Delusional [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 66 The Emperor's Figure
Prime Minister Xu's hand touching his beard froze involuntarily, although he knew how much he was thankful for!It's not enough for an outsider's mind, but I didn't expect him to be so outspoken.
"Excuse me for the old minister's nonsense, but it is still unknown how much my lord will have in this country in the future, and it is also unknown whether that is your favorite concubine or..."
Xie Xiangzhi has always been tolerant to his subjects, so Xu Wei dared to say all kinds of presumptuous words in front of Xie Xiangzhi.
"The prime minister is right, then we will see the outcome in the future." Xie Xiangzhi chuckled.
"There is one more thing." Xu Wei squinted his eyes, and his eyes flashed, "My lord will go to worship Emperor Zhao as usual this year? If my lord has this intention, then the old minister will start to arrange it."
Xie Xiangzhi was silent for a moment, and raised his eyes to look outside the hall. The thin sunlight from the high and deep autumn sky shone on the bluestone bricks outside the hall, casting a golden light.
"Go."
"Yes." Xu Wei cupped his hands, "The old minister resigns."
Xie Xiangzhi waved his hand and let Xu Wei go down.
At Youshi, the sky is dim, and the stars and the moon are gradually rising.
Chu Palace lights up.
The way of hospitality is to hold a reception banquet for King Yan in Qingping Palace, and Huo Junru, a third-rank female official, will be in charge of hosting the reception and other palace affairs, but Pei Yuan politely rejected the boring of such a large number of people. banquet.
If Huo Jun got Xie Xiangzhi's order of "everything", he smiled gently and said: "The king of Yan came from a long way, I think he is tired, so I ask the king of Yan to take a good rest. I will discuss it with Lord Jijiu tomorrow. To hold a clean-up banquet for the officers and men of the King of Yan, so as to show the hospitality of Chu State."
After talking about the banquet in a very thorough manner, Huo Junru then asked gently: "Does King Yan have any other orders? If there is any lack of hospitality, His Highness King Yan can give you another order. Yan and Chu The customs of the country are far from each other, most of the people in the Chu Palace are not familiar with the customs of Yan, if there is any inadvertent offence, I hope the King of Yan will forgive me."
Pei Yuan glanced at her, and lazily looked away: "Who is serving beside your King Chu?"
"...?" Huo Junru was puzzled, but he immediately thought of something and reacted, and he bent his knees, "I am a female official in the palace. My family comes from the Huo family in Nanzhou. Because there is no serious master in the palace, I temporarily take the place of the king. The previous generation was in charge of the affairs of the royal palace. If the King of Yan has any request, just ask the humble minister to do it."
Huo Junru was always smart and well versed in the way of speaking, and in a few words he pointed out that he was just a courtier of the King of Chu, and the King of Chu didn't have any serious concubines, so Pei Yuan let her go instantly.
"Tell Master Huo? I dare not." Pei Yuan said, "I just ask Master Huo to run for me, and invite the King of Chu to come to Yong'an Hall for dinner."
"This... Your Majesty should still be discussing politics with your lords at this time..." Huo Junru said hesitantly.
"Shouldn't the King of Chu wash away the dust for Gu Jiefeng today?" Pei Yuan asked back.His attitude is not very aggressive, on the contrary, he is rare in a position of gentleness.
But Huo Junru didn't dare to ignore his request because of this, he hesitated for a few seconds, "Then please wait a moment, King Yan, I will report to the king."
……
Huo Junru didn't expect that Xie Xiangzhi really complied with this request, and put down what he was doing to have dinner with Pei Yuan.She also studied classics and history when she was young, and she was born in a century-old family in Nanzhou. She has seen all kinds of absurd deeds, but when it happened to Xie Xiangzhi and Pei Yuan, it still shocked her—this is not an ordinary pet. But a natural enemy, the king of a country.
She hid the shock in her heart and resigned, went back to her palace and thought about it for a long time, put on her clothes and got up, then wrote a letter to her family and asked someone to send it out of the palace overnight.
She didn't know that the letter was intercepted before it left the second gate of the Chu Palace, and the leader of the Anbu Department of Chu who was hiding in the dark night checked the letter carefully before being taken out.
The moonlight in front of the steps was as cool as water, and Huo Junru stood in front of the window for a long time, only to recover when the evening wind blew across his cheeks and extinguished the candles.
The 30-year-old gale in this world should stop.All the people in the world are longing for the coming of a unified and prosperous age without war and turmoil.
"May the world be clean and the mountains and rivers be clean."
Huo Junru silently made his first wish in his 19 years of life.
In Yong'an Hall, Pei Yuan and Xie Xiangzhi sat facing each other and played chess. The black and white chess pieces were criss-crossed on the chessboard, and the situation was unclear.
Pei Yuan Luozi, seemingly unintentionally said: "Today I heard from Mrs. Huo that the Yong'an Palace was originally built as the residence of the Central Palace."
Xie Xiangzhi didn't care about his appearance, and followed him to make a move. The black and white pieces each accounted for half of the country, and the outcome was hard to tell.Murderous intent permeated the chessboard.
"so what?"
His tone was light and airy, and his attitude was too taken for granted, causing Pei Yuan to laugh: "King Chu is right, so what... so what?"
Because of the 100-year gap, no matter how affectionate he is later, if he doesn't lose an inch to Bai Lize, it's just a futile act of self-love!
On that day, Xie Xiangzhi was dealing with several family heads who came to the Yizheng Hall to mourn.
The land tax reform strategy formulated by Nalanxi has been promulgated. In order to protect his safety, it has not been announced who formulated the reform.As soon as the law of reform came into effect, several keen local aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River immediately noticed that the wind direction had changed-this really touched their fundamental interests.So several of the most powerful clans closed their doors together, asked to see Xie Xiangzhi in person, and jointly requested to withdraw the law of reform.
Xie Xiangzhi didn't have so much patience with these people, so he coldly smashed down more than a dozen books written by the officials to impeach the children of these aristocratic families, sternly reprimanded them, and told them to go away.
The several patriarchs were shocked by Xie Xiangzhi's indifferent attitude, and they didn't dare to read the impeachment on the booklet carefully, and went on in a hurry.If they take a sober look at the content of impeachment, they will find that these excerpts are from earlier years.In recent years, the king of Chu has accumulated a lot of prestige, and his officials are cruel and strict with the law. The sons of the aristocratic families who usually go around fighting dogs and dogs dare not easily get into trouble.
After guessing that the heads of several aristocratic families came to the gate of the palace, Xie Xiangzhi asked someone to invite the heads of the Huo family back.
The current head of the Huo family is Huo Junru's elder brother. His attitude towards Xie Xiangzhi is not as outrageous as other Nanzhou clansmen. His attitude has always been ambiguous. He can be regarded as a mediator between Xie Xiangzhi and the Nanzhou family.
The Patriarch of the Huo family was at a loss. He didn't know what the king of Chu called him to do. Out of his usual caution, he didn't speak easily.
After a long time, the King of Chu said with a smile: "Junru has also reached the age of marriage, I don't know what Patriarch Huo plans for Junru's marriage?"
The Patriarch of the Huo family was even more confused, and after deliberating for a long time, he asked tentatively: "It depends on what you want?" Could it be that the King of Chu finally fell in love with his sister after so many years, but shouldn't he?It doesn't make sense to look down on him for so many years, but suddenly fall in love with him?
But why did the King of Chu suddenly call his sister's name again, as if they had a good relationship?
"Patriarch Huo is a good elder brother." Xie Xiangzhi said lightly.
The head of the Huo family couldn't hear what he meant, so he just smiled and didn't speak.
Xie Xiangzhi changed his tone in the next sentence, bringing out a meaningful smile: "I don't know if Mrs. Huo asked her about her feelings when he sent her to the palace?"
"..."
When the head of the Huo family heard this, cold sweat dripped down his forehead instantly, and he knelt down in horror.
"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"
It's not that he has no backbone, but that none of these aristocratic families in Nanzhou is not afraid of him, for fear that if he falls with a knife, the century-old lintel will be turned into dust in an instant.Even this time, it was through the large number of people and the mentality of not blaming the crowd that he dared to force Xie Xiangzhi to back down.It's really the end. If the land tax system is reformed, then these aristocratic families may decline because of this, and it is not impossible to recover from it.
"Get up. Patriarch Huo, I have no intention of holding you accountable today." Xie Xiangzhi waited for him to kneel before slowly saying, "Patriarch Huo, don't be so afraid."
But the head of the Huo family did not dare to stand up.
"Get up. I have something to discuss with Patriarch Huo today. I don't talk about state affairs, but just talk about Yuanru. As Yuanru's elder brother, Patriarch Huo doesn't have to be like this."
The Patriarch of the Huo family stood up tremblingly, Xie Xiangzhi signaled the palace servants to sit with him.
When he sat down, Xie Xiangzhi just said: "Junru has been a female official in the palace for many years, and has always been dedicated to her duties. My king has been alone since childhood, and has no brothers or sisters. I have a close relationship with Junru. I have always regarded her as my own sister and have been with her for many years. It can be regarded as very affectionate, and if you want to recognize each other as a sister, I don't know what Patriarch Huo's own brother thinks?"
Huo Patriarch thought to himself, where did the two of them have such a strong relationship?When Huo Junru sent a letter home, it was not that he did not mention that she and King Chu were separated by half the palace, and that she would not see each other for half a year without business.What kind of brother-sister relationship is this?
But he didn't dare to object to Xie Xiangzhi in the slightest, bowed his head and bowed, "It's my sister's blessing, but it's up to the king to decide."
He knew in his heart that this was just a political game under the guise, if he really wanted to regard Huo Jun as his sister, he wouldn't have mentioned such things to him in the Palace of Political Affairs.
Xie Xiangzhi is very satisfied with his way of life: "Then I will choose an auspicious day to seal Yun as the eldest princess, so how about setting Qinghe as the title?"
Patriarch Huo was slightly surprised that most of the titles of Princess Shi were taken from the fief, but he never thought that the King of Chu would be willing to grant a fief to a princess with a different surname.And this Qinghe happened to be no other place, it was the place where Huo's family was located.
He was a little confused about what the king wanted to do.
"But it's up to the king to decide."
Patriarch Huo saluted again.
"In my king's opinion, since the princess has reached the age of marriage, it is better to take advantage of this time to have a double happiness. I heard that the princess had a marriage contract with the young master of the Lin family before she entered the palace as a female official. Lin Shaojun has never been married for the sake of the princess, so why don't you make a decree to marry this lover."
Patriarch Huo was in a cold sweat when he heard that, at this time Xie Xiangzhi was trying to see the dagger, and he didn't hide his intention at all - to divide the family alliance in order to push for reform.
Lin and Huo are both from the south of the Yangtze River, so once this happened, what will happen to the Huo family in the aristocratic family, needless to say.It is only said that the Lin family is the first family in Hengzhou. Although it is also in Chu, it is quite far away from Nanzhou.At this time, the reorganization has just begun, and Hengzhou has not received any news, and all parties are still observing and watching.But the marriage contract is different. Although the one who bestows the marriage is Huo's daughter, she has the name of a princess, which represents the intention of the King of Chu himself.No matter what Lin Shi thinks, other aristocratic families must have concerns about Lin Shi and refuse to form an alliance with Lin Shi.Splitting up the Lin family, the number one family in Hengzhou, the rest of the families are not good enough, and the King of Chu can easily defeat them one by one.
However, Young Master Lin will definitely agree to this engagement.Lin Shaojun is a gentle and affectionate gentleman, he has a responsibility to Huo Junru, and he will never easily resist the order and refuse marriage.The Patriarch of the Lin family accidentally fell ill again at this juncture, so he delegated power to the young master, and no one in the Lin family could govern his decisions.
Then Patriarch Lin...was it really an accidental serious illness?
The cold sweat on Patriarch Huo's back was already soaking through his clothes, but he still had to agree to King Chu's condition—restructuring is imperative, and the family's decline is a foregone conclusion.If you withdraw and join the King of Chu as soon as possible, you can still be comprehensive.
After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth, and the situation was not going to be bad, so he might as well give it a go.
"The minister thanked the king for his love on behalf of his sister, but he also asked the king to be extra merciful so that Junru could get married from home."
"The princess is the daughter of the Huo family, so it should be." Xie Xiangzhi agreed.
Patriarch Huo thanked him and left.
One day before the beginning of winter, the order of conferring the princess and granting the marriage reached the Huo Lin clan, and the young master of the Lin family naturally happily accepted the order of the marriage.
Huo Junru also came here to receive an order to thank you.
"Although I know that the king has selfish intentions, I still want to thank the king for fulfilling my marriage. In the past, I thought that as soon as I entered the palace, I would be a stranger in this life. I dare not expect to meet again. I don't want to make up for this regret now."
"Since you know that I have selfish intentions, you shouldn't thank me." Xie Xiangzhi looked down at her, "Do you still have the key to the palace treasury? If you have something you like, you can choose it yourself and treat it as a dowry."
Huo Jun stood up like Xie En, and said with a slight smile, "Your Majesty is a good man."
Xie Xiangzhi sneered noncommittally.
"A good man among kings." Huo Junru added another sentence, correcting the fallacy in his expression.
……
A few days after the beginning of winter, Xie Xiangzhi prepared his chariot and set out to pay homage to Bai Lize.This is an old custom that Xie Xiangzhi has cultivated for many years. People around him have long been used to it. Although they cannot understand why their king attaches so much importance to a former emperor who has died for more than 100 years, none of them dare not act according to his wishes.
Just because everyone in the palace felt that worship was too common, no one paid attention to what was wrong with telling Pei Yuan about it, not even Huo Junru, who was the most slick and slick, didn't notice Pei Yuan's concern. The attitude of caring too much about things - she can't be blamed for this, who would have thought that King Chu had a close relationship with Emperor Zhao a hundred years ago?Who would have thought that the King of Yan would even have a heart for a person who had been dead for a hundred years?
The only thing aware is the system.
Following Xie Xiangzhi, I was inexplicably worried about Pei Yuan who had a deep understanding of the two world systems: [With Pei Yuan's character, he must care about the relationship between you and Bai Li Ze, right?Moreover, there are many rumors in this world about you and Baili Ze a hundred years ago, if Pei Yuan wants to inquire about it, he will find something wrong, right? ]
"I didn't tell him to forget the past." He couldn't tell the expression on his side face hidden in the shadows, but his voice was a little indifferent.
People have always been that person, but it's true that they don't remember all the time.So if you want to ask for trouble now, just let him go.
The system was silent for a while, thinking that there was nothing wrong with what Xie Xiangzhi said.After all, whether it is Bai Li Ze or Pei Yuan, there is only one person to trace the source.
Of course, the system was honored to find that its judgment was not wrong at all.
On the day of departure, Xie Xiangzhi's chariots and horses walked a few steps, and saw Pei Yuan wearing a black fox fur coat standing at the gate of the inner palace.
He has a tall and straight figure, like a cedar covered with frost in the winter of Yan Kingdom, but the occasional coldness between his eyebrows makes people feel that he is not as tough as a cedar, but more like a polished and blood-drinking cedar. blade.
Seeing Xie Xiangzhi, his expression softened a little, but the darkness in his eyes became more intense the moment Xie Xiangzhi appeared.
Xie Xiangzhi brushed aside the curtain of the carriage, and met Pei Yuan's eyes.
"I heard that the King of Chu is going to pay homage to His Majesty Emperor Zhao today. Emperor Zhao is the unworldly king of the previous dynasty. I have admired him for a long time, but I can't see him because I am not born at the same time. It is better for the King of Chu to take a lonely journey today, called Gu How about going to pay homage to fulfill Quangu's admiration for His Majesty Emperor Zhao?"
He said these words with murderous intent, it is hard to believe the authenticity of the "admiration" in his words.
Xie Xiangzhi looked at him, slowly loosened his five fingers, and lowered the curtain.
A word "good" drifted away in the empty and quiet palace, and dissipated when it hit the vermilion palace wall.
The anger in Pei Yuan's heart was even higher, and he didn't say much that he picked up the curtain and got on Xie Xiangzhi's frame.
Bai Li Ze's tomb is in a small county not far from the king of Chu, where the Yanyu Tower was located in the past, and most of the people who live here today are descendants of the people in the Yanyu Tower.
A few apricot blossoms were planted beside Bai Li Ze's tomb, but it was severe winter, and only bare branches remained.They don't bloom until next spring with their first clusters of blooms, then fall and spring, and the cycle continues.
Xie Xiangzhi took the wine glass and wine, the wine is a pot of pear blossom white, it has been like this for many years.He poured the full wine glass in front of Baili Ze's tombstone, and the wine wet the ground.
Pei Yuan's gaze followed Xie Xiangzhi's movements all the time, and he didn't have any special feelings when he saw Baili Ze's tomb. After all, no matter how amazing and brilliant a generation of emperors are, they are now just bones under the loess.The only thing he cared about was Xie Xiangzhi's own attitude.
Pei Yuan watched Xie Xiangzhi's movements for a long time, and waited until he poured all the wine in the glass to the ground before he spoke: "The King of Chu has such deep affection for His Majesty Emperor Zhao. camaraderie."
Xie Xiangzhi looked at him with a smile, he didn't know what was on his mind, and said slowly: "Of course I have deep affection for him, and he naturally knows it."
Under Pei Yuan's sleeves, his five fingers clenched into fists, and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.
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Two more in one.
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"Excuse me for the old minister's nonsense, but it is still unknown how much my lord will have in this country in the future, and it is also unknown whether that is your favorite concubine or..."
Xie Xiangzhi has always been tolerant to his subjects, so Xu Wei dared to say all kinds of presumptuous words in front of Xie Xiangzhi.
"The prime minister is right, then we will see the outcome in the future." Xie Xiangzhi chuckled.
"There is one more thing." Xu Wei squinted his eyes, and his eyes flashed, "My lord will go to worship Emperor Zhao as usual this year? If my lord has this intention, then the old minister will start to arrange it."
Xie Xiangzhi was silent for a moment, and raised his eyes to look outside the hall. The thin sunlight from the high and deep autumn sky shone on the bluestone bricks outside the hall, casting a golden light.
"Go."
"Yes." Xu Wei cupped his hands, "The old minister resigns."
Xie Xiangzhi waved his hand and let Xu Wei go down.
At Youshi, the sky is dim, and the stars and the moon are gradually rising.
Chu Palace lights up.
The way of hospitality is to hold a reception banquet for King Yan in Qingping Palace, and Huo Junru, a third-rank female official, will be in charge of hosting the reception and other palace affairs, but Pei Yuan politely rejected the boring of such a large number of people. banquet.
If Huo Jun got Xie Xiangzhi's order of "everything", he smiled gently and said: "The king of Yan came from a long way, I think he is tired, so I ask the king of Yan to take a good rest. I will discuss it with Lord Jijiu tomorrow. To hold a clean-up banquet for the officers and men of the King of Yan, so as to show the hospitality of Chu State."
After talking about the banquet in a very thorough manner, Huo Junru then asked gently: "Does King Yan have any other orders? If there is any lack of hospitality, His Highness King Yan can give you another order. Yan and Chu The customs of the country are far from each other, most of the people in the Chu Palace are not familiar with the customs of Yan, if there is any inadvertent offence, I hope the King of Yan will forgive me."
Pei Yuan glanced at her, and lazily looked away: "Who is serving beside your King Chu?"
"...?" Huo Junru was puzzled, but he immediately thought of something and reacted, and he bent his knees, "I am a female official in the palace. My family comes from the Huo family in Nanzhou. Because there is no serious master in the palace, I temporarily take the place of the king. The previous generation was in charge of the affairs of the royal palace. If the King of Yan has any request, just ask the humble minister to do it."
Huo Junru was always smart and well versed in the way of speaking, and in a few words he pointed out that he was just a courtier of the King of Chu, and the King of Chu didn't have any serious concubines, so Pei Yuan let her go instantly.
"Tell Master Huo? I dare not." Pei Yuan said, "I just ask Master Huo to run for me, and invite the King of Chu to come to Yong'an Hall for dinner."
"This... Your Majesty should still be discussing politics with your lords at this time..." Huo Junru said hesitantly.
"Shouldn't the King of Chu wash away the dust for Gu Jiefeng today?" Pei Yuan asked back.His attitude is not very aggressive, on the contrary, he is rare in a position of gentleness.
But Huo Junru didn't dare to ignore his request because of this, he hesitated for a few seconds, "Then please wait a moment, King Yan, I will report to the king."
……
Huo Junru didn't expect that Xie Xiangzhi really complied with this request, and put down what he was doing to have dinner with Pei Yuan.She also studied classics and history when she was young, and she was born in a century-old family in Nanzhou. She has seen all kinds of absurd deeds, but when it happened to Xie Xiangzhi and Pei Yuan, it still shocked her—this is not an ordinary pet. But a natural enemy, the king of a country.
She hid the shock in her heart and resigned, went back to her palace and thought about it for a long time, put on her clothes and got up, then wrote a letter to her family and asked someone to send it out of the palace overnight.
She didn't know that the letter was intercepted before it left the second gate of the Chu Palace, and the leader of the Anbu Department of Chu who was hiding in the dark night checked the letter carefully before being taken out.
The moonlight in front of the steps was as cool as water, and Huo Junru stood in front of the window for a long time, only to recover when the evening wind blew across his cheeks and extinguished the candles.
The 30-year-old gale in this world should stop.All the people in the world are longing for the coming of a unified and prosperous age without war and turmoil.
"May the world be clean and the mountains and rivers be clean."
Huo Junru silently made his first wish in his 19 years of life.
In Yong'an Hall, Pei Yuan and Xie Xiangzhi sat facing each other and played chess. The black and white chess pieces were criss-crossed on the chessboard, and the situation was unclear.
Pei Yuan Luozi, seemingly unintentionally said: "Today I heard from Mrs. Huo that the Yong'an Palace was originally built as the residence of the Central Palace."
Xie Xiangzhi didn't care about his appearance, and followed him to make a move. The black and white pieces each accounted for half of the country, and the outcome was hard to tell.Murderous intent permeated the chessboard.
"so what?"
His tone was light and airy, and his attitude was too taken for granted, causing Pei Yuan to laugh: "King Chu is right, so what... so what?"
Because of the 100-year gap, no matter how affectionate he is later, if he doesn't lose an inch to Bai Lize, it's just a futile act of self-love!
On that day, Xie Xiangzhi was dealing with several family heads who came to the Yizheng Hall to mourn.
The land tax reform strategy formulated by Nalanxi has been promulgated. In order to protect his safety, it has not been announced who formulated the reform.As soon as the law of reform came into effect, several keen local aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River immediately noticed that the wind direction had changed-this really touched their fundamental interests.So several of the most powerful clans closed their doors together, asked to see Xie Xiangzhi in person, and jointly requested to withdraw the law of reform.
Xie Xiangzhi didn't have so much patience with these people, so he coldly smashed down more than a dozen books written by the officials to impeach the children of these aristocratic families, sternly reprimanded them, and told them to go away.
The several patriarchs were shocked by Xie Xiangzhi's indifferent attitude, and they didn't dare to read the impeachment on the booklet carefully, and went on in a hurry.If they take a sober look at the content of impeachment, they will find that these excerpts are from earlier years.In recent years, the king of Chu has accumulated a lot of prestige, and his officials are cruel and strict with the law. The sons of the aristocratic families who usually go around fighting dogs and dogs dare not easily get into trouble.
After guessing that the heads of several aristocratic families came to the gate of the palace, Xie Xiangzhi asked someone to invite the heads of the Huo family back.
The current head of the Huo family is Huo Junru's elder brother. His attitude towards Xie Xiangzhi is not as outrageous as other Nanzhou clansmen. His attitude has always been ambiguous. He can be regarded as a mediator between Xie Xiangzhi and the Nanzhou family.
The Patriarch of the Huo family was at a loss. He didn't know what the king of Chu called him to do. Out of his usual caution, he didn't speak easily.
After a long time, the King of Chu said with a smile: "Junru has also reached the age of marriage, I don't know what Patriarch Huo plans for Junru's marriage?"
The Patriarch of the Huo family was even more confused, and after deliberating for a long time, he asked tentatively: "It depends on what you want?" Could it be that the King of Chu finally fell in love with his sister after so many years, but shouldn't he?It doesn't make sense to look down on him for so many years, but suddenly fall in love with him?
But why did the King of Chu suddenly call his sister's name again, as if they had a good relationship?
"Patriarch Huo is a good elder brother." Xie Xiangzhi said lightly.
The head of the Huo family couldn't hear what he meant, so he just smiled and didn't speak.
Xie Xiangzhi changed his tone in the next sentence, bringing out a meaningful smile: "I don't know if Mrs. Huo asked her about her feelings when he sent her to the palace?"
"..."
When the head of the Huo family heard this, cold sweat dripped down his forehead instantly, and he knelt down in horror.
"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"
It's not that he has no backbone, but that none of these aristocratic families in Nanzhou is not afraid of him, for fear that if he falls with a knife, the century-old lintel will be turned into dust in an instant.Even this time, it was through the large number of people and the mentality of not blaming the crowd that he dared to force Xie Xiangzhi to back down.It's really the end. If the land tax system is reformed, then these aristocratic families may decline because of this, and it is not impossible to recover from it.
"Get up. Patriarch Huo, I have no intention of holding you accountable today." Xie Xiangzhi waited for him to kneel before slowly saying, "Patriarch Huo, don't be so afraid."
But the head of the Huo family did not dare to stand up.
"Get up. I have something to discuss with Patriarch Huo today. I don't talk about state affairs, but just talk about Yuanru. As Yuanru's elder brother, Patriarch Huo doesn't have to be like this."
The Patriarch of the Huo family stood up tremblingly, Xie Xiangzhi signaled the palace servants to sit with him.
When he sat down, Xie Xiangzhi just said: "Junru has been a female official in the palace for many years, and has always been dedicated to her duties. My king has been alone since childhood, and has no brothers or sisters. I have a close relationship with Junru. I have always regarded her as my own sister and have been with her for many years. It can be regarded as very affectionate, and if you want to recognize each other as a sister, I don't know what Patriarch Huo's own brother thinks?"
Huo Patriarch thought to himself, where did the two of them have such a strong relationship?When Huo Junru sent a letter home, it was not that he did not mention that she and King Chu were separated by half the palace, and that she would not see each other for half a year without business.What kind of brother-sister relationship is this?
But he didn't dare to object to Xie Xiangzhi in the slightest, bowed his head and bowed, "It's my sister's blessing, but it's up to the king to decide."
He knew in his heart that this was just a political game under the guise, if he really wanted to regard Huo Jun as his sister, he wouldn't have mentioned such things to him in the Palace of Political Affairs.
Xie Xiangzhi is very satisfied with his way of life: "Then I will choose an auspicious day to seal Yun as the eldest princess, so how about setting Qinghe as the title?"
Patriarch Huo was slightly surprised that most of the titles of Princess Shi were taken from the fief, but he never thought that the King of Chu would be willing to grant a fief to a princess with a different surname.And this Qinghe happened to be no other place, it was the place where Huo's family was located.
He was a little confused about what the king wanted to do.
"But it's up to the king to decide."
Patriarch Huo saluted again.
"In my king's opinion, since the princess has reached the age of marriage, it is better to take advantage of this time to have a double happiness. I heard that the princess had a marriage contract with the young master of the Lin family before she entered the palace as a female official. Lin Shaojun has never been married for the sake of the princess, so why don't you make a decree to marry this lover."
Patriarch Huo was in a cold sweat when he heard that, at this time Xie Xiangzhi was trying to see the dagger, and he didn't hide his intention at all - to divide the family alliance in order to push for reform.
Lin and Huo are both from the south of the Yangtze River, so once this happened, what will happen to the Huo family in the aristocratic family, needless to say.It is only said that the Lin family is the first family in Hengzhou. Although it is also in Chu, it is quite far away from Nanzhou.At this time, the reorganization has just begun, and Hengzhou has not received any news, and all parties are still observing and watching.But the marriage contract is different. Although the one who bestows the marriage is Huo's daughter, she has the name of a princess, which represents the intention of the King of Chu himself.No matter what Lin Shi thinks, other aristocratic families must have concerns about Lin Shi and refuse to form an alliance with Lin Shi.Splitting up the Lin family, the number one family in Hengzhou, the rest of the families are not good enough, and the King of Chu can easily defeat them one by one.
However, Young Master Lin will definitely agree to this engagement.Lin Shaojun is a gentle and affectionate gentleman, he has a responsibility to Huo Junru, and he will never easily resist the order and refuse marriage.The Patriarch of the Lin family accidentally fell ill again at this juncture, so he delegated power to the young master, and no one in the Lin family could govern his decisions.
Then Patriarch Lin...was it really an accidental serious illness?
The cold sweat on Patriarch Huo's back was already soaking through his clothes, but he still had to agree to King Chu's condition—restructuring is imperative, and the family's decline is a foregone conclusion.If you withdraw and join the King of Chu as soon as possible, you can still be comprehensive.
After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth, and the situation was not going to be bad, so he might as well give it a go.
"The minister thanked the king for his love on behalf of his sister, but he also asked the king to be extra merciful so that Junru could get married from home."
"The princess is the daughter of the Huo family, so it should be." Xie Xiangzhi agreed.
Patriarch Huo thanked him and left.
One day before the beginning of winter, the order of conferring the princess and granting the marriage reached the Huo Lin clan, and the young master of the Lin family naturally happily accepted the order of the marriage.
Huo Junru also came here to receive an order to thank you.
"Although I know that the king has selfish intentions, I still want to thank the king for fulfilling my marriage. In the past, I thought that as soon as I entered the palace, I would be a stranger in this life. I dare not expect to meet again. I don't want to make up for this regret now."
"Since you know that I have selfish intentions, you shouldn't thank me." Xie Xiangzhi looked down at her, "Do you still have the key to the palace treasury? If you have something you like, you can choose it yourself and treat it as a dowry."
Huo Jun stood up like Xie En, and said with a slight smile, "Your Majesty is a good man."
Xie Xiangzhi sneered noncommittally.
"A good man among kings." Huo Junru added another sentence, correcting the fallacy in his expression.
……
A few days after the beginning of winter, Xie Xiangzhi prepared his chariot and set out to pay homage to Bai Lize.This is an old custom that Xie Xiangzhi has cultivated for many years. People around him have long been used to it. Although they cannot understand why their king attaches so much importance to a former emperor who has died for more than 100 years, none of them dare not act according to his wishes.
Just because everyone in the palace felt that worship was too common, no one paid attention to what was wrong with telling Pei Yuan about it, not even Huo Junru, who was the most slick and slick, didn't notice Pei Yuan's concern. The attitude of caring too much about things - she can't be blamed for this, who would have thought that King Chu had a close relationship with Emperor Zhao a hundred years ago?Who would have thought that the King of Yan would even have a heart for a person who had been dead for a hundred years?
The only thing aware is the system.
Following Xie Xiangzhi, I was inexplicably worried about Pei Yuan who had a deep understanding of the two world systems: [With Pei Yuan's character, he must care about the relationship between you and Bai Li Ze, right?Moreover, there are many rumors in this world about you and Baili Ze a hundred years ago, if Pei Yuan wants to inquire about it, he will find something wrong, right? ]
"I didn't tell him to forget the past." He couldn't tell the expression on his side face hidden in the shadows, but his voice was a little indifferent.
People have always been that person, but it's true that they don't remember all the time.So if you want to ask for trouble now, just let him go.
The system was silent for a while, thinking that there was nothing wrong with what Xie Xiangzhi said.After all, whether it is Bai Li Ze or Pei Yuan, there is only one person to trace the source.
Of course, the system was honored to find that its judgment was not wrong at all.
On the day of departure, Xie Xiangzhi's chariots and horses walked a few steps, and saw Pei Yuan wearing a black fox fur coat standing at the gate of the inner palace.
He has a tall and straight figure, like a cedar covered with frost in the winter of Yan Kingdom, but the occasional coldness between his eyebrows makes people feel that he is not as tough as a cedar, but more like a polished and blood-drinking cedar. blade.
Seeing Xie Xiangzhi, his expression softened a little, but the darkness in his eyes became more intense the moment Xie Xiangzhi appeared.
Xie Xiangzhi brushed aside the curtain of the carriage, and met Pei Yuan's eyes.
"I heard that the King of Chu is going to pay homage to His Majesty Emperor Zhao today. Emperor Zhao is the unworldly king of the previous dynasty. I have admired him for a long time, but I can't see him because I am not born at the same time. It is better for the King of Chu to take a lonely journey today, called Gu How about going to pay homage to fulfill Quangu's admiration for His Majesty Emperor Zhao?"
He said these words with murderous intent, it is hard to believe the authenticity of the "admiration" in his words.
Xie Xiangzhi looked at him, slowly loosened his five fingers, and lowered the curtain.
A word "good" drifted away in the empty and quiet palace, and dissipated when it hit the vermilion palace wall.
The anger in Pei Yuan's heart was even higher, and he didn't say much that he picked up the curtain and got on Xie Xiangzhi's frame.
Bai Li Ze's tomb is in a small county not far from the king of Chu, where the Yanyu Tower was located in the past, and most of the people who live here today are descendants of the people in the Yanyu Tower.
A few apricot blossoms were planted beside Bai Li Ze's tomb, but it was severe winter, and only bare branches remained.They don't bloom until next spring with their first clusters of blooms, then fall and spring, and the cycle continues.
Xie Xiangzhi took the wine glass and wine, the wine is a pot of pear blossom white, it has been like this for many years.He poured the full wine glass in front of Baili Ze's tombstone, and the wine wet the ground.
Pei Yuan's gaze followed Xie Xiangzhi's movements all the time, and he didn't have any special feelings when he saw Baili Ze's tomb. After all, no matter how amazing and brilliant a generation of emperors are, they are now just bones under the loess.The only thing he cared about was Xie Xiangzhi's own attitude.
Pei Yuan watched Xie Xiangzhi's movements for a long time, and waited until he poured all the wine in the glass to the ground before he spoke: "The King of Chu has such deep affection for His Majesty Emperor Zhao. camaraderie."
Xie Xiangzhi looked at him with a smile, he didn't know what was on his mind, and said slowly: "Of course I have deep affection for him, and he naturally knows it."
Under Pei Yuan's sleeves, his five fingers clenched into fists, and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.
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Two more in one.
I wanted to write more at first, but I didn’t dare to procrastinate on QAQ. I’ll add another thousand tomorrow.
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