Li Su laughed and said, "When I was going south, I passed a place where there was a river and a bridge over the river. The villagers from the east and west of the river used to commute through this bridge. Suddenly one day, the bridge collapsed, and the villagers from the east and west of the river wanted to travel again. , had to take a detour, which was very inconvenient. The local county magistrate wanted to rebuild a bridge. But there was not so much money in the county government, so the county magistrate wanted local wealthy businessmen to donate money. But few people were willing Donate money. Later, his master gave him an idea, saying that if someone is willing to donate money to build a bridge, he will give the right to name the bridge. If Zhang San pays for the bridge, the bridge will be called Zhang San Bridge. Li Si donate money, called Li Siqiao. This is a matter of eternal fame. As soon as the county magistrate's words were released, countless wealthy households came to donate money. The county magistrate picked a merchant with the highest bid among them and asked him to come Undertook the construction of this bridge. Because they wanted to last forever, the merchant was very dedicated when building the bridge. The materials used were all high-quality, and they would never cut corners. After a while, the bridge was completed, and the merchant became famous. The common people benefit, but the county magistrate gains both fame and fortune. Kill three birds with one stone. What a wonderful thing. I remembered it in my heart at the time. I have been thinking about it since I returned to Beijing, and I only came up with the shadow a few days ago Come."
The queen said with emotion: "It's very good. Everyone gets what they need and what they get. It's very good."
The queen mother also nodded, "It seems that letting you go for a walk is still very rewarding!"
Li Su also smiled and said, "I think so too, Queen Mother..."
"Why, want to go out again?" The queen mother pretended to be serious.
Li Su nodded, "Well, there are still many places I want to go. Last time I took Chen'er with me, I couldn't go to many places. After all, he is now studying with the third prince. If I can't go, I still want to go again." Go out and have a good time. But don't worry, the queen mother, I will wait until the first charity auction is over before leaving."
The Queen Mother thought for a while, "That's fine. It's better to go out for a walk more than to be bored at home."
"Thank you Queen Mother!" Li Su said with a smile.
The Empress Dowager and the empress had quite a few talented people around them. Within a few days, the process details of the charity auction were almost perfected. The Empress Dowager found Li Su and showed Li Su the draft plan. Li Su After reading it, I have to admire the wisdom of these people. As expected of the masters of house fighting and palace fighting, this plan was written with all aspects considered, very detailed, and it can be called perfect.
Except for one point, most of the people involved in the management are the royal clan. It seems that the Empress Dowager intends to turn this charity auction into a royal one.
Li Su smiled and said, "Great, I never thought of being so thoughtful."
"You also think it's good, so let's do it like this!" The Queen Mother said with a smile, "The first charity auction is scheduled for the eighth day of next month. What is it?" The queen mother couldn't remember clearly, so she turned to ask the queen.
The queen smiled and said, "Deposit. Everyone who participates in the auction must pay a deposit."
Li Su nodded, "It should. I'll send the deposit and things later.
The charity auction went very smoothly, because the empress dowager took the lead, many concubines, princesses, wives and so on actively participated. The empress dowager took out a string of Buddhist beads that she had worn, and the empress took out a step shaker. I also took things to participate in the auction.
In the end, the queen mother's beads were photographed by the queen's mother, Mrs. Cheng Engong, and the queen's steps were photographed by Qin Wangfei. The manuscript that Li Su took out was photographed by Princess Zhou, because Prince Zhou was a loyal supporter of Li Su's father, and he told Princess Zhou that he would take the manuscript of General Li no matter what.
Part of the proceeds from the auction was donated to the people affected by the drought in the Northwest, and part of it was bought for military uniforms and rations, which were sent to the soldiers guarding the border.
The Empress Dowager and Empress were greatly encouraged and decided to hold more auctions like this to raise more money and do more charity.
The emperor is also very supportive of this. After all, this is a matter of fame and fortune, so why not do it.
After hearing about the Royal Charity Auction, many wealthy merchants in the capital were encouraged to follow suit. Suddenly, there was a wave of charity.
This philanthropic wind has also blown from the capital to other places, and the whole country has followed suit.
Although good and evil are mixed, and some people take the opportunity to make money, but this is only a small part. Charity auctions raised a lot of money and did a lot of good deeds.
And Li Su, as the initiator of the charity auction, left early. Li Su is afraid that problems will arise in the future and he will be held accountable. But in the eyes of the queen mother and the emperor, this is a manifestation of her not taking credit and not being proud, and they are more satisfied with her and more at ease.
Because Li Su went out to play again, the queen mother and the emperor put this satisfaction on Li Chen, summoned him every now and then, praised him, and rewarded him.
Li Chen is very calm about this, no matter what the situation is, he will always look like he is flattered, but on the contrary, he has been evaluated as calm and self-sufficient.
It's just that there are those who like him, and naturally there are also those who don't like him. The other companions of the third prince are alright, although it is a bit unfair to him for being so favored, but they are all members of the third prince, so it is still clear which one is more important. But the other princes and their companions may not be able to tell the difference.
On this day, Li Chen was knocked unconscious, thrown into a dry well, and injured his leg. When he woke up, he could see from the mouth of the well that it was already dark. He tried to call someone, but no one answered. He was a little desperate, and simply stopped wasting his efforts in vain, and leaned against the wall of the well with his eyes closed to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Chen seemed to hear someone calling his name in a daze. He opened his eyes and listened carefully. Someone really called his name. The voice seemed to be the Third Prince!
Why is he here
Hearing the anxiety in that voice, Li Chen felt a little touched, and hurriedly opened his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, he was startled by his own hoarse voice, "I'm here!"
Li Chen swallowed hard, and shouted: "I'm here!" At the same time, he picked up a stone and hit the well wall hard.
When the third prince saw Li Chen coming up from the well, he was angry and distressed, "They have gone too far! Don't worry, when I find out who did it, I will definitely avenge you!"
Li Chen glanced at him, shook his head, "I'm fine, don't let my mother know."
The third prince held his hand tightly, his palm was cold, and touched his forehead, it was hot, the third prince said anxiously: "Quick, call the imperial doctor!"
Li Chen's leg was injured, and he also suffered from a cold. He fell ill and fell into a coma for three days and three nights before waking up. After waking up, he found that he was still in the palace. He frowned slightly, and saw a familiar figure standing on the table facing him practicing calligraphy.
Suddenly the man raised his head and saw that he was awake. There seemed to be twinkling stars in his eyes, "Li Chen, you finally woke up! Great!"
At that moment, Li Chen suddenly felt that something had entered his heart. At this time, Li Chen didn't know what it was. He didn't know about it bit by bit until the long years of getting along in the future, but when he found out, he was already deeply trapped and couldn't extricate himself.
After this incident, the third prince and Li Chen never left each other. He was afraid that Li Chen would leave his sight again and be in danger again.
Although Li Chen said he wanted to keep these things from Li Su, how could he keep them from it? Li Su still found out about this and rushed back immediately.
When the queen mother and queen saw Li Su again, they were a little embarrassed. The person who attacked Li Chen was the eldest prince's companion and cousin, although the emperor punished him at that time, beat him twenty times, and kicked him out.
Li Su didn't mention this matter at all, but only talked about what he saw and heard on the road with the Queen Mother.
When Li Su saw Li Chen, he didn't say anything else. He just said that Mr. Xue had finished his history books and wanted to go out to study, and asked Li Chen if he wanted to go with him.
Li Chen refused without even thinking about it. He knew that his mother was worried about him and wanted to find a reason for him to leave, but he didn't want to.
Li Su looked at Li Chen and was silent for a long time.
Li Chen was a little nervous, he didn't know, what would he do if his mother insisted on asking him to leave the palace
Li Su just patted his head, "Well, if you like, you can do as you please. But, promise mother, take care of yourself, I don't want this to happen again. Later, I will Will send someone in, he will protect you, no matter where you go, take him with you, okay?"
"Mother!" Li Chen lowered his head suddenly, he didn't want Li Su to see his fragility. How lucky he was to meet his mother and become her child.
Li Su was also full of emotion in his heart. The child has grown up and has his own ideas. As a mother, she can only support him with all her strength.
"Okay, you can go, mother should leave the palace, from now on, mother will not go out, just stay in Beijing, remember to tell mother if there is anything." Li Su said with a smile.
Li Chen shook his head, "Mom, go do what you want. I don't want Mother to stop because of me. I'm not a drag on Mother! I will protect myself."
"Stupid words, remember that you are not your mother's burden, but your mother's concern." Li Su laughed.
"Aunt Hengyang, I will take good care of Li Chen, I promise you! What happened last time will never happen again." The third prince suddenly ran over and said to Li Su seriously. He didn't eavesdrop on it on purpose, he just happened to pass by, and happened to hear that Aunt Hengyang wanted Li Chen to go on a study tour in the palace, and he was worried that Li Chen would really leave, so he eavesdropped. Fortunately, Li Chen did not agree to Aunt Hengyang.
Li Su was a little surprised, looked at Li Chen, then at the third prince, and smiled, "Okay, then I'll leave it to the third prince."
The third prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at Li Chen.
Seeing this, Li Su also smiled.
"Princess Hengyang, it's great that you haven't left the palace yet. The queen mother is very angry. Please come over quickly, empress empress." A court lady hurried over and said to Li Su.
"I'm going to Ningshou Palace first, you guys go get busy!" Li Su turned around and said something to the third prince Li Chen, and then went with the maid.
"What's going on? Wasn't the Queen Mother still well when I left?" Li Su asked.
"Someone came to report just now that Princess Wanyi of Prince Kang's Mansion is dead. She seems to have taken too much Shenxian powder." The maid did not dare to say more, she whispered.
Princess Wanyi, immortals? what happened? Li Su was a little surprised.
When they arrived at Ningshou Palace, the queen mother was weeping, and the queen comforted her at the side. Seeing Li Su coming, the queen mother wiped away her tears, "Why did they bring you here again, Ai's family is fine."
"My condolences to the Queen Mother." Li Su didn't know what to say, so he could only say this.
"Ah! Wanyi, this child..." The queen mother didn't know what to say, she really spoiled her in the past, she acted so recklessly, it was nothing more than giving others Shenxian powder in the past, they just opened their eyes It doesn't matter if you close your eyes, but now I have started to use Shenxiansan! Have a good day, but what the hell are you messing with!
Li Su looked at the queen. Although the queen was wiping tears, there was a trace of disdain in her eyes. Li Su thought for a while and said, "Princess Wanyi is gone, King Kang and the Crown Prince must be very sad!"
"Oh, poor Prince Kang. After hearing the news of Princess Wanyi's death, he rode his horse from the palace to the other courtyard where Princess Wanyi died. Because he was in a hurry, he stabbed the horse with a knife. Who knew that the horse Shocked, he threw Shizi down and dragged him for a long time before he was rescued. Shizi's legs were about..." the queen sighed softly.
Li Su was extremely surprised. There must be such a thing as retribution in this world! Isn't princess Wanyi and the prince just the report of the world
When the queen mother mentioned this, her face was a little gloomy. Although Prince Kang and Wanyi are not biological siblings, they are also cousins. Prince Kang has such thoughts about his sister, which is really disgusting.
The queen saw the empress dowager's face, and wisely stopped talking.
After Prince Kang woke up, he knew that his legs were crippled, so he didn't care, so he was carried to Princess Wanyi's body, and guarded the body of Princess Wanyi without saying a word.
When King Kang came, he found that the prince had committed suicide by taking poison.
King Kang was extremely regretful at this time, wanting to cry but no tears, what evil did he do! Does that bastard only have Wanyi in his heart? Wanyi died, and he didn't want to live anymore? Has he never thought about these people? He raised this son for nothing.
Fortunately, he still has a grandson. With the pity the emperor and queen mother have for Kang Wangfu, Kang Wangfu has a future!
The death of King Kang's son can only be said to the outside world that Prince Kang was in a lonely mood, unable to accept the fact that his legs were disabled, coupled with the sad death of Princess Wanyi, he couldn't think about it for a while, and committed suicide.
Regarding whether the outside world can accept this explanation, King Kang said that he can't care so much anymore. After burying the two sons and daughters, King Kang asked to seal Zhezi, and he asked for his grandson, Zhao Heng, to be his grandson.
The emperor quickly agreed. So far, King Kang was relieved a lot.
As for the queen mother, there was sadness and anger about the death of Princess Wanyi, but deep down, there was more relief and relief. I believe the emperor thinks the same way. When that person brought Wanyi to them, he made them swear that they would treat Wanyi kindly for the rest of their lives, on the condition that they would give the fortune left by Prince Yin.
At that time, the situation of the Queen Mother and the Emperor was not good, and they needed that fortune, so they agreed and persuaded King Kang to adopt Wanyi. They thought that a princess is just a princess, so let's raise it, what a storm it can cause!
But as Wanyi grew up, the queen mother and the emperor realized that they were wrong. This child is arrogant and arrogant, and careless about human life. That's all, the royal daughter has a domineering personality. But she intensified and fell in love with Kong Hanwen, but she couldn't take it by force, so she drugged him and forced him to marry her. Prince Piankang still indulged blindly. In the end, Kong Hanwen was forced to death.
God knows how much effort they made and how much they paid to appease the Kong family.
Wanyi has become their burden. It's just that because of the original oath, and Prince Kang's son, they can't do anything.
Now that she committed suicide by herself, she can't blame others.
There are so many things happening in this world every day, the deaths of Princess Wanyi and Prince Kang are quickly forgotten.
Li Su really stayed in the General's Mansion in the capital all the time, and she was not completely idle. She opened an orphanage in the suburbs of Beijing to adopt fatherless orphans and help those poor women.
Li Chen has been reading with the third prince in front of him. When the third prince was sixteen years old, he was canonized as the crown prince, and Li Chen also became a servant of the East Palace. In the same year, the prince got married and married the princess. Within three years, the prince accepted two concubines and three wives one after another. In the past three years, the prince has had four sons and three daughters.
Since then, the prince has never accepted any newcomers.
Li Chen has always been alone. Li Su also asked him about his marriage, but he didn't say a word.
Thinking of his life experience, Li Suou thought that it was because of his childhood shadow that he resisted the approach of women very much, so he didn't force him, and he also declined all kinds of people who proposed marriage to Li Chen.
Li Chen was very grateful for this, but at the same time, he felt very guilty. But every time he sees that person, he knows that he doesn't regret this kind of life, even if he can't stand beside him openly in this life, he is willing to do so.
"Ah Chen, come here!" The man smiled gently at him and said.
Li Chen walked towards him without hesitation.
When Li Chen was twenty years old, the new emperor passed away and the crown prince succeeded him.
Li Su stared dumbfounded at the two kneeling in front of him, and saw the person who was supposed to stay in Daming Palace appear in his home, knelt down on the ground and told him emotionally, begging for forgiveness.
"Auntie, Ah Chen said that you are the most enlightened mother in the world, please help us! Don't force Ah Chen to get married, okay? I know, I will be the one who feels sorry for Ah Chen in this life, and I have wronged Ah Chen, but I Guaranteed, I only have Ah Chen in my heart, I will treat him well for the rest of my life, and I will honor you together with Ah Chen! Please help us!"
Li Su didn't know what to say, her mind was a little confused, she thought that Li Chen's reluctance to get married was due to childhood shadows and resistance to women's approach. It turns out that childhood shadows are true, it is true that he resists women, and it is true that he likes men.
It's not that Li Su looks down on homosexuality, she's not that narrow-minded. However, falling in love with the emperor, or gay love, this road will be very hard.
Li Su looked at Li Chen, "This road will be very hard, can you bear it?"
Li Chen's eyes were firm, even if he didn't look at the person beside him, he knew that the other person was thinking the same as himself. "Mom, I can!"
"Then let it be like this!" Thousands of words, and finally only this sentence.
The young emperor was ecstatic when he heard what Li Su said, and kowtowed to her solidly. Li Su also accepted it frankly, so just treat him as his daughter-in-law and salute him! Anyway, she does not admit that her son is a shou, even if it seems that his son is indeed a shou! But you can't lose on the scene.
Alas, speaking of this, she is really envious of the deceased queen, who is posthumously named queen mother. Fortunately, she went early, otherwise, if she found out, she might faint from fright!
When Li Chen was twenty-five years old, he brought a child from outside and said it was his son. Li Su blinked his eyes, well, this is also a tradition of the Li family! She didn't ask about the origin of this child, and happily accepted that she had a grandson, and then lived a happy old age with grandchildren.
With the example of Li Chen, many years later, when Li Su's grandson hugged a child and knelt in front of him, saying that he didn't want to get married, but only wanted to go out to explore the sea. When this was his adopted son, Li Su could already accept it calmly. This fact is gone.
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