Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

It’s not that Kou Xiao hadn’t predicted the content of the imperial decree, but he thought it would be related to the Lingnan riots. After all, nothing major happened in South Vietnam recently, but when he passed by the gate of the city, he heard the small official guarding the gate say in a beaming tone: “Kou Xiao General, do you know? Your lord is about to marry a wife, and your majesty is still thinking about our lord. I heard that we have chosen a woman who is beautiful, intelligent and celestial. The palace will hold a wedding soon, right?"

The news stunned Kou Xiao immediately, and the people around watched helplessly as the general, who had become more tempered recently, suddenly threw out his whip, directly smashing the ear of a town house at the gate of the city. , then stared at the little official and asked in a deep voice: "Where did the news come from? The content of today's imperial decree has been released?"

The little official had already retreated a few meters and knelt on the ground in horror. He forgot that when General Kou entered the city before, he kept his head down and avoided it.

He knelt on the ground tremblingly and said: "Yes... yes, the news that some people heard at the gate of the palace before spread throughout the city in an instant, and now everyone knows the news."

He thought to himself: Does General Kou not want King Shun to get married?After all, only when they are married can they have a son-in-law. Maybe the relationship between these two is not as harmonious as it appears on the surface, otherwise why would General Kou get so angry?

Some people also think that maybe the rumors about these two people outside are true, one is about to get married, and the other is going to be mad?

Regardless of this, at this moment no one dared to take a breather in front of Kou Xiao, let alone try to persuade him, each of them stood still like stone sculptures.

Perhaps Kou Xiao’s personal guards haven’t seen their general get so angry for a long time. After thinking about it, someone came forward to persuade him: “General, you have to go back to the palace to see if the news is true or not. You…”

These personal guards could see better than the outsiders. There should indeed be some unclear relationship between General Kou and King Shun, but they really didn't know how far it was related.

Anyway, they didn't think there was anything bad about this news. No matter what, Nanyue Shun Palace really needed a stable mistress to manage the internal affairs, instead of relying entirely on a little eunuch to support it, although that little eunuch was not simple at all.

Kou Xiao was angry, but he was thinking more about other issues, such as: Li Xu's reaction after receiving the imperial decree, would he directly resist the decree and disrespect it?Or does he have any plans after receiving the imperial decree, how to get rid of this unknown woman.

This is the focus of Kou Xiao's concern, a marriage decree is nothing, the focus is Li Xu's reaction.

"Let's go back to the barracks first. We won't be entering the city today." Kou Xiao turned around and rode away. He felt that he needed to give Li Xu some time to think about it. The answer, he probably would really go crazy.

The guards didn't dare to say anything, they followed behind him silently, and when they were far away, the petrified people and the soldiers at the city gate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky to survive the disaster.

A veteran also said with emotion: "General Kou's temper is really good now, he is so angry that he didn't kill or beat anyone. In the past..."

"Don't talk nonsense! General Kou never kills indiscriminately. He kills people who deserve to be killed. Don't let others hear such words!" The city gate official warned him seriously.

Kou Xiao hurried back to the barracks, everyone thought that something big had happened when they saw him go and come back, especially the soldiers who saw Kou Xiao's face thought that another pirate had come ashore.

Just as Jiang Qiuming was about to leave, he asked Ji Hanyu to talk about how to deal with the spies sneaking into South Vietnam. Just as he was about to leave, he saw General Kou walking in gloomyly. His first reaction was: the emperor's edict might not be very good.

He avoided three meters away, saluted and asked, "Why is the general back again? You haven't reached the palace yet, have you?"

"En." Kou Xiao replied lightly.

"Then you are...?"

"The general still has important matters to deal with today, can't you go back if you don't have time? Are you going to question the whereabouts of the general?"

"No, no, I don't dare. I still have something to do. Please go ahead." Jiang Qiuming ran away with oil on his feet, not daring to touch the landmine that would explode at any time.

He entered the city and was about to go straight home. When he passed by the palace, he thought about it and went to ask about the content of the imperial decree. It was a coincidence that after the news of Kou Xiao's anger at the gate of the city spread, the people did not dare to discuss it anymore. Jiang Qiuming naturally didn't know about the imperial decree granting marriage.

As soon as he approached the gate of the palace, he felt that the atmosphere was different. As soon as he was about to leave, he saw Director Liu coming out accompanied by an elderly eunuch. Seeing him flirting, he did not greet him.

But the eunuch had already seen him, so he stopped and asked, "This is...?"

Liu Shu quickly replied: "This is the military adviser of Kou's army. He is responsible for delivering official documents. He must have asked the prince for something in the army." After speaking, he said to Jiang Qiuming, "Master military adviser, the prince is in the study at the moment. Please come in."

After Jiang Qiuming saluted them, he strode into the palace, turned around a corner and asked the accompanying servants, "Is that the eunuch delivering the decree?"

"Yes."

"What did the edict say?"

The man hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't know whether I should say it or not, you should ask the master."

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Liu Shu led the people out of the palace and strolled casually on the street, showing the people the customs of Minzhou so that they could go back to do business, but the other person was obviously not thinking about shopping, and asked tentatively: "How do you get along, the prince and General Kou? Seeing that you are quite familiar with that person just now, do you often deal with each other?"

Liu Shu replied cautiously: "Not often, but General Kou respects King Shun very much, and will report to the prince on major military affairs, and the military adviser often comes to deliver official documents, so he is more familiar with it."

Even if Liu Shu didn't like Kou Xiao in his heart, he still protected him at this time, after all, he was his own.

"Oh? Speaking of which, General Kou is still a sensible person. It seems that the emperor is worrying too much about General Kou's youthful vigor and disobedience to discipline."

"Don't listen to the nonsense from the outside world, and tell General Kou how domineering. In fact, General Kou is brave and resourceful, discerns right from wrong, and is loyal to the royal family. Although he lacks in government affairs, he is young and has opportunities to make up for it."

Eunuch Yang looked at Liu Shu in surprise: "Your vision is so high that you can praise it so much. I think General Kou is really good. Don't tell me you were bought by him?"

Liu Shu immediately lowered his face and said angrily: "What do you mean by that? Our family's loyalty to the prince can be learned from the sun and the moon, and no one can buy it off."

"Don't be angry, I'm just joking, who doesn't know that Director Liu is the prince's caring little padded jacket, and I just sigh with emotion for your high opinion of General Kou."

"Hmph, it's not very high. General Kou has these advantages, but he has a lot of disadvantages. Just lack of etiquette is a headache. And if you didn't see, he is just a country bumpkin. He has never seen or eaten anything. It's too shameful."

"South Vietnam is so remote, it's normal to be ignorant."

General Kou, who was in a daze in the barracks, sneezed, feeling that Li Xu was missing him, he couldn't sit still and wanted to go home.

Li Xu practiced calligraphy in the study, and practicing calligraphy can calm his mind, although his heart has always been quite peaceful.

In fact, if he didn't want this marriage, he had countless ways to mess it up, but he couldn't ignore the woman's reputation, so he had to think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

Seeing that it was getting dark, he lit the oil lamp and called for someone to ask, "Is General Kou back?"

The servant replied truthfully: "Never."

After a while, someone came to report that Jiang Junshi had come, but Li Xu didn't know his purpose, so he invited him in.

Jiang Qiuming wandered around the Huiyuan outside, asked a few more servants, and finally asked the matter clearly, and understood the reason why General Kou didn't want to go home after he left and returned.

It's normal for his general to be angry when encountering such a thing, but it's bad if he doesn't return home. The prince doesn't seem to be able to coax people.

He bit the bullet and gave Kou Xiao an excuse, "My lord, the general still has this matter today, and if he can't come back in time, he ordered his subordinates to come down and inform you so that you don't have to wait for him."

Li Xu didn't know that the content of the imperial decree would spread so quickly, so he didn't think too much about it. After nodding, he said to Jiang Qiuming, "I heard that you have been investigating the people in the city these days, and found out many spies. You have worked hard."

"This is the job of the subordinates. The prince is serious, and the cooperation of the government is also very important to catch people so quickly."

Li Xu knew everything he should know, so he didn't ask in detail, but just explained: "Since I have checked it once, let's leave it like this for the time being. It's almost Chinese New Year, so don't let the common people think that something big happened and feel uneasy."

"The subordinate understands that the general has an explanation, and deliberately kept a few people from being arrested, and wanted to keep them to pass the news to the outside, so the matter is over."

"Well, if you have nothing to do, you can have dinner at the palace."

Just as Jiang Qiuming let go of his panic, he didn't dare to stay in the palace for too long, and immediately explained that he had an appointment with Ji Hanyu, and now it's time to go.

Li Xu had no reason to keep him. After he left, he went to have dinner with the little princess. During the dinner, the father and daughter rarely spoke quietly. It was not until the meal was over that the little princess asked sullenly, "Father, am I very happy?" Will there be a new concubine soon?"

Li Xu asked back: "Then do you want a new mother concubine?"

"Of course I don't want to. If you marry a wife, you will have other children. Shu'er will not be the only one, and if your siblings are too cute, you will like others instead of Shu'er."

"Why do you think so? You are the jewel in the palm of the father's palm. You are the father's favorite, and the father can guarantee it."

The little princess lowered her head and said: "But at that time, the princess will definitely not let Shu'er continue to mess around. Women should be quiet and dignified. If they are in the palace, they will not be so free."

Li Xu touched her head, trimmed the pearl headband on her bun, and comforted her: "This is Nanyue, not the imperial palace, so you don't have to abide by the rules of the palace, and you don't mess around, you have to learn After learning, the master said to the father, Shu'er learned very well."

When the child was praised by someone, he immediately burst into a smile, and the unhappiness just now was gone, "Master, did you really praise me?"

"Of course, father will not lie."

"Then I'll thank my master tomorrow. He hasn't praised me much on weekdays."

Li Xu thought of that young scholar, and explained for him with a smile: "He is still an age to be praised, I guess he didn't expect that."

After the two finished talking, Li Xu took a walk in the backyard, and Liu Shu went out with Eunuch Yang, so he could only ask He Zun, "Do you know what will happen if a woman's marriage is terminated?"

"At the least, the reputation is damaged, it is difficult to find another company, and at worst, some commit suicide."

"That is to say, it is not advisable to terminate the engagement in the usual way." Li Xu said to himself.

He Zun felt that the prince was too soft-hearted, she was just a girl, if she didn't like it, she just didn't want to marry her. Although it was a marriage gift, it was not difficult for them to divorce.

However, he still suggested: "This daughter of Zhonglangling has been heard of by my subordinates before, and she has a good reputation. If there must be a princess, such a woman is also good. She came all the way to South Vietnam and was helpless. I must not dare to go against your will, it can be used as a decoration, it can stop the outsiders, and make the emperor feel at ease, if this one is retired, the emperor will look for the next one."

Li Xu nodded, and listened to his words, especially the last sentence, he can't stay away from marrying a wife for the rest of his life, unless the reason is justified, but if he wants to be the emperor, he'd better have an heir, at this time people place extra importance on children persistent.

"It's impossible to marry, but we have to find a solution once and for all, so as not to worry about this kind of thing every year in the future." Li Xu thought, if he was in modern times, he could still find a surrogate, and he could have as many children as he wanted. , where can he find a child?

It's not that they haven't considered adopting. There are several unwanted babies in the Salesian Bureau, but it's not so easy to adopt a child. He has to be responsible for raising a child, not to mention he already has a daughter.

"Then why don't you ask someone to find out first, maybe that adult doesn't want to marry you either?"

Li Xu's bad mood all night was amused by this sentence, "You are honest, what you said is like marrying this king, but it would be the best."

Li Xu originally thought that Kou Xiao was just coming back late, but he didn't see him until midnight, so he knew what was going on.

It's all nonsense to be busy with official duties, and this person is really... Is it childish to run away from home when you get angry?

Li Xu was also a little angry. He felt that if there was a problem, he should take the initiative to face it and discuss the solution. In the end, he didn't even show his face. "Don't come back!"

Li Xu lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep for a long time, he turned over and got up, and heard Liu Shu ask at the door: "My lord, did the servant send someone to invite General Kou back?"

If Kou Xiao was there, he would know that the little eunuch was worried and kind again, but Li Xu was the person involved, and the authorities were obsessed with it, so he couldn't hear what was wrong with what he said.

"No, it's fine if you don't come back. Does this king still ask him to come back?" Li Xu became more angry.

Liu Shu knocked on the door and came in, re-lighted the lamp for him, brought him another cup of hot tea, and persuaded him: "General Kou is sometimes arrogant and has a big temper. It's not the first day you know him, so why bother with him?" Are you angry?"

Li Xu snorted, and said in a low voice: "I'm not angry, can he escape for a day or for a lifetime? If that's the case, this king will admire him instead."

As soon as Liu Shu heard his words, he knew that he was really angry. He probably turned half into anger from embarrassment. He immediately turned the wind direction and said, "Maybe General Kou is really busy. When I went out in the evening, I heard that there was another banditry, my slave." Then find someone to ask secretly, but don’t get angry, it’s not worth it.”

Li Xu really wanted to know what Kou Xiao was thinking at this moment, so he acquiesced in not saying a word.

Liu Shu waited for him to sleep, then called Lao Qi, and told him, "Go to the barracks and ask General Kou to come back no matter what, otherwise, hmph... just tell him that the prince is not asleep yet! "

Lao Qi ran away, and Liu Shu stood in the yard and lamented: It is not easy to be a slave, and you have to lead the red line for the master.