Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

A few days later, Chai Bo, the old steward who stayed in Dingguo's mansion, went to Mount Qiwu.

At that time Xu Guanchen had just taken the medicine and was playing with Feiyang in his room, so they met Chai Bo together in Feiyang's room.

Chai Bo clasped his hands, sat down in front of him, untied the burden on his back, and arranged the three spirit tablets wrapped in blue cloth one by one in front of him: "My lord, Mrs. Enninghou came here yesterday..."

Mrs. Enning Hou, who was Yang Xun's mother, stopped Xu Guanchen's carriage and begged him to intercede in front of Xiao Zhi, but Xu Guanchen refused.

And those three spiritual positions belonged to Xiao Qi, He Zhen and Yang Xun respectively.

The entire He Mansion was burned, Xiao Qi and He Zhen's offerings should have been made by Yang Xun in the mansion.What Yang Xun did should be that after his death, Mrs. Enning Hou could not stay in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall for him.

Xu Guanchen looked slightly cold, and asked, "Who asked you to accept it?"

"Mrs. Enninghou is kneeling in front of our mansion, please don't leave, and everyone on the street will come to see it." Chai Bo said, "Mrs. The Lord sees that he is able to give up these memorial tablets because he has been a classmate for many years. This old slave is not sure, so he came to ask for instructions."

Xu Guanchen sneered, and said: "But I still want to support them."

"Grandpa?" Chai Bo persuaded, "Originally, it was the friendship of classmates for many years. Mrs. Enninghou sent the tablet, so we can't... get a good reputation outside."

At this time, Feiyang said firmly: "Not good."

Xu Guanchen thought about it, and nodded: "It's really not good."

If these people are not enshrined, others will say that he is cold; if these tablets are offered, others will say that he is thinking of old love, and I am afraid that he is not very loyal.

He took up all the bad things left and right.

Instead of this, Xu Guanchen covered the three tablets with cloth again: "Give it back to Mrs. Enninghou, and say that Dingguo's government doesn't care about it."

Chai Bo said: "The former son of Enning Hou was exiled to the southwest. Mrs. Enning Hou also went with her."

"Then give it back..."

"The entire Marquis of Enning's mansion is empty, and the Yang family doesn't recognize them, so they won't go back."

Xu Guanchen thumped the table angrily, got up to find the sword, wished he could return the scar on his back to Xiao Qi's tablet, turned around, but couldn't find the weapon.

He sat down in front of the case again, and said angrily: "It's chopped into firewood and burned..."

Chai Bo called helplessly: "Grandpa."

"Find any Taoist temple at random, and Dingguo's mansion will pay the Taoist temple to find a room to pay for it. Write down how much money you spent, and send it to Mrs. Enninghou, so that she can pay back the money. This matter is the responsibility of Enninghou It is run by the government and has nothing to do with Dingguo government."

Seeing that he was really angry, Chai Bo replied: "Yes."

After a long silence, Xu Guanchen touched the tip of his nose, and softened his tone: "The palace is far away from Jinling, and the journey is hard. Chai Bo stay for one night before leaving."

"Yes."

At this time, Eunuch Xiaocheng came in with a box of candied fruit: "My lord, the new candied fruit. Your Majesty said that my lord takes medicine every day and my taste is bitter. Let me try something new."

Xu Guanchen held his face in his hands, looked down at the candied fruit box: "I'll go thank him later."

Eunuch Xiao Cheng knelt down before the case and opened the candied fruit box.There are also eight exquisite boxes in the box, which contain all kinds of fruits and beautiful colors.

Eunuch Xiaocheng said again: "Your Majesty also said that the little eunuch is sleepy after taking the medicine, it's better to go back and sleep to avoid headaches."

Xu Guanchen picked up a fruit and ate it: "I know, I'll go back later."

After Eunuch Xiaocheng left, Uncle Chai clearly had something to say, but he hesitated several times, and finally said: "My lord, living in Wushan Palace is not a place where you should stay for a long time. There is a place in Dingguo's mansion." damage."

"I..." Xu Guanchen rubbed between his brows, "I have a headache, let's talk about it tonight."

He leaned on the table and stood up, sighed softly, and walked out.

Chai Bo asked Fei Yang from behind: "Grandpa, are you taking medicine every day?"

Fei Yang nodded: "Yes."

Chai Bo asked again: "Your Majesty recently...do you often stay together with Your Majesty? Still live with Your Majesty?"

Xu Guanchen scratched his hair in distress, ignored the matter, and crossed the threshold.

In the event of damage to Dingguo's mansion, Chai Bo was thinking of Dingguo's mansion.

When he returned to Xuchun Palace, Xiao Zhi was copying scriptures before the case, so he leaned over to take a look, and then glanced at Xiao Zhi again.

Xiao Zhi told him: "Go to sleep for a while."

"Hey." Xu Guanchen raised his writing hand without any scruples, resting his head on his lap, laying down on the floor covered with a woolen blanket, closing his eyes and going to sleep.

Xiao Zhi raised his hand, hooked the fox fur that Xu Guanchen had casually thrown aside earlier, shook it off, and covered it for him.

Xu Guanchen grabbed the fringe of the fox fur, kicked his feet wildly, and kicked off his shoes.Closing his eyes again, as if in a dream, he said softly: "Xiao Qi and the three of them have their spiritual seats, and Mrs. Yang forcefully stuffed them in. I really had no choice but to stay."

As soon as Xiao Zhi exerted force on his hand, the barrel of the pen was broken.

angry.

"And Uncle Chai..." Xu Guanchen said again, "Probably he came to ask my teacher Xingshi for his crimes. He doesn't want me to be called a sycophant, and he doesn't want the Dingguo Palace to be defeated by me like this."

In fact, Xiao Zhi didn't understand, what is there to worry about?When it is broken, it is broken, how can the slave go past the master?

Xiao Zhi folded the broken penholder into four pieces, and said, "Then I'll send someone to help you..."

Xu Guanchen quickly realized what he wanted to say.Opening his eyes, he almost jumped up from the ground and hurriedly said, "No!"

With his eyes looking like he was about to fight, Xu Guanchen patted his hand angrily: "No, Uncle Chai is an elder I respect very much. I am not in Dingguo Duke's mansion when I am sick. He is the housekeeper, no."

Butler, can someone else take care of it?

Xiao Zhi still didn't understand.But at this moment, Xu Guanchen sat up from the ground, no longer pillowed his legs, and drew all his attention.

Xiao Zhi pressed his shoulder firmly, asking him to lie down again.

Xu Guanchen turned over, curled up slightly, clutching the fox fur, and was about to sleep.

Xiao Zhi stopped copying the scriptures, but crushed the four-section penholder.

After less than a cup of tea, Xu Guanchen woke up.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and then raised his hand to touch Xiao Zhi's chin while he was half asleep and half awake.

"I ate the candied fruit today." Xu Guanchen stuck out the tip of his tongue, "It's delicious."

Xiao Zhi's eyes darkened, thinking he was teased as a cat.

Then Xiao Zhi also ate today's "candied fruit", which was delicious.

Later, Xu Guanchen went to meet Uncle Chai in person.

"I didn't finish talking during the day, I said I'll talk about it at night, let's talk now."

"Grandfather." Uncle Chai let him into the house. He had no servants, and made tea for him himself, fiddling with tea sets, and said, "When you were still in the Duke's mansion, you loved to drink Yangxian tea. After staying in the palace for three years, I don't know if the father-in-law's taste has changed."

Xu Guanchen didn't answer.

Steaming white, he lifted up the lid of the copper pot, put a white towel on it, and Chai Bo lifted the copper pot.

The tea soup was clear, Uncle Chai picked up the teacup with both hands, and brought it to him.

After a while, Xu Guanchen picked up the cup of tea and took a sip.

Chai Bo asked, "How is the father-in-law's illness?"

Xu Guanchen said: "It's nothing serious, Master brought medicine from Yanbei, it will be fine in a few months."

"When will the Lord return to the Duke's mansion after he recovers from his illness? This old slave should make preparations early."

"……talk later."

"The palace and the palace are not places where the Duke should stay for a long time." Chai Bo said seriously, "The face of the Duke's Palace will be damaged."

Xu Guanchen lowered his head, like a child being scolded in front of his elders: "I know."

Chai Boyu said earnestly: "During the New Year's Eve, there are rumors in Jinling City that the father-in-law is sitting in the queen's seat at the New Year's Eve palace banquet. After the New Year's Eve, His Majesty will move to the palace, and the father-in-law will come with him. There are more and more. The Lord is in the palace and has never heard the rumors in the city, so he doesn't know how powerful it is."

"Grandpa, I've always been reluctant to call you 'little grandpa'. In the eyes of this old slave, a grandpa is just a grandpa, and there is no such thing as young or old."

Chai Bo took a sip of hot tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "It's just that if you are as willful as the father-in-law, the Dingguo mansion left by the old man... I'm afraid that the old slave will be buried, and the father-in-law will not be revived." The Duke of Ding’s mansion is gone, maybe, you can still see the mansion of Dingguo’s many years of foundation, and it’s just gone.”

"Grandfather is my favorite little grandson, my elder brother. When Eldest Prince was still here, my grandfather loved you and didn't ask you to be like a brother. Practice three-nines in winter and three-hours in summer, let him learn Even if the sky falls at that time, there will still be an eldest son standing in front of him."

Chai Bo looked at him with a mournful expression: "If it collapses today, the Eldest Prince will be gone long ago."

"The Duke's family started with martial arts. The Duke is now practicing martial arts, and it is too late. The Duke likes to practice Taoism, recite scriptures and meditate. This is what the Duke led you to do. This old servant dare not talk too much. In the mansion, the old slave butler, admits that he has never made a mistake, and dare not complain."

"Now my father-in-law likes..." Chai Bo's throat was choked, and he said sincerely, "How can that be?!"

After a long silence, Xu Guanchen said: "Uncle Chai, I will carry the honor and disgrace of Dingguo Duke's mansion on my shoulders."

"How will the father-in-law carry it on his shoulders?"

"I still want Mr. Lauchai to go to the distant houses to find a smart child. It doesn't matter if he is younger. I will raise it myself. After a while, when I recover from my illness, I will discuss it with Your Majesty." , Move back to live in the mansion. Dingguo's mansion is now able to stand firmly in the court only by His Majesty's favor. "

Chai Bo said: "My lord knows very well that this is not what this old slave said."

"What does Chai Bo mean?"

"When it's time to break it, it's broken." Chai Bo said firmly, "I was dragged down by illness in the past, but now my father-in-law has reached the age to marry a wife and have children."

Xu Guanchen asked again: "What I said just now is not okay at all? Uncle Chai just, insists on me marrying a wife?"

"Yes." Chai Bo nodded, "After the beginning of spring, all the noble ladies in Jinling City will hold banquets. If the Duke wants to, there will definitely be a post for the Duke."

Xu Guanchen had a bit of a headache: "If I marry a wife, wouldn't it be a mistake?"

"Since the father-in-law knows, after marrying, he will naturally end the past. If your majesty values ​​the father-in-law, you shouldn't add insult to injury."

Xu Guanchen got up, and turned around helplessly: "There is no humiliation...there is only the path I mentioned just now, so that's all for now..."

Xu Guanchen made a deep bow to him: "Guanchen has always regarded Uncle Chai as an elder. If Uncle Chai is still willing to help me with the affairs of the house, Guanchen will be grateful; if he is not willing, Guanchen will give it to you." Pension."

"Grandfather..."

"Also, Uncle Chai made a mistake earlier." Xu Guanchen didn't move, but still bowed, "Grandfather likes to drink Yangxian tea, and my brother likes it too."

Xu Guanchen lowered his eyes: "I don't like it."

It was spring, and the weather was warmer.

Xu Guanchen went all the way to the star picking platform, backhanded, sat on the railing, shaking his feet to blow the air.

There was a cliff at his feet, and the moon was not good tonight. He looked down and saw nothing but darkness.

After sitting in a daze for a while, someone suddenly covered him with clothes from behind, and covered his head with a hood.

The man stood behind him and said, "Uncle Chai has arrested you again and wants you to revitalize the Duke's Mansion?"

It was Zhong Yao's voice.

Xu Guanchen lifted his hood and nodded: "Yes."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Find a child to raise, and when the Duke's mansion is ready, give him the title."

Zhong Yao said bluntly: "Only you, Dingguo Gong's mansion where you are the only master in the whole mansion, how do you get up?"

"I'm thinking about it too." Xu Guanchen gathered his clothes, "The Duke's mansion started with martial arts, and now I'm alone in the court. Uncle Chai can't wait."

He was a little angry, and said: "I used to be in Yanbei for a year, and I also had some small military achievements. Why don't you go back to Yanbei and take me with you, so it's quicker, and I will lead the way."

When he spoke angrily, Zhong Yao also laughed and said, "Uncle Chai didn't mean that."

"Once upon a time, Xiao Qi..." Xu Guanchen sighed deeply, "Some people in the court said that I was stupid and pedantic. I was deceived by Xiao Qi, a hypocrite for so long, but I still stuck my head in it and almost died. How can I be a bit The spirit of Minister Gu Ming."

He propped his head up, and tapped his fingertips twice: "Actually, when I was just returning to Jinling when the emperor urgently summoned him, he made indirect remarks and said something to me. I also saw that he seemed to be not As gentle and candid as ever."

"I just thought I understood his nature, plus..." Xu Guanchen paused, "Duke Dingguo must also have such an opportunity."

"The first emperor took a fancy to Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi and I have been friends since we were young. It was only natural for me to help him. At that time, His Majesty fell out with me again. Have scruples."

"I wanted to choose, but I couldn't choose, so I stuck my neck, threw everything behind me, and prepared a way to go to the dark. Thinking that Xiao Qi might be forced to be like that, as long as he ascends the throne, the nature It’s still Chunliang, and when a few highnesses go down to the fief, the world will be stable, and Dingguo’s mansion will rise.”

Zhong Yao approached and patted him on the shoulder.

"The first emperor gave me that red ball, how could I not know that it is not good?" Suddenly short of breath, Xu Guanchen covered it with his sleeve and coughed twice, "At that time, if I didn't eat it, the first emperor would Can you ask me to be the Minister Gu Ming? Can he entrust everything to the Dingguo Mansion? If I don’t eat, won’t he force-feed me? Can I choose?”

"It's all dead ends, from one dead end to another dead end."

"I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy." Xu Guanchen laughed back angrily, raised his fist, and slammed it hard on the wooden railing, "I'm just stupid and pedantic, and I don't deserve to be a minister who cares about life."

Since he started talking again just now, Zhong Yao stopped talking, Xu Guanchen thought that he didn't like to hear his angry words, so he stopped talking, and stayed in a daze with his hair stretched out.

In fact, Zhong Yao was invited away by Eunuch Xiaocheng long ago, and the person behind him was changed.

Xiao Zhi grabbed his waist and carried him off the railing.

Xu Guanchen was startled suddenly by him, and panicked: "What are you doing?"

After seeing the person coming clearly, he said in a daze: "When did you change people? How long have you been standing here? I'm talking to Zhong Yao, how can you eavesdrop?"

Xiao Zhi patted his butt, picked him up, and walked back: "If you're so good at talking, why don't you go to Yushitai."

Xiao Zhi carried him all the way back to Xuchun Hall, untied his outer shirt, tidied him up, threw him on the couch, and wrapped him into rice dumplings with a quilt.

Xu Guanchen tried his best to turn over and sat up from the couch: "Uncle Chai..."

Xiao Zhi pushed him back: "Go to sleep."

Xu Guanchen thumped in his heart, and quickly sat up again: "Don't send someone to give Chai Bo to...that's impossible while I'm asleep!"

"know."

Thinking about him, he used to push people down the stairs and soak them in the lake, Xu Guanchen said again: "Don't move him either."

"Understood, you value him." Xiao Zhi said lightly, "Since he valued Dingguo's mansion, I told him directly that I forced you to do so. If you don't comply, you will be executed. You are for Dingguo Mansion, feel wronged."

"Uh... in this case... Your Majesty, you will be punished by the ministers..."

Xu Guanchen thought about it again, Xiao Zhi has always been domineering, and it seems that he has never been visited by the officials. When he was the Fifth Highness, he committed major crimes on average five or six times a year, and each time he attracted the officials to dispatch.

"Let's talk about it later. If you want to say it this way, Uncle Chai may unite with several princes." Xu Guanchen scratched his head, "Actually, Uncle Chai should not only be for the purpose of establishing the Duke's mansion, but he is afraid that I will not get married and have no children."

Xiao Zhi said nothing, just glanced at him up and down.

Xu Guanchen didn't realize it, sighed, and fell down on the couch: "I'll see if there is any suitable child in the far room tomorrow..."

After blowing out the lamp, Xiao Zhi lowered the curtain and lay down beside him.

Xu Guanchen continued to mutter: "Why does Uncle Chai want me to get married? But if I show him your and my marriage certificate, he will probably die of anger. If I still insist on having a child, how can I give it to him? Get a child? You can’t go squatting by the river and pick one up for him. In the end, lie to him and say that the Sanqing Immortal was moved by me and sent me a child?”

He muttered, not knowing whether Xiao Zhi was listening, so he touched Xiao Zhi with his hand: "Xiao Yuzhi, are you asleep?"

Xiao Zhi hugged him: "No."

"Hey, what..." Xu Guanchen was taken aback for a moment, then panicked and wanted to push him away, "I'm talking about something seriously, what are you doing?"

Xiao Zhi only hugged him tighter, straightened his waist forward, and said in a low voice, "You said you wanted a child."

"Ah, you..." Xu Guanchen was so angry that he grabbed the quilt and slapped the bed hard.He grabbed the quilt again and tried hard to break free, but Xiao Zhi grabbed it back again, "How could I..."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Xu Guanchen fled forward vigorously: "I have what you have, and I don't have what you don't have. What's there to try?"

Xiao Zhi hoarsely said: "Don't move around."

Xu Guanchen froze all of a sudden: "I'm still taking medicine, you can't... If you continue to act like this, I'll use Tai Chi Cloud Pushing Hand, and it hurts a lot..."

"Yeah." Xiao Zhi leaned over to kiss him, "Then use your hands."

Xu Guanchen thumped the bed: "That's not what I meant!"

Xiao Zhi sighed, and said sadly: "If anyone doesn't obey, everyone will be executed except you."

Xu Guanchen was taken aback by him, and when he was in a daze, Xiao Zhi grabbed his hand.

Xiao Zhi rubbed off his collar, buried his face in his shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If you are still upset about the title of Dingguo Duke, I will cut off your title and welcome you into the palace as a Wouldn't the queen be fine?"

Xu Guanchen turned his head abruptly, seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, he hurriedly said: "No."

I'm afraid he was frightened, so Xiao Zhi rubbed his head and said half-truthfully, "Then you should be obedient."

After tossing until very late, when I woke up the next day, there was still residual incense in the incense burner, and there was a faint smoke.The sun shines in through the window paper, and it shines on a small piece of ground in front of the couch.

Xu Guanchen put on his clothes, and Eunuch Xiao Cheng heard the movement outside, coming in and out, and came in with willow branches, tea leaves and hot water towels.

Xu Guanchen brushed his hair back and asked with tea in his mouth, "Is Uncle Chai gone?"

Eunuch Xiao Cheng handed over the willow branch: "Leaving early in the morning, the young man was fast asleep and couldn't cry out. Mr. Chai himself said, don't disturb the young man."

Xu Guanchen nodded thoughtfully.

Eunuch Xiaocheng asked: "Does the little eunuch have something to tell Master Chai? If there is anything, it is the same to tell the servants."

Xu Guanchen didn't shy away from him, he just said: "I want to pick a child from a distant house to raise, and he will become a prince in the future."

"Yes." Eunuch Xiao Cheng turned around and added new incense to the censer.

He moved very quickly, Xu Guanchen only mentioned something to him in the morning, and in the afternoon he sorted out the roster of suitable candidates in the distant room of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Eunuch Xiaocheng smiled and said: "They are all young children, and there are a few articles written by them. If the little eunuch likes something, pick it out first, and see you some other day."

Xu Guanchen thanked him, and unconsciously thought that such a powerful person should be an official in the court.If he hadn't confiscated his home and entered the palace back then, he still doesn't know what kind of romantic person he would be.

Eunuch Xiao Cheng is a gentle person who is calm when he comes, and he poured tea for Xu Guanchen: "Young Master, take a look."

Xu Guanchen sat cross-legged next to Xiao Zhi, and read some of the roster and articles.Xiao Zhi was critiquing the scriptures, when he glanced at them, he saw a very powerful word on the scriptures - "by".

exile.

Xu Guanchen was curious for a moment, so he asked, "Which one is this?"

Xiao Zhi said coldly: "Prince Duan's Mansion."

Xu Guanchen propped his head to think about something.

The old prince of Duanwang Mansion is the brother of the late emperor.

More than ten years ago, Yanbei and Xiling confronted each other, and the swords were tense. It was far more tense than it is now. Therefore, most of the generals in the court were guarding Yanbei, and Old Prince Duan was one of them.

Later, in the battle with Xiling, Yanbei almost fell. Prince Duan and an uncle of Xu Guanchen defended the city together, and both died in battle.

When Lord Duan died in battle, Princess Duan remained in Jinling City without any heirs.

After the old prince died in battle, a wife from the southwest returned to Beijing with the coffin. The old prince's old department called her "little lady", and she was the wife the old prince married in Yanbei.

This little lady brought a ten-year-old child, who was called "Little Prince" by the old prince's old department, and also brought a way out to the princess who was going to die for the old prince at that time.

The two wives raised the child together.

The child originally didn't write his name on the genealogy, but later he took the name "Xiao Jue".

There is no family, or in other words, there is a life from nowhere.

There are two mothers in the mansion who dote on him, and they are the last bloodlines of Prince Duan's mansion, so Xiao Jue acted willfully and recklessly, and he was the head of the dandy in Jinling City when he was very young.He can play in a different pattern every day, without repeating the pattern.

Wait...Xu Guanchen was shocked, and the people around him called him "Little Prince", and the dude loves to play.

The more I think about it, the more it looks like...

Xu Guanchen touched the tip of his nose, and asked softly: "Young Lord Duanwangfu, we met when we went down the mountain a few days ago, the one who asked me to show him the palmistry?"