[Refreshed from Chapter 90, replenished ]

One year after Helan Jue ascended the throne, he announced that he was unwell and selected a group of children from the royal family, intending to adopt them as princes and ascend the throne early, while he abdicated and became regent to assist in teaching.

As soon as this news was released, those royal nobles who were still urging Helan Jue to select a concubine or who wanted to send their own daughters to the palace all started to have new ideas.

It is really difficult to get the emperor to take a concubine. Who doesn't know how much the current emperor loves the queen?

Since the emperor intends to abdicate, why not just choose his own child, skip the process of selecting a concubine and having a child, and ascend to the throne in one step!

Selecting an heir is no joke. After the preliminary selection, the heir needs to be kept in the palace for a period of time to continue observing his character before the most suitable one can be selected.

The clansmen didn't expect that Helan Jue would not just pick someone he liked, but would bring his son into the palace. Even if they wanted to do anything, they had no way to do anything.

Over time, the children could pretend to be hungry for snacks and fruits for a while, but not for long.

Three months passed, and Jiang Xu took a fancy to a taciturn but thoughtful child. The child was originally sent in to make up the numbers. He was a bastard and his biological mother had died long ago.

Jiang Xu observed him for a while and said that he looked like Helan Jue, so the prince decided on him.

Most of the time, the prince studied government affairs with Helan Jue, and a small part of the time he was instigated by Jiang Xu to climb trees and swim in the water with him in the palace.

The little prince was a little restrained at first, but after a while he was relaxed by Jiang Xu and learned a lot of naughty tricks.

There were two children of royal relatives who were unwilling to offend and were left in the palace as companions. Both of them were arrogant and proud at a young age, and they worked together to do evil, but they did not gain any benefits. Instead, they were completely subdued by the young prince whom they looked down upon.

The palace was boring, so Jiang Xu often took the little prince out to play for a while.

Normally Helan Jue would turn a blind eye to it, but that time he was already bothered by the complicated government affairs and wanted to go to Qiwu Palace to find Jiang Xu for some affection, but his wife was not there.

He caught her and took the little prince out of the palace secretly.

His Majesty the Emperor immediately went out of the palace and personally captured the two children, one big and one small. He brought the big one to the bedroom and punished him with a stick, and threw the small one to the tutor to make him write an essay.

It is not easy for the poor prince to express his views on the people's livelihood in the northwest at the age of ten.

But Jiang Xu only felt pity for a moment when he heard Helan Jue's order, and soon he could only feel pity for his own fasting.

Fortunately, under such devilish training, the little prince grew up quickly and was able to attend court meetings at the age of twelve, which made the court officials feel relieved.

Only Jiang Xu felt a little uncomfortable watching this. He rested his head on Helan Jue's abdominal muscles at night and said, "Zhou'er is so young and has to bear such pressure. You can see the end of your worrying days in the future. Is this really good?"

At that time, Helan Jue had just eaten, and his expression was like a lazy beast after being sated. He was playing with the red hairband in Jiang Xu's hand.

He said calmly, "Since he doesn't want to be bullied in obscurity in the family, he should have such a mental awareness if he chooses this path. If he can't even stick to this, how can he manage such a big family and country?"

"If you have that in mind, you should focus more on me. The prince knows what he is thinking better than you. Otherwise, he would have gone home crying a long time ago."

Jiang Xu curled his lips and didn't want to talk to him.

"I've been thinking about this. I've been focusing on you. How much can you give me now? When you first ascended the throne, you told me that you would take me to travel around the mountains and rivers outside the imperial city in a year and let me live a free and easy life. It's been more than two years now, right?"

Helan Jue sighed softly, pinched his fingertips, and coaxed softly: "It will be soon. The southwest will be pacified soon."

Speaking of the southwest, Jiang Xu couldn't help but think of his good friend Su Huai.

When Wei Zheng faked his death, Su Huai was the only one who was kept in the dark. The day Wei Zheng appeared, Su Huai figured out everything.

Afterwards, Jiang Xu felt guilty and visited Su Huai several times, but was rejected by Su Huai on the grounds of illness. He had no choice but to write a letter to send to Su's house to express his true feelings and apologies.

He couldn't even see Su Huai, let alone Wei Zheng.

However, with the lessons learned from the past and his advice, Wei Zheng learned his lesson this time. He only delivered some things to the Su Mansion every day and never went to Su Huai to cause trouble.

A month passed like this, and Su Huai came to Dayan Bookstore to find Jiang Xu. He said he didn't blame Jiang Xu.

The matter is of great importance. Jiang Xu is just one person in the bureau. Even if he cooperates with Helan Jue and Wei Zheng, the final decision will be made by Wei Zheng. There is no need for him to be angry about these things.

He locked himself up for a month, just trying to figure out what the future of his relationship with Wei Zheng should be.

It seems that there are no obstacles at the moment. Wei Ting is dead and the political situation has been settled, but he still cannot be calm about getting back together with Wei Zheng.

Su Huai discovered that the problem actually lay between the two of them. It was not only the estrangement caused by the years of separation, but also the fact that they both did not know how to love.

He still cares about Wei Zheng, but he doesn't know whether he still wants to be with Wei Zheng. He also doesn't know whether they will have irreconcilable conflicts like before even if they get back together, and whether they can go to the end.

So Su Huai personally went to Wei Zheng's newly established mansion and said something to him.

On the third day, Wei Zheng asked in the court to go to the southwest to garrison. After Helan Jue listened to Jiang's story about their relationship, he agreed with a wave of his hand.

In fact, even if Jiang Xu didn't say it, Helan Jue would agree.

He was impressed by Wei Zheng's ability as a general and wanted to use him, but Wei Zheng had a treasonous father. Now that he has returned to the court, he is bound to be discussed and ridiculed.

Wei Zheng could only gain a foothold if he had made contributions and achieved real results.

It happened that there was a bandit problem in the southwest, so Helan Jue sent Wei Zheng there. However, he did not have any high-ranking official title. He just held a position that was neither high nor low, and he had to be disciplined when he went there.

This time he was gone for more than two years, and he and Su Huai were separated for more than two years.

Now Su Huai has established his foothold in the court, in charge of the Ministry of Justice, and has uncovered all the long-standing unjust, false and wrong cases and investigated them thoroughly. He has also earned the name Su Qingtian.

He is a successful bachelor, and the door of the Su mansion is almost broken down by matchmakers proposing marriage to him.

Prime Minister Su was having a headache dealing with it and had the ridiculous idea of ​​recalling Wei Zheng from the border. But when he came to his senses, he was so speechless that he wanted to slap himself.

Wei Zheng, who was suppressing bandits in the southwest, also made many contributions and was promoted to a higher rank based on his strength. This year, the Yunzhao Kingdom in the southwest was not peaceful and caused chaos, and Wei Zheng was leading his troops to fight.

When Jiang Xu thought of this, he could only sigh.

When it comes to matters of the heart, only the person involved can think things through clearly; it's useless for others to interfere.

However, he could also see clearly that Su Huai's heart was with Wei Zheng and he couldn't take it away. He couldn't like anyone else, so in the end, it would only be Wei Zheng.

Based on Jiang Xuyue's countless experiences in watching dramas, all these two people lack is an opportunity, an opportunity for them to speak out all that is in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, this opportunity came so soon.

Jiang Xu had just discussed this matter with Helan Jue, who had little interest in other people's emotional issues, when Helan Jue read out the southwest report he had received in the court.

Wei Zheng fell off a cliff and was seriously injured in the latest battle with the Yunzhao Kingdom. He has not woken up yet and I am afraid he doesn't have much time left.

Su Huai almost lost his composure in the court, and suppressed his heartbeat as he asked Helan Jue to go to the southwest.

Helan Jue subtly raised his eyebrows and refused once, and only nodded in agreement after Su Huai argued with him.

After the morning, he turned around and told Jiang Xu, who had rushed over after hearing the news, that it was true that he was seriously injured and in a coma, but it was not true that he didn't have much time left.

Jiang Xu elbowed Helan Jue on the spot, "I thought you weren't interested, but you have quite a few tricks! I thought Wei Zheng was really no good!"

Helan Jue smiled without saying anything and secretly bit his back teeth.

He was really not interested in other people's emotional problems, but as long as Wei Zheng and Su Huai made no progress, Jiang Xu would always be worried about them. That would have been fine, he would often go outside the palace to drink and chat with Su Huai.

Can he bear this?

Helan Jue happened to receive the latest report from the southwest in the imperial study. He took a glance at it and a plan came to his mind.

He had given the ladder out, but he had no control over whether the two men could climb up.

……

It is the third and a half year since Helan Jue ascended the throne.

When the prince was fourteen years old, he formally passed the throne to Helan Zhou, and ordered Su Huai to assist the prince in governing the country.

By that time, Wei Zheng had also captured five cities in the southwestern Yunzhao Kingdom, forcing Yunzhao to surrender. He returned to the capital with all his merits and became a first-rank military marquis.

With these two outstanding civil and military officials assisting the new emperor, Helan Jue abdicated with peace of mind and took the empress out of the palace to travel.

At that time, the tall and silent guard was no longer by Jiang Xu's side, and he also knew the reason why Huo Ying loved money.

The man was taciturn, but he had a very kind heart. He didn't spend much of the money he earned on himself, but spent it all on the poor orphans he met while traveling around the world.

No one knew that such a cold-blooded killer secretly supported a charity that adopted orphans and widows.

Huo Ying left in the first year that Jiang Xu became queen.

The journey of life is like a bus, stopping and starting, some people come and some people leave. Jiang Xu naturally would not refuse his resignation.

He also tasted the love in Huo Ying's last look at him.

Recalling every little detail of their past interactions, Jiang Xu suddenly realized, but could only feel regret.

Huo Ying is very good, but just very good. His heart has long been occupied by another person, and all the positions except that of lover can be given to him.

I only hope that from now on, no matter how far the mountains and rivers are, we can each live in peace in a place where our hearts are at peace.

After bidding farewell to the imperial city, Jiang Xu started a new journey. The eccentric ghost doctor Shen Chan, who probably learned about his and Helan Jue's itinerary from his dealings with Xingchen Pavilion, followed him uninvited.

With Shen Chan's arrival, the other guy naturally wouldn't sit idle in the Alliance Leader's Mansion, so this trip changed from a belated honeymoon for him and Helan Jue to a honeymoon for two.

As for Chen Xiao, he had long been thrown by Helan Jue to manage Xingchen Pavilion. I heard that when he was taking a mission recently, he met a bold and sassy girl who fell in love with him at first sight and wanted to pursue him. He is having a headache.

In addition, regarding his relationship with Xiao Guyuan, Shen Chan, that stubborn tsundere, would never admit that he and Xiao Guyuan were having an affair, and would always say to the outside world that they were good brothers.

Jiang Xu nodded. Yes, they were good brothers. Their relationship was so good that they could fight on a bed without pants, and they fought to the extent that the bed boards of him and Helan Jue were knocked through the wooden wall.

Jiang Xu could remember for a long time how Helan Jue got up with a gloomy face that night and asked the shopkeeper to change rooms. Many years later, when he was drunk and at a hotpot party with his friends, he brought it up as a joke.

Even the darkness of night could not stop Shen Chan's face from turning as red as the red oil in the spicy soup in the double-flavored hot pot. The stubborn arrogant girl immediately jumped up and down in shame and anger, wanting to chase Jiang Xu and beat him up.

But Jiang Xu had many bodyguards around him, so Helan Jue protected him behind him. Shen Chan ordered Xiao Guyuan to knock Helan Jue over, and Huo Ying rushed forward. The fight was as lively as the boiling bottom of a pot.

Chen Xiao was shouting "Come on" from the side, and his newly pregnant wife also wanted to join in, but Chen Xiao quickly grabbed her.

Jiang Xu sat steadily at the table and continued to eat hot pot, laughing so hard that he accidentally splashed red oil on himself. Helan Jue, who was standing next to him, took out a handkerchief to wipe it for him, serving him skillfully and even poured him a cup of cold tea, which was very thoughtful.

Helan Zhou saw this scene and remembered it for a long time.

Compared to the vast landscape, what is most worth remembering is the daily life of the world.

……

In the sixteenth year of their travels, Jiang Xu and Helan Jue returned to Beijing.

It all started when Jiang Xu received a letter from home, saying that an ignorant boy had come to propose marriage to his well-behaved sister who had been raised in a pampered environment.

He couldn't say that he had a sister complex, but after all, she was the little girl he had watched grow up, from a wrinkled ball when she was just born into a graceful young lady. How could Jiang Xu accept that someone wanted to steal the good girls from their Jiang family?

Jiang Zhili could not accept it even more.

After a huge commotion, the boy decided to come back and ask for marriage after he had accomplished something successful, and the matter was finally settled.

After returning to Beijing, the 38-year-old Jiang Xu was a little tired and decided to take a rest in the capital.

He said that he was old, but time was actually particularly kind to him and Helan Jue. Neither of them looked old at all. Instead, they became more mature and charming as time went by.

After staying in the former Dingbei Palace, now Heyuan, for a few days, Jiang Xu wanted to go out for a walk.

The capital city hasn't changed much. Seeing the familiar signs on the street, he curled his lips into a smile and pulled Helan Jue inside.

The shopkeeper was still Zhang Yuanrong. He looked much older than before, but his smile and aura were much more relaxed.

They ordered some dishes, which were delivered by Zhang Yuanrong himself.

The moment Zhang Yuanrong met Jiang Xu's eyes, she was stunned. She was sure that she had never seen such a stunningly handsome man before, but looking into his eyes, she inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

Beautiful amber eyes...

In an instant, her memory seemed to travel through time and bring her back to that time, the most helpless stage.

Zhang Yuanrong was so surprised that he said, "It's you!"

Jiang Xu made a silent gesture, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Madam, are you doing well now?"

Zhang Yuanrong nodded with tears in her eyes: "...Okay!"

Jiang Xu smiled slightly: "That's good."

Living a good life is the best ending.

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