On the fifth day of October, early in the morning, the sky that had been hazy for several days finally cleared, the light snow the day before yesterday had already melted without a trace, there were several early plum branches blooming in the morning sun by the pool, and the faint fragrance blew into the window curtains with the morning breeze, refreshing people's hearts.

Xie Xiaowan said softly while tying Xu Jin's belt: "It only snowed a few days ago, and it must be muddy and slippery outside the city, so you should be careful when you walk, don't fall." ”

Xu Jin stretched out his hand and gently scratched the tip of Xie Xiaowan's nose, and said with a smile: "Save it, Xianggong is not a three-year-old child anymore." ”

"The husband is verbose, and people won't say it in the future." Xie Xiaowan feigned annoyance.

Xu Jin stretched out his hand and hugged Xie Xiaowan's slender waist, hugged her into his arms, and grinded his sideburns against his face, while saying numbly: "How is it possible, I don't know how much my husband likes my good lady chattering in his ear, the lady's voice is simply a natural fairy sound, and the husband will not get bored even if he listens to it for eight lifetimes." ”

Yue'er, who was coming in with a washbasin, laughed out loud, Xie Xiaowan suddenly blushed, and broke out of Xianggong's arms, but her heart was sweet.

Yue'er put down the washbasin, wrung a towel to wipe Xu Jin's face, and teased: "The daring master has already rinsed his mouth with oil, now just wash his face, rinse his mouth and save the oil in his mouth." ”

Xu Jin raised his hand and slapped Yue'er's dolphin lightly, and the latter suddenly exclaimed exaggeratedly, and his eyes were as disgusted as silk.

Master Xu said solemnly: "The little maid dares to ridicule this master, how can there be no reason to serve the family law." ”

"Madam, the lord bullies others!" Yue'er lengthened her voice and complained.

Xie Xiaowan glanced at Xu Jin and said, then poked Yue'er's forehead and said, "Come on, I'm afraid you like it very tightly in your little hoof." ”

Yue'er snorted: "Damn, you know that you are facing your own man." ”

Xie Xiaowan made a gesture to reward her with a burst of chestnut, but Yue'er stuck out her tongue and giggled.

It is said that Yue'er was the first to serve Xie Xiaowan, ten years of getting along, sharing life and death together, the two have become sisters, and as the dowry of the room, Yue'er is actually equivalent to Xu Jin's concubine, but she is only temporarily missing a name.

It is precisely because she is favored by the lord and has a good relationship with his wife, otherwise even if Xie Xiaowan, the housewife, is kind, Yue'er would not dare to joke so casually.

Master Xu finished washing under the service of his wife and beautiful maid, and he was ready to go out early, and today he was going to take a "client" out of the city to see the house, the kind without intermediary fees.

Xie Xiaowan tied Xu Jin with a big hat, and sighed lightly: "What a good person His Royal Highness Yongfu is, why did he end up like this, God is really unfair." The construction of the Taoist temple should be done with more care, and it would be better if she could persuade Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu to change her mind. ”

Fei Ruyi also said regretfully: "His Royal Highness Yongfu is kind-hearted and kind to our family, if it wasn't for Princess Yongfu to help last time, Xiaowan wouldn't have been able to enter Jinyiwei Prison to meet your husband." The husband is waiting to meet with Princess Yongfu, and he must persuade her. ”

Fei Jixiang tidied up Xu Jin's clothes, and said with a smile: "The husband can speak well, and there is no obstacle to discerning talents, it should not be difficult to convince His Royal Highness Yongfu." ”

"I'll do my best!" Xu Jin secretly smiled bitterly, listening to Huang Jin reveal that Princess Yongfu has even shaved her hair now, and her attitude is so resolute, it is not easy to persuade her to dispel the idea of becoming a monk!

Chu Xia pursed her lips and said indignantly: "Why can a man have three wives and four concubines, and a woman can only start from the beginning, the woman is blamed for her own lack of happiness when she dies, and the woman is blamed for her life when the man dies, which is really unfair." ”

"Shut up!" Xie Xiaowan, Fei Ruyi and Fei Jixiang almost scolded in unison, as feudal women, the education they received since childhood is three from four virtues, and it is natural for a husband to be a wife, so this is undoubtedly extremely rebellious in early summer, women don't start from the beginning, do you still want three husbands and four gentlemen?

In the early summer, this Nizi was straightforward, but she was just complaining for Princess Yongfu, and she didn't choose to say anything for a while, but at this time, her consciousness was inappropriate, and she couldn't help but turn pale and knelt on the ground: "The slave is talking nonsense, please punish the old lady." ”

Xu Jin glanced at the three wives whose faces were covered with frost, and couldn't help sweating, as a traverser, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the sentence of early summer, but now is not a modern society with equal rights for men and women after all, and it is still necessary to follow the customs, so he coughed lightly and said: "Get up, I will spare you this time, but I won't take it as an example." ”

"Master Xie, don't dare in early summer!" The pretty maid stood up worriedly.

Xie Xiaowan and Fei Ruyi's three daughters glanced at each other helplessly, they had expected that this would be the case, their husband was so approachable that the subordinates in the family were a little "lawless", but after thinking about it, wasn't it the husband who was deeply attracted to him?

"Xianggong hurry up and go, don't let His Royal Highness Yongfu wait for a long time." Xie Xiaowan urged softly.

Xu Jin nodded, turned around and walked forward.

Looking at Xianggong's upright back and walking away, Xie Xiaowan turned around and scolded lightly: "In early summer, I don't dare to say so much in the future, that is, in our family, if you change to someone else's house, even if you are not kicked out of the house, you will be punished heavily." ”

Fei Ruyi and Fei Jixiang nodded thoughtfully, they come from a scholarly family, their family style is rigorous, and their thinking is naturally more traditional than Xie Xiaowan, the husband is approachable, although it is good not to put on a show, but it is not too indulgent to the subordinates, it seems that they have to work hard to rectify the family style, and now the husband is a dignified grandfather, how can he do it without being respectful and humble.

Let's say that when Xu Jin came to the front yard, the carriage had already been prepared, and sixteen family members with big shoulders and round waists were waiting, and the leader was Zhao Datou.

Although Xu Jin is no longer in the Shenji Battalion, it is normal for the dignified grandfather of the country to be equipped with more than a dozen guards, and Zhao Datou and other sixteen Shenji Battalion soldiers are the guards assigned to Xu Jin with Jiajing's permission, and they are still the establishment of the Shenji Battalion, but they are usually responsible for Xu Jin's safety, and they live in Xu Mansion, which is equivalent to the nursing home of Guogong Mansion.

Xu Jin got into the carriage, went to the palace under the escort of Zhao Datou and others, went around half a circle to the gate of Xi'an, and went straight to the palace with his identity revealed.

If you want to take Princess Yongfu out of the palace, you naturally have to greet the old lady first, so Xu Jin came to Cining Palace first to ask to see Empress Dowager Jiang, and met Queen Wu who had just come out of greeting.

"Minister Xu Jin, I've seen the queen mother!" Xu Jin bowed and bowed.

Empress Wu glanced at Xu Jin coldly, and said lightly: "Why did the Duke of Yasukuni ask to see the Queen Mother?" ”

Xu Jin knew that the lord of the harem had never been waiting to see him, and the emperor was now revolving around Zhi'er all day long, so Empress Wu was afraid that she would be even more hateful, so she replied without humility or arrogance: "The emperor ordered the ministers to build a Taoist temple for Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu, and the ministers came to ask the queen mother and the princess for their opinions." ”

Empress Wu's eyes flashed with a strange light, and she nodded: "I see, since the emperor handed over this errand to the Duke of Yasuko, it can be seen that the emperor has trust in the Duke of Yasukuni, and the Duke of Yasukuni must do his best to do the errand well, and don't live up to the emperor's trust." ”

"The minister should do his best to run an errand for the emperor and send off the queen!" Xu Jin said lightly, and moved sideways to the side to make way for the road, the meaning was obvious, that is, let Empress Wu disappear quickly, don't waste everyone's time by pretending here.

Empress Wu's eyes were full of anger, but they quickly disappeared again, and she walked straight past Xu Jin, leaving with a burst of fragrant wind.

Xu Jin frowned lightly, it seems that this yellow-haired girl who was not on the line at the beginning of her IQ and EQ has grown up, and the city government is deep, at least she can hold back and not get angry. At this time, Xu Jin couldn't help but think of another thing, before there were a few little eunuchs in Yanqi Palace who were discussing the government in private, and they happened to be heard by the emperor, and then they all committed suicide in fear of crime, and then Chu Cairen, who was originally very favored, was also snubbed and shelved by Jiajing.

Although Xu Jin couldn't know the content of the eunuchs' discussions, judging from the time node and Jiajing's reaction at the time, it should be related to himself, because the focus of the court at that time was whether to take back his dukedom.

It is undeniable that it is not impossible for a few insignificant little eunuchs to discuss the government in private, but it is too coincidental to be heard by the emperor, and it is even more intriguing to hear it from Chu Cairen, who is being favored.

Moreover, Jiajing did not arrest people at that time, but sent guards to arrest people after the next day, obviously realizing that this matter was not normal after the fact, which shows that the possibility of those little eunuchs being instructed by others is very great, but unfortunately they are all dead, and there is no proof of death, Jiajing can only give up, but Chu Cairen has lost the emperor's favor because of this.

In Xu Jin's opinion, if those little eunuchs were indeed instructed by others, it was absolutely impossible for them to be Chu Cairen, a woman who had just entered the palace not long ago did not have this ability, nor did she have the courage, not to mention that she was a victim from beginning to end.

Then it is very likely that the messenger is Empress Wu, and with this jealous character, she has indeed done it. Of course, there are no absolutes, in addition to Queen Wu in the harem, there are also concubines and concubines, and it is normal for concubines in the harem to compete for favor.

Xu Jin couldn't help but think of Concubine Shu who had a sudden miscarriage, and couldn't help but shudder, if Zhi'er really entered the palace in the future, I'm afraid it would not be a good thing, although this girl is ingenious, but her mental age is still in her teens, very simple, I am afraid that I will be sold and count the money for others.

While Xu Jin was thinking about it, an old eunuch came out of Cining Palace, and it was Hu Dahai.

"Grandpa Yasukuni is here, our family is so polite!" Hu Dahaipi smiled and saluted Xu Jin.

"Father-in-law Hu is polite, the Queen Mother ......"

"The Queen Mother let Grandpa Yasukuni speak inside, Grandpa Yasukuni, please come inside!" Hu Dahai said.

Xu Jin always felt that the old eunuch looked at him strangely, and cautiously followed him towards Cining Palace.