Chapter 338 The Concubine Does Not Harm the Country, She Only Wants to Harm the Imperial Master (Zhong)
As time went by, Yue Wu's health deteriorated, and Xiang Zhige became more and more adept at handling state affairs.
Apart from the fact that he couldn't move his feet when he saw something delicious, he did not do anything else that would bring shame to the royal family.
Fortunately, she did not just eat and do nothing. She practiced sword moves several times every day, otherwise she would definitely become a fat woman.
But ever since he knew that this guy was unable to bear the fact that the people in Sishui Pass were not getting enough food, and was saving his own extravagant rations to eat brown rice every day, Yu Huo no longer called her the greedy girl. No matter what new and unusual food he came up with, he would call Xiang Zhige to taste it first. Anyway, she couldn't go bankrupt by eating herself out of it.
Eat as much as you can!
Yu Huo asked Xiao Zhuzi to give the freshly made egg-filled pancakes to the eunuch who came to deliver the letter, and help him pack it up and send it out.
Then he slowly opened the envelope and began to read.
This letter was written by the king of Hui State, who wanted to buy grain from Daning.
The long-term deployment finally showed results. Yu Huo smiled with satisfaction and called Qian Shiren, who had escaped back to Kyoto yesterday.
When Qian Shiren arrived, his face still showed signs of fatigue from the long journey.
While Xiao Zhuzi went to report, he couldn't help but look at the people in the room through the crack in the door.
There was a particularly harmonious atmosphere between the two young men in the room. One was washing the tea set, and the other was leisurely eating cakes.
The one with a stunning appearance even reached out and wiped away the pastry crumbs from the corner of the imperial teacher's mouth. The ambiguous atmosphere filled his face, causing Qian Shiren's pupils to shrink suddenly.
After entering the room, he had regained his composure. He answered whatever Yu Huo asked and ignored the two people's closeness as if no one was around.
Businessmen are very shrewd. They know exactly what they should be curious about and what they should not be curious about.
After seeing Qian Shiren off, Jiang Feng picked up the teacup that the other party had not had time to drink from with wooden tweezers, poured out the tea, and put it in water to wash.
Yu Huo glanced at him, a faint smile curling up at the corner of his mouth: "You seem to be looking better recently."
Jiang Feng paused while turning the teacup, then looked up to meet the other person's gaze: "Really?"
"Is that so?" Yu Huo leaned over to refill the tea of the person in front of him, and took over the unfinished work of washing the cup. "It seems that the sharpness in him has disappeared, and there is a sense of peace and tranquility."
Jiang Feng propped up his chin with one hand, staring at the young man's face bathed in the sun without blinking, his voice empty and leisurely: "Once you get what you want, you naturally lose the desire to fight."
Yu Huo washed the cup, put down the tweezers, and asked calmly, "Are you going to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven?"
"You're asking even though you know the answer. Are you doing this on purpose?" Jiang Feng reached out and grabbed the man's wrist, his fingertips slowly tracing along his weak and protruding wrist bones. "You've drunk so many tonics, why are you still so thin?"
Yu Huo shrugged. "This body has been imperfect since childhood. I'm lucky to have grown to this point because I was born into a landlord's family. Otherwise, I would definitely not have survived."
"This body?" Jiang Feng raised his eyebrows and looked at the young man in front of him, his eyes full of inquiry and staring.
It seems as if he wants to penetrate this layer of skin and directly reach the soul hidden deep inside.
"How old are you?"
Yu Huo narrowed his eyes and pulled his hand back unhappily: "Twenty-five?"
Jiang Feng raised his eyebrows: "Don't you know how old you are?"
Yu Huo spread his hands: "I can't remember."
Jiang Feng thought for a moment and sat up straight: "I am now one hundred and thirty-six years old."
Yu Huo glanced at the other person: "So?"
Jiang Feng pondered for a moment, but couldn't resist his curiosity: "So who is bigger between us?"
Yu Huo lowered his gaze and said, "We'll have to compete to find out."
Jiang Feng's face immediately flushed, and he raised his hand to hook the other's neck, bringing the young man who was looking at him with a smile to his face. "Yu Huo, you always make me lose my composure by teasing you, don't you feel proud?"
"Yes." Yu Huo said frankly.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng bit the young man's lower lip in anger. The force was not strong, but his breathing was as long as bells and drums.
While chewing, he murmured, "You are really...bad!"
Yu Huo reached out and lifted the collar of the man in front of him. The coldness in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and it was as light as two small hooks falling.
Jiang Feng stared down at the other person's thin, white fingers, and suddenly grabbed the other person's wrist, and used his eyes to signal the blue sky and red sun outside the window: "Broad day, Xuan.yin?"
Yu Huo held his hand and asked softly, "You don't like it?"
Jiang Feng leaned over and kissed the corner of the other person's mouth, his tone hoarse.
"No, I love it..."
**
Qian Shiren returned to Beijing with a large amount of grain and gold and silver, which shocked the whole country.
In order to make a living, Hui State opened its doors wide, and Daning took this opportunity to make many unreasonable demands, forcing Hui State to give in.
Now that the Wu Kingdom was defeated and the Hui Kingdom surrendered, the Da Ning Dynasty fell into unprecedented jubilation.
Just after Qian Shiren and several daughters of merchants who went to Hui State were given official positions, the death knell rang in the palace.
After Yue Wu's death, white sails were hoisted throughout Kyoto.
Gao Ling - Eunuch Gao stood in the deep palace and read the imperial edict.
"The Emperor, by the grace of Heaven, proclaims:
The late emperor passed away suddenly and returned to the five elements. I, in accordance with the favor of heaven and the will of the late emperor, have entered the ancestral temple to serve the ancestors.
Civil and military officials both inside and outside the country, as well as elders, soldiers and civilians, have urged you to ascend the throne, but you have refused again and again. Now, I respectfully announce to Heaven and Earth that I will ascend the throne as Emperor.
He designated the next year as the first year of Emperor Zhao, and issued a general amnesty to the people, giving them a fresh start.
So ordered! "
In this year, Xiang Zhige finally lifted the expensive pearl curtain and sat on the throne with dignity.
The empress's ascension to the throne was not as difficult as imagined. First, Yue Wu was extremely licentious, and second, the previous emperor had no children, and the royal family members were either dead or disabled, making it impossible for them to succeed to the throne.
In addition, during the period when Xiang Zhige was in power, he worked diligently and loved the people, and made no mistakes. All the corrupt officials in the court were eliminated. Even those old stubborn people had to accept it.
At this point, Yu Huo retired, carrying a thick box of silver bills, and slowly drove out of the city in a carriage.
When leaving the city gate, it suddenly became noisy outside the car. Yu Huo couldn't help but lift the curtain to take a look. His eyes swept across the women wearing long green cloth gowns and red hairpins or wooden hairpins on their heads, and he couldn't help but smile.
Seeing him smile, Jiang Feng couldn't help but tilt his head and look out the window, secretly raising an eyebrow: "Xiang Zhige is quite quick. Has the Women's Imperial Examination Hall been completed?"
Yu Huo echoed, "She has such a quick temper, it's quite good that she has endured it till now."
Jiang Feng squinted at him: "You say that as if you know her very well."
Yu Huo chuckled, lowered the curtain, and tapped the other man's forehead: "Zhi Ge has already taken four male concubines, why are you still jealous?"
Jiang Feng curled his lips and said nothing, but stubbornly held the hand of the young man beside him, interlocking their fingers.
Strolling out of the city, large fields came into view. Many civilians began spring plowing under the scorching sun.
As the vehicle swayed, the sun gradually set in the west, and the entire carriage seemed to be covered with a layer of golden color.
As time goes by, this color is gradually dyed with fallen leaves and bent rice ears. Times change, but no matter how time changes, autumn always makes people immersed in the joy of harvest, which never changes.
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