Chapter 41
Heng Yu and others had just left, and the letter they wrote to Xu Fei after arriving in the capital was sent back to Pingzhou, Xu Fei had already received the order that he would be promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Xu Fei was really surprised to hold the imperial edict. His three-year term in Pingzhou is still one year away. Unexpectedly, His Majesty suddenly transferred him back to the capital and still serves as an important member of the six ministries.
"Mr. Xu." The eunuch who rushed to Pingzhou along the waterway to issue an eunuch called out a voice to awaken Xu Fei, and his tone was a little close, "This is a good thing, please rest assured, Lord Xu." He mentioned Xu Fei a little.
The eunuchs have always been good at hearing the direction of the wind. They should be arrogant in front of whom and restrain themselves in front of whom. This is the basis for their survival in the palace. This eunuch is a subordinate of Wei Xian. Before he left the capital, Wei Xian deliberately mentioned him.
Now, naturally I don’t mind exerting goodwill to Xu Fei.
After being mentioned by the eunuch, Xu Fei temporarily put down his other thoughts and handed over a red seal while covering his sleeves.
The eunuch took it and when he bought it, he knew that it was a silver note inside. Then he rubbed it with his fingers on the cover of his sleeves, and there were more than one piece. He was even more satisfied with Xu Fei's previous path.
At the same time, in the capital.
Zhao Xin lives in the palace and is very difficult to have the opportunity to leave the palace on weekdays. In this case, how can Hengyu exaggerate his presence?
Hengyu lived a very comfortable life at home. Pingzhou's food culture is very different from that in the capital. Song Zijin knew that Hengyu had always loved delicious food and often sent his servants to buy some famous pastries in the capital. Occasionally, he would pack some food from the restaurant.
Heng Yu did nothing to make Zhao Xin feel good about this, just wrote a letter to him.
The letter rewrites what he eats every day, and also contains various personal goods from him, and occasionally provides one or two food pictures.
It is extremely tormenting to read the food described in Thaksin in conjunction with the real picture.
Trust Hengyu, he couldn't go directly to listen to it, so Hengyu wrote for a while and then sent it all to the Marquis of Wuwei's Mansion.
Of course, he also kindly carried a private item of autumn scenery that Xu Yu recently drew.
As for what Fang Hao felt when he got such a thick stack of letters, he compared the letter Hengyu wrote to Zhao Xin and Xu Yu's thin painting, which had nothing to do with Hengyu.
He doesn't care anyway.
Fang Yan didn't say anything after knowing this incident, and directly sent the stack of letters to Zhao Xin through his own channel.
At that time, Zhao Xin was furious in the Qinzheng Hall, pointing to a memorial that was spread out in front of him and laughing in anger, "The military expenditure is insufficient, what a military expenditure is insufficient. I don't know whose 500,000 taels of silver I just allocated before the New Year fell into whose pocket. Now I am so embarrassed to cry for me. It seems that the people in Qingcheng are too comfortable!" The voice was full of hostility.
Even though Zhao Xin likes calligraphy and painting, he is also an emperor who has succeeded to the throne for thirteen years. How could he tolerate ministers fooling him like this?
Wei Xian knelt on the ground and faced the emperor's anger. He could only tremble his voice and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down, so as not to get angry."
Zhao Xin's hands that were hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly into fists.
After thirteen years ascending the throne, he once wanted to implement the new policy and reform it.
Many policies set by Taizu when he was founded were no longer applicable now, and the court raised a group of people who were free to eat.
The game between the emperor and his ministers was silent, but had a wide impact. It was not that he had cultivated talents who supported his new policy, but as Fang Yan said, he lacked the sharpest blade that pointed directly at the civil servant group, so now he could only watch and punish him, but he could not make a big move.
The decay from the root can only move the people above, but it is just killing the chicken to warn the monkey to suppress it for a while.
Zhao Xin was mixed with thoughts, and the depression in his chest made his face look even more ugly. He stood there with his hands behind his back, and the light saw someone shaking at the entrance of the hall. The sound of a low conversation between the people and the guards faintly came into the hall.
When Wei Xian heard the voice of the visitor, he recognized that it was the voice of his godson Liu Li, and couldn't help but curse in his heart. This kid looked clever on weekdays, but today the emperor was furious at the court meeting. He was fine, not far away from him and still came over.
Zhao Xin also heard the sound, and raised the sound impatiently, allowing people outside to roll in.
Liu Li walked in with a thick stack of things in his hand. Yu Guang glanced at Wei Xian, and then knelt on the ground neatly, raised the things in his hand, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is something presented by the Marquis of Wuwei."
When he heard the name "Wuwei Hou", Zhao Xin thought Fang Yan had written a note about the military arrangement in the northwest, but when he looked at the thickness, he felt it was impossible.
He thought about it and there was a vague guess in his heart. Before he knew it, the depression that was blocking his chest gradually dissipated. His tone also eased a lot when he spoke, "Send the letter to me."
There are three big words written on the surface of the envelope - Xu Hengyu.
When Zhao Xin saw these three words, he couldn't help but remember that Heng Yu praised him for writing very well. Now he didn't exaggerate it. It was rare for a seven-year-old child to write such a character that had already been hidden.
The date is marked in the lower right corner of the envelope.
Zhao Xin read one by one. The date on the envelope was marked from the day after he and Heng Yu met. It was written until yesterday. There were more than a dozen letters in total. No wonder he was so thick when he read it just now.
Even though he was still angry at the last moment, Zhao Xin couldn't help but smile, and the anger in his heart faded a lot in an instant, and his mood calmed down again.
There is nothing more joyful than suddenly discovering that a child who has only known him for a day can keep remembering him and writing letters to him every day.
Wei Xian was still kneeling on the ground, and saw the obvious relaxed expression on His Majesty's face, and said complimentingly: "This child has been thinking about His Majesty. I have been hearing others say that children are very forgetful, and now it seems that they cannot believe them all."
Liu Li was also a clever person and quickly answered, "This is our Majesty. If you change to another person, that child will probably not remember it."
After being held like this by the two of them, Zhao Xin temporarily threw away the unhappiness just now. Seeing that the two were still kneeling, he waved his sleeves to let the two stand up and serve him. He himself opened the envelope according to the date and read the letter.
At first, Zhao Xin thought that what can a child say in his letter? After all, Heng Yu has just been enlightened for a while, and he still doesn’t know how much he can recognize his words.
Then... the more he looked, the hungry he became. The more he looked, the hungry he became. Finally, he couldn't help but speak out to Wei Xian who was standing beside him, "Have lunch been prepared? I sent someone to send an order to ask the people in the imperial kitchen to add a beggar chicken when preparing lunch." This beggar chicken was described by Heng Yu as a color, fragrance and taste, so that Zhao Xin, who had never had a strong desire to taste the dish.
Beggar chicken is a folk way to eat it and it has not been passed on to the palace, but Wei Xian has also heard of this name.
He murmured in his heart, not knowing how the dish was mentioned in the letter. However, His Majesty was just angry. If he had always been unpleasant, he would have no appetite. Now he was rare to order dishes. Wei Xian winked and Liu Li immediately stepped down to make arrangements.
After reading these letters, Zhao Xin carefully packed the letters back and piled them aside.
"Your Majesty, do you want me to take these letters and put them in?" Wei Xian asked in a low voice.
Zhao Xin looked at the letters, thought for a while before saying, "Put them into the imperial study room and find a more conspicuous place."
Wei Xian bowed and retreated with his letter, but he knew in his heart that Xu Hengyu, a child, had a much heavier weight in His Majesty's heart than what he did.
Where is the imperial study room? It is the place where the emperor reads and collects books. When occasionally summoning cabinet ministers to discuss government affairs, they also discuss it in the imperial study room.
This shows the status of the Imperial Study Room in the palace.
But now it is just a few letters from children, but His Majesty sent him to the imperial study room and put them in a conspicuous place that can be seen frequently.
There has never been a shortage of loyal ministers and good generals around the emperor, and there is no shortage of people who try to win the emperor's favor in order to achieve success in one step.
It is very difficult to win the favor of a relatively wise emperor, but because of this, it is even more rare for those who can win the favor of the emperor.
After Wei Xian stepped down, Zhao Xin glanced at the annoying memorials he pushed aside, and decisively decided to approve the approval of these memorials, took out a good piece of plum blossom paper from the side, dipped it in ink and began to write it back to Heng Yu.
I don’t know if it was because Heng Yu kept calling him “brother”, Zhao Xin did not act like an emperor when he replied, and his tone was a little familiar and close.
Thinking that Heng Yu was always boasting, Zhao Xin smiled helplessly, but he also praised him a few more words in his reply to him.
"Your Majesty, it's time to have lunch." Your Majesty's reply has been written for more than half an hour, and according to Wei Xian's visual observation, Your Majesty is becoming more and more dedicated to writing, and there seems to be no intention of stopping writing in a short period of time. Wei Xian could only bite the bullet and remind Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin was disturbed by this and stopped his pen. He waved his hand and signaled that he knew it. He dipped in ink and wrote it again, but it was already over.
He put the reply letter with six pieces of paper next to it and dried it. Zhao Xin did not pretend to be someone else's hand. He folded the reply letter into the envelope and handed it to Wei Xian, "Send this letter directly to the Xu Mansion. Also, take some excellent plum blossom paper and a piece of pine ink from the inner trunk to the Xu Mansion together."
As a top-level calligraphy treasure, Songmo is hard to find and is most sought after by literati and scholars. However, Zhao Xin did not think there was any problem with giving such precious calligraphy treasures to a child who had just started to use.
Plum Blossom Paper is known for its excellent smooth texture. It also has a faint fragrance of plum blossoms when writing and flipping. It is particularly elegant and is also a rare thing.
This time, Wei Xian did not send anyone else to send him a letter to Xu's mansion, so he personally ordered his godson Liu Li to run on this trip.
A few days ago, there was Liu Li in the eunuch who accompanied Zhao Xin to the Wuwei Marquis' Mansion, so Liu Li was naturally happy to run this trip.
Both of these things Zhao Xin gave to Heng Yu are very precious. Heng Yu has a very good vision and naturally recognizes goods.
He also pulled Liu Li to sit down and have tea, and then asked Liu Li: "The beauty brother must be a prince, right?"
After all, the characteristics of the eunuchs of Liu Li and Wei Xian are very obvious. If you really pretend that you don’t know anything, you would be too deliberate.
Liu Li: "..." He could only respond with a dry smile.
Heng Yu held his chin, "Brother Beauty must not be short of good things. What gift should I prepare for him?"
The emperor was sitting in all directions and could not get any good things to want, but Liu Li still spoke out: "As long as it is the little Yanei's will, my adults will be very happy."
Heng Yuyou sighed, "Okay, I can only bear the pain of giving up and share my treasures with my beauty brother."
Oh, this little guy looks small, but he even says "to bear the pain of giving up" it.
Liu Li really didn't believe that he could come up with something better than Songmo and Plum Blossom Paper.
As for writing a letter, it would not last long without topics. Heng Yu asked Liu Li to wait for him for a while, but he ran to the room and dug out the sudoku questions he had done for Xu Yu and Song Zijin some time ago.
First, he briefly introduced the rules of Sudoku to Zhao Xin in the letter, and then took out three unfinished Sudoku questions. The difficulty was medium, which was the type that was very easy to get started but could not be solved in one go. Liu Li took these things back.
In the palace, Zhao Xin took apart the letter he had just obtained.
"Come on, happy, I have a lot of time to play Sudoku anyway." The slogan of Hengyu Anli Sudoku is simple and rough.
After introducing Sudoku, he was very talented and able to write very gorgeous poems, but he felt very good about himself and wrote a limerick poem to promote Sudoku—
"Suku, it's great, Sudoku, I'll be croaking together."
Chapter completed!