The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 161 Expectations
Luo Xiu didn't expect that the reason why the emperor called him here in such a hurry was for this, and he was immediately stunned.

Seeing that Luo Xiu remained silent, the emperor said angrily: "Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu, I have seen you in the past, you are talented and magnanimous, and you are a capable minister of state affairs. A mere king of Wei can make you afraid like this? Give it up. One granddaughter is not enough, and another one needs to be pushed in?"

A trace of shame flashed across Luo Xiu's face, and he said: "Your Majesty loves you wrongly, and I feel inexplicably ashamed. It's just that there are nearly a hundred members of the Luo family, all of whom belong to me alone, and I dare not be negligent."

The emperor looked Luo Xiu up and down, and said: "Your disciple Lin Yuanzhi, although not as talented as you, but his bearing is much better than yours."

Luo Xiu felt sad, it seemed that the rumors from the outside world were really good.A new generation replaced the old, and his protégé Lin Yuanzhi became a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor, and it was only natural that he should not be seen.

"Your Majesty has always employed people on the basis of merit, and my ministers are getting old and somewhat useless."

Luo Xiu said this against his will, fearing that the emperor might misunderstand, and then added: "The blue is better than the blue, there are people like this, and the old minister is very pleased."

"Do you know why I didn't reuse you?"

Luo Xiu opened a pair of cloudy old eyes, fixedly looked at the emperor and asked: "Your Majesty is stupid, please show me."

"Too utilitarian, embarrassing and useful!"

Luo Xiu didn't expect that the emperor would say such a comment about him.

If he hadn't been sitting on the chair, he might have collapsed to the ground.

For half his life, he spent his whole life in camp, thinking about getting out and about, and making the Luo family famous.However, despite his best efforts, he was still one step behind what he wanted.

He had just won the trust of the emperor back then, and then he lost his sacred heart because of the Dongshan Shu case; this time he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he thought it was the beginning of entering the cabinet, but he didn't want to, but he encountered a catastrophe, and his whole family was almost wiped out.

It's a joke to recall the grand ambitions of my youth.

The sun shone in through the window, and cast it on Luo Xiu's back, elongating Luo Xiu's figure, like a mound stepped down.

"The minister has a sympathy."

The emperor snorted, "Eight years ago, if you hadn't been worrying about gains and losses, Wang Shimian would not have died unexpectedly, and I would have rescued one or two of his family. And you, how did you get to where you are now? I want to hear what you have to say from the bottom of your heart. .”

Listening to the emperor talking about eight years ago, Luo Xiu's head was covered with cold sweat, and he choked up and said: "Your Majesty, it is really hard for me to be an official."

"Your Majesty also knows about your background. My family is a salt household in the middle of Sichuan, and there have been no scholars for several generations. It is also a coincidence that I took this career path."

"When others become officials, they are all majestic, like Qian Minzhong and Lu Zhiyuan. The heart is always sacred."

"When I came here, it was like pressing a millstone. Every day, I was trembling like walking on thin ice. Those personnel disputes in the court, I flicked around, and I was afraid that they would become their stepping stones, but even if I was careful to hide, there would always be something Misfortune is coming."

"Your Majesty, tell me, why is it so tiring to be an official?"

What Luo Xiu said was tears, the emperor couldn't bear it, and secretly winked at Zhang Gu.

Zhang Gu understood, took out a green cloth handkerchief from his sleeve, and handed it to Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu thanked Zhang Gu, but he didn't take the square handkerchief. He just wiped the muddy tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand, and then said: "Your Majesty asked about the two sons of the minister, and the minister told the truth. The eldest son Luo Wencheng likes to pretend to be smart on weekdays. When he was the Dian Bo in Taipu Temple, he heard that the horses in the northern border were cheap, so he secretly spent 4 taels of official silver to buy them, hoping to make a lot of money."

"He didn't think about it. If he was a small diary, how could he use so much money under normal circumstances? When he threw out [-] silver, not only did the horse not see it, but the money was naturally wasted. "

"Later, the minister took great pains to make up for it, and finally closed the account. But the handle of his embezzlement of public funds has been held in the hands of others. These years, it is like a knife hanging over the head of the Luo family. It can make the Luo family collapse."

Luo Xiu raised his head and glanced at the emperor, seeing that the emperor's expression was as usual, and then said: "The third son of the minister, Luo Wenxin, has been incompetent since he was a child. Back then, he went out of the city with a group of cronies and lived in the town of Wangdu in the south of the city. In the home of a wealthy family named Zhao."

"When he woke up early the next morning, he was sleeping in the boudoir of the daughter of the Zhao family. The Zhao family was not willing to forgive him, and insisted on giving him an explanation, or he would sue the officials. That woman married into the family, this is the third daughter-in-law of the minister, Zhao."

"It was only later that I found out that the Zhao family relies on raising daughters for a living. They find some pretty orphaned girls as adoptive daughters and keep them at home. They marry them off whenever they find a chance to earn a dowry. This Zhao family, She is also the adoptive daughter his family recognized from the south, she was originally born in a brothel, and her deed is still in the Zhao family."

Speaking of this, Luo Xiu blushed and said: "It's unfortunate for the family. What happened like this makes His Majesty laugh."

The emperor had heard a little about the Luo family's affairs, and now Luo Xiu told the whole story, thinking about it these years, he couldn't bear to be bothered, and asked, "Is what you said all the reason for King Wei to threaten you?"

Luo Xiu thought for a while and replied: "That's right. Back then, King Wei's son fell in love with the eldest granddaughter of the minister, but the minister refused at first. Later, King Wei presented the evidence that the eldest son of the minister had committed the crime. The minister had no choice but to agree. King Wei's request for marriage."

"So that's the case. When I heard that your family was married to Prince Wei's Mansion, I thought you were following the trend and deliberately agreed to this marriage. It seems that I misunderstood you?"

What the emperor said was meaningful, Luo Xiu couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly said: "The eldest granddaughter of the minister has been a widow in the Prince Wei's mansion for the past few years, and she was poisoned inexplicably. If the minister knows this situation, no matter what. I won't let her marry me."

The emperor sighed and said: "I pushed you to the position of minister because I thought that eight years have passed, at least you have improved a bit. I didn't expect that you are still so useless. After all, you are still worried about me. , I've only been ill for a few days, and I've been caught so easily."

Luo Xiu was terrified when he heard that, not knowing that the emperor had such high expectations for him. He still wanted to argue a few words, but he heard the emperor say: "King Wei, you don't need to worry about it, I will take care of it for you, but your I am afraid that the position of Shangshu will be moved a little bit."

(End of this chapter)