The imperial brother kneels and begs me to marry my daughter-in-law

"That's right, I like my cousin, how about it?"

Xiao Shuan's calm and cold voice rang in Lin Xiu's ears.Suddenly... Lin Xiu felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, as if she couldn't lift her breath, and felt tired even when breathing.

Lin Xiu said numbly, "No, I'm going to take a bath."

Lin Xiu turned around and walked towards the bathtub. Xiao Shu'an wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all.She saw Lin Xiu's complexion turned pale for a moment just now, and she felt a little regretful in her heart.

One person is impulsive once, and the other person is unobstructed once, which is considered even.But is it really even?You stab a knife in my heart, and I stab a knife in your heart.It seems to be evened, but in fact it just makes the two return to the relationship before they were willing to be pierced by each other.

At least for Lin Xiu.

The two were silent all night.When he first arrived at Mao the next day, he got up by himself before Xiao Shu'an called Lin Xiu.

"You got up so early today?" Xiao Shu'an broke the deadlock first.

"Well, I have to go to the court, and I have something to discuss with His Majesty after the court." Lin Xiu smiled and returned to Xiao Shu'an, everything looked the same as usual.But there seems to be something different.

"I'll help you." Seeing Lin Xiu dressing herself, Xiao Shu'an reached out to help.

"No need. I'm such an old man. It's time to learn how to wear it by myself. It's not difficult. Didn't I just wear it by myself yesterday?" Lin Xiu's smile was really bright, but Xiao Shu'an still felt alienated.

Standing on the ground, Xiao Shu'an was at a loss, she didn't know how to restore the broken relationship with Lin Xiu.Lin Xiu focused on her own affairs as if she didn't see Xiao Shuan's disappointment.

The two of them dressed and washed, and had breakfast.Everything seemed to be the same as usual, but Xiao Shuan knew very well that it was different.Lin Xiu has become more serious, she is not as joking and coquettish as she used to be, and occasionally makes a fuss.

Now Lin Xiu seems to have matured overnight.There are limits to advancing and retreating, proper manners, gentle and elegant, more natural than when we first met.

Xiao Shu'an didn't know that a stranger could become a mature person, but when an acquaintance becomes a stranger, it will be more important than a stranger.

Standing in front of the carriage before leaving, Lin Xiu turned her head and saw the sadness in Xiao Shu'an's eyes, and couldn't bear it.She still turned around and pulled Xiao Shuan aside, and said solemnly:

"Don't be sad, I'm not angry with you. There's nothing wrong with what happened last night. I just... think I should focus on government affairs instead of messing around all day long. I didn't target you. Really, I still Treat you as a good friend, if there is anything I need to do, just ask. I will try my best."

What Lin Xiu said was sincere, but it was not what Xiao Shuan wanted to hear.Xiao Shu'an knew that what happened last night had hurt Lin Xiu's heart. Although she still didn't know what the cause and effect was, she knew it was because she said she liked her cousin.So she explained:

"What I said last night was what I impulsively and deliberately angered you. I have absolutely no love for my cousin. I went to my cousin on the second day of the wedding because she humiliated you at the wedding banquet. I want to make it clear to him that yesterday I was looking for my cousin because of business, and I had dinner at my mother's place, and I went to visit my mother."

Xiao Shu'an's explanation really made Lin Xiu feel a lot better.Although all this has nothing to do with Lin Xiu today, but no matter how restrained she is, she can't hide her sincerity.In her heart, she really didn't want Xiao Shuan to like others, it was just her sensual and selfish extravagant wish.But she is sensible.

"Actually, you don't need to explain this to me. It's my fault that I used these things to mess around. I didn't straighten our relationship. I promise, I won't use these things to make trouble with you in the future. Don't worry about these things, It's all over. I'm going to court, so let's go first."

"Be careful on the road." Xiao Shuan said.

"Ok!"

He got into the carriage as if escaping, secretly raised the curtain and looked at Xiao Shu'an.Seeing that the person was still watching her off, Lin Xiu put down the car curtain in a panic, fearing that Xiao Shu'an would see that she couldn't let it go.

Didn't sleep last night.Lin Xiu is a modern person. Although she has never been in love, she was enlightened in some aspects earlier than the ancients.After sorting out the ins and outs of the matter, and recalling her own thoughts and feelings, Lin Xiu found that she might like Xiao Shu'an.

Lin Xiu was flustered when she came to this conclusion.It's not that she panicked that she was gay, it didn't matter to Lin Xiu.Be male or female as long as you like it.To her horror, this is a period of predictable tragedy.

She likes Xiao Shu'an, two results.One is that Xiao Shu'an also likes herself, so they have crossed the first step, what's next?How to explain to the emperor?Also, as a royal, he has never had any heirs, and the older he gets, the more difficult it is to conceal his gender.What should I do?The most important thing is that she doesn't want to stay in the state of Zhou for the rest of her life, and she doesn't want to be in the court forever, but obviously Xiao Shu'an cannot leave the state of Zhou and the court.

The second result, which is also the most likely result, is that Xiao Shu'an doesn't like herself.This is very possible, at least for now, Lin Xiu doesn't think Xiao Shuan likes her.Xiao Shu'an was just caring for his friends and being grateful to him for assisting Zhou Guo.There's not a lot of complicated emotions in it.

Lin Xiu is a proud person.Although she usually fights and has a hippie smile, in some respects, she has her own pride.Feelings are one of them.In her cognition, relationships must be decent, and stalking is not her style.She doesn't bother to put a hot face on a cold butt.

It's true that she likes Xiao Shuan, but Xiao Shuan doesn't like herself.For her, there is no need to start.Trying hard and then failing is not what she wants to see.If you don't start, you won't fail.

The most fundamental reason was actually that Lin Xiu felt that she didn't like Xiao Shu'an that much yet.Feelings without restraint are playing with fire.Lin Xiu doesn't want to get bogged down in the emotional swamp, so she might as well cut it off when there is a sign.If the true love is unforgettable, all difficulties are not difficult, but since we have not reached that point, there is no need to ask for it.

What's more, Xiao Shu'an doesn't like him at all.Homosexuality, don't scare Xiao Shuan crazy by speaking out, right?

"Xiu'er, we're here." Lin Zhong reminded.

"Oh, okay." Lin Xiu got out of the car: "You don't have to wait for me today, you go back to your residence first, I will go to the emperor today to discuss something, I don't know how long it will be."

"Just wait for you here, otherwise how would you go back home?" Lin Zhong was a little worried.

"It's okay, I'll let His Majesty send me a carriage, you can go back." Lin Xiu wanted to relax by herself today and didn't want anyone to follow her.

"Alright then." Lin Zhong finally compromised.

After coming down to court, Lin Xiu waited for Xiao Jingong in the Hall of Lizheng.

"National teacher, I didn't rest well yesterday, why are my eye sockets black?" Xiao Jingong entered the hall, Lin Xiu was still wandering, and Lin Xiu didn't come back until he spoke.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I'm just thinking about something, and I slept late."

"It's very hard for the national teacher to work hard for the country, but don't overwork. I have also given you the power to let others do what you can let others do. You don't need to do everything yourself. Don't wear yourself out. It's gone." Xiao Jingong genuinely cared.

"What your majesty said is true. I will pay attention to it. I came today to talk to your majesty about the reform of arms." Lin Xiu was not in the mood to gossip, and just wanted to go out to get some air after talking, feeling really bored and flustered.

"The national teacher sat down and said."

"Okay." Lin Xiu and Xiao Jingong sat down together and said: "Although I have never been on the battlefield, I know a little about the art of war. I once read a method of training soldiers in a book and thought it was very effective. I thought, Zhou Guo can do the same."

"Tell me." Xiao Jingong now likes to listen to Lin Xiu's words, it seems that Lin Xiu's opinions, no matter what they are, are so ingenious.

"In the past, due to the lack of rewards and punishments in the Zhou Kingdom, soldiers were greedy for life and fear of death on the battlefield. Now that there are rules for rewards and punishments, the enthusiasm of the soldiers must be improved. But just imagine, your majesty, when tens of thousands of soldiers are on the battlefield Even when hundreds of thousands of soldiers obey the orders of the general alone and rush to kill together, it is bound to be chaotic.

It is even possible that many times when advancing and retreating too fast, one's own people trample on one's own. "

"Well, what you said makes sense. There is indeed such a problem all the time. How to solve it?"

"The minister suggested that the establishment should be subdivided. The smallest unit should consist of five people, with one corps leader. For the second corps, there should be one chief, five garrisons, one garrison chief, two garrisons, one hundred generals. One person, 500 people, set up 1000 people and one person, 1000 people, set up one thousand people. Take [-] people as the basic combat unit, and then organize it flexibly when fighting, and set up one general to command. In this way, the flexibility of the soldiers in combat It has been greatly improved, and it can be like the brain using the arm, the arm using the hand, and the hand using the fingers. Even when the battle is defeated, it can quickly form an army formation, regardless of whether the soldiers of each army know each other. In this situation where officers of all levels exist Next, they can be combined quickly." Lin Xiu explained her thoughts in detail, which was actually a reference to the mechanism of Wei Wuzu in history.

"I didn't know that the national teacher's art of war is so good! What else does the national teacher not understand?" Xiao Jingong was surprised that Lin Xiu also had such profound insights in the art of war, and felt that he had picked up a treasure and won Lin Xiu. The world is not far away!

Faced with Xiao Jingong's praise, Lin Xiu was not very happy, and today she is not very excited.

"Your Majesty is absurd. In addition to the reform of the establishment, I thought Zhou Guo needed to classify the soldiers. People's abilities are different. Some people are born with strength and endurance, and some people don't care how much they train. It is also difficult to be effective.

If all soldiers are in one drill mode, then no one can show their strengths.Soldiers with high abilities are not developed, and soldiers with poor abilities fish in troubled waters.Over time, soldiers as a whole become mediocre.It is better to set up a selection threshold, classify different grades, and train soldiers with good qualifications to become elites, while those with average qualifications should focus on training basic skills.The division of labor is orderly, each has its own strengths, and the generals are better at assigning tasks during combat.

In addition, the barbarian soldiers and horses rushing south are also in place.It is time to start cavalry training. Each arm should be trained according to its specialties, and different generals should be assigned to lead different arms.It cannot be generalized, a general can lead all arms, and the general is not omnipotent.It should still be led by generals with special skills. " Lin Xiu gushed like an endorsement.

Xiao Jingong nodded frequently, he is no longer clapping wildly like before.Lin Xiu was much more amazed by him, and he has seen the world, so the general scene is now stable.

"I think the national teacher's idea is very good. How about this, you go back and write these into a detailed memorial, and I will discuss it with the ministers in the court hall."

"Should I discuss it with General Chen in advance? General Chen is young and promising, and he has a lot of experience in using troops and training. He must have a lot of insights." Lin Xiu recalled that he and Chen Yunjian had mentioned that they wanted to discuss together.Public is public, private is private, emotionally she is jealous of Chen Yunjian, but she is not the kind of person who avenges private revenge.Besides, Chen Yunjian did nothing wrong, he is a gentleman, and his feelings don't need to affect the innocent.

"I thought that the national teacher would remember what General Chen did at the wedding banquet last time. I didn't expect the national teacher to be so open-minded." Xiao Jingong thought that Lin Xiu is also a woman. Even though she is talented, there are no women who do not hold grudges. ?I didn't expect Lin Xiu to surprise people everywhere.

"General Chen just spoke out after drinking that day. He also apologized to me later. They are all courtiers of Zhou State. If civil and military disagree, it will be a joke."

"National teacher is very personable!"

Lin Xiu smiled faintly, not in the mood to respond to these polite words.Xiao Jingong probably also saw that Lin Xiu was not in good spirits, so he let her go early, and wanted her to go back and have a good rest.

Lin Xiu didn't ask the emperor to send her in a carriage as she told Lin Zhong.She doesn't want to go home now.Thinking that seeing Xiao Shu'an might cause emotional ups and downs, she didn't want to go back.I haven't visited Ganzhou City well yet, so it's good to have a stroll.

"Hey! Have you read "The Commentary on Zhou Guoxin Law?" A man in blue asked another man on the street.

"I'm reading it now! I just got the book yesterday! It is said that if you can change a word in the book, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold! I don't believe that I can't find it. I will definitely get this thousand gold!" said the man dressed in expensive clothes.

"Actually, it's not about Qianjin." The man in blue said, "This book was edited by someone sent by the National Teacher, right?"

"know."

"I just can't understand this national teacher who ascended to heaven in one step! He used the banner of political reform to gain fame and fortune for himself. Only when he became a national teacher, he dared to reward a thousand gold. How much do you think he was greedy for? I want to take this thousand gold Humiliate him! How dare you publish a new law annotation, I don’t know how many loopholes there are, I will find it and post it in the market to let everyone know that he is an idiot.” The man in blue said wildly.

"Hey! Don't say that!" The aristocratic young man taunted: "I'm no idiot, I can't match her ability to eat soft food!"

"Hahahahaha!" The two laughed wildly.

Lin Xiu listened to every word from behind, and she muttered dissatisfiedly: "Cut, what's wrong with eating soft rice, you can eat it if you have the ability? It looks like a leprosy, and you will get pink eye disease."

"Princess, isn't that the son-in-law?" Xiao Shu'an and Ru Feng went out to return home, and Ru Feng looked around in the carriage and saw Lin Xiu.

Xiao Shuan lifted the curtain and saw Lin Xiu as expected.Alone in the crowd, he looked so lonely, and seemed to be muttering something, looking unhappy.

"Stop." Xiao Shu'an ordered the driver.

"Huh!" The coachman pulled the reins and stopped the carriage.

"Go home first, and leave me alone." Xiao Shu'an got out of the carriage alone and mixed into the crowd.

"No!" Rufeng didn't ask too much, just obeyed the princess's order.

On the teahouse across the street, Zhao Duan witnessed all this.After the defeat in Dongcheng, he was scolded by his father.Zhao Duan kept a low profile for a while.Until not long ago, Zhao Guochao discussed the disintegration of the Zhou Zhengchu alliance, and Zhao Cong sent the prince to talk with the Chu State.

But Zhao Duan didn't go to Chu State first, but ran to Zhou State first.He still couldn't let go of Lin Xiu's fall.After visiting Zhou Guo for two days, he felt that it was impossible to poach Lin Xiu away.

But if you can't get it, there is another solution, which is to destroy Lin Xiu.For the past two days, he has been sending people to look for opportunities to assassinate Lin Xiu, but the consort's residence is heavily guarded.Because Xiao Shu'an also lived there, His Majesty also liked Lin Xiu, so he put an army under martial law in the son-in-law's mansion.

What Xiao Jingong was afraid of was that Lin Xiu would become a target of public criticism through the implementation of the reform, so he not only sent 200 troops to stand guard, but also secretly sent people to protect Lin Xiu.Even Xiao Shuan didn't know all this.

It's just that Zhao Duan was guarded against the extremists of Zhou State instead of Zhou.Today Lin Xiu was walking in the market alone, it was a good time to do it, but Zhao Duan did not dare to act rashly.After all, it was daytime, and it was in the capital of Zhou Kingdom.

If he really killed Lin Xiu and sealed off the city gate, Zhao Duan was not sure he would be able to get out.After all, Xiao Jingong regards Lin Xiu very highly now, and he will definitely investigate in anger if he loses Lin Xiu.It's not good to put yourself in at that time.

Just when Zhao Duan thought she was going to miss this great opportunity today, she saw Xiao Shuan getting off the carriage.It was this woman who snatched Lin Xiu from him, causing him to be reprimanded by his father.

Zhao Duan immediately had a new strategy in his mind.

"Let's go, follow the carriage in the Princess Mansion." Zhao Duan led Zhao Fen, and the two followed Ru Feng's carriage secretly.

Xiao Shu'an didn't notice the movement in the teahouse, and just followed Lin Xiu quietly.This was the first time she saw Lin Xiu shopping alone.In the past, when she went to court, she followed Lin Zhong back to the mansion, and then plunged into the study to draft new laws.

Xiao Shuan felt that Lin Xiu was still unhappy after all.In the morning, he made such a magnanimous look of relief, but at this moment he was still wandering alone in the market.It's because I'm not happy.

Lin Xiu had no idea that there were so many things going on around her.She didn't know about Zhao Duan in the teahouse or the princess behind him.She was just wandering around without a destination, so it was good to just listen to the gossip of people on the street.

Not far from Lin Xiu, there was a slim woman who had been watching her for a long time.

"Dare to ask sir, but the national teacher?"

The woman in front of Lin Xiu was wearing a long water green dress and a delicate hosta on her head.A lotus sachet embroidered with silver thread was hung on the waist, and the whole person revealed a kind of elegant nobility.

The woman's voice was gentle and did not seem hostile.Lin Xiu didn't deny it either: "You are?"

"Xiao Jinshi from Prince Liang's Mansion." Xiao Jinshi saw Lin Xiu in the crowd from a distance when the new law was promulgated a few days ago.She is different from her father and brother, she thinks the reform is good for Zhou Guo, and she even finished reading the book "Comments on Zhou Guo's New Law" yesterday.

The more she admired Lin Xiu's talent, the more she worried about Lin Xiu's situation.Going shopping today, I didn't expect to meet Lin Xiu, so I didn't dare to confirm it.At this moment, he was relieved, it was indeed Lin Xiu.

"So it's the princess, what's the matter?" Xiao Jinshi, the daughter of King Liang, and Lin Xiu heard Xiao Shuan mention it.According to Xiao Shu'an's description, Xiao Jinshi is a smart and gentle woman, and she was also one of the few companions who played well with her when she was young.It's just that later when the first emperor succeeded to the throne and King Liang lost his power, the two families had a rift, and there was less communication.Moreover, Xiao Jinshi's elder brother Xiao Ning is a sister-in-law. This person hates Xiao Jingong and Xiao Shuan very much, and strictly prohibits Xiao Jinshi and Xiao Shuan from mixing together.

"I have something to say to the national teacher, and it's inconvenient here. I wonder if the national teacher would like to find a place to sit down with me and talk slowly?" Zhou Guomin's style is fierce and there are not many rules.Therefore, the princess did not feel that there was anything wrong with making a private appointment with the son-in-law. The left and right were in public places, and they were also discussing business matters.

Lin Xiu had no interest in what Xiao Jinshi had to say, but she had nowhere to go anyway, and Xiao Jinshi was not a bad person like her brother and father, so let's do it.

"There is no reason why the princess should not agree to the appointment, I am very happy." Lin Xiu said politely.

"The national teacher, please come with me." Xiao Jinshi didn't talk nonsense, let her maidservant lead the way, and led Lin Xiu into a private room of a restaurant.

Another private room... Lin Xiu couldn't help but think of Xiao Shu'an.That person just eavesdropped on his chatter in the next door of the private room, then ran to Guanshan and abducted himself to Zhou Guo.

What Lin Xiu didn't know was that Xiao Shu'an was also next door this time.Originally, she wanted to go up and call Lin Xiu to stop, and go shopping with her, so as to ease the atmosphere between the two of them.Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinshi appeared and said that he had something important to discuss.Xiao Shuan followed all the way in.

Xiao Jinshi noticed that Lin Xiu seemed to be distracted, so she didn't bother.He just sat down gently and poured tea for the two of them, quietly waiting for Lin Xiu to come back to his senses.Fortunately, Lin Xiu didn't lose her mind for too long, and when she came back to her senses, she found that Xiao Jinshi had already poured tea for her, but she was a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, I lost my mind."

"It's okay, it's normal for the national teacher to worry about state affairs every day and think a lot." Xiao Jinshi said generously.

"I don't know whether the princess is praising me or ridiculing me. I'm ashamed."

Xiao Jinshi smiled and said: "I can be regarded as a loyal reader of the National Teacher, how could I ridicule you?"

"How to say?"

"I finished reading "The Commentary on Zhou Guoxin's Law" last night. After reading this book, I really admire the national teacher more and more. They are all human brains. Why is the national teacher so much smarter than ordinary people like us? What about it?" Xiao Jinshi was not stingy with her praise.

"Haha. The princess also supports the reform?" Lin Xiu thought that Xiao Jinshi should have the same attitude as King Liang.

"Yeah, you don't think I'm the same as my father, do you?" Xiao Jinshi said playfully.

"Well. To be honest, I really thought so. But the princess was able to read the "Notes on the New Law of the State of Zhou" overnight, which shows sincerity. But this book was not written by me, it was written by Liu Ke and Mr. He Xin The writing is very good, right? The princess may find a replacement word?" Lin Xiu's mood gradually improved.

Xiao Shuan next door was not happy.Don't you have something to say?I came here to talk and laugh, not to talk about business.

Some people here are happy to talk, while others are depressed.But before the windy carriage arrived at the consort's mansion, it was stopped in a sparsely populated alley.

"Huh!" The coachman was forced to stop the carriage.

"Uncle Xiao, what's going on?" Rufeng didn't understand why he stopped.

"Girl, someone stopped the car."

Rufeng lifted the curtain, and the person standing in front of the car was Zhao Duan and Zhao Fen whom he had seen in the ruined temple that time.

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The author has something to say:

Today is the weekend, I originally wanted to spell it out, give everyone a 6000-character horse, and have fun together.As a result, the body is not up to date, and I have some migraines in the afternoon, haha, then it is still [-] words, so let’s just wait and see~ I will try again next time I have a chance~

Love you guys!

感谢在2020-12-1019:13:29~2020-12-1119:20:14期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the landmine: Leslie loves to read one novel;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Leslie loves to read novels; 1 bottle of glhfzh;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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