After Ji Wuyi fainted, no one else made trouble, and the eunuchs carried Ji Wuyi back to his palace.
Cao Shu took a look, and Ji Wuwu was accompanied by a worried-faced girl with delicate features, a graceful figure, and icy muscles.
Dressed in a green dress, she looks beautiful, youthful and full of vitality.
Cao Shu remembered that this beautiful woman had a great background, she was the granddaughter of Ning Guogong, a great cultivator of Jindan, who was given a marriage contract by the old emperor and became Ji Wuwu's concubine.
Such a beautiful girl, Cao Shu felt a pity.
[Think about the princess, get 200 villain points]
Cao Shu: "..."
Suddenly the old face flushed.
What is missing, can you describe it?
Back to reality, Ji Wuxin cried for a while in front of the dragon chariot after taking the will. She didn't know if it was true or just pretending. After that, she asked the princes to go back to their homes to prepare filial piety, and she followed the dragon chariot into the palace. .
Soon, the news of the old emperor's death swept across the capital, but the talk was more about the ownership of the throne.
The eldest prince Ji Wuxin won the throne unexpectedly, and the common people didn't have any doubts, but they felt that the king's heart was unpredictable.
But compared to the licentious old emperor, it doesn't matter to them who these two princes become, as long as they live a good life.
Cao Shu returned to his Houfu.
Entering the huge Hou's mansion, the servants were respectful, and Cao Shu came straight to a courtyard.
A burly middle-aged man with gray hair came up to him after seeing it.
"Master Hou is back."
This is Lao Jia, the housekeeper, who used to be the capable subordinate of the old Hou Ye. He had a nine-level cultivation base in the foundation-building period. He watched Cao Shu grow up in the Hou's mansion. He has been conscientious and loyal to Cao Shu.
"Hmm." Cao Shu asked, "Is there any hot water in the house now? I want to take a bath."
"Have."
"That's fine, send it to my room."
"Row."
"By the way, there is one more thing." Cao Shu said again: "After today, drive away those unreliable people in the mansion who steal and play tricks."
Lao Jia's expression was full of doubts, why did he drive people away as soon as he came back? Puzzled: "Master Hou, why is this?"
Cao Shu said, "The things to be done in the future are very important, and we will never allow the house to catch fire."
Cao Shu also didn't want to have to cut through the thorns and thorns in front of him, and suddenly someone in the family stabbed him in the back. Therefore, this level must be strictly guarded against.
Lao Jia still looked at the young Hou Ye with a puzzled expression, seeing his serious expression, as if he was going to do something big.
Thinking of Lord Hou's character, who only knows how to have fun, this time it must be another whim.
It's not like it didn't happen before, I tossed the inside and outside of the Hou Mansion a few times, turned off the fire after a few days, and continued to eat, drink, and play around.
Think about it, drive out some of the servants first, and recruit them back after a few days for Lord Hou to recover.
The mood of the big man is really impermanent, and he loves to toss.
"Okay, this subordinate will do it later."
"Yeah." Cao Shu nodded, he was relieved to leave this matter to Lao Jia.
At this time, the servant who was usually in charge of reporting ran in and said respectfully: "Master Hou, the eldest prince wants to see you, so he is waiting outside the door now."
Hearing this news, Lao Jia frowned. Cao Shu had just said that he was going to do something important, and now the eldest prince came to him, so there would be no contact, right?
A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Shu's mouth. Not long after he arrived at the Hou's mansion, Ji Wuxin came back. Zhao Si was quite capable in his work.
This was naturally his plan. Taking charge of the Great Zhou and tampering with the imperial edict was only the first step of the plan. It was the second step of the plan to make Ji Wuxin come to him with a small plan.
"Understood, just tell His Highness that I will take a shower as soon as I get back, and ask him to wait in the living room for a while."
Lao Jia was in a daze. Is Hou Ye's attitude too arrogant?
He is a prince, it's too impolite to ask the prince to wait for him.
The servant who notified was also in a daze, and he could only look to Lao Jia for help. He was the only one in the mansion who could give advice to Cao Shu.
Old Jia said: "Master Hou, although the eldest prince came to see you, isn't it impolite to ask him to wait for you?"
Cao Shu said with a smile: "Just let him wait, if you don't wait a little longer, how can you see his sincerity?"
Ji Wuxin came to find him. To put it bluntly, he was seeking his own help, so naturally he had to show sincerity.
Didn't Liu Bei pay three visits to thatched cottages in ancient times?
Zhuge Liang hid in the house, refused twice, and finally came out of the mountain.
"This..." Lao Jia's face was awkward, Master Hou went out to play with the emperor, he must be drifting away, isn't he afraid of holding grudges for entertaining the prince like this?
"Didn't you hear that?" Cao Shu said.
"Yes, yes, yes." Old Jia said quickly, then turned his head and told his servants, "Go to the eldest prince and tell, I will arrive as soon as I finish delivering the hot water to Lord Hou.
"Obey." The servants, including Lao Jia, walked out immediately.
Cao Shu turned around and took a few steps, then remembered something important, "I almost forgot to tell you to prepare a filial obedience. His Majesty has passed away, and he will go to the palace to guard the spirit in two or three days."
Although he has no blood relationship with the old emperor, Cao Shu is not lacking in his brain, and he still has to do the etiquette that a minister should do.
There is also a good practice in Dazhou. The emperor's funeral takes a long time. There are too many nobles, clan relatives, and officials. You can go home.
Although Cao Shu is a marquis, but it is hereditary, he has no real power or prestige, and is an insignificant person, and he can only guard for two or three days.
It's not impossible if you don't go, it's just that being caught in the pigtails and having no father and no king is a big problem for the dynasty.
"Oh, good." Lao Jia was still thinking about the eldest prince, so he didn't pay attention to the next words, and realized after a while, his expression was shocked.
"His Majesty died?!"
"Yeah, it's not surprising that you know now, the news just arrived in Kyoto."
Lao Jia took a deep breath, the old emperor passed away, this is a big event for the Great Zhou.
Why did His Majesty and Lord Hou disappear after going out to play?
Should it be so sudden?
When I came back to my senses, I felt more and more that something was wrong.
His Majesty passed away, and at the time of the handover of power, the city of Kyoto must be full of storms. The eldest prince, one of the heirs to the throne, is now looking for Lord Hou...
hiss~
Lao Jia suddenly felt dry mouth and terrified.
It's a big deal, this time it's really a big deal!
Old Jia asked cautiously: "The eldest prince came to see you, is it the second prince's turn to take the throne? The eldest prince wants to..."
Cao Shu said, "No."
Old Jia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the eldest prince was going to drag Lord Hou to rebel, "That's good, that's good."
Cao Shu walked towards his room and said, "I'm going back to my room, hurry up and bring the hot water."
Old Jia said again and again: "Oh, yes, yes."
After a while, Lao Jia came back to his senses, his pupils constricted suddenly.
"what!"
If Lao Jia was struck by lightning, the old emperor only had two princes, if he died and it was not the second prince's turn, wouldn't it be the eldest prince's turn?
Lord Hou is asking the future Emperor of the Great Zhou to wait for him!