Chapter 18: The Legendary Empress (Part II)

"Qi Yu Niangniang, everything is as usual, it's just that the little one of the Li family has started to do some small business, but he can support their brother and sister." I saw Lao Luo bending down at this time and replied, Lao Luo's name is Luo Chongxun, when Liu E first entered Zhao Huan's mansion, he was served by this Luo Chongxun, it can be said that he is Liu E's henchman, and many unsightly things are also done by him.

"What about Xiao Wu, does he still refuse to bow his head?" Liu E didn't seem to care much about the affairs of the Li family, but asked about Lu Wulai, and the title was also very intimate, so that people couldn't guess the relationship between them.

"Brother Wu still refuses to come back, and he also said that he is very comfortable in the yamen, so he doesn't have to be afraid in the palace." I saw Luo Chongxun bow down again at this time and replied, although he was Liu E's confidant, he knew very well that his status in Liu E's heart was far from being comparable to Lu Wu.

"Sure enough, it's still that donkey temper, but that's fine, with Xiao Wu's temper, it's really not suitable to stay in the palace, let alone be an official." Liu E suddenly shook her head helplessly at this time, and there was no intention of blaming Lu Wu in her tone.

"Niangniang, Li Cairen asked the old slave several times, and the old slave didn't know how to reply to her." At this moment, I saw Luo Chongxun whisper again, and Liu E's expression moved slightly when she heard the title of "Li Cairen".

"That's it, next time she asks again, tell her that the Li family has news, she has been guarding her duty all these years, and the palace naturally can't break her word, as for the Li family's father and son, after a while, I will find a reason to call into the palace, and a false position is worthy of them!" After a long time, I saw Liu E suddenly sigh and say.

"Slaves obey!" Luo Chongxun agreed immediately, and at the same time he was relieved, although he was Liu E's confidant, he didn't want to offend that Li Cairen, now that there is good news, the other party should not pester him anymore.

"By the way, what has the prince been doing lately?" Liu E suddenly thought of her son at this time, and asked again at the moment, she usually either handles government affairs or takes care of Zhao Huan, and has no time to take care of her son, and her son's name is Zhao Zhen, which is later Song Renzong.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, a few days ago, Your Majesty was seriously ill, the prince ran to the princess, the brother and sister prayed for Your Majesty together, and the concubine also visited from time to time, and His Majesty's condition stabilized in the past few days, and the concubine persuaded the prince to go back to study, after all, his studies cannot be wasted." Luo Chongxun replied again, Concubine Shu's surname is Yang, she is a first-class concubine in the palace, Liu E and the other party have always been called sisters, and even the crown prince Zhao Zhen is raised and cared for by her and Concubine Shu, and even her son can be shared, which shows how deep the relationship between the two is.

"Having my sister take care of the prince, this palace has saved a lot of heart." Liu E was also relieved when she heard this, for Concubine Shu, she was a hundred reassuring, she was unable to move an inch in the palace at the beginning, and the ministers in the court also opposed her, but only Concubine Shu stood on her side, even if she was excluded by others, she still did not shake the relationship between the two, she is a person who misses the old love, so after becoming the queen, she immediately named Yang as a first-class concubine, and her status is only below herself.

"Niangniang, when I left the palace today, I saw that Lei Yungong was also out of the palace, and the direction should be to Ding Xiang's house." At this time, Luo Chongxun suddenly looked left and right, and then lowered his voice again.

Lei Yungong is also one of the big eunuchs in the palace, Luo Chongxun has always been at odds with the other party, and Lei Yungong is the chief eunuch of the East Palace, that is, the number one eunuch next to the prince, and he will also become the first person in the palace when the prince ascends the throne in the future, but in Luo Chongxun's opinion, the position of the eunuch of the East Palace should have been his own, so he dreamed of pulling Lei Yungong off the horse.

"Hmph, Ding Wei is a shameless villain, just after ascending to the stage, he began to meddle in the affairs of the palace!" Liu E couldn't help but snort coldly when she heard this, Ding Wei was originally her ally in the court, and the two of them cooperated to force away Kou Zhun who was the prime minister again, but after Ding Wei became the prime minister, he didn't take her as the queen in his eyes more and more, which made Liu E quite annoyed.

However, Liu E is worthy of being able to go from a singer to the position of the queen, and naturally she is not a simple woman, I saw that she quickly regained her composure, and immediately smiled and ordered: "Go, send someone to quietly leak this news to Li Xiang, with Li Di's character, there will be a good show to watch then!" ”

Now there are two prime ministers in the Great Song Dynasty, one is Ding Wei, and the other is Li Di, and unlike the treacherous Ding Wei, Li Di has a square personality and is jealous and hateful, so he and Ding Wei have always been at odds, if he knows that Ding Wei and the palace attendants collude with each other, maybe the two will fight because of this.

"Slaves obey!" Luo Chongxun's eyes lit up when he heard Liu E's words, and then he excitedly agreed, Li Di has always looked down on Liu E, and often rejected Liu E's review, and Ding Wei became more and more disobedient, if the two of them fought, then Liu E's position would be much more stable, and his status would also rise because of this.

After chatting about the above, Liu E also felt tired, and she didn't eat dinner, so she asked Luo Chongxun to call dinner, and by the way, she sent the approved folds on the table to the political affairs hall, that is, the place where the prime ministers worked.

By the time Liu E finished dinner, it was already late at night, but she still dragged her tired body to the apse to visit her husband, that is, Zhao Huan, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but now Zhao Huan is seriously ill and can only lie in bed most of the time.

However, when Liu E came to the apse, he found that his husband had fallen asleep, Zhao Huan was the same age as Liu E, but compared to Liu E, who still had charm, Zhao Huan at this time had entered the twilight of his life from the appearance, his gray hair was scattered on the pillow, and his fat face was gray and white, with a sick face, if he was an uninformed person, I am afraid that he would not dare to believe that the old man in front of him was His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Looking at her old husband on the bed, Liu E couldn't help sighing, she was lonely when she was young, and after being sold to others as a child daughter-in-law, she also needed to be a singer to support herself, and later she was sold to Zhao Huan's house, she was innocent at that time, and Zhao Huan was also very fond of her, but unfortunately she was later broken up by Emperor Taizong, and Zhao Huan had to foster her outside.

However, Liu E also took advantage of that time to read a lot of books and understand a lot of truths, and later she relied on her own wisdom and reasoning, so that Zhao Huan has been inseparable from her, and later Zhao Huan ascended the throne, she did not seek fame, until Queen Guo died, she was forty-four years old at the time She was still named the queen by Zhao Huan, and she truly achieved the mother's etiquette in the world.

Thinking of those past events, Liu E's gaze at Zhao Huan also became gentle, at this time Zhao Huan seemed to have dreamed of something, dreamed of a few unclear words, and then turned over and fell asleep again, but the quilt slipped down, which made Liu E smile and reach out to gently help her husband tuck the quilt.

At the same time, Li Zhang outside Kaifeng City did not sleep, not only did he not sleep, but the beans did not sleep, the two of them lay on the bed with their heads on their heads, and were counting copper coins one after another, today's brine water business is hot, originally he thought that noon was a peak period, but he did not expect that the dock was more lively at night, and there were more people who came to buy brine and sewage, especially Li Zhang's freshly made and sold, and the brine was boiled and fragrant, which attracted many people to buy, and they were busy until the two watches were closed.

"Big brother, we're rich!" When Douzi rowed the last copper coin in front of him, he couldn't help but scream in surprise at the moment, just he counted as many copper coins, and Li Zhang counted faster, and the copper coins in front of him were twice as many as him.

"Hmm~, got rich?" But the bean's voice woke up the sleeping raccoon, but the girl sat up in a daze and said vaguely, and then lay down and fell asleep after speaking, today the girl was also tired, and she dozed off while eating on the way back, and finally Li Zhang fell asleep in the car, even if she returned home Li Zhang hugged her to the bed, she never woke up.

Li Zhang smiled very calmly at this time, first asked the number of copper coins for the beans, and then helped the raccoon dog cover the quilt before he said softly: "Today, we sold a total of more than three and four hundred yuan, but the cost has not been deducted, the most important of which is the cost of buying water, how much water did you buy from the butcher today?" ”

"This ......" Douzi was embarrassed when he heard this, and hesitated for a moment before he said uncertainly, "Probably...... There must be more than a dozen pairs, anyway, almost all of the water on the pork stall today was bought by me, and I also specially told the meat seller to prepare more water tomorrow. ”

Li Zhang slapped his head helplessly when he heard this, originally he wanted to remove the cost and calculate what the net profit of the water was, but he didn't expect that the beans were not booked at all, of course, he was also a little negligent, but what is certain is that they did make a lot of money today.

With money, Li Zhang also began to plan to improve his life, first of all, he had to pull a few pieces of cloth, and put on a new set of clothes for the raccoon dog and beans, after all, if he wanted to do business in the future, he would not be decent if he was too worn, and he would have to save more money, after all, just living in Yizhuang was not a long-term solution, but the land price in Kaifeng City was extremely expensive, and he didn't know when he would be able to afford a house, so it seemed that he still had to expand his business.

But it was too late now, Li Zhang personally sent Douzi back to rest, and after watching Douzi get into the shack by the wall, he yawned and stepped into the courtyard, but just as he was walking to the room, he suddenly heard a "click" sound from the hall next to the corpse.