The night is slightly cool.

On this night, the emperor did not return to Chang'an, but stayed in Lizhuang to rest.

chatted with the emperor until midnight, and the conversation was very enjoyable, which was also the first real heart-to-heart relationship between the two monarchs and ministers. Chatting while drinking, I drank a lot of wine, and naturally we talked more and more.

Li Zhi talked about his ideals and wanted to be an emperor like Taizong. He wants to complete Taizong's unfinished wishes, let the four seas be peaceful, come to the court from all directions, and let the Tang Dynasty become the suzerain of the four directions, the real heavenly kingdom.

And Li Xiao's ideal is naturally to be a free landlord in the Tang Dynasty, with many good fields and beautiful houses, and his life is easy and chic. Of course, it is not easy to be a free landlord, you have to be rich and powerful. At least one county, a five-grade Chaosan doctor is not enough.

When it comes to drinking, the monarch and the minister can't help but sing to the wine, draw their swords and dance.

It wasn't until the middle of the moon that Li Xiao helped the emperor into the room to rest, but the half-drunk emperor left Li Xiao to sleep together.

The two of them lay together on the couch in the guest room, chatting without a word, and they didn't know when they fell asleep.

When he woke up, Li Xiao was still a little embarrassed.

The two big men hugged each other, still full of alcohol.

Li Zhi, who woke up, seemed to have regained the momentum of a young king.

"Ruiqing, don't forget what you said to me last night."

Li Xiao looked confused, what did I say last night? He was so happy to talk about it yesterday that he couldn't help but drink a little more, and he probably bragged again.

He's not a drinker, but when he drinks too much, he definitely talks a lot. And in those words, most of them must be bragging, which is also a common problem of many drunk people, who love to force, and especially love to brag, blowing endlessly, blowing that can go up to the moon for nine days, can go down to the five seas to catch turtles, can polish with the atomic bomb, and can tile the Great Wall.

Li Xiao smiled awkwardly and politely, anyway, he didn't remember what he said, he didn't care about it.

"After breakfast, I will go back to Beijing with me, and the printing office will depend on you to open it."

Li Xiao nodded, anyway, the vacation is almost used up, and he can't stay in Lanxi every day.

No one is so chic and free, except for a retired old man like the eldest grandson Wuji, but the eldest grandson is not so free, he can go to Lanxi to buy another village, but he does not dare to leave Gyeonggi.

Gyeonggi is actually a cage assigned by the emperor to the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Xiao didn't take Wanniang back to Chang'an, the road was far away, and the road was bumpy. Besides, her body is getting heavier and heavier, her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she is not far from the due date, so it is better to stay in the countryside at this time to raise the baby with peace of mind.

After breakfast, while the weather was still cool, Li Xiao followed the emperor back to Chang'an.

More than a dozen horsemen and horses rode out of Li Zhuang, just turned a corner, and the result was that hundreds of cavalry guards of the Lin Army were waiting there in front of them, they were stationed outside Li Zhuang last night, but if there was the slightest wind and grass in the village, they could not hide it.

The emperor has Qianniu Guards with strong martial arts around him, and these hundreds of their horsemen are all forbidden brigades who have experienced a hundred battles.

Located in the land of Gyeonggi, there are Zhichong soldiers twenty miles away, and a holy decree can be summoned when necessary.

Riding all the way, at the gate of Chang'an City, the monarchs and ministers were temporarily separated.

Li Zhi wants to return to Taiji Palace, and Li Xiao has to return to the corn prison first, and the position of secretary and young eunuch must wait for the emperor's official edict. As a young eunuch of the fourth grade, the emperor can appoint him, but he also has to go through the procedures of the political affairs hall.

"Ruiqing, don't let down Tamase, you have no objection to her. Although you are not destined to be famous, you have not failed her affection for you. In my heart, you are the man of Tamase, and you are my brother-in-law! After saying that, the emperor rode into the city, leaving Li Xiao messy in the wind.

What am I Tamase's man, what am I your brother-in-law, what is this, I am absolutely innocent with the eldest princess of Tamase, is there no real friend between the opposite sex?

was defiled by Li Zhi, Li Xiao was a little unhappy, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor gave him a lot of benefits this time, he would have scolded his mother.

Hit the horse back to Shengye Fang, but as soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he saw someone blocking the road.

"Li Jianzheng can be regarded as returning to Chang'an, and he thought he would hide in the countryside for the rest of his life."

"Who are you to dare to be presumptuous here!" Steward Qian stepped forward and scolded.

The one in the way was a half-old man who was about the same age as Lao Qian, but he was dressed in brocade clothes, but he was very imposing.

He smiled, "Old man, it's Cui Yuan's foreign affairs manager." ”

Li Xiao didn't dare that he was Cui Zhiyi's steward or anything, he only knew that this was his Li Xiao's door, and Cui Zhiyi's house slave was blocking his way here.

"Good dogs don't get in the way!" Li Xiao said with a smile on his face.

Steward Cui's face was suddenly ugly, he was the steward outside Cui Yuan, in Chang'an City, many people had to give him a little thin noodles. A little viscount, dare to scold him like this?

"Say something quickly, let it go quickly, if there is nothing to do, don't stand in the way of Lao Tzu's door."

"You! Vulgar! Cui's angry head was exposed.

Li Xiao said twice, "Lao Tzu is a farmer in the countryside of Lantian, isn't it normal to be rude?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Steward Cui had nothing to say for a while.

I've seen a shameless person, I really haven't seen such a shameless person, obviously a noble official, but instead of saying that he is a country farmer, he still uses this as a vulgar excuse, if he is really a country farmer, even if he is knighted, he is crowned by a monkey, and dog meat is not on the table.

"I am on the order of the head of the family, waiting for Lord Li here."

"Your lord is busy, let it go if you have a fart." Li Xiao looked impatient. He has always respected me, and I have paid him back. Cui Zhiyi took the initiative to declare war with him, so there was nothing to be polite about.

"My Cui family's proposal, will the lord no longer consider it?" Steward Cui asked.

"What proposal?"

Steward Cui was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Xiao's blank face, and couldn't help but secretly say, could it be that Li Xiao didn't know about it, could it be that the mother-in-law went back that day and lied about the military situation?

"Well, here's the thing, that is, our family master intends to marry the lord."

Li Xiao didn't wait for him to finish, then interrupted him and said, "Marriage? Cui Yuanwai wants to marry someone? Didn't you say that Cui Yuanwai wanted to marry his daughter to so-and-so? But a certain has already married a wife, can it be said that Cui Yuanwai wants to give his daughter to a certain concubine? Oops, I really don't dare to be it, Cui Yuanwai is really in love. ”

He rubbed his hands as he spoke, pretending to be very excited, "I have heard that there is a little lady in Cui Yuanwai's family, and she is knowledgeable and courteous, it seems that she is the second in the family, right?" If you can get Cui Erniang as a concubine, it is really a blessing from a certain number of lifetimes, please ask Steward Cui to quickly report back to Cui Yuanwai for me, just say that Li Xiao is very happy about this good thing, from then on, I will identify Cui Yuanwai as my Li Xiao's father-in-law! ”

Steward Cui was stunned on the spot, and he finally slowly woke up, it turned out that Li Xiao was playing with him, a thief and a damn hillbilly!