In the Fengling Palace, in the Pavilion in the heart of the lake, a well-behaved maid took a light step and brought a jade plate of chilled lychees.

For the north, it is necessary to build a plank road and 800 miles to expedite the rare fruits that are delivered fresh in the texture, in fact, even if it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not easy to obtain, after all, this kind of bright red and translucent sweet and refreshing thing only grows in the Lingnan miasma that has not yet built a two-foot official road, which is also where the Dali palace in the southwest of Daxia is located.

And Gao Chongyun, the king of Dali, has always regarded his imperial sister as the pearl of his palm, since Gao Yingchen is picky and loves to eat, this lord of Yunnan, who guards the southwest border and has a righteous temperament, will naturally not meet her pampered requirements. Thinking about Gao Yingchen, who has been pampered since she was a child, she is really not half a point inferior to the concubine who "rides on the red dust and laughs".

Gao Yingchen directly picked out the fullest lychees in the basin, puffed out her cheeks and handed them to Su Qixiao, and the corners of her mouth on the arrogant side of her mouth were still high: "There was only one yesterday, I always feel that I can't get enough, and I think it's still sweet that you peeled." Now, on! I want you to peel it today. ”

Su Qixiao's eyes narrowed, "Huh? ”

Seeing that he didn't mean to make a move, Gao Yingchen said angrily: "Ah what, you! You're going to help me peel my shell......"

Bei Tao, who has been standing beside her at this moment, is also panicked, on weekdays, she is more calm than anyone else as the personal maid of His Royal Highness King Fengling, and even the determination of the martial arts competition is higher than that of those generals of the unified army, but the current situation is ...... It's completely different from usual!

Bei Tao hurriedly walked to Gao Yingchen's side and asked, "Your Highness!" Let the slave and maid come to this little thing. ”

"You go down." Gao Yingchen glanced at Bei Tao, and then looked at Su Qixiao with a smile, "I'd rather have fun in Guangling Tower for half a month than come to my palace, and be served by that pair of Tilian, right?" ”

In fact, even if Gao Yingchen didn't say it, Su Qixiao planned to refuse Bei Tao's request, after all, in order to dissipate her anger, this lychee had to be peeled.

"How much do you want to eat?"

"You look at the ......"

"I came to be called by you."

"On the one hand, yes."

"Eat slowly."

"Hmm."

One, two, three...... By the time Su Qixiao was about to finish peeling it off, all that was left was a bunch of shells and cores in front of Gao Yingchen.

"It's really delicious." Su Qixiao's knuckles lightly pressed against his chin, as if he was smiling, "You just asked me why I didn't come directly to your palace?" ”

"That's right."

Su Qixiao suppressed the urge to flick her forehead, and asked, "The vassal king went straight to the mansion of another vassal king when he went down the mountain, thinking that I didn't die fast enough, right?" ”

Gao Yingchen raised her eyes and woke up in shock: "I was in a hurry to see you, but I forgot about it." ”

Su Qixiao was silent for a moment, and said indifferently: "This king is stared at by countless pairs of eyes, not including those eyes that are invisible and arranged by His Majesty in the dark. ”

Gao Yingchen nodded and said, "Well, although my father is benevolent and wise, in this regard, it is indeed ......."

Emperor Gao Jing of Great Xia wanted to have complete control of the dynasty, and Gao Yingchen knew better than anyone else, so even if he said that he was the most fond of his father, she did not refute this sentence.

However, Su Qixiao didn't want to be solemn, his fingers played with the ice cubes, and asked with a smile: "Last night, Qi Yutang and the Yangzhou officials drank to the end, and I asked him what he talked about later, and he refused to make it clear." So what exactly were you talking about? ”

"That's what you want to hear?"

"I didn't really want to."

"Then I'm going to tell you." Gao Yingchen couldn't stop smiling when she said this, "Those officials, although I don't dare to say it in person, I always have a way to know." After the dinner, the opinions of the officials in Yangzhou were quite unanimous, and they all felt that you were an unbearable prodigal. ”

"Isn't this king?"

“…… Of course you're not! ”

"What does Bei Tao think?"

Bei Tao, who was suddenly named by His Royal Highness King Su, was flattered, shook his head vigorously, and hurriedly responded: "His Royal Highness King Su is naturally not. ”

"Great, since you don't think so, this king has confidence again."

Gao Yingchen slapped him and scolded with a smile: "Come less, the one who cares about other people's opinions the most in this world is you." ”

Su Qixiao shook his head, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he denied: "No, there is a person in the world who still cares about the idea. After all, there are some things that hundreds of officials believe, and the one on the dragon chair of Shendu will not believe it. ”

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On the marble table, the teapot is in the middle of Su Biluo.

King Fengling ordered Bei Tao to make a pot of new tea, Bei Tao said "snort", and led the rest of the maids out of the back garden at the right time.

Pavilions and pavilions, a guqin alone.

The weather was slightly cold, and there were only two princes left.

Su Qixiao looked at the surface of the lake with his hands down, the corners of his lips hooked, and said lightly: "It's going to freeze soon." ”

Gao Yingchen smiled: "Tim Jin, you don't have to hide." ”

Su Qixiao glanced back at her, and said calmly: "This king has never hidden, it's just that some people know it, and some people don't know." ”

"Now you're the one I'm familiar with."

Su Qixiao asked: "Say, in addition to being asked by you to peel lychees, on the other hand?" ”

"You know better than anyone else." Gao Yingchen's eyebrows frowned, her expression was cold, and then she said word by word——

"The so-called lord of Yangzhou, not the lord of Yangzhou."

Su Qixiao was a little surprised that she had always been arrogant that she would really say these words, and whispered to reassure: "Well, I won't be blind to your worries." ”

Gao Yingchen's pale eyes drooped, and he said resentfully: "Everyone in the world knows that this king is resolute, but in the past three years in Yangzhou, the stumbling blocks that have hindered this king's power have only seen many but not few, and one batch has been eliminated and one batch has been regenerated." But half of those who wear black gauze hats in Yangzhou are the original local scholars, and the rest are directly appointed by their fathers, and there are very few of the king's own cronies. As for the trade route that Yangzhou regards as the lifeblood most, it is controlled by Wu Yue alone. ”

Su Qixiao listened calmly, nothing was surprising.

Gao Yingchen asked bluntly: "Tianjin, if it were you, there must be a way, right?" ”

Su Qixiao blinked and said curiously: "So believe that I can help you?" ”

"You and Chunfeng are the only people I can trust, and after he leaves, I will only be left with you." Gao Yingchen raised her clear eyes slightly, and said with a smile, "Moreover, what the world doesn't know, I know that you have talents that no one can match." ”

Su Qixiao's eyes were slightly sad, and when he said this, seeing Gao Yingchen's expectant look of listening carefully, he naturally planned to have nothing to reserve about her.

Su Qixiao returned to the marble table, his slender fingers gently played with the lychee that had been stripped of its shell like a transparent pearl, and sneered: "You know what? Speaking of lychee, the texture is elegant, the flesh is crystal clear, and the taste is fragrant and sweet. However, once the lychee leaves the branch, it is still fresh on the day of picking, loses its fragrance on the second day, fades on the third day, and will soon rot and rout overnight. ”

He then grabbed the ice cube that had already turned into water, and his eyes immediately contained anger, and he whispered: "If there is no ice cube to keep it fresh, I am afraid that it will soon become an abomination and the people will avoid it." ”

Gao Yingchen knew that he was serious, so he asked with a straight face: "...... the people Why the people? ”

Su Qixiao stood up with his hands in his hands and replied: "Because lychees that need ice cubes to keep them fresh are the same as people in some respects, they are inherently indispensable. If the lychee leaves the branch, it seems that people have no restraints, if the ice cube symbolizing the criminal law is lost in the future, it will not take long to make the people hate it. ”

Su Qixiao looked at the ice cubes that began to melt on the plate, and then said with an indifferent expression: "And ice cubes are rare things that are hard to find and only the royal family deserves. What outsiders can come into contact with is always the leftovers knocked down from the ice cellar in the house with a small silk hammer, and since the ice cubes are in your hands, you need to make good use of them. ”

Gao Yingchen's eyes were clear, her five fingers were closed, and she asked, "Tianjin, if it were you, what would you do?" ”

"Before I can tell you the answer, you have to answer me a question." Su Qixiao asked rhetorically, "What you want is to control Yangzhou's ills or control the people of Yangzhou?" ”

"Governance...... Yangzhou! ”

"Great, since it is a fiefdom, first rule the world clan Haoqiang." Su Qixiao slowly explained, "The literati are the most prone to defection, Yangzhou is not a huge temple, the local officials have no backbone, you are the ruling vassal king, they always have to obey you, as long as the grace and power are combined, this is easy to do." So what you really have to face is also the biggest drawback of Yangzhou - only those places that are connected into a group and fish and flesh people. ”

Su Qixiao's eyes were sharp, and he said in a ruthless tone: "Killing chickens can be an example of monkeys, since this king is here, then help you take the biggest black chicken." ”

Gao Yingchen looked at him in a daze, and suddenly a smile filled her eyes.

From Guangling Tower, he only knew his worries when he was drinking and having fun, and now that he finally saw Su Qixiao's high-spirited appearance, Gao Yingchen could also put his mind at ease.

Gao Yingchen stood beside him and asked slowly, "When you return to Sudi, will you do the same thing?" ”

Su Qixiao sighed heavily, shook his head and said: "The situation in Su Di is completely different from Yangzhou, and it involves many old heroes who followed my Su family back then, and it will only be more difficult at that time." ”

Gao Yingchen asked puzzledly: "You have Mr. Su Qi and the eldest princess of Wuyang in Sudi, isn't the governance already very good?" ”

"Because of this, my grandfather and mother can't use the knife on those heroes, so they can only come in person." Su Qixiao said with a cold expression, "Replacing the old talisman with a new peach will inevitably hurt your muscles and bones." ”

Gao Yingchen was silent for a moment, only to see Su Qixiao's eyes dark as fire, and he whispered——

"Su Di has been Qing Governor for three years, and there is a surplus of 100,000 snowflakes of silver."

Su Qixiao lightly clasped his fingers, smiled coldly, and then spoke: "This is what this king heard during his time in Tiandao Mountain. It can be seen that the ills of Sudi were one of the many ills in the Great Xia Dynasty. Even Jiangnan, a land of wealth since ancient times, if it is only rich in officials and businessmen, rather than hiding wealth from the people, there will be many troubles over time. On the day when the three kings climbed the tall building, the three of us wished to be the great Xia country, and now the Great Xia has been established for twenty spring and autumn, except for the battle of the Xia and Tang Dynasties five years ago, the Great Xia is mostly in the stage of recuperation, and there is still a scene of the warehouse is not rich, and Mr. Mole Ant. It will not be long before there will be redundant officials, and there are even officials who use their power to deduct military salaries and sell officials, and it is even more common for officials to protect each other...... These rotten things are all over the dynasty, and Su Di will not be without them. ”

King Feng Ling listened carefully, but he was distracted.

When she came back to her senses, Gao Yingchen looked at Su Qixiao, who had not been seen for half a year and had a flawless face, and her expression was slightly stunned.

"It seems that what is left to you is not the four states of Suzhou that are glamorous in the eyes of the world." She said softly.

Su Qixiao's eyes radiated a faint coldness, and he said in a low voice: "Such a glamorous Fengling Palace's mansion will have imperceptible moldy corners, flying insects are dirty and messy, not to mention your entire Yangzhou City, as well as the larger Suzhou Four Prefectures." ”

Gao Yingchen said softly: "It seems that the world can see your gold, but not your shoulders." ”

Su Qixiao shook his head and smiled: "It's not about shouldering yet, it's just that the three kings climbed the tall building that year, and there was an oath between us that 'Great Xia is eternal', and I want to complete it instead of Chunfeng." ”

"Then how many days will we go to Baihualing for the Chunfeng Festival Bar?"

"Okay." Su Qixiao nodded and said, "But before that, you have to go to the outskirts of Yangzhou with me tomorrow." ”

Gao Yingchen blinked and asked, "Just the two of us?" Going to enjoy the snow in winter? ”

"It's not so leisurely, it's to find a girl who sells female popularity."

"But the suburbs of Yangzhou, alas, do you know the road?"

"I don't know, so I also called the two Oiran sisters in Guangling Tower to lead the way."

"You? Called my sister so soon? ”

“……”

Su Qixiao stared at her face, was silent for a moment, and quipped: "But now that I think about it, this twin and Dilian sisters are quite special, if it weren't for the identity of the Qinglou Oiran, the Xizi List should have its name." Especially you, it's time to check it out again. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Gao Yingchen felt that Su Qixiao had something to say, and stared fiercely.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and his smile was a little invisible, "After all, it is also good to let King Fengling, who has always considered himself the number one beauty in Jiangnan, know that he is just in a corner of the night." ”

“…… Yelang! Arrogant?? You repeat! ”