"Why, today's food is not to your taste?"
At the stone table in the pavilion, Emperor Jing ate quite happily by himself. At a certain moment, he looked up at Li Yi, saw him chewing a mouthful of lotus seed soup for a long time, and asked.
"Your Majesty misunderstood." Li Yi put down his chopsticks and said, "It's just that I have suffered from a serious illness in the past few days, and I haven't recovered yet, and I have a poor appetite."
Emperor Jing nodded, and said again: "I heard from the imperial physician that you are overly worried, you might as well tell me what worries you, maybe I can help you."
Li Yi shook his head and said: "Don't dare to bother Your Majesty, I just have some unresolved knots in my heart, I slept at home for a few days, and I'm much better now."
Emperor Jing glanced at him, did not continue on this topic, and said instead: "I once told you that I would only confer titles on you and not add officials, and said that you are not joking, but now I really regret it. gone."
Li Yi raised his eyebrows and raised his head. Emperor Jing had already sighed and said, "I don't have much time..."
There was deep unwillingness and helplessness in his words, Li Yi didn't answer.
A wise monarch, of course, hopes to live a few more years, to see the land in front of him that has become more and more prosperous and powerful. However, there are some things, even if he is a king who is ordered by the sky, he still cannot escape.
"The left servant of the Ministry of War resigned a few days ago to retire. I want you to take over this position. I don't know what you want?"
Li Yi still doesn't know what kind of promotion it is from having no official position to being an official to worship the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. How many ministers in the court will object to Emperor Jing's decision, and he doesn't know that the emperor even asked his opinion when he was appointed an official. It seemed so shocking, he only knew that he would never be the left servant of the Ministry of War.
Li Yi immediately stood up, bowed and said, "I thank your majesty for your kindness. However, I'm sick, so I'm afraid it's difficult for me to take on this important task. I'm afraid I will fail your majesty's expectations. I hope your majesty will take back my life."
Emperor Jing was not surprised by Li Yi's answer. He stood up, took two steps forward, turned his back to Li Yi, looked into the distance and said, "I remember the first time I saw you, it was in the garden of King Ning's Mansion. in?"
"At that time, I knew that there was a gap in your chest. It was just that you were lazy and had no intention of official career. I wanted you to polish up in the officialdom for a few years, so I called you back to Beijing and entrusted you with a heavy responsibility. But even if you are far away in Qing'an Mansion, But he still did so many things for me and this country, but this temperament has become more and more lazy... In life, one always has to pursue something. Li Yi, what do you want? Money, or something? that power?"
Li Yi remained silent.
"I can give you all of these. I really don't have much time... The world from now on will be yours. I know you have great talent in your chest, and I don't want to be wronged by you. Now, tell me, what are you going to do?" what do you want?"
Li Yi was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty has given me a lot, and I am already satisfied, and I have nothing else to ask for."
The atmosphere in the pavilion fell into a long silence.
I don't know how long it took before a hoarse voice broke the silence. Chang De stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time for the morning court."
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"Your Majesty is so flattering, but this little fellow pushes back and forth like this. According to my servant, His Majesty only needs to issue one order. He deserves to be the Minister of War, and he deserves to be the Minister of War!" Looking at the middle-aged man standing in the pavilion with his hands behind his back, Chang De thought for a moment, then spoke.
At this time, there were only the two of them left in the pavilion.
After a long time, Emperor Jing turned his head, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid he's already thinking about leaving..."
Chang De was startled when he heard the words, and asked, "Where are you going? Where are you going?"
Emperor Jing didn't answer, his eyes drifted, his right thumb and index finger rubbed unconsciously, and murmured: "The King of Shu is incompetent, and none of my princes can be of much use. If they can be half as good as Li Xianzi Why should I worry about this matter? Mingzhu, if Mingzhu is a man, even, even if she... "
Changde kept silent again, the weather today was dull, the sky above his head was covered with thick black clouds, there was fear that there would be a heavy rain.
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After Li Yi walked out of the garden, of course he couldn't hear the conversation in the pavilion.
He was thinking about something, and when he passed a certain palace, suddenly a figure flashed from the corner of the wall. Princess Shouning rushed over like a little tiger, hugged his waist, and said in shame: "Liar, big liar, say Alright, please eat!"
Li Yi pressed her little head, finally let her go, and said, "Lead the way, Meal Bureau!"
After Tsundere Lolita froze for a moment, a smile appeared on her small face.
"Wait a minute, I'll call Huang Jie!" Let Li Yi wait here, and ran to Chenlu Hall yelling.
"Ah, brother Xuan is here too!" Not long after, Li Xuan, who was going to go to court with all the officials, was spotted by the sharp-eyed Princess Shouning and dragged out of the crowd.
The eyes of the picket censor almost popped out, all the officials who spit and fart on the road will be recorded in their notebooks, but they can only watch Princess Shouning's serious violation of discipline, no, just take a look I just turned my head away - anyway, I can't control it, I don't see it, so I don't get angry.
Li Xuan occasionally went to court, and he only played the role of soy sauce. He was worrying about how to pass the difficult morning court time. Princess Shouning undoubtedly gave him a big step.
No matter how you look at it, sitting in a cool room, the eight dishes and one soup in front of you are fragrant, and you can whet your appetite just by looking at it. It's better than dozing off on the pillars of the court hall, right
"Gudong." Li Xuan couldn't help swallowing, even though he had already had breakfast, he still felt that he could finish the large table of dishes in front of him by himself.
"Gudong." Princess Shouning's eyes widened. The scene in front of her was beyond her imagination. She couldn't wait for others to do it first, so she picked up a rib and gnawed it first.
The head of the food bureau really cried, watching with teary eyes that almost swept away all the precious ingredients, he couldn't afford to offend the four of them, and he was extremely suspicious, what evil did he do in his previous life!
"Today... is it a special day?" Li Xuan's chopsticks flew like lightning, and his mouth was not idle. He asked Li Yi while eating.
"You guys eat, I've already eaten just now." Li Yi washed his hands, said something to them, and went straight out.
Tsundere Lolita's cheeks were bulging, and she couldn't stop nodding. Food is everything right now, and it's best if no one competes with her.
Li Mingzhu looked up, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, put down his chopsticks, got up and followed out.
"Hmm..., wait!" Li Xuan still had a bunch of ribs in his mouth, took two more yuan, and hurriedly chased him out.