Concubine Shu frowned slightly and stared deeply at Xiao Chen's face. After a while, a clear majesty appeared and sneered: "Master Xiao doesn't want to recruit disciples, but wants to find a beautiful young lady to warm his bed. To satisfy this insatiable appetite?"
Xiao Chen swallowed, and couldn't help but feel a touch of embarrassment on his face. To be honest, he really didn't have such thoughts. He just felt that Ji Hongluan was a woman and a strong martial artist. If he could keep him by his side, he would not be beaten. Protection that people can easily see through.
Forcibly holding Concubine Shu's waist, Xiao Chen hugged the beauty in his arms tighter and said jokingly: "Your Majesty, the word "miss" is not used lightly. I still like to be clean."
Concubine Shu's beautiful eyes trembled, and she looked at Xiao Chen in confusion, not understanding what he meant, but the playful smile on this slave's face made her feel unsure, and she felt very uncomfortable for a moment, so she pushed Xiao Chen away with force and went to the store. Run to the market.
Xiao Chen smiled, pointed at Concubine Shu's graceful back, and showed off to Xiang Yichun, "Did you see it? This is a woman who is jealous."
"If a woman is jealous of you, it means she cares about you."
Xiang Yichun's honest face wrinkled for a long time, his eyes were filled with wonder and confusion, he scratched his head, and when he was about to ask Xiao Chen further, he saw that Xiao Chen had already walked away.
Xiao Chen took Concubine Shu to rest and wander around in the city for two days. Xiang Yichun followed him as a personal bodyguard. As a result, there was no storm for these two days, and the group was able to recover. After regaining their energy, they set off. move on.
Three days later, the spacious and luxurious carriage arrived at the border of Fengzhou. Before entering the city, from a distance, Chen Dengli, the prefect of Fengzhou, came to greet him with a mighty guard of honor.
Seeing Xiao Chen's carriage stopped, Chen Dengli picked up the corner of his official robe and ran over all the way. He bowed with respect and bowed his hands to the end, "I am going to be the magistrate of Fengzhou, Chen Dengli, to pay my respects to the imperial envoy!"
"Your Majesty, you must have been very hard after traveling and traveling all the way. I have already prepared some food and wine in your residence to help you, the Imperial Envoy, to take care of you. I hope you will give me a favor!"
It was the scorching sun at noon. Xiao Chen was very lazy and tired, so he did not get off the carriage. He just slightly lifted the brocade curtain of the carriage and glanced at Chen Dengli.
I saw this man with a round face, small eyes, and a slightly chubby figure. When he smiled, his whole face looked like a bun with smile lines. He was born festive, but he also had a cunning face.
"Master Futai, please lead the way."
Xiao Chen just said lightly and lowered the car curtain.
He knew very well the temperament of these local officials. Either they thought they were local emperors and looked down on eunuchs; or they worked hard and wanted to use the reputation of the imperial envoy to solve some problems for themselves. Xiao Chen didn't like to see either of them.
"This Fengzhou has outstanding people and looks very wealthy. Logically speaking, as a fourth-grade prefect of such a state, he must be very arrogant and high-minded. I'm afraid he will not be too low-key to the imperial envoy. But today he is a big boss. You are setting up a guard of honor, and you took the initiative to go out of the city to pick her up, maybe I have something to ask of you?" Concubine Shu reminded her softly, thinking in her eyes.
Xiao Chen lazily hugged the beauty and did not take this to heart. Instead, his voice became lazily and thickly nasal, "I am not afraid that she will ask for something, but I am afraid that he will have nothing to ask for and will be stubborn and smelly. Hard stone, that would be detrimental to the governor's understanding of the local conditions."
"Now that this is the case, Mr. Chen from Futai can be regarded as a fat fish that comes to our door on his own initiative. We can save our worries."
Chen Dengli rode on his horse to clear the way ahead. Xiao Chen found that in order to welcome him, half of the people in the market had been cleared, leaving only a few vendors who were not blocking the road. After his carriage entered the door, they knelt down to greet him. .
The carriage passed through the entire downtown area of Fengzhou, turned east and passed half an alley before arriving at the Fengzhou government office.
The local government offices in Dachu are all official and private. In front is the Fengzhou Mansion Office. Turning around the back street, there is the place where the prefect lives. The plaque in front of the house is changed in time with the surname of each prefect.
Outside the gate of the Chen Mansion, Mrs. Chen, her two legitimate sons and one legitimate daughter, as well as the housekeeper and a group of important servants who could come to the stage, lined up in three rows. When they saw Xiao Chen's carriage approaching, they were all dressed in a scholarly style. Mrs. Chen was so angry that she immediately knelt down and performed an official ceremony. Her children, together with their mother, bowed and performed the ceremony respectfully and without losing any sense of proportion.
A group of servants behind him listened to their master’s instructions and knelt down to kowtow, “Welcome to you, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy.”
"Mrs. Chen looks elegant and decent, but she doesn't look like someone from the same family as Chen Dengli." Concubine Shu whispered.
Xiao Chen half-bent and made a "please" gesture, and said with a meaningful smile: "When outsiders look at the empress and the governor, aren't they also worlds apart?"
"So between husband and wife, people have always known whether it is warm or cold when drinking water. It is in the heart but not in the body. Isn't that right?"
Concubine Shu glanced at him angrily and moved her lips, but somehow she didn't want to refute his words of husband and wife. Seeing his respectful and graceful raised arms, Concubine Shu just had a look in her delicate eyes. Without any dignity at all, he said helplessly: "I will never forget my glib tongue wherever I go. Be careful, I will cut your tongue!"
"Your Majesty, you love this slave so much, how can you be willing to give it up?" Xiao Chen smiled and bowed to support Concubine Shu.
No matter how spacious the space inside the carriage is, people will inevitably have to bend down when standing in it, so Concubine Shu couldn't help but half-bend and walk out together. When Wei Zhongxian opened the curtain, the two of them got off the carriage one after another. Like a loving young couple.
Seeing this, Chen Dengli hurriedly bowed and saluted, his round and happy face was filled with smiles, and he couldn't stop admiring, "Oh my god, the governor and the young lady are such a perfect pair. The man is talented and the woman is beautiful, a match made in heaven, which makes the subordinates and humble officials Jing is ashamed."
As he said that, he couldn't help but glance at his wife with a smile, and said hurriedly: "Of course, the main reason is that the lower official was born in a poor quality, which caused Zhuojing to suffer."
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes. He didn't expect that Chen Dengli, who was so smooth-talking and charming, was actually a maniac who doted on his wife.
"Mr. Chen, you're welcome." Xiao Chen smiled, let Concubine Shu take her arm, and walked calmly into the mansion.
Chen Dengli bowed behind him and raised his head secretly to glance at Xiao Chen's back. A complex and thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, as if he was weighing something.
But soon, he put on a smile again, followed Xiao Chen into his mansion, and respectfully said: "The banquet will be held in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the back garden. I don't know if Governor Xiao wants to visit Xia Guan first." 's mansion, or should we go and have dinner first?"
"Let's just eat," Xiao Chen said calmly, his eyes showing the nobility of an envoy of the emperor. He just took a brief look at the house and then said casually, "The house of a fourth-grade official is naturally simple and there is nothing to visit. "
A flash of embarrassment flashed across Chen Dengli's face, and the displeasure in his eyes flashed. His eyes moved, and he took the opportunity to put his hands in his hands and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Xiaguan's mansion is indeed a bit shabby, even if it is compared with other Compared with the prefect's mansion in the same place, it is too simple."
"It's not that Xiaguan is deliberately trying to get the reputation of being diligent and thrifty, it's actually... Governor, you don't know something. In fact, in this Fengzhou City, Xiaguan, the prefect, is not the biggest person, and he doesn't have much ability."
Xiao Chen stopped slightly, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but asked playfully: "Oh? Why is this?"
