In the morning, there was a 'tick-tock!' from under the eaves. The sound of the rain, the gray light made it a little dim, Li Qing gently opened his eyelids, a sharp pain came from his brain, he screamed painfully, the memory of last night was a little blurred, I only remember that I was drinking in a small wine shop, and some fragments flashed in my mind, with a hint of treacherous smile, the shopkeeper of the Dahu wine shop, full of professional and coquettish wine orchids, he seemed to be drunk and went home, and finally his wife helped him into the house.

Thinking of the curtain, Li Qing turned over and sat up, but his feet seemed to be stepping on the clouds, and he didn't have any strength softly, and he lay down again, yesterday was the last day of his Li Longji vacation for him, and from today he was going to the household department to be on duty.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, his wife walked into the bedroom with a lacquer plate, on which was freshly boiled lotus lily porridge and a plate of crystal shrimp dumplings, seeing that her husband had woken up, she happily put the lacquer plate on the small table next to her, took a soft mattress behind him, and helped Li Qing to lie down Fang smiled slightly: "It's still early to go to the court, you can eat something first, and it's okay to go later." ”

"I drank a little more last night and made you worry about it."

"Don't say that, man! There's always some socializing, and it's okay to get drunk by chance. ”

The curtain took the small bowl with his hand, scraped a spoonful of thick porridge from the side with a spoon, and smiled softly: "Don't say so much, come!" Taste the lotus porridge I boiled, how is it better than Xiaoyu's craftsmanship? ”

Li Qing looked at his wife with some surprise, she seemed to have returned to the old days, the curtain was a little afraid to touch her husband's eyes, and put a crystal dumpling into his mouth, and said with a slight annoyance: "Don't look at it, flowers won't grow on my face!" ”

Li Qing's heart became active all of a sudden, and when he saw that there was no one in the room, he put his hand into her shirt, gently ** her smooth waist, and salivated and said, "Then tonight.

Curtains blushed, and stuffed two dumplings into his mouth, "Let's talk about the night's affairs in the evening, you will obediently give me food now." ”

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Xingqing Palace, Li Longji just came to the imperial study, it will be noon in another hour, there will be a dynasty tomorrow, he has to deal with some affairs in advance today, the monopoly system of salt in the past few months has brought him rolling money, the salt and iron divisions have been listed, and the salt and iron supervision will be formally established tomorrow, this is already an ironclad thing, the only thing that needs to be discussed is the candidate for the salt and iron supervision order, Li Qing wants to be in charge of the establishment of the household department and the state cabinet, and it is not appropriate to manage the salt and iron supervision.

There is a joint recommendation of Li Linfu and Zhang Qiu and Qiong on the imperial case, the person recommended is Li Lin, and the young eunuch is the servant of the imperial Shi Song Hun, needless to say, this must be the result of private negotiation between the two, the two parties each occupy a place, but this is also in line with the principle of Li Longji's balance of power, and Li Lin is the eldest brother, regarded as a descendant of the clan, cautious and subtle, and has no ambitions.

At this time, Yu Chaoen poked his head out at the door, and when Gao Lishi on the side saw it, he quickly greeted him, and asked in a low voice when he went outside, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report to Ah Weng, Cui Qiao, the secretary of Dali Temple, is out to see the emperor."

Gao Lishi frowned, "Today's emperor's time is already tight, what fun is he here to do?" ”

"You let him wait outside, and if the emperor is willing to see him, let him in."

In the room, Li Longji had finished his contemplation, and he picked up his pen and criticized the word 'Xu' on the joint recommendation of Li Linfu and Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

Gao Lishi came in and saw that Li Longji had already signed and put down his pen, so he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Cui Qiao, the secretary of Dali Temple, is out to see." ”

Li Longji finished a matter on his mind, and was in a good mood, so he casually ordered: "Let him come in!" ”

Soon, Cui Qiao trotted all the way into the palace, he came for the curtain matter, and the result of the negotiation with his wife was that she agreed to remain silent on the matter, but the condition was that her son must be transferred to Beijing or into the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Division, and to be promoted to a higher level, which really made Cui Qiao feel embarrassed, it is not difficult to transfer to Beijing, the difficult thing is to be promoted and enter the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Division, his son has no fame, relying on himself to shadow a small official, and the performance is good can also climb up, but it is said that he does not do political affairs all day long in the local area, and his ability is also extremely poor, The report handed in every year must be rated as the worst by the household department, if it weren't for his own sake, he would have been dismissed as an official a long time ago, Li Linfu first promised to promote him, but then remained silent, that is, for this reason.

And Mrs. caught him this time and officially put forward this condition, Cui Qiao had no choice but to respond.

It stands to reason that accepting a daughter and returning to the sect is an internal matter of his family, and there is no need to report it to the emperor, but he knows that the emperor will not believe that he made up those nonsense, what fifteen years ago Shangyuan Lantern will be separated, he will inevitably guess that it is his illegitimate daughter, if it is not explained, once it is investigated, the charge of other housewives can be confirmed, it was originally a small matter, but he deceived the king first, and small things will become big things.

Cui Qiao walked quickly into the imperial study and saw the emperor looking at it with a smile

, he immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The minister has come to sin!" ”

Li Longji looked at this minister who was not yet fifty years old, but his hair was already gray, and his heart was slightly apologetic, he had also heard that Cui Qiao's family had a fierce wife, and it was the wife he forced him to marry back then, which created the sorrow of his life.

"What crime can Cui Aiqing have to avenge me?" Lucky minister.

"Eighteen years ago, the minister had violated His Majesty's edict by leaving the housewife, and today I have come to explain to Your Majesty that the minister is willing to accept the guilt."

Li Longji looked at him for a long time and had nothing to say, but the old things of eighteen years ago are turned out today, could it be that he was too deeply stimulated at home?

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Aiqing can say anything clearly!" There is no need to detour in front of me. ”

"Yes!"

Cui Qiao kowtowed, sighed secretly in his heart, and said with shame on his face: "The minister met a girl from the teaching workshop back then, and he was confused for a while, so he redeemed her for her, and he didn't dare to take her home, so he could only raise her outside, and then she gave birth to a deficiency and died soon after, leaving a baby girl, she was the flesh and blood of the minister, but the minister did not dare to adopt, and then disappeared." ”

Speaking of this, a line of tears flowed from the corners of Cui Qiao's eyes, and the remorse overflowed on the surface.

"And then?" Li Longji stared at him and continued to ask, he had already heard the clue, Cui Qiao's farewell to the housewife was not the focus of what he wanted to talk about, I am afraid that the baby girl was what he wanted to say.

"The baby girl later sent someone to find it quietly, but I don't know her whereabouts, so the minister thought she was dead, so he broke off this idea, but last year by chance, the minister knew that she was still in the world, and her identity was special, so that the minister was really embarrassed and didn't dare to recognize her."

'It's really embarrassing! ’

Li Longji suddenly became interested, what kind of identity would she be, so that Cui Qiao didn't dare to recognize him, "Tell me the mystery quickly, don't go around *** anymore." ”

"The minister didn't dare to hide it from the emperor, this baby girl is now the wife of Li Qing, the head of the household, she is called the curtain, the minister knows that she was thrown under a broken curtain in the East City, my poor child.

Cui Qiao couldn't hold back any longer, the old tears were rampant, and finally he covered his face with his sleeve, 'Woo! And he began to weep.

Li Longji and Gao Lishi looked at each other, and the two seemed to have heard the most incredible thing in the world, Li Qing's wife turned out to be Cui Qiao's illegitimate daughter, who came to the capital from Bashu, and there was such a coincidence in the world! Li Longji even had a little doubt, whether this was a good strategy discussed by Li Qing and Cui Qiao, it can be seen that Cui Qiao cried so sadly, and he also knew that this must be true.

"Cui Aiqing stand up first! Since people don't die and their fate is good, then this is a happy event, so why cry again! ”

Li Longji smiled gently: "It's rare that you can confess your mistakes in the old things of eighteen years ago, although this is against the laws of the Tang Dynasty, but I spare you this time, your long-lost daughter, I will also allow you to admit it, this kind of marriage coincidence, I will not be a wicked person." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" said: "Why doesn't the minister want to recognize his own flesh and blood, and the minister's wife is also willing to recognize her as a daughter today, but Li Qing resolutely refuses to let her return to the sect, and he still hides it from her." ”

"Why is that?" It was Li Qing who didn't want his wife to wear the hat of an illegitimate daughter, and Cui Qiao's purpose was to let himself convince Li Qing.

Li Longji suddenly discovered an interesting relationship, Mrs. Cui is Li Lin's sister, so Li Qing's two wives turned out to be cousins and sisters.

"Huh! This matter is Aiqing's family matter, and it is inconvenient for me to interfere, but I think that as long as Aiqing is sincere and explains the relationship to Li Qing, he should be able to accept it. ”

Gao Lishi saw that Cui Qiao had taken up nearly half an hour's time for this trivial matter, and seeing that it was almost noon, and the emperor had not done a few things, he gave Cui Qiao a fierce look and signaled him to retreat quickly.

Cui Qiao suddenly came to his senses, kowtowed to Li Longji and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister also understands Your Majesty's meaning, this matter will definitely be handled properly, and Your Majesty will never be bothered." ”

"If you understand, go ahead! Tell me as soon as you have the result. ”

It wasn't until Cui Qiao retreated that Li Longji smiled and shook his head and said to Gao Lishi: "There are such coincidences in the world, and I have heard of it for the first time, so what about you?" ”

Gao Lishi bent down sharply and said with a smile: "The old slave is also the first time I have heard of it, so it can be seen that the underworld has its own providence." ”

He paused for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "It's almost noon now, is the emperor going to eat first or continue to meet with the ministers?" ”

Li Longji smiled slightly, looked at the peach wood card on the table and said, "The next one is An Lushan!" Command him to come to me at once! ”

"Yes!"

Gao Lishi answered in a low voice, he walked quickly to the door, and ordered in a loud voice: "Pass Your Majesty's will, Xuan'an Lushan will meet immediately!" ”