[I don't believe in my words, there are still more than 30 red tickets left today, and the second watch will be presented.] Two chapters, more than 9,000 words, it's quite powerful, right? Let's work hard to smash the votes, if you don't have 100 votes today, you will definitely not be able to do more tomorrow, hehe......]

When he returned home, it was getting late, and Qin Mubai was also a little drunk. Cheng Huaibi and others sent him to the living room, and begged for a cup of tea before saying goodbye and going back.

Liu asked Shuang'er to prepare a hot soup bath for him, and said angrily: "Really, as soon as I come back, I won't leave the house, and I will get drunk when I go out." Your dad isn't like you - by the way, Princess Gaoyang, why didn't she come back with you? ”

"Hey, hey!" Qin Mubai, who had drunk a little too much, smiled stupidly, "Mother, what are you talking about?" Gao Yang hasn't married yet, how can he come back with me? Of course she stayed in the palace! ”

"Oh......" Liu Shi responded, his expression seemed to be a little lonely, and he seemed to have some doubts.

"What's the matter, mother, what do you want?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Nothing. It is...... You married Gao Yang, what should Mei Niang do? Liu asked in a low voice, "Actually, Mei Niang's girl is very good, she can know the general situation inside and outside, and it is not easy for one person to support a big family business!" The world looked down on merchants, but she was a wonderful woman for her mother. A woman who has endured hardships knows that it is not easy to build a family, and only then does she know how to teach her husband and children. You have been in Lanzhou for more than a year, and you have no idea if you leave her alone in Xiangzhou? Now that your marriage to Gao Yang has been announced to the world, what will she think? ”

Qin Mubai's heart trembled a little when he heard this, and he lay on the wide chair with his head tilted and closed his eyes in contemplation. Liu was a little annoyed and slapped his leg: "Talking to you for my mother!" ”

"Oh!" Qin Mubai smiled, opened his eyes and said, "Don't worry, I can take care of it." Actually, my wedding with Gao Yang is still half a year away. The emperor suggested that I take you out on a tour of the mountains and rivers. ”

"Really?" Liu Shi was excited when he heard it, "That's good! For my mother and your sister-in-law, but I haven't left Chang'an for many years! Why don't we go to Lanzhou to visit your father? ”

"Oh? Ha ha! Qin Mubai laughed, "Do you miss your father?" ”

"Poor mouth! It doesn't matter how big or small! Liu scolded with a smile, but his face turned red, and said, "When you moved to Lan, I wanted to take Shuang'er with me." But your father wrote and said that he wouldn't let us go and stay in Chang'an, so we obeyed. Right now...... Well, I'll listen to you! You can go wherever you say, anyway, we don't understand your national affairs and officialdom rules. ”

"Huh!" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Mother, I plan to go to Xiangzhou first; Then, how about going down the river to Yangzhou? The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, and the two scoundrels are Yangzhou, tsk, the scenery and prosperity there are unique! ”

"What is there to go to Yangzhou, the wind and the moon are prosperous......" Liu pursed his lips when he heard this, as if he was a little displeased, but he didn't say much.

"And where do you want to go?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

"Yangzhou, Yangzhou! I went to Xiangzhou to have a look, but I missed Mei Niang, a good child. Liu said helplessly.

"Wow! Are you going to Xiangzhou? An excited voice came from the door, and Shuang'er ran in happily, "Mother, third brother, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, when it comes to eating, drinking, and having fun, you're excited." Qin Mubai smiled and took her little sister's hand and held it in her palm, and said with a smile, "Siya'er, don't you want to go out for a walk for a long time?" This time, where do you want to go, brother will take you there! ”

"Really?" Shuang'er smiled happily, glanced at her mother, blushed and whispered, "It's okay to go to Liaodong?" ”

"Shut up! You're just going to get out of that! Qin Mubai laughed and scolded angrily, anyway, his mother was not an outsider, he said bluntly, "I have to go to Li Ke thousands of miles away, are you going to do it?" ”

"Speaking of this, hey......" Liu shook his head, sighing with pity and helplessness, "San Lang, you should persuade your father, he is too stubborn." Shuang'er is eighteen years old, and if you don't marry, others will laugh at us. Having said that, after the death of the princess, Wu Wangzhi's temperament has changed greatly, and he will not mess with other women. Now, I am also relieved to marry Shuang'er to him. The two of them have been in love since childhood, why can't they be together? ”

Shuang'er stood aside with a red face, looking at Qin Mubai with a bit of grievance and helplessness and help.

Qin Mubai furrowed his brows, not knowing how to answer for a while. He also knew his current status in the family - he was originally just the son of a concubine, but now he was trying his best to provoke the Qin family and let the old Qin family regain its second spring. Seeing that he is about to marry Princess Gaoyang, he is also a member of the royal family; If his sister-in-law remarries Li Ke, it is also a good thing to be close to each other, and it is reasonable from the perspective of family or customs. Moreover, Princess Wu has passed away, if Shuang'er marries, if she doesn't say anything else, it will be easy for her to become the princess of the throne later by virtue of her personal relationship with Li Ke.

Everything seems to be a matter of course.

But the problem is also obvious.

One is my father's level. In Qin Shubao's mind, Li Ke was not the master of peace. As a prince, being able and outstanding is a kind of mistake, and it will inevitably cause trouble in the future. This is one of the most direct reasons why Qin Shubao vetoed the marriage between the two.

The second is the current environment. The Qin family wants to marry a daughter, although it is just a concubine, but it is obviously not an ordinary marriage. The reason for this is because Shuang'er is the sister-in-law of Qin Mubai's mother. After going to Lanzhou, Qin Mubai's prestige and influence have been unprecedentedly high. Now, he is about to marry Princess Gaoyang again and become a serious relative of the imperial family. It is conceivable that he will definitely be a prominent figure in the court in the next few years.

Shuang'er marrying Li Ke is not so much the Qin family's marriage to a daughter, but Qin Mubai's marrying a sister - if he marries his sister to Li Ke at such a time, everyone will think that he will firmly stand in Li Ke's camp. This is bound to touch on the most sensitive and deadly topic of the moment - the struggle for succession and the crown.

In order to escape the invasion of this huge political turmoil, Li Ke has already served as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty and went to the Korean Peninsula desperately. If Qin Mubai proposed his marriage to Shuang'er to anyone at this time, wouldn't it be to make all his efforts go wrong? - To put it bluntly, Qin Mubai is now a weight in the matter of establishing a prince!

……

"What are you thinking with your eyes on you, Saburo? We're still waiting for you to talk! Liu urged with some displeasure.

"Oh......" Qin Mubai came back to his senses and said, "Mother, Si Ya'er, I have never forgotten this matter." But right now, it's not a good time. I can't explain the twists and turns of this. I just said simply, if you find out about the marriage at this time, it will hurt Shuang'er, Li Ke, and maybe our old Qin family. ”

"Ah, so serious?" Liu and Shuang'er were surprised.

"yes...... The current situation in the court is more dangerous, and everything needs to be cautious. Qin Mubai furrowed his brows and said solemnly, "But don't worry, I have always taken Shuang'er's marriage to heart and have never taken it lightly." Wait a while! When the limelight is over, I have my own opinions. ”

"Okay......" The mother and daughter glanced at each other, nodded helplessly, and Liu said, "San Lang, you are done." Not only did you support the old Qin family, but our mother and daughter could only count on you. ”

"Don't worry." Qin Mubai took the hands of his mother and little sister left and right, the smile on his face was warm and soft, "You and my father are my closest people." Even if I forsake everything, I will not leave you. Everything I do is for you and for this family. ”

"Oh, bad guy! Scoundrel! Suddenly, there was a loud rebuke from afar at the gate, and a light figure was running towards the hall.

When the three of them saw it, they couldn't help but be happy - it was actually Princess Gaoyang!

She trotted out with a very unsightly skirt, her half-naked breasts were like a pair of little white rabbits jumping, and her mouth was scolding angrily. rushed into the hall but saw Liu Shi and Shuang'er there, she was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly restrained her expression and stood still.

The expression changes quickly, just like the face change of Sichuan opera.

Liu Shi and Shuang'er couldn't hold back their laughter and stepped forward to salute. Princess Gaoyang hurriedly said goodbye, and said with a smile: "Auntie, Shuang'er, it won't be long before we will be a family, and there is no need to be polite in private." ”

This "aunt" made Liu's heart smile warmly, and even Qin Mubai secretly laughed in his heart that Princess Gaoyang was really sweet, and yesterday she called my mother "Mrs. Qin", and today there is an aunt in the sky.

Qin Mubai drank a little more, but he was still sitting there paralyzed and didn't bother to get up, squinting his eyes and hooking his finger at Princess Gaoyang: "Your Royal Highness Princess, come and ask to take a seat." ”

"Oh, you impudent fellow!" Princess Gaoyang was not angry, she walked over with a smile and immediately covered her nose: "I hate it!" So drunk and smoky! No wonder you threw me in the harem, it turned out that I was going to have fun by myself! ”

Liu shook his head and smiled, and found an excuse to retreat first. Shuang'er sat down beside Qin Mubai with Princess Gaoyang, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness Princess, my brother seems to have come back from Qin Immortal Pavilion just now. You smell it, and your body is full of the smell of Qin Immortal Wine! ”

"Really?" Princess Gaoyang suddenly hated itchy, and she looked like a mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and she said in an urn voice, "How about it, are there many beautiful beauties in Qin Immortal Pavilion?" ”

"That's-" Qin Mubai laughed heartlessly, "Everyone looks like a fairy and is full of enthusiasm, I, as one of the big proprietors behind the scenes of Qin Immortal Pavilion, should I go to inspect it, right?" ”

"Shut up, I don't want to hear from you! I'm! Princess Gao Yang pursed her mouth and turned her face away angrily.

"Huh!" Qin Mubai smiled, Princess Gaoyang is such a character, straight to the point, at least in front of him, she never knows how to hide her emotions.

"Hey, hey!" Frost snickered on the sidelines.

Qin Mubai angrily grabbed Shuang'er and brought two chisels on her head, and pulled Princess Gaoyang again, and took advantage of the situation to pull her into her arms and hug her, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, don't listen to her nonsense." I met Cheng Huaibi and others in the palace, and I was dragged into the camp of the hundred horsemen for a few drinks. Didn't you go to see your mother? I thought you were going to accompany her today, so I didn't bother you. ”

"That's pretty much ......," Princess Gao Yang turned into a laugh and called out twice, and walked in two of her personal maids, each carrying a bag of things.

"What?" Qin Mubai asked curiously.

"Hey, hey! Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching! This is a lotus paste mooncake made by my mother, and she asked me to bring two boxes to you to eat! Princess Gao Yang said happily, "I like to eat moon cakes the most!" ”

"Oh, the mooncakes made by the novice of Concubine Yinde?" Qin Mubai was also stunned for a while, and muttered thoughtfully: "She can also make moon cakes?" ”

"Yes!" Princess Gaoyang smiled without any impurities, "My mother is now a lay disciple of Buddhism, and she lives in the Xuanwu Hall near the Tianwang Temple of the Protectorate every day, and she eats fasting and recites Buddha without leaving home, at most she goes to Famen Temple once a month to hang my brother." I heard that we were coming back, so she made mooncakes overnight! ”

"yes, that's good." Qin Mubai beckoned, and the two maids handed the moon cake to him. I took it and smelled it, the refreshing fragrance was not greasy at all.

Just like the person of Concubine Yinde, the agarwood is far away, quiet as a lotus.

Qin Mubai was in a trance for a while, and unconsciously thought of Concubine Yin De's alluring face and snow-white hair......

"Mu Bai, why are you in a daze?" Princess Gao Yang was a little annoyed, gently slapped his knee, and said, "I specially ran out of the palace to give you moon cakes, is there any reward?" ”

"Oh, how about a pledge?" Qin Mubai said that his face did not change, and his heart did not beat.

The servants all laughed, and even Shuang'er blushed and snickered with her mouth covered.

"I hate it, I don't have to hold my mouth, I should fight!" Princess Gao Yang was ashamed and annoyed, and punched him in the leg a few times.

"Or ...... I'll send you back to the palace in person? Qin Mubai asked deliberately jokingly.

"Uh...... This one...... It's good, but ......" Princess Gaoyang's face was flushed to the base of her neck, and her mouth was swallowed.

Shuang'er giggled a few times, and she couldn't hold it back, so she blurted out: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you are going to marry my brother anyway, so you will live here tonight, right?" There will be no criticism! ”

"Okay!" As soon as Shuang'er's words fell, Princess Gaoyang responded excitedly.

Qin Mubai looked at her fixedly and didn't speak. Princess Gaoyang suddenly felt speechless for a while, covered her face with her hands, and wanted to dig a hole in the ground to get into.

"I'll just say, what kind of moon cakes are delivered, it's clearly here to stay overnight, right?" Qin Mubai deliberately didn't open which pot to mention, and he laughed heartlessly, "Shuang'er, did you hear everything?" Why don't you go and arrange a bedroom for Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang? ”

"Hey, hey! Yes, the girl obeys, Qin Concubine! Shuang'er responded with a smile and pulled Princess Gaoyang out. Princess Gaoyang was ashamed and annoyed, so she got up and followed Shuang'er out, turning back from time to time to give him a vicious grimace.

Qin Mubai sighed, lay down again, closed his eyes and recuperated. After a while, Liu went and returned, holding a thick stack of things in his hand and placing them directly on Qin Mubai's legs, and said, "I almost forgot." It's only been half a day since you went to the palace, and you received a big stack of invitations at home, so you can do it yourself! ”

Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment, and picked up the invitation sticker to read.

There were about six or seven of them, and each one was more beautiful than the other. The owner of the invitation is also more than a cow X.

There are two of them, the most big names -

The crown prince Li Chengqian invited Qin Mubai to a banquet in the East Palace tomorrow; Li Tai, the king of Wei, invited Qin Mubai to participate in the Autumn Poetry Meeting.

In addition, there was also Su Dingfang, who Qin Mubai was very interested in, and invited him to go to the Weiguo Mansion to congratulate Li Jing on his birthday. In fact, it is also a birthday banquet invitation sticker with a change of direction, and it turns out that Li Jing's birthday is approaching.

The other posts were all put aside by Qin Mubai for the time being.

Holding the invitation stickers from the prince and Li Tai, Qin Mubai was pondering: These people's sense of smell is really quite sensitive, I just returned to Chang'an, and immediately threw the olive branch over. Do you want to take advantage of Li Ke's absence to woo me as soon as possible? Now it's so often that I don't want to pay attention to it. But...... There's no reason to offend them all.

With a light in his heart, Qin Mubai thought of Princess Gaoyang. couldn't help but smile to himself: Come on, I might as well let Princess Gaoyang decide where to go. Well, I'm going to eat cheaply with the title of quasi-colt, and give this limelight to Gao Yang. If you bring Gao Yang, it means that your brother-in-law will go to your wife's uncle's house for a meal, which is normal. When the time comes, you can talk about family affairs, family affairs, and even poetry and poetry; I will avoid all state and government affairs.

"That's it!" Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile secretly, got up and went to the backyard to find Princess Gaoyang and Shuang'er.

Shuang'er is taking some of the maids in the house to clean up the bedroom for Princess Gaoyang. Princess Gaoyang seemed to be a little absent-minded, Shuang'er asked her if the futon was good, whether the bronze mirror was liked, she looked at him left and right, and answered not what she asked. Shuang'er didn't know that Qin Mubai and Princess Gao Yang had already been in the cave countless times, where did she know that Princess Gao Yang wanted to go into Qin Mubai's bed at night to ask for warmth, where was she really interested in sleeping here.

Qin Mubai walked in, Princess Gaoyang suddenly came forward with a happy face and hooked his arm, pulled it with a slight dark force in her hand, and handed over a playful and lustful look, Qin Mubai understood everything.

"Princess, I have wronged you at night, and I will sleep here." Qin Mubai said deliberately, "My Qin family is shabby, but it can't be compared to the comfort in the palace!" ”

Princess Gaoyang glared at him in annoyance, with Shuang'er and the maids present, she was not easy to attack. Qin Mubai handed her the invitation card and said with a smile: "You decide, which house to go to for tomorrow's lunch?" ”

"Ah, the prince's brother and fourth brother have come to invite, what can I do?" Princess Gaoyang is still in trouble.

Shuang'er packed up the futon and took her leave, saying that she was going to gather some refreshments for the princess to spend the night.

Qin Mubai also walked out, and when he left, he scratched Princess Gaoyang's nose and said with a smile: "Why don't you discuss it at night?" ”

"Hehe, that's pretty much it!" Princess Gaoyang laughed coquettishly, turned her head to her maidservant and said, "You guys, sleep here obediently today, do you hear?" ”

"Yes, Your Royal Highness the Princess......" The servants couldn't help laughing, and responded with some grievances.

Qin Mubai heard these voices behind him, shook his head and smiled, and said secretly: Gao Yang is used to sleeping with me, and it will be the same when he returns to Chang'an, and he will not even return to the palace to stay overnight...... This guy, what kind of etiquette, dignity and royal face, to her is simply a floating cloud!