It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 660: The unbearable heat of noon
The longer the debate lasted, the uglier Liu Cong's expression became. Finally, he stood up, turned around and left the main seat, and went to the back hall.

The ministers were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a while, the smell of smoke came and the ministers lowered their heads.

In fact, many people knew that Liu Cong was taking Wu Shi San again. His old injury deteriorated rapidly, and now he couldn't even support him in court for half a day.

As soon as Liu Cong left, everyone changed the topic. They talked about how Liu Cong had already established the Queen Supreme, the Queen Left and the Queen Right, creating a situation of "three queens coexisting". Recently, he even found a young woman from a tavern and wanted to establish her as the Queen Central.

An official had already made a direct remonstrance in the court, but Liu Cong did not listen and even beat the man.

Everyone was too scared to say anything, so they could only look at Jin Zhun and Liu Yao, who were closest to Liu Cong. As a result, they found out today that these two were also scheming against each other, and even shirking responsibility. They felt a little disappointed, and feared that the good days of the Han Dynasty would not last long.

While everyone was complaining, Jin Zhun had already said to Liu Yao, "In fact, the general has many soldiers in and outside Chang'an City, and they are also the main source of food. It is really best for you to do this. What's more, the wheat harvest will be in a month or so, and the granary is also managed by you, and we don't know how to do it. The emperor is in such a situation now, and you are his only brother now, so you must help him."

Jin Zhun's words really touched upon everything from national justice to brotherly love. If Liu Yao didn't agree, it would be unreasonable.

Moreover, not long after, Liu Cong's personal eunuch ran out and said, "The emperor said that all the ministers have worked hard, so today's court meeting will be adjourned. If there is anything urgent, you can wait here for a while. He needs to change clothes before coming over. Also..."

After searching the hall for a while, the young eunuch walked up to Liu Yao, bowed and said politely: "The emperor gave a private instruction to the general."

"You say." Liu Yao nodded.

"The emperor said: The general must take responsibility for raising grain." The young eunuch was even more polite. He had just heard the endless debate about this matter in the court.

Liu Yao's face had turned black. This was definitely a job that would offend people. It was very likely that he would offend these people because of this. It would be very difficult for him to do anything in the future.

But the oral order was also an imperial decree, and he could not disobey it. Therefore, he could only cup his hands and say in a low voice: "I obey your order."

The matter was finally settled on Liu Yao, and everyone became much more polite when looking at Jin Zhun. The rise and fall of each other, the ever-changing situation in the court, no one could tell clearly.

After the court session, Liu Yao thought about it and decided to go back to the general's mansion first, and then go back to the camp in the south of the city. After all, his two uncles were both trained as soldiers in the camp, and he always had to go back to see the women and children in that yard.

When I got back, the yard was quiet.

Cui Xi was eating with her two children, while everyone else was busy. Seeing Liu Yao coming back, they were somewhat surprised and came over to pay their respects. The two children were also very happy. Her fat son babbled and stretched out his hand, stroking Liu Yao's stubbled face for a long time, and even refused to let go. "The weather has been too hot recently, and the girl didn't sleep well at night. She is catching up on sleep now." Cui Xi lowered her voice, "Medical Officer Bian came to see her and said that the fetus is very stable and growing strong."

"Yeah." Liu Yao kissed the two children hard again, then let go and walked gently into the bedroom he and Yang Xianrong shared. The room was large and spacious. For ventilation, all the doors and windows had been opened, and there was a large fan made of circulating water that continuously blew air into the room.

This was made by Mao Hongmao himself. He said that the windmill in the imperial palace of the Jin Dynasty was also made by him. He modified it based on Lu Ban's draft to make the wind power stronger.

Liu Yao was already sweating all over, and even standing in front of the fan, he didn't feel much cooler. The sun was at its peak at noon, and the dazzling sunlight shone into the yard, causing cracks to appear on the ground, not to mention that the flowers and plants had already dried up and fallen to the side.

In order to ensure that the waterwheel had enough circulating water, there was no way to water the flowers and plants. Yang Xianrong didn't like these things anyway, so Cui Xi didn't bother watering them anymore, and even planned to clear out all the dried flowers and plants as soon as possible.

Even if Liu Yao's footsteps were light, Yang Xianrong woke up, half-raised herself and looked towards the door. Seeing that it was Liu Yao coming in, her eyes showed a happy light. "Why did the general come back today? Didn't you say you would be back in two days?"

"I want to come back every day." Liu Yao could now say those sweet words fluently. His eyes were smiling. He quickly sat down next to Yang Xianrong. Just when he was about to touch her little face, she dodged him.

"But have you washed?" Yang Xianrong was very clean. Seeing that Liu Yao's clothes were soaked with sweat, she couldn't help but ask, "Did you just hug the children like that? They are still young. You are so dirty. Be careful not to pass on the disease to them. I have told you many times that you can't do this."

"Yes, yes, I'll go wash and change clothes right away." Liu Yao quickly stood up again, but he couldn't help but kiss Yang Xianrong's little face and whispered, "I miss you so much."

Yang Xianrong also smiled happily, and used the strength of his arm to sit up straight, "Go wash up quickly, and then come back to talk."

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Yao smiled and hurried out the door. Outside, Cui Xi had already brought Wang Po and others to the washroom in the backyard to prepare several large buckets of clean water, and asked Liu Yao to quickly wash and change clothes.

Cui Xi stood at Yang Xianrong's door holding the child and said with a smile, "Then I will continue to eat with the children. Wang Po and Shen Po are watching here."

"Well, go ahead." Yang Xianrong nodded and tidied up her thin clothes and hair. The weather was too hot, and she refused to wear heavy skirts at home, and just dressed in whatever was comfortable.

My belly has gotten a little bigger and my body is a little swollen.

Because it was her second child, she had a lot of experience and knew that she would become sleepy and tired at this time, so she would pay more attention to her body and not let herself take care of too many things. Cui Xi and Zhang Du arranged everything, and the general's mansion was in order inside and out.

However, at this moment, the water-flowing fan suddenly stopped.

Is there not enough circulating water?
Yang Xianrong was startled and could not help but be dazed.