Xu Jinrou told the eunuch who came to deliver the decree that she was in the critical stage of raising silver taels for the palace, and she could not return to the palace separately, otherwise her efforts would be wasted, and she asked the queen to forgive her sins.

The eunuch brought Xu Jinrou's words back to the palace, and Empress Xiang, who was sitting in Tianshou Palace, looked cold and ordered the eunuch to retreat.

Mama Li, who was standing on the side, said softly: "Queen, why does the old slave think that this princess of Jin is not as obedient as before?" ”

The queen snorted coldly, "Hmph, there is news that the guinea fowl may not only be raised by Liu Rentu, but Princess Jin also participated, but she has been tight-lipped all the time, thinking that if she is pregnant, will the mourning family condone her?" Now that the plague of locusts in the West has been extinguished, some things are beyond her. ”

Mama Li looked at the queen, "What do you mean?" ”

"The mourning family will inform the eldest princess of Ximan, Yuwen Peiyun, and let her find a buyer no matter what, and when the Xu Mansion is sold, the princess of Jin will have no place to stay, so she can only wait for dispatch in the palace."

Mama Li looked in reverence, "The queen is really a saint." ”

At this time, the eunuch suddenly came to report, Xiao Tianze, the privy envoy of the Western Barbarian Southern Court, asked to see him, and the queen frowned, "Xiao Tianze? Why did he come to see the mourners? It's probably not a good thing for this Western barbarian to come, well..., please ask Xiao Shu's envoy to go to Daqing Palace. ”

In the Daqing Palace, he met Empress Xiang with envoy etiquette, and then Xiao Tianze sat down and took out a handwritten letter from Emperor Yuwen of the Western Barbarians.

This is the first time that the Son of Heaven of the Western Barbarians has officially written a letter to the Empress of Great Chu since the truce between Great Chu and Ximan, even when the truce contract was signed, the Xiban Emperor Yuwen Zongheng did not say a word.

Queen Xiang opened the handbook very nervously and read it carefully.

The content of the handwritten letter is not long, but it is said that now that the Great Chu and Xiban have ceased war, I hope that both countries can abide by the truce agreement, so that the two countries will not raise swords to protect the people's livelihood and stability.

Although the past has become a thing of the past, there are still some things worth remembering about the war between the two countries, and Yuwen Zongheng put forward two ideas:

First, the Yingling Pagoda was built at Yanmen Pass, the border between the two countries, to commemorate the souls who died in the war between the two countries;

Second, because Xu Shilang's family blocked the Western Barbarian army and outside the city of Kyoto, which made the people of Great Chu admire, the Western Barbarians also admired this kind of loyal and brave people, and admired such people, this is the pillar and backbone of a country worthy of respect, so it should be rewarded.

Yuwen Zongheng decided to join Empress Xiang of Dachu to add Xu Shilang's Mansion as a loyal, righteous, benevolent and brave mansion, so that the people of the two countries can emulate this kind of loyal and brave man, and he can shed blood for the country and the king, and he is not afraid of death.

For this reason, the Xiban Emperor Yuwen Zongheng personally wrote the two words "loyalty" and a couplet, hoping to write the word "benevolence" to the queen himself, and write a couplet, and then framed a plaque to Xu Shilang's house.

The couplet written by Yuwen Zongheng is: Qiankun is upright, not to judge heroes by success, listen to Li Shu's mouth, and the ancient British name is spread all over the world.

Xiang Empress knew that although the handwriting of the Western Barbarian Emperor Yuwen Zongheng was in a consultative tone, it was actually an order, how could she not obey it? How dare she disobey?

Xiang read the handbook twice to the queen, and then put away the handbook and looked at Xiao Tianze who was sitting aside,

"The meaning of the Son of Heaven of your country has been understood, the matter of the Yingling Pagoda will be sent to Yanmen Pass to implement the construction of the matter, Xu Shilang's Mansion of this lower link, the Mourning family will be instructed to the Hanlin Academy for consideration, and the Mourning family will write it by himself."

Xiao Tianze nodded, "Thank you to the queen for understanding the mind of the Son of Heaven of our country and agreeing, the construction of the Yingling Pagoda only needs the queen to give a decree to the officials of Yanmen Pass, and I will send someone to handle the specific construction matters." ”

The queen was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "In this way, it will be hard work for your country." ”

Xiao Tianze's words were sonorous, "Since the truce is a friend, lips and teeth depend on each other, and the queen doesn't have to be polite." ”

After that, Xiao Tianze took out a piece of silk silk with ink characters written on it from his sleeve,

"The next link of the Loyalty, Righteousness, Benevolence and Yong Mansion, this privy envoy has been drawn up, only ask the queen to reward the ink treasure, and I will start to handle the framing matter, but when the reward plaque is sealed, I also ask the queen to move to Xu Shilang's mansion, and then Liu Jianguo and I will be present."

Empress Xiang was still smiling, "This is hard work for Xiao Privy Envoy." ”

The eunuch held the silk silk in both hands, and saw that the next couplet was written: The brave and martial arts are full of doors, although the defeat is still glorious and self-reliant, see who holds the candle, and burns incense everywhere in the world.

He took pen and ink from the eunuch of the queen's order, and personally wrote the next couplet and the words "benevolence and bravery".

Xiao Tianze couldn't help nodding after reading it, "The queen's penmanship is strong, the brushwork is clear, and she can be called a master of calligraphy, which is really convincing and admirable." ”

Seeing Xiao Tianze go away, Empress Xiang's face instantly became hideous, she picked up the silk silk with the following couplet written on it and tore it to pieces.

"The Western Barbarians... Lie to me too much! ”

……

On the day when he received the queen's decree to seal Xu Shilang's Mansion as the Loyalty, Righteousness, Benevolence and Courage Mansion, Xu Jinrou saw Liu Rentu, because the will of the Xiban Emperor Yuwen Zongheng had also arrived, and asked Xu Jinrou to go to the Prison Mansion to receive the decree.

In the flower hall, Xu Jinrou saw Liu Rentu.

He poured her tea, "Xu Keqing sold the chicken and got the silver, did he forget about this prison country, why didn't he come to see me?" ”

She stared at him, "After selling guinea fowl, I came to the prison mansion to see you more than once, but you were so drunk, why do you still blame me?" ”

A hint of embarrassment flashed in his deep eyes, "Oh, I see! But why don't you wake me up or wait for me to wake up? ”

Her face was slightly red, and she gently stroked her abdomen with her hand, "Have you forgotten how this child came from?" You are like a beast when you are drunk, and I would have been fine if I hadn't been pregnant, but now I really don't dare to be tossed by you. ”

A wicked smile spread across his face, "This prison country is not drinking alcohol at this time, should we..."

"Phew..., wicked!" She snorted coquettishly, "You are ashamed of prostitution during the day." ”

He looked solemn, "You and I are willing, what is the shame of liking each other?" ”

"Who said I wanted to?" Her face was dyed red, and she became more and more delicate.

He smiled wickedly and lowered his voice, "If you don't want to, how can your cherry mouth be so wide?" ”

Her face turned even redder, and she got up and punched him, he didn't dodge, she used force for this punch, but he didn't realize it, and her hand hurt violently.

She rubbed her hands, pursed her lips and sat back in her seat.

He chuckled and reached over to help her rub it, but she pushed it a few times but didn't push it away, so he did as he pleased.

He rubbed her soft hair, "The Holy Order, do you want to accept it?" ”

Her face was slightly cold, "The emperor of the Western Barbarians is not the son of my Great Chu, I know what his holy decree means, is it, do you want me to burn incense and kneel to receive it?" ”

He smiled casually, "Whatever you want, the saint has crowned Xu Shilang's Mansion as the Loyalty, Righteousness, Benevolence and Courage Mansion, Xiao Tianze, the privy envoy of the Southern Court, entered the Great Chu Palace and asked the Empress for the same reward, and tomorrow the Empress of Great Chu and Xiao Tianze, the privy envoy of the Xiban Southern Court, will be present together to give a plaque to the Xu Mansion,......, of course, this prison country will also come." ”

She gently withdrew her hand, "This is the reward I got when I sold guinea fowl to the four great families of Xiban, so that no one would always beat my mother's mansion." ”

His eyes sparkled, "Oh, what the hell is going on?" In the past few days, Xiao Tianze has only asked me to drink, and asked him about buying guinea fowl from you, but he was always vague. ”

She stared at him and smiled, "Okay, then the guest secretary will tell the prison country." ”

He sat upright and nodded vigorously.

Her beautiful eyes flickered, and she spoke selectively, and he listened carefully while sipping tea, the breeze was blowing, the flowers and plants were swaying, and there was only the sound of whispering in the flower hall.

……

Xiao Tianze, the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, bought a mansion from the rice merchant Yue Dapeng for 200 taels of silver, which is said to have been the residence of Li Sansi, the envoy of the Du Branch.

In order to celebrate the housewarming in the evening, Xiao Tianze invited the Great Chu Supervisor Liu Ren Tu, the Wang Yuwen Canglan of the Prefecture, the Marshal Mo Zhenshan, the owner of the Ximan Medical Hall Qin Xuanzhi, and the third envoy of the Great Chu Xu Jinrou to the banquet.

Two people didn't go that night.

Marshal Mo Zhenshan did not attend the banquet because of military affairs.

Xu Jinrou, the third envoy of Da Chu, did not come, on the grounds that she was pregnant, and her pregnancy was serious today, so it was inconvenient to sit for a long time.

At the banquet, Yuwen Canglan, who was becoming more and more feminine and delicate, scolded, "Xu Jinrou, the cheap concubine of Da Chu, doesn't know how to lift, and she dares not to give the face of the privy envoy of the Western Barbarian Southern Court." ”

Liu Rentu's face was gloomy, "The king of Zhou, Xu Jinrou is the guest secretary of my prison house, I hope you will stay in your mouth, you are my great prince of the Western Barbarians, so open-mouthed, does it mean that Sang scolded Huai, which means that I Liu Rentu?" ”

Yuwen Canglan's face turned red, "Liu Lingfeng, I'm scolding the princess of Da Chu Jin and not you, what are you anxious about?" Is she so good, she deserves your protection everywhere, for her sake, you even treated me like this, you weren't like this before! ”

Liu Rentu frowned, "I'm just talking about things, if I scold your subordinates in front of the king of the state, the king of the state has face, what do you think?" Do not do to others what you do not want to do to others, you are a prince, and I as a courtier cannot bear it. ”

"Liu Lingfeng, you..., you..., when did I suppress you as a prince? Do you understand me? Yuwen Canglan raised his orchid fingers, and there was a hint of water in his eyes.

Xiao Tianze stood up, "It's just a woman, it doesn't matter if she comes or not, it's just because her guinea fowl blocked the locust plague that I want to invite her to take this opportunity to celebrate together, after all, she is a pregnant woman, we don't have to care." ”

Qin Xuanzhi raised his wine glass, "That is, several of them are important figures in my Western Barbarians, and it is really a big fuss to worry about whether a woman will go to the banquet, and I propose that there is wine today and drunk today, how about we drink this cup together for the joy of Xiao Shumi's housewarming?" ”

Xiao Tianze picked up his glass, "Pavilion Master Qin is right, my wine is a thirty-year-old peach blossom brew, so don't let it down tonight." ”

Liu Rentu stopped talking, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Yuwen Canglan glanced at Liu Rentu resentfully, picked up the wine jug, and poured it into his mouth.