Concubine Xiao Guifei breathed a long sigh of relief, eased her emotions, and said slowly: "Chun'er has been crowned king and received an errand, the queen, the eldest princess and the East Palace must be in a hurry, and it will be a matter of time before they face each other." After the eldest brother went back, he sorted out the affairs of the Xiao family from top to bottom, inside and out, especially things like similar privileges, which were waived as soon as possible. The emperor is not a faint king, on the contrary, he knows everything in his heart! It was precisely because he was not very satisfied with the prince's virtue and ability that he acquiesced to Chun'er's competition. Chun'er can only impress the emperor if she is better than the crown prince. Our Xiao family is a pure outsider, and we can't give people a handle for nothing! ”

Glancing at Master Xiao, Concubine Xiao said lightly: "Big brother, don't feel wronged, let's look at the long run, in the future, Chun'er will have to be a treasure, are you still worried about the scenery of our Xiao family?" Hmph, why bother with the length of this time! Big brother doesn't have to take it to heart at all. It's not worth getting angry about all these things. ”

"Niangniang is reasonable," Master Xiao nodded lightly, and couldn't help frowning again: "But, is this matter just settled?" ”

If the concubine insisted on this matter, Master Xiao would naturally listen, but he still couldn't swallow this breath in his heart.

"Humph!" Concubine Xiao sneered, her eyes were cold, and she said coldly: "Then since Lu Zhan is restless and enjoys his imperial favor, if he has to mix in to work for the prince, then don't blame the palace for being unkind!" ”

"Who would have thought?" Concubine Xiao Guifei sighed slightly, a little stunned, and sighed: "Who would have thought that the eldest princess's son had been dead for twenty years, and he would come back to life coldly?" It's not enough to be alive, it's still so troublesome! Since he died more than twenty years ago, he should not be alive again. This is an outlier that shouldn't have appeared, and since it shouldn't have appeared in the first place, it should have disappeared again......"

Master Xiao perked up, knowing that Concubine Xiao was really murderous towards Lu Zhan, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "What Niangniang said is that he shouldn't have appeared in the first place!" He shouldn't have been there in the first place! ”

Xiao Guifei sneered.

Originally, she didn't want to do it so quickly, but that slut who came back from a broken place dared to be so arrogant, if she endured it any longer, even she couldn't stand it.

"You go back first, and take care of what the palace just said, and you don't have to interfere for the time being. Especially Ming'er, he is not allowed to go out to cause trouble again. ”

"Yes, sis!" Master Xiao gave up his hand, and his heart was much happier, the idea of the noble concubine was the idea of the Third Highness, what can the prince do with the soft-footed crab? If Niangniang and His Royal Highness really wanted to calculate Lu Zhan's life, he would never be able to dodge.

What else does he have to do with a dying man?

However, Master Xiao still reminded: "Then Lu Zhan can take advantage of it three times and twice, although he has no foundation, he has some ability, and he is liked by the emperor, so remember to ......be careful."

Concubine Xiao Guifei smiled brightly: "Big brother, don't worry, this palace naturally knows!" Just because he can please the emperor like this, the palace will not despise him. ”

Although he looked at it coldly, Lu Zhan was not a flatterer, nor did he rely on this to please the emperor. can make the emperor look at him so differently without flattery, which can only show his ability even more.

For this kind of person, how could Xiao Guifei despise him and think that she could finish him off with a flick of her fingers?

Maybe she had despised him before, but not now.

Besides, Lu Zhan and Qiao Xiaoru originally thought that there would be a lot of trouble in the follow-up after the Xiao family's face, but who knew that the wind was calm and the waves were uneventful, and the Xiao family acted as if nothing had happened, and there was no movement.

This was a bit of a surprise to both of them.

"Does the husband think the Xiao family has really given up? Although they don't take care of it. Qiao Xiaoru asked Lu Zhan in confusion.

Lu Zhan sneered, hugged her and said, "Mind them!" You've been going out less lately, and I'm in charge! No matter where they want to make up for it, I'm there. ”

Qiao Xiaoru couldn't help laughing, what the Xiao family wanted to do and what they didn't do, it was indeed not something they could control, and the soldiers would just block the water and cover the earth.

Who knew that a few days later, Lu Zhan received an errand to leave the capital.

Water bandits are rampant in the area of Lingshui Luoyan Island, and robbing past business travelers has always been a headache for the government and the court.

The government also sent people to suppress bandits many times, but the waterways around Luoyan Island are complicated, and those water bandits are very cunning and never face to face with the government.

As soon as the government army of bandits came, they fled into the depths and broke into pieces, leaving the government at no avail.

After all, it is impossible for the bandit army to stay there for a long time, so they have to retreat without success.

As soon as they retreated, they became arrogant again.

In the past two or three years, it has been particularly arrogant, and sometimes even sneaked into the Grand Canal along the Lingshui in the middle of the night and hijacked the merchant ships of the Grand Canal, which was simply lawless.

However, the other party was too cunning, and the government saw that they only looted property and did not hurt people's lives easily, and they were quite measured and did not dare to rob the official ship, so they turned a blind eye and gave up.

In the past two years, the whole court has pretended to be deaf and dumb, and no one has mentioned this matter.

However, it was mentioned the other day.

The reason is that an official who went to the local place from the capital was robbed, and the official returned to the capital desolate and desolate to cry, and Emperor Yonghe Longyan was furious.

After all, it is impossible to say that there is no dark thing in the world, and there is peace and prosperity everywhere, and where there is sunshine, there is a shadow.

As long as the trouble is not excessive, the court will turn a blind eye. After all, those water bandits still have a bottom line and did not kill people indiscriminately.

But this time he grabbed the head of the imperial court official, which is equivalent to a slap in the face of the imperial court, which is equivalent to not taking the imperial court and the emperor in his eyes, how can Emperor Yonghe not be angry?

The official he sent to take up the post was robbed and beaten by the bandits on the way, and he returned crying in embarrassment, if he didn't care, then this emperor should be too much.

Emperor Yonghe was really angry this time, and did not let the magistrates deal with this matter, but sent troops from the imperial court and sent an elite army, which was bound to take down this group of water bandits who did not know the height of the sky in one fell swoop.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Lu Zhan, but the crown prince didn't know which staff member he listened to, and he really wanted to show his face in front of his father, and at the same time wanted to show his ability: the matter that had been pending for many years was solved in his hands, what a long-faced thing!

The crown prince recommended Lu Zhan to Emperor Yonghe.

Lu Zhan is now the first person to be used by his side, and he believes that Lu Zhan can handle this matter well.

Emperor Yonghe thought about it, and then nodded in response.