"Sanggong came back today, a little later than usual."
In the room, with the candlelight flickering, Li Yi removed the wooden basin, helped Ruyi dry her jade feet, covered her with a quilt, and said, "Some things are indeed delayed today."
He roughly told Ruyi what happened today.
Ruyi leaned against the head of the bed, tucked her feet into the quilt, and said, "Speaking of which, I may not have seen Mrs. Chen for a long time."
Li Yi sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"This concubine is just a woman, so I shouldn't say anything..." Ruyi looked at him and said, "But I feel that from now on, no matter what happens to the Li family and the Chen family, we must treat Mrs. Chen kindly."
Li Yi nodded. The complexity of this matter cannot be explained clearly in a few words. He gently picked up Ruyi, let her lie on the bed, covered her with the quilt, and said, "It's getting late, lady, hurry up!" sleep."
Ruyi nodded, and closed her eyes obediently, "Good night, Mr. Xiang."
"Good night."
Li Yi kissed her lightly on the forehead, walked over to turn off the lights, and exited the door.
The moonlight is very bright tonight, and there are lanterns hanging in the yard, so it is not too dark.
Li Yi took some desserts from the kitchen, took another pot of grape wine, and sat at the stone table in the yard.
He cooked a lot of dishes today, but he didn't eat much. Up to now, he was a little hungry.
While eating snacks and drinking wine, I was thinking about something.
There are a lot of things happening these days, and he needs to review them from time to time.
The most important thing is to find another errand for Lao Fang. With Mr. Xu, a master, by his side, his existence seems superfluous...
Secondly, since the old emperor handed over the government affairs to the eldest princess last time, he really didn't care about anything. He moved to Furong Garden with Queen Yanfei and others, and retired early.
According to the eldest princess, he actually asked the guards to open up a vegetable garden in the Furong Garden, and the seeds have been planted by himself. When the spring of next year, he can eat the vegetables he planted by himself.
In addition, Tiantian and Shouning Yongning, under the protection of a group of hidden guards, played in the streets all day long, led the hounds up the mountain to chase rabbits, set traps to catch pheasants, of course not chasing them personally...
Li Yi has some doubts, whether it is true that things must be turned against each other. The old emperor has worked hard all his life, but in his later years, he completely let himself go, not doing his job properly. If things go on like this, the evening festival will not be guaranteed...
However, after staying away from government affairs, he went to bed early and woke up early every day, had a regular schedule, and even fell ill less frequently.
Li Yi didn't give too much advice on this. Winter is coming soon. At that time, he has to be a turtle in the Furong Garden. Winter is a season of frequent asthma. After this winter, There is hope for the next year.
Li Yi is also worried about the eldest princess who is in charge of the government.
Although she often participated in government affairs before, it was the first time that she took over the position of the emperor to exercise power like this, and there would be too many problems in the process. The number of palaces is very frequent.
What's more, apart from court affairs, the two have other more important things to discuss.
Of course, these things belong to the secrets that only the two of them can know, and cannot be heard by others.
Li Xuan can't do it, and the old emperor can't do it either.
Besides, there was something else—about himself.
For him, this matter is more difficult than other things.
Miss Liu Er, who was wearing a thin shirt, came over and sat across from him, pinched a piece of pastry, and poured herself a glass of grape wine. She is very busy these days, and she often eats and is not at home. The two of them face each other quietly like this There are not many opportunities to sit.
When pouring the second glass of wine, she slowly said: "There is no more money."
"Let's take one hundred thousand taels first, let's talk about it when it's not enough."
Liumeng is its own power, and Li Yi will not save money when spending money on it. Give her the money, and she can do whatever she likes.
Unexpectedly, this time it was so straightforward, Second Miss Liu gave him a surprised look.
"Ruyi." Li Yi thought for a while, then suddenly sat upright and looked at her, "I have a question for you."
Second Miss Liu squeezed another piece of pastry, and said calmly, "Say."
"I have a friend… "
Li Yi looked at her and said with a serious face: "My friend has encountered a little trouble recently."
Miss Liu Er looked at him calmly, waiting for the next sentence.
Li Yi looked at her, and then said: "My friend, he fell in love with a woman, and that woman is very nice, but he has a wife, and his wife is very gentle and beautiful, and he also loves him very much." lady..."
"Your friend, isn't your surname also Li?" Second Miss Liu suddenly looked at him and asked.
"..." Li Yi nodded and said, "It's just a coincidence."
"It just so happens that besides that woman, this friend of yours has many confidante friends outside?"
Li Yi thought for a while, then counted with his fingers under the stone table, shook his head and said, "Not many..."
"It just so happens that besides his wife, this friend of yours also has a powerful and beautiful wife and sister, and a cute little maid?"
Li Yi shook his head: "Hehe, how can there be so many coincidences, whose coincidence..."
Miss Liu Er lowered her head, poured another glass of wine, and asked, "Any questions?"
"No more." Li Yi stood up, turned around and took two steps, then turned around and said, "It's cold at night, don't sit for too long, rest early..."
…
Morning Dew Hall.
After His Majesty left the palace, although His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has been acting as an agent of the government, she did not live in the Palace of Qinzheng, and all the papers sent by the Ministry of Fashion and Literature will be sent to the palace where she lives.
"You have to continue to follow up on the matter of papermaking, but I think it should be soon, just these two days..."
Li Yi spread out a piece of paper and wrote and drew on it, "The reduction in the price of paper is a good thing for scholars all over the world. , when the time comes, someone will naturally publicize what you did in the capital, and if these two things are done, it will almost be able to make the world's officials return to their hearts... "
"The Yu family, if you continue to send people to go every day, they will definitely keep raising the price of paper. When the price reaches a certain level, they will definitely be tempted, and then start stocking up, because if the academy buys their paper at that price Paper, the operation of the entire academy will collapse, they kill two birds with one stone... "
"Of course, we won't let them kill two birds with one stone. After the new high-quality and cheap paper is released, the Yu family's paper mill will collapse, and the hoarded paper cannot be sold. The Yu family... just happens that winter is coming, and the Cui family's If we drink the northwest wind together, we won’t die of hunger, and if we have a companion, we won’t feel lonely.”
Li Mingzhu nodded after hearing what he said, but her face showed a little bewilderment.
She looked at Li Yi and asked seriously: "I..., can I really do it?"
Li Yi looked around, moved to her side, and said in a low voice: "Don't think about these things now, what we have to do now is to let His Majesty know, let all the civil and military officials of the court know, what His Majesty can do You can do things, and you can do it better, even better than the emperors of all dynasties...
This is a subtle thing, we already have a lot now, even if we still encounter resistance at that time, at that time, that little resistance will not be a big deal... "
Li Yi has also thought about it seriously. Compared with the legendary character, the eldest princess does not know how much bigger she is in terms of identity, position, or power in her hands. It can be said that she is truly rooted Hong, the only thing lacking may be that heart and means.
Of course, he didn't want the Eldest Princess to have that kind of heart and means, as long as she was responsible for completing the tasks assigned to her by His Majesty and being beautiful and beautiful, as for the other things - he had him.