Li Xizong went out with Li Yuanzhong, and the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, until he reached the door of Shangshutai Mansion, he finally couldn't help asking:

"Who does the sect master want to take me to see?"

Li Yuanzhong didn't intend to hide it, and confessed:

"He is the son of the King of Bohai."

Li Xizong's face changed when he heard this:

"You! You're making my daughter a concubine! ”

"Now it's a concubine, but it's a concubine in the future, if the Yuan family is abolished, Jingxuan's daughter can't be the queen! You were once a subordinate of the high king, and you should know that the prince is noble. ”

Li Xizong finally eased his face, Li Zu'e has been gentle and lovely since she was a child, and she was regarded by him as a pearl in her palm, otherwise she would not have asked in detail about her family background, talents, and appearance.

Hearing Li Yuanzhong reveal that Gao Cheng intended to marry, his first reaction was, of course, that he did not want to love his daughter as a concubine.

But as Li Yuanzhong said, Gao Cheng, as the son of the King of Bohai, is destined to inherit the Gao family in the future, and there are precedents such as the Cao family and the Sima family, and it is conceivable that the usurpation of the country is also conceivable.

The daughter married Gao Cheng, not to mention whether the Yuan family would be abandoned as Li Yuanzhong said, just the dignity of a concubine would never insult her daughter.

And if he marries Gao Cheng, he may be able to keep his eldest son-in-law Yuan Ang's family.

Thinking about these joints, Li Xizong first turned his worries into joy, but then worried:

"I'm in Jinyang and Shangdang, and I've heard a lot that the prince likes widowed women, and Zu'e is too young, so how can he be favored by the son."

Li Yuanzhong smiled and said with relief:

"Jing Xuandon't have doubts, this matter is still invited by the prince, so I will run on my behalf."

When even when Gao Cheng was told about his temporary residence in Li Yuchuan and his acquaintance with Li Zu'e, Li Xizong was completely relieved when he heard this.

Gao Cheng was busy with official business, and when he heard a scribe delivering the news on his behalf, Li Yuanzhong brought a middle-aged scribe to ask for a meeting outside the door.

Although he was angry in his heart, Li Yuanzhong didn't pick a time to take people through the back door, but he still endured his impatience and let people call him.

"Li Shizhong is not resting at home today, why did he come to Shangshutai, but there is something important?"

Gao Cheng decided that Li Yuanzhong would not say anything, and he would definitely make a good note of him.

Li Yuanzhong said with a smile:

"I have come to introduce the Magi to the Son."

Sure enough, they came through the back door, and these high-ranking families have many marriages and colluded with each other, always in the name of promoting virtue, and each recommended his in-laws in front of him.

Especially this person is still a middle-aged old handsome guy, which makes Gao Cheng dislike it the most.

But he was still ready to listen to Li Yuanzhong's good talk, and if he wasn't a famous person, he would send this person away perfunctorily.

"Then please ask Li Shizhong to introduce me."

Li Yuanzhong let go of his body, pointed at Li Xizong, and said with a smile:

"This is Yuanzhong's clan, who was the governor of the Chinese and foreign governors of King Gao, and now he is the county guard of Shangdang.

Gao Cheng stood up when he heard this.

Father-in-law is here!

No wonder the more you look at this handsome old guy, the more pleasing it becomes.

Gao Cheng had never met Li Xizong, but he also knew that his father-in-law was now the official residence of the Shangdang County Guard.

Hurriedly stepped forward, held Li Xizong's hands and said excitedly:

"Yue... A month ago, Cheng corresponded with his father, and his father also mentioned Li Junshou in the letter, bluntly saying that the shogunate was missing the county guard, and everything was cumbersome.

"Maybe Mr. doesn't know, Cheng was eleven years old when he was ordered by his father to go to Hebei, because he admired the reputation of the county guard, so he turned to Li Yuchuan and came to the door to ask to see, but the county guard was not in the house, only a few words with the son-in-law.

"Cheng looks forward to seeing the county guard, like a great drought and looking forward to the rain, and seeing it today is enough to comfort his life."

Li Xizong saw Gao Cheng for the first time, and his appearance was quite similar to his father Gao Huan.

But this is not the most important thing, the acquaintance of Gao Cheng and Li Zu'e, Li Yuanzhong, who had been inquired about, has already made it clear outside the mansion.

It was obviously a chance encounter when he came to ask for medicine, but in his mouth, he admired himself and came to the door deliberately.

This ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open is right, he is the son of his former benefactor Gao Huan.

Looking at Li Yuanzhong's strange appearance next to him, he generally had some understanding of Gao Cheng.

"The prince of the world praises falsely, and the lower officials have also heard Zu'e mention this matter, and he often hates not being able to meet the prince, and today he can be regarded as getting what he wants."

Li Zu'e never mentioned Gao Cheng to him, and these words were just to cooperate with Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng was pleasantly surprised:

"I said goodbye in a hurry that day, but I didn't expect the son-in-law to remember Gao."

After that, he glanced at Li Yuanzhong on the side.

Li Yuanzhong immediately understood:

"Isn't this a godsend?"

Gao Cheng turned his face and reprimanded:

"Why is Li Shizhong's words so thin, don't insult the reputation of the son-in-law."

Li Yuanzhong secretly scolded in his heart, how could he be a lord like the Gao family's father and son, but he didn't care about it on his face, and said with a smile:

"Young Mu Ai, this person is reasonable, why should the prince avoid it, it is better to let me promote this marriage today."

"This..."

Gao Cheng looked at Li Xizong with a hesitant expression.

Li Xizong also knew that it was time to express his position, and he said respectfully:

"The dragon and phoenix among the sons of the world, they are good matches for the little girls, and everything is up to the will of the son."

Gao Cheng stomped his feet and sighed:

"Alas! Now that the situation is chaotic and the political affairs are busy, Cheng Ben has no time to take care of himself, but since the county guard is interested, and Li Shizhong agrees, if Cheng makes another excuse, he will inevitably not know how to advance or retreat. ”

After saying that, he knelt down with joy and said:

"Uncle Weng is above, please accept the worship of the son-in-law."

This speed of changing his face frightened Li Xizong, and it was clear that he was still embarrassed just now.

Hurriedly helped Gao Cheng up, the two got along with each other, but Li Yuanzhong on the side secretly slandered himself:

is busy with government affairs, has no time to take care of himself, but does not delay marrying his wife and concubine, in addition to the wife Yuan Zhonghua and Li Zu'e who are raised in the Qinghe Palace, four beautiful widows have been admitted to the door.

"Zu'e is still young, so she will temporarily be raised by Wengzhang's side, and when she is older, she will marry Cheng again, and this matter is Lao Wengzhang."

Li Zu'e is only ten years old now, of course Gao Cheng can't let her enter the door, or keep her in her mother's house like Yuan Zhonghua is the best policy.

Li Xizong saw that he was thinking about Li Zu'e, and he also believed that Gao Cheng was sincere to his daughter, and his little opinion of him suddenly dissipated, and he happily agreed.

Gao Cheng said to Li Yuanzhong again:

"Cheng is busy with official business, and I also ask Li Shizhong to entertain me well."

After sending away his newly recognized father-in-law and Li Yuanzhong, Gao Cheng once again buried himself in government affairs.

And Gao Huan, who was far away in Jinyang, also received Gao Cheng's request for instructions on starting Ma Zheng.

Gao Cheng was suspicious, but Gao Huan still did what he said about his son.

On the one hand, he asked the messenger to return to Luoyang to resume his life and told Gao Cheng to build a pasture as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he also ordered someone to go to Xiurongchuan to select stallions for Gao Cheng to prepare for sending them to Henan and Hebei.

After dealing with this matter, Gao Huan returned to the house of the concubine Youniang.

You Niang is different from Gao Huan's other concubines, most of them are second marriages, or even third marriages, and she is a yellow flower girl who enters the door.

It's just that the process of entering the door has a little twist and turn.

When Gao Huan conquered Yecheng, he fell in love with the daughter of Prime Governor Shi Youjingzhi, and wanted to take her as a concubine, but You Jingzhi was not allowed.

Since the Han people Gao Huan couldn't marry him, He Liuhun, a Xianbei person, carried forward the Hu style and grabbed it back.

You Jingzhi was angry and fell ill, and he died not long after.

Among Gao Huan's concubines, You Niang is the most virtuous, so she is second only to Zheng Dache in love.

Even Feng Niang, who was the princess of Rencheng first, and then married Zhu Shilong, and was admitted to the house by Gao Huan because of her beauty, cannot be compared.

Although You Niang is favored, she and Gao Huan have been husband and wife for several years, but they have never come out, so they are nostalgic.

When she was angry with her father-in-law, Gao Huan was already ashamed of her, but at this time, she couldn't bear to see Youniang's depressed expression, so she had the idea of holding her nephew Gao Rui, who was less than one year old, to Youniang to raise.

What's more, with Youniang's moral training, his nephew was handed over to him to raise, Gao Huan was also more at ease, not afraid of being spoiled by Yuan Jiyanjiao.

When someone from the Bohai Mansion wanted to take Gao Rui away, Yuan Jiyan only thought that Gao Huan missed his nephew, and didn't think much about it.

But until the night, Gao Rui was not seen being sent back, Yuan Jiyan was anxious, she went to the Bohai Palace to ask for a meeting, but she couldn't enter the door.

She stayed outside the gate of the house, unwilling to leave.

At this time, in the Youniang house, Gao Huan was teasing Gao Rui with her.

Looking at the smiling appearance of You Niang when she hugged Gao Rui, Gao Huan was determined to raise Gao Rui in the Bohai Palace.

The weather in Jinyang at the end of December is cold, and there is still snow in the night sky.

Yuan Jiyan stood on the stone steps outside the Bohai Palace, dressed in brocade, but she couldn't hide her helplessness.

The personal maid couldn't help but persuade:

"Madam, it's freezing outside, you go back and rest first, let the slave wait here, and then go back to the house to inform you if there is news."

Yuan Jiyan just shook her head.

After a long time, the door of the house slowly opened, and a steward walked out alone.

This made Yuan Jiyan's expectant gaze dim again.

"This steward, may I ask when the king will send my little son back."

The handmaid stepped forward and asked.

The steward glanced at Yuan Jiyan's frozen blue appearance of the master and servant, and although he couldn't bear it, he still said bluntly:

"The king has an order, and the prince of Rui will be raised in the Bohai Palace from now on, you can go back, you don't have to come again."

As soon as she heard this, Yuan Jiyan was like being struck by lightning, and she fell straight into the snow.

"Madame..."

There was also the exclamation of the servant girl in his ears.

Yuan Jiyan was sent home, and it took a long time to wake up, just muttering:

"Rui'er, Rui'er..."

After not eating or drinking all day, the maid was also anxious, she knew that Yuan Jiyan's heart disease was Gao Rui who was taken away by Gao Huan, and after hesitating, she persuaded and said:

"Madam, the little boy was taken away by the king, even if you starve to death, the king will not be moved, and the only one who can get the little boy back for the lady is the son."

The maid's words finally sobered up Yuan Jiyan, who had lost her mind.

Gao Cheng once said that if there is something difficult, you can send a letter to him, and if you can, you will help.

At the beginning, Gao Huan wanted to take away her child in the mourning hall, but it was Gao Cheng who dissuaded her, so that she could raise Gao Rui herself.

Now only Gao Cheng can help himself.

"Quick! Prepare pen and ink stationery for me! ”

Sixteen-year-old Yuan Jiyan regained her strengths and said urgently.

When the maidservant saw her cheer up, she was also relieved, and hurriedly brought what Yuan Jiyan ordered.

Yuan Jiyan immediately wrote a letter to the servants in the family to send a letter to Luoyang on horseback.

When Gao Cheng received Gao Huan's reply, it was already a year old, and Gao Cheng was also fifteen years old.

Maybe it's because he often eats beef, fifteen-year-old Gao Cheng no longer feels inferior because of his height, he can already hold up his chest and bluntly say that he is a dignified seven-foot man.

The first month of the fourth year of Taichang (535).

Someone in the court began to discuss changing the era name, but was pressed down by Gao Cheng.

The era name is changed back and forth, which increases the difficulty for future generations to learn history, anyway, when he first read the history book, he was tortured for a long time by the era name before the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he has Gao Huan's permission, Gao Cheng has also put the reconstruction of Ma Zheng on the agenda.

Gao Cheng deliberately went to the camp supervisor to discuss with Gao Longzhi to build pastures in Henan and Hebei.

Gao Longzhi is not very bold, but he is right to come to him for anything related to engineering.

This cheap uncle is a rare science and engineering talent in the Gao Party.

After the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he supervised the construction of an iron-smelting furnace in Xiangzhou, diverting water and blasting iron to make iron, and was known as the "ancestor of smelting".

If it weren't for Gao Longzhi's position transfer, Gao Cheng would have been able to interfere, and he would have let this uncle make iron for himself.

Historically, when Gao Longzhi was responsible for the construction of Yecheng, he also built a dam to prevent the flooding of Zhangshui, and also built a water mill on Zhangshui, which benefited the people of Yecheng and the surrounding areas a lot.

Of course, this uncle did not end well, and more than 20 of his sons were killed by Gao Yang and thrown into the Zhangshui he once governed. ’

It's that bastard brother who is doing evil again, and when he goes back, he will call the teacher and give him more moral lessons, don't read other books, and learn to be a man first.

Gao Cheng told Gao Longzhi about the reconstruction of Ma Zheng and asked him to help him rebuild the old ranches in Henan and Hebei.

This matter is related to the camp superintendent, even if he doesn't think of Gao Cheng's friendship with himself, Gao Longzhi will try his best to help.

In Gao Huan's old department, except for Lou Zhao, who has been in Luoyang for a long time, Gao Longzhi and Gao Cheng are the most friendly.

At first, he sat in Luoyang with Gao Cheng among the four attendants: Gao Qian, Sun Teng, Feng Longzhi, and Gao Longzhi.

The other three have long been transferred, and only Gao Longzhi and Gao Cheng have been working closely together.

With Gao Long's help, Gao Cheng was also relieved to be the shopkeeper.

It's just a matter of rebuilding the pasture, and Gao Longzhi can mess up this matter, and he is also blind to such a big name in history.

Halfway back to the Bohai Palace, he instructed Mr. Teaching to increase Gao Yang's schoolwork, and Gao Cheng continued to go to Shangshutai to deal with government affairs.

Yuan Jiyan's letter was a few days later than Gao Huan.

Receiving Yuan Jiyan's letter, Gao Cheng couldn't help but recall the encounter in the cloister outside the mourning hall.

At that time, she was wearing filial piety clothes, holding two thin quilts and standing in the moonlight, only bowing her head and looking at her toes.

Gao Cheng hurriedly shook his head, blaming himself for entering puberty and thinking crankily all day long.

Unfolding the letter, a beautiful character came into view:

'How is Zi Hui'an? Seeing the letter, Jinyang has been farewell, and it has been half a year......

Gao Cheng put the letter away, his brows furrowed.

thought that by dissuading Gao Huan in the mourning hall, he would be able to dispel his idea of raising Gao Rui, but he didn't expect that he still wanted to separate the mother and son.

Yuan Jiyan's figure in the moonlight overlapped with the tragic ending of her ten years of hard work and her death in Gao Cheng's mind.

He seemed to see Yuan Jiyan hugging two thin quilts in the moonlight, but his face was haggard.

She stared helplessly at herself, eventually vomiting blood and dying.

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There is also a chapter of 5,000 words, so let's get up tomorrow and read it again.