Prime Minister take care

Chapter 8
As winter approaches, the weather becomes colder.

Everyone in Shu put on winter clothes. The aristocratic families had mink fur coats, and the common people also put on cotton-padded clothes.

The colder the weather, the more serious the illness of King Xia Yunhua of Shu became.The doors and windows of the King of Shu's palace were closed, and there was a charcoal fire inside day and night.But even so, Xia Yunhua still felt cold on the hospital bed.

The palace was dark, and an old attendant walked in with small steps.When the chamberlain who was originally serving Xia Yunhua saw this regular attendant, he immediately lowered his head and quietly withdrew.

Xia Yunhua was lying on the couch, her pale face without a trace of blood. When she saw the old waiter, she forced a smile on her face.

"Uncle Jian, are you coming?"

"Your Majesty, what you asked me to do has been done."

This Jian Changshi is the oldest servant in the Shu palace.When Emperor Qi Xia Hengye was alive, he served the Xia family loyally in the inner court of the divine capital.Over the years, seeing the world in chaos in the Great Zhou Dynasty, these old people also followed Xia Yunhua, the Xia family orthodox into Shu.

"I asked Nier to study government affairs with Yang Xian these days. How is it going?"

Xia Yunhua sat up with the help of Changshi Jian, with some difficulty.

Jian Changshi frowned and shook his head.

"Then Yang Xian took Her Highness to eat, drink and have fun day and night. He often used Her Highness as bait to deceive those wealthy families."

"Oh?" Xia Yunhua not only didn't get angry, but also showed joy on his face. "Is Nie'er happy?"

Changshi Jian was stunned for a moment, and doubts gradually appeared on his face. He wondered whether Xia Yunhua was ill and confused, and warned: "Your Majesty, it's just that Yang Xian is making enemies everywhere. Her Royal Highness is the future Lord of Yizhou, so just follow her Yang Xian's nonsense is really not the way to be a master!"

Xia Yunhua said helplessly: "Isn't it good to be a human master? To be disrespectful, this great Zhou country has already been defeated by several of my ancestors."

"Your Majesty."

Chang Shi Jian wanted to say some words of comfort, but when he started speaking, he didn't know what to say?
"Although my sister is the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty and sits in the capital of the gods, anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is just a puppet in Liang Wu's hands. The world may change if it is said to change. Although I cannot see the Xia family's power Change of ownership, but it's hard to say for Nie'er. If one day, Liang Wu takes away my Xia family's power, then Nie'er, the orthodox Xia family, will be a thorn in his side. At that time, with the land of one state in Shu, how can he Competing with the Huan family who controls the seven states of the Central Plains?"

Everyone said that Xia Yunhua was mediocre, but in Jian Changshi's opinion, the king was more intelligent than good at heart.She clearly saw the general trend of the world, but she was a little helpless.

"Your Majesty, if you had been willing to work hard back then, you wouldn't have been able to compete!"

When Xia Yunhua entered Shu, he held the land of Yizhou and had an army of one hundred thousand under his command.At that time, Huan Wu was just an exiled prince with thousands of troops under his command.

But 30 years have passed, and Xia Yunhua has no more territory.However, Liang Hou Huanwu conquered the east and west, wiped out the princes, and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. The two were no longer the same.

"Uncle Jian taught you a lesson!"

Facing this loyal servant of the Xia family who had watched him grow up, Xia Yunhua pursed her lips coquettishly.

"It's just that now that things have come to this, I have to think about Nier!"

"What does your Majesty mean?"

"My sister was born at the wrong time. If she had been born 30 years earlier, with her talents, my country in the Great Zhou Dynasty would not be like this. But by now, it is already too late. The emperor's virtue is there, Huan thought If you want to usurp the throne, you must not live up to the facts, and you must give preferential treatment to the previous royal family. The more Nie'er behaves and the more ignorant he becomes, the more assured Huan Wu will be. When the time comes, he may be able to die rich."

Changshi Jian took a deep breath. He did not expect that Xia Yunhua would put such care into it.

After saying these words, Xia Yunhua coughed twice and his lips were a little dry.

"Your Majesty, lie down first!"

Xia Yunhua moved, but her cough became worse. She grabbed Jian Changshi's withered and old hand, and begged, "Uncle Jian, protect Nie'er, okay?"

Jian Changshi felt so sad that he couldn't feel a tear left in the corner of his eyes.He patted Xia Yunhua's hand and comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will fight to the death to protect Your Highness from being wronged." "Then I'm relieved!"

Yang House.

"Young Master, the Huang family's fine has been delivered to the house."

Looking at the shining silver in the box, Xia Gongnie lay down at the mouth of the box, drooling from the corner of her mouth.

She trotted towards Yang Xian who was sitting on the couch, took his hand and said coquettishly: "Father, can we share the money now?"

"Your Highness, be good. Go to bed first and talk about it when you get up tomorrow."

Xia Gongnie glanced at the box of silver with some worry, as if she was afraid that the money would disappear when she woke up in the morning.She felt a little aggrieved, but finally compromised.After all, the big devil also has a cute side.

"OK then!"

Yang Xian took a candy from the box on the side and threw it upward.Like a kitten, Xia Gongnie caught the candy with her mouth, chewed it, and looked satisfied.

Yang Chun watched Xia Gongnie's figure disappear at the end of the corridor and said, "Young Master, you have made enemies everywhere recently. I am worried that this may be detrimental to the Young Master!"

Yang Xian laughed, but Yang Chun's old face was full of doubts.

"Master Chun, do you know that there is a regular attendant in the palace?"

"That old guy?" Yang Chun followed Yang Zhong to Sichuan and had some dealings with Xia's internal officials. He had some impressions of Jian Changshi, and finally gave him a compliment, "He's quite capable!"

For Yang Chun, the great master, to give such a comment, I think Jian Changshi is also very skilled.

"The king is seriously ill, but he asked Chang Shi Jian to make a set of tableware for Xia Gongni!"

"tableware?"

Yang Chun said with some confusion.

"Golden bowl, jade spoon, ivory chopsticks!"

"How does your Majesty behave like this?"

Yang Chun said this, but did not say any more.

"Like a rich man, right?"

Yang Xian, however, had no taboos and spoke out directly.

"It is passed down from emperor to emperor. The ancestors always leave something to the descendants. Maybe it is a warning or a secret of governing the country. But our great king directly gave us a set of tableware. Master Chun, do you know what this means?"

Yang Chun was speechless for a moment. He understood very well that ordinary people may pursue wealth as their lifelong goal, but for an emperor, seeking wealth is not a good thing.Perhaps it is more appropriate to describe him as having no ambition and being ignorant.If it were written down by historians, it would be a scandal that would make people laugh forever.

"Everyone says that the king of Shu is ignorant. But in my opinion, our king is very smart. He even arranged his daughter's retreat clearly. He tied me to the warship and blocked me in front. To prevent those aristocratic families from plotting against the young king. If Liang Jun attacks Shu in the future, the Xia family can borrow the power of those aristocratic families to push me out and flatter the Huan family. Anyway, in the end, Xia Gongni will still be rich and noble for the rest of his life."

"Young Master, what should we do?" Yang Chun is Yang Xian's retainer and has no loyalty to the Xia family.

Yang Xian smiled, his smile was dark.

"Everyone in the world can surrender to the Huan family, but I, Yang Xian, can't. But since she tied me to this boat, she can't do it just because she wants to!"

(End of this chapter)