The return of the son-in-law

"Keep your voice down, I didn't sleep until it was almost time to make a fuss yesterday."

On the veranda, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old unattractive maid was quietly reminding another companion who seemed to be the same age but good-looking.

"Understood." The pretty maid curled her lips in dissatisfaction, and when her companion turned around, she spat in a low voice: "Bah, he's just a stinky man showing off his looks."

There were only the two of them in the veranda, and the companion who had reminded her heard something after all, and Xiumei cursed: "Little girl, what are you talking about!"

The pretty maid hastily smiled and said, "Sister Qingxian, I didn't say anything."

Qing Xian frowned and looked at her: "Shen Mo, don't blame my sister for not mentioning you earlier, you should put away your little thoughts. Wang Ye, don't try to please me."

Shen Mo's heart sank, but he didn't show it on his face, he still smiled and said: "Sister Qingxian, stop joking, I don't have any thoughts."

Qingxian shook her head and said: "You have been serving the prince for less than half a year. Sister Qingquan picked you in because you were honest and steady, with quick hands and feet. The prince is heavenly and noble, it's not something you and I can think about, you mustn't." Being dazzled by this overwhelming wealth, I forgot my identity."

The more Qingxian said, the more Shen Mo didn't care - this Qingxian was just one year older than him, and he entered the courtyard two years earlier to serve the prince, and put on airs in front of him.

The prince is only in his 20s now, not to mention the concubine in the mansion, there is not even a companion, and there is only one male favorite who has passed his 15s.Qing Xian's appearance is not good, the prince naturally despises it, but he himself is different.I will be [-] years old in two months, and it is the age of water onions. Sooner or later, the prince who is used to seeing old men will think about him.At that time, if I become the prince's woman, wouldn't that wealth and glory be at my fingertips?

My old lady also said that the male pet became a prime minister thanks to the prince's favor. A son and a half daughter, wouldn't they be more prestigious than Xiang Ye?

In the past six months since Shen Mo entered the yard, he has been taught a lot by his wife, and his mentality has changed drastically.She thought that if she married a rude steward like Qingquan who served the prince, she would become the steward's wife, but how could a steward be as honorable as the prince, so what hope could she have for the rest of her life?

Seeing Shen Mo's indifferent expression, Qingxian knew that she didn't listen to her own words.She sighed in her heart, looked at Shen Mo's flowery and jade-like face, and thought of Shen Mo's mother who had helped her, so she decided to talk to Qing Quan first when she was free, so that Shen Mo would not fall into the hands of Xiang Ye. I don't even know how I died.

The two maids on the veranda have their own thoughts, which is unknown to the people in the house.

About a month ago, a supervisory envoy wrote that the prefect of Fuzhou, one of the thirteen prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River that Li Shaojun had given to Huo Yu, had colluded with the Dongying people and sold three treasures stolen from the tombs of the nobles of the former dynasty to the Dongying people.

The people of Dongying thought about the Central Plains as early as the end of the former dynasty. Taking advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains, they took the lead in crossing the sea, landing ships on the Korean Peninsula, and sending troops into the customs.Later, seeing that this plan failed, he gave money to support the Wei army and support the king of Wei. □□Shortly after the establishment of the Chu Dynasty, I hated the Dongying people for killing, burning and looting in the Central Plains, and because the Chu Dynasty was established not long ago, there was nothing to do, so I had to issue a ban. Anyone who encounters Dongying people in the Central Plains must report to the government immediately. Cut first and then play when necessary.

The later emperors looked down on the small land of Dongying, and the establishment of the navy did not happen overnight. The ban on the Dongying people has not been abolished, but there are many trading ports in the coastal areas, and many places are profitable. Arrival is turning a blind eye.

When Guo Zhanan and Huo Yu first came to the south of the Yangtze River, they saw that the Dongying people only stayed at the port for a short time to buy some daily necessities, and did not go deep into the inland, so they did not forcefully stop this phenomenon.

Now that the Dongying people have actually made their minds on the funerary objects of the previous generation, they can't just sit idly by.Huo Yu is now the king of Yongning, and he cannot leave easily, so Guo Zhanan took more than a hundred well-trained soldiers to Fuzhou to deal with the matter.

This trip lasted for a month, and he did not return to the palace until last night.

It is said that not seeing each other every day is like three autumns. The two haven't seen each other for more than a month, and their hearts are full of longing waiting to burst.Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu were both young, and they kissed before they even said a word.As a result, the noise started from entering the bath, and went all the way from the bath to the couch by the window, without even letting go of the screen, and finally fell on the bed again, and did not rest until it was almost dawn.

At this moment, Guo Zhanan was lying on his side on the bed, with Huo Yu sleeping soundly in his arms.

He slowly opened his eyes, lowered his head and kissed Huo Yu's cheek, and was about to sleep in the cage again when he suddenly remembered the two people he brought back from Fuzhou, so he let go of Huo Yu, got up quietly, and went to the outside room to change. Clothes go.

The four little maids waiting outside the door heard the noise inside, you pushed me, I pushed you, and finally the biggest one quietly opened the door.

As a result, when she opened the door, she saw that the usually good-looking but cold-hearted Xiangye had already dressed and was playing with a hair crown. She was startled and hurriedly asked, "Xiangye is up?"

Guo Zhan'an turned his head and said: "My lord is still sleeping, don't wake him up. Someone will comb my hair for me, and fetch water for me to wash. Be gentle."

In fact, what Guo Zhanan said was superfluous, every inch of his and Huo Yu's bedroom was covered with thick woolen blankets, and people walked on it without making a sound.

After washing up, Guo Zhan'an asked the maids to wait at the door so as not to disturb Huo Yu, and he went to the front to accompany the grandparents and grandchildren brought back from Fuzhou to have dinner.

When Huo Yu woke up, it was already high in the sun.

Fuquan came to Yongning King's fief with Guo Zhan'an, Huo Yu and others back then. At the beginning, Guo Zhan'an was afraid of the power in Fuzhou and the eyeliner of the emperor in the capital. For more than a year, he just turned out of hard work.

He has been busy for most of the morning today, and now he is free, and he can't sit still, so he insists on guarding the door with those little maids.

Just when Fuquan bragged for the fourth time how he was born and died in Xuzhou and made great contributions to the prince and minister, there was finally a movement in the house.

Fuquan knocked on the door and got Huo Yu's permission before pushing the door open and entering the room.

Seeing that Huo Yu had already put on his middle coat and had his hair covered, Fuquan and the others were used to it—probably because he grew up among the people, even if he became the king of Yongning who is under one man and above ten thousand people in the world, After so many years, Huo Yu is still used to dressing himself.If he wanted to wear the five or six-story court clothes, Huo Yu might still need help from others, but for the casual clothes that he usually wears, Huo Yu can completely solve it by himself.

The four servant girls lined up in front of Huo Yu, holding a toothbrush made of purple bamboo and horsetail, mint Xuanming powder, a washbasin filled with warm water, and a towel in turn.

Fuquan stretched out his hand to roll up Huo Yu's sleeves, and said with a smile: "My lord has woken up. This morning, the kitchen specially prepared the japonica porridge that my lord is used to. It's a pity that it's all so cheap."

Huo Yu remembered the reason for getting up late today, his handsome face blushed, he smiled slightly, and did not speak.

After serving Huo Yu to wash and wash, two maidservants stepped forward to help Huo Yu put on his casual clothes, tie on a belt, and tie a jade pendant on the belt.

Seeing that Huo Yu was about to go out, Fu Quan hurriedly said: "My lord, yesterday the Prime Minister brought back two guests, my lord should put on the hair crown first."

Huo Yu tapped his head lightly: "I almost forgot."

He casually took a traveling crown, and as soon as he raised his hand, Fuquan said with a smile: "My lord, have pity on these maids, you have to do everything yourself, how can these maids have anything to eat."

Huo Yu smiled: "Even after ten years, I'm still used to doing things myself."

When Huo Yu sat down, Fuquan winked at the back, and the two servant girls stepped forward to put the crown on Huo Yu, and said with a smile: "At this time and at that time, the prince is a noble man, and he is deeply loved by the emperor. If the emperor in the capital city Knowing that the prince will do it himself, who of us can stand it when he gets angry."

Huo Yu couldn't shake his head, so he could only look at himself in the mirror: "You don't worry too much, I'm doing well now, brother Huang is naturally relieved."

After getting dressed, Fu Quan asked the kitchen to serve five snacks: "Master Xiang said that it will be noon at this point, and the prince should use some snacks, and Master Xiang will come to eat with the prince later."

Huo Yu has been addicted to sweets since he was a child, now he ate two bean paste buns and a bean paste spring roll, thinking that he would have a meal with Guo Zhanan later, so he stopped eating.

At this time, someone came to report that the grandparents brought back by Guo Zhanan were waiting for Huo Yu to summon them.

Huo Yu heard Guo Zhanan mention it yesterday, but after only a few words, he kissed together stickily. All he knew was that the grandparents were ruined by the Dongying people.Seeing that they were pitiful, Guo Zhan'an received them from the palace and planned to send people to visit the relatives of the grandpa and grandson in Liuzhou next door. When they found them, he would post some money and send them there.

Huo Yu usually can only move about in the one-third of an acre of land in his palace, occasionally wandering outside, or hunting, or fishing, or enjoying flowers and drinking wine, seeing the group of bureaucrats who are terrified and the people who have been expelled for no reason , the interest is gone.Now a pair of grandparents and grandchildren came. Hearing that the grandson was only in his early ten years, Huo Yu was very interested. He ordered the grandparents to wait in the hall of the courtyard, while he got up and went over.

The child had just died of his parents, and he was sickly and red-eyed. Huo Yu couldn't help but think of himself who just knew that Huo Dashan was not his real father. He empathized with him, but he didn't know what to say—he knew, and at this moment Too many words can't heal the heart of a child who lost his parents.

Huo Yu asked the old man, and only then did he know that they were originally a family of five fishing along the coast of Fuzhou, but when they went out to sea, they ran into a deal with the Dongying people, and the child's parents and elder brother died in the hands of the Dongying people.

The old man knew that he would not live for a few years, so he packed up the few slings of copper coins and two or three pieces of clothes, and wanted to take his grandson to his relatives in Liuzhou, hoping to feed and clothe the child and learn a craft so that he would not live in a hundred years. The grandson is lonely and helpless, and has no strengths.

When Huo Yu heard this, he suddenly remembered that the cottage he had been supporting for more than ten years was burned down that night. Mr. Sun led himself and followed Guo Zhanan into Tonghua County. At that time, Mr. Sun probably didn't expect that he would have what he is today. .

Thinking of this, Huo Yu felt even more pitiful towards the grandpa and grandson in front of him, and said softly: "The old man can take his grandson to live in peace, and when we find your family in Liuzhou, Xiang Guo and I will send someone to Send the two to Liuzhou."

The old man was so moved that tears filled his eyes, he was prepared to beg all the way to Liuzhou, how could he have thought that he would meet a nobleman, with the help of King Yongning and Guo Xiang, he would drag his grandson to kowtow to Huo Yu immediately .

Fuquan at the side knew that Huo Yu couldn't stand these things, so he hurriedly supported the old man's arm, jokingly said: "If you can't do it, it's said that it's rare since ancient times, so the old man should get up quickly."

The old man insisted on kowtowing three times to Huo Yu, Huo Yu saw that the grandpa and grandson were uncomfortable with him, so he stopped talking, ordered Fuquan to give the child many rewards, and let the grandpa and grandson go down to rest.

Before Guo Zhan'an came back, Huo Yu was bored, so he let the others go down, and led Fuquan to wander around the huge prince's mansion.

It was also a coincidence that someone was talking about Guo Zhan'an in the corner of the garden.

Shen Mo still didn't know that he was in danger, so he complained to his elder brother who was helping the garden: "That Guo Xiang is so majestic, last time I went to comb the prince's hair, he stared at me from the side, he was going to eat me."

Shen Mo's elder brother, Chen Shuisheng, is also a man with a heart higher than the sky, and he said with a smile: "That's because he saw you looking like a flower and jade, and was worried that you would steal the prince's favor."

Shen Mo played with a strand of hair beside his ear, and said quite proudly: "During the more than a month that that little white face went to Fuzhou, I combed back for the prince, the most times among all the maids."

"Isn't it because my sister is ingenious and caring, and the prince likes you the most?" Chen Shuisheng said in a triumphant voice, as if he was the one who combed Huo Yu's hair, "When my sister develops, you can be a thousand years old." Don't forget your brother and me."

Shen Mo was very proud: "Of course, we brothers and sisters, how could we forget to mention it? But now that little boy is back, I'm afraid I won't be able to get close to the prince."

Chen Shuisheng patted his chest: "Sister, don't be afraid, I have prepared a magic medicine for you a long time ago. When you have the opportunity one day, mix the medicine with the prince's food and drink, and when the time comes, the raw rice is cooked, and the prince will still deny it." ? If you are lucky, once you get pregnant, you will give birth to the prince's eldest son!"

Shen Mo's eyes lit up: "It's still my brother who thinks carefully."

Looking at Huo Yu's cold face, Fu Quan knew that the good times of the Chen family brothers and sisters were coming to an end.

Sure enough, Huo Yu turned around and took Fuquan for a while, and waited until the brothers and sisters of the Chen family could not hear them, and then told Fuquan: "I remember that Shen Mo entered the yard some time ago?"

Fuquan replied: "Going back to the prince, it's about half a year's progress."

"Who recommended it?"

"It's Qingquan." Fuquan and Qingquan have been friends for many years, and at this time he has the intention to excuse Qingquan, "My lord, Qingquan chose this girl after looking and picking again and again. I'm afraid that Qingquan will also be deceived by her." gone."

"Looked and looked, picked and picked, and still be deceived? I don't think she needs to be a lady in charge!" Huo Yu was furious, "There is such a villain in the house, and she slanders my brother. Fuquan, Quickly send people to arrest the whole family, pour dumb drugs, and sell them! There is also Qingquan, she doesn't know who she is, she is a first-time offender, and she has been deducted three months of monthly salary, so she will remember it well! "

Fuquan didn't dare to touch the bad news, so he hurriedly responded.

When Guo Zhanan came back and heard about it, he just smiled lightly: "Just do what the prince said."

When Huo Yu saw him, his stern face finally relaxed: "Brother is back."

Guo Zhan'an took off his official uniform and changed into a regular one. Then he took Huo Yu's hand and sat him down in front of the table. He laughed and joked, "Your Highness is so majestic today."

Huo Yu was still angry: "I'm still afraid of bringing bad luck to my brother and making them cheaper!"

He glanced at Guo Zhanan, who was still smiling, and felt sore: "It was me who caused my brother to abandon his official position and come to the south of the Yangtze River to become my prime minister. He couldn't fulfill his ambitions. If he was still in the capital, my brother would be dead now." You must be an extremely human minister."

Guo Zhan'an raised Huo Yu's chin: "My lord is so knowledgeable, so how do you plan to repay this kindness? Well, let me think about it, how about I agree with you?"

The surrounding Fuquan and maidservants have long been used to the young couple's banter*, and now they all lower their heads, don't listen to evil, don't look at evil.

Huo Yu was in his late twenties, yet he would still be made to blush by Guo Zhanan's small actions.But it's different from before, now Huo Yu is shy, so he can still talk.

"Don't talk about this, even my heart has already been given to my brother."

Guo Zhanan laughed loudly: "You and I are connected, so why should you care what outsiders say? When others slandered you, did you ever complain about me?"

Huo Yu shook his head and said, "That's not my brother's fault."

"It's not your fault now." Guo Zhanan stared at Huo Yu, trying to dodge, "Yu'er, these ten years in Jiangnan have been the happiest days for me. I told you a long time ago, you Since I have chosen the road of cutting off children and grandchildren, I don’t have to care about other people’s eyes. We still have several decades to live. The little white-haired old man."

Huo Yu couldn't help laughing when he thought of his white-haired hahaha, "It's my fault."

Yes, probably because I have been too smooth in the past ten years, and I was confused for a while, so I actually made things difficult for myself.

Now everyone in the world knows that Yongning King and Guo Xiang are in love, and even the emperor doesn't criticize them. The annual rewards and Guo Zhan'an's share can be said to be sent to Jiangnan for free, so why should I care what others think?

The more people say, the more joyful the life of me and my brother should be, and it would be better to piss them off!

Seeing Huo Yu's appearance, Guo Zhan'an knew that this little guy had come out of the horns, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have been too idle this month when I left, and you still know how to think wildly."

Huo Yu thought of the several scenes of love last night and early this morning, and almost drank a sip of soup into the intake pipe: "It's noon, brother, be careful."

Guo Zhan'an scanned the surroundings, and the maids all lowered their heads and wanted to cry, wishing to pretend that they did not exist.

Guo Zhan'an wiped off the soup stains at the corners of Huo Yu's mouth with a handkerchief, and then he showed mercy: "Everyone go down."

Fuquan was the last to go down, not forgetting to close the door.

Now there were only the two of them left in the room, Guo Zhanan leaned over and bit Huo Yu's lips: "Next time you get angry because of this, I really can't forgive you."

Huo Yu naturally knew what Guo Zhanan's "punishment" would be. His ears were red and his breathing quickened: "Brother, I'm still eating."

Guo Zhanan refused to let him go, and continued: "It's been so many years, and you're still so shy, huh? It seems that we need to do it a few more times. I've finished reading the album I gave you last time. Which one do you like the most?"

Huo Yu's neck is red now—although Guo Zhan'an has been forced into countless poses by Guo Zhan'an in the past ten years, but Guo Zhan'an can always find new albums, and he even calls it a "sex" with Huo Yu. Jade jointly "study".Huo Yu is afraid that he will never learn Guo Zhan'an's level of shameless spirit in the daytime when his face is not flushed and his heart is not beating.

"At night, at night, watch it with my brother."

But, half a layer can still be learned.

Li Shaojun from the capital city received a secret report from the spies in the south of the Yangtze River. When he learned of this, he raised the corner of his mouth and threw the secret letter aside.

Ah Xin watched in horror: "Your Majesty, could it be that King Yongning is different?"

"It's nothing, but my younger brother has finally grown up." Li Shaojun smiled happily, "Exchanging Guo Zhan'an for a peaceful King Yongning is a good deal."

Ah Xin is still a little worried: "Master Guo has passed his thirties now, and King Yongning has grown up again. I'm afraid he will be blinded."

Li Shaojun didn't think so: "Where is the relationship between the two of them that others can mix? Are you ready for the reward for King Yongning?"

"It's all ready." Ah Xin replied, "Your Majesty, it's only been more than two months since the last reward, isn't your majesty afraid of pampering King Yongning too much?"

Li Shaojun shook his head and said: "I'm just such a younger brother, and I'm going to cut off my sons and grandchildren, what can I do if I don't spoil him?"

After hearing this, Ah Xin felt cold behind his back: "Isn't the emperor planning to adopt a son to King Yongning?"

"The two of them are sweet and oily, why should I make trouble?" Li Shaojun frowned and said, "It seems that you drank too much tea today, and you can't vomit anymore."

Ah Xin hurriedly fell silent.

As Li Shaojun's personal internal prisoner, even if he knew Li Shaojun's real purpose, he could only keep these things in his heart.

Li Shaojun turned his attention to the secret letter again, and finally asked Ah Xin to bring a brazier and burn the secret letter to ashes.