Xue Huaian did not come alone, but carried his wife with him. He was not wearing an official robe, but wearing casual clothes. He looked like a kind-hearted man. When he saw Chu Huan waiting in front of the mansion, Xue Huaian immediately bowed and smiled, "Brother Chu, I brought my wife to ask for a glass of water and wine. I heard that there is fine wine hidden in Brother Chu's mansion, so why don't you bear to take it out?"

Chu Huan didn't find it strange when Xue Huan arrived, but it surprised Chu Huan when he brought Mrs. Xue. Mrs. Chu was nearly 40 years old and several years younger than Xue Huaian. However, she was well maintained. Obviously, she was born in everyone, with a wealthy temperament and decent manners. Chu Huan naturally did not dare to neglect her, so she hurriedly bowed her back. He didn't know that Mrs. Xue was coming. When he saw Mrs. Xue, he hurriedly asked to call Su Niang.

After all, Su Niang is also the hostess of the family. If a foreign relative comes, he naturally wants the hostess of the family to come out to accompany him. This is the first time that an official female relative comes to visit the house. Chu Huan is caught off guard. Xue Huan is already smiling and said, "Mrs. I heard that Brother Chu has a family member coming to Beijing, so I came to visit him specially. Brother Chu, you are not interested enough. If your family member comes to Beijing, I will not say anything, which makes me know from others."

While facing the two of them, Chu Huan apologized and said, "Mr. Xue has been preparing for the ceremony before. He has been busy every day and is extremely busy. I can't go over and disturb me..."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Huaian said with a calm face: "Brother Chu, you are accustomed to being a foreigner. It's okay to be accused of your official positions in front of outsiders. Do you still want to be an adult now? You have forgotten that I was able to come back from Xiliang, and you saved your life. If it weren't for Brother Chu, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the desert long ago."

Mrs. Xue also smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, you should not be surprised. The master came back from Xiliang and kept talking about the kindness of Lord Chu. However, the master had been in business for a while ago and couldn't take it off. This time he was idle. He heard that Lord Chu's family came to Beijing, so I also came to see him."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Madam, you are polite. It's still Lord Xue when he is on the mission to Xiliang..." Seeing Xue Huaian glaring at him, he changed his words with a smile: "It's still the old brother who takes care of him. If it weren't for the old brother, don't talk about Chu Huan, I'm afraid the entire mission will not come back."

Xue Huaian smiled and patted Chu Huan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You and I won't say these things." He patted his stomach, "I came here with an empty stomach today. You must treat it well. If the hospitality is not good, I won't accept it!"

Chu Huan laughed and immediately asked someone to prepare the banquet. When he arrived at the main hall, he heard footsteps before he could sit down. Su Niang had already come in and entered the lobby and immediately said, "Erlang, are you looking for me?" Seeing Xue Huaian and his wife, he was stunned for a moment, but Mrs. Xue had already stepped forward quickly. Before Su Niang could come to her senses, she took Su Niang with one hand, looked up and down, with a smile on her face.

Chu Huan coughed and introduced: "Su Niang, this is Lord Xue, the Minister of Rites, this is Mrs. Xue... I have met two of you soon!"

Su Niang is in the mansion for some time and knows that she is a very rich man when she sees Xue Huaian and Mrs. Xue wearing brocade clothes and jade belts. She knows that she is extremely rich. When she first comes into contact with such a wealthy high-ranking official, she suddenly becomes nervous, but she also knows that the more nervous she is, the less she cannot show her nervousness. The lady Xue in front of her is graceful and elegant. If she shrinks, she loses Chu Huan's face. She tries her best to suppress her nervousness. According to the etiquette she has just learned in the past two days, she lowers her body slightly and says: "Su Niang has met Lord Xue, and has met Mrs. Xue..."

Mrs. Xue had already supported her and said, "Don't be polite."

Chu Huan had already said: "This is Neizi Su Niang!"

"Oh?" Xue Huaian smiled and said, "It turns out that Brother Chu has already married..." He smiled. He knew that Chu Huan married a Talanger in Xiliang in Xiliang. Although he knew that Chu Huan's family came to Beijing this time, he couldn't figure out what kind of family he was. Only then did he realize that he was Chu Huan's wife. Looking at Su Niang was not from a wealthy family, she looked simple and dignified. He knew that Chu Huan was not from a noble family, so it was reasonable to have such a wife. He smiled and said, "My brother and sister are dignified and virtuous, Brother Chu is so lucky!"

Chu Huan glanced at Su Niang, and seemed to be a little dignified, but could she tell at a glance that she was virtuous?

Mrs. Xue held Su Niang's hand and did not let go. She smiled and said, "Good girl, Lord Chu is young and talented, you are like a flower. You are really a handsome man and beautiful woman. You are a pair of men and women. Now that I have entered Beijing, everything is fine. I am the most bored on weekdays. From today on, I have found a companion. I will take you around the center of Beijing. You are the first to come, and maybe you are not very familiar with me. I grew up in Beijing since I was a child. The big and small streets of Beijing are very familiar."

Seeing that Mrs. Xue was very kind, Su Niang went away for most of her nervousness and said, "Madam, please sit down first, and Su Niang asked her to make tea first..."

"They are men talking here, and it is not easy for us women to stay here to disturb us." Mrs. Xue smiled like a flower. Although she was nearly 40 years old, she was well maintained, with no signs of loose skin, and she was quite white and tender. She must have been a beauty when she was young, and now she is a half-old woman with a very good charm. She held Su Niang's hand and said softly: "Why don't you take me around the mansion? I wonder if it's better?"

Su Niang looked at Chu Huan, and Chu Huan was worried that Su Niang would not deal with it properly and was rude in front of Mrs. Xue. However, if she refused at this time, it would be even more rude. She smiled and said, "Su Niang, since Madam is interested, you should take her around with her!"

When Su Niang heard Chu Huan say this, she naturally couldn't refuse and took Mrs. Xue out.

Chu Huan then invited Xue Huaian to sit down, and then asked someone to have a tea. Then he smiled and said, "Brother Xue must have been idle these days, right?"

He knew that although the Ministry of Rites could not be said to be idle, it is now much more idle than other yamen of the six ministries. The Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Works were all busy with the war in the southeast, and the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple were even more about to liquidate the remnants of Duke Anguo. As for the Ministry of Personnel, after the rebellion of Tongtian Palace, there were many vacancies in the court, and officials were no less selected.

The Ministry of Rites was busy for a long time to celebrate the ceremony of worshiping the sky a while ago. Now that I have been doing it, I am naturally much more idle.

Xue Huaian took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and smiled and said, "It's a lot easier. As soon as I'm free, I come over to talk to Brother Chu."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Actually, I'm thinking about coming to disturb you someday."

Xue Huaian smiled, looked around and said, "Brother Chu, is His Highness King Qi doing well these days?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I don't know that I haven't seen Your Highness these days."

Xue Huaian nodded slightly and said, "I'm afraid your highness was frightened. The queen loves him very much. Just now, this happened, and the hearts of the people in the capital have not stabilized yet. In a while, your highness should not leave the palace."

"There are many people who were frightened that day." Chu Huan sighed, "But fortunately, it's over, so we'll be doing a good job in the future."

Xue Huaian shook his head and said, "That's not what I know. As far as I know, the frightened King Qi that day was much greater than that of others."

"Oh?" Chu Huan frowned, "Why did you say this?"

Xue Huaian sat face to face with Chu Huan at this time, as if he felt that the distance was too far. He got up and walked to Chu Huan, sat down with Chu Huan, pondered slightly, as if thinking about something. After a while, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Chu hasn't seen Lang Wuxu these days?"

Chu Huan said: "I saw it in the yamen yesterday. But the Ministry of Revenue is now raising food and grass in private and wanting to replenish it in the southeast, so I don't have time to talk to him."

"It seems you don't know yet." Xue Huaian said: "I heard that Lang Wuxu made great contributions in Tongtian Palace that night!"

"Great credit?"

"No," Xue Huaian whispered: "I heard that if it weren't for Lang Wuxu that night, His Highness King Qi would have encountered an unexpected situation!"

"There is still this?" Chu Huan was really unclear and frowned and said, "Are you saying Lang Wuxu saved the life of King Qi?"

"Many people know about this." Xue Huaian said: "It is said that two Wu Jingwei kept chasing the King of Qi that night, and it seemed that they were trying to kill the King of Qi. Originally, Wu Jingwei almost wanted to kill the King of Qi. Fortunately, in the critical moment, Grand Secretary Xu and Lang Wuxu followed, and the King of Qi was defeated...!"

Chu Huan frowned and said, "You mean, that night, Wu Jingwei was going to kill His Highness in the chaos?"

"This is probably not a false statement." Xue Huaian said: "Many people have witnessed it with their own eyes."

"This is weird." Chu Huan touched his chin, "Did Huang Ju arrange the manpower in advance and prepare to be unfavorable to King Qi?"

Xue Huaian shook his head and said, "This is not clear. However, Huang Ju's goal that night was directed to the emperor. I think Huang Ju must have thought that he was sure to win. As long as he controls the overall situation, he will not care about one or two people. If Huang Ju's party wants to take the life of the King of Qi, why did he sit and see the prince ignore him? Compared to the King of Qi, the prince's quarrel between the King of Han is even deeper."

Chu Huan pondered for a moment and finally asked, "Brother Xue thinks there is a problem in the middle?"

Xue Huaian waved his hand and said, "I have lived and died together with Brother Chu. Brother Chu has a good relationship with King Qi, so I want to remind you. If Huang Ju really sent someone to take advantage of the chaos to find an opportunity to kill King Qi, then nothing big happened. Huang Ju is already dead, and the matter is over. I am worried that there is another reason in the middle. If this is the case, King Qi will still be careful in the future...!"

Chu Huan nodded slightly.

No matter what the purpose of Xue Huaian told him about this matter, Chu Huan knew one thing very well that his destiny was closely linked to King Qi. Once King Qi was surprised, he would come to an end in his career.

"Thank you for your reminder, brother." Chu Huan said softly, thinking of something, and asked, "Yes, there is one thing I don't know whether to ask or not."

"There is no need to be so polite between you and me." Xue Huaian said: "If you have any, just say it."

Chu Huan thought for a while and finally asked, "Actually, I'm very strange about something. After Huang Ju was calmed down that night, the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, but...!"

Xue Huaian immediately understood what Chu Huan meant and sighed: "Brother Chu wanted to ask the emperor why his temperament changed drastically and ordered the execution of Wu Jingwei? Do you want to know what I said to the emperor that night?"

Chu Huan nodded and smiled, "This is just my curiosity. If it is inconvenient to say it, don't make things difficult for the old brother."
Chapter completed!