Chapter 805: The Storm Rises
For kind people, blood and family affection is flowing in the bones, even if they see it for the first time in this life, it is like pouring a white head, as if they have formed a good relationship in the previous life, and they are connected by blood in this life. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Dongyang and Li Zhi from the initial strangeness and restraint, to the later no barrier to talk and laugh easily, it only took a short stick of incense time, the sister and brother have spoken tacitly, and even complement each other, Dongyang unconsciously incarnated into a loving and dignified eldest sister, and Li Zhi's manly spirit that was finally mustered up disappeared in an instant, and he is still the image of a weak and weak little brother who can be bullied.
Li Su watched quietly beside him, taking a sip of wine from time to time, and then smiled.
Sister and brother Gong, Shi and Suifeng, gentleman drinking, endless fun.
The sister and brother seem to have endless words, from the bits and pieces when they were young, to the worries and confusions when they grew up, the bizarre anecdotes they have experienced, and the precious Ayara they have enjoyed...... Tonight, this pair of siblings, who seem to have met for the first time in their lives, seem to want to take out all the heartfelt words they have accumulated in their lives and can't wait to share them with each other.
Li Su has been drinking in silence very patiently, and the smile on his face has never broken.
Even though grape brewing is a light wine like fruit juice, Li Su gradually felt slightly drunk at the moment, seven points of drunkenness, and the remaining three points were left for this world and his own incompatibility, life is like this, but he can be slowly drunk.
Before I knew it, it was late at night, the atrium was still bustling and noisy, and the atmosphere of the banquet was in a lively place, and Li Su had seen so many night owls in the Tang Dynasty for the first time.
If there are no special circumstances, Chang'an City has always had a curfew, at this time the city gate has long been closed, the princes, princesses and courtiers will naturally not go to the city gate because of the late return from the banquet outside the city, the procedures before and after are too cumbersome, and it will definitely be included in the ears of the supervising imperial history, so the magnates who came to the Taoist temple to attend the banquet tonight did not plan to return to the city at all.
Dongyang also made arrangements early, the front yard and the atrium cleaned out a lot of vacant rooms, now the weather is almost summer, the night is not cold, the drunk guests are helped into the room by the handymen, sleep on the mattress, early in the morning after the city gate is opened, and then leave, not drunk is naturally continue to drink, listen to music, chant poetry and wine order, tonight there are so many guests, after all, it will not be too boring.
The banquet in the inner hall is almost over, Dongyang has always gone to bed early, and there are few people who have not slept when they have children, talking to Li Zhi at this moment, unconsciously covering his small mouth and yawning a few times, Li Zhi has eyesight, so he smiled and said that he was drunk and said goodbye to Dongyang.
Dongyang nodded, and before leaving, he suddenly took Li Zhi's hand, looked at him with pure and clear eyes, and said slowly: "Brother Huang, I'm just a woman, I can't interfere with your men's affairs, now you and Li Su are already sharing weal and woe, sharing blessings and woes, you will act in the future to avoid evil, think twice, don't be reckless, I know what you want to do, and the bet you bet on must be clear to yourself, Li Su is a thoughtful person, but there are a lot of troubles, and you, after all, are still young, many things are not comprehensive, You two plan to do great things together, so you must be careful......"
Li Zhi saw that Dongyang's expression was full of worry, and couldn't help laughing: "Sister Huang rest assured, Zhi knows that he knows how to act rashly, everything is at the command of Brother Zizheng, Brother Zizheng is a national scholar today, even if he has no last resort, listening to his words will not be wrong after all, and the imperial sister must also have confidence in Brother Zizheng." ”
The worried look on Dongyang's face eased slightly, and he quickly glanced at Li Su, and Qiong snorted softly: "He, hum...... I'm most worried about him, don't you know how to cause trouble in Li County? ”
Li Su's face was a little dark, this mother-in-law was getting fatter and fatter, she always dismantled his platform, turned around and talked to Li Shimin about life, and discussed it by the way to see if she could return it......
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Taiping Village, Li Family.
"There were probably a few things last night, well, in general, it was a wine banquet of unity, a wine banquet of endeavor, and a wine banquet of victory......" Li Su was lying in the courtyard, his eyes half-closed, and he was lazily gossiping with Xu Mingzhu.
Xu Mingzhu sat beside him, carefully peeled the green grapes, and fed them into his mouth.
May has not yet reached the season of grape ripening, the grapes are pantothenic acid in the mouth, Li Su's face is so uncomfortable that he can't help but stick out his tongue.
"What's that?" The lazy man was finally willing to open his eyes, and when he saw the green grapes placed beside him, Li Su frowned unhappily: "What are you doing with the things that are not in season?" Running out of food at home? ”
Xu Mingzhu peeled one off and tasted it himself, smacking his mouth with a strange expression.
"The concubine doesn't feel sour, it's quite appetizing, the concubine tasted it before feeding her husband, and she thought it was delicious before giving it to her husband...... Don't you like it? ”
Li Su sighed: "Madame's taste is really heavy, if you think it's delicious, keep it for yourself, it's almost noon when you talk, the weather is stuffy, you don't have much appetite, ask the maid to order side dishes, add a pot of chilled grape stuff, and make do with a casual meal." ”
Xu Mingzhu nodded, and after ordering the maid, he turned his face and smiled: "A few days ago, I chatted with Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness said that the banquet last night was for her husband and Her Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”
Li Su said with a smile: "There are many famous halls of the wine banquet, many things that can't be opened on weekdays, and it is easy to say it between pushing the cup and changing the lamp at the wine banquet, and it is easy to solve, if it is not surprising, there are guests in our family who have come to visit in the past few days, in the future, these guests may be frequent guests of our house, turn around and tell Steward Xue, these people can be forgiven for coming to the door without gifts, don't throw face at others,...... The old guy is getting more and more domineering, I heard that now when he comes to visit our house, Steward Xue, who does not bring gifts, has never had a good face, and he doesn't know who to learn from the bad faults, it is simply morally corrupt, and the etiquette and music are degraded, how can this be reasonable......"
The more Li Su spoke, the quieter his voice became, obviously having regained his senses, rubbing his nose, and looking a little weak.
Xu Mingzhu's eyes widened in astonishment, and she looked at him blankly, her eyes full of disbelief for the cheeky husband......
Li Su said expressionlessly: "If you look at me like this again, don't blame me for giving you the family method in this courtyard." ”
Xu Mingzhu's face turned red, and her hands couldn't help but protect her buttocks, and then she looked around weakly, and said angrily: "In broad daylight, what nonsense does the husband say, do you want to be a person when you hear that the concubine is a concubine?" ”
Talking and laughing, playing and making trouble, after the husband and wife passed the time for a while, the maids served wine and food.
Li's family meals are very casual, not pomp at all, and there is no form, and he eats when he arrives, and Li Daozheng lives in the front yard, rarely eats with Li Su and his wife, he prefers to be with Fang Lao Wu and Zheng Xiaolou, Li Su persuaded several times to no avail, Li Daozheng thought that Li Su and his wife were too civilized to eat and drink, it was better to eat and drink heartily with the military and soldiers, and Li Su had to go by him.
Li Su and his wife have a simple meal in the backyard, they are very casual, they often set a low table anywhere, a few kinds of meat and vegetables with wine and vegetables, and two bowls of rice are a meal.
The family banquet of the dignified county mansion was so simple that Li Su couldn't wait to take the initiative to go to the court and ask Li Shimin to award a grand prize certificate of "five good families of diligence and thrift".
Today's meal will be under the ginkgo tree in the middle of the courtyard.
The dishes are not sumptuous, two meat and two vegetables, a pot of grapes, and the husband and wife sit opposite each other, chatting while eating.
said that it was gossip, Li Su's every sentence was still targeted, basically related to the court and his own plans, from Li Yifu's Pei Xingjian's intention to take refuge in himself, to the pros and cons of the Jin King Li Zhi's struggle for the prince, etc., many topics Xu Mingzhu actually didn't understand very well, blinked his stunned eyes, and looked at Li Su with a confused expression.
I didn't understand, but Xu Mingzhu still felt inexplicably at ease.
She knew that her husband was fulfilling his original promise, and the husband and wife were on the same road, he didn't think he couldn't keep up with him, but he felt sorry for her chasing too hard, so he stretched out his hand to hold her, and slowly walked towards the end of his life.
Li Su's mouth was dry, and he finally stopped talking, poured wine in a pot, and drank it all, the cold grape wine slid down his throat into his abdomen, and his internal organs suddenly felt an indescribable comfort.
picked up the chopsticks in his right hand, and was about to take a bite of food to suppress the taste of wine, and then, Li Su was stunned.
There were four dishes on the table, two meat and two vegetables, which were full when they were served, but at this moment, they had seen the bottom of the plate and were basically wiped out.
Li Su was stunned for a while, and unwillingly leaned over to look under the table, and felt that his move was a bit stupid, so he looked at Xu Mingzhu.
Xu Mingzhu's face was blushing, at a loss, hanging his head and biting his lower lip with a look of remorse.
After a long time, Li Su said quietly: "Madame's food has increased recently, and I am very relieved for my husband......"
Xu Mingzhu blushed and whispered, "Concubine...... The concubine didn't think she had eaten much, maybe...... Maybe the husband ate the ...... unknowingly when he spoke."
The more he talked, the more weak he became, Xu Mingzhu felt embarrassed and laughed.
Li Su showed a look of nostalgia and sighed.
What a familiar experience, when I was in college in my last life, I had dinner with the gang of livestock in the dormitory, at the beginning Li Su still maintained his quality, graceful and elegant, once or twice, Li Su sadly found that if he did not snatch food as fiercely as a wolf when serving food, then he didn't want to eat a full stomach, so in order to survive, Li Su let go of his reserve, and became more fierce than the livestock in the same dormitory. A posture that whoever dares to rob him will bite him......
Over time, Li Su's brothers in the same bedroom could only eat him and grab the rest every time, so those sad brothers were given a collective nickname by the people in the rivers and lakes, "Dog Leftover". This means that all they eat is leftovers from the dogs.
In order to make it easier to distinguish the characters, the brothers were called "big dog leftover", "second dog leftover", and "third dog leftover", and they were born out of the congress of members of a village people's commune......
This nickname made the whole dormitory furious, the most angry is Li Su, the dog is left with this nickname, after all, it is still a name that is used quite frequently, but it is Li Su himself who is really scolded, for this reason the bedroom brothers have fought a lot with outsiders, but they have the intention to kill the thief, and they are unable to return to the sky, after all, this nickname has been with the bedroom for four years.
Li Su didn't expect that after reliving a lifetime, he would still be able to meet a master who grabbed food, and he was a fierce rival-type master, and the dishes on the table bottomed out without making a sound or revealing a trace, Li Su remembered very well that he only tasted one bite in the whole process.
Looking at Xu Mingzhu in amazement, Li Su's eyes were full of inquiry.
Xu Mingzhu was ashamed of herself, threw down the sentence "The concubine asked the cook to cook a few more dishes", and then fled away in a hurry like a frightened rabbit.
Li Su looked at her back and smacked her mouth.
Why is this aunt's appetite suddenly so big?
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Li Tai, the king of Wei, gasped heavily, and staggered down from the carriage with the support of two stout retinues.
With his feet on the ground, Li Tai wiped his sweat and stood in place to rest for a while.
It was close to the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, the fat man was most afraid of the heat, and as soon as the sun came out in the morning, Li Tai felt that he couldn't stand it, and he couldn't wait to turn around and go back to his house immediately, and put a mat at the entrance of the cellar in the coolest backyard in his house, and lay there beautifully without moving.
It's a pity that Li Tai is destined to be busy today.
Looking up at the gold-lettered signboard on a black background of Changsun's Mansion under the scorching sun, Li Tai squinted, not knowing what he was thinking, for a long time, the corners of his mouth suddenly smiled.
The fat man's smile has always been very honest, no matter what the meaning of the smile is quite joyful, people can't be wary, Li Tai is the same, his smile looks a little silly, an honest and easy to be bullied, if there are elders present, I am afraid that I can't help but come forward to pinch his fat face, or pity him into his arms.
Li Tai has lived a smooth life in his life, in addition to his diligent and studious character, it is undeniable that his appearance is also very deceptive, which makes him take advantage of a lot.
Not long after standing in front of the door of the Eldest Sun Mansion, the eldest son of the eldest grandson Wuji, Changsun Chong, greeted him.
Changsun Chong and Li Tai are cousins of their relatives, both of them are their own relatives, and there are naturally a lot less hypocritical politeness in the welcoming and sending room, and the two arched each other's hands when they met, which can be regarded as a courtesy, and then Changsun Chong welcomed Li Tai into the door without saying a word.
Li Tai walked very slowly, and it was obviously very hard for his two fat and short legs to support his huge body, and Changsun Chong was not impatient, he slowed down patiently, and accompanied him step by step to the front hall.
"Uncle, can you be in the house?" Li Tai asked as he walked.
Eldest Sun Chong nodded: "I just came back from Shangshu Province, I heard that you are here, and I specially waited for you in the front hall." ”
Li Tai's eyes flickered: "Recently, did my father say anything important to my uncle?" ”
The eldest grandson Chong smiled: "I only go on errands in the Forbidden Palace, and my father rarely talks to me about the court, especially when he talks with His Majesty, he is even tight-lipped about it, why don't you go and ask him yourself?" ”
Li Tai sighed, raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat again, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle is so temperamental, isn't I asking this to scold?" ”
The eldest grandson Chong said with a smile: "My father has always had a clear distinction between public and private, otherwise he would not be the prime minister of this country, if you have anything to ask, you must think twice before exiting, and then talk about it clearly, otherwise you will inevitably be reprimanded by your father, and it will be boring in vain." ”
Li Tai smiled bitterly: "Actually, I shouldn't have come today, now is the threshold where my father is about to establish a prince, I rashly entered and exited the eldest grandson's mansion, how much will be criticized, but I have to come today, some things must be supported by my uncle, so I can continue to walk......"
Changsun Chong hesitated, originally with his self-cultivation, there were some sensitive topics that should not be asked casually, even if it was his own cousin, but Changsun Chong was also a young man after all, and he was not yet old enough to completely suppress his curiosity, after hesitating, Changsun Chong couldn't help but ask: "You came to my house today for the sake of Your Majesty's establishment of the prince?" ”
Li Tai nodded: "Yes, this matter is very important, and for the sake of this matter, I can't avoid suspicion." ”
The eldest grandson frowned: "Nine times out of ten, Your Majesty's candidate for the crown prince is you, haven't the people of the court already made a conclusion?" ”
Li Tai's expression was a little bitter: "Conclusive? Before the official decree of canonizing the crown prince is promulgated in the world, who dares to say the word 'conclusive'? The real 'final conclusion' is only decided by the father and the emperor alone, and the words of others are just speculation at best. ”
Changsun Chong finally heard that something was wrong, and looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean...... Could the future prince be someone else? ”
Li Tai's face was gloomy and he didn't squeak.
Changsun Chong became more and more shocked, and his face was incredulous: "This ...... Impossible, right? How could it be someone else! This...... Wouldn't it be a great chaos in the world! ”
Li Tai gritted his teeth and said coldly: "It doesn't have to be someone else, but it doesn't have to be me, I came today to ask my uncle to help me get an idea." ”