In the Loei Mansion, the chief manager snorted coldly, "You look so ugly, you still want to call me to shoot?" ”

The people in Loei hid their faces and didn't dare to speak, but they were saying in their hearts, 'Even if the chief is honest, you always say it honestly, is it okay?'

There are also people who secretly rejoice for the guys who were beaten up just now, but fortunately they didn't hear the words of the chief manager, otherwise they would definitely cry to death.

Outside Loei, the spies sent by the various provinces were all curled up in their hiding places, and the group of people who had just been thrown out were not interested in checking their injuries and identities.

Li Jingshi's father and son didn't know anything about these movements outside the house, and they went to Li Shu's courtyard familiarly, after all, their daughter was going to be in time, even if it was their own father and daughter, it was not easy to go to her residence.

Mother Ye was notified, knowing that Li Jingshi's father and son were coming, she went to inform Li Qianqian first, and then went into the small kitchen and checked the ginseng chicken soup that had been boiled before, this pot was already the third pot, if General Li and they didn't come out again, this pot would be cheap again.

This is what Li Qianqian told Mother Ye to boil after sending Li Jing and his son into the palace, but I don't know how long the emperor will stay, so he can only change new chickens and medicinal herbs every day to boil.

Li Qianqian heard his father and them leave the palace, and hurriedly rushed to Li Shu's courtyard, Lan Tang and Zhang Duoli couldn't help but laugh behind when they saw it, "It's really rare to see her so nervous." ”

"Not really. ”

Li Qianqian had already flown into Li Shu's courtyard, and when she saw her father and brother, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Father and brothers are all right, right?"

"It's fine. Li Jingshi stretched out his hand to pat his daughter's head, Li Mingxi smiled and asked her to see if she was thin, and complained that the imperial meal was not delicious.

Li Shaoxi glared at him, "Be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth." ”

"Big brother, you're too nervous. ”

"Be careful to make the ship of ten thousand years. Li Shaoxi reprimanded his younger brother with a serious expression, Li Mingxi saw that his eldest brother had a straight face, and immediately became honest, but he still didn't forget to make a grimace at his sister.

Li Qianqian smiled when he looked at it.

The three brothers of Feng Gongzi also came, and after greeting Li Jingshi's father and son, they sat down in priority and order, and Li Jingshi said to them, "The emperor wants to ask a few people to help destroy the design of the sleeve crossbow and the arsenal of the thirteen princes." ”

"The emperor is sure that the thirteen princes haven't dedicated this thing yet? You know, if he sacrifices this thing, he will definitely be the prince of Eastern Qi. Li Shu said sarcastically.

Lord Feng Zhuang shook his head, "The other princes won't agree." ”

"Does it matter if they disagree?" Li Shu chuckled.

Elder Zhang said, "If you stab this matter to the other princes?"

"There is no half prince in Dongqi who can be compared with the Nine Emperors now, even if you stab them to know about this, it is only ......" When Lan Hai rushed over, he heard the words of the second prince of Feng.

He saluted everyone and sat down before saying, "I have seen the vein case of the Eastern Qi royal family, and I found that the sixth prince seems to be a little strange. ”

"He, isn't he crippled, his legs are crippled, and he can't walk. Liu Er still remembers this prince, I heard that he has been very smart, resolute and kind since he was a child, and he was the son of the Emperor of Eastern Qi, but unfortunately when he was fifteen years old, he fell from a horse and had an accident, and his legs were disabled.

Blue Ocean can see the pulse of the Eastern Qi royal family, which is naturally the masterpiece of the pigeon guards, so Liu Er knows the situation of the six princes of Eastern Qi.

"If you can find the person who was there at the time, maybe you can find out, but after many years, I want to come ......"

"You mean, if the Sixth Prince is not a cripple, he will be the best candidate for the next monarch of Eastern Qi?" asked Li Jingshi.

Lan Hai nodded, "He will be a good emperor." ”

"It's good for the Dongqi people, but for us, it's not necessarily. Li Jingshi spoke from the standpoint of the Southern Chu soldiers.

Zhang Lao thought for a while and said, "If his injury is fake, then he must have a plan after so many years of submersion." ”

"I think the matter of the sleeve crossbow, let's shoot directly, don't want to stab other princes, lest they learn that they have this anti-heaven weapon, and have any other thoughts, and then we will steal chickens and rice. Li Qianqian persuaded, "But after the shot is ruined, just put this matter on to those princes to take the blame." As he spoke, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "It would be best if all their princes could be mixed in." ”

The more chaotic the Eastern Qi is, the better it will be for Southern Chu, because in this way, they will not have time to invade Southern Chu.

As for the princess of Ruijun, Li Qianqian thought that once the Nine Emperors ascended the throne and there was no hope, there would be no one to support her. Who will order a few side concubines and concubines with good family backgrounds for King Ruijun to enter the door?

When I was thinking about it, I heard Jin Yi talking about the draft.

"Draft?"

"Yes. "I would like to reply respectfully, "The country on the mainland of Zhongzhou holds a draft every three years, and all women who have reached the age of thirteen to sixteen must participate in the draft, and women with good looks and good character are promoted to enter the palace, or are included in the harem by the emperor, or are assigned to the clan as wives, or are assigned to the prince as side concubines or concubines. ”

No way?

"However, if you are already engaged, you don't have to participate in the draft, but many people hope that their daughters can participate, because no one can say for sure, their daughters will not be favored by the emperor and included in the harem, maybe this great luck will fall on their daughters?"

"And if you can enter the last round before being brushed down, although you are not included in the palace and become the emperor's concubine, you may still become the side concubines or concubines of the princes, depending on their family background. ”

Jinyi and Liu Er relay for Li Qianqian's popular science.

"Oh, what about the princes' concubines, who were also picked out of the draft?"

"No, the princes who have been out of the palace have all married, and the princes who have not yet left the palace are still very young. ”

In fact, the princes of Southern Chu are all young, but their fathers are relatively young compared with the emperors of Zhao, Eastern Qi and Western Yue, so there are several grandsons of the nine princes of Eastern Qi, but the princes of Southern Chu have only opened their mansions and built their offices not long ago.

Their princesses and concubines are still freshly baked, so if the best of this draft enters the prince's mansion, they will probably either be side concubines or concubines.

Li Qianqian tilted his head and thought for a long time, "I don't have to participate in the draft, right?"

Li Jingshi listened to his daughter's question, and was stunned, not to mention, this person really has no concept at all, it's not that he doesn't understand these things, but he has always felt that his daughter is still young and the marriage is not in a hurry!

"Big brother?"

"My father is the Minister of the Guard, and my sister shouldn't have to participate in the draft. "This is because the princess is selected from the daughters of officials above the third rank, and since she has the qualifications to be selected as a concubine, she naturally does not need to participate in the draft to compete for the qualifications of the side concubine or concubine.

Of course, if people want to, no one will stop them.

Otherwise, how would these officials send their daughters to the emperor?

"But a more foolish way is to betrothed the leader before the draft list is announced. ”

Feng Gongzi's eyes lit up when he heard this, which made the owner of Feng Zhuang and the second son of Feng want to slap off his younger brother's stupidity.

Li Shu said to Li Jingshi, "I think it's better to get engaged to them quickly, lest the emperor insist on putting a shallow name into the list in order to pinch you, and in addition, you, as well as their two brothers, also have to hurry up and get engaged." ”

"Why is that?"

"Aren't you afraid, the emperor will choose a daughter-in-law for you from among the show girls? If it is the one who is in harmony with your heart, it will be fine, if it is the kind of woman who is not good at you, has a bad character, is stingy and mean, and loves to care, and spends her whole day stirring up the family into a miasma? Also, even if the person is well chosen, the forces behind her are not in harmony with your father and son......" The rest of the words do not need to be spoken, so that they are more lethal.

Sure enough, when Li Shu reminded him like this, Li Jingshi's whole person was blinded, even Li Shaoxi, who has always been the pillar of the family, was stunned, not to mention Li Mingxi, who had never had any heart.

Li Qianqian glanced at the three of them, and said in his heart, even if the father and the second brother are okay, could it be that the eldest brother never imagined that this kind of thing would happen?

Not to mention, Li Shaoxi really didn't think about his marriage, because in his previous life, he never got married until death came, and he was in his early thirties at that time, so now he is only in his early twenties, how could he think of his life's events?

If he didn't take this matter to heart, then how could his father and second brother think of it.

Besides, since they returned to Beijing, they have been very busy, and the emperor is like a slave leader, as if he will not give up until he takes out all the value on them!

So over the years, their father and son have been busy like spinning tops, but because Li Qianqian followed Li Shu out of Nanchu, in order not to keep thinking about this daughter and sister, they are also very busy.

Now that they were suddenly reminded that the emperor was likely to want to take a better handle on them, and to point out to them the woman they didn't like as a wife, the father and son all felt bad.

But what can they do? Although they have been in Beijing all these years, they have never thought about marriage at all, and now they are temporarily asked to choose someone to be engaged, to be honest, it really feels more difficult than ascending to the sky!

"I don't know if there is a girl in this capital who is suitable for us!"

"No matter how famous it is, it may be fake, in order to have a satisfactory marriage. Li Shaoxi sighed, what a mistake! How could he make such a low-level mistake? Even if he had no vision of marriage, as the eldest son in the family, he had the responsibility of giving birth to children and grandchildren to continue the bloodline for the family.

It's just that he always feels that this matter is still very far away from him, but he didn't expect to be reminded like this today, only to find that this matter is so close to him, so close that if he doesn't deal with it quickly, it is likely to bring disaster and trouble to his family.

"What's so difficult to know the character and temper of these noble ladies in Beijing?" the owner of Feng Zhuang smiled crookedly, very happy to have the opportunity to help his younger brother brush up his good feelings in front of his future father-in-law and uncles.

Yes, they have forgotten that Fengjiazhuang has been in Beijing for many years, and they must have known something about these nobles in Nanchu, especially in the past, Mrs. Feng Laozhuang and Mrs. Fenglao Gongzi had been saddened by their children's marriages, and they must have ordered someone to investigate these nobles and nobles.

Needless to say, the information of the noble prince is useless, but the information of the noble ladies can not be used?

Because those noble girls are less than twenty years old, and he is an uncle, do you really want him to marry a woman who is less than twenty years old, and is about the same age as his daughter-in-law and daughter?

So in so much time, how can they find him a woman that he is willing to marry?

Oh, don't say you don't want to feel a headache, but now when you mention it, everyone hugs their heads and shouts that it hurts!

Moreover, for Li Qianqian, she doesn't want to have another mother, she is a little scared! Before and after the second, her mother and her mother died early, what if there is another one, she will die soon?

Li Mingxi also didn't want his father to marry again, for him, there was only one mother, and he didn't want to see other women take her place.

So he actually has a deep hatred for that little Jiang family, as well as Ji Yaoshen, and their nominal grandmother, Mrs. Li, if it weren't for the three of them, his mother would not have died so early, the fourth brother would not have died young, the third brother would not have been sold, and the little sister would not have been born prematurely.

Thinking of the third brother who is still missing, Li Mingxi felt distressed, and the desire to drag Mrs. Li past her and ask her, why can she be ruthless and sell her grandson? Even if she is the son of a concubine, she still has to call her grandmother, don't you?

Since they have all separated their families, why is his hand still on his father's head for so long? Demoting his wife to a concubine is really a big joke! This is what an old witch Li can do.

Her niece was shameless and had a daughter by fornication, in order to keep their mother and daughter, but asked their family to pay a heavy price for the shameless woman?!

If it weren't for his good uncle, who hadn't listened to his old mother's words and removed his mother from the family tree, and recorded the mother and daughter of the little Jiang family in their room as the first marriage and concubine, he would have been happy to let the family know that if he stretched his hand too long, he would have been cut off.

However, they still have to pay some interest, otherwise they still think that they don't have to pay any price for doing something wrong.

Li Mingxi thought about it and decided to go back and say to his eldest brother, his eldest brother has someone in his hand, and he can clean up the old witch without going to Liancheng in person.

Li Shaoxi beckoned to his sister, and the brother and sister walked to the corner and discussed in a low voice about their father's renewal.

"Judging from the extent to which the emperor reuses his father, he will not be happy to see his father still in charge, but the county lords are not necessarily. Li Shaoxi introduced his sister to the county lords among the nobles in Beijing.

Of course, the four or five county lords he said are not young, four of them are widows, two have no children, not that they have not been pregnant, but because of an accident miscarriage, and the other is Heli, she hurt her body when she gave birth to a daughter, and her husband thinks she is useless, and her husband is unproductive, lustful, greedy and mean.

Originally, she endured it for her daughter, but later her ex-husband saw that her daughter was her weakness, so he used this as a threat, and asked her for money to pay it back, and finally asked her to go back to her parents' house and ask her parents to help him get promoted.

He was not satisfied that he was just a petty official from the eighth grade, and wanted to jump to the third or fourth rank in one fell swoop.

"In the end she made it and left?"

"Her mother is Princess Hele, what do you say?"

I see!" No wonder her unpromising ex-husband asked for it so justifiably, he felt that in order for his daughter and granddaughter to live well in his family, the Yue family should let him take what he wanted. ”

Li Shaoxi smiled, "Princess Hele may have a bad vision when choosing a son-in-law, but she really feels sorry for her daughter." ”

God knows how many women have encountered similar things in this era, but the people in the family will only ask her to swallow her anger.

Having such a mother as Princess Hele can be regarded as a blessing for this county lord!