The return of the son-in-law

Mr. Chai received Ning Guhan's letter, and when he returned to the backyard, he told his followers to pack their bags and leave immediately.

He has always been domineering, and his followers didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they all hurriedly cleaned up the various smoked cages in the backyard, the few pots of bonsai used as decorations, and the exquisite bonsai on the table. All the dazzling glazed cups were packed and carefully put into the box.

These slightly extravagant things were all brought from the capital to Xuzhou by this rich man surnamed Chai, in order to live more comfortably.He originally wanted to stay in Xuzhou for a longer period of time, experience different customs and customs, and meet beauties who are different from the ladies in the capital.Of course, the more important thing is that he can hit Guo Zhan'an, who has caused many troubles to the King of England, and vent his anger on the King of England, Li Shaojin.

However, he can't take care of so much right now, what he has in hand is exactly what the King of England most urgently needs!As long as he thinks that the King of England can go to Xuzhou as a special envoy again to discuss surrender with the leader of the Tatar tribe, Mr. Chai will be very excited, and he has even foreseen how the history books will write a special letter about the King of England's trip to the northwest up!

Tatar, since the nomads on horseback appeared on the northwest prairie, has always been a heart disease of the Central Plains Dynasty.Only in the time of Emperor Wu of this dynasty, relying on a few strategizing generals and hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers, was it possible to drive Tatar all the way west.

Unfortunately, after the death of Emperor Wu, only a few decades later, Tatar made a comeback and invaded the northwest border again.But this time, none of those brilliant generals from the period of Emperor Wu came out to save the people in the northwest from the fire and water.

If the King of England wins this opportunity, he will sign a treaty with the leader of the Tatar tribe and make Tatar a vassal.Then, even if the history books attribute this credit to the current emperor Li Chonghao, as the British king who negotiated with the Tatar leader, he can still add a lot of ink to the history books.

When Mr. Chai thought of this, the waiting time in the house seemed extremely long, and he regretted bringing too many unnecessary pleasures here, which now became his burden.

"That's all!" He called his entourage and ordered, "Tell everyone, don't take anything else, bring clothes, dry food and self-defense, and we will leave immediately."

The entourage was taken aback. Those were all precious treasures. To put it bluntly, they were worth more than their lives. Now that they said no, they would no longer want them. When they returned home, if other members of the Chai family asked, what would happen? manage?

"Master, then throw all these things here?"

"It's just some ordinary gadgets. I have important things to do now, hurry up!"

The attendant didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly took orders to urge everyone to leave quickly.

When Guo Zhanan heard the news, Mr. Chai would have left Xuzhou in the carriage.

When Xie Bing heard this, he was furious. Although he usually kept a low profile and never cared too much about others, he still maintained himself as the magistrate of Xuzhou.Although Mr. Chai was sent by the King of England, he was still here to pay back the money after all!How can anyone in this world be so arrogant in owed money?Not to mention that Mr. Chai is not even a ninth-rank official, so he just flattered the King of England because of his family's wealth!

Xie Bing was born in a poor family. When he was young, his family borrowed money to send him to study in the academy. He was often bullied by the children of the wealthy families in the academy.It's a pity that after he won the exam, he realized that he couldn't be proud of it. In order to smooth his official career, Xie Bing always had to curry favor with others.Looking at the faces of those people, Xie Bing looked down on these so-called rookies from aristocratic families even more in his heart.

If Mr. Chai is smarter, or listens to the teachings of the elders in the family, maybe he can understand what it means to be "the king of hell is easy to see, but the little devil is hard to deal with".

It's a pity that this Mr. Chai is a typical person who is rich and jaded, has the ambition to climb up, but doesn't have the brains and skills to match him.Now, he is rushing back to the capital with the urging talisman from the King of England.

Mr. Chai wore the stars and the moon all the way, and he compressed the five baths in the past to once every two days, and finally returned to the capital in early March.

He returned home with a bitter face, and first asked his followers to prepare a pool of hot water so that he could wash away the dust along the way and relieve his anxiety caused by only taking a bath once every two days.And he himself went to the study, took a letter, and sent someone to send it to the home of Wang Quancang, the servant in the north of the city, and asked Wang Quancang to hand it over to the King of England, so that the King of England would know that he had a personal letter from the leader of Tatar.

After doing all this, Mr. Chai, who was eager to make meritorious service, remembered that after returning from the northwest, he hadn't gone to pay his respects to the elders at home.

Ignoring the trivial things in the middle, I only said that King Li Shaojin was surprised and delighted when he got Mr. Chai's secret letter.

Surprisingly, he concealed the failure of his previous trip to the Northwest from everyone in the capital, enjoying the prince status he shouldn't have, and Li Chonghao even sent someone to choose a house for him in the capital so that he could leave the palace Jianfu.Now there is a personal letter from the leader of Tatar, if something is said in it and he is exposed, all this will be gone.

The good news is that he is the first among many brothers to be crowned king. Some of those who originally supported his son Li Shaojun are slowly changing their attitudes. During this period of time, he has received at least three or four ministers' favors for him. These are all Originally supported Li Shaojun!It's a pity that Li Shaojun's status as the son-in-law has always suppressed him. Even if he is the first to be crowned king, the majority of people in the court support Li Shaojun.

If he gave this letter to his father who favored him, Li Shaojin would not worry about not being able to get the credit.He has already tasted the sweetness, it is impossible to stop at this time.

After all, this matter was related to the struggle for the throne. Li Shaojin knew that he could not make up his mind alone, so he asked Wang Quancang to send a message to Chai Zhicong, asking him to quietly go to the Liu Mansion tomorrow to discuss the big plan together.

And Li Shaojin himself changed his clothes and went to the side hall of Linzhi Palace to greet Concubine Liu - someone from Concubine Liu came to deliver a message today that the emperor would go to Linzhi Palace for dinner in the evening.

Concubine Liu is not having a good time these few days. Although she has regained the favor of the emperor, the queen mother who praised her before seems to have returned to the old old woman. .Either he disliked her for raising her head too high and not being sincere enough when paying her respects, or she hated her for always pestering the emperor, so that other beauties in the harem would not have the opportunity to share the rain and dew.

More importantly, she is still a concubine, not even a concubine, still living in the side hall of Linzhi Palace, looking at the empty main hall, she is very aggrieved!

The aggrieved Concubine Liu finally felt a little happier when she saw Li Shaojin coming.Among other things, although my son was severely punished some time ago and even exempted from the qualifications to enter the court, but in the first month, he was crowned King of England, which gave her a good face as a mother.As soon as the mansion outside the palace is completed, his son will go out of the palace to build the mansion. He is much more promising than Li Shaojun who lives next to the East Palace!

So when Concubine Liu listened to Li Shaojin's request, she didn't say much, instead she praised: "Jin'er is very thoughtful. Although your grandfather's family is still under the suspicion of His Majesty, you can go visit your grandfather and I didn't commit any taboos, but I was filial. Don't worry, this matter is on me."

When Emperor Li Chonghao came in, he saw Concubine Liu bowing her head and weeping, while Li Shaojin was saluting at the side, but couldn't help but want to comfort Concubine Liu.

"What's the matter?" Li Chonghao now loves Concubine Liu again. Naturally, he won't see her cry, and won't let her salute. He personally helped her aside and asked with concern, "Who bullied her?" is you?"

Concubine Liu wiped her tears with her handkerchief, and said angrily, "Look at what His Majesty said, I'm fine in the palace, with His Majesty's pain and Jin'er's filial piety, how can I be bullied."

"What's the matter?"

Liu Pin bit her lower lip and said, "It's just that I was temporarily blinded by the wind and sand."

"Nonsense!" Li Chonghao glared at Concubine Liu, "This room is fine, where is the wind and sand coming from?"

Concubine Liu still refused to tell the truth: "I said it was wind and sand, so it was wind and sand!"

Although Li Chonghao admired delicate beauties, it was even better for Liu Bin's delicate mouth. He didn't care about Liu Bin's tone, but said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's the wind and sand. Jin'er, tell me."

Li Shaojin was called by name, but he didn't answer immediately, instead he went to see Concubine Liu.

Li Chonghao was displeased, and said with a straight face: "I'll tell you, what do you think your mother and concubine are doing? Huh?"

When he thought of the stupid things that Li Shaojin did before, he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind—could it be that his son, who is incompetent, committed some mistakes?

Li Shaojin was reprimanded by him, and hurriedly replied: "The mother concubine cried because she saw her natal family who entered the palace two days ago, and heard that her grandfather was sick in bed with a cold and was worried about his health."

Li Chonghao squinted his eyes, looked at the mother and child in front of him, and asked, "Why, I contracted a cold two days ago, and you don't know the condition of these two days."

Liu Pin wryly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why do you have to ask such a question? How dare I have any connection with my natal family outside the palace? Even if I am worried about my father's health, I dare not gamble with my son's name. If people know that I am right My father's illness is well known, are you going to accuse me of colluding with foreign relatives again?"

Li Chonghao's face froze, making it clear that he was unhappy.

Concubine Liu put it away when she was ready, lowered her head, and sobbed again, coughing dryly once in a while.Li Shaojin quickly took the tea cup from one side, brought it to Concubine Liu's mouth, and said, "Concubine Mother, come and drink some water."

Concubine Liu drank some, waved her hands, raised her head again, and said weakly to Li Chonghao: "Your Majesty, I just ask you to ask my brother for me. My father has slept soundly these days. Does his body hurt? , Where does it hurt, what kind of doctor did you see, what kind of medicine did the doctor prescribe, whether it is bitter or not. I don’t ask for anything else.”

Li Chonghao couldn't help feeling distressed, and quickly said: "Don't worry, I will send Jin'er to visit Liu's house tomorrow. Take a look at you, what if your father knows that you fell ill because you were worried about him?"

Only then did Concubine Liu show a real smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty."