[Chapter 8: What is the value of Xiao Lang] (1)
Xiao Jiangyuan didn't even look at it now.
Lu Yunniang said again: "You have been a man for 30 years, how can you become a woman because of a few small clothes?" ”
Xiao Jiangyuan finally sighed: "I'm just worried that once I have a beginning, I won't be able to go back." ”
"But one thing you have to understand, although the corset is only worn by women, there are many colors of clothing in this world, but both men and women can use it." Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan seemed to wake up from a dream, Lu Yunniang laughed, "I sewed this stitch by hand, you really don't like any of it?" ”
Xiao Jiangyuan took the burden into his arms at this time: "I like them all." ”
"Try it if you like." After Lu Yunniang finished speaking, she reached out to pick up Xiao Jiangyuan's shirt.
“……?!”
Early the next morning, Xiao Jiangyuan took Lu Yunniang into the palace, but it was not until after lunch that Li Longji "made time" and met Lu Yunniang in the side hall of the diligent government affairs building.
Li Longji first retreated left and right, and even Xiao Jiangyuan was not allowed to stay in the palace. After everyone retreated outside the hall, he got up and slowly walked towards Lu Yunniang.
At this time, the woman who bowed and bowed in the hall obediently appeared, although her appearance was delicate, but she was also slightly ordinary. He walked around Lu Yunniang, looked carefully as he walked, and said silently for a long time: "...... That's it. ”
saw Lu Yunniang's body stiffen, then slowly straightened up, lowered his head and said, "...... The concubine disappointed the saint and asked the saint to forgive her sins. ”
Li Longji's footsteps stopped, and the tail of his eyebrows was raised-should he say that she was too cautious and cautious, and she didn't dare to have the slightest mistake, or should he say that she was too bold and didn't let go of any dissatisfaction?
He casually sat down on the nearest seat, leaned lazily against the railing beside him, and began to interrogate everything he wanted to know: "Where are you from?" ”
"Hui saint, concubine is from Wannian County, Chang'an."
"Who else is in the family?"
"There are still four people in the family, my mother and eldest brother, a sister-in-law who married last year, and a little nephew who was born this year."
"How did you meet General Xiao? Thinking of you, a little lady in the mood for love, how could you be so incomprehensible and entrust your life to a eunuch? ”
Lu Yunniang originally planned to tell her testimony no matter what, to help Xiao Jiangyuan, but she was struggling to find an opportunity, and even considered creating an opportunity herself, but she didn't expect that it would take no effort to get it. His Majesty the Emperor, who is even more handsome than she thought, really cares about Xiao Jiangyuan, and there is no difficulty at all, she just needs to tell the truth.
She told Li Longji in detail what happened that day.
In the past two years, every time Xiao Jiangyuan came home, he was either asleep or awake in a daze. When she is awake, she often asks Lu Yunniang some interesting things about Chang'an folk. Lu Yunniang already had some ink in her stomach, and she practiced a pair of colorful tongues after coming and going, which just came in handy this time.
Li Longji can tell which sentence is true and which is false, knows which is real, and which is the Spring and Autumn penmanship, but he is still attracted by Lu Yunniang's storytelling ability. Especially when he heard that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Lang Lang Qiankun, someone dared to rob the people's daughter, he was even a little indignant: "It's really a gang of thieves who don't know the height of the sky!" However, King Xue and General Xiao were both there at the time, so they should have been in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion Yin at this time, right? General Xiao heroically saved the United States, and handled the funeral for your father, you are grateful to Dade, so you promise to each other? ”
Lu Yunniang shook her head: "That gang of thieves is still at large." ”
"Oh?" Li Longji was a little more serious, "Do you know who they are?" ”
"Do the saints really want to know?"
Li Longji was very sensitive to something, and sat up slightly straight: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”
"At that time, King Xue recognized them, and they were soldiers of ten thousand horsemen."
"Impossible!" Li Longji immediately said, "They dare? ”
"The concubine doesn't dare to deceive the king, if the saint doesn't believe it, you can ask King Xue."
"That being the case, why didn't King Xue tell me at that time, and General Xiao never mentioned this matter to me?"
"That's because...... The concubine didn't dare to speak. ”
"You are not guilty."
"Because Wanqi has something to rely on, and that support is something that King Xue is dissatisfied with but does not dare to provoke, as for General Xiao's ......"
"How is General Xiao?"
"She doesn't want the saint to be disappointed and sad when she finds out."
Li Longji was angry at first, when did Mao Zhong, the king of the Heart Dao, start to have such a special status, that even his own brothers stayed away and didn't dare to provoke him? After hearing Lu Yunniang's words, he was stunned again, and his heart was full of tenderness for a while: "...... Is this what she said to you? ”
Lu Yunniang paused for a moment and said, "This is what General Xiao said to King Xue that day, and the concubine was overheard." ”
"You are not afraid to eavesdrop on the conversation between the prince and the general." Although Li Longji said this, he was not angry, "Then why are you telling me about this today, shouldn't you husband and wife be one and the same?" She doesn't want me to be disappointed and sad, but you go against her will, what's the reason? ”
“…… Since the saint asked, how dare the concubine not say it? ”
Li Longji thought that Lu Yunniang's words were arranged by Xiao Jiangyuan, but even so, the matter itself was not fake, not to mention that Lu Yunniang was what he wanted to see, and those contents were just as Lu Yunniang said, he took the initiative to ask before he learned about it, everything was very accidental, and King Xue was still one of the witnesses.
And at this time, his mind has been swayed by Xiao Jiangyuan. He thought more that the reason why Lu Yunniang went against Xiao Jiangyuan's wishes was because of the revenge of killing her father, and she, as Xiao Jiangyuan's "wife", knew and was jealous of Xiao Jiangyuan's intentions towards him.
Before Lu Yunniang answered, he was even a little proud, so when Lu Yunniang pushed the responsibility to him, not only was he not angry, but he also felt that she was duplicitous and wanted to cover up, so he was more happy.
But after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked again: "General Xiao is my minister of the humerus, she treats me so attentively, and I treat her like this-I heard that General Xiao and you have recently started to live in the same room, I don't know if the relationship will be harmonious, you ...... Did you find anything wrong? ”
Li Longji almost didn't ask her directly, what did he want after knowing that Xiao Jiangyuan was a woman.
Lu Yunniang naturally understood this, so she said: "The minister knows that General Xiao is really a daughter, and the minister admires her, and also admires the saint who can accommodate her as an official in the court." ”
Li Longji chuckled lightly and said, "If I don't ask about the matter of ten thousand horses today, you really won't say it?" ”
Without waiting for Lu Yunniang to speak, Li Longji added: "To be honest." ”
Lu Yunniang bowed and said: "Even if the saint doesn't ask, the concubine will find an opportunity to say it." The concubine had already given up revenge, and everyone was dead, so what was the use? The concubine is just a people's wife, how dare she sue the official with the people, and there are still old mothers, brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews in the family, and life always has to go on. But today, the concubine is the king, this may be the only chance in the concubine's life, she can send the evil things of Wanqi to the heavens, the concubine is a layman, and she can't watch the opportunity slip away. ”
"In other words, if you don't see me, you won't pursue this matter anymore?"
“…… The concubine can't afford to be held accountable. ”
is only five words, but it expresses a certain helplessness and despair.
The hall was extremely quiet for a while, and Li Longji thought for a long time before he spoke: "You have been among the people, if you know about the things or rumors about Wanqi, tell me about them." ”
If Wanqi was really so arrogant, there would not be only one such thing, what Li Longji wanted to know most was whether those who were persecuted by him were as desperate as Lu Yunniang's family before seeing him - their despair was not for themselves, but for him, the Son of Heaven and even the entire court.
Seeing that Li Longji became serious and cautious, and actually had a little intention of investigating this matter strictly, Lu Yunniang was surprised, but also a little shocked and grateful. This emperor ...... It is indeed a bit charming, and she suddenly understood Xiao Jiangyuan's feelings.
It turned out that the emperor still cared about the people, and Lu Yunniang's impression of Li Longji was immediately much better.
She was very obedient and told Li Longji everything she knew. Seeing that Li Longji's expression was getting deeper and heavier, she couldn't help but think of the millions of corpses in the wake of the Son of Heaven, and finally began to have a little fear of accompanying the king like a tiger.
"None?" Li Longji's voice revealed a bit of depression.
"That's all the concubine knows."
Li Longji nodded, suddenly smiled, and said, "I came to you today, in fact, for another matter. ”
Li Longji's mood changed so quickly that Lu Yunniang felt more and more that the emperor's mind was unfathomable, so she became more cautious: "I don't know what else the concubine can serve the saint?" ”
"She's at home...... Did you mention me? ”
This question was completely unexpected by Lu Yunniang, but she felt that it was reasonable.
Seeing that Li Longji asked more carefully than her, Lu Yunniang thought that Xiao Jiangyuan didn't say this, so she said it bit by bit.
She ...... Do you really think of me like this? Li Longji covered his lips with the back of his hand, the tip of his nose touched his finger bones lightly, and a light cough overflowed his throat.
"Actually, the saint should know this better than the concubine."
Li Longji was very useful for this answer. He thought about it for a moment and said, "I can reward you with fifty horses of Shu brocade, and from now on, you have to take care of her." She's been getting a daughter lately, which is good, presumably influenced by you, and I hope she can get better and better. If you have the opportunity to enter the palace again in the future, I hope you can tell the truth about everything she has done at home. ”
Lu Yunniang hesitated silently for a long time before saying, "General Xiao...... It's worth fifty horses of Shu brocade? ”