In the pavilion in the center of the lake of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Li Yi knocked on melon seeds, and occasionally threw a few melon seeds in the lake, attracting a few swimming fish, who were caught by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Tsundere Lolita with a small net, and quickly ran to a different place. Put it into a transparent fish tank in her own small courtyard in the distance.
"Chu Taifu has been moving around these days, uniting some influential Confucian scholars, instigating the literati and officials in the capital and around the capital, and jointly writing a letter of thousands of people, requesting the father to recall the King of Shu from Shuzhou, and enter the East Palace to preside over the government. " When there were only the two of them left in the pavilion, Li Mingzhu got up from the stone bench and said slowly.
"What did His Majesty say?"
Li Yi had already peeled a plate of melon seeds, picked up the plate, motioned to her slightly, and asked casually.
Her Royal Highness took the plate and put all the melon seeds that he had spent a long time peeling into his hands. Li Yi swallowed secretly, thinking if he had made a mistake just now, he handed the plate over, obviously just Thinking of asking her to pinch two random meanings...
Her Royal Highness ate all the melon seeds in a way that Li Yi envied, and then said: "Father hasn't made a statement yet, but this matter has a great influence on the scholars near the capital, so it won't last long if you leave it like this. What's more, Taifu Chu has already started to visit some officials in the court in person, probably for this reason. Many of those people were his students. After all, they have righteousness.
The same method, used by the Cui family and Taifu Chu, has completely different effects.
After all, the latter is simply the benchmark in the minds of scholars in Jingguo. If you wave your hand casually, countless people will agree, and peaches and plums are everywhere. To be precise, the old emperor is also one of those peaches and plums.
Taifu Chu's influence in Jingguo can no longer be described as a universal response.
If it weren't for the fact that the king of Shu made such a big mistake at the beginning, he was a bastard at a small scale, and a rebellion at a large scale. He didn't even need to go to war like this. He just needed to stand up and express his position, and there would naturally be countless people follow.
But having said that, Li Yi himself also feels that the old emperor's treatment of the King of Shu and the Cui family is quite different from that of other princes, and it even does not conform to his usual style of doing things. There is a tacit understanding between the family and the King of Shu.
"Don't worry, you don't know His Majesty's temper." Li Yi smiled and said, "It's not so easy to change what he has decided."
Tsundere Lolita had put the fish and washed her hands and ran over. Just as she ran into the pavilion, she asked Li Yi, "Sir, where are the melon seeds you peeled for me just now? I want to eat them all at once..."
Then she saw the empty plate on the table.
"Sir..." She pursed her mouth and looked at Li Yi with aggrieved eyes. Li Yi looked at Li Mingzhu, and Tsundere Lolita followed him to look at Li Mingzhu. Li's eyes shifted to him again.
"gentlemen… "
Li Yi pinched her face helplessly, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll peel it off for you right away..."
On a grassy slope opposite the lake, a figure crawling there finally put down the binoculars in his hand.
"It's weird, it's really weird..." Li Xuan hung the telescope around his neck and slid down the grassy slope.
Through many long-distance observations, he has been able to confirm that Mingzhu and Li Yi are not the kind of relationship he has always thought. They are using this relationship to cover up some things, things that he does not want to know.
What was it that made Mingzhu not hesitate to let go of his reputation, and the fire of curiosity in his heart burned even more intensely.
Walking all the way back to the Academy of Sciences, he told a guard behind him, "Call me the man from yesterday."
The guard responded, and not long after, a thin old man was brought in.
After entering the room, the old man immediately bowed respectfully: "Cao Min sees His Royal Highness!"
"Excuse me." Li Xuan waved his hand, looked at him, and asked suspiciously: "You said, you can guess what other people are saying by looking at their lips?"
The old man immediately said: "Return to Your Highness, Caomin has been studying 'lip language' for decades, although it cannot be said that they have guessed all of them correctly, but they can probably make a good guess."
"Teach me." Li Xuan looked at him and said, "Don't you want to pass on the unique skills of the school? I will reserve a place for you in the Academy of Sciences..."
The old man was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt on the ground and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"
…
Chu family.
The middle-aged man helped Taifu Chu who was coughing violently back to his room, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Father, why don't you go out again for the next two days, your cold is just right, the doctor said, let you rest at home..."
"Since it has already started, I can't stop..." Mrs. Chu covered her mouth and coughed, before saying, "How is Ping'er these days?"
The middle-aged man sighed, and said: "He locks himself in the room every day and doesn't speak...but he is like this, so the child is even more worried."
Taifu Chu looked back in a certain direction, and murmured: "It's the old man's fault, it's the old man who restrained him too much..."
"Everyone, don't be restrained today, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"
In the Cui family, at the banquet, Cui Qingming laughed loudly at the crowd, then raised his wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.
"Master Tai Tuo is willing to help, this time, we will definitely not lose."
"Master Tai Tu is still very powerful. We can't even see those great Confucian scholars on weekdays, let alone invite them to move."
"This time, it's His Majesty, I'm afraid I have to agree to recall His Highness the King of Shu back to the capital..."
"The Manmin Book has been submitted, now, we are only waiting for an opportunity..."
…
The King of Shu family has been hit one after another in the past two years. If they don't do something to improve their morale, they will never be able to regain their confidence.
And for them, what is more important than bringing His Royal Highness the King of Shu back to Beijing
"Come on, brother Cui, let me toast you."
Everyone in the venue frequently toasted Cui Qingming. Although he is the second child of the Cui family, during this period of time, the patriarch Cui Qingze was depressed, and Cui Qingming was in charge of all the affairs of the Cui family. Homeowners make no difference.
At a corner of the banquet, Zeng Shichun looked back, looked at the person beside him and said, "Why don't you drink?"
Chen Chong shook his head and said, "This wine tastes so bad."
"I think so too." Zeng Shichun smiled, picked up a purple clay pot, and said, "They drink, we drink tea."
The Qin family.
After dinner, Qin Yan looked up at the old man above, and asked: "My lord, what Master Chu said today..."
Qin Xiang glanced at the person below who was only focused on eating, shook his head, and said, "I, the Qin family, will not participate in this matter."
Although the few brothers of the Qin family who were officials in the court still had endless doubts in their hearts, they could only nod their heads since their father had already spoken.
"Fifth Master, who is the old man who came to the house today? Why does he even have to salute the Prime Minister?" On the way back to the room, the big man asked the fifth master of the Qin family in surprise.
The fifth master of the Qin family explained: "That is Grand Tutor Chu. My father also worshiped under him when he was young."
The big man wanted to ask again, but the fifth master of the Qin family paused, then quickened his pace, walked to the door, looked at a figure at the door, and asked in surprise, "Father, why are you here?"
"Can't sleep, walk around." Qin Xiang shook his head and said, "It's getting late, you should rest earlier."
The fifth master of the Qin family nodded, and Qin Xiang turned to leave, but stopped in his footsteps, turned around and asked, "He'er, what do you think of the current court?"
"Didn't father say that today's court is so clear and bright that it has been rare for decades, so don't you let me not listen to outsiders' nonsense?" The fifth master of the Qin family was stunned, and said: "Besides, I'm not in the court, and I really want to see it." I don't know..."
Qin Xiang looked up at the night sky covered by dark clouds without a single star, sighed, and murmured: "The sky is about to change, so I can't see clearly..."
…
Tsundere Lolita, who came to the house frequently for dinner recently, looked at the dazed husband, and reminded: "Sir, the meat in the pot is already cooked."
Li Yi came back to his senses, looked at the slightly rolled mutton in the pot, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry, wait until they all float up..."