Chapter 716: Experiencing the People's Feelings
A new year begins. The weather in the first month is still cold. It is not suitable for flower viewing or outing. It is a month for going to court as usual.
Xie Jin is busy with court affairs. In addition to being in charge of the Ministry of Justice, he also manages the Ministry of Revenue part-time. Xuanyuan Yao spends most of his time in the military camp. He goes to Xie's house once every ten days or half a month to spend a night with Xie Jin.
The discussion in the imperial city gradually calmed down. Everything was as Xie Jin expected.
The rumors died down after the most boiling period. When officials discussed less and less about the affairs between Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Yao, the discussion among the people gradually decreased until it slowly disappeared. Even if someone occasionally mentioned it, it was just mysterious with a little interest and novelty after knowing it later, which was not enough to cause trouble to anyone.
At the same time, Rong Yu and Nan Xi also keenly noticed that the atmosphere in the court was very different from before. Needless to say, the young upstarts have always been conscientious for the country and the people. The elders of the two dynasties who had been persuading the Empress to fill the harem with people also settled down, as if they had suddenly silenced themselves. They handled official business in the morning court every day, reported things early, and never made trouble when there was nothing to do.
Her Majesty the Empress and the Regent were extremely satisfied with this.
"If I had known that granting Xie Jin a marriage would have this effect, the marriage should have been granted earlier." Her Majesty the Empress said so with a slightly joking tone, "Rong Yu, this is also a credit for Xie Jin, do you want to record it and reward him?"
"In order to prevent him from getting cocky, I won't reward him." Rong Yu said, "But you can give him and Xuanyuan Yao a few more days of vacation."
Although the credit should actually be credited to Prime Minister Xie, after all, the reason "Xie Jin wanted to enter the harem, so he was granted a marriage" came from Prime Minister Xie, just like a bucket of cold water poured over the ministers' heads. Whether they believe it or not, the deterrent effect is there, and those ministers will be very obedient for a long time to come.
As for the regent who was accused of being "extremely possessive and occupying the empress's palace" and jealous, he said that he had no emotional fluctuations. As long as the result was what he wanted, the process and means did not matter.
Time passed day by day, and it was the end of February in a blink of an eye.
On the second birthday of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Nan Xi held a small family banquet in the Dazheng Palace. The Sizhifang made a few new clothes for Hao'er. A bright yellow thin jacket made him look noble and exquisite.
In Xuanyuan Yao's words, "He is the immortal prince who should grow up in the heavenly palace."
Nan Xi likes others' praise for Hao'er, even if it is a little flattering, she is happy, especially from these men who flatter others and never appear hypocritical. She will say, "The regent has trained them well. Look at these guys, how good they are at talking."
Nan Xi is happy, and Rong Yu will of course be happy too. He took the opportunity to ask Xuanyuan Yao about his recent arrangements in the military camp. He learned that the formation drill had been successfully completed and came to an end. After the routine physical exercises, he only needed to do routine physical exercises. He was particularly generous and gave him five days of vacation, but there were conditions.
"Hao'er is for you." Rong Yu stuffed the little prince to Xuanyuan Yao, "Take him to walk around the city during the day and see the scenery."
To put it bluntly, it is necessary to experience the people's sentiments from an early age.
In addition, Rong Yu also assigned a task to Xie Jin: "Hao'er's two-year-old birthday has passed, Hao'er's martial arts class can start, you take snacks."
Take snacks?
When Xie Jin heard this, he immediately thought of the time when he and Yaoyao were kissing each other, and there was a little carrot standing in the corner, looking at them with a pair of cold and clear eyes.
That scene, just thinking about it makes my scalp numb.
However, the master's words cannot be disobeyed, and the Queen's belly is getting bigger and bigger. The master has to take care of the Queen. They help to take care of the little prince, which is also a way to share the worries of the king, and it is indeed more important to experience the people's sentiments. So Xie Jin could only nod and agree, and comfort himself that it would be okay to go out with Yaoyao during the day, and do something more interesting at night, and then send the prince back to the palace.
So after the age of two, the prince officially had two more teachers. In addition to Xuanyuan Qi, the prince's tutor, Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Yao also acted as half martial arts masters, especially Xie Jin, who went in and out of the court every day, and was asked to take the prince out to see the world every now and then in his spare time.
Xie Jin even wanted to take the prince to a brothel for a while, but if something unexpected happened in such a mixed place, he was worried that his only skin would not be able to withstand a beating from his master, so he gave up for the time being.
Time passed day by day.
In April, Dongling welcomed a distinguished guest - Rong Chuxiu, the newly appointed monarch of the Great Zhou.
The visit of the Emperor of the Great Zhou was grand, and it was definitely not a light-carrying tour, nor was it a galloping journey, but a mighty guard escorted the arrival of the monarch of a country, expressing the beautiful long-cherished wish of the two countries to be friends forever.
However, even though he carefully selected a season of spring when the flowers were blooming, he could not stop bad luck - just as the imperial carriage arrived outside the Dongling Imperial City, the Queen in the palace had a seizure, and the midwives and palace servants took their positions and stayed in the Dazheng Palace to deliver the Queen.
When the document of the Emperor of the Great Zhou was delivered to the palace, the minister who presented the document saw that the Regent was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and silently suppressed the document.
So the majestic king of Zhou Dynasty waited outside Dongling Imperial City for a long time. Fortunately, the weather was not bad at the moment, the wind was beautiful, and the sun was shining high... It was just that in the season of late spring and early summer, the golden sun was shining brightly. If you leave it in the sun for a long time, the taste won't be very pleasant.
The regent had no time to pay attention to anything outside the Dazheng Palace, but as the regent's confidant, Xie Jin had to play the role of a confidant at this time. After reading the document, he quickly entered the Dazheng Palace and reported the matter to Rong Rong. Yu, with the permission of the regent, Xie Jin quickly ordered the imperial guards from Chu Hongyi and rode out of the city.
"What kind of hospitality is this in Dongling?" The minister who followed Rong Chuxiu muttered in a low voice, but did not dare to say it out loud, "The regent knows the news of the emperor's arrival, so he should send someone out to greet him warmly. ”
"Sending someone out to greet him enthusiastically?" Rong Chuxiu, who was sitting in the car wearing a bright yellow robe, tilted his head, "Are you kidding?"
His imperial uncle, let alone the one who now holds the power of Dongling, even if he becomes a commoner one day, he will never show enthusiasm to anyone - except in front of Nan Xi.
The minister who was speaking hesitated and couldn't help but mutter: "Even if he is not enthusiastic, the emperor is now the king of a country. It is not good for the regent to leave us in the cold outside the imperial city. Besides, we have no ill intentions and are not here to provoke."