How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

When Xie Chengze woke up, the four drunken people had disappeared, even the little white tiger was nowhere to be seen. He was the only one left lying on the bed with blurry eyes.

After lying in bed for a while, Xie Chengze finally climbed out of the quilt with difficulty. The palace servants serving in the Wude Hall had been withdrawn, so he went to the kitchen to find some water and washed up briefly before going to the front yard to look for Xie Shoujun who should be practicing martial arts at this time.

As expected, Xie Shoujun was practicing shooting in the yard. When he saw Xie Chengze, he put down his gun and wiped the sweat off his face with a towel beside him. Just as he was about to say something to Xie Chengze, his eyes fell on his neck and he suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Xie Shoujun's strange look, Xie Chengze asked puzzledly.

"..." Xie Shoujun retracted his gaze, "Nothing."

Sitting on the stone chair, Xie Shoujun silently wiped the sweat from his forehead, but the eye-catching red in his peripheral vision still could not be ignored. He opened his mouth to ask something, but finally changed his words and said, "You woke up early today. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

"It's all right, just keep it simple~" Xie Chengze propped up his chin with one hand, "Where's Jinyu? Why don't I see him?"

"Not sure." Xie Shoujun shook his head. "He woke up earlier than me. Maybe he went to another room to rest."

Xie Chengze nodded and did not ask about the whereabouts of Shen Yuan and Xie Zimiao. It was very likely that they had gone to court.

After breakfast, Xie Chengze packed up and prepared to go to the imperial study to review memorials. Just as he was about to leave, Xie Shoujun suddenly stopped him and handed him a scarf made of wolf skin, "It's cold, put it on."

Xie Chengze stretched his neck and felt that the wind was quite light today, not too cold. However, this was after all a caring thing from his brother, so Xie Chengze accepted it and wrapped it around his neck twice, enjoying it and saying, "Then I'm leaving!"

Xie Shoujun watched him leave. After a long while, he stood there, lightly touching his chin, and murmured, "Strange, was it so deep at that time..."

……

When Xie Chengze arrived at the imperial study, he found that Xie Jinyu was also there.

The moment she saw Xie Chengze, Xie Jinyu subconsciously stared at his neck, her dark eyes obscure and unclear, "Brother, are you cold? Why did you suddenly put on a scarf?"

"Oh, my brother gave it to me. It looks pretty good." Xie Chengze noticed that his eyes were also strange. He couldn't help but touch the wolfskin scarf around his neck and asked again, "Is there any problem?"

Why are everyone looking at him so strangely today?

Xie Jinyu lowered her eyelids slightly, "Well, nothing..."

"Why are you here suddenly in the imperial study?" Xie Chengze walked over and saw that the memorials piled on the desk were divided into several parts. He reached out to take a look and was surprised to find that the memorials had been classified into three categories: one pile for nonsense, one pile for people's livelihood, and another pile for military affairs.

"I want to lighten my second brother's burden." Xie Jinyu raised her eyes and smiled, still as docile as a lamb in the sheepfold who loves to stick to the sheepdog. "My second brother looks very tired every day after returning to Wude Hall."

Xie Chengze couldn't help but feel touched, "You are thoughtful."

Xie Jinyu lowered his eyes and smiled softly. He reached out to take the cinnabar and began to grind ink for him. He asked as if he was chatting casually, "Did you sleep well last night, second brother? Did we not disturb you?"

"Hmm? No, you were all very drunk. You didn't even talk in your sleep. You were very quiet." Xie Chengze flipped through the memorials, picked up a pen and dipped it in cinnabar to circle some important points, and answered casually, "I was also very drunk."

Xie Jinyu curled her lips, "Well, that's good."

The two men stopped talking and lowered their heads to begin reviewing memorials. When Emperor Jian came to the imperial study after court, he saw the two brothers sitting together in harmony, and most of the memorials that were originally piled up had been cleared away.

Emperor Jian immediately and excitedly asked Eunuch Zhao to hand over the memorial that had been submitted today.

Xie Chengze: ...

Dog Emperor? Do you have any shame?

Xie Chengze clenched his fists, secretly saying several times that this was an emperor who could not be beaten, and finally swallowed his anger and said sarcastically, "As an emperor, you don't even approve the memorials, how about I just go to court for you tomorrow?"

"Eh? What a good idea!" Emperor Jian slapped his thigh, looking eager to try it out. "It's settled! Haha, those ministers will be dumbfounded when they see you tomorrow!"

Xie Chengze:?

"Is he crazy?" Xie Chengze turned to Xie Jinyu and whispered, "Or is he about to collapse and start letting himself go?"

Xie Jinyu's eyes flickered slightly, and then he smiled, "Father is joking."

Xie Chengze thought so too. Emperor Jian should not be so crazy, so he felt relieved and continued to review the memorials in his hand.

With two capable sons working together to deal with memorials, Emperor Jian was a little bored, so he walked around in the imperial study, trying to find a sense of existence. Xie Chengze was a little annoyed by him, "Father, if you really have nothing to do, can you go to the harem to make a baby?"

Emperor Jian choked, "Your mothers and concubines are so old, having children is not good for their health."

It's definitely not because he's unpopular.

"Then you should..." Xie Chengze wanted to say "Go to the talent show", but when he thought about how old Jiandi was, and the life of the young girl, he sighed silently, "Oh, forget it. You are not good at anything and you are the number one laziness. How come I have a father like you?"

Emperor Jian: ...

What's wrong!

He has worked hard for half his life, so what's wrong with being a little lazy! Besides, wasn't the reason he gave birth to a son for him to inherit his father's business and help him review memorials?

Emperor Jian shamelessly sat down at the desk and pretended to flip through a few memorials. Then he felt dizzy and couldn't read any more, so he went to see Xie Chengze to refresh his eyes. "Huh? Is the imperial study cold? Why are you still wearing a scarf?"

"My brother gave it to me." Xie Chengze said yin and yang as he wrote, "Are you envious? It's a pity that you don't have it. Who asked your father to have more children~"

Emperor Jian: ...Will you die if you don't speak with sarcasm?

Emperor Jian was so angry that he pulled the scarf around his neck and cursed, "Although I don't have brothers, I have sons! Unlike you, what's wrong with having brothers? You don't even have a son~"

"Oh, not only do you not have a son, you don't even have a princess!" Emperor Jian directly used his ultimate move, "Who is it? You are already twenty years old, and you can't even get a wife! Could it be that they don't like you?"

Xie Chengze:?

Is this what you said in human language? !

Xie Chengze also got angry and tugged at the wolfskin scarf, yelling, "Oh my, who is over forty years old and still doesn't have a grandson! Oh, it's father! What's the point of having so many sons? They still can't find wives, and there's no sign of a grandson!"

Emperor Jian was completely defeated. He turned around and ordered Xie Jinyu, who was watching with a smile on his face, "You must marry me tomorrow! I want to see my grandson by the end of the year!"

Xie Jinyu:?

Xie Jinyu declined: "My eldest brother hasn't married yet, how dare I, your son, get married first before my two brothers?"

Xie Shoujun in the Wude Hall sneezed.