The Submissive Emperor

"The wine was brought over by my second uncle from Lingnan, and I only got two jars." Lou Jing was a little surprised. I didn't expect the queen to like lychee wine so much. It would be nice to bring a few altars, but it will take at least a month."

There are only two jars of wine, one for the queen and one for Xiao Chengjun, Xiao Chengjun also likes this wine, it is impossible for Lou Jing to take wine from her husband's mouth to honor the queen.

"I'm just asking casually, don't waste such troubles," Ji Zhuo waved his hand, "General Zhengnan has left Beijing?"

"Just left the city this morning, rushing back to Lingnan for the New Year." Lou Jing said with a smile.

The queen nodded and didn't say anything else, and told Lou Jing to pass on a message to Xiao Chengjun, Jingnan Hou will arrive in Beijing in three to five days, since he has already complained of illness, he will rest for a few more days, "You must not participate in corvee affairs."

It is not impossible to collect corvee. If you want to conscript corvee, you must have a king with clear rewards and punishments, and a clean and honest court, so as to ensure that the servants are not abused and that money and food are provided in a timely manner. However, looking at the history of thousands of years, few dynasties can do it , not to mention the current ignorant court, if it is not done well, it will cause a mutiny. At that time, whoever supervises the river will be the chief culprit and will be cast aside by all people.

If Xiao Chengjun went to supervise the repair of the river, once he was notorious, even if he seized the throne in the future, there would be no good things in the history books.

After bidding farewell to the empress, Lou Jing did not go back to Zhuquetang, nor went to Min Wang's mansion after leaving the palace, nor did she go back to Beiya to work on her errands, but went to Prime Minister Zuo's mansion.

Zhao Duan, Prime Minister of the Left, was still a member of the Minister of Shangshu, not at home, and his servants led Lou Jing directly to the courtyard of the Ninth Young Master.

"The masters are all in the yamen, so it's not surprising that the prince is neglected." The housekeepers in Zhao's mansion spoke in a polite way, with a bit of Jiangnan scholarly anger.

Lou Jing waved her hand to indicate that it's okay, she was here to find Zhao Xi.

"Fu Run House, Virtuous body, wide heart and fat body, so a gentleman..." The sound of books echoed from time to time in the small courtyard planted with green bamboos. Lou Jing couldn't help walking a few steps quickly, wanting to laugh at Zhao Xi who was finally willing to study seriously Two sentences.

Walking around the bamboo grove, I saw Zhao Xi standing in front of the stone table in the yard, with many books scattered on the ground, holding a brush, writing and drawing on the white paper on the table.

Lou Jing quietly walked behind him, ready to pat him, but Zhao Xi turned around suddenly, both of them were startled at the same time.

"Ah!" Zhao Xi suddenly yelled.

"What's your name!" Lou Jing hurriedly slapped him on the head. Before the butler went far, he heard the cry of killing a pig. He must have thought that he had hit Zhao Xi, so he called Zhao Xi before he complained. Yes, so as not to suffer.

Zhao Xi hugged his hurting head and glared at Lou Jing, "I suddenly understand why I can't be a gentleman anymore."

"Why?" Lou Jing lowered her head, looking at the words written on his desk, there was a large sheet of "Heart Wide Body Fat"!

"Because I'm too thin," Zhao Xi pulled out the "University" and pointed it out to Lou Jing, "The body is virtuous, the heart is wide and the body is fat. I have no virtue, so I can't moisturize my body, so I can't grow fat."

Lou Jing took the book out of his hand, threw it on the ground, and sat down on the stone bench, "Master Zhao asked you to study at home, that's how you read! I think you don't want to be admitted to Jinshi, so why don't you just disguise yourself as a woman and marry him?" Got it." As he spoke, he picked up the snacks on the table and took a bite.

"You dare to mention this!" Zhao Xi became furious when he heard this, "Your family's prince has done me a lot of trouble. Because of his letter, my second uncle punished me to write it for half a month. It's policy."

"Your Highness has an appointment with Zuo Xiangben, why should you be punished?" Lou Jing glanced at him, this idiot must have been deceived by Zhao Duan again.

"What did you say?" Zhao Xi immediately jumped up, how could he have written all his theories for half a month in vain?

"Let me ask you, these days, did Prime Minister Zuo mention the construction of river channels?" Lou Jing grabbed Zhao Xi who was going to Shangshu Province to find Prime Minister Zuo's theory, and pushed him onto the stool.

"The corvee is mentioned by the right side," Zhao Xi finally showed a bit of seriousness when talking about this matter, "It is said that it is because the refugees in Qinghe have caused disasters to the surrounding areas, and the mess in Qingyang County cannot be covered. There is a way to arrest those troubled refugees and serve as corvee.”

Lou Jing understood, sure enough, Wen Chen saw things differently from his point of view, but this news was very useful, "Who started the trouble for the refugees in Qinghe, can Prime Minister Zuo know?"

"Cut, do you even need to think about it?" Zhao Xi curled his lips, "People of the right faction are like mad dogs, they dare to do anything."

Lou Jing raised her eyebrows, the word "mad dog" was appropriate, she got up and patted Zhao Xi on the head, "You should study hard, I'll wait for you to pass the Sanyuan exam."

"Your stepmother, what are you going to do?" Zhao Xi frowned and looked at Lou Jing. He hadn't heard any news from An Guogong's mansion these days, so he was still very worried, for fear that Lou Jing would suffer. "If you want to quarrel, remember to bring I."

"Don't worry, you don't need to take action on such a trivial matter." Lou Jing laughed, this Zhao Jiu never forgets to quarrel, if he is allowed to go, it may directly make Wei Shi angry to death, this matter will be difficult to handle.

In the evening, he returned to the Prince of Min's mansion, and had dinner with Xiao Chengjun. Because he slept too much during the day, His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujian did not feel sleepy at all, so Lou Jing dragged him to the yard to digest food.

The autumn wind was rustling, and the dead leaves on the trees fell off one after another. Xiao Chengjun couldn't help sighing as he looked at the bleak courtyard, "The weather is getting colder, what happened to the refugees in Qinghe?"

Ever since he lost his crown prince, Qinghe's disaster relief was no longer under his control, and every time he heard it was bad news.

"I heard that the Prime Minister of the Right wants to conscript corvee, just to conscript these refugees." Lou Jing took the cloak that Anshun brought up.

"How innocent are the common people?" Xiao Chengjun sighed, and stretched out his hand to put it on, but Lou Jing put the cloak on himself, then hugged him tightly, and wrapped him in the wide cloak.

Xiao Chengjun looked at him dumbfounded, and waved his hands to make Anshun back down. If he continued like this, he would definitely become more and more lazy. His Royal Highness King Min thought about himself, and leaned on Lou Jing.

"I have a way to turn the corvée into a laborer." Lou Jing rubbed a cool ear and said.

"What way?" Xiao Chengjun turned to look at him.

"You'll find out tomorrow," Lou Jing pecked his lips lightly, and deliberately said, "But I can't do it until tomorrow night, and I can accompany you out to play during the day."

The busiest member of the Habayashi Army is Habayashi Nakaro General, who has to lead the Habayashi Army on duty every day to guard the palace. Lou Jing is now the commander of the left, and he is only busy during the holidays.

Xiao Chengjun didn't ask further questions, but smiled slightly, "Aren't you afraid that people will find out that you haven't been in the mansion for many days?"

"I've already separated from my father," Lou Jing's eyes flashed a cold light when he mentioned this, "Let the Wei family go to the county in the next few days." But these are trivial matters, for the current Lou Jing , nothing is more important than not being able to play with your husband.

In the end, Xiao Chengjun didn't agree to the suggestion of going out to play. He just took sick leave, so he couldn't just go out casually, but he really wanted to go to Jingyi Mountain to see Xiao Chengjin.

The next day, the two drove the carriage early and quietly went to Jingyi Mountain in the east of the city.

The imperial doctor said that King Jing's condition is not very good these few days, and Xiao Chengjun has been very worried.

The surroundings of the palace are still quiet, the red leaves have fallen nearly half, and the mountain shows a bit of the sad image of late autumn.Changchun Pavilion is still as warm as spring, but the faces of the people in the pavilion are all sad.

"My lord is not feeling well recently. I heard that His Highness has been abolished as the Crown Prince, so he...vomited blood that night." The housekeeper whispered to the two in the front yard, his face full of sadness.

Lou Jing frowned, and held Xiao Chengjun's increasingly tense fist, "The prince is not in good health, you should show a little smile, worrying so much every day, people who are not sick are also worried about getting sick."

The housekeeper heard the dissatisfaction in Lou Jing's tone, and then he woke up and made trouble for the master, "The old slave is guilty."

Xiao Chengjun waved his hand to stop the housekeeper's words, and pulled Lou Jing inside.

The second prince Xiao Chengjin was still lying in the small pavilion in the middle of the hot spring, his eyes were tightly closed, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he had not slept soundly, his face was much paler than last time.

"Chengjin..." Xiao Chengjun sat down by the couch and called him softly.

Xiao Chengjin slowly opened his eyes, saw the person coming, and couldn't help but evoked a smile, "Seeing you come together, I feel relieved... Cough cough cough cough..." Before he finished speaking, he began to cough violently.

"My lord!" Concubine Jing Zhang hid in the cubicle, heard the sound and quickly came out to support Xiao Chengjin, and gave him comfort, "The lord is not feeling well, and I can't avoid it, so don't forget uncle."

"It's all from my own family, so there's no need to talk about those empty etiquette." Xiao Chengjun looked at his younger brother's situation, and he didn't care about these things.

After finally coughing, Xiao Chengjin held his elder brother's hand, panted lightly and said, "I feel that time is running out these days, and I have something to say to you."

Xiao Chengjun looked at him, trying to tell him to stop talking nonsense, but the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't make a sound, because what his brother said was true, and his body really couldn't last long.

"The faction of the right minister cannot be resolved by external forces, and must be resolved from the inside," Xiao Chengjin handed a palm-sized pamphlet to Xiao Chengjun, "These are copied by me these days. I have also written all the connections, I hope it can help my brother."

Lou Jing looked at the booklet, admiring Xiao Chengjin's wisdom, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a name, and a past event many years ago suddenly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help being taken aback, that person might be the one who disintegrated the Rightist faction The essential!

Xiao Chengjun didn't notice Lou Jing's expression, he just held the booklet, pressed his lips tightly, and said for a while, "I told you that you are not allowed to work any longer, when will you be obedient!"

"I just want to do something for my brother," Xiao Chengjin smiled, and sighed softly, "Rui'er is still young, so my brother is the prince, so I can't say that. Now that my brother has become a prince, I ask my brother to take care of him." ...cough cough..."