Chapter 11: The Gambling Contract

With the rising sun, Li Yu, who had not returned to Beijing for several months, finally returned to Kyoto to report on his work.

On the main hall, Emperor Sui first praised Li Yu's performance in Qingzhou this time, and rewarded him with a lot of things, and set a time to hold a celebration banquet for Li Yu in the palace a few days later. In the end, when Li Yu accompanied him in the imperial study, he inevitably mentioned Liang Qian.

"I heard that you went to Qingzhou this time to bring back a daughter for the Yi family?" Emperor Sui ascended to the emperor early, and now he is only in his forties, he is in middle age, and he is full of energy when he speaks.

Li Yu stood beside Emperor Sui and grinded for him, and when he heard Emperor Sui's question, he put down the things in his hand and replied, "This is indeed the case!" This girl is the child who hugged the wrong second lady of the Yi family back then. When I first saw her in Qingzhou, I saw that she really looked too much like Mrs. Xu, so I took a look at it, and I found out what I was wrong about back then. ”

"It's not easy for the child of the court official to be held wrong!" Emperor Sui casually threw the fold in his hand on the table, and said with an uncertain expression: "Has anyone involved found out?" ”

Li Yu nodded: "During the investigation, I found the grandmother who held the wrong child, and the minister had already detained her privately!" ”

"Huh!" Emperor Sui looked at Li Yu with a smile in his eyes, and said deliberately: "You detained people without permission, you are quite bold!" Tell me, what else would you not dare to do? ”

"Don't dare!" Li Yu walked off the stage and knelt in front of Emperor Sui, his head bowed, looking sincerely frightened.

Emperor Sui shook his head: "Okay, I don't know what your temperament is?" I knew I was kidding you, and I pretended to be scared, and I was tired of seeing it. Next year is not very old, why is he so thoughtful? ”

Li Yu also smiled, stood up slowly and said, "The world says that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger!" I thought that the emperor deliberately said this just to see my sincere fear! ”

"Slippery head!" Emperor Sui smiled and threw a book in front of Li Yu: "Look at it, it's all about you!" ”

Li Yu opened the recital in front of Emperor Sui.

The person who wrote the recital was Master Zhang, the secretary of the ministry, who said that Li Yu had an intimate attitude with Liang Qian in Baobao Zhai that day, which damaged his image and was unbearable.

Then there is the issue of the marriage contract between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Yi family.

Before Liang Qian returned to the capital, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Cheng Haohan had already married Miss Fang of the Yi family, that is, Yi Pingting, and set the position of the side concubine. Now that Liang Qian is the eldest lady of the Yi family, what should be the issue of this marriage contract.

Li Yu swept it down at a glance, and the several books that Emperor Sui handed him were probably Yi Pingting, the content of the marriage contract between Liang Qian and His Royal Highness the Prince, and everything was said, and Li Yu's face was dark.

"Do you like that girl named Liang Qian?" Emperor Sui saw Li Yu's face sinking and quipped: "If there is no prince in the middle, I can give you a marriage." But now that the prince is in the middle, I have to look at his attitude anyway, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain to the queen's mother. ”

Li Yu smiled when he heard this: "The minister has been with the emperor for so many years since he was five years old, and I have never heard that the emperor has a temper that is afraid of guilt!" ”

Emperor Sui looked helpless: "After all, she is the queen, and sometimes she still has to save some face." ”

"In that case, why don't I make a bet with the emperor!" Li Yu said with a smile: "Just bet that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will choose Yi Pingting or Liang Qian." ”

"Humph!" Emperor Sui sneered and said confidently: "I don't know my own son? Although they are all mischievous personalities, he will definitely not choose the wrong choice for this obvious choice, and Haohan will definitely choose Liang Qian! After all, she is the official Miss of the Yi family, and she was given this identity when I gave her marriage! ”

Li Yu lowered his eyes and said, "I bet he will choose Yi Pingting!" "After all, that's how he chose in his previous life.

In his previous life, about this matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Cheng Haohan made an extremely ugly fuss. I don't know what ecstasy soup Yi Pingting poured into him, so he did whatever it took to get rid of Liang Qian.

In order to make Yi Pingting happy, and to let everyone in Kyoto know that Yi Pingting is his Cheng Haohan's fiancΓ©e. Cheng Haohan did not hesitate to announce it to the whole of Kyoto, and went to the court to humiliate the shallow in front of the shallow......

Li Yu thought back to what Cheng Haohan had done in his previous life, and he really couldn't have a good impression of this person in his heart. Looking at the emperor in front of him, who was convinced of his son, Li Yu deliberately stimulated him: "Since we make a bet, how to calculate the bet?" ”

Emperor Sui waved his hand: "As the Ninety-Five, I will deceive you if I say anything?" If my unsuccessful son really chose Yi Pingting, I wouldn't do that stick to beat mandarin ducks! Since you like Liang Qian's girl, I will immediately make the decision to marry the two of you! ”

Hearing this, Li Yu smiled in his eyes, knowing that the purpose of his coming to this imperial study today had been achieved.

"Hey, don't be too happy!" Emperor Sui felt uncomfortable when he saw Li Yu looking like he was winning, and deliberately added: "If you lose, you will find out about Feng Cheng's matter!" Be sure to find out for me! ”

Li Yu frowned and said, "It's been so long, hasn't Feng Cheng's matter been investigated yet?" ”

Emperor Sui shook his head: "Where is it so easy?" Although there are many officials in this Jingdong and have courage, there are not many who can use it! What's more, that matter is quite involved, and few people dare to investigate it for a while! ”

"That's it!" When it came to Fengcheng's matter, Emperor Sui was upset, starting from the woman who sued the emperor, and things big and small never stopped: "That girl is still in your house, right?" Hurry back, too! I just came back from Qingzhou, so I still have to spend time with my parents. The old man of yours has been talking to me several times, and each time he has squeezed me and told me that I will send you out! You've finally come back, and if I keep you any longer, he's afraid he'll want to talk to me to death. ”

"Yes! Retire! Li Yu respectfully saluted Emperor Sui, and then slowly pushed out of the imperial study.

Seeing Li Yu's figure leaving, Emperor Sui shook his head and smiled helplessly: "This kid is getting smarter and smarter!" I've learned to add fuel to the fire! ”

"Don't you just like Li Shizi's clever and intelligent appearance?" Emperor Sui's personal eunuch Su Gonggong poured a cup of ginseng tea for Emperor Sui and added.

"Indeed!" Emperor Sui smiled, but he didn't look angry: "But if there is one of my children like him, I won't worry so much!" I'm worried now, if I leave one day, who will hand over this huge country to? The common people are all counting on these officials to live! If the officials are mediocre, how should the people of the Great Sui live their lives? ”

Father-in-law Su did not answer.

After all, it is the emperor's son, and the emperor complains, and they can't complain. has been by the emperor's side for so many years, and this is the most basic eye, and Father-in-law Su still has it.