Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 45

Within a few days, Liu Qingtang heard that his father had accepted this year's No. [-] martial arts scholar, the boy in black, Xi Lan, as his apprentice.

Then at the Qionglin Banquet, Liu Qingrong took the opportunity to get in front of Liu Qingtang and complained to her about it.It was the current No. [-] Scholar who dared to rely on himself as the uncle of the country to speak directly in front of the empress dowager, and everyone else had to avoid suspicion.

"Xi Lancai is seven years younger than me, and he is still a little guy with no hair. Seeing how petty he is, Dad accepted him as a student, and I can be regarded as his senior brother, but seeing me He didn't even say hello. Dad also said that he is a good young man who practiced martial arts, he is serious and understanding, and treats him better than my own son. I doubt whether Xi Lan is my own or my own. "

Although Liu Qingrong kept complaining, but her face was trying to put on a gentle whisper. If she didn't hear what he said, then she must feel that he was worthy of the name of Mr. Yujia.

Although Liu Qingtang is in the palace, she also has a fixed source of news outside the palace, and she can listen to some anecdotes from time to time to relieve boredom.Of course, she also focused on getting people to inquire about the news about her family, and then she heard that her elder brother, who couldn't marry a wife, was actually the dream lover of many unmarried girls in Yu Jing.

This news surprised Liu Qingtang for a long time. Only then did she realize that the bullying and playful brother in front of her was such a stable, gentle and talented young man in the eyes of outsiders.For a moment, she wondered if she had heard it wrong, but after thinking about it later, she realized that it made some sense.

Not all people are like this, they always have to show a different appearance in front of people who feel safe.The father is dignified and unsmiling in front of the soldiers and the people, but he always likes to lose his temper in front of his children, and he is very awkward in caring about others.It's understandable for my brother to act like a dog in front of outsiders, and to be thick-skinned and shameless in front of his family.Let's just talk about herself, now she is not a majestic queen mother in front of outsiders, she turns around and acts like a spoiled child to Qin Shu, bullies her elder brother, and even scorns her father.

Speaking of this, she thought of Qin Shu again. In the past few months, he has been busy taking over the affairs in the hands of Eunuch Ning. He is really busy.Every night when she saw him, she saw that he was tired but trying to keep his spirits up.She told him to go to bed early, and he did go to see her early for a while.Liu Qingtang thought he would go to rest after seeing her, but he didn't expect that man to go to see her to reassure her, and then sneaked back to deal with business.

After Liu Qingtang found out, she went directly to the place where he was handling the matter, blocked him there and taught him a solid lesson.After forcing him into a corner and making him stutter and say a lot of obedient things, and promised to rest earlier in the future, he was let go.

It's just that Qin Shu can't do things secretly at night, and he intensifies during the day, as if he wants to finish his share at night, and he is busy like a spinning top.Liu Qingtang knew his intentions, and knew who he was working so hard for, so she couldn't bear to blame him, so she had to block him everywhere to get him a soup to replenish her body.

It's really sad to have such a friend who can't say anything good, but is always thinking of doing something for her.Liu Qingtang lost her mind when she thought about it, she didn't care what her brother whispered in her ear.

Liu Qingrong had a very gentle face in the eyes of the people around him, and complained about this kind of thing that didn't conform to the image, but he was very familiar with it, but after he said a lot, his sister became dazed, and then whispered Sighed: "Qin Shu, alas."

You don't need to ask, you know who the younger sister is thinking about in a daze, Liu Qingrong suddenly felt sour, she was already disgusted by her father, but now her younger sister who loves to bully him doesn't want to bully him anymore, so she simply ignores him.Liu Qingrong, who had just been promoted to "a good son-in-law" in the eyes of all the lords and wives of Yu Jing, was full of melancholy and puzzled, and said softly, "Qingtang, take care of your brother."

Liu Qingtang came back to her senses and subconsciously gave him a sideways glance, "What are you doing, speak normally."

Liu Qingrong, who was cast a sideways glance, got excited again, pulled her and continued: "That kid named Xi Lan is really arrogant. After I told him that I was the son of the Liu family, he actually used a kind of Liu Guogong. How can there be a weak chicken?" The scholar's son looks at me..."

Liu Qingrong was interrupted by Liu Qingtang before she finished speaking, and she said very bluntly: "Who told you to pretend to be like this, I think you are just idle and flustered, so you only care about a child who is seven years younger than you. At that time, you went to find me a sister-in-law, you see Wei Zheng is also so many years younger than you, and he is going to marry a wife, and you, there is no one who can't even find a wife."

Liu Qingrong choked on what her sister said, her expression changed, and she quickly changed to a serious face and started the topic: "I want to enter the household department, what do you think, Qingtang?"

Sure enough, when it came to political affairs, Liu Qingtang immediately stopped talking and said, "Why?"

"Didn't you tell your father what will happen in a year's time? The household department will be in charge of money management. When the time comes, father... I will look at the supply of grain and grass in the future... and I can feel at ease. After all, I am really worried that I can't go with him. "This sentence, Liu Qingrong almost whispered.

Liu Qingtang understood that he was talking about the battle with Zhou Guo a year later.In the eyes of people in the Southern Dynasties, it seems that there is no battle that their father cannot win, but children always have to worry, even if Liu Qingtang knew the result earlier, he was still worried. "Don't worry about this. Now because of Wei Zheng and Miss Wu's affairs, Wu Hansheng, Minister of the Household Department, is already one of our people."

Liu Qingrong smiled with her hands behind her back, "Actually, I want to go through not only the household department, but also the six departments, but I shouldn't be impatient, just take it step by step. Know yourself and the enemy, win the opponent, and save yourself. If one day, you want to take the two If the chief assistant is pulled down, someone has to replace them. There are not many people who can make you feel at ease, and brother is lucky to be one of them, so something has to be done."

Once the situation of many years is broken, it is not so easy to make up.Both Liu Qingrong and his sister understood this, but Liu Qingtang hadn't made up his mind whether to let his elder brother carry such a heavy burden, his elder brother had already made the decision.

Liu Qingtang was silent for a while, and then said: "Tanhualang Jing Chuyan, brother, let's get in touch with him more." She originally wanted to train Jing Chuyan and let him take the place of the two chief assistants.Although my brother thinks so now, if he doesn't want to be ups and downs in the court in the future, cultivating this Jing Chuyan can be regarded as a way out.

And even though Jing Chuyan was the one who was wooed by the two chief assistants in his previous life, Liu Qingtang had contacted him before and felt that he was a person who valued the kindness of knowing one's situation. She was willing to give him a chance, so he would definitely fight for it with gratitude .Speaking of which, it would be interesting to deal with people who used the two chief assistants in their previous life to deal with them in this life.

Liu Qingrong understood what her sister meant, but she smiled and said nothing.The man of the Liu family kept his promise, since he said he wanted to take care of the court for his younger sister, he would not give up halfway.Letting the daughter of the Liu family do so many things alone is their fault as a father and brother, but it is also the helplessness of the Liu family as a family of military generals for generations.Wearing those shackles, I don't know how to achieve both loyalty and filial piety.

Only at this time, Liu Qingrong was willing to admit that he was indeed not very similar to his father.The father is still struggling in his heart, but he just wants to protect his sister well and not let her bear such a heavy thing alone.It doesn't matter whether it is to dismount the minister of the first emperor's humerus, clean the court, or... to deal with his nephew emperor.

His father was upright and upright all his life, but he grew up to be a sly and cunning person, he was not born to be a court material.

When Liu Qingrong was about to leave, Liu Qingtang stopped him again with a snort, "Brother, if Xi Lan is really too arrogant, you can just teach him a lesson if you get angry, don't worry about anything."

The other party is just an outsider, even if he is a disciple accepted by his father, there is no reason to make his brother angry.Although Liu Qingtang liked to bully her elder brother, she couldn't see outsiders bullying and neglecting her.

Only then did Liu Qingrong finally show a cunning smile, and said slowly and proudly, "We are indeed brother and sister, and I have taught that kid a lesson this morning in the name of sparring."

Although he couldn't see his brother being bullied, he also couldn't see him being proud. Liu Qingtang was in such a situation, so he couldn't help but want to stab him a few more words. "Oh, brother, you are very proud of winning against such a child? Maybe you will be cleaned up by daddy when you go back."

Thinking about her father who has always insisted that the boys of the Liu family should be raised cheaply, it is really possible for him to stand out for that boy Xi Lan, Liu Qingrong said with a bitter face: "I don't think so, I think that boy is very strong and good at martial arts. Let's compare One time, I kept my hand away, and he punched me in the chest. Seeing that his chest muscles are well trained, he should be fine. Besides, how can a disciple who is a father not suffer a little bit? Boys get hurt a little bit, right? Is it normal?"

Actually, Liu Qingrong just wanted that brat to call him senior brother.Who knew that after winning the fight, he not only failed to hear the other party convincingly call him senior brother, but also covered his chest that had been punched, looked at him for a long time with cold eyes, then turned his head and left.Really, young man, just can't afford to lose.

As for that Xi Lan, who had been acting like a baby with his younger sister for a long time because of Liu's elder brother, she also felt a dull pain in her chest and her face sinking like water at the Qionglin Banquet.As the champion of martial arts, she and Liu Qingrong were opposite each other, but she didn't even look up at Liu Qingrong, expressing her dislike clearly.

In fact, if Liu Qingrong was not the son of the former General Liu whom she admired and now the son of Liu Guogong, when he punched her in the chest, Xi Lan would have stabbed him right through with the throwing knife in his sleeve.

At that time, when she went back to the room and untied the cloth strips tied around her chest, she felt that one breast had been beaten a little smaller.She is a girl, even if she disguises herself as a man and loves to practice martial arts, she is still a girl. When someone punched her in the chest like this, she almost bent over and cried out in pain, but at least she held back and didn't feel ashamed.

In the process of applying the medicine to herself, Xi Lan gritted her teeth and thought in her heart to poke countless blood holes in Liu Qingrong's body with one hundred and eight flying knives.She has been living like an iceberg for so many years, and now she has been forced into such a big anger by Liu Qingrong's punch, and she has turned into a volcano. She doesn't know whether Liu Qingrong is lucky or unlucky.

In short, when Liu Qingrong didn't know, Xi Lan had unilaterally regarded him as a deadly enemy.Poor Liu Qingrong was still thinking about how to get the boy to obediently call him senior brother if he didn't know each other.

(End of this chapter)