Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong turned to look at Xiao Xuexing and asked, "Are you kidding me?"

Xiao Xuexing shook his head: "Your Majesty didn't write me a letter or issue an edict. However, the people I stayed in Jiankang got the news in advance. Your Majesty is getting people to prepare things. He plans to come here on the first day of the lunar new year."

Xiao Zirong looked confused: "Why is he here?"

Xiao Xuexing said without changing expression, "I should have come to look for you. I told him that you were here before, and he has been looking forward to your return."

Xiao Zirong couldn't help but began to bite the penholder, and just after taking two bites, Xiao Xuexing held down his hand and patted it twice: "Is it dirty? What's wrong with it?"

Xiao Zirong shrank his neck and said with a puzzled expression: "Your Majesty, why does Your Majesty have to see me? Isn't my current situation the best?"

Although he is the king of Xuancheng, Xuancheng should still be under the control of the imperial court, or in other words, it is under the control of Xiao Xuexing, so it cannot be regarded as his fiefdom, and the taxation and so on are all given to the imperial court and not to him.

Although he didn't pay taxes to the country in Taoyuan City, Taoyuan City is only so big. If he were Xiao Xuan, he would be very happy that his nephew is so unambitious.

Xiao Xuexing leaned back and looked at Xiao Zirong for consideration and said: "Your Majesty was looking for an offspring to adopt him. He is not young now, has been injured again, and his health is not very good. He needs an heir to stabilize the court. The eldest prince is not suitable, so he can only adopt him, but...you know the previous situation, the other children are far away except you, if you are not there, then you can only choose those people, if you are, naturally Preferred."

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong subconsciously wanted to bite the penholder again. Xiao Xuexing couldn't stand it anymore and took the pen off his hand to warn him, "Be careful next time and I'll beat you up."

If others heard that the regent was about to beat someone, they would have been terrified and trembling, but Xiao Zirong was not afraid of him at all, and even approached Xiao Xuexing and asked, "Why does it have to be me? He has time to give birth now."

Xiao Xuexing's complexion suddenly became a little weird. Xiao Zirong rarely saw such an expression on his face, so he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Is there something else I don't know about?"

Xiao Xuexing pondered for a long while and said: "This matter... you will know sooner or later, it's really nothing, it's just that in the year Xiao Luan rebelled, His Majesty tried to save him, but he has no elite soldiers and strong generals, and he himself is not particularly good at this , so he was beaten back, and he was injured in the process."

Xiao Xuexing gave Xiao Zirong a look that you understand.

Xiao Zirong understood in seconds, so Xiao Xuan...is unable to bear a son, and his only son is the eldest prince who is still half-blind, no wonder he is looking for someone to adopt him.

He thought for a while and said, "Then...the ministers...do they all...know about it?"

Xiao Xuexing did not speak, but this was equivalent to acquiescing. Xiao Zirong couldn't help lighting a piece of wax for Xiao Xuan. This kind of thing was an indescribable pain for a man, but now I wish the whole world knew that he didn't Lost fertility, too miserable.

But this can be regarded as an answer to Xiao Zirong's doubts, he said why Xiao Xuan has no queen until now.

If the aristocratic families wanted to wait and see at the beginning, they were afraid that the emperor would not be long so they would not dare to invest, but after two or three years, Xiao Xuan's position seemed to be almost stable. Those absurd monarchs before were considered much better.

Everyone should be satisfied. Under such circumstances, no one would marry their daughter to Xiao Xuan. After thinking about it, they didn't want their daughter to marry and become a widow.

No matter how patriarchal she is, she is still her own daughter, and she can't be pushed to the fire pit if she doesn't love her.

For a childless queen, it would be fine if she had the opportunity to adopt one, but it is obvious that she cannot adopt one now, and the age of the adoptive one will not be too young.

On the contrary, some people wanted to send their concubine daughter or the concubine daughter of a side branch into the palace, but they angered the emperor.

It is relative to say that Xiao Xuan is not tough enough, for the powerful officials such as the prime minister and the regent Xiao Xuexing, the power in his hands cannot reach the point where these two people can completely follow his will.

But when it comes to ordinary officials, he can still clean up, even if it is the prime minister or Xiao Xuexing's dog legs, he is not afraid.

Since then, no one dared to stuff people into the palace.

Xiao Zirong rubbed his chin and said: "But to inherit the throne, I have to adopt him. I... my father is my only son. How can I adopt him? No, no."

Xiao Xuexing nodded in agreement, he didn't want Xiao Zirong to adopt him either, as long as Xiao Zirong was around, at least he could guarantee that his adoptive father would have an endless succession, it's hard to say what will happen after the adoption.

He simply put down the document and said, "We can't refuse the emperor's desire to travel. None of the ministers in the court could convince him. I guess he is determined. Let's get ready to meet him."

Xiao Zirong groaned and said: "My Taoyuan City is like this, the environment is not good, His Majesty must not be able to adapt, let him go back quickly."

Others must try their best to make the emperor more comfortable when welcoming him, but when he arrived at Xiao Zirong's place, he wished that Xiao Xuan would turn around and leave when he saw the situation in Taoyuan City. How could he arrange it carefully?

It's just that you can't ignore them at all. If you don't care too much, the emperor will probably cut them off.

And there is no need to offend Xiao Xuan because of this matter, he doesn't know what Xiao Xuan thinks about Xiao Xuexing now, he seems to value it very much, but no one knows if he is very afraid of Xiao Xuexing in his heart, worried that he will usurp the throne.

Xiao Zirong directly set a policy: Cleaning up still needs to be done, but it doesn't have to be too grand, it's almost done.

Especially things like bacon cannot continue, otherwise Xiao Xuan might misunderstand that they did it on purpose when he came over and saw the thick smoke all over the city.

When Xiao Zirong was thinking about this, he suddenly realized something: "Wait a minute, where does your Majesty come to live?"

His city lord's mansion is quite big in his own opinion, but the problem is that it is far behind the king's mansion, let alone the imperial palace.

He also lived in the imperial palace for a period of time at the beginning. To be ashamed to say, he didn't even figure out what was going on around his own palace. It is said that there is a large area outside the palace.

Xiao Xuan was the King of Hedong before, and later he became the emperor. He has never lived in a small place. This City Lord's Mansion...is he afraid that he will not like it?

Xiao Xuexing thought for a while and said, "Clean up the City Lord's Mansion. Aren't there still two guest rooms? Clean them up."

Xiao Zirong looked at him in horror: "You let the emperor sleep in the guest room?"

The corner of Xiao Xuexing's mouth twitched, and he reached out and tapped his forehead: "What are you thinking? Of course, the two of us are going to sleep in the guest room, and let His Majesty sleep in the main room."

Xiao Zirong breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and Xiao Xuexing suddenly realized something at this moment: "Why doesn't your City Lord's Mansion have a backyard?"

Xiao Zirong looked at him blankly: "Ah? Who said there is no more? There is such a big garden and lotus pond in the back."

Xiao Xuexing had no choice but to say, "I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the main house where the mistress lives!"

Even if it is an ordinary family, the host and hostess who pay attention to some things still have separate rooms. The host lives in the center of the entire courtyard, while the house of the hostess is in the center of the backyard. This is a very common arrangement.

However, at this moment, Xiao Xuexing realized that Xiao Zirong's residence in the city lord's mansion is just that small. Except for his own main house, the rest are all guest rooms, not to mention that there is no such thing as a concubine's room, and even the future mistress There is no place to live.

Xiao Zirong scratched his head after understanding: "Oh, I... I forgot, I will fix it when I need it later."

Xiao Xuexing: ...

Can you forget all this?

Xiao Zirong was a little guilty. It wasn't that he had forgotten, but that he had a fixed mindset. He felt that if he got married, he must sleep together. Thought about getting married or something.

He didn't want to find someone to marry for the sake of reproduction.

He wants to find a soul mate who can tolerate all his wild ideas, not someone who thinks he is not doing his job properly or is afraid when he sees him doing those weird things.

No matter what era, there are such people, but no one is sure if they can find them, so he is ready to be single.

Now Xiao Xuexing suddenly mentions this...just...to get it out of the way first.

Xiao Xuexing didn't say much, but thought he was really a child.

He added: "Don't worry, if it doesn't work, let him live in my palace."

Although it was a bit far away, maybe a day or two away, the environment there should be more suitable for Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Zirong didn't take it too seriously, since he didn't need to show it to the emperor, then he didn't have any burden, and was going to go to see how his mirror was doing.

When he passed by, he happened to see Zhai Xi's expression was not very good-looking, Xiao Zirong asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhai Xi sighed and said, "It's nothing, it's just that someone mishandled it... mercury poisoning."

Xiao Zirong's complexion changed, mercury poisoning is not a trivial matter, and he asked quickly, "How are you doing now?"

Zhai Xi shook his head with difficulty: "The doctor said...it's no longer useful."

Xiao Zirong frowned: "Why did you say it now?"

Mercury poisoning has a process. Even acute mercury poisoning does not mean death on the spot. There will be a process of treatment, which usually takes at least seven days to operate. As a result, he has not received any news these days.

Zhai Xi lowered his head and said, "At first I thought nothing was wrong, but in the past two days, suddenly..."

Xiao Zirong pursed his lips and said nothing. It is indeed unsafe to make things with mercury, but he can't get the silver-ammonia solution commonly used in later generations. If he wants silver-ammonia solution, he must toss out nitric acid. He said, if he could get nitric acid out, add hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, his chemical system would be formed, so why worry?

He thought about the process of making the mirror, and finally said with a sigh: "In the future, it is stipulated that you must wear fishskin gloves when operating, um, let's make a gas mask."

Zhai Xi looked at him in confusion: Gas mask?