Chapter VII

In February of the second year of the first year (24 AD), after the first emperor Liu Xuan moved the capital to Chang'an, he broke the ancestral training of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and sealed thirteen kings of the opposite sex, among which Li Tong was named the king of Xiping, Li Yi was named the king of Wuyin, and their other cousin Li Song served as the prime minister. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Suddenly, the Li family was high and powerful, and became a hot upstart in the imperial court.

After the king, the first emperor ordered Li Yi, the king of Wuyin, to be responsible for the recruitment and surrender of the counties, and officials from all over the country visited Li Yi in order to keep their positions, but there were too many people who could see him, and they might not be able to see him for a long time. Knowing the relationship between Li Tong, Li Song and Li Yi, some officials turned to the Xiping Palace, the Prime Minister's Mansion. In this way, the Xiping Palace, the Wuyin Palace, and the Prime Minister's Mansion can be described as a city.

Li Tong looked at the endless stream of officials who came to visit, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Two years ago, the Li family was almost wiped out, but today it is in power, and it can be described as a glorious ancestor. As a minister, this is already an extremely high position, and it should be enjoyable, but Li Tong can't be happy in his heart. The right has never been the grand wish in his heart, and the first emperor has never been the object he is willing to follow, he has seen the stupidity of the first emperor in the past two years, if it wasn't for Liu Xiu who ordered him to stay to find out the news that day, he would have followed Liu Xiu to Hebei, and there is no need to deal with Li Yi and Li Songxu here. Speaking of Li Yi and Li Song, he has had a good relationship with the two since he was a child, but since the Li clan was killed, Li Yi hated Liu Yi's brothers, but he didn't expect to kill Liu Yi in the end, she scolded Li Yi fiercely for this, but Li Yi had no remorse, and since then he has fallen in love with the pursuit of power and profit. Looking at Li Yi's actions over the years, he was very disdainful, but he didn't dare to act rashly. And although Li Yi is now in power, he is always afraid of Liu Xiu who is far away in Hebei. Li Tong saw that it was time to leave, so he told Li Yi that he could go back for him to see Liu Xiu's relatives.

When Li Yi heard this, he thought it was very good, and immediately entered the palace. I don't know how he said it to Emperor Gengshi, and soon, Emperor Gengshi asked Li Tong to guard Jingzhou.

Li Tong settled down in Jingzhou, took gifts and cronies and went straight to Liu's house in Baishui Village, Wannan. When Li Tong came to Liu's house, he was not treated by Liu Wu (the wife of the late Liu Xuan), Liu Ding and others, after all, Liu Xuan was coveted by Li Yi. At that time, it was Cheng Bo, who had never left the door, who heard the knock on the door and opened the door, and when he saw Li Tong, his face instantly darkened, and he quickly closed the door. Back in the house, Liu Wushi asked him who he was, and he lied that it was just a child's play.

Liu Wushi saw that Cheng Bo's eyes flickered, so he asked with a solemn face. Cheng Bo had no choice but to tell the truth. When Liu Wu and Liu Ding heard that it was Li Tong, they suddenly changed color, stood up with a calm face and walked out.

Yin Lihua once heard Liu Xiu mention their relationship, and when she saw the two sisters-in-law looking like this, she knew that something was wrong, so she hurriedly stopped them and asked them to listen to her.

Just when Yin Lihua explained to the two sisters-in-law, Liu Boji quietly walked out, she thought that Li Tong was gone, she might only have time to look at his back, but she didn't expect Li Tong to be standing outside the door. The moment she saw Li Tong, she was stunned and then happy, but she forced her composure, and she reluctantly said to Li Tong calmly: "Brother Li, I believe in you." ”

Li Tong heard the sound and looked over, seeing that it was Liu Boji, he didn't know whether she appeared in front of him intentionally or unintentionally, just when he didn't know what to say, he didn't expect to hear Liu Boji's words, and suddenly he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked suddenly: "Why do you believe me?" ”

Liu Boji smiled lightly and said, "Because you are Brother Li, whom I have known since childhood, you have not changed." ”

Li Tong was inevitably moved when he heard Liu Boji's words after being given a cold reception from Fang Cai, he looked at Liu Boji and hooked the corners of his mouth slightly.

Liu Boji was happy to see it in her eyes, at this time she hoped that her sisters-in-law could also treat Li Tong as she did, thinking that Yin Lihua was defending Li Tong inside, she said: "Since Brother Li has not left yet, you might as well wait, the third sister-in-law is defending you inside, and she must be able to eliminate the misunderstanding of the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law about you." ”

Li Tong gestured to Liu Boji.

"Then I'll go in first, Brother Li wait." Liu Boji was silent for a while and then said this, although she was reluctant, she knew that it was not appropriate to stay with Li Tong for a long time here.

Li Tong bowed to Liu Boji again.

Liu Boji glanced at Li Tong reluctantly, turned around and walked in silently.

When Liu Boji walked in, she saw her sister-in-law and her party walking towards her, she hurriedly dodged, and after the sisters-in-law walked by, she took the opportunity to follow behind.

In order to make up for Cheng Bo's cold treatment, they hurried out to greet them, opened the door and saw that Li Tong was covered with snow, and couldn't help but feel ashamed in their hearts.

After Li Tong sat down, he didn't wait for everyone to ask, so he took the initiative to explain his intention: "Your Majesty is close to the villain and away from the virtuous ministers, almost ignores the affairs of the court, and indulges in wine all day long. I'm afraid that there will be changes in Chang'an, Kyoto soon, so everyone should be mentally prepared. ”

"What's the change? What psychological preparation? Liu Zhong's widow, Liu Ding, hurriedly asked.

"This ......" Li Tong really can't say something too straightforwardly, and he can't help but feel a little difficult for a while.

Yin Lihua on the side understood, and said: "The meaning of the king of Xiping is that there will be people in Chang'an who will make trouble, and there may be turmoil at that time. King Xiping, what do you mean by that? As he spoke, he looked at Li Tong with a smile.

Li Tong hurriedly responded: "Exactly." Li Tong had to admit that Yin Lihua said this beautifully, he had always only known that Yin Lihua was beautiful, and he never thought that he would be so understanding. He thought that Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu were really a good match.

After that, Li Tong told everyone about Liu Xiu's recent situation. When everyone heard this, they rejoiced. Before Li Tong left, Yin Lihua asked him to find a good college and let Liu Zhang and Liu Xing go to school. She mentioned this to Liu Wushi early in the morning, and Liu Wushi agreed with it, but considering Shu Xiu's aspect, she didn't nod for a long time, and finally persuaded Liu Wushi to nod her head, but the woman Taoist family didn't walk around much, and she didn't know much, and there was no one to trust, so this matter was delayed, and now Li Tong is here, just to solve their problem.

Li Tong did not refuse this, and he should go down immediately. His unhesitating response was even more pleasing to the Liu family, so that when he left, he was warmly sent off by everyone. And Li Tong did not live up to the expectations of the Liu family, and soon completed the matter, and came and went to the Liu family many times during the period.

After the New Year, Liu Wu's took the lead in removing the service. Although Yin Lihua was very puzzled by this, she never asked.

Soon after the removal of the service, it was Liu Boji's birthday. Yin Lihua planned to wait for Liu Boji's birthday to pass, and she would go back to hell, first, because she missed home very much, and secondly, she wanted to tell the situation in Kyoto so that her family could also be prepared. However, the night before she left, Liu Wushi came to her room and said to her: "In the past two or three years, first my mother has gone, and then your eldest brother, so that Boji's marriage has been delayed so far." If she delays any longer, she will miss her life. As the eldest sister-in-law, I have always taken this matter to heart, so as not to delay any longer, I quickly looked at others for Bo Ji, so I decided to remove the husband from the service, and I don't know if the husband under the Yellow Spring will be blamed? ”

Yin Lihua looked at Liu Wu's worried and sad face, and felt pity in her heart, in Yin Lihua's opinion, it was really not easy for Liu Wu's to make such a decision. She didn't know why Liu Wushi said such things to her, but she still comforted Liu Wushi and said: "The eldest brother will definitely forgive the sister-in-law for her hard work, so why complain." If the eldest brother really knows, maybe he will thank the sister-in-law for her kindness. ”

When Liu Wushi heard this, he smiled reluctantly and said: "I didn't come to make you feel sorry, but I can't make up my mind about something, and I want to hear your opinion." ”

Yin Lihua hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law might as well speak up." ”

Liu Wushi hesitated for a moment, and Fang said slowly: "Bo Ji had a verbal marriage contract with a man when he was a child, and this man is now Li Tong, the king of Xiping. When the elders saw that Bo Ji and Li Tong were friendly and kind, they made a verbal covenant, and Bo Ji and Ji, and the elders discussed the marriage of the two. I see that Bo Ji has never let go of Li Tong, Li Tong is a good person, but I really can't see what Li Tong's mind is, I want to ask cheekily, and I am afraid that I will lose my heart in vain, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Yin Lihua didn't expect Li Tong and Liu Boji to have such a relationship, so she understood Liu Boji's affection for Li Tong, and after thinking about it, she taught Liu Wu to do this, only to see Liu Wu nodding again and again.

The next day, Yin Zhi came to pick up.

Liu Zhang and Liu Xing saw that Yin Lihua was leaving, and they were very reluctant, and they pulled Yin Lihua alone, only to hear Liu Xing say to her: "The third aunt remembers to return as soon as possible, don't forget us." ”

Yin Lihua let go of their hands, touched their heads, and said, "The third aunt will definitely not forget you, and will return to accompany you as soon as possible, and the third aunt will bring you delicious food when she returns, okay?" ”

Liu Zhang and Liu Xing both nodded.

Yin Lihua said goodbye to everyone and set off back to Xinye under the reluctant eyes of everyone.

After Yin Lihua left, Liu Wushi acted according to what Yin Lihua said - when Li Tong came to the door again, he did not let him put down his things as usual, and left after a few words of greeting, she left Li Tong for lunch, and after Liu Ding and Liu Boji's sister left, she first praised Liu Boji to Li Tong, and then sighed that she was tired by her family so far, and finally she said to Li Tong that she wanted to find a good family for Liu Boji, but she was powerless, she asked Li Tong to help see others.

Li Tong, since he was a child, he loved to be with Liu Boji, for the same reason, just because he liked to protect Liu Boji, but after the governor, he thought that he was not worthy of Liu Boji, so he learned to hide, and then he was busy assisting Liu Jiu, thinking that after he had fame, he came to the door to ask for marriage, but the clan was slaughtered, and then when Liu's mother died, Liu Jiu was killed, and it was not when he talked about marriage. This delay has lasted until now. finally waited until today, and was preparing to propose marriage, but when he heard Liu Wu's request, he was afraid that the girl he was thinking about would be left in another family, so he hurriedly explained his mind to Liu Wu's family.

Liu Wu was stunned at first, then happy, and made a marriage contract with Li Tong.

The next day, Li Tong officially came to the door to ask for employment.