Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

In the early morning of the next day, Li Xu came back from court, bid farewell to the emperor, and moved out of the palace with his family. I don't know how many pairs of eyes were staring inside and outside the palace gate, watching them bring more than a dozen carts of things to the east. Go to the street.

Most of these dozen or so carriages were gifted by the emperor, and they were extremely valuable. Even those few carriages were also gifted by the emperor. They were luxurious, comfortable, exquisite, and very enviable.

"If you talk about who is the most favored in the court today, it is His Royal Highness Shun Wang." A group of officials knelt on both sides of the palace gate to make way for Shun Wang.

Prime Minister Wei came out a step behind, squinting at the movement, his mind was hard to distinguish, his disciple stepped forward and said: "Master Xiang, King Shun is in the limelight now, should we make a decision early?"

Prime Minister Wei replied flatly: "What's the rush? No matter who is in charge, as long as we remain neutral, we will not be implicated. If we stand on the wrong team, it will be a disaster."

"With King Shun's current favor and his talent, it will be difficult for the other princes to surpass him, right?"

"Sometimes the throne is not something that anyone who is favored can sit on. The third prince and the fourth prince are not vegetarians. Moreover, His Royal Highness King Shun values ​​poor scholars very much."

"Then you..."

"Let them brothers fight, we will support whoever ascends to the throne, who can say we are wrong?"

"Yes, you're right." The student thought to himself, even though that's the case, is it a completely different treatment to have Conglonggong and not to have it?And he really likes King Shun as a person.

The emperor not only rewarded the mansion, but also assigned the servants along with him. Li Xu didn't have many people around to serve him, but when he arrived in the capital, even if he put on airs, he had to fill up the servants around him. What do you think.

The palace is very big, He Zun didn't like anything after seeing it once, but there is nothing to change, as most of the palaces of princes and nobles in the capital are like this.

Li Xu moved into the main courtyard, and the servants were busy putting things away. He walked around his own courtyard, and he only felt that the scenery was beautiful and the environment was quiet, and he was quite satisfied with it.

He still arranges the little princess in the courtyard next to him, and now there are many court ladies and eunuchs serving the little princess, he is still worried about letting her live too far away.

"My lord, do you want to leave a separate courtyard for General Kou?" Liu Shulai asked for instructions.

"No, he will naturally live in the main courtyard when he comes. All the servants in this courtyard are replaced by his own people, and the rest are not allowed to enter the courtyard." The separation is already miserable enough, how could he let Kou Xiao live alone when he came.

"It's inevitable, but if the general comes here often, it will always fall into the eyes of those who care."

"Then let them see that it's no big deal for me to favor someone."

Kou Xiao was also visiting the palace at this time, and the guards of the huge palace were all guarded by the Kou family army. Because Li Xu did not recruit the guards, the emperor loved him a little bit, not only allowing thousands of Kou family troops to enter the city to serve as his guards, but also promised He can expand the weaving of the palace guards to 1 people.

Kou Xiao had to personally arrange the defense map of the palace, and it happened that he could live in the palace for a few days with this name, and it was reasonable to come to the palace in the future.

King Shun's housewarming is a big event. All officials in the court, Chinese, military and military officials want to take this opportunity to make friends with King Shun, and even the Three Princes want to take this opportunity to find out about King Shun.

Arranging the wedding banquet at Fulai Restaurant, this practice is very rare among the nobles, Li Xu said that the house is not settled yet, it is inconvenient to entertain guests, and the palace does not have a decent cook, so it would be better to have a good meal at the restaurant.

Li Xu has always attached great importance to his private territory. When he was in South Vietnam, he liked the officials and people there, so he was naturally willing to open the door to welcome them as guests, but let's forget about the civil and military officials in the capital.

Situ Yong also received the invitation, and the entire King of Yingshun in Gyeonggi only invited three people, and the generals who went down would not have this face.

Situ Yong smashed his mouth and said in his heart: I don't know what identity Kou Xiao will stand beside King Shun on the day of the wedding banquet. After many days, he still can't understand how these two men get married. Don't want to be a son-in-law?

It was a sunny and sunny day to treat guests, the capital had just entered spring, and there was a fresh smell everywhere. Horse-drawn carriages were parked at the entrance of Fulai Restaurant, and every visitor was either an important official or a noble prince.

This is the first time Li Xu has had such a comprehensive contact with the higher-level social circle of the Dayan Dynasty. He knows all the courtiers, but he is not familiar with the nobles and princes. Fortunately, he does not need to know everyone, and he can say a few more words if he is pleasing to the eye. If you don't like what you say, don't pay attention to it, and no one notices his abnormality.

"My lord, Mr. Zhao is here." Liu Shu came to report.

Li Xu sat firmly, and when he heard Zhao Shu came, he just nodded his head lightly, and when the other party came to greet him, Li Xu smiled and said: "Master Zhao has always been on leave due to illness these days, I thought you wouldn't come. "

Zhao Shu's life has been very bad recently. The result of the ink corruption case was completely different from what he wanted. Several of his disciples were implicated in it. It must be Shun Wang's handwriting.

Zhao Shu is not a timid person, but he thought he was no match for King Shun when he played tricks, so he had to take sick leave to avoid the edge temporarily, and this also gave King Shun an impression of showing weakness, which was convenient for them to act in the future.

"For the prince's housewarming, the servants will naturally come to ask for a glass of wedding wine, but why didn't the prince have a banquet at the palace? You moved in in a hurry, so you should let everyone warm your house."

"It's because it's too hasty and lack of preparation, so it's not as convenient as a restaurant, not to mention this Fulai Restaurant is also my king's, so it's not too outrageous."

It was only then that everyone remembered that the largest restaurant in the capital city was also under the name of King Shun. At the beginning, this restaurant had suddenly risen in the capital city and gained a great reputation. It was full of guests every day. It was definitely a good place to make money every day.

Zhao Shu kindly pointed out: "The prince is a child of the royal family, and as a rule, he is not allowed to do business, and the status of a businessman is lowly. If you do business in such a capacity, it may damage the image of the royal family."

Regarding this point, the ministers of the DPRK and China have made some criticisms. Although each family has more or less private property, very few officials do business in person. , not ashamed.

Li Xu spread his hands and said helplessly, "This king was also forced to act like this. You don't know how poor South Vietnam is. If you don't want to find ways to make money, I'm afraid you will starve to death in South Vietnam."

Kou Xiao who was standing aside raised his eyebrows, and retorted in a low voice: "My lord is serious. Although Nanyue is poor, it is more than enough to gather all the strength of Nanyue to support a palace. Of course, we only care about food and clothing."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers roared with laughter. They probably had never seen such a candid person. They really deserved to come from a barbaric land, and they dared to say it too much.

Situ Yong hid his face, not daring to look at King Shun's face, thinking: Why would such a proud man like King Shun fall in love with Kou Xiao? The two lived in very different environments since they were young, so they shouldn't be together.

He put down his hands and observed the two of them carefully for a while, and then he saw some tricks, for example, the clothes on the two were actually the same style, but the color was different, the jade pendants on their waists were still a pair, and even their fingers The ring on the top is exactly the same.

This...do you dare to be more aboveboard?

If Situ Yong didn't know about their relationship in advance, he probably wouldn't have thought about that, but if he knew, there would be flaws everywhere, such as the way the two looked at each other, and the occasional physical contact, you can see that they are intimate.

"General Kou's words make some sense, but this king is the owner of the fiefdom, how can he only accept worship from the people and not pay? It is the king's responsibility to make the people in the fiefdom live a better life." Li Xu said righteously.

Many civil servants secretly applauded, Shun Wang Aimin and the others had heard about it a long time ago, but it is admirable to be willing to pay so much for the people.

Kou Xiao knelt in front of Li Xu, and said sincerely: "Your Highness's great kindness will never be forgotten in your heart, and the people of South Vietnam will also remember it. If the Highness didn't sacrifice his reputation to expand business and trade for South Vietnam, increase income and reduce expenditure, how many people in South Vietnam would starve to death every year .”

Li Xu helped him up, grasped his arm, squeezed it, and pulled him to stand beside him.

After today, no matter what the courtiers think, the people in the capital will definitely bow down in the name of King Shun's benevolence and righteousness. How could they not like a prince who sacrificed himself for the people?If King Shun ascends the throne in the future, their life will definitely be much easier.

"Let's not talk about that. Although these industries are under the name of the palace, the king doesn't participate much anymore. After all, business matters are not as important as state affairs."

Naturally, everyone wanted to praise the virtues of King Shun. Regardless of whether it was true or not, most of the guests present were moved. As for whether they would want to move closer to King Shun after being moved, it is unknown.

"By the way, I heard that the most popular construction team in the capital is also from South Vietnam. I wonder if the prince knows him?" Kong Jing recently got closer to King Shun, and the question was more direct.

Li Xu nodded, "Of course, those are craftsmen recruited by the palace. They came to the capital to fight for their careers because they had no way out in South Vietnam. I wonder if they are satisfied with their craftsmanship?"

Kong Jing made a bow, "So it's the prince's person, that's really great, I wonder if the prince can be accommodating, and let the ministers make an appointment with them to repair the house for Kong's mansion as soon as possible?"

Many officials secretly cursed: Treacherous!They also expressed that they needed to go through the back door and make appointments with the construction team to give them a rest at home as soon as possible, while the completed houses showed proud expressions. Look, they had the foresight and took the initiative.

Li Xu said with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect them to be so popular. If there is only Mr. Kong, I will definitely make it easier for you. But if everyone wants it, we can only treat them equally." offend.

Prime Minister Wei was originally sitting comfortably, not interested in their topic, but he interrupted when he heard this: "It's just craftsman's handicraft, how can it be worthy of your pursuit?"

Kong Jing disapproved and said: "Master, have you seen the repaired house?"

"Of course, my son-in-law's house has just been repaired."

"Don't you think everything is fresh and novel? The bright and clear windows, the clean and flat ground, the convenient water pipes, and all kinds of comfortable furniture, I really don't know how these craftsmen made them. "

Li Xu didn't take the credit for these things. If he let them know that these things were made by him, I don't know what they would think.

Doing business is already out of the ordinary. If you still do the work of a craftsman, it will be a bit of a nonsense.

After lunch and seeing off all the guests, Li Xu also brought people back to the palace.

Kou Xiao introduced Situ Yong to Li Xu, and the two looked at each other, unable to tell what kind of emotion it was, anyway, the glance was not so pleasing to the eye.

Situ Yong thought to himself: This is the man who married Kou Xiao, causing his brother to cut off his blood, and he obviously liked a woman, so he must not really like Kou Xiao.

And Li Xu's mental activity is: This is the sworn brother that Kou Xiao values. It is so thick because of his influence, the one who is close to the ink is black!

In front of Kou Xiao, the two talked about the current situation and the forces in the army in an amicable manner, as if they were very close relatives, and Kou Xiao was a little bit speechless when he sat on the sidelines.

"I talked to Brother Xiao that day. I didn't expect to hear the news of personnel changes in just a few days. The prince is really quick." Situ Yong didn't expect Li Xu to have such courage and ability, and was shocked for a long time.

Brother Xiao?Li Xu almost couldn't keep the smile on his face, he gave Kou Xiao a slight sideways glance, thinking: Even at this age, they are still so nasty, how close they were when they played together back then.

He said flatly: "It's all thanks to the list and tips given by General Situ that this king can go so smoothly. If General Situ has any needs, you can just ask."

Situ Yong lowered his face and cupped his hands at him, "Your Majesty's words are too natural. I don't want to exchange this for anything, but it's just the friendship with Brother Xiao."

Li Xu held Kou Xiao's hand in front of him, and said with a smile: "General Situ, don't get angry, this king has no other intentions, and you know the relationship between this king and Kou Xiao, since you and Kou Xiao are brothers, you can It's the king's brother, the family really doesn't need to be too born."

Situ Yong had a toothache, he had never seen someone who liked men so blatantly, "Your Highness praised you."

"Okay, we're all on our own, so don't be too polite." Kou Xiao listened awkwardly, looked at this and then that, and found that the atmosphere was a little strange, he said: "It's getting late, Brother Situ, let's go back first." , We will talk at the barracks tomorrow."

Situ Yong bid farewell and left, Kou Xiao hugged Li Xu and asked, "What's wrong with your lord? Don't you like Situ?"

Li Xu glanced at him, grinned and shouted, "Brother Xiao? So that's what you call each other, it's quite ambiguous!"

Kou Xiao didn't know why, "We are sworn brothers, and we are usually called brothers. Is there a problem?"

No!no problem!I have a problem!Li Xu thought to himself, he would be jealous because of a title, which shows that his heart is only as big as the tip of a needle.