Wen Fucheng lowered his head, walked hurriedly, hunched his shoulders, and held a cloth bag tightly in his right arm. Just as he turned the corner of the pavilion on the corridor, he bumped into the handsome young man opposite him.
Wen Fucheng was as if he had found a savior, "Zhongwu Hou!"
Qiao Hui lowered his eyelids and saw the bald head of Wen Fucheng. He raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Master Wen."
Wen Fucheng took two quick steps, lowered his head, and stared elsewhere, "...Early this morning, Lord Hu came to summon me, saying that the Grand Princess was summoning me... I was really scared - last year when Lord Qiao came back, I made a special trip to Xuancheng Prefecture to pick him up..."
Qiao Hui's raised lips maintained their arc, "Really? Oh, yes, you came that day."
Wen Fucheng lowered his head a little further, "Lord Zhongwu, you are a close minister of the emperor and a rising star in the court. You can feel the pulse of the eldest princess more accurately than an uncle like me. Please tell me, is Her Highness the Princess...?"
Qiao Hui continued what Wen Fucheng had said, "Is it...?"
Wen Fucheng exclaimed, "Ouch!" "Please consider that your father and I are from the same school and I respect your father as my senior brother. Please at least show your uncle a way forward!"
Qiao Hui spread his hands and said, "I don't know. Lord Hu just called me here, and I haven't even had time to drink the milk tea yet."
As he spoke, he put his long arms around Wen Fucheng and said with a smile, "Uncle, if you come alone, you will definitely be doomed - don't you have your nephew here? What kind of fatal thing can happen in a place like Yingtianfu, which is not so big?"
"I only asked you to come and left out Prime Minister Cao. This is a great thing!" Qiao Hui patted Prime Minister Wen on the shoulder.
Wen Fucheng shuddered, "How can this be a great thing? Nephew, why don't you explain it in detail..."
Qiao Hui raised his chin, and the natural sense of oppression caused by the huge height difference was completely diluted by his ruffian tone, "Think about it, you are the only one answering, so the Grand Princess will naturally listen to your one-sided words. If there is any merit, you will get it yourself; if there is any fault, guess what will happen?"
Wen Fucheng heard it and followed up with a sentence without making any distinction, "What happened?"
"When there is trouble, it will naturally be thrown at Lord Cao!" Qiao Hui happily started teaching on the spot, "Why is the bowl in Yingtian Prefecture broken? Lord Cao broke it! Why is the mountain in Yingtian Prefecture bald? Lord Cao gnawed it! Why is the land in Yingtian Prefecture yellow?"
"It's pulled by Lord Cao!" Wen Fucheng promised to teach and answer questions quickly.
Qiao Hui clapped his hands with a smile, "As expected, you are the most promising person in Yingtian Prefecture! - Then let me ask you another question: Why is the water in Yingtian Prefecture green?"
Wen Fucheng said immediately, "Lord Cao dyed it!"
Qiao Hui shook his head.
"Master Cao...Master Cao...Master Cao ruined it!"
Qiao Hui was very disappointed with him, "How come you are like a monkey picking corns, picking one and throwing it away? You forget the beginning after teaching the latter part!"
"You should say this - green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as gold and silver. The proper governance of Yingtian Prefecture is entirely due to the wise decision of the Grand Princess. We have worked hard from dawn to dusk, from morning till night, without a day off..."
Wen Fucheng suddenly realized: "If you have any merit, you have to take the credit yourself!"
Qiao Hui smiled and nodded, with an attitude of teaching a child, without revealing any information, and won the full approval of Wen Fucheng.
The two walked together all the way until they came in front of Princess Bai'an. Qiao Hui's smile faded, and he lowered his eyes and stood beside the bearded Lord Hu, leaving Wen Fucheng alone, sitting uncomfortably opposite Princess Bai'an.
Princess Bai'an, also the general mentioned by the bearded man, and also the heroine who massacred the bandits in Baochan Temple, has changed her outfit now. She wears a black gold-plated jacket with six long skirts with gold-rolled edges. Her lush hair is tied up low, and she does not wear too many jewelry, but there is a ruby the size of an adult man's thumb hanging on her forehead.
Her ruby is as bright as blood, her black hair is as dark as a waterfall, and her tall eyebrows and thin lips give her an undisguised sharpness.
"Wen..." Princess Bai'an sat at the top, squinting her eyes, as if she was thinking about something.
Wen Fucheng's figure was hunched. "I am Wen Chengbin, the Fucheng of Yingtian Prefecture. Before Zhaode, I was the magistrate of Jiangning County. Later, I was transferred to Shangyuan County. Later, I was promoted to the governor of Yingtian Prefecture. In the tenth year of Zhaode, I served as the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture. I have been in office for five years now."
Princess Bai'an nodded, "Wen Wubin?"
“Yes, yes, Wen Wubin!”
Princess Bai'an pursed her lips slightly, as if she was smiling, "I see that your father has high expectations for Master Wen. He should not only be good at literature, but also martial arts."
Wen Fucheng hurriedly said, "My father Hengde passed the imperial examination in 20 years and is now retired to the countryside; my uncle Hengde passed the imperial examination in 11 years and passed the imperial examination in 19 years. He served as the Right Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple and retired. He died of old age the year before last..."
Mr. Hu, with a beard, looked at the bird perched on the tile with boredom: Give this Minister Wen a little more time, he will soon memorize the family tree.
"Lord Wen." Qiao Hui's voice sounded at the right time, "The Grand Princess knows that your whole family is loyal."
Wen Fucheng stopped talking awkwardly, realizing that he had said too much. He forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "I have spoken out of turn, I have spoken out of turn."
He is really nervous!
How could he have the chance to meet the most powerful person in the dynasty!
Even when he went to the capital to report on his work, he could only take a look from afar in the court. As a third-rank official, he was only the second-in-command. Even if he wanted to report the situation in person, he could only hide behind the prefect and nod from time to time, not even daring to raise his head!
Originally, the prefect didn't like him to report on his work, and said something very hurtful: "You bald man, your head is hunched, and all white is exposed. You have brought shame to our Yingtian Prefecture!"
Just don't take him.
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