“...... Hebei Province, Huaizhou, Weizhou, Dingzhou this year is a small drought, the harvest is less than three percent of previous years, the spring arrears have accumulated 50,000 quintals, if the rent is forced to collect, the people are overwhelmed, the minister thinks, deserves. "This is Cheng Bing of the household department.

"Quasi-play." In all states and counties, there are abundant and drought every year, and there is also more abundance and less drought.

It's another day, February 14, because of the commotion of the previous few days, plus yesterday's half-time court meeting, this morning in the court, the Taiji Hall was exceptionally quiet, and the ministries gave a few things as usual, one board and one glance, and got a few instructions from the emperor, no one intervened, and no one interrupted, until the daily case items were handled, the emperor would open his mouth to mention some side matters and explain them.

"Li Tai," Li Shimin looked at the purple-robed and golden-crowned person among the first few people in the left column, his face was serious all morning, and he began to show a smile, "You are twenty-two this year, among several princes, you have not married at this age, you were busy writing books in the first two years, but at this age, if you don't marry, it is inappropriate, writing books is important, but you can't miss the marriage event, I just have a suitable candidate, and it is also made to be your concubine." ”

The day before yesterday, I was still quarreling with the court because of the theft of the library of the King of Wei, and today I turned to discuss the marriage, the wind direction became fast, but the courtiers can adapt to it, yesterday the Lu family ancestral hall and the ceremony have not yet spread, except for a few known silences yesterday, other people are mostly curious, and now the King of Wei is in full bloom, which one will be the lucky one to be married, which lady will be?

Some people are curious, some people are worried, now Du Ruojin, who has inherited the title of Duke Lai, stands behind Li Tai, looks up at his back, and his face is lightly melancholy, a few days after the Yu returns, he has heard a lot of news, especially in the limelight of the reception banquet in the Hibiscus Garden, two days ago, he was mixed, happy that the little girl had grown up and become more outstanding, and the worry was that the tree was a big move, and she would marry into the palace in the future, and the identity of the side concubine would make the song more and more popular The word card was criticized, Now this worry will become a reality, and the emperor will marry again - detain the monarch's heart, which will put Princess Wei in where.

Li Tai listened to Li Shimin's words, and after his eyes flashed slightly, he stepped forward, bowed, and said, "The sons and daughters will follow the arrangements of their fathers. ”

Hey? How many courtiers were surprised, they didn't think that Li Tai would be so obedient, but Li Shimin's next words made them dumbfounded.

"Hehe, I once saw a woman at the Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet in your house, I was very impressed, this woman is smart and generous, articulate, when she was studying in Guozijian, she had an excellent reputation, it is said that a five-academy art competition, but she even took two woodcuts, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a talented woman, her grandfather is the founding hero, the late Huaiguo Gong Lu Zhongzhi, and went out to tour with you for two years, before being accused of being your side concubine, I think it is a pity, this will be the second lady of the Lu family, pointed out to you as a princess, how about it?"

Quiet Li Shimin smiled, stunned to let the court hundreds of civil and military silence, who is the emperor talking about, there are people who have participated in the King of Wei's reception banquet, and those who have not participated in the King of Wei's reception banquet also recognize, after two years, the case of the murder of the eldest grandson Wuji's son-in-law still makes the important ministers remember it vividly, who is the second lady of the Lu family, isn't that the sister of Lu Zhi who killed the eldest grandson Wuji?

If other people were shocked, then Du Ruojin was stunned, he glanced sideways at the figure of Li Tai standing in the hall, and couldn't figure out for a while, whether this family was the emperor's intention, or Li Tai asked for it himself.

And the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Qiao's faces invariably showed a different color, and they quickly raised their eyes to look at the ochre-clothed monarch sitting on the dragon chair, and heard Li Tai respond in a low voice.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

"Okay, if you are willing, this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, the Taishi Bureau will choose a good day and an auspicious day, I will not supervise, self-denial, you have to be more concerned about this matter, take care of it, and the three books and six rituals must be done thoroughly."

Du Chuke was still standing stupidly, was named, didn't react for a while, had to ask the colleague next to him to nudge twice, before hurriedly out of the ranks, his heart sank, knowing that this matter was absolutely inappropriate, and he was about to raise his hand to shake it, when he suddenly felt a cold on his body, and saw a faint green look staring at Li Tai sideways, only to feel that his scalp was suddenly numb, his brain was agitated, his hands, feet and mouth did not obey the call, and he bowed down and said:

"Obey the command."

It stands to reason that the emperor should never have pointed to this marriage, but it doesn't look like King Wei asked for it himself, this is the same as when the concubine pointed to the marriage that day, everyone's reaction was the same, the thoughts of the father and son, no one can guess, the origin of this marriage, no one can say.

Just in the complicated thoughts of the ministers, the bell of the scattered dynasty rang, and as soon as the emperor left the palace, Li Tai was surrounded by a group of people, all of whom congratulated and congratulated, of course, there were also those who stood from afar and watched the excitement with cold eyes.

Li Tai was surrounded, there was no expression on his face, no one knew what he looked like, but he was in a good mood, or he couldn't stand there and listen to these people talking nonsense, except for the nasal voice of "um", "ah", and even responded to two other sentences.

After a cup of tea, there were few people around him, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was waiting on the side, stretched out his hand to a secluded corner of the hall, and Li Tai paced with him.

This is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, not someone else, it is the cousin of the current emperor, Li Xiaogong, the king of Xi'an, according to the generation, Li Tai also needs to call him a cousin, which is the same as the Duke of Huaiguo Lu Zhongzhi and Xiao Yu of the Song Dynasty was called the king of Xi'an, who was once in the limelight, after Yu Zhenguan handed over the military power in three years, he took up the post of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

There was no one around, Li Xiaogong congratulated first, and then said with a smile: "This wedding matter, there is something special to explain." ”

Li Taitong didn't make any false courtesies with him, looked at the appearance of not seeing the outside, raised his hand and asked for his ivory wat, wrote a column of words on it with a small pen, and handed it back.

"Her house is now living outside Beijing, so she can just go here if she accepts the greetings."

Li Xiaogong glanced at the address on the note, nodded, and in a deep groan, he heard Li Tai say again:

"And, as soon as possible."

When he returned home, the eldest grandson Wuji drank half a pot of herbal tea in the front hall, then turned to the study, rummaged through the bookshelf for a while, because the action was too big, he dropped a few books on the ground, he looked at the books that fell on the ground, raised his hand and twisted his eyebrows, and heard someone knocking on the door outside the house.

"Dad, can Xi'er come in?"

The eldest grandson Wuji's expression changed, and in response, he lowered his head to pick up the book, patted it twice, and put it back on the shelf, and turned his head to see the eldest grandson Xi walking in around the curtain, holding a tray in his hand, and a light smile made the room bright.

"The day before yesterday, I copied a tonic recipe with Imperial Doctor Zhao to replenish qi and benefit the spirits, and stewed old ginseng this morning, give it to my father to taste."

The eldest grandson Wuji was relieved, sat down on the chair, took the porcelain cup she handed over, held the soup spoon, and after a taste, the salty and fragrant rap, warmed the heart and lungs, and sighed lightly:

"If anyone marries my Xi'er, it should really be blessed, and my father is reluctant to marry you."

Eldest Sun Xi snorted lightly, his face was a little blushing, he picked up a chair and sat down, and waited for Eldest Sun Wuji to drink the tonic before he spoke:

"What's so interesting about going up today?"

The relationship between father and daughter has always been very good, and the eldest grandson Wuji is not shy about it, and often tells her about some court affairs, so she asks such a question, and he doesn't feel strange, but this "interesting story" is on the court today, so how to tell him to speak.

"Daddy?" Seeing that he was out of his mind for a long time, the eldest grandson Xicai called softly, and said suspiciously, "But if there is anything difficult, you might as well talk about it, Xi'er will help you come up with ideas." ”

"It's a happy event," the eldest grandson Wuji put down the bowl, spoke slowly, looked at her, and said: "The emperor gave a marriage to King Wei, and pointed the second lady of the Lu family to the concubine." ”

Stunned, stunned, and distracted, after a short silence, the eldest grandson Xifang slowly put away all the expressions on his face, and nodded to the eldest grandson Wuji with an ugly face.

"Dad, I'm a little unwell, let's go back to my room to rest first."

After that, without waiting for the eldest grandson Wuji to respond, she tightened her white ten fingers, lowered her head, and left in a hurry, hearing the sound of the door, a long sigh, the eldest grandson Wuji raised his hand and rubbed it on his face, and whispered to himself:

"Isn't there a reward... Why should it be to my children..."

After the eldest grandson Xi returned to the room, he retired from the maids, locked in the room alone, and did not come out again at noon, until the afternoon, waiting for the people in the courtyard, only to see the door open again, and the maids who were waiting for him were busy asking people to prepare meals, and he followed the eldest grandson who opened the door into the inner room.

"Miss, are you unwell, can you call a doctor?"

"No need," Changsun Xi lay back on the bed, and through the gauze tent, his voice came softly:

"There is a letter on the bookcase, you personally send it out for me, and send someone to my eldest sister to inquire about what happened yesterday."

"Yes."

Puzhen Garden

The storehouse was built in the west of the garden, and it was not as large as the Guogong Mansion, half of it was built in the Ming place, there were two rooms, one put the commonly used sundries, one put the furniture and other things used to replace, and there was half of the underground, only one, in addition to four special large boxes, there were two shelves full of boxes and boxes.

On the four walls of the dark room, the candles were lit, illuminating the dark room brightly, and Yi Yu and Lu Shi stood under the shelves, one looking at the jewelry boxes, and the other talking with them on the side.

"It's all old things," Lu Shi closed another box and frowned, "The gold and silver need to be redone, and the others are out of date, so they can only be used to fill the box." ”

"Then go to Beijing to find two goldsmiths with good craftsmanship," Yiyu stroked a box, looked at the dust on his fingers, and frowned, two years, after she returned to Beijing, it was the first time to come to the treasury, when she got this money that day, she felt that it was too much, and she didn't look at everything carefully, and now look at it, some of the older the more valuable, and some of them are so old that they can't be used directly. ()