Pei Wenxuan stayed up for most of the night, and finally fell asleep in a trance. Feeling that he hadn't slept for a long time, he was woken up again and began to prepare to go to the morning.
When he got up, Li Rong was sleeping soundly, and Pei Wenxuan felt a little angry for a while. He couldn't help but raised his hand and squeezed Li Rong's face. Li Rong frowned, raised his hand to hit him, and muttered: "What are you doing? Well you."
Pei Wenxuan seemed unhappy when he heard Li Rong, and finally felt a little more comfortable, stood up and walked away.
Li Rong was a little dissatisfied when Pei Wenxuan pinched her face, but she was really sleepy, so she didn't care, and fell asleep in a trance.
After waking up, Li Rong remembered what Pei Wenxuan had done, and sneered as she washed her face, Jingmei saw the chill in Li Rong's smile, and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, did you remember something bothering you?"
Usually when Li Rong shows this kind of look, someone is going to be unlucky. Li Rong took the handkerchief from the side and said indifferently, "It's nothing. When the concubine returns, replace his tea with salt water."
Jingmei was stunned for a while, then glanced at Jinglan quickly, then the two pursed their lips and laughed, Li Rong glanced at them the same way: "Laugh at me? Are you bold?"
"Recently, His Highness has matured a lot in his work," Jing Lan hurriedly said, "Now I finally have some temperament from the past, and we can't help but miss it."
Li Rong was a little relieved to hear this, after all, it proved that she was getting younger and younger. She waved her fan and didn't pursue this topic. She spun into the house and found someone and said, "Let the doctor go to see Miss Qin, and then have someone go to the Ministry of Justice to tell me that I want to visit the Qin family. , and see how they respond."
Jingmei responded, and went down and ordered someone to go to work.
Li Rong sat down in the yard and lay on the reclining chair, feeling a little bit of stealing for half a day.
In the beginning, I was busy with the marriage and the Yang family, and then I was busy with getting married and Li Chuan choosing a concubine. Now everything has been decided, and a supervisory department will be established. Li Ming's reply showed that she had little free time for a while, lying on the reclining chair and staring at the blue sky, not knowing what to do.
When she was seldom free like this, she lay down in the yard for a while, and she simply had someone take out a book of words, and brought some fruit and melon seeds, while nibbling on the melon seeds, she looked at the book.
When Pei Wenxuan came back, he saw Li Rong lying on the rocking chair, reading the book happily, Pei Wenxuan walked up to her and patted her with the wat board: "Why do you laugh like this?"
"This is really interesting," Li Rong smiled and put down her book and stood up straight, "A princess, a lady prime minister, and a famous prostitute in a brothel, the three of them are chasing a poor scholar, and the lady prime minister is with him. Elopement, the princess committed suicide for him, and I laughed so hard that I burst into tears. Where do you think this poor scholar came from, he dreamed of this for most of the day, has he ever seen the princess?"
"Which serious person wrote these things?" Pei Wenxuan put a booklet in Li Rong's arms and smiled, "Your Majesty has responded, and the affairs of the Inspector are up to you. But there is still a reason for building such a thing. "
"Your Majesty said," Pei Wenxuan put his hands into his sleeves, and said in a muffled voice, "I think of a way to give him a step, he will not only approve you to build the Supervision Department, but also give you ten more county fiefs."
"really?"
Li Rong sat up straight and opened her eyes. Pei Wenxuan was amused by her: "In ten counties, your Highness is so happy?"
"I don't know if it's expensive." Li Rong glared at him, "All day long, he only asks me for money, how do you know my difficulties?"
Pei Wenxuan leaned against the tree and said with a smile, "I'll have to take care of the princess for my life."
"Go and go." Li Rong stood up and walked to the dining room. Pei Wenxuan followed behind her and said softly, "It's not suitable to seek trouble now, wait for the Qin family's case to be settled, then go to overturn the case, and make noise. If you are bigger, it is justifiable that you, the inspector, have to build it."
"I understand. I asked someone to ask the Ministry of Justice today. Let's take a look at the situation first." After speaking, Li Rong remembered, "Did you tell Su Rongqing that I want to invite him?"
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan smiled a little, and said lightly, "I said it when I went to court."
"promised?"
Pei Wenxuan turned his head and showed a smile of watching a good show: "People don't agree."
"Don't agree?!"
Li Rong paused, a little shocked: "He didn't agree to see me?"
"You're not an immortal," Pei Wenxuan rolled her eyes when she saw her shocked, "Why do you have to promise you?"
Li Rong didn't speak, she really didn't think that Su Rongqing would not agree. Maybe it was the inertia of the previous life, or maybe it was the fact that Su Rongqing had always shown kindness to Li Rong in this life, but she suddenly rejected Li Rong so much that Li Rong was a little surprised, she chased Pei Wenxuan up, her tone was full of disapproval. Answer: "Why didn't he agree? Did you give a reason?"
"If you don't agree, you won't agree. Why are you in such a hurry?" Seeing that Li Rong's tone was not good, Pei Wenxuan only said, "He said he knew what you were going to do with him, and the Qin case involved too much. , let you leave it alone."
Li Rong got the answer, and after thinking for a while, she understood what Su Rongqing meant.
Su Rongqing helped in the Yang family case before, that is because the Yang family itself is a noble outside of Huajing. The family presents a hostile yet cooperative relationship. Su Rongqing helped her without any resistance.
But this time the situation is different. This time, the families involved are complicated, and most families in Huajing have in-laws. This time, I am afraid that even the Su family may be involved. Even if they are not helpers, they will definitely not be. Tiger in the way.
Li Rong beat her fan, trying to understand Su Rongqing's thoughts, and felt a little funny for a while.
She lowered her head and laughed, and Pei Wenxuan turned to look at her: "What are you laughing at?"
"I just made sure again," Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan, "You still know me better than I do."
Pei Wenxuan didn't understand, and asked her with his eyes, Li Rong sighed: "You said before that I had him in my heart, but I still had some doubts, but now I believe it. You said that if I didn't still have some friendship with him, why? I didn't expect that he couldn't help me this time."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, Li Rong shook his head and chuckled: "I'm confused, forget it, let's go another way."
"You..." Pei Wenxuan slowed down and said slowly, "You don't need to be sad. He is not familiar with you now, and it is normal for him to start from his own interests."
"How did you comfort me?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows, "I can't think about such a trivial matter? Forget it, do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
"I'm going to find Shangguanya," Li Rong shook her fan, "If you're all right, why don't you accompany me?"
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he knew what Li Rong meant. Shangguanya might go to the casino. If he went to the casino, he really needed his company.
So he nodded and replied, "Okay."
The two went to Shangguanya and went to Shangguan's mansion as usual. After getting the news that Shangguanya was going to the teahouse, the two did not detour this time and went straight to the casino.
Pei Wenxuan called his friend to pick up the token again. After getting in the door and getting in, Li Rong couldn't help but say, "Next time, let's just get a token ourselves."
"Also."
Otherwise, he would always be embarrassed by borrowing tokens.
He looked around for Li Rong in the crowd, and met Shangguanya at the table where he was playing leaf cards.
Shangguanya was wearing men's clothing and was fighting hard when Li Rong walked behind her when she heard her shout, "Touch!"
Li Rong patted her on the shoulder, Shangguanya said impatiently, "My lord is playing cards..."
Before she finished speaking, Shangguanya froze, and Li Rong looked at her with a smile: "I'm looking for you for something."
Shangguanya smiled reluctantly: "Can you wait for me to finish this round, I'm about to win."
Li Rong smiled lightly, turned around and said, "Then I will wait for you in the private room."
Casinos are generally set up with private rooms for VIP guests, as long as the amount of gambling money is up to a certain amount, you can enter.
Li Rong went directly to the private room on the second floor, and went to work inside. After playing with the sieve cup for a while, she heard Shangguanya standing at the door and said a little nervously: "Well, I'm in?"
Li Rong put down the sieve cup and stood up straight: "Come in."
Shangguanya opened the door and entered the room. She closed the door and walked to the table with a smile: "I'm not used to seeing you here."
Saying that, she sat down, with Pei Wenxuan standing aside and pouring tea for Shangguanya. Shangguan Ya looked Pei Wenxuan up and down, picked up the tea and said with a smile to Li Rong, "Your concubine is not bad, I like it."
Pei Wenxuan smiled without saying a word, and stood behind Li Rong, looking at Shangguanya without speaking.
Li Rong looked back at Pei Wenxuan, then at Shangguanya who was open-mouthed in front of him, and chuckled, "You are bold."
"I know the princess won't mind." Shangguanya raised the tea cup like a wine cup. After taking a sip, she put down the cup, leaned on the armrest of the chair, and said with a smile, "Say it, Your Highness, come to me, yes. Talk about Qin's case?"
"Why does the whole world know that I want to handle this case?"
Although Li Rong was not surprised that Shangguanya knew about this, she was also a little curious. Shangguanya held her chin and looked at Li Rong: "Your Highness took charge of Yang Quan's case last time, and then intervened in the selection of concubine in the palace. I find it strange that His Highness does not intervene."
"Oh?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "Then why do you think I got involved?"
"Your Highness doesn't think so," Shangguanya looked at her, her eyes full of clarity, "Is the family taking care too much?"
Li Rong didn't say anything, she looked at Shangguanya, Shangguanya stood up straight, with a bit of decency only in the palace: "Your Majesty forced His Highness Pingle to marry Lord Pei for the sake of the family. Now the family is forcing the prince again. Your Highness is marrying a concubine. You say, fate is in the hands of others, can His Highness bear it? Can His Royal Highness bear it? Can His Majesty bear it?"
"That's why you changed the censer in the palace?"
"Your Highness is smart." Shangguanya complimented, "Aya listened to what His Highness said to Aya last time. It's just that the Shangguan family is not in Aya's hands after all, and Aya can't be the master."
Shangguanya's last sentence was meaningful, Li Rong looked at Shangguanya, she knew clearly that Shangguanya had control over the Shangguan family.
Now Shangguanya is still too weak, but after the last life, although Shangguanya was in the harem, she was the actual ruler of the Shangguan family.
The relationship between Shangguanya and the Shangguan family is diametrically opposed to the relationship between Shangguanyue and the Shangguan family. Shangguan Yue lived for the Shangguan family, and the Shangguan family existed for Shangguan Ya.
Li Rong Zhang closed the folding fan in her hand and said slowly, "So, what do you plan to do with the Shangguan family?"
"I agree with Your Highness," Shangguanya put away the smile on her face and said seriously, "The Shangguan family should slowly withdraw from the court. So I hope to establish a better relationship with His Highness."
"what relationship?"
"Has Your Highness thought about supporting a better person to control the Shangguan family," Shangguanya said calmly, "In this way, the Shangguan family can be completely loyal to His Royal Highness, help His Highness assist the crown prince to ascend the throne, and then slowly withdraw from the court, leaving only a few people. Save face in Chaozhong, and everyone else will go back to Youzhou."
"Why don't you quit now?" Li Rong smiled, Shangguan Yamo holding the teacup, "Why do you ask, now that His Majesty has been suppressed by the Shangguan family for more than ten years, and the disgust is in my heart, can the Shangguan family retire? Now Shangguan As soon as the family retreats, I am afraid that there will be only one dead end. The only way is to establish a better relationship with the prince and you, so that the two can rest assured of the Shangguan family, and when the future crown prince ascends the throne, the Shangguan family can withdraw on their own."
Listening to Shangguanya's words, Li Rong laughed out loud: "Do you want to be the head of the Shangguan family?"
"Not now," Shangguanya raised her eyebrows, "what about the future?"
"Why should I help you?"
"His Royal Highness," Shangguanya leaned over and said with a smile, "You and I are both women, and we have the same thoughts. If I want to be the head of the Shangguan family, I must rely on Your Highness. Is such a Shangguan family better than now? Is it easy to control a lot?"
"That's the only way," Shangguanya said with a meaningful expression, "the Shangguan family is the Shangguan family in the hands of His Highness."
Li Rong completely understood what Shangguanya meant.
Now the relationship between the Shangguan family and Li Rong and Li Chuan is that the Shangguan family controls them, not the Shangguan family.
For a long time, whether Li Chuan or Li Rong, will become the current Li Ming sooner or later.
Shangguanya could see clearly, but she couldn't change her father's arrogance, so she could only find another way.
Shangguanya is now handing the future of the Shangguan family into Li Rong's hands. One is to show weakness, and the other is to seek a protective umbrella.
If the Shangguan family is completely handed over to Li Chuan or any monarch, the other party will limitlessly weaken the family for their own power and court.
In the hands of Li Rong, the Shangguan family and Li Rong share weal and woe, Li Rong cannot completely weaken the Shangguan family, but can only control. In the face of the Shangguan family controlled by Li Rong, as long as the monarch trusts Li Rong enough, he will relax his treatment of Shangguan. home vigilance. If the monarch does not trust Li Rong, he must move Li Rong before overthrowing the Shangguan family.
Now Li Ming and the Shangguan family are in an endless situation, and the goal of Li Rong and Shangguanya is to support Li Chuan, so that Li Chuan and the Shangguan family will not fall into the current situation, and then Shangguanya will serve the Shangguan family. Find a safer location, not as precarious as it is today.
No matter Shangguan Yue or Shangguan Xu, they were born when the Shangguan family was at its peak, and deep down they didn't believe what the emperor Li Ming could do to them. They always believed that the Shangguan family still had an advantage in the battle against Li Ming.
Therefore, the queen's way to protect the crown prince is to rely on the family indefinitely, and make the family an inseparable part of Li Chuan. In her heart, this is the best way to keep her son. This method not only guarantees Li Chuan's ascension to the throne, but also guarantees that the glory of the Shangguan family will continue.
It's just that she ignored that people who were born in the royal family valued dignity and the autonomy of destiny far beyond their imagination.
Shangguanya saw this clearly.
Because she herself is a person like Li Rong, she clearly knows what Li Rong and Li Chuan think, and she also understands the precarious fate of the Shangguan family.
Li Rong looked at her friend from the previous life across from her, but was not surprised by her sharpness. After a while, she laughed: "Very good, then you can tell me what you need."
"In most cases, you don't need His Highness's help," Shangguanya seemed to have known that Li Rong would agree, but was not surprised. Leaning on the back of her chair, she unconsciously fiddled with the dice with one hand, and said, "Occasionally need help, maybe it is very busy."
"I need your help in many places." Li Rong was not polite, "Have you thought about it?"
"Don't worry, I will listen to His Highness's orders." Shangguanya raised her eyes, "So this time, what does His Highness want me to do?"
"Do you know who participated this time?"
"There are three uncles who have come to my house recently, Xingyang Wen, Qinghe Cui, and Longxi Wang. You can follow them to find out who are working in the Ministry of Punishment and the Censor's Office. You probably know who is involved in the Qin family. Who are the victims?"
Shangguanya was obviously prepared, and Li Rong was relieved to see her being so good.
"Any other news?"
"It's just the beginning, I'll help you keep an eye on it, and if there's any news, I'll notify you immediately."
"Okay." Li Rong nodded and exchanged, "You can tell me anything else you need."
"Twenty people," Shangguanya said unceremoniously, "I want to arrange to enter the Shangguan mansion."
"Okay." Li Rong responded immediately. After the two sides reached a deal, Shangguanya stood up and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go for another round, there is not much time, I have to go back to the house after the fight. I don't pay for it."
Li Rong felt a little nervous when she heard the word money. Fortunately, gambling money was a drop in the bucket for her. She waved her hand and sighed, "Go ahead."
Shangguan Ya saluted and withdrew, Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, and said helplessly: "You say that you are all the ones who ask for money? When can you give me a God of Wealth to ease my family? The pressure of the Lord?"
Pei Wenxuan heard it funny, and went out with her: "You work hard, let His Majesty send you the ten counties, and the money will come."
When Li Rong heard this, she looked back at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan was stunned by her stare, and couldn't help but say, "What do you see me doing?"
"I just remembered suddenly..." Li Rong raised her hand to hold Pei Wenxuan and said with a smile, "Wen Xuan, don't you have a family business to inherit?"
When Pei Wenxuan was pulled by Li Rong like this, his whole body froze, his brain seemed to be mushy, all stuck together, and he couldn't speak.
Thinking of Pei Wenxuan's family business, Li Rong became happy for a while: "Isn't most of your Pei family's property earned by your father? It stands to reason that you are an adult, and it would be inappropriate for your uncle to keep it for you. Let's find a chance. , go and talk to your family, what do you think?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, his whole body's senses were where Li Rong touched him.
Li Rong really didn't take him as an outsider, so she held his hand like two big girls talking. Pei Wenxuan could see that Li Rong was driven mad by money, and when he thought of the money in his family, Li Rong's tone softened a lot: "Father-in-law is very capable, he used his own power to push the Pei family from a second-rate family. If you enter the first class, you must have left behind a lot of property, you have to learn from him, you can't always think about asking me for money, you should learn the dignity of some men, what do you think?"
When Pei Wenxuan heard her talk about men, he finally regained his senses. He glanced at Li Rong up and down, turned his head, and said directly, "I have no dignity."
Li Rong got angry when she heard it. Knowing that Pei Wenxuan rejected her proposal, she stretched out her hand and squeezed Pei Wenxuan's soft flesh and said angrily, "Why are you so useless?!"
"Oh my aunt," Pei Wenxuan sighed, "Can you be more realistic, my second uncle is a provincial minister, so he's a little worse than Shangguanxu and the others, let's go to ask for money now, it's called Hukouduo Food. You think money is fine, can you think of other easier ways?"
Li Rong also knew this truth, she sighed and said sadly, "It's hard to make money."
After listening to Li Rong's words, Pei Wenxuan turned to look at Li Rong. Seeing that Li Rong seemed to be really serious about this matter, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
Li Rong looked up at him, a little unhappy: "What are you laughing at?"
Pei Wenxuan was holding hands by Li Rong. He didn't feel nervous anymore after such a chat was interrupted. He walked to the carriage with Li Rong arm in arm, and said with a low smile, "I didn't expect Your Highness to have a day of worrying about money."
"Are you kidding me?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan hurriedly said, "Don't dare. I just think that His Highness is rare and cute."
"Tsk," Li Rong said with a look of disgust, "Pei Wenxuan, you can say anything when you are flattering."
Pei Wenxuan smiled and turned his eyes, looked at the carriage ahead, and said slowly: "Actually, Your Highness doesn't have to worry. Some of the industries I put into production before have already begun to make profits, and there should be a surplus next year. Your Highness's fief Qingzhou has fertile soil, and I will take over Your Highness. After the property, I sent someone to invite Gu Chenzi, and now he should have taught the people how to farm in Qingzhou."
Gu Chenzi was a famous "rice sage" in the last life. He studied farming all his life, especially in the cultivation of straw. In his last life, it would take several years for him to write "Agricultural Art", which was famous in the summer, but now he has been invited to Qingzhou in advance by Pei Wenxuan.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning," Pei Wenxuan advised Li Rong, "just wait until next year."
"Okay, I know," Li Rong sighed, "I just said casually, you make a lot of money, and it's not like I haven't seen it before."
As Li Rong spoke, she reached the side of the carriage. Pei Wenxuan helped her into the carriage, then rolled up the curtain and entered the carriage.
When Pei Wenxuan heard Li Rong compliment him, he was quite happy, and after sitting down, he looked up to see Li Rong find a comfortable position, lounging in the carriage, he couldn't help laughing: "Since you know, Your Highness can rest assured. Over the years, I have helped His Highness take care of the property, and in the future," Pei Wenxuan opened the teacup and said in a gentle voice, "The extra money will be used as a dowry for His Highness by the minister."
Hearing this, Li Rong burst out laughing: "Pei Wenxuan, you are so interesting, you even prepared a dowry for me."
"After all, we'll meet again," Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes with a smile and looked at Li Rong who was smiling happily, "I'll give you a dowry, lest you fail to marry, and I'll depend on me for the rest of my life."
"Shameless," Li Rong poked him with a small fan, "Who wants to depend on you for the rest of your life?"
Pei Wenxuan smiled without saying a word, lowered his head and poured tea.
Li Rong was spinning a fan beside him, and when he lifted it out of the corner of his eye, he could see that long and beautiful fingers flip the small golden fan, like some kind of peculiar dance, with a wordless beauty.
His eyes paused on those slender fingers. For some reason, he remembered the last life, when they dared to get married, and sometimes Li Rong came to Sunflower Water, and this beautiful hand was useful.
Pei Wenxuan's eyes dimmed, he hurriedly lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness, let's discuss something with you."
"Um?"
"I think we'd better sleep in separate beds."
"Oh?" Li Rong turned to look at him, a little strange, "Don't you find it troublesome?"
No points before, what is the point for now
Li Rong was a little puzzled. After a while, she showed a little teasing: "Pei Wenxuan, could it be that you have plans for me?"
"His Royal Highness looks down on himself too much."
Pei Wenxuan replied quickly: "After seeing people for decades, what else can I afford?"
When Pei Wenxuan answered this, her heart beat fast, Li Rong nodded, and said slowly, "That's right, you and I are too familiar with each other, if you can have intentions like this, it can be seen that you men are really meaty. Bogey, beasts are not as good."
Pei Wenxuan: "..."
Hearing Li Rong scolding him, Pei Wenxuan didn't know what to do, but he felt a little guilty.
He felt that Li Rong was right. He and Li Rong had such a pure friendship now, how could he see these thoughts with just one hand
Really he was too obscene.
So he nodded heavily and echoed: "His Royal Highness is right!"
"Then why do you want to split the bed?"
Li Rong looked up at him and blinked. Pei Wenxuan was stopped by the question for a while, and after holding it for a long time, he finally said, "I wake up too early every morning, I'm afraid I'll disturb Your Highness."
"That's it." Li Rong laughed and waved her hand in a big way, "It's alright, you don't usually disturb me when you get up, don't worry too much. It's too troublesome to sleep separately, and if someone finds out, if we two When the news of the discord spread, His Majesty would have to wonder how much water I have as a supervisory department. After all, now he trusts me, and a large part of it depends on your face, thinking that when I marry you, you will marry chickens, chickens, dogs, dogs. already."
Listening to Li Rong's words, Pei Wenxuan didn't dare to say more. He nodded, took out the booklet from the drawer, and said indifferently, "It's fine if you don't mind, then forget it."
He just needs to take a few cold showers.
The author has something to say: [Small Theater 1]
Pei Wenxuan: "I have prepared your dowry for you."
Li Rong: "You are so nice?! Thank you! You are really my best friend."
Pei Wenxuan: "No thanks, you will bring it back anyway."
Li Rong: "???"
[Small Theater 2]
Li Rong: "You and I are so familiar, if you can have intentions like this, it shows that you men really don't avoid meat and vegetables, and animals are not as good."
Pei Wenxuan: "His Royal Highness is right! I'm that beast! I actually have thoughts on you, I'm nasty! I'm shameless! I'm not a good girlfriend!"
[Small Theater 3]
Pei Wenxuan's volg: "Hello everyone, I'm Pei Wenxuan. I slept in separate beds for the second time today, and I failed again. The princess can always find a reason for me and her to sleep in separate beds. I think it makes sense. I There's no way to refuse. I'll see if I can think of a way, after all, if I go to sleep like this, I'll soon fall in love with her, I don't want to woo woo woo, I really only treat her as a brother woo woo woo... "