Chapter 198: Managing a big country is like... managing a small couch (Happy Children’s Day)

Ouyang Rongfeng's convoluted words left Xie Lingjiang a little confused for a moment.

I just feel a sweet heart.

Xie Lingjiang actually doesn't object to people from the Su Mansion next door having contact with his senior brother.

Even some acquiescence.

Otherwise, why did she often take Ouyang Rong to the Su Mansion, intentionally or unintentionally?

But the moment Xie Lingjiang first heard that his senior brother called out Su Guo'er's name as if it were normal, he felt a little emotion that seemed to belong to his daughter's family and was suddenly a little uncontrollable.

"It turns out it's not as generous as I thought."

Xie Lingjiang murmured in his heart.

People are like this sometimes. Some things, before they happen, are just one thought, and after they appear, they are another thought.

But now I found out.

"Are you just looking for the senior brother to gossip about government affairs? The Su family sister moves quickly and has a clear purpose. I guess the senior brother is the only one who is a little confused about her purpose.

"So...the two of them really just have a relationship between gentlemen, as light as water.

"This... is normal. Senior brother is like a pearl. It may not have been obvious when he first came to Longcheng County, but now, after taking office for a few months and bringing such big changes to Longcheng, who dares to despise him?

"Eldest brother, being a seventh-grade county magistrate is obviously a sign of humiliation. In the eyes of some people, he is naturally brilliant and talented.

"Didn't the Su family's sister's attitude towards him also change from contempt to attention, from arrogance to respect? But I didn't expect that during the days when I was out, the Su family's sister would take the initiative to make friends with the senior brother.

"It seems that this sister of the Su family is not just a tough and arrogant person. She can also assess the situation and seek talents from time to time. For this reason, she can even let go of the dignity of her proud daughter's family. Although the other party is a senior brother, she still makes people happy.

Surprisingly, this sister of the Su family...

"It's like getting to know her again. My father is right. When looking at people, you must not only judge their words, but also their actions."

Looking at the man talking freely in front of me, he is very different from those close to him.

Xie Lingjiang lowered his eyebrows and bit his lip, feeling a little embarrassed about his random thoughts not long ago.

A slight smile appeared on her cheeks as she savored the sweet reverberation of Tieguanyin in her mouth.

"What is little junior sister laughing at?" Ouyang Rong asked curiously.

"fine."

Xie Lingjiang shook his head, looked at him again, and said softly:

"I'm just sighing. Senior brother is too steady and calm. His tone is so strict, and the distinction between internal and external is so clear. Junior sister, I feel a little...

…some……"

"Something?"

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help laughing but said nothing.

"Wait, senior brother."

Xie Lingjiang suddenly stood up, glanced at the petite figure in the room who was still folding quilts and making the bed, and resumed the posture of Xie Zhilan, a lady from the academy, and said politely:

"Miss Wei Lai, the tea is a little cold."

"Tanlang, please thank me, my lady. I'll go make a new pot of tea. You two can chat slowly."

Ye Weilai was not an idiot. He immediately put down his assistant, exited the room, closed the door with a creak and left.

This pot of tea will probably take a long time to boil.

There was only one brother and sister left in the house.

The two looked at each other.

The atmosphere is slightly quieter.

Seeing Ouyang Rong was about to speak, Xie Lingjiang suddenly turned around and went to the bed in the back room.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but ask:

"Junior sister, what are you doing? Sleeping...sleeping?"

In the back room, Xie Ling Jiang looked left and right, as if he was very curious about the senior brother's private residence. He looked very interested and said casually:

"I accidentally sent away your caring little maid, which delayed the cleaning of senior brother's room. I just happened to have nothing to do. Junior sister came to try and help senior brother tidy up."

She learned to bend down, make the bed, and continued what Ye Weilai had not finished. She turned her back to Ouyang Rong and said without raising her head:

"Elder brother, you are talking nonsense. You can continue, I can hear you."

Ouyang Rong was speechless.

"Junior sister, have you made the bed?"

"We don't have it yet, but if we do, it depends on the maids sorting it out."

Ouyang Rong curled his lips and stepped forward, snatching the job from the man who wanted to try everything, in contrast to the work in the hands of the cute junior sister.

"Move away, I'll do it."

"Senior brother, what are you doing? You are also a maid, so don't look down on me..." Xie Lingjiang suddenly stopped talking.

Ouyang Rong, who was too lazy to explain, folded the quilt in a clever way.

I'm so old, don't ask. Asking is the soul of those who are taking the postgraduate entrance examination.

Then, Ouyang Rong began to tidy up the sheets, as resolutely as he did official business.

Xie Lingjiang stood by the bed, staring blankly at the senior brother's skillful operation, and couldn't help but say:

"Elder brother is so powerful, why do you still need a maid and servants to sort things out? What a waste of time."

Ouyang Rong kept moving, thought for a moment, turned around and said seriously:

"You have to find something for the little girl to do. Otherwise, idle time is just idle time. It will be embarrassing for no one but easy to gain weight."

"..." Xie Lingjiang.

Are you doing charity here?

It seemed as if she had digested Senior Brother's routine in her mind for a long time. She tilted her head slightly and sighed:

"So Senior Brother asked Junior Sister to investigate the unsolved case to find something for her to do. In fact, Senior Brother can solve the problem faster, but Junior Sister is also idle when she is idle?"

The corner of Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched.

"Business matters are different from private matters. Junior sister is not an idle person, so don't think blindly."

After saying that, he lowered his head and held the crumpled corner of the bed.

Xie Lingjiang, who was behind him, watched for a long time, and when he felt that he had a hand and was ready to try, Ouyang Rong suddenly said:

"The current situation in Dazhou is like this sheet. It looks messy, but as long as you hold the four corners and other clever places and pull back hard, it will be neat and tidy in an instant."

Xie Lingjiang was startled, then frowned and stared at Ouyang Rong's back as he was burying his head in arranging his private bed.

The man's cold voice came:

"You ask me, what do you think of the secret confrontation between the Wei family and the Pro-Li faction in the imperial court of Luoyang, the capital of God? Who has a greater chance of winning?

"Actually, if junior sister could find this clever way to easily tidy up the bed, she would not ask this question, at least not in this way, because this is not a simple matter of the east wind overpowering the west wind."

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but asked: "Have you found the senior brother? What's the problem?"

Ouyang Rong turned a deaf ear and said calmly:

"Whether I have found it or not is not important. What is important is that the Holy One will definitely, must, and eventually find it.

"This is not a question of whether the Wei family wins or the pro-liberal faction wins.

"This is the question of how the Holy Spirit can win today.

"Winning big, winning medium, or winning small."

Xie Lingjiang was listening well at first, but then she heard her senior brother suddenly change the subject and chuckle at her, as if there was something funny that she couldn't understand.

"How does Empress Wei win?"

Xie Lingjiang frowned. Unlike Ouyang Rong, who was an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty and called the emperor, she always called Empress Wei directly. She didn't know if she learned from her father Xie Xun.

However, this is also the spirit of the five surnames such as the Xie family of Chen County.

A flowing dynasty and an iron-clad family.

Anyway, I don’t choose to be an official in the court, and I don’t pursue power. It’s enough to give me face by calling Empress Wei by her first name. Otherwise, calling her by her first name, Wei Zhao? It’s not impossible...

Ouyang Rong did not correct the younger junior sister's title, but pointed to the sheets under him and said:

"In the eyes of the current Holy Emperor, the situation in the court is like this sheet. It seems to be in disarray at the moment, but it is starting to get more and more intense, and it is getting wrinkled and indistinguishable.

"But she, who is good at maneuvering, will find a clever place, like a small couch, hold the four corners and gently pull it, and there will be a clean and tidy sheet for her to continue sleeping soundly."

Xie Lingjiang looked at the gradually tidy sheets, his eyes thoughtful:

"Eldest brother, what you are saying is that in the heart of Empress Wei, whether the throne is given to His Highness the Prime Minister or to Wei's two nephews and princes, it will only be done if it is in her best interest in the end?"
To be continued...