Minister

183 [The second year of Zhenglong]

Before the peonies bloomed, Wei Chi took back his master's errand. Chen Entropy didn't ask too many people's opinions for this decision, but Zhou Wenyuan didn't seem to care about it.Dear, Baidu search eye & fast, read a lot of novels for free.Zhou Wenyuan guessed Wei Chi's position to some extent. He believed that Wei Chi had no reason to be an enemy of him. What he cared about at the moment was the candidates for the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The selection and appointment of these people could not be discussed by the cabinet. He now needed to curry favor with Chen Entropy.

Wei Chi once again had the opportunity to enter and leave the palace, and occasionally met Populus euphratica, a third-rank official who was obviously not used to this promotion, and seemed submissive in his words and actions.

"Tired!" Taking a moment, Hu Yanglin complained to Wei Chi.

All the able-bodied officers of Beizhen Fusi were lost in Monan, and Beizhen Fusi at this moment is nothing but an empty shell.King Qin asked Populus euphratica to take this position not to revive Fusi in Beizhen, but to find King Yan, so Populus euphratica actually didn't have any push to help.In terms of talent, he is not a person who has the ability to turn the tide at this moment. He can only follow the steps and do his job well, without provoking any parties.

"However, I have some good news for you." Hu Yanglin pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

Wei Chi took it over to read, but it was the post station's newspaper.

"A few days ago you told me about your wife's return to Beijing, so I sent someone to the south to meet her all the way. It's still chaotic outside the city. It would be better if someone escorted her all the way. You see, it's about to arrive tomorrow."

Wei Chi couldn't help but rejoice: "Thank you so much!"

In the early morning of the second day, Wei Chi asked for leave, and he and Yiqing waited outside the south gate. Outside the south gate was the place where Wei Chi and Kuiz had a decisive battle. Traces of battle.Many children were digging the broken knives and arrows in the ground with small shovels, probably to sell them for money.

Seeing this scene, Wei Chi and Yiqing were speechless for a moment, but fortunately, it was only a moment of sighing, and a carriage escorted by Jin Yiwei horses appeared not far away.

"Thank you, thank you!" Wei Chi thanked the officer, while Mei Yue excitedly raised the curtain of the car and poked her head out: "Master! Master!"

After seeing each other again, the fat girl didn't seem to have changed, and Wei Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ma'am! The master is here to pick us up!" The fat girl waved her arms, chattering.

The door curtain was pulled open a crack.

It's Qi Yuan.

Wei Chi wanted to go up to him, but he only saw her nod slightly to him, and then he remembered the etiquette, quickly stopped his feet, and said goodbye to the officer first.

Until he walked back to the familiar alley, the surroundings gradually became quiet, and the slight sound of the wheels rolling over the bluestone road made Wei Chi excited and relieved at the same time.

Finally home, Wei Chi threw the reins to Yiqing, and ran over to pull the curtains.

"You, ah! Oh, let's go in and talk about it."

Qi Yuan felt Wei Chi's hand trembling slightly, but she didn't know whether it was her shaking or herself.

Mama Liu brought hot soup and hot water. She had also been separated from her old man for a long time. Seeing his wife's red eye circles, old man Liu couldn't help wiping away his tears.

"Everyone, let's do our own work!" Wei Chi gave an order, and there was only hot water left in the room.

"The trip to Nanzhili is going well?" Wei Chi hurriedly twisted a towel for Qi Yuan.

Just as he was about to turn back and hand it to her, he felt the man hugging him tightly from behind.

"Don't cry, don't cry."

But that person seemed to have been aggrieved for too long, and started to howl like a child.

"I'm not living well?" Wei Chi turned around and hugged her, patting her on the back.

"No!" Qi Yuan seemed to be very angry: "In this life, don't think about leaving me like this again! Don't think about it!"

Looking at Qi Yuan's tearful face, Wei Chi felt sour in his heart, and wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't say a word.She only felt that she was hugging herself tightly, as if she had used all her strength, as if she was afraid that she would disappear if she was not careful.

"Come on, sit down, I'll wipe your face for you." When Qi Yuan finally calmed down, Wei Chi hurriedly helped her sit up: "Don't move, your eyes are swollen."

"You! This cold-hearted person!" Qi Yuan angrily took the towel from her hand and wiped her face.

"A girl from every family went to war!" Qi Yuan threw the cold towel on Wei Chi's hand: "Are you injured?"

"Of course I wasn't injured!" Seeing that she had finally calmed down, Wei Chi made her happy with a playful smile: "The other general even praised me for being good-looking."

"You are talking nonsense."

"It's true," Wei Chi leaned his head coquettishly: "He said: You are as good-looking as a girl, just like a legend."

Qi Yuan sneered: "Look how beautiful you are."

"I, I'm sorry for you." Wei Chi buried his head in her arms, the pain and tension these days were already about to overwhelm her, and when she came back, it seemed to be the only motivation.

"You, you didn't feel sorry for me," Qi Yuan looked at her exhausted look, heartbroken: "You are sorry for yourself, don't force yourself into such a position in the future, if you are in an ordinary person's home , you should be a little daughter-in-law loved by your husband."

"Okay." Wei Chi murmured as he nestled in her arms.

Qi Yuan sighed inadvertently, she knew, but she didn't listen.

It wasn't until dinner time that Wei Chi realized that Zhu'er was missing. Qi Yuan lightly stated that she didn't want to return to Beijing, because Nanzhili didn't have a long-term residence address, so she sent her relatives back home to take her back to Jiangnan.

"Walking by water, I think I'm almost home."

After many days of fatigue accumulated in one place, Wei Chi didn't ask any more questions. Mei Yue secretly ran to Wei Chi and said: There are many people fleeing in Nanzhili. Nanjing is in chaos. Fortunately, Jin Yiwei took care of him and left Nanjing. Only then did my relatives return to the capital smoothly.

The access control of the capital was promulgated by Yu Mian very early. It can be said that my family members are one of the few people who can leave the capital. Why are there so many refugees in Nanjing?Also arrived earlier than Qi Yuan and the others?Wei Chi couldn't help being puzzled.

"That's why Madam asked the family's relatives to pick up Sister Zhu'er from the waterway," Mei Yue sighed, "I don't know if I can see her again."

Since Wei Chi returned to the position of master, he went to the palace almost every day. Chen Entropy worked very hard. Although he couldn't talk to him in the early morning, he asked Wei Chi to teach him the memorial every time he came back.

"Master Wei? Master Wei?"

After calling Wei Chi several times, Chen Entropy just shook his hand.

Only then did Wei Chi wake up from his daze: "I lost my composure, please tell me, Your Majesty."

Chen Entropy looked at Wei Chi with concern: "Master is not feeling well? It's been a little cold recently. Aunt Huang has suffered from the cold, so she looks very similar to Master."

"Princess is suffering from the cold?" Wei Chi hasn't heard of it yet, but he has not seen her for some time: "I didn't, I was just thinking about something just now, what part did the emperor ask?"

However, Chen Entropy joined the memorial: "The cabinet is urging to appoint a candidate for the Chief of Ceremony, but I don't know how to choose."

Could it be Eunuch Lu?Wei Chi couldn't help but speculate on what Chen Entropy meant.

"If I temporarily vacate the post of chief inspector, I don't know if the cabinet will agree."

No supervisor of ceremonies?Wei Chi couldn't help being a little surprised: "Then what can I do if no one approves of it?"

"If you want to arrange the position of the chief of ceremonies, besides Lu Jing, there are three vacancies. I can't help but think that even if Lu Jing is loyal, it is inevitable that because of my young age, other people are influenced by foreign ministers, so I came up with this idea. I don’t know if it’s feasible or not.”

Chen Entropy grew up in the palace since he was a child, and the status of his mother and concubine was not high. Although Chen Xing valued him, his early thoughts were placed on the queen's son. It was not until he gave up on the queen that he decided to make him the prince .Chen Entropy stayed next to Chen Yuxiang most of the time, and he watched too many things in the palace and all kinds of secret contests.Even when Wei Chi saw that he was forced to eat fruit by Concubine Hu Guifei's chief eunuch Li Min, he was terrified enough.In order to compromise and mediate, Lu Jing frantically kowtowed on the ground made of stone slabs, and the scar on his forehead can still be seen to this day.Chen Entropy is afraid of being swayed by others. He doesn't trust most people in this world.

"If there is no supervisor of ceremonies, all the memorials will have to be reviewed by the emperor himself. The memorials of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces cannot be read by one person. If there is a mistake, there will be a storm."

"Then, if the position of Lu Jing is set, and the rest of the memorials are watched by Master and Aunt Huang, is it feasible?"

Chen Entropy's idea of ​​not wanting to set up a supervisor of ceremonies seems to have been decided, but he is just a small minister of Dali Temple. If he intervenes in the palace like this, he may cause gossip. As for Chen Yuxiang, it is even more inappropriate. Foreigners have always had clear boundaries, and now that the ruler is young, if this matter is known to the foreign ministers, they will definitely write a special letter.Wei Chi was very embarrassed: "If you want to do this, then you must not assign this position to the minister, just treat it as the minister who came to teach, and all the red clothes will be done by Lu Jing, and the same is true for the contact with the cabinet. Everyone, the princess, please ask the princess what she thinks."

Wei Chi was out of the palace, and his mind was heavy. Chen Entropy was her student, and she watched him grow up. She had to think from his standpoint, but now she is in danger!Chen Entropy knew the benefits of eunuchs, but he didn't know the benefits of ministers. To be honest, how could eunuchs be compared to ministers?It's just that Chen Entropy was very suspicious, and he didn't want to believe Yu Mian from the beginning. Now he can only sacrifice his life to accompany the prince, but he doesn't know how long this can be delayed or how long he can hide it.

Chen Entropy felt that what Wei Chi said was very reasonable. He had to ask Aunt Huang about this matter. Remembering that he hadn't gone to ask her well since she was ill, he temporarily put aside his studies and wanted to hurry up. Go to Hede Palace to have dinner together.

"Who are you?" Chen Entropy couldn't help frowning when he saw that it wasn't Tangtang who came out to greet him.

The palace maid knelt on the ground: "This servant is Ruyi, the new maid in charge of the palace. Ruyi pays respects to the emperor."

Seeing Chen Yuxiang, seeing that she looked good, Chen Entropy couldn't help feeling relieved: "You all step back, I will have dinner with Aunt Huang alone, and Lu Jing will just stay and serve."

Ruyi couldn't help being a little embarrassed when she heard this, but Lu Jing gave her a wink, and she obediently retreated out.

"How could my aunt catch the cold?"

Chen Yuxiang was wearing casual clothes, and she lost a lot of weight when she looked closely. When Chen Entropy asked such a question, she had to prevaricate a few words.

"Aunt Huang."

"Ok?"

"Master Wei looks like aunt today." Chen Entropy hoped to say something to make her happy.

Hearing that person's name, Chen Yuxiang couldn't help but blush: "Nonsense, how could it be like that."

"It's always the same, just in a daze, and didn't answer after calling several times." Chen Entropy imitated Wei Chi's dazed look.

Because only Lu Jing was serving, the serving of food was much slower, and some of them were cold.

"Okay, don't mess with those, and see if the lotus seed and lily soup is still hot? Serve a bowl here." Chen Entropy brought it to his mouth and tried it: "It's just right, aunt, it's better to eat something light."

Chen Entropy has always been considerate, but now that he is more sensible, Chen Yuxiang feels comforted in his heart.

"Aunt," Chen Shang thought for a long time, but still expressed his thoughts: "Nowadays there is no trustworthy person, but I don't know if this is feasible, and whether my aunt's body can bear it."

Chen Yuxiang was still a little surprised when he heard Chen Entropy's meaning: "How can you hide such a big matter?"

"It's easy to talk about the affairs in the palace. The emperor's grandmother can order my aunt to help, but I don't know what my aunt thinks." Chen Entropy is also worried about another thing, which is his aunt's marriage, which is really inappropriate. It took longer, but as a junior, he couldn't explain it clearly.

"As long as the emperor thinks it is appropriate, it's just that this matter can only be delayed for a while. It is better to arrange someone to join the supervisor as soon as possible." Chen Yuxiang is actually also very worried that the future supervisor will become someone else's pawn.

"That would be great," Chen Entropy clapped his hands together, "It's just like my aunt and Master Wei used to accompany me to study together, when I was still a child."

Master Wei?Chen Yuxiang's face changed, he wants to come?

"Not good?" Chen Entropy didn't know why Chen Yuxiang showed embarrassment.

"The emperor is not a child yet." Chen Yuxiang smiled shyly.

Chen Entropy still had a lot to see, so he was ready to leave after exchanging a few words of concern.Chen Yuxiang pulled him to stand up, and found that the little boy who was held in his arms and wore petals had grown to his chest height. Girl, time has gone by so fast, but she is still standing still.

Standing blankly, the sky was getting dark, Chen Yuxiang sighed: "Take out my book."

Ruyi hurried over and waited: "What books does Your Highness want?"

"Ah," Chen Yuxiang looked at the strange court lady in front of him, feeling even more depressed in his heart: "No need, get ready to take a bath."

The most suitable thing for spring is to be sleepy. Mei Yue can doze off holding a bowl, but she doesn't understand why Wei Chi can hold a bowl in a daze.

"Hello!" Qi Yuan knocked on the table for the third time.

"Cough," Wei Chi choked, "What's wrong?"

"How long have you been chewing this meal, where did you think?"

"When you arrived in Nanjing, did you see many refugees?" Wei Chi couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask, "Where are those refugees?"

"Where are there refugees?" Qi Yuan didn't understand.

"What Mei Yue said is quite confusing. Zhu'er has to go back to the south of the Yangtze River by water."

Qi Yuan smiled: "That's what you're thinking about? They're not refugees, they're weavers from the south of the Yangtze River. Nanjing is a rich place, and they just come here to find a living. You are really a person who cares about the country and the people. You used to be like this in your early years." Don’t worry too much about things.”

Wei Chi remembered that before the Northern Expedition, Qi Yuan had said that many silk workshops might go bankrupt, which seemed to be true.

"I'm really not that good at this kind of business. I should just worry about the country and the people." Wei Chi smiled playfully.

"Knowing that I can't, it's really thick-skinned to still pay money." Qi Yuan snorted.

"The study is indeed too messy. If you have time in the near future, clean out the study in the main room. I'll put all the serious copywriting there, so as not to disturb you when it's too late." After eating, Wei Chi thought that he might I will bring back the memorabilia from Chen Entropy's side, it's better not to mix it up and make mistakes.

Qi Yuan had this idea for a long time, and the study room was in a mess in the morning, and it became even more embarrassing if she was away from home for several months: "Then you go to rest first, and I will go to the main hall to have a look."

The layout of the main hall is actually more ornate. Maybe Wei Chi just likes a simple room. Since Qi Yuan came, he just hid in the study for granted. No one lives in such a good house.Qi Yuanyuan probably walked around, told Mei Yue some things to be prepared, and prepared to start work the next day.

When he returned to the study, he found that Wei Chi had already fallen asleep. It seemed that the fatigue of the past few days had indeed weakened his energy. When he turned on the outside lamp, the inner room became much darker, but with the weak ever-burning lamp, Qi Yuan could still see Qing Wei Chi's frowning sleeping face.

After watching for a while, Qi Yuan couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows with her fingers, but unfortunately, this person seemed to be troubled by huge troubles and had no intention of compromising.Seeing her bitter and bitter expression, Qi Yuan could only sigh and lay down beside her.

Perhaps feeling that the person next to him had returned, Wei Chi unconsciously grasped the sleeve of the other person, and twisted under the quilt to evenly breathe again.

Qi Yuan is used to letting her hold her, but she doesn't know where she developed the habit. She seems to be spoiled by her bad habits. During the days in Nanjing, without her grasping hand, I always feel that I can't sleep. sleep well.Now that I can come back here again and see her in peace, is it worth it no matter how much I have experienced?

Before Mao Shi, Wei Chi went to the yamen, and Qi Yuan was about to tidy up the study in the main hall.In fact, there are also a lot of books in this study room. Mei Yue can't read, so Qi Yuan can only clean it up by herself and ask her to be a helper.

There were quite a lot of bookshelves. When I tidied up a corner, I saw several small notebooks wrapped in oiled paper. When I opened it, it was an account book. The words should be written by Zhuer. Account kept at home.Flipping through it casually, she was about to put it back, but saw something strange in a book, so Qi Yuan turned to the first page, ready to take a closer look.

Opening the cover, Qi Yuan was stunned. This page was full of Wei Chi's name, and in the spaces between these names, the word "hate" was written.

After being stunned, she finally understood why Zhu Er refused to return to Beijing and why she insisted on going to Jiangnan.Suddenly, she felt that Wei Chi was a little pitiful. The pitiful thing was that after so many years, she didn't know that the people around her hated her so much.As for Zhu'er, maybe she couldn't get out of the nightmare after many years, so she could only choose to leave.

Thinking about seeing her off that day, she said: "Master treats me very well. This time, master will definitely ask me why I don't want to go back to Beijing, so I ask my wife to tell master that there are always things that Zhuer can't forget. Don't pass, it's just right."

These words didn't seem like what a maid should say to her master. Qi Yuan didn't know what kind of grievances there were between them, until she came back and asked Yiqing, she didn't know that Wei Chi rejected the petition to help Zhu'er's family many years ago. Until Pearl witnesses her family being abused.

On the last page of that booklet, there was a sentence written: I think it's all ignorance and resentment, and the word hate has no source.

Qi Yuan closed the booklet, feeling a little jealous.Maybe like all maids from big families, she was well-bred and ready to be a concubine when she first arrived in Wei Mansion, but how did she know that Wei Chi was a girl?Or, regardless of Wei Chi's gender, she didn't care about this romantic friendship. Facing the lives of Zhu'er's family, she made a decision to cherish Lingyu, but she acted so boldly that she was imprisoned.Pearl's complaint is that she can't get it.

"Ma'am, what are you looking at?" Mei Yue saw Qi Yuan standing there for a long time, so she leaned over and asked.

"No," Qi Yuan wrapped up the booklet and put it in the wastebasket: "I think she is an ambitious person, if she wants to let go, then let go."