Chapter 30 Hexi

This night in the Daming Palace, Xue Chongxun did not sleep well and had several dreams in one night.

The dead Tangtuan was laughing, with swords and swords around him, and the roars and screams of the soldiers were like they were in his ears. He seemed to have returned to the battlefield...

Suddenly two black shadows fell from the sky, and the horseshoe was about to step down, and his mind buzzed.

He sat up all of a sudden, and then he was sure that he was dreaming. He reached out to apply his hand on his forehead, all of which was sweating.

At this moment, a thought flashed through, all this is just for your own glory and wealth?

Xue Lang, did you have a nightmare?

A woman's shout made him feel a little more awake.

He looked back and saw a large wooden bed with ornate silk curtains hanging around it. Outside the curtains there was an antique brass lamp stand with more than a dozen oil lamps on it.

A familiar palace maid was lifting the curtain and looking at herself with concern. She was only wearing a white underwear, and it seemed that she had just gotten up.

I had a nightmare.Xue Chongxun replied in a daze, Who are you, how could you be here?

After he said that, he realized that it was nonsense. Since she was in the palace, she was probably the palace maid sent by her mother to serve her.

Unexpectedly, the woman sighed quietly: Did Lang forget Xue Lang? My name is Cheng Ting. Last time you spent the night in Princess Taiping’s Mansion in Zhenguo. Wasn’t I the one who served your daily life?

oh!Thinking of it... Xue Chongxun let out a long sigh and looked back at the spacious bedroom.The room you sleep in is too big, but you feel insecure and not used to it.He asked again: What time is it...when is the update?

Cheng Ting said: It’s less than the fourth update, Xue Lang will have a little sleep.

So he lay down and continued to sleep. Cheng Ting walked up and pulled the quilt for him, then left gently.

Just fell asleep and dreamed again.

Strangely, I can still realize that I am dreaming...

A beautiful girl came over in a hazy way. He wanted to see her face clearly, but she couldn't see clearly. She looked like Jincheng, Yuwen Ji, and Li Yan'er.

She gently untied her belt: Isn’t this what you want?

At this time, Xue Chongxun forgot that it was in the dream, and was very happy and looking forward to it, and was about to go up and hug it, but strangely, the woman was like a ghost and could not be caught.

She really said: I am a female ghost, you will never get me.

She then laughed strangely, making Xue Chongxun creepy. She smiled and said: You can sacrifice everything for your own life and for your glory and wealth. You killed me...

Don't leave!Xue Chongxun was very anxious.

At this time, the world rotated, and a cloud of fog came... Wake up!You wake up Ah!

After he woke up, he found that the woman in front of him was Cheng Ting again. She gently placed the back of her hand on Xue Chongxun's forehead: Xue Lang, are you sick?

Xue Chongxun sat up: I chose a bed, I am not used to sleeping in this Daming Palace.So, I won’t sleep anymore, so I’ll go home tonight.

After saying that, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed, Cheng Ting hurriedly took a new underwear to change it for him, and then served him to wear official uniforms, hats and ornaments.

The clothing of the Tang Dynasty was more complicated, and men also had to comb their hair, and also had to wear a fish bag, jade, small knife and flint.

After he packed up, he walked to the case and grabbed the grass from the basket and fed him the rabbit.

Seeing this, Cheng Ting looked very interested. She silently watched what trivial things he did. After a long time, she couldn't help but say: Xue Lang is such a good man...

Xue Chongxun smiled and thought to himself: It turns out that feeding pets is a good way to pick up girls.

Seeing him feeding the rabbit for a while, Cheng Ting went out to get a copper basin containing willow branches and waited for him to brush his teeth.

The willow branches were soaked in water the night before, soaked them all night, and then got up the next morning and bite the bento toothbrush open...

In ancient times, the rich people paid great attention to cleanliness, at least the Han people were like this.

During breakfast, the palace was more particular than the Duke of Wei’s Mansion. There were four palace maids serving the utensils, all of which were made of jade and gold, containing crystal translucent pastries and soup. In the eyes of the Tang people, the transparency of food was one of the criteria for measuring quality, so the square cakes and round cakes that Xue Chongxun ate all looked transparent.

After breakfast, Xue Chongxun went to Zichen Hall to greet his mother first, and then he was delayed until the Si time. When the prime ministers finished their meeting in the Political Affairs Hall, they came to see Taiping, so that he could also participate in military and national affairs.

There were six prime ministers, among which Zhang Shuo was the Minister of War and the Minister of the Central Secretariat, which was equivalent to the Right Prime Minister, and according to the previous rules, the Right Prime Minister was the largest.

But he had been Li Longji's teacher a long time ago, and his relationship with Li Longji was not clear, so it was obvious that Taiping and other prime ministers had distrustful attitude towards him.

As a result, the Political Affairs Hall has no backbone when holding meetings every day, which makes a mess, and the central operation is slow and inefficient.

What they discussed today was the candidate for the Hexi Jiedushi. Zhang said he recommended someone, but everyone disagreed...

Just because it was recommended by Zhang Shuo, who knows whether the person who gave the military power to him to recommend is reliable or not?

In order to deploy troops to defend Tubo, the court needs a capable and loyal person to command 42,000 soldiers in Hexi prefectures. This position is very important.

Zhang said he complained there and expressed his public aspirations, but others just didn't believe it.Taiping sat in the upper seat without saying a word, listening calmly to their argument, and didn't know what she was thinking.

Even Xue Chongxun, who had basically no experience in governing the government, realized at this time that the new power structure needed a prime minister who convinced the public.

Dou Huaizhen, Xiao Zhizhong, Lu Xiangxian...

Among the six people, in terms of ability and political achievements, only Zhang Shuo is the most capable, but Taiping can spare Zhang Shuo's life in order to calm the hearts of others, but it is impossible to hand over the power of the prime minister to the hands of a former crown prince.

At this moment, Lu Xiang first stood up and said: Since everyone has differences, then the old minister recommends someone.

Taiping finally spoke: Please speak, Mr. Lu.

Lu Xiangxian said: Cheng Qianli is now the deputy capital of Anxi Town.

Taiping asked again: Why do you recommend him? What is the excellence of this person?

Lu Xiangxian smiled and said: Last year, he returned to Beijing to report his work and played a game of chess with his old ministers, and he has great achievements in Go.

Zhang said his face turned red suddenly... The person he recommended before had many advantages and achievements. Now Lu Xiang first actually said that someone played well, so he entrusted the important task?

What makes people even more speechless is that Taiping agreed immediately. She nodded and said: People with chess skills will not be too bad in other aspects. Then, according to Mr. Lu, please use Cheng Qianli as the governor of Hexi.

Zhang Shuo wanted to speak but stopped; the others were silent. They suspected that Cheng Qianli was settled by Taiping, and then they just spoke it out through Lu Xiangxian's mouth...

There is a problem of power distribution among them. The distribution of power between the emperor (the one in power) and the foreign dynasty on major events: it is usually proposed by the prime minister, and then the emperor only needs to agree or reject it; usually the emperor will not propose any plan by himself, but the ministers conceive a political strategy, then obtain the emperor's support, and then implement it.

After saying that, the matter broke up, Xue Chongxun bid farewell to Taiping and was about to go home.

When he walked out of Zichen Palace, he suddenly remembered Cheng Ting, who served him last night, why did he have the same surname as Cheng Qianli?

The Cheng family was a family of military generals in Guanlong. Although they are in decline now, Cheng Qianli may also be from that family.

Xue Chongxun thought about it carefully and felt annoyed. His mother's thoughts were really hard to figure out... If you guessed correctly, Cheng Ting would definitely have to come in the future. If you want it, you have to want it, and you have to want it even if you don't want it!

He remembered the princess Huo that his mother chose for him, the fat woman who was as fat as a pig, and perhaps had some political considerations.

Then what am I?A favorite minister, a guard, or a chess piece in front of my mother?

He asked someone to go to the palace next to the Hanlin Courtyard to get the cage of the rabbit. He slept there last night, and was about to go home... At this time, he remembered his marriage again.

The mother insisted on marrying the Emperor's daughter himself, probably to appease the people from the Emperor and to win over all forces as much as possible.

So Xue Chongxun also became a political victim and insisted on marrying a type that he was completely disgusted with. To be honest, a woman like a sow.

He was also very helpless if he didn't feel good about this matter.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered Li Yan'er again. Isn't she also from the lineage of the Supreme Emperor?

The granddaughter of the Supreme Emperor Ah.

Even if you marry Li Yan'er, it is many times stronger than marrying Huo Guoguo...

Xue Chongxun's cute face, big eyes, diamond-shaped mouth, appeared in his mind...

Although there are different generations, it has nothing to do in the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Chongxun thought about it carefully, and this might really help both.Because in my mother's heart, political needs are still the big ones, what can I do to resist now?

One big problem is that Li Yan'er has no good impression of Xue Chongxun because he killed her father with his own hands. Although grudges are nothing, it is also a very unpleasant thing to ask her to marry a person with a shadow.

Xue Chongxun decided to take a look first.So he asked the eunuch Li Yaner around him where he lived, then turned his horse's head and went to the west coast along the shore of Taizhechichi.

The south and east coasts are the most lively places, and the more you go west, the more deserted it becomes.

At this time, the eunuch pointed to a small courtyard and said: It's right there, where King Fen lived before, and things are unpredictable. Now King Fen is going to be the emperor.

Xue Chongxun nodded and rode his horse to the gate of the courtyard. This was a small courtyard that entered, with only seven or eight rooms inside and outside.

In the Daming Palace, such low buildings are mostly places where palace maids live or pile up miscellaneous items.

At this time, the people inside probably heard the movement, and the gate suddenly opened, and a woman in a plain long skirt appeared at the door.

This person Xue Chongxun had just met in the Fifth Prince's Mansion. He was one of Li Changqi's princesses, who should be Li Yan'er's biological mother.

I saw her wearing a fallen bun, about thirties, a woman with a beautiful face. She lived in seclusion for a while and became thinner than last time... Her cheekbones were higher. I heard that this kind of face was incompatible with her husband?

Xue Lang?The woman looked at him in surprise.