"Someone," Li Er suddenly shouted.

"The emperor" A eunuch on duty immediately pushed open the door when he heard the words and came to listen to the order.

Li Er said lightly: "If you turn to me, let Changle accompany the queen in the palace for a few more days, there has been a lot of criticism recently, so don't go out for the time being." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." When the eunuch heard this, he immediately retreated.

Obviously, Empress Changsun is going to tell Li Lizhi the good news, maybe the girl is outgoing, and soon Cui Jing, Liu Yuan and others will know, in this way, Liu Yuan's kid once again retreated, again and again, and then two or three defeated in the hands of Liu Yuan, Li Er naturally couldn't be convinced, although there was a queen of the eldest grandson, she couldn't do anything to him, but she had to take a lottery back if she said anything.

Otherwise, it won't be good.

Although the army of the imperial court has not yet returned to the court, Hou Junji and others still have to encircle and suppress the remnants of Songtsen Gampo in Tubo to consolidate the fruits of victory, but the Yangwei army that returned first has brought back the news of the victory and the actual rulers including Songtsan Gampo, the demise of Tubo is only a matter of time, on the third night of the Yangwei army returning to Chang'an, Li Er set up a banquet in the palace, and invited hundreds of civil and military officials and outstanding soldiers of the Yangwei army to the banquet, which was regarded as a celebration banquet for them.

However, this important banquet was missing the most important person: Liu Yuan, the chief general and soul of the Yangwei Army, the atmosphere during the banquet was a little awkward, and the officials led by Cui Jing pleaded with Li Er, and the soldiers of the Yangwei Army who were present asked Li Er to raise his noble hand several times and release the Yangwei General Liu Yuan, but Li Er spoke left and right. And the mud, change the topic, didn't say good. didn't say anything bad, and refused to let go, which made Cui Jing and others very depressed, but there was no way.

Even the words of Cui Jing and others did not work, and as for Guan Yong, Hou Jun and others, they were even soft-spoken and useless. As a result, this banquet was a little indifferent, and there was a very depressing atmosphere, and Li Er deliberately did not talk about it. Cui Jing is no matter how experienced he is, no matter how strong his on-the-spot ability is, it is useless, after all, a slap can't make a sound.

If it is something else, everyone can still intercede for him, and they can be justified. But it's a woman's business. It's hard for anyone to say, not to mention that Liu Yuan provoked the emperor's most beloved daughter, a married man, and what kind of private engagement for life or something, this matter is heavenly, others just want to intercede for him, and it's not easy to speak.

The wine is mellow and fragrant. The dishes prepared by the imperial kitchen of the palace are very delicious. However, the people present were not very happy, or they drank and interacted with each other, and the atmosphere could also be described as bland, giving people the feeling that they did not have to use the celebration banquet of return, but like a flowing water feast, plain as water.

Finally, when Cui Jing and the others were about to leave, Li Er suddenly stopped Cui Jing and said, "Cui Aiqing, please stay." ”

"I don't know what the emperor's will is?" Cui Jing said with a puzzled expression.

"Recently, I have been busy with political affairs, and the two families have rarely interacted, and the queen heard that after Cui Aiqing's wife died, she has not yet set up a main room, which is not good, could it be that she fancied which woman and waited for a vacant position? If so, you can say that the queen is willing to be an iceman for Cui Aiqing. ”

Cui Jing's heart moved, and he hurriedly responded: "The queen is concerned, but Weichen only wants to focus on his career and marry a wife and concubine, so he won't consider it for the time being." ”

"Aiqing is really loyal to her duties, this is the blessing of the Tang Dynasty."

"Don't dare, if the emperor has no other instructions, Xun Weichen will retire."

Li Er nodded, then waved his hand, and Cui Jing quickly retreated

In Chang'an Cui Mansion, there are only two people sitting in the huge study, these two people are the people in power of the Cui clan in Qinghe, the patriarch Cui Shang and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Cui Jing, returned from the palace to the banquet, and the two returned to the study to discuss countermeasures.

This is the habit of the two, once there is something, the two will sit in the study to discuss countermeasures, which can be regarded as a unified opinion and advance and retreat together.

"Third brother, the emperor's attitude is still unclear, it seems that this matter is not so easy to stop." Cui Shang sighed and said a little depressed.

"Yes" Cui Jing nodded and said, "If it's so easy to let go, it can be solved in the Ten Mile Pavilion that day, and there is no need to stay until today." ”

Cui Shang said with some hatred: "Liu Yuan, this kid, is simply rotten and can't support the wall, now he wants to be famous, profitable, there are so many beauties in the world, why do you want to provoke the princess?" Isn't this self-inflicted? ”

In Cui Shang's eyes, there is nothing wrong with becoming famous, greedy for women, and there is nothing wrong with the incumbent, who pays more effort than ordinary people, just like his third brother Cui Jing, who is also a first-class romantic character, has a home outside the home, enjoys the beauty of the world, as long as he does not provoke criticism and does not invite trouble, but Liu Yuan played big and provoked the most famous and favored princess of the Tang Dynasty, this is a hornet's nest, it is simply asking for trouble, he does not blame Liu Yuan for being romantic, but blames Liu Yuan for not being measured.

The son-in-law is also half a son, and I wanted to make fun of the third brother that "if there is a father, there must be a son", but when I saw Cui Jing's solemn face, I couldn't say it anymore.

The heirs are scarce, he has read countless daughters in his life, enjoyed all the blessings, and only had one daughter after the most deaf, it can be said that Cui Jing revolved around the future in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life, that is, around his daughter, for Cui Mengyao, he really didn't bother less, unlike himself, the children added up to more than ten, but there were no few, and the incense could be continued.

"Third brother, third brother, what are you thinking?" Seeing that Cui Jing couldn't speak for a long time, Cui Shang couldn't help but ask.

Cui Jing came to his senses and said helplessly: "Big brother, I have nothing to do." ”

"When you said goodbye just now, the emperor left you behind, what did you say?"

"It's polite, but it's also a hint."

Cui Shang said curiously: "Oh, hint? Is it related to Liu Yuan's kid? ”

"The eldest brother is really powerful, you can guess it" Cui Jing didn't sell Guan Zi, and said directly: "According to my speculation, Liu Yuan's life should be worry-free, the emperor actually does not reject the recruitment of him as a son-in-law, the benefits are obvious, firstly, Liu Yuan does have that strength, and secondly, after recruiting Liu Yuan, our scholar clan also has one less talent." It is beneficial and harmless to the imperial power, Tuyuhun is just a small country in the land of a projectile, and this kind of small country can still be friendly. Use harmony to appease, and appease a talent who can destroy Tibet, why is it reluctant? In appeasement and kissing, our emperor, that is never stingy with the princess. ”

This was also agreed by Cui Shang, and his intentions can be seen from Li Er's concubine and the concubine he recruited. Cui Shang nodded when he heard this: "But Liu Yuan has been imprisoned in the prison and has not been released, and no one is allowed to visit, what is the explanation?" ”

Cui Jing sneered and said, "This is the purpose of him keeping me just now." On the surface, he cared about Cui's position in the main room, but it was obviously Xiang Zhuang who was dancing with a sword, which was intended to be Pei Gong, and Liu Yuan was reluctant to kill him. However, Liu Yuan ruined the princess's reputation in full view. This matter can't be like this, and besides, the emperor had made a promise to Princess Changle, so his intention is obvious, that is, to plan for Princess Changle to enter Liu's mansion, he suddenly mentioned Cui's main room, which actually means that he is beating us, and Duke Changle will sit in the main room, hey. Where is Mengyao? ”

After decades of officialdom, Cui Jingruo can't see such an obvious gossip. Well, all these years have really lived on dogs.

Cui Shangleng paused for a moment, and quickly said with a wry smile: "If you don't agree, I'm afraid that Liu Yuan won't be able to come out, by the way, third brother, then how did you deal with him?" ”

"How can I reply, I don't dare to refuse, I can only say that I haven't considered it for the time being."

"Hehe, this is not like the character of the third brother."

Cui Jing said with a bitter face: "Alas, Meng Yao has not seen her for two days because of this matter, and the whole person is anxious, what else can you do if you want me to be a father?" ”

Just before Cui Jing went to the banquet in the palace, Cui Mengyao took his grandson Dabao back to Cui's house, and when he saw Cui Jing, he cried profusely, in order to save Liu Yuan, he also knelt down for his father, so that he must save Liu Yuan, otherwise the orphans and widows would live, I don't know if it was taught by his daughter, Dabao also cried straight to tears, big crying, small trouble, Cui Jing's heart cried, and quickly helped the two up, and almost swore that he would do his best to save Liu Yuan, which calmed the two well.

Otherwise, Cui Jing and Li Er would argue with each other in the palace.

Cui Shang glanced at Cui Jing, who had a sad face, and asked curiously, "Third brother, what are you going to do about this matter?" ”

"My Cui Jing's daughter will never be a concubine, if it is a concubine, if the surname Li doesn't kill him, Cui can't let him live in this world." Cui Jing said categorically.

Speaking of background, Liu Yuan is just a white ding, and Cui Mengyao is from the world-famous, the head of the scholar clan of Qinghe Cui, when the two got married, one was the daughter of a high-ranking family, and the other was a cheap Jia who was not to be seen, it was not an exaggeration, it was a serious marriage, after Cui Mengyao married into Liu's house, she not only kept Liu's house in order, but also continued the incense for the Liu family, temper and conduct, couldn't find the slightest fault, and didn't do anything that damaged Liu's family style. Cui Jing couldn't swallow such a breath.

His daughter is more precious than many princesses.

Cui Shang sighed: This matter is really difficult to deal with, his eldest brother and patriarch, he is really embarrassed to be caught in the middle, sighed, and couldn't help complaining about Liu Yuan, and secretly scolded: It's all Liu Yuan, a stinky boy, he is merry and happy, but he left a mess and let others wipe his ass for him, and the Qinghe Cui family has become a long-term worker in his family

"Ahh

At this time, in the prison of Dali Temple, Liu Yuan sneezed for a long time, rubbed his nose, and said to himself: "Really, there is another guy who says bad things about me behind my back." ”

After being locked up here for three days, Liu Yuan was already familiar with the smell, not as bad as when he first came, and Li Er's arrival also improved Liu Yuan's situation, at least, this shows that Li Er still cares about Liu Yuan very much, and when he left, he also said that Liu Yuan's food can be seen by the jailers.

This is good news, at least, the food of the jailers has been qualitatively improved in the past two days, and everyone knows that it is stained with Liu Yuan's light.

With a creak, the thick cell door opened, and two footsteps slowly followed.

Liu Yuan opened his eyes and was secretly surprised, only to see Shaoqing of Dali Temple and his henchman Xiaofang, walking over one after the other, but the faces of the two were a little different, Pei Jin, who was walking in front, had a little dignified face, and Xiaofang, who was walking behind, was smiling.

"Pei Shaoqing, I don't know what wind is blowing you in." Liu Yuan sat up from the Hu bed, arched his hand to Pei Jin, and saluted.

First, he is the boss here. He has been taken care of a lot in the past two days, and secondly, he is still Pei Jingyan's uncle, counting. Or his own elders, besides, this Pei Jin inherited the excellent genes of the Pei family in Hedong, he looks like a jade tree in the wind, has a graceful demeanor, and has a handsome face, and he has a good impression of him at a glance.

"I don't know what kind of wind it is. But congratulations. Pei Jin said with a smile.

Liu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Really? The emperor promised to let Liu out? ”

Okay, this Li Er is really generous this time. Liu Yuan thought that Li Er would not let himself go so soon, but now he was really a little overjoyed.

Pei Jin smiled bitterly and said: "General Liu was happy too early, the emperor didn't say to let you go, but just wanted to change places for you." You're not noisy here. Does it smell bad? The emperor ordered you to change the place, you don't have to live in this stinky ghost place anymore, and you can sleep peacefully at night. ”

"Oh, where?"

"Hehe, you'll know when you go."

Xiao Fang on the side said attentively: "General Liu, the new room has been cleaned for you, and you are satisfied, is there anything that needs to be cleaned up." The villain will clean up for you. ”

"That's not necessary, Liu came in empty-handed. Didn't bring anything. ”

Pei Jin said lightly: "Then let's go, no where, there is nothing missing." ”

Finally able to leave this ghost place, Liu Yuan was very happy, without saying a word, under the envious eyes of a group of prisoners, he followed this young master of Dali Temple and walked out, and when Liu Yuan entered a room burning with sandalwood, he finally understood that what Pei Jin said just now was true.

This is a large room of about 30 square meters, which has all the furniture: Hu bed, desk, futon, screen, wardrobe, etc., in addition, there are snacks, water and wine, books, even pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the room is decorated, the window is bright and clean, where is like a prison cell, it is the most luxurious reverse house in Chang'an, and it is nothing more.

Li Er arranged for himself to live here? Why are you so kind to yourself all of a sudden?

Pei Jin on the side continued: "The subordinates of Dali Temple will come to clean every day, General Liu can move around in this room at will, by the way, the small courtyard outside can also be walked, as long as you don't go out of this courtyard and don't come into contact with people outside, everything is free." ”

"This, so good?"

At this time, two people in uniform came in with two food boxes, after Pei Jin nodded slightly, the two of them put the food out on the table, as soon as the food box was opened, the whole room was immediately filled with an attractive aroma of food, Liu Yuan opened his eyes and was surprised: ginseng stewed chicken soup, muddy sheep shut, bright shrimp burned, sheepskin filigree, Xiaotian crisp (deer and chicken fried with a few dishes that can't be said, it looks delicious.

High standard, ten dishes and one soup.

"Bang la la"

Just when Liu Yuan was surprised, a subordinate took out a pot of wine, and poured the wine into the wine glass very carefully, the wine just came out of the pot, and a rich aroma of wine immediately came to his nose, Liu Yuan inhaled hard with his nose, and said in surprise: "This is Lingnan Lingxi wine?" ”

"Well, your nose is very sensitive" Pei Jin said lightly: "That's right, this is the Lingnan Lingxi wine stored in the palace, it is said to be a tribute, it has been collected in the palace for ten years alone, and it is worthy of the name of the palace aging, not only this wine is a good thing, but these meals are also burned by the palace kitchen, and they are sent directly from the palace, you have to taste it." ”

Liu Yuan took a closer look, and sure enough, the food box that was still carried away was engraved with an eye-catching word "Yu", which was really from the palace.

Smelling that the food was so fragrant, Liu Yuan, who had eaten ordinary meals for a few days, drooled, and said that the people take food as the sky, as soon as they saw so many delicious foods, their index fingers moved for a while, and they didn't wait for Pei Jin to greet him, Liu Yuan sat down by himself, picked up the silver chopsticks, tried each plate, and then said with bright eyes: "Well, delicious, delicious, the craftsmanship of the imperial chef is really good." While speaking, his hands were not idle, and he stuffed two chopsticks into his mouth, looked up at Pei Jin and said:

"Uncle Pei, this tastes good, the wine is mellow and fragrant, you see, there are so many dishes here, the little nephew can't eat it alone, it's better for us to eat together, by the way, I would like to give you a few glasses, these days fortunately Uncle Pei takes care of it, the little nephew has always wanted to treat you to a good meal."

"Hehe, no, I'm afraid that Pei will not be blessed."

Liu Yuan drank a cup beautifully, poured it to himself, and said beautifully: "The emperor is really too generous, the palace cut expenses a few days ago, and the little nephew saw that the emperor was not so extravagant." ”

Speaking of eating, Liu Yuan also accompanied Li Er in the palace to eat a few light meals, it was really a light meal, a few people ate four dishes and one soup, and there were no expensive dishes, and they ate worse than Liu's mansion, Liu Yuan felt a little incredible at that time, this Li Er was really thrifty, I didn't expect that Li Er was so particular this time, and the meal he prepared for himself was ten dishes and one soup, and there were more than ten years of old wine in the palace.

"Not to mention generosity" Pei Jin said lightly: "The emperor is simply generous, the emperor has spoken, what do you want to eat, even if you are told, you will do what you want, and wine, this time it is Lingxi wine in Lingnan, in addition to Xingyang's Tuguo Spring, Fuping's Shijing Spring, Yingzhou Fushui Wine, Wucheng Ruoxia Wine, Yicheng Jiujiu Wine, Chang'an's Grandma Sake, Persia's Sanle Berry Wine, Dashi's Malang Wine, etc. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Fang who was retreating in the corner, lowered his voice and said casually: "If I were you, I guess I wouldn't be able to eat it." ”

Liu Yuan was stunned at first, and then his complexion changed greatly, his face was full of smugness just now, and he suddenly became pale, and the pair of silver chopsticks in his hand fell on the desk without realizing it, and his belly and legs trembled a little.

Dog's day, this won't be Li Er's guillotine bar for himself. (To be continued......)