Chapter 137: The Temptation of Leaving the Sky
In the Prince's Mansion.
Xi Xiaochen and Shu Xiaomo learned that Shu Lixiao went to see Xi Qingyan last night, and the two little guys were unhappy.
"Daddy, why don't you take us to meet our mother? Obviously, we miss our mothers as much as you do."
Xi Xiaochen felt aggrieved in his heart, and raised his head at Su Lixiao and asked.
These days, he has been obediently staying in the prince's mansion and obedient.
Xi Xiaochen thought that his mother would come back to see him soon, but he couldn't wait for his mother to come all the time.
"Father, I want to see my mother as much as Xiao Chen."
Su Xiaomo looked at the sky in front of him, and rarely expressed his will clearly.
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Su Lixiao looked at the faces of the two little guys, and could only hold them in his arms.
"It's not that Daddy doesn't want to take you to see your mother, but the situation with your mother is very dangerous now, you are still children, if you go to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion to find your mother, you will also be implicated at that time."
Su Lixiao can't tell the truth to the two little guys, so he can only persuade them like this, hoping that the little guys can change their minds. Look at the book
"Daddy, if my mother is in danger, I should go there even more, when I was in the Divine Medicine Valley, I promised my mother to protect her in the future!"
Xi Xiaochen heard that Xi Qingyan was in danger, and became more and more restless.
Although the little guy is small, his courage is indeed first-class.
Su Lixiao was also very satisfied with Xi Qingyan's teaching.
"Xiao Chen, actually, Daddy didn't tell you one thing, your mother told me when she was leaving, Xiao Chen is a little miracle doctor, so even if she leaves home, Xiao Chen can protect Daddy."
Su Lixiao coaxed the little guy and said.
"Mother, did he really say that?"
Xi Xiaochen was a little ignorant for a moment, he didn't expect his mother to believe him so much.
"Well, your mother hopes that Xiao Chen can protect his father."
Seeing that the little guy's will was a little shaken, Su Lixiao smiled and continued to speak.
"Since that's the case, then I'll listen to my mother, stay in Taifu to take care of my father, and treat you for your father."
Xi Xiaochen stopped making noise and wanted to see Xi Qingyan.
Although he is a little perverse on weekdays, in the final analysis, he is just a child's naughty heart.
"Daddy, I'll take care of you."
"Okay."
Su Lixiao held Xi Xiaochen and Su Xiaomo in his arms, full of warmth.
"Xiaomo will also work with his younger brother to take care of his father for his mother."
Su Xiaomo held Xi Xiaochen with one hand and Shu Lixiao with the other, and promised seriously.
"Okay, Daddy believes in you, Xiaomo, remember to take care of Xiao Chen, you and Xiao Chen are Daddy's most precious children."
Su Lixiao said to Su Lixiao.
In this world, there are not many people he cares about, but these two little guys are blood relatives that he can't give up in his heart.
"Hmm."
Su Xiaomo nodded vigorously.
Yunfei looked at the study, Su Lixiao and the two little sons hugged together, and reported to Su Lixiao.
"Master, Master Jiang Kuo asks to see you."
Su Lixiao's brows furrowed when he heard Jiang Kuo's words, and then put Su Xiaomo Xi Xiaochen down.
"This hall knows, Yunfei, you will bring Su Xiaomo and Xi Xiaochen back to their courtyard."
This matter is inconvenient for the little one to see, and it is not good for the child.
Yunfei took the child away.
Su Lixiao cleaned up his mood and asked the attendant in front of the door to bring Jiang Kuo into the study.
"Old minister Jiang Kuo see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Wan'an."
"Lord Jiang, please get up, you and I are our own people, this hall told Lord Jiang, you don't have to be so polite when you come to the prince's mansion to see this palace."
Su Lixiao's words made Jiang Kuo very useful.
In this Kyoto
, apart from him Jiang Kuo, who has such courtesy here in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
"His Royal Highness's courtesy to the minister, the minister is grateful to him."
"Lord Jiang's words are too much to see, I have an agreement with adults, not to mention that in recent days, Lord Jiang has made suggestions for the main hall, and he is concerned about the affairs of the main hall, and the adults are sincere to me, and the main hall will naturally not treat the adults badly."
Su Lixiao's eyes were full of smiles and Jiang Kuo, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes at all.
This old fox Jiang Kuo was so carried away today, it seems that the bait he had sown earlier had worked.
"Yunfei, the new good tea that this hall got from my father, bring it to Lord Jiang to taste."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yunfei received Su Lixiao's signal and went down to prepare tea.
Su Lixiao and Yun Fei's move made Jiang Kuo wonder in his heart, this Yun Fei is Su Lixiao's personal guard, and when Shu Lixiao was assigned to the frontier because of the Yuan Hou, Yun Fei followed Shu Lixiao.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister can't afford the Yunfei guards to pour tea for the old minister, and there is no blessing and the tea that His Majesty gave to His Royal Highness."
Jiang Kuo hurriedly excused himself.
As a person, Jiang Kuo only firmly believes that there is nothing to do and not to go to the Three Treasures Palace.
Su Lixiao was suddenly so kind to him, Jiang Kuo was worried that there was fraud here.
"Lord Jiang, Yun Fei is just the guard of the main hall, you are the right-hand man of the main hall, the reason why the main hall asked him to pour tea for you personally is to tell Lord Jiang that in the heart of this hall, you are the person I value."
"Don't, don't, Your Highness the Prince, you're serious."
Jiang Kuo always felt that something was not right in this matter, but he couldn't find anything wrong for a while.
When Lord Jiang excused himself, Yunfei had already brought the tea.
"Lady Jiang, please have tea."
"Thank you Yunfei guards, don't dare to be." Jiang Kuo saw that the tea had already arrived, so he had to raise his head and drink it.
"The old minister was stained with His Royal Highness's light today, and he was able to taste His Majesty's imperial tea, thank you for the reward from His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Master Jiang, you didn't drink something else in this tea?"
Shu Lixiao smiled and approached Jiang Kuo, and suddenly spoke.
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Kuo felt a chill down his spine, he glanced at the tea cup in his hand, and his face turned pale in an instant.
Su Lixiao still had a light smile on his face, and looked at Jiang Kuo quietly.
Little by little, time passed.
Jiang Kuo's mind had thousands of thoughts in this moment.
He thought that he was revealing his stuffing in front of Su Lixiao, and he was poisoned by Su Lixiao in that cup of tea.
Or maybe he said the wrong thing and did the wrong thing, so he only looked at him like this now.
"Your Highness, what do you want the minister to drink in this tea?"
Jiang Kuo didn't understand what Su Lixiao meant, and asked confusedly.
"Lord Jiang, this tea is Guangxi's high-grade tribute tea, you must know that Guangxi's stubble is transported into Kyoto, you need to go over the mountains and mountains, and you need to be escorted by the government along the way, this palace lets you taste this tea, I want to see what Lord Jiang has on this matter."
Shu Lixiao deliberately hinted at Jiang Kuodao.
"Why does Your Highness care about Guangxi's tribute tea?" Jiang Kuo was a little puzzled for a moment, and then, in the next moment, a bold idea popped up in his heart.
"Your Highness, do you mean to take over the tribute tea shipped from Guangxi to the capital?"
Since ancient times, the most profitable livelihood has been pouring salt and selling tea.
When His Majesty ascended the throne, the Taoist platform in Guangxi eradicated many dissidents for His Majesty, and His Majesty later renamed Guangxi's high-quality tea as tribute tea in order to favor the land in Guangxi.
Because of His Majesty's nomination, Guangxi's tea was worth a hundred times overnight.
Guangxi's fathers and villagers also planted tea because of this, and after a few years, Guangxi became a famous tea town.
And this livelihood of transporting tea into Beijing has become a profiteering industry.
"Your Highness, this must not be done,
Three years ago, His Majesty just dealt with a Guangxi county magistrate who had been corrupt and bribed."
Jiang Kuo hurriedly spoke to stop him, but his heart was happy.
As the prince of a country, Su Lixiao actually moved the mind of embezzling the Guangxi tea ceremony, if this matter is confirmed, he and the five princes will not need to make much effort, and they will be able to take it down in one fell swoop.
"Lord Jiang, don't be in a hurry to veto this matter first, this hall heard that Lord Jiang has served in Guangxi, and the customs and customs of that place are very familiar to you."
Su Lixiao deliberately pretended to be stupid.
"This hall is now the crown prince, don't hide it from Lord Jiang, I don't want to continue to live a hard life!"
"Once upon a time, when Su Yiting was still in the world, my father was eager to give him all the good things in the world."
"Now that I have become a righteous prince, my father and the emperor either reward some tea or some gold silk soft armor all day long, this palace knows that those are good things, but what is the use of this soft armor now that the main palace is not fighting? This is the wind and the moon, and the matter of drinking tea and tasting wine can't match me at all!"
Su Lixiao's anger and ruin looked in Jiang Kuo's eyes, which made Jiang Kuo happy.
Sure enough, some people should be ***, no matter how His Majesty exalts him, he can't become the dignified and graceful appearance of the prince!
The prince has some means to fight, but really speaking, he doesn't know anything but war!
Such a longing is a real reckless man in his bones!
He had devised so many strategies for the sky in the past, but now it seems that there is no need!
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I know that you feel deeply unfair about all this in your heart, Your Majesty was indeed too fond of the sinner Su Yiting back then, and ignored the other princes in the royal family, and the unhappiness in your heart now can actually be understood by the old ministers."
Jiang Kuo pretended to be kind and stepped forward to appease.
The current Su Lixiao is no different from the five princes who were drunk in the palace before.
They are all princes of His Majesty, and His Majesty has given them an unparalleled status of honor, and at the same time, most of the pain in their bones comes from their father.
"Master Jiang, are you saying this to help the main hall?"
Seeing that the person had taken the bait, he asked curiously.
"Your Highness, the old minister can say bluntly to His Highness, when I was an official in Guangxi that day, I did have a few friends in that place, and now they are also in charge of the affairs of Guangxi, and this tea is naturally among them."
Since Su Lixiao has embarked on the crooked path of evil and committed His Majesty's taboo, Jiang Kuo is naturally wantonly fueling such an atmosphere.
He killed himself in the sky, and he also saved him.
"Now, the old minister is already a person under His Royal Highness, if His Highness is in need, the old minister will never give up."
"Okay, Master Jiang, I'll leave this matter to you, don't let this hall down."
Su Lixiao made the wrong choice, Jiang Kuo is the happiest person.
After he promised to leave the sky, he hurriedly went back to prepare to contact the contacts in Guangxi.
The fifth prince was waiting for his grandfather in the mansion, he really couldn't stand the torment, and finally drove directly to Jiang Kuo's mansion.
"Your Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, why are you here?"
Jiang Kuo suddenly saw the fifth prince Su Chen'an, and his heart was shocked.
"When you came to my house, did you find anyone following you? The old minister is now on good terms with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if the people who have been away from the sky find out that you have come to me, then all our plans will be in vain!"
Jiang Kuo hurriedly wanted to take the five princes away from Jiang's mansion.
This move annoyed Su Chen'an.
"Grandfather, I can't care about it so much now, what happened to him when I left the sky?"