The next day, it's five o'clock.
The eldest grandson's bedroom.
"Your Majesty, it's time for my concubine to help you get dressed and wash up. It's almost time for morning court."
The eldest grandson's hair was disheveled and her cheeks were pink. She stood up, looked at Li Er and said softly.
Li Er stretched his waist and legs happily, then hugged his eldest grandson and said with emotion:
"I haven't slept so deeply for a long time. I didn't expect that this god's drunkenness would be so strong. It made me sleep from yesterday afternoon until today. I really wanted to just lie down and not get up."
The eldest grandson lay on Li Er's body and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please stop joking and get up quickly, otherwise Wei Zuocheng will give you advice again."
Li Er rubbed his head and said with a headache: "Even if I don't go late today, I'm afraid I will be scolded by Wei Xuancheng. I haven't reviewed yesterday's memorial yet."
The eldest grandson chuckled and said: "Your Majesty has been working hard on state affairs and took a half-day break. I guess Wei Zuocheng won't say anything, right?"
Li Er heard this and sneered: "Guanyin maid, you think too highly of that old guy. He wishes that I could spend all twelve hours a day busy with state affairs. By the way, where did Cheng Qian get the immortal drunkenness and gentle countryside yesterday? Coming?"
He thought to himself, the names of these two wines are really good. When the gods are drunk, they can't help but lie down in the land of gentleness. If Li Zexuan knew that Li Er thought this way, he would definitely vomit blood. This was not his original intention.
The eldest grandson replied: "Your Majesty, after you fell asleep yesterday, I sent someone to inquire. It is said that Li Zexuan borrowed Lu Guogong's winery to make this wine. It was sold at Zuixian Tower yesterday."
Li Er glared and said angrily: "It's this kid again. He is more comfortable as a baron than I am as the emperor. He is engaged in eating, drinking and having fun every day. I have to find something for him to do, otherwise it will be a waste of his time. You only learn when you have a belly?"
The eldest grandson covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said this, I also think that I should arrange something for this child. I see that Chengqian, Changle, and Qingque are all very close to Li Zexuan, otherwise I would let him He comes to the palace every day to accompany Qingque and the others to their studies?"
Li Er thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "This boy's mixed knowledge is definitely not of the Confucian lineage, so don't lead Cheng Qian astray. Regarding Li Zexuan, I have my own arrangements, Guanyin Maid, don't worry.
However, this boy is really naughty. He used Cheng Zhijie’s wine shop to brew wine privately to evade the court’s laws. He cannot be spared lightly. You will ask Cheng Qian to give this boy a message later. In the future, the palace’s tribute wine will be He provided it, and as for the price, it was half the market price. "
The eldest grandson couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty, isn't this going to make Li Zexuan pay for it? Well, it's getting late, and it's time for Your Majesty to get up."
Li Er missed the immortal drunk quite a lot. He got up and went to the ground, smashing his mouth, and said proudly:
"Whoever makes that kid like to take advantage of loopholes must be made so that he doesn't dare to delve into these things of eating, drinking and having fun anymore."
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In the Tai Chi Palace, morning.
To be honest, Li Er felt a little guilty when he went to court today. After all, he had not finished his work yesterday. Other ministers might give him some face, but Wei Zheng would definitely point fingers at him if he knew that he was drunk and messing up state affairs. nose, spraying him is a fool.
But Li Er was lucky today, because Wei Zheng himself was in trouble, so he had no time to take care of Li Er.
"Wei Aiqing, why are there so many scars on your face? Does anyone dare to beat an important official of the imperial court?"
After the monarch and his ministers went through the necessary etiquette procedures in the morning, Li Er glanced at Wei Zheng guiltily, but found out that it didn't matter. Li Er was shocked by this look, and saw three or four marks on Wei Zheng's cheek. One of the long and thin blood marks almost reached the corner of his eye, so Li Er couldn't help but asked curiously.
Wei Zheng's face was full of embarrassment. He was very drunk yesterday. After being dragged home by his servant, he couldn't remember the incident. When he woke up, he felt a burning pain on his face. His wife was sitting aside, with red and swollen eyes. Staring at him fiercely.
Wei Zheng's wife, Pei, came from a prominent family. After marrying Wei Zheng, she lived with her husband in that dilapidated old house, spinning and weaving every day, working hard without complaining.
The only thing that dissatisfied her was Wei Zheng's good wine. Although low-quality wine in the Tang Dynasty only cost twenty or thirty cents a liter, Wei Zheng had tasted hundreds of wines and was also able to make wine himself. His taste had long been developed, and it was not considered good wine. drink.
Yesterday, Mrs. Pei felt a little unhappy when she saw Laifu helping the drunk Wei Zheng back. When Laifu said that Wei Zheng had spent eleven dollars on the drink, and he even went around giving money to people when he was drunk. , Pei's anger could no longer be suppressed.
She asked Wei Zheng to be sent back to the room, and then followed in herself. Looking at her husband who was sleeping soundly on the collapse, and thinking that the family was already poor, Wei Zheng had used eleven instruments at once. The more Pei thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and she couldn't help but scratch her husband bitterly. A meal.
After scratching, Pei stopped and sat aside, sobbing softly. That's why Wei Zheng only saw Pei's eyes red and swollen when he woke up in the morning.
When Wei Zheng woke up, he remembered that he went to Zuixianlou to drink yesterday. He was confident that he would not get drunk for two liters and win back the ten dollars, but he didn't expect that he ended up getting drunk.
His family knew about his family affairs, and he knew that ten dollars was a lot of money for their family. When he saw the madam with red eyes, he also knew that he was at fault, so he ignored the burning pain on his face and stood up to say to his wife. Wen Yan comforted him for a long time, and then rushed to the morning court.
Before going to court in the morning, outside the Tai Chi Hall, Wei Zheng had already been laughed at by all his colleagues. Yesterday, news about Wei Zheng being drunk and giving away money spread throughout Chang'an City. Now that Wei Zheng's face was covered with scars, the ministers could not have imagined that it had happened. whats the matter.
At this moment in the court.
Wei Zheng, who had always been speechless, was embarrassed by Li Erwen. For a long time, he didn't know how to speak.
He didn't say it, but someone said it for him. The court in the early Zhenguan period was relatively free and had relatively few rules. As long as it was not particularly unruly, no one would hold it accountable.
Cheng Yaojin stepped out from the crowd and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, I heard that Wei Zuocheng was very drunk at Zuixian Tower yesterday and even took the initiative to give money to others. I guess the injury on his face was probably from the way home. It’s okay to fall, haha!”
The ministers in the court burst into laughter at Cheng Yaojin's obviously teasing words. Old Wei Zheng blushed and glared at Old Fairy Cheng hatefully.
Li Er thought about it carefully, and the whole thing came to mind in an instant. He couldn't help but feel a little funny, but he had to hold back from laughing, otherwise it would be too hurtful.
Fang Xuanling was still kind and didn't want to embarrass Wei Zheng too much. In fact, he felt the same way. That member of his family was the originator of "jealousy" among women. To be honest, he was ten times and a hundred times more cruel than the Pei family. Fang Xuanling I don’t know how many “domestic violence” I have endured over the years.
"Your Majesty, these are just the family matters of the ministers. It is really not appropriate to discuss them in the court. The old minister suggested that we put this matter aside and discuss state affairs."
Fang Xuanling stepped out from the crowd and bowed to Li Er.
Wei Zheng secretly cast a grateful look at Fang Xuanling.
Li Er suppressed his smile and pretended to be serious: "Ahem, what Fang Aiqing said is absolutely true. Let's discuss state affairs. If you have something to do, please leave the court."
He was smiling in his heart. He didn't expect that you, Wei Xuancheng, would be like this. It was so happy.
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(End of chapter)