The reborn worthy minister is difficult to do

As the evening approached, Xu Ci woke up in a daze. His Royal Highness had been away for a long time.

Xu Ci rubbed his sore forehead, and called out: "Nian Xiao, Nian Bai."

Brothers Nian Xiao and Nian Bai had been waiting outside for a long time. When they were playing finger-guessing games, they heard the master calling and rushed in, "Master, you are awake."

"When did the prince leave?" Xu Ci rubbed his forehead, lowered his head and asked Nian Bai who was putting on his shoes.

"After the prince sent you back to the house, he also took a rest for a while. He stayed in your room for half an hour and then left." Nian Bai put the milky white cloud climbing boots on Xu Ci's feet, thinking for a while.

"Did he say anything when he left?" Xu Ci stood up, and Nian Xiao helped him put on the red robe he had prepared.

"Yes, yes." Nian Bai smiled and nodded, "His Royal Highness asked the little one to tell you when you woke up, saying that you talked a lot of nonsense when you were drunk."

Xu Ci's heart clicked, "What did I say?"

Nian Bai and Nian Xiao shook their heads together, "I don't know, we weren't in the room at that time."

Xu Ci covered his forehead with his face, did I tell the truth after drinking?No, some other day he must ask His Royal Highness what kind of "nonsense" he said.

Nian Xiao put on the outer shirt for Xu Ci and tied a slipknot, and Xu Ci's whole body was refreshed immediately.

"Prince Qianhua of Snow Country is gone?" Xu Ci had a drink at the time, but he didn't have a good capacity for alcohol, so he became dazed halfway through the drink.

When he was first drunk, his eyes were clear, and he sat there motionless. Few people could see his strange appearance.Only when he was drunk to the point of intoxication would his eyes show a blurred look, showing the slightly drunk look of others.

He was in the living room at noon today. In fact, he got drunk halfway through the meal. He only remembered vaguely what happened afterwards, almost in fragments.

Speaking of this, he covered his mouth and smiled, "This Prince Qianhua of Xue Country is really approachable, cute and simple. His Royal Highness repeatedly hinted at Prince Qianhua's intention to see off his guests, but Prince Qianhua didn't realize it at all. It was his two subordinates who heard what His Royal Highness was saying, and forced Prince Qianhua to leave."

Xu Ci also smiled when he heard the words, but it was the style of this Prince Qianhua.

It's just a pity that the good and naive Prince Qianhua was favored by the Empress of the Kingdom of Jin in his previous life.Prince Qianhua hid for a long time, but was finally discovered and captured by the Empress of the Kingdom of Jin.

In order to save Prince Qianhua, Snow Country has been entangled with Jin Country for many years. The two countries have been at war for many years. In the end, both sides were injured, and the Snow Country Prince died as a sacrifice to heaven.

Today, there are three pillars in the world, and Dayao Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, and Jin Kingdom each occupy one side. Unlike Yue Kingdom and Dayao Kingdom, Jin Kingdom is surrounded by mountains and is a relatively independent country.

The reason why Yue Kingdom and Dayao Kingdom have been fighting for many years, but they still dare not go to war, is because the Jin Kingdom is watching them covetously.

The first emperor of the Kingdom of Jin had three daughters and a son, but the only prince was born with a disability and was not good at walking.

When the first emperor of the Kingdom of Jin died suddenly, when everyone thought that the kingdom of Jin was over, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Jin calmed down the world with thunderous force, sat firmly on the throne, and became the only queen since the founding of the Kingdom of Jin.

After the Empress of the Kingdom of Jin ascended the throne, she raised the only prince of the Kingdom of Jin by her side. It was unknown whether it was for the purpose of imprisoning her or something. In short, since then, people have rarely seen that unruly prince.

When the allies of Dayao Kingdom came to the DPRK, the banquets were all friendly neighbors and dependent countries of their own country, but there were also uninvited guests.

The empress of the Kingdom of Jin came here uninvited, and entered the Imperial Palace of Dayao Kingdom while she was on her pilgrimage to the first heaven.

Even Xu Ci was willing to bow down to this empress' unreasonable behavior. You said that you are a generation of empresses, how much courage did God give you, that you dared to come to the capital of Dayao Kingdom so blatantly.

It is said that it was at that time that the Empress of the Kingdom of Jin fell in love with the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Xue, and launched an offensive to capture her husband.

The Empress of the Kingdom of Jin was 23 years old at the time, two years younger than the Crown Prince of the Snow Country, but the Crown Prince of the Snow Country had a family, a wife, sons and daughters, so how could he be entangled with the Empress of the Kingdom of Jin.

The Snow Country Crown Prince naturally refused, so the Empress of the Jin Country simply captured the Snow Country Crown Prince back to the country.

The monarch of the Snow Kingdom dedicated Princess Xuesheng to the Great Yao Kingdom and asked for help from the Great Yao Kingdom.Dayao Kingdom also sent troops to help, but Dayao Kingdom was restrained by Yue Kingdom, so they didn't dare to make big moves, so they could only do nothing to help.

Dayao Country was struggling, and Snow Country saw that Dayao Country was powerless, so it had to send troops by itself. Since then, the relationship between Dayao Country and Snow Country has gradually become estranged.

Xu Ci thought of the naive little dimples of the prince of Xue Country, and sighed in his heart. He wondered if the empress of the Kingdom of Jin would fall in love with the prince of Xue Country again in this life. In this bloody disaster, Dayao Country will not lose Xue Country, a powerful friendly country.

Recalling the Yueyang Tower a few hours ago, Xu Ci's eyelids twitched for some reason.

hours ago

Yueyang Tower·The private room on the third floor

A heroic, tall, fair-skinned man put down the portrait in his hand, and raised his head to the guard beside him, "That man with dimples in his smile is the prince of Snow Country?"

In the portrait she put down, it was the shy and smiling baby face of Prince Snow Country.

The empress was accompanied by two guards, a man and a woman, all of whom were dressed as businessmen. The empress was now dressed as a man, with her hair tied up high and her brows high, her heroic spirit was overwhelming and she was full of momentum.

Now the three of them have occupied a private room on the third floor, with curtains on all sides, so that others cannot see the situation.

The man next to her replied respectfully: "Return to the master, it is this person."

The Empress opened a corner of the curtain, looked at the Snow Country Prince again, and then shook her head regretfully, "Cute is cute. In the past, if I only saw this person, I would snatch him back no matter what. Prince Snow Country."

After taking a sip of Maojian, the Empress lazily leaned against the railing.She lifted the curtain with one hand, and gently rubbed the rim of the teacup with the other, her movements inadvertently carried the charm of a mature woman.

The Empress shifted her gaze away from the Snow Country Prince, and turned to the young man in red, surprise and obsession appeared in her lazy eyes, "But now, I saw the young man opposite the Snow Country Prince. This boy can really be called cute, worthy of my pet collection."

After all, in the eyes of the empress, the aura of obsession is inevitable.

After hearing what the empress said, the guards around her breathed a sigh of relief. This empress is good at everything, and her ability is stronger than that of the previous emperor, but sometimes she acts too casually.

Before the three princes of the Yue Kingdom had a secret meeting with the Empress, the Empress didn't know what was wrong, and she actually wanted to come to Dayao Kingdom to participate in the court of allies.

The dictatorship of the third prince of the Yue Kingdom had somehow bewitched the empress, and only after he set off did he learn that the empress was there for beautiful men.

The queen is good at everything, but she is a bit lecherous, and the good ones are those delicate and fair teenagers.There are more than a dozen Guangmei boys in her palace, and they are still going on now.

Now, for the sake of a snow country prince, he didn't even care about the danger, and only brought a few guards with him and went to Dayao country.

Along the way, the empress often held up the portraits sent by the third prince to the two of them, "Look, this man looks so much like a cat, so cute."

He just wanted to say: What a cutie, being cute can save lives if you can eat it!

The empress does her own way, if she likes her, she will definitely not let her go.After all, the other party is the prince of the Snow Country, and in this way, he has forged a bond with the Snow Country and the Dayao Country.

But now the empress is only interested in a civilian official, and the guard couldn't help saying thank you in his heart.

It's just a civilian official, how could the King of Dayao Kingdom be unhappy, and it's impossible to tear his face with Jin Kingdom for a small fifth-rank Xianma, right?

As soon as the empress said this, the male guard hurriedly said, "Master, why don't you take him back to the Kingdom of Jin."

The empress was still staring at the gorgeous young man in red, "Naturally, I will not only bring him back to the Kingdom of Jin, but also make him a queen and give him a child."

Male guard, female guard: ...

Your Majesty, you are thinking too far, you should think about how to bring people back.

"What's my little pet's name, what do you like, and what color clothes do you like to wear, Kulu?" The empress asked after thinking about it.

Male guard Kulu: ...

"Master, this person's name is Xu Ci. He was 15 years old at the time. He is the champion of Yao Kingdom this year. He is currently serving as the crown prince Xianma. He has a very good relationship with the prince of Yao Kingdom. Moreover, he is also the grandfather of the prince of Yao Kingdom, the son of Song Taigong. dry grandson."

The empress nodded in satisfaction, "It turns out that my little pet is full of talents, and he is the champion of the new department at a young age. My vision is indeed right."

On the other side, Prince Qianhua occupied the private room on the second floor, and he was talking with Xu Ci, all of whom were His Royal Highness, "His Royal Highness is brave and invincible, his heroic deeds are everyone's favorite topic to talk about, Guzai often hears rumors about him in the palace."

The Jialou Kingdom and the Snow Country were at odds, Li Haochen turned the defeat into victory, not only repelled the Garuda army, but also captured the Garuda Kingdom and made it a subsidiary country. From then on, the Snow Country could have a peaceful life for a long time.

Therefore, the people of Snow Country are grateful to Li Haochen and worship him endlessly.

"Prince Qianhua still hears rumors about His Royal Highness often in the palace?" Xu Ci was noncommittal.

Prince Qianhua scratched his head in embarrassment, "The storytellers in the folk restaurants told the story of His Highness the Prince vividly, and I couldn't hear it often, so I invited several storytellers to the palace to talk to Yugu."

Xu Ci: "Ah..."

Prince Qianhua asked many more about His Royal Highness' preferences, Xu Ci was a little impatient and wary, "His Royal Highness asked so carefully, could it be because of Princess Xuesheng?"

Prince Qianhua frowned, showing a puzzled expression, "Xue Sheng? What does this have to do with her? It's Gu himself who admires His Royal Highness and wants to know his preferences. Leave a good impression on the heart of His Royal Highness."

Xu Ci was speechless. Is it because the people of Xue Country are kind-hearted by nature, or is it because he is so well protected?

"His Royal Highness only recognizes character when making friends, and doesn't look at others." Xu Ci clenched his fist and put it on his mouth and coughed, "His Royal Highness is friendly to others and has excellent conduct. His Royal Highness will definitely get along very well with Prince Qianhua." Huan, Prince Qianhua need not worry."

Prince Qianhua nodded seriously: "That's just right, I'm relieved."

The empress on the third floor saw Xu Ci covering his mouth and coughing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "My little pet is so cute even when he coughs, I am very satisfied."

Kulu: Your Majesty, stop fantasizing. First of all, you have to make him your "little pet".

"Your Majesty, although this person is an official of the imperial court who came from a commoner background, according to the investigation of his subordinates, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Yao Kingdom has protected this person, and I am afraid it is not so easy to get."

The empress didn't take it seriously, "The little treasure I like is naturally the object of competition. If it's too easy, I don't like it. It's a bit of a challenge, but it's fun."

Seeing the empress' indifferent attitude, Kulu didn't say anything anymore, and he didn't take the crown prince's relationship with Xu Ci to heart.No matter how much you care, Xu Ci is just a subject of the crown prince of the Yao country, so the prince of the Yao country will not be at odds with my Dajin country for a subject.

The empress was a little tired picking up the curtain, so she put down the curtain and lowered her head to take a sip of water.

Seeing this, the female guard stepped aside and raised the corner of the curtain for the empress again. The empress raised her head and was about to look at Xu Ci from a distance, but found that they had already stood up, as if they were about to leave.

Sighing regretfully, the empress watched Xu Ci leave, and then ordered her subordinates to put down the curtain, and said to herself: "The future will be long, baby Ci, we will meet again some other day."

Before Xu Ci left, he just asked politely, "Will Prince Qianhua come to sit in the lower mansion?" Now that it's almost noon, it's time for dinner, so as usual, he must decline.

But Prince Qianhua didn't know His Royal Highness well enough, he was reluctant to leave Xu Ci, but now when Xu Ci asked, his eyes lit up immediately, "Then respect is worse than obedience, and there will be more troubles alone."

Xu Ci: ...

Nian Bai had already combed Xu Ci's hair into a bun. Xu Ci showed his smooth forehead, and left two strands of hair on both sides of his temples. He looked like a humble and polite son of a family.

Someone came to report from outside the door, "Master, Mr. Yan Siyan is here, and he is waiting in the study now."

Xu Ci tidied up here, pushed the door out, "Okay, I see." After saying that, he led Nianbai Nianxiao towards the study.

In the study room, Yan Si was admiring a pot of Guanshi black jade peonies placed in front of the desk. This peony was brought back from Yangzhou by Xu Ci, and it was not growing well. Now, after nearly a month of care by Xu Ci, it is already in great condition. .

The splash-ink-like petals extend outward, and the flowers are clustered, which is particularly eye-catching.

Yan Si showed admiration. When Xu Ci cooked the potted flowers, he never used fake hands. He did it by himself. It took so much effort to achieve such results in just a few months.

While he was admiring, the door "squeaked" opened in response, and Xu Ci swaggered in, "You're back, have you looked for everyone?"

Yan Sigong cupped his hands, "I'm looking for it, but will we startle the snake by doing so?"

Xu Ci shook his head, "Xu Changzong has an account book in his hand, and he has the list of test questions for buying and selling in the past few years. However, Fei Yuanzheng doesn't know about this account book."

In his previous life, he found this account book by accident. He held a grudge against Xu Changzong, so he submitted the account book behind Emperor Yuan Dynasty's back, forcing Emperor Yuan Dynasty to agree to hear the case.

Judging by Li Haosheng's surprised expression at that time, he must not have known the existence of this ledger.

Based on the memory of his previous life, although he knew who was involved in this matter, he didn't have the slightest evidence, so he could only test Li Haosheng and others like this.When Yan Si approached them, he didn't talk about buying and selling test questions, he only talked about flattering acquaintances.

After Li Haocheng knew about this, he would definitely check with them. These people spoke the same words, and with his suspicious nature, not only would he not believe it, but he would have doubts about them.