The Male Wife

Years later, early spring.

Pei Cheng knew that Hwaseong was safe and sound now, so he couldn't help asking Jiang Linzhi, "Now Hwaseong has come back, and the second prince doesn't know where he went, you said, if we pass by Hwaseong Do you want to go back and live for a few days?" Jiang Lin was startled, then looked at Pei Cheng with a funny face, "Do you want to go to Hwaseong?"

Pei Cheng struggled for a while, but still nodded and said, "I haven't gone back for a long time, I want to go back and have a look."

Jiang Linzhi hummed, "How about going to New Southwest first, getting everything settled, and then going to Hwaseong?"

Pei Cheng walked to the low couch and sat down, watching the servants busily clearing and packing the valuables in the house, nodding boredly, since the third day of the new year, many things at home have been being cleared, two days ago Because it was really boring, Pei Cheng followed Jiang Linzhi to liquidate Jiang Linzhi's silver taels and valuable ornaments in the dark vault.

When Pei Cheng came to the dark storehouse for the first time, he felt that Jiang Linzhi was very rich, and that it was really not easy for Jiang Linzhi to find so many things, but two days ago, Pei Cheng went to the dark storehouse again because he was idle After opening the vault, he found that there were a lot more things in the dark vault.Steward Jiang knew about these things, and he put them in himself.

So Steward Jiang was very happy to explain the origin of these things to Pei Cheng one by one. Some of the money came from the Inorganic Pavilion during this period, and some of the valuable accessories were gifts from distinguished guests.

Pei Cheng listened with gusto at first, but later on he was reluctant to listen.

Steward Jiang has been busy clearing out the things in the dark warehouse these two days, and then asked people to move them out, so he has been very busy during this time and has little time.

Pei Cheng propped his chin, "When are you leaving?"

"The day after tomorrow."

Jiang Linzhi said lightly, "If you don't want to leave, then pay attention here for a while."

Now that the counselors have been caught by them, the counselors don't dare to say anything about the Wuwu Pavilion in front of the new emperor. With the secret help of the counselors, the Wuwu Pavilion has greatly reduced its presence in front of the new emperor.

Otherwise, Jiang Linzhi wouldn't be doing things slowly now.

Pei Cheng shook his head, "Then leave the day after tomorrow."

With that said, Pei Cheng went out, pushed open the door, and saw that the ice lamp in the corridor had completely melted, he sighed a little bit reluctantly, then turned and went back to the room, muttering: "The weather is getting warmer , even the ice lamps melted."

That ice lantern was made by Jiang Linzhi when he had nothing to do. He made two, one for Pei Cheng and one for Jiang Yanzhi.

Jiang Yan lays happily in bed every day, eating when he screams when he is hungry, teasing him when he screams when he is bored, and falling asleep when he closes his eyes when he is sleepy.

However, Jiang Yanzhi stopped looking at Jiang Yan with hatred every day after seeing Jiang Yan gradually fade from the initial ugly monkey to the current white and fat silly brother. Instead, he accompanied Jiang Yan very patiently. weir.

During this period of time, Chu Baijiao came to Jiang's house more and more times, and she didn't know if it was because she noticed something, or because Baihou's mansion was really boring.

Pei Cheng had no opinion on this, but told Jiang Yanzhi not to tell Chu Baijiao their plan to leave the imperial capital.

Although Jiang Yanzhi is young, he has a calmness beyond his age. He will definitely do what he promised Pei Cheng, so until now he has not revealed anything in front of Chu Baijiao.

Chu Xun has been busy with the internal affairs of the palace during this period of time. Now the new emperor is busy with political affairs and military affairs every day. As the right-hand man of the new emperor, he enters the palace with his advisers every day.

Because Chu Xun's status as a counselor is quite special, and during this period of time, he entered the palace every day. After a long time, many civil servants who were not taken seriously after the new emperor ascended the throne began to have opinions.

The civil servants impeached Chuxin and the counselor together in the court, "Your Majesty, how can the national affairs make..."

The new emperor didn't think there was anything wrong, but the subordinates began to have opinions, and the new emperor would express his opinion no matter what, otherwise it would be his fault.

"Baihou Lord and the counselor are by my side, they..."

Chu Xun and the counselor stood among the group of ministers who impeached them. Their faces were open and there was nothing wrong.After the next court, Chu Xun asked the counselors to go out for a drink. The two of them were very hostile at first, but after a long time, they began to cherish each other. "During this time, those civil officials have been in His Majesty's ears While impeaching us, His Majesty still trusts us now. After a long time, I am afraid that His Majesty will really think that we have problems and will not reuse us." The counselor also felt particularly upset, "Your heart is unpredictable. Three People become tigers. If His Majesty is really willing to trust us, but those civil servants are unwilling to spare us, after a long time, His Majesty may not always trust us, and we will not know what to do when the time comes."

Chu Xun clinked a glass of wine with the counselor and drank it with his head up, "A lot of things have happened in the imperial capital during this period of time. Now our soldiers from the Hua Kingdom are fighting the enemy in front of the battlefield, but we are hiding in the imperial capital comfortably. Enjoyment. I don’t know how to make peace, and I always feel panicked during this period of time.”

"Master Bai is planning to go to the military camp?" The counselor laughed and said, "The heroic appearance of Lord Bai in Huacheng last time was spread throughout Hua, but I still have to persuade Lord Hou. You were able to break into Hwaseong so successfully, and take Hwaseong back from the hands of the second prince without losing a soldier or a general, in fact, it is because you have the right time, place, and people."

How could Chu Xun not know that he was lucky because of Yiqiao, but how could he tell outsiders such words, Chu Xun was not angry with the counselor, and raised his eyebrows to signal the counselor to continue talking.

Seeing that Chu Xun was not angry, the counselor breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued: "The second prince has basically never been on the battlefield in these years. He doesn't know how to fight or how to prevent it. In other words, Second prince, he didn't know that someone would be able to attack from the side door after surrounding the city gate, Marquis, don't let your eyes be fooled by the bright colors in front of you."

The counselor also said this out of good intentions, but more because he was able to say this because he had been drinking. If he hadn't drunk alcohol, even if he lent the counselor ten guts, he would not have said these things to Chu Xun face to face. .

Chu Xun was not angry, because he knew what the counselor said was true, "I knew it would not be difficult to win Hwaseong before I went to Hwaseong, but you are right, I was Occupying the right time, place and people.”

The counselor was surprised by Chu Xun's words, "Master Hou, have you ever thought about finding a way out for yourself?"

Chu Xun almost crushed the quilt in his hand, he looked at the counselor in disbelief, he was so surprised precisely because he guessed the meaning of the counselor's words, "Counselor, what do you mean by these words. "

As the current right-hand man by the new emperor's side, the counselor should be proud of the spring breeze, but now he thinks of finding a way out for himself. From this, it can be seen that the counselor is not doing well by the new emperor's side now, " At the very beginning, His Majesty would still protect us when those civil servants invited us to play, but since last time, His Majesty has stopped defending us. Seriously read the civil servants' memorials to impeach us, if it was before, His Majesty would not read it seriously, he would just throw those memorials aside."

"You mean that His Majesty is a different person now?" Chu Xun could hear the melancholy and irritability in the counselor's words. To be honest, Chu Xun also felt very irritated.

He and the new emperor have gone through life and death so many times. When they were running for the throne, it was obvious that the new emperor had no ability to compare with the second prince, but they still resolutely stood on the side of the new emperor.

When the new emperor was so down and down, they didn't choose to leave with treachery. Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, why should he treat them... Such a master is really chilling.

The counselor sneered, "We lived and died by His Majesty's side for so long, and now we don't say we remember our achievements, and we don't even have hard work. It really... really chills me."

Chu Xun took a sip of wine, his mouth full of bitterness.

The two of them had just talked about the present, when the door of the restaurant was suddenly pushed open with a slap from the outside, and the personal servant ran in, his voice full of panic.

"Grandpa, something happened!"

Chu Xun's personal servant, An Ren, also rushed in from the outside, An Ren knew more than this personal servant, An Ren panicked: "Master, the Jiang residence is now empty, and the Wuwu Pavilion has also been emptied. , and now there is no one."

Chu Xun stood up from his chair after brushing with the counselor.

At this time, the father-in-law in eunuch uniform brought the imperial guards to the restaurant after finding out that Chu Xun and the counselor were drinking in the restaurant. You are angry, why are you hiding here to drink, stop drinking, go back to the palace with this old slave, so as not to make His Majesty wait too long."

"Eunuch, something happened in the palace now?" Chu Xun calmly patted his clothes, stood up, his tone was calm, and there was no trace of panic at all.

The father-in-law nodded, with a hint of schadenfreude in his tone, "Your Majesty has been looking for the two in the palace for a long time, but he has never been able to find them. By the way, Your Majesty also knows that Jiang Mansion and Wuji Pavilion are now empty, and I don't know... ...cough cough."

The father-in-law shook the Buddha dust, "The old servant will live here for the first two... good luck."

Chu Xun and the counselor looked at each other, ignored his father-in-law, and strode away from the restaurant.