91. Pretending to be Sick

Mu Mingtang was stunned for a while before he realized what Xie Xuanchen had done. She covered her mouth in a little astonishment, and her first reaction turned out to be to see the maid behind.


The maids are used to seeing the wind and waves and discussing life under Xie Xuanchen's hands, how can they not even have this kind of vision. All of them consciously stepped back, lowered their heads firmly, and decided not to look at them more, but to hear more.


Mu Mingtang felt more relieved when the maids were not there. After she reacted, she immediately stared at Xie Xuanchen in irritation, "What are you doing?"


"Didn't you ask me if the medicine is useful?" Xie Xuanchen said, "It's better to say it than to do it. You can feel it yourself. Is the medicine bitter?"


After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, he paused suspiciously, and said euphemistically: "If you don't feel it, you can do it again."


"No!" Mu Mingtang looked at him angrily, her face was already red, and her face was tight at the moment, and said, "I think you have a very good spirit, and you have the heart to think about these crooked ways. Are you convalescent?"


"Why can't you think about crooked ways when you are sick?" Xie Xuanchen felt that her words were not logically correct, and corrected, "Other things are boring, of course I can't do it. But if it is you, I will not only have the strength to do this, but also go deeper. some."


Mu Mingtang looked at him in astonishment, his face visibly reddened. Xie Xuanchen didn't think much about it. Seeing Mu Mingtang's reaction, he suddenly became uncertain.


Has Mu Mingtang misunderstood? Is she thinking what he is thinking now?


Xie Xuanchen didn't know who was dirty. Mu Mingtang turned into anger, and gave him an angrily: "I'm not serious, what are you talking about?"


Xie Xuanchen hesitated to say, "Actually, I didn't mean that. But it's okay."


"go away!"


Xie Xuanchen finally succeeded in making Mu Mingtang even more angry.


When Mu Mingtang was first attacked by Xie Xuanchen and kissed him, although he was surprised, he was not repulsive and even very shy. When Mu Mingtang was angry yesterday, she was more embarrassed than angry. She was embarrassed to face Xie Xuanchen, so she could only bluff.


After sleeping, Mu Mingtang's embarrassment was almost gone. She and Xie Xuanchen were originally husband and wife, and they were even old husbands and wives. They admitted that they liked something, but it was not a big deal.


She was quite broken, and she had to endure being stolen by Xie Xuanchen. But what Xie Xuanchen said afterwards really annoyed Mu Mingtang.


Mu Mingtang was embarrassed when he realized that he was wrong, but the bastard even said "but it's okay." It can be a ghost, Mu Mingtang glared at Xie Xuanchen angrily, this time he was really angry.


Xie Xuanchen is a typical nest, and when Mu Mingtang gets angry, he becomes weak. He immediately performed innocent softness, a set of movements very smooth and skilled.


He looks beautiful, and he can hardly hate him when he looks at him. Now he deliberately behaves, and it makes people helpless.


Mu Mingtang looked at the elderly "patient" in front of him, feeling very angry and exhausted.


Xie Xuanchen was obsessed with pretending to be sick and could not extricate himself from it, and used all means to take advantage. In the next few days, Xie Xuanchen drank all the bitter medicine that Mu Mingtang brought, but after drinking, he always took the opportunity to ask for some compensation.


He was reluctant to think about it, and didn't have time to pay attention to what was happening outside. At this time, there was a lot of turmoil in the capital to discuss peace.


Both Bei Rong and Ye Chao had torn away the appearance of harmony from the previous days, and they were arguing over a clause or even a word.


Today, because of the border issue, Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the envoy of Beirong are in a deadlock. The emperor personally agreed to withdraw troops from the border, and the two countries exchanged markets. However, where the market is located and how to draw the border line has become a very difficult problem.


Previously, these things were acquiesced, and they never took the stage to say. Now that the people of the two countries have communicated with each other, they discovered that their misunderstanding of the boundaries of the land is really not small.


For this reason, the Ministry of War and Bei Rong had many differences. The Beirong people think that they have cancelled the Suiyuan currency and have made huge concessions. They will not give way to the border, and they will use Suicheng and Zhuozhou as the border of Beirong.


Of course the court refused. But this time, the Bei Rong people did not let go. The Ministry of War Shangshu lost his hair every day. Another day, he stared at the map on the table in a daze, and suddenly he scanned a place name.


Qiyang.


Qiyang!


The Bingbu Shangshu suddenly had a bold idea, and immediately rushed to the Ancestral Palace with Bei Rong's preliminary drafting of the protocol and regulations.


At this moment, Xie Xuanchen was enjoying the leisurely life with a little white face in the An Palace, when he suddenly heard a visitor, frowned in disgust.


He reluctantly went to the front hall to meet people with patience. When the Minister of War had finished speaking, Xie Xuanchen raised his eyebrows impatiently, and said, "Get their draft."


Shang Shu of the Ministry of War was waiting for these words, he passed them up in a hurry, and Xie Xuanchen opened his eyes and scanned ten lines quickly. He didn't even see the bottom, and he sneered slightly. The Bingbu Shangshu was too familiar with this kind of sneer. Before the Bingbu Shangshu had time to add one or two, he saw Xie Xuanchen violently throwing the zhezi to the ground.


"Dogs are daring, let them go!"


Although Bingbu Shangshu knew that this was not a scolding at him, he also shuddered. He picked up the memorial, and hesitated: "His Royal Highness An has calmed down his anger, and the officials also felt that Bei Rong deceived people too much. However, Bei Rong refused to give up Suicheng and Zhuozhou, and the officials tried so hard to persuade them. ."


"If you refuse to let them, let them go. When will the frontier take their turn?" Xie Xuanchen's expression is not good, his sword eyebrows raised, and he is obviously very arrogant, but he is brave and impossibly beautiful. Fortunately, if I don't know anything about it, then I'll paint it myself. When the time comes, they won't let them know where to paint."


Bingbu Shangshu hesitated: "But how should the minister tell Prince Beirong..."


"Just tell them what I said." Xie Xuanchen said with cold brows, "shameless to face, the dog is brave."


The Bingbu Shangshu was in cold sweat. Although Wang An said that he relayed it in the original words, the Bingbu Shangshu felt that if they really wanted this ally, they should better beautify it.


The Ministry of War Shangshu has come


Before he retired, he remembered that when he came in just now, he seemed to hear Wang An being recuperating. Out of many years of officialdom, the Ministry of War Shangshu subconsciously greeted him: "I heard that An Wang was recuperating recently. I don't know why An Wang got sick? During the Dragon Boat Festival, you saw everything was fine."


Bingbu Shangshu secretly drummed up on this incident, how is King An's body, how often charge on horseback, and sometimes become weak.


It's about the future throne, so the Ministry of War Shangshu doesn't care. Of course, a prince must be established, but more importantly, he is healthy. A sickly king can easily breed too many hidden dangers.


Xie Xuanchen raised his eyebrows and coldly glanced at Shang Shu of the Ministry of War: "What's the matter with you?"


After he finished speaking, he got up first and strode back to the backyard.


Bingbu Shangshu wiped his sweat and withdrew, feeling that the puffy look when King An was scolded, he didn't look like a patient.


So why does Wang An call the illness?


The Ministry of War Shangshu thought about it all the way, and when he walked to the government office, he suddenly patted his forehead and felt that he had penetrated.


This must be the tactics of His Royal Highness An, first called the sickness to paralyze the Bei Rong people, and after the Bei Rong people got overwhelmed and showed their true shape, they would give a severe blow at the critical moment.


High, it is high. The Ministry of War Shangshu praised it, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that my guess was right. An Wang thought carefully and tried his best to take the initiative. This move was unexpected and really high!


Jiang Mingwei had been in the Jin Dynasty for a long time, but hadn't waited until the people in the court asked Xie Xuanji to go to the rescue.


She gradually developed a sense of evil.


No, this should be an important plot for Xie Xuanji to show off his superb political skills. Why, so far no one has invited Xie Xuanji to participate in the negotiation?


Could it be that she remembered the time wrong? It's not time for Xie Xuanji to go out?


Jiang Mingwei was skeptical, always feeling that she had missed something very important. Until time passed day by day, Chang Xia had arrived, and news came from the capital that the Beirong envoys would leave Beijing soon, Jiang Mingwei still did not wait for the anticipated plot.


When she heard that Yeluyan and others were ready to leave, she gave a fierce thump in her heart.


Impossible, why didn't the negotiation and negotiation of Xie Xuanji's important plot happen?


Jiang Mingwei hurriedly asked her servants to go out to inquire. Later, the maid brought back news, saying that the peace talks went well, and Bei Rong was very acquainted and did not mention any disadvantages. Now this contract is very friendly to Ye Dynasty.


The Bei Rong party did not engage in trouble, and naturally, it did not need other people to intervene. Xie Xuanji never participated in the negotiation from beginning to end.


Jiang Mingwei also heard the maid said that during this period of time, people from the Six Departments came to the Ancestral Palace frequently, and each time they came, the negotiations with Beirong could advance a big step.


Jiang Mingwei finally knew what she felt was wrong.


There was no Xie Xuanchen in the previous life, and Bei Rong had a very high attitude to discuss peace. Later, thanks to Xie Xuanji's efforts, it was changed to 800,000.


Xie Xuanji became a national hero and was praised by the court. With the beginning of this time, the negotiations naturally rely on Xie Xuanji everywhere. It can be said that many excessive conditions put forward by Bei Rong depend on Xie Xuanji to minimize the loss.


However, in this life, from the very beginning, Sui Coin was rejected by Xie Xuanchen. With Xie Xuanchen's reputation as an evil god, the Bei Rong people did not dare to cross the boundary. Sometimes there is dispute. The Ye Dynasty only needs to throw Xie Xuanchen's name, and the Bei Rong people will be honest.


If it still doesn't change, then they will tell Xie Xuanchen. Xie Xuanchen spoke a lot more than the Beirong people. In the end, Yeluyan had a headache. Everything was resolved internally as much as possible. If Xie Xuanchen was not disturbed, it would be better not to be disturbed.


Weak countries have no diplomacy. Similarly, bandits do not need diplomatic skills. If you don't change it, go to Xie Xuanchen if you don't change the military department. In the end, Bei Rong has to change the regulations obediently.


The negotiations were so powerful that Xie Xuanji was useless. In fact, no one thought of using him.


Jiang Mingwei found out with a horror that the plot seemed...had completely gone. It's not just about peace, as early as the Shanghai Yuan Festival, the plot was forcibly turned a corner and rushed in an unimaginable direction.


Your brother is still your brother, with Xie Xuanchen there, Xie Xuanji will never be in his life.


Even if Jiang Mingwei is reluctant, the negotiation between Rong and Ye will gradually come to an end.


On the day Yeluyan and others left Beijing, Mu Mingtang followed the many wives and watched the team of Beirong people at the city gate. Before setting off, Xiao Siyi ran up to Mu Mingtang and waved goodbye to her.


Mu Mingtang also smiled and wished her a safe journey. Although Mu Mingtang said that there will be a period in the future, she knew that they would never meet again.


Let's go here and leave. If we can see you by chance, it's either the Bei Rong attacking Tokyo or the Ye Dynasty going north to fight Rong. In contrast, not meeting is the best situation for both parties.


The envoys of Beirong went all the way north. They took away a lot of silk tea, and also took away the agreement between Yerong and Yerong. The imperial court has been busy discussing peace for a long time. In these few months, basically everything must be negotiated and concessioned. After the Beirong people left now, everyone in the capital, whether they were officials in the harem, or civilians, all breathed a long sigh of relief.


When they came, the capital was just as long as the grass was flying, and now it was the end of summer, when it was the turn of summer and autumn, when there was a wave of heat. Inadvertently, summer is over.


The court took a short break and slowly returned to its daily routine. During this period of time, the harem held banquets continuously, and everyone was very tired, no matter the concubine or the maids below. The palace stopped for a few days, and it wasn't until the Mid-Autumn Festival that news came out of the banquet.


It is said that the emperor is very satisfied with the agreement and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, so he will have a reunion banquet together to commend the great heroes in the agreement.


Speaking of heroes, Prime Minister Song, who strongly advocated peace talks, naturally contributed. However, besides him, there was another person who never appeared at the negotiating table from start to finish, but he was everywhere in Yihe.


Then Xie Xuanchen appeared frequently in a strange posture. He never showed up, but every line and word in the contract cannot be separated from him.


Even more bizarre is that Xie Xuanchen also said that he was ill during this time. After playing polo with the Bei Rong people, he came back and suddenly fell ill after he finished speaking hard. Not only the Bei Rong people couldn't guess what he wanted to do, but Ye Chao himself couldn't.


This person is sometimes fierce and terrible, sometimes sickly, sometimes aggressive, and sometimes extraordinarily quiet. And all this happened on the same day, switching seamlessly.


Many people have repeatedly scrutinized, but still can't understand the intention behind King An. Prime Minister Song sighed for a long time. He thought he was scheming, but still couldn't understand the purpose of Xie Xuanchen's actions. Xie Xuanchen is really unpredictable.


Even the emperor wouldn't let Prime Minister Song have such a totally unpredictable frustration. For example, at this Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, Prime Minister Song knew very well that the emperor was for King An.


The matter of Li Chu cannot withstand delay. If the palace doesn't say anything, the people below will default to Xie Xuanchen, and it will be even worse.


What is King An's health, who is the next heir to the throne, and whether he is the father and the son, it's time to give a statement.


On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Mu Mingtang arrived, many people asked with concern: "Princess An Fuan. Princess, I heard that the prince was sick recently?"


Xie Xuanchen suddenly became "ill" after the Dragon Boat Festival, and he still yelled every day that his eyes hurt and his hands hurt. If it hadn't been for not daring to test Mu Mingtang's bottom line, Xie Xuanchen would have to feed Mu Mingtang almost even to eat.


Obviously, at the very beginning, when Mu Mingtang had just married to the palace and Xie Xuanchen was still half-awake, his energy was really weak at that time, and he was very repulsive of being fed. How long had passed before Xie Xuanchen had completely lost his backbone.


Even the maid in the palace could tell that Xie Xuanchen was pretending to be sick, but this person didn't feel embarrassed at all. However, Xie Xuanchen was shameless, and Mu Mingtang wanted it. The maids on both sides smiled quietly, and Mu Mingtang was extremely embarrassed and could only follow him as much as possible, so that he would not engage in moths.


What a shame.


It was also because Xie Xuanchen was crazy about things, Mu Mingtang couldn't get out for three months, and basically never left the house. Outsiders only knew that after Xie Xuanchen and Bei Rong people played polo on the Dragon Boat Festival, he suddenly fell ill when he returned. The illness was fierce and without warning, and there was a strange feeling in every way.


For this reason, several conspiracy theories have been circulating in the capital, some suspect the emperor, some suspect other princes, and the craziest one is that the prime minister and the Bei Rong people colluded privately to poison Xie Xuanchen who was the main fighter.


There are different opinions and speculations. However, they have never seen the righteous master. Everyone has no way to verify, and can only continue to wait suspiciously. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Mu Mingtang is finally going out. Everyone found the opportunity and swarmed, all coming to inquire about the news.


Mu Mingtang was surrounded by people, and his face became slightly stiff. She can't say that you think too much. Xie Xuanchen is actually pretending to be sick, so she can only bite the bullet and say, "...Yes."


The questioner's expression became more concerned: "Why is it? Why is it sick again? Can the condition be serious?"


Mu Mingtang tried to maintain his face, and said: "It's not too serious, but it's not a big deal. I have to worry about everyone."


"How can illness be called a serious event?" The other party said with a solemn expression, "The prince has repeated illnesses, but pay more attention to it. If Princess An needs anything, just speak up."


"......it is good."


Mu Mingtang was speechless and could only respond awkwardly. Many people along the way are asking, Mu Mingtang sighed silently in his heart, the real reason is that he might scare you. Do you dare to believe that he is actually pretending to be sick?


Only Xie Xuanchen can do such a big battle by pretending to be sick.


However, the culprit of all this, the "seriously ill" Xie Xuanchen looked calm, his complexion calm and not panicked. Even taking a closer look, it looks really sickly.


After the banquet, the emperor also specifically asked about this: "How is Wang An's body now?"


After the emperor asked these words, the banquet seemed to be quiet. In front of many people, Xie Xuanchen was not flustered at all, and even said sternly, "Fortunately, it has been much better recently."


"That's good." The emperor said with relief, "I heard that you are not in good health some time ago, and I am very worried about it, but unfortunately I have been unable to take care of the negotiation. Now that I know you are much better, my heart is at ease."


Mu Mingtang was embarrassed to look up at people. Is his ruddy and full-blooded look what a patient should have? But one dared to speak, the other dared to recognize it, pretending to be a decent uncle and nephew.


The emperor asked a few more questions with concern, and Yin Yin told Xie Xuanchen to pay more attention to clothing, food, housing and transportation. After a while, someone came to toast the emperor, and the emperor turned away from the topic.


After the emperor stopped looking at them from this angle, Mu Mingtang lowered his voice, gritted his teeth and said to Xie Xuanchen, "You really should?"


"That's right." Xie Xuanchen didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and said confidently, "They have to care about me, what can I do? I'm not good to make them worry about it, so I should go."


It's really justified and self-contained. Mu Mingtang glared at Xie Xuanchen angrily, and asked in a low voice, "Then, when are you going to get better?"


"Not in a hurry." Xie Xuanchen slowly turned the wine in the glass, and said leisurely, "Haste is not enough. You must take your time to recover from illness. This is only three months. For a weak person, three months can Raise it?"

























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