It was getting deeper, there was no light, but the night was quite bright, the moonlight smeared a few places on the railing, and the garden was full of flowers, lilacs, rhododendrons, and many unnamed flowers, and a breeze shook in the shadows, and the surroundings were so quiet that even the sound of grass could be heard, and everything lay silently half-light and half-dark, half-clear, half-blurred, not as specific as in the daytime.

Li Lin and Li Qing walked slowly in the back garden, the wind in early spring began to warm, neither of them spoke, feeling the breeze blowing on their faces.

"Virtuous nephew, do you think I am with the Tai or with the emperor?" After a long time, Li Lin couldn't help but open his mouth first, although Li Linfu didn't say anything when he came to visit, but the title of Li Zongzheng has never left his mouth, and his heart is clear, but Li Lin is too afraid and still can't make up his mind, although Li Qing is young, he has unknowingly become the only person he trusts.

Li Qing smiled, but didn't answer him directly, just asked casually, "I don't know how expensive Uncle Shi is this year?" ”

"I'm thirty-fifty years old."

"That's it, the emperor is ten this year, the dragon is healthy, I'm afraid that when Tai ascends the throne, Uncle Shi should also retire."

Li Lin stopped and looked at Li Qing in surprise, but she would advise me to think carefully. Li Lin couldn't say any more, and shook her head in disbelief.

Li Qing smiled lightly, "It's nothing, I'm still young, and I will have a chance to turn the tables in the future." But if Uncle Shi takes another wrong step, he will never be able to turn over, so he must make a decision. ”

"But. . . Morality.

Li Qing chuckled, he knew what Li Lin was thinking, this person wanted to seek a high position, and he wanted to be moral. How can there be such a good thing in the world, but he can't ignore Li Lin's affairs, some words are too tactful and will cause ambiguity, it is better to say it explicitly.

Thinking of this, he looked back at Li Lin with bright eyes. Flashing with a determined light, "Could it be that Uncle Shi has forgotten the matter of the county lord and his relatives?" When did you miss the old love? I know that Uncle Shi doesn't want to follow Li Linfu, but there is the Tai Party and the Xiangguo Party in the DPRK, so is there no Conglong faction? I think that as long as Uncle Shi follows the emperor closely, there is nothing to say, and Li Linfu does not dare to think about anything, as long as he does not make a big mistake, the road ahead should be very smooth, please Uncle Shi think twice. ”

Li Lin nodded silently, sometimes it is better to give up. For the sake of his daughter and relatives, he has become dissatisfied with Li Heng. And it was the appointment of Zongzheng Siqing that finally Li Lin and Tai parted ways.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Li Qing couldn't help but secretly sigh at Li Longji's ingenious timing. At the most critical moment, taking this step and rebelling against Li Lin will be a major blow to Tai, and the battle for the dominance of Nanzhao will probably change because of this.

He looked up at the moon in the sky, and future generations could depict the moonlight of today, but they may not know the real history. The textbook says how Li Linfu eradicated dissidents and how he was jealous of his abilities. depicts a living and treacherous face, but in fact it is not, he Li Qing only learned today that Li Linfu is just a dog of Li Longji, everything is directed by Li Longji behind his back, and after Li Linfu died, he put all the responsibility on his head, crushed his bones and ashes, and then gladly accepted the victim's gratitude to the historian and the praise of the historian's singing style, how vicious the emperor's methods are, Li Qing couldn't help but think of Li Linfu's advice to him, and let him go as an official, how unreasonable? For a while, all kinds of thoughts came one after another, and Li Qing fell into deep thought.

Li Lin made up his mind, his heart suddenly became light, and the two gradually walked to the wall of the back house, he remembered his daughter's matter again, this is his original intention to invite Li Qing today, and he was afraid that he would directly propose marriage, Li Lin smiled tentatively: "A man starts a family first and then starts a business, and the virtuous nephew is already twenty or seven this year!" Don't you want to start a family? ”

One sentence reminded Li Qing that he was discussing the marriage with Lian'er and was worried that he couldn't find an elder to preside over it, isn't Li Lin just right?

He scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "If it weren't for Uncle Shi's reminder, I really almost forgot to say it, I was going to get married in a few days." ”

Li Lin was stunned when he heard this, he just asked tentatively, but Li Qingzhen was going to get married, he only felt that his mouth was bitter and astringent, or Cui Qiao was ruthless, and the person he saw was robbed by him, although he was still a nephew and son-in-law, but how could he have his son-in-law intimacy, although his heart was sad, but Li Lin still smiled and congratulated: "The Cui family is famous, and the virtuous nephew can climb this family, and the future is bright!" ”

Li Qing was taken aback, 'How did he know about the background of the curtain?' But after thinking about it again, he immediately understood that he must have misunderstood Cui Liuliu, so he smiled and said: "Where Uncle Shi thought of going, it has nothing to do with the Cui family." ”

Li Lin was surprised, "Isn't it Liu Liu?" Whose daughter is it? ”

Li Qing shook his head lightly and said: "It's not a daughter of an official eunuch, it's very ordinary, in fact, Uncle Shi has also seen it."

Li Lin raised his head and recalled, a thin figure vaguely appeared in his mind, he frowned and said, "Virtuous nephew, you should get married, but you shouldn't be so hasty. ”

Li Qing was slightly stunned, "Uncle Shi, how do you say this?" ”

Li Lin furrowed her brows, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Virtuous nephew, you have no fame, this is your biggest weakness, you should make up for it through marriage, so, you should first consider whether the other party will help you in the future, followed by appearance and temperament, although Liu Liu loves to mess around, that is because she is still young, but do you know that Lord Cui is the descendant of the Cui family, how many young people can't think about it, if you marry Liu Liu, it is equivalent to blocking the world's reading population, who dares to accuse the son-in-law of the Cui family of not being able to understand ink?" ”

He said calmly, but Li Qing heard it harshly, "Maybe Uncle Shi has some truth in what he said, I also know that marriage is 'Xiao Dengke', and I also know that the Cui family is a famous family, but what does this have to do with me, in Uncle Shi's view, marriage is a transaction, a ladder to climb up, but in my opinion, marriage is marriage, I don't have the ability to climb up, but I pin my hope on women, what kind of man is this!" ”

Li Lin saw that he said with a red face and a thick neck, and hurriedly persuaded: "Virtuous nephew and calm down, I'm not saying that you can't marry her, but you have to distinguish between priorities, marry Liu Liu as your wife, and be a façade, you can accept her as a concubine again, just love her more, why not do you have the best of both worlds?" ”

Li Qing saw that he was bitter and knew that he was also for his own good, so he sighed and said: "I was a little angry just now, Uncle Shi is not strange, it's just that the curtain is gentle and virtuous, decent and generous, having such a woman as a wife is a blessing that I Li Qing has cultivated for several generations, and besides, she shares weal and woe with me, and I have been suffering so far, how can I bear her, whether it is a famous family, a princess, or a county lord, in my eyes she is not as good as her!" ”

Speaking of which, Li Qing remembered the scene when she was in Yilong, she was arrested in the lottery, she ran to Xianyu Mansion to ask for help, and later sold popsicles, she coaxed herself to go to bed early, but she stayed up all night and was busy, as if it happened yesterday, Li Qing only felt that his nose was slightly sour.

"We don't have any elders, I wanted to ask Uncle Shi to officiate the wedding for me, so it's okay!" After speaking, Li Qing looked lonely and left.

Li Lin knows his temper, and no one can persuade him once he decides, but what he said is not right! Li Lin couldn't help but think of her sister, Cui Qiao married her, is she really happy?

He sighed, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly found that under a tuft of roses on the courtyard wall, a white skirt quietly flashed, and Li Lin was stunned for a while.

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The street was quiet, the moonlight was silvery white, illuminating the street as if it were day, there were only sparse pedestrians on the road, high walls stood between the squares, the doors of the squares had long been closed, and the barking of dogs and the cries of children could be faintly heard in the night.

Li Qing was riding on a horse, regretting that he didn't let Lao Yu come in a hurry, although he didn't drink a few glasses, his stomach was as uncomfortable as a fire, he was happy to accept Li Lin's property, but Li Linfu came and caused so much trouble.

But to be honest, today is the first time Li Qing has contacted Li Linfu, but he doesn't hate him, and even has a good feeling, although he sent someone to arrest himself, but Tai didn't want to kill himself and kill his mouth, political struggle, talking about a dead hand, how can there be any soft-heartedness, but Li Linfu is better than too good at being a person, at least good to his own people, but too different, do a hundred things for him, he can't remember your good, but if you do a wrong, he won't let go, he is mean and mean, and he is not sympathetic to the difficulties of his subordinates, no wonder there are not many people loyal to him, It's no wonder that he wants to reuse eunuchs after he ascends the throne, thinking of this, Li Qing can't help but worry about his future, being in the tiger and wolf's den, it is difficult to walk step by step, it seems that Li Linfu is right, he really needs to go to the place to experience a few years, but is he too good at letting himself go? He thought of Yang Yuhuan again, and secretly made up his mind to beg her after returning from Nanzhao, not to be promoted, but to transfer at the same level.

Li Qing returned home sullenly. I saw that the courtyard was full of boxes and luggage, quietly, there was no one, most of the lights in the house were dark, and when he walked to the inner courtyard, only the light in his room was still on, Li Qing's heart was warm, and he walked a few steps quickly. Pushing the door in, but saw that the curtain was sitting at the table dozing, she put a book in front of her, only turned two pages, and the 'creak' sound of pushing the door woke her up, and saw that it was Li Qing back. The curtain rubbed his eyes, greeted him with a smile, and while taking off his coat for him, he complained: "I thought you wouldn't come back!" ”

"Where can you go if you don't go home?" He took off his coat, stretched long, and lay down on the soft chair, his eyes squinting comfortably.

"There are so many cages outside, who is here?"

"It was Zhang Yiming and the skeleton who came, they were too tired all the way, so I arranged for them to sleep first. Tomorrow will clean up again! ”

The curtain smelled Li Qing's body full of wine, and she complained a little. But he quickly poured him a cup of hot tea and handed it over, "First cure the hangover." I'll go get you a basin of water and wash your face. ”

Li Qing took the teacup, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance emanating from the curtain, his heart fluttered, he secretly looked at her back while drinking tea, and saw that her skin was crystal white, her figure was slender and plump, and he thought that she was about to be his wife, and he couldn't help but get hot. Without waiting for her to fetch water, Li Qing hugged her. Kissed her the lips, the curtain couldn't dodge, but he was taken advantage of by his wolf mouth, and punched him with a shy, "It's full of wine and my relatives!" ”

Li Qing was already dizzy with her coquettishness, looked around, and smiled ambiguously in her ear: "Did Xiaoni sleep?" ”

The curtain nodded, but she encountered a foreign object, and suddenly understood, her face was flushed with shame, and she turned around to escape, but was hugged tightly by Li Qing, she lowered her head, and said in a panic: "Didn't you promise people to wait until the day of marriage?" Why are you not keeping your word again? ”

Li Qing knew that she was gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, but she didn't dare to really force her, so she had to let go helplessly, and when she saw that he was obedient, she was overjoyed, and she took the initiative to kiss him on the face, "If you drink too much, lie down obediently, I'll help you wash your feet!" ”

Curtain's lips were soft and delicate, kissing his face to the comfort of his heart, Li Qing almost couldn't bear it, at this time a burst of alcohol hit, his stomach was uncomfortable, and he felt on the bed in a daze and lay down.

The curtain brought a basin of boiling water from the outside, while scalding his feet, and on the other hand, he told him about Xiaoyu's emotional situation, and said with a smile: "Don't snub her, that little girl is a big ghost, for fear that you don't want her and marry her off." ”

Li Qing looked at the roof and smiled, "If you are not jealous, of course I can't ask for it, I wish I could marry the two of you together this time." ”

The curtain pinched the center of his foot, "You men, you have a little power and money in your hands, you all think about three wives and four concubines, if all the women are married by you, what will happen to the men of the poor family?" I have a word first, Xiaoyu is with us through thick and thin, she is my sister, I promised you to marry her, someone else? Hum! Don't. ”

Li Qing was pinched by her and grinned, and shouted repeatedly: "My aunt, I am already satisfied with marrying the two of you, three women? God, fifteen hundred ducks, how can I stand it! ”

Seeing that a deep crescent mark was pinched out of his foot, the curtain became distressed again, and gently rubbed it for him: "What do you call fifteen hundred ducks?" ”

"This is a saying I've heard before, that a woman is five hundred ducks, three! Naturally, there are 1,500 of them, which means that they are panicking. ”

"Oh! It turned out that I was five hundred ducks. ”

Curtain suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile on her face: "How do you know that it is three women, are you still thinking about one, what kind of flowers?" ”

"It's just a saying, I don't want that flower to give me, and so is the willow, I can't afford to mess with it, hey! How do you know her? ”

"She came yesterday and said a couple of words to me at the door, but it was her name that her father told me"

Li Qing's face changed greatly, he sat up and asked nervously, "Has his father been here?" ”

"I came to look for you this afternoon, and when I saw that you were not there, I sat for a while and left."

"What did you say?"

"Didn't say anything!"

"Nothing, just asking." Li Qing was relieved, it seemed that Cui Qiao didn't want to recognize his daughter, this was the best, Li Qing really didn't like that family, if he did, it would bring endless troubles and even pain to the curtain.

After hesitating for a moment, Curtain stood up and whispered, "Gong, I want to ask you something." ”

Li Qing felt most sorry for her gentle and lovely appearance, so he reached out and gently hugged her waist, and said softly: "What's the matter, you just say it." ”

The curtain looked gloomy, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, "I want to ask you to help me find my mother." ”

Li Qing thought of Cui Qiao, he should know the whereabouts of Lian'er's mother, and thought of the tigress in his family, even if Lian'er Diniang was here, he didn't know what would happen, but he couldn't bear to say it, so he nodded and said: "I promise you, I will help you find your mother."

The curtain didn't speak anymore, she snuggled up to Li Qing's chest, feeling as if her heart was wandering in the endless darkness, indescribably weak and lonely, and only hoped that Li Qing would hold herself like this and never let go.

"You'll sleep with me tonight, and I'll sleep with you in my arms, okay!"

Curtain looked up, saw that his eyes were full of concern and love, she was moved, stretched out her hand to caress his face, thinking that this is the man she has to rely on all her life, Curtain Er suddenly moved, she put her hands around Li Qing's waist, her face against his broad chest, and called in a low voice: "Li Lang!" Li Lang!.