Jiang Suzhou took a deep breath and hurriedly reached out to push him away. "Stop it!"
However, Huo Wujiu did not listen to him and only pressed him tightly onto the table.
"I'm asking you a question. Who's the concubine?" Huo Wujiu ground his teeth.
He didn't know where this little rabbit had learned the art of bringing up a pot that didn't boil. He even chose to pour cold water on people when they were touched.
When he got angry, Jiang Suzhou found it funny.
"You're the concubine to begin with," he said seriously. "You were carried in through the corner gate of the Prince's Mansion. You weren't even allowed to enter through the main gate. It's only been a few months. How could you forget?"
Huo Wujiu pressed on him and was about to bite him.
Jiang Suzhou hurriedly ducked away. For a moment, the two of them were breathing in a mess.
Gradually, the two people's breathing became heavier, and because Huo Wujiu was currently pressing down on him, the two people's lower bodies were extremely close to each other.
At times like this, it was easy to have some unspeakable reactions.
Jiang Suzhou immediately sensed it. He looked up and saw Huo Wujiu's pitch-black eyes half-squinting and looking at him deeply. The fire that Jiang Suzhou felt was also burning in Huo Wujiu's eyes.
Behind him, the imperial study was solemn and serene. The coiled dragon on the golden pillar opened its eyes and looked solemn.
Jiang Suzhou was shocked. He hurriedly raised his hand to push Huo Wujiu away.
It wasn't easy to push Huo Wujiu away unless Huo Wujiu was willing.
The more Jiang Suzhou pushed, the tighter Huo Wujiu pressed on him. Jiang Suzhou couldn't resist. His back gradually pressed against the piles of documents on the imperial desk.
After a while, Huo Wujiu released him, panting heavily. When he looked at him again, his pitch-black eyes were frighteningly hot.
Huo Wujiu also realized that by pushing his luck, he wasn't torturing Jiang Suzhou, but himself.
He still remembered that Jiang Suzhou's injuries hadn't completely healed and couldn't be messed around.
He had to endure the anger that he had stoked and forcefully suppress it.
Huo Wujiu was vexed, but his mouth didn't show any mercy. He gritted his teeth and moved closer to Jiang Suzhou's ear and bit it.
However, although his posture was scary, when he bit Jiang Suzhou's ear, it was wrapped in hot air and gently rubbed it...... Jiang Suzhou, on the contrary, he shivered and half of his bones and flesh..
"Didn't you say I was a concubine?" Huo Wujiu gritted his teeth. "Why don't you let me serve His Highness as a concubine?"
… He really held a grudge.
Jiang Suzhou pushed him on the shoulder. Huo Wujiu reluctantly let him go.
"You're not." Jiang Suzhou said helplessly and half-heartedly. "You're the legal wife, the Princess Consort. Okay?"
Huo Wujiu sat back on the dragon throne and pulled Jiang Suzhou back into his arms. Although he was still dissatisfied, he magnanimously let him go.
"That's more like it." He snorted coldly. If others didn't know what he was talking about, they would think that he was sitting in a tent and arranging troops.
Jiang Suzhou couldn't help but laugh.
Huo Wujiu continued.
"Then you can't just brush me off." He said. "The Three Letters and Six Rites, the Imperial Edict of Conferment. None of them can be missing."
— —
Although Huo Wujiu was the most autocratic person in the world, he always had a weak spot that made him unable to do anything unexpected.
Although he was still unwilling to let Jiang Suzhou leave, he couldn't stop him. After a day or two, he compromised.
The first thing Jiang Suzhou did when he was free was to go to the imperial study. He discussed with Huo Wujiu and wrote a letter to Emperor Zhaoyuan.
Even if his guess was mostly correct, he still had to be careful. He asked Huo Wujiu to choose his words carefully. In the letter, he wrote about the current situation in Nanjing. He also said that the uprising was urgent and that all the matters in Nanjing were in a mess. Therefore, he planned to stay in Nanjing and settle things south of the Yangtze River before returning to the imperial court.
The letter also said that Nanjing's officials couldn't be fully utilized and that Emperor Zhaoyuan needed to allocate more officials. Jiang Suzhou came up with a list of officials. They were all ministers of Beiliang. They were all followers of Huo Wujiu and his son. They could be considered as part of their faction.
Jiang Suzhou was familiar with the list. The list ranged from the old Marquis's aides in the tent to the local officials who submitted to Huo Wujiu before Emperor Zhaoyuan became emperor. There were also a few courtiers whose names Huo Wujiu couldn't remember. For a moment, Huo Wujiu was stunned.
"How do you know so much?" Huo Wujiu sat to the side and couldn't help but be surprised.
Jiang Suzhou glanced at him indifferently.
Of course he knew. Not to mention which camp they were on, Jiang Suzhou knew very well how many children they would have in the future, how old they would be before they died, and what they would do in the future.
After he finished writing the list, he looked through it carefully. After confirming that these were all trustworthy people who had left a certain amount of power in Beiliang, he handed the list to Huo Wujiu and asked him to copy it.
"This way, we can more or less test your uncle's intentions," Jiang Suzhou said. "This move has a path to advance and retreat. After that, we can see as we move."
When the list was sent to Emperor Zhaoyuan's desk, Huo Wujiu's intentions were clearly written on paper. He conquered Jiangnan and got his officials to govern it.
If Emperor Zhaoyuan trusted him, he would only think that he understood these people and was willing to use them. If Emperor Zhaoyuan didn't trust him, he would immediately believe that he wanted all of Jiangnan to belong to his power. He would definitely not agree and let Huo Wujiu grow stronger.
In this way, they would be on opposite sides. At this time, Huo Wujiu had troops and territory, and he was in Jiangnan. At this time, he could establish himself with troops. Even if the worst result was a falling out with Jiangbei, they would each occupy a region.
As for what name they would use when the time came …
If Huo Wujiu was willing to establish himself as Emperor, that would be the best. If he had a knot in his heart, Jiang Suzhou wouldn't mind becoming the new Emperor who killed and seized the throne. He would support Huo Wujiu's country and be his backing.
After all, at this point, he couldn't care less about the course of history.
Jiang Suzhou was sick these days and was also thinking about this matter. Since he came here, he had already become a butterfly flapping its wings. He had turned the original history around, and it was already different from the original.
He knew that history needed to be respected, but now that he was here, he felt that the people in the current history needed to be respected even more.
He did not want to let the villains continue to do evil in order to maintain the trajectory, let the loyal officials and good generals still not have a good ending, and let the people suffer. More importantly, he could not watch Huo Wujiu act like he did in his previous life, supporting his cousin who had ulterior motives as the emperor and going to the Yang Pass alone to guard that desolate place where his memories of his best clothes and his best horses were kept.
He wanted the Huo Wujiu he liked to be so wanton and bright for the rest of his life.
Since this was the case, he had to do a lot of things. Since he was going to do it, he might as well do it to the end.
These thoughts only existed in his heart, and he didn't tell Huo Wujiu. Huo Wujiu naturally didn't know. At this time, he was holding a brush. He was a bit impatient, but he suppressed his temper and wrote down the list one by one.
Jiang Suzhou quietly watched for a while. Then, he heard Huo Wujiu speak as he wrote.
"When you're done with this, hurry up and rest for two days," Huo Wujiu said. "It's not that important. I can do it."
Jiang Suzhou glanced at him.
"It's not over yet," he said. "Don't even think about locking me up."
Huo Wujiu couldn't do anything. Although he was worried and unhappy, he didn't dare to say it out loud. He could only vent his anger on Li Changning, blaming him for the mediocre effect of the medicine that Jiang Suzhou still hadn't recovered.
Li Changning knew best how difficult it was to deal with people who were immersed in love. When he heard Huo Wujiu's scolding, he just treated it as a gust of wind blowing past his ears.
It wasn't until Huo Wujiu left that he said a few words to Wei Kai.
"If dogs are emotionally unstable, always biting things, and howling for no reason, then that's a sign of courtship," he said.
Wei Kai didn't understand. "What did you say?"
Li Zhangning smiled faintly, his eyes filled with deep meaning.
"Nothing," he said. "I'm just telling you that not only do I know how to treat people, but I also have some understanding of the diseases of animals."
— —
Jiang Suzhou had been organizing the list of all the officials in and out of the capital these past few days.
He found those who weren't very stubborn but were very capable. He either threatened them with power or tempted them with money. Then, he had Huo Wujiu's soldiers and generals watch over them strictly. He had them take over the affairs of the various counties and counties one by one.
With these officials in charge, Huo Wujiu could gradually withdraw his troops and withdraw them outside the city to stand guard. After a few days, Nanjing gradually regained its original order.
After all, for the common people, the role of the officials was much more important than that of the emperor. As long as the yamen had a clear and impartial master, no one cared who was sitting in the throne room.
It was the same in Lin 'an. The officials of various departments gradually returned to their positions under Jiang Suzhou's selection. Because they were frightened by Huo Wujiu these days, and now that Jiang Suzhou was here, most of the officials could be considered as having a backbone and gradually returned to the imperial court.
The only ones left were either the core members of the Pang Party who hadn't been dealt with yet, or the old officials of Nanjing who were on Qi Min's side.
Jiang Suzhou was a little reluctant to let Qi Min go.
He knew that Qi Min was talented, knew that he was a person of virtue and prestige, and also knew that he was killed by Pang Shao's power in history. He couldn't bear to see the country without Qi Min. Now that the imperial court was in a state of panic, he also needed Qi Min to hold the fort.
After taking care of the important matters, he personally paid a visit to Qi Min's residence.
His body hadn't fully recovered, and if he moved a little more, his face would turn pale again. Huo Wujiu didn't allow him to leave the palace, but he couldn't stop Jiang Suzhou either. In the end, he followed Jiang Suzhou to the Qi residence in the carriage.
The Grand Prefect's residence was still heavily guarded.
When Jiang Suzhou got off the carriage and entered the residence, he saw that everyone in the residence was as silent as cicadas in winter and didn't dare to raise their heads.
However, although the Qi residence was lifeless, it was still orderly. It could be seen that although Huo Wujiu kept a tight watch, he didn't treat them harshly.
Jiang Suzhou and Huo Wujiu went straight to Qi Min's courtyard under the guidance of the servants.
The courtyard was very simple, and the small courtyard was filled with parasol trees. As Jiang Suzhou walked up the stairs, Huo Wujiu was one step ahead of him. He opened the door for him and held his arm with one hand.
His actions were very domineering and unquestionable, but he was also very cautious, like a giant dragon that was only guarding its treasure.
Jiang Suzhou could only let him be and entered Qi Min's bedroom.
At this time, Qi Min was sitting under the closed window, holding a book in her hand.
When he heard the door and footsteps, he didn't even raise his head. He just quietly flipped another page of the book and said calmly, "General Huo, after keeping me for so long, you finally can't hold back anymore?"
As he spoke, he put the book on the table.
"If you want to persuade me to surrender, then you can go back. If you want my life, then do as you please. "
After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the door.
Then, his calm demeanor of facing death with equanimity completely froze on his face.
"His Imperial Highness Prince Jing?" He immediately stood up and was about to speak, but then he looked behind Jiang Suzhou.
The two people who should have been like fire and water, fighting to the death, were now standing side by side. Huo Wujiu, the traitor who killed the emperor, was still supporting Prince Jing with one hand. He looked very careful, as if he was protecting a fragile treasure.
Qi Min's gaze moved back and forth between the two of them. He was somewhat speechless.
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