Chapter 5 Frog

Xue Chongxun was also very anxious in Luoyang and wanted to fly back to Chang'an immediately.

But he also realized that the more he was, the more he should calm down, so he prepared to write a consultation first and send it back to Chang'an, expressing his desire to return to Beijing to report his work.

There is no need to wait for the reply from the Ministry of Revenue, because the prime ministers are all mothers, so they can do it in one go and they can set off the next day.

He was restless and had a lot of emotions. He was very anxious at first, feeling that he was involved in Tianji, as if he had changed the course of history with one hand. When he realized that the decision-making power was not in his hands, he thought about how many useful things he could do, and was very frustrated...

In short, when things come to an end, even if you can keep calm on the surface, you will not be so calm inside.

So unfortunately, I had insomnia again and couldn't sleep.

He got up in his clothes, and it was dead silent outside. The ancient night was so quiet.

At this time, there was not even a whistle of insects. Occasionally, a gust of wind made the branches in the yard rust, like a ghost.

There was a little light on the window, and it was a lantern under the eaves.

Fortunately, it was in the Fugui Garden. If it was an ordinary family, it would be impossible to light the lamp in the middle of the night, so how dark it would be.

In the darkness, he thought hard.

……

We set off on the next day and we were unable to take the Flying Tiger Group.

Xue Chongxun suddenly thought that he had been rushing around for the past few months, and he didn't know if he would be in vain if he worked so hard.

When he approached Chang'an, he thought of a plan and wanted to make some preparations, so he asked Fang Yuzhong to take people to catch a few frogs.

It's spring now, it's not easy to catch. It's easier if it's summer...

But Fang Yuzhong had to send someone to find what Xue Chongxun told him personally. They ran to the village to pay the villagers to help. Finally, they grabbed a few and put them in sacks to come back to hand in the service.

After entering Chang'an City and returning home, Xue Chongxun didn't even bother to change his clothes, so he asked someone to prepare some things, so he took a bus to Princess Taiping's Mansion in Zhenguo.

The princess's mansion is still crowded with no signs of decline.

Xue Chongxun was called to the front hall to pay homage to his mother. After entering, he found that there were two or three court ministers including Dou Huaizhen in the hall.

Princess Taiping was talking to the ministers. When she saw Xue Chongxun’s dusty look, she couldn’t help but say: You are exhausted, so let’s stay at your mother’s house today. I’ll ask someone to take a shower and change your clothes, and then take a break.

She was wearing a bright red long skirt, her neck was straight, her demeanor, elegant and luxurious, and her expression was calm. She was not in a hurry to ask Xue Chongxun how he was doing his business, nor did she ask him why he was in a hurry to return to Chang'an.

Xue Chongxun was not as calm as his mother. He took two steps forward and said to the two eunuchs beside his mother: You avoid it first, my mother and I have something to say.

Dou Huaizhen clasped her fists to Xue Chongxun and said: Xue Lang did a good job in Dongdu. He had a lot of trouble in the court some time ago.

Xiao Zhizhong also smiled and said: Congratulations to Xue Lang, you are the most important contribution to the canal transportation.

Xue Chongxun took the politeness into consideration and replied with a greeting, but did not talk nonsense to them. He immediately said to Princess Taiping: Mother, I am in a hurry to go back to Chang'an because I heard that the comet celestial phenomena appeared.

Princess Taiping brushed her long sleeves, sat upright, and said slowly: I and several ministers were talking about this just now. The Sitiantai Superintendent made suggestions to the emperor that he had deposed the prince to avoid disasters. The emperor has not made any statement yet, nor has he punished the Sitiantai officials.

At this moment, Xue Chongxun's words surprised everyone present: It is impossible to depose the prince. I boldly predict that Li Sanlang would be blessed in disguise and ascend to the throne!

If Xue Chongxun had said something unexpected in the past, he would probably be sneered by several prime ministers. However, Xue Chongxun had just done a good thing, and a bunch of people on the prince's side could not help him. It can be seen that Xue Chongxun is still a little capable.

So everyone cannot veto what he said at will, let alone use age as a reason. Li Longji is only in his twenties, so who can underestimate him?

Because Li Longji performed outstandingly when he was exterminated in Queen Wei.

Under the turmoil, credit and talent are the most important things to be valued, not entirely based on qualifications.

Princess Taiping looked surprised at first, but the calm and compulsive general demeanor she exuded still did not change. She looked back at Dou Huaizhen and others and asked: Is this possible?

Dou Huaizhen and others looked at each other and pondered: Now that the prince is going to be deposed, it may be a test of his courage, but he abdicated the throne...

Xue Chongxun said: I have given up once before, but now I can't give up again.

After he said that, he looked back at the expressions of others, and sighed: I know that no one will believe it...

Taiping said: It’s not that I don’t believe you, you’re just guessing.This matter will soon be revealed, and you will know it when the time comes.

Xue Chongxun frowned and said: Mother, if you make up your mind now, it is the best time, because no one can predict that we will take action at this time... Alas, but I also know that it is really hard for a guess to make your mother bets alone.But if Li Sanlang really ascended the throne because of this, my mother should consider my vision.My suggestion is: Even if Li Sanlang ascends the throne, we still have a chance, and then my mother can no longer hesitate!Once that point, whoever takes the initiative will have more opportunities if he takes the initiative first!

His vision may not be very visionary, but he predicted that the historical process was not comparable to that of mortals in the world, and he was the only one in the world.

Taiping lowered his head and pondered, and everyone in the hall fell silent.

Xue Chongxun broke the silence and said: It takes time to plan and layout, not to mention that King Fen is still in Youzhou, things are more complicated and difficult for us... We really have to prepare early, otherwise Sanlang suddenly attacked and we would not even have the chance to resist.

Taiping looked at Dou Huaizhen and others and murmured: Things have not reached that point yet, right?

Both prime ministers nodded and said yes.

At this time, Xue Chongxun suddenly said: Is your mother interested in watching her son play a game?

game?A smile appeared on Taiping's face, ...Okay, I'll see what you want to tinker with.

Dou Huaizhen and Xiao Zhizhong were also curiously waiting for Xue Chongxun's performance.

Xue Chongxun walked to the door, asked someone to pass on the message, and called his slave in.After a while, Fang Yuzhong and others came in with all kinds of things: two stoves, two pots, and one sack.

Wow... Suddenly, a frog scream came from the sack.Taiping couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: Chongxun wants to perform cooking in front of the ministers?

Mother will know in a while.Xue Chongxun said while ordering Fang Yuzhong to light the firewood in the two furnaces.Suddenly, the magnificent palace was filled with smoke, which was really a shame.

However, because Xue Chongxun is Princess Taiping's own son, and he has been very peaceful for a while, and the relationship between mother and son is much closer than that of other brothers, Princess Taiping also lets him make trouble, which is also a kind of love.

After the stove was lit, Fang Yuzhong put two pots on them. The two pots were iron pots for boiling water, which were deeper than those for cooking.Both pots filled half a pot of water.

At this time, Xue Chongxun reached into the sack and grabbed a frog. The frog was still struggling with jumping around. Unexpectedly, a waterline came out, and it turned out that the frog was peeing!

Dou Huaizhen and others burst into laughter, and Taiping smiled and said nothing…

It is very fun to see the pampered person occasionally tinkering with tacky things.

Xue Chongxun didn't laugh, and he threw the frog into the pot.

The frog jumped twice, but the wall of the pot was too high and slippery, so it couldn't jump out. It was blocked several times and had to stay in it honestly.

In this way, the frog rested, jumped again, and was eventually trapped in the pot and couldn't get out.

The fire was burning under the stove, and gradually the water surface began to smoke. Dou Huaizhen couldn't help but say: This frog is going to be cooked to death.

Xue Chongxun said: Now it doesn’t have the strength to jump, and it has been cooked to death... Look at this one again.After saying that, he grabbed another frog from the sack and threw it into another pot.

The water from both pots was boiled at the same time, and it was already hot.

After throwing the second frog into the pot, he jumped hard in pain, like a spring installed, and actually jumped out of the pot, and then jumped a few more times to escape to His Highness.

And the first frog had been cooked so hard that his belly was turned over.

At this time, Xue Chongxun said: Mother, my game has been completed. It has a name called "Boiled Frog in Warm Water". Do you think it is interesting?

Everyone suddenly fell into silence. After the happy game, Princess Taiping's face looked a little strange.

Xue Chongxun clasped his fists and said: Boil the frog in warm water. When the danger slowly approached, the frog always felt that it was not yet life or death, so it could not burst out with its greatest potential to escape. However, when it realized the final problem, it wanted to jump hard and no longer had the strength or opportunity... In fact, it had that ability, otherwise how could the second frog get out?

His expression suddenly trembled, he knelt on the ground and said: Mother, we are that frog!Assuming that we don’t make plans early and when the prince has threatened us, we want to try harder... Mother thinks that by then, will we be faster or will the prince be faster?If the prince has the title of emperor, it would be an imperial decree to do it!Can we keep up with his speed?

Xue Chongxun's riots were not ineffective, and some alert expressions appeared on the faces of Prime Ministers such as Dou Huaizhen...

As Xue Chongxun said, if an emperor really wants to kill someone, it is relatively easy to be justified, as long as he is brave enough to be decisive enough.

Today, Sanlang is appointed as the emperor?Xiao Zhizhong frowned and murmured.

Xue Chongxun said decisively: I will know soon, and I am afraid that everyone will feel that the Supreme Emperor has not yet released its power, and it will not be time yet... Then you will really go to the abyss step by step and boil the frogs in warm water!