Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

"How is it?" In the Xianwang Mansion, the crazy prince who was either feared or worried about by a bunch of people was now standing on a small wooden stool, conscientiously pasting Spring Festival couplets for the New Year on the door. While gesturing, he turned back carefully to ask Ah Xin for his opinion.

Jiang Xin frowned slightly, carefully compared the position of the Spring Festival couplets, and said seriously: "It seems to be a little to the right."

"How about this?" Xie Ze heard the suggestion and cooperated by moving the position of the Spring Festival couplets a little to the left.

"A little bit to the left again."

Xie Ze obediently began to move to the right again...

"Okay! Just right!" Jiang Xin saw that they had reached the correct position, and immediately stopped his Highness's movements, saying hurriedly.

Xie Ze quickly stopped, as nervous as if he was going to a battlefield, and waved to Ah Fu who was standing beside him: "Quick! Give me the paste!"

If you don't stick it on quickly, it will definitely become crooked again if your hands shake.

"Here it comes!" Ah Fu was also infected by his prince and became nervous, and quickly handed over a bowl of paste.

Xie Ze dipped a small wooden stick in the paste, and with a tense face, he asked A Gui to hold one end of the Spring Festival couplets, while he carefully applied the paste around the edges...

I went back and forth five times before finally getting the Spring Festival couplets pasted neatly.

Xie Ze let out a long sigh, jumped down and walked to Jiang Xin's side. After looking at the couplets that were finally straight and symmetrical, he nodded with satisfaction, and pulled Jiang Xin to run to other places, saying as he walked, "Let's put them on the doors of other courtyards, on every one.

There are also Chinese characters for "Fu" (meaning blessing) posted in every room!"

"Yeah!" Jiang Xin curved his eyebrows, shook his Highness's hand, and said happily: "Your Highness, I want to stick it too."

"Okay, let's take turns to put it up, one person on one side." This is their home, so of course they have to put it up together to create a New Year atmosphere.

"Okay." Jiang Xin happily followed his highness holding the word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets, just like a child who got candy.

Ah Fu and Ah Gui followed closely behind, looked at each other, and then covered their stomachs together. They probably didn't expect that in their palace, even putting up Spring Festival couplets would result in a mouthful of dog food.

This world is so cruel to single people!

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When Xie Ze and Jiang Xin were happily decorating the palace for the New Year, they didn't know that General Lu's men had finally found Jiang's house, which was the house that Emperor Kang Yuan rewarded to Jiang Xin some time ago.

It's just that Emperor Kang Yuan didn't pay much attention to him during this period, and General Lu's servants were looking for him stealthily, so Xie Ze had already justified himself by taking the man back to the palace.

Jiang Xin thought that the New Year was approaching, and he had spent the night at the prince's residence more than once or twice, so he was too lazy to move and simply stayed at the prince's residence. It would be more convenient for them to go to the Ministry of War together during the day to report to work.

So, the servants of General Lu's family waited at Jiang's house for one day, and then another day, but for five days in a row, they still didn't see Jiang Xin entering or leaving the house.

If the person they were asking had not sworn that this was the Jiang Mansion, they would have suspected that they were being tricked!

The two men really had no other choice, and were afraid that they would be punished by their master if they returned like this, so they had to go and inquire nearby.

They didn't know until they asked around. After asking around, they found out that Jiang Xin's real permanent residence was actually the palace of the rumored crazy prince! He rarely lived here!

"This... Can the wise king allow him to live in the palace like this forever?!" The two servants were stunned, with disbelief written all over their faces.

Unexpectedly, the person they were asking was even more surprised. He looked at them with disgust and said, "Which small mountain village are you two from? You don't even know the relationship between His Royal Highness the King and Young Master Jiang?" Is there still a village with such delayed information?

"..." The two servants looked at each other. They started cleaning the house as soon as they came back, and were then sent by General Lu to find Mr. Jiang's residence.

Although some people would occasionally mention the Wise King when asking about Jiang Xin's residence, they thought it was because Jiang Xin worked in the Ministry of War and never thought about anything else. Who knows what other strange relationships they might have?

Just when the two servants heard the horrifying rumors from outside, General Lu was at home once again smiling as he saw off a group of guests who came to visit him.

"I didn't expect that after I've been guarding the border for many years and now that I'm retiring and returning to Beijing, there are still so many people coming to see me. It seems that His Majesty still values ​​me." General Lu couldn't help but sigh as he watched the people from the Zhennan Marquis' Mansion gradually walk away.

Madam Lu stood beside him, wanting to speak but stopping herself. After thinking for a while, she couldn't help but remind him, "Just now, the Marquis said that his son admired the virtuous king and wanted to find a job to work for the virtuous king.

From what he said, it seems that he still wants the master to introduce him, but the master has no relationship with His Royal Highness the Virtuous King, and the only connection is that Jiang Xin works under the Virtuous King..."

"Hey." General Lu waved his hand and said with a relaxed look, "As for Xin'er's matter, we can ask him when he comes back.

Now that the Lords and Gentlemen are willing to befriend me, we should not neglect them. As for the matters they have entrusted us with, we will ask Jiang Xin when he comes back and do our best to handle them."

However, he did not expect that the wise king's status in the capital was even higher than he had imagined, and that so many people wanted to work under him.

Although most of the adults who came to visit him had fallen from wealth and had no promising children, and basically lived on the legacy of their ancestors, they were still granted titles after all.

For General Lu, these are some good connections after all. If managed well, it will be beneficial for his Lu family to enter the circle of aristocratic families in the future.

"But we don't know whether Ashin is willing to help yet. How can you just agree to it on his behalf?" Old Madam Lu still felt that it was inappropriate. She frowned and looked at the other party with disapproval.

She always felt that there was something wrong with this matter. If it was messed up, she would be unable to please both sides and would offend many people.

They had just returned to the capital, and her master had retired. They had no connections in the capital and did not have much status. Why would those people come to their house and ask them to find a way out for their children?

Didn’t Mrs. Lu say that their own children haven’t found a good place to go yet?

She always felt that there might be some misunderstanding here...

However, General Lu had been overwhelmed by the visit from the Marquis' Mansion and only wanted to maintain these relationships. When he heard what his wife said, he said with some displeasure:

"What are you talking about? I'm not asking him to do it, just give it a try.

Besides, he is still young and has a long way to go in his career, so it would be good for him to get to know more people."

From his words, it seemed as if he already treated Jiang Xin as his own junior.

Old Madam Lu opened her mouth. She wanted to say that Jiang Xin might not be willing to listen to you. She also wanted to say that the identity of the virtuous king was sensitive, and making friends with ministers privately would only arouse His Majesty's fear, which would put Jiang Xin in a dilemma.

But looking at General Lu's current appearance, the old lady felt that perhaps there was no need to say anything, as he would not listen to her at all.

Fortunately, although General Lu will not listen to his wife, reality will soon teach him a lesson.

The two servants of the Lu family, whose worldviews were shocked, learned of Jiang Xin's real residence. Of course, they could not be so bold as to run to the Xianwang Mansion to look for him, so they had to run back in a hurry. When they saw General Lu, they said in a panic: "Old, Master!"

"How is it? Did you meet the person?" General Lu asked anxiously when he saw the two people.

"No, no..." the servant said breathlessly. Seeing General Lu's face darken, he added hurriedly, "Sir, the young master lives in the Xianwang Mansion. We, we can't get in!"

General Lu was stunned: "What?"

The servant felt very aggrieved as well. With a face as wrinkled as a bitter gourd, he told his master everything he had heard from passers-by today, from Xie Ze rescuing Jiang Xin in the Jiang Mansion to Xie Ze founding the "Capital Monthly" in order to express his love to Jiang Xin.

Of course, the original version of the news was Xie Ze's account of his experience of meeting and getting to know Jiang Xin in the "Capital Monthly". But after one, two, three, or four people added fuel to the fire, by the time it reached the ears of the servants, it had become that the "Capital Monthly" was created because of a confession of love.

General Lu's face turned from blue to white, and then from white to black. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and asked word by word: "You mean, Jiang Xin seduced the virtuous king and became his male favorite, so the virtuous king values ​​him so much?!"

The two servants looked at each other, then shook their heads and said seriously, "Master, it was not Young Master Jiang who seduced His Royal Highness the King. I heard that it was His Royal Highness the King who fell in love with him at first sight and took the initiative to pursue him, overcoming all difficulties to impress Young Master Jiang."

"What's the difference?!" General Lu shouted in intolerance, "What's the status of the prince? What's his status?! The superior is superior and the inferior is inferior. If the prince falls in love with him, he has evil intentions!"

So, the people who came to him for help these days actually asked him to do this kind of favor?! This is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!

He clearly invented the "Heavenly Secret Crossbow", he clearly had a bright future, he clearly could have helped him to be crowned a noble, why did he want to degenerate into someone else's lover? !

Such a relationship, and with the prince most favored by the current emperor. When Emperor Kang Yuan asked him what he thought of their relationship that day, he foolishly spoke a bunch of official words!

Whenever General Lu thought about the fact that the Emperor would be angry with him because of his words and that it would be impossible for his Lu family to be granted a title, he wanted to beat this rebellious beast to death!

"No, I can't let His Majesty misunderstand that I condoned this. I must capture this little beast and hand him over to His Majesty personally to calm His Majesty's anger. I must not let His Majesty misunderstand me." General Lu was panicked. He even felt that the adults who came to make friends with him in the past few days were deliberately making fun of him!

Asking him to ask Jiang Xin to ask the virtuous king for help, what else could this be but a mockery of him?! His Lu family would be humiliated!

"Uh..." The two servants were a little confused. They actually wanted to say that things didn't seem as serious as the master imagined. At least, on their way back just now, they found that the prince and the young master still had quite a lot of supporters.

They even heard from many people that because Young Master Jiang was so outstanding and the relationship between them was so deep, even His Majesty was moved and gave in. He has not punished Young Master Jiang until now, which obviously means he has acquiesced.

But seeing General Lu's angry look, they didn't dare to say anything.

After all, such a thing that goes against common sense would be difficult for the people to accept even in the open-minded Western Territory. The people in the capital city couldn't be more unconventional than the people in the Western Territory, right?

Perhaps, the passers-by they met just now did not dare to insult them because of the power of the wise king?

The two servants were really confused, and because their master often punished them without knowing the truth, they dared not speak nonsense anymore.

What if they say something wrong and mislead the master, and the master takes it out on them?

It’s better to pretend that you know nothing. Anyway, they just heard it from others, so just pretend you didn’t hear it.

Thinking of this, the two servants shut their mouths tacitly.

General Lu had no idea what his servants were thinking. As soon as he thought that His Majesty had misunderstood his ideas, he did not dare to delay at all. He directly called the guards at home and went to the Prince Xian's Mansion to take Jiang Xin away and personally confess his crime to His Majesty. Perhaps His Majesty would favor him again.

As for whether Xie Ze would stop him, General Lu was not worried.

Since Xie Ze chose to hang out with Jiang Xin and even published a "Beijing Monthly" to let everyone know about it, he must have been bewitched by Jiang Xin. In this case, as Jiang Xin's elder, Xie Ze would not dare to be too rude to him.

Besides, he just wanted to take Jiang Xin to see His Majesty, to sever the relationship between this unpromising bastard and himself, and to clear his innocence. No matter how arrogant this wise king was, could he still bypass His Majesty and do something to him?

Madam Lu watched helplessly as her master led people to the palace to arrest someone. She was so anxious that bubbles appeared on her mouth. She quickly called out her son and grandson, holding her chest and said anxiously:

"Quick! Quick! Call him back! How can he, a retired official, trespass into the Xianwang Mansion? Moreover, the matter has not been investigated thoroughly yet, so we must not act rashly like this, quick..."

Not to mention what the servants said, the wise king treated Jiang Xin like a treasure, so how could he let him take him away so easily?

What's more, so much time has passed since the virtuous prince confessed his love for Jiang Xin in the court and published the article in the "Capital Monthly", but Jiang Xin has been safe and sound, has not been blamed, and can even live in the prince's palace. This is definitely not what they think.

However, by the time the Lu family hurriedly followed General Lu to Prince Xian's Mansion, it was already too late.