Chapter 57: No Escape

The days after sending Wu Meiniang away were not alarming, and the people on the Zhuangzi were busy with the autumn harvest, looking at the golden rice that had been harvested into the warehouse, with a satisfied smile on their faces. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

After hanging the hoe, the people who were busy with the farming work in the Zhuangzi were also idle, and the women in the Zhuangzi also began to cut the clothes up and down the house in the autumn and winter.

After consulting the old lady Feng and the women who were good at needlework in the village, the merchant finally made the first set of children's clothes.

Because he thought that the production of green sleeves was in the beginning of spring, the small shirt made by the merchant did not use too thick material, but picked the best cocoon silk, chose a light and elegant bean green reunion blessing dark pattern material, and made a close-fitting shirt with a large placket and a small pants with an open crotch.

It is these two small clothes, but also took a lot of effort for businessmen, although the close-fitting clothes do not need to embroider too many patterns, but the merchants are still fine embroidered on the corners of the clothes with 10,000 characters and continuous head prints, taking the meaning of longevity.

Looking at this set of clothes, which were only slightly larger than an adult's palm, the merchant couldn't help the joy in his eyes, and immediately held it in his hand and showed it to Li Mo.

At that time, Li Mo was staying in the ear room of his main room, looking at the letter from Chang'an, with a faint smile on his brows.

"What is such joy?" As soon as he pushed the door open, the merchant saw Li Mo who couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"The emperor finally made a choice today." Li Mo shook the paper in his hand at the merchant.

Li Yan on the side also had a faint smile on his face, and when he saw the merchant coming in, he stood up from the spring stool and saluted the merchant. The merchant smiled and waved his hand, put the small clothes in his hand on the case, and took the paper in Li Mo's hand.

"Okay!" The businessman looked at the content of the paper carefully, and couldn't help laughing, "The emperor is generous this time!" Is this to wipe out all the beautiful women in the world? ”

Although only a few sentences were written on the paper, the meaning of the words was very clear.

Because it is the first selection in the palace after the funeral of the first emperor, the scale of this selection is large, almost all women over the age of thirteen in the ten provinces and three hundred and sixty states are counted among them, and all the women of good nationality other than the lowly nationality have to run for election in various prefectures and counties as long as they have no marriage contract.

"This is the case in all dynasties, although it is not considered a law of the ancestors, it is also a convention, and there is no way to do it." Li Mo looked at the playful expression on the face of the businessman, and also felt that such an election was a bit absurd.

There is only one emperor, and if you choose it like this, the women in the harem are afraid that it will not be enough for three hundred and sixty days a year, and it is not uncommon for you to come to the palace for two or three years without seeing the emperor.

"In fact, my Tang palace system is quite enlightened, although there are a large number of candidates, but not all women will enter the palace as concubines, if there is no official position in the family, most of them just enter the palace as female envoys, and they will leave the palace and return to their hometowns after the expiration of their tenure, which is not strict." Li Yan is very familiar with these rules, and when he saw the businessman pouting, he had to explain it on the side.

"Why are you so nervous? What does the emperor's beauty pageant have to do with me? Shang Shang couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw the two big men busy explaining.

Li Mo and Li Yan were both stunned, and then they reacted, and couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely cheerful for a while.

"In fact, although this selection seems to be very large-scale, it is just a bluff." Li Mo picked up the small note thrown by the merchant on the table and shook it casually.

"I know, if it weren't for Mei Niang's entry into the palace, the emperor wouldn't have come to this trick."

Although the relationship with Li Zhi is not very deep, but intuitively, Shang Shang feels that Li Zhi is not a person who is unrestrained in the affairs of men and women, and his affection for Wu Meiniang does not seem to be a fraud.

"Miss Wu's business...... Only accounted for a part, and the emperor decreed that the selection after the New Year was mostly for the sake of the family. Li Mo's gaze swept towards Li Yan, and continued: "According to Li Yan's secret investigation, Fan Yanglu and Qinghe Cui have prepared young women in the clan early, ready to be sent to the palace to serve the emperor, the queen is not favored now, if they can take the Wang family and replace them, they must be happy." ”

"Then what's going on with Wang Renyou?" Tilting his head and thinking about it, Shang Shang frowned and asked.

Li Mo made it clear, but the businessmen didn't think that the Wang family would have no countermeasures, and the family that could raise a queen would not be too bad, and there was no reason to sit still.

"Wang Renyou?" Li Mo raised his eyebrows, and then said, "The Wang family is said to have also selected a few young women to prepare to enter the palace this time, including the two who returned from me last time. ”

"You mean...... Apricot stamen? Shang Shang suddenly remembered the woman he saw in front of the house a few years ago, with a slightly raised chin and full of pride.

"Apricot?" Li Mo frowned slightly, unable to remember who the merchant was talking about.

"Didn't one of you get out of the car last time you got out of the car and reasoned with you? How? Don't you even remember people's names? Shang Shang looked at Li Mo with a smile and frowned, looking inexplicable.

Li Yan on the side looked at the appearance of the lord who was completely out of state, and couldn't help but laugh, it seems that the lord really didn't notice the pretentious woman!

Li Mo looked at Li Yan with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but smile and scolded: "Good you Li Yan!" How dare you look at my jokes? Go! Go! Go! Stay and go! ”

Seeing Li Yan hurriedly exiting the inner room while holding back a smile, the merchant finally couldn't help laughing, but he also really admired Wang Renyou's whimsy: he actually turned the person Li Mo didn't want to give to the emperor!

I don't know if he should be said to be arrogant or brainless? Dare to love Li Zhi There is no woman? Do you have to accept the women of his Wang family, whether they are radishes or cabbages?

"Forget it! Don't mention these spoilers, you see! This is the little dress I made for my little nephew! ”

lifted the curtain and sent Li Yan out, and the merchant happily held the small shirt slightly larger than a palm and placed it in front of Li Mo as if he were offering treasures.

"This ...... Wouldn't it be too small? ”

Li Mo carefully picked up the small clothes that the merchant was holding in his hand with two fingers, looked at the sleeves that were only slightly thicker than his fingers with awe, and imagined in his heart the appearance of the little person who was not much older than the glutinous rice ball wearing this clothes.

"Nope! I asked Li's second sister-in-law, and she said that the newborn child only wears such a big one, and it should be uncomfortable for an older child to wear it. The merchant shook his head like a rattle, and his sparkling eyes were full of pride.

She can almost imagine the little nephew's pink little appearance, wearing the clothes she made, she will definitely be the most beautiful doll!

"Since it was said by Second Sister-in-law Li, there must be some truth."

Li Mo thought about it, and since he had never seen a newborn child, and Li's second sister-in-law was already a mother with two children, he decided to believe in Li's second sister-in-law's judgment after consideration.

The businessman happily held up his little pants and shook them in front of Li Mo, the pocket-sized little trouser legs made Li Mo dizzy for a while, he really couldn't imagine such a small clothes, what should the child look like in it?

Putting the little clothes into the hands of the merchants, Li Mo decided that he should not continue to discuss this issue with the merchants, or wait until he really saw the newborn child, otherwise he was afraid that he would accidentally tear up the little clothes that he had worked so hard to make!

The two were talking and laughing in the house, imagining the appearance of Su Minzhi and the green-sleeved child, when they suddenly heard Li Yan's voice coming in outside the door: "Childe! Girl! The Su family in Chang'an is here. ”

"Oops! I forgot to tell my brothers that we moved! Hearing Li Yan's communication, the merchant jumped up suddenly, his face full of chagrin.

"It's okay, since you've found the door, your brothers will know when you want to go back, don't worry." Li Mo patted the merchant's hand comfortingly, and pulled her out of the door together.

Standing outside the door was still Wang Dayong, dressed in stone blue and short by the wind and dust, the 100-layer shoes with a thousand layers of soles had been worn to the point that only a thin layer of soles remained, and the anxious expression on his honest face finally relaxed when he saw the merchants.

"Girl! The villain brought something to the girl. Seeing that the businessmen were safe and sound, Wang Dayong didn't say anything, and said with a simple smile.

"It's all my fault, I didn't tell my brother when I moved somewhere, but I was so tired that you ran around like this, I must be tired all the way, come in and rest!" Shang Shang looked at the concern on Wang Dayong's face, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

His own momentary negligence actually made his family run away from so many wrongful roads, and it was really his own fault.

"No need! The villain has already drunk water and eaten dry food in the front yard, and the girl does not have to worry, the things she brought have been unloaded in the warehouse in the front yard, and the girl can only look for what she wants. Wang Dayong scratched his head embarrassedly, and then as if he suddenly remembered, he took out his hand in his arms and took out a letter, "Girl! The second son has a letter to bring to you! ”

Stretching out his hand to take the letter from Wang Dayong's hand, Li Mo led towards the middle of the house and said, "Come into the house!" Take a seat. ”

Wang Dayong looked at Li Yan who was standing behind him, and then at the businessman who was smiling at him, although he was a little embarrassed, he still followed the two into the house.

The merchant took the silver knife on the case, picked up the seal of the letterhead, took out a piece of letterhead from the cover, and read it from beginning to end, and his face, which was still smiling, gradually became gloomy, and only after a long time did he let out a low sigh.

"What's wrong?" Li Mo looked at the businessman's sinking face and said with concern.

"Look at it!" The merchant handed the letterhead to Li Mo and immediately stood up.

Li Mo took the letterhead for some reason, his eyes swept slightly, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little surprise: "How can this be?" The debate machine turned out to be ......"

There were not many words on the thin letterhead in his hand, except for the Su family's greetings to the businessmen and the parents, and in the short sentence at the end of the letter, it was written that the envoy to Tubo to which the defense machine belonged encountered bandits in Tubo, and no one survived!

"yes!" The merchant smiled bitterly on his face: "I didn't expect to be so scheming at the beginning, but in the end, it was still difficult to escape death!" (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )