59. The fifty-ninth step of the minister
"Kiao, are you sure?" The old lady fiddled with the Buddha beads in her hand, without raising her head, Xiao Qiao nodded, "Yes, I thought my grandmother already knew." ”
"In that case, whatever you want, I have only one request, you want to have offspring." The old lady's eyes did not have a trace of the old man's cloudiness, Xiao Qiao shook her head, "Grandmother, unless one day Xiaoli can conceive an heir, it is impossible for me to have offspring." ”
The old lady looked at Xiao Qiao fixedly, she dared to say that she was the one who knew his grandson the most among all the people in the Xiao family, but looking at the persistence and coldness in Xiao Qiao's eyes, she suddenly felt that she didn't know much about his grandson.
She thought that he wanted to be a very popular minister, otherwise how could he ask for manpower from him, establish the Hanshan Pavilion, and put the eighth prince on the throne, but he could give up this qiē for Hu Li.
"That's it, so be it." The old lady stopped talking, but Father Xiao was not so easy to accept, he began to think about which family had a woman of the right age, but Xiao Qiao didn't give him a chance, "Father, before you find a suitable woman, I will let Your Majesty give you a decree to marry." ”
Father Xiao was suddenly angry, but now he had nothing to do with his son.
"Father, Hongyong's marriage has been delayed, and it is time for him to get married." Xiao Qiao glanced at Xiao Hongyong, who was sitting on the side pretending to be a wooden man, and said with a smile, "My brother already has a crush, so I don't have to delay the flowering period of other young ladies for me, and I am still waiting for my younger brother to have a stepchild for me." ”
Father Xiao was helpless, but he was unwilling, but among the people present, the old lady had already relented, Xiao Hongyong would not object, only Father Xiao was angry.
After the unpleasant conversation, Xiao Qiao said a few more words to Xiao Hongyong, and planned to go to see Hu Li squatting in the kitchen.
"Big young master!"
"Aunt An, are you going to find your father?" Xiao Qiao looked at his biological mother and said with a light smile.
"No, you know...... Shu'er's background? Ann hung his head, his voice almost inaudible. Xiao Qiao chuckled lightly and stroked his unwrinkled sleeves, "Aunt An, you will spend your old age in peace." ”
It wasn't until Xiao Qiao left that An breathed a sigh of relief, she really guessed right, and she was right. Ahn wiped away her tears, but his child had grown so big that she had never paid attention to him. If he hadn't heard Xiao and Mama Liu by chance, he would never have known that her child was not Shu'er.
Looking at Xiao Qiao's figure gradually walking away, An suddenly smiled. He is the eldest son of Xiao Mansion, the current Hubu Shangshu, and the emperor's henchman who has the merit of the dragon, and her child will always be Xiao Jingshu who died in the Qi family, the eldest daughter of Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Qiao closed his eyes, he was no longer a child who longed for his mother's love, he would let An live in peace, but he couldn't call her mother.
When Xiao Qiao went back, Hu Li had just come back, with evidence left behind by stealing food at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were slightly squinted, and when he saw Xiao Qiao coming back, he came up with a smile.
"Brother Xiao, you see, the new dim sum made by the master chef in the kitchen, I haven't eaten this kind yet?" Hu Li sent the dim sum he brought back to Xiao Qiao, Xiao Qiao looked at the small, delicate small fish-shaped dim sum in the food box, stretched out a piece and tasted it, unsurprisingly with a little roast chicken taste.
"You go and go to the master to make it for you." Xiao Qiao took Hu Li's other hand into the study and poured him a cup of tea to relieve his tiredness for a while.
Hu Li rattled and ate another piece of crunchy dim sum, and retorted vaguely, "No, the master was doing it when I went, so I said it in passing." The master is a good guy and very thoughtful. ”
Xiao Qiao watched him eat well, and he didn't bother to talk to him about these things about eating, he still had some things in the court that he didn't deal with, Hanshan Pavilion was busy stationed on Xianshan Island recently, and there were a lot of things.
Hu Li ate two more snacks, seeing that Xiao Qiao was busy, he seemed to be very idle next to him, Hu Li thought about it, and leaned on the table to stare at Xiao Qiao. Being stared at by Hu Li like this, Xiao Qiao couldn't have no reaction, he helplessly raised his hand and knocked on Hu Li's head, "What's wrong?" ”
"Brother Xiao, what do you think I can do?" Hu Li pursed his lips slightly, his eyes were a little wider than usual, and he looked very serious.
"How did you remember to ask this?" Xiao Qiao put down the paperwork in his hand and looked at Hu Li for a long time.
"Well, I don't seem to have anything to do all the time, I'm going to be a useful person." Hu Li clenched his fists, showing his determination.
"People?" Xiao Qiao raised his eyebrows and questioned Hu Li's statement a little. Hu Li waved his hand and lay on the edge of the table again, "Brother Xiao, don't care about this, what do you say I should do?" ”
"Since you like to eat, why don't you become a cook?" Xiao Qiao didn't say much about it, but Hu Li didn't pay attention to Xiao Qiao's expression, and was already thinking about what he needed to prepare to be a cook.
Xiao Qiao didn't expect that he just casually said that he was teasing Hu Li, but Hu Li took it seriously. Since this day, Hu Li has started to run into the kitchen, although he has also run to the kitchen before, but the purpose is different.
In the past, I used to run over and follow the master to eat and drink, but now I sincerely follow the master to learn how to be a great cook.
Hu Li was smiling when he came back from the kitchen on the first day, and still smiling when he came back on the second day, but when he came back on the third day, he was not very happy, and when he came back on the fourth day, he lay on the bed and didn't speak.
Xiao Qiao couldn't help but laugh, pulled Hu Li, who was lying motionless on the bed, into his arms, looking at Hu Li's unhappy face, and was a little curious about how his kitchen was doing.
"I don't seem to be fit to be a cook, the master said."
"If it's not suitable, find something suitable to do again." Although Xiao Qiao said it casually at first, watching Hu Li run to the kitchen with great interest at the beginning, he also hoped that he could really find something to do, so as not to get bored when he was busy. Now seeing that he was a little sluggish, Xiao Qiao began to seriously think about what was suitable for Hu Li.
"Well, I remember that my grandfather taught you all kinds of herbs, and you are familiar with pharmacology. There is a shop in front of Your Excellency Hanshan, which is a medical hall, can you go there to refine medicine? "Actually, it's not that Hu Li is really useless, it's just that most of the things he knows are conducive to cultivation, and it's really hard to say what kind of job he wants to be suitable for.
"Hey, is that okay?" Hu Li's eyes lit up, his grandfather used to always say that he didn't practice alchemy well, just for this, he had practiced hard.
cough, even if he ate the wrong misty grass before and hit Brother Xiao, he didn't pay attention to it before he swallowed it with another spirit grass.
Hu Li took office the next day, and Xia Si, who had been following Hu Li, had reservations about the little son's intention to refine medicine.
Xiao Qiao was looking for something to do for Hu Li, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise.
Hu Li was not at home much during the day, so Xiao Qiao devoted himself to the court. Qin Yuyi simply smiled and narrowed his eyes because of this, he had long felt that the teacher would not stay in the hall for the rest of his life, and he would be able to do less if he could let the teacher do more. And he's going to get married, and he's busy preparing for marriage.
The leaders of the various departments who are really preparing for the emperor's marriage are so busy that they are flying.
"His Majesty is not a child, and it is better for His Majesty to handle these political affairs by himself." Xiao Qiao took a few little eunuchs, each of the little eunuchs was holding a stack of folds in their hands, Qin Yuyi blinked and looked at Xiao Qiao, the meaning conveyed in his eyes was self-evident.
Xiao Qiao hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled without a trace of fireworks, "Since Your Majesty doesn't speak, the minister will acquiesce." In this case, the minister retired. After speaking, Xiao Qiao waved his sleeves and left without taking away a piece of the fold, and several little eunuchs put a stack of folds on the imperial case, and the silent ones also retreated.
"Xiao Xiazi, do you say that I am too unprestigious." Qin Yuyi touched his chin, obviously when he saw Hu Li's brother blinking before, the teacher would promise anything Hu Li's brother said, why didn't it work when he came here?
Could it be that there is something in the eyes of a lover?
Xiao Xiazi stood silently on the side, and when he heard the emperor's words, Xiao Xiazi pursed his lips, "Lord Xiao also hopes that His Majesty can get more in touch with political affairs, after all, you are Your Majesty." ”
Qin Yuyi was happy, "Xiao Xiazi, you are really getting better and better at talking. ”
Xiao Xiazi, who was becoming more and more talkative, silently moved a stack of folds in front of Qin Yuyi, "Your Majesty, fold!" ”
Qin Yuyi put away his smile, reached out and picked up a copy of the fold and opened it, Xiao Xiazi was so bold!
After Xiao Qiao threw the fold to the emperor, his heart suddenly felt much more relaxed. After looking at the sky, he didn't plan to go back to the household department, so he went out of the palace and went home.
As soon as Xiao Qiao got out of the carriage, he saw the little guy in his yard running out of the side door, looking a little anxious.
"Shuzhu, go ask what's wrong?"
Shuzhu nodded, since the young master of his family became the head of the household, he has risen to the top, and he is no longer just a scholar, but the right and left hand of his young master!
"Young master, the little boy has a fever, Xia Yang sent him to find a doctor." Shuzhu trotted to catch up with the little guy, and trotted all the way back.
"Go, you ride to the doctor." After Xiao Qiao finished speaking, he walked back quickly.
"Young master, little boy, he ......" Qiu Xi has not been so frizzy for a long time, especially after Hu Li and Xiao Qiao fell in love, Qiu Xi would generally be dragged away by Xia Yang, so as not to disturb the love of the two masters.
"I see." Without waiting for Qiu Xi to finish speaking, Xiao Qiao had already opened the door of the side room and walked in, and "banged" to shut Qiu Xi and Xia Yang outside.
"Xiaoli?" Xiao Qiao touched Hu Li's feverish forehead, Hu Li felt that Xiao Qiao was injured, and reached out to crawl on Xiao Qiao's body.
"Hmm......" The somewhat sticky voice made Xiao Qi'ao pause, looking at Hu Li's red cheeks and confused eyes, a trace of speculation flashed in his heart.
"Xiaoli, tell me where are you uncomfortable?" Xiao Qiao hugged Hu Li into his arms, and a cool breath poured into Hu Li's back.
"Hmm...... Hot! Hu Li's increasingly sticky voice made Xiao Qiao's throat a little tight, but thinking of Grandpa Hu's advice before leaving, Xiao Qiao reluctantly hugged Hu Li tightly, and the cold breath entered Hu Li's body along the body that was close to him.
"Xiaoli, where did you put your Yanqing Pill?"