The new year has its own new atmosphere, and this time the court meeting in addition to the previous year's regulations.

A new item was added, that is, at this great court meeting, Zhao Zongquan was officially canonized as the prince, and the internal incense medicine Kuxi was biased as the prince, and officials such as storytelling and reading were set up, so that the prince could go to school.

Moreover, Zhao Zongquan was officially ordered to rank before the hundred officials as the prince, and stood side by side with the Great Prime Minister.

After completing the etiquette in the Daqing Palace, everyone retreated outside the hall to participate in the palace banquet, and of course not everyone came out.

Foreign envoys, royal relatives and a group of officials above the third rank still stayed in the palace, and the rest could only eat outdoors in the cold winter.

And in such an occasion, every move has to be in accordance with the rules and etiquette, which is even more painful.

In addition to the food bureau in charge of meals in the palace, in order to ensure that there is an adequate supply of meals, many things can only be prepared in advance, and most of them are already cold after the table is served.

In the season when the water drips into ice, even if it is a delicacy of the mountains and seas, it will not taste good when it is cold.

In the end, Li Hao could only barely eat a few bites to fill up, and when the court meeting officially ended, Li Hao hurriedly returned to his mansion and asked the kitchen to quickly make some hot food and have a good meal.

As a result, Li Jian and Wei were strange when they looked at each other, and Li Jian asked, "Didn't you say that there was a dinner party arranged in the palace today, why did you starve like this?"

The food in the palace is so unpalatable, isn't it?"

After Li Hao swallowed the food in his mouth, he said, "That's not it, the food cooked by the Shang Food Bureau on weekdays is still very good.

It's just that today's court meeting is full of officials, plus princes and nobles, people from all over the country, and foreign envoys, there are too many people.

The Shangshi Bureau was too busy at all, and many things were cold when they were delivered to the front, so I tasted two bites and didn't move quickly.

I've eaten something before I went out early in the morning until now, and I've been able to stay hungry until now!"

After hearing this, Li Jian said, "Okay, then you should eat slowly, don't choke."

When Li Hao finally ate enough and asked people to pack up his things, Li Hao took the tea cup and tasted the tea.

Wei said: "Did you have time for the Lantern Festival in the past few days, our family has not visited the Lantern Festival together in Bianjing City.

This year, you happen to be in Bianjing, so let's go shopping together as a family."

But Li Hao could only reply: "I may not have time during the Lantern Festival, and now the front division of the palace is in charge of the defense of Bianjing City and the palace.

Those days are probably my busiest time, and I'm afraid I don't have any free time.

And on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, there is still your business."

Hearing this, Wei was puzzled and said, "What is our business, what are we going to do?"

Li Hao explained: "Oh, this time, the official family of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival attaches great importance to it, and in the first half of the Lantern Festival at Xuande Gate, many officials were invited to watch the lanterns in Bianjing City.

You are also invited, and you will go to the Xuande Gate that day."

Hearing this, Li Jian asked, "Do I want to go too, why don't your mother go alone?"

Li Hao replied: "Of course I have to go, this is set by the official family, saying that the festival is rare, and the whole family should celebrate it.

It's not good to leave your mother alone, but you'll have to go with you. ….

At that time, the Sheng family, the Hou Mansion of Huining, and the Ouyang family will also go together, you can find them first, there are many people and it will be lively."

Hearing this, Li Jian didn't have any problems, and then he listened to Wei's ask, "If the Sheng family will also go, will Minglan go over?"

Li Hao thought that the Wei family was still struggling with the problem of marrying his daughter-in-law, and replied helplessly: "It stands to reason that with such a good opportunity, there should be many people who bring their own heirs, but how to arrange the Sheng family, how do I know."

Then Wei said something that lifted Li Hao's spirits: "Don't you don't want to marry Minglan, I can promise you this."

Hearing this, Li Hao couldn't believe it, and hurriedly confirmed, "Mother, what you said is the truth, this is thinking about it."

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Answering Li Hao's question, Wei said directly: "However, you must help Minglan find a good home, otherwise I still want you to marry her, and you must repay your aunt's kindness."

Originally, when he heard the word but, Li Hao thought that there was some turning point, but he didn't expect that Wei's final request would be this.

Hurriedly said, "Minglan is my cousin, and I will definitely help her choose a good one for her marriage.

This Shangyuan Lantern Festival is a good opportunity, and each family will bring their families out, and then it just so happens that my mother can also help each other take a good look."

Wei said at this time, "But the Sheng family may not bring Minglan out, so what should I do?"

Li Hao immediately replied: "I'll do this, I'll go to Sheng Mansion tomorrow and talk to Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang about it."

I think my face should still be a little useful, plus there is an old lady here, and the two of them can't turn the sky over."

Seeing Li Hao's confident appearance, Wei said, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you."

After finishing speaking, he went back to rest, and it was at this moment that Li Hao reacted and said to Li Jian, "Was I tricked by my mother just now?"

Li Jian smiled and said, "Your mother has taken a big step back, and I don't think you're quite happy! Get things done."

After saying that, he also got up and left, chasing after Wei.

Li Hao was really helpless now, but it was not easy for Wei to compromise, and Li Hao also made up his mind to get things done.

So the next day, after Li Hao inspected the city defense, it was estimated that Sheng Hong should have returned home, so he went home and changed into civilian clothes, and then asked Fu Deng to take two Shu brocades and rushed to Sheng Mansion.

Here, Li Hao chose to visit the old lady directly, because Li Hao believed that as long as Sheng Hong was at home, he would definitely come to Shou'an Hall after hearing the news.

And the result was just as Li Hao thought, he had just entered Shou'an Hall and sat down, and Sheng Hong got the news and arrived right after.

Of course, there are also unexpected, that is, they came with Sheng Hong, as well as Mrs. Wang and Rulan.

Then seeing that Rulan was coming, the old lady also called Minglan over.

The kung fu of the front and rear feet, the inside of Shou'an Hall is almost full.

At this time, the old lady asked, "Brother Hao, do you have something to do when you came here today?"

Li Hao replied, "It's not a big deal, I haven't been here for a long time, so I want to visit the old lady; ….

Second, isn't it almost the Shangyuan Festival, the official family wants to enjoy the lanterns on the Xuande Gate this time, and invited many official eunuchs in Bianjing City to participate.

It happened that both the Sheng family and my family were invited, so I informed my mother about it.

My mother had planned to come to the door in person today, and the two families would set off together at that time.

Unfortunately, my mother has had some wind chills in the past two days, and although it is not serious, she still needs to recuperate.

So let me talk about it first, and it just so happened that there were a few Shu brocades from the official family in my house, so my mother asked me to send two horses over to make clothes for my two cousins."

After speaking, he asked Fu Deng to bring it in and put it in front of Rulan and Minglan.

At this glance, Rulan liked it, and directly touched the Shu brocade, and said, "What a beautiful brocade cloth, it deserves to be something in the palace, this is probably not cheap."

After hearing this, Li Hao said, "This is a tribute from Shudi, mainly because there is little outside circulation, and the others are fine.

These are exactly two horses, and you and Minglan are exactly one horse."

Hearing this, Rulan and Minglan thanked one after another, "Then thank you cousin." Then Minglan added: "After I go back, thank my aunt for helping me."

And just as Li Hao was talking to Minglan and Rulan, the faces of the other three people on the field changed.

Sheng Hong is okay, after the old lady at the top changed her face, she also recovered quickly, only Mrs. Wang looked like a thief.

Obviously, Mrs. Wang didn't tell the old lady and Minglan about this news, I'm afraid she only thought of taking Rulan there.

Now that this matter is revealed by Li Hao in front of the old lady, Mrs. Wang can't sit still.

So, seeing that the task has been completed, it is the Sheng family's own business to follow.

Li Hao stayed here, but the old lady was not easy to deal with, so he said goodbye to the old lady, Sheng Hong, and Mrs. Wang.

When Li Hao left, the old lady's face suddenly sank, and she said, "Ming'er and Ru'er, each of you will take a piece of cloth and go back first, I have something to say to your father and mother."

Minglan and Rulan are not stupid, and they know that the old lady is unhappy when they look at their faces, so they hurriedly packed up their things and left.

After the two girls left, the old lady taught Mrs. Wang: "In the past, it was just a difference between you, but this is a banquet set up by the official family himself, and you dare to treat it differently."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly shouted: "I just didn't have time to say it, I was going to take Ming Yatou with me."

The old lady said, "You don't have to explain to me, you know what you think.

What I want to say today is that this is not only a banquet for the official family, but even our family has a share, so will the Li family not have it.

When you meet Brother Hao's mother, he asks why Minglan didn't go and how are you going to answer."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang was hesitant and did not say a word accurately, and Sheng Hong on the side was still extremely determined at this time.

So the old lady said, "Now Brother Hao is already from the fourth grade, and his official promotion is much faster than that of our family, and he is in the emperor's heart.

Moreover, even if he is not an official family, he is still friendly with Zhao Ceying, the son of the prince Zhao Zongquan, which implicates the wealth of several generations. ….

If you have a bad relationship with their family because of this matter, this should have been a good officialdom help, but then it will become a rival, so why bother."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang said, "It's not that much, how can the two families have a bad relationship because of this little thing."

The old lady saw that Mrs. Wang was still unconvinced, and said, "Why not, our family has something to do with the Li family, isn't it Minglan .

You have to understand that how you treat Minglan is the key to determining the attitude of the Li family.

In addition, with the current momentum of the Li family, there is nothing else to use the Sheng family."

Hearing this, Sheng Hong seemed to realize the problem, and hurriedly said: "The child understands, this banquet, Rulan and Minglan are naturally going to go together, and in the future, the child will also urge the eldest lady to treat everyone equally, and the mother can rest assured."

When the old lady heard Sheng Hong's words, she said, "Okay, it's good if you figure it out, you can go back first."

On the Sheng family's side, the old lady calmly took care of things.

But Li Hao finished his work with the Sheng family, and then went to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion.

Regarding Minglan news, Li Hao was still ready to talk to Gu Tingye, anyway, now Xiao Qin's and Zhu Manniang are dead.

The biggest threat to the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion is gone, and there is only one Gu Tingyu left, although he is scheming, but after all, his health is too poor.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Tingye is a very good candidate.

And this is the most convenient, just need Gu Tingye to plan for himself, and he doesn't need Li Hao to bother.

Just two days later, Gu Tingye will also have the time to keep filial piety, and he will be able to pass the Shangyuan Lantern Festival in ten days.

But Li Hao thought very well, but when he really arrived at the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion, he asked his subordinates to report to Gu Tingye.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, Gu Tingye never appeared, but the stone ran over.

said, "I'm really sorry, there are some things in the house that may have to be dealt with, and I don't know how busy my company will be.

Otherwise, you can go back to my company today, and then go back to my company next time."

Hearing this, Li Hao suddenly realized that Gu Tingye was deliberately avoiding himself, it seemed that he was in Yuzhou last time, and what he said to the stone, Gu Tingye already knew that he was afraid that he would come to the door to ask for the crime.

But even so, Li Hao has a way to get Gu Tingye to take the initiative.

Li Hao said, "Okay, since he's busy, then I won't bother

He's it, originally I came this time to tell him that my mother has given Minglan a good candidate, so that he can die.

Since he can't get out of something, I won't tell him in person, you go back and tell him, so that he doesn't have to worry about it."

After speaking, he got up and left, but before Li Hao walked to the door of the mansion.

I saw Gu Tingye running over in a hurry and said, "Why did you leave in such a hurry, you didn't wait for me."

Li Hao retorted, "Just now, the stone said that you have to be busy for a while, let me go first.

Why, you're beating up, if you can't say it well, then I'm really unhappy, let's go."

spoke, turned around and left, but was grabbed by Gu Tingye and said, "My fault, my fault, I will apologize to you now."

Li Hao said, "You really know it's wrong." ….

Gu Tingye replied, "I really know, let's go, let's go back and talk."

After speaking, he pulled Li Hao back to the study and waited after sitting down.

Gu Tingye hurriedly said, "Who did your mother fancy to Ming Lanxiang, why didn't I hear Changbai say about this."

Hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said, "I'll just say that you have bad intentions, to be honest, how many of those people who went to my house were encouraged by you."

Gu Tingye defended: "I really didn't, Yuan Wenshao's one was all an accident, I just mentioned it casually, how can I think he still takes it seriously, as for the others, I can't persuade them."

I swear to God, I really can't stir up others."

Regarding Gu Tingye's words, Li Hao still didn't believe it, but he couldn't find evidence for the time being, so he forgot it first.

He replied, "Well, then I'll believe you for the time being."

Seeing that Li Hao was relieved, Gu Tingye asked again, "Then is what you just said true, who did your mother fancy to Minglan Xiang?"

Li Hao said: "Who exactly is in the picture, my mother didn't tell me anyway, and I didn't bother to ask, after all, I don't have any ideas about Minglan either.

I only know that this person will go to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival run by the official family, and I just came back from the Sheng Mansion to make sure that Minglan can go over that day."

Hearing this, Gu Tingye said, "You still help others, you are worthy of me like this!"

Li Hao said, "I can come here and tell you this news, it is already based on our friendship.

If it weren't for the fact that your mother-in-law and eldest lady were dead, I wouldn't want Minglan to jump into the fire pit of your Gu family.

Anyway, I've already told you about it, and you can figure out how to do it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he got up and left, and let Gu Tingye have a headache by himself.

When I got home, I told Wei's about Minglan going, and asked her to make an appointment with Mrs. Wang and them when she arrived, and just go to the banquet together.

Then, what was waiting for Li Hao was a fulfilling twelve days, and after this busy period ushered in the Shangyuan Festival.

Because Li Hao was going to inspect the city defense that day, he had to go out early in the morning, while Wei and Li Jian made an appointment to go to Sheng Mansion first, and then go to Xuande Gate with Sheng Hong.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Li Hao looked very serious, after all, the lights in the city were all over the city tonight, and fire safety needed special attention.

In addition, a large number of defenses are also needed outside the Xuande Gate, so as not to disturb Zhao Zhen's Yaxing, who is appreciating the lanterns.

Fortunately, it was not only the front division of the palace that was dispatched on this day, but also the guards and the guards and horses and soldiers would also send people, so after roughly inspecting his own area, Li Hao was able to rush back to Xuande Gate in time.

But even so, by the time Li Hao arrived, it was already dark, and the official scrolls on the city were almost there, of course, Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao, who appeared as the finale, had not yet arrived.

When Li Hao went to the city, the first thing he looked for was the location of his parents, and he looked for a long time before finding that they were in a corner.

Next to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Song and some other official scrolls I know are there.

What was particularly abrupt was that Li Hao saw that the county lord of Pingning was somehow also there.

At this time, Li Hao couldn't help but think of himself

I almost forgot about Qi Heng, it seems that Qi Heng also came over today.

wouldn't let Gu Tingye misunderstand the person he said when Qi Heng was talking about it, and then Li Hao began to find Gu Tingye's figure.

But before Li Hao could find it, Zhao Ceying led Shen Congxing to find it.

Li Hao was just about to say hello to the two, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ceying's first sentence after coming up was: "What are you looking for here, my aunt is also here today, but she is talking to my mother, not here."

Hearing this, Li Hao was really frightened, and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, when did I say that I was going to find your aunt, and what does she have to do with me."

Zhao Ceying said, "Didn't I tell you a few days ago that I wanted to introduce my aunt to you.

Now that everyone is here, you don't seem to be able to run."

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