Updated: 2012-08-01

"Just pick a clean one." Li Xiaoqi ordered absentmindedly, Luo Yan looked forward at Li Xiaoyi, thought about it, didn't ask any more, his subordinates quickened the curling of their hair, tied up a decent bun, looked at it in the makeup box, and said with a smile: "Pick out the clothes and match the hairpin, right?" ”

"No, that green hosta will do." Li Xiaoqi yawned and said, Luo Yan didn't say much, took the green hosta and put it on for Li Xiaoyi, walked out of the house with light steps, and together with the begonias that had just bathed, he picked out the clothes box containing Li Xiaoyi's daily clothes from a dozen large boxes with lanterns, and ordered the mother-in-law to carry it into the house and open it. The prince ordered someone to come and invite the girl. Li Xiaoqi stood in the room and thought about it, looked at Luo Yan and ordered: "You come with me, your business, it is too solemn to tell the prince that it is too solemn, it is best to show up like this, and it is convenient to return to Kaiping Mansion in the future." Luo Yan pulled the placket with a nervous face, blinked his eyes a few times, turned his head to look at Haitang and asked: "Fifth master, let Haitang follow me over, I don't understand the rules, in case I make a mistake?????? I'm afraid of embarrassing the fifth master. ”

"Well," Li Xiaoqi agreed casually, turned around and confessed to the light moon, Begonia hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out to ask for a small lantern in her hand, and Luo Yan carried it one by one, went out of the yard, followed the two mothers-in-law who came to pick up at the door, and walked forward in a bent way.

After walking for a while, he connected more than ten or twenty steps, turned a corner, a warm pavilion in front was brightly lit, at the door of the warm pavilion, Su Zicheng was wearing a blue gray gown, without a belt, he was standing at the door of the warm pavilion, shaking the folding fan to look out at the scenery, Li Xiaoqi subconsciously paused his steps, took a deep breath and exhaled a few breaths, calmed down, lowered his eyes, and while concentrating on watching the road move forward, he secretly muttered: "Now is now, be cautious and seek life", seeing Li Xiaoqi go up the steps of the warm pavilion, Su Zicheng neatly accepted the folding fan, Raising his hand, he gestured, "Sit down." ”

Li Xiaoqi quickly looked at the warm pavilion, the warm pavilion is not big, there is a round table in the middle, a red copper warm pot on the table is suddenly steaming, turning over the tempting aroma of meat, around the red copper pot, there are more than a dozen delicate and clean meat and vegetarian dishes, on the edge of the round table, only two chairs are placed, Li Xiaoqi left a chair to welcome the door, sat on the chair next to him, Su Zicheng also sat down, while slowly shaking the folding fan, while signaling the full dishes on the table and said: "Let Dayu do it according to your favorite dishes on weekdays, You've lost a lot of weight. Li Xiaoqi was stunned and asked, "Why did Dayu come here?" Su Zicheng didn't answer Li Xiaoyi's words, only used a folding fan to signal Li Xiaoqi to taste, Li Xiaoyi's mind turned slightly, showed a smile, no longer asked, picked up the chopsticks and ate a mouthful of ginger crystal stew, as if remembering something, put down the chopsticks, and asked while turning his head: "What about Nanning?" ”

"The little ones are here!" Nanning hurriedly flashed out of the shadows at the door, bowed down with a smile on his face and agreed, Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile: "The few urns of cherry wine we brewed when we went to Lukang should be brewed, right?" Go and take a look, take an urn and give it to the prince to taste, that's what we made all the way to brew for the prince! Nanning had a bitter face and said in embarrassment: "Girl, don't mention it, we are too busy on the road, although we are careful and careful, but it is still ?????? It's all sour! The little one just and the long one threw the wine and urns together. Li Xiaoyi's face was full of disappointment, and he turned his head to look at Su Zicheng and said regretfully: "On our way to Lugang, we happened to pass by a cherry orchard, the cherries were big and sweet, I had never eaten such good cherries, so I wanted to bring back some fresh cherries for the prince, but the cherry thing was not released, I thought about it, I simply delayed it for a day, bought cherries, and went to the town to find a good craft winemaking workshop, made a few urns of wine with cherries, and prepared to bring it back to the prince to taste. It's really worth the loss! ”

Su Zicheng glanced at Li Xiaoyi, and said slowly after a while: "If you like cherry wine, it's easy, the cherries in Mizhou are very famous, and hundreds of jars of cherry wine are paid into every year, if you like such sweet wine, keep it for you." ”

"Huh? Missachi actually produces cherries? It's the first time I've heard that if I knew that Mizhou would produce cherries and cherry wine, I wouldn't have to go around that and delay for several days in vain, and I'm all to blame for this, all of them! In the end, there is a saying that women have long hair and short knowledge, but it is really not wrong at all. Li Xiaoqi was messing around, Su Zicheng wanted to be angry but couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly turned his head and instructed Dongping: "Take the pomegranate wine from the altar and give it to the fifth master to taste." Dongping hurriedly agreed, and after a while, the two mothers-in-law hugged the jar, held the wine pot and glass and poured the wine, Li Xiaoqi took it up and tasted it, and held the cup and smiled at Su Zicheng: "This pomegranate wine is like honey water, and the prince also tastes it." Su Zicheng raised his glass, took a sip slowly, looked at Li Xiaoyi, who had drunk several sips, and said: "This fruit wine is sweet and soft, but the stamina is long, and you can't wake up after a day or two of drunkenness, aren't you going to leave for Kaiping Mansion tomorrow?" ”

"Uh-huh, if it's okay, I want to leave early tomorrow morning!" Li Xiaoqi hurriedly put down the cup, didn't wait for Su Zicheng to speak, first said all the things in the Taiping Mansion again, omitted what he had already written and said, only picked out the important details one by one, looked at Su Zicheng and suggested: "?????? The eldest prince's forbearance is too rare, patronizing forbearance, but not seeing a move, if he is according to his temperament in the Taiping Mansion, he is afraid that he will return to Chizhou to seek a peaceful residence, and then continue to forbear, endure until the gongs and drums of the people ask him to be the emperor. Su Zicheng was almost shaken out of the wine in his hand by Li Xiaoyi's words, and hurriedly put down the cup and said with a smile: "I have seen him a few times, firstly, he is so temperamental, and secondly, he is extremely jealous of Empress Dowager Wu, and has suffered countless losses under her, if it weren't for this extremely forbearant temperament, his life would have been lost." ”

"Are you saying that he is ready to hide until the Empress Dowager Wu dies, and then show his strength?"

"Well," Su Zicheng responded affirmatively, Li Xiaoqi squinted his eyes and thought about it, looked at Su Zicheng and smiled: "Empress Dowager Wu is less than forty this year, right?" The eldest prince is also thirty-five or sixteen, who can live who is not certain, how many years old is he who dares to bet the other party to die first? Li Xiaoqi shook his head and sighed again: "A shrewd and powerful woman like Empress Dowager Wu, when she comes, will you let him endure it like this?" Second, most of such women live a long life, but I am afraid that the bones of the eldest prince have turned to ashes, and she is still alive! If the eldest prince only relies on the word 'forbearance', he can still maneuver with Wu Guifei, and now Wu Guifei has become the Empress Dowager Wu, taking advantage of the time and place, and there will be another half a year to gather good people's hearts, and get rid of the eldest prince is just a few assassins and a glass of poisonous wine, if the two of them still have room to maneuver??????"

"Take Huainan Road first, this is the county under the rule of Empress Dowager Wu, take Huainan Road and then talk about the next step, let's ?????? Poor, after pacifying Beining, he accumulated four or five years of grain, grass and military supplies, and then merged Liangdi in one fell swoop, and now he is looking at Wudi?????? I could only take Huainan Road first, the war was too urgent, and the rear was dragged down, and the gains outweighed the losses. Su Zicheng sighed and explained in a low voice, Li Xiaoqi thought about it, and sighed, too, fighting a war is money and food, Su Zicheng is a reason to govern the country and do business with her, no matter how greedy he is, there is no way to do it without capital in his hand.

The two were silent for a moment, Li Xiaoqi drank a whole glass of pomegranate wine on an empty stomach, only to feel dizzy and dizzy with a warm smell of wine, and his stomach was even more uncomfortable, put down the cup, and filled most of the bowl of soup from the red copper pot, and was about to drink it, but he hurriedly pushed it to Su Zicheng, and said with a smile: "Taste it, the pot made by Dayu, this soup is the essence." Su Zicheng slowly picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, Li Xiaoqi took another bowl and filled half a bowl of soup by himself, fished out a few slices of venison, and ate the soup with meat, only to feel that the stomach was warm and comfortable, but the dizziness that had rushed into his brain for a while couldn't be suppressed, Li Xiaoqi didn't dare to drink it anymore, probed and found a dish of steamed crispy lamb's feet and brought it to himself to eat slowly, Su Zicheng drank half a bowl of soup, poured half a glass of wine and sipped it, and didn't speak, just watched Li Xiaoqi eat sheep's feet.

Li Xiaoqi finished nibbling a plate of sheep's feet, sighed with satisfaction, called Begonia and Luo Yan to come in and wait to clean their hands, watched the two of them exit the warm pavilion, pointed at Luo Yan and said with a smile: "That, when I visited Nanqiao Wazi this year, I told you that the predecessor of the Red Mansion, the Red Peony, was called Luo Yan, and this trip to Taiping Mansion is thanks to her." ”

"Well, that's what I said in the long-term letter." Su Zicheng was not interested in the matter of Luo Yan, Li Xiaoqi looked at him and smiled: "She has no place to go, I have to take it in, Luo Yan has a cool and pungent temperament, and she is smart, I want her to help me do some small business in the future." ”

"Well, it's up to you, she is also a meritorious person, this trip to Taiping Mansion, you make a list of people according to the size of your merits, and when you return to Kaiping Mansion, I discussed with my eldest brother a reward, and there are rewards and punishments for meritorious services." Su Zicheng commanded in a gentle voice, and Li Xiaoqi nodded again and again: "Okay!" I'll go back later, and I'll give it to you before I leave tomorrow morning. ”

"Don't be in such a hurry, go to Kaiping Mansion and list it for me," Su Zicheng paused, and then said lightly: "Tomorrow you set off with me, I will go back to Kaiping Mansion, and discuss with my eldest brother about the use of troops, as well as martial arts, it is best to watch and pick people with your own eyes." Li Xiaoqi took a bite of the shrimp dumplings, listened to Su Zicheng's words, gasped, and almost choked on the shrimp dumplings in his mouth, he also wanted to go back! On the way?????? This day! Aren't you tired to death?!