The holy will cannot be violated, there is no major event in Beijing recently, just go for a trip.

Xue Ji came out of the palace and returned to his house, and it happened that Princess Wanyu was drinking tea and talking with Shen Yurong in the front hall, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Xue Chen leaning against the window outside the front hall, picking his fingers, looking nervous.

"What are you doing here?" Xue Ji didn't rush into the house, took a detour to find Xue Chen's side, squatted down and asked.

Xue Chen was so frightened that he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw who the person in front of him was, and then looked carefully left and right, and said in a low voice and very seriously. "Father, I heard that Princess Wanyu came to discuss matters with my mother, will I be able to marry Hua Jue soon?"

Xue Ji heard the excitement and anticipation from his words, and couldn't help but feel a little funny. This child doesn't care about anything else, but he thinks about marrying his daughter-in-law every day, should he say that he is unproductive, or is he too promising?

"Wait, look at your monkey anxiousness, can you still run away from the kiss you have been determined since childhood?"

With that, Xue Ji dusted off the hem of his clothes, got up and walked into the hall.

Princess Wanyu saw the figure coming in at the door, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "As soon as I mentioned Lord Xue, Lord Xue came back."

Xue Jijing stepped forward, sat on the main seat, looked at Shen Yurong, and then looked at Princess Wanyu, both of them were full of smiles, and there was joy between their eyebrows.

"The princess is here for her children?"

Princess Wanyu said, "Exactly, Yurong and I have already negotiated everything, so there is nothing to worry about. It's just that this day has not been settled...... What does Master Xue think?"

Having said that, Shen Yurong handed the list of auspicious days to Xue Ji in a timely manner. Xue Ji looked at it and frowned slightly, these days are really embarrassing, either they are too hasty, or they toss the two children in the middle of summer, if it is delayed until late autumn...... It's okay on the side, just Xue Chen's monkey is in a hurry, I'm afraid he can't wait.

"If I were to say, the twenty-first day of August would be just right."

Princess Wanyu looked at this day, nodded happily, and said, "This day is good."

There is no opinion on either side, so it is settled.

As soon as Princess Wanyu left, she saw Xue Chen hurriedly coming in from the door, and said with an anxious and depressed face: "I see that June was not bad, why do you have to drag it out until August?"

Xue Ji took a sip of tea from the cup, and said with some amusement: "You have waited for three years, but now you have to wait for two more months, are you so anxious?"

"It's because I've been waiting for three years that I'm in a hurry." Xue Chen sat beside Shen Yurong, but his eyes were always on Xue Ji.

"You don't want to think about what kind of weather it is in June, you let Princess Huadui Fengguan Xia toss all day in the middle of summer? Suffer many sins."

Thinking about it like this, Xue Chen didn't hold on to this matter anymore, restrained his anxiety, made a gesture to each of them, and turned around and went back to his house.

"Were you in such a hurry when you married me?" Shen Yurong suddenly looked at Xue Ji and asked softly.

Xue Ji was stunned, and his heart was inexplicably a little empty, he was ...... back then It's not in a hurry, or he hasn't thought about marriage.

"It's been so many years, where do you remember."

How could Shen Yurong not hear him perfunctory? But he didn't care, and changed the conversation and asked, "Are you going to Jianghuai?"

Xue Ji was a little tired when he mentioned this. "Yes, go and ask the prime minister to return to the court."

"When are you going?"

"Within two days."

Shen Yurong was a little helpless, since Xue Ji was promoted to Shang Shuling, he rarely had free time, and it was common for him to be busy and unable to speak for half a month.

She didn't complain anything, just got up and went to the bedroom, rummaging through the cabinet to pack Xue Ji's bags. Xue Ji followed back to the bedroom, leaned on the couch and didn't speak, but his eyes never left her.

"What about the dagger you always carry with you when you go out? I haven't seen you in a long time." Shen Yurong rummaged through the cabinet for a long time, stopped the movement in his hand, and turned around and asked.

Dagger? It was Shen Changqing who asked him to return Qin Xu, and Qin Xu later gave it to her......

Xue Ji thought about it for a while, and the dagger was probably lost. When I was assassinated outside Xu Cheng last time, I didn't fight when I was fighting

I knew where I had lost it, and I didn't think about finding it at that time. So his expression unconsciously became a little complicated, hesitated for a moment, and said, "This time it's an office errand, someone is following, so don't bring it."

The spring breeze blows the willows, and the water ripples.

Xue Jiyi rode a fast horse in front, followed by two or three small officials, only to see the horse's hooves startled and rolling dust, stepping through a few puddles.

When approaching Shen, several people stopped under the city gate and looked up, and the two big characters hanging on the city gate were 'Jianghuai'.

All the way into the city, there is no shortage of pedestrians and traders on both sides, at a glance, the city can be regarded as a peaceful place, the people are happy.

This is Xue Ji's second visit to Jianghuai, and the previous time was to follow His Majesty on a patrol. The last time I lived in my own inn, I ate and drank everything on weekdays. And this time I stayed at the official station, and the accommodation was much more comfortable than the previous time.

Also because Qin Xu rectified the officialdom not long ago, after Xue Ji arrived at Jianghuai's post station, he did not receive too many banquets, and few officials came to offer courtesy.

"Where is the Prime Minister's house?" Xue Ji looked at the local official in front of him, got straight to the point, and asked in a deep voice.

This official is not very old, but he is stable in handling things, and he is not timid at all, so he opened his mouth and replied: "Master Jiang's family is in the north of the city, and the lower officials will let someone guide you, so you don't need to worry."

Xue Jiran and waved his hand to signal him to go down and prepare.

The official was stunned, and hesitated just about to retreat. "It's already evening, Lord Xue is going today?"

Xue Ji looked back at the sky, it was indeed not early.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Okay, I'll go early tomorrow morning."

The next day, early in the morning, Xue Ji got up and cleaned up. In the middle of the night, there was a knock at the door, presumably a local official.

"Lord Xue, it's time to go."

Xue Ji had already brought two or three officials with him when he came, and today he was accompanied by local officials from Jianghuai, and the group rode through the streets of the city to the north, not looking like inviting the prime minister back to the court, but like escorting Jiang Yan back to Beijing.

The Jiang family's mansion is not ostentatious, the ordinary brick walls and tile eaves, the vermilion paint on the door is dull, and even the plaque on the door is just Jiang Yan's own handwriting.

"It's always been like this here?" Xue Ji asked casually, but what he thought in his heart was that he might have made this appearance temporarily in order to deal with him and His Majesty.

The official behind him was stunned when he heard this, looked up, and replied, "Lord Huiqi, it has always been like this."

Xue Ji was a little surprised, but didn't ask any more. Thinking that it was not appropriate for all these people to pour into people's houses, he pointed to the door and said to the people behind him, "You are waiting here, and I will go in by myself."

As soon as Xue Ji entered the Jiang Mansion, he saw Jiang Yan's figure, and he seemed to have been waiting for a long time, so he leaned on the seat in the main hall.

"The lower official has seen the prime minister." Xue Ji bowed, and there was already a smile on his face. "Master Jiang, don't come unharmed."

Jiang Yan just leaned on the back of the chair and glanced at him, his face was gloomy, as if he was weak and powerless, and he didn't know how much it was true and how much it was acting.

"What made Lord Xue run by himself?"

Xue Ji didn't talk to him sloppily, and said bluntly: "My lord has been worried about my mother-in-law for three years, and now that the term has expired, I should return to Beijing to resume my job. Xue came to Jianghuai today on the orders of His Majesty to invite your Excellency back to the court."

Jiang Yan's face did not change, he deliberately lengthened his voice, and said slowly: "The old man is seriously ill and it is difficult to work on state affairs, so I also ask the Holy Lord to choose another talent to take over the position of prime minister."

Xue Ji was puzzled in his heart, why did this old guy still want to resign, if he really wanted to get away with it, wasn't he afraid of going overboard?

"Jiang Daren ......"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yan directly interrupted him and chuckled, his expression was terrifying. "Master Xue, you and I have known each other for a short time, so you don't have to use this to deal with me, it's a waste of your time."

Xue Ji choked on a sentence in his throat, hesitated for a moment, swallowed it back, changed his words, and asked, "Since Master Jiang likes to go straight, why bother to deal with me with prevarication. Xia Guan wants to know why you don't want to go back to Beijing."

Jiang Yan lowered his gaze and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you think the official residence and prime minister are good things?"

Under one person, above ten thousand, it is the highest pursuit of officials.

Isn't that a good thing?

Xue Ji didn't respond, he didn't know what Jiang Yan meant by this.

"If my majesty is the first emperor, then I will definitely sit firmly in the position of prime minister and show my ambitions. But my majesty, he is a saint today, and he doesn't need a useful prime minister, he wants a retainer for his use."

Jiang Yan's expression was extremely calm when he said this, and when the words fell, his gaze drifted to Xue Ji, and he looked at the junior who was nearly forty years old.

"The old man has another piece of advice for you, don't fight, no one is more suitable for this position than Xu Yan."

Xue Ji's heart tightened, he had heard Xu Lang mention Xu Yan, Xu Lang said that Xu Yan was a smart person and would not fight with him. Today he heard Jiang Yan mention Xu Yan again, but this time, Jiang Yan said that no one is more suitable for the position of prime minister than Xu Yan.

It's about Xu Yan and the position of prime minister, what these two people say is completely different, who can he trust? Who should he believe?

"Thank you." Xue Ji didn't take these words to heart, but responded calmly. As soon as the words fell, he remembered an old incident in his heart, and when he thought of it, he subconsciously chuckled.

He said, "Many years ago, when I was just in Gangneung, my brother repeatedly warned me not to join the government. I didn't listen then...... It's only this day."

There were words in the words, but Xue Ji didn't say any more.

How is it today? A Shang Shuling who is in a crisis but doesn't know it, that's all. When Jiang Yan heard this, he smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't persuade again.

The authorities are obsessed, nothing more than that.

Xue Ji put away his thoughts and turned the conversation back to the topic. Facing Jiang Yan, he asked again in a deep voice, "Cheng Zhen really doesn't want to return to the court?"

Jiang Yan closed his eyes and leaned back on the seat to concentrate, without even raising his eyelids.

"No return."