Chapter 365: Doing family property

After two bowls of hot and mushy porridge, Zhu Gaoxu felt that his stomach was warm and conscious again, just as a man who had never been close to a woman for a long time hugged a warm body into his arms again.

After Zhu Gaoxu and Veda were full, there was still a lot of porridge left in the pot.When the others wake up, add some firewood and heat it up and you can eat it.

When Wang Bin and others came over, the carriage they were riding in was left in the restaurant.Zhu Gaoxu and Veda rushed out the carriage.

Unfortunately, raindrops started to rise in the sky. Seeing that the clouds were thick, I was afraid that heavy rain would come.

Passers-by on the streets of Kunming City are in a hurry, and people are busy hiding from the rain.

The busy scenes of pedestrians wearing long robes and short clothes, as well as barbarians in strange clothes, seem to inject some vitality into this quaint city.

After all, if people could still be so busy without this rain, this place would definitely be prosperous.

As expected, the rain quickly became heavier and gradually became a spread.

On the quaint and slightly old hanging mountain roof houses on both sides of the street, the heat extinguished by the rain and the water splashed by the heavy rain formed a piece, and a white mist gradually emerged between the world.

Just like Zhu Gaoxu's mood at this moment.

He has been away from Yunnan for a year, and just arrived in Kunming City today, and suddenly he felt a little strange. He also left the capital in a hurry, and could only see the affairs in the court.

Wearing a big hat, Veda sat in front of him as a groom, and they drove their carriages and walked northwest along the streets of the city.

First, I passed by a relatively prosperous downtown area. After passing the south of Caihaizi, there were fewer and fewer people on the road, which seemed a bit deserted.

Chen Xu's mansion is located in this place, and the location where he lives is remote in Kunming City. On a rainy day, there was no pedestrian on the street.

The carriage stopped beside the gate.Veda turned his head and took a sticky envelope, and walked down from the carriage. He held his hat and hurried towards the gatehouse.

Fortunately, this is a felt truck. Although it was raining heavily outside, Zhu Gaoxu sat inside, at least not getting wet.

After waiting for a long time, Veda was back.

Veda, holding an umbrella, walked straight through the rain curtain, walked to the front where he was rushing the car, and turned around and said: Mrs. Chen didn't go to the Pear Garden, she happened to be in the mansion. We drove the car straight into the mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: OK.

An ordinary felt truck rushed into the mansion with the permission of the door.Zhu Gaoxu didn't get off the bus from beginning to end, so there would be no idle people waiting to see who came here.

In front of a doorman, the carriage stopped.Zhu Gaoxu opened the back door, and Veda held up the umbrella to help Zhu Gaoxu cover his head. The water flowing from the eaves hit the umbrella, and the sound suddenly became louder.

Zhu Gaoxu walked straight into the doorman. As soon as he walked under the green tiled eaves inside, he saw Chen Xu, wearing a dark skirt, standing on the eaves in front.

When Zhu Gaoxu approached along the corridor of the eaves, Chen Xu held his hands in front of his abdomen and bent his knees and said: Your Highness, King of Han, are you safe?

Something happened.Zhu Gaoxu said.

Chen Xu said: Please come from inside.

In the Shen family’s mansion, a large area is a one-story blue tile house, without the embellishment of glazed tiles and colorful paint, and this rich house does not look so luxurious.

The quaint houses and dark dresses further highlighted the skin on Chen Xu's face and neck very white and shiny.

She also wore a pair of wool-colored wool on her upper body, probably because she felt a chill after the rain and put it on at home.

The silk material she wore was flawless, and her skin was smooth and delicate. At a glance, you can know that only wealthy people can look like this in this era.

This is a living room, and Zhu Gaoxu sat down on a mahogany chair.

Chen Xu personally brewed tea and brought it forward. While doing trivial matters, she looked at Zhu Gaoxu carefully. When she approached the tea table, she asked: I wonder when Your Highness will return to Yunnan?

Zhu Gaoxu replied: This morning.I don’t want Mu Sheng to know about my return for the time being, so I tried to avoid people.Perhaps this is just a futile thing. After we entered Yunnan, who knows if anyone who Mu Sheng knew discovered it?

I see. Chen Xu said.

Zhu Gaoxu began to look at her, always feeling that Chen Xu was a little strange.

She also noticed Zhu Gaoxu's unscrupulous gaze, hurriedly reached out and touched her cheek gently, showing a hint of embarrassing smile: Your Highness, what's wrong?

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu finally caught something wrong with her. Even when she smiled, there was a hint of sorrow and depression on her face.

No wonder when we met just now, although Chen Xu's face was surprised and caring, his expression and behavior were different from before.

When we met before, whether Chen Xushi was trying hard to please or cleverly control the distance between each other, they were full of enthusiasm.

Of course, people will have enthusiasm when they have a goal.

When we meet again today, Chen Xu's expression seemed to feel that nothing was interesting or powerless to control it.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and then asked: Mrs. Chen already knows what happened in the capital?

Chen Xu nodded and said: You must know the big thing. The officials of the three Yunnan officials have been wearing filial piety clothes for three days. The edict of the eldest brother of the Han king ascended the throne was also sent from the residence. The King of Han criticized the Eastern Palace in public in the capital, which also spread very quickly. Even though there are thousands of miles apart, people with hearts can always hear the news.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he nodded slightly, and now he could understand Chen Xu's feelings.

...Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered a story about the ancient city of Pompeii.

The story roughly means that the ancient city is full of various contradictions and struggles. Just when people are unable to solve the problem, a volcano suddenly erupts, so everyone is buried under the ash, and the story naturally ends.

The mortals' competition was obviously powerless to compete with the wrath of heaven, and they suddenly became an ant-like existence.

Chen Xu used to wander between the Mu Mansion and the Min Mansion, and later the Han Mansion also joined.

She obviously did a lot of things to prevent her family property from being merged and to make more profits.

Zhu Gaoxu even speculated that even her stepdaughter Chen Baoyan's value seemed to be within the scope of Shen Xu's business.

However, the battle against imperial power suddenly intensified and reached a white-hot level.

Chen Xu unfortunately discovered that she could no longer get out of here... With Chen Xu's intelligence, I'm afraid that it is easy to think that the alliance between the Shen family and the Han Prince's Mansion is difficult to keep in secret in the Yunnan jade business; King Min was squeezed out of Yunnan, and his wish to merge the Shen family was vain, and he might also hold a grudge.

In short, it is impossible for the Shen family to separate their ties with the Han Palace.

For a merchant, the battle for imperial power and even the civil war in the entire Ming Dynasty were no longer within her control.Just as mortals cannot control how volcanoes erupt.

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: It is no longer a matter of one person to raise an army now. There will be a lot of people involved in this vortex and they are completely out of control.

At this moment, Chen Xu's voice interrupted Zhu Gaoxu's trance thoughts.

He raised his head and saw Chen Xu saying seriously: The King of Han has always treated me well. If there is something useful, I will lose everything.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her and immediately believed Chen Xu's words.

If she was not a short-sighted person, she should have this attitude... Once the Han Prince's Mansion fails, the Shen family will be involved in a serious crime of treason and nothing will be left, and the Shen family will be unable to survive.

However, her generosity is probably not out of gratitude and willingness, but is it really helplessness and powerlessness that cannot be separated from the relationship?

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said: If I win, I will not treat Mrs. Chen badly.

Chen Xu looked at him with some grief and expectation, and nodded vigorously.

Judging from her worried appearance, she even saved her polite words. It was obvious that Chen Xu was very dissatisfied with Zhu Gaoxu.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxu praised Haikou and quelled the rebellion of the Yi people in Yuezhou for two months. At that time, Chen Xu was not optimistic, but Zhu Gaoxu did it... But such a thing could not convince Chen Xu that he had a chance of winning this time.

After all, whether it is the Yi people in Yuezhou or the natives in Luchuan, Zhu Gaoxu has a strong advantage in strength.

This time, I was dealing with the Ming Dynasty court, how could I be sure? Even Zhu Gaoxu himself was not sure, so he didn't blame Chen Xu for not believing him.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Now Mrs. Chen needs to help me do a small thing. Can you call Mu Zhen out quietly?

Chen Xu thought for a moment and said, "I'm asking Li Lou to try it first."

So Zhu Gaoxu told Chen Xu about the route that Mu Zhen secretly ran out.

It was on the banyan tree street west of Mu Mansion, and Mu Zhen always came out of the house of a Yi slave.

Zhu Gaoxu's royal palace guard station has already found out these things.

It is better to meet in Chenyuan behind the theater. At least people outside can't tell whether Mu Zhen went to listen to the opera or who she met. Zhu Gaoxu said.

Chen Xu said: I will do it now. After a while, he asked Xu Cailiu to come and took the prince to Shenyuan.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Chen Xu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will come." There is a mud stove next to it. If you want to drink tea, do it yourself. I have to neglect you.

Zhu Gaoxu said: It’s okay, we have suffered more than this on the road.

The prince does look very tired.

Chen Xu said goodbye and quickly disappeared at the door.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it. When Xu Cailiu arrived, he got on the carriage directly at the door outside the courtyard, and still took the carriage to the Liyuan.

He sat alone in the tiled house, listening to the noisy sound of rain outside, looking thoughtful.After sitting still for a long time, he would occasionally change his posture and then look up at the rain outside.

When will the hazy rain curtain disappear and when will the clouds clear and the sun be seen?