wait for another year

After looking at the letter for a long time, Xuanyuan Hui still put it in his sleeve, and went back to Lilou as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Xu was giving instructions to Baihu in a low voice, when he saw Xuanyuan Hui approaching, he sent Baihu away.

"What's wrong? Can't I hear it?" Xuanyuan Hui was unavoidably displeased.

Zhao Xu froze for a moment, then looked at him with a frown.

Xuanyuan Hui felt disrespectful, but he couldn't afford to apologize, so he just sat beside him in a muffled voice.

Zhao Xu looked him up and down, rubbed his fingertips on the rim of the cup, and said slowly but firmly: "My lord said this, could it be that he suspects that I have something to hide?"

Xuanyuan Hui raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a calm expression, "There has never been any privacy between me and the princess."

After finishing speaking, he took out the letter and handed it to Zhao Xu, "Look, I haven't opened it."

Zhao Xu accepted the letter, saw the signature, and smiled leisurely, "It's so sour."

Xuanyuan Hui picked up a green plum, "It's really sour."

Zhao Xu didn't want to think about why he suddenly became bitter and jealous, so she opened the letter and raised her eyebrows.

Xuanyuan Hui saw that he had folded up the letter again and put it in his sleeve, his heart was filled with five senses, resentment, disappointment, and helplessness, so he just looked at the cup of tea in his hand with a straight face. cup.

"Cui Changning wants to form an alliance with you and me." Zhao Xu said slowly.

Xuanyuan Hui didn't raise his head, "He? Do you mean the Boling Cui family, or the Deng family?"

"Deng Shi."

"His own idea, or Xiao Hui's idea?" Xuanyuan Hui asked again.

Zhao Xu glanced at him, "Then what you said about Suzhou, is it your idea or mine?"

Inexplicably lightened, Xuanyuan Hui smiled and said, "Of course it's yours?"

Zhao Xu tilted her head, "Huh?"

Xuanyuan Hui poured tea for him, flatteringly said: "Because I listen to you in everything."

Zhao Xu was very pleased with what he heard, and said slowly: "The eight surnames in Hedong are already in disarray, don't mention anything else, the three you chose earlier, my lord..."

Xuanyuan Hui rubbed his nose, "Then how did Lu Yuan choose? He can't stand on the side of the new emperor, right?"

Zhao Xu smiled wryly, "Fan Yang's Lu family has always been pedantic, since the new emperor is the crown prince, it is justified. Now the family has already lost their minds for the new emperor, and Lu Yuan's father has taken the title of Shangshu Youcheng."

Xuanyuan Hui didn't talk too much anymore. Since the Taizu, how to deal with the Hedong gentry has become a headache for generations of emperors. During Shizu's time, he even tore his skin, almost to the point of immortality.Later, after Renzong promoted the integration of scholars and common people, he finally reached a certain delicate balance, and lived in peace for more than a hundred years.

For so many years, the power of the gentry and the imperial court has ebbed and flowed. When the royal family was at its peak, the gentry huddled together, defended themselves, and used a different method to compete with the royal family and strive to protect themselves; but now the royal family is falling apart, and the noble families Also just around the corner, unwilling to be lonely.

"Who doesn't want the merits of the dragon?" Zhao Xu said slowly, "When our gentry was at its peak in the previous dynasty, outstanding people came out in large numbers. The government and the public look sideways... There are no low-ranking clans in the upper ranks, and no noble families in the lower ranks. The children of today's aristocratic families may not be able to imagine the grandeur at that time. Rather than saying that the heroes came out of troubled times, it is better to say that the noble families thrived in troubled times."

Xuanyuan Hui put down the teacup and looked at him with a frown.

"This world seems to be in chaos again." Zhao Xu smiled slightly, and looked at him, "Your Highness, tell me, how can the aristocratic families not move?"

Xuanyuan Hui said slowly: "This world is like Pai Gow. Since the reshuffle has been disrupted, everyone naturally wants to draw a good pair of cards and get a share of the pie. I am like this myself, how can I blame you?"

This is the first time he admits his ambition.

In the past, he came to Suzhou for the last wish of his father and to preserve the blood of the Xuanyuan clan; later, he built Yaluke to preserve the world of the Xuanyuan clan and repeat the glory of his ancestors; His siblings killed each other, he had to admit - he wanted this world.

"If the new emperor is virtuous and benevolent, would you still think about it, Your Majesty?" Zhao Xu was indifferent.

Xuanyuan Hui smiled wryly, "If that's the case, then I'm really a traitor. It's just that the new emperor is bleeding from the Deng family. If he is not ruthless, who will be the enemy of King Jincheng, King Langya, and my second brother?" How about going to report it? What's more, what is the truth about the death of the father, is it still unclear?"

Zhao Xu took out Cui Jinghu's letter again, "What does the lord mean?"

"Promise to Cui Changning first, and say that the new emperor is not benevolent and not worthy of being the lord of the world." He flicked the Buddhist beads on his wrist again. It has nothing to do with Princess Xiaohui or the Deng family, so let him not think too much about it."

A cold light flashed in Xuanyuan Hui's blue eyes, "Let him go through all the vicissitudes of life, white clouds and gray dogs, one thing will never change - I, Xuanyuan Hui, and the Deng family have a blood feud, and we are incompatible!"

The new emperor's first year of Zhengqing is destined to not be peaceful.

On July [-]th, on the day of the Ghost Festival, a fire broke out in an inn in West City, Chang'an. That was the most prosperous place in Beijing. Days, the fire could not be stopped.

The inner palace is separated by a moat, but it is not a problem, only the people in the two cities of Chang'an and the [-] squares suffer. The family members who ate and chatted together wailed and wailed in the fire, and finally burned to charred corpses...

The imperial court sent some manpower, but the fire was too big, and these ordinary yamen watchmen were disorganized, greedy for life and afraid of death, and the fire could not be extinguished at all.

In the end, it was Cui Jinghu who led thousands of Deng's private troops to show up, demolished the surrounding houses, and left a circle of open space to contain the fire.

The common people are naturally grateful to Deng Shi and Cui Jinghu. Compared with the unresponsive and perfunctory imperial court, they are simply merciful Buddhas who save the suffering.

Falling into such a situation, outraged by the people, the new emperor decided to allocate funds to the Ministry of Households, and the imperial court paid for the repair of houses for the people. As a result, the Ministry of Households wrote a letter saying that the treasury was empty and there was no surplus silver.

In a rage, the emperor ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a senior member of the Deng Party was imprisoned.

However, there is still not much silver in the treasury.

That day, the emperor contradicted the Empress Dowager Deng, and the Empress Dowager made a remark of "unfilial piety".

The poor, clinking King Su saved money from his private treasury, along with cloth and food, and ordered people to send it to the capital, but he himself ate chaff and vegetables every day and wore patched clothes.

Some people say it is pure filial piety, while others say it is artificial.

Cui Jinghu just smiled, "Smart."

The author has something to say: The fire was set by Cui Jinghu and Deng Dang. It has nothing to do with the prince. The prince will not joke about human life.