Chapter 140 Fishing
After a brief contact, he didn’t even know anything about Zhao Xing’s subsequent attitude towards Kaifeng Mansion.
At this moment, his master walked in and saluted: "Sir, His Royal Highness has left."
"Leaving now?" Guo Zixuan was stunned when he heard this.
They came out from Zhao Xing's place. After they said goodbye, he returned to the public room. Before his buttocks were still hot, Zhao Xing left unexpectedly.
"Master Shaoyin sent His Highness the Crown Prince out, would you like to see him off?" Master Jin said.
"Since His Highness the Crown Prince has not notified you, what should I do if I rush over there?" Guo Zixuan shook his head.
"Guo Tongpan!" A shout sounded outside.
Hearing the sound, Guo Zixuan nodded to Master Jin, and Master Jin went over and opened the door.
Outside the door were the judges and several officials of the Kaifeng government office.
In Kaifeng Mansion, in addition to the governor, the general magistrates, magistrates, and push officials are the highest-ranking government officials.
"Why are you all here together, but what happened?"
Guo Zixuan asked people to bring tea, sent them away, and looked at a few people pretending to be confused.
Judge Zuo He Yu'an smiled and said: "Why did Guo Tongpan ask questions knowingly? His Highness left shortly after coming. It was obviously not like he was interfering with some matters in Kaifeng Mansion. From now on, Guo Tongpan will make the final decision in Kaifeng Mansion. "
"Yes, Guo Tongpan needs a treat," the others agreed.
Guo Zixuan's face darkened and he said, "You guys are serious. Even if His Highness doesn't care much about the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, Shaoyin is still the one who makes the decision. How can it be my turn to make the decision?"
"Is Guo Tongpan willing to listen? Shao Yin's order?" He Yu'an said with a smile.
"Judge, please be careful!" Guo Zixuan said with a gloomy face: "Sheng Shaoyin is a Shaoyin appointed by the government, so we must obey his orders!"
Guo Zixuan was naturally unwilling. He is the general judge. Originally, when Chen Tingwen was here, he was the second-in-command of Kaifeng Mansion.
Now that Zhao Xing has taken over the Kaifeng Mansion, he has an additional Shaoyin, which means that he has changed from the second in command to the third in command.
Sheng Hong's original official position was not higher than his, but now he was actually his superior regardless of his rank. How could he accept this?
However, he is not stupid. Although Zhao Xing now seems to not want to interfere in the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, this is only the first day.
It is still unknown what Zhao Xing’s attitude is.
Even if Zhao Xing doesn't care, since Sheng Hong's son is the prince's companion and his daughter is the prince's concubine, he has no guts to fight for power with Sheng Hong.
He Yu'an and the others looked at him as if they were following his lead. Didn't they just want him to be the one who stood out and test Zhao Xing's attitude.
He's not that stupid.
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Zhao Xing returned to the East Palace and learned that Yu Yanran was playing in the garden, so he went to the garden.
From a distance, Zhao Xing saw Yu Yanran scattering fish food into the pond by the pavilion.
The maid Xing'er behind Yu Yanran saw Zhao Xing coming and said, "Girl, your highness is here."
"Xing'er, you are teasing me again. Today is His Highness's first day in office. He has only been away for a long time. How can he come back?" Yu Yanran scolded.
"Girl, what I said is true, look at that." Xing'er pursed her lips in the direction Zhao Xing came from.
Yu Yanran turned around and was startled when she saw Zhao Xing walking towards him. She quickly put down the wooden box containing the fish food and walked towards him.
“I have met His Highness!” Yu Yanran waved her hand.
"No courtesy." Zhao Xing waved his hand, walked into the pavilion, and said with a smile: "Feeding the fish again."
"My concubine was bored, so she came over to bask in the sun and feed me." Yu Yanran said.
Zhao Xing came to the pavilion and looked into the water. He saw a group of fat koi carps swimming slowly together in the water below the pavilion, waiting to be fed.
"Feed less, don't overwhelm them. Since you came, they have become fatter and not as good-looking as before." Zhao Xing said.
"I think it's pretty good-looking. Doesn't the koi look better if it's a little fatter? And how could the fish be stretched to death? Your Highness teases me again." Yu Yanran said coquettishly.
"This guy didn't lie to you. As the saying goes, a snake swallows an elephant when a human heart is weak. These fish are very greedy. If you keep feeding it, it will continue to eat, and eventually it will starve itself to death." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"No way?"
Yu Yanran's eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "You can't eat anymore when you're full. How could you stretch yourself to death?"
"Haha, The desire of these fish to eat is just like human greed. Even if they are full, they will not feel full and will still eat." Zhao Xing said, grabbing a handful from the fish food box on the table. The fish food was scattered.
In his previous life, he had raised koi fish and looked up the methods. Only then did I realize that koi carp have no sense of fullness and have a desire to eat continuously. They will keep eating as long as someone feeds them.
Of course, it's a bit exaggerated to say that it was stretched to death, because when it really couldn't hold on any longer, it would naturally stop eating.
But eating too much can easily cause the stomach to swell, which can lead to death.
In Zhao Xing's opinion, this is the same as people's greed.
Some people want one hundred thousand after they have ten thousand, and one million after they have one hundred thousand.
When you achieve your goals, you will want more.
In fact, many people can escape completely if they stop early when doing something.
But he couldn't restrain his greed, and eventually died of his own greed.
“Didn’t His Highness say that if you feed the fish too much, they will starve to death? Why do you keep feeding them?”
Yu Yanran did not hear the meaning of Zhao Xing’s words and believed Zhao Xing. Xing's words, seeing him feeding the fish again, thinking that he had fed a lot just now, he was a little worried that the fish would be strangled to death.
"I just want them to die." Zhao Xing thought to himself.
"Haha, I can't feed you anymore." Zhao Xing clapped his hands and said.
"Your Highness, isn't this your first day on the job? Why are you back so soon?" Yu Yanran asked doubtfully.
"I am fishing." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
He went to Kaifeng Mansion, but did not stay long, just to reassure the officials of Kaifeng Mansion and many people who paid attention to him.
If he shows that he wants to do something big as soon as he takes over, everyone will be honest.
Zhao Xing didn't have time to hide and seek with them.
His indifference may make those people suspicious at first, but over time, they will feel that he really doesn't want to care about Kaifeng Mansion's affairs.
This is also normal. When the princes of the past dynasties served as the governor of Kaifeng, most of them only served in name and did not interfere in specific affairs.
When Yu Yanran heard this, she thought he wanted to go fishing, so she ordered someone to get the fishing rod.
Zhao Xing didn’t stop him after hearing this, because today was his first day as Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, and his father didn’t even ask anyone to send him his son.
There is nothing to do now, just go fishing for fun.
When the fishhook was brought, a eunuch put on the bait for him.
Zhao Xing was lying on the rocking chair, holding Yu Yanran in his arms, holding Yu Yanran in one hand and holding the fishing rod in the other. It was called leisurely.
For this kind of intimacy, Yu Yanran was not used to it at first, but as time went by, she gradually got used to it.
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For several days, Zhao Xing didn't even go to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.
The officials of Kaifeng Mansion have different ideas. Does Zhao Xing really not intend to interfere in the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion?
Not only the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture, but also the official family were paying attention to Zhao Xing.
Since Zhao Xing took over as the governor of Kaifeng, the official family has not sent anyone to the East Palace.
He felt that after Zhao Xing took over as Kaifeng Mansion Yin, he would be busy at first as he needed to get familiar with the various affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, and he did not want Zhao Xing to be too tired.
The officials were still waiting to see what Zhao Xing would do after taking over. They never imagined that Zhao Xing had not been to the Kaifeng Mansion Yamen for several days except for a visit on the first day.
After asking around, they learned that Zhao Xing hangs out with Yu Yanran every day.
This made the official family very angry.
It would be fine if Zhao Xing was really addicted to women, then it would be considered an effort to spread the branches and leaves of the Song Dynasty.
However, according to Nanny Feng, Yu Yanran was still a young girl and had no virginity at all.
The officials all had the urge to call Zhao Xing over and scold him.
Fortunately, the official family held back in the end.
Generally speaking, he is very satisfied with this son, not to mention that Zhao Xing himself took the initiative to bring up the matter of serving as the governor of Kaifeng in the past two years.
If Zhao Xing really didn’t want to take care of it, there was no need to ask for it at that time.
The official thought that Zhao Xing must have some plans, but he wanted to see what Zhao Xing planned to do.
(End of this chapter)