I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 159 I promise you one request, any request!

"His Majesty."

Fang Xiu hugged the little empress and called softly.

The little empress woke up leisurely, nestled in his arms, her expression was still in a daze.

Fang Xiu looked at her and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't think too much, just rest for a while."

aside.

When the policemen saw this, their expressions became a little weird. They lowered their heads and thought to themselves: Why are the actions of these two adults a little strange? They don't look like colleagues, but they look like they have broken sleeves.
Du Fangxiang, who knew the identities of the two, saw the little empress snuggling in Fang Xiu's arms, and his expression was even more exciting than that of a policeman.

After only one glance, he hurriedly lowered his head, admonishing himself, as if he hadn't seen anything.

the other side.

A familiar voice came to my ears.

The little empress' eyes gradually became clear, she looked at Fang Xiu, and wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to say it.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, looked at Du Fangxiang, and said:

"I will give you 1000 taels of silver to repair this orphanage, and then buy some food, clothing, and bedding and send it here. You should know how to do it."

Du Fangxiang hurriedly saluted: "Your official understands."

Fang Xiu nodded, without further words, looked at the little empress, leaned over to her ear, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, don't think about it too much. There are many things that cannot be resolved in a short time. Find a place to rest for a night. There are ministers here."

Wu Mingkong didn't know what he was thinking, he was silent for a long time, before he let out a "huh".

Seeing this, Fang Xiu stopped talking and gave the guard a wink.

The guard immediately understood, left the courtyard, and went to the inn.

An hour later.

Fang Xiu settled the little empress and returned to the Cigu Bureau.

Du Fangxiang, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Fang Xiu, hurriedly greeted him, and saluted:

"The next official pays homage to Prime Minister Fang!"

Fang Xiu looked at him, a little surprised, and asked, "Do you know the truth?"

Du Fangxiang smiled, and said: "I met Fang Xiang once at a banquet. The heroic appearance of Fang Xiang has always been remembered in my heart, and I will never forget it."

"."

I always feel that this sounds a bit strange.

Fang Xiu looked him up and down, and suddenly found that his face was somewhat similar to Du Chen'an.

After recalling it for a moment, his face showed a sudden look, and said:

"I remember the truth, you are Du Chen'an's second son."

Hear the word "Du Chen'an".

Du Fangxiang thought of something, but his expression became a little complicated.

After a long while, Fang Cai said: "Master Fang misunderstood, the lower official has nothing to do with Du Butang."

Fang Xiu looked at him, and couldn't help thinking of that day in front of the six yamen...

Du Chen'an looked very high-spirited, and said triumphantly: "Children are born to be spanked!"
Not surprisingly, Du Fangxiang is the filial son of Du Chen'an who was beaten with a stick.

After all, to become the magistrate of Anhua County, one must be born in Juren.

Unfortunately.
Now that Du Fang Township has gained fame and fame, he left the Du Mansion, preferring to live a poor life, rather than recognize you as the father of a heavenly official.

"Ham, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite."

Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, didn't say anything, just said:
"You don't have to worry about what happened today, what to do in the future, and how to do it."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them to him.

"You take this money, you can do it according to the facts, repair the Cigu Bureau, if there is any leftover, buy yourself clothes."

Du Fangxiang didn't take the banknote, he hesitated and said: "Master Fang, it's all like this in dozens of charity bureaus, 1000 taels of silver can only solve the urgent need, but it can't solve the root cause."

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, looked at him, and said indifferently: "In this case, you should think of a way for the truth to solve the root cause."

Du Fangxiang was startled, speechless.

Identify problems, ask questions, and solve problems.

The third step is often far more difficult than the first two steps.

He knew that he couldn't solve the root cause, but he didn't know how to solve the root cause.

"Why don't you know the truth? Where you can't see the truth, there are many more miserable situations than this orphanage. So what?"

Fang Xiu looked at Du Fangxiang, his expression became colder, and he said in a deep voice: "There are some things that don't immediately yield results, and the truth is not as cold and heartless as you think.

Seeing these scrawny children, Truth is also very distressed. Sadness does not have to be shown on the face. So what can Truth cry here all day and night?

Daqian Jiangshan, crying bitterly because of the truth, can Haiyan and Heqing be cleared?If the truth is worrying and crying, will the people of the world be able to live and work in peace? "

Du Fangxiang hurriedly said, "This is not what I meant to be an official."

"Stay in his position and seek his own government, let him do his job and fulfill his responsibilities"

Fang Xiu looked at him, and wanted to say something more, but only halfway through, he felt that it was meaningless, sighed leisurely, waved his hands and said:

"Forget it, these words are meaningless. On the contrary, it makes people feel hypocritical. The 1000 taels of silver are not for you, but for these children. Take it."

"Yes, Fang Xiang!"

This time, Du Fangxiang didn't dare to say any more, took the money with both hands, turned around and withdrew.

After a while.

The police also followed Du Fangxiang to the Cigu Bureau.

in the courtyard.

Under the jujube tree.

Fang Xiu, who was wearing a cloak, sat alone on the stone bench.

Facing the cold wind, looking at the bright moon and stars in the sky, I was speechless for a long time.

I do not know how long it has been.

He just sighed, got up slowly, and walked towards the inn step by step in the darkness, facing the moonlight.

in the shadows.

The shadow guards shrouded in black robes followed closely.

The next day.

After a night of rest in Anhua County.

The little empress and Fang Xiu didn't stay long, and set off again at three poles high in the sun.

Before leaving.

The little empress went to the Lonely Charity Bureau to look around again, and saw that the little beggars were all wearing new clothes, and a smile finally appeared on her face.

However, this smile only lasted for a while, and then disappeared after returning to the carriage.

"Fang Xiu, I want to know how to curb the corruption of officials."

In the carriage, the little empress looked at Fang Xiu and asked softly.

aside.

Lin Wan'er heard this question, opened her mouth, wanted to say something, glanced at Fang Xiu, after all, she didn't dare to speak, she just said in her heart:

"Your Majesty! Prime Minister Fang is the biggest corrupt official of ours! How could you think of asking him this question!"

the other side.

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress, was silent for a while, and replied:
"It's nothing more than three points. First, don't dare to be greedy. Second, don't be greedy. Third, don't be greedy."

Don't be greedy, don't be greedy, don't be greedy.
The little empress muttered to herself and fell into deep thought again.

Fang Xiu looked at her, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, there are many problems in Dagan, not only the corruption of officials, but also..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the little empress.

"I know."

The little empress looked up at Fang Xiu, with a smile on her beautiful face, she said softly:
"I'm just thinking, let's start with a certain aspect and think about some problems."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu didn't say any more, nodded, leaned on the carriage, closed his eyes and meditated.

time flies.

In a blink of an eye.

It was two hours later.

The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down.

As the distance from Luonan Fucheng got closer, there were more and more noisy voices outside.

Fang Xiu opened his eyes, looked forward, and saw that the little empress was still in her original posture.

A slender hand supported his small head, his face was thoughtful, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The carriage jolted violently.

The little empress woke up from her trance, and subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu who was at the side. Seeing him looking at her, a faint blush appeared on her fair face, and she said softly:
"The city of Luonan is ahead. I have ordered the guards to drive directly to Tangquan Palace later."

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Didn't Your Majesty want to pay a private visit to Luonan Fucheng?"

The little empress sighed and said: "I have already seen what I should see in Anhua County, and Luonan Prefecture is probably the same."

Fang Xiu looked at her and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't think too much, there are still ministers in the court."

As the closest person to the little empress, Fang Xiu knew the little empress very well, knowing that her emotions were not quite right, so he comforted her.

After hearing this, the little empress showed a smile on her face, looked at Fang Xiu, and said with a light smile:

"Fang Xiang is so considerate, does he treat me like a daughter?"

As soon as this word comes out.

Lin Wan'er on the side subconsciously looked at the little empress, a little surprised.

Fang Xiu looked at her, but there was a hint of worry in his brows.

Seeing Fang Xiu's eyes, the little empress was silent for a second, pouted and said:
"The more you are like this, the more depressed I am, as if I am treated like a child. I am the Son of Heaven, the Emperor, and the Ninth Five-Year Lord. How can I be defeated by this little setback?"

"What's more, even if you really treat me as a daughter, at my age, I won't go through some things and fall down."

Fang Xiu raised his brows and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is overthinking. From the beginning to the end, I have always regarded Your Majesty as an unmarried lady."

[Emotion value +2000]

When the little empress heard Fang Xiu's teasing, her pretty face flushed slightly, she rolled her eyes at him, and said angrily, "I knew that even if you are a serious disciple, you can only be serious for a while."

Paused.

She seemed to have thought of something, looked at Fang Xiu, her expression became a little serious, and she said seriously:
"I have been thinking just now, if part of the land from the 21 Huangzhuangs is allocated to the Cigu Bureau, will the situation of the Cigu Bureau be better?"

Fang Xiu was silent for a second, and replied, "It's just a drop in the bucket."

This answer was also expected by the little empress.

She sighed, and said with some disappointment:

"During the time you closed your eyes and rested your mind, I have been thinking about how to make the lives of the poor people better, but I can't think of any other way except to implement the New Deal like Emperor Zhou.

The only thing I can think of is to take some measures to curb the trend of corruption, but I also know that even if there are fewer corrupt officials in the court, it can only reduce the burden of the people a little, and it will not achieve much effect.

The root cause of the poverty of the people is that they have no land and have worked hard all their lives. No matter how much they reap, they still have to be exploited by those gentry tyrants and live on in the world.

All day long, I think about working hard to govern, lightening the burden on the common people, punishing corrupt officials, and suppressing the powerful gentry.

But it wasn't until yesterday that I found out that the emperor I am is actually the biggest gentry and powerful, and I, like them, has been exploiting the people."

talking and talking.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she could no longer restrain her emotions.

Burying his head in his arms, he began to cry.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, sat beside her, patted her on the back lightly, and comforted him: "Your Majesty is still young, so don't be too harsh on yourself."

"Ohh Ohh ohh."

The little empress was still crying.

Time passed by minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, a stick of incense time passed.

The little empress was still crying.

"Ohh Ohh ohh."

Fang Xiu looked distressed, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and said softly, "Your Majesty, if you cry again, you will become a little pig."

"You woo woo woo. Leave me alone and just want to cry."

The little empress let go of her arms, buried her little head in his arms, and continued to cry.

In just a moment, Fang Xiu felt that his clothes were wet.

"If you keep crying, your eyes will be swollen!"

Fang Xiu hugged her and said.

While crying, the little empress said angrily, "Woooooo, I want you to take care of it."

"Your Majesty's crying minister is upset, I want to cry!"

Fang Xiu also said angrily.

When the little empress heard this, she cried even more sadly.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. ”

Fang Xiu: "."

For such a little empress.

Fang Xiu really had nothing to do.

After a few seconds of silence, he sighed:
"No matter how much Your Majesty cries, the fact that the people are oppressed and exploited still cannot be changed at all.

If we cry to death, wouldn't it be painful for loved ones and fast for enemies. "

As soon as this word comes out.

The little empress's cry became weaker.

After sobbing for a while, she raised her head, looked at Fang Xiu with red eyes, and said with a crying voice:
"I cry not only because I am sad, but also because I see no hope"

"As you said, no matter how much I cry, I can't change the fact."

"The system of the imperial court remains unchanged, no matter how hard I try to rule, no matter how much I forget to eat and sleep, the lives of the people will still be in dire straits."

"However, it is not easy to shake the imperial court's system. The matter of the Cigu Bureau has made me understand that if there is any reform, I, the emperor, will bear the brunt of it!

The royal family is the biggest gentry, how can they be convinced if only gentry are used?
I have 21 Huangzhuang, all of which are good fields, and more than half of my income comes from them!
The expenses of the harem, the porridge I drink every day, and the rewards I give you, including the construction of Tangquan Palace, all come from these Huangzhuang.
Let me move these Huangzhuang, it is like cutting my flesh, even if I am like this, let alone the gentry.

I think that if one day the great harmony of the world can be realized.

It must be that the poor people couldn't bear it, rose up, overthrew the imperial court, and cut off my head, so it could be realized."

Fang Xiu did not expect that the little empress would have such an awareness.

Looking at the beautiful face with pear blossoms and rain in front of him, he suddenly asked:

"If His Majesty does not become the emperor, but in exchange for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, is Your Majesty willing to do so?"

The little empress obviously didn't expect Fang Xiu to ask this question, and fell into deep thought.

On the side, Lin Wan'er's heart skipped a beat, and she thought: If your majesty does not become emperor, what does it have to do with the people living and working in peace and contentment? Fang Xiang is not digging a hole for your majesty to jump in.

the other side.

The little empress didn't think so much, she just focused on the problem itself.

After a while, she seemed to have an answer, looked up at Fang Xiu, and said very seriously:
"If the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, I don't need to be the emperor, but the premise is that I still live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the daily expenses for food and clothing are the same as before."

After a pause, he added: "There is no other reason, it's just my habit of living in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Fang Xiu looked at the beautiful little face of Lihua with rain in front of him, and said seriously:
"Your Majesty's consciousness is very high, even surpassing that of my minister."

The little empress sobbed a bit, curled her lips, and said angrily: "What's the use."

Fang Xiu put his arms around her slender waist, stared into her eyes, and said seriously:
"At the very least, future ministers can have less scruples when doing things."

aside.

Lin Wan'er's heart skipped a beat again, and she thought: Fang Xiang, what does this mean!Are you going to replace His Majesty?
The little empress also heard the unusual meaning in the words, sobbing and asking:

"What do you mean?"

Fang Xiu looked at her and didn't answer directly, but said: "After the world is unified, I will have to do a lot of things, involving the interests of many people, including your majesty's interests."

The little empress gave him a supercilious look, and said angrily, "It won't be too late to say these things after you rule the world."

Fang Xiu reached out and pinched her small face: "Does Your Majesty believe that I can do it?"

The little empress reached out and patted his arm, angrily said: "Don't pinch my face!"

Seeing her angry look, Fang Xiu felt a little cute, chuckled, and withdrew his hand.

The little empress wiped away her tears, knelt down in front of Fang Xiu, her eyes were red from crying, looked at him, her expression suddenly became serious, as if she was reading some important oath, and said word by word:

"At the banquet at Honglu Temple back then, you told me how you trusted the new army."

"Here, I also want to tell you that I treat you the same way!"

"You are the prime minister of Daqian and my father. I believe that you can accomplish all impossible things!"

"You tell me that you can rule the world, and I will believe that you can rule the world!"

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, paused, his eyelashes fluttered, and continued:

"I only hope that after you rule the world, you can leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation to me. I'm used to living there."

this moment.

The little empress did not hold anything back against Fang Xiu.

Express your inner thoughts.

He laughed and scolded him on weekdays, but behind it was extraordinary trust.

Even if Fang Xiu may usurp the throne one day in the future, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, she will have no complaints. The prerequisite is to leave her a place to live.

Such trust is unbearable for anyone.

Fang Xiu looked at the alluring face in front of him, and felt that his breathing stopped for half a beat.

He narrowed his eyes and kissed again.

"Um-"

Faced with the sudden attack, the little empress opened her eyes wide in surprise.

But only for a moment.

Eyes become rippling.

One is born, the second is cooked.

After a stick of incense.

The two separate.

The little empress blushed pretty, glared at Fang Xiu, and said angrily, "You're sneaking up on me again!"

Fang Xiu smiled, and said shamelessly, "Your Majesty can come back with a sneak attack like last time."

Hearing this, the little empress couldn't help but recall the last scene in her mind, she snorted, turned her head away, and was embarrassed to meet Fang Xiu's eyes.

Fang Xiu looked at her beautiful profile, with a smile on his brows, and asked knowingly:
"Is Your Majesty still sad?"

The little empress was silent for a while, then turned her head and looked at Fang Xiu:

"Actually, I'm still a little sad"

"Of course, it's still fun to be bullied by you"

Speaking of which, stop abruptly.

With a blushing face, she changed her tune and said, "I'm sad because you only bullied me and haven't told me how to make the people live and work in peace."

"There is no hope of living and working in peace and contentment in a short period of time, and I don't expect to be able to achieve this step."

"What I'm thinking about now is to let the poor people I work hard to get through this winter safely."

Speaking of this, the little empress looked dazed again, and her expression became a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu knew that if this matter could not be resolved, sooner or later it would turn into the little empress' heart demon.

After thinking about it, he said:

"Actually, before winter, I was thinking about this issue and took measures."

"If there are no accidents, there will be more poor people who have survived this year's cold winter than in previous years."

Hear this.

The little empress was slightly taken aback, looked at Fang Xiu, a little in disbelief, subconsciously said:
"how is this possible!"

After finishing speaking, I felt that I believed you no matter what I said to others just now, and it was not appropriate to question it now.

Added:
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there are so many poor people in this world, even if sweet potatoes solve the food problem for some people.

There is not enough cloth, firewood, and charcoal fire to keep warm. After several heavy snowfalls, the poor and weak people still cannot survive.

What's more, there are still many people who have stored food, which is not enough to survive the winter. "

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress, raised his brows, and said, "Your Majesty thinks, have you ever thought about these issues?"

The little empress was speechless.

Although Fang Xiu looked confident.

But she still couldn't figure out what to do to achieve what Fang Xiu said, the people who survived the cold winter were better than the warm winters of previous years.

Seeing the expression of the little empress, Fang Xiu frowned, and said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, I can take your majesty to a place, and when you arrive, your majesty will believe it."

The little empress looked at Fang Xiu and asked curiously, "Where is it?"

Fang Xiu didn't answer right away, but just lifted the curtain and told the guards to turn around and go to another place.

Putting down the curtain, looked at the little empress, and asked:
"If what I said is true, how does Your Majesty plan to reward him?"

Hear the familiar words.

The little empress's original depressed mood dissipated a lot.

Looking at Fang Xiu, he rolled his eyes and said angrily, "I have nothing else to reward you except myself!"

Lin Wan'er's eyes widened, and she looked at the little empress in disbelief.

"Your Majesty wants to reward himself to Prime Minister Fang?!"

"Isn't this too fast!"

Fang Xiu didn't expect the little empress to say such tiger-wolf words, he was taken aback for a moment, and replied:

"Your Majesty wants to do this, I don't mind."

"Pooh!"

The little empress spat, and said angrily, "You have a good idea!"

Fang Xiu was a little speechless: "Your Majesty didn't say it himself, you want to reward yourself to the minister?"

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Wan'er at the side: "You said, didn't His Majesty say that?"

Lin Wan'er hurriedly lowered her head, as if she didn't hear anything.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu became even more speechless.

This pair of master and servant are masters at pretending to be confused!

the other side.

The little empress pondered for a moment, then solemnly said:

"If you can really make me believe what you just said, I can promise you one request...any request!"

Hearing this, Fang Xiu was a little surprised.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Even if the minister asks His Majesty to accompany the minister to rest for one night?"

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"Damn disciple! Pervert!"

The little empress bit her lip, cursed a few words in her heart, but did not answer.

No answer is tantamount to default.

Fang Xiu looked at the embarrassed expression of the little empress and the blushing of her cheeks, and suddenly realized something, her heart skipped a beat.

Taking a deep breath, calming down his emotions, he said seriously: "Your Majesty can't play tricks when the time comes!"

The little empress seemed to have made some important decision, she gritted her teeth, and said word by word: "You are not joking!"

aside.

Lin Wan'er looked at Fang Xiu, then at the little empress.

What Shang Gong once said could not help but emerge in his mind.

The roots of her ears turned red suddenly, and she thought to herself: If Fang Xiang really made such excessive demands on His Majesty, should she stand by and provide some help at critical times.
at the same time.

The little empress also remembered what Shang Gong said.

Some pictures involuntarily filled up in my mind.

A blush appeared on Juemei's face, and her heart jumped up.

The original loss and sadness disappeared, replaced by apprehension, restlessness, fear, and a little bit of expectation.

Today it is today.

She can't lie to her heart anymore.

The so-called handling of Fang Xiu was just an excuse for himself.

She likes Fang Xiu.

Although he is a traitor who pretends to be a horse, she still likes him.

This kind of liking is not a temporary impulse, but a heartbeat after getting along for a long time.

As for when it started, even she herself couldn't tell.

Perhaps it was Yi Renju's heart palpitations at the moment when he lay in his arms after being drunk.

Or maybe it was that on the mountain that day, facing the evening wind, the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, and looking at the fireworks in the sky, my heart was moved for a moment.

Or maybe it's the satisfaction in my heart when we embrace each other tightly during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the bright moon is in the sky, and the moon is watching downstairs.

Or maybe, it's just the countless times of laughing and cursing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and love grows after a long time.

In any case, these are no longer important.

The important thing is that at this moment, even though he was crying in the dark, he was always by his side, just like he had experienced countless times of hesitation before.

He is always there.
and so.

At this moment, the little empress willingly gave herself to Fang Xiu as a reward from the bottom of her heart.

Of course, the premise is that what Fang Xiu said is true.

He really has a way to allow countless poor people who lack food, clothing, and firewood to survive this severe winter.

Otherwise, there is no need to talk about it!
Thinking so, the little empress glanced at Fang Xiu secretly, and suddenly hoped that he would win the bet.
snort!
It's not to reward yourself!

Just for the poor people!

The carriage continued on.

Time passed minute by minute.

Fang Xiu still couldn't bear the bumps on the road, leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

The little empress was not in the mood to continue watching the Three Kingdoms, nor was she in the mood to think about court affairs.

His mind was full of the precautions that Shang Gong said, and the blush on his face did not dissipate from the beginning to the end.

It wasn't just her who felt the same way, but also Lin Wan'er beside her.

He was also secretly looking at Fang Xiu with his eyes closed, his mind was full of things he didn't have.

I do not know how long it has been.

The carriage gradually stopped.

A guard's voice came from outside.

"My lord! It's here!"

(End of this chapter)