Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 359 Vortex
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Goo goo goo!

Birds and turtledoves chirped happily on the trees outside the house, one after another, clear and natural, and peaceful.

Zhu Xiuyuan woke up leisurely and opened his eyes.

It turned out that it was already dawn.

Wisps of morning light penetrated through the doors and windows, illuminating the room. The curtains, tables, chairs, vases, etc. were clearly visible.

"Qiu Wen..."

Almost as soon as he opened his eyes, Zhu Xiuyuan opened his mouth habitually and called Qiu Wen.

Qiu Wen was his personal maid. He was used to Qiu Wen taking care of daily life, washing, changing clothes, etc.

She is always so considerate and careful. With Qiu Wen here, Zhu Xiuyuan doesn't have to think about issues such as what to wear today...

However, after opening his mouth to shout, a scene in this room burst into view——

This is no longer the Dong Mansion in Jiangzhou!
Zhu Xiuyuan lay on the bed and looked sideways at the furnishings in the room.

For a moment, everything that happened yesterday filled my mind...

Squeak!

The door was pushed open.

Two maids walked in. They were the second maids rewarded by Emperor Chen, and they were relatively unfamiliar.

"Master, this servant is waiting for you to wash and change your clothes."

Zhu Xiuyuan was not very interested and allowed the two strange maids to fiddle with him.

He kept thinking about Qiu Wen and Dong Shuzhen.

He was really not used to not having Qiu Wen to serve him, and not hearing his wife's silver bell-like laughter.

After washing up, I had breakfast.

Bo's breakfast is naturally far more exquisite than Dong's.

All kinds of cakes and porridges are dazzling and overwhelming.

However, when Zhu Xiuyuan was eating these exquisite breakfasts, without his wife, Dong Shuyu, and Dong Cheng waiting together, he always felt that they were lacking in flavor.

After eating breakfast, Zhu Xiuyuan was still immersed in that faint sadness.

In the past, he didn't think much of getting along with his wife every day, but not long after they separated, he felt that these days were too boring!

"I wonder what my wife will do when she learns that I suddenly went to Beijing? Will she be depressed?"

"And Shuyu...well, Shuyu should be able to understand, she is much more mature than the lady."

"There are also Qiu Wen and Xia Wu. Qiu Wen suddenly has no one to serve. Will she be confused?"

"Xia Wu...she has a lot of clever ideas. I hope she won't instigate the lady to come to the capital to look for me..."

In the huge Jiangcheng uncle's house, Zhu Xiuyuan was admiring the garden scenery and talking to himself.

Until a group of people arrived, disrupting Zhu Xiuyuan's melancholy.

He put himself into the "working" state, and the sadness faded away.

But it turned out that someone from the Ministry of Industry had arrived.

Yesterday evening, at the small court meeting in Jinshen Hall, Chen Huang ordered the Ministry of Industry to cooperate and provide all manpower and material resources for Zhu Xiuyuan to build new weapons on the spot.

So that Emperor Chen and the generals can see the power...

The Ministry of Industry acted very quickly. It had only been one night and they had already found people and belongings.

At Zhu Xiuyuan's request, the person sent by the Ministry of Industry was an ambassador from the Arms Bureau named Zhou Dong, who brought with him a bunch of craftsmen and hundreds of trucks of raw materials.

Zhu Xiuyuan set aside a place in Jiangcheng Bo's house, surrounded it, and handed it over to Zhou Dong, asking him to lead the craftsmen to build new weapons there.

Anyway, the territory of the mansion is large enough, and the land allocated only accounts for about one hundredth of the total area, so it will have no impact at all.

Zhu Xiuyuan spent the whole morning with Zhou Dong and the craftsmen.

Explain to them how to build new weapons.

Zhu Xiuyuan was very familiar with it because he had already built it when he was in Jiangzhou.

These craftsmen are worthy of being from the Ministry of Industry. Their level is very high, far exceeding that of Jiangzhou craftsmen, so they are progressing very quickly.

Time flies when you are busy.

It was noon in a blink of an eye.

Zhou Dong, the ambassador of the Arms Bureau, said goodbye and wanted to go home.

Zhu Xiuyuan also took a break and ate in the flower hall.

"Master, master, a distinguished guest is here!"

During the meal, a boy from the uncle's house came to report.

"What distinguished guest?"

"Master, I am a servant from the palace of King Jinling and Prince Kuaiji. I came here to send you gifts and congratulations. I wish you the best for your promotion to the uncle of Jiangcheng!"

"Who are these King Jinling and King Kuaiji? They only called a boy here?"

Zhu Xiuyuan felt a little headache. There were actually quite a lot of kings, marquises, etc. in the Chen Kingdom. He had just arrived, so he only knew who these two kings were.

"Sir, the King of Jinling and the King of Kuaiji are the eldest and second sons of the empress of the current dynasty, and the King of Jinling is the eldest son of the current emperor!"

"The Queen's eldest son? Your Majesty's eldest son?"

Zhu Xiuyuan was slightly surprised.

This King of Jinling is actually the eldest son of the Queen and the eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, the strange thing is that he is not the current crown prince...

The current crown prince was Liu Shen, the son of Concubine You.

"Jinling?!"

In surprise, Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly understood that the "Jinling" in the title of King Jinling was not ordinary. It was the old name of Healthy City, the capital of the Chen Kingdom!

The eldest son of the emperor is not the prince, but his title is named after the old name of the capital...

In an instant, Zhu Xiuyuan realized that there might be a lot involved.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Xiuyuan made a decision:
"Just say that I am busy completing the tasks assigned by His Majesty and cannot get away to see the guests. Thank you to the King of Jinling and the King of Kuaiji for their kindness. I understand."

"Attention, let them take the gift back intact, don't accept it!"

"It's my lord!"

The boy went down to deal with it.But they said that the servant in the Jinling Prince's Mansion was rejected. After returning, he added fuel to the fire and "told" how the Jiangcheng Prince's Mansion disrespected the King of Jinling and the King of Kuaiji.

"I am so angry that I am so angry..."

King Jinling was furious and wanted to rush out, but his brother King Kuaiji held him back.

"Brother, please calm down! Brother, please calm down!"

"Uncle Jiang Cheng is just a little earl. In my eyes, his title is the size of a sesame seed... How dare you look down on me!"

"Brother, please calm down. Brother, don't be impatient..."

"Second brother, don't stop me, I can't swallow this breath!"

"That witch mother and her son just sit on my brother's head and poop and pee, but such a little earl dares to look down on me..."

"I can't swallow this breath. Second brother, don't stop me. I must kill Uncle Jiang Cheng..."

"Brother Imperial, what is your status? You are the eldest son, a first-class prince! Your status is so noble, do you deserve to teach Uncle Jiang Cheng personally?"

"Well...Second brother, what you said makes sense."

King Jinling stopped being furious and stopped going outside.

He straightened his clothes.

I finally remembered that he was a prince, so how could he hit someone with his own hands?

"Second brother, Uncle Jiang Cheng insulted our two brothers. This king can't swallow this tone. Then Uncle Jiang Cheng must pay the price! Second brother, do you have a good plan?"

"Brother Imperial, I don't have any good ideas. Why not ask Mr. Chen from the Pope's residence?"

"Oh, yes, I forgot about Mr. Chen. Someone, please invite Mr. Chen."

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Jiangcheng Bo's Mansion.

After the boy took the order, Zhu Xiuyuan was no longer in the mood to eat.

He threw down the bowls and chopsticks, took Yan Dashan with him, and took a walk in the garden-like garden of the mansion.

"Da Shan, what do you think of this mansion?"

Zhu Xiuyuan was extremely bored and couldn't help but start teasing Yan Dashan.

"My benefactor, I think it's very good. I never dreamed that one day, I would take a walk in such a beautiful garden!"

"Haha, it is a royal garden after all! The scenery and scale are naturally extraordinary!"

Yan Dashan followed Zhu Xiuyuan, keeping a vigilant look but saying nothing.

"Da Shan, do you want to settle down in a garden mansion like this? Marry a beautiful wife and give birth to dozens of children?"

Zhu Xiuyuan continued to tease.

"Forehead……"

Yan Dashan scratched his head, but an embarrassed blush appeared on the face of the tower-like man.

"My benefactor, this subordinate... I have never thought about it."

"What?"

Zhu Xiuyuan stopped and turned to face Yan Dashan, his eyes burning.

"A true man, tell me what's on your mind, you really want it, right?"

"Uh... benefactor..."

Yan Dashan started to squirm. He was such a big and strong man. At this moment, his hands and feet had nowhere to rest and he could only keep scratching his head.

"Tell me, do you really want it? You really want it, right?"

The corners of Zhu Xiuyuan's mouth rose, and for the first time he realized that teasing Yan Dashan was so interesting.

"My benefactor, this subordinate... doesn't want to!"

"Um?!"

"Think! I can't think of it, subordinate."

"That's right. What kind of girl do you like? Just say it, if you are too shy to speak, I will help you propose marriage."

"Haha, I can't let you follow me and keep being a bachelor. This is not my habit."

"My benefactor, that...that..."

"Which one? You are a big man as strong as a cow, but you are as coquettish as a fifteen-year-old girl. It is really an embarrassment to me!"

"My benefactor...please punish me!"

Yan Dashan drooped his head and his face was as red as a monkey's butt.

"That's all, there's no rush in this matter. You can take your time to look for it. If you find someone you like, you can tell me and I'll help you make the decision!"

"Hmm...Also, I will encircle a place in the northwest corner of this mansion, which contains two independent courtyards. Then I will build a gate on the wall and separate it into a separate mansion for you to marry a wife. What do you think?"

"My benefactor... Thank you so much, my benefactor..."

Yan Dashan was not completely stupid, so he knelt down and bowed down...

"My lord, my lord..."

At this time, a servant in the mansion came running screaming, panting.

"what's up?"

"My lord, I'm sorry. The Arms Bureau ambassador who came to the mansion this morning...Zhou Dong, had his hands...broken..."

"what!?"

Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes stood up, his expression confused and shocked.

"Take me to see him wherever he is!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was no longer in the mood to tease Yan Dashan anymore, and followed the boy to the door of the house.

As expected, Zhou Dong, the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, was lying on a stretcher, with many strips of cloth wrapped around his hands, motionless at his side.

Obviously broken.

"Ambassador Zhou, you...what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned, his eyes swept over his interrupted hands, and finally looked at his face.

After spending half a day together this morning, Zhu Xiuyuan actually admired Zhou Dong more.

He is skilled and can use both hands and brains.

(End of this chapter)