I was Idle and Cool Chapter 161: The Huns are worried

When receiving the decree, Lu Jinxi had some expectations about the content of the decree.

After all, when Gu Juefei came back last night and was talking to Meng Ji in the study, she heard it clearly beside her. It was said that the old lady begged for a break, which happened to be when Gu Juefei was in the rightful position.

So she wasn't a bit surprised when she heard that she had been sealed.

But the last sentence of the imperial edict surprised her a little.

Since she remarried to Gu Juefei, Lu Shi's first-rank official title due to Xue Kuang was taken back according to the law, and her official rank can only follow Gu Juefei's official rank.

And many ceremonies in the DPRK depend on the rank of the wife.

Lu Jinxi is not good or bad, and she is still a remarried woman, her status is really embarrassing, so she has not entered the palace again for more than three years.

Today, along with the imperial decree, they even gave a New Year's Eve palace banquet?

You must know that the New Year's Eve palace banquet is no ordinary palace banquet.

This is a banquet held by the emperor in the palace. Due to the special day, non-royal relatives will not be invited, non-imperial officials will not be invited, and non-emergency women will not be invited.

I don't know who has hired her now, but it's unbelievable that she hired her, a remarried woman who is not so well-known outside!

When Lu Jinxi took the imperial decree with both hands, he only saw that the **** who passed the decree smiled into two crescent eyes, and even had a somewhat pleasing smile on his face.

There is not the slightest bit of the arrogance of a general eunuch.

"Congratulations, Madam, Mrs. Hexi, as the end of the year is approaching, this year is your most prosperous."

Lu Jinxi politely said: "You are joking, it's because our country is prosperous in Daxia now. Dad-in-law, you are running this trip in the cold weather, but I don't know what the situation of this year's New Year's Eve banquet is going to be?"

"Haha, you're right."

The father-in-law raised his orchid finger, his face full of joy, and there was a bit of showy mystery in it.

"In the past few days, there has been a big happy event in the palace, and the emperor is very happy. No, this year's weather is good, so we have to put on a big New Year's Eve palace banquet."

"A big happy event?"

Listening to this description, and the "inside the palace", Lu Jinxi's eyebrows moved slightly, and she guessed something, so her eyes flashed slightly, and she also laughed.

"Could it be that you are talking about the concubine Xian..."

"Shh-"

The **** snapped a finger and smiled likably.

"As long as you know it in your heart, it's been two months, just after the diagnosis, the emperor will wait until New Year's Eve to talk about it."

"That's really a great event, a great event."

The expression on Lu Jinxi's face was flawless, and at the same time he gave the wind chimes beside him a look.

The wind chimes have gone through a lot in the past two years, and she has become a pretty big girl. Because she is by Lu Jinxi's side, she has learned a lot, she is also smart, and she has a calm and thoughtful feeling in doing things.

She knew when she saw her eyes.

At this time, I hurriedly walked up and wanted to send the eunuch, and also handed over the rich tea money.

I didn't expect that the other party would not accept it, but said: "I am lucky to be able to come to the government to submit an edict today, but I dare not ask for your reward. The banquet, Madam has to prepare, the villain will go back to the palace first, you stay."

Inside the words, she seems to be extremely respectful to Lu Jinxi.

Until the wind chimes sent the person away, the person also took a penny.

How could Lu Jinxi not know the reason? This **** can be considered a conscientious person, and he will not take it indiscriminately, especially Gu Juefei is in full swing, and it is too late to try his best to curry favor.

"Alright."

She handed out the imperial decree and looked up. Gu Chengqian at the gate of the courtyard only looked at her with a blank face.

Huanhai has been ups and downs for so many years, how could he not know what happened to the top?

The era that belongs to him is finally over.

Gu Chengqian's body, leaning on a cane, looked a little stooped again, and his old eyes were a little more cloudy. He just turned around and said to Wan Baochang, "Let's go."

He went out anyway.

Lu Jinxi stood at the back, watching the old man who had assisted three generations of emperors, step by step, staggered onto the sedan chair, and then watched the sedan chair slowly leave the gate of the mansion, and then sighed slightly.

She turned her head and instructed: "Let the kitchen prepare the hot soup to ward off the cold first, and serve it immediately when the boss comes back later."

"Yes." The wind chimes blinked and answered obediently, and then reminded, "Yesterday, there was news from Shenglongchang that I had an appointment with you, and I will see you at the store at noon. There is only half an hour left, you Are you still going?"

Nowadays, there are more and more semicolons.

As the first-class metropolis in today's Daxia, the capital is full of people and goods, and the news is the most well-informed. In addition, there are many powerful and rich families in Beijing, which is the best place to sell goods.

Sheng Xuan set up a semicolon in Beijing as early as last year.

In the current year, he spends five months in Shaanxi, two months in border crossings, three months in Jiangnan, and two months in Beijing.

As the year draws to a close, it's time to count the dividends.

Of course Lu Jinxi is going to visit this time.

She just nodded and didn't say a word. She went back to the house and wrapped herself in thick clothes and a ferret vest before getting into the carriage and leaving the door.

At this time, Gu Juefei is still busy in the palace, so he probably won't come back.

So Lu Jinxi said slowly, only holding the stove in his arms and looking out through the slightly opened window.

Although it is the middle of winter and the twelfth lunar month, after all, it is near the end of the new year, and the streets all over the capital are very lively. Sellers of New Year's goods, jugglers, candy kneaders, crowded.

The most are children.

I'm not afraid of the cold at all, either with firecrackers or a candy man, running around the streets.

It only snowed last night, but the snow in the middle of the street has been swept away, and the sound of the wheels rolling up is a bit clear.

Houses near and far have been whitewashed.

Lu Jinxi looked at it, but suddenly remembered that it was time to go to Shenglongchang to check the account, and it was time to buy something for the children.

"Madam, look, it's the Huns caravan you saw last time. They have stayed here until now, are they staying in our big summer to celebrate the New Year?"

The wind chimes also looked outside with her, and when their eyes passed, they suddenly pointed.

Lu Jinxi also saw it.

The group of merchants were all holding high-headed horses from the Xiongnu. They were very mighty, with thickly wrapped robes and a thick sable hat.

A dress like this always reminds her of someone.

She hugged the stove and changed her posture to make herself more comfortable. She closed her eyes and smiled lightly: "The Huns don't have any saying about the New Year. It's the same for them everywhere. However, there are not many commercial goods to bring in this season, so they have to stay here until next spring, waiting to bring the things from Daxia back to the Xiongnu to sell. When the weather is good, they will return to the capital.”

"Ah, so..."

The wind chimes nodded somewhat ignorantly, and their curious eyes still fell on those people, until the car turned the corner, and then withdrew their eyes a little reluctantly.

Although Lu Jinxi didn't open her eyes, she could guess what kind of mood she was in. The smile on her face deepened, and she only asked: "You have been with me for more than three years, and I still listened to it last time. Second Master Sheng praises you for your finesse, intelligence, and planning skills. You are a good candidate for business. If you are really interested in these things, I might as well send you to Shenglongchang to study. Never doing business in the future is the second thing. Besides, learn some food skills."

The wind chimes suddenly widened their eyes in surprise, and their little mouths couldn't close together: "Husband, madam, this..."

"You think about it first."

Lu Jinxi is just casually mentioning at the moment, not forcing her to make a choice. For her, this is something that is absolutely necessary and not on her mind.

The Taishi Mansion is in the inner city, and Sheng Longchang is in the outer city.

Although there is a city gate in the middle, the distance is not very far. After Lu Jinxi's carriage slowly passed the city gate, it had already arrived at the place.

Someone was waiting for her, and she was greeted by a footstool.

The newly built Shenglong Chang Jingcheng semi-colon still has a brand new feeling, and everything looks bright.

Sheng Xuan, who hadn't seen her for several months, learned of her coming and greeted her from the door.

A robe with a thick cloud and brocade face embroidered with Wanfu pattern on it. When I saw her, I cupped my hands happily: "Hello, Madam, I can wish you an early year."

"You're welcome."

Lu Jinxi came up, nodded slightly, and returned the gift, and walked with him to the account room at the back of the firm.

There is a lot of fun inside, and the abacus is buzzing.

"I heard the sound of the plan, as if I heard the sound of money being put into the pocket." As soon as she came in, she couldn't help but sigh, "If I remember correctly, this year is also the same. It's a good year."

"No, it's also thanks to you."

Now that I think about it, Sheng Xuan is also glad that he chose to cooperate with Lu Jinxi at the beginning, not only earning back Sheng Longchang's family business, but now he has become the leading firm in Daxia.

There's no way to hide the smile on his face.

The back room is equipped with a heated kang. The guys have already brought hot tea. Lu Jinxi is seated on the left, and Sheng Xuan is seated on the right.

The calculated accounts are presented one by one from the side.

Show Sheng Xuan the first one, and then pass it to Lu Jinxi for verification.

As Gu Juefei once said at the beginning, Sheng Xuan has no great ambitions, and his business acumen is not particularly good, but he is better than integrity.

There have been no errors in the accounts for the past three years.

So now Lu Jinxi is just taking a look at it and taking a form.

She leaned on the back of the chair rather lazily, and swiped her fingers over the 13,000 taels of income, but she asked: "This year's money has already fallen into the bag, I don't know where Second Master Sheng is here. , what are your plans for next year, and how are you preparing?"

"With the foundation of business cooperation in previous years, next year's affairs are almost fixed. It's just..." He hesitated for a while, Sheng Xuan looked at her face before continuing, "It's just that I heard recently that, It doesn't seem to be very peaceful on the Xiongnu side."

The finger that was slowly stroking suddenly paused.

The fingertips stopped on the word "two" and pressed firmly.

Lu Jinxi raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyebrows twitched slightly, but she raised her head with a smile and asked him, "Where did you hear this news, Second Master Sheng?"

Listening to her rhetorical question, Sheng Xuan guessed that the news was probably true.

He didn't hide anything from Lu Jinxi, his face became vaguely solemn, and said, "When I went to the Xiongnu last time, one of my cargo escorts heard from a man who worked as a clerk in the Xiongnu royal court. Originally, Lao Danyu was very old, but after all, people are still alive, so the infighting in the royal court has been serious these years, and the situation is still stable. But there were rumors a few months ago that Lao Danyu was dying. ..."

Lu Jinxi knew about the serious infighting in the Xiongnu court.

She even knew that it was all about Gu Juefei.

Everything stemmed from the meeting in the Golden Palace three and a half years ago, when Gu Juefei came up with a poisonous plan—

Extend the power of Daxia and infiltrate the Xiongnu royal court. On the one hand, Lao Shanyu's favorite Princess Lanqu is favored, and on the other hand, he secretly supports the third prince, Yi Xian, so that the Xiongnu royal court is always in conflict.

As a result, the Huns were always at war with each other, and each had its own policies and plans.

They can't even unify their own strength. Even after two years of negotiation and recuperation, they can't concentrate their forces, and they will never be able to cause war again.

The plan was made by Gu Juefei, and the thing was done by Gu Juefei.

In the past two years, his official promotion has been so fast, half of it is because of his ability in internal affairs, and the remaining half is because of foreign affairs.

This is what the Lifan Institute manages. It can be seen how many achievements in foreign affairs.

Before there were the Huns, and then there were the Uighurs and Xianbei, etc. Gu Juefei's methods and strategies were endless.

However, it is exactly as Sheng Xuan worried: the Xiongnu have not been very peaceful recently.

Once Lao Shanyu dies, a war will break out between Prince Ixian and Princess Lanqu, who have long been inseparable.

At that time, no one knows what will happen next.

But what can be known is that the border trade between the two countries is bound to be temporarily interrupted due to the war, and even the original peace book between the two countries may not be counted.

For half a month, Gu Juefei stayed in the palace for longer and longer, and he was always thinking about things when he came back.

If I didn't know what he was...

Lu Jinxi thought to herself, maybe she would suspect that he was in the palace with the virtuous concubine Wei Yi who loved him and hated him.

As soon as she thought of this, she remembered the decree in the palace just now, only that the current situation of the Daxia royal family and the Xiongnu royal court is really in a double world.

One is that the favorite concubine is pregnant, and the emperor is about to give a feast to the ministers;

One is that Shan Yu will go, brother and sister are fighting in the same room.

Lu Jinxi looked at the ledger, pondered for a while under Sheng Xuan's gaze, and finally said: "I don't know the latest situation on the Xiongnu side. Let's do things safely, and plan for next year first. Press it. After a while, the eldest son will return to the house, and I will ask for a clearer before making plans."