female concubine

Liu Shubai ordered a few yamen servants to help carry things in the local language, and immediately led her into the lobby of the yamen. Behind the lobby, there was a house gate at the northernmost end along the central axis. door.

The master gave the key of the house to the King of Chu, "The house is inside the Houya, which is the county magistrate's residence in the future."

Little Six stepped forward to take the key, looked at a bucket with a shaft on the door leaf, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Master Bo looked at Xiao Liuzi, "Oh, this is the drum for delivering official documents and letters."

"What's the use of this?"

"The revolving barrel is half inside and half outside. If someone wants to send official documents to the county magistrate, he should put the official documents in the revolving barrel, and then hit the clapper outside the house door, and the people inside can hear the sound."

"Why bother?"

"This is a local rule, because apart from the county magistrate's cronies and servants, even the subordinate officials and servants are not allowed to enter the back office of the house." Liu Shubo said to the King of Chu again: "The county magistrate must have lived in the capital for a long time. Is this the first time you’ve been there?”

"I've been to Sichuan, but I haven't contacted the county government..."

"Your official read what was written in the transfer letter. Wei County is the weakest champion this year, and he was born as a Jinshi in the top three of the new division. He is so young and presumably unmarried." Zhu Bo looked at the first-class talents of the King of Chu. If he had a wife, then he If you go to a remote area, you will definitely bring your wife and family with you. "The next official has the courage to ask, can the father-in-law and Ling Tang of the county magistrate of Wei be returned..."

King Chu raised his brows, "Master Liu, I am here to serve, not to tell you about family affairs."

"The lower official is rude."

The King of Chu immediately explained in a harmonious voice: "To be honest, I already have a wife in my family, and she is a first-line wife. I have made an oath with her that I will never take concubines in this life. However, although there is only one lady in the family , but we know her and stay together, and I feel that joining hands for a lifetime is not enough!"

It turned out that he already had a wife. Hearing the county magistrate's unscrupulous explanation, Liu Shubo smiled awkwardly and asked, "It sounds like the county magistrate has a deep relationship with the eldest lady. What's the matter with this appointment..."

The King of Chu slightly raised his brows, and said with a smile: "The lady is weak, and my father and I don't want her to be exhausted, so we let her stay at home and recuperate with peace of mind."

"To be loved so deeply by the county magistrate, the eldest lady must be a gentle and virtuous woman."

The King of Chu stretched his eyebrows, hooked his lips and smiled slightly, "That's natural, she is the most gentle woman I have ever seen!"

Several yamen servants moved the things to the gate of the house and stopped, and a few servants brought by the county magistrate took them in and carried them in.

"Your maidservant looks at the way Master Liu looks down on A Lang. He probably has a crush on you. At his age, he probably has a girl who is waiting to be married at home!"

"When you go out, you should change your name."

Little Six then bowed to her outside, "Yes, little one, I understand!"

He asked again, "Are you going to eat that meal?"

"I just came here, so I don't know anything. This Liu Shubai is a native of Qishan, and I still need his help in many things in the future, so I can't offend him for the time being."

She looked at the Fuwei who came with her, who was also her confidant, "You stay in the Houya to guard, there should be everything in the kitchen here." She said to Xiaoliuzi again: "Liuzi give them some money."

"Yes."

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Tokyo City

In Liang's study, the person who was writing with a pen hurriedly pressed the note into the bottom of the book after hearing footsteps entering.

Mrs. Liu entered with a bowl of soup, put it down lightly, "I made some porridge for you."

Liang Wenfu picked it up with a smile, "Si Niang is still considerate of me." He picked up a spoon and tasted it, and found it very delicious, so he drank it from the bowl, "It really is delicious."

"My concubine heard that... the King of Chu went to Fufeng County."

Liang Wenfu's hand holding the bowl froze, immediately put the bowl down, smiled lightly, nodded and said, "Well, I went to a county under Fufeng County to be the county magistrate."

"The emperor's expatriation can actually be regarded as his experience. Only by going deep into the people can we know the sufferings of the people. The prince did not, and the king of Zhao did not. "

"Even so, do you still want to assist the prince?"

Liang Wenfu lowered his head, "As a minister, you should choose the master and do things. Your Majesty is the ruler, the crown prince is the heir, and the ruler is the leader of the ministers. It is a matter of nature." He also said: "If the king of Chu fights for the throne, he is actually plotting rebellion as a concubine! "

"Does Liang Lang remember what he said to his concubine?"

Liang Wenfu got up from his seat, walked to the window, and said sideways: "Si Niang just needs to stay in the house with peace of mind. I have my own discretion about the outside affairs, so you don't need to ask."

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As the head of Qishan County, Liu Shubai's house is not big, and there are only a few servants. After inquiring, he learned that Liu Shubai lost his wife when he was young and had no children, and continued to continue until his middle-aged wife died of illness. A pair of sons and daughters were born, and they have not been continued since then.

As Little Six said, Liu Shubo's youngest daughter is still in her boudoir.

Seeing her father bringing two young strange men home, the woman moved behind him and asked in a low voice, "Daddy, who are they?"

"This is the new Qishan County Magistrate Wei Qianwei, and the one next to him is the county magistrate's accompanying reader. They are from Tokyo."

In Fengxiang's local language, the King of Chu only understood the woman's question.

The woman immediately went forward to salute, "My slave, Mrs. Liu, has met the county magistrate Wei."

Liu Shubai was easy-going and elegant, full of anger from Confucianism, and so was the daughter of the teacher, but this Zhongyuan Yayin is good at learning, so the King of Chu nodded slightly, "I came in a hurry today, so I am bothering you."

"It is a blessing for the subordinate officials to have the county magistrate here, but if there is anything wrong, please forgive the county magistrate."

When the king of Chu answered Liu Shubai's dinner at his house, he sent someone home to report the letter and prepared a table full of meals.

"Master Liu is too polite."

"When we met for the first time, I didn't know what the county magistrate liked to eat, so I asked my daughter to make some according to the recipes in Tokyo. The daughter of Xiaguan usually studies or studies food."

Speaking of eating, the King of Chu also thought of someone, "I have a neighbor in Tokyo who is also very concerned about eating. He is not a cook, but he cooks well. But compared to him, my wife's cooking skills are better. .”

"Out of the ten sentences of Wei County Magistrate, there is always one sentence that cannot be separated from his wife, which really makes the lower officials envious."

"I'm sorry for letting Master Bo touch the sad past."

Liu Shubai shook his head lightly, "Let's have dinner quickly, the county magistrate, and I will tell you about the townships under Qishan's rule in a while."

King Chu nodded.

Returning to the yamen from Liu’s house, Liu Shubo took him to a room next to the lobby, which contained a sand table of the topography of Mount Qi. There are Shangshan, Huaixian, Chongde, and Qifeng four villages."

"The lower official has ordered people to go down to each township to summon Lizheng, the head of the household, the township scribe and the elders to come to see you."

"Below the county is the township. Are there so many officials under the township..." King Chu looked at Liu Shubo in surprise.

"These are town servants, not officials. They are in charge of taxation and taxation in the township, and chase down thieves." Liu Shubai took a step closer and said in a low voice, "Qishan County is a rich county, and the county magistrate is a scholar. People should know the past of Qishan, so There are many people who come here because of the fame, and live here in seclusion, hidden stones hide suspicious tigers, and their roots look like crouching dragons."

"Really?" King Chu walked out of the hall, turned his head to look at the high mountains to the north of Qishan Mountain, "Hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but I don't know if there are dragons and tigers..."

Liu Shubo followed and asked, "Did the county magistrate visit the home of the prefect of Fengxiang Prefecture before taking up his post in Qishan?"

"Fengxiang prefect?" King Chu shook his head, "After I arrived at Fengxiang mansion, I went straight to Fufeng County, and didn't go to any prefect's house!"

Liu Shubo was not surprised, he just thought he was young and didn't understand officialdom, "Although the county magistrate was transferred from Beijing, since Qishan belongs to Fufeng County and Fengxiang Mansion, it's better to visit the local magistrate."

"What will happen if I don't go?"

"This..."

The king of Chu turned his head and put his hands behind his back to the place where the sun was setting, and pointed out something: "An official should be loyal to the country at the top and benefit the people at the bottom. He should do his own job well. If the magistrate doesn't go because I don't Visiting and making things difficult for this, virtue is not worthy, Yan Neng will be safe for a long time!"

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In late July, half a month had passed since King Chu arrived in Fufeng County.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, all blessings."

The emperor lay on the couch, "How about Mount Qi?"

"No change, everything is fine."

"What about the rest?"

Xiao Xianfu raised his head and saw that there was no one else in the hall except the emperor, "The crown prince is in Kaifeng mansion, and the three kings are in the Privy Council. The East Palace is running around."

The emperor waved his hand, "You step back, there is no need to send someone to watch over Qishan."

"Yes."

After Xiao Xianfu left, an official in a green robe with his sleeves closed came out from the curtain of the pillar.

"Does Han Qing have something to say?"

"Son of Heaven, Shengming, I've finished my words."

The emperor sat up, glanced at him, and immediately stood up and stretched his waist, "If I were a sage, I wouldn't lose control of the situation."

The emperor sat down at the table and said slowly: "The Hanlin medical officer told me that the pulse of the fetus in Donggong Liangdi's womb is strong, and it is very likely to be a boy."

"My lord, congratulations, Your Majesty."

The emperor felt that it was not something to be happy about, so he shook his head and said, "It's a blessing to have a house full of children and grandchildren, but in my family, as soon as there are many children, they have different hearts!"

Now that the King of Chu is leaving the capital, the crown prince and King Zhao dare not do anything, and the court is at peace. The emperor rubbed his forehead and smiled lightly. This is the situation he wanted. Waiting for the other party to show their feet, so that I can be the oriole who is praying and catching cicadas.

"It's rare for the city of Tokyo to have such peace. If the emperor's eldest grandson is born in the East Palace this time..." the emperor raised his head and looked at Han Bang, narrowing his eyes slightly and asked, "I remember Han Qing said that Ji Bu Wuernuo, Hou Ying has a word, right?"