63 [Pit you didn't discuss] Husband and wife join forces, pit people are invincible + King Rong come on!

The emperor didn't have time to tell the queen about Concubine Zhuang, because the queen was so tired that she fell asleep halfway through washing.

Li Rui felt sorry for her, and when he got up early in the morning, he didn't let anyone wake her up, so he dressed up and went to the morning court.

By the time Zhao Yanrong got up, it was already past the hour, and it wasn't until breakfast that she remembered that Li Rui's promise had not been fulfilled. I turned over and scolded the dishonest man a few times in my heart, and then I got up and went to the yard for daily activities.

In the morning, she was busy arranging where Pei Jin and Zhao Wanrong were going to live. This time, she made up her mind to promote the good things of Pei Jin and King Rong. Thinking of Pei Jin's super bun character, I am afraid that she has not turned the corner at this time, and she may not have the courage to accept the new marriage, she is ready to fight for a long time, so she asked Pei and Wanrong to clean up the place where they live, and everything will be done according to the specifications of long-term residence.

asked Mulan to open the small warehouse of Zhaoyang Palace, and after picking and choosing in it for a long time, she selected a few colorful good materials and a few delicate heads.

"Madame doesn't have clothes and jewelry, and she may not want them if you pick them out." Mulan said.

"Then she can't be dressed like a big lady in green and ink." Zhao Yanrong put her things away, "I'm only in my twenties, but I look like an old woman in my fifties and sixties in my heart." Dress brightly, and people's spirits will improve. I let her enter the palace, I just want her to distract herself, regain her self-confidence, and pursue her own happiness, but she is not sorry for herself to grow mushrooms in the house. ”

Li Rui got off the court and went directly into the Demao Palace, the great drought in the south has become a foregone conclusion, fortunately, the imperial court has been prepared, the household department has been deploying and allocating almost all night these days, and the special envoys, supervision, and supervision sent by the capital have also been in place one after another, and there may be small chaos in some places, but it is difficult to become a big trouble.

Rao is like this, and the excerpts of words and deeds are also thirty percent more than usual, and as soon as the political hall moves, the pressure on the emperor will be much greater.

King Rong was in the Demao Hall and looked at the folds as high as a mountain, piled up in the east and west, and the emperor was sitting behind the bookcase, writing hard.

"Uncle Wang, I still have a few important things to see, and I will talk to you later."

"You're busy, you're busy." King Rong took a few turns in the study, moved an empty place and sat down, looking at the emperor who was engrossed in his attention, he couldn't help but feel a little weak. People are busy with business, and when they are so busy, it seems a little inappropriate to come over and disturb themselves?

After a while, seeing that the emperor was still buried in office, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you are busy, the minister wants to come again." ”

Li Rui didn't keep him, only raised his head slightly and said, "If Uncle Wang doesn't have anything important, it's okay to talk about it another day." ”

King Rong nodded, raised his leg and was about to leave.

I heard the emperor behind him say: "Ming'er is afraid that he is not available." The queen wants to take her aunt and sister into the palace to live, and I have to accompany her for half a day. ”

The raised leg circled half in the air and then spun back.

King Rong turned around, but saw the emperor holding his chin and looking at him with a smile.

"What's the matter, Uncle Wang still thinks it's better to talk about it today?"

Being looked at like this by the emperor's nephew, King Rong inexplicably felt a little weak, but he couldn't help himself, and he automatically walked to the chair in front of the emperor, turned around and sat down.

"Thinking about it, I have nothing to do in the palace, the emperor is working day and night for state affairs, which makes people look admirable and a little distressed." King Rong smiled and said to Li Rui, "Your Majesty, why don't you take a look, what are the inconsequential trivial matters that can be done for the ministers?" ”

Li Rui leaned back in the chair and said with a smile: "This is rare." Uncle Wang has always stayed away from government affairs, when his father was alive, no matter how he pulled you, you hid far away, why are you willing to help me share my worries today? ”

King Rong touched his chin and said with a smile, "Wasn't he young and playful at that time?" You also know that when my father was alive, he made a vow to the Holy Ancestor that King Rong would never turn his back on Daqi, and if the minister's hand came in, I don't know how many people in the Dao would not be able to sleep. ”

"Then you're not afraid of that?"

"As I get older, I know how to do things. Sharing the emperor's worries is also a way to be loyal to the monarch. I used to be just ignorant, looking for an excuse to be lazy. ”

Li Rui was waiting for him to say this, and when he heard King Rong himself say this, he clapped his hands and shouted to the outside: "Dequan, you come in!" ”

Dequan bent slightly with a smile, ran in lightly, held a large stack of folds in his hand, put them in front of King Rong and said: "Lord Wang, these are some folds that the slave maid sorted out first, and there are some annual silver consumption or something to be accounted for, not troublesome, but a little troublesome." The emperor has accumulated a lot of folds here, and these His Royal Highness King Rong can help calculate it, which is really a great help. ”

Debao followed his feet in, followed by two eunuchs, one holding fragrant tea and snacks, and the other holding a large pu fan.

"It's hot now, the prince invites you to sit here, and the slave and maid will bring pens, ink, paper, and inkstones in a while. You can use some tea first, so that people can fan it to cool off. ”

King Rong looked at these two first-class palace eunuchs, looked at the thick stack of folds on the table, and suddenly had a feeling of being in the middle of it.

He turned his face to look at the emperor, Li Rui smiled and made a gesture of please, lowered his head and went to approve the fold, ignoring him.

King Rong could only calm down and grind and check little by little.

He has been running around for many years, and he is extremely sensitive to numbers, and he is even faster and more accurate in his accounts, just like those old bookkeepers who have been settling accounts for many years.

In the past, I was reluctant to get involved in political affairs, firstly, to avoid suspicion, secondly, to be comfortable, of course, there are many more reasons to be comfortable than the previous one.

However, Li Ke is not a gentleman in the true sense, he has the ability and courage, otherwise, he will not win the love and respect of most of the people in the clan as an idle prince who has been wandering outside for many years.

With the help of someone, the political affairs were handled a lot faster.

When encountering troublesome things, the two can still discuss one or two, and the uncle and nephew cooperate together, which improves the efficiency a lot.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to hold the lamp, and Li Rui wanted to keep the meal.

King Rong wanted to push it, but when he heard the emperor say that he would take him to Zhaoyang Hall to dine with the queen, his mind moved again.

Here Debao sent someone to Zhaoyang Hall to deliver a letter, and when he heard that the "future uncle" would come, Zhao Yanrong was happy for a while, rolled up her sleeves and went to the small kitchen to show her cooking skills.

THIS ANCIENT KITCHEN WORK IS NOT SOMETHING SHE CAN HOLD, BUT FORTUNATELY, SHE IS THE QUEEN, AND THE WORK OF LIGHTING THE FIRE, SHABU-SHABU, AND PICKING AND WASHING IS ALL DONE BY THE ROUGH PALACE MAID IN THE KITCHEN, SHE ONLY NEEDS TO TAKE THE SPATULA AND MOVE HER HANDS.

Rao is like this, and it also scares Mulan and the others enough.

The kitchen is full of fire and oil smoke, what if the queen is injured?

When the emperor and King Rong arrived, Zhao Yanrong only made one dish, which was placed on the table in a large pastel peony eight immortal dish.

"This is pork ribs stuffed with plums, which is different from the taste we used to eat, you can taste it." Zhao Yanrong took the chopsticks and gave them to Li Rui and Li Ke with her own hands.

The pork ribs are made of fine ribs, chopped into mahjong-sized pieces, the oil is bright and ruddy, the juice is thick and the soup is thick, and the sour green plums in it have been boiled, leaving a few plum cores in it.

When I bite into it, I only feel that it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour, salty and fragrant, and the aroma of plum in the aroma of meat, which is really very special.

"This meat tastes terrible." King Rong applauded, "This king has also eaten meat dishes made of plums in Jiangnan before, but it is not as delicious as this, what is made there is too sweet, not as sweet as this, sweet and sour, appetizing!" ”

Being praised by King Rong like this, Queen Zhao was in a good mood, and the more she looked at this prospective uncle, the more she felt cute and kind.

"It's great if Uncle Wang likes to eat, and this palace is not in vain. I'll write it down when I go back, and Uncle Wang can take it back to the house and let your cooks do it. ”

Wasted effort? The emperor, who also wanted to follow the praise, looked at the queen with chopsticks in his hand.

When the queen saw his gaze, she already knew what he wanted to ask, so she nodded and said, "That's right, this stuffed pork ribs, but the concubine went to the kitchen and made it herself!" ”

The emperor was unhappy in his heart, they had been married for so long, and they had never seen the queen cook for him personally, why did Uncle Wang have such a good fortune when he came? The Emperor stood up silently and brought the plate directly in front of him.

King Rong happily wanted to eat it, and as soon as he stretched out his chopsticks, not to mention the ribs, he didn't even have a plate......

Zhao Yanrong: "......"

King Rong: "......"

Li Rui ate the ribs very calmly, and said to Mulan, who was waiting on the side: "Uncle Wang loves fish, you bring him that carp." ”

King Rong bit the head of his chopsticks and looked at the plate of unreachable ribs with a resentful expression.

This king doesn't like fish!

This king has not been since he was a child! Eat! Fish!

The three of them had a meal, the palace people of Zhaoyang Hall held fragrant tea hot hand towels, and the masters were cleaned up, the emperor and the queen had a word without saying a word, nothing more than what flowers bloomed in the garden today, two koi fish in the pond turned their bellies, and Qiandong Road found a stone carving cave in the former Qin period and the like.

No matter how trivial the queen said, the emperor listened to it with relish.

And no matter what the emperor said about the fun of Tiannan and Haibei, the queen sang and sang with a smile on her cheeks.

They sat on the left and right, and they didn't get very close, but the intimacy between the words and expressions made King Rong, who had been alone for many years, look at it with a warm heartbeat.

The family should be like this, when he was young, although his parents often fought and quarreled, but when the two were not fighting, they sat and chatted like this, which gave people the same feeling as the current pair. Intimate and relaxed, as if sitting opposite is another part of your body, and others can't insert it at all.

The kind of eye enthusiasm and heart heat gathered in his heart, burning a hot mass, burning his mouth dry and his whole body was on fire.

He looked at the Emperor and Empress with a blank eye, expecting them to speak to him, and he talked to him naturally. But the two of them chatted so much that they forgot about it, just flirting on the side, and their eyebrows were flirting, and they didn't pay attention to him, when he was the transparent air, the furnishings in the room.

King Rong fidgeted for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak: "I heard that tomorrow, the queen's aunt and little sister will live in the palace, so it's okay, let them relax in the palace, and their mood will be better." ”

The queen smiled slightly, glanced at the emperor and said, "Why did you tell Uncle Wang about this?" It's just a family affair of the concubine. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Uncle Wang is also his own family, your aunt is still his cousin, how can you say it?" ”

"Yo, that's just as well." The queen smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Wang has always taken care of my aunt, and my sister likes you too." Last time, when my son came to the palace, she asked me if she wanted to change her surname. ”

When King Rong heard her say this, he was surprised, delighted, and frightened, and couldn't sit still.

A handsome face turned red, completely losing his usual free and uninhibited appearance.

The emperor knew that he was amusement, so he took the queen's words and asked, "Oh? How could your sister have figured out to change her last name? ”

She felt a dull face. The queen said without any scheming, "My father has no face for them like that, and the child's heart is good, so I naturally feel that the surname Zhao is embarrassing, and I asked me, is Li Wanrong's name good." ”

"Bang!"

"Smack!"

"Whoa!"

The previous sound was the muffled sound of King Rong slamming his elbow on the table.

The second sound was the crisp sound of the cup on the table jumping and hitting the tray.

The next sound was that the cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The hot tea spilled on the ground, soaking the corner of King Rong's robe.

The emperor and queen were startled and looked at him together. King Rong jumped up from his seat, his face was like a red cloth, and he apologized vigorously: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not careful." ”

The queen smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, you are so careless, you look like a young man. ”

The emperor looked at her unhappily and said, "Empress, Uncle Wang is an elder, how can you talk to Uncle Wang like this!" ”

The queen covered her red lips: "Ouch, Uncle Wang can't help it, and I don't know what Lu Dao is for, the concubine feels like facing Uncle Wang, like facing her own family, joking for a while, and forgetting her seniority." can't blame it, Uncle Wang looks so young, and stands up with the emperor, where is it like an uncle and nephew, but like a brother. ”

One suppressed and one raised, King Rong's heart went up and down, laughing, not angry, standing there felt a little embarrassed.

The palace people were neat with their hands and feet, and after a while, they cleaned up the ground. King Rong just splashed some tea on the corner of his clothes, but he didn't need to change his clothes, he sat back in his seat, and the three words "Li Wanrong" in his heart kept reminiscing, mixed joys and sorrows, and he was stunned for a while.

"Uncle Wang is twenty-eight this year." The empress continued to talk to the emperor about homely things.

The emperor nodded and said, "Uncle Wang is a monkey, and he is twenty-nine years old this year. ”

"Oh, my aunt is a dragon."

The queen answered inexplicably, and the two began to mess around again.

King Rong's heart was pulled high by the queen's words, but he didn't let it go, he looked at the queen and then looked at the emperor who had not looked at him, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his panicked heart slowly settled down, and finally found out......

Lao Tzu was played by this couple!

This heart must be certain, and King Rong's romantic momentum slowly returned to his body.

In fact, if you think about the words and expressions of the emperor and queen today, there is still a lot of information here.

King Rong pondered for a moment, feeling that he didn't need to be tactful. The couple is too shrewd, I'm afraid that they have already seen some clues. He can't get any benefits in the Champion Hou Mansion now, Pei Yi guards him like a weasel, he used to occasionally climb over the wall, but now he has installed thistle terrestris at the foot of the wall, and Pei Jin's front and back of the house are even more than how many additional people have been sent to watch day and night, and he can't even find a little gap.

Therefore, when he heard that the queen was going to bring Pei Jin's mother and daughter into the inner court, he felt that there was finally a glimmer of light in the boundless night.

It's just that the inner court is not as good as the Hou Mansion.

He climbed over the wall of the Hou Mansion, and was discovered by Pei Yi, at most, he was chased and beaten with a stick.

If he dares to climb over the inner walls of the palace, he is afraid that when he reaches the ground, he will be chopped into minced meat.

If the emperor and empress were willing to facilitate it, then Pei Yi couldn't stop him.

King Rong understood this, and unconsciously began to rub his hands again, and a smile overflowed on his face.

"Your Majesty, the minister is already twenty-nine years old!"

The emperor, who was still discussing with the empress whether it was better to have mutton fat and white jade from Hetian or Xiuyu from Liaodong, looked back at him and said with a smile: "Yes, Uncle Wang is six years older than me." ”

The queen also looked at King Rong with an innocent face and smiled.

King Rong coughed twice, touched the short beard on his chin and sighed, "Looking at the deep affection of the emperor and queen, I really envy others." ”

The queen smiled and said: "Uncle Wang, you are so handsome, there must be many women who want to be your princess, it is better to act if you are tempted, just marry an aunt for us quickly." ”

King Rong didn't understand what the queen meant when she said handsome, but it would not mean that he was "declining", although he was nearly thirty years old and had no wife and no children, which did sound a little decrepit.

However, the phrase "heart is better than action" is really very appetizing to him.

After missing out on so many years, he didn't want to miss it again. Life is only a few decades, and if he doesn't work hard, he is afraid that he will not be able to close his eyes when he dies in the future.

"I still forget the emperor and the queen." King Rong stood up and bowed respectfully to them.

"What Uncle Wang said is fulfilled?" The emperor pretended to be confused, "If there is someone who agrees, you might as well tell me that with Uncle Wang's character and family background, people will be happy." ”

King Rong straightened up, looked at him and smiled bitterly: "Why is the emperor teasing the minister, the minister's thoughts, you two already know the truth." ”

Otherwise, the queen would not have copied the list of impeachments in the book and handed it over to him for disposal, and he would not have been so dedicated, spending a lot of manpower and material resources to pull the tails of those officials one by one.

"The heart is the heart." The queen finally spoke, "It's just that after all, it's the elders of the palace, thinking about her and Uncle Wang's hello, you can't be strong." You also know that twisted melons are not sweet. Whether this thing is successful or not, it is still Uncle Wang. ”

King Rong shook his head when he heard this, and slammed it to the ground at the queen: "I still hope that the queen will give advice." ”

"Don't dare to point out, you are also an elder, how dare you point out?" The queen stood up and returned the half-salute, "But although my aunt is a soft-faced person, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come out for a while." My heart is so broken that if I want to warm up again, it will take ten times more effort and patience. That's why I said, whether this thing is successful or not, only on you, Uncle Wang. ”

When King Rong heard this, he swallowed unconsciously.

"Your character and intentions, the emperor and I are well aware, and we are naturally happy to see it. I'm a straightforward person, and I don't want to hide anything I have to say. I called her mother for ten years, and I really respected her as if she were my own mother. She has had a hard time all these years, and there are more or less mine. Now that she is relieved, I naturally hope that she can live happily and comfortably. ”

The queen looked at King Rong and saw that the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and she smiled unconsciously: "She has to have someone hold her in the palm of her hand, love and hurt, mend the broken place, and warm her heart back." If no one can do it, I'd rather she live like this with grace. ”

King Rong raised his head with red eyes, glanced at the queen seriously, and said, "The queen treats her heart, and the world can be revealed." As he spoke, he bowed solemnly.

"What is Uncle Wang doing, the family is talking, you make a come, she returned the salute, I am dizzy." Li Rui waved his hand with a smile, "The family doesn't talk to each other, if you do this again, I won't dare to invite you to eat in the palace next time." ”

King Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and finally sat down again.

The queen took a sweet orange on the table, and said to the emperor while peeling it: "By the way, I heard that King Chengjun was looking for you last time, is there something in the clan?" ”

Li Rui smiled and also took an orange to peel, and Debao on the side wanted to take it over to help peel it, but he raised his hand to stop: "It's nothing, it's just that King Chengjun said that he is old and wants to ask me to resign from the sect." ”

The Zongren Order is the head of the clan camp and represents the voice of the clan royal family. They are all relatives of the clan, and it is not so easy to subdue everyone. Soon after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, although Emperor Wude had a great purge after the great sealing of the clan, a lot of strong branches in the clan were cut off, but it was also a very powerful force.

Now the older generation in the clan has been cleaned up by the first emperor, and most of the younger generation is left, these people are young and vigorous and do not obey discipline, and Chengjun Wang, an old man in his sixties, is indeed very difficult to subdue.

Zhao Yanrong listened to Li Rui say this, and raised her eyebrows slightly.

Zongren Ling is a very difficult and unflattering errand, but if it is done well, it can hold a considerable amount of authority, and indeed, this candidate is extremely important to the emperor.

If the people in the clan support him with all their might, then his voice in the court will be more confident, and the clan and the courtiers have always checked and balanced each other and suppressed each other, no matter which one is too big, it is not a good thing. Of course, if the people in charge of both ends are their own people, then the emperor's position can be as stable as Mount Tai.

At this time, aren't you worried that King Rong will join forces with Pei Hou?

The queen smiled and said, "Why, the emperor hasn't found a replacement yet?" ”

"It's difficult...... the emperor sighed, shook his head and picked up the teacup.

King Rong no longer understood what the emperor meant to be an idiot.

"If the emperor doesn't have a suitable candidate now, the minister is willing to recommend himself."

Li Rui's eyebrows stretched, and he hung King Rong until now, just for his words.

But he didn't show his joy like this, and after glancing at King Rong, the emperor shook his head and said, "The things that the sect people order are complicated, and most of those boys are frizzy, so it's too difficult for Uncle Wang." ”

King Rong smiled bitterly: "It is a blessing for the minister to be able to share the worries of His Majesty." Wanwang Emperor Xu Chen is a little thin. ”

Li Rui pondered for a moment before saying, "I will discuss this matter with the lord of Chengjun again, and I will accept Uncle Wang's intentions." Saying that, he looked at King Rong with a smile and said: "If Uncle Wang really made this order, I would like to invite you to enter the palace from time to time, the clan is the foundation of the royal family, what is the matter, you can talk about it more, everyone will discuss it, and you can rest assured." ”

Seeing off the grateful King Rong, Zhao Yanrong squinted at Li Rui, her eyes fluttered, and her lips opened slightly: "Slippery head." ”