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Yuan Zanbi pondered and said: "The minister and Qiao Yu." He seemed to be unable to think of when his relationship with Qiao Yu could be called a good one, so he hesitated to answer, "The minister and Qiao Yu are officials at the same court, although they nod But Qiao Xiang...has a noble character, so he is willing to intercede for my minister."

Seeing his seriousness, the emperor couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and said, "I don't know when General Yuan became so fond of telling jokes."

Yuan Zan wrote: "It's the minister's slip of the tongue."

The emerald screen in the southeast corner seemed to have moved, the movement was so small that even the followers did not respond. Although Yuan Zanbi had no interest in the secrets of the royal family, he also knew that since the emperor ascended the throne, the princes have gone seven or eight times. Among the few surviving ones, only King Huai stayed in Zhongzhou. He had fiefdoms outside, but he was still with the emperor.

The one behind is probably Duke Huai.

"It's not a slip of the tongue, maybe it's something from the heart?" The emperor teased, "Since you went to Yanzhou, haven't you seen Qiao Yu for five years?"

Yuan Zan wrote: "Yes."

"I still remember that you put a lot of thought into saving Qiao Yu," the emperor said, "No matter how ungrateful Qiao Yu is, you should never forget such kindness."

"What Qiao Xiang remembers is not about ministers, but about His Majesty's favor." Yuan Zan wrote: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's generosity, Qiao Xiang would definitely not be today."

The emperor smiled, "Qiao Yu also said that."

Yuan Zanbi had no choice but to keep silent.

The emperor changed the subject and said, "Are you still used to living in the official post?"

Yuan Zan replied sternly: "Thank you for your concern, I am used to it."

"You're going to stay in Zhongzhou for a long time, so you should find a place to stay earlier," the emperor said with concern, "The official post sleeps well, but there are too many people and noisy, and it's inconvenient to welcome and send you there." He stretched out his hand and touched it in vain, "It's getting late, I won't keep you longer, go down."

"Yes, I retire."

"Wait a minute," said the emperor.

Yuan Zanbi stopped, turned around and said, "Your Majesty."

"I remember that you didn't buy a house in Zhongzhou. When you come back with Wei Shuai at the end of the year, you will either live in Wei Shuai's house temporarily, or live in the official post. Where do you plan to live?"

This question is too kind, and the emperor's expression at this time is just like an elder looking at a junior. Yuan Zan suppressed his emotions and said: "I want someone to clean up my brother's old house, and I can live in it soon."

"Your brother's house..." The emperor paused, "That's fine."

Yuan Zan pen was speechless and saluted again. Seeing the young man get up and go out with the father-in-law who led the way, the emperor said with some nostalgia: "The last time I talked to him so much was because of Qiao Yu, and it has been five years in a blink of an eye." .”

Duke Huai, who had been listening behind the screen for a long time, held back a smile and said, "Even though five years have passed, this Lord Xiao Yuan has not changed at all." He walked around, "All the starlings in my brother's family can talk more than Lord Xiao Yuan A few words."

The emperor said: "Although he was brought up by Yuan Cong, he is not like his elder brother."

Most of the smile on Duke Huai's face faded away, "How many can be like Master Yuan, and now Master Xiao Yuan is like a zhilanyushu, which does not mean that he has failed Master Yuan's teachings. His Majesty decided to let him stay in Zhongzhou?" He saw The emperor frowned slightly, and said again: "Is it because of the relationship between Master Xiao Yuan and Qiao Xiang?"

The emperor said: "I don't want to leave another powerful official who is as close as brother to Qiao Yu in Zhongzhou."

Duke Huai couldn't help laughing when he heard that, he took the tea brought by the maid and put it at the emperor's hand, "Qiao Xiang is His Majesty's subject anyway, His Majesty is too worried."

The emperor was slightly angry, "Didn't you see the good things he did before? Eliminating dissidents, coercion, or temptation, or simply letting people die on the street, how can I not doubt this behavior?"

Duke Huai could naturally tell that the emperor was so angry that it wasn't that Qiao Yu was throwing power at the court, but that he was going his own way, completely ignoring criticism from officials, so that the emperor would always see two or three papers every day about how lawless Qiao Yu was, and he said, "Mr. It is understandable for a young man to be successful and not act as prudent as an old official, if young people are all depressed, how can they be called young?"

The emperor looked at Duke Huai in surprise.

Duke Huai asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty?"

The emperor said: "It's strange, how did Qiao Yu benefit you?"

Duke Huai imitated Yuan Zanbi's previous words, and said: "Qiao Xiang's character is noble and pure, and my younger brother is not as good as Qiao Xiang, but I can't bear to see the pearl get dusty and Huang Zhong destroy it."

The emperor sighed, "Old Qi, do you see if Qiao Yuezhong has a half-money relationship with Mingzhu Huang Zhong?" Duke Huai wanted to speak, but he added, "Put that face aside."

King Huai remained silent.

"Because of the queen's pleading for the destruction of Chongzhou City, the Chen family was demoted or dismissed. Didn't they free up the head of the palace?" The emperor said: "Let Yuan Zan pen make up for it."

The Dianqian Division is responsible for the defense of the palace, and should be a military officer, but the affairs in the palace are complicated, and various affairs cannot be handed over from top to bottom, so a civil post was added to it. After leaving a dispensable job, the official rank is from the second rank, a high position without power.

Duke Huai was slightly stunned, and said: "Your Majesty, the chief minister in front of the palace is a civil servant."

The emperor said: "How is the civil service? The civil servants wear a pen to tie their hair so that they don't have time to spare. Since the Yuan Zan pen is called a hairpin pen, being a civil official is not fulfilling the wish of the elders who named him?"

Duke Huai smiled and said: "Your Majesty has a delicate mind, and my younger brother can't match it."

He couldn't help thinking that Yuan Zanbi's elder brother was named Zanying, but the emperor didn't let him go to the battlefield.

The emperor closed his eyes, and didn't mention a word about when the seal of the chief minister in front of the palace was handed over to Yuan Zanbi, and when the transfer order was issued.

It seems that his good emperor brother wants to take this opportunity to see the reaction of his prince and courtiers.King Huai is in the dark.

……

The house left by brother Yuan Zanbi has been left by no one for many years. It has been three days since the inside and outside were cleaned, but the inside has not changed. clean up.

In the past, Yuan Zanying deliberately chose a remote house in order to seek purity. Coincidentally, Yuan Qiao and his family live next to each other. Tall gray wall.

When the Qiao family changed, the mansion was also abandoned for several years, and it was only in the past two years that someone lived in it again.

"It is said that there is an adult's outer room over there," the new housekeeper saw Yuan Zanbi looking at the wall all the time, and said earnestly: "There is only a wife and her two daughters in the house. There are not many servants. They are very busy on weekdays. Be quiet, if adults find it inconvenient, you can build the wall higher."

Before the words were finished, there was already a chatter in the courtyard, and there was the sound of things moving and moving, crackling and crackling, which was very lively.

The butler said awkwardly: "Master, do you want to renovate the backyard?"

Yuan Zan wrote: "No need."

"The wall..."

"There is no need to increase the height."

Yuan Zan pen was taciturn, and the housekeeper didn't know how to deal with him. It was very difficult to get along with him. In just half an hour, he wiped off his sweat seven or eight times.

If Xiaoxue hadn't come running in bouncingly, he really didn't know how to talk to Yuan Zanbi again.

Xiaoxue was carrying a fishy wind, just as she rushed towards Yuan Zanbi, she was mercilessly dodged away, and he missed the wall almost without hitting the wall.

Yuan Zan's eyes fell on Xiaoxue's cuff which was stained with a lot of blood.

Xiaoxue held up the blood in her hand, the original piece of meat could no longer be seen, and said, "Deer."

Yuan Zanbi took a closer look and found that it was indeed a deer, but the head was cut off and the fur was soaked in blood, making it very difficult to distinguish.

Xiaoxue said: "I gave it to my lord..." He originally wanted to talk about the gift of promotion, but Yuan Zanbi is not considered a promotion, and he has changed from a military officer to a civil servant, which is unheard of and ingenious, "Dinner."

Yuan Zanbi nodded and said, "Thank you."

"My lord, why are you so indifferent?" Xiaoxue said, "Don't you like venison?"

Yuan Zan took the venison without changing his face, handed it to the butler and said, "Add venison stew tonight."

The butler took the bloody thing with a complicated expression.

Xiaoxue said anxiously: "It's baked, it's going to be baked! Just bake it here."

There are two pear trees planted in the backyard, and the fruits are yellow with green in the middle. Xiaoxue fell in love with these two trees when she came in, so she didn't want to eat them inside the house.

Yuan Zan wrote: "You go in first and change your clothes."

Xiaoxue followed the housekeeper to the inner room, not forgetting to say: "To bake!"

Yuan Zanbi looked at the young man and smiled helplessly, "Roast." He took a light breath, and Fang Jue felt a little queasy.

When Xiaoxue bought it, she thought about how to marinate the venison and how to prepare the sauce. He listed dozens of items, but most of them were not available in the house, so he had to go out to buy them. Ready to go.

The paper lanterns illuminated the backyard brightly. Xiaoxue ate unripe pears while turning the grill he made, and asked vaguely, "How do you feel about being in Zhongzhou these few days, my lord?"

Before the emperor made the decree, except for Qiao Yu who had nothing to do and came to visit the official post, which attracted the head of the official post to guard outside his courtyard every day in fear, he was barely clean. On the few occasions when he left the official station, adults he was not familiar with, or he did not know at all, would talk to him, and what was even more outrageous was to call him a brother.

Yuan Zan did not tire of his troubles. After tidying up the house, he simply closed the door to thank the guests. The emperor allowed him to rest for five days before going to court, and he was not in a hurry.

Yuan Zanbi pointed to the venison skewered by ironware, and asked, "What do you think of it?"

"Mountains of swords and seas of fire," Xiaoxue said, "It hurts so much." He reacted instantly, laughing so hard that Li almost choked on him.

The meat slowly turned brown, the oil oozes out, and crackles when it falls on the charcoal. Xiaoxue smears another layer of garlic chili sauce on it, and the aroma is overflowing.

"It seems that those of us who are courtiers have learned from His Majesty," Xiaoxue turned around, "like to roast meat on the fire."

A head poked out from the wall, and said solemnly: "Because it was roasted on the fire."

A beauty is a beauty, even if only one head is exposed, she is still a beauty.

Looking at people under the moon, beauties are even more beautiful.

But Yuan Zanbi only regrets not listening to the housekeeper and raising the wall.