Kuan, Hedong Wang clan, in the early years for Henan Yin, after serving as the East Stay Taishou and Bao for three years as the secretary of the military department, this person has always been low-key and forbearing, won the trust of Li Longji, in the battle between the Xiangguo Party and the princelings, he played the role of lubricant, Tianbao five years after the Wei Jian case, the power of the imperial court developed and expanded, last year and the upstart Yang Guozhong formed an alliance, Pei Dang finally tore the veil and came to the forefront, after the death of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, the fisherman had to be promoted to the left minister, becoming the last person to laugh.

At this time, this old man is sitting alone in Li Qingketang, he has been waiting for nearly half an hour but his expression is leisurely, his face is not half anxious, if this matter spreads, it will inevitably cause a sensation in Chang'an, since he entered the main door of the province, every day in his house night waiting, holding a heavy gift to see him but can't, and now the new left minister of the Tang Dynasty is actually willing to sit on the cold bench for half an hour, just to be able to meet the master in time, it is really a side of the rain, the road is sunny and love'.

But Pei Kuan still has to wait, just because he is waiting for the head of the household department and Taifu Siqing, who holds the financial planning power and execution power of the Tang Dynasty, this chapter and Qiong's right arm is a round of reshuffle, if he can be pulled into the Pei party, the person who replaces Li Linfu will no longer be Yang Guozhong, but he Pei Kuan, he knows this account better than anyone else, as long as he can get Li Qing's allegiance, why not wait for half a day?

"Let Pei Xiangguo wait for a long time, Li Qing is guilty!"

Before anyone arrived, the sound came first, and Li Qing's apologetic laughter in the courtyard interrupted Pei Kuan's train of thought, and Pei Kuan felt apprehensive in his heart. He hurriedly stood up and greeted him. He laughed: "The old man came uninvited, and I should be the one who should apologize." ”

Although Pei Kuan's laughter was loud but not infectious, he used body language to make up for this deficiency, and without waiting for Li Qing to bow his hand, a pair of rough and powerful hands grabbed his hand first, accurately and quickly, this is a typical military greeting, Pei Kuan looked him up and down, and said in exaggerated surprise: "Jiangnan should be warmer and wetter than Chang'an in early spring." Why did the squire turn black instead? ”

"Really?" Li Qing touched his face, and then took the opportunity to withdraw his hand, and was too intimate with an old man, this feeling really made him uncomfortable.

"Pei Xiang's heart is as careful as a hair, thank you for your concern, come! Hurry up, please take a seat. ”

He stepped forward and touched the teacup, and his face immediately sank. He turned around and rebuked the butler, "Is that how I usually teach you?" Even such an honorable guest as Sangkook dared to slack off and disgrace my face. ”

The housekeeper lowered his head in panic, and didn't dare to say a word, Pei Kuan saw him on the side. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "It was the old man's order, if you keep serving tea, then the old man will not be able to sit down." ”

"People say that Xiangguo is kind to others, and this is really true!"

Li Qing gently pushed the teacup and said to the housekeeper, "Why don't you go and change the cup of tea!" ”

In a moment, the maid brought two new cups of tea. Pei Kuan pondered for a while, and then cut directly to the topic, "I am the one who led the soldiers, and it happens that the squire is too, so I won't beat around the bush, I came today for two things, the first thing is to celebrate the king." ”

Speaking of which. Pei Kuan's smile was a little unnatural, and he glanced at it. Stared at Li Qing unusually sharply, "King Qing asked me to convey my apologies to you, and let you make a bid, he can accept it." ”

The implication is to let Li Qing let King Qing go this time, this is in Li Qing's expectation, he has the handle of King Qing in his hand, so he is not afraid that King Qing will not bow his head, Li Qing smiled and did not answer, he thoughtfully picked up the teacup, blew the floating tea foam on it, sucked it gently, and then smiled faintly: "The imperial court has already issued an edict, and the ministers of foreign relatives are not allowed to communicate with the prince, Wei Jian was convicted for this, only three years later, Xiangguo forgot?" Moreover, King Qing has nothing to do with me, and Li Qing can't understand Xiangguo's words. ”

Pei Kuan touched a soft nail and couldn't help but smile awkwardly, "The old man just brought a word, in fact, I don't understand what he's talking about, hey!" Don't talk about it. ”

As soon as the topic changed, Pei Kuan took out a beautiful invitation card from his arms, pushed it to Li Qing's side, and said with a smile: "On the third day of the third month of March, the old man turned sixty-nine years old, and the old man invited some relatives and friends. ”

Pei Kuan wants to pull Li Qing into the Pei Party, but it is not good to rashly propose, this is just like a man pursuing a woman, you need to find an excuse to get close to it first, such as eating, borrowing books, etc., slowly cultivate feelings, and wait for a woman's vigilance to gradually disappear, and then look for an opportunity to express love, this is possible, if you do things abruptly, once you are rejected, it will be difficult to mention it again.

Li Qing placed the invitation card on the table upright, stood up and gave a deep salute, and said solemnly: "The dignified servant of the door and the left minister of the Tang Dynasty actually came to the invitation in person, and waited for half an hour for this, so virtuous, how dare Li Qing disobey." ”

"Just be willing to appreciate your face! On the first day of the waiter's return home, I came to bother, and I was so ashamed that I took my leave! Farewell! ”

Pei Kuan laughed and strode out, Li Qing hurriedly sent him out of the gate, and the carriage that had been waiting in the field slowly drove over, Pei Kuan suddenly took a step closer to Li Qing, patted him on the shoulder and laughed in a low voice: "Where did you hide Li Li?" Very skilled! ”

Li Qing was stunned and asked confusedly, "Li Li, isn't he in Baisun Courtyard?" ”

Pei Kuan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that he didn't leak, shook his head, boarded the carriage and went straight away, Li Qing kept watching the carriage disappear, then smiled coldly, turned back to the housekeeper and said: "From now on, if there is any abnormality in the people in the house, they must report it to me immediately." ”

Although it was mid-spring, the night in Chang'an was still full of cold, there was a thin layer of gray mist wafting in the air, a gust of wind blew, Li Qing shivered, turned around and was about to go home, at this moment, he seemed to hear someone calling him from afar, and he stopped unconsciously.

"Li Shilang take a slow step!"

In the fog, I saw a middle-aged man running over quickly, he was wearing a white silk short coat, thick-soled boots, and an octagonal soft hat on his head, this was a big family housekeeper dressed up, but Li Qing didn't know him, and before this person approached, several relatives immediately blocked in front of Li Qing. Press the back of the knife with your hand. looked at him coldly.

The man stopped two feet away, took out an invitation card, and handed it to him from a distance: "This is my third husband."

Lang's invitation, please go to the banquet tomorrow! ”

"Your third lady?"

Li Qing took the invitation from his own soldiers, frowned and said, "Forgive me for being ignorant, which one is the third lady of your family?" ”

There was a hint of surprise in the housekeeper's eyes, who else could the third lady of Chang'an? Li Qing actually didn't know, was he pretending to be stupid? He raised his head and said slightly proudly: "The third lady of my family is the lady of the country." ”

"It turned out to be Yang Huahua." Li Qing nodded. "Got it, I'll accept the invitation first, you go!"

But the man did not move, and he hesitated and said, "But squire, you must answer me now." ”

Li Qing glanced at him, sneered, and said, "The dignified Tang Xiangguo just now didn't dare to speak to me like you. It's just a minion, how dare you be so arrogant! ”

Li Qing's eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted: "Kill you and pollute my hands, get out of me!" ”

The officials the butler usually saw were subservient to him. He was used to being arrogant, when he had seen such a fierce and vicious bully, he was frightened, turned around and fled, but his hat fell to the ground, and he didn't care about picking it up. Ran away in a panic.

Li Qing returned to the inner room, and his wife Zhao Lian'er greeted her, she was six months pregnant at this time, her lower abdomen was obviously bulging, and her steps began to stagger up. It's only now that the two finally have the opportunity to be alone.

"What about Tingyue? But sleeping? ”

"She just went to bed, and she's been waiting for Daddy's hemp cake. I'm so sleepy. ”

One sentence reminded Li Qing that he was still in the carriage when he bought hemp cakes for his daughter in Suzhou! Hurriedly turned around and walked out, "The hemp cake is still in the car, I'll go get it." ”

Zhao Lian'er grabbed him, "It's so late, let's take it tomorrow!" ”

Saying that, she took off her coat for Li Qing, touched his face again, and saw that her husband had lost weight significantly in just over a month, and couldn't help but say with some distress: "Li Lang, you haven't stopped since you came home at noon, aren't you tired?" ”

Tired~! How can you not be tired. ”

Li Qing took a long breath, lay down on the bench tiredly, knocked on the back shoulder and said, "Curtain, pinch it for me here." ”

"Is this it?" Zhao Lian'er touched the place of his finger and pinched it slightly, Li Qing only felt a sharp soreness, and unconsciously screamed: "Oops! Lighten up. ”

"Look at you, government affairs are so busy, and you have to go to intrigue with them, of course you are tired, really, alas! You lie down obediently, and I'll knock it on you. ”

She turned around and walked behind Li Qing, but suddenly found two invitations on the ground, presumably falling to the ground when she took off his coat for him just now, and wanted to pick them up, but she couldn't bend down.

"Let me come!"

Li Qing picked up the invitation card first and handed it to her, "One is that Pei Kuan wants to invite me to dinner, and the other is Yang Huahua's." ”

Pei Kuan didn't care about Zhao Lian'er's invitation, but Yang Huadi's invitation surprised her, "Li Lang, she, did she invite you too?" ”

"What's the matter with her?"

Yang Huahua's invitation card Li Qing hadn't opened it yet, and when he saw his wife's surprised eyes, he couldn't help but be curious.

"I heard what Princess Si Ning said, tomorrow is the day Yang Huahua's new mansion is completed, and it is also her birthday, she invited officials and wives above the sixth grade in Chang'an a month ago, this matter caused a sensation in Chang'an, I heard that the two largest restaurants in the capital, Taibai Lou and Yisong Lou were closed for three days, and the chefs were invited to cook, but I didn't expect her to forget you."

Speaking of the word 'forget', Zhao Lian'er's tone was a little sour, she knew that Yang Huahua had a love for Li Qing, although she was debauched and uninhibited over the years, there were rumors of her romance on the streets of Chang'an from time to time, and even had an ambiguous relationship with the emperor, but there were still countless people who wanted to marry her, but she let out her words, there are only two people in the world who she wants to marry, one of which everyone can guess is the emperor, and the other is a mystery, some people say that it is Yang Shenjin, who is noble and suave, and some people say that it is one of the four princes of Chang'an, There are different opinions, but Yang Huahua refuses to reveal the details, but Zhao Lian'er knows that this person is her husband Li Qing, who had rescued her back then.

"She became the wife of the country, and she became more and more arrogant." Li Qing thought of her family, and even a slave didn't take the dignified household servant in his eyes, his face sank slightly, and said: "I also heard that even the marriage of the children of the clan has to go through her nod, which is too arrogant." ”

"Li Lang, I don't think you should go!"

Li Qing taught Yang Qi a lesson, the curtain has heard from Xiaoyu, she is really worried about her husband, in recent years, the power of the Yang family has become bigger and bigger, especially Yang Yuhuan's three sisters, it is even more high-flying, a few days ago went out, the team is mighty, the fragrance of fat powder floats out for several miles, the silk of Ayaluo, the treasure gold and jade, the pomp and circumstance is like the Son of Heaven traveling, the emperor not only does not care, but also sent the Yulin Army in advance to open the way for them, the grace is incomparable, but as soon as the husband comes back, he offends the people of the Yang family, one afternoon, Zhao Lian'er is restlessSpend it in worry.

"I must go, but don't worry, no matter how much their Yang family hates me, the emperor won't do anything to me."

Li Qing realized his wife's worries, put his arms around her waist, sat her on his lap, put his hand into her small clothes, and comforted her with a smile while caressing her smooth skin: "Do you think I am such a reckless person? I have a plan, teaching the Yang family is just a strategy for me, and my purpose is to leave Chang'an as soon as possible. My son. His hand touched his wife's lower abdomen, and before he knew it, it went up.

Curtain's face gradually flushed, she glanced at her husband with a pair of beautiful eyes, her eyes were like silk, she saw that Li Qing's abdomen was on fire, and her hand was dishonestly downstream, so frightened that Curtain held down his hand, her heart beat hard, and her breathing began to be rapid, she leaned on Li Qing's shoulder and gasped slightly: "The concubine also wants to serve you, but my body is heavy, you, you still go to find a wild goose or a light rain!" ”

Where can Li Qing still bear it, he gently picked up his wife's legs, blew out ***, kissed her on the cherry lips, and laughed in her ear in a low voice: "Let's change our position, we won't press the child." ”

"You're necrotic!"