With Xu Sanlang here, the carriage entered the city smoothly from the north gate, there were not too many people along the way, Cheng Xi lifted the curtain and looked at the pedestrians on the street outside, and said, "Chang'an is also a lot more depressed than before we came." ”

Xu Sanlang chuckled and responded, "At this time, everyone has gone to the south gate, but it is not as depressed as before, the first emperor's attack on Jiangnan was not popular with the people, this Chang'an people, I heard that King Rui hit the capital, but they are not worried at all, most of them are still looking forward to the current emperor sitting on this throne." ”

Cheng Xi then remembered the crowd of people at the gate of Chang'an City, and sighed, "I said why there are so few people, and I thought that I heard that there was a war and went to hide." By the way, what about the emperor? ”

Xu Sanlang said, "Being confined in a house on the outskirts of Beijing, in the end, there are so many concubines, and in the end, there are only a palace maid and a eunuch who have been with him since childhood. ”

Cheng Xi said with some surprise, "Didn't Zhao Yu have a sister who was a concubine, and she left him?" ”

Xu Sanlang nodded, "Then Zhao Ru is the Zhao family, even if she wants to continue to follow the emperor, the Zhao family will not allow it, lest she affect the Zhao family, and most of the others are the same, they are afraid of being affected, so they have dissociated themselves from him, but he seems to want to open it, I have seen him once in the past, and he is quite comfortable." ”

Cheng Xi sighed when he heard it, "He, the emperor, is really aggrieved, he has been a puppet for half his life, and finally took power, and not long after he sat on the throne, he changed again." ”

Xu Sanlang sighed rarely, "I don't know what's so good about that position, there are always so many people fighting for their heads." ”

Cheng Xi glanced at Xu Sanlang speechlessly, "As a man, don't you know the temptation of power?" ”

Xu Sanlang smiled and stretched out his hand to tap Cheng Xi's nose, "I know so well, why do you just want to go back to the countryside to farm?" ”

Cheng Xi raised his little head, "I'm digging through the red dust, and I don't care about those rights." ”

Xu Sanlang pinched Cheng Xi's little face funny, and reprimanded, "What do you see through the red dust, nonsense, the front is here, ready to get off the carriage." ”

Cheng Xi lifted the curtain and looked outside, but it was not Rui Wangfu, and said suspiciously, "I haven't arrived." ”

Xu Sanlang pointed to the restaurant in front of him and said, "Go there for dinner, and go back when you're done." ”

While talking, the carriage had already arrived at the door of the restaurant and stopped.

After having dinner in the restaurant, the group got into the carriage and went back to the Rui Palace, but there were eunuchs in the palace waiting at the door, and when they saw Xu Sanlang and Cheng Xi getting off the carriage, they said with an anxious face, "The slave sees the eldest prince, see the eldest princess, and His Majesty sent the slave to inform the two to go to the palace to participate in the palace banquet." ”

Xu Saburo looked at the eunuch with a cold face and said, "Don't call me the eldest prince." ”

The eunuch hurriedly changed his words, "The slave is guilty, and I also ask General Xu and Mrs. Xu to enter the palace with the slave as soon as possible." ”

Xu Saburo refused, "Don't go." ”

The eunuch's face was flustered, he didn't know what to do, that was the emperor's will to him, he didn't want this person to refuse directly, this was a disobedience, what should he do now?

Cheng Xi didn't want him to be embarrassed, but he didn't want to go to any palace banquet at this time, so he said with a smile, "When you go back to your majesty, you will say that I have already had dinner with him, and I have rested from the fatigue of the journey, and I will attack your majesty tomorrow." ”

The eunuch stammered in response, "If Your Majesty is to blame for this and this." ”

Xu Sanlang looked at the eunuch coldly, and said loudly, "Go back and report the truth." ”

The eunuch's eyes couldn't help but tremble, and he replied tremblingly, "Yes, yes, the slave retreats." ”

After saying that, the eunuch took the two people he brought, took three steps and made two steps and left quickly in the direction of the palace.

Cheng Xi looked at the back of the panicked departure, and couldn't help but say, "Are you so terrible?" ”

Ah Wu on the side interjected, "It is rumored that the master is a killing god outside, and most of the ministers in Chang'an City look trembling when they see the master." ”

Cheng Xi heard Ah Wu's words, and said with a smile, "Heh, you said that you were a god when you were in the countryside, and you are a god of killing on the battlefield, but fortunately, you are not a god, but you are not a god." ”

The hundred-year-old who got out of the carriage with Ruyu on the side hurriedly came over and said, "I want to be a god when I grow up." ”

Cheng Xi asked amusedly, "What kind of god do you want to be?" ”

Bai Sui scratched his head and answered, "Anyway, I want to be a god, as majestic as my cousin." ”

Xu Saburo looked at a few people who were going to stand at the door and chat, and interrupted, "Plan to be the door god?" Not going in? ”

While talking, he hugged Cheng Xi and walked to the house, the previous Xu Sanlang, in front of so many people, if he hugged Cheng Xi like this, he would probably blush with shame, and he didn't know when it started, he was also thick-skinned by Cheng Xi, in front of so many people, hugging Cheng Xi was called a natural.

The hundred-year-old hurriedly trotted to follow, and asked, "Door god?" Cousin, is the door god majestic? ”

Xu Sanlang asked without replying, "Ask your master." ”

Then the hundred years old stopped and looked at the master who was walking behind him, "Brother Ruyu, is the door god majestic?" ”

Ruyu looked helpless, and opened her mouth to explain for Bai Sui, "Didn't you say before you were 100 years old that you would be a general like your cousin in the future and win battles?" When you grow up, you can be the god of war, and you are the most majestic. ”

Bai Sui nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, then I want to be the god of war." ”

This Ruiwang Mansion is still the same as it was, nothing has changed, Xu Sanlang still lives in the small courtyard where they lived, and now the people of Ruiwang Mansion only need to serve Xu Sanlang and their masters, and when Cheng Xi and the others go back to the small courtyard to rest, they will have already cleaned up properly.

Cheng Xi originally planned to arrange a separate courtyard for Ruyu, but Ruyu refused, and asked to live in a small courtyard with Baisui.

After a day in the carriage, the bumps were indeed a little tired, Cheng Xi comfortably took a hot bath and went to bed early.

finally got together, Xu Sanlang, who originally wanted to be warm, looked at the tired little girl in his arms, and finally endured it.

However, he was able to sleep with his little wife in his arms, and his heart was also very satisfied, and he soon fell asleep.

As for entering the palace to participate in the palace banquet, they had long been thrown out of the clouds.

At this time, in the palace, a palace banquet was being held, the former King Rui, and now the emperor sat in a high position, listening to the compliments of the courtiers below, drinking the wine of the courtiers, but his face was unusually gloomy.

When the eunuch who went out of the palace to invite people came back, he trembled and relayed Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi's words to him, and he put the quilt on the table with a blue face, and the wine was splashed out by him, and he lowered his voice and said angrily, "One by one, it's really against the sky, what's the use of these sons?" ”

But it turned out that this palace banquet, Ge Shu didn't come, Xu Sanlang didn't come, and the two princes didn't take him in their eyes and didn't show up, so it's no wonder he was angry.

I don't want him to just finish being angry, the former princess Rui on the side, but now the queen reached out unceremoniously and pinched you on the emperor's waist, and whispered, "What's wrong with my son?" It's hard to get together with your daughter-in-law, what kind of palace banquet are you going to have, I've worked so hard, it's good to be here with you, and I dare to be angry with your son. ”

The emperor, who was originally angry, came down in an instant, and took the queen's hand with a smile and said, "The princess has worked hard, I think this palace banquet is almost over, let's go back and rest first." ”

Princess Rui snorted coldly and ignored him.

King Rui resumed his majestic voice, got up and greeted the ministers, and then in the shouts of the ministers, he cautiously stepped forward and helped Princess Rui on the side to leave.

The palace maids and eunuchs who were serving around them all widened their eyes, and they looked incredulous, they, the emperor, are only afraid of being the most aggrieved emperor, right? None of the two princes flattered him, and they all went against him, and they didn't take him seriously, when the queen came, she was even more low-voiced, without a little majesty, where was the majestic emperor in front of the ministers.

Cheng Xi'an slept peacefully, and woke up the next morning, but there was no Xu Sanlang, Aunt Qin heard the movement inside, came in to serve, Cheng Xi asked, "Where did Xu Sanlang go?" ”

Aunt Qin combed Cheng Xi's hair in a bun and replied, "The master went to the court early in the morning, he told the slave maid to let the lady have breakfast first, he may have to come back later." ”

Cheng Xi responded, thinking that it was very hard to be an official, and he had to get up early every day to go to the court.

After having breakfast with Ruyu 100 years old, Ruyu took 100 years old to continue studying, Cheng Xi had nothing to do, so he went to the mansion to wander around, there were many people living in this Rui Wang's mansion before, and Cheng Xi didn't run around, but now they live in this mansion, but they can go around.

waited until noon, and when they had lunch, they didn't see Xu Saburo come back, Cheng Xi was always a little uneasy in his heart, thinking that they only refused to participate in the palace banquet yesterday, that was a disobedience, it couldn't be that something happened, right? Thinking like this, Cheng Xi became even more anxious, and beckoned Ah Long and asked him to go to the palace gate to inquire about why he hadn't come back at this time in the last morning.

Ah Long came back after a while, and Cheng Xi couldn't wait to ask, "Can you inquire?" ”

I heard Ah Long speak, "My subordinates heard from other ministers of the early dynasty that the master proposed to resign and return to his hometown this morning, but His Majesty did not respond, and after the early dynasty was over, the master was left behind by His Majesty." ”

Cheng Xi frowned slightly and muttered, "Could it be that the emperor doesn't agree to his resignation?" ”

Of course, she hoped that Xu Sanlang would resign earlier, and then they would go back to Lihua Village together, but whether the emperor could agree or not, I really couldn't say, it seemed that I still had to start from the princess, so Cheng Xi stood up and said to Aunt Qin on the side, "Help me clean up, I want to go into the palace to meet the princess, no, the queen." ”