At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 456 Old Wu

"The magnificent Xiliang Palace is located on the outer street outside the Imperial Palace. Only ordinary wealthy businessmen can live here."

Those below the third rank were not qualified to live here, and although the Xiliang Palace covered a large area, it was still far inferior to the palaces of other royal nobles.

After showing the token, he entered the mansion smoothly.

The courtyard is simple and elegant, with rockery, ancient trees, bamboo forest and pond.

The surface of the pond had already frozen over, but the snow had been cleared, and standing beside it, one could still clearly see a few carp swimming in it.

"Your Majesty, it's been a while since you've been here."

The steward of the palace was called Wu Liu, and he was one of the five hundred riders who followed him to Xiliang.

He had originally been promoted to deputy general in the army, but later he injured his thigh while charging into battle.

Xiao Han arranged for him to go to the capital to serve as a housekeeper, looking after the palace while managing the business in the capital.

"It's been a while."

Xiao Han nodded: "Since I married the princess, I haven't been to the capital."

We came to the middle courtyard, which was the main courtyard. No one lived there, but it was very clean. Dozens of maids and servants were busy working in the courtyard.

The fire in the hall had been lit, the lights were bright, and it was emitting billowing hot air. There were many swords and weapons placed on the wall, all of which were of the best quality.

"Hurry up and bring the wine and food."

Old Wu said, "Remember to prepare more hot water."

"promise."

The maids answered.

"Your Majesty, have some tea."

Old Wu grinned and said, "It's just right that you're here. I was planning to send someone to deliver the account book to Xiliang."

"That's good. It saves me a lot of trouble. You can check the account book tomorrow so that I can report to you later."

"You old man, you really know how to get a bargain."

Xiao Han laughed and scolded: "I'm too lazy to look at the account book. The Jinyiwei will come to check the account when the time comes. Just don't make any mistakes."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Old Wu patted his chest and said, "There is absolutely no problem with the account."

"Your Majesty, you must have a good drink tonight."

He complained: "It's really boring to stay in the capital. When will I be transferred back?"

"do not ask me."

He shook his head: "This matter is under Miaoyu's control, you can ask someone to find her yourself."

"Don't be ungrateful."

Tiger Chi interrupted, "I heard from Huang San and the others two months ago that you wrote back to brag about your comfortable life in the capital."

"We are all old brothers. If we don't say anything good, it will make them laugh at us."

Old Wu became anxious.

"You idiot tiger, you're here to expose my past, right? I won't give you any good wine later."

"If you don't give it to me, won't I go get it myself?"

Tiger Chi said in a muffled voice: "I will drink all the good wine you have hidden away later."

Had dinner.

The sky became completely dark and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The wind was howling and the snow was pouring down. You couldn't see more than two or three feet ahead.

Inside the room, a group of old brothers were toasting each other. In addition to Old Wu, there were a few other old brothers who had come out of those five hundred riders.

They were also settled in the capital to manage the industries.

"drink."

Old Wu picked up the bowl and drank it all.

"Old Wu, you can't do this. Your face is red."

Hu Chi picked up the jar, opened it, raised it above his head, and gulped down the wine in his mouth, finishing it all in one breath.

"If you had dared to be so arrogant ten years ago, I would have made you leave on your stomach."

Old Wu's eyes were hazy with drunkenness. "It's not possible now. I'm too old."

"Not old."

Xiao Han shook his head: "The days ahead will only be better. You all should take good care of the family. In the future, we will enjoy wealth, prosperity and peace, and endless enjoyment."

"Report."

At this time, a servant entered the courtyard and stood in front of the steps to report, "Your Majesty, the eunuch from the palace is here."

"Arrived so soon?"

Xiao Han burped: "Let him in."

"promise."

The servant left quickly.

"This dog emperor is well-informed." Old Wu cursed, "I guess they have bad intentions."

"Maybe he's here to question me."

"You underestimate our Majesty."

Xiao Han smiled and said, "Would you like to make a bet? I bet that Xiao Huangmen came to comfort me on behalf of the emperor."

"Do you dare to bet?"

"What's the stakes?"

A group of old brothers instantly became interested.

"If you win."

He stroked his chin and grinned, "When I get back I'll tell Miaoyu to transfer all of you back to Xiliang."

"If you lose, no one will give me a jar of good wine that is more than ten years old when you leave."

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"How about it?"

"dare?"

Old Wu said, "I'll take the bet."

"But, my lord, we have an agreement. If you lose, you can't deny your debt."

"You look down on me, don't you?"

Xiao Han was unhappy: "When have I ever said something wrong?"

As we were arguing, the guards from the mansion brought the eunuchs from the palace to the courtyard to read out the text.

Seeing a group of people arguing in the room, the eunuch was shocked and even stuttered when he spoke.

"Xiliang...King of Xiliang."

"What are you doing?"

"Just in time."

Xiao Han grinned and said, "Aren't you here to deliver an imperial decree? Hurry up and bring out the decree."

"Good good."

The eunuch dared not delay, and hurriedly took out the imperial edict from his sleeve, spread it out and read it out.

The hundreds of scribbled words were mostly greetings and concerns. The words seemed to express great admiration and encouragement.

"Your Highness the King of Xiliang, please accept my order."

After the reading was completed, the eunuch smiled ingratiatingly and bowed his head humbly, without the slightest bit of arrogance.

Hu Chi stepped forward, snatched the imperial edict, and then brought it to Lao Wu and others.

"Look carefully."

"Remember to prepare the drinks."

"You're a jerk."

Old Wu and his companions were about to curse, but they felt that it was not good to curse the emperor in front of the eunuch.

Just shut your mouth and admit defeat.

"King Xiliang, I wonder if this is convenient for you."

The eunuch wanted to say something but stopped himself.

Xiao Han naturally understood what he meant, so he let Hu Chi and Old Wu go first.

In the lobby.

Only he and the eunuch were left.

"Well, what's the matter?"

He picked up the teacup and rinsed his mouth.

"Your Highness, you came to the capital this time without the permission of His Majesty. This is a big taboo."

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty is broad-minded and will not mind the prince's great achievements in expanding the territory and destroying the Northern Wei."

But there are many people in this world who are interested in this. During the morning exercises tomorrow, someone will definitely file a petition to impeach the prince for this."

"Your Majesty wants me to ask the prince why he came to the capital, so that Your Majesty can have an excuse to evade the impeachment of the officials tomorrow."

The eunuch spoke very carefully, glancing at his expression from the corner of his eyes from time to time.

He heaved a sigh of relief only after confirming that the arrogant and bloodthirsty King of Xiliang did not get angry and humiliated because of this.

"I had forgotten that."

Xiao Han said, "I was in a hurry to set out and forgot about this."

The eunuch was moved and asked hurriedly, "Why are you so anxious?"

"You may not know, sir, that in this battle to destroy the Northern Wei, our Xiliang suffered heavy casualties and is in great need of silver and food."

"This time, I hastily came to the capital to ask Your Majesty to allocate some silver and grain to Xiliang to solve the urgent problem."

(End of this chapter)