Early the next morning, the imperial concubine and empress received a message from the inn, saying that His Royal Highness was going to visit the Li family, and hoped that the two empresses would accompany them.
As the emperor, he could order anyone to accompany him, but these two ladies are not ordinary people, so he can't order them. So I have no choice but to express my hope to go with you in a tactful way.
Moreover, the son had to be brought out as an excuse.
Fortunately, the imperial concubine is still very proud of her son, so she agreed without saying a word.
Going to the Li family is of course revealing your identity. Although you will not blatantly say to the Li family, "I am the emperor, these are my queens and concubines", but of course the head of the Li family knows everything. Therefore, it is not good for Shen Yuqing to disguise herself as a man, so she has to change back into women's clothes.
The two empresses dressed up as the emperor's wife and Ping's wife, and recruited Concubine Wei and Concubine Yun, who wanted to join in the fun, to form a group of wives and concubines. As for Qixue, she is not interested in calligraphy and painting, so she would rather lie on the boat and sleep late than go.
The two teams met at the inn, and then went to Li's house together.
The news that the emperor was coming, he found someone to vent to the Li family yesterday. So the concierge of Li's family got the news early in the morning and waited at the door, and he greeted the carriage as soon as it arrived.
"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, please come to this place, Miss." The concierge didn't know that this was the emperor, and the family members also said that a Marquis from the capital was coming, so he called him Marquis.
His Majesty the Emperor nodded slightly, and walked in first.
The Empress Empress and the Imperial Concubine each lead a child to follow, and Concubine Yun and Concubine Wei are the last.
Surrounded by palace people and guards, the whole family was full of battles.
When the family members had been waiting inside the door for a long time, he greeted them first before greeting them politely.
Since His Royal Highness said that he wanted to see their paintings and calligraphy, he naturally prepared the collection room long ago. But before that, the family members had to meet His Majesty the Emperor to say hello, so as not to appear impolite.
The Li family has a big business, but only this headed family has settled in Suzhou. The remaining two and three bedrooms and side branches are all near Suzhou and do not live in the urban area. After all, the urban area is crowded with noisy people, so it is not as quiet as Zhuangzi in the suburbs. The pleasant scenery in the suburbs is suitable for seclusion, and it is also an excellent place for calligraphy and painting creation.
The head of the Li family asked his wife and several children to come over.
"Now I have three sons and one daughter, all of whom have some attainments in painting and calligraphy. I can ask them to paint on the spot for your evaluation." He said humbly.
His Majesty the Emperor admired a painting hanging on the wall of the living room, and nodded in praise: "This painting is quite interesting."
Hearing this compliment, Patriarch Li's eyes flashed with pride: "This is done by my son, he is the most talented among the next four children."
Shen Yuqing can't appreciate any calligraphy and painting, she can at most judge whether it looks good or not according to her aesthetics, as for the artistic conception inside, sorry, she doesn't know anything. The empress is a little better, but she is actually not interested in these things.
Before being picked up by the Fu family, she was just an ordinary village girl, worrying about her livelihood every day. If you expect her to appreciate something on the spiritual and cultural level, you can pull it down.
The so-called granary is real, but one knows etiquette, and one knows honor and disgrace when there is enough food and clothing. If you can't get enough to eat, who cares about whether the spiritual world is rich or not
As for when she went to Fu's house later, her three views were almost finalized at that time. In her opinion, gold was more real than priceless treasures, and delicious food was more attractive than piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Anyway, the Fu family failed to get her back, but fortunately they managed to let her learn the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
It will be possible, but there is no guarantee if you are proficient or not. But the Fu family doesn't care, as long as you know it, and it won't be embarrassing to say that it won't be embarrassing for everyone to learn it, then that's enough.
Empress Empress and Imperial Concubine Empress have a lot in common in these aspects. When they look at the painting, they basically replace it with how much the painting is worth, and don't care about anything else.
The two of them got together and silently stared at the paintings on the wall, estimating the value.
Otherwise, there is nothing to do, they can't appreciate it, so they can only find something to do for themselves.
'Look at this painting is very beautiful, it should be worth a lot of money. Concubine Shen took a look at the empress.
'The painter is not well-known and cannot be sold for a good price. 'The empress shook her head slightly.
'Then why is this uncle hanging out happily? Concubine Shen Gui was puzzled, if it's not worth the money and still hang it out, isn't she afraid of being ridiculed for being poor at home
According to what he said, Mr. Li San has a good talent, and in time he will definitely be famous all over the world. 'So the paintings of my talented children, even if they are hung up, will not be ashamed, but a kind of showing off.
Shen Yuqing couldn't understand this kind of behavior of parents showing off their children in a boring way, so she turned her head to look at Concubine Yun and Concubine Wei, wanting to see what they were doing.
Well, it doesn't matter if you don't read it, you will understand it immediately. The two are also estimating how much the painting is worth. As for appreciation, what is it? Can I eat it
Not to mention that Concubine Wei is a girl with a very ordinary family background, even Concubine Yun with a good family background, she is not interested in this either. The spiritual civilization in the interstellar era is more developed. It stands to reason that a young lady like Concubine Yun should have a higher level of appreciation. However, Concubine Yun's talents and interests seem to be all about food, and she knows nothing about calligraphy and painting.
She looked at the painting with the eyes of looking at money, but her cold appearance concealed the filth in her heart.
Qingxi lowered her head to play with the handkerchief boredly, and quietly kicked her younger brother next to her from time to time, asking him to take care of her.
She was about to get moldy from boredom. What's so good about calligraphy and painting? It's all because of my silly brother who insisted on coming. If you come, just come, if you don't chat with her to relieve boredom, you are really ignorant.
Humph.
Miss Qingxi curled her lips, she would never come here again next time, why did the Li family walk so slowly, they haven't arrived yet.
The Li family's courtyard is really big, so the servants first went to report the news, and then the master rushed over. It took a lot of work to come and go.
Finally, when Shen Yuqing was about to finish her third cup of tea, the three sons and one daughter of the Li family appeared.
"Here we come." Patriarch Li said.
Everyone was excited, and suddenly regained their spirits.
Outside the door, four young men and women came in led by a lady. Madam looks a little old, she should be the wife of Patriarch Li.
"Keep all distinguished guests waiting for a long time." Madam apologized first when she came, and gave her youngest son a glare.
She was still reckless at such an age, just spilled tea and wet her skirt, causing her to change temporarily, but it was too late.
Fortunately, the distinguished guest didn't care about it, and let her go with a wave of his hand.
The owner of the Li family introduced his wife and children to several people.
"These are my three sons."
The eldest son and the second son didn't need him to say anything, they took the initiative to say hello very sensiblely. The third son didn't know why, but he stared at the empress and the imperial concubine in surprise, but didn't react for a while.
"Shao'er?" Patriarch Li called him in displeasure.
Li Shao quickly returned to his senses: "I have seen all the distinguished guests."
The imperial concubine looked at this rather familiar Mr. Li with a half-smile, wasn't he the one she met two days ago. He still dared to call her a scum, I don't know if he was scared now.
Empress Fu's expression was calm, and she didn't seem to be worried about him pointing out that she and Shen Yuqing were intimate in disguise. Li Shao really didn't dare to say it out, he just felt his heart beep.
Fortunately, he didn't really pester Shen Yuqing all the time that day, but put it down early. Otherwise, if you compete with the emperor for a woman, the picture is too beautiful to watch.
Now that we have met each other, Patriarch Li invited everyone to follow him to the collection room to appreciate paintings and calligraphy. Shen Yuqing and Fu Qiushui were two steps behind, one left and one right happened to sandwich Li Shao in the middle.
When Li Shao saw this, he was about to cry, he was not as aggressive as he was two days ago.
He dared to offend those princes and ladies with extraordinary family backgrounds, but the royal family was beyond the scope of his daring. If he offends other people, his family can still handle it, but if he offends the royal family, he should wash his neck and wait.
"What are you two doing..." Li Shao was worried.
Couldn't it be because he discovered the adultery between them and wanted to kill them to silence it
No, this is their Li family, no matter how arrogant the two ladies are, they will not kill people on the spot. I just don't know which two empresses these two are, I hope there will be no queens and concubines.
Li Shao had a naive delusion, thinking that only concubines Xian and three second-rank concubines came to Li's house today, and there were no concubines and empresses. However, it was a coincidence that the ones he offended were the imperial concubine and the queen.
It wasn't the two ladies' cars that overturned at the scene of the car rollover, but Mr. Li's car.
Never expected that in the harem of His Majesty the Emperor, there would be concubines playing with mirrors. This made Mr. Li think of a wise saying: If you want to live a decent life, you must always have a little green on your head.
He extended his deep sympathy to His Majesty the Emperor.
Concubine Shen Gui is a civilized person now, she didn't do anything to him, she just smiled and said: "Just now I heard that the paintings in the hall were made by young master, it is true that people cannot be judged by their appearance, young master is really impressive."
Li Shao was alert immediately.
Why praise him why praise him why! Could it be that he fell in love with him? ! ! !
Don't, he still doesn't want to achieve the achievement of becoming a green emperor. It's fine for the emperor's concubines to cuckold each other, but is he going to die if he interferes
The empress also said: "I will paint on the spot later, Mr. Li must perform well."
Li Shao nodded immediately.
understand understand understand! He is sure to "behave" well and will never expose the adultery between the two of you, please don't kill people to silence him!
Although they were not on the same channel, the three of them communicated happily. The queen empress and the imperial concubine followed the emperor's footsteps contentedly, and did not frighten the poor little man any more.
In fact, they were not afraid of Li Shao's words at all. Firstly, the emperor already knew about it, and secondly, the Li family would only think that their young master was talking nonsense and would not believe it at all. If so, why care
But it was interesting to see how surprised he was.
Suzhou City is located in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The water and soil here are very nourishing. The girls raised are beautiful and gentle, and the sons raised are Zhilan Yushu. I just don't understand why Mr. Li San is so special, as pungent as a Sichuan girl.
Shen Yuqing still thinks that his attribute should be Niangshou, ahem.
His Royal Highness is appreciating the painting seriously, and it seems that he understands it. His Majesty the Emperor is exactly the same as him, enjoying this visual journey very much.
When they came out of the collection room, one big and one small still had a lot to say. The owner of the Li family proposed at the right time to let a few children paint on the spot, and His Majesty the Emperor readily agreed.
However, it was already noon after visiting the collection room, so everyone went to eat first, and the painting activity was moved to the afternoon.
The Li family prepared the Suzhou dishes delivered to them, and they ate them very freshly. Shen Yuqing was on the boat, and she didn't have time to try the authentic local dishes, so she only cared about eating crayfish. His Majesty the Emperor was at the inn, and the inn had been obediently looking for a cook from Huaijing for a long time, and the dishes he cooked were very suitable for the emperor's taste. Although they have made a lot of local specialties, they have been improved to meet the taste of Huaijing people.
I eat it once in a while, and I feel that it is quite fresh, but I am not used to eating too much. After all, Suzhou is close to Huaijing, and the taste difference is not too big.
But Qingxi didn't enjoy eating very much, she seemed to be thinking about the crayfish that her concubine mother described to her when she came here in the morning.
In the evening, I must go back to the boat with my concubine, and she also wants to eat crayfish.
A meal is probably a good time for the guests and the host, and the head of the Li family is also very satisfied, as long as the emperor does not feel slighted.
Li Shao seemed to let go of his thoughts because of the short conversation before. After being nervous, he felt extremely hungry, and actually ate more than usual, causing his mother to stare at him frequently, telling him to restrain himself and not to embarrass himself in front of distinguished guests.
However, Li Shao was so focused on eating that he didn't feel his mother's attention at all.
The painting in the afternoon was carried out in the special studio of the study, and several painting cases were set up for the four children to paint at the same time. I didn't set a topic, so I let them draw whatever they wanted.
The others sat around drinking tea and snacks and waited. After a full hour, the four of them finished work one after another.
"It's quite beautiful." Qingxi whispered, "Isn't it, Qiuqiu?"
His Royal Highness put on a straight face: "Don't call me Qiuqiu, I have a name."
Qingxi snorted softly: "How can you use your real name when you're away from home?"
Don't forget that they are Weibo private visits!
Qiuqiu frowned in dissatisfaction, and Baozi's face suddenly bulged. Why did the concubine mother give him a nickname of Qiuqiu? How embarrassing to say it.
But he tilted his head and glanced at his mother and concubine, and still didn't dare to object, so he had to accept it silently.
The mother concubine will not spoil him, he will beat him up immediately if he is disobedient, and if he is beaten to death, he will be considered unlucky himself. In her words, she has always had a hard time controlling the brats, so you'd better be obedient.
Before he became immortal, Qiuqiu didn't plan to face his mother face to face.
Qingxi gloated and smiled: "You've only just laid the foundation, at least I'm old enough to be able to withstand mother's slap. Come on, little ball."
Although, at this stage, she just wanted to ensure that she would not be beaten to death by Shen Yuqing's daily beating.
The two children murmured together, and did not hear what their father said about their paintings. When they finished muttering, the evaluation was over.
Watching the emperor and the head of the Li family chatting for a while, they said goodbye and left.
Li Shao almost sent them off with warm gratitude, his own life should be saved, right
Unexpectedly, before leaving, the imperial concubine came over and patted him on the shoulder: "The talent is good, keep working hard."
Then slip away.
Li Shao was left alone standing there dumbfounded, always feeling that my life was over.
Just, did the imperial concubine touch him just now? The emperor, His Majesty the emperor would not think that he was having an affair with the imperial concubine, would he
Li Shao trembled in his heart, and secretly scolded Shen Yuqing thousands of times.
He knew that this woman must be a scumbag, and she would cheat him before leaving!
The Li family didn't think there was a problem, after all, the imperial concubine's attitude was like encouraging the younger generation, and Shen Yuqing was indeed old enough to be his mother. Didn't you see that the imperial concubine has a thirteen-year-old daughter? Li Shao is only 17 or 18 years old, rounding off he is considered to be the same age.
Inexplicably, Li Shao, who is a generation lower than the imperial concubine:? ?
Li Shao has already begun to think about the possibility of immediately marrying herself out for refuge.
Now that he is engaged immediately, will he be able to prove his innocence? But he really didn't have a gossip partner, and he couldn't find anyone even if he wanted to get engaged.
The only one who is a bit emotionally involved, apart from Shen Yuqing, the rotten peach blossom, is the prefect three or four years ago... But the other party has already soared to Huaijing to become a high-ranking official, and he probably has forgotten him long ago. up.
Li Shao was suddenly discouraged and sullen, which caught his elder brother's attention.
"Shao'er, what's the matter?" The steady elder brother patted him on the shoulder, "Why are you unhappy?"
Li Shao shook his head: "It's okay."
Mr. Li frowned: "Really?"
Li Shao was a little scared of his elder brother, so he didn't dare to hide it when he saw this. But he really didn't want to say it, so he bit his lip and stayed silent.
"Thinking about him again?" Brother Li's face turned cold.
A few years ago, he suddenly heard that his fourteen-year-old brother fell in love with a man he didn't know very well. At that time, he was so angry that he almost came to the door with a knife to kill this bastard who would not spare even a young boy. Later, he found out that it was the other party who saved his younger brother's life, and made his younger brother unilaterally obsessed with it, so he had no reason to find trouble with others.
Not long after that, this person was promoted and advanced all the way, leaving the Li family behind. It is not a problem for the Li family to deal with a magistrate, but now he has grown into an important member of the court that the Li family cannot move.
The point is, his own child is not up to date, and still misses him wholeheartedly. However, the other party just rescued him casually, and he probably didn't remember his stupid brother for a long time.
Seeing that his eldest brother looked ugly, Li Shao didn't dare to say anything.
He... what can he do, liking someone is beyond his control. He also thought about using another relationship to dilute his obsession with that person, but it didn't work.
I didn't find someone pleasing to the eye before, but the night before yesterday I suddenly met a "brother son" who fell from the sky and rescued him, that scene seemed to reappear. He tried it out, wanting to see if he could succeed with another benefactor who saved him, but in the end he had a big oolong, she was a noble concubine, a woman.
Anyway, Li Shao has already been crushed by his crush, and he will never be able to straighten up in this life, and he only wants to marry that person. Don't expect him to marry a wife and have children, he can't control himself.
Thinking of this, Li Shao's eyes narrowed, and he stared at his brother stubbornly, as if he was going to cry or not.
"You... Forget it." What else can Brother Li do? My stupid younger brother was reluctant to beat and scold him, so he could only secretly curse that scumbag in his heart, and then he promised helplessly: "I will ask my father to propose marriage to that one, but the other party is the only one in the family, and he may want to marry a wife and have children to carry on the family line. Be mentally prepared."
Anyway, he didn't think that the other party would agree to this marriage. That man kept himself clean for so many years, and he hadn't seen anyone close to him. He didn't know if he could accept being with a man. Moreover, although he has no wife or concubine, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have any maids in his backyard.
Brother Li is really afraid that his stupid brother will be upset after being rejected, and he is also afraid that even if the other party agrees, his brother will find other women in the backyard after marrying, and he will not accept it.
Thinking of this gave me a headache, why did his younger brother fall in love with such a person with all his heart? If it is an ordinary man, their Li family can still recruit a son-in-law, relying on the power of the Li family to prevent the other party from taking concubines or something. But that person is the prince and grand teacher, and also the minister of the Ministry of Rites. They can't move the Li family, and they can't control each other.
At best, they could mobilize public opinion to condemn the man when he treated his younger brother badly, but it didn't help. After all, he has already treated his younger brother badly, even if the public condemns him, the harm has been done. He would rather that person always be nice to his younger brother than make trouble like this.
Li Shao didn't expect so much, he was very pleasantly surprised after hearing what his brother said.
As long as there is a chance, although it is a bit cheap to propose a marriage, he will not be reconciled if he doesn't try it once. What if it happens
"Thank you, brother!" He was so touched, he grabbed Brother Li's sleeve and acted coquettishly, "Brother, you are the best!"
Brother Li snorted coldly: "Of course I love you the most."
It hurts you more than that broken man.
But no matter how much it hurts, my younger brother turns his elbows out every day. It is said that women are extroverted, but he did not expect his brother to be the same, which is really a headache.
But the younger brother whom I doted on, cried and wanted to continue to dote on him, there was nothing I could do about it.
"My ugly words are up front. If he refuses, you are not allowed to cry." Brother Li said awkwardly.
Li Shao nodded again and again, he probably would agree to anything at the moment, as long as he had the opportunity to be with his sweetheart.
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