Xia Youxiangyun

Xia Rui rested at home for seven days, and most of the affairs in the court have been settled. The inspection department of Qinghe is headed by Meng Shuo, who will go to Qinghe on the first day of next month. The princess of Qinghe will marry into the imperial city in March.When Xia Rui stepped into the court again, the situation in the court could be called earth-shaking. "Let the wedding of Princess Qinghe be handled by the Ministry of Rites." Qin Yao sat on the dragon chair, his voice was very dignified, Xia Rui raised his eyes quietly, and found that he couldn't see Qin Yao's face clearly at all.

Qin Yao was never by his side, there was a barrier between them, but he didn't even have the courage to take a step.

"Your Majesty, the minister of the Ministry of Rites is still young, so it is better to send an old official to work with him, which can be regarded as letting the old official do his best." Zhong Xing wrote a few days ago that he was old and weak, and asked to return to his hometown, saying that he would wait for the handover of the official affairs Leave when you are done, Qin Yao will naturally not refuse, seeing Zhong Xing's appearance, you know Qin Xuan has taken the bait.Qin Yao secretly laughed at Zhong Xing's impatience. Even if Zhong Xing did not cooperate with the Ministry of Rites, Qin Yao would let Qin Xuan's people sneak in. Now that Zhong Xing took the initiative to mention it, it saved him a lot of trouble.

"That's right. If that's the case, then I'll trouble Mr. Zhong." Zhong Xing was a veteran of the late emperor. Qin Yao had always given him face, so there was nothing wrong with agreeing so readily.

Xia Rui didn't know Qin Yao's plan, but felt that Zhong Xing couldn't get mixed up in this matter. He frowned slightly, but seeing the expressions of Fu Qingyan and Jiang Jingyuan as usual, he also knew that Qin Yao had his own considerations in it, so he agreed. Not much to say, just poked there with his head down.

Although he doesn't trouble Zhong Xing, it doesn't mean that Zhong Xing won't bother him: "Master Xia has been resting at home for the past few days, and when he returns to court today, it can be seen that he is in good health?" Xia Rui cupped his hands: "Lord Lao Zhong, it's a good thing to worry about." "Oh, that's good," Zhong Xing stroked his beard: "It's just that the old minister has heard a lot of rumors in the past few days, saying that Master Xia set up a The incense table offered a memorial tablet, but you don’t know which old person is offering the sacrifice?” Although he was asking Xia Rui, he quietly raised his eyes to look at Qin Yao, and he really saw the flash of disappointment on Qin Yao’s face.

"This is a private matter of the lower officials, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Mr. Zhong?" Xia Rui turned around and smiled at Zhong Xing.Zhong Xing also replied with a smile: "No, no, Master Xia should know that since he is an admonishing official, the law of our court stipulates that those whose father or mother is dead are not allowed to be officials for three years, and those who are officials are not allowed to enter the court for half a year. Ask, I'm afraid Lord Xia doesn't understand." Xia Rui only felt that this person was messing around, so he cupped his hands again and said, "Lord Zhong is bothering, but he is an old friend of the lower official, neither my father nor my mother."

Zhong Xing said with a smile: "Even so, it is indeed the old minister who bothered."

Since the incident with the Qinghe Inspection Department, Zhong Xing has secretly investigated the relationship between Xia Rui and Qin Yao. At first, he only thought that Qin Yao was on a whim, but later he felt that Qin Yao might really have a crush on Xia Rui.The more chips the better, no gambler would dislike the increase in their bets, and in the final analysis, Zhong Xing, Qin Xuan and Qin Yao are just gamblers on each side, and no one knows what will happen in the end However, Xia Rui's appearance at this time may be a variable in the matter.

"Set up an incense table?" Xia Rui was writing the policy in his hand wholeheartedly, when suddenly he heard someone above his head asking, "For whom? Li Cheng?" Xia Rui felt a little unsteady in writing when he heard the name, and his hands trembled. Fainted a cloud of ink. "Your Majesty? Why did you come out?" Xia Rui looked up. "Is that Li Cheng?" Qin Yao sat next to Xia Rui.

"No." Xia Rui lowered her head and changed a new piece of paper.

"Who is that?" Qin Yao rarely asks the bottom line. "It's just an old friend." Xia Rui's hands trembled a little, and the paper was not smoothed even after laying it out twice. "Old friend?" Qin Yao repeated his words, and then asked, "Which old man?" "It's all happened in the past," Xia Rui lowered his head, "Why are you bringing it up?"

"According to my law, defrauding the emperor, the crime should be punished." Xia Rui heard Qin Yao's words with a hint of anger, and every word seemed to hit his heart.

He raised his head, with a white face: "Then please make an order to kill the officer."

Xia Rui's backer has always been only the emperor, and now he has lost even this backer.

Xia Rui fell out of favor.

Both the palace and the court are very clear about this matter.In the past, Qin Yao half-coaxed and half-forced people into the palace, but now he has returned to his original appearance, with the sign saying that he will call anyone to sleep with him, but he never looked for Xia Rui again.The court used to always speak for Xia Rui, but now he is still being ridiculed by others with a pale face, but he doesn't intervene anymore.Many officials secretly speculated that based on Xia Rui's appearance of offending people before, he didn't know what a tragic end he would end up with now.

Fu Qingyan saw that Xia Rui lost weight a little bit, and his unattractive face became even more ugly. There was not much flesh on his body, and now only a pair of bones are left. Thin physique.

"Why are you bothering?" Fu Qingyan looked at Xia Rui sitting in front of the case and wrote furiously: "Life is so tiring." "What do you know?" Xia Rui didn't even look up: "Don't come in front of me, just look at me." I hate you, I never liked you since I was a child, and it's not like you don't know." Fu Qingyan didn't care about Xia Rui's bad words, and knelt down and sat opposite Xia Rui: "I came with very important news. Are you really going to drive me away like this?"

Xia Rui put down his pen and looked at him with a smile: "Oh? I don't know what the news is?" Fu Qingyan shook his head pretendingly: "Oh, the guests don't even serve a cup of tea." Xia Rui snorted coldly: "Either Say, or get out." Fu Qingyan curled her lips: "Okay, okay, it was just for you to inquire about the news, Mrs. Xia has a nanny named Qiutang, who left Xia's house not long ago because of her age and went back to her own. hometown."

Xia Rui interrupted him: "I don't want to hear about these two women."

Fu Qingyan shook his head: "Don't interrupt me, you'll want to hear it." He paused, and then continued: "Back then Li Cheng had an agreement with Mrs. Xia, and Qiutang told me the content of that agreement... "

"Enough!" Xia Rui stood up, "I don't want to hear it!"

Fu Qingyan left, Xia Rui stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the small carriage carrying the servant of the household department rumbling out of the alley, suddenly felt a little sluggish.He leaned against the wall and squatted down slowly, hugged his knees, and wanted to cry a little, but found that he couldn't shed tears, so he had to bury his face, not knowing where to pin his emotions.

"It is to let you return to the Xia family."

June [-]th, five days before Princess Qinghe and Fu Qingyan's wedding.

The dowry from Qinghe was continuously sent to the capital city. Most of the dowries of ordinary people were particular about marrying daughters, but Qin Xuan was eager to love his daughter, and he had already transported many red burdens into the newly built princess mansion in the capital city.Ordinary people would say that Qin Yao still wanted to buy Qin Xuan's three-point thin noodles. Except for the eldest princess, I have never seen any princess who got married and built a princess mansion on purpose.

"How is it? Do you see any tricks?" Fu Qingyan looked at Jiang Jingyuan with a smile. He, the son-in-law-to-be, is the most leisurely, as long as he looks sincere and fearful, it doesn't matter. An Guogong is not too young to go into battle, and after this battle, I am afraid that the hereditary and irreplaceable An Guogong will be officially handed over to Jiang Jingyuan.

"Qin Xuan has done a great job this time." Qin Xuan's rebellion is already a certainty, and most of Qin Yao's direct descendants have already called him by his first name in private, but not many people know about this incident, so it's just a matter of calculation. It's just a few of Qin Yao's confidantes: "Look at the four people who are carrying the box, although they have been deliberately covered up, but a discerning person can tell at a glance that these are all good hands, and so is this box. This bullock cart is only We carried four wooden boxes, if they were filled with dowry, it would be impossible to leave such a deep rut, and there must be a lot of golden things inside, Qin Xuan is probably far more courageous than we thought."

Fu Qingyan and Jiang Jingyuan were sitting on the second floor of the Eight Immortals Building at this time, and the window could clearly see the newly built Qinghe County Lord's Mansion.

"That's right, he should be the most courageous." Fu Qingyan curled her lips: "I have been to the land of Qinghe, the plains are rich, and the taxes alone will never be less. In addition, the climate is warm and humid, and it is also the hometown of talented people. Absolute care Tiannian is a wonderful place, but it is a pity that King Xuan doesn't seem to understand the true meaning of it."

Jiang Jingyuan lowered his head and took a sip of tea: "If it wasn't for him, how could you and I win His Majesty's favor like this?"

Fu Qingyan nodded, the situation in the court was unstable, Qin Yao's maternity line was weak, and the empress's parents were both dead. The only people who could rest assured were a few young officials who were promoted by himself and had little backing.Thinking about it this way, Qin Yao is really aggrieved when he is the emperor.

"The one in your house? Solved it?" Fu Qingyan heard Qin Yao mention it a few days ago, saying that Jiang Jingyuan was following a secret agent, but Jiang Jingyuan held it in his hand, so it was difficult to solve it. "It's been resolved a long time ago." Jiang Jingyuan took another sip of tea: "Do you think I'm Xia Rui? I'm afraid he still doesn't understand His Majesty's thoughts even now after such a trivial matter has been tossed around for so long."

Fu Qingyan felt the same: "He has never been a person who can understand other people's minds."

"Qin Yuan, Qin Yao," Qin Xuan sat in front of the case and showed a distorted smile: "I'm finally back." Zhong Xing stood aside with his head down, and Qin Xuan's attacks were all made by him in the court. His right-hand man has helped him accomplish many things. "You are all the first-class contributors to this king's great achievements. When this king officially ascends the throne, you will all be conferred marquises and knights! Zhong Xing, take the paper!" Naturally, the officials under the seat bowed and bowed in fear, one by one on the paper. In their view, their own name, the sun and the moon of the dynasty have changed.

The time for the secret gathering was always very short, Qin Xuan mentioned a few more arrangements for the wedding day, and hastily dismissed everyone, leaving only Zhong Xing as his confidant.

"Is that Xia Rui doing anything lately?" Qin Xuan asked in a low voice, "I was really surprised to hear you said that he still has that kind of relationship with my imperial brother." "Looks like Qin Yao seems to have lost interest in him." Zhong Xing lowered his head: "The one named Xia Rui actually only looks a little bit like Song Mingyu, if he stands still, his back looks exactly like him, but what happened to Song Mingyu back then? A person with amazing talent, Xia Rui's temperament can't be compared to that person at all, in the eyes of the veteran, Qin Yao is just trying to make something new, after all, he is not a real person."

Qin Xuan had also been taught by Song Mingyu, and he still had considerable respect for this Tutor, nodded and said: "It's true, there are thousands of talented people in the world, and most of them are as elegant and gentle as Song Mingyu, I don't believe me. The emperor fell in love with the one who is famous for being sharp."