sbdcsierra Chapter 435: I Don't Want To
Chapter 435: I Don't Want To
Long Binger looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Where is Piaoxiangyuan?"
Xu Qing thought for a while and said, "Piaoxiangyuan, it...it's actually a music workshop."
"It's Le Fang?" Long Bing'er felt a little strange. Le Fang was called such a name. Those who didn't know it thought it was a restaurant with delicious food.
Xu Qing coughed and said: "Ahem, of course, sometimes this Piaoxiangyuan also sells some food, but the most famous one is Le Dao, especially the flute, which can be said to be unique in Yongzhou!"
Long Bing'er always felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't find out what was wrong, so she simply gave up and concentrated on dealing with the grilled fish in her hand.
After eating half of the grilled fish in her hand, Long Bing'er looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Why did your court of Chu State ask you to suppress the bandits?"
Xu Qing heard something strange: "What's wrong with me coming to suppress the bandits? Do you look down on me?"
Long Binger looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Do you know the art of war? Do you know how to form an formation? Do you know how to march and fight? You know..."
Xu Qing quickly waved his hand: "That's enough, don't talk about it, I was hit."
Long Bing'er said: "That's why I'm curious why Chu State sent you here."
Xu Qing looked at her and said, "I'm here to bring you candy."
Long Binger looked calm on the surface and said: "So you want to come here?"
Xu Qing said: "Yes, and no."
Long Bing'er was a little curious: "Yes, yes, what is called yes and no."
Xu Qing said: "My lady and I were worried that you would encounter rebels on the way back to the country, and we have always wanted to come and see it. It just so happened that the virtuous king asked me to come..."
Long Binger: "Come to suppress bandits?"
Xu Qing glanced at her: "Suppressing bandits is a matter for the Shadow Guards and the Imperial Army, my task is not to suppress bandits."
Long Binger asked curiously: "Why are you here to suppress bandits?"
Xu Qing said: "Take you home."
Long Binger was obviously stunned: "What did you say?"
Xu Qing said: "Because King Xian wanted to take your father home, so he sent me to take you home."
Long Bing'er was immediately annoyed, it's fine to think of her, but she dared to think of her father!
And kept fighting until she was on her way home!
Xu Qing looked at her and asked, "Will you go back with me?"
Long Bing'er said: "No, even if I do, father won't come."
Xu Qing: "That means you will?"
Long Binger panicked: "I don't want to! I'm leaving!"
After all, Long Binger was about to leave with the grilled fish.
Xu Qing looked at Long Binger who got up to leave and said, "There will be porridge later."
Long Bing'er retreated back and sat down again.
Xu Qing looked at her and said: "In the future, you will have to eat more. You are so stupid and greedy. Don't be fooled by others after you return home."
"I won't!" Long Bing'er suddenly realized after finishing speaking: "Who are you calling stupid?"
Xu Qing quickly changed the topic: "Ahem, the porridge is ready, do you want to drink it now?"
Long Binger: "Yes."
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capital city
Xianwang Mansion
study
The virtuous king sat behind the desk, and there was a Daoist figure standing in the study, who was the minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Minister of the Ministry of Rites lowered his cupped hands and bowed: "My minister sees the prince."
The virtuous king said: "Be flat."
The Minister of Rites straightened up, and the virtuous king looked at the Minister of Rites and said, "Zhou Aiqing is also my minister of the great Chu humerus. Over the years, arranging imperial examinations, presiding over sacrifices, and being in charge of diplomatic relations between rituals and music, you have made great achievements!"
The Book of the Ministry of Rites bowed and said: "My Lord is kind to my ministers, and I must devote myself to the great Chu, and I will die!"
The virtuous king said: "That's right, I was the one who promoted you at the beginning, and you haven't made a single mistake during your fourteen years in office."
The Book of the Ministry of Rites bowed and said: "It's all thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, and I dare not take credit for it."
The virtuous king said: "Zhou Aiqing, the war is about to start. Our state treasury is short of money, the state is closed and there is a rebellion. Under the internal and external troubles, the court is really difficult."
Originally, the Minister of Rites thought that the lord came here to encourage him, but at this moment when he heard the lord suddenly crying, the Minister of Rites suddenly woke up, with fine cold sweat oozing from his forehead.
Arranging imperial examinations, presiding over sacrifices, in charge of rites and music, diplomatic relations...
These are all matters that the Ministry of Rites has a lot to gain. He has earned a lot of silver over the years, and he has spent a lot of thought on restoring the innocence of the silver. One of them includes a gambling house...
The Xian Wang looked at the fine cold sweat oozing from the forehead of the Minister of Rites, and asked with concern: "Is Zhou Aiqing hot? It doesn't matter, come here, and add some ice cubes to the ice mirror."
Soon the servants put the ice cubes in and added them to the ice mirror in the study room, the coolness in the study room was even worse, and it went straight to the head of Minister of Rites...
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites immediately cupped his hands but said with a trembling voice: "I have accumulated family wealth in recent years, and I am willing to donate half of it to the treasury for military funds, to share the worries of the prince and the great Chu."
The virtuous king nodded: "Zhou Aiqing is worthy of being my great humerus. Presumably Zhou Aiqing will leave a clear name in the history books after she becomes an official. Let's go."
When Minister of Rites came out of the study, the inner lining was already soaked with sweat.
It turns out that the prince knows...
Still know so clearly...
What I donated just now was not money, but money for my life!
Just now the prince said that after he became an official, he would leave a clear name in the history books.
That is to say, the prince intends to let the past go, but the premise is that he knows what is good or bad, and resigns from his post on his own initiative...
But it’s okay, if you save your life, everything is worth it!
Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites was not as nervous about Emperor Chu as he was facing the virtuous king, because Emperor Chu's throne was picked up for nothing, and he had not experienced the cruelty of seizing his heir, so he was benevolent and loving, and he was a benevolent king of a generation.
The wise king is different from the emperor of Chu. The position of the wise king was obtained step by step. Countless life and death made the wise king ruthless and decisive. Standing behind him is the virtuous king.
Minister of the Ministry of Rites returned home in a daze, but he did not tell those who were with him in the imperial court what happened today.
Because people around him must have been watched, and if he dared to speak out, the money he worked hard for would be wasted.
Moreover, if the prince dares to take action against him, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, it means that the national conditions of Chu State have stabilized. Even if Zhou State and Zhao State took the opportunity to send troops, Chu State would not take it seriously at all.
This made Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites think twice and couldn't figure it out. Zhou Guo and Zhao Guo were clearly ready to move. It stands to reason that Chu should focus on stability during this period of time and focus on fighting against the upcoming alliance between Zhou and Zhao.
How could there be such a big fight inside the court at this time?
Isn't the prince afraid of internal instability in Chu?
In the study room, King Xian took out a list and crossed out the name of Minister of Rites.
The next name is Song Jing, the former governor of Qingzhou and the current servant of the household department.
"Come here, call Song Jing, the servant of the household department."