The Lover's Prattle

General Slag//1.1

When Emperor Qin ascended the throne, he wasn't even nine years old yet. At the time, the former emperor suddenly collapsed, and the court was in a mess. The 8 princes who were of a suitable age were all extremely ambitious.

Although Qin Hui was a prince, he was young at the time and had not entered the court at all, and he had no support asides from his mother's people. He Weiwen went straight from the border directly to Qin Capital and suppressed the forces of the 8 princes by himself. Eventually, he successfully supported Qin Hui to the throne.

He Weiwen never returned to the border, and his reputation as a general spread far and wide. He gained the privilege of acting first and explaining later, if not at all.

Now that Emperor Qin was 14 years old, his reliance on He Weiwen did not decrease at all. In fact, Emperor Qin relied on He Weiwen more than ever. All memorials first went through the General's Manor before it reached the Emperor's Palace.

At the time of Emperor Qin's ascension, the Empress Dowager's family had more control over him, but He Weiwen turned the powers to the emperor's favor. One year ago, He Weiwen went to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief, and the Emperor Dowager used that opportunity to try to control the Emperor directly.

He Weiwen presented the Empress Dowager's plan with evidence to the Emperor and asked him to take extra precautions. Emperor Qin in turn quickly made He Weiwen his escort and thus suppressed the Empress Dowager's plans and her power in court.

When it was time for the Emperor's marriage, he chose He Weiwen's little sister. They coincidentally married on the day of the Qiqiao Festival two months later.

The people that were sent the General have always been reliable.

Emperor Qin never cared about his harem; he only knew that the people that the General sent took great care of him. Now, Emperor Qin needed concubines to add to the harem.

When Emporer Qin first ascended the throne, he was the one who chose his first two concubines. Every time after that, He Weiwen was the one choosing the people. Occasionally, when the Emporer felt like it, he picked one or two ladies himself. In the future, there were bound to be people in the harem that would cause trouble and would be sent off to the Cold Palace, so the women chosen should might as well be sensible.

Thus, Emperor Qin never spent too much thought on his harem, even in the court. Any criticizing memorials of the Emperor for playing around too much were blocked by He Weiwen.

This morning, the Emperor did not wake up early enough for morning court, as he was still in some concubine's bed. He Weiwen arranged for people to call on him twice, but still, no Emperor appeared. In the end, the morning court was dismissed early, and all the officials went home. He Weiwen went to the royal study afterward and wrote a response to each memorial, so Emperor Qin only had to copy the responses whenever he felt like it.

A year ago, there was a big flood in the Jiangnan area, and the dam was damaged. After the disaster, the dam was rebuilt using He Weiwen's designs and construction plans. This year, the Jiangnan dam remained intact through the heavy rain, and some local officials asked him to repair their dams as well.

Many of the memorials mentioned dam construction, personnel, material arrangements. When He Weiwen came out of the Imperial Study Room, lunchtime had already passed. He would ask the emperor about these issues, but the emperor still hadn't gotten up. He Weiwen told the eunuch to serve the emperor's meals and then left the palace for lunch.

He Weiwen went to eat at Jingxiang Tower on the main street of Qindu. Because he often went to Jingxiang Tower when he came out of the palace, he intentionally repaired a quiet road that led to the side entrance of Jingxiang Tower. Some of his subordinates go occasionally, and others rarely pass through here after learning the reason why the road was built.

The road was quiet, and He Weiwen could hear a voice more than ten meters away. At a corner, he stopped the driver and opened the carriage curtain. His subordinates fussed at a girl with twisted expressions.

The girl stood with her back to him. He Weiwen couldn't see her face, but he guessed that she was very beautiful. Her hands crossed her chest, and the ends of her hair flew gently in the air, with the soft glow of the sun illuminating her hair.

Hu Qingcheng's internal strength was not bad, and the sounds of the carriage were not quiet. There were 3 to 4 meters between them and the intersection, and at this distance, he did not notice the carriage stopped at the intersection. One can only imagine how agitated he was to make him lose his trained alertness instinct.

He Weiwen's hand holding the curtain did not lower as his half-squinted eyes continued to look at Hen Qingcheng's cannibalistic expression.

"Qingruo! How can you do that ?! Are you trying to kill the whole family? Ah ?!"

Qingruo? This name was not unfamiliar to He Weiwen. Two months ago, she was chosen to be the queen, and he sent people to the Hu manor to teach the future queen the rules of the palace. The plan was to check on her progress every month.

Unexpectedly, this happened ahead of time.

The girl with her back to Huo Weiwen didn't seem to be too affected by Hu Qingcheng and instead covered her ears. "Can't you speak normally? What are you yelling for?" Her tone was lazy and unbothered but still sounded sweet and pleasing to the ear.

Wu Qingcheng was about to go crazy when Qing Ruoqi leaned forward and patted him on the shoulder. Since he was much shorter than Wu Qingcheng, he had to rise onto his toes and lean into Wu Qingcheng's ear. Qing Ruoqi said lazily, "Hey, the general has been watching you for all this time."

Tong Qingcheng looked up immediately. Sure enough, the carriage with the He's house sign was stopped at the intersection. He Weiwen opened the curtain with one hand but half of the figure remained hidden in the darkness of the carriage. Only one corner of his face shone in the light. He Weiwen's figure was overall very blurry.

Wu Qingcheng felt a cool air accost him directly from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. A drop of sweat rolled down from his forehead to the side of his face and down his jawline.

When Qingruo finished speaking, she passed by Tong QIngcheng, and from beginning to end, He Weiwen did not see her face or the expressions on her face.

Wu Qingcheng came to the carriage, bowed stiffly, and then greeted the man, "General, greetings."

He was so nervous that he didn't even say it right.

He Weiwen's gaze stayed at the corner of the intersection where the girl's figure disappeared. His voice was cold and did not hold any emotion, "Get up."

The curtain was lowered, and the coachman motioned for the carriage to continue. and Wu Qingcheng stood on the side.

The carriage passed him, but then He Weiwen's voice came, "Keep up."

"Yes, general."