kingnovel Chapter 1295 Extra Xu Xiaobei
Chapter 1295 Extra Xu Xiaobei
Xu Xiaobei is Xu Xiushan's first son. He has shown excellent talent in fighting. As the eldest son, he is destined to be the successor of the Xu family army in the future.
When the world was settled and Xu Xiushan ascended the throne, he naturally became the crown prince and moved into the Eastern Palace.
His younger brothers had no objection at all, and he himself felt it was natural.
After becoming the crown prince, Xu Xiaobei became even busier, but even so, it didn't take him long to adapt.
Over the years, Xu Xiushan has been conquering the south, and he has been controlling the north alone. Although the things there are not as complicated as when he was the crown prince, he is guarding the border of the north by himself, and he has to approve and make decisions on everything, so things are quite complicated.
After becoming the crown prince, the emperor made all the decisions on important matters, so he had less things to do. Most of the time, he followed Xu Xiushan and learned patiently.
Xu Xiushan has been in his position for twenty years. If it weren't for the years of fighting and hidden illness, he would probably have been in office for even longer.
At that time, Xu Xiaobei was no longer young and was already an old prince.
But even though he was an old prince, he still hoped that his father could live one more day, even if it meant that he would not be the emperor for even one day in his entire life.
When Xu Xiushan was dying, he held his hand and repeatedly warned him, "This empire was hard-won. After I'm gone, you must follow in my footsteps and work hard for the betterment of the people and for the stability of my Xu family's empire. You must never neglect state affairs or indulge in pleasure. Do you understand?"
Xu Xiaobei was very sad and said seriously: "Yes, Father, I understand."
Xu Xiushan continued, "After I'm gone, you must treat your brothers and sisters well. There are only a few of us in the Xu family. You must support each other so that our Xu family can go far and stay stable."
Xu Xiaobei nodded again.
Xu Xiushan said a lot, but finally felt that he had nothing more to say, so he called the children over and gave each of them some instructions, as well as the important ministers. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that he had nothing more to say, so he finally closed his eyes.
The breath that had been holding on for a long time finally dissipated.
Xu Xiaobei ascended the throne at the age of fifty-four, just a few years younger than Xu Xiushan.
He served as the crown prince for twenty years and learned a lot from the late emperor during these years. In the late emperor's later years, he had gradually decentralized power, and he had actually been in power for a long time.
After becoming the emperor, he did not act recklessly. He kept in mind Xu Xiushan's last words, worked diligently and loved the people, reduced taxes and levies, built water conservancy projects, and made use of capable ministers and generals. Both the economy and military power flourished, and in the tenth year after he ascended the throne, they reached a new level.
The national strength is unprecedentedly strong.
Zhou Guo felt sorry for him because he had been staying in the palace for ten years, handling government affairs. The number of times he had stepped out of the palace in ten years could be counted on one hand. Therefore, whenever he got something new and good, he would present it to the palace.
She also brought goodies in this time.
Xu Xiaobei took a moment to look at the rotten wood on the table. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Can you carve something out of this?"
Zhou Guo said, "Royal brother, this is not ordinary wood. It has been with me since I was eight years old, and it has been decades. I was idle some time ago, so I thought about carving something out of it. When I die, it will be a burial object. But when I started carving, I found something wrong. It was too hard and I couldn't carve it. I burned it with fire and it turned out to be several pieces of high-quality agarwood! I have bought agarwood for so many years, and there are very few that can compare to this!"
This piece of wood was picked up by her on the way when she was fleeing. When she came to the capital, she brought the wood with her. She brought it out of the mountain and couldn't send it back, so she could only carry it wherever she went.
Xu Xiaobei was not very interested. "Then why did you bring it to the palace? There are plenty of spices in the palace. This thing is yours, take it back yourself."
Zhou Guo chuckled, "I'm not giving it to you to use. I'm just showing it to you for fun. I'll have to take this wood to the grave later, so I won't give it to you."
Xu Xiaobei glanced at her unhappily, then lowered his head to deal with government affairs and drove her away, "Okay, I've seen it all, you can leave now."
Zhou Guo said, "Royal brother, you are busy dealing with government affairs all day long. This is not good. You should be busy, but you should also relax when it is time to relax. Come on, change your clothes. I will take you out for a walk and go to my restaurant to eat hotpot. I have already called my second brother and younger brother, and they will be waiting for us in the building."
Xu Xiaobei was extremely reluctant, "Stop making trouble, I still have a lot of things to deal with."
Zhou Guo didn't want to listen. She had a lot to do, but she still needed to rest when she needed to. "You're busy 365 days a year, so it's okay to take a few days off occasionally. When the emperor was still alive, he wasn't like you, busy all day long. He even had time to go out to dinner with me."
She pulled Xu Xiaobei away, and of course, she didn't forget her own wood.
Xu Sibei and the others were also surprised when they saw that he was really being dragged here. It had to be Zhou Guo. If they had tried to pull him like this, he would have been kicked out long ago.
Zhou Guo placed the wooden stake on the table and spoke to his two brothers again, "I've had this thing with me for decades, and I just realized it's agarwood."
The two men were not as indifferent as Xu Xiaobei. Upon hearing this, they came closer curiously. Xu Sibei asked, "What kind of agarwood did you discover after decades?"
Xu Yubei thought differently, "You're really slow-witted. It's a good thing you didn't throw it away. You picked up such a good thing while picking up scraps. If you sell it, it will probably be worth over a thousand taels. It's so big!"
Zhou Guo also said: "Of course there is. I'll give you some. Go back and try it."
"Okay, okay, I'll have some."
"I also want."
Zhou Guo quickly took out a dagger and cut off a piece of flesh from each person, each piece about the size of a palm.
Xu Xiaobei twitched his lips. "Didn't you say you'd take me to the underworld after I die? Now you don't want to take me with you?"
Xu Sibei and the other man looked at her in horror.
Zhou Guo laughed, "It's such a big piece, brother, do you want one?"
Xu Xiaobei smiled and shook his head, "The palace has everything, you can use it yourself."
Zhou Guo nodded and called them, "Come, come, Royal Brother, Second Brother, Little Brother, eat."
The brothers and sisters were happily eating hotpot while snowflakes as big as goose feathers were floating outside.
Xu Xiaobei looked at his brothers and sisters who were enjoying their meals to their heart's content, and thought of the deceased Xu Xiushan. He thought to himself that he had finally lived up to his expectations. Even after he was gone, his relationship with his brothers and sisters remained unchanged, and was even closer.