Chapter 568 Choose to support!

After more than half an hour of hard work, Ye Mingsheng collapsed on Pei Zhixiu's bed, his eyes slightly narrowed as if he was recalling something...

Pei Zhixiu, with a blush still on her pretty face, held the silver needle in her hand and performed acupuncture on Ye Mingsheng very seriously. Recently, due to long hours of work, Ye Mingsheng often suffered from neck pain, and now he took this opportunity to let Pei Zhixiu treat him.

After inserting the last silver needle into Ye Mingsheng's acupuncture point, Pei Zhixiu wiped the sweat from her forehead and then whispered to Ye Mingsheng;

"Don't move your body!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly. Seeing this, Pei Zhixiu came to Ye Mingsheng and gently pressed Ye Mingsheng's temple with her jade hands. Pei Zhixiu's technique looked very gentle, but the strength was just right, making Ye Mingsheng almost cry out in his book clothes.

While enjoying Pei Zhixiu's delicate clothing, Ye Mingsheng suddenly thought of something and said:
"When did you get along so well with Mom?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Pei Zhixiu rolled his eyes at him and said:
"When did my relationship with my mother become unharmonious?"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng opened his eyes and looked at Pei Zhixiu's pretty face, as if he wanted to find out some clues. Ye Cui, who was born in the Cui family, attached great importance to family background. Before, because Ye Mingsheng doted on Pei Zhixiu very much, she felt very sorry for An Miaoyi and repeatedly asked Ye Mingsheng to pay attention to An Miaoyi's feelings.

Besides this, she is also very cold towards Pei Zhixiu. Sometimes when Pei Zhixiu goes to offer tea, the old lady doesn’t look at her in a good mood and always has a cold face. Ye Mingsheng has tried to mediate this several times, but he is always powerless. However, judging from Ye Cui’s friendly attitude towards Pei Zhixiu today, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has improved a lot...
Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Pei Zhixiu remained calm and did not explain anything. Seeing that Pei Zhixiu was unwilling to say anything, Ye Mingsheng did not ask any further questions. Anyway, no matter what the reason was, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could be improved, which was something that he, Ye, would like to see.

After pressing for about half an incense stick of time, Pei Zhixiu saw that the time was almost up, so she pulled out the silver needle inserted into Ye Mingsheng's body. As the silver needle was pulled out, Ye Mingsheng felt refreshed, and the neck pain that had troubled him for many days was also relieved to a great extent. Now he could turn his neck freely.

"Your neck problem has not been completely solved. You need to have acupuncture twice within ten days. Also, don't overwork yourself and don't sit in the house for a long time. Otherwise, no matter how much acupuncture and massage you do, it will be useless! Your health is the most important thing. You can put those government affairs aside!" Pei Zhixiu warned Ye Mingsheng softly:
Feeling the young lady's concern, Ye Mingsheng scratched Pei Zhixiu's smooth face and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I'll listen to you this time!"

Pei Zhixiu seemed to feel relieved after receiving Ye Mingsheng's promise. When the two of them were sleeping in each other's arms on the bed, Pei Zhixiu hesitated and whispered:
"Husband, I have something to tell you..."

Ye Mingsheng, who was already very tired and a little dazed, responded subconsciously when he heard this.

"Ok?"

"Some of the medicinal materials in my clinic are running out. I want to go out and collect some in a while!" Pei Zhixiu said softly:

Pei Zhixiu finished speaking, and Ye Mingsheng, who was very sleepy, forced himself to be alert and said nonchalantly:
"Ji Xiu, give me a list of the herbs you need. I'll ask Huo San and the others to find them for you. Just ask them to pick as many as you want!"

Listening to Ye Mingsheng's answer, Pei Zhixiu, who was lying in Ye Mingsheng's arms, flashed her beautiful eyes a few times and continued:

"What I want is a very rare medicinal herb, and its growth environment is very hidden. They don't know it. Only people who are very familiar with pharmacology can pick one or two plants. I will be gone for a few days and come back immediately, okay?"

Listening to Pei Zhixiu's rare flirting with him, Ye Mingsheng, who was already too sleepy to open his eyes, didn't have time to think about it and said:

"Okay! Go and come back quickly when the time comes, don't stay outside for too long!"

"Ok!"

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng agreed, Pei Zhixiu smiled and pecked Ye Mingsheng's face lightly with her red lips.

Maybe Pei Zhixiu’s acupuncture and massage took effect. Ye Mingsheng slept very comfortably and peacefully. When he opened his eyes in the early morning of the next day, he found that the sunlight outside was already very bright...
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng slowly regained consciousness and looked to his side. At this time, there was nothing beside him, only a hint of fragrance. Ye Mingsheng subconsciously shouted:
"Somebody come!"

Before Ye Mingsheng had finished speaking, a pretty maid, about eighteen or nineteen years old, walked in from outside and asked Ye Mingsheng timidly:

"My Lord, do you have any instructions?"

Seeing this little maid, Ye Mingsheng thought for a moment and recognized her identity. She was Xiaowen beside Pei Zhixiu. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng said without hesitation:
"Where did your wife go?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Xiao Wen seemed a little scared. Ye Mingsheng whispered:

"My wife went to Changshan Clinic and asked me to stay and serve you! Hot water and clothes are ready!"

Ye Mingsheng continued to ask after hearing this:

"What time is it now?"

Xiao Wen said without hesitation:
"Two quarters past four o'clock!"

Hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng shook his head helplessly. It turned out that it was already so late. At this time on weekdays, he would have been working in the study for more than an hour, but now he had just got up. However, this sleep was really comfortable...
"Where is Ye Cheng?" Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and asked again:
"Butler Ye is waiting outside the door!"

Ye Mingsheng ordered without hesitation:

"Tell him to prepare the documents I need to deal with today, and then ask the kitchen to make me a bowl of scallion oil noodles!" "Yes!"

After receiving Ye Mingsheng's order, Xiaowen took the order and left.

After washing and changing his clothes, Ye Mingsheng hurried to his study, where he enjoyed a bowl of flavorful, steaming noodles with scallion oil. Then, he started a new day of work. After dealing with the Governor's tax reduction plan for the Zhuo County area and the reward plan for the meritorious officers and soldiers of the First Division, as well as a series of government affairs, time had unknowingly come to noon.

Originally, Ye Mingsheng was planning to continue working and make up for the time he lost for getting up, but he unknowingly remembered Pei Zhixiu's warning last night. He immediately made up his mind to put down his work, walked out of his study, and after crossing several corridors, Ye Mingsheng came to the back courtyard of the mansion. Breathing the fresh air in the back garden, Ye Mingsheng began to practice Bajiquan.

In order to stay healthy and not overdraw his body, Ye Mingsheng decided to pick up his Bajiquan again. No matter how busy he is at work, he must take time to practice it to exercise his body. Otherwise, his body will become rusty if he doesn't exercise...

While doing boxing, Ye Mingsheng recalled what happened last night. He always felt that something was wrong. After finishing a set of boxing, Ye Mingsheng asked Ye Cheng who was waiting on the side:
"Is Wang Xuecheng in Yijing?"

In response to Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng hesitated for a moment and then gave a positive answer.

"Your Excellency, Director Wang should be in Yijing now. He has made an appointment to report to you at noon tomorrow!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng directly ordered:
"Put aside this afternoon's work for me, and have Wang Xuecheng come to see me right now!"

Although he didn't know why Ye Mingsheng called Wang Xuecheng so anxiously, but feeling the urgent tone in Ye Mingsheng's words, Ye Cheng also realized that there must be something important, and immediately bowed and responded:
"Yes! I'll do it right away!"

As Ye Mingsheng's attendant, although Ye Cheng had some mistakes in his work, his efficiency was still very good. It only took him an incense stick of time to bring Wang Xuecheng from his home to Ye Mingsheng. Without waiting for Wang Xuecheng to greet him, Ye Mingsheng asked directly:

"Is there any movement over on East Island?"

Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Wang Xuecheng hesitated for a moment and said:
"East Island is still very peaceful recently, and the number of ronin sneaking in has also decreased a lot. If there must be any movement, it is that the jonin of the Muto family came to the palace capital, seemingly to carry out some mission..."

Hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng's eyes flashed with a gleam of light and he ordered:
"No matter what they want to do, arrest them all right now and find out what they want to do!"

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's murderous words, Wang Xuecheng bowed and said:

"Yes! Sir, I will do it as soon as possible!"

After saying this, Wang Xuecheng came to see himself. It happened that he had the opportunity to meet Ye Mingsheng, so he also reported in advance what he planned to report to Ye Mingsheng tomorrow:

"Reporting to the Lord, there is a dark tide in Gongdu Kingdom. According to our investigation, Li Xuanchang is actively trying to win over some of the royal palaces in Gongdu and strive to overthrow Li Xuanmin's throne. At present, several important officials in Gongdu have secretly expressed their support for Li Xuanchang.
In addition, Li Xuanchang has expressed to our army through some information channels that he is willing to recognize that Da Zhou is the suzerain state of Gongdu State. Gongdu State is protected by Fengwu Army and will pay tribute to Fengwu Army every year. His request is that our army support him to become the new King of Gongdu! "

“As for Li Xuanmin, he seemed to have sensed some rumors as well. He launched a round of purges in Liujing City and also met with our military representatives in Liujing, requesting our military to send troops to be stationed in Gongdu to help him quell the rebellion. For this, Li Xuanmin agreed to open the mining rights of Gongdu ginseng to our military every year, as well as to provide our military with 100 beautiful women from Gongdu and 100,000 taels of silver every year…”

After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought. Last year, in order to eliminate the worries of entering the pass, he sent Yuan Song into Gongdu to kill Wang Kangxin and Shen Jianzhong, and destroyed most of Gongdu’s military forces. However, in order to deploy into the pass as soon as possible and put as much limited force as possible into the pass, Ye Mingsheng did not take the opportunity to incorporate Gongdu into the territory of Fengwu Army. He just asked for some benefits from Gongdu and then withdrew his troops.

Now that the Fengwu Army has completely controlled Youyan, there will be no major war in the short term. Now may be a perfect opportunity to gradually annex Gongdu!
After pondering for a while, Ye Mingsheng asked Wang Xuecheng:
"I remember you reported to me before that Li Xuanmin is lustful, moody, and cruel. He is not very popular in Gongdu, right?"

Wang Xuecheng nodded and said;
"Your Excellency, this is the case! Li Xuanmin is definitely not a wise ruler. Before, Wang Kangxin was suppressing him, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. But after we killed Wang Kangxin, he took the opportunity to monopolize power, and his true nature was exposed!"

Wang Xuecheng hesitated for a moment before suggesting to Ye Mingsheng:
“Sir, in my opinion, Li Xuanmin is hopeless. Even if we help him through this time, as long as he continues to be so reckless, there will be another time sooner or later, and he will always beg our army to clean up his mess…”

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng narrowed his eyes and asked calmly:

"Since you don't support Li Xuanmin, then you want to support Li Xuanchang to be the new King of Gongdu?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Wang Xuecheng shook his head and said:

"Sir, I don't support Li Xuanchang even more!"

"Lee Hyun-min and Lee Hyun-chang are two completely opposite people. Lee Hyun-min is reckless, while Lee Hyun-chang is diligent and hardworking. I heard that in order to always remind himself, he specifically asked people to ask him every day whether he had forgotten his mission to revive the palace!"

"I think that the reason why Li Xuanchang is willing to sign a surrender agreement with our army is just to deceive us. When he truly takes power from the palace, he will definitely accumulate strength and strive to get rid of our control. At that time, it is very likely that he will turn against us!"

"So even if you support Lee Hyun-min, you can't support Lee Hyun-chang!"

Listening to Wang Xuecheng's decisive words, Ye Mingsheng became interested and asked:
"You don't support Lee Hyun-min or Lee Hyun-chang, so what do you want to do, Wang Xuecheng?"

Wang Xuecheng heard this and said very solemnly:
“My idea is very simple. What our army needs in the palace is a puppet who is easy to control. Li Xuanmin is too troublesome, and Li Xuanchang is difficult to control. So these two people are not the best choices for our army. Our army can respond to Li Xuanmin’s request and send troops into the palace on this basis to let these two people kill each other. Our army will clean up the mess in the end and choose someone who suits our army’s interests to take the position…”

(End of this chapter)