Chapter Eighty-Six: Taught a Lesson
It's false to say that he is not moved, at this moment, looking at Fengyu who is still amusing himself with his bare head, Xiao Yan is very moved in his heart.
"The princess is so good to me, I can't repay it, I can only ......" Xiao Yan looked at Feng Yu, suddenly moved closer to her, and said softly: "I promised to do so." ”
Saying that, Xiao Yan straightened up and was about to kiss Fengyu, Fengyu saw his intention and quickly reached out to block him.
"What do you do?"
Looking at Feng Yu, who was a little nervous, Xiao Yan pretended to be puzzled: "Could it be that the princess can't see it, am I going to kiss you?" ”
Such straightforward words made Feng Yu stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "I...... Do you want to be ashamed? ”
"In the presence of the princess, I have always been."
After speaking, Xiao Yan continued the kissing action just now, but Feng Yu pushed him away and took a step away from him.
"What do you mean, princess?" Xiao Yan looked at Feng Yu in puzzlement.
"The holy land of Buddhism, no nonsense."
Feng Yu said this with a serious face, and then turned around and ran away, leaving Xiao Yan standing helplessly.
In the capital, Li Chengdong is in full swing preparing for the imperial examination, although this is a beautiful matter, but it is also difficult.
In the past few months, Li Chengdong has been suppressed, although with the help of the vassal king, he was promoted to a fifth-rank official, but he also knew that there were many people behind him who looked down on him.
If he can do a good job in this imperial examination, he will not only impress those who look down on him, but also take this opportunity to let the emperor promote him again.
Since Li Chengdong accepted the gift, Xie Feng has been waiting for his news, but for several days, he has not received any news from Li Chengdong.
Now Xiao Yan escorted the queen and princess to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and the news couldn't be passed for a while, so Xie Feng could only make his own decisions.
After thinking about it again, Xie Feng went to Li Mansion to visit Li Chengdong again, and as soon as Li Chengdong heard that he was coming, he immediately went to see him.
When Li Chengdong saw Xie Feng standing in the hall, he first collected his happy emotions, and then walked in and said, "Xie Feng? What are you doing here? ”
"The little ones see the adults." Xie Feng clasped his fists and saluted.
"Sit down."
This time, Li Chengdong's attitude towards Xie Feng was much better than before, after all, he received a generous gift, and Li Chengdong had other plans in the future.
Xie Feng sat down and looked at Li Chengdong and said, "Lord Li, the little one is here today to ask the adults, how did the adults think about the little ones participating in the imperial examination?" ”
"Well, there are some difficulties in this matter." Li Chengdong said with an embarrassed face, looking at Xie Feng's eyes a little strange.
Xie Feng looked at Li Chengdong suspiciously, and said: "The emperor looks at the ability of important people, and hands over the imperial examination to the adults to be responsible. ”
"The little dare to ask, I don't know where the adults are in trouble? Maybe the small ones can share the worries of the adults. ”
Li Chengdong was waiting for this sentence, he looked at Xie Feng, sighed pretendedly, and said: "You don't know, although this official has been an official for many years, he has always been honest and honest. There are too many family members in the family, and there are many trivial matters, and the court's fortune is really a little ......"
Speaking of this, Li Chengdong glanced at Xie Feng and continued: "This official has been worrying about trivial matters at home recently, and I am afraid that your affairs will have to be delayed." ”
It turned out that Li Chengdong had been lingering in Fireworks Willow Lane in recent days, and he had already spent this month's money.
Seeing that Xie Feng was here again today, Li Chengdong thought about blackmailing him again, anyway, Xie Feng asked him, and he was not afraid that he would not agree.
Xie Feng is also a smart person, and when he heard Li Chengdong mention Yu Lu and said that he was worried about trivial matters, he immediately understood what he meant.
Although Li Chengdong has been given a generous gift before, Li Chengdong has never given him the news, so why not give him more benefits today, or take the opportunity to let him confide in a little news.
"I see." Li Chengdong looked suddenly enlightened, looked at Li Chengdong and said: "Adults don't have to worry, if it's other things, the small ones may not be able to help." ”
"But if the adults are worried about this matter, the small ones can help."
As he spoke, Xie Feng took out a few silver tickets and walked in front of Li Chengdong and handed them over with both hands.
"My lord, this is a little bit of a small heart, and I hope the adult can accept it."
When Li Chengdong saw the silver ticket, his eyes immediately lit up, but he still said hypocritically: "Isn't this okay? This official only accepted your gift before, and now he ......"
"Your Excellency, just take it."
Xie Feng put the silver ticket on the table next to Li Chengdong, and then said: "The previous gift was a small tribute for the people of the Northern Capital to thank the adults for their years of hard work and high achievements as officials. ”
"Today is because the adults solve the problems for the small, and the small ones should thank the adults."
Li Chengdong also understood the meaning of Xie Feng's words, after all, he had also accepted his generous gifts before, and it was too late to say no now.
"In that case, the official will accept it, so as not to disappoint your kindness." Li Chengdong said as he put away the silver ticket.
Seeing that Li Chengdong accepted the things, Xie Feng took the opportunity to say: "My lord, the matter of the small imperial examination ......"
Li Chengdong glanced at him, got up and said, "Okay, you can come with me." ”
"Yes, sir."
followed Li Chengdong to the study, Li Chengdong wrote down the preliminary examination questions of the imperial examination and handed them to Xie Feng, and explained that he was not allowed to go outside to spread the matter.
Xie Feng agreed, complimented Li Chengdong again, and then left the Li Mansion pretending to be very happy.
With money on his body, Li Chengdong immediately asked his subordinates to buy good wine and food, and then went to Jiang Ye.
"Why did Master Li come here suddenly?"
Li Chengdong put the wine and food on the table, then looked at Jiang Ye with a flattering face, and said: "After Jiang Gongzi came to the capital, I didn't entertain him well, so I bought some good wine and food today, and I hope Jiang Gongzi is willing to have a drink together." ”
Jiang Ye is worthy of being a person from Xiao Qishan, the vassal king, seeing the food on the table, and listening to Li Chengdong's compliments, but his heart is not moved at all.
"Lord Li, Jiang heard that Lord Li has been lingering in the land of fireworks and willow alleys for the past few days, and he has almost never returned."
Hearing Jiang Ye's words, Li Chengdong smiled a little embarrassedly, but he didn't know what to say.
When Jiang Ye saw him like this, he showed a trace of disdain and said, "Lord Li, let Jiang say something that Master Li doesn't like to hear." ”
"Jiang Gongzi, please speak."
Jiang Ye sat on the chair and glanced at the wine jug on the table, and said in a flat tone: "Although Lord Li is now a fifth-grade official, how did he get this official position, presumably Lord Li himself knows it. ”
"The imperial examination is a major event in the northern capital, and the emperor has entrusted this matter to Lord Li, who should do his best to do it."
"Even if you don't have that heart, at least you have to do the superficial work in place, and don't let others gossip about it, which will do you all kinds of harm to Lord Li."
"Besides, the boy has ambitions in all directions, and Lord Li should devote himself wholeheartedly to his career at this time, instead of being nostalgic for the flowers."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Ye looked at Li Chengdong, his eyes were as usual, but there was a hint of coldness.
Jiang Ye's words were very straightforward, and Li Chengdong's face sank suddenly after hearing it, these words were tantamount to scolding him, saying that he was lustful and unlearned.
But Jiang Ye is a vassal king, and Li Chengdong is dissatisfied with him no matter how much he is, and he doesn't dare to be angry with him.
"Jiang Gongzi's words really benefited me a lot." Li Chengdong smiled reluctantly, and said with a flattering face: "Jiang Gongzi, please rest assured, I will definitely change it according to what you said in the future." ”
Jiang Ye looked at Li Chengdong with no expression on his face, and after a while, he said in a light tone: "If Master Li can really think like this, it would be even better." ”
"By the way, Jiang reminded Master Li that Master Li can have his current status, but don't forget who gave it."
Li Chengdong's face changed, and he said: "Jiang Gongzi, don't worry, I will always keep in mind the great kindness of Prince Xiao." ”
Then, Li Chengdong left, and on the way back to his house, he was so angry that he remembered what Jiang Ye said.
Since she shaved her home, Feng Yu has been dedicated to chanting sutras and worshipping the Buddha, since she promised the master of the good way to chant the sutras well and accumulate blessings for Xiao Yan, then she has to do it with her heart.
Chanting and chanting Buddha is okay, but the only thing that makes Fengyu feel uncomfortable is that the food in this temple is too light.
For a few days, Feng Yu didn't eat well, Xiao Yan observed very carefully, noticed that Feng Yu had no appetite, so he asked his subordinates to go back to the capital to invite the palace cooks to the temple.
It's just that before this subordinate left the temple, he was stopped by Feng Yu.
Feng Yu had just returned to the apse after chanting, and when she saw the person hurriedly coming over from the opposite side, she stretched out her hand to stop him.
"The subordinates see the princess, the princess is auspicious."
"Get up." Feng Yu looked at him carefully and wondered, "Are you Xiao Yan's subordinate?" ”
"Princess Huiyu, her subordinate is called Li Qi, and she is under the command of the general."
Feng Yu looked at him and nodded, and then asked, "What are you going to do in such a hurry?" Is something wrong? ”
"If you go back to the princess, the general ordered his subordinates to hurry back to the capital and invite the cooks in the palace here." Li Qi clenched his fists and bowed his head.
"Cook, please?" Feng Yu looked at him strangely and asked, "Why?" ”
"The general saw that the princess had no appetite these days, and felt that it was because the food in the temple was too light, so he asked his subordinates to invite the palace cook."
Hearing Li Qi's explanation, Feng Yu was a little happy in her heart, she didn't expect Xiao Yan to be able to observe such a trivial matter as eating so carefully, and she thought about her so thoroughly.
"You don't have to go."
Li Qi looked at Feng Yu with some hesitation and said, "But the general's ......"
"Xiao Yan, I'll talk about it there, you don't have to worry, let's go down first."
"Yes, Princess."
"That's right." Feng Yu suddenly stopped him again and asked, "What about Xiao Yanren?" ”
Li Qi thought for a moment and replied, "The general has just gone to inspect, and he should be in the apse at this time." ”
"Okay, I see, you go get busy."
"Yes, the subordinates retired."