Li Sha'er chose two maidservants, one thirteen named Xi'er and one fifteen named Xiaoying, both of whom are women from small families, not beautiful, light hands and feet, humble and can work, mainly in line with Li Sha'er's vision.

The facilities in the new house are complete, and there is no need to purchase anything, but to find out the surrounding markets and daily necessities stores, Qu Shu is very thoughtful to take Liu Yu and Li Sha'er around, Qu Shu is very confident in terms of safety, because this is the territory of the Che Ma Gang. Everything was ordered, and even the maidservant's room was prepared, and the sky gradually darkened. Liu Yu didn't eat anything for a day outside, and Li Sha'er personally cooked dinner to entertain Qu Shu.

Before the meal was served, Qu Shu excused himself and said goodbye, as if he deliberately didn't want to disturb Liu Yu and Li Sha'er's two-person world. Liu Yu left a sum of money for Li Sha'er and was about to leave, Li Sha'er personally brought the food and put it down, and asked, "Master, don't you stay?" ”

The first time someone called him "master", Liu Yu was very unaccustomed to hearing it at first, and in his impression, "master" could always be associated with the old man who was pampered and seemed to have nothing to do and only flirted with his servants.

Besides, he is still young, not how "old" he is.

"Sha'er, can you change your name? It's not used to listening. Liu Yu smiled.

Li Sha'er lowered her head in shame and said, "If you don't call the master, what else can you call it?" Sha'er is now your concubine. ”

The ancients said that it was three wives and four concubines, but strictly speaking, it was one wife and multiple concubines, and the status of the main wife was needless to say, and there were also grades in the concubines. Like ordinary big families as concubines, men have no right to buy and sell them or give them away, their status is more similar to "flat wives", just like Li Sha'er, and if the servant girl who sells herself into slavery is favored by the man and promoted to "concubine", her status is still not fundamentally changed. Although they are also wives, they are still like handmaidens.

After all, Li Sha'er had spent most of her girlhood in Zangyunfang, and she was always a little ashamed of herself, and she was even more humble in front of Liu Yu, regarding herself as an ordinary concubine and maidservant. In her heart, as long as she can be by Liu Yu's side, it doesn't matter whether she has a reputation or not.

"In the future, you will still call me Childe." Liu Yu remembered what the Han sisters called him and said, "In the future, you will officially pass the door, and it will not be too late to say a new name." When the matter of the new emperor's selection of concubines is over, I will welcome you into the door as soon as possible. Reunite as a family soon. You rest, I'll go back first. ”

Although Liu Yu did not leave the etiquette of formally marrying her as a real husband and wife, Liu Yu said that the "family" reunion had listed her as his own, which also moved Li Shaer in her frustration. She is also looking forward to the day when she officially enters Liu's house.

Liu Yu still didn't stay after all, and walked out of the door alone. The guards were still waiting at the mouth of the alley. Liu Yu came out. I was very surprised to see a person, Qu Shu, standing in the corner, as if he was waiting for him on purpose, and when he saw Liu Yu, he greeted him with a smile.

"Qu is in charge. Haven't returned yet? Liu Yu asked in surprise.

"I just wanted to stay to confirm my guess, but I didn't expect General Liu to still refuse to stay, and he wanted to go back early to report to his wife, and it seems that it is not unreasonable to be rumored by the outside world."

Qu Shu is a very wise girl. There is a bit of joking in her playful speech, and her jokes are by no means as poisonous as Qu Ning's.

Liu Yu himself knew what kind of "strict wife" he was rumored by the outside world, but he didn't expect Qu Shu to make fun of this incident.

Liu Yu saw that Qu Shu and his entourage were waiting here alone, and knew that she had something to do, so he asked, "What is the matter with Qu Shu's family?" ”

"There is just one thing to tell you below, recently there is a group of people in Chang'an City, whose origin is unknown but very generous, and they have even repeatedly promised to the Che Ma Gang that they will be wooed by generous rewards."

Liu Yu frowned and said, "How did the Qu master deal with it?" ”

Qu Shu smiled and said: "If it is not bad as expected, they should be the group that colluded with Xingqing to be unfavorable to my chariot and horse gang, and now that Xingqing will want to beat my chariot and horse gang again at sunset." General Liu rest assured, whether it is out of personal vendetta or the relationship between you and my brother, there will be no friction with the imperial court in the future. ”

Liu Yu nodded, saying that the slightest friction was not an exaggeration, in fact, these gangsters were originally not tolerated by the imperial court, and friction was inevitable.

"As long as the Che Ma Gang is dedicated to the peace and well-being of Chang'an City, the imperial court will naturally not make things difficult."

This is a gentleman's appointment, and now the defense of the entire Chang'an City is under the control of Liu Yu alone, as long as Liu Yu speaks, the people below will naturally not target the Che Ma Gang. In this way, the official and black faces of Chang'an City can be controlled by the imperial court, a win-win situation.

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The eighth day of August. On the third day of the new emperor's succession, it was also the first noon court meeting since the new emperor became the new emperor.

Because Chang'an City is still in the midst of the state funeral, everything in the palace is based on the funeral of the former emperor, and the court meeting that was originally held in the Fengcui Palace or the side hall was changed to be held in the temporary office of the Liutai Yamen in the palace, and more than 30 ministers were crowded in the small room, and even the air seemed to be a little muddy.

On this day, it rained lightly, and the filial piety clothes worn by each courtier when they came were more or less wet, and they were chatting casually while walking among their colleagues, and when they entered the Liutai Yamen, they saw the new emperor sitting upright in the position of the head, and no one spoke out again.

Yuan Bolang, the right minister, Liu Yu, the president of the Imperial Forest Army, and Su Bi, the king of Xinzhujun, are the three most powerful auxiliary ministers around the new emperor today, and they are also on the list at this time, and the senior officials of the three divisions and six departments, except for those who have special errands, are also in the list of people in today's court.

The court meeting is supposed to be presided over by the right minister Yuan Bolang, and the new emperor is only as an observer, the content of today's discussion, according to the rules of the emperor has the right to interrogate at any time, of course, the emperor can also not speak from beginning to end, the fundamental of the court discussion is to solve the problem, the problem is solved, whether the emperor expresses his opinion or not does not matter. After the court discussion is at its worst, it is the time for the courtiers to play the book alone.

The content of the court discussion is not too much, the first is the security of Chang'an City, the two young Yin Sui Yi and Chai Jin of the Beijing Mansion want to make it clear to the emperor and courtiers, Chai Jin is stupid, this kind of thing is still said by Sui Yi, roughly summed up as "Chang'an has nothing to do", and the daily life of the people has not had much impact due to the national mourning. Chang'an has nothing to do, the two young Yin of the Beijing Mansion have made great contributions, and Su Yan also praised a few words politely, but at this time, Su Bi proposed to promote Sui Yi to the Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion.

Su Bi specially glanced at Liu Yu when he proposed, which meant "mutual benefit and reciprocity", Sui Yi was Liu Yu's person, and promoting the subordinates of his allies was equivalent to adding a bargaining chip for himself. This proposal itself is also reasonable, Chang'an City's Jingzhao Mansion Yin has indeed been vacant for a long time after the robbery case, and it is time to correct one of the two Jingfu Shaoyin. Sui Yi and Chai Jin, a discerning person can distinguish between good and bad at a glance, and Chai Jin is at most a mixed and experienced colt in office.

The starting point of this proposal is good, but Yuan Bolang has objections, he believes that since Sui Yi is the deputy capital of the Imperial Court and the young Yin of the Beijing Mansion, if he wants to be promoted, he should be promoted again in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, rather than from the "central government" to the "locality", which is equivalent to demotion. And Yuan Bolang proposed that the local Taishou, who had performed well in the relief of Guanzhong this time, be promoted to the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, which could be regarded as a level-level recruitment.

Now the security of Chang'an City is of paramount importance, Liu Yue does not want to leave the vacancy of Jingzhao Mansion Yin to others, in this position, he has the same mind as Su Bi, that is, he must stay in the hands of his own people, so as to facilitate his control of the situation inside and outside Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, the safety of Gyeonggi involves the safety of the royal family, and the minister thinks that he should find someone who is familiar with Chang'an City to take the position of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, and in this regard, Sui Shaoyin is more suitable." Liu Yu proposed in public.

Originally, the relationship between Sui Yi and Liu Yu was not ordinary, and Liu Yu was not suitable to express his opinion, but no one would feel anything about it at this time, after all, Liu Yu was actually politely declining Yuan Bolang's "kindness" to Sui Yi's promotion.

If there is something undecided, the matter will be handed over to the emperor to adjudicate, and it is precisely the vacancy of Jingzhao Mansion Yin that involves the appointment and dismissal of local officials, which is an errand of the Ministry of Officials. Ruan Wanqi is the kind of person who knows the wind and rudder very much, and at this time he humbly asked the emperor to "make a holy judgment".

"I think Commander Liu's opinion is more pertinent." Su Yan said, "Jingzhao Mansion Yin is related to the safety of Chang'an City, and after I become a new country, I should find someone who is familiar with Chang'an City to take on this responsibility." ”

The words were all taught by Liu Yu to Su Yan in advance, although Su Yan was still a little unconfident when he said it, but fortunately, he was a little bit prestigious, which was convincing.

The vacancy of Jingzhao Mansion Yin has been settled, and the first court meeting is over. After that, the people from the household department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate respectively reported on the drought and disaster relief in Guanzhong, as well as the appointment and dismissal of local officials who were unfavorable in this disaster relief.

There is basically nothing to discuss about these, and we must go all out to save the disaster, and those who are not effective in disaster relief should be exempted from punishment and punished, and I am afraid that some officials will take advantage of the disaster to enrich their own pockets, but there is no mention of those who have filled their own pockets in this report, and it is really hard to say whether there is one or not.

The court discussion was carried out in a slightly sad atmosphere, after all, it was a state funeral, and some things could be avoided or avoided, but everything related to the will of the emperor had to be jumped away or even written down to play it alone. Until after noon, there was still no sign of lunch in the office of the Liutai Yamen.

The last issue, and one of the most important of today's issues, is the sale of officials and the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Trade.

It was already a foregone conclusion, and the emperor only needed to announce it in public. But perhaps Yuan Bolang was not convinced that day, or this matter was too hurtful to the country, and today in the court meeting, there are many ministers who have raised objections, and almost everyone is against the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Trade, and even the proposal to sell some idle officials cannot be passed for the time being.

There was no result in court discussions, and if the new emperor made a decision without authorization, it would be considered arbitrary and disrespectful to the opinions of the courtiers. I was going to go home for dinner after the meeting, but now I can only have lunch for the time being, which can be regarded as an intermission. (To be continued......)