After visiting Ouyang Xiu who was staying at home, brother Chen Ke came out of Ou Mansion, sighed at each other, and got into the carriage.
The carriage started to drive slowly, and Chen Ke sat against the wall of the carriage with a worried look on his face.
Sitting opposite him, Chen Yan sighed: "Teacher seems to have aged ten years, and his health is not as good as before."
"Hmm..." Chen Ke nodded and said bitterly: "I never expected that Jiang Zhiqi is such a ruthless villain!"
"The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds." Chen Yan whispered: "Besides, under the current situation, who still has hope for His Highness? How many people want to draw a clear line with us? It's just that they are not as shameless as Uncle Jiang Ying.
." After a pause, he said: "Lu Jifu and Deng Wenyue have not participated in the society's literary meetings for a long time. I heard that they are now having a heated fight with Liu Hui..."
"The sky is going to fall, my mother is going to get married, Chapter 360 Scandal (Part 2), let him go..." Chen Ke lowered his eyelids and said.
"We can't sit still and wait for death." In such a bad situation, even Chen Ke's meek temperament was on fire. Looking at Chen Ke's indifferent look, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Those cards are not available at this time.
Come out, when will we wait?!"
"..." Chen Ke was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "A small impatience will ruin a big plan. Now is not the time."
"Do you want to wait for Mr. Fu to come back?" Chen Wu asked with a frown.
"Let's see, now the teacher is in a state of decline, Mr. Bao is suffering from serious illness, and Mr. Wang dare not come forward," Chen Ke said softly: "Han Qi can cover the sky with one hand, no matter how good his cards are, he can't have any effect!"
"I heard that the angel delivering the message has already set off." Chen Yan said a little pessimistically: "But even if he comes back, how much improvement can we make? Mr. Fu is determined to stay out of it."
"More or less, there will always be some improvement." Chen Ke said lightly: "Just wait and see what happens."
"Alas..." Chen Yan sighed deeply, and after a while he whispered: "Third brother, aren't you exhausted?"
"You are the donkey!" Chen Ke stared now: "If you dare to look down on me again, I will kick you out of the car."
"Then you should come up with some tricks," Chen Wu said excitedly: "Let me, little brother, look at Chapter 360 Scandal (Part 2) with admiration!"
"There will be a day." Chen Ke glared at him again, then closed his eyes and said, "But the time has not come yet, so just wait..."
"Alas..." Chen Nuan banged his head against the wall in frustration.
At the same time, Luoyang City, three hundred miles away.
Li Xian, who came at a gallop without stopping, changed horses and people all the way. After entering the city, he went straight to the rich family's old house in the east of the city.
When they heard that an imperial envoy was arriving, Fu Mansion opened its central gate, and Fu Bi's eldest son Fu Shaoting came out to greet him.
Although the old lady had been buried, the whole mansion was still in pristine condition. This made Li Xian, who wanted to please her, quickly put away the smile on his face.
In the front hall, the wealthy husband, dressed in filial piety, with disheveled beard and hair, and a haggard appearance, slowly bowed to Li Xian.
Li Xian quickly supported him and said: "Husband, please don't kill our family. We haven't announced the decree yet."
Fu Bi shook his head and said: "There is no husband-in-law here, only commoners in mourning."
"I won't be a commoner soon." Li Xian couldn't help but laugh and said: "Please, sir, please lay down the incense case."
"It has been set up in the main hall." Fu Bi stretched out his hand to say: "Please."
"please."
After burning a stick of incense, Li Xian finished announcing the edict, with a smile on his face, presented his hands to Fu Bi and said: "Please accept the edict, my husband."
Unexpectedly, Fu Bi's expression changed, but he didn't reach out.
Li Xian waited for a while and whispered softly: "My husband, please accept the order."
"I'm sorry, but Bi cannot accept the order." Fu Bi finally came to his senses, but slowly shook his head and said: "The Master said that to correct others, you must first correct yourself. As the teacher of all officials, the prime minister should take the lead in obeying the court's laws, rather than enjoying them.
privilege."
"This is not a privilege." Li Xian said warmly: "The prince is a national weapon, and the court cannot do without the husband. We can only ask the husband to show his filial piety and loyalty. Otherwise, how can we call it robbing love? I hope that the king will take state affairs as the most important thing, express his condolences and obey the changes."
After a pause, he laughed softly and said: "Besides, it's customary for prime ministers to come back after mourning. It's not good for your husband to break the rules..."
"The transformation of rituals from the golden revolution cannot be used in ordinary times." Fu Bi said more firmly: "I won't let my superiors be in trouble. Please rest in your superior room for a night, and you can return to Beijing with me's memorial tomorrow, and then you can do it."
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"Oh, Mr. Xian, you should think twice." Having said all that needed to be said, Li Xian did not insist any more. In his view, this was the proper meaning of the question... After all, even if it is customary, the prime minister cannot issue an edict.
Come on, that would look too official.
Even if they were very willing in their hearts, they still had to go back and forth like this two or three times. When the situation was almost over, the princes accepted the order with "no choice" and secretly returned to Beijing with great satisfaction.
Early the next morning, after receiving Fu Bi's memorial, Li Xian left Fu Bi's mansion, mounted his horse and headed west.
Xiao Huangmen, who was accompanying him, said quickly: "Eunuch, go back to Bianjing and go east."
"Our family doesn't like running back and forth," Li Xian shook his head and said, "It's better to go to the post house and wait before delivering the order."
"Thank you, father-in-law," Xiao Huangmen said with a smile, "Why didn't we think of this?" He also turned the horse's head to the west.
"You'd better go east." Li Xian chuckled and said, "Otherwise, who will send back the rich husband's father-in-law's letter, and who will bring back the official's imperial edict?"
"Ah..." All the eunuchs immediately grimaced.
"Tell Eunuch Hu that I caught a cold wind on the road and I have to stay in Luoyang for a few days." Li Xian made up a lie without moral integrity, then changed his face and shouted: "Did you hear that?"
"Here!" Xiao Huangmen was so frightened that he quickly clapped his horse and headed east.
Li Xian stayed at Tianhou in the post house. When the second decree came to revive him, he recovered from his illness and went to Fu Bi's house again to announce the decree.
Fu Bi refused again.
After coming out of Fu Bi's house, Li Xian threw Fu Bi's "Please be allowed to serve the second letter" to the people around him and said: "If you repeat it again and again and again and again, and you will pass the order next time, you will get the result."
Another four days passed, and the third imperial edict of resurrection arrived.
This time, Li Xian was full of confidence and came to the Fu Mansion again. He thought that Fu Xianggong had cleared away enough and it was time to stop. Who knew that Fu Bi still looked like he was determined by the scale and refused to be summoned?
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"Ms. Xian," Li Xian found out that Fu Bi really didn't intend to retaliate, and he immediately became anxious. Although it was common for officials in the Song Dynasty to resign in defiance of orders, you must not let it go! He couldn't help but persuaded: "The First Song Dynasty
My husband cannot live without me. In the past month or so since you have been away, Bianjing City has been in chaos, and we urgently need you to come back and take charge of the overall situation!"
"Please ask the court to choose another worthy person... Fu Bi's face darkened, he shook his head and said, "Please come back, envoy."
Li Xian was dumbfounded. He came out of Fu Bi's house and stood on the street at a loss. If Fu Bi didn't go back, who would be able to control Han Qi? His Highness, let alone fighting for the throne, would even protect himself.
It's a problem...
While I was lost in thought, I suddenly heard a voice calling: "Isn't this Li Xian?"
With Li Xian's status today, not many people dared to call him by his first name. He raised his head in annoyance, wanting to see who was so bold. However, after seeing the person clearly, his face was immediately filled with smiles, and he stepped forward He bowed deeply and said, "So it's Mr. Wen. You've always been in good health, haven't you?"
Wen Yanbo got out of the car, nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, when I left Beijing, you were still a little Huangmen, but now you are an official at Xitou. You are really blooming."
"You're always joking." Li Xian said with a wry smile: "Aren't the Xiaohuangmen and the enshrined officials just doing errands?"
"What?" Wen Yanbo asked: "How many times have you been here?"
"Three times." Li Xian said, clasping his fists and pleading: "But Mr. Fu is very determined to refuse, so I would like to ask Mr. Xian for help in persuading me. It will be easier for me to do business with a villain."
"Well..." Wen Yanbo muttered: "Okay, I just want to go see Mr. Fu, and I will help you make peace with him then."
"Thank you sir!" Li Xian said, winking at Wen Yanbo.
Wen Yanbo nodded slightly, then separated from him and went into Fu Bi's house.
Wen Yanbo and Wen Yanbo were prime ministers of the same court and treated each other as guests, and they cooperated very happily. Later, Wen Yanbo left Beijing and became a stay-at-home officer in Xijing. He became Fu Bi's hometown official and took care of the rich family. Therefore, the personal friendship between the two was very good. It had to be even better back then.
Fu Bi asked Wen Yanbo to speak in the study. After sitting down, he stood up and saluted: "From the time my mother was ill to the time she passed away, thanks to Brother Kuanfu for taking care of me, Brother Yu is very grateful."
"Hey, brother Yan Guo, what are you talking about?" Wen Yanbo quickly supported him and said with a smile: "Foolish brother lost his mother when he was young and has been deeply regretful in his life. I am lucky to be able to honor the old woman for you."
"Ashamed..." As soon as he said this, Fu Bi burst into tears. It took a while before he wiped the corners of his eyes and spoke again.
"I just saw Li Xian going out dejectedly," Wen Yanbo started talking again: "How many times has this guy been here?"
"three times."
"Three times is a lot..." Wen Yanbo said slowly.
"If I don't lie to my dear brother, if I have the intention to recover, three times is indeed a lot." Fu Bi pondered for a moment, then whispered: "But now my intention to mourn is as solid as stone, even thirty times will not help!"
"Ah..." The surprise on Wen Yanbo's face was definitely not fake, and his heart suddenly turned upside down: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, I just don't want to break this rule..." Fu Bi paused and said, "Let others laugh?"
"Who dares to make a joke?" Wen Yanbo said angrily, with his hair and beard spread out, "You should tell me and listen to it!"
After repeated questioning, Fu Bi had no choice but to tell Wen Yanbo about the conversation he had with Han Qi before leaving Beijing.
"You too, why are you asking him?" Wen Yanbo said angrily: "Isn't this seeking skin from a tiger?"
"Alas, I was so sad and confused at that time that I didn't have time to think about it carefully." Fu Bi said with a gloomy look on his face: "Besides, I was just being polite, but he stopped me with his words even though I didn't even think about it."
"Just pretend he didn't say it," Wen Yanbo said nonchalantly, unlike a true gentleman like Fu Bi. He was a top-level bureaucrat, "Could he still spread the word?"
Fu Bi shook his head. A gentleman should be cautious about independence. Even if the world doesn't know, he can't pass his own test.