The next day, Old Master Xi and the others rode bicycles to the court.
They even rode their bicycles to the place where the carriages were parked so that other court officials could see them.
Old Master Xi smiled and said to his old friends: “Why are you still riding the carriage? The street outside is very congested at this time.”
“I left home a quarter of an hour later than usual today, but I arrived earlier than you.”
The old friends: “……”
This old guy hasn’t had enough. He keeps showing off all day long. Weren’t they jealous enough?
Then Old Master Xi waved to Old Master Liang who had just come over by bicycle: “Old Liang, you also came to court by bicycle, is it a bike given by your grandson?”
Old Master Liang straightened his chest and said with a smile: “Yes, that brat insisted on giving me a gift, I couldn’t refuse it.”
“He said that riding a carriage on the way to court would waste time, and riding this bicycle can also keep fit.”
“I have no choice but to ride to court today.”
It looked like his grandson was too filial, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Other ministers: “……”
These old men, one more shameless than the other.
Such a show-off made them suddenly feel that their grandsons were too unfilial.
But they comforted themselves in their hearts that although their grandsons were not as filial as the Liang and Xi Families, they were not dandies after all, and they were more promising.
Just when they thought of this, Old Master Qi also came by bicycle.
Old Master Qi felt relieved when he found that everyone’s eyes were on him.
He used to envy and hate the other two old men, but now it was his turn.
“Why are you all standing here?”
He smiled and greeted Old Master Xi and the others: “You also rode your bicycle to the court!”
Old Master Xi repeated what he had said just now about showing off his grandson, and the others felt tired.
They knew his grandson was filial, forget it.
If they continued to listen like this, they would want to go back and beat their grandson.
Old Master Qi smiled and agreed: “That’s right. Yesterday, my grandson also pushed a bicycle back and insisted on sending it to my yard.”
“I told the young people to ride it by themselves, but my grandson insisted that it was specially made to honor me.”
“Let me sleep more in the morning. After all, riding a bicycle won’t get you stuck in the alley outside.”
“Hey, if the grandson wants to be filial, how can I, grandfather, refuse? I just rode it here.”
The three old men who used to confront each other in the court locked up their bicycles in one place and started talking to each other.
All of them were showing off their grandsons and showing off how easy the bicycles were to ride.
If they don’t know, they would think they have a very good relationship.
Then Old Master Qi showed off again. His grandson gave him more than a dozen pairs of rubber-soled leather shoes.
Other ministers: “……”
Come on, here comes another one showing off his grandson and bicycle.
These three dukes were shameless.
Just as everyone was about to go to court, Fei Yuzhe’s father came on a bicycle.
Fei Yuzhe’s father was a scholar, so he was not as ostentatious and high-profile as the three old men.
But after locking the bike, he immediately said that his son was filial when asked.
The ministers present wanted to go home and beat their grandsons and sons.
They were not as filial as a few dandies, they deserve a beating!
If they don’t beat them, they have to talk to them when they go back.
Xi Rui and others who were still asleep didn’t know that they had already felt the hatred value of their peers in Beijing.
Before going to court, the Emperor knew that a few old men were showing off outside.
He had a face that didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “These three old guys are getting more and more shameless.”
He knew that the bicycle was forcefully taken by these old guys to their grandsons to be filial. But now, they said that they have to take it because their grandsons insist on being filial.
As for the fact that the three dukes’ mansions all have grandsons hanging out together and even running a bicycle together, he didn’t take it seriously.
As long as the three dukes’ mansions don’t unite with each other to oppose or pressure him as the Emperor, he won’t do anything.
After all, the three old dukes did a lot to pacify the world.
He was not the kind of Emperor who was narrow-minded and had to stare at the other party’s decentralization.
As long as they don’t cross his bottom line, he will still use people from the three dukes’ mansions.
Then he went to court.
At the same time, he also announced the appointment of Xiao Yuanshi to the Northern Frontier, as the deputy governor of the Northern City, under the jurisdiction of the third prince of the Northern Frontier Governor.
This appointment was a bit hard to understand. Is this to demote Xiao Yuanshi or to promote him?
There has been a lot of movement in the Northern Frontier recently. Xiao Yuanshi will go directly to the Northern City as the deputy governor, and he will confront Prince Jin.
After all, the entire area around the Northern City was Prince Jin’s fiefdom, and most of the officials sent by the court were stripped of their power.
Even before, several prefects died inexplicably.
The previous governor was also said to have been killed by the Ge people in a surprise attack, but who would believe this?
As long as Prince Jin does not rebel, the third prince will not kill him if he doesn’t rebel.
Prince Jin still has to give the Emperor some face.
And there were deployments in the Northern Frontier court. As long as the third prince doesn’t make a fool of himself, he can still barely compete with Prince Jin.
The third prince was very smart and did not live in Prince Jin’s territory in the Northern City.
However Xiao Yuanshi was directly appointed as the governor of North City, and he had to work and live in North City.
When Xiao Yuanshi came to court today, he already knew the Emperor’s decision.
Because the Emperor called him into the palace yesterday for a deep talk and expressed his intention to use him.
In addition to going to North City to contain Prince Jin, the Emperor also hoped that he would go to North City to search for treasure.
Xiao Yuanshi felt a little uncomfortable, after all, going to Prince Jin’s territory in North City was extremely dangerous.
If he is not careful, he may lose his life.
He had contact with Prince Jin before, and that man seemed elegant and polite on the surface, but in fact, he was vicious and cruel behind the scenes.
People who had offended Prince Jin, except for a few people such as the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, all died for various reasons.
However, he didn’t dare to go against the Emperor’s wishes, otherwise he would really not be able to turn over.
Although it was dangerous, it also meant opportunities.
As for the treasure map, if he finds it, whether to hand it over or not, and how much to hand over, he has a lot of room to operate.
Xiao Yuanshi respectfully received the imperial edict in the court, looking like he was willing to die for the Emperor.
The Emperor was satisfied with Xiao Yuanshi’s appearance, but he did not easily believe him.
He had to wait until he went to the North City to see Xiao Yuanshi’s performance.
Xiao Yuanshi took the imperial edict back to the mansion and went to Ge Chunru’s yard, which he had not set foot in for a while.
Ge Chunru was sitting in the yard in a daze.
Seeing Xiao Yuanshi coming in, she forced a smile: “General, you are here.”
But her heart was full of resentment.
This man has not entered her yard for a month.
She did not lose her chastity, so why would he do this?
And when she thought about it, she got angry because this man asked her to collect money and had someone watch her to prevent her from secretly selling things in the general’s mansion.
In the end, she had no choice but to go to her sister.
Then Xiao Yuanshi asked someone to send her there, and after returning, he confined her to the yard.
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