Princess Yuzhen: "......"

It's good that you brothers are happy.

Princess Yuzhen felt that if she stayed any longer, she was afraid that she would be angry to death, so she got up and said goodbye.

"Sister, where are you going?" Li Ye got up and went to send it.

"Returning to Qujiangchi to clean up the mess ......"

Only then did Li Ye remember: "Today is the Qujiang Banquet!" Is the king there? ”

"I'm not here, Maha will definitely stay to preside over the overall situation, what's the matter, you want to go with me, don't wait for General Xiao?"

Li Ye glanced back at Li Longji and knew that he didn't seem to care, but in fact he was looking forward to leaving with Princess Yuzhen as soon as possible. Instead of being dissatisfied or angry, he smiled and said, "Let's go." ”

I'd better leave this to the two of them.

Before Xiao Jiangyuan "woke up", Li Longji first had a high fever, drank Han Si's medicine, and simply slept in the guest room of Xiao Mansion. In a daze, he always felt that someone was sitting on his side for a while, smoothing his habitually frowning eyebrows. He tried to reach out and take the man's hand, but he didn't have the slightest strength.

When I woke up the next day, it was like it had never happened.

Although Li Longji is in his forties, he hunts every year, plays polo every month, and his body has always been tough. However, Xiao Jiangyuan was about ten years younger than him, and although he also took a hot bath, he still had a high fever, which also caused a cough and a faint pain in his knees.

Li Longji had no choice but to leave her at home and go back to Xingqing Palace alone. As soon as he sat down in the diligent government affairs building, he sent a batch of good medicinal materials to Xiao's house.

As soon as the little eunuch in charge of delivering medicinal materials left, Concubine Wu Hui arrived: "Didn't San Lang go to Qujiang yesterday, and he didn't return at night, which made Yueniang so worried." ”

Facing Concubine Wu Hui, who has been married for many years, the words "no return at night" made Li Longji feel a little embarrassed and weak-hearted, so he laughed dryly: "It's okay, rise up temporarily, go to the general's for one night." ”

The "general" in Li Longji's mouth is undoubtedly Xiao Jiangyuan.

Concubine Wu Hui looked around when she heard this: "Why didn't General Xiao come back with San Lang?" ”

"She's sick." Li Longji held his cheek with one hand, and became worried as he spoke, "I don't know if the batch of medicinal materials just now is enough......

“…… San Lang and General Xiao really have a deep relationship between the monarch and the minister, and in the past, my aunt and grandmother treated General Xiao like this. ”

Li Longji immediately disagreed: "I treat her much better than my grandmother treats her, but she is a ...... without conscience" Saying that, he realized that Concubine Wu Hui's tone was not quite right, and met Concubine Wu Hui's smile and gaze, "Yueniang...... Aren't you jealous? ”

Concubine Wu Hui admitted frankly: "Yes, so Yueniang came to ask San Lang for a favor, if this grace San Lang is given, Yueniang will not be jealous." ”

Li Longji couldn't help but smile: "You can tell me about it, as long as you don't mean to embarrass me, I can promise you." ”

"Yueniang wants to personally choose a son-in-law for Xianyi and a concubine for King Shou."

"If I hadn't chosen a concubine for the crown prince, you wouldn't have come to me to mention this matter - how old are Xianyi and Eighteen Lang?"

Not long ago, Li Longji had just ordered to choose the crown princess for the crown prince Li Hong. In fact, since the year he became the crown prince, Li Longji has been looking for the crown princess, but there has never been a very suitable candidate. The prince's identity is sensitive, and he is a monarch who is too controlling, and he really doesn't want to match his son with a wife who is too powerful, resulting in the prince Li Hong having several concubines and children, and he is also in his thirties, and he is still a single gentleman.

Recently, Li Longji had a candidate for the photo, so he officially gave the order.

The little lady in his photo was born in the Xue family. Xue Shao, the first husband of Princess Taiping in the past, was also the son of the Xue family, and was later killed by his younger brother's rebellion, and the Xue family has been farther away from the court since then - this is the reason why Li Longji chose the Xue family.

Concubine Wu Hui knew this, and it was because of this that she dared to come. She has expectations for her children, but she doesn't want her daughter to marry ordinary, and her son's princess is even more ordinary. She rarely asked Li Longji, the last time she recommended herself as the queen, it was Li Longji who agreed first, but she failed to do so because of the opposition of the courtiers, this time things are much simpler, and Li Longji will not refuse.

She persuaded: "It's a teenager, and it's not too young. What's more, a princess, a prince, there may be omissions in the preparation of the marriage a year in advance, it is better to be earlier, it takes time to find a candidate, so it will take at least three or four years, and it is too late for Yueniang to ask now. ”

Li Longji also thinks it is reasonable, isn't it the same for the prince to choose a concubine? If it weren't for the fact that he had already decided on a candidate in his heart, plus the three books and six ceremonies, it would take at least three or four years, the prince was too old anyway, and it would be nothing if he had to waste another year or two, Xianyi and King Shou were his children who had been suffering from urine since childhood, so it was better to prepare early.

The matter was thus settled.

In addition to Xiu Mu, the permanent staff officers had to come to the diligent government affairs headquarters almost every day to discuss state affairs with Li Longji. Because Concubine Wu Hui was inside, they had been waiting outside the hall for a while. Concubine Wu Hui got what she wanted, retired the money, and personally welcomed the permanent staff in.

The officials couldn't help but be a little flattered, but Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu, who were standing in one place, did not change their faces and saluted respectfully.

Concubine Wu Hui glanced at Li Linfu fixedly before turning around and leaving.

This scene fell in the eyes of others, and even the master of the harem was overwhelmed by Zhang Jiuling's demeanor.

Since Zhang Shuo's death at the end of last year, Li Longji promoted Zhang Jiuling to the rank of Zhongshu Shilang, and concurrently served as a bachelor of Jixian Palace, even though he resigned several times on the grounds that he had an old mother at home, he still stubbornly kept him by his side, and even in order to appease Zhang Jiuling's heart, he simply sent Zhang Jiuling's two younger brothers, Zhang Jiugao and Zhang Jiuzhang, to serve near Lingnan, so as to take care of his mother nearby.

Zhang Jiuling was not dragged down by Zhang Shuo after all, but his career was thriving, and the courtiers couldn't help but be a little envious and jealous in their eyes.

In contrast, Li Linfu, who was promoted to the rank of servant of the Ministry because of Concubine Wu Hui, was not so conspicuous.

What they have to discuss today is the list of elected officials. Li Long basically avoided it, and he was worried about Xiao Jiangyuan's situation, so he was a little absent-minded. Or Li Linfu was the first to see the clue: "The saint is unwell?" ”

Li Longji immediately followed: "Exactly." I went to Qujiang yesterday, and I suffered from some wind and cold, and I had a headache at the moment, and Zhong Aiqing's words were reasonable, but I couldn't hear them clearly. It is better to select those who have both talent and qualifications, determine the list, and entrust them to reuse, and then see which official positions are still vacant, and whether their official positions focus on talent or experience. I will not interfere in the election of officials this time, and I will entrust it to the two ministers. ”

After speaking, Li Longji got up and left the diligent government affairs building, not giving the officials any chance to refuse.

This...... What's going on? The contradiction between the two ministers has never been resolved, and it is still deadlocked here.

In fact, Li Longji has already given a solution. In addition to the previous election of the ten envoys, the election of officials has always been done by the prime minister and the ministry together, if there is a contradiction between the prime minister, it does not matter, and the meaning of the ministry can be used as a reference. Only when the officials are obedient, the prime minister will be the master of the election of officials, so which prime minister can win in this election of officials is actually a matter of who the officials support more.

If Li Longji still intervenes, Xiao Song will still have a backer, and since Li Longji has withdrawn, Xiao Song has no hope of winning - Pei Guangting is the secretary of the ministry.

The matter of electing officials is very important, and naturally it cannot be based on the words of Pei Guangting's family alone, Pei Guangting himself also asked Li Linfu, who is the servant of the Ministry of Officials, to participate in the election of officials on behalf of the Ministry of Officials for the sake of fairness. He hoped that Li Linfu would follow and support him because he agreed with his political views, but unfortunately, Li Linfu was not like this.

Because Li Linfu at this time did not agree with Pei Guangting's "seniority" election method at all. He thinks that he is outstanding, not inferior to others, and it is too late to soar to the sky with this point, how can he be willing to rank seniority? As for those mediocre people who have a lot of seniority but have not been promoted for a long time, what does that have to do with him? Instead of pitying them, it is better to pity yourself.

But he didn't show it, but unconditionally and bottomlessly supported all of Pei Guangting's claims, who made Pei Guangting his top boss?

What's more, there is another lingering and sympathetic relationship between him and Pei Guangting - Li Linfu is the lover of Pei Guangting's wife Pei Niangzi.

Pei Niangzi's maiden name is Wu, and she is the daughter of Wu Sansi. In the past, when Wu Sansi was killed by Li Chongjun, the prince of Jieshu, she was saved from a catastrophe because she was married. Since Concubine Wu Hui favored the harem, she has frequently been in and out of the harem and has become Concubine Wu Hui's confidant. After Concubine Wu Hui learned that Li Linfu was willing to help King Shou, she couldn't meet Li Linfu because of her identity, so she contacted Li Linfu through Pei Niangzi.

Li Linfu has a good way of dealing with women, and after coming and going, Pei Niangzi and Li Linfu got married.

Whether Pei Guangting knew about this matter or not, no one knew, but Xiao Jiangyuan had seen some clues.

Blood is really a wonderful thing, Concubine Wu Hui is like the queen of heaven, but this Pei Niangzi is very similar. Xiao Jiangyuan had never seen Empress Zetian when she was young, but she thought that she was just a little more charming and gorgeous.

Although Pei Niangzi and Empress Zetian are only similar, and Xiao Jiangyuan is also very sober, she always involuntarily releases a little care and love for Pei Niangzi, and even dotes. In addition, the noblewomen of Chang'an, there are only a few who don't have lovers, even if Xiao Jiangyuan sees something, he doesn't know and goes with her.

Li Longji doesn't like this Pei Niangzi very much, because she doesn't look like a grandmother, just because Xiao Jiangyuan is so different from her, he always wants to kick her out of the palace. He even asked Pei Guangting in private if he wanted him to come forward to help him change his wife, but Pei Guangting sternly refused.

What else could he do, did he have to deal with the wife of a courtier, a weak woman?

He wouldn't say that he stopped because he was afraid that Xiao Jiangyuan would be angry.

By the time Xiao Jiangyuan returned to Xingqing Palace, the results of the election had already come out.

As soon as Li Longji was refreshed, he saw Xiao Jiangyuan saluting him with a pale face, and immediately lowered his face: "The illness is not yet cured, so you lie at home and rest honestly, you are in such a hurry to come back, are you afraid that I will take the opportunity to find someone else to take your place?" ”