In Xiao's Manor in Chang'an City, just after the New Year, Xiao Rui moved his family back to the manor. After living among the mountains and rivers for a long time, he was no longer used to living in Chang'an City.
This made the emperor so angry. I was working so hard in Chang'an City. It would be better for you to go on vacation every day. Isn't it over? Is it your turn to live a retirement life in your early twenties?
So...Prince Chengqian was affected by Chi Yu.
The emperor, who had no choice but to do anything, recalled his son, and by the way, Taifu Zhao Deyan, no longer let him roam free in Xiaojiazhuang, but returned to the East Palace. Every day, the emperor brought the prince with him, so that Li Chengqian could learn to handle government affairs early.
Although this was a surprise to the prince Chengqian, Xiao Rui sneered at it and said to himself that the emperor wanted to be lazy. The better your boy does, the more lazy he will be.
"Sigh... in more than ten years, my son will be able to run errands and work for me." Xiao Rui said with emotion as he rubbed the hair of his eldest son, Xiao Lan.
"Daddy, please tell me, Lan'er can run very fast now!" The little guy's voice was milky, and his cute voice was very cute, but he was taught too well and lacked a bit of the liveliness of a child.
Xiao Rui laughed loudly and said: "Yes, yes, my Lan'er has become sensible and can help daddy..."
Hearty laughter flowed through the hall, infecting the entire house. Several wives who were playing cards behind chatted curiously, "I wonder what kind of happy event Mr. Tao Dao remembered. I haven't heard him so happy for a long time."
Not long after, a little figure ran back to the backyard, holding up something in his hand to show off: "Mom, aunt and second mother, dad can do magic tricks and conjured candy for me."
"Brother, brother, I want it too, I want it too..." The other two children were chasing each other in the backyard, fighting for candy.
Hearing her son's words, Wei Yanran stood up suddenly and looked at the front yard in surprise. Li Shengnan and Princess Xiangcheng seemed to have remembered something. The three women looked at each other, put down their cards, and walked quickly towards the front yard.
When I came to the front yard, I found that Xiao Rui was not sipping tea around the stove in the living room, but slowly doing a set of boxing skills in the yard. This is Tai Chi, and everyone in the Xiao family practices it.
"Husband..." Li Shengnan wanted to speak, but Wei Yanran and Xiangcheng reached out to hold her down at the same time.
Xiangcheng held their hands and slowly exited the front yard, "Let's go back and continue playing cards."
"Sister, my husband..."
Xiangcheng whispered: "My husband has not moved his muscles for a long time. This is a happy event."
Blinking his eyes, Li Shengnan suddenly realized that boxing in the courtyard was not the point. The point was that on this snowy day, his husband only wore a thin robe. It was obvious that his internal strength had been fully developed and the cold and heat could not invade him.
The top secrets of the Xiao family are not those weird things, nor the secret martial arts and books, but the storage spirit ring that only Xiao Rui and the three ladies know.
Since Xiao Rui lost all his martial arts skills, the storage ring can no longer be used. Xiao Rui has never practiced martial arts on his own except for passing on the skills. Today, you actually practice Tai Chi on your own? Coupled with the trick they just performed, the three smart women immediately understood that their husband had regained his strength.
But the three of them understood better that it was better to hide it than to expose it. The Xiao family had made too many enemies, so it was better to keep this biggest trump card. It is also the safest for the husband.
So what if my husband Xiao Rui was invincible in the world? Wasn't he being plotted against death? Now for several years, he has had a frail physique, and the outside world has become more and more contemptuous of him. But this also has its advantages. The Xiao family took the opportunity to fade away from the court, and the court protected the Xiao family better.
So after thinking about this, the three of them decided to hide it. At the same time, they also advised their husband Xiao Rui not to expose their martial arts skills and go out to fight.
After practicing the boxing technique three times, Xiao Rui breathed a long sigh of relief and exhaled a cloud of white mist, as if he had exhaled all the turbid energy in the past few years and felt refreshed.
"Haha, after several years of hard work, I finally defeated the stubborn residual poison. This break and rebuilding can be regarded as Nirvana and rebirth. I have gone one step further and touched the threshold of returning to nature. Everything is impermanent, and blessings and misfortunes are indeed mysterious. If I encounter those assassins again, I can take them down without getting hurt."
"I originally thought that I would never have the chance to use the spiritual ring again in this life, and that many rare treasures and advanced inventions would be difficult to realize in the Tang Dynasty. Haha, I didn't expect that there will be a bright future in another village."
At night, Xiao Rui was inexplicably moved by the private advice from the three ladies. Just as he thought, he would never expose his strength again this time.
However, if the martial arts is no longer used, the inventions in the spiritual ring need to be exposed to the light. It is always good for many of these products that can promote an era to be used to improve national power and people's livelihood.
What Xiao Rui is now struggling with is whether to take it all out? He is very conflicted and does not want to drag this world into the technology tree anymore, because industrial pollution and garbage have seriously damaged the environment. But without lighting up the technology tree, how can we improve people’s livelihood?
It's a pity that in my previous life, until I traveled through time, I was never able to see blue sky and white clouds without pollution again, which shows the shortcomings of technology.
Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, lighting up the technology tree doesn’t happen overnight. I have plenty of time to think about my choices. There is nothing wrong with the cold weapon era. There is no greenhouse effect and no food safety issues. Tsk tsk… Apart from a slower pace of life, it seems to be pretty good too. of.
Wait...slow-paced life, isn't this what everyone pursued in the impetuous society of the previous life?
A few days later, Chai Shao, who was idle at home, came to visit and brought some news.
"Haha, Zang Feng, everything is as you expected, that Yun Gaisu Wen turned against you."
Xiao Rui personally welcomed the person into the living room, and the two gathered around the stove to make tea. Chai Shao introduced in detail: "The news came from Youzhou Kuaima that Goguryeo Yuan Gaisuwen secretly returned to the royal city. His father Yuan Taizuo came out of the mountain again. The palace coup was suddenly launched on the first day of the Lunar New Year, catching Rongliu King Gao Jianwen off guard."
"Originally, something happened to Yeon Gaesumun, and many people took refuge with King Yeongliu. The Yuan family was about to lose power. When the palace coup happened, many people came forward to ask for King Qin."
"Ke Yuan Gaisuwen took the opportunity to come out and not only killed Gao Jianwen's loyalists, but also revealed the true reason for his imprisonment, regaining the trust of the people in one fell swoop."
"Sigh... I have to say, this man is really a great person! If I had known this, I really shouldn't have let him go back and let him take power and work hard to govern. It will be difficult to deal with him in the future. It is better to let Gao Jianwen, a loser, be in office."
Xiao Rui didn't expect this result, and couldn't help but cursed: "It's not that Yuan Gaisuwen is too strong, it's that Gao Jianwen is too useless! As the emperor of a country, one minister can take over everything, even if the Yuan family is a veteran of several dynasties. How about it? I gave him a few months to regain real power. I thought they would spend a year and a half fighting among themselves, bah! What a waste."
Chai Shao laughed loudly and said: "Okay, it's up to people to make things happen. This result is already very good. No matter what, the baptism of a coup may not be obvious on the outside, but Goguryeo will be severely damaged internally. There will be no more threats to the Northeast within this year. You, the strategizing champion, should take the lead!"
"Come, uncle, I'll offer you some tea instead of wine."
Xiao Rui raised his glass to drink, "Don't say that. His Majesty is trying to find trouble for me to go to court these days. I don't want to argue with a group of old people every day. If you slap this hat on me, my leisure will be gone."
Chai Shao couldn't laugh or cry, "You, you are obviously a talented prime minister, why are you so lazy, don't you think you are being buried? Do you really want to live a happy life in this manor? Don't say that His Majesty doesn't agree, I'm afraid even the Tang Dynasty The people didn’t agree.”
