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Chapter 31 Reaching the place

After traveling on the road for more than half a month, they finally arrived in Sanjiang County, near the Huai River in Sichuan Province.

Two carriages following each other stopped in front of a dilapidated government office. The accompanying butler stood beside the carriage and said respectfully, "Master, when we arrived,

the people in the carriage responded. Lu Zhishu lifted the curtain and took a look outside. , get down from inside.

"Master, be careful. "The servant next to him reached out to help him.

The master of the Yamen hurriedly came out and saw the young master who had just got off the carriage. He knew that this man might be the new county magistrate who would take office in their county government in the near future, Master Zeng. He saluted and said, "I am the master of Sanjiang County Yamen. My surname is Zeng and my given name is Lingfeng. I would like to ask if the young master is Mr. Lu, the new county magistrate who has taken office in our Sanjiang County?

"Exactly down there. " Hello Master Zeng, when we first met, I am the new county magistrate who took office in Sanjiang County. "Lu Zhishu took out his official seal, which was a token of his coming to the place to take office. After Master Zeng took it and saw that it was correct, he handed it back with both hands and asked politely, "Your Excellency, you have come all the way here, I must be tired. Why don't you lower your rank and take your Excellency to your residence to have a look, settle down first, and wait until you come back to the Yamen tomorrow? Would you like to take a look, Your Excellency?

"Well, that's fine. I'll ask Master Zeng to lead the way for me. " "Lu Zhishu gave instructions to the accompanying housekeeper, and the housekeeper responded, "Yes. "

Lu Zhishu is still unmarried and has no wife or children, so when he came to take up his post, he was accompanied by a housekeeper, two young men and two guards. He had no other family members, so he brought only a few things. , not much.

"My lord please. Master Zeng made an invitation gesture and led the newly appointed magistrate to his residence, "Sir, your residence is behind the Yamen." "

Linchuan is a poor place. From a distance, there are endless mountains with no end in sight.

On the way, Zhishu Lu asked Master Zeng about some conditions in Linchuan, and Master Zeng answered them one by one.

There is a small courtyard behind the Yamen, and this is The place where the magistrate lives looks dilapidated, the yard is overgrown, and no one has lived there for an unknown period of time.

Master Zeng said, "This place has been uninhabited since the last magistrate left. Because I don't know when your Excellency will come, I haven't found anyone to clean up the place yet. Please forgive me. I will find two people to clean up the yard for you. "

The housekeeper who came with him looked at this courtyard and saw that this was no place for people to live. His expression suddenly turned bad.

"There's no need to trouble Master Zeng to arrange for someone to come. I have people here, we can just take care of it ourselves. "Lu Zhishu looked calm and stopped Master Zeng from looking for help. Master Zeng said yes. Lu Zhishu glanced at the housekeeper, and the housekeeper understood, lowered his head and said, "Old slave, I will arrange for someone to clean up the yard. "

Lu Zhishu nodded and said to Master Zeng, "Master, if you are busy with something, go ahead and do it. Just come to the Yamen early tomorrow morning. "Fortunately, he arrived here in time for his term of office. He still needs to complete the handover work as soon as possible before he can start to deal with the following matters.

"Yes. Master Zeng responded, bowed, and then left.

After the people left, Uncle Zhou showed dissatisfaction and said angrily, "Master, where is this place for people to live?" They clearly know that you will come to this place to take office soon. I think they deliberately arranged such a place for you to live. "

How could Lu Zhishu not understand the thoughts of these people? What the master said just now was obviously an explanation, but in fact it was a shirk of responsibility. He is a newly arrived county magistrate. Although his official position is higher than that of the master here, after all, the other party He is an old man here. He is a newly appointed county magistrate, and he has to turn to the other party for many things.

And the other party is not wrong. The other person is the master in the yamen, the person who will assist him in handling official affairs in the future, not his slave. Therefore, there was no obligation to clean up the yard for him before the arrival of the county magistrate.

The yamen only provided him with a place to live, and did not require that the place to live should be good.

Lu Zhishu was a sensible person, and he did not know how to do it. He blamed all these things on others. Seeing the angry expression on the steward's face, he said, "Don't say these words of yours in the future. Let people outside hear them and think that I, the county magistrate, dislike this place." good. If you don't want to follow me here, you can set off back to the capital tomorrow to see the yard and wait for me back in the capital. Seeing that

their young master was angry, the housekeeper knew that what he just said was a mistake. He bowed his head and apologized, "It was the wrong thing that I said just now. Master, don't be angry. I will never say such things again." The old slave has been serving the young master since he was young. Young master, please don't drive the old slave away. The old slave is unwilling to leave the young master. "

After speaking, the old housekeeper's voice was choked up.

Lu Zhishu also knew that what he just said was too serious. Uncle Zhou has been with him for more than ten years, and he knew that Uncle Zhou always puts him first in everything. Hello, what I just said was for him.

"Uncle Zhou, you have seen the situation here during our journey.

It would be great if we could have a place to live. Now that you've come, let's make peace with it. I don't need to say anything unnecessary. Let's tidy up this place first so that we can have a place to stay tonight. Lu Zhishu said in a softer tone.

Seeing the dilapidated yard in front of him, Lu Zhishu's heart was shaken for a moment. But he quickly controlled the thoughts in his heart. Now that he is here, , they have to find a way to stay here, instead of finding a way to leave when they see that this place is not good, then he might as well stay in the capital, so why come here?

Since he wants to come here ? Train yourself, and don't give up just because the conditions are difficult. If you don't have the persistence to become an official, then there is no need for you to be an official. You might as well resign and go back to being a teacher.

"Okay, no matter what. Let's not talk about it and start cleaning up this yard quickly. "After Lu Zhishu figured it out, the annoyance in his heart disappeared and he said to Uncle Zhou.

"Yes, young master, I will arrange for someone to clean up the yard now.

"Well, go ahead. " "

The housekeeper went to arrange for people to clean up the inside and outside of the house, and everyone started to work.

Seeing the holes in the roof, he was worried that it would leak when it rained. Uncle Zhou asked their young master for instructions, and after getting the young master's consent, The housekeeper asked two helpers to come back and help repair the roof.

At the same time,

the eunuch from the palace came to the Hanlin Academy to announce His Majesty's instructions, "Li Liuyuan, please come with me, the Emperor wants to see you

." Sorry for bothering Eunuch Su, please lead the way." The prince reminded him the day before that the emperor would summon him later, but Li Wen did not expect that the emperor would think of him so quickly. When he saw the eunuchs from the palace, Li Wen did not look down on them because of their low status.

The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. If he wants to see the emperor in the future, he must first pass by these eunuchs before he can see the emperor. Understanding this truth, Li Wen knows that he must establish a good relationship with these eunuchs first, so that he will not be ignored by these eunuchs when he wants to see the emperor in the future. their obstruction.

Under the envious eyes of others, Li Wen followed the young eunuch into the palace to meet the emperor.

The distance from Hanlin Academy to the palace is relatively short, but it takes nearly half an hour to walk there.

"Be careful, buy a drink for little Eunuch Su." In a deserted place, Li Wen stuffed a few taels of silver into Eunuch Su's hand. The two people touched their hands, and no one saw their movements. The little father-in-law quickly put it into his sleeve and hid it, and whispered back, "Li Liuyuan is polite."

On the way into the palace, Li Wen knew that the young Eunuch Su who was leading him was a member of Eunuch Sun. Eunuch Sun was an old eunuch serving the emperor. Li Wen knew Eunuch Sun. Little Eunuch Su was not very old, probably in his teens, which made him feel a little emotional. If he were at this age in modern times, he would still be in high school, but the other party had entered the palace at a young age. Be a eunuch.

He had only seen eunuchs in TV dramas before, and this was his first contact with people like eunuchs. Li Wen did not have any contempt for them in his heart. Instead, he felt that everyone had their own difficulties, so he treated the eunuchs The eunuchs didn't look down on him at all.

Li Wen didn't ask Eunuch Su what he shouldn't ask. He just asked him a few words about what to pay attention to when entering the palace. He didn't deliberately ask about the emperor, but asked Eunuch Sun inadvertently. Probably he made the young eunuch relax at the beginning, so the young father-in-law was not wary of him along the way. The two of them talked along the way. From the young eunuch's words, he also had a preliminary understanding of Eunuch Sun. learn.

After passing the palace gate, we walked for a while before arriving at the entrance of the imperial study room where the emperor was.

Outside the door of the imperial study, Li Wen saw Eunuch Sun waiting there. He had seen this old eunuch who followed the emperor before, so he recognized him at a glance. When Eunuch Sun saw Xiao Liuyuan, he said, "I have seen Li Liuwu

.

" Eunuch Sun, please get up quickly. "When Li Wen reached out to help Eunuch Sun, he stuffed a small purse into Eunuch Sun's hand.

Eunuch Sun picked it up and said with a smile, "The emperor asked his servant to invite Li Liuyuan in. Li Liuyuan invited in.

Li Wen smiled. He nodded to Eunuch Sun and went inside.

Eunuch Sun, who was standing at the back, saw Xiao Liuyuan entering. The sixteen-year-old number one scholar was not only the number one scholar, but also the first six-yuan talent they had achieved. No wonder His Majesty asked about this little Liuyuan again and again.

With the purse given by Xiao Liuyuan in his arms, Eunuch Sun didn't care about these things, but Xiao Liuyuan's attitude towards these eunuchs was slightly different from the way the ministers looked at them in the past, which made him feel comfortable. .

Standing outside the door, Eunuch Sun touched the purse in his arms. It didn't look like money, but he just didn't know what Li Liuyuan stuffed for him, and he was just a little curious.

Chapter 32 Meeting the Emperor

Inside the Imperial Study Room,

"Weak minister Li Wen, I have met the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor." Li Liuyuan knelt on the ground and saluted. The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked at his little Liuyuan with dignity on his face and said, "Get flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Wen stood up from the ground, his eyes always half-closed looking at his shoes. Face to face, looking directly at the emperor's long face is considered disrespectful to the emperor. This person is the biggest boss of their Dacheng Kingdom. If the emperor is in a bad mood, he will be punished, so it is better to keep his head down and stare at his shoes.

Before he started working as an official, he was sent back to his hometown to farm for a trivial matter.

Probably because he grew up in an era where everyone was equal in his previous life, Li Wen respected the emperor but had no fear. It's just that this is the emperor of their Dacheng, the emperor who controls the life and death of all the subjects of Dacheng, so he must remain cautious in front of the emperor and not make any mistakes.

The emperor asked him how he was doing as an errand in the Hanlin Academy. Li Wen answered truthfully. Naturally, he didn't say anything he shouldn't have said. He only said good things. Emperor Zhaozong nodded and hummed, and then asked Li Liuyuan a few questions, and Li Wen answered them one by one.

Unexpectedly, the emperor asked about his teacher, and Li Wen knew that Emperor Zhaozong knew that Fu Yihan was his teacher. He didn't specifically tell anyone that Fu Yihan was his teacher, but he didn't intend to hide it. Once he knew it, he knew it, so it didn't matter.

However, when the emperor asked about Dean Fu's tone, it didn't seem like he had any dislike for Dean Fu in his heart. Instead, it revealed a bit of yearning and yearning for him.

Li Wen said, "I thank the emperor for your concern on behalf of the teacher. Returning to the emperor, everything is well with the teacher in Nanyang."

"Well, that's good." Thinking of his old friend, Emperor Zhaozong was absent-minded for a moment.

Li Wen lowered his head, so he didn't see the emperor's distraction.

"Tell me, what do you think about the coming of foreign envoys to the DPRK?" Emperor Zhaozong asked.

What was supposed to come would eventually come. Li Wen knew that the emperor must be looking for him because the foreign envoy was coming. When he was in high school in his last life, he memorized political books a lot, so he still has an impression of how to deal with these political and international diplomacy issues. Taking into account some situations in Dacheng and neighboring countries, Li Wen can also Give a rough answer.

He mainly talked about the foreign envoy's visit to North Korea from the perspective of what role diplomacy can play. Diplomacy naturally starts from the friendship between the two countries. There are no permanent enemies or permanent friends, only permanent interests. How can we proceed from common interests to maintain stable diplomatic relations.

Of course, Li Wen didn't need to explain some of these empty and boring truths to the emperor. He knew the purpose of the emperor's question, so he only had to briefly explain his views on the visit of foreign envoys to the DPRK.

After he finished speaking, he didn't hear the emperor's voice, which made him feel a little uneasy.

After a while, Emperor Zhaozong gave a faint hum, nodded, and said, "You can go back today."

Hearing the tone of the emperor's words, Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing what he had just answered He had passed the test with the emperor. He lowered his head and said, "Yes, I am resigning."

After coming out of the imperial study, Eunuch Sun sent the little eunuch who had just brought him in to see him out.

After Li Liuyuan left, Eunuch Sun went into the imperial study. He was in a good mood when he saw the emperor. Knowing that the emperor liked this little Liuyuan, Eunuch Sun said with a smile, "He is indeed a student taught by Master Fu himself. He is young. Qing, the article he wrote caught the eyes of the emperor, and he was selected as the number one scholar. "

"You old slave." Emperor Zhaozong glanced at this old slave, who has been with him for decades. The emperor watched every move. Emperor Zhaozong stared at the old eunuch's arms and asked, "Did Xiao Liuyuan stuff something into you just now?"

"Your Majesty is wise, even if this slave hides something, he can't hide it from Your Majesty's eyes." The eunuch smiled and took out the things in his arms, opened the bag and poured out the contents. He saw several small bottles slightly larger than his thumb.

Um? What's this?

Eunuch Sun saw a small word on the bottom of the bottle. He uncorked the bottle and smelled it. He smelled a light fragrance. When he thought of the word on the bottom of the bottle, a flash of inspiration flashed in Eunuch Sun's mind, and he knew what it was. He said, "I heard a few days ago that Mrs. Dingyuanhou sent a set of rouge and gouache to the Queen. It seems to be something from Zhuangmeng Pavilion.

I heard that Zhuangmeng Pavilion has a kind of perfume called perfume. The bottom of this bottle has the word "dream" written on it. Smelling the fragrance of the stuff in the bottle, the servant guessed that these small bottles are most likely Zhuangmeng Pavilion's perfume. "

Since Dingyuan Hou. After the lady gave the queen a set of Zhuangmeng Pavilion's rouge and gouache, all the masters in the harem were asking about Zhuangmeng Pavilion and sent people to buy things from Zhuangmeng Pavilion. Therefore, Eunuch Sun had heard of Zhuangmeng Pavilion. Such a name. Eunuch Sun never expected that Li Liuyuan would give him such a few bottles of small things, but he was very pleased with it. He didn't expect that Xiao Liuyuan would put so much thought into his first gift.

"Since Li Liuyuan gave it to you, you can play with it." Emperor Zhaozong waved his hand and said.

"Yes 0" Eunuch Sun took the things back into his arms generously, feeling very good.

Li Wen, who had just walked a few steps, touched his arms and found that the bag containing the silver coins was still there. Oops! He just gave the wrong bag to Eunuch Sun, and gave Eunuch Sun the new perfume that Jin Wan gave him this morning by mistake. Oh my god...

Li Wen was shocked at this second!

"Li Liuyuan, what's the matter with you?" The little eunuch asked when he saw Li Liuyuan stopped.

"No, let's go^" Li Wen said, feeling very speechless. Anyway, he gave it away, so be it. A dead pig is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. He is just worried that if Eunuch Sun is worried about him poisoning the perfume and murdering him.

Fortunately, there is absolutely no problem with their products, so just advertise them at Zhuangmengge at that time.

After leaving the palace gate, Li Wen thanked his young father-in-law for sending him out, and then went back to the Hanlin Academy to continue working.

As soon as Li Liuyuan was summoned by the emperor, the prince and several princes got the news. Yang Shaomu knew that the emperor had summoned Li Liuyuan. From that day when his father asked about Li Liuyuan in the imperial study room, he had long expected that his father would summon Li Liuyuan, so he did not feel strange at this time.

"This Li Wen is an inexperienced person. He is just a mere champion. My father will meet him whenever he wants. Your Highness does not believe that he can turn the world upside down." The eldest prince asked people to find Li Wen twice. Asked, all were rejected by the other party without exception. Furthermore, knowing that Zhao Xiangyi had contacted Li Wen, Yang Shaoyong guessed that the prince had attracted Li Wen.

Not only is he a small top pick, he is worthy of his three invitations.

During the last Qionglin Banquet, Yang Shaoyong had seen this Li Wen from a distance. He was wearing a No. 1 Scholar uniform and he looked pretty good. He had played a lot of games as a little boy, but he had never played as a No. 1 Scholar. He just didn't know. Isn't it better to play with the little champion than with the little boy?

The man's eyes were swollen due to excessive drinking. The man touched his chin and his eyes became a little interested.

"A-sneeze-" Li Wen rubbed his itchy nose and sneezed.

Li Wen, who worked in the Hanlin Academy, didn't know that anyone was thinking about him.

The Hanlin Academy sent him to the yamen at the Youshi time. After he was released from the yamen, he saw a carriage waiting for him on the street. Li Wen got on the carriage. Inside the carriage was a man who came to pick him up. If there was nothing important to do recently, after returning from outside the city, Zhao Xiangyi would point to the young man who came to pick him up.

Both of them have their own things to do, and they don't actually have much time together.

"This is the manuscript paper that I have revised. The cover still needs a title. My writing is not domineering enough, so I want you to help me write it on the cover. Can you?" Li Wen gave the revised manuscript to Zhao Xiangyi. The first picture on it The cover was blank, so he left it out and wanted Zhao Xiangyi to write it for him. He had seen Zhao Xiangyi's handwriting. It was very domineering, and his words were just like the person he wrote them. That was probably it.

His own handwriting is not good. He is neat, delicate, and spiritual, but lacks dominance. Who told him that there is no domineering aspect in his character? Hey...

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi took the manuscript and put it aside.

"The emperor summoned me today." Li Wen gave the man a few more drawings and said, "These are the decoration drawings for the store. Take a look at what else needs to be modified and discuss it with the master. It was like this. ,

Zhao Xiangyi had just learned that the emperor had summoned the young man, and he waited for the young man to continue talking.

"The emperor asked me a few words, and then I left the palace. "Li Wen looked up and saw the man looking at him. He said with a smile. Thinking of the fact that he gave the wrong gift today, he told Zhao Xiangyi about it.

"It's okay, giving these gadgets is better than giving gold. The money is good, and Eunuch Sun is waiting by the emperor's side. He has never seen anything good. "Hearing that the boy said that he gave away the perfume by mistake, Zhao Xiangyi said with a smile in his eyes.

This is what his boy would do. His boy seems smart, but occasionally gets confused, but he feels that It's so cute.

"There are also some pots and pans that are needed to open a hot pot restaurant. We need to find someone to make them separately. It's best to open the store as soon as possible. "Li Wen explained the drawings to Zhao Xiangyi one by one. He needed to find someone to do something. He said that he didn't care about these things, but he couldn't rest assured. Others didn't know how to do some things, so he still needed him.

"I said last time I brought some peppers from Nanyang, but they will definitely not be enough to open a store. I have already written and asked them to send me a batch of peppers. Peppers are easy to grow. When the time comes, let's save some pepper seeds and find a piece. Plant a batch of peppers. "

The least important thing in hot pot is chili, and their small sansho pepper is spicy enough.

"Okay, I remember everything, and I will tell the people below to take care of it. "Zhao Xiangyi put the things aside, and he wrote down everything the young man told him one by one.

Chapter 33

The carriage left the city together and headed towards Zhuangzi outside the city.

He had a rest tomorrow and didn't have to go to work at the Hanlin Academy. Li Wen followed Zhao Xiangyi to Zhuangzi's side. It happened that the two of them still had something to discuss. After receiving the master's instructions, Li Tong was responsible for delivering the message back.

"Oh, I got it." Li Jinwan has long been used to her brother not coming home to sleep at all times. As a girl, she can't take care of her brother's matters. However, Li Jinwan still believed in her brother's character and knew that even if his brother didn't come back at night, he wouldn't go out and do anything bad.

The carriage arrived at Zhuangzi, and Zhao Xiangyi took Li Wen into the study.

The housekeeper saw that the young master's first visit to Zhuangzi was not to the martial arts training ground, but to the study. This was the first time. There is a saying that goes, if you are close to red, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black. Their young master and Li Liuyuan were all caught up in the scent of books and would run to the study.

"Let me be a little book boy for you for a time." Li Wen took the initiative to take over the job of a little book boy, spread out the rice paper, pressed both sides with paperweights, made a gesture of invitation, and picked up the ink on the side. Strips of ink.

Zhao Xiangyi held the brush in his hand, dipped it in ink, and said with a smile in his eyes, "I think I am the only one in the world who can make Li Liuyuan a book boy."

"Of course." Li Wen laughed. smiled.

"I want to write poorly, so don't dislike it." This made him feel more nervous than asking him to go into battle to kill the enemy. Zhao Xiangyi held the pen in his hand, a little unsure of where to start.

"No, I believe you, just write it. You're just writing a few words for me. Brother Zhao, please relax. Don't be so nervous, as if I'm forcing you to do something." Li Wen saw it. The man was nervous, so he gave the man an encouraging look and told him to just write.

Zhao Xiangyi glanced at the young man, then the pen in his hand fell steadily on the rice paper, and he wrote three characters "Drawing the Three Kingdoms" on it.

Zhao Xiangyi raised the hand holding the pen and turned to ask the young man, "Do you think it's okay to write like this?"

Li Wen stood over and looked at the words written by Zhao Xiangyi. They were domineering and full of bones. This was the feeling he wanted. He nodded and said, "Okay. Isn't this pretty good? How could it be bad? It looks pretty. That's all."

When you look at this word, it means you have practiced it. Thinking about it, this man was born into wealth and must have been reading and writing since he was three years old. How could his handwriting be bad?

Of course, this also depends on the person. Not all children from aristocratic families can write well.

"Then I will write according to this word?" Zhao Xiangyi asked.

"Okay, you can write it." Li Wen spread a new piece of rice paper and made way for the man. Zhao Xiangyi dipped his brush in ink and wrote it again on the rice paper according to what he just wrote. The second time he wrote it was better than the first time.

"Okay, that's fine. That's all." Li Wen took a serious look and nodded.

Zhao Xiangyi put down the pen in his hand and looked at what he had written. To be honest, he was a little worried that he could not write well and could not meet the requirements of the young man. When he heard the young man say yes, he felt relieved.

Just at this time, there was a knock on the door. It was Zhao Kui leading the wood carving master.

"Come in."

"Master, Mr. Li." "Zhao Kui bowed slightly, introduced the person he brought, and said, "Master, this is Master Chen in Zhuangzi who knows some woodworking and carving. I will bring this person to you. "

The master woodcarver knelt on the ground and said, "This slave has met his master.

"Get up. " "Zhao Xiangyi regained his usual serious expression in front of the outside, and the servants below were a little afraid of him. Master Chen didn't know what the master's order was when he called him here, so he said tremblingly, "I don't know what the master needs the slaves to do, master. Despite orders. "

Li Wen knew that this master should be a craftsman raised by the Zhao family. In this era, the skills of some craftsmen are passed down from generation to generation. Some families will raise craftsmen. These craftsmen, like domestic slaves, have been passed down from generation to generation. They are all subordinate to their masters.

In this world, the status of craftsmen is very low. In order to facilitate the forced recruitment of craftsmen for labor service, the government organized craftsmen who made handmade products or construction projects into special "craftsmen". Some of them belong to the government and the army, and are called official craftsmen households. Those who belong to the government are also called "official craftsmen", and those who belong to the army are also called "military craftsmen". This part of the people belong to the government, and craftsmen are passed down from generation to generation. They have to work for the government.

Some craftsmen are rewarded to princes, generals, ministers, nobles, etc., and become domestic slaves in the princes, generals, and ministers' mansions.

Once they are included in the craftsmen's estate, they will be the craftsmen for generations. He is qualified to take the scientific examination, so once he becomes a craftsman, he will never have a chance to make a comeback. This is also a common imagination that the world is unfair.

Seeing Zhao Xiangyi look at him, the two exchanged a look, and Li asked. Understanding the meaning in the man's eyes, he had no choice but to take a drawing and hand it to the other person and asked, "Hello, Master Chen, can you do woodworking and carving?" I have some drawings here that I need someone to carve out. I wonder if you can do them?

Master Chen took it, looked at it, nodded and said, "Yes, yes. " "

"That's good. "Li Wen showed a smile on his face, and then he discussed with Master Chen for a few words and made some suggestions, then handed all the drawings to Master Chen, specifically mentioning that these drawings were not in a hurry, so he could Just make reasonable arrangements.

Master Chen said "yes" several times, took the things

and said, "Go on."

"Yes, master, I'm resigning. " "

Zhao Kui led Master Chen out.

The dusk was getting late, and there was still the last light in the west.

They stood by the window of the study room, Zhao Xiangyi held his boy in his arms, and the two of them looked at the mountains in the distance . The mountain forest was dyed red. The two people leaned together quietly, without saying anything.

Li Wen raised his head and kissed the man on the chin.

Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and looked into the young man's eyes. Then, he couldn't help it. He lowered his head and kissed the young man's lips. The two of them leaned against the window and kissed.

Fortunately, there was no one in the yard. Zhao Kui had already asked the servants to get out. He was there. Waiting outside.

The night fell and the wind picked up outside. The two people returned to the house from the yard.

By this time, the city gate had already been closed. They had to wait until tomorrow morning to enter the city. Anyway, they didn't have to go to the Hanlin Academy to work tomorrow. , it doesn't matter if he stays outside the city for one night and waits until he returns to the capital tomorrow.

The two played two games of chess, and he won both games. Li Wen felt that it was not interesting, so he couldn't say anything anymore and put away the chess pieces. He suddenly thought of military chess. Maybe it would be more interesting for them

to play military chess next time? "I will get you a game of military chess next time and let's play military chess." "

" Military chess? "Zhao Xiangyi has never seen this thing before.

Li Wen told the man on the paper what military chess is, "You should be more interested in this? Let's play this kind of chess next time. "

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes suddenly lit up after listening to the young man's words. It turned out that there is such a chess game. He couldn't wait for someone to get it and play it with the young man. "I'll let someone get it. Once it's done, you and I can play it together." Get off together. "

"Okay." It was dark outside now, and there were candles lit in the room. The candles were not very bright. Li Wen yawned and said, "I want to take a shower and go to bed." This is the point of this era. No, there is no electricity, no lights, no TV, no computer. Everything related to electricity is a luxury, so there is basically no other entertainment except sleeping at night.

In addition to reading at night before each exam, Li Wen would not light up the lamp to read at night. If his eyes were myopic, he would not be able to find a place to get a pair of myopia glasses.

"I'll ask someone to bring you water. 3" Zhao Xiangyi stood up and went out to ask someone to bring hot water.

The person outside the door responded "Yes".

Hot water was delivered shortly.

He had stayed here for two nights before, and his clothes were prepared here. He also had a change of clothes for him to spend the night here. Li Wen hung the clothes on the screen and took two steps. As if he remembered something, he looked back at the man sitting there, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and invited, "Do you want to wash it with me?"

Zhao Xiangyi put down the teacup in his hand and stood up from the chair.

Standing there and looking at the man walking towards him step by step, Li Wen looked from the man's two long legs up to the man's face.

Just as the man walked up to him, their eyes met, and Zhao Xiangyi reached out to touch his face. Li Wen put his hand on the back of the man's hand, and the man's hand touched his face. He could feel the thick calluses on the man's palm.

The two people's lips were close to each other, and Li Wen stretched out his hand to hook the man's neck, and the two people kissed naturally.

Zhao Xiangyi pressed the boy against the tub. Their lips did not separate. The man's hands easily untied the boy's belt and peeled off the boy's clothes layer by layer, revealing his white and tender body under the clothes. His hand touched it.

The boy's skin was smoother than silk, and once it got on it, people couldn't let it go.

"Don't..." The man's hand went down. Li Wen grabbed the man's hand and tried to push it away, but as if he was trying to welcome it but refused, he pressed the man's hand and was reluctant to let go. Zhao Xiangyi let go of the boy's lips, raised his hand to touch the boy's red and swollen lips, and said with a smile, "You will like it."

Behind the screen, he remembered the boy's low moans, hooking The man's heart was itching, and the veins on the back of the man's hands were bulging. He kissed his boy so hard that his voice was choked in his throat...

By the time the two of them came out of the shower, they were already half It's time.

When he returned to the bed, Zhao Xiangyi placed a passionate kiss on the base of his ear. Li Wen raised his hand to push the man's face, not allowing the man to kiss him. "Don't come, I'm a little tired." The corners of the boy's eyes were still there. A little red, and looking at people with a hint of charm, Zhao Xiangyi raised his head and met the boy's eyes. He couldn't restrain the impulse in his heart, and wished he could really tear his boy apart and swallow him into his belly right now.

"Well, I won't come." Knowing that the boy was still young and indulgence would be bad for his health, Zhao Xiangyi had no intention of forcing him. "I'll get you a glass of water." Zhao Xiangyi stood up and went to pour it for the boy. A glass of water came and the boy was fed half a glass, and he drank the rest himself.

"I'm going to bed. Good night."

"Well, go to sleep. "

The two of them were lying on the bed at night. Li Wen huddled in the man's arms and yawned. After the tossing just now, he was lying on the bed now. He felt sleepy and fell asleep after closing his eyes.

Hearing the boy's even breathing, Zhao Xiangyi knew that his boy was asleep.

He placed a kiss on the boy's forehead and looked at him quietly. After a while, he closed his eyes and fell asleep with his boy in his arms.

Chapter 34: Preparing to Open

At the end of August, autumn is getting stronger, the leaves on the trees are falling one after another, the sky is windy, and the weather in the capital is getting cooler day by day. At this time, the shop they were renovating was already finishing the renovations, and it would be officially opened in two days.

Just after the Hanlin Academy went to the Yamen, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi came here to have a look.

"I have been busy during this period. I said I would come here to visit, but I never had time to come." Li Wen has been busy during this period. Since the emperor first asked him to ask questions, he later called him I visited twice, and the most recent time I entered the palace, I played two games of chess with the emperor.

Playing chess with the emperor is the most tiring thing. As far as the emperor's chess skills are concerned, it will only take a matter of minutes for him to defeat the emperor. But there is no benefit to him if he wins the emperor, and the betrayal cannot be too obvious. Anyway, he must take care of the emperor's face. Even if he loses, he must lose to show the emperor's chess skills and let the emperor win. Be in a good mood, otherwise there would be no point in him losing.

However, judging from the emperor's repeated invitations to accompany him, Li Wen was certain that the emperor's impression of him was still good. He knew that the emperor was inspecting him. Anyway, every time he went to see the emperor, he would seize the opportunity to perform well. As for the emperor's thoughts, it was not something that he, a minister, could figure out.

In addition, the foreign envoy is coming, Zhao Xiangyi has been busy these days.

The two of them had just met today. Thinking that the hot pot restaurant was about to open, Li Wen came here with him to take a look and see if there were any problems that needed improvement. This was his first time visiting the store.

Li Wen looked around and said, "Judging from the location of this store, it's okay.

Is it divided into two floors?"

"Yes. "Master Li, do you want to go upstairs and have a look?" The steward in charge led them up to take a look.

There are tables downstairs, but the location upstairs is different from that downstairs. The ones upstairs are private rooms. There is only one big round table in each room. There is a space in the middle of the table for pots, and there is space below. The first floor is for charcoal fires, and there is a chimney along the wall to exhaust smoke.

Li Wen came up to take a look and knew that the place was designed as he drew on the paper. This was for safety reasons. "Well, this is how the wing room should be done. It's cold in winter, and a group of people come in to eat." For hot pot, even if the doors and windows are closed, there is no place to vent the smoke, so people will not feel stuffy in the room.

"Yes, Mr. Li is thoughtful." The steward is Zhao Xiangyi. Man, of course these were Li Liuyuan's ideas.

"Have all the custom-made pots been delivered?" Li asked looked at it and found that there was no problem.

"Back to Mr. Li, they have been delivered today and are being cleaned. They will be put out tomorrow." The steward replied.

"Oh, that's good. You guys can get it done here first. The store will open in two days. These things have been arranged in advance. I will have the spices for the soup delivered tomorrow, as well as the recipes. I Let them be delivered together tomorrow," Li Wen said to the steward.

The steward responded, "Okay."

"How many people should we invite over for dinner tomorrow?" Li Wen looked at Zhao Xiangyi and said the last sentence, "Call Yunfei and the others to come over and taste our hot pot first?" When it opens in two days, I will invite the seniors from the Hanlin Academy to have a meal."

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi nodded and had no objection to this.

The two people walked around the store. Li Wen pointed out any problems he saw on the spot. Overall, the problems were not big. They just had to wait for the opening in two days.

After they came out of the store, they went to the river for a walk.

It was getting late, and the wind started blowing outside. Zhao Xiangyi touched the boy's hand and found that it was a little cold, but he couldn't hold the boy in his arms outside, so he had to say, "It's getting late. I'll take you back.

"I also want to walk with you here again, so that I can spend more time with you. I didn't expect it to get dark so quickly, so let's go back. "Li Wen looked at the man's face with a pity. August was almost over, the sun was setting earlier and earlier, and it was getting dark faster and faster.

They usually didn't have much time together, so it was not easy for them to meet each other. On the one hand, he felt a little reluctant to be separated so soon.

When Zhao Xiangyi saw the young man's appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said, "There will always be time.

"That's right. " Li Wen smiled and said, "Aren't we going to meet again tomorrow?" Remember to ask Yunfei and the others to come over for dinner tomorrow, and I will show you my skills. "

"good. "Zhao Xiangyi helped the young man get on the carriage, and he followed him and sat on it.

The two of them sat in the carriage together. Zhao Xiangyi sent the young man back to the entrance of the small courtyard, and he left in the carriage.

"Master, it was Mr. Li who sent someone Letter sent. "

At this time, Li Wen's letter, which was sent to Nanyang immediately, arrived. After reading the letter written by his disciple, Dean Fu slapped the letter on the table and gritted his teeth and said, "This brat has only been in the capital for a short time. I soon learned to turn my arms outward. "

The man on the side picked up the letter on the table and read it from cover to cover, with a smile flashing in his eyes.

"That's all. If the brat wants anything, just ask someone to prepare it for him. Don't ask me about these things. , giving me a headache just looking at it. "Fu Yihan waved his hands. He never paid attention to such things, "I'll leave it all to you.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about these things, I will let others take care of them. " "The man said.

This month has passed the day when the monthly salary is usually paid, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has not yet seen their monthly salary. The old Hanlin officials in the Hanlin Academy are talking about this. Someone said, "Could it be the household salary? The ministry deliberately defaulted on our monthly salary, right?

"I heard that the monthly salary elsewhere has been paid."

"Our Hanlin Academy has not paid it? Their household department is too bullying. No, I will go to them for comment. It is simply too much. "

Wait, let's wait for the chief to arrive and ask the chief what's going on. It won't be too late to go to the household department to tell him." Someone finally caught the impulsive old Hanlin. People were convinced.

When they met with the Headmaster, someone mentioned this matter to the Headmaster.

The director said, "I'll ask someone to go to the Ministry of Finance to ask what's going on."

"Okay, I'll ask the director to go to the Ministry of Finance and ask."

After the director left, everyone was alone Everyone looked sad, fearing that the Ministry of Household Affairs would not pay them their monthly salary. Many of them are a family living here in the capital, relying on his little monthly salary to survive. The jobs he held in the Hanlin Academy were all sinecures, and there was little to gain in the first place. The monthly salary was just a little, which was only enough to provide food, clothing, and supplies for a family of several people, and there was nothing more.

So everyone is very worried, what if the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot pay their monthly salary? !

This month's monthly salary has not been paid for a long time. Li Wen had expected this for a long time. Last time he told Zhao Xiangyi that the Ministry of Revenue owed them the monthly salary in the camp, he thought about whether the Ministry of Revenue would pay their monthly salary. I can't even pay my monthly salary. I didn't expect this to happen so quickly.

Next month is the emperor's birthday, and the palace is preparing for it. Every year, various banquets in the palace cost a lot of money. The Ministry of Revenue must have allocated money to prepare for the emperor's birthday. Now even their monthly salary is Can't send it down.

Foreign envoys will arrive soon, and entertaining them will be another expense.

He heard that every year when foreign envoys came, they would come to Dacheng to catch the autumn breeze and bring back carts and carts of grain, tea, salt and other things. They had a good idea! Speaking of this, Li Wen felt that the emperor and the ministers had their brains kicked by donkeys, so they would use food to fatten the enemy and starve his soldiers and people. So when he thought of this, Li Wen Asking makes me angry.

So at this time, any diplomacy for the sake of peace between the two countries is all nonsense!

After leaving the office, Li Wen took Li Tong to the hot pot restaurant. He had prepared packages of spices for making soup and sent them to the store with Fang Zi. When he arrived, Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei had not arrived yet. I guess they had something to do and they should arrive later.

The tables, chairs, pots and utensils in the store were all placed one by one.

There are small tables on the first floor, and small stoves are used to make hot pots. These iron stoves and soup pots are all customized by the iron shop.

Li Wen had arrived here early, so he stood there and said a few words with the steward, and then went into the kitchen to take a look. He had smelled the aroma just now while standing outside, and the smell became even more fragrant when he walked in here.

"Master Li, this is a soup made with the spices you sent. It smells really fragrant." The steward couldn't help drooling when he smelled the fragrance. He said, "I really haven't. I smelled such a fragrant smell and while the soup was brewing, several people came in and asked if we were doing business here. I told them that we would not open until tomorrow. "

" Haha, that's what we want . , Let people three miles away can smell the aroma of our hot pot restaurant," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Yes, I think we don't have to worry about the future business of our store." The manager also smiled. Compared with talking to his master, the manager found it easier to talk to Li Liuyuan. Li Liuyuan was a person with no airs.

"I'm worried that there will be too many people coming to the store to eat in the future. There won't be so many seats in the store, and there will be no place for those who come later." I didn't think about this before, but now that I think about it, I have to think about it in case it really happens. What to do if there are too many people? Li Wen thought for a while and said, "If there are too many people by then, you can arrange to reserve

a seat in advance.",

"Okay, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will take care of these things." "The steward said.

They chatted for a while before they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside.

Zhao Xiangyi, Xie Yunfei and their group of more than a dozen people rode over on horseback.

Li Wen walked out and greeted them, "Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei came over on horseback. Brother, Yunfei, why are you here now?

"Something happened. " "Zhao Xiangyi said.

"Oh. "He knew it. Li Wen nodded and asked everyone to come in.

The steward asked the boy to take the horses to the stable at the back to feed them, and asked their master and other gentlemen to go inside. Li Wen asked the steward to order people to pick up the things. After serving it, he, Zhao Xiangyi and the others went upstairs,

"Is this the hot pot restaurant you mentioned? "Xie Yunfei was also here for the first time. He saw the pot in the center of the table and opened it to take a look. It was the first time he saw such a pot and he thought it looked a bit strange.

"Well, yes, It will open tomorrow, and I invite you to have a taste today. "Li Wen said with a smile.

The boy came over with two big pots and poured the soup into the pot. The pot was a mandarin duck pot, with a spicy pot on one side and a clear soup pot on the other. Then someone put plates of meat slices, Hand-made pork balls, fish balls, Japanese vegetables and other things were placed on the table.

"This soup tastes so delicious. What is it cooked with?" "Xie Yunfei asked.

"Here is a soup made from mutton, and here is a soup made from pork bones. They were stewed all afternoon. "Li Wen mentioned several spices, but he didn't mention them all, mainly because there were too many. Some of the spices have been ground into powder and put in to cook, so there is no need to worry that the recipe will be copied by others.

" When the soup in the pot boils, you can put the meat in and cook it. This pot is mutton soup, and that pot is bone soup. If you don't like mutton, you can try the soup here. Eating mutton is the most nourishing in this weather. You can scoop some soup to drink first to

warm your stomach. 0 "Know these guys Maybe he likes to eat meat, so he asked

someone to bring some more meat. He asked the

waiter to serve everyone some soup.

"Brother Zhao, drink it ." Drink and watch. "Li Wen sat next to Zhao Xiangyi, and the two people were adjacent to each other. Zhao Xiangyi hummed, blew on the soup, and took a sip. Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu both picked up the bowls and took a sip of the soup.

Everyone was here While drinking the soup in the bowl, the soup in the pot was boiling. Li Wen put the meatballs in first, and then the meat slices. When the meat slices floated up, he used a slotted spoon to scoop some into Zhao Xiangyi's bowl. Everyone said, "Everything in the pot is already cooked. You can grab whatever you want to eat and put whatever else you want to eat." Everything on the table is full of sauces. You can scoop out whatever sauce you want and put it in your own bowl

. "You eat." Zhao Xiangyi put two pieces of meat into the boy's bowl and said.

The two people's eyes collided, and Li Wen had a smile on his face.

"Okay, Li Liuyuan, you don't need to greet us, we can do it ourselves." Xie Yunfei said.

When everyone started eating, they all knew how to eat without Li Liuyuan's greetings later. Everyone in this group was a carnivore, and the meat on the table was quickly finished. Li Wen asked someone to bring some more.

The meat on the table has been served twice, and the dishes are still here. Only Li Wen ate some vegetables, and the rest of the people don't like vegetables very much.

In the end, they even emptied the bottom of the pot, and a group of people collapsed in their seats.

"Why is it so delicious... burp..."

"This tastes so good that even after I'm full, I want to eat it again." If they hadn't been so full that they couldn't eat anymore, they would still want to eat it because it was so delicious.

"You're still eating, and you don't even look at how much you just ate."

"Haha, it's not much..."

Chapter 35: Shili Piaoxiang

The crackling firecrackers sounded, and the shopkeeper pulled down the red cloth covering the signboard, which read "Shili Piaoxiang Hotpot Restaurant".

Once upon a time, when the shop was making soup, someone came to ask if it was open for business, but was told that it wasn't open yet. Soup was being made in the store early this morning. The soup made with spices was so fragrant that people three miles away could smell it. This aroma made many people's stomachs churn with gluttons.

When I heard the sound of firecrackers, I knew that this new store was about to open, and many people nearby gathered around. 3 The shopkeeper led the guys at the door, cupped his hands and said to everyone, "Shili Piaoxiang Hot Pot Restaurant officially opens today. Welcome everyone to come in." Come and try our store's special dishes."

"Our boss said that everyone who comes to the store to eat today will receive a bottle of our store's special wine at a 20% discount. Pass by, don't miss it," the waiter shouted.

Everyone who stopped at the door saw the sign hanging above.

"Shili Piaoxiang Hot Pot Restaurant? This is a good name."

"I don't know what they are cooking inside, but I can smell it from a distance. It smells so delicious."

"I, Lao Huang, must go into this restaurant today. Have a taste and see if this ten-mile fragrance is worthy of its name." Standing at the door was an old man in silk and satin, leading people inside.

"Let's go in and have a look."

"Boss Qian, please 3"

"Boss Zhang, please."

After the first person went in, others followed him in. The smell really made people want to Go in and have a taste to see if the food in this store is really delicious, but from the smell, I believe the food in their store won't be any worse.

"Please come in, please."

"Please come in, please..."

Seeing the guests coming, the shopkeeper and the waiter hurriedly invited them inside, and the waiter invited the guests to sit down.

People entering the store asked one after another, "What is cooking in your store? We can smell it from a distance outside." Please introduce to me any delicious dishes in your store. "

Unlike other restaurants, there is a stove for lighting hot pots under every table in the restaurant. In order not to take up space, the stove is placed in a recessed area in the center of the table. There is a separate layer below for the charcoal fire and the pot on top. If a customer doesn't want to eat hot pot, just cover the pot with a lid, so it's no different from an ordinary table.

"The specialty of our shop is hot pot. This is our shop's menu. You can take a look first." "The waiter handed a menu to the customer and introduced the special dishes of their store, "If you want to eat hot pot, you should order a pot bottom. There are mutton hot pot, bone soup, spicy hot pot and so on.

It was the first time for several of us to eat in the restaurant. The younger one recommended that we order the Yuanyang Hotpot. The Yuanyang Hotpot has a spicy hotpot on one side and a clear hotpot on the other. Some people who don't like spicy food eat the clear hotpot. "

The side dishes here include meat and vegetables. Fish balls and meatballs are the specialties of our store. They are made fresh by hand every day

. " ,'

"Let's just order a mandarin duck pot, and have a portion of the fish and meatballs in your store, and..."

Seeing that the dishes ordered by others were served one after another, everyone who came in behind them followed suit.

There is a large menu sign hanging at the entrance, which clearly states the dishes and prices. At first, everyone thought that the food in this store was very expensive, but when they saw the menu, everyone realized that the food in this store was not responsible at all, and that ordinary people could afford it, so everyone ordered the food one after another.

Their first hotpot restaurant in Beijing opened today.

The store was newly opened today. Neither Li Wen nor Zhao Xiangyi showed up in person. All external matters were left to the management. At this moment, the two of them were in the wing upstairs. Li Wen opened the window a little, stood on it and looked down, and saw a lot of people at the door, and someone had come into the store.

Li Wen stood by the window and opened the door for a while. When he saw someone coming in, he felt relieved knowing that they would be opening a new business today and there would be no business coming to the door. After returning to his seat and sitting down, Li Wen said to the man sitting next to him, "There are many people outside. From the looks of it, our store's business should be pretty good."

Zhao Xiangyi poured a cup of tea for the young man . , said, "It's not bad."

"Of course, you don't know who opened this store." Li Wen raised his chin, looking extremely proud. He pushed the man next to him and said with a smile, "If our business here is good, we will open another branch in Beijing. We can also consider opening Shili Piaoxiang Hotpot Restaurant to other major prosperous towns, so that our stores can be found everywhere in Dacheng."

" You should have a lot of people there, right? You can send some people over to look at the store. I have the recipe here, and we will make the spices here, and then send them out together. You don't have to worry about the spice recipe. Being stolen

is just a matter of opening the store outside. The management of the store and personnel is a bit troublesome, but it is not an insurmountable problem. In fact, they can also develop into a franchise chain and let more people invest in opening stores. All they need to do is master the recipe. The latter will save a lot of trouble than the former, and of course the funds will not be so tight.

"Okay. "Zhao Xiangyi thought the young man's suggestion was good. He nodded and said, "If you want someone, I have it here. Silver, let me figure it out.

"But a few small shops are not enough for you to arrange for many people to enter. " I have a better way here, which can give your soldiers who retreat in the future a place to go. "Li Wen had seen a few disabled handymen at Zhao Xiangyi's village, and when he thought that the Zhao family had been guarding the border for generations, he could easily guess where these people came from.

Every day in the imperial court The army is recruited every three years, and the young and middle-aged men of Dachi are recruited. Every year, veterans and remnants of Dachi retire from the battlefield. The court does not arrange where these people go, and they are often sent back according to their place of origin. The soldiers who came down often returned to their places of origin with aches and pains, and most of them had a very difficult life after returning. Some wounded soldiers died after going back for two years.

Li Wen didn't know how big he was . When the bomb came down, he picked up some tea and drank it. He was thinking about this while drinking.

After hearing the young man's words, Zhao Xiangyi grabbed the young man's hand and asked urgently, "What can you do, please tell me." "

"Don't get excited yet. "Li Wen put his hand on the back of Zhao Xiangyi's hand and met the man's eyes. His mind was still calm and he said, "You Zhao family members can't do this. It's best for the prince to do it."

"That's not right. It's not suitable for the prince to do it now. " "

Li Wen quickly overturned the idea of ​​organizing these things and giving them to the prince. If the prince was the emperor now, he could organize these ideas and present them to the prince.

But now is not the time, Li Wen thought in his heart Look, he has a lot of ideas here, but he can't bring them out at this time, otherwise he will not only harm himself, but also Zhao Xiangyi and the Zhao family, as well as the prince, so they have to wait patiently for someone. The right opportunity.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm doing it for your own good. It's really not the right time. Seeing the man looking at him with burning eyes, Li Wen raised his hand to cover Zhao Xiangyi's eyes, not allowing him to look at him like that, and said, "Don't look at me like that." "

Lest he get mad and give these things to this man.

"Okay, I believe what you said. I don't look at you like that anymore, please let go." Zhao Xiangyi took away the boy's hand from his eyes. Since the boy said it was inappropriate, he knew it must be inappropriate.

Li Wen held the man's hand with his backhand, looked into his eyes, and said, "Let's not be in a hurry. We have to take our time with these things. I know what you are thinking. What you are thinking is what I am thinking."

" "Yeah." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, wrapped his big hand around the boy's small hand, and held it in his palm.

Li Wen didn't take his hand out. Anyway, there were just the two of them here. There was always a question in his mind, "How much do you know about the prince? If one day the prince takes that position, will he turn around and treat you?" Zhao family?"

"Your Highness will not." Zhao Xiangyi said this almost without thinking.

Do you trust the prince so much? Li Wen raised his eyebrows, with a smile on his lips, and said half-jokingly, "Prince and I, if you had to choose one, who do you trust more?"

Zhao Xiangyi said nothing and looked at the young man with a paralyzed face. He couldn't answer this question.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Li Wen knew that he had gone too far. One is the master the other party serves, and the other is the person to talk to. There is indeed no comparison between the two, but for some reason, he still feels a little disappointed in his heart.

In fact, standing in the position of the Zhao family, they should not be involved in the princes' fight for the right to inherit the throne. The emperor was already on guard against the Zhao family, and now they are involved in the princes' fight for the right to win the right to the right. Zhonglai, isn't this too long-lived? However, standing in the position of the Zhao family, it is impossible for the Zhao family to be neutral. Sooner or later, they will have to stand still.

Just like himself, when he first entered the capital, his teacher told him not to get involved in these things. However, once he entered the capital, some things were always out of his control, and there were always various things. Various reasons influence their decision.

"Yes, there is something I almost forgot to tell you." Li Wen remembered something and changed the subject, saying, "Someone from the Ministry of Engineering came over to inform me the other day about the house given to me by the emperor. The repairs are complete. I'll find a

date and move to the Zhuangyuan Mansion."

He has to live in the house given to him by the emperor. The house there is better than the small courtyard where they live now. It's big, it would be better to live there.

"Okay, you want to live in the Number One Scholar's Mansion, which is close to the General's Mansion." Zhao Xiangyi knew that the emperor gave Li Wen a house. The Number One Scholar's Mansion is not too far from the General's Mansion, and he would like to see the young man in the future. convenient.

"If you want to see me in the future, will you come and climb my wall in the middle of the night?" Li Wen asked with a smile on his face.

"Yes." Zhao Xiangyi answered without hesitation.

Li Wen came closer, put his hand around the man's neck, smiled wilfully, and asked, "Why are you climbing on the wall of my house in the middle of the night? Are you planning to do something evil to me?" "

Yes." Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand to live upstairs. The young man's waist brings the person into his arms.

Li Wen took advantage of the situation and sat on the man's lap, holding the man's neck with one hand to stabilize his body. He looked at the man's resolute face, rubbed his hand on his chin, and asked with a smile, "You want to do this to me?" Why are you planning something evil? Do you want to tell me now?"

The two looked at each other. Zhao Xiangyi sat motionless, only his Adam's apple moved up and down. Li Wen hooked the man's neck, pulled his head down, kissed the man's rolled Adam's apple, and asked, "Are you going to plot evil against me like this?",

"No more." "Zhao Xiangyi hugged the young man's back and moved downwards. Li Wen quickly grabbed the hand behind him, swallowed, and looked into the man's bottomless eyes. He felt that he had better not play with fire and burn himself. For a while, I didn't know if I could walk out of this door upright, "I was just joking, brother, don't take it seriously.

"I took it seriously. " "The man's voice was calm. He clasped the back of the boy's head with one hand and lowered his head to kiss the boy's lips. The two people's lips were close to each other, and the man's tongue went straight into his mouth. Later, Li Wen was not to be outdone and took the initiative. Responding to the man's kiss.

"Ha...ha..." When the two separated, the young man's face turned red. Li Wen held the man's neck with one hand and huddled in the man's arms, breathing heavily. Everyone reacted, Zhao Xiangyi stroked his hand back and forth on the young man's back, and asked, "Are you okay? "

Fortunately, this man still had some sense of control and didn't mess around upstairs.

But his lips were still a little red and swollen from the man's kiss, so when they left through the side door, Li Wen was staring down at his insteps. , he didn't pay attention for a moment, and almost bumped into Sumiko in front of him. Fortunately, the man behind him grabbed him in time, and he was shocked.

"Be careful. "Zhao Xiangyi said.

They went out from the back door and got on the carriage waiting at the door.

At the beginning of the month, the monthly salary of everyone in the Hanlin Academy still had not been paid. Xu Zhangyuan went to find the person from the Household Transfer Department, and what he brought back was that the Household Department could not get it for the time being. With so much money, wait.

Wait? When

I asked again, there was no confirmation from Xu Zhangyuan. Everyone in the Hanlin Academy sighed,

"Master Cao, there is a new hotpot in the capital ." I've made a reservation there tomorrow night. I have a few seniors who give me advice on weekdays. I would like to invite you to have a meal, but I don't know if it's convenient. "Li Wen had a good relationship with several old Hanlin officials in the past. With the guidance of several old Hanlin officials, he had several more powerful teachers here in the Hanlin Academy.

"Hot pot restaurant? "What kind of food is that?

Li Wen explained a few words to everyone what a hot pot restaurant is. Upon hearing Li Liuyuan's words, several old Hanlins all swallowed their saliva. A smile flashed in Li Wen's eyes and he said , "Then after the office is released tomorrow, I will invite a few seniors to have a meal there, and hope that the seniors will show their respect. "

"well. "

After making the agreement the day before, when he was released from office the next day, Li Wen invited several old Hanlin officials to the store for dinner. He asked the shopkeeper to reserve a wing upstairs in advance. Since the hot pot restaurant opened, From now on, the business in the store will get better and better day by day. Now, if you don't reserve a seat in advance, you may not be able to get a seat when you come here. The space upstairs is even more scarce.

But he opened this store, so he is the boss. It's easy to have a private room to entertain guests. "What a smell, it's so delicious.

"Yes, it smells good. " "

Before entering the store, everyone smelled a scent from a distance. When they entered the store, the smell was even stronger. Everyone stretched their necks and looked around.

"Don't worry, everyone, I'll be here soon . Have someone serve the food. "Li Wen had ordered the dishes in advance and asked people to serve them

.

As soon as the dishes came, these old Hanlins who had never eaten hot pot had some thoughts to study at first. After tasting the taste, they all paid attention to eating. It was too late to think about anything else.

All of them, without exception, were full when they walked out. Many of the customers who came in to eat hot pot were walking downstairs with their hands on their waists. In the same way, everyone walked with their waists supported, and everyone was full.

After eating, Li Wen saw off these seniors and then got on the carriage back.

Chapter 36: It was a clear September day in Liuyuan Mansion

, and the air was crisp and clear. The sun was shining golden all over the ground.

The day they chose to move soon came.

There is no need to pack anything at home. Li Wen asked everyone to simply pack the things they need. The rest of the things are already prepared over there, so everyone can simply pack a few pieces of clothing and move over.

Even though they moved there, it's not like they won't come back here.

"Brother, do I want to follow you and live there? Can I stay here?" Li Jinwan didn't really want to live there. She had lived in the small courtyard here for more than half a year and was used to it. Here it is.

Also, she cooks spices here, and everything is here. It would be very inconvenient to move there with her brother. She couldn't move her things to the Number One Scholar's Mansion. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that this was not a good idea, so she still had to stay in this small courtyard.

"What do you think?" Knowing what his sister was thinking, Li Wen sighed and said, "Let's go over there together first. I'm not too worried about a girl like you living here alone. As for these raw materials and inventory, just put them here for the time being. Whatever you want to do every day, come over here and do it. I'll ask Achen to send you over.

"I'm thinking that when we have more money, we can buy land and build a house in the suburbs. Factory, we will move things there when the time comes. There are many people living here. It is not convenient for us to do anything here after all. It will affect

the business of other people's stores. Now it is getting better and better. They are just In retail, there are limited sales every day, so people who want to buy more cannot buy it. If they want to wholesale, they need to expand production. It's just that there are not enough manpower or space at the moment, so we can only do it in the small courtyard temporarily.

When conditions matured, production would inevitably be expanded. He thought of transferring some manpower from his hometown to work here, which would also give young people a chance to see the outside world. Land in the suburbs is not cheap, mainly because it is difficult to buy, so this matter will need to be considered in the long term.

You can plan this later, but there is no rush now.

Hearing her brother's words, Li Jinwan finally nodded and said, "Okay." She thought that if she wasn't used to it, she could just move back here. Anyway, everything is here and she can come back at any time. Live here.

"Then we will move there today."

"Okay."

"Brother can't find a more suitable academy over there for the time being. Xiaobao, you should continue to study with Mr. Gao in the academy here. Wait until next year. After passing the Tongsheng Examination, I will consider whether to study elsewhere

. It is not very far from here. You can come back here at noon to have a rest, and then go back and live there in the evening. "Li Wen didn't want the child to move to another academy to study as soon as he adapted to this academy. The child would have to take time to adapt to the changes in the surrounding environment and people. It would be better to let him continue studying here until the time comes. He will wait until he passes the Tongsheng Examination.

He plans to let his children take the test next year. He has already passed the government examination at Li Haopeng's age and is preparing for the college examination. Of course, he is an exception and he cannot ask his younger brother. Just like him, just arrange it according to the child's steps.

With him coaching, Li Wen believed that it would not be difficult for the child to pass the Tongsheng Examination.

It was just a question of whether to take the exam in the capital or back to his hometown. If it's more convenient here in the capital, the chance of passing the exam is higher if

you go back to your hometown. "Okay, brother, just make your arrangements. I'll listen to you. "Li Haopeng had no objection to this. He followed his brother and went wherever his brother went.

Li Wen smiled and touched the child's head with a smile in his eyes. He thanked his mother for giving him such a younger brother. Let him experience the joy of raising a younger brother. In his last life, he was an only child. After his parents left, he was left alone. He didn't want to experience the loneliness of being alone in the whole world. In this life, he not only has parents who love him, but also brothers and sisters, so he has made a profit.

He deliberately chose to move on the 10th. It happened to be a holiday at the Hanlin Academy, so he didn't have to take time off to

move. On this day, they didn't have many things, so two carriages were enough to salute everyone.

"Crack, bang, bang,"

a symbolic firecracker was set off, and everyone waiting at the door covered their ears. They were all smiling.

Li Wen climbed up the ladder and pulled off the red silk hanging on it -

"Master, please be careful when getting down." "Li Tong reached out to help their young master.

Li Wen came down from the ladder and stood at the door and looked at the words written on it. He thought it would be the Number One Scholar's Palace, but he didn't expect it to be the Sixth Yuan Palace. The Six Yuan Palace and the Number One Scholar's Palace , although there is only one word difference, the difference is huge. It can be seen that his six yuan is still a little different from the emperor. He can be proud of being the only six yuan in the

entire Dacheng.

Come in, this will be our new home from now on. "Li Wen stretched out his hand to open the door and led everyone inside.

After the house was renovated, it was much neater and more beautiful than when he first stepped in. To buy such a big house in the capital does not cost more than ten thousand taels. You can't buy it with money, and you can't buy a house in this area if you have money.

He got a yard as a reward from the emperor for free, and he definitely made a profit for the six yuan.

"Wow, brother, it's great here . Big, so beautiful. Is this where we will live in the future? "Li Haopeng has never seen such a beautiful house in his whole life. This is the Liuyuan Mansion given to his brother by the emperor. His brother is really amazing.

He must also study hard. Like his brother, he must not let his brother down. Face, the child thought in his mind.

Today, Li Jinwan is slim and slim, with a little fat on her face. She is no longer the skinny little girl she used to be. With a little grooming, she looks like a lady. Miss.

If people in Lijia Village saw her now, they might not recognize her.

"Well, yes, this is our new home, and we will live here from now on." "Li Wen came in holding his younger brother's hand, with a smile on his face, and said, "This is our new home. It's your first time here. The place here is big. Xiaobao and Jinwan, from now on you Just one person lives in a small courtyard, and the bedding and beds in the house have been prepared. If there is anything else you need, just tell Yingchun, and Yingchun will arrange for someone to buy it. "

Before I was there, Yingchun was in charge of all the chores at home. I saw that you did a good job. From now on, you will still be in charge of all the chores in the house. If you don't understand anything, just ask me." . "This is equivalent to letting Yingchun be the steward of the house, and leave all the chores in the future to her. Li Wen did not deny her ability just because the other party was a girl. Yingchun was a safe person, so he felt that he should let her continue It's good to be the steward of this house.

"Yes, master, don't worry, this slave will do a good job. "Yingchun responded, with an obvious

spring thought on her face.

Li Wen nodded and said, "As for the rest of you, just leave it as it was in the past. "There are not many people in their family, so many people are enough for the time being. At this time, he has to go out to buy people. He still doesn't know who has placed the people here.

If he is really short of manpower to do something, ask Zhao Xiangyi to say hello. That's it, he left his own people alone and went to look for it outside. He was not stupid.

"Yes, Master." Everyone responded in unison.

"Brother, can I live with you? I don't want to live in a courtyard by myself." Li Haopeng held his brother's hand. He didn't want to live in a courtyard by himself. He would be afraid of the dark. He had never lived alone since he was a child. A courtyard

"Why don't you live in a courtyard by yourself? Tell me why?" Li Wen asked with a smile, waiting for the child to explain.

Li Haopeng tangled his two little hands together, but he was embarrassed to say that he was afraid.

Even if the child didn't say anything, Li Wen knew the reason. He took the child's hand and walked inside. He said to the child warmly, "A man must learn to be independent and self-reliant. You can't always think of relying on your brother for everything. If you can't even If you can't overcome this little difficulty, how can you go further in the future?"

Although he doted on his younger brother, Li Wen didn't forget that this was a little boy, not a little girl. It doesn't matter if the little girl is a little pampered. , but if a boy is spoiled, he will be spoiled easily.

Love means that you should let go and let him learn to grow alone. After experiencing the wind and rain, he will grow up with perseverance in the future. Instead of trapping people in front of you, growing up like a little flower in a greenhouse, which will fall down when the wind blows. This is not love, but will harm the child.

In his previous life, Professor Li and Ms. Song had only one son. Neither of them pampered their son, so he learned to carry his schoolbag when he was in elementary school. He would carry his schoolbag when he came back after school, and he would take money when he was hungry. He goes out to buy food and comes back to sleep when he feels sleepy, and his parents don't have to worry about him. Therefore, some habits have continued into this life. When he was a child, he hardly had to worry about his parents. When he grew up, he went to study outside alone, and then went to the capital to become an official.

Li Haopeng looked up at his brother, nodded, and said, "Brother, I understand what you said."

"It's good if you understand. You are a great child. Brother believes in you. You can do more. " Okay." Li Wen encouraged the child.

"Okay." Li Haopeng clenched his fist. He would not let his brother down.

"You all go to your respective courtyards and pack your things. Yingchun, you should familiarize yourself with the affairs of the mansion as soon as possible. If you

need anything, arrange for someone to buy it." Li Wen asked someone to take the children to the courtyard where he lived.

"Yes." Yingchun responded.

"Brother, I'm going to take a look at my small courtyard over there." Li Jinwan said to her brother and took people to see the new courtyard where she lived.

Chapter 37: Housewarming

The Liuyuan Mansion given by the emperor is very large, and their family's population is simple. Li Wen, the head of the family, is still young and has not yet married a wife, so he is here in the capital with his two younger siblings. He lived alone in the main courtyard, and drove the two younger ones to live in the two nearby courtyards for the sake of peace and quiet.

The main courtyard was where he would live in the future, so Li Wen had someone clean it briefly and put everything away.

On the day of the move, he only told Zhao Xiangyi and did not tell anyone else. He also had no plans to hold a housewarming banquet. A few days ago, he had invited the seniors from the Hanlin Academy to have dinner at a hot pot restaurant, so since he moved here, he had no plans to hold any more banquets.

The Hanlin Academy's monthly salary for last month has not yet been paid out, and this month's monthly salary has not been paid yet. At this time, everyone's money is tight. He has to invite people to dinner, and others have to give him gifts, so he simply doesn't do anything. Done.

In the past, he worked as an errand in the Hanlin Academy and didn't know anyone else. Lu Zhishu was transferred to another place, and some friends he met during the same subject examination were all transferred to other errands, and no one stayed here in the capital. . The people living on this street all had higher official positions than him. He was a junior official from the sixth rank, and no one else wanted to follow him. Li Wen thought this was good and saved a lot of trouble.

Zhao Xiangyi told him in advance that he had something to do today and would probably have to arrive later.

But if they don't do anything to the outside world, their own family still needs to eat.

At noon, the family cooked a few dishes, and they set a table in the main hall. No one was around. Li Wen asked everyone to come to the table and eat together.

However, when he said this, he was opposed by the servants at home, "Master, how can this be done? We are all servants and serve the master. How can we sit at the same table to eat with the masters?"

"Yes, Master, it's okay, it's against the rules."

So in the end Li Wen had no choice but to forget it. They ate here in the main hall and asked several of their servants to set up a table in the kitchen to eat, so that Yingchun and Wu Only then did they agree.

"Our master has a good character and usually doesn't have a bad temper towards us. We are lucky to have such a good master." Wu is the oldest one here. In fact, the woman is only three years old. At the age of ten. Her husband was a good gambler, and when he lost money he sold his wife to pay off his debts. If she hadn't been wanted by a madam from a land of fireworks at her age, she would probably have been sold to a place like that.

Yingchun and Magpie also fell into the hands of Renyazi for various reasons. They were spotted by the steward who went to buy people that day and bought them back together.

"Yes, these masters are good people. They treated us well in the past and would not scold us servants for no reason." Yingchun used to work as a maid in a wealthy family. When she met a bad master, these current people The life we ​​live is worse than that of a pig or a dog. Now that they have met a good master, they are lucky.

The magpie's mouth was stuffed with food, and she responded hummingly. This girl is a greedy girl. She only needs to eat three meals a day to fill her stomach. She seems to be carefree all day long.

"Let's all eat. Once we're full, we can do things." Wu said with a faint smile on her face.

"Yes, yes, eat quickly." The master was kind to them, so they couldn't forget the rules. They ate quickly and went to serve the master.

Yingchun saw Xiaoyue holding a bowl and eating without any vegetables. She smiled and gave Xiaoyue a piece of meat. Seeing the extra meat in the bowl, Xiaoyue looked up at the person who was picking up the vegetables and said something. Say "thank you".

"You're welcome. You can eat whatever you want." Yingchun said with a smile.

Xiaoyue held a bowl bigger than her face and hummed.

There were vegetables and meat on the table, and the masters were eating outside. A few of them sat around the small table in the kitchen and ate together.

I just moved to a new house and there are a lot of things to sort out.

Li Wen spent the entire afternoon sorting out books in the study. The study was a place he often used in the past, so he had to clean up some things by himself. It was difficult to find things for others to pack, so he spent the entire afternoon in the study. , placing things one by one according to his usual habits.

Moving is really a troublesome thing. He shook his head in his mind and hoped that he would not have to move around in the future.

"Master Zhao, Master Xie please come in."

This busy work lasted all afternoon. When he packed his things, Li Tong happened to arrive with Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei.

"Congratulations on moving into your new home. This is a gift prepared for you. Please take care of me." Zhao Xiangyi gave the prepared gift to Li Wen. Li Wen took it, said "thank you", and ordered someone to tell the people in the kitchen. There are guests at home, let me cook some more dishes.

"Yes, slave, go right away." Li Tong received the order and hurriedly arranged for someone to notify the kitchen.

"Brother Zhao, Yunfei, please come inside, let's go inside and have a cup of tea." Li Wen handed the gift in his hand to someone to put it away, and invited someone to come in and drink tea. There is a small stove on the table with charcoal fire added, and a small pot filled with water and placed on it to boil.

After Xie Yunfei sat down, he glanced around the place and said, "When I came in just now, I looked up and saw that it was written on your door as Liuyuan Mansion."

"Haha, it's Liuyuan Mansion, courtesy of the emperor. ." Li Wen made tea and poured a cup for the two of them, giving himself the last cup. Zhao Xiangyi nodded and looked at his young man. Li Wen noticed that the man was looking at him, gave him a smile and said, "Yunfei, try the tea I brewed with my own hands and see how it tastes."

Seeing Li Liuyuan brewing it with one hand Regarding the craftsmanship of tea, Xie Yunfei said, "I only know that Li Liuyuan brews good wine, but I don't know that Li Liuyuan also makes good tea." Tea is good tea, and only the tea maker's skills are good, so that the tea can be brewed to the greatest extent. The taste of tea.

It has a sweet taste and endless aftertaste.

"Haha, Yunfei, you're flattered. I'll ask the kitchen to cook two more dishes, and we'll have a drink later." Li Wen said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, Yunfei, why don't you leave soon?"

" Don't rush." ​​Zhao Xiangyi said.

"That's good, then you can stay and eat." Li Wen said.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi nodded.

To the west is the sky full of clouds, a group of birds flying across the sky, and the afterglow of the setting sun fills the small courtyard. Li Wen asked people to put the food in a small pavilion outside, where they could still see the sunset in the west while sitting there eating.

The three of them drank a cup of tea and then moved here to prepare for dinner.

"Master, a young master named Huang is outside. I invited him in." They were preparing to eat when Li Tong hurried in and said in his ear.

A young man named Huang? Could it be His Royal Highness? !

"Where is he? Take me there quickly." Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi got acquainted. They both knew who this Mr. Huang was. They got up immediately and hurried out. They saw him sitting in the hall drinking. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Tea.

"We have met Your Highness." The three of them saluted.

"There is no need to be polite." Yang Shaomu asked someone to give the gift to Li Liuyuan. He glanced at Zhao Xiangyi here. The prince had a gentle smile on his face and said with a smile, "Congratulations on moving into your new home. Li Liuyuan has moved into his new home. That's it." Only General Zhao and Military Advisor Xie are invited, but Gu is not invited. I feel very disappointed."

"Li Liuyuan, you are not welcome, are you?"

"Why, it's too late for Wei Chen to be happy, Prince. It is Weichen's honor to come to our new residence, and Weichen is so radiant here.

It's not that Wei Chen didn't invite His Highness, it's just that Wei Chen didn't want to inconvenience His Highness with a small move. Besides, Your Highness is busy with official duties on weekdays, and Wei Chen didn't want to disturb His Highness, so he didn't notify His Highness to come. "Li Wen didn't expect that the prince would come in person and give him gifts, which made him feel a little panicked. His Highness the Prince really thought highly of him.

"Wei Chen asked someone to prepare some wine and dishes. Your Highness wants to If you don't mind, why not follow Wei Chen inside and have a drink. Wei Chen asked His Highness to taste the wine Wei Chen brewed. Last time Wei Chen said that he would give His Highness the wine Wei Chen brewed himself, but he never found a chance to give it to His Highness. Li Tong ,

who was standing behind, knew that this person was the prince, and was so frightened that he didn't know how to react.

Seeing the prince nod, Li Wen made an invitation gesture and said, "Your Highness, please come inside." "He asked someone to prepare an extra set of bowls and chopsticks. Fortunately, they hadn't started eating just now.

"Your Highness, please take a seat. "Li Wen led the people in and made an invitation gesture, asking the prince to sit down.

Yang Shaomu sat down and said, "You guys can sit down too. There are no outsiders here, so there are no need for so many rules. "

Li Wenwen thanked him and sat down with Zhao Xiangyi, Xie Yunfei and the others.

"Your Highness, try the wine made by Wei Chen and see how it tastes. "Li Wen poured the prince a glass of wine. Yang Shaomu took it and smelled it. "It smells very fragrant. What did you use to make this wine?"

"Your Highness, it's brewed with sorghum, and Wei Chen brewed a little at home. " "Li Wen made a small gesture. The court prohibited people from brewing wine privately. He touched his nose, hoping that the prince would keep it a secret and not report him.

"Yes, it smells good. "Yang Shaomu took a sip and said.

Seeing Li Liuyuan looking at him eagerly, His Royal Highness smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will keep this matter a secret for you, Li Liuyuan, and won't tell anyone else, but you have to do it for you. To keep it secret, I need to send Gu two more jars of wine. "

"......good. "Actually, there isn't much wine left in his place. I'll just make it next time after drinking it.

Li Wen toasted everyone and thanked the prince and Zhao Xiangyi for coming today.

Everyone sat together to drink, and Yang Shaomu put down his prince's wine. Arrogance, I have to say that the more I get to know the prince, the more I feel that the prince is an easy person to get along with. Zhao Xiangyi is the prince's companion who grew up with the prince, and the two are still good friends. The relationship between the two has always been good. Everything was fine.

After having a drink, His Royal Highness asked to leave.

"Wei Chen sent His Highness out. "Li Wen, the master, got up in person and escorted His Highness the Crown Prince out. Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince was leaving, it was inconvenient for Zhao Xiangyi to continue to stay, so he said that he was leaving with the Crown Prince.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man, and the young man also looked at him, and the two The people exchanged looks.

"Your Highness, walk slowly. "Li Wen sent the people out.

"Well, you can go back. "Today, Yang Shaomu traveled incognito and left quietly.

Zhao Xiangyi got on His Royal Highness the Prince's carriage, and Xie Yunfei also left with him.

Li Wen stood at the door and saw the carriage leaving, then turned around and returned home. .

Chapter 38:

Last night, the moon and stars were sparse, and the night sky was clear.

The night wind blew in from the window. Li Wen sat in the rocking chair by the window and read a book. He washed his hair tonight, and his long hair was spread down. The wind that had been blowing for so long had completely dried. He was not used to having long hair in the past, but he gradually got used to it.

Habit is indeed a terrible thing.

Feeling that his eyes were a little tired, Li Wen put down the book in his hand, yawned, and said, "I have nothing to do here, and I don't need you to serve me anymore. You can go and rest."

"Yes, Master." Li Tong responded, Just went out.

When the person went out, there were slight footsteps behind him. Li Wen knew who was coming without turning around. Li Wen looked at the man who appeared in front of him. The man always wore black clothes and seemed to like the color black very much.

I patted the seat next to me and asked the man to sit down. Looking up at people like this was too tiring for my neck.

Zhao Xiangyi sat down next to the young man. Li Wen raised a light smile on his lips and leaned into the man's arms. He looked at the man's resolute face in the candlelight. He raised his hand to touch the man's face and followed the man's movements. The curvature of the side face went down and touched his chin, "I'm still thinking about when you will come. If you don't come, I will go to bed.

" I stayed at His Highness's place for a long time. Next time you feel sleepy, just go to bed without waiting for me to come over. "Zhao Xiangyi smelled the light fragrance of the young man and felt the young man's hand touching his face was slightly cold. He raised his hand to cover it and held the young man's hand in his. He said with a bit of blame in his words, "It's cold at night. , you don't know how to wear an extra layer of clothes, what to do if you get sick.

"But I want to talk to you. If I go to bed, I won't see you. " Li Wen didn't feel very cold, but his hands and feet were a little cold after being blown by the wind for a long time. "I won't be sick. I'm in good health." "Usually, he always pays attention to exercise. Not to mention colds, he has never sneezed a few times since he was a child. His body has always been in great shape.

Zhao Xiangyi's body temperature is as high as a stove. He lets the man use it. Covering his hand, he felt the warmth of the man's palm. This position made him feel very comfortable, and Li Wen relaxed completely, leaning against the man

today, and the two of them had not yet had a good time. He said something.

Later, this man followed His Royal Highness and didn't come here until now. He had been waiting here for so long, thinking that this man was not coming.

"Nonsense." "Zhao Xiangyi looked at the smiling, unrepentant young man. He had no choice but to say, "Next time, remember to put on more clothes and close the window." "

"good. Li Wen had a nice smile on his lips, looked at the man with bright eyes, and asked, "Are you going to stay the night tonight?" "Zhao Xiangyi looked at the boy's crooked eyebrows when he smiled. After a while, he said, "No. "

The corners of Li Wen's mouth dropped, and the smile on his face disappeared. He pretended to be sad and said, "I'm so sad, Brother Zhao, you rejected me. "

In fact, there was a smile in his eyes, and he was not really unhappy.

Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and kissed the corner of the young man's mouth. He looked into the young man's eyes and did not ignore the smile in the young man's eyes.

Knowing that the young man was pretending, he Still reluctant to make his young man sad, his lips fell on the corner of the young man's eyes and gave him a gentle kiss. The young man's eyelashes trembled, and he looked at him with innocence in his eyes, pretending to be all about him. Zhao Xiangyi's voice was full of emotion. With restrained hoarseness, he said, "If I stay, I'm worried that I won't be able to control myself. Aren't you going to go to court tomorrow morning? "

Hearing the man's words, Li Wen's ears turned a little red. He naturally knew that if two people were to share the same bed, they would definitely not sleep with just a quilt on their backs. Although the two of them had not done the last step in bed so far, they should do what was ahead. He did everything, and he didn't hide his desire to get close to this man.

After being a virgin for two lifetimes, he had never tasted meat yet, and now he finally tasted some meat, but it felt good to him. Generally speaking, that strange pleasure is something that makes people both scared and unable to restrain themselves from trying more. It is like a poison, and

Zhao Xiangyi is addicted as soon as he tastes it. A mature man who has lived for more than twenty years and has truly fallen in love with someone for the first time, he can't wait to hold the boy in his hands. He naturally wants to hug his boy, both physically and mentally. The boy is still young, and he doesn't want to hurt the boy, which will affect the boy's body, so the man has always been very restrained in love affairs, and he

has plenty of patience to wait for his boy to grow up.

One kiss, one kiss ended. Zhao Xiangyi let go of his boy. The boy's lips were stained with a little water, and he looked at him with wet eyes. Zhao Xiangyi's throat rolled. After all, he just held the boy and did nothing

further. , "You have to get up early tomorrow morning. It's getting late. Go to bed." "

"I don't want to sleep, I don't want to go to court. "Li Wen looked despairing at the thought of getting up in the middle of the night to go to the court. Others had no chance to go to the morning court, but the emperor had given him permission to go to the morning court. When he came here, he was still unwilling to go. Of course ,

Li Wen didn't really want to go to morning. He just thought it was very painful when he thought about getting up so early in the future. When he was studying, he thought that he would be liberated after taking the scientific examination. When he was admitted to the imperial examination and became an official, he realized that this was just another beginning, and it was not any easier than when he was studying. He found that he had dug pits for himself one after another and had to jump down.

" The emperor lets you go, which is a good thing. "Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man who had his head buried in his arms and was playing tricks, with a faint smile on his lips. He patted the young man on the back, asked him to come out, and said, "Get up, it's time to go to bed. ,,

"I can't walk unless you carry me." Li Wen raised his face and looked at the man, with an expression on his face that said, "If you don't carry me, I won't sleep here."

"Okay, I'll carry you." Zhao Xiangyi had a helpless smile on his face and had no choice but to pick up the boy. With the boy's weight, it was easy to pick him up. The man carried the person to the bed and put the person on the bed.

As Li Wen lay down on the bed, he hooked his hand around the man's neck and pulled the man down.

"How come I didn't know you were so clingy before?" Zhao Xiangyi's neck was held by the boy and he couldn't get up. He had to sit on the edge of the bed, their foreheads touching, Zhao Xiangyi kissed the tip of the boy's delicate nose and asked.

"There's a lot you don't know. Humph, I just want to stick to you and want you to accompany me. You've been so busy recently, and I can't even see you even if I want to." Li Wen wrinkled his nose, a little Neither are ashamed of their actions.

He didn't know why he just wanted to pester this man and not let him go. When he was a child, he didn't know how to act coquettishly with his parents, but now he wanted to act coquettishly with this man and wouldn't let him go.

Maybe he knew that this person really liked him and loved him? So people become more and more hypocritical?

"Yes, it's my fault. I've been busy these days and I haven't had time to spend time with you. Go to sleep, I'll stay with you and wait until you fall asleep before leaving." Looking at the young man hugging him softly Zhao Xiangyi felt so soft in his heart that he couldn't refuse any of this young man's requests.

He could tell that the young man was sleepy, so he just stared at him with his eyes open and refused to sleep.

"Well, you're not allowed to leave. Do you think it's fun to go to court?" Li Wen held the man's thighs with both hands, his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and his voice was full of sleepiness.

"Well, I'm not leaving, just stay here."

"What is discussed in the morning is a matter of national importance. There is nothing fun or not. It is your first time to go to court. If you don't understand anything, just listen to what others say and don't rush to make comments." Zhao Xiangyi reached out and touched the young man's face, and put his forehead on it. The hair in front of him was pushed back, revealing a smooth and round forehead. The young man had a good appearance.

The boy is still younger now, and his facial features have not yet fully opened. In two years, Li Liuyuan will probably be the man that all the women in the capital want to marry.

I saw that the young man closed his eyes, and there was no sound of speaking. He was asleep.

Zhao Xiangyi sat by the bed for a while and looked at his boy carefully. Seeing this person in front of him, he felt satisfied. This was a feeling he had never felt before. He will not let go of this young man, he can only be his.

After confirming that the boy was asleep, he gently took away the boy's hand from holding him and covered him with a quilt.

The man left as quietly as he came.

It seemed that I just closed my eyes this time, and I heard a knock on the door not long after I fell asleep. When he woke up, Li Wen subconsciously reached out and touched the bedside, and couldn't help but smile. If he hadn't clearly remembered that someone came last night, he would have thought he was dreaming.

I think the man waited until he fell asleep and then left.

"Master, it's time to get up. You have to go to court today, so you need to get up early." It was still dark outside and the room was dark. Li Tong went inside and lit the oil lamp on the table.

It was really early, Li Wen vomited in his heart, and had to get up from the bed, yawned, and squeezed out a few tears from the corners of his eyes.

The moon and stars were still hanging in the sky. Li Tong held a lantern, and the master and servant went out and walked to the Meridian Gate. Fortunately, after they moved to Liuyuan Mansion, it was not too far from their home to Meridian Gate. It took less than half an hour to walk there, so they thought they would go for a walk in the morning. It would be better if it was not so early.

There were many officials on this road who were rushing to go to court early in the morning.

"You go back, I'll go there myself." When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, Li Wen asked Li Tong to go back. Because he didn't know when he would go to court, he asked Li Tong not to come to pick him up later, and he would go back by himself then.

"Oh, okay, Master 3."

Li Tong walked back the way he had come with the lantern.

Chapter 39

: At Yin time in the morning, the officials of the court will arrive and wait outside the Meridian Gate. When the bell on the tower rings and the city gate opens, the ministers can line up to enter the palace for the morning court.

It was still dark at this moment, so if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell who was following whom. He was a sixth-grade official and no one noticed him. Li Wen took a look and couldn't find anyone he knew, so he just found a corner and stood there, waiting for the palace door to open and lining up to go in.

Li Wen came to attend the morning court once, but it was not the first time he waited outside to enter the palace, so he probably knew the rules.

After he arrived, many sedan chairs followed him.

The bearers carrying the sedan chair skillfully carried the small sedan chair. After one sedan chair left, another sedan filled it up. Ministers in court uniforms got off the sedan chairs one by one. Most of the ministers who can sit in this position are old and bearded, and they are all experienced in going to court. As soon as they arrive, they find a place to stand and take a nap, waiting for a while to queue up.

Li Wen thought to himself that it was hard work for these veterans. He was old enough to be his grandfather, and he still had to work hard to get up and go to court every day.

However, he feels that others are enjoying the hard work.

There are also regulations for officials in the DPRK to ride in official sedan chairs. Different official titles have strict requirements in terms of the shape and type of the sedan chair, the material and color of the curtains, and the number of people carrying the sedan chair. All Beijing officials above the third rank are allowed to ride on a "four-person carrier" in the capital and "eight-person carrier" when leaving the capital; officials below the fourth rank are only allowed to ride in a small sedan carried by two people; as for the sedans carried by the royal family and nobles, there are A sedan chair carried by as many as ten or even thirty people; and so on.

Therefore, if you look closely at the sedan chairs that these officials are riding in, you can roughly judge which grade of officials are sitting in them.

The strict hierarchy can be clearly defined from many details of this society. Once the rules are exceeded, it is easy for others to seize the opportunity and use it as a topic to be attacked by others. Therefore, each of these officials is alive and well. within these systems.

After arriving in the capital, Li Wen had a rough understanding of these rules and remembered some of them in his mind. However, he is still young and strong, and is not yet ready to be carried around.

As soon as he arrived, he saw various official sedans being carried. From the sedans and official uniforms of these ministers, Li Wen could probably judge the rank and official position of the ministers in his mind, and filtered them in his mind. Publish some information.

An official sedan with a silver roof and a blue cloth carried by four people fell steadily. The four bearers carrying the sedan seemed to have martial arts skills, and their martial arts were not low.

Dong Xiang, who was dressed in court uniform, got down from the sedan chair. The officials in the court stepped forward to greet Dong Xiang. Those who could step forward to greet Dong Xiang were all officials of high rank.

Prime Minister Dong greeted everyone with a smile on his face, and his attitude seemed amiable.

Li Wen, who was standing in the distance, looked at Prime Minister Dong who was supported by everyone in the middle. From the appearance alone, Prime Minister Dong was just a short, ordinary old man. Who would have thought that this Prime Minister Dong was the one who wielded all the power in the court? Lord.

Therefore, it is said that people should not be judged by their appearance.

"Pt-nt-nt-"

After waiting for a while again, the drum on the Meridian Gate Tower sounded, the palace door opened, and the officials lined up and entered one after another.

Li Wen followed others and stood at the end of the queue, met his colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, said hello to them, and followed them in. Not all of his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy are familiar with him. Some people are not in the Hanlin Academy very often, so they rarely meet with these colleagues.

Even though they were both on duty in the Hanlin Academy, there were some who were doing better and others who were just average. Those who usually stayed in the Hanlin Garden were average, and those who had the opportunity to show their faces in front of the emperor were considered good. .

There was a six-yuan incident in their Hanlin Academy, and all the officials in the Hanlin Academy knew about it. Today I saw people coming to the morning court. Some people were quick-thinking and knew that Li Liuyuan had obtained the emperor's permission to come to the court. Seeing that Li Liuyuan was still so young, if he stayed in the officialdom for another ten or eight years, he might be better than them. Everyone has a good time, so some people have the intention of making friends with Li Liuyuan.

It wasn't that Li Wen couldn't read other people's thoughts. He was thinking that since everyone was in the Hanlin Academy, they were all colleagues in the same department. When people from the Hanlin Academy were reunited, they would have more power to fight.

Outside the Baohe Hall, the officials straightened up their appearance. Officials from the Ministry of Etiquette came over with small notebooks to register the officials who were attending court, and to check whether the officials' appearance complied with the rules. These supervisory censors have always looked at people's choices. To high-ranking officials, they are like grandsons, and to low-ranking officials, they are like Lao Tzu.

Li Wen stood at the end of the queue and waited for a while before he arrived.

"Your Majesty, Li Wen." Li Wen bowed his hands.

"Yes, mark it down."

Facing an old face staring at him, Li Wen tensed up subconsciously. The other person asked his name and rank, and

wrote it down.

After recording him, the officials of the Ministry of Rites completed the registration.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the bell rang, and all the officials entered the Jinluan Hall. Civil servants and generals stood on one side. The positions of officials were from high to low according to their rank. The higher the rank, the higher the rank. The lower the officials are, the farther back they are. These veterans all have their own positions, and they all stand in their usual positions.

After the officials stood still, they greeted each other with their hands in hand.

It was Li Wen's first time to attend the morning court. He found an empty seat at the back of the queue and stood there, so he didn't have to worry about taking someone else's seat.

The prince standing in front looked back and noticed Li Liuyuan standing behind the team. A smile flashed in Yang Shaomu's eyes and he greeted the people beside him. The eldest prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince are all adult princes who are qualified to go to court and participate in political affairs. They are all standing in the Jinluan Hall.

After everyone waited for a while, the eunuch's sharp voice sounded, "The emperor has arrived -"

The emperor, wearing a dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair at the highest point of the Golden Palace, accepting the worship of hundreds of officials.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

All the officials knelt down and saluted, shouting loudly.

Li Wen, who was standing at the back of the team, knelt as everyone else did, and his mind suddenly recalled a certain TV series from the Qing Dynasty that he watched in his last life. In it, the princess did a "Kneeling is Easy", and he was wondering if he would like it when he went back. Get one yourself too.

Otherwise, from now on, I have to kneel when I go to court, I have to kneel when I go down, I have to kneel when I see the emperor, I have to kneel when I see the queen, I have to kneel when I see the prince, I have to kneel when I see the emperor's relatives, I have to kneel when I see the officials who are higher than him. Everyone needs to kneel down! !

Moreover, as a low-level official from the sixth rank, almost all the officials he met had higher official positions than him.

...My knees hurt so much!

Damn it! When he goes back to the court, he will definitely ask the maid in the house to sew a few "Kneeling Easy" pieces for him to use as replacements! "Everyone loves you." Emperor Zhaozong raised his hand and shouted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the officials stood up one by one. Li Wen, who was standing at the back of the team, stood up and followed the others. He deeply felt that being an official was not an easy task.

The old eunuch who followed the emperor shouted, "If you have something to report, please leave

the court if there is nothing to do." "Go back to the emperor, I have something to report to you."

The censor said that the son of a certain minister was causing trouble and injured someone on his horse. This This kind of thing happens almost every day.

The first half of these officials were arguing over these trivial matters.

Then there are local people who are short of money for something and come to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money; some departments whose monthly salary has not been paid have been owed by the Ministry of Revenue and come to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money; the border areas have been in arrears of food and salary for more than three years. Sanchawu will be mentioned once, asking the Ministry of Revenue when the arrears of food and salary will be paid...

"Your Majesty, I can't help it. The Ministry of Revenue really can't come up with so much silver. It's the incompetence of the humble minister. , I beg the emperor to punish me..." The Minister of the Ministry of Finance is already very old, and he is kneeling on the ground with snot and tears, crying that he has no money.

In short, it means that the Ministry of Finance has no money, so you are forcing him, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, to death. It's useless. At worst, he won't be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue anymore. If it were replaced by someone else, he wouldn't believe that he could conjure so much silver out of thin air.

"Okay, get up." Emperor Zhaozong's head hurt when he heard the man asking for money. When he saw the Minister of the Ministry of Finance kneeling on the ground, he was in tears, and his head hurt even more. In response to these matters, the emperor could only comfort the generals with good words and ask the Minister of Household Affairs to send part of the silver as soon as possible.

The people nearby stretched out their hands and helped Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance up, who was crying and couldn't get up.

The generals were so angry that their faces were all black, and they couldn't do anything about the old guy like the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

One morning, the Jinluan Hall was as chaotic as a vegetable market, with noisy sounds in my ears. Li Wen stood in the back and listened carefully for a while at first, but later he became drowsy.

"You all tell me, how should we deal with this matter?" There was a moment of silence in the Jinluan Palace, with only the emperor's voice asking questions.

"Your Majesty, I think that if a small amount of money can buy peace, why don't we buy peaceful relations between the two countries at the smallest price? If the two countries really fight, we will lose even more money. "I agree."

"Your Majesty, we have finally been able to live a peaceful life in Dacheng for a few years. If there is a war, the people will be displaced and their families will be separated."

Regarding foreign envoys. Come to think of it, some ministers think that they should still take the peaceful diplomatic relations between the two countries as the premise as in previous years. No matter what requests they make, if things can be handled with money, it is better than if the two countries really fight.

Because Dacheng's national power was weak when it was founded, Dacheng donated large amounts of money and food to foreign envoys and ministers every year, barely maintaining the current superficial peace. Therefore, in this matter, some ministers in the DPRK supported continuing the past practice.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, who had just cried for no money, stood there with his head down and said nothing. In short, he has no money. If you have money, you can talk to him, but he has nothing to say.

"I want you to help me find a way to solve the problem, instead of leaving it to me to solve by myself." There was a faint anger on Emperor Zhaozong's face. The emperor naturally knew that the treasury was empty and the Ministry of Revenue could not come up with money. These ministers We all come to him, the emperor, when we have no money. So who will he, the emperor, go to when he has no money? !

Whenever something happened, these ministers would lower their heads and stop talking.

Chapter 40: The First Emergence [Third Update]

There was a moment of strange silence in the Jinluan Palace. Each of these ministers lowered their heads and said nothing.

"You." The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, raised his hand and pointed with a sullen face.

Who is the emperor referring to? Everyone looked back and followed the direction of the emperor's finger and saw the young man standing at the back. The ministers did not remember who this young man was for a while.

The surrounding environment was eerily quiet, and Li Wen's mind finally came to his senses. He vaguely felt that he had just had a dream, in which he dreamed that he had traveled to ancient times and became an official, and had been granted permission by the emperor to go to the morning court. In fact, when he woke up, he found that this was not a dream, but real.

At this moment, Li Wen didn't realize that the emperor was referring to him. When everyone's eyes fell on him, his eyes widened with a little surprise on his face. He seemed to be called out by the teacher for not paying attention in class. The embarrassment of standing up to answer questions. But now he is not in the classroom. If he can't answer the question, he will just sit down and ask someone else to answer. He is in the court now. If he can't answer the question, he must be prepared to face the emperor's anger.

Me? Li asked just pointed at his nose and asked others.

"You, just you, stand up and express your views on this matter." Emperor Zhaozong had long noticed Li Liuyuan standing at the back of the team. The ministers below were all old men. That's it. It would be difficult for a fresh young man to stand here and not be noticed.

This person was admitted to the first place at a young age and was their first Liuyuan talent. The emperor wanted to hear Li Liuyuan's thoughts.

"Yue"

疋.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Wen had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk forward step by step, while his mind was trying hard to recall what issues these ministers were arguing about just now, trivial matters? About monthly salary arrears? The Minister of Household Affairs is crying about having no money?

It's not this matter, but it has something to do with the Ministry of Accounts' lack of money.

Oh, yes, just now the emperor mentioned that the foreign envoy was coming, and then talked about the annual tribute to the Hu people.

Li Wen thought about it for a while, considered it in his heart, and started to speak, "Reply Your Majesty, the "Book of Rites" says that it is not etiquette to go back and forth, but it is not etiquette.

"Etiquette focuses on mutual interactions and etiquette. Whether it is between people, you must first respect yourself, and others will respect yourself, but you cannot. " Being polite and respectful to others, others take it for granted. Similarly, the same is true between countries. The exchanges between countries are equal to each other. We treat others as guests, and others also treat us as friends and friendship. Only then will it last forever 0 "

"Your Majesty, please forgive Wei Chen for speaking frankly. Wei Chen does not agree with the practice of using money and food to exchange for superficial peace,

when others always bring a broken stone in exchange for a lot of gold and gold. When we are willing to exchange gold and food for stones, others will only regard us as stupid fools and will not treat us in an equal position. Such peace will only be temporary and humiliating. Yes, we use money and food to feed our enemies and keep our enemies' soldiers and horses strong. When they turn around, their soldiers will definitely attack us."

"Your Majesty, we have many brave and resourceful generals . Civil servants and counselors, we still have hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are not afraid of severe cold and heat to guard our land and guard our country's gates. Every one of our people holds a sword and can stand up to protect our land and homeland. Why should we be afraid of small countries like them? Afraid of these uneducated barbarians!"

The young man's voice sounded in the Jinluan Hall, and his words were sonorous and powerful, like stones hitting everyone's hearts.

After Li Wen finished speaking, he straightened his back and stood in the main hall. He dared to say such words and was ready to bear the consequences. If the emperor of Dacheng is so incompetent and cowardly, so what if he loses his black hat!

At worst, he won't be an official anymore and will go back to teach with his teacher. Maybe his teacher's academy is still short of teachers?

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and no one dared to speak, until the emperor's sudden laughter sounded, "Hahaha

" OK! good! good! Emperor Zhaozong said three good words in a row and laughed loudly, "It is indeed my six yuan, and it is worthy of being the first six yuan of our Dacheng." "

After hearing the emperor's words, Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his answer passed the test. Instead of making the emperor angry, his words actually made the emperor happy. It seems that the emperor is not that cowardly after all. .

If the emperor is really so cowardly, there is really nothing he can do.

The prince looked at Li Liuyuan with something indescribable, but upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to see that there was an appreciation for Li Liuyuan. He looked forward to how many surprises Li Liuyuan would bring him.

The eldest prince Yang Shaoyong looked at Li Liuyuan with a warm light, and the other princes looked at Li Liuyuan with a smile on his lips. Probably only he knows.

"Yes, Li Liuyuan said it well. "

"What Li Liuyuan said makes sense. "

The civil servants jumped out one by one to flatter the emperor, saying how good the emperor's vision was at the time, and they all agreed that Li Liuyuan's words were reasonable.

"Xiao'er Mao Even if he doesn't grow up, what can he understand? "

Of course there are some veterans here who disagree with Li Liuyuan's words, but they can't find a reason to refute.

The eyes of the generals in the hall lit up when they looked at Li Liuyuan, and they all stared wide-eyed. Just like a tiger falling in love with a cute little human cub, they all want to go up and lick this little Liuyuan.

Military generals have always disliked civil servants. They are all greedy for life and afraid of death. If anything happens, they will shirk them. Faster than anyone else, this was the first time they had seen such a tough person among civil servants, and they were all excited by what he said. Although none of them had read any books, they still felt that Li Liuyuan had said this. It's so reasonable! It's so reasonable!

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man with an imperceptible tenderness. Young man, that's very good.

"Let's stop here for today's morning meeting. " Emperor Zhaozong was in a good mood. He had swept away the depression of the past few days and

"retired from the court -"

"I will send you to the emperor respectfully. "

The officials knelt on the ground and respectfully sent the emperor off. The emperor gave a few instructions to the eunuchs next to him, and then led the others to leave.

Li Wen followed the others and got up from the ground, and said hello to the officials beside him. He is the youngest, and all the officials who can go to the Jinluan Palace to attend the morning court are old enough to be his grandfather, so respecting the elders is a must.

On the first day of the morning court, he has completely become famous. .

Of course, not all officials agree with what he just said. Naturally,

some of them look down on him. In this era where senior officials are more powerful than others, ministers with higher rankings than him will look down on him. A low-ranking official of the sixth rank would not stick up his hot face to others' cold buttocks, so he would respond with kindness to others who expressed kindness to him, and he would not take the initiative to treat others with a cold face or disrespect. Go up and see the person's cold face.

"Boy, not bad, not bad." General Wang slapped him on the back twice, almost knocking him off. General Wang is a well-known veteran in the court. He also fought many victorious battles when he was young. He has a strong back and strong waist, not to mention the strength in his hands.

"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously." Li Wen said bluntly and smiled. There was a breath stuck in his chest, neither rising nor falling.

Oh, kiss, this guy is really tough, not bad, not bad. The way General Wang looked at Xiao Liuyuan was even more different.

A group of military generals passed by him, and each of them paid attention to him.

Fortunately, no one will send him anymore, otherwise he will really be photographed, ahem... I just admire him, can I pat him with less force! I don't know if there were any internal injuries from being photographed.

"Your Highness, the emperor has invited you to come over."

"Okay."

The eunuch beside the emperor went over to invite the prince to come over, and Yang Shaomu led the people away.

The court had already dispersed, and there was nothing else to do for him. Li Wen saw Zhao Xiangyi leaving behind the prince, and he planned to withdraw. A voice behind him stopped him, "Li Liuyuan, please stay, the emperor invites you."

The emperor invited him over? Li Wen could probably guess why the emperor invited him over. Since the emperor invites you, go ahead.

"Okay, please lead the way, father-in-law." Li Wen said with a slight smile.

"Li Liuyuan, please come this way." When the young father-in-law saw the smile on Li Liuyuan's face, his eyes flickered, and he quickly made an invitation gesture and led Li Liuyuan to the imperial study room at the back.

"I am here to join you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."

"Long live the Emperor."

When he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Li Wen found that His Highness the Crown Prince was already here.

As he had guessed, the emperor came to him because of the envoy's arrival. After asking him a few questions, he specifically

ordered him to stay with the prince and assist him in handling the reception of the envoy.

"I accept the decree." Li Wen saluted.

"Well, let's leave it as it is. If the prince doesn't understand anything, he can ask the ministers or come to me.

" The emperor seemed to be in a good mood and waved his hand to let him go.

"My lord, please leave ." . "

Li Wen and the prince saluted together and went out from the royal study.

"I wonder if I have the honor to treat Li Liuyuan to a meal and discuss the next reception of the foreign envoy. "Yang Shaomu raised a smile on his face and said to Li Liuyuan. Li Wen smiled slightly and said, "Of course it's good. It just so happens that the subordinate also wants to know about this matter. "

Zhao Xiangyi stood beside the prince. Li Wen looked at the man. The two exchanged glances and separated.