wait for another year

King Su mobilized his troops, sharpened his sword, and turned the years of hatred into a sea of ​​blood.

Concubine Su is very leisurely, so much so that she invites Shen Mi to go fishing together.

"Your Highness," Shen Mi said slowly, "Actually, the concubine visited the minister before she came here."

Zhao Xu was not surprised, "Thinking about it, she only cared about the prince's body, and didn't mention anything about him."

Shen Mi nodded, "That's right. Besides, didn't the lord send someone to look for Prince Langya's son before, because the concubine's brother also fled to Lingnan, so they also searched together by the way. It seems that his name is Duguyuan, who married in Lingnan. A local woman gave birth to two sons, and they are both old enough to mount a horse and shoot arrows now."

Zhao Xu smiled faintly, "But at Su Shuen's place? His military exploits seem to be more profitable, and he can be regarded as an old man of the Bairi Society, so he helps a little bit."

"You can't hide anything from Your Highness," Shen Mi said after consideration, "I thought that although the concubine was confused, she is the adoptive mother of the prince who is on the throne. In the future, when the prince ascends the throne, a queen dowager will not be able to escape."

The fishing line trembled slightly, Zhao Xu waited calmly until the fishing line sank, and then pulled suddenly, a very fat mandarin fish was pulled out of the water, bounced a few times on the ground, and was caught by the little mandarin fish. The servant is put in the fish basket.

"His Dugu family has really made a lot of contributions. Compared with the Helian family who voted for Deng earlier, it is much better." Zhao Xu continued to bait the hook casually, "It's kind of you to reconcile, I know. It's just that , I’m a very weird person, I don’t care about things, I can humiliate me casually, and I can be calm. But if my big taboo is violated..."

He didn't go any further, Shen Mi sighed softly, "Currently the officials in Chang'an don't count, do you know how much is the Bairi Society under the lord's command, how about the old department of Xuanyuan, how about the gentry, how about the old officials of Suzhou?"

There were light ripples on the bottom of the water, and Zhao Xu couldn't help but hold his breath and concentrate, "Twenty percent of the Bairi Society, thirty percent of the old clan of Xuanyuan, one percent of the noble clan, and the rest are all former officials of Suzhou."

"It's just that among the old ministers of Suzhou, many of them are related to the Bairi Society, or they were born in the noble family. Just like I was dispatched by the Bairi Society to go north to help the prince, and Zhao Huo was born in the noble family. The Japanese Society is estimated to be comparable to the old Ministry of Xuanyuan."

"I understand what your lord means. Your lord is afraid that I will suffer." Zhao Xu smiled, "It's just that my lord Shen, to put it bluntly, the future court will be the court of the prince alone. What's the use of you and I planning hard? I know in my heart that Mr. Shen must want to return to the time when Deze was peaceful and prosperous. , is already at the end of the road, how can I still be this tripartite? I can't go back..."

Shen Mi felt that what he said was justified, so he couldn't help but worry: "But if there are only two forces, wouldn't it be very easy for the final court to fall into party struggle?"

"Party struggle?" Zhao Xu sneered, "why avoid this word like a scourge, in the past dynasties, which generation of courts did not fight against dissidents and fight each other to the death? The future prince's court will also be like this. You don't have to make peace for the concubine, I know her What kind of idea is this, to make her younger brother a king with a different surname, don't even think about it!"

Shen Mi was startled, and quickly argued, "The concubine is not like this..."

"Does she think the prince is stupid? A prince can be appointed randomly?" Zhao Xu simply threw the fishing rod aside, stroked his previously injured waist, and took a deep breath. I'm not worried about Zhang Tianwen and Cui's old relationship. Su Shuen is an old minister of Suzhou, and he has received my grace. I'm not worried. I'm the only one now. What worries me is Dou Li..."

He didn't mention Zhang Renbao at all, Shen Mi knew it well and didn't point it out, "Although he is an old member of Xuanyuan Zhuo, his ancestors are nobles from Longyou."

Zhao Xu looked at the flowing water in the east, and said slowly: "I was thinking, after all, the lord is no longer the Su Wang of the past, and he may have planned many things in advance, and it is useless for us to speculate any more. I don't care about the reward. gone."

Shen Mi was extremely surprised. No one knew better than Zhao Xu how powerful this person was. He was so indifferent and magnanimous, which really impressed him.

Zhao Xu turned his head, smiled at him, and in a trance, it was the nobleman again, "Since Mr. Shen is here, I can let go of many things, and just let me take care of him for a few days. I'm afraid I want to borrow your good son-in-law, does Sima Ke mind?"

Although Shen Mi couldn't figure it out, he had known Zhao Xu for several years, so he naturally knew what Zhao Xu was capable of, so he just smiled and said, "My whole family will be used by the two highnesses, not only Zhao Hue, but the princess wants me to do anything. , even if it is ordered."

Zhao Xu looked at him meaningfully, "I can't be a princess for a long time."

Shen Mi smiled like a good old fox, "When the time comes, the canonization ceremony, if His Highness does not abandon it, I will hand it over to my ministers."

Zhao Xu also laughed, "I'm always at ease when Sima does things."

To everyone's surprise, since Shen Sima came, Zhao Xu seemed to have forgotten that he was still a Situ, and instead devoted himself to becoming a princess.

Only those close to him such as Xuanyuan Hui and Zhao Hue know that Zhao Xu is no more free than when he was alone in charge of the army.

Xuanyuan held his chin in the dark, watching Zhao Xu reviewing and writing like flying, "Don't you hate those rotten scholars the most, why are you also practicing classics today?"

Zhao Xu looked up at him, "Play stupid."

Xuanyuan Hui smiled contemptuously, "I'm a reckless man who only knows how to conquer cities and conquer territories. I'm not as far-sighted as Nineteen Langs."

"For this matter, I'm just drawing up a rough charter. If it's more detailed, I'm afraid I have to go to the Imperial Academy and the Hongwen Museum to check it after I enter Chang'an."

Xuanyuan Hui pursed his lips, "First of all, abolish the rule that those who marry a man are not allowed to inherit the family business, otherwise even my future throne will appear to be dishonest."

Bai Su brought in a few letterheads, and Xuanyuan Hui saw that they belonged to Cui Jinghu, so he couldn't help but said sourly: "As expected of a classmate from the imperial school who has a good heart, even if it's a weaving method, I thought of it together."

Zhao Xu rolled her eyes, and while opening the letter, "I think your lord is going to live more and more, you can still be jealous of things that have disappeared for so many years."

He paused, his eyes were astonishingly bright, and he looked up at Xuanyuan Hui, "At that time, the lord was still unwilling to be a guarantor for Cui Jinghu, and now even if he wants him to die, the lord is still reluctant."

Xuanyuan Hui raised his eyebrows, leaned over to take a rough look, and was stunned, "I actually underestimated him."