Chapter 17 The family has flourishing branches to enjoy the coolness
Everyone has his own ambition, and everyone has his own destiny.
Some people who seem to outsiders to live not well are actually far more comfortable than outsiders think.
Just like Li Yuanru.
He once thought that the seventh young master of the Chengguo Mansion, Zhu Shize, didn't like her, and even regarded her as a burden.
But as far as he had seen the other day, it was clear that this was not the case.
Not to mention, does Ling Jun value Zhu Shize, or will he let the princess who has not passed through the door brave the heavy snow for Zhu Shize's sake to renew the life of a person who has been dead for several days.
The third princess is not an ordinary person.
In particular, after she rescued Li Yuanru, the conditions she proposed to Zhu Shize were "subtle" that made her jaw-dropping.
He boasted that he had a close relationship with his wife.
I always feel that I have never treated her badly.
can ask himself, can he be like Zhu Shize, for the sake of his wife, without hesitation, to agree to the request of the prospective princess, but he feels that he is ...... There is no way to compare with it!
But some things can be said, and some things cannot.
As for Zhu Shize's true attitude towards Li Yuanru, Li Lanqi planned to hide it from Depingbo and Li Ming to the end.
He always has to keep some hole cards in his hand, whether it is for his life or for the future, when the luck is bad, he will make a comeback.
"The father's lesson, the son remembered."
"When I return to Yanjing, I will start working on it as soon as possible."
Li Lanqi also planned to move around with Li Yuanru more.
At this time, with the "suggestion" of Depingbo Li Ming, everything he did "in the future" became "famous".
The people of Depingbo Mansion have always been difficult to provoke, and this matter is well known to everyone in the entire Yanjing.
Of course, he is a smart man who does not do too much, never do, and has done it.
Hitting people doesn't slap them in the face.
Everyone is from Wuxun, at least for face, he will still leave some for the Chengguo Mansion.
As for the ninth young master of the Chengguo Mansion, Zhu Shitong, is a disgusting gentleman, and is often jokingly called the existence of the first of the "four evils" in Yanjing.
Thinking about it, with the good face of Zhu Xizhong, the prince of Chengguo, he shouldn't mind, and he made people beat him up to vent his anger.
His wife made it happen.
As a husband and wife, he did not set an example, and of course he could not escape the responsibility.
Even if Zhu Shitong was clever and had abandoned his wife, he brought someone with him, made the sack put the goods on his head, and beat him hard, no one dared to do anything to him.
But afterwards, people from the Chengguo Mansion came to the door, and he used "not knowing" as an excuse to pay them a few dollars of silver, and that's it.
In this world, anything that can be solved with silver is not a big deal.
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After tossing and turning for most of the night, when the day was about to dawn, Li Lanqi was sleepy.
But not long after he slept for a while, Deping Bo Li Ming asked someone to replace him and get up.
The snow stopped, and they had to go back to Yanjing City as soon as possible before the snow began to fall again.
Although it is said that during the New Year's Festival, Depingbo Li Ming does not need to go to the court, and Li Lanqi does not need to be on duty, but he is outside the city, and it is always unsafe for a long time, whether it is his life or his whereabouts.
The day before, it was called a carriage to Deshui Xuan, in order to cover up his identity, and it was not necessary to return today.
Depingbo Li Ming is a martial artist who has been in the army, and he prefers to ride a horse than a carriage.
Therefore, when the two left Zhuangzi, they made Zhuangzi's housekeeper Li Ping unload the carriage, and each of them rode a horse, which was originally used to pull the carriage, and looked straight in the direction of Yanjing City.
Nothing to say halfway.
Li Lanqi carefully controlled his own mount, so that it always maintained, and the horse ridden by Li Ming was half a horse slower.
Because the snow is quite thick, such precise control seems to be a bit of a test of school horse skills.
De Pingbo Li Ming doesn't like others standing behind him.
It made him feel insecure.
Therefore, even his personal attendants, when following him, had to be only half of his body backwards, exposing the hilt of his sword at his waist in a position where he could see it in the eye of his eyes.
This matter is not a secret in the Depingbo Mansion.
Most of the "knowledgeable and sensible" sons-in-law will pay special attention to not making this childish mistake and displeasing them when they are walking with Deping Bo Li Ming.
"Lan Qi my son."
"You are also counted in the officialdom of Beijing, and you have been working for a few years."
"Today, there is no one else, you can tell your father what you think about the forces in the DPRK and China."
When traveling in snow, people get tired very easily.
The three of them rode for a while, and then unconsciously slowed down.
Depingbo Li Ming didn't wash the food in the Zhuangzi, because he thought it was rough, so he didn't use breakfast.
At this moment, I felt hungry and embarrassed, so Li Lanqi, who was following the line, told me that he only casually brought out a topic, trying to divert his attention from hunger.
"In my son's humble opinion, over the years, with the frequent marriages of various families, the contradictions between Wenchen and Wuxun are no more intense than before."
"Some civil servants even hope that their sons-in-law can enter the military camp for training."
"Although the Chengguo Mansion has the blue eyes of the first emperor and His Majesty today, it is the appearance of prosperity and decline, and the current Chengguo Duke Zhu Xizhong is even more because he has occupied the position of Jinyi Wei for too long, delaying the promotion of others, and laying the root cause for himself and his family."
"And in his family, there are no children and grandchildren, except for Zhu Shize, no one is qualified to take the post of commander in the army, and Zhu Shize, because of the flat wife Li who was assassinated and killed many years ago, is depressed and has no intention of commanding the army."
Speaking of this, Li Lanqi paused slightly, raised his head, and looked at his father.
Seeing that he did not look back, and that he had no intention of stopping himself from continuing, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to analyze the situation between the DPRK and China that he understood.
The infighting in the Dingguo Mansion is fierce.
The Qianguo Mansion favored the concubine and killed his wife.
The British Commonwealth is not to be seen by His Majesty.
And the Wei Mansion was already in decline, and now, because of the "stubbornness" of the Duke of Wei in the past, all hopes have been ruined, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Li Lanqi said as he carefully observed the expression of this De Pingbo Li Ming.
Seeing that the corners of his lips were slightly raised, with his analysis, he nodded in agreement, and in his heart, he had a little more confidence.
The five major dukes have accumulated grievances for several generations, and now, although they maintain harmony on the surface, and there is no lack of marriage between them, but in private, there are five public mansions and nine circles, all of which harbor evil intentions.
And it is not uncommon for the "black hand" to push allies or enemies to a dead end.
Many years ago, the trick played by the Chengguo Mansion is the best example.
Because of this, the Duke of Wei destroyed the most promising concubine, lost the possibility of revival, and completely degenerated into the last of the five major dukes.
"As far as I saw the day before yesterday, the confidence of this prospective princess is probably not just a certain family, but the one on Jin Yi."
"If this quasi-princess is really the 'destined person' who has been prepared for the third prince Zhu Lingjun a long time ago, then over the years, I am afraid that many families have been deceived and stood on the wrong side."
Li Lanqi did not say bluntly that the Depingbo Mansion was also one of the many families who stood on the wrong side.
Or, even if he knew, he didn't dare to say it openly.
After all, the previous decision was made by his father, Deping Bo Li Ming, and if he questioned it, it would be tantamount to a slap in the face of his father, which was extremely loud.
"That one, who can stand out from the open guns and hidden arrows without relying on the power of the mother's family, of course will not be the one who can make people see the details and plans at a glance."
"Before, it was my father who underestimated his reason and overestimated the value of your sister to him."
"However, it's still too late to change it now."
"Moreover, the previous underestimation not only did not cause losses to the Depingbo Mansion, but benefited it a lot."
"It can be seen that there is no emperor in the world who really hopes that his courtiers can be smarter than himself."
De Pingbo and Li Ming rarely admit their mistakes.
Even if he is really wrong, most of them will find reasons or excuses to prevaricate him.
But this time, in front of Li Lanqi, he openly and honestly admitted his mistakes, and took the opportunity to admonish him.
This made Li Lanqi slightly stunned.
Then, he hurriedly lowered his head and tightened the reins in his hand.
He didn't think that Depingbo Li Ming valued him so much.
If there were, he wouldn't have hesitated at all before, giving up his life, just to change Lingjun's joy.
But when you are born in the world and do things, there will always be a reason to do it.
Even if you are a madman, you will never do things without any basis, but ordinary people can't understand what crazy people think!
And Depingbo Li Ming is not a madman.
Therefore, his thoughts must be speculated on.
Even if he is cunning, at most, he needs to spend more brains.
Li Lanqi's thoughts were racing, for fear that because he missed some important words, he would accidentally stumble and fall into the pit of Depingbo Li Ming, but he didn't know it.
What is the difference between his value before and now?
Is it because he has a relationship and intersection with Ling Jun, or is it because of his mother's sister, Li Yuanru, who came back to life?
After careful consideration, Li Lanqi believed that it should be the latter.
After all, he is not the only one in Depingbo's Mansion who maintains a good relationship with Ling Jun.
Li Su, who has been promoted by the princess and will take off his status as a concubine in the near future and become the concubine of Depingbo's mansion, is an obvious person, in this regard, a more valuable person than him, isn't it?
It seems that the value of his sister is much greater than what he had speculated before!
Li Lanqi thought like this, and in his heart, he had already made up his mind, and when he returned to Yanjing, he would start preparations as soon as possible, go to the Chengguo Mansion to "pick quarrels and provoke trouble" and give the two little nephews who he had only met three or five times, and prepare to meet them.
As the saying goes, it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.
In his "family", there is obviously such a good tree as Li Yuanru, why is he not good at using it?