Yipin Qiao Nongfei

Chapter 40
"The prince specially asked the servant to come here, saying that he wanted to ask the uncle and young master what he thinks about this matter."

The white-faced and beardless eunuch stood beside Fang Xuesong, with a very respectful, even a little bit of humility.

"Cough cough..." Fang Xuesong coughed twice, put down the letter, and said lightly, "Concubine Shu's temperament, which lasted until today before being abolished, is already indulged by the emperor. It seems that the emperor is finally completely disappointed with King Jing. From then on, this force is nothing to fear."

"Yes. The prince said the same thing."

The eunuch nodded in agreement, but his eyes were still fixed on Fang Xuesong. He stood up, walked a few steps slowly with his hands behind his back, and said softly, "The one worth pondering is Lu Qing's trick."

"Master Lu has been demoted to Ningzhou."

"So what?" Fang Xuesong frowned: "As long as you get the Sacred Heart, even if you are relegated for a while, you will be able to rise to the top in the future. Who can say for sure the ups and downs of the officialdom."

Only then did the eunuch smile with sincere admiration, and said respectfully, "Master Uncle means..."

"When the empress was deposed, I was just born. I don't remember the grand occasion when she was favored before. I just talked to my brother-in-law. He once mentioned that the emperor loves the deposed empress. No one in the harem can compare. Fortunately, Qin The clan, which has been in business for hundreds of years, can be called the number one family in the Great Xia. The emperor regarded it as a serious problem, so he abolished the empress and cut her power. Now, the Qin clan has disappeared. Perhaps the emperor has changed his mind about the abolition of the empress. Also unknown."

"Yes. The prince also made the same guess." The eunuch's tone became softer: "The prince also said that the fire in the cold palace was really strange. It was said that the empress's son and nurse were burned to death in that fire, but Whether he died or not, no one knows."

Fang Xuesong smiled slightly, sat down on the couch, and said softly: "I know what my brother-in-law is worried about, you go back and tell him, let him relax, no matter whether the little prince is dead or alive, he is not afraid."

"How do you say that?"

Fang Xuesong said in a deep voice: "What's not clear? My brother-in-law is also concerned, so I'm confused. A person who has never received an orthodox royal education since childhood, even if he is extremely smart and a prince, with our emperor's strict personality, he can't help it." It is impossible to be crowned prince immediately."

"That's right!" The eunuch clapped his hands: "This is a major matter related to the country, how can it be so hasty? Even if it is the son of the queen, there will always be a test."

Fang Xuesong nodded: "Elder-in-law is right. Whether the trial period is one or two years, or three or five years, brother-in-law... will never lose."

Speaking of this, he sighed, not without regret, and said: "Actually, I hope that this kind of thing will happen. It is like setting up a target in front of brother-in-law, so that brother-in-law can calm down and plan secretly, and slowly plan the future." gone."

The eunuch smiled and said, "Who says it's not? It's a pity that we don't even know what the emperor is thinking, and we are just guessing here."

Fang Xuesong sighed and said, "Although I don't know, it's always good to make more preparations. My brother-in-law has always been cautious and meticulous. In the dispute between the heaven and the family, if there is one negligence, the consequences may be irreversible."

The eunuch gave a thumbs up: "Yes. Uncle and young master can see clearly, no wonder the prince has always relied on you. In the prince's mind, I thought that you would choose a quiet house in the capital to recuperate, but you like the scenery of Daxing County. Came here."

Fang Xuesong shook his head and said, "Brother-in-law is surrounded by many capable people. I am not too many. I am not too many. I am still young. We still have to go back to Beijing, and we can reunite at that time."

"Yes."

The eunuch agreed, and Fang Xuesong saw that he had nothing else to do, so he ordered someone to pay him a reward, and after sending him away, the close maid Shan Shan and Xiu Yu came over with several boxes and said with a smile: "The prince really cares about the young master. Take a look at these supplements, all of them are of the highest quality, this fineness of Shangdang ginseng, I have never seen before, the stewed chicken soup is the best for the young master to nourish his health."

Fang Xuesong took a look, nodded and said, "Put it away. Is Shu Yun here?"

"Come on, I'm waiting outside right now."

The little girl at the door responded, and soon, a servant came in, rubbed his hands and said, "Master, you have already found out everything you asked the servant to inquire about."

"tell me the story."

Fang Xuesong picked up a grape and put it in his mouth, then waved his hand, signaling to Xiuyu to give the grape to Shu Yun, and he smiled when he saw him: "Thank you, young master, for the reward, this is such a good thing, I will take it back and eat it slowly."

After finishing speaking, he continued: "We have a sugar factory in Changji in Daxing County. It was difficult for the convoys traveling south and north this year. Their sugar was about to run out. Unexpectedly, the third girl fell from the sky and gave him more than 1000 catties. Beets, that saved his life."

Fang Xuesong nodded slightly: "Before I heard that other villagers in Wufeng Village don't want beets, but only the third girl from the Su family. What's going on?"

Shu Yun said with a smile: "This matter has been settled. The servant doesn't know what Boss Zhong is thinking. Whose beets are not beets? They are all dug from the mountains. Could it be that Miss Su San's beets are particularly good? I didn't expect that." This makes sense. Now I heard that the third girl interceded with Boss Zhong in person, so after that, the villagers also harvested all the beets. For this, many villagers in Wufeng Village are very grateful to the third girl."

"No wonder." A smile appeared on Fang Xuesong's face: "I said that with Miss San's personality, she is quite popular in the village. There must be a reason for this, and it turned out to be this."

As he spoke, he rubbed his smooth chin and murmured: "If you count on the wild beets on the mountain to be worth three thousand catties a year, this is far from enough. Why does Boss Zhong give three thousand catties of beets to the third girl like this?" Big face?"

Shu Yun shook his head and said: "This servant doesn't know. But... Speaking of the third girl, I saw her brother pull a big cart of bones back from Mingyue Tower today. All the bones were given to the Su family, ten catties for a copper plate."

Fang Xuesong raised his eyebrows: "What do they want bones for? They even spend money to buy them? Did you read it wrong? It should be the kind of bones with raw meat, right? It's too cheap."

"That's right, so the slave specifically inquired. It's either raw bones or cooked. There is no meat at all. I don't know what to do when I buy it back."

Fang Xuesong did not speak. After a while, he suddenly got up and went to the desk, took out a blank post from the bookshelf, wrote it carefully, handed the greeting post to Shu Yun, and ordered: "Tomorrow you go to Suzhou Home, send the post to the third girl, and say that I invite her to come to the house and discuss things."

Shu Yun: ...

Coral Embroidered Jade: ...

After a long while, Shu Yun stammered: "Master, you... you actually wrote... her a post? She may not know a single word, you... you are flattering her too much."

"That's right." Shan Shan was also a little annoyed: "If it wasn't for the accident later, she should be a girl in our house now, but now you want the young master to send a post to invite you, you are not afraid of breaking her..."

"Enough. When will it be your turn to dictate my business?"

Fang Xuesong's face darkened.Shan Shan Shuyun didn't dare to speak anymore, Shu Yun took the post and withdrew embarrassingly.

(End of this chapter)