In the third year of Xianheng, in July of 672 A.D.

Our salary cut finally ushered in his big wedding, the marriage was set in the middle of July, on this day, Li Zhoutian did not start to prepare gifts, after dressing, Li Zhou carefully walked out of the room, the pace was as slow as possible, for fear of noisy to the bed is still sleeping in the lovely child, softly closed the door, after Li Zhou went out, the figure on the bed opened his eyes, tiptoed up to prepare.

After Li Zhou went out of the room, he came to the hall with excitement, the dark night did not make the hall quiet, but it seemed a lot of lively, a little candlelight flickered, facing the fog of the fifth watch, they were busy preparing, Ke'er kept directing, to make sure that each step was ready? What's wrong?

"You move quickly, the young master and the lady are getting up quickly, you don't have to be sluggish, Xiao Wu, it's you, don't look at Uncle Liu, can you move faster, where are your eyes looking?" Also watch? It's been a long time since you've been to the stable? ”

Ke'er is very dissatisfied with Xiao Wu's attitude, what are you doing? Don't let you look at it, you still watch, don't concentrate on work, do you really have to do it, Xiao Wu was surprised and pointed to Li Zhou behind Ke'er, and gradually came to the hall from the room, and heard Ke'er's voice before he came in, Li Zhou was even more happy, and when he walked in, he was almost ready, and he had everything he should have.

It seems that it is the same whether he comes or not, there is nothing for him here, Ke'er also sensed the difference of Xiao Wu, turned his head and looked, Li Zhou's figure was in front of him, looking at her with a smile, Ke'er glared at Xiao Wu fiercely, Xiao Wu obediently lowered his head to work, and didn't dare to look up, Li Zhou rubbed Ke'er's shoulders and said with concern: "How is it?" Tired? ”

Ke'er shook her head, enjoying Li Zhou's massage, very comfortable, the indignation in her heart was suddenly filled with joy, and the movements in her hands did not stop, but asked in surprise: "Young master, why did you get up so early?" What about Madame? Didn't she come out with her? ”

Li Zhou squeezed Ke'er's shoulder hard, and spoke while looking at the things around him: "I'm not early, you see that you have all done it, and the whole dark circle is there?" Have you been preparing all night? You, in fact, you don't need to be in such a hurry, there are not a lot of things to prepare, unlike the young master, who is so busy that he doesn't know the time, this time it's not the young master and me getting married, but the salary is reduced to get married, don't you hate him the most? Why is it so early? ”

Ke'er muttered: "I hate him, but young master, you don't hate him, even if the slave maid is unhappy in her heart, you can't let others laugh at my young master, right?" Should you prepare or do you still have to prepare? Our palace is not short of this money, and there is no need to be stingy. ”

"Besides, on the day the young master got married, he didn't give less gifts when his salary was reduced, and the gifts are still exchanged, so we can't lose the courtesy." Ke'er said that she couldn't lose her courtesy, she moved quickly in her hands, loaded things, it was still this kind of gift, it was properly prepared, there were a lot of gifts, and it was estimated that a lot of money was spent, and these silver Keer was very careful and stingy to take out of the account room, with her character, it was not easy to take out so much silver.

"It's all ready, then I'll wake up Madame, she should go too, you all go back and have a good rest, you don't need to be busy here." Li Zhou waved his hand to let the housekeeper Uncle Liu, the old man Li in the bookkeeper, Xiao Wu go to rest first, it is estimated that there is nothing to do with them today, Xiao Wu may be harder, to send them over, Xiao Wu and the others are not polite, turn around and leave.

Li Zhou was also about to go back to wake up Zhao Wanshuang, at this time, Zhao Wanshuang walked into the hall, looked at the things that had been prepared on the ground, and everything that should be prepared seemed to have been prepared, she was surprised: "Husband, everything is ready?" ”

"Oh, Madame is here, yes, it's all sorted out, do you think there's anything missing? If it's not enough, we'll make up for it. ”

"Well, I'll take a look." Zhao Wanshuang didn't postpone it, squatted down and checked box by box, almost looked at it once, carefully confirmed, there was no mistake, nodded and said; "Husband, I've seen it, there are no mistakes, it's all ready, but aren't we exaggerating, and we need a lot of silver here?"

Li Zhou laughed very angrily, and said very boldly: "It's okay, this little money, your husband and I still have it, besides, you can't let your wife be rude?" How can you say that the lady who cuts the salary is also your best friend, and the husband is not ready to give generous gifts, how can you let your wife have face in front of your best friend? ”

Li Zhou put on a look that I am all for you, why don't you hurry up and thank Master Ben, Ke'er, who is familiar with Li Zhou's character, smiled, her voice was not loud, but it sounded in the ears of several people, Zhao Wanshuang accused Li Zhou: "Husband, you can't even look at Ke'er, you have to think about it when you say this kind of thing, it seems that it is all for me?" Isn't it your friend to cut wages? ”

"Huh." was ridiculed by the two of them like this, Rao is Li Zhou's good face, he couldn't help blushing, touched his chin, and blamed Ke'er: "Ke'er, did you treat your young master like this?" Even if you want to laugh, can you hold back and give the young master a little face? Isn't it possible? ”

"Young Master." Ke'er began to be coquettish, looking at Li Zhou pitifully, with autumn waves and sparkling eyes, seducing Li Zhou, Li Zhou admitted that he was tempted, fascinated by her, and couldn't extricate himself.

"Okay, okay, I won't blame you this time, but I don't allow a next time, there will be a next time, young master, I want the family law to serve, do you know?" Li Zhou's eyes kept aiming at Ke'er's buttocks, his eyes were frivolous, and he gave Ke'er a different look, Ke'er blushed and glanced at Zhao Wanshuang, and found that Zhao Wanshuang had no other reaction, and his heart settled down a little, and he twisted his body and was shy.

Pretend to me, pretend to me again, helplessly, Zhao Wanshuang is here, Li Zhou didn't dare to make any moves, he could only watch Ke'er continue to provoke himself, and he gave up indignantly.

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Everything was ready, and after Li Zhou and the others worked together to load the carriage, they had taken everything they should take, and there was only one thing left, that is, to eat.

On festive days, although a little tired, there is always a kind of sleepiness in my heart, constantly tempting, Li Zhou took Ke'er and Zhao Wanshuang to the wedding with a reduced salary, as for the family, it was left to Ximen North to watch the house, with her, all the ghosts and spirits have to stand aside, and there seem to be few people who can escape her pair of golden eyes.

The carriage traveled, left the palace, followed the Jiang Mansion forward, and met several carriages along the way, most of the carriages were some gentlemen, the sons of the ministers of the central government, in short, some rich second generations, the second generation of officials, and some romantic talents, as well as some military attachés.

Jiang Ke, who is the left minister, is also a military attaché, a person who relies on his military exploits to sit on the position of the left minister, has an extraordinary reputation in the court, his son's marriage, those officials, those officials who have been taken care of by him, have come to give gifts, lively and extraordinary, although it is not as good as Li Zhou's wedding, but it is also very grand.

After Li Zhou came to Jiang's mansion, he came out to greet his father, who had reduced his salary, followed by some officials, who saluted when they saw Li Zhou, and there were some strange military attachés, Li Zhou knew and didn't know, in short, there were many people, and many Li Zhou couldn't recognize them, if you want to say that there are a few familiar people, Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, and Sima Long, who was demoted, also appeared here.

Li Zhou was also not polite, gave a gift, and brought his wife Zhao Wanshuang to their side, and greeted them one after another: "Lord Di, I haven't seen you for a long time, I recently heard that Lord Di is going to be added to the knighthood, congratulations." ”

"Where, where, Your Highness has won the prize." Di Renjie is still so modest, saluting respectfully, his mouth has not been loosened, he is very cautious, Li Zhou couldn't help but scold in his heart, we are both so familiar, why do you still treat His Highness like this?

It's a pity that Luohua is intentionally ruthless, Di Renjie has nothing else to say except for that sentence, it seems that he is avoiding Li Zhou, and Li Zhou does not stick to other people's hot butts with a cold face, and instead greets Lord Li on the side.

"Master Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, but Lord Li is getting more and more healthy."

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment." Li Yuanfang didn't know if he had followed Di Renjie a lot, he even learned a little bit of his stinky temper, he looked like it, he didn't care about Li Zhou, Li Zhou was helpless again, and in the end he could only be Sima Long.

"Lord Sima, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's good lately, Your Highness has heard about you, and I deeply regret it, but His Highness's strength is too weak to help Lord Sima, so I can only pray for Lord Sima." If there is no nutrition, Li Zhou took the trouble to say it a few times, although the meaning is similar, but the meaning in the words is different.

Sima Long didn't know if he understood what Li Zhou meant, so he hugged his fists and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern." ”

"Lord Sima doesn't need to be sad, I am born to be useful, gold will always shine, Lord Sima is a capable person, I will meet that Bole." Li Zhou was loyal to dissuade, but he didn't know that his words were in Sima Long's heart, I was born to be useful, gold will always shine, he just encountered a moment of gloom, there is still a great opportunity, not the most desperate time, thinking of this, the place in his heart that hurts faintly, no longer hurts.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Sincere gratitude, sincere salute, this is the time he has seen Li Zhou so many times, and he respects Li Zhou the most.

I was born to be useful.

"I'm born to be useful? What's next? ”

Di Renjie was thinking about Li Zhou's words in his heart, and there were many heavy meanings in the sentence that seemed to be admonished, which one did Li Zhou want to express?

"I was born to be useful?" Zhao Wanshuang's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, looking at her husband incredibly, can her husband compose poetry?