Chen Xiaomu looked at her serious look and teased her: "Don't look at it. People with golden fingers and naked eyes can't see it!"
Su Xingran smiled charmingly and suddenly bit Chen Xiaomu's index finger unexpectedly.
"Ouch!" Chen Xiaomu was in pain and couldn't help but let out a cry of pain, and quickly pulled his fingers out of Su Xingran's hand.
"Honey, why did you bite me?" Chen Xiaomu pulled back his finger and saw that there were still teeth marks on it, and couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Su Xingran smiled sweetly and said: "Husband, didn't you say that your finger is a golden finger? I will try to see if I can bite it."
"You...!" Chen Xiaomu was speechless for a moment.
Su Xingran saw Chen Xiaomu sucking cold air in his mouth and kept silent. He stretched out his hand to pick up Chen Xiaomu's bitten finger and said distressedly: "Husband, I will blow it for you so that it won't hurt anymore. Chen Xiaomu was afraid of being bitten by her. It was like a conditioned reflex." She quickly retracted her hand, but to her surprise, her hand was held firmly by Su Xingran. She first smiled at Chen Xiaomu, then puffed up her cheeks, and a wisp of warm wind blew from her mouth. Blow out slowly.
Chen Xiaomu's bitten finger was instantly surrounded by the warm wind, and he felt an indescribable comfort in his heart. The pain seemed to be alleviated a lot at once. He enjoyed this comfort very much.
After blowing for a while, Su Xingran raised his head and asked Chen Xiaomu, "Husband, does it still hurt?"
Chen Xiaomu said half-jokingly: "Honey, it's really strange. It doesn't really hurt when you blow me off. I didn't expect that your mouth has a healing function. How did you do it?"
Su Xingran said with a smile: "Husband, when I was a child, I took Xingchen and Xingyu to play wildly. When I encountered some parts of their bodies that hurt me, I was afraid that they would complain in front of their mother and I would be punished by her, so I would I coaxed them both, saying that it wouldn't hurt if my sister blew her. But every time after I blew her, they both said it didn't hurt anymore, and they never missed a single blow.
Chen Xiaomu stroked Su Xingran's black hair and said jokingly: "My wife is so amazing. She doesn't even need medicine to heal her wounds. She just blows on her with her mouth and it's fine!"
After finishing the lunch, Chen Xiaomu estimated that it would be about three o'clock in the afternoon in the future. The sky outside had gradually darkened, and it seemed that there was still a heavy snowfall coming.
At this time, Wei Yushang and Lu Xiaocui hurriedly came to the princess mansion to find Chen Xiaomu, saying that his father Wei Wen hoped to meet Chen Xiaomu as soon as possible.
Chen Xiaomu thought for a while and felt that it was necessary to talk to Wei Wen face to face before the showdown to win his support, so he followed Wei Yushang to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
At this time in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Wei Wen was in a daze facing a piece of paper on the desk in front of him. He looked up and saw Wei Yushang leading Chen Xiaomu in. He quickly stood up and smiled, cupping his hands and saying politely: "Chen Duwei, I should have I went to visit you at the Princess Mansion. Unfortunately, the court was busy with affairs, so I had no choice but to send my daughter-in-law Chen Duwei to come over. If I am rude, please forgive me!"
Chen Xiaomu then returned the courtesy and smiled and said: "I don't know where Prime Minister Wei started talking about this. I think that whether it is for public or private reasons, I should come to visit Prime Minister Wei."
Wei Wen laughed and said, "Captain Chen, please don't be polite, please sit down and talk." After saying that, he shouted outside, "Come here, serve tea to the distinguished guests."
The guests and the host sat down respectively, with a desk in between. Wei Yushang greeted Lu Xiaocui, and the two temporarily left the living room. After a while, two maids from the prime minister's house brought two cups of tea on trays and placed them in front of them. After Wei Wen made an invitation gesture to Chen Xiaomu, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea. Then he coughed lightly and seemed to speak. Chen Xiaomu put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at Wei Wen with a smile. arts.
Unexpectedly, after Wei Wen coughed, he did not speak. The venue fell into an embarrassing silence for a moment. Chen Xiaomu was pressed for time and had no choice but to stand up and cup his hands and said, "I wonder if Prime Minister Wei has called me here to give me some advice?"
Wei Wen stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, gently pushed the note on the table in front of Chen Xiaomu, and said: "Chen Duwei, this was just sent by Lu Shangshu. I want you to take a look at it." What does this mean?"
Chen Xiaomu picked up the note on the desk and looked down. There were only a few numbers on the note. It was just a note inviting Wei Wen to a dinner at his house. It looked normal and there was nothing wrong with it.
Chen Xiaomu put the note back on the desk, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile: "Prime Minister Wei, has Mr. Lu brought up the topic of Qi State and Sanqing Temple in front of you a lot recently?"
Wei Wen was startled when he heard this, his eyes flickered unconsciously, but he nodded and said: "Yes, he also mentioned to me that he would select some famous literati from the people of Zheng to participate in the poetry conference held recently by Qi State. .”
"Haha" Chen Xiaomu sneered: "This Lu Shangshu is really worrying about a lot, I'm afraid he will have to worry about himself next!"
Wei Wen was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Captain Chen, is it possible that even Lu Shangshu is not reliable?"
Chen Xiaomu sighed and said with a wry smile: "Prime Minister Wei, these people are separated from each other, and no one knows what is going on in their hearts!"
"Oh!" Wei Wen stood up from his chair and said with suspicion on his face: "Chen Duwei, how can you doubt a second-rank minister in the court out of thin air! This is not a trivial matter, it must be done with full evidence! "
Chen Xiaomu said coldly: "Prime Minister Wei, do you think I can say this in front of you without any evidence?"
Wei Wen asked urgently: "Captain Chen, what evidence do you have, can you tell me about it?"
Chen Xiaomu said: "Prime Minister Wei, I just want to fight one thing. Do you know which of you ministers in the DPRK usually have close contacts with Sanqing Temple?"
Wei Wenjing thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't know about the private dealings. There should be no public relations, because everyone knows the relationship between Sanqing Palace and the Qi royal family. Too much contact will arouse the emperor's suspicion."
Chen Xiaomu nodded and continued to ask: "Prime Minister Wei, if this minister who has personal contacts with Sanqing Guanli actually communicates with Sanqing Guanli by flying pigeons every day, and reports to the court at any time. Do you still think that all the things happening internally are normal transactions?"
"What kind of normal contact is this? This is obviously a traitor!" Wei Wen blurted out without even thinking.
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "This is what Wei Shangshu does!"
"Oh!" Wei Wen said nervously: "Chen Duwei, do you have any real evidence?"
Chen Xiaomu said: "I went to the Xinjing government office yesterday and met with Magistrate Bai and Jia Tongpan. I asked them to send people to guard Lu Shangshu's residence and Sanqing Temple respectively, but I saw that in just one afternoon, The carrier pigeon came in and out of his mansion four times, and every time the carrier pigeon flew out of his mansion, it would definitely appear above Sanqing Temple after more than a quarter of time at most, and vice versa."
"This...!" After Wei Wen was stunned for a moment, he immediately thought of a question and said with difficulty: "Captain Chen, Xinjing was surrounded by the Chu army at the beginning, but Lu Shangshu and Lu Jun fought tooth and nail to protect the emperor and kill him. He escaped from the encirclement of the Chu army and fled to Tianquan County to defend himself. He was able to bribe the Sanqing Temple in just a few days after returning to the new capital. I think this possibility is not high, and as far as I know, this Bai Bai The prefect and Jia Tongpan were both transferred from below to serve in the new capital government office after the emperor returned the capital. Are they more reliable than Lu Shangshu?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled slightly and said: "Prime Minister Wei, this is not the case. Do you think that the Bai Zhifu family owns the salt monopoly of Zheng State? I have calculated it for him privately. There should be no doubt that he can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. If the court really has something If it happened, his family would undoubtedly suffer the most apart from the emperor. Moreover, he had little military power. If he bribed him, it would definitely be more than worth the loss. As for Jia Tongpan, he was just the magistrate of a small county below. Sanqingguan and even Qi It’s hard to say whether the royal family knows there is such a person, let alone any suggestion of bribery!”
"Oh!" Wei Wen couldn't help but shuddered when he heard this. He stared at Chen Xiaomu and said solemnly: "Chen Duwei, if you follow your theory, then I must have been bribed by the Sanqing Temple? "
Chen Xiaomu shook his head and laughed: "Prime Minister Wei, I can still understand if Sanqing Temple bribes other ministers of the DPRK. If someone says that Sanqing Temple wants to bribe you, Prime Minister Wei, not only can I not understand it, but I will never understand it." To believe it!”
''oh! Why is this? "Wei Wen asked in surprise.
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Ever since I listened to Mr. Duan from Dali State describe the process of getting acquainted with Prime Minister Wei, I knew that Prime Minister Wei turned out to be the Prince Consort of Lu State who had been destroyed by Qi State! The people of Qi State harmed your country. Broken and separated, I think any man with a bit of blood will try his best to seek revenge, not to mention you, Prime Minister Wei, are the best among men! I guess even if the people of Qi put a knife on your neck, you will not I will cooperate with them.”
Wei Wen pondered for a long time after hearing this, and then slowly said: "Captain Chen, if you need me to do anything next, please just ask. You and I are already on the same page, so there is no need to go around the bush anymore!"
Chen Xiaomu cupped his hand and said, "Prime Minister Wei, it's better to obey my orders than to be respectful. I plan to ask you to take a chance to persuade the emperor to abdicate after getting rid of Sanqingguan!"
''What! "Wei Wen felt like he was struck by lightning when he heard this. The shock in his heart kept him from recovering for a long time. He even thought that he had heard wrongly. He looked at Chen Xiaomu with a look of astonishment on his face. He opened his mouth to speak, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. .
After a long time, he murmured: "Chen Duwei, have you discussed this matter with the prince?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled: "What we are discussing with him is not to ask him to inherit the throne. Whether he agrees or not is not important!"
"This...!" Wei Wen, who finally came back to his senses, was shocked by Chen Xiaomu's words again, but this time he reacted quickly. After thinking about it, he finally tentatively asked Chen Xiaomu: "I want to know , could it be that Captain Chen himself has thoughts about the throne?"
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "Prime Minister Wei, you still don't understand me. With my lazy personality, I would not even want to be the emperor to death. How difficult is it for you to be the emperor? You have to wake up at midnight every day." I can’t survive a day like this, having to deal with all kinds of troublesome national affairs in the middle of the night!”
Wei Wen was almost puzzled, but he still asked patiently: "Captain Chen, who do you want to inherit the throne?"
Chen Xiaomu said seriously: "Prime Minister Wei, what do you think of the eldest princess?"
''Empress! "Wei Wen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, then quickly shook his head and said: "Chen Duwei, this is absolutely inappropriate. Since ancient times, I have never heard of that woman being able to take on the role of the king of a country. You still It’s better to give up this idea quickly! "
Chen Xiaomu curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "I wonder if Prime Minister Wei has recently heard about the fact that the State of E, which was originally annexed by the State of Chu, has regained its independence?"
Wei Wen was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "I've heard a little bit about it."
Chen Xiaomu smiled easily and said: "The one who led the original subjects of Hubei to go to war with the Chu Kingdom and finally succeeded in restoring the country was Ximen Ruoen, the daughter of the old emperor of the Hubei Kingdom, who is now the empress after the restoration of the Hubei Kingdom!"
"Alas!" Wei Wen sighed after hearing this and asked Chen Xiaomu: "Chen Duwei, does Princess Qingfeng agree with this?"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head, "Princess Qingfeng herself doesn't know yet."
"What?" Wei Wen suddenly stood up from his chair again and said angrily: "Captain Chen, are you too reckless? If you don't discuss such a big matter with the princess, what if she doesn't agree to ascend the throne? manage?"
Chen Xiaomu blinked and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? If Prime Minister Wei can persuade the emperor to leave an abdication edict and pass the throne to the eldest princess, it would be best. If that doesn't work, please ask Prime Minister Wei to unite some ministers of the DPRK. Just force her to take the position, I think no one will refuse this support, right?"
As Chen Xiaomu spoke, Wei Wen lowered his head and remained silent for a while. After a while, he sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that I have been loyal to the emperor for so many years, but in the end I became the driving force behind his abdication!"
Chen Xiaomu heard this and said in a deep voice: "It's a pity that the current emperor is just a benevolent king, not a wise king. He is timid and cowardly. He allowed a small Sanqing Guan to act unscrupulously and lawlessly in the Zheng State, which made the Zheng State The common people suffered, and in the end they dared to covet the throne of Zheng. As the saying goes, the people are not worthy of the throne, and the people of Zheng suffer. If this continues, Zheng’s country will definitely be in danger!"
