Chapter 469: New Year's Greetings
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Li Qi is not a stingy person, but he is not a stupid person either, the reason why he chose to give Liang Shicheng and Gao Yu a profit is nothing more than to have a good relationship with Liang Shicheng, and only interests can make the relationship between the two parties unbreakable.
In fact, the relationship between Gao Yu and Li Qi is already very strong, after all, the two of them have cooperated on many projects, but Liang Shicheng is different, although this person is insatiable, but he is not without brains, on the contrary, he is also very cautious, it is not easy to get into a relationship with him, Li Qi knows the importance of the inner servant, especially for an official like him who does not even have the qualifications to go to the court, it is even more important.
As the saying goes, there are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do, and there is nothing wrong with this.
Since there are many entertainment items in the palace in these two days, such as archery, juju, etc., special envoys from various countries must also participate, so Liang Shicheng arranged their meeting on the eighth day of the first month, which is a good day.
Li Qi couldn't ask for it, he still had to make some preparations, and by the way, he took advantage of these two days to worship the New Year.
In the afternoon of the same day, after Li Qi came out of the Taiwei Mansion, he rushed to the Hongfu non-stop, Ma Qiao was looking forward to a moment, looking forward to it for a long time, he came to the Northern Song Dynasty for so long, and the most enjoyable time to drink was with the three generations of the Hong family. In addition, Gao Yanei's guy also followed with a dead face, and he also sent someone to call Zhou Hua and others, and the group walked towards Hongfu.
Fortunately, Hong Bajin has a son of Hong Tianjiu, and the family is strangely deserted, the more people he has, the happier he is, especially when he sees Li Qi's master and servant coming, he is even more excited. Happiness is also mixed with a hint of hatred.
Hong Qi and Hong Bajin, father and son, are undoubtedly best at gambling and drinking, but since the appearance of Li Qi's master and servant, they have been hit repeatedly, gambling money and gambling can't win Li Qi, and drinking can't drink Ma Qiao, which makes their father and son feel embarrassed, this time they came to meet Li Qi and others with a heart of revenge.
Before Li Qi was hot on his buttocks, Hong Bajin let a banquet be held, and several people gathered around a large round table and started a battle between men. Although it is unfair to Master Li to say this, there is no man in the Northern Song Dynasty who does not drink.
The three generations of the Hong family also have the same goal, as soon as they put the finger on the table, they pointed the finger at Ma Qiao, Ma Qiao suppressed for several days, and today finally broke out under the teasing of the three generations of Hong Qi and his grandson, but this time he learned to be smart, and he took advantage of the short moment when the wine was served, he had eaten three bowls of rice in a row. He was afraid that it would be the same as last time, and he didn't even eat a bite of food. was pulled away by Richie.
As soon as the wine was served, there was only wine and saliva flying on the table, and the group of activists in Gao Ya also joined the Hong family's camp.
Li Qi didn't even have the slightest appetite, he ate something symbolically, looked at this group of beasts, felt very disgusted, and simply ran to find Hong Tianjiu and Hong Bajin's concubines to rub mahjong, and the gambling king's concubine was very familiar with gambling. And they also often go to the women's house, so they are more familiar with Richie.
A man n woman This is the thing that Li Qi yearns for the most, of course, the result can be imagined, and the woman who was killed by those wolf-like women almost didn't lose her underwear.
Without Li Qi being verbose here, Ma Qiao's interest increased, and he didn't pay attention to Hong Qi's father and son first. Changing the big bowl, three or two clicks will get the younger generation such as Gao Yanei down, with these flies, the drink is really not fun. and then compete with Hong Qi's father and son, Ma Qiao's alcohol consumption was already very terrifying, in his master's words, this is a talent, and he can't learn it. However, today he had already prepared, and he was currently in a state of extreme excitement, and the amount of alcohol had also increased greatly, and the sky was dark for several people.
This wine was drunk from the afternoon to the end of the third watch, although Ma Qiao did not pour a thousand cups, but it does not mean that he did not pour ten thousand cups, after drinking Hong Qi and his son, he was almost there, fortunately, his thinking was relatively clear, when those subordinates came in to clean up the mess, he also asked him to sleep here for an hour.
Li Qi returned to the hall with a breeze on his sleeves, and when he saw this situation, he sighed secretly, it seems that this Hongfu will not come to it in the future.
But then again, Maqiao's drinking was perverted, and he was even more perverted when he sobered up, and he woke up after sleeping on the table for more than an hour, and then begged for a cup of ginseng tea, and after drinking the tea, the person was sober, rubbing his hands and saying sorry to Li Qi twice, and after discussing with Li Qi how to deal with Lu Meimei, he drove back to Qinfu in a carriage.
Following. Li Qi went to the Taishi Mansion again to pay New Year's greetings, and he didn't see him for many days, Cai Jing had a trace of fatigue on his face, no wonder, after all, he had been in the court for so many years, and the Cai family could also be regarded as the first family in the stable, and there were countless people who came to visit, and Li Qi still relied on cutting the queue to meet Cai Jing.
The two talked about the New Year's health preservation, and after having lunch, Li Qi got up and said goodbye.
After coming out of Cai's house, Li Qi went to Liang Shicheng's house again, and the two did not have a deep relationship, so they talked about a small face-to-face, of course, the topic they talked about was naturally unparalleled in the world.
On the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Qi went to Baifu with a worried heart.
Bai Shizhong also gave him enough face, and put up a big battle to meet him, and his wife, concubines, children, and grandchildren were all present.
In fact, the matter between Li Qi and Bai Qiannuo is not a secret, except for the subordinates of Bai Mansion, the rest know.
In the back hall, Li Qi was on pins and needles, sweating profusely, when he first met his parents, he was also his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but Bai Shizhong raised a horse guy, and there were several grandchildren. What sister-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law took turns asking him questions, making it look like a defense meeting. He replied one by one with trepidation, not daring to have any negligence, and when Mrs. Bai saw Li Qi's expression, she couldn't help but have no sympathy, but gloated, and arched the fire on the side, making Li Qi one after another, wanting to die, but there was no way to take this eccentric mother-in-law.
What's even worse is that his other woman, Ji Hongnu, was also present, this situation was the first time he had encountered it, which made him have to cheer up his spirits, for fear that he would leak his mouth, and he would never want to pay New Year's greetings in the future.
Bai Qiannuo Ailang was heartbroken and came out to relieve Li Qi. finally let Li Qi breathe, but when it was time to eat, he was tortured again, even though he was eloquent, but at this moment, it was such a big battle, he could only be tired of parrying.
After lunch, Li Qi hurriedly got up and said goodbye on the pretext that he was going to other places to pay New Year's greetings, if it was still dinner. I guess I will have half a life left when I go back.
Before going out, Mrs. Bai's sentence "Ming'er came to play a few rounds of mahjong with the old man" scared Li Qi almost didn't fall, and after a few sounds, he grabbed the door and went out, and the wolf was extremely bรจi.
Getting into the carriage, Li Qi finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Vice Marshal, where are we going now?"
"Go home. This New Year's greeting trip is finally complete. Li Qi wiped a handful of sweat, and suddenly said, "Wait." Horse Bridge. Do you think it's necessary for me to go to the palace?"
"I don't know about this, but since you even went to Hongfu. If you don't go to the palace, won't you offend people?"
"That's just as well. Wang Chubby is very small. Li Qi nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then said, "Then let's go, MD, it's half a day away anyway."
"But you didn't send someone to inform you yesterday, what if the king is not available?"
"Ma Qiao, do you know something, do you think the palace can be compared with the Taishi Mansion. I also want to inform that he Wang Zhongling is also a third-grade official, I am a little younger than him, and I still have a bonus aura, and he came to beg me if there was something, so I went to give face to Mrs., so I don't have to worry too much. Just go straight to it. โ
"Oh."
Wang Zhongling's mansion is located in Xicheng, and the scale is naturally not comparable to the Bai Mansion and the Taishi Mansion, or even a little worse than Li Qi's manor.
Since it was the first time for Li Qi to come, the doorman who was guarding the door did not know Li Qi. "May I ask who you are?"
"Richie."
The doorman had a surprised expression on his face, obviously having heard of Richie's name, and said please wait a moment, and ran to report it.
After a while, the door opened from the inside, and I saw Mrs. Qin standing in front of the door with Xiao Tao, today's Mrs. Qin is wearing a relatively bright dress, a purple and red brand new long dress, which makes Li Qi's eyes light up, and he said with a smile: "Madam, you are so beautiful today."
Mrs. Qin gave him a blank look, but didn't say much, and said, "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to pay New Year's greetings."
Mrs. Qin whispered, "That's really good."
"What? What do you say, ma'am?"
"Nothing!" Mrs. Qin shook her head lightly, stretched out her hand and said, "Hurry up, please come in, my father is still waiting for you."
Li Qi followed Mrs. Qin to the back hall, there were three people sitting in the room, only to see Wang Zhongling sitting directly above, and there was a woman with a good face, but her temples had turned white, about forty or fifty years old.
Needless to say, I also know that this must be Mrs. Qin's mother.
To Li Qi's surprise, the famous and personable second brother Zheng Yi was also there, and said secretly, I'll just say, why is the lady dressed gorgeously today, and she dares to love the lover. Secretly winked at Mrs. Qin, and provoked another slap from Mrs. Qin.
"Li Qi has met Uncle Wang, Mrs. Wang." Li Qi saluted, it was the first time he had met this Mrs. Wang, so it was better to call Mrs. Wang respectfully. Then he and Zheng Yi arched their hands to each other.
Wang Zhongling laughed and said, "Virtuous nephew, please take a seat."
After Li Qi and Mrs. Qin sat down. Mrs. Wang looked at his short hair, frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen the name of the Golden Knife Chef King for a long time, and today I can see that the real name is well deserved." What she said was rather raw, and there was a hint of irony.
Li Qi couldn't be aware of it, but he had a lot of money in his pocket, and he was even more successful in his career, and he didn't want to get involved with the Wang family, so he smiled faintly: "Where, where, Mrs. Wang is serious."
Mrs. Wang said again: "Thank you for helping Yao'er take care of the Drunken Immortal Residence these days."
Li Qi was confused: "Who is Yao'er?"
Madame Qin on the side whispered, "My name is Wang Yao."
Day. You don't say it. Li Qi hurriedly changed his words and said: "Mrs. Wang's words are wrong, I also cooperate with Ling Yan, and I can't talk about who helps whom." But he said in his heart, don't say that it's as if your daughter is alone in the Drunken Immortal Residence, and Te will also take advantage.
"You're right." Mrs. Wang nodded expressionlessly, exchanged a few polite greetings with Li Qi, and then turned to Zheng Yi and said, "Yi'er, you have been away for many years, don't leave when you come back this time, no matter how good it is outside, it is better for us to be in Bianjing."
Zheng Yi bowed his head and said, "What my aunt said is true." Yi'er is also planning to do this. โ
Mrs. Wang smiled and nodded frequently: "So very good, very good." and Fang Cai's tone towards Li Qi is simply like two people. And he said, "By the way, why don't you come with your wife today?"
Zheng Yi unconsciously glanced at Mrs. Qin, and said, "Yi'er is not filial, and she has not married yet."
Day. It's really fake, you're still a bachelor in your thirties, you can't be blind, or you're a eunuch. Richie was a little unconvinced.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, the smile on her face became even stronger. chatted with Zheng Yi about the past again, so unhappy, as for Li Qi, it was like an ornament. Mrs. Qin helplessly gave Li Qi two apologetic looks.
Alas. If I knew this, I wouldn't have come to join in the fun. Li Qi listened for a while, and more or less knew a little about this Mrs. Wang, compared with Mrs. Bai, she was simply a person of two extremes, and Mrs. Bai was headed by the political interests of Bai Shizhong in everything. And the city is extremely deep and difficult to fathom. And Mrs. Wang pays more attention to personal cultivation, and her joys, angers, sorrows and joys are all on her face.
After sitting for a while, Li Qi was bored, got up and said, "Uncle Wang, Mrs. Wang, I still have something to do, so I will leave first."
Mrs. Wang just wanted to nod, but Wang Zhongling suddenly bounced up like a meat ball, rushed over and grabbed Li Qi's hand and said, "Virtuous nephew." What can you do for the New Year, have a dinner and then leave. Come on, I just have some questions I want to ask you, so let's go to the study and talk about it. โ
He didn't wait for Li Qi to answer, and pulled Li Qi out of the door.
When he got outside, Wang Zhongling suddenly let go of Li Qi and sighed. said: "Virtuous nephew, don't be surprised, my wife also has a lot of misunderstandings about you because you left Yao'er in the Drunken Immortal Residence."
Hum. Shall I see like a woman? Li Qi smiled: "Uncle Wang." You also look down on me Li Qi, if I Li Qi has this kind of energy, then I will still be a p. โ
Wang Zhongling laughed and said, "Okay." Uncle Wang really didn't see the wrong person. Let's go to the study, I just have a few more questions for you. โ
Wang Zhongling seems to have been prepared for a long time, just waiting for Li Qi to throw himself into the net. When Li Qi saw the dense formula, he was one head and two big, but who asked him to find the door himself, so he had to patiently explain it to Wang Zhongling.
It wasn't until the maid came to ask them to eat in the evening that Wang Zhongling reluctantly left the study.
During the banquet, Mrs. Wang was still lukewarm to Li Qi, but she was close to Zheng Yi, one Yi'er on the left, one Yi'er on the right, if it weren't for Mrs. Qin here, Li Qi would have had to have a leg for the two of them. In fact, he had already seen that Mrs. Wang had the intention of matching Zheng Yi and Mrs. Qin, and he also felt that this was not a bad thing, Mrs. Qin had a good life, and it would be too wasteful to be widowed, but the thirty percent of the shares held by Mrs. Qin made him a little worried, people's hearts were sinister, and he didn't know Zheng Yi, God knows what he was thinking in his heart.
In the Song Dynasty, it was not uncommon for women to remarry or remarry, especially in the upper class, it was even more common, and the imperial court also clearly stipulated that women had the right to remarry, but the premise was that they were divorced, or the husband did not return for three years. However, whether to remarry or not does not depend on the woman herself, the decision is still in the hands of the elders, which means that the woman still does not enjoy this power.
In addition, because the widow's position is very embarrassing, so in the Song Dynasty, many widows remarried the capital, is precisely the property left by her ex-husband, called "remarriage capital", when you have a rich inheritance in your hands, then the more men who compete to marry and rob you, this property is also the most solid backing for the widow after entering the door, so Li Qi's worries are understandable.
However, judging from the current situation, it seems that this is just Mrs. Wang's wishful thinking, and his daughter is very resistant to this, and even asks Li Qi for help with her eyes, after all, Li Qi's eloquence is known to her.
However, Mrs. Qin's resistance made Zheng Yi feel very embarrassed. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that his feelings for Mrs. Qin are by no means ordinary friendship.
Li Qi had long regretted coming here, where was he willing to take care of this idle matter, and when he saw that Mrs. Qin had asked him for help, not only did he not help, but took the opportunity to get up and say goodbye.
This made Mrs. Qin angry, and she stomped her feet vigorously under the table.
Seeing that Li Qi was so sensible, Mrs. Wang gave Li Qi a sincere smile for the first time, and "enthusiastically" asked the maid to send Li Qi out.
So, Li Qi fled under Mrs. Qin's resentful eyes. (To be continued.)