readx; The door of the house opened, Mrs. Pei walked over quickly accompanied by two maids, she had already received a report from the porter, saying that she had seen Li Qing'an, she immediately ordered her family to clean the house, set up a banquet, and prepare to welcome the return of her son-in-law, but she couldn't wait for a long time, Mrs. Pei came out to take a look, but at a glance she saw a large group of young ladies surrounding Li Qing'an, and the one in the yellow dress was not her little daughter Mingzhu?

Mrs. Pei suddenly became angry, so that she didn't have time to go on a blind date, but she was full of energy to pester her brother-in-law, Mrs. Pei's face sank, and she quickly stepped forward and scolded: "What are you doing here?" ”

All the women were frightened and silent, and spread out to both sides, Mingzhu was afraid of her mother, and lowered her head, Mrs. Pei glanced at her, and saw that she drew her eyebrows and eyes, painted bright red lips, and dressed in fancy clothes, but yesterday let her go on a blind date, but she said that she would have red spots on her makeup, and she would face the sky with her face up, and she would go sloppy and sloppy, so that others would laugh behind her back, but now she was dressed like a fairy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The more Mrs. Pei thought about it, the more angry she became, and scolded her angrily: "Why don't you go back to the house and wash, don't embarrass me here." ”

Mingzhu was scolded by her mother in front of Li Qingan, her heart was extremely aggrieved, her eyes were red, and she choked up: "Let's go!" How can anyone scold people like you? ”

She turned her head and ran to the house crying, and all the women felt bored and dispersed.

Mrs. Pei looked at her daughter's back, couldn't help but sigh secretly, she turned back to Li Qingan and smiled bitterly: "Hey! This girl is nineteen years old, but she is still like a child, when will she grow up? ”

Li Qingan smiled, and Mrs. Pei said again: "Some people say that she is innocent and likable, but I think that innocence also depends on age, she is thirteen years old and innocent, but nineteen is still innocent, which is a bit of a headache." ”

Mrs. Pei shook her head, "Forget it, don't talk about her, Qilang will follow me into the mansion." ”

Li Qingan followed his mother-in-law to the house, and asked as he walked: "I heard that my father-in-law was demoted to Taichang Shaoqing, what is going on?" ”

"It's all because he lost his voice after drinking, partyed with a group of friends, and when he was drunk, he complained that the saint was mediocre, and he was sued, but fortunately, Wang Xiangguo interceded for him and did not go to prison, otherwise he would not even be an official."

Mrs. Pei sighed, but Li Qing'an was willing to ask about her husband, which also made her feel gratified, she has always had a knot, that is, how to harmonize the relationship between her husband and son-in-law, although her husband had opposed this marriage at the beginning, but that was already in the past, her daughter has married Li Qing'an, Mrs. Pei hopes that her husband can reconcile with Li Qing'an, this is not only for her daughter, but also for the future of the family, Mrs. Pei has already greeted her husband when she went out, but he just lowered his head and read the book, without saying a word, She had no choice but to let her brother persuade her husband well.

Li Qingan saw that Mrs. Pei seemed to have something on her mind, so she didn't ask any more, and said with a smile: "What about uncle?" Said that he would come today too, did he come? ”

"He is in a hurry, he came early, and the whole family came."

Mrs. Pei seemed to think of something, and when she turned around, she saw a little lady following them timidly, she hurriedly pulled the little lady over with a smile and said, "Auntie just scolded your cousin, don't be afraid." ”

Li Qing'an saw that this little lady had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, petite and exquisite, and she was fourteen or fifteen years old, and it seemed that she was also among the women just now, so he asked with a smile: "Who is she?" ”

"This is your uncle's youngest daughter, named Pei Yu."

Mrs. Pei instructed her again: "Yu'er, have you called your brother-in-law?" ”

"Brother-in-law!" Pei Yu lowered his head and shouted like a kitten.

Li Qingan hurriedly took out a thumb-sized bead from his arms, handed it to her and said with a smile: "This is for you, it can be regarded as a meeting gift." ”

Pei Yu hurriedly shook his head, put his hand behind his back, and refused to accept it, Mrs. Pei smiled: "It's okay, it's all a family, this is my brother-in-law's intention, just accept it!" ”

Pei Yu was told by her aunt, so she reluctantly took the beads, thanked Li Qing'an, and said, "I'll go find Sister Mingzhu." ”

She lowered her head with a flushed face and ran away in a hurry, Mrs. Pei looked at her back and sighed: "A few years ago, I saw that she was still an ignorant little yellow-haired girl, but in a blink of an eye, she will grow into a big girl, and she will be married in two years, hey!" When will that girl in my family make me unhappy? ”

"Everyone has their own fate, and mothers don't have to be too anxious."

Li Qingan comforted Mrs. Pei a few words, and then followed her into the mansion.

．．．．．．． In the study of Dugu Mansion, Pei Min was persuading Dugu Haoran to reconcile with Li Qingan.

"Haoran, this matter is not for me to say you, you don't need to remember this grudge at all, he is your son-in-law, is your junior, he can be the best high-ranking official at a young age, since he was a child, this is your glory, from a large point of view, this is also an opportunity for your lonely family to rise again, from his entry into Beijing this time, I can see that he is specially here to support the emperor's eldest grandson to ascend the throne, which means that he will be in charge of greater power, Haoran, this time is an opportunity, you must grasp it."

Dugu Haoran sat on the soft mattress and read a book, he bowed his head and said nothing, at the beginning, because the saint also took a fancy to his daughter, he had the heart to send his daughter into the palace, although under pressure, he had to agree to Li Qingan to marry his daughter, but he couldn't pull down this face, and this New Year, he drank with a few friends, and after drinking, he lost his words, angered the saint, and was demoted to Taichang Shaoqing, this matter seems to have nothing to do with Li Qingan, but Dugu Haoran insisted that it was precisely because of Mingyue's matter that he offended the saint that he would be deposed, in the final analysis, he was still involved by Li Qingan, and his dissatisfaction with Li Qingan was always difficult to remove in his heart.

But this morning, he also heard that something had happened to the Holy One, and he was severely unconscious, and this news surprised him, he had always thought that the Holy One could sit on the throne for ten or twenty years, but he didn't expect to fall so soon.

This made him secretly feel lucky, fortunately he didn't send his daughter to the palace, otherwise he wouldn't have hurt his daughter, and his dream of Xiangguo would not be able to last for a few days.

It was precisely because of this incident that Dugu Haoran's prejudice against Li Qing'an disappeared a little, and with Pei Min's persuasion, he was also a little moved, and now the key is that he can't pull down this face.

Pei Min had already seen that his brother-in-law was tempted, so he continued to persuade him: "I went out of the city to greet Qing'an this afternoon, you were not there, but I went out to greet him, and I can see that the prince has great trust in him, and now the saint has encountered an accident, seeing that the prince is about to ascend the throne, so Li Qing'an will rush back, in this way, he will have the merit of supporting, and he will be the first in terms of meritorious deeds, at the same time, Yang Guozhong, Chen Xilie and others will also be deposed, and the prince will definitely promote a group of newcomers, and you are Li Qing'an's father-in-law, and he has also been in the phase, If he says a few words for you, then you will definitely have a seat in the new political hall, Haoran, others can't dream of it, but you have it at your fingertips, so I said, this is your chance! ”

The words have come to this point, if Dugu Haoran is not moved, it is self-deception, what he dreams of is to re-enter the phase, and want to send his daughter to the palace, in fact, it is for the phase, Pei Min's persuasion finally moved him, he sighed and said: "I'm not for any phase, I'm for my daughter's sake, I don't want my daughter to be wronged, okay, for the sake of my daughter, I'll pay for this old face and go have a drink with him!" ”

Pei Min couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that he agreed, and hurriedly said, "I'm here!" I'll give you a round and won't embarrass you, so let's go! ”

The two stood up and walked to the front yard one after the other.

The banquet has been set up, in fact, it is just a family banquet, all kinds of delicacies are placed on the table, the wine is the best Gaochang wine, it has been hidden in the wine cellar of Dugu's family for twenty years, and it was only taken out once last time when Mingyue got married.

There are not many hosts and guests, Dugu Haoran and his wife, Pei Min and his wife and their two sons Mingyi and Zhili, plus two girls, Mingzhu and Pei Yu, in addition, Mrs. Zhang also participated in the banquet, a total of ten people, just around a table, Dugu Haoran is the host, sitting in the middle seat, Pei Min and Li Qing'an are sitting on both sides, other women and children are sitting at will, in fact, in terms of seniority, it should be Mrs. Zhang sitting in the chief, but she refuses to live or die, and everyone has to follow her.

Mrs. Pei couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw her husband being persuaded to come out, and personally poured wine for everyone, she first poured a cup for her husband and Pei Min, and then filled the cup for Li Qingan, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that Mingyue didn't come back together, or the family would be together." ”

At this time, Mingzhu had washed off the fat powder on her face, changed into an ordinary long dress, and was dissatisfied with her mother's scolding just now, she had already thrown it out of the clouds, she pinched a grape, threw it into her mouth, and said while eating: "Mother, my sister is also a big family over there, if she comes back, the family over there will be a mess." ”

Mrs. Pei glared at her fiercely and said, "Adults speak, children don't interject!" ”

Mingzhu lowered her head, pursed her lips and whispered: "I said I was ignorant just now, and now I am a child." ”

Seeing that she still dared to talk back, Mrs. Pei was so angry that she scolded her angrily: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute, you look at other people's Yu'er, they are much younger than you, but they are quiet and polite, and talking nonsense like you makes people feel uneducated at all." ”

"That's also because you didn't teach well!" Mingzhu muttered.

"You!" Mrs. Pei was so angry that she slammed the flask on the table.

Pei Min's wife hurriedly persuaded: "Eldest sister, today is Qing'an's homecoming, it's rare for everyone to reunite, so don't be angry with Mingzhu anymore." ”

Mrs. Zhang also smiled: "It's all my own family, it's normal to talk and laugh at the family banquet, Mingzhu is very well-behaved outside, and she will never say a word, her uncle, Haoran, you say yes!" ”

Dugu Haoran and Pei Min both nodded, and Pei Min smiled: "Eldest sister, forget it!" Anyway, it's a family banquet, and there are no outsiders, so I think it's better for everyone to order at will. ”

Seeing that everyone was saying this, Mrs. Pei had to glare at her daughter, "Hmph! I'll clean you up when I get back. ”

Mingzhu stuck out her tongue slightly, and when she turned her eyes, she saw Li Qingan looking at her with a wine glass, with a hint of schadenfreude in her eyes, Mingzhu had to turn her head stupidly and go to chat with Pei Yu.

At this time, Mrs. Pei smiled at Li Qingan again: "Qilang is coming back this time, how long are you going to stay?" ”

Li Qingan hurriedly bowed and said: "Anxi is busy, I can only stay for half a month at most, if things go well, then maybe I can only stay for ten days." ”

Dugu Haoran spoke, "Then what did you do when you came back?" ”

Li Qingan said very politely: "I came back this time to report the situation in the river to the Shengshang, but I heard about the accident in the Shengshang on the way, and I was worried about the chaos in the DPRK and China, so I hurried to maintain order in the DPRK and China. ”

"Oh! I heard that you have brought back 3,000 cavalry, and the prince has allowed you to enter the city to garrison, so you must restrain military discipline and not let the soldiers cause trouble in the capital. ”

"Please rest assured, the Anxi Army has always had strict military discipline and will never make trouble in Beijing."

Mrs. Pei saw that Li Qing'an had already called her father-in-law in person, and she was afraid that her husband would be arrogant and would not give face, so she quickly gave her brother a look.

Pei Min understood, so he smiled and got up and raised his glass and said, "Come on!" This glass of wine is for Qing'an to go home to pick up the wind and wash the dust, we drank it together, I wish Qing'an a noble son early, I wish my sister and brother-in-law to hug my grandson early, I wish Mrs. Zhang to keep her youth forever, and I also wish Mingzhu to find Ruyi Langjun one day sooner, of course, I also wish Mingyi and Zhili to become an official and make a fortune quickly, so that I can enjoy Qingfu as soon as possible. ”

Everyone laughed and raised their glasses together, "Everyone drank this glass!" ”

A glass of wine, everyone drank it all, and Li Qingan also specially raised his glass to Dugu Haoran and smiled: "I also wish my father-in-law to enter the phase as soon as possible." ”

Dugu Haoran's heart jumped, he squinted and smiled, and gently clinked glasses with Li Qingan, "I also wish you success." ”

The two of them looked at each other, they both knew it, they raised their glasses together, drank the wine, everyone sat down, talked and laughed, and the banquet became lively.

At this time, Pei Mingyi and Pei Zhili, under the instruction of their father, came to toast Li Qing'an, both of them were in their early twenties, smart and capable, Li Qing'an liked it very much, so he smiled and said: "What are the two cousins doing now?" ”

Mingyi is the elder brother, and hurriedly said: "We are all studying in Hongwenguan, and we have all passed the examination of the Ming Jing Department this year, as the saying goes, 'Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi', so we still want to take the Jinshi examination next year, and ask my brother-in-law to take care of it in the future." ”

"It's all my own brothers, that's certain, if you are willing to come to Anxi, I can arrange something for you to do."

Li Qingan groaned for a while, and then said: "Or Hexi can also be." ”

Pei Min and Dugu Haoran glanced at each other, they both understood the meaning of Li Qing'an's words, Pei Min hurriedly asked, "Does Qing'an want to change to Hexi?" ”

Li Qing'an shook his head and said with a smile: "Because of the serious shortage of troops, the prince is very worried about the invasion of Hexi by Hui, so he promised me today, and is ready to temporarily assign the north of Zhangye to Anxi, and Liangzhou to Longyou, so that Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou will be under my jurisdiction. ”

Pei Min was overjoyed, his two sons had passed the Ming Jing examination, which was enough in the imperial examination, because there was no real shortage for a while, so he let his son continue to take the Jinshi examination, and since Li Qingan had the intention to cultivate his two sons, they didn't need to take the Jinshi examination again, he knew that there were several good counties in Hexi, such as Zhangye County, Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County, all of which were large counties with large populations and relatively wealthy, and it was easy to make political achievements, let them be county officials or master books for a few years, and then transfer to Beijing, and it would be easy to be promoted.

"Then please Qing'an, come! Mingyi and Zhili, you brothers will toast your brother-in-law with another glass of wine. ”

The two brothers toasted Li Qing'an with another glass of wine, and at this time, Dugu Haoran next to him was also a little moved, he gently kicked his wife under the table, gave her a look, and pointed at Li Qing'an.

Mrs. Pei understood what her husband meant, he couldn't save this face, so he let himself speak, and she smiled: "Qilang, can you also bring Mingyue's brother, he is too honest, he only buries himself in things, he doesn't know how to greet his boss, he has been an official for four or five years, and he is still the head of a small county, let him help you!" ”

Dugu and his wife have a total of four children, three daughters Mingjing, Mingyue and Mingzhu, of which the eldest daughter Mingjing and his relatives died in Khitan, they also have a son, named Dugu Mingyuan, did not be admitted to the imperial examination, relied on his father's door to get a petty official, served as the head of Dingcheng County in Gwangju, and the relationship with Gwangju Taishou is very stiff, it has been difficult to promote, Dugu Haoran's own career is also unstable, so it is difficult to help her son, in fact, Mrs. Pei also thought about letting Li Qingan help, but she didn't want her son to go to Anxi, where it was too far, Today, Li Qingan actually mentioned Hexi, although it was still a little biased, but it was much better than Anxi, and Mrs. Pei was tempted.

Li Qingan nodded and said: "Actually, Mingyue also told me that a very important purpose of my coming back this time is to promote my brother, if Mingyuan is willing, I plan to appoint him as the secretary of Ganzhou and the county commander of Zhangye County, in charge of Ganzhou's government affairs." ”

Dugu and his wife were overjoyed, at this time Dugu Haoran had completely abandoned his prejudice against Li Qing'an, and he said happily: "Then I will immediately write to Mingyuan to return to Beijing, and bother Lao Qing'an to tell the officials." ”

Li Qingan said with a smile: "Okay, the prince promised me, the county order and the officials below the county order are directly appointed by me, and the record to join the army is a military civilian official, and there is no need to go through the imperial court, I can appoint it directly, whether it is Anxi or Hexi, it is the governor of the state, and it is not too guarded, so the actual appointment power is in my hands, I can let Mingyuan go directly to Zhangye, and I will file with the Ministry of Officials." ”

In fact, reconciliation with Dugu Haoran is also an important purpose of Li Qing'an's return to Beijing this time, the Dugu family is the Guanlong family, they have a very good relationship with the eldest grandson family, the Yuwen family and the Pei family, and they marry each other, for example, Dugu Haoran married Pei Yaoqing's daughter as his wife, and Pei Min's wife is the sister of the eldest grandson Quanxu, it is this kind of in-law relationship that makes them gradually form a political group with common interests.

Since Li Qingan is married to Dugu Mingyue, then he has a relationship with these Guanlong clans, he needs their full support, and in turn, he also wants to support the Guanlong clans, so that they can have a say in the political situation of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Qingan smiled at Dugu Haoran again: "I heard Mingyue say that it will be my father-in-law's birthday in ten days, so it is better to invite more relatives and friends to come together to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday, I happen to be in Chang'an, but by the way, I can meet more relatives and friends." ”

Pei Min reacted very quickly, he immediately understood Li Qing'an's intentions, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will host the event, invite all the major families that are related to us, and let Qing'an get to know each other." ”

(To be continued)