Xie Xiang

A sachet took Xie Yi a lot of effort, not only had to sew the hem, but also had to have embroidery patterns.It only takes one night of practice to sew fine and straight stitches, but it is not so easy to embroider.

Xie Yi found time to practice, and after three days, she only embroidered the beginning of the sachet.

Outside Chang'an City, several horses came galloping.As soon as he entered the capital, he went straight to Xiangfu.

Chen Ju is the magistrate of the county outside, and the people of the pastoral side, although they have no outstanding political achievements, they are still working steadily, and with the support of the prime minister, this year's term expires, promotion is a sure thing, who knows that the court suddenly issued an edict, Taking his official position away made him work hard for several years, and he went eastward.

After Chen Ju resigned, he returned to Beijing quickly, lest something serious happened to the prime minister.Their Chen family's foothold in the court is entirely dependent on the support of the prime minister. If something happens to the prime minister, they will be the eggs of the overturned nest and will be implicated.

As soon as you enter Chang'an, you can see the city is peaceful, and then enter the prime minister's mansion, the majesty in the mansion is as usual.Chen Ju breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the prime minister is fine, he is expected to re-enter the official career.

Walking all the way quickly, the wind and dust were full of wind and dust. Chen Ju walked quickly towards the mansion while dusting off the dust on his body.He and Xie Yi are not very close, but there is no grudge.When they met in the past, they usually greeted each other in a neutral manner, but this time he lost his position and wanted to rely on the prime minister to find a new position, so he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

He thought about how to talk to the prime minister all the way, and also thought that he lost his position for some reason, the prime minister knew about it quite well, and he had to ask the prime minister for advice on this matter.He was engrossed in his thoughts, and when he was about to reach the study, he was stopped.

Chen Juming interrupted his thoughts, feeling very impatient, after a closer look, he recognized that this was the prime minister's confidant, Fang restrained his expression, stopped and said, "What's the matter?"

The staff saluted respectfully, and then replied: "Your Majesty has an order, please go and see the old lady first."

Suddenly, Chen Ju patted his forehead and said: "Neglect, when returning from a long journey, I should visit my mother first." He changed his way and went to the old lady's courtyard.

The staff watched him go away, shook his head secretly, and did not go away, just waiting in place.

After waiting for about an hour, Chen Jufang came back. He looked out of his mind, his feet were frivolous, and when he started to walk, he stumbled, and he looked like a man who had lost his official position.

The staff came forward and said: "Your Majesty has been waiting for the County Lord for a long time."

How long have you been waiting?Chen Ju turned pale.The staff stopped talking and led him to the study.

When Chen Ju arrived, Xie Yi was reading official documents with his head down. Seeing him coming in, he put down his pen and said, "Second brother is back."

Chen Ju hesitated to speak.

Xie Yi smiled and said, "Sit."

Chen Ju sat down dumbfoundedly, Xie Yi pushed forward the official document on the case, and said, "This is the achievements of the second brother in his tenure over the past few years, and it stands to reason that he can be promoted to be the prefect in the coming year."

The prefect, with a rank and salary of two thousand stones, is in charge of the affairs of a county. Once he has done something outstanding, he can be recalled to the court and recruited as a minister.This was something he didn't even dare to think about, but when Xie Yi proposed an introduction, he became very enthusiastic, and felt that it was his mother's fault that made him miss out on a great future.

Chen Ju hurriedly said: "Of course my mother has done it, the prime minister should also take care of the kindness of childbirth and regard peace as the most important thing."

"Mother knows what I want. If the second brother can convince my mother, he will be able to return to his post within a month. If not, I will wait for the elder brother to come to Beijing and ask him to try it. But His Majesty is furious, and I am afraid it will be difficult for the two The two brothers are all pardoned, and with my ability, I can only intercede for one person."

His Majesty was furious because the prime minister was humiliated. If the prime minister did not pursue the matter, let alone pardoning the two, even Chen Mu would be pardoned.If she said this, she was coercing her with her official position.

Chen Ju originally thought that he only needed to tell the prime minister that it would be easy to become an official again, but he didn't want to be embarrassed by it.

Xie Yi said: "Mother is dissatisfied with my serving for a long time, and often talks about the two elder brothers. If the second elder brother can stay in Chang'an and concentrate on serving mother, I think mother will be happy too."

Chen Mu said anxiously, "No, I'll go and persuade my mother."

Xie Yi smiled, picked up a bamboo slip to read, and ignored him.

Chen Ju only heard his mother talk about how he conspired with Chen Mu, and hated his mother for messing around, thinking that with the nature of the prime minister, his achievements in this life might be exhausted.Unexpectedly, there is still a turning point.He hurried back to the old lady's courtyard to persuade her to be obedient and give her whatever the prime minister wanted.

Xie Yi only waited for about half an hour before the old lady came.

Leaning on crutches, Chen Ju trembled and walked into the room.Xie Yi smirked secretly, glanced at Chen Ju, Chen Ju understood, quickly saluted her, then glanced at her mother, turned and retreated outside the door.

The old lady's complexion is not good, and she seems to have aged a lot. She used to walk without relying on crutches.Xie Yi finally forced her to speak, but she lost her mind for a while at this juncture, she asked His Majesty to wait for her for a few days, now five days have passed, I wonder if His Majesty is in a hurry.

"You really can restore the official Ju'er?" said the old lady.

Liu Zao was naturally in a hurry.If you have no hope in your life, you don't know what to do. Once you have hope, the so-called few days will feel like years.

Liu Zao waited for five days, often staring at the hourglass, only to feel that the time passed so slowly.The first two or three days were tolerable, but on the fourth day, I began to feel tormented, and as time passed, I felt more and more slow.

After waiting for the ninth day, Liu Zao panicked.Xie Xiang has always been trustworthy, since it is a few days, it will not exceed ten days, but it is already the deadline, but she still has not replied to her.

She was lost in the palace, and after noon, she finally didn't want to wait any longer, and took the initiative to go to the government office to find Xie Yi.

The government office was not far from the forbidden area, Liu Zao left in a palace chariot, the closer she got, the more flustered she became, and she even regretted why she had to agree to wait for a few days to thank the prime minister, she should have refused at the beginning.She would rather guard her hopelessly all the time, keep a distance from her, and be commensurate with her monarch, than hear rejection again.

"Your Majesty, we're here." Hu Ao's voice sounded from outside the palace carriage.

Liu Zao was startled, and sat still.

"You make me sick." The words came to mind out of nowhere.

Liu Zao's heart suddenly hurt, and suddenly she couldn't breathe, she pressed her chest, bent down, and after a long time, she gradually caught her breath.

She didn't know when, whenever she was not confident, she would always think of this sentence.These are actually not the original words of Xie Xiang. What Xie said in the past year was "You know how disgusting I was in my heart that day", Liu Zao remembered it verbatim, but for some reason, as time went by, she herself This sentence changed in my heart.

However, there shouldn't be any difference between the two, it's because Xie Xiang hates her affection and disgusts her behavior.

"Your Majesty?" There was no movement in the car for a long time, and Hu Ao called again.

After a while, Liu Zao stepped out of the car, leaned out half of his body next to the car door, and looked up at the main entrance of the government office.

"Your Majesty, I have asked, and the prime minister is in the office." Hu Ao said courteously.

Liu Zao helped the eunuch's men get out of the car and walked towards the main entrance.

She is the emperor, she can come and go wherever she goes.But when she got here, she stood in front of the door for a while, and waited for the messenger at the door to see and ran into the office to report, and waited for a while, thinking that the report should have been in front of Prime Minister Xie, and then moved in.

After entering the door, he walked halfway, and he saw Xie Yi coming out to greet him.As soon as Liu Zao saw her, he burst into a smile, and before Xie Yi could bend over, he helped her up first, and said, "Excuse me."

Xie Yi straightened up, looked at her face, and asked, "Why is Your Majesty here?"

Liu Zao's fingertips trembled slightly, thinking, did Prime Minister Xie forget the appointment for a few days?She said softly: "I'm coming, just take a look."

Xie Yi glanced at her suppressed disappointment, trying to pretend nothing had happened, her eyebrows twitched, and her eyes were full of unbearable.

There are other ministers around, and when they heard that His Majesty is coming, they all came out to greet them. Liu Zao patiently waited for them to meet him, then he waved his hands and said: "Your Majesty, go and do your own work. I will take a look at it at will."

Even with such words, the ministers did not dare to leave the emperor here and retreat, they just waited where they were and did not speak.

In this way, it is even more difficult to speak.

Liu Zao suddenly felt embarrassed and looked around.She came here today for an answer, Xie Xiang forgot, she felt embarrassed at first, but was surrounded by people, just like her embarrassment was magnified countless times by countless people watching.

"Your Majesty, please sit inside." Xie Yi said.

Liu Zao nodded immediately: "Okay."

Xie Yi led her into his room, and the ministers were blocked outside.

This is the place where Xie Yi handles the files. Several bookshelves are placed in the room, and many bamboo slips are neatly piled up on the bookshelves. On each bamboo slip, there is a short white piece of cloth hanging down, with place names written in ink on it.Liu Zao knew that this was an important official document sent from various places.

She looked around the room, walked to the couch under the window and sat down.This place should be used by the prime minister to entertain guests on weekdays, even in one room, this place is much more comfortable and leisurely than other places.

She sat down, put her hands on her lap peacefully, her eyes were also very cautious, she lightly scanned the things in front of her, and then looked at the table in front of her, no longer looking randomly.

Like a child visiting a stranger's home for the first time, he is sensible and well-behaved, but also makes people feel distressed.

Xie Yi once thought that no matter what happened, she would never back down and not make His Majesty wronged, but in the end it was still her hesitation that made His Majesty sad.

"His Majesty."

Liu Zao turned to look at her with questioning eyes.

Xie Yi looked slightly relaxed, and said to her, "I'm going outside to have a look."

What are you looking at?She didn't say anything, so Liu Zao didn't ask, just nodded and said, "Go, Qing."

Xie Yi pushed open the door and went out.Liu Zao watched her figure disappear, and bent her straight back.Xie Xiang really forgot, she came by mistake.

It was really an empty joy.Liu Zao breathed a sigh of relief, stood up again, and walked around the room casually to adjust his mood.

Since Xie Xiang made an appointment for a few days, it can be seen that she has been wavering in her heart, whether she should like her or not.No matter if she really forgot right now or avoided mentioning it, or if a few days were not enough and she needed a few more days to weigh it, she shouldn't make things difficult for her.

She just waited a little longer.

Liu Zao comforted himself while pacing in the room.She walked to the desk and saw that there were ruler letters on the desk. It should be that Mr. Xie was writing a letter.She glanced at it, then turned her eyes away, and was about to walk away, but in that glance, words such as "Gong County" and "mansion" vaguely caught her eye.

Liu Zao bit her lower lip, looked at the door, picked up the ruler and quickly scanned it.

It was a letter written by Xie Xiang to his retainers, ordering the retainers who took care of her fiefdom in Gong County to repair the mansion for living.