Chapter 4 Marriage Negotiation
When he hurried to the small door of the hanging flower between the front yard and the backyard, he saw that his third uncle Li Qiu was talking with the Liu family brothers there, and at that moment Li Xi completely ignored Liu Lan and Liu Rong who were standing at the door, just glanced at them, and fixed his eyes firmly on Liu Wan'er.
After he walked over quickly, he just arched his hand at the Liu Lan brothers and said, "The eldest brother and the second brother are here, please come in", and then looked at Liu Wan'er who was standing behind the two again, and said with a smile: "Wan'er, you are here too." ”
Liu Wan'er is also dressed in a scribe's shirt today, and he has done this dress more than once, so once the dress stops, it will not be too fat, people who don't know it At first glance, this is a pretty son, but at this time, following Liu Lan and Liu Rong brothers, her figure as the third son of the Liu family inevitably looks a little petite, and the belt is tightened, and the thin waist that can be held by Ying Ying suddenly becomes more and more windy...... If you look closely, you will find that the eyebrows of the third son of the Liu family are a little too thin, the willow eyebrows are crooked, although Liu Wan'er likes men's clothing, but she is reluctant to paint her eyebrows as thick, and the eyes are affectionate, like a pool of spring water, which is definitely not something that a man's family can have, and this skin is white and tender, and it is too delicate, unlike a man, and the cherry mouth...... Well, in fact, even if Liu Wan'er dresses up, there is no flaw, and even the description has changed, no one can recognize it, and in Li Xi's eyes, there will still be nothing to hide, because it only takes two people to have a pair of eyes, and the thick charm alone has already made Li Xi familiar enough to recognize it at a glance.
In this world, there is only one Liu Wan'er.
At this moment, Liu Lan and Liu Rong glanced at each other, Liu Rong coughed, and said with a straight face: "You kid sent someone to say hello, and it was clear that he wanted to receive gifts, how could we not come!" Even when the old man of our family heard that you were going to take a concubine, he couldn't wait to come over! ”
"Uh......"
Li Xi turned his head to look at the eldest brother when he heard this, and his face was a little embarrassed.
It's no wonder that the eldest brother has a gun and a stick in his words, if he waits until Liu Wan'er gets married, then no matter whether Li Xi wants to take a concubine or what, the family can't take care of it, it is purely a matter between Li Xi and Liu Wan'er, but now...... The old man Liu is a dignified five-grade official, ranking in Sima in a state, and Liu Wan'er has already decided to marry Li Xi, but Li Xi hasn't waited for Liu Wan'er to enter the door, so he is in a hurry to take a concubine first, this is inevitably a little uncomfortable for the old man.
And Liu Rong said this as soon as they met, but he pointed this meaning to himself at once, not intentionally angry, but some reminders in it, and after listening to his words, Li Xi knew that the reason why Wan'er came over this time was not necessarily because she was angry and wanted to blame, but she just felt a little uncomfortable.
At that moment, Li Xi smiled hesitantly, handed Liu Rong a grateful look, and then stretched out his hand to let it in, and said: "What is the etiquette or not, you are the biggest gift when you come!" Big brother, second brother, you go in first, I'll toast you in person later, it's not a loss, that, I'll come to the door in person another day to toast the old man! ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Wan'er, and Liu Wan'er's eyes gently swayed away as soon as she touched him, and then turned her head to look at her two brothers, turned her head and didn't speak.
At this time, Li Qiu also laughed, "You two brothers come together, it's going to be lively today, come, let's go in." ”
The brothers glanced at each other, and said a few words politely to Li Qiu, the elder, and then Liu Lan waved his hand at Li Xi, "Okay, let's go in." ”
Saying that, the brothers stepped into the small door of the weeping flowers side by side, then Zhao Laoan was waiting on the side, and hurriedly walked over to lead the way, Li Qiu acted as the master at this time, and accompanied Liu Lan and Liu Rong brothers, and several people went to the back house.
When they left, there was no one near the small door of the weeping flowers, Liu Wan'er pouted slightly, and was about to follow, Li Xi hurriedly grabbed her little hand, Liu Wan'er struggled, didn't break free, and endured him to hold it, but she still pouted and refused to look at him. Li Xi leaned over with a smile and asked, "Good girl, are you jealous?" ”
Liu Wan'er pouted at first and refused to speak, and after a long while, she nodded, "Well, I'm jealous." ”
Li Xi smiled hesitantly, and put his arm around Liu Wan'er's thin waist, "So, I came to ask Xianggong about the crime today?" ”
Liu Wan'er stretched out her hand to push him, but she didn't have much strength in her hands, although she pushed hard, but Li Xi's two arms were like iron tongs to her, and she couldn't push them, and then she looked around cautiously, and found that there was almost no one around, so she felt a little relieved, so she let Li Xi hold her.
Hearing Li Xi's words, she nodded, her mouth was still hard, "Well, it's time to ask for guilt!" ”
Li Xi couldn't help laughing anymore when she heard this, she felt that Wan'er was so cute to the bone, so she couldn't help but hug and kiss her, "Okay, Wan'er, will you let Lan'er serve you tea later?" ”
His kiss scared Liu Wan'er, and while struggling in his arms, he took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, and glared at him, "If people see it, they will ignore you again!" ”
He said: "No, Sister Wu has taught others to play the piano, at least half a teacher, where can I let her serve tea." ”
Li Xi smiled, "Then I'll serve you tea, as long as my maid dissipates her anger and doesn't ask her husband for guilt." ”
Liu Wan'er glanced at him when she heard this, but she continued to pout, "Daddy is a little unhappy, saying that you didn't hurry up to the dowry, but were busy taking concubines at home......"
"Uh......"
Li Xi said in his heart when he heard this, it seems that the old man is indeed a little unhappy.
At that moment, he scratched his brows and said: "You also know, Lan'er has been with me for a while, usually I am so busy, she is in charge of everything at home, her surname is soft, she is not used to giving people power, if she doesn't give her a name, she has been unable to suppress the ...... of those subordinate mothers-in-law in the family."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Wan'er had already glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid it's not for this, right?" I heard from the second brother that because of the young lady of the Pei family recently, your house is a little unquiet......"
"Uh......" was seen through by Liu Wan'er at a glance, Li Xi was only slightly embarrassed, knowing that Liu Wan'er couldn't know about this matter at all, so she just said, "This is also one of the reasons." Then he quickly said: "As for your father, I don't hurry up to the door to get the dowry, alas, I am also worried!" ”
Liu Wan'er looked at him when she heard this, and only listened to him: "A few days ago, I was on that recital, although I knew that I was not reckless, and I always felt in my heart that this recital was handed over, although it may not be able to invite the favor of heaven in one fell swoop, but at least it will not bring anything bad, but, people often say that the will of heaven is unpredictable, what will His Majesty the Emperor react after seeing the recital, before the results come out, I really don't dare to say that there will be no counterproduct." ”
Speaking of this, he frowned, glanced at Liu Wan'er again, and then continued: "So, if that piece of music can help me invite the favor of heaven in one fell swoop, or at least it won't provoke the emperor's anger, then it is naturally good, if the result is just the opposite......"
Speaking of this, Li Xi looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed, and then said under Liu Wan'er's attention: "If the result is just the opposite, Lan'er and the flower slaves in the mansion over there are already with me, living and dying with me, I don't think it's dragging them down, but Wan'er, you haven't married after all, if I have to hurry up to marry you at this juncture, I'm afraid that it will hurt you, and then harm my father-in-law!" ”
When Liu Wan'er heard Chen Mo'er's words, she suddenly raised her head and asked him: "In your heart, only the two of them follow you, and they can accompany you to live and die together, can't Wan'er?" ”
As he spoke, there were tears in his eyes.
Li Xi sighed when he heard this, and immediately hugged her tighter, and sighed: "You are my wife, of course I know that you are willing to live and die with me, from my heart, of course I am willing to hurry up to the door to give the dowry, and then marry you happily, so that with you, I don't have to worry about this family, I can rest assured that everything will be handed over to you, but ......"
"But Wan'er, you have to know that if you marry me, it's not as simple as me marrying you, as long as you and I get married, then, I and the eldest brother and the second brother will immediately become a family on the official face, once something happens to me, the eldest brother and the second brother and the father-in-law will inevitably be implicated by me, but this is a situation I don't want to see, can you understand?"
Liu Wan'er nodded when she heard this, expressing her understanding, and then Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said: "So, Wan'er is obedient, let's wait, and when I have a clear result in the matter of the passage, I will immediately send someone over to the palace to marry you, okay?" ”
In this case, even Liu Wan'er also wants to marry and accompany Li Xi to live and die together, but she has to take into account the implication that Li Xi said, if the two families are just this kind of relationship now, including Li Xi and Liu Wan'er have made a marriage contract or something, but they are not considered close relatives, once Li Xi has something, the oral marriage contract is not enough to support, and the Liu family cannot be implicated.
But once the two get married, even if they just set a wedding date under the dowry, they will already become de facto in-laws, so the Liu family will naturally be tied to Li Xi in a solid line, and once something happens, they will not be able to break free if they want to.
Although Liu Wan'er cares about Li Xi, she also knows that she can't pull the whole family with her surname, and even at this time, thinking about it, the words that Daddy said when the eldest brother and second brother received the news from Li Xi in the afternoon seemed to be a little deliberately suspicious, thinking that Daddy also saw this situation, so he just used words to relieve himself, in fact, he wished that Li Xi was like this, right? …… Thinking of this, Liu Wan'er couldn't help but bow her head silently.
Then, she raised her head and looked at Li Xi and asked, "Is that a piece that serious?" ”
Li Xi nodded when he heard this, in fact, in Li Xi's calculations, of course the consequences would not be so serious, after all, Li Xi was not a fool, the reason why he would do such an impulsive thing in the eyes of Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo, of course he had his own plans.
Although he doesn't know much about history, he still knows that Tang Xuanzong Li Longji is a Ming monarch who can be counted in the five thousand years of Chinese history, so to speak, this is a promising emperor who stands out from the palace struggle, but is not confined to playing with power, but has ambitions, and has real skills under his hands, can transform ambitions into real actions, and can also achieve results.
Li Xi probably remembered that during his tenure, he seemed to have appointed a lot of famous prime ministers, although he didn't know much about his previous life, but after crossing over, he studied with Zhou Qiong for a period of time, and gradually learned from him and recalled the names that he should have heard in history textbooks before, such as Yao Chong, such as Song Jing, such as Zhang Shuo, and Zhang Shuo, who is currently in mourning for his mother and has not yet served as prime minister, etc., are all a generation of virtuous ministers who have been highly praised by later historians.
It is precisely because of these famous prime ministers that the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Tang Xuanzong was able to reach its heyday in a few decades, and this Emperor Xuanzong was also praised as an emperor who was extremely good at employing people and had a lot of stomach.
Although according to the evaluation of history textbooks, Tang Xuanzong began to indulge in women's sex and singing and dancing in the later period, and absurdly accepted his daughter-in-law as a concubine, simply thinking that the world could be peaceful for a long time, and he could also start to enjoy himself, so it was inevitable that he lacked the ambition to govern the world when he was young, and gradually lacked some tolerance for his officials, and it seemed that he was not willing to hear any more objections that made him unpleasant.
But through some of Zhang Jiuling's evaluation of Emperor Xuanzong from Zhou Qiong's mouth, Li Xi knew that the current Emperor Xuanzong was still the wise monarch who had not become arrogant, and just a few months ago, he had just appointed a person named Han Xiu as the prime minister, and that Han Xiu was a well-known person who dared to speak.
Moreover, since he knew that Yang Huahua was the later Mrs. Qiuguo, Li Xi already knew that Yang Guifei, Yang Yuhuan, was only fifteen years old at the moment, and she was not even the concubine of Li Mao, the king of longevity!
Therefore, adding these two factors, Li Xi has enough reasons to strengthen his judgment, that is, the current Emperor Xuanzong is still in that period of ambition and hard work, and has not become the old fool who only knows how to indulge in his voice in history textbooks.
Such an emperor, although he can't say that he wants to be furious after seeing his twists and turns, but Li Xi believes that he will definitely have enough political wisdom to be able to read and understand what he means, to understand and begin to be vigilant about the two prosperous crises he mentioned, and take a step back and say that even if the land annexation will make him a little disdainful, at least the advice about Fang Zhen, he will definitely be able to see it in his heart.
Moreover, he still has enough stomach to tolerate such a policy that criticizes him like this!
Therefore, although he couldn't help but be angry at the beginning, when that anger passed, he would definitely not be angry with himself, on the contrary, he would reuse, at least value himself!
What's more, in order to prevent accidents, he has already sent Li Yifeng north to Chang'an, paving some reputation for himself in advance, presumably when Emperor Xuanzong saw his own recital, he only needed to inquire a little, and it was not difficult to hear those comments about himself in the streets and alleys of Chang'an.
However, seven or eight points of certainty is not 100% certainty!
Teacher Zhou Qiong has a saying that is very right, the most difficult guess in the world is Junxin.
Therefore, Li Xi would rather wait, but also be careful and cautious, and be cautious and cautious.
If you don't marry Liu Wan'er, the Liu family can stay out of the matter, so once something happens to you, as long as you don't die, the Liu family can still make some effort to take care of yourself, and even fish yourself out, and even if you are really killed by Emperor Xuanzong in a rage, with the Liu family here, at least you can take care of the future for yourself.
It's just that these words don't have to be fully explained to Liu Wan'er, in fact, many of my judgments are based on the advantage of crossing the unpredictable prophet, so it is impossible to explain it clearly. Therefore, when she heard Liu Wan'er's words with some worries, she just smiled and said to comfort her: "I'm just worried, in fact, you have a lot of confidence in me!" Don't you still believe in your own husband? When did I talk and act, and when did I go wrong? ”
Liu Wan'er nodded when she heard this, perhaps based on her strong confidence in Li Xi, the look on her face began to light up unconsciously, and after thinking about it at this time, she couldn't help but say: "That's right, Xianggong has no last resort, even Daddy and Second Brother are full of praise, saying that you are a genius who only comes out in five hundred years!" So, since Xiang Gong dares to play that concert, he must have a 100% chance of winning, right? You can't let you down......"
Li Xi laughed when he heard this, and said: "Don't worry, although Xianggong is not a last resort, but this matter, I think I am still thoughtful, even if I can't go straight to the top, at least I can keep my family safe!" ”
Speaking of this, he saw Liu Wan'er nodding frequently and looking at him with admiration, so he couldn't help but reach out and pat her little buttocks, and said, "So, you don't have to worry too much, I believe that after waiting for a while, Xianggong can rest assured that he will go to the dowry, and then marry you happily!" ”
In other words, although the two have been close several times, Liu Wan'er is a shy girl, so although the two are close, they are only limited to holding hands, kissing or hugging, but they have never designed a sensitive place like a small buttocks, so Liu Wan'er's buttocks ate Li Xi's slap, and suddenly her face turned red, and she hurriedly reached out to protect the piece that was beaten by Li Xi, and couldn't help but protest: "Xianggong!" You're ...... again It's dishonest again......"
(To be continued)