novelraw Chapter 163 One step further?
Chapter 163 One step further?
Even if Tu Yuanyi is an emperor, he has gone through hardships in his previous life and worked hard for the country. He also feels that except for Xing Xiuyan, he has a heart of stone to others.However, people are not grass and trees, and they cannot be ruthless. In his previous life, Yang Huaigu was not his most trusted courtier. He was only a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he was one of his most caring courtiers, and he was also his original spouse, his father-in-law.
Although he was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is quite capable. In his previous life, during Suzong's reign for more than [-] years, both Yang's father and son were in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was his solid backing.Although the foreign ministers have various restrictions, he feels that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is still handy.
Yang's father and son have always been obedient to him all their lives, even after he was established again, they would never dare to complain. When he did not gain the upper hand in the political battles with powerful officials, Yang Huaigu, the old father-in-law, met him at the right time and treated him quite well. There are euphemistic words of comfort and encouragement.
When Tu Yuanyi ascended the throne as a young man, the old sages were fighting for power and the father and son were divorced. The role of "father" had been lost, but Yang Huaigu made up for it in his previous life.
In this life, although Empress Yang has touched his bottom line, and he has no love or pity for her, he also let her go.Not only because Yang's father and son can use it, but also because he has a trace of family affection for the elders that he didn't know about. encourage him.
Xing Xiuyan was quite worried, but Tu Yuanyi didn't speak for a long time, so she could only stand quietly aside.
After a cup of tea time, Tu Wuyi suddenly said, "Do you know who Yang Huaigu is?"
Xing Xiuyan said: "Minister Mu Engong Yang Huaigu, Minister of Internal Affairs, who doesn't know the officials in Kyoto?"
Tu Yuanyi looked at her deeply and said, "Xiuxiu, come here."
When Xing Xiuyan approached, Tu Yuanyi gently hugged her delicate body, his handsome face pressed against her chest, but there was no trace of frivolity.
Xing Xiuyan gently put his arms around his shoulders, and said: "Why should a sage rest assured, people are not black and white. Tai Chi produces two appearances, and people also have good and evil, yin and yang, and there is no absolute good or bad. Yang My lord Zeng Jie tried his best to do business for the sage, it may not be insincere, but there is always selfishness aside, even I have selfishness, otherwise why I would be happy or unhappy depends on whether the selfishness goes well or not."
Tu Yuanyi asked: "You still can't speak for Yang Huaigu?"
Xing Xiuyan smiled faintly: "How can I speak for him? Even if I am so great, I can't distinguish between right and wrong. I just don't want the saint to be unhappy. The saint feels that he has betrayed the trust of the saint. In fact, looking at it from another angle, the saint will Won't you be more comfortable?"
Tu Yuanyi wondered, "What angle?"
Xing Xiuyan sighed and said: "In this world, it is either you who bear me or I who bear you. There is no end to the fate of each other. If you bear each other too much, the fate will be exhausted. The queen loves the saint, but the saint does not love her. The saint loves her." You have betrayed her, and her father has betrayed the saint, you have betrayed each other. When you abandon the queen’s love in your heart, you must be prepared that the Yang family will also betray you, this is a shallow fate.”
Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes suddenly emitted a cold light, but Xing Xiuyan couldn't see it at this moment.
Tu Yuanyi said: "He came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I treat him kindly, even if the queen doesn't like me, how can he let me down?"
Yuan Yi, who is greedy for money, can tolerate it. For example, he always let Xing Zhong do weaving, and secretly gave him the opportunity to make a fortune.However, this matter involved the Miemen injustice case and the horse administration. The horses from the horse farm of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were resold to the Ministry of War through Mongolian horse merchants. This behavior made the emperor intolerable.
Xing Xiuyan said: "Don't listen to one side's words, you must tell evidence in everything, and the saints should be relieved first."
But Tu Yuanyi said again: "Then what about you?"
"what?"
He looked into her eyes: "Will you betray me?"
Xing Xiuyan paused and said: "Qilang and I are too involved, but I don't know what kind of relationship we need to get married."
Tu Yuanyi said: "Then it will be over."
After all, Tu Yuanyi is the emperor, he will not be sad for a long time, so he will let go of this matter and wait until he returns to Beijing.
He doesn't want to deal with government affairs for the time being, and will have a banquet with the Mongolian envoys in three days. It's okay to relax now, and he wants to take Xing Xiuyan out to visit the scenery of the border city.She had gone out to play with Mrs. Xiaohou before, but he had never been there, and he couldn't play much in that half day.
Xing Xiuyan saw the idea of modern people come to his mind, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Why don't you find Sister Su, her husband and wife, and Daiyu to come out? Dating with four or six is very popular in modern times. Sisters pressing the road together is the best way for modern women. like."
Tu Yuanyi looked at her suspiciously: "You won't be reconciled if you don't bring down all the sisters."
Even so, I ordered the eunuch to pass it on to someone. At this time, they had already changed into the couple outfits of the moonlight brocade robe, but it was the version of the arrow sleeve Hu suit.
When the four of them came to visit, Xing Xiuyan sat on the couch and ate cakes, while Tu Yuanyi served tea by himself.
Tu Yuanyi put down the teacup, and said calmly: "Get up. It's rare for me to be free today, and the imperial concubine is clamoring to go out for a stroll."
Today Xing Xiuyan didn't wear her hair in a bun, but wore two big centipede braids, with pearls on her head, a luxurious bearded girl rubbing her forehead with gemstones, matching big earrings on her ears, and a golden bell around her waist.
Xing Xiuyan looked at the jackets and skirts worn by the two women, and said, "It's not convenient for you, Ziyue, take them to change."
Ziyue smiled and asked: "Your Majesty only has two new clothes left, but I am willing to give them to the county lords."
Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "You have shallow eyelids, and your county lords are all rich men. I will call back Qiufeng after I return to Beijing."
A group of maids surrounded the two dumbfounded and went to change clothes behind the house. Xing Xiuyan hadn't had much contact with her brother-in-law and brothers-in-law, so at this moment, she looked really good-looking.
Not to mention Xiao Jingyun, except for Tu Yuanyi, she has never seen a more handsome man than him.And Tan Qian's sharp eyebrows and starry eyes give people the feeling of a gentleman and a gentleman.
Xing Xiuyan smiled suddenly, and said: "Brother Tan's husband has always been rare in this palace. The scenery in Shuofang is different from that in Guan, but are you still used to it?"
Xing Xiuyan knew that Tan Qian's parents were both dead, so it can be said that he and Su Fu'er respected Xing Zhong and his wife as their parents.No matter how outstanding Xiao Jingyun and Daiyu are, they both have their own parents, and Xing Zhong and his wife must be ranked second, but Tan Qian is different.In the future, Chen Yan, the famous teacher in the family, will always fly solo. Her younger brother is still young, and she is in the deep palace. This brother-in-law is the most useful person for Xing Zhong and his wife.So, how could she not be sincere to Su Fuer?
Tan Qian got up and cupped his hands and said: "Thanks to the grace of the Lord, everything is fine, thank you for your concern."
Xing Xiuyan asked: "Where is your hometown in Hubei?" At that time, Xing Xiuyan only knew that he was a candidate in Hubei, and the focus was on the fact that he was not married and had a house, but he did not pay attention to where in Hubei.
Tan Qian replied respectfully: "In Jingzhou Mansion." He was also a little nervous when he came into contact with this amazing sister-in-law so close for the first time, but he couldn't help being moved when he saw her eyes full of intimacy.He knew the story between her and his wife. A woman who respects morality, never forgets gratitude, and doesn't shy away from a poor background is very valuable.
"Jingzhou? I've been there!" Xing Xiuyan said, Tu Yuanyi hummed, and she hurriedly smiled and said, "In a dream." She had really been there in her previous life.
Tan Qian is a gentleman who is slow in words but quick in deeds. He can't help but smile when he doesn't interrupt.
Tu Yuanyi said, "Stop talking nonsense."
Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "When I was young, I read the Taibai poem 'Among the colorful clouds of Chaoci Baidi, a thousand miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day', I had such a dream at night, I sailed on the Yangtze River, the sky was full of colorful clouds, and the green mountains on both sides were surrounded. Brother-in-law? Had a real scene?"
Everyone always has a feeling when talking about their hometown in a foreign land, and he feels a lot closer.
Tan Qian said: "When I was young, I was in the same boat with my friends when I was on a study tour. It's just that there were no colorful clouds that time, but the scenery was very good."
Xing Xiuyan smiled and said to Tu Yuanyi: "I watched the Three Kingdoms later, and I dreamed that I was Sun Shangxiang. Don't say that Liu Bei wants to borrow Jingzhou, so I don't want to marry him. I will station in Jingzhou for my brother and fight Liu Bei in the north. Kicked Cao Cao, and later I assisted my brother to rule the world, and then my brother appointed me as the great general to protect the country."
Tu Yuanyi laughed: "Sure enough, it's a dream. You can be the general who protects the country, and then what?"
Tan Qian and Xiao Jingyun couldn't help laughing when they heard her dream.
Xing Xiuyan said: "In the dream, everyone in the court opposed me to be in charge of the army. In order to stabilize the court, my brother asked me to resign from office and marry someone, saying that he had picked a cute horse for me. In the end, he pulled out a Look, fat head with big ears, Mediterranean eyes, pockmarked nose and mung bean eyes, so ugly that it makes people collapse, and then I woke up with fright."
Tu Yuanyi laughed, listening to her gag, it was easy to forget the trouble.
Tu Yuanyi couldn't help teasing: "It's wrong to judge people by their appearance."
Xing Xiuyan said: "I don't judge people by their appearance, but I can't do that. If the son-in-law in my dream looks like a saint, then I might not wake up so soon."
Not long after, the two girls came out after dressing and dressing up. Daiyu wore a purple dress and Su Fuer wore a red dress. They also had two braids, but the accessories and foreheads were different.
Xing Xiuyan clapped his hands and laughed: "After returning to Beijing, we will develop the Hufu market, and our shop's business should be good. In the future, when you go out and make preparations, you will occasionally wear it like this. I'm sure the noble ladies in Kyoto will follow suit."
Su Fuer said: "Who would dare to dress like this in Kyoto?"
Xing Xiuyan said: "Men in the Central Plains often wear Hufu with arrow sleeves, and King Wuling of Zhao rides and shoots in Hufu. When our pony grows up, we will hold a horse race and invite female relatives from Beijing and China to watch. The requirement is to wear Hufu. Hu Fu, our business must be doing well."
Xing Xiuyan thought of the "Jockey Club", and then held regular competitions, imitating the Hong Kong Jockey Club, tickets, gambling, and additional products. It is a huge industrial chain, and his heart can't help but feel hot.
Dreams are big, you can have them.
After changing his clothes, he was ready to go. Tu Yuanyi stood up and said, "I need your money. I want to earn this money."
Xing Xiuyan said: "Sage, your thinking is rigid and backward, I will tell you the benefits of this later."
Tu Yuanyi shook his head secretly, but Xing Xiuyan took his hand and went out, and he didn't try to break away, the two just led away.
This stunned Tan Qian and Su Fu'er, who had always been well-mannered outside, and Daiyu was not surprised, holding hands was nothing, the sage wrapped the eldest sister in a cloak and kidnapped her before leaving.
Then, she saw her fiancé approaching, and she seemed to run away to her elder sister, but the elder sister abandoned her.Fortunately, Su Fu'er could not do something unruly like Xing Xiuyan's, and instead of leading her husband away, she went with Daiyu.
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The sun was high, and in the bustling market, there was a bustling flow of people, small merchants and hawkers shouted one after another, and banners of restaurants and restaurants were waving.Foreign merchants are dressed in strange clothes and have different accents, even some of them are blond and blue-eyed.In Kyoto, there are also merchants from the Western Regions or red-haired missionaries from the Western Regions. As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, learning from the East and West was spreading, and some missionaries were active in the history of the end of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that I haven't seen any women in the deep boudoir, and I haven't seen Daiyu the last two times when she came out, so I can't help being very curious.
Xing Xiuyan and Tu Yuanyi walked around holding hands, and the other two women behind them had never dated and went shopping, and felt a little uncomfortable.Xiao Jingyun felt that he could learn after marriage in the future, but Tan Qian was wondering whether this was in line with the etiquette norms of the monarch, but he couldn't say it at this time.
After spending about two cups of tea on the street, I arrived at a fur shop.
Do they know that the fur in the north is much cheaper than in Beijing.
Xing Xiuyan is the kind of person who will be opposed by a moralist who loves animals and does not wear fur. She likes good leather very much, and winter is indispensable.
The boss looked at the well-dressed people and hurriedly brought out good materials. Xing Xiuyan touched a few black fox furs. The fur was smooth and smooth, which was indeed a good leather.
Xing Xiuyan gesticulated on Tu Yuanyi's body and wrapped it around her neck. Tu Yuanyi supported her waist and smiled: "Stop making trouble."
Xing Xiuyan said: "Qilang doesn't have this black fox fur dress, so I'll make one for you."
Tu Yuanyi said: "There should be some warehouses. You don't need to use the outside ones. Look at the leather. The animal is wounded on the back, and the leather is inferior."
Xing Xiuyan saw that although the fur was good, it was indeed a wound on the back, and there was a flaw. The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "The customer is really an expert, so I didn't dare to deceive the customer, but the top-quality leather in our store is all made of leather. The Zhao family has made an order."
Xing Xiuyan wondered: "Then what a great family the Zhao family is?"
The shopkeeper said: "An imperial merchant in the border town buys and sells all kinds of things for the palace. The leathers in the north also account for the majority. The best leathers are for the emperor's ladies."
Tan Qian couldn't help but glanced at Tu Yuanyi and Xing Xiuyan, for the emperor's empress, isn't this righteous master right in front of your eyes?
Xing Xiuyan asked curiously, "What price did you sell your leather to the imperial merchant?"
The shopkeeper refused to answer, it should be a business secret.
Xing Xiuyan made some calculations in his mind, and said with a smile on his face: "To tell you the truth, we are actually an imperial merchant, but we just came from the south. This year, many officials in the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have changed. We used to supply silver, leather, porcelain, The imperial merchants of satin, clothes, and tea are all limited to the locality. At this time, it is not limited to the north and the south, and those who are of high quality and low price get it. For example, our Jinling Xue family has long supplied southern satin, tea, and palace flowers. The officials have a good relationship, so I want to come to the north to do business."
Daiyu couldn't help being dumbfounded. Is the eldest sister pretending to be Bao's sister or her younger sister?But thinking that Miss Baoqin used to travel all over the world with her parents and elder brother in business, and even went to Fanguo, Xu Zhenzhen and her eldest sister are like this at this time.
Xing Xiuyan used to be a Gusu embroiderer, so she knew the price and cost of cloth and related things well before coming to Beijing, which greatly helped Xing Zhong.Although the officials of the inner government and the original imperial merchants did not make a lot of money because of Xing Zhong's ignorance, but the people behind Xing Zhong were too strong, and no one dared to attack.But Xing Zhong was only in charge of purchasing and storing cloth in the south of the Yangtze River at this time.
The shopkeeper said: "No matter how good your relationship with the officials of the inner government is, it is not as good as the Zhao family."
Xing Xiu's face remained unchanged, and he said: "I don't believe it anymore, our Xue family is related to Mr. Xing, weaving master of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he can still talk about buying and selling, otherwise we would dare to travel so far, and the business would not be good. When it’s done, how much will it cost to spend?”
The shopkeeper said: "After all, he is a man of southern scenery, but the fairy-like figure is just a weaving relative. The fur in the north is an inherent business of the Zhao family, and you can't grab it."
Although the shopkeeper has some knowledge, he doesn't know the true background of Xing Zhizhi, only that the quality of weaving is not high, and Xing Zhong's deputy manager is a false title, and Xing Xiuyan didn't mention it.
Tu Yuanyi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why?"
The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Who do you think this Zhao family is? They are relatives of the emperor."
Xing Xiuyan's eyes flashed, and he said: "Actually, we are also relatives of the emperor. Our Xue family is the natal brother of the wife of the cousin of the step-sister of the imperial concubine."
The shopkeeper cupped his fists and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. But... your relationship is still far away. The Zhao family is the cousin of the empress, and also the uncle of the country."
Xing Xiuyan was hit at a certain moment, but didn't want to give up, so she changed her mind.
She touched the leather which was not top grade and asked, "Then how do you sell this leather?"
The shopkeeper said: "This is a good idea. You are also imperial merchants. I will give you a real price of five taels of silver."
Xing Xiuyan secretly thought that the north is really cheap, but the temperament of modern women who loves to bargain comes up, saying: "Shopkeeper, don't fool me, I saw a similar one in the west, and it was clearly asking for four taels. In the end, he said that if it is a big customer Three, two, four. You don't know how to bully us from the south?"
Tu Yuanyi knew that this piece of bamboo strips was going to fool people again, and at this time it involved the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he cared about, so let's watch.
The shopkeeper was taken aback, and smiled apologetically: "Don't dare, dare not, since the Li family sells it at this price, and you have some background, if you really want it, I'll sell it to you as well, as a friend."
Xing Xiuyan thought to himself: Sure enough, there is no business without adultery, it is the same in ancient and modern times.
"Then I'll take all of these." Xing Xiuyan said casually again: "All you sell to the Zhao family are all top-quality leathers. How can you get so many! There are even eunuchs and maids in the palace. There are thousands of people, and there are many clans outside the palace."
The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Of course, the ordinary ones are also bought and sold. The intact ones are naturally for the nobles. Of course, the masters who are not nobles are not worthy of use..."
Xing Xiuyan smiled slightly. Of course, the House of Internal Affairs also had to reserve the expenses of eunuchs, court ladies and low-level masters, as well as the expenses of clan princes and princesses. Of course not all of them were top-notch.
Just now she got into a misunderstanding. If she wants to explore the waters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the imperial merchants, why should she find out which one is the best?
Xing Xiuyan said again: "If you can also sell directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would you do this kind of business?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's not so easy to pass all the checkpoints and checkpoints on this road. If something happens on the way, the loss will be great. Besides, it will also offend the Zhao family. How can we compete with them?"
Xing Xiuyan saw what his partner had packed and bought, and asked his followers to pick it up and leave.
After leaving this shop, Tu Yuanyi's complexion was not very good. He had been hunting in the north twice before, and he focused on military power, not such trivial matters as the Ministry of Internal Affairs.But he had been in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs after all, and he knew the price of Guangchusi's leather purchases. For example, even inferior leather can be as expensive as ten taels of silver a piece, and it is still the price after the management.
Although it is necessary to do business without oil and water, such a price difference is completely treating him as the world's biggest bully.
Tan Qian was a foreign minister and came from a poor family, so he didn't understand, but Xiao Jingyun vaguely knew about it, besides, he had also heard about what happened yesterday.But he, who was always smart, couldn't help but look at Xing Xiuyan's back, secretly wondering if she had a chance to advance further.
Dai and Fu didn't have the foot strength of Xing Xiuyan. Xing Xiuyan found out carefully and found a tea stand by the road to rest.
A few people squeezed into a table for the Eight Immortals, Xing Xiuyan put aside his troubles, and said with a smile: "Your health is really bad, you can't do it after just a few steps. From now on, Shizi Xiao, Mu Xiu will take Daiyu out for a walk more often, it will be good for your health. "
Xiao Jingyun said: "My mother will bring her out on weekdays."
A year ago, Tan Qian really did not expect that he would have such a respectable brother-in-law, nor did he expect that he would go out with a woman, like a couple in the countryside.
Daiyu was blushing when suddenly a few men dressed as foreigners came to drink tea at the tea stall, seeing the beauty of the three women as angels, their eyes straightened.
Jin Yiwei, who was following secretly, came and stood in the middle to block their sight. A lustful man suddenly became annoyed, and said, "Why do you have to lean on it here? Get out of the way!"
The Jin Yiwei guard said: "Please leave!"
The man saw that Jin Yiwei was young and not as tall as him, so he was unconvinced, and said, "Why? Everyone comes to this tea stall, sir, so I'll just sit here?"
Jin Yiwei stepped forward to chase them away, those four men were also members of Kong Wu, so they were willing to give in immediately.
Xing Xiuyan couldn't help frowning, this is ancient times, when beautiful women don't go out of their boudoirs and out of ethics, in fact safety is also a factor.
There was going to be a fight over there, but the owner of the tea stall came over and begged, Tan Qian said: "Master Qi, why don't you rest in another place."
Everyone also deeply agreed, and they all left here.
Xing Xiuyan bought some children's playthings, and planned to ask Jia Lian to send them back to Xing Mansion tomorrow to give to his little brother whom he had never met.Daiyu also bought some Northland specialties and brought them home to Lin Ruhai and his wife.Of course, Su Fu'er also picked something for Xing Zhong, his wife and his brother.
When it was dark, the two daughters were almost tired and got down on the ground, so they went back in a carriage, let alone mentioning it.
When he returned to the palace, Tu Yuanyi couldn't help being distracted. He had put it down temporarily in the morning, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing when he went out. How could Emperor Suzong, who has always been "stingy", not think about it?
Xing Xiuyan is a smart person, before taking the initiative to comfort her, she couldn't help but think of her status as inconvenient, to say good things about the Yang family is like a hypocritical white lotus, and to say bad things about the Yang family seems to have ulterior motives.
But at this moment, she couldn't help but have an idea in her heart. If there is conclusive evidence that the Yang family that has been used all the time is not as loyal as the sage originally thought, if the sage wants to run the Yang family, then Empress Yang Will getting involved be...
If the saint wants to abolish the empress, according to his feelings for her at this time, he will not make the second choice.
Either he will never abolish the empress, if he wants to abolish the empress, he can only make her the empress.
If he chooses a third person, he also knows in his heart that she can accommodate his first wife before his rebirth, and there is nothing he can do about it, but she will never accommodate the next person, otherwise the relationship between them will be over.If that is the case, she will become helpless to deal with reality and seek profit towards him.
But, does she want to be queen?She had never thought about it before.