Li Yi sat down opposite King Ning, and asked casually, "When is your lord coming to Beijing this time, when do you plan to return to Qing'an Mansion?"
King Ning took a sip of his tea and said, "There are still some things that have not been dealt with, and it may have to wait until after the Great Court Meeting next year."
Li Yi nodded. In this grand meeting, local officials gathered in the capital, and all the conferred princes would return to Beijing. It was indeed a good opportunity to announce that matter.
King Ning put down his teacup, looked at him, and suddenly asked: "It's still early for the court meeting, and the princes of all walks of life are returning to Beijing. Since you are Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, you should be familiar with court affairs. Now that the East Palace has not been established, what do you think, Your Majesty?" Princes, who will be the master?"
Li Yi looked at him with a smile on his face, but said nothing.
Pretend, you continue to pretend.
This matter was clearly planned by him and the old emperor brothers, and now he pretends to be ignorant at all. If it weren't for Li Xuan, a shameless spy who likes to peek at people's conversations, all of them People may follow their way.
King Ning looked slightly different, and asked, "Why are you laughing?"
"The matter of the Eastern Palace should be decided by His Majesty's Sacred Heart. We courtiers really shouldn't speak nonsense... However, I think that His Majesty should make a decision by this year's Great Court Meeting at the latest..." Changed his clothes Li Mingzhu walked out from inside, and after Li Yi seemed to say something meaningful, he bowed his hands to King Ning and got up to leave.
He is still an outsider for the time being, so he won't disturb their family reunion.
When the eldest princess sent him out of the palace, Li Yi stopped and asked in a low voice: "I said yesterday, when you get tired, go to me..., and then?"
The eldest princess who had already walked to the gate of the palace paused, then turned around, with a smile on her face that Li Yi had never seen before, "Why don't you guess?"
Guess your sister, guess, where did you learn your bad habits, and have the same virtue as Liu Ruyi...
Li Yi turned around and strode away without looking back.
A man is a man, a word is hard to follow, and the water that is spilled out, even if it is drunk, must be responsible. I think Lai Mingzhu will not just fabricate a thing to deceive him when the time comes.
Taking a step back, even if she fabricated it casually, she would have a limit, and she would never tell him that after he got drunk yesterday, he said, "When you get tired, go find me and I will marry you... "Bar
nonexistent.
…
When he left the palace gate and reached the Zeng Mansion, Zeng Shichun had already been waiting for a long time.
"Why did Your Highness suddenly say those words, what do they mean, and what happened?" Zeng Shichun stood up before Li Yi and Zui Mo could talk, and asked impatiently.
After coming out of the palace, he was full of shock and doubts.
There is no turning back when opening the bow. This matter involves a lot. Once it starts, there is no way to turn back. What Her Royal Highness said just now will make all the efforts they have made these days go to waste. He was shocked and anxious. It is extremely difficult to endure until now.
Li Yi sat down, picked up the teacup, and said, "That's what you understand."
Zeng Shichun was startled, and suddenly said: "Could things have changed?"
Li Yi reached out and pressed down, signaling him to sit down, and then said: "Don't worry, the final result may be better, you can rest assured, and let them rest assured."
Some words cannot be said clearly, but for a smart person like Zeng Shichun, it is enough to say this.
Zeng Shichun didn't ask any more, thought for a while, and said in a low voice, "I see."
If you know, go back soon. Aren’t the Tianhu Department and Jingzhao Yin’s House busy these days? As the big bosses of the two departments, they actually have free time to sit here and drink tea. People will think that he is passive and sabotage again when they see it...
Of course, everyone is a gentleman, so you can't speak so bluntly. Li Yi pointed to the teapot and said, "There shouldn't be any business in the yamen. It's still early. Do you want another cup of tea, Mr. Zeng?"
Zeng Shichun nodded, "Thank you, Master Li."
He has completely forgotten the traditional virtues of five thousand years, and he has completely lost the face of his ancestors. He doesn't even wink at this. I don't know how he got the position of Jing Zhaoyin... Yes, if it wasn't for him being the princess There is a back door, not to mention Jing Zhaoyin, the current Zeng family is probably already in prison like the Cui family.
Then Li Yi realized that this scene seemed familiar. He should have remembered that Zeng Shichun was such a person who hadn't seen it, and even his thoughts just now were not the first time.
One always falls somewhere, gets up, falls a second time, a third time...
After finally waiting for Zeng Shichun to leave, Li Yi turned around and asked Zui Mo, "It's been so long, your wedding dress is almost finished, isn't it?"
Goddess Luoshui brushed him aside, "Hurry up, hurry up, why are you so anxious..."
Xiaocui on the side opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after being glared at by her, she immediately closed her mouth.
Li Yi looked at him and said seriously: "At the end of this year at the latest, if you are not ready by then, I will snatch you back!"
"In broad daylight, robbing women..." Zeng Zuimo looked at him disdainfully, and said, "Master Li, you are the dean of the college, you are Jin Ziguanglu, you are a doctor, you are a county lord, and you are not a robber. You are not afraid of the whole capital." Are you kidding me?"
"You said something wrong." Li Yi looked at her and said with a smile: "Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, and county lord, these are all my part-time jobs. In fact, my job is really a robber."
He picked her up by the waist and carried her on his shoulders, ignoring her panicked pat on his back, and strode into the room.
When he walked in, he looked back and said, "Xiao Cui, close the door."
"knew!"
Xiaocui ran over excitedly, closed the door, and then sat on the porch with a smirk on her face.
This time she did not put her ear on the door to eavesdrop, because she knew that even if she eavesdropped, she would not be able to hear anything. However, by the end of the year, she might be able to hear it. A little maid named Xiaohuan is very favored. If she passes by, will she be bullied? If Xiaozhu goes with her, the two of them should not be afraid of her...
Miss is also alone, it would be best if Sister Ruoqing went with her, it would be the same as now...
…
When Li Yi saw Li Xuan again, it was already three days later.
His clothes were disheveled, his face was haggard, his face was conspicuous with two dark circles under his eyes, his whole figure was like a frost-beaten eggplant.
He sat opposite Li Yi, poured a pot of tea, looked him in the eyes, and asked seriously: "Is it true that I can't escape?"
Li Yi nodded. As the son of King Ning, he can escape a lot, but as a prince and emperor, he has to bear what he should bear.
Li Xuan lay down on the chair discouraged: "Damn it!"
"Who are you scolding?" Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Prince Ning or His Majesty?"
"..." Li Xuan sighed, "Call me."
Li Yi couldn't empathize with his situation, but he deeply understood.
Li Xuan is not a person suitable to be an emperor. For him, that position is just a constraint and a drag.
What he yearns for is the bigger and more open sky, the sky that no one has seen before in this world.
Think of him as emperor - can't imagine.
"Tell me, can I tell..., tell father, I don't want to be emperor, let Li Han be..."
"He's still a kid."
"Then tell me, can it be as we planned at the beginning, I will be the emperor, and the government will be handed over to Mingzhu, just like now..."
"Given Mingzhu's influence in the court and among the people, are you not afraid that she will eventually become the empress and spend her whole life ignoring you, or simply abolishing you and becoming the throne herself?"
Li Xuan looked yearning, and murmured: "That's the best, didn't we think that way at the beginning..."
Li Yi thought for a while, looked at him and said, "You have a good idea!"