Chapter 52: One Rise and Another
The meal was not finished, so it was withdrawn. Aoki and Li He went to the study to discuss the matter in detail.
After taking his seat, Li He said: The bandits in the mountains are not ordinary people, and after they have robbed their homes and houses, which government is willing to take care of them? Although our Li family is rich and rivals the country, and has also made friends with high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China, if it is a normal matter, it will be easy to handle, but if the bandits in the mountains want to ask them for help, I am afraid it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky. Even if someone is willing to help us send troops to encircle and suppress us, I don't think the outcome is yet known. If it does, it's fine. If it doesn't work, then the rest of the party knows that it was my Li family who did it, and with their cruelty, I'm afraid they will do something to us.
After saying this, Li He sighed heavily. When Aoki saw this, he realized that his father had already thought about it a lot, and he couldn't help but be grateful, his expression relaxed a little, and his tone was not as stiff as before. said: With the power of the Li family, it is really useless to deal with those bandits, and those high-ranking officials only helped us in the past because of the wealth of the Li family, if we really ask them to help us send troops, I think they will only be perfunctory, after all, this matter is beyond the scope of what they can bear. However, I have a choice, maybe I can?
Li He listened and asked: Who is it?
Aoki Road: King Qi.
Li Hedao: But we don't have a deep friendship with him, and he won't necessarily help us.
Aoki smiled: "Father, have you forgotten the purpose of his visit on your birthday?"
Hearing this, Li Hefang knew what Aoki meant. Conveniently: The matter of sending troops is not an ordinary trivial matter. Do you think the King of Qi will work hard for the Li family's own selfishness and send troops to attack?
Aoki Dao: Since he wants to borrow money from the Li family, and it is such a big amount, if we don't lend it to him, if the Xifeng Great Power wants to restore its former glory, it will not be a matter of one or two years, and it will be useless if it does not take seven or eight years. If he is willing to send troops, it will be the best. Not only to help us, but also to establish his prestige.
Li He asked: How do you say this?
Aoki Dao: The purpose of sending troops is to suppress bandits, and the bandits in the mountains have long been spurned by the world, if they send troops in the name of King Qi, they will definitely be able to regain people's hearts. If it is successfully destroyed, it will set up a book of merit for him to ascend the throne of God, and I think he will not oppose it.
Li He thought that there was some truth in this, but he always felt uneasy, if he did this, what would change, and he couldn't explain it for a while, so he let it go. remembered what Master Ren had said, and said: Maybe things will take a turn for the better.
Aoki listened and said, "What do you say?"
Li Hedao: Brother Ren Xian told me that he had talked to Qing Qing in detail, and he didn't want Qing Qing to be separated from his father and daughter, so he asked Qing Qing to ask the bandit leader to see if he could stay at home for a long time, and Qing Qing was willing to try. There's a turning point.
Aoki thought it would be even better if that were the case. Laughing: That's the best.
Seeing this, Li He said again: But you must also prepare for the worst, if Qingqing can't talk to that person, and the king of Qi is unwilling to send troops, then you will stop thinking about it.
Hearing this, Aoki couldn't refute it, so he had to nod. Seeing this, Li He was relieved.
A few more days passed, and the month of January was approaching, and the wedding day of the emperor of the hill country was also close at hand, and tomorrow would be the wedding day.
At this time, the hilly country is very lively, and every house is hung with red lanterns, and the whole night is full of laughter and laughter. The next day, at the time of the wedding.
Let's talk about that Zhang Mansion, Zhang Yunshu didn't sleep all night, just waiting for the morning sun to rise, and then got up to make up. Some girls have already hugged the old lady and brought in with a phoenix crown, a xia shawl, and a golden fork and jade ring. The old lady has seen the world, in the early years in Xifeng served the ladies in the palace, saw the wedding, how the ladies behaved, how to dress up, how to look noble and generous, beautiful Quartet. I was found a few days ago, and it took a lot of money to accept this. I saw that as soon as the grandmother came in and saw Yun Shu, she stepped forward and flattered: "Eh! My eldest lady is a beautiful embryo, even if she doesn't wear makeup, she is ashamed of the moon."
A girl chimed in: That's right. My young lady is beautiful, who else can be worthy of it except the emperor!
When the old lady heard this, she smiled and said: This girl has a sweet mouth, and her words are out of proportion, bluffing people? But she is right, isn't this just marrying the emperor!
That girl was already proud. And the rest of the girls all echoed on the side, congratulating Yun Shu uncontrollably. Yun Shu was proud when he heard this. The old lady was there, and she said that the words made people inevitably arrogant when they heard it, and they had to scatter some money to pass away. In the house, there was a girl who brought out a square plate, and the inside was covered with red velvet cushions, on which were neatly stacked with silver nuggets, some large and some small, and the smallest one was three taels of silver.
Yun Shu smiled: Mama has worked hard, just take some from it. Today's labor is indispensable. In the future, there will be more to ask Mama to take care of it at that time.
When the grandmother heard this, she hurried over to the girl, only to see that the silver coins were raised layer by layer, and she was dazzled. Hurriedly turned to look at Yun Shu, and said with a smile: Where is the young lady talking about, in the future, the old slave will invite the young lady, how can the young lady invite the old slave? As long as the old slave is called, the old slave will come.
Yun Shu smiled: Mama is an elder, and every qiē should be. Please take all the money.
The old lady had already put it away happily. When those girls saw it, they were inevitably moved, and they all came over to ask for money. Yun Shu thought that today was his day of great joy, and he should also spread money for a celebration, so that everyone would be happy and happy. Those girls were laughing and frowning together, saying some good things, Yun Shu couldn't mess with them, and after thinking about it for a while, he had to laugh and say: Okay! You girls, you know how to ask for money, and some serious things are thrown aside. As he spoke, he asked the girl to go to the room and bring out a plate of silver coins, which were not as good as the plate that was given to the old lady just now, but the girls didn't care, and when they saw that the young lady gave the reward, one of them smiled and said: The young lady is so beautiful and generous, and she is so good to the slaves, and she must like it when she wants to come to the emperor. In the future, the young lady was pregnant with a little brother, and she was even more golden and beautiful, and she was very pampered.
Yun Shu listened to this, thinking that the reward would not be spent in vain after all, and his heart was sweet. After the girls agreed, the old lady saw that the hour was not early, so she shouted a few times, and everyone was busy in an instant. For the royal wedding, women's clothing and makeup should not be sloppy, and the complicated details will not be mentioned here.
In another place, the palace is also full of lights, three steps and a happy sticker, five steps and a lantern, seeing that the palace that was deep and depressed in the past has changed its appearance. The palace people who came and went were busy, and their faces were beaming. Since the day the emperor is going to get married, there are courtiers who have a lord through the harem, and the palace people must not be guarded against, women are acceptable, but men are not, and it is necessary to cut off the thing. Shocked the little servants who served in the palace for a while, many of them escaped from the palace, and those who stayed behind had to stay because their families were poor and depended on him to support them alone. If you really want to do that, you can't do it, so you have to obey the will of God. In the meantime, although the daughter of the wedding disappeared without a trace, it was no longer discussed, but recently it was talked about again. Fortunately, the emperor has decreed that the men in the palace do not need to be executed, as usual. Although some courtiers objected, the emperor had a tough attitude, and they couldn't help it. When the palace people found out, they were all grateful, and those who escaped before also came back. Everyone thought about the emperor's goodness, today is the day of the wedding, and it must be done well, thinking so, their faces are also radiant, shining on the red lanterns several feet high.