Liu Xin naturally couldn't eat his breakfast anymore. He threw the bowl in his hand to the table and said to Cai Yan and Zhu Qian, "You eat yours, and I will come as soon as I go."
Cai Yan and Zhu Qian smiled at each other and nodded docilely. Zhu Qian is very satisfied with her current life. Her temperament has always been this way. No matter what Liu Xin said, she would have no opinion. Cai Yan wholeheartedly hopes that her man can become the best person in the world, and Liu Xin is now leaving half of her breakfast for official duties. She still appreciates this approach. However, after Liu Xin left, the two women did not continue to eat obediently, but stopped. They wanted to wait for Liu Xin to come back.
Upon seeing Liu Xin, Jushou quickly stood up and said, "Master, the people who were sent to Luoyang to give gifts to Zhang Rang came back overnight, and they also brought a copy of the emperor's edict."
He only returned to Xiangyang with Liu Xin yesterday. It is not easy for a dedicated person like him to receive the news brought back from Luoyang. It is not easy to knock on Liu Xin's door in the middle of the night, and it is impossible to expect him to wait quietly for three poles before coming. Report.
Liu Xin didn't sleep all night, and his feet were still a little frivolity. He sat down first, then pointed to the chair and signaled Jushou to sit down too. After receiving the edict in Jushou's hand, Liu Xin hurriedly read it, and said happily, "Gongyou, it's great. This edict came in time. I'm still worried about whether it will attract criticism from the ruling and opposition parties. I'm not afraid now." ."
It turned out that this edict clearly authorized Liu Xin to use force to replace those prefects within Jingzhou who did not comply with the order and refused to pay taxes.
Jushou was not as optimistic as he was, and said with a worried expression: "Did the lord notice that there is something wrong with this edict?"
Liu Xin asked strangely: "Is there a problem? I think it's pretty good."
Jushou leaned forward and said, "Lord, under normal circumstances, the edict should be read by the servant of Huangmen. And this edict was directly delivered by Zhang Rang to the people we sent, and the ones we sent this time are all Phantom Secrets. People in China, they did not hold official positions in the government, and their public identities were just businessmen. How could the edict be handed to them casually?"
Fearing that giving gifts to Zhang Rang would arouse the resentment of the officials and people in Jingzhou, all these things were left to Phantom to carry out in secret.
After hearing Jushou's doubts, Liu Xin also pondered, and said, "Gongyou, you are not unreasonable. Could this edict be false?"
Ju gave a pointer to the edict in Liu Xin's hand, and said, "Isn't it true? My subordinates can't be sure. But judging from the silk and ink used to write the edict, and the seal behind it, we can't see any flaws."
Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Since this edict was given to them by Zhang Rang, then if it is fake, it must be inseparable from Zhang Rang. If you say it, it may be a problem for others. It doesn’t count as much. It seems that the edict must not be publicized. This edict cannot be taken out unless it is a last resort."
Jushou nodded and said, "The lord's concerns are extremely serious, but please rest assured, the lord is very reliable, and they will never reveal it."
Liu Xin pondered for a moment, and said, “It’s not too late for the public to make arrangements. Arrange now to pay the more than 400 million taxes owed by Jingzhou in the past two years to the capital. In addition, prepare another 100 million for Jiang Xia, The money paid by the prefects of Wuling and Lingling counties to buy officials. Also, I have a box of spices here, which is a tribute made by the prefect Zhang Zi, the prefect of Lingling, and presented them to the emperor."
When the two bronze boxes were found, they didn't open it on the spot because they couldn't find the key. After Liu Xin found out, feeling curious, he quietly opened the box and found that it was a very good-smelling spice. Thinking of his own woman, he took it all home. One of the bronze boxes was now given to Ma Yun, and the spices in the other had been moved to a sandalwood box by Liu Xin, and the sandalwood box was handed over to Jushou. Therefore, even Jushou didn’t know that the spices in his hand were actually found from Zhang Zi’s house. He only thought that Liu Xin was planted on Zhang Zi’s head with excuses. As for where these extremely precious spices came from. Maybe only the dead Zhang Zi knew it.
Returning to the flower hall, Liu Xin unexpectedly found that not only Cai Yan and Zhu Qian were still sitting there, but Ma Yun also got up.
Liu Xin looked at Ma Yun with a tired face, and said, "Why don't you sleep a little longer, what do you do when you get up in such a hurry."
Ma Yun covered her mouth and yawned, and said, "It's been a month and a half since the school started, and I haven't had time to see it. Now that you are back, I plan to go to the academy in the morning. The children's homework can't be left behind. "
Liu Xin said distressedly: "Wife, why are you so desperate? You can make up your homework after you have finished a little bit. Look in the mirror carefully and don't scare the students with a pair of panda eyes."
Ma Yun was a little uncertain after hearing Liu Xin's words, and turned to Cai Yan and asked: "Sister, help me take a good look, am I a panda eye here?"
Cai Yan asked blankly: "What are panda eyes?"
Ma Yun was a little anxious, and said, "It's just dark circles."
Cai Yan was still confused and asked, "What is dark circles?"
Women have a beauty-loving nature, and Ma Yun is no exception. Liu Xin looked at her nervous look and felt amused. It seemed that this trick worked really well. He decided to strike the iron while it was hot and let her completely dispel the idea of academy and go back to rest. So he pointed his finger at Ma Yun’s eyes. Said to Cai Yan and Zhu Qian: "Look, if the circle around her eyes is a little dark, this is called dark circles. If the color is darker, they become panda eyes. This is because she didn't sleep all night. As a consequence, what she needs most now is to go back and sleep after breakfast."
Zhu Qian was still observing Ma Yun's eyes carefully, looking for the traces of the so-called dark circles. Cai Yan had already opened her mouth wide and her eyes were glaring. Only after a long while she said: "Sister, you haven't slept all night! so amazing!"
Ma Yun was still thinking about her dark circles, and didn't pay attention to what Cai Yan said. When she came over, she couldn't help but stern, stared at Cai Yan, and said, "Who hasn't slept all night? I just didn't sleep well. "
It was the first time that Cai Yan saw Ma Yun angry. He spit out his tongue and made a grimace, but couldn't hold back anymore, he let out a "pouch" laugh.
Liu Xin looked at Cai Yan's weird appearance, and then remembered that she was just a young girl in the Mood for Love, and she was about to have children for herself in a blink of an eye. She couldn't help but shook her head and chuckled, lamenting good luck. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my arm. Ma Yun had already pinched severely, and said to him, "I'm still laughing! I blame you. I can't do it, I have to go back to sleep."
Seeing that Ma Yun, who was able to calm down and dealt with everything properly on weekdays, was anxious to go back to sleep, even Zhu Qian, who had always been reserved, couldn't help but laugh.
In fact, Ma Yun didn't mean to get up so early on purpose. She was still asleep, but Ma Fan was hungry and cried. Ma Yun refused to find him a nanny, insisting on breastfeeding by herself. The maids had no choice but to call her up. When Ma Yun finished feeding her baby, her sleepiness was mostly gone, so she had the idea of going to the academy. Who knew Liu Xin was fooled by Liu Xin, and she went back to sleep in a hurry, after all, this appearance If there is any loss, there is no way to remedy it.
Liu Xin looked at the back of Ma Yun hurriedly leaving, and then at Cai Yan, who is still full of childishness, and Zhu Qian, who takes care of the housework all day long, can't help feeling that she has too little time with them. In another three years, the world will be in chaos, and there will be few days to be able to spend time with my family as leisurely as now. Thinking of this, Liu Xin said: "Yan'er, Qian'er, look, now spring is blooming, and the scenery is endless. It is the best time of the year. I think tomorrow will definitely be good weather, and I have a plan. If you want to bring the whole family on an outing, you will talk to your wife and Yu'er and let them prepare too."
Cai Yan clapped her hands excitedly and said, "Husband, shall we eat out tomorrow?"
Liu Xin knew that she must want to eat her own roasted game. This little woman sometimes has a gluttonous mouth, and has quietly mentioned it to herself several times. Today, she seems to have seized the opportunity and couldn't help but nod with a smile. Said: "No problem, I will show you a hand again when the time comes."
Zhu Qian exclaimed, "Master, I'd better not go anymore. There are many things in the house that can't be thrown away for a while."
Although there are already a lot of servants in the house, Zhu Qian, who has become accustomed to diligence, still can't take her time off, especially when she does the female red needle finger, she is very unique. The clothes Liu Xin, Ma Yun and the others wear throughout the year were made by Zhu Qian herself. Even in those days when she was pregnant, she was not willing to let go of these tasks.
However, Liu Xin knew that she didn’t want to go because she had work to do. Now, apart from sewing and occasional cooking, Liu Xin has repeatedly ordered other things, and she is not allowed to do it again. She suggested that she didn’t want to go on an outing because she was a little bit inferior in her heart, so she straightened her face and said sternly, “No, if you stay bored at home again, you’ll have to stinks. You have to accompany me out this time. Walk around."
The next day was indeed sunny and sunny, but everyone who had prepared for the day could not make the trip, because last night it was Bian Yu's turn to be tossed by Liu Xin all night, and she really couldn't get up today. Moreover, even if she was able to hold it, she would not get up, because the story of dark circles under the eyes that Liu Xin told yesterday had been passed to her ears through Cai Yan's small mouth.
It was not until the morning of the third day that Liu Xin started the long-prepared outing journey with a large family.