couldn't fake anymore, and said: "That... The palace will set up a banquet in the palace tomorrow, sister, you will be responsible for sending someone to deliver invitations to those scholars, it will be easier. ”

What is ease? It is easy not to offend anyone. Sending invitations to the scholars and inviting the scholars to enter the palace, in terms of raising food, this can be regarded as the most offending person, and there is no ease at all.

And Luo Shuyi seems to have thought of a countermeasure, and now that she has been arranged by Xie Guifei for such a drudgery, she is not even nervous at all, but agrees happily and neatly.

Concubine Xie was quite surprised, and before she could react, Luo Shuyi had already walked outside the hall gate without a sound.

Luo Shuyi walked with Xu Nushi beside her, and the two of them walked one after the other, and when they walked farther, Xu Nushi asked: "Niangniang, do you really want to invite the scholars into the palace for Concubine Xie to attend the banquet?" "Even this palace maid knows what an errand is to offend people, and what is a really easy errand.

"What are you afraid of, can't you just write her name on the invitation?" Luo Shuyi didn't think so, she said it easily, she said, and couldn't help scolding: "That woman is already dead, she can't even cheat the corpse, and now she still wants to pull the palace into the water!" ”

Xu Nushi said: "It's all to blame for the lord and slave maid of Hengyang County, who sees her arrogant and domineering, and doesn't take her mother in her eyes at all!" ”

"Xie Zheng, that little cheap hoof, is not busy cleaning up at the moment, and when the palace is busy for a while, she will feel better!"

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