Emperor Jing hugged the little girl in his arms, scratched her nose lightly, and said: "Tell me, what do you want to do with the father, it's agreed, don't let the father beat the teacher."
In the eyes of courtiers and subjects, he is the emperor above thousands of people, but in front of his children, he just wants to be a good father.
"Oh, I've already forgiven you for hitting the board." The little girl twisted her body and said, "Shouning wants to eat hot pot."
"What is hot pot?" Emperor Jing was taken aback for a moment, with a hint of doubt on his face, and asked.
"Father doesn't know." The little girl was a little surprised. In her heart, Father knew everything. She never thought that there were things that Father didn't know. After being surprised, she waved her little hand and said: "Then Father, help Shouning catch a bad guy and bring him into the palace."
Looking down and seeing the little girl's eyeballs rolling around, she knew that maybe this was her purpose, she felt a little funny, and asked: "Tell Father, who is the bad guy who dares to offend us Shou Ning, Father locked him up?" Go to prison and vent your anger on you."
"No, no!" The little girl shook her head like a rattle, and hurriedly said, "Father can't put him in prison, otherwise no one will cook good food for Shouning."
"Nonsense, didn't I just say, don't eat outside, what does your imperial sister think of you, you are not allowed to leave the palace in the future." Emperor Jing frowned and said.
"I didn't eat indiscriminately. It was at brother Xuan's house. Sister Huang ate it too, and brother Xuan ate too. Shouning was very obedient and didn't eat indiscriminately outside." The little girl hurriedly explained: "Father the emperor arrested him In the palace, let him cook for Shouning, don’t allow him to eat, make him pissed off, let him grab Shouning’s meat to eat!"
"By the way, his name is Li Yi!" The little girl said vindictively.
"Li Yi?" Hearing this name, Emperor Jing smiled, rubbed the little girl's head, and said, "Okay, how dare you offend our Shouning, and the emperor will arrest him and enter the palace in two days. Let me cook for you, okay?"
"Father loves Shouning the most!" The little girl showed a satisfied expression on her pretty face, and she couldn't wait for the imaginary scene.
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The old lady's 60th birthday is a rare event in the Li family. The house has already been decorated with lights and festoons. Every few steps, a huge lantern will be hung, illuminating Li's house like daytime.
The servants of the Li family stood at the door and brought in the guests who came to celebrate the old lady's birthday. When encountering distinguished guests, Li Mingze and Li Mingyuan would greet them in person.
Of course, Li Yi didn't have anything to do with welcoming guests. Within a few days after arriving for the first time, none of the guests knew each other. They sat far away, watching the guests come and go with some boredom.
It wasn't until today that I found out why the Li family and Yichao Guogong were so hostile and could still be stable in the capital for so many years. In just an hour, two people from the country's government sent gifts, even though they were not in person. , but at least the attitude has been shown.
As for other big and small families, there are countless. I have long heard that the capital is very deep, and the relationship between the powerful families is intricate. It is not so easy for a family with many years of inheritance, even if it has no successors, to be brought down so easily. of.
Fatty Li Yingcai rarely ate snacks with his arms in his arms. He hid in an empty corner next to Li Yi, shaking his head and muttering words, and he sent away the few brats who came to play with him.
Liu Ruyi was not by Li Yi's side, and she was the only one favored by the old lady. After she brought mahjong to Li's mansion, the ladies who had nothing to do all day went crazy.
The capital city seems to be Miss Liu Er's blessed land. If she wins a pair of bracelets today and a hairpin tomorrow, she will reward the maids sent by the old lady to serve her if she doesn't like them. In just a few days, she has become Li The master that the servant girl is most willing to follow.
I heard that through my sister-in-law's hand, mahjong has begun to spread in the circle of noble ladies in the capital. Taking advantage of this opportunity, several craftsmen in Li's mansion made a lot of money. Of course, compared with the money earned by Miss Liu Er It can only be regarded as drizzle.
Miss Liu Er doesn't seem to be planning to go back at all now. Every day she is leisurely, a lot of money will come into the account. Li Yi is in a hurry. He will tell the old lady in two days that his vacation is over and it is time to go back to Qing'an After all, no matter how young a county lieutenant is, he is still an official, and he is paid by the state. It is not advisable to eat empty pay.
Not far away, Li Mingze had just welcomed a person in, apologized twice, and left in a hurry.
The man in brocade clothes looked around, and when his eyes swept over a certain place, his expression was startled, and then he strode over.
"It's over, brother, I forgot again." The little fat man walked over dejectedly, and sat beside Li Yi, his round face turned into a bitter face.
Li Yi couldn't do anything about it. Out of humanitarianism, he helped the little fat man find a suitable poem, and asked him to dedicate it to the old lady when it was time to make the old man happy. How did he expect him to recite four simple lines of poems? He has not memorized it for a long time, and he can't even memorize the poem for him. The next thing can only be done by himself.
"Or, you'd better take out your treasured candied fruit." Li Yi suggested.
In case you really can't recite it by then, there are things you can get out, so it won't be too embarrassing.
"No, I'll recite it for a while, and it's almost there." The little fat man said unwillingly, and soon squatted in the corner next to him to mutter.
"It's really you!" A surprised voice came from the side. Li Yi turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe walking towards him.
"Aren't you in Qing'an Mansion? How did you come to the capital?" The man sat directly opposite Li Yi and said unexpectedly.
"Are you the adult who stole the plaque?" The middle-aged man looked familiar, and Li Yi recalled the identity of the other party after thinking about it.
"What stealing plaque!" The middle-aged man patted the table and said.
"Call it a thief without telling, isn't it?" Li Yi replied lightly, but he was recalling what Professor Feng and Zhifu Dong said to him that day. The other party was a high-ranking official in the capital. There are two servants in the Ministry, one of them is Li Mingze, his second uncle, and the Lord Yan in front of him should be the right servant of the Ministry of Officials.
Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that he came to the old lady's birthday banquet.
"Didn't I tell you when I took it?"
The servant minister spoke outrightly, but Li Yi was speechless.
That's not stealing, it's robbery.
"Why are you in the Li family? Oh, by the way, your surname is also Li. Could it be that you are a distant relative of the Li family who came to celebrate the old lady's birthday? That's not right. I haven't heard of any distant relatives of the Li family in Qing'an Mansion? "The middle-aged man obviously didn't want to entangle with Li Yi whether it was stealing or robbing. He looked him over and asked with some doubts.
"Qing'an Mansion, Qing'an Mansion, your name is Li Yi—" After looking at Li Yi again, the middle-aged man suddenly came to his senses, with a look of surprise on his face.
"You are Li Minghan's son!"