Bright Spring

The old lady sighed "ah", and after a while she opened her mouth to say: "Although the Geng family is Cheng'er's uncle's family, but now, I can't blame you, what should be done, let Cheng'er make up his mind."

Mu Sheng said: "Mother, don't worry, my son won't touch my uncle's house; if my son makes any movement at this time, he will appear guilty and be convicted of harboring peace! But..."

Mu Sheng then frowned and said, "My son has long been benevolent and righteous, and now he can't protect himself. If he can no longer protect the Geng family, everyone can't blame his son!"

The old lady sighed again, and after a long silence she said again: "Is it hard to protect yourself?"

Mu Sheng nodded vigorously: "There is one more thing. It only took more than a month for the King of Han to put down the rebellion of the Yi people in Yuezhou. Now the Mu family is becoming less and less useful in the eyes of the court, and they cannot be trusted. The situation is very bad." ! If there is another accident, the foundation of my father's difficult business in Yunnan will be destroyed in the hands of the unscrupulous son..."

The old lady's hands were trembling like a dead tree, she kept counting the prayer beads in her hand, she was chanting something, but she couldn't make out what it was.

"Who?!" Mu Sheng suddenly shouted in a deep voice.

At this moment, his eldest daughter Mu Zhen came out from behind the incense table, lowered her head and said, "Daughter wants to accompany grandma..."

Seeing that it was her, Mu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father, cousin Geng Hao really betrayed our family?" Mu Zhen asked in a low voice.

Mu Sheng's expression became very stern, and he said, "Can there be any fake Hu Wei's secret report?"

"Will Hu Yi collude with the King of Han and wrong my cousin?" Mu Zhen asked cautiously.

Mu Sheng frowned and said: "It's very possible that Hu Wei colluded with the King of Han and wanted to harm the Mu family together, but Hu Wei will never wrong Geng Hao, that is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor! Don't worry about that Geng Hao from now on. , the previous marriage contract is now impossible."

The old lady said: "Zhen'er is a sensible girl, don't worry about her."

Mu Zhen's face was pale, and she just bowed her knees and saluted, "Grandma, Daddy, I'm leaving first, and I'll be with grandma later."

Mu Sheng nodded.

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"Good news! Good news... Yuezhou great victory!" The officials shouted from the streets and alleys, and every time they shouted, they would knock on the gong.

The gong was so loud that Mrs. Shen Xu heard it in the study.Originally, the mansion was very quiet, but when it was disturbed suddenly, a word she wrote was a little crooked, and she frowned slightly.

At this time, a middle-aged woman came to the door, stood there with her hands folded in front of her and bent over.Shen Xushi turned her head and took a look, and saw that it was her valet.It was a middle-aged woman with a full forehead, high cheekbones, and a pimple-marked skin, but she was slender.

Shen Xu sighed and nodded slightly towards the woman.

The woman came in and said softly: "The officials of the government are beating the gong, shouting that the King of Han has won a great victory in Yuezhou."

"So fast?" Shen Xu suddenly showed surprise.

The woman said: "Yes. How about I send someone to the capital to inquire about it?"

Shen Xushi didn't answer, she suddenly got a little distracted, and suddenly thought of the bet she made the month before, the bet she made with Zhu Gaoxu... Shen Xushi's face immediately turned red, and suddenly she was connected to what happened in the study of the Han Palace. , Those trivial fragments also suddenly appeared in my mind.

She bit her lower lip subconsciously, her legs under the table couldn't help but get close together, and the strength in her hands seemed to be weak, so she put the brush in her hand on the inkstone.

After a while, Shen Xu realized that the middle-aged woman was standing beside her. She quickly took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Okay."

The woman quietly glanced at Shen Xu with curious eyes, bowed and left.

Mrs. Shen Xu felt very uncomfortable, so she lowered her face and said, "By the way, don't let anyone come to me and agree to come down. You have to find an excuse to push it down! Like Mr. Zhao last night, he came to do it so late. very?"

The woman hurriedly bent down and said, "I know I was wrong...but Mr. Zhao's father is the chief envoy of Yunnan Province, Si You, so I didn't dare to refuse without permission."

"So what about the Right Counselor? It's getting dark, what does he mean?" Shen Xu sneered, and gently raised his narrow sleeve and waved it.

"Yes." The woman replied and quietly exited the study.

The Yunnan chief envoy, Siyou Counselor, had just taken office a few months ago, Mr. Zhao must have heard the rumors and came to Shen's residence at night.

Shen Xu still sighed to herself, there are not many such things, there used to be inexplicable unknown people who came to her door... Every time she encountered such a thing, she felt disgusted in her heart; sometimes she even felt that she had already I am sober.

At this moment, her mind was in a mess. She glanced at the crooked character on the paper, picked up the brush again, and drew a few random strokes on the paper.

Shen Xu still shook his head, and thought again: I have made a promise, but I dare not offend him, do I still have a choice now?

This time is different from last time.Last time she was forced, even if she was angry, there was nothing she could do; this time she wanted to throw herself into her arms?When she thought of her status as a widow of the Shen family, a faint sense of humiliation suddenly enveloped her heart.

However, fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu is someone she can look up to.It's always better to be under the pressure of a great person.

...Ms. Shen Xu didn't sleep well all night, and when she woke up the next morning, she asked her servants about Yuezhou.For some reason, she suddenly blurted out and asked, "When will the King of Han return to Yunnan Mansion?"

The woman shook her head and said, "Your maidservant has not heard of this matter."

Shen Xu said in a casual tone: "You can find someone to ask."

The woman bowed, "Yes."

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Shen Xushi looked at the face in the bronze mirror, and suddenly had a subtle feeling that she couldn't deceive herself... She seemed to be looking forward to Zhu Gaoxu's return to the city, and her mood was even a little impetuous and urgent.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 241 Spinning Silk into a Cocoon

/p>The crowds outside the city of Kunming, countless civilians were blocked on both sides of the avenue by hard-wearing sergeants, cheers from the crowd were endless.There was a "cracking" sound on the top of the city, and there were still firecrackers.

Civil and military officials in various official robes stood outside the city gate, waiting to welcome the King of Han.

Zhu Gaoxu sat in the carriage and didn't get down, at this moment he could hear all kinds of voices singing praises from outside, such as thunderous momentum to overwhelm the barbarians, martial arts favored by Shi Yunyun, and so on.

But he sat in the carriage and did not come out to meet everyone.

Hundreds of guards of honor for the king of Han marched straight to the palace in front of tens of thousands of guards.Zhu Gaoxu ordered the guard commanders Wang Bin, Wei Da, and Liu Ying to disband their troops, and then he entered the palace from Duanli Gate in a carriage.

Zhu Gaoxu got off the carriage in front of the Palace of Chengyun, looked around, glanced at Ma Peng who had just got off his horse, and said to the eunuch Wang Gui who came to greet him: "Wang Gui, take General Ma to the study of the Palace of Chengyun first, and then to the front palace see me."

Wang Gui bowed and said, "Your servant obeys."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he got into a yellow-covered chariot next to him, and went to the harem.

Walking to the gate of Chengyun, he saw Guo Wei dressed in black Diyi, and was waiting there with a group of women and eunuchs to greet him.

"My concubine congratulates the prince for quelling the chaos in Yuezhou in one fell swoop, and welcomes the prince to return home after victory." Guo Wei said politely.

Everyone bowed their knees together and said, "Congratulations, my lord!"

Zhu Gaoxu got out of the car and stepped forward to help Guo Wei, "Excuse me. Wei'er is worried these days."

Guo Wei looked up at Zhu Gaoxu, and said softly, "Your Highness is amazing. Many days ago, I heard people praise Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that he had done a lot of disgraceful things in Yuezhou, so he couldn't help but smiled wryly.

But he thought about it again, and there was nothing he could do. If he wanted to get entangled in right and wrong, he might not be able to find out this matter for several years!Zhu Gaoxu knew very well in his heart: Only by resolving the Yuezhou issue without procrastination can he quickly establish prestige in the Yunnan chief envoy.