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Chapter 37 Fish

Wei Xin is 52 years old this year, which is an old age for ordinary people, but for those who have entered the court and become officials, it is the time of prosperity.Three generations of the Wei family entered the court as an official. He borrowed some of the shade from his ancestors, successfully passed the entrance examination and entered the court as an official. He worked hard for his official career and the country. For Wei Xin, he's old enough.

Among the officials of the current dynasty, only Wei Xin was the elder of the three dynasties. He entered the officialdom at the beginning of the year, and the emperor of the current dynasty was Qi Jian, the longest reigning emperor in Dayu's history.Suspicious by nature, withdrawn and cruel, Dayu once fell into a state of destruction during his 58 years in power.

Qi Jian didn't trust anyone, including his heirs. He suspected that everyone was peeping at his throne. He killed those who made him doubt, including relatives and friends, and the heirs who knelt before him on his [-]th birthday, leaving only A young son with dementia due to an accidental fall from a height when he was young, and Qi Wei, his only grandson.

At that time, King Qi was already the second generation of Qi Jin, and he was in his prime. Everyone, including Wei Xin, thought it was appropriate to pass the throne to him.King Qi's clan fought for Dayu in the south and north. Every time they went to a prefecture or county, the people would welcome them with delicious wine and fresh fruits.

In the end, Qi Jian appointed Qi Wei, who was only six years old, as the prince, and sent Qi Jin to the western border to suppress the evil party. In the end, because of insufficient supplies, Qi Jin was killed in battle.

Finally, when Qi Wei was 12 years old, Qi Jian died and Qi Wei became emperor.At that time, Wei Xin was already a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and the new emperor never liked the generals used by the previous emperors when he ascended the throne.Wei Xin also failed to escape the fate of being slowly emptied of real power.There is nothing in name but nothing but appearance, and spent three years with those salaries every year. It was God who opened his eyes or good luck to others, thinking that his life was going to be so mediocre, Wei Xin accidentally made a contribution to saving him.

Qi Wei was young and energetic back then, and insisted on riding a fierce horse that was still wild. As soon as he got on the horse, the horse jumped violently and tried to overturn him. It was stuck in the stirrups and couldn't be freed. When everyone realized that something was wrong, the strong horse was about to fall to the ground and crush the person in the saddle under him.

At the critical moment, Wei Xin rushed under the horse regardless of life and death, and used his body to protect Qi wedge, while he was severely crushed by the weight of the whole horse and suffered internal injuries. He lay down for a month before recovering his life, and fell The root cause of his illness is that his official career has become smooth sailing. In less than a few years, he has been ranked first in the official residence and ranked among the third.

Afterwards, Qi Wei passed away and Qi Xiao ascended the throne, Wei Xin unexpectedly sided with Qi Xiao, and his former colleagues broke up with him and turned against each other.

Chu Ping killed and exiled all those who had two hearts in the court. For a while, there were no successors among the ministers in the court. Wei Xin was reused like never before, making him unstoppable again.

Maybe Chu Ping always thought that Wei Xin would submit to him, but he didn't expect Wei Xin to be sincere to Qi Xiao. Not only Wei Bingcheng became Qi Xiao's confidant since childhood, even his daughter became Qi Xiao's personal bodyguard.

If Wei Bingcheng becomes a bachelor in the future, and Wei Xin is the minister of rites, then the Wei family can be said to be in power, and even Chu Ping has to be courteous. Pull Wei Xin off his horse.

The ups and downs of his life in the officialdom, now it seems that it is coming to an end.

Thinking of this, Wei Xin realized that Wei Bingcheng had been sitting in front of him for a long time, waiting for the answer to the question just now.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Wei Xin played with the agarwood pixiu that was just given to him this time: "This time the matter has become like this, sincerely, you should also understand that making this choice for your father is purely for profit and avoid harm. Sincerely, back then I named you Bingcheng because I want you to be honest and upright. However, those who are ugly are easy to break, and those who are bright are easy to stain. Sometimes you are too upright. The wind breaks the tree but the bamboo does not fall. The ink bamboo painting in your study I see that you like it very much. Bamboo is as humble as a gentleman, but it is also tough and flexible. You must remember that sometimes bowing your head is not to admit defeat, but to accumulate wealth."

These words are the summary of Wei Xin's career as an official for more than 30 years. Seeing Wei Bingcheng nodded, he sighed again: "Bingcheng, I know you have never understood my father's choice, but I have served three generations of emperors. , they don't care who is in charge of the world. What they need is rice in the pot and no war in the country. I chose the most suitable emperor, that's all. Now you have heard this, and you can't say more in the future, just remember , if you assist Your Majesty well, Dayu's centuries-old foundation will surely prosper.

After talking so much, Wei Xin waved his hand and asked Wei Bingcheng to leave the study. On the table was the imperial decree that had just been delivered, which praised Wei Xin's three generations of elders for their great achievements and bestowed them on the Grand Master.

After Wei Xin resigned, the position of Minister of Rites was temporarily vacant and was temporarily replaced by the assistant minister. Chu Ping led [-] elite soldiers and iron horses to march northward in late April.

Qi Xiao sent someone to Jiangzhou to check the situation of the dam, while Wei Bingcheng continued to travel all over the country non-stop, busy dealing with free school matters. Thanks to his efforts, Dayu has opened hundreds of free schools all over the country. When girls were sent to the classroom, Wei Bingcheng began to draw up that both men and women could take the exam, and just like men, all girls and boys who pass the exam can enjoy tax relief, and those who can learn Chinese can be treated equally and take the exam.

One day at the end of April, Qi Xiao and Wei Bingcheng were walking by the shore of Mingjue Lake. The surrounding willow branches were already lush, and the soft and silky willow branches were blown by the wind, like misty clouds of emerald green smoke floating on both sides of the bank.Qi Xiao didn't care to appreciate the beautiful scenery, and while listening to Wei Bingcheng's report on the revision of the imperial examination system for women's entrance exams, she couldn't help thinking of that pale figure.

Three days ago, I accidentally found Qi Ping’s left riding uniform in the side room. Along with the riding uniform, there was also the gold medal of the decree. At first, all my thoughts were on the matter of Wei Xin and Chu Ping. Now, although the ending is not ideal , but finally took a break, saw the gold medal and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen him for nearly a month.

Don't say how much I miss, I always feel empty in my heart, what happened that night, even Qi Xiao didn't expect it, when Qi Yi probed over, she could avoid everything from happening, but she also lost her soul, At that moment, he wanted to take her as his own and do unreasonable things.Aside from remorse, he had to admit that Qi Xiao didn't hate that kind of behavior, and he even liked it. It was like stepping into a dangerous situation with one foot, and if he didn't pay attention, he would be doomed.

After continuing to walk along the river for a while, an eunuch hurriedly ran up ahead, knelt down ten steps away from Qi Xiao, and said that he had something to report.

Qi Xiao recognized this eunuch, who was the chief cook. The rich oil and water of the court filled the fat and fat head of this eunuch, so he knelt down. His body made him extremely strenuous: "Long live Your Majesty, this slave has something important to report."

"Say." Seeing the man kneeling in front of him tightening his palace gown, he remembered that Qi Ping never gave him any medicinal food, and he didn't know how his body is now.

"Princess Yihe... she stewed golden scale koi..."

Hearing that it was about Qi Zhi, Qi Xiao frowned: "It's stewed? What's going on, please explain clearly."

Only then did the manager falter and say the ins and outs of the matter.

Let’s talk about this golden-scale koi first, its whole body has delicate golden scales, and it swims in the water with magnificent water waves. It has always been the favorite species of Dayu’s royal family. It's no wonder that when Qi Ping stewed a fish, the chief culinary chief informed Qi Xiao himself.

A few days ago, how did Qi Yi catch a koi carp that weighed about one catty and bring it to the dining room to stew. After eating the soup, thinking that there are less than a hundred fish in the pond, but this one is a lot less, one thing more is worse than one thing less, so he passed by with his eyes closed.

I didn't expect to bring two more today, a full catty and a half. When the chef was killing the fish, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and informed the manager, and let the manager make a decision. As soon as he left the dining room, the chief catering manager pulled back and ran to Qi Xiao to report the matter. In just a few days, three of them were missing. Wouldn't it mean that the koi in the lotus pond should be killed before the princess gets married? ate up.

After listening to this, Qi Xiao was puzzled, even though no medicinal food was sent over these few days, could it be that the food in the palace is not enough to eat?It can be seen that Qi Xiao is worried about other things in the past few days, and of course he will not add other troubles to Qi Xiaoping, so he didn't report anything about Qi Wei.Qi Xiao really doesn't feel sorry for the three koi, but this time she has come up with something else.

Let the chief catering go back first, hesitated for a while, and brought Wei Bingcheng and others to Lanyue Palace together.

The last time I came here was the day when Qi Ping fell into the water, more than a month had passed, and the place was still deserted, the moment Qi Xiao stepped into the gate, he saw the light-colored figure that he hadn't seen for a long time standing on the steps.

Hearing Qi Xiao's arrival, several people in Lanyue Palace stopped what they were doing and ran to the front yard to bow down.

Asking them to get up, Qi Xiao found that the cheeks that were a little baby fat had become thinner, and the plain coat looked thinner, but when she spoke, two voices rang out at the same time.

"Princess, you have lost weight."

"Your Majesty, you have lost weight."

You were taken aback for a moment, but Qi Xiao felt distressed, and said: "I heard that the princess has started fishing leisurely and gracefully these days, but I don't know how those koi taste like?"

It turned out that he came here for this matter, and it seems that the golden koi he caught were really extraordinary, and even made the emperor come to the door in person. If he wanted to punish her, it would be a blessing in disguise.

Thinking about this, Qi Ping smiled and said, "I didn't have the honor to taste it myself, but judging from Mo Claw's reaction, it's really delicious."

Qi Xiao was even more puzzled, and Qi Ping led Qi Xiao to a corner of the outer hall, where Mo Zha and five kittens were sleeping soundly in the nest, feeling that someone had walked in, Mo Zha opened his eyes vigilantly. Eye.

The five kittens are really cute, sleeping together in a pile. The pink nose and fleshy paws make people want to pinch them.Qi Xiao pointed at Mo Zhua and said, "You are for them?"

"Well, Mozhua needs to feed five cubs, so I thought about giving it some food."

This reason really makes people laugh and cry, Qi Xiao said: "Do you know that the three koi you feed it are worth more than a thousand carps in the market?"

Of course Qi Ping knew that these koi carp were precious, but who made them bite the hook desperately one by one, there were at least ten kinds of fish in the pond, not to mention koi carp, even ordinary grass carp and crucian carp were also abundant, but They were the only ones that swam over to snatch food as soon as the bait was put down, so Qi Zhi had to choose them to make soup.

"Chen..." These koi have been eaten by the ink claws, and they can't be spit out. Qi Zhi only has a total of ten taels of silver from the barnyard official around him. He usually spends a little, leaving less than Eight taels, probably enough for half a fish.

"That's all." Qi Xiao came here just to find out what happened, whether the majestic king of a country still feels sorry for those three koi.

As soon as he looked up and saw Qi Bing looking at him steadily, panic flickered in the dark eyes that met his four eyes, and then covered a layer of thin sand and returned to calm, blocking too many emotions there.

During the days of waiting for Qi Xiao's arrival, Qi Ji imagined what he should say when he saw her more than once. Naturally, Dao An or find an excuse to prevaricate what happened before, and finally met the person who was thinking about it day and night, but he was afraid. When mentioning the previous things, I was afraid that if I was not careful, the hard-won meeting would become short-lived.

He tried his best to face Qi Xiao with the most natural expression, and wanted to go back to getting along with him in the past, but unfortunately, the feelings in his heart would always overflow uncontrollably, and his eyes couldn't help looking for her figure.

Wei Bingcheng watched all this silently beside him, and felt a little strange. The atmosphere between the two of them just now was very subtle. The way Qi Ping looked at Qi Xiao made Wei Bingcheng's heart skip a beat, and he suddenly recalled the little girl a month ago. Lu's words, but the subsequent fear prevented him from thinking further.

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