Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 139 Accident

A young man who is not a weak crown, but his face has faded from youthful innocence, his stature is slender, and his manners are moderate. Now he stands in front of him without saying a word.

Xiang Yuan squinted his eyes, looked at him for a while, and sighed: "It's been more than two years since I saw you, and the prince has grown so tall. Could it be that he has taken some panacea to grow taller quickly?"

The prince's majesty, which had been tense for a long time, suddenly failed. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he parted his mouth and showed a smug smile, and said inscrutably, "How can the royal secret recipe in the palace be easily revealed!"

Xiang Yuan touched his chin and said meaningfully: "Oh, are you in a hurry?"

Li Qiqian was only stunned for a moment, and then understood the unfinished meaning of Xiang Yuan's words, and immediately blushed, muttering: "What's the use of being impatient, if one more person dies, I'm afraid the reputation of being alone and punishing six relatives will spread all over the capital." yes."

Hearing this, Xiang Yuan was also helpless.

The year before last, the sage made a good marriage for the crown prince. Yue's family is the daughter of the Duke of Huguo.It's a pity that less than half a year after the sage's decree was issued, the daughter of the Duke of the Protector's Mansion became ill due to a typhoid fever, and finally her beauty disappeared.The scheduled concubine is gone, anyway, there are two side concubines who made the decree together before, which can be a little comfort, but no one expected that it was less than three months since the death of the prostitute in the Duke Huguo's mansion, and one of the side concubines was no more than three months old. She went out to enjoy incense, but when she returned to the city, she was startled. Although she survived the catastrophe, she broke her face and missed the position of side concubine.Two girls who were betrothed to the prince had accidents one after another, so there were inevitably more rumors in the capital, and within a few days, even the noisy sages knew about the prince's torture of six relatives.

Xiang Yuan also sympathized with this baby in his heart.I have lost my mother since I was a child, and as for my brothers and sisters, there is only one emperor's younger brother so far. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the saint's body is in disharmony. Deliberately make people feel disgusted, and make people's hearts bury thorns.

But, were those two girls really just an accident?

Xiang Yuan sneered from the bottom of his heart, not to mention he didn't believe it, I'm afraid that not many people in Kyoto would believe it.

But so what?With such an obvious killing intent, every family in the capital was eagerly looking forward to their girls entering the East Palace before, but now they are so timid.For a while, even though Li Qiqian was the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, no one cared about him, and the embarrassing marriage became a big problem.

Seeing Xiang Yuan's dignified expression, the crown prince didn't take it seriously, flicked his sleeves, and said boldly: "Xiang Qing doesn't need to worry, the big deal is to find someone to figure it out, there will always be someone who is lucky enough to be hard-pressed."

The corner of Xiang Yuan's mouth twitched.

"Your Highness, speak carefully!"

The prince snorted coldly, and the cruelty in his eyes slipped away.

"They don't look forward to Gu's goodness, thinking that in this way they can divorce Gu and the family relationship between father and emperor, and dream of their spring and autumn dreams! Gu wants to live a good life, and the pain that makes them scratch their hearts and lungs can't help Gu. One day, let's settle the ledger together!"

Before Xiang Yuan could speak, a deep and old voice came from behind the prince: "Who is the prince looking for to settle the account?"

The prince was probably very familiar with this voice, and Xiang Yuan saw that the prince's complexion seemed to be juggling when he heard the voice, and he immediately put on a smiling face, as bright as a spring flower.

"Uncle Huang, why are you here?"

Xiang Yuan followed suit and said, "Good day, my lord."

King Anping hummed and walked forward.After looking at the prince for a while, he said, "Why did the prince come here?"

Li Chengqian stopped.

Uncle Anping would change the subject, obviously he was the one who asked him the question first, but when he turned his head around, he threw it back as usual.With a slight cough, the prince put away his smiling face, put on his usual inscrutable face towards the ministers, and said in a steady voice: "I chatted with my father yesterday, and I talked about the fact that the summer palace has not been completed yet, so I have been worried. Thinking about it It's early spring now, if it's summer and the summer palace is still not completed, wouldn't it be a delay for the emperor to escape from the summer heat? I came here early this morning, hoping to have a good discussion with Mr. Xiang."

King Anping nodded, and said, "The prince's filial piety is commendable."

The prince said a few words of humility, saying that this is what a son of man should do, and King Anping praised him a few more words.Xiang Yuan waited at the side, listening to their courteous rounds and finally changed the subject, his face remained unchanged, always smiling.

King Anping observed secretly, and silently added another comment to Xiang Yuan in his heart: Thick-skinned!

King Anping's earliest acquaintance with Xiang Yuan came from the downfall of King Qing.Thinking that Xiang Yuan was only new to Hejian Mansion, and he was able to uncover such a shocking case of King Qing's treason, which shows how resourceful and resourceful this man is.Then two years ago, in the court debate two years ago, Yu and the Prince's Mansion, at the expense of the only girl, failed to hurt a single hair of Xiang Yuan, which also shows the grace of his sacred heart.

After that, some clan relatives came to him one after another to complain, saying that Xiang Yuan was arrogant and conceited, his eyes were higher than the top, and he didn't take the emperor's family and relatives seriously, it was really abominable.The meaning inside and outside the words is to ask him to come forward to suppress him.King Anping ignored it.

Regardless of Xiang Yuan, he is very capable in himself, only the Sacred Heart, King Anping dares to conclude that Xiang Yuan's ranking is high in the whole court.

It is less than three dynasties, and every pilgrim has a lot of trust in King Anping, which shows his way of being a man and a minister.In private, King Anping said to his eldest son, the son of Anping Prince's Mansion: To be a courtier, the most important thing is to have self-knowledge.Especially for clansmen like them, among the saints, it doesn't really matter how promising the clansman is, the most important thing is their duty as a courtier.Emperor Jing'an now has only two sons, and the crown prince was taught from a young age, so the position of heir is a certainty.As clan members, knowing that the descendants of saints are rare, they must stick to their duties and not go beyond the threshold.After seeing the sage's partiality for Xiang Yuan, King Anping paid attention to this humble Master Xiang who hadn't paid much attention to it before.This attention, as shrewd as an old fox in Anping Wang, naturally discovered the sage's expectations for Xiang Yuan.

That is to be reserved for the crown prince's teacher, the future pure minister.

As long as Xiang Yuan does not commit any taboos, the sage will not allow any stain on him.Therefore, in the past two years, the sage kept all the papers about the impeachment of Xiang Yuan. Occasionally, those who spoke fiercely and felt that the evidence was sufficient, eventually died down.

Therefore, the former sage deliberately left him to talk, and then called Xiang Yuan over, asking Xiang Yuan to ask him for advice in front of him, and King Anping understood the sage's plan.

This is to take his hand and help Xiang Yuan gain a foothold in the capital quickly.

The position of Zuo Shilang, the Superintendent, was probably chosen deliberately by the sage, just to create an opportunity for the two of them to understand each other. Is there anything that can help you understand a person's character faster than working together?

In this regard, King Anping has no dissatisfaction.

The saint entrusted him with this matter, one is the recognition of his ability, and the other is the recognition of his loyalty.No matter which one is the same, the prosperity of the Ping Palace can be guaranteed for decades.

And when he saw the prince here, King Anping believed in the rumors that the relationship between the two had been circulating among the nobles in the upper class.

Prince Li Qiqian was carefully taught by a sage since he was a child, coupled with his intelligence and extraordinary knowledge, he has never been the kind of person who can be moved by small favors.Being able to make the crown prince treat him differently, Xiang Yuan always has his own merits.

The three of them stood together and chatted happily. Several directors of the Ministry of Industry who came with Xiang Yuan earlier looked at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Unexpectedly, the newly appointed Minister Xiang Zuo really had a very good relationship with His Royal Highness, as the rumors said.What surprised them the most was that it had been a long time since King Anping treated a novice Beijing official with such a warm attitude. This is really big news.

"Lord Xiang, these are the glazed tiles to be laid on the roof of the main hall and the green bricks to be laid in the hall. Please check the list. If there is no problem, the next official will pay for the purchase, and all will be laid in the morning."

The summer palace that Xiang Yuan accepted to supervise was built, but most of it had already been built earlier.However, since the minister who supervised this matter was imprisoned for corruption of ink last year, the saint felt that the matter was unknown and stopped the construction of the summer palace. It was not until the beginning of this year that he brought it up again.Although a lot of basic work in the early stage is saved, the rest is not a simple job that can be done well.Speaking of the main hall alone, the last servant completed the main frame and layout, and when it was Xiang Yuan's turn, all that was left was the finishing touches.He has to go over everything from the collocation of exterior walls and exterior tiles, the layout of trees, flowers and plants on the roads in the courtyard, to the arrangement of small vases in the hall, to the decoration of floor tiles and walls, all of which need to be tedious.

Xiang Yuan took the list and went through it quickly, and the numbers were correct after mental calculation. Seeing that there was no problem, he handed the list to King Anping, and said: "The lower official has checked it once, and there are no mistakes or omissions. Please ask the prince to review it." .”

King Anping took the form, and looked at the densely packed numbers written in lower script on it, he couldn't help feeling a little overwhelmed.Logarithmic numbers, the numbers are smaller and simpler, King Anping is naturally not afraid, but the list of numbers in front of him has to be added one by one, and his head is going to be dizzy.

Frowning, King Anping simply waved his hand and called the entourage who followed him over.

"You count."

Listening to his followers crackling their abacus, King Anping stroked his beard, glanced at Xiang Yuan, and secretly thought that this young man didn't even use an abacus before, he only went through the list once, and then he calculated the result.

After a while, the followers counted the number, and it was the same as the one on the list.

Before King Anping did anything, the crown prince boasted first: "Xiang Qing's counting skills are really good! Earlier, I just heard about it, but I didn't see it with my own eyes. Now it's an eye opener."

The prince told the good words first, and King Anping didn't want to say any more praises, he just nodded his head slightly, and said: "As for the money, a left servant has already been planted, and they probably don't have the guts to play tricks on the money again. Except for the money, it is these bricks, tiles and wood, etc., you must check carefully, and be careful not to be cut corners or shoddy."

After receiving King Anping's words, Xiang Yuan was very satisfied.Being able to give such an order is enough to see King Anping's attitude.

In order to make a good first shot, Xiang Yuan is extremely concerned about the supervision and construction of the Xia Palace.Go out early and return late every day, rain or shine, even if you go back to the mansion, you still have to stay in the study for more than half an hour.In just over ten days, Xiang Yuan lost weight visibly with the naked eye.Zhao Shen saw it, and his heart ached.From then on, I went to the kitchen to cook soup every day, adding some Codonopsis pilosula and astragalus tonifying Qi and blood medicinal materials in it. When I saw Xiang Yuan came back, no matter whether he had eaten dinner or not, he had to bring it over himself, and stared at him before he finished drinking.

"Anyway, the work is about to be finished, and if we continue to be so busy, even the newly made shirts will be empty to wear."

Hearing the distress in his daughter-in-law's words, Xiang Yuan finished writing the last stroke, stood up and stretched his waist fiercely, smiled and took the chicken soup with medicinal ingredients in his daughter-in-law's hand, drank it in a few gulps, smacked his mouth, and said in satisfaction : "Well, as expected, my daughter-in-law brewed it with her heart. After drinking such a bowl, I suddenly feel strong all over my body, my waist is no longer sore and my legs are no longer painful, and I feel so strong to hold my daughter-in-law!"

Zhao Shen put the bowl on the table with his backhand, away from the paper on the table, don't worry about accidentally staining the paper.Turning around, he jumped onto Xiang Yuan's back, hooked his neck with both hands, and said, "Since Mr. Xiang said so, it seems unreasonable for me not to cooperate here. Well, that's it, Mr. Xiang can work harder." , It’s so good to carry it on your back.”

At the beginning, Xiang Yuan was unsteady because of Zhao Shen's sudden pounce, and when he stabilized his foot, without Zhao Shen's words, his hands naturally supported his wife's buttocks, and he deliberately turned upside down, laughing. : "Back and back, what's so difficult about it? I don't have the opportunity to grab them often on weekdays." As he said, he squeezed his hands gently.

Zhao Shen almost fell off Xiang Yuan.

"Be honest, if you touch your hands indiscriminately again, I won't be polite." As he said, his hands gently strangled Xiang Yuan's neck like a demonstration, threatening him: "If I push hard, you will suffer."

Xiang Yuan pretended to be pitiful, imitating Tsing Yi's accent on the stage, lamenting a few words in cadence, and pretending to wipe away the non-existent tears with one hand.

Seeing him on stage, Zhao Shen became addicted himself, imitating the tone of a warrior, and shouted in a rough voice: "Don't talk too much, be careful of the official's stick!"

"Oh my god, how can such a pretty girl suddenly turn into a rough guy? It hurts me too!"

Zhao Shen laughed out loud.

Halfway through Xiang Yuan's speech, he suddenly changed his tone.

"No, could it be that this little lady deceived me on purpose? When I test it with a stick, I will be able to tell the truth from the fake!"

Zhao Shen was still thinking about how Xiang Yuan could argue with a stick, but he was suddenly thrown on the bed by him, and then Xiang Yuan pressed himself up, pulling his belt with one hand and pressing his hands with the other, and he was still singing. : "The official's stick is the best to use. Keep the little lady happy and happy, and the gods will not change it!"

It was only then that Zhao Shen understood what the word "stick" meant, his face became hot for a moment, he deliberately struggled to get up, and shouted: "Don't be so, the official, the little one is really not a girl's house." He wanted to make fun of the stick at first, but he was so skinny It's really a little thin, and I don't have the nerve to say it.

"Oh, sir, I don't love girls' families, I prefer guys like my little brother!"

In a few words, Xiang Yuan not only took off Zhao Shen's clothes, but also cleaned himself. The two fiery bodies touched each other without any distance, instantly igniting the night's charming passion.

After eating and drinking enough, Xiang Yuan went to the Summer Palace early the next day.At this time, the summer palace is coming to an end, and there are only a few tails left everywhere.Xiang Yuan checked the palaces one by one, but he couldn't find any problems, so he couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief.

At any rate, the summer palace was completed in late spring, so that the sage did not miss the summer heat.

In the afternoon, Xiang Yuan carefully explained to several directors of the Ministry of Industry to keep an eye on the final ending of each place, so he went back to the mansion first, planning to make an appointment with King Anping to do the final inspection the next day.

In the evening of that day, the clouds were dense, the thunder was loud, and in a short while, it was pouring down with rain.In just a few breaths of time, the heavy rain turned into hailstones and hit the roof tiles with a bang.It took a full quarter of an hour before the hailstone gradually weakened, and turned into drizzle again throughout the night.

On the second day, before Xiang Yuan rushed to the Summer Palace to check the situation, the Ministry of Industry sent someone to report that something happened to the Summer Palace.

Due to the hailstorm last night, more than half of the glazed tiles on the roof of the main hall were broken.