From then on, Xiao Weixin would call You Shu over for sparring whenever he got interested, as if he was just an emotionless sparring machine. However, You Shu was actually very happy in his heart. He felt that the male protagonist must be judged by his handsome and reliable appearance. Beyond his inner plasticity, he is one step closer to getting closer to each other.
He will soon be able to catch up in his idol's footsteps and start a career!
Except for him, the rest of the shadow guards were also happy. They were not jealous of each other. Although they competed, they would not use dark methods. No matter who could be appreciated by the master, it would be an honor, as if they themselves were also following. After becoming famous, they privately tried their best to ask You Shu to please and serve the prince, and they must not make the prince angry and drive him back.
The more You Shu listened to their verbosity, the more outrageous they felt. It was as if he was going to warm the bed, and their brains were all rusty.
When he was free, he took a look at the plot.
At the beginning of the plot, Xiao Weishen's throne was still very stable. Although he had a bad temper and no political talent, with Prime Minister Xia in charge, he basically didn't make any big mistakes. As long as the people below could live a decent life, they would not If Xiao Weixin wants to cause trouble if he cares about being an emperor, he will have no support from public opinion at this period.
So the most important thing next is to gradually disintegrate the relationship between Xiao Weishen and Prime Minister Xia. If they are separated, Xiao Weishen will have no one to help him make suggestions, and it will be easier to take action.
But it is very difficult to take the step of separation, because with the Queen Mother Xia sitting in charge, she will not allow problems between her son and her brother, not to mention that Xiao Weishen's Queen is the eldest daughter of the Xia family, and she has this level of marriage relationship. Now, it's even harder to separate.
You Shu kept reasoning about the plot in his mind, wondering if he could find some shortcuts, but he was not a political person. It was okay to let him fight and assassinate, but it was not good to play with those twists and turns, let alone I'm afraid that if I make one wrong move, I will change the direction of the entire story.
Calculating the dates, the next plot should be the birthday of Queen Mother Xia.
Ten days later, it was the birthday of Queen Mother Xia.
It's early winter in the blink of an eye, and the weather is getting colder day by day. People who are cold before starting to count to nine are shivering. I can imagine that this winter will be more difficult for many poor people than in previous years. Xiao Weixin got up early in the morning and ate while listening to the information brought back by Qi Han. .
"Last year, the floods caused bad harvests, and this year there was a severe drought in the north, which resulted in no harvests. Some refugees have already moved to the south. Now that winter is approaching, I am afraid the situation will be even worse. It is said that many people died of starvation and freezing on the road."
Xiao Weixin lowered his head and took a sip of fish porridge, and asked casually: "Didn't Lin Qi report this matter?"
"Master Lin reported it last month, but the Emperor didn't take it to heart. He only said what a group of refugees could do. A few more deaths would solve the problem of food shortage. We can wait until spring next year." Qi Han reported carefully. , but there was some indignation on his face. He heard with his own ears that the shadow guard who came back to report talked about the dead bodies seen on the roadside. Some of them were just skin and bones. There were vultures waiting to eat away at the city before they were dead. People are dying of hunger all over the place, and hearing about it gives people goosebumps.
Xiao Weixin snorted coldly, "It does seem like his style."
"Your Highness, should we..." Qi Han didn't dare to make his own decision, so he just opened his mouth and swallowed it.
Of course Xiao Weixin understood what he meant. He frowned and thought deeply for a while, "Let Xiao Weijing find a way to distribute the food we stocked up a while ago to various shops. First, we can slow down the immediate tasks and survive this cold winter. Let him just do it. Do it in the name of the merchant and don’t expose our banner.”
"You secretly operated to make the public opinion more intense. You said that the current emperor is greedy for pleasure and cannot care about their life and death. He has already made up his mind to let them fend for themselves. Don't hold out hope for the imperial court to rescue them."
Although Xiao Weishen actually did this, Xiao Weixin wanted everyone in the world to know about it. Tens of thousands of refugees just don't care. Don't those people feel panic? Who knows what disaster will happen to him in the future? Does the emperor just not care
Qi Han took the order and retreated.
Xiao Weixin got up and changed clothes after breakfast. Today was the birthday of Queen Mother Xia, and everyone was going to celebrate her birthday. On the outside, he looked at Yun Danfengqing, but You Shu knew the resentment and helplessness in his heart at this moment. .
Qi Han was sent out to do some work, but Wangchen was still out there. Xiao Weixin thought for a while and asked You Shu to change his clothes and follow him into the palace. Logically speaking, this should be Xie Feiyuan's job, but You Shu didn't ask any questions and followed Luo Yao to get the clothes and quickly changed out.
You Shu, who usually wears a black shadow guard uniform, is already very handsome. After changing into the palace's luxurious guard uniform, he is even more handsome and dazzling than the black clothes. He is so handsome that Luo Yao can't help but hide away with a blushing face. Taking a peek, even the steady Huachun took a second look.
Xiao Weixin looked back for a while.
The palace guard uniforms are indeed more refined than the shadow guard uniforms. This beautiful blue suit is worn on him, and it complements his slim waist, long legs, tall figure, and his overly handsome face, which is very eye-catching. , people who don’t know will never think that this is a shadow guard.
"Hide your face." Xiao Weixin said calmly, "It's too ostentatious."
You Shu didn't look in the mirror, but the prince said that ostentation is ostentation. Without saying a word, he took out a bunch of cigarettes from his arms and started picking, and then took the ugliest one and took it with him.
Luo Yao stopped laughing immediately.
Xiao Weixin frowned and said in disgust: "What the hell are you wearing? Change it to another one!"
You Shu scratched his head and had no choice but to change the picture obediently, but Xiao Weixin still felt ugly. So he changed four or five more pictures in a row until Xiao Weixin felt satisfied. Although the face was still not good-looking, it was already within the range that Xiao Weixin could tolerate.
The male protagonist's hopeless appearance control is too torturous. He is a bodyguard, not a beauty pageant. Besides, isn't it normal for men to be rougher and uglier
You Shu couldn't help but complain about him in his heart.
After everything was settled, Xiao Weixin put away the smile on his face and got on the carriage with an indifferent expression.
You Shu followed him and sat in. This was his first time riding in a carriage openly. In the past, he could only sit under the carriage. But just by changing his identity, his treatment was completely different. As expected, the Shadow Guard was at the bottom of society.
He couldn't help but feel sad, and determined to work hard. Maybe he could lead his brothers out of slavery and become normal people in the future.
Xiao Weixin has been in a bad mood since he got in the car. There was obvious impatience on his beautiful face. The hands hanging by his sides were clenched slightly. You Shu could tell the pain in his heart just by looking at him. After all, Concubine Xian The empress was forced to death by the Queen Mother Xia and the Dog Emperor. As a biological son, he was burdened with a blood feud but could not avenge it. He pretended to be happy to congratulate his enemy on his birthday. Anyone would collapse.
He couldn't say anything to comfort him, so he could only sit in silence and not disturb him.
The carriage rolled all the way to the palace. Someone came to greet him and took Xiao Weixin to the Queen Mother's Yuqing Palace.
Different from the cold outside, the Yuqing Palace is as warm as spring. There are charcoal pots placed everywhere in the palace. The maids coming and going are as beautiful and beautiful as flowers. There are also voices of laughter inside, which is like a completely different world from the outside. You Shu thought of the refugees he heard Qi Han talk about at breakfast, and immediately understood the poem "The wine and meat smell of wine and meat in the rich families, and the bones on the road are frozen to death".
It's only the beginning of winter, and the Queen Mother's palace is so luxurious. Wouldn't it be even more wasteful in the cold winter
Xiao Weixin adjusted his mood at the gate of the palace, and then walked in with a smile as if nothing had happened. You Shu did not dare to raise his head and helped him carefully walk in. He could feel that even through the thick mink fur, Xiao Wei The kind of restraint and forbearance that comes from Xin.
The Queen Mother was talking to Xiao Weijing. When she raised her eyes, she saw Xiao Weixin coming. She smiled kindly and said, "Hey, look who's here? Our seventh child is finally willing to go out from home?"
"The Queen Mother, please stop teasing me." Immediately after Xiao Weixin sat down, a palace maid came over to take the mink fur he had taken off, and then brought a stove over. He coughed twice before speaking again: "This It's freezing cold, how dare I go out and walk around."
Queen Mother Xia took good care of herself and was still very charming even though she was nearly fifty. After teasing Xiao Weixin for a while, she looked at the room of juniors with satisfaction and said softly: "Don't leave later, stay with the Ai family." Listen to the little tune, there is a new opera troupe in Beijing, maybe you have never seen it. "
When Xiao Weijing saw people talking nonsense, her flattery was so loud that it made the Queen Mother Xia grin from ear to ear. However, Xiao Weiming had never been liked by the Queen Mother, so she just ate fruits. Xiao Weixin listened to them. , with a slight smile on his lips, like a picture of a quiet fairy.
Sitting under the Queen Mother is the current Queen, Prime Minister Xia's legitimate daughter Xia Lingwei. She is gentle, quiet and well-mannered. Although she chats and laughs with the Queen Mother, she does not have much sense of presence. She is not as dazzling and dim as Concubine Luo next to her. is like a foil.
You Shu stood not far behind Xiao Weixin like a statue. He could scan the whole room with just the corner of his eye. People in the room were chatting and laughing, as if they were all here to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother Xia. In fact, they were not all interested. ulterior motive.
After a while, Xiao Weishen also came, and everyone knelt down to greet them. Xiao Weishen walked in with a smile and asked them to stand up. After sitting next to the Queen Mother and looking around, he did not sit next to the Queen Mother, but Li Luo. The imperial concubine is closer.
Queen Mother Xia was obviously dissatisfied, but she didn't say anything.
There was no emotion or anger on the queen's face, she just glanced at Xiao Weixin secretly when no one was paying attention, but Xiao Weixin never gave her a glance, and he didn't even notice the queen.
The queen's eyes were a little disappointed.
You Shu calculated the time and estimated that it was almost done.
Sure enough, the next moment, the Queen Mother spoke: "A few days ago, the Queen told the Ai family that you were worried about the seventh child's marriage, and you have already visited several noble girls?"
Xiao Weishen smiled cooperatively and said, "Isn't it? My seventh brother is not in good health. I think it might be useful to imitate the folk custom of celebrating happiness. I have been bothered by this matter for a long time."
Xiao Weixin knew that he was waiting for him here. He sneered in his heart, but he quickly stood up and apologized: "Brother, please stop joking. I really have no intention of getting married."
But no one listened carefully to his words. The Queen Mother Xia said to herself: "The Ai family remembers that our Xia family also has a daughter who has reached the marriageable age. Yinxiu is also sixteen this year, right? She has reached the age to get married. ”
Queen Xia nodded and said with a smile, "Yinxiu has indeed reached his age."
It sounds like this is a benefit to Xiao Weixin, but in fact Xia Yinxiu is just an unpopular concubine of the Xia family. It is said that her mother is just a maid that Prime Minister Xia took over after drinking, and her status is more than one level worse than that of the legitimate daughter.
There were obviously other legitimate daughters in their family, but they chose to give Xiao Weixin a concubine who was not worthy of publicity. A prince like Xiao Weixin was unlikely to marry a concubine as his concubine even if he had no real power. Empress Dowager Xia preferred She just wants to make him sick, which shows that she has a vicious mind.
Although You Shu was looking forward to the appearance of the heroine, he silently clenched his fists when he saw these people gathering together in wolf skins to embarrass Xiao Weixin.
Xiao Weixin was sitting alone on the chair, his back was deserted and his palms could not sing.
His opinion doesn't matter because no one cares.
You Shu felt sorry for him.