Every year on the first day, Li You will stay away from Chang'an, and it seems that this year will be no exception.

Li You has not been to the court for the past few days, and he is ready to leave Chang'an for Shengzhou.

Before leaving, he made arrangements for the industrial city, research institute, and steel base, and made detailed arrangements for Gu Ruoyu's affairs, feeling that there was no problem, and he was ready to leave tomorrow morning.

Today, he decided to give himself a vacation and enjoy a rare leisure.

Qi Wangfu.

Outside the window, the snow dances all over the sky, Chang'an City is silvery white, the biting cold wind is raging, and there are few pedestrians on the street.

In Li You's dormitory, the fireplace is burning with a roaring flame, and it is as warm as spring. In the middle of the nave, on a low and wide table, there were several thick red candles, in the middle of which were placed all kinds of food, and in crystal glasses, there were pale red wines.

Xiao Wanyu, Murong Ling and Wu Jue hugged Li You, chatting while eating. They specially did not bring their children to cherish this rare warm time before parting.

Usually, Li You is too busy, he has to go to the court during the day, he has to go to Shangshu Province to deal with official business, he has to return to the Qi Palace, he has to receive all kinds of different visitors, he has free time, and he also needs all kinds of scientific and technological materials, and he almost never rests before midnight.

Today, he is about to leave Chang'an, and he specially asked Baihu to tell the concierge that there will be no guests, and he wants to quietly enjoy the short time before the separation with his beloved wives.

At this moment, Li You and the others were drinking and chatting, whispering between husband and wife. Wu Jue blushed and said: "Lord Wang, you have been gone for a few months, and when you come back, the slaves and maids are 18 years old, and it will make people laugh." "The three sisters now have their own children, and Wu Jue is really a little anxious.

Xiao Wanyu smiled: "Yes, Brother You, let the fourth sister accompany you tonight." ”

"Yes, maybe when you come back, the fourth sister can also surprise you." Murong Ling said with a smile.

Li You looked at Wu Jue without saying a word, just looked at her like that, but with a hint of a playful smile in his eyes.

Wu Jue was looked at infinitely shy, his eyes flowed, and he said angrily: "You all bully others." ”

Li You held her soft jade hand, and was about to say something, when the white tiger said outside: "Lord Wang, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is here to visit." He was very embarrassed, knowing that the prince had already said that he would not see the guest, but Li Ke was visiting, and he could only come to report it.

Li You was very depressed, let go of Wu Jue's hand, and said, "Please invite him to the living room." ”

After Li You left, the three sisters continued to drink and chat, waiting for Li You to come back.

Since Li You recommended Li Ke to take charge of the Ministry of Water Resources, the movement of the two has increased a lot, and Li Ke often comes to ask Li You some things about water conservancy.

When Li You saw Li Ke, he said affectionately: "Third brother, it's snowing heavily, and the weather is so cold, just send someone to talk about anything, and you can come in person." ”

Li Ke said a little embarrassed: "Fifth brother, you are leaving tomorrow, it is really a little unkind to disturb you for your brother Qianli." However, the water conservancy facilities in the Weinan area must be built this winter, and it is related to the irrigation of 140,000 mu of cultivated land. ”

After Li Ke consulted some technical problems, he said: "Fifth brother, the area around Weinan is the main sugar beet producing area, and you are one of the biggest beneficiaries of the construction of water conservancy facilities. ”

The reason why Li Ke came to Li You was mainly because after he applied for the project to build water conservancy facilities, Gao Jingming was reluctant to pay for it, and the construction funds could not be received for a long time. As we all know, in Gao Jingming, the best person to speak is Li You, except for Li Shimin. Even, because sometimes Li Shimin did not understand the situation and the proposed allocation plan was unreasonable, Gao Jingming argued on the basis of reason, which made Li Shimin change his attention.

Li You is different, Gao Jingming likes to deal with him the most, because as long as His Royal Highness King Qi asks for money from the household department, he will definitely repay the household department several times or even dozens of times, so he is responsive to Li You's proposal, and he doesn't even need to ask about the use.

Li Ke has looked for Gao Jingming many times, but people have been dragging it out, so Li Ke had to come to Li You to solve it. He knew that Li You was leaving Chang'an tomorrow, so he braved the heavy snow to visit Li You.

Li You said: "The third brother is right. The construction of water conservancy is a major matter, and it is necessary to take advantage of the slack time before spring ploughing. ”

Li Ke took out the budget report, Li You picked up the pen, signed his name on it, and said, "Third brother, go find Lord Gao." ”

Li Ke was very happy and said to Li You: "Fifth brother, I don't understand, a little Xue Yantuo, as long as Li Jing, Li Daozong and others go, do you need to run in person?" I still have a lot of things I want to discuss with you, such as the construction of a reservoir in Shaanzhou, and you have gone through many problems that are not easy to solve.

I think it's a bit overkill for you to go to the grassland, or I suggest to my father that you send someone else to do these things, and you can stay in Chang'an and do things like steam engines and trains, and feel that this is where you are really needed. ”

Li You smiled and said: "Thank you, third brother, the army is on an expedition, and it still needs the cooperation of the Tuli Department, I will go to see He Li of Qibi and discuss it with him in person." ”

"Okay, you go to the grassland to be safe. I won't bother you anymore and take my leave. Li Ke said.

Li You returned to the middle hall, picked up the wine glass and said, "Baby, I disturbed your interest for my husband, and I will punish myself with a glass." As he spoke, he drank all the wine from his glass.

He sat down and was about to speak, when the white tiger said, "Lord Wang, someone has come to the palace." ”

Li You had no choice but to cast an apologetic look at the ladies again and walk towards the living room outside.

The person who came was a eunuch from the Lizheng Palace, who was sent by the Empress of the Eldest Sun, and he said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the queen invites you to enter the palace." ”

Li You said helplessly: "Please wait a while, father-in-law." After speaking, he returned to the middle hall and said to Xiao Wanyu and the others: "I'm sorry, I asked to see the queen mother, let's continue to play when we come back." ”

Li You had just walked out of the Qi Palace, and before he got into the carriage, he saw Li Dezhi, the chief of the guards of the East Palace, and after he saw Li You, he said, "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invites you to go to the East Palace." ”

Li You said: "Okay, I'll go to the queen mother first, and after talking about things, I'll go to the East Palace." ”

Liangyi Palace, study.

The Tang Dynasty was a very humane dynasty, and in the event of bad weather such as heavy rain, heavy snow and even strong winds, the early dynasty would be cancelled, and if such bad weather occurred in the morning, the ministers could not even go to work.

There is one person here who is an exception, Li Shimin is a very diligent emperor, no matter how bad the weather, he will come to the Liangyi Palace on time to work, for decades, he has never slacked off.

On this day, after watching the concert for a while, I suddenly remembered something and said: "Wang De, you sent someone to pass on Li You's audience." ”

Wang De said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi has just been called by the queen mother. ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "This kid is really busy, you send someone to wait in the Lizheng Palace, and when he comes out, ask him to come over." ”

Coincidentally, Wei Zheng was driving on the way to the Qi Palace, and Fang Xuanling was also preparing to go to the Qi Palace.