In the early morning, the sunlight pours into the bedroom, which is clear and transparent.

Li Xuan was dressed in green clothes and sat on one side, holding a thin bamboo brush and a pair of easels in front of him.

On the rice paper, the image of a cute little girl with a giggling voice has jumped on.

Liu Jinyu stood on the side and said in surprise: "Lang Jun's fine brush painting is really a must. ”

Li Xuan said with satisfaction: "The lack of freehand for the husband can only make up for it in realism." When it comes to the mother's birthday, the husband will draw a family photo, make a picture of 100 longevity, and hide it at home. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Jinyu nodded, her eyes fell on the portrait, which was almost an equal proportion of Xia Niang's picture, and she said softly: "In this way, the husband will bring it to Qingnan, and Ah Weng can also meet his great-granddaughter." ”

"Alright." Li Xuan put away the pen, and then said with a smile: "Go and hug Xia Niang, let her take a look for herself." ”

"Good!" Liu Jinyu immediately stepped forward and picked up Xia Niang, who was wearing a red belly pocket and had a pink face.

When Xiao Xia Niang saw herself in the portrait, she was stunned at first, and then couldn't help babbling.

Who is this familiar little doll?

Xia Niang has not never seen her own appearance, the bronze mirror at home is extremely clean and bright, and occasionally she sees the reflection in the water, and she can vaguely see her appearance.

But since she was born, the only child she has ever seen is herself.

Li Xuan smiled softly, and her eyes fell on the large vase on one side, and more than a dozen rolled up picture scrolls were placed vertically inside.

The pictures on it are all the appearance of Xia Niang.

……

"Aunt and grandmother, two uncles, please leave everything to you."

Li Xian stood on the steps of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and bowed his hands to the eldest princess of Huainan, Li Xuan, Li Jing and others.

Princess Taiping, who was standing behind on one side, although her face was curious, she gave up her hand at the same time.

"Don't dare!" Li Xuan, Li Jing, including the eldest princess of Huainan, all smiled and bowed in return, and then turned around and walked towards the center of the street.

Li Xuan turned over and got on the horse, bowed his hand slightly to the crown prince Li Xian and Princess Taiping, and then slowly urged the horse forward.

Li Jing, the king of Zheng, rode side by side with him, and he had just returned the day before yesterday.

In the sedan chair behind the two, sat the eldest princess of Huainan who was personally invited back by the emperor and Empress Wu.

In the rear, Shi Wang Dezhen, the head of the Xiangwang Mansion, led thirty-six carriages and walked towards the Dou Mansion together.

Yuan Wanqing, a bachelor from the North Gate, Fan Chengcheng, Miao Chuke, Zhou Simao, Han Chubin and others also followed behind and headed towards the Dou clan together.

The Dou family is in the east of the city, only three squares away from the Xiangwang Mansion, not far away.

Li Xuan swept everything in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Today, almost all of these North Gate Bachelors have arrived.

Ming Chongyan is Li Dan's master, and these Beimen bachelors are supporting Li Dan both openly and secretly.

But no one takes them more or less the same thing, after all, the bachelors of the North Gate, even if they now serve in the four or five grades in the court, and gather under the command of the Empress Wu to share the power of the prime minister, but in the final analysis, they are just a group of fledglings attached to the banner of the Empress Wu.

Once they leave the protection of Empress Wu, the abilities of this group of people will be completely exposed to everyone's eyes.

There is no doubt that the bachelors of the North Gate are all outstanding people, but they also need experience, especially from the local experience.

Otherwise, the entire court will only get worse and worse, and the tax soldiers will not be able to recover it at all.

Just like the Ming Dynasty in later generations, the treasury became poorer and poorer, and the officials became richer and richer.

Therefore, in addition to assisting the Empress Wu in handling political affairs, most of them held vacant positions.

Otherwise, the heavy and complex affairs will drag down their energy, and they will not have time to hide behind the scenes and calculate everything.

But today, they all came out.

It's even not far from the crown prince Li Xian, which is strange.

These people support Li Dan, and everyone knows about it, but they stand up so blatantly, aren't they worried that the emperor will be unhappy?

Unless......

Li Xuan glanced at the Xiangwang Mansion opposite, and understood in his heart that the Xiangwang was married and became an adult.

These North Gate Scholars will be more flooded in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they will support the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince in their struggle for power.

This is the attitude of the emperor.

Li Xuan retracted his gaze and fell on himself, his appearance here today already represented the emperor's attitude to some extent.

Li Xuan didn't know how many people knew about the emperor's visit to King Peng's mansion that day, but he knew in his heart that the emperor was really dissatisfied with Li Xian.

Not because of the affairs of the court, but because of the internal affairs of the East Palace.

As soon as the emperor's attitude changed, the attitude of Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Zhiwen, and Shangshu Right Cheng Guo Zhiju changed at the same time.

There will be a chain reaction throughout the court.

The crown prince's life is going to be sad.

……

Hundreds of people in front of and behind the hiring team spread the entire street.

Although there are Jin Wuwei and Chang'an County on both sides to maintain order, the people who are watching the excitement are still crowded everywhere.

Li Xuan retracted his gaze, this is already the emperor's extreme restraint, otherwise the whole city will have to make trouble, after all, the Dou family is also a big family.

When you get married, ten miles of red makeup is trivial.

Today, except for the eldest princess of Huainan, the person with the highest status in the clan is Li Xuan.

Because today it is just a hiring, not a marriage.

The kings of the clan do not need to come back, they just need someone to watch.

In fact, on this occasion, if Li Dan is not there, then the most suitable person to replace him is his brother.

But Li Xian is the crown prince, he can appear when he gets married, but now he comes forward when he is hired, which is somewhat too grand.

There were thirty-six chests in total, full of gold, jewelry, and jade, and that's just for the next job.

Li Dan is a prince after all, whether he is hired or married, the scale is several times larger than Li Xuan.

Not to mention that on the day of Li Xuan's wedding, although it was also prosperous, it was actually extremely restrained.

Na Cai, Wen Ming, Najib, these steps have all been completed before Li Xuan intervenes.

Today is a levy, a letter of appointment, and a big gift.

The clansmen of the Dou clan, whether they were serving as assassins outside or as scholars inside, on this day, all gathered in the main residence of the Dou family.

Although it is not to marry a daughter as a queen, the Dou family's marriage to a daughter as a princess is also an honor second only to the queen.

It is of great benefit to stabilize the relationship between the Dou and Li families.

Thirty-six gold cakes, gold chains, gold bracelets, and all kinds of blonde hair ornaments were opened and densely placed in the courtyard, and then counted by Dou's family and sent to the warehouse.

Three days before the wedding, the Dou family had to send all the dowry to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Then you can get married.

Di Renjie stood behind Li Xuan, and said with a sigh on his face: "There is a shortage of military funds and food on the front line, but there is a big operation of gold and jade in the back, Lord Wang, this is ......"

Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Datang is actually not short of money, what Datang really lacks is grain, and most of Datang's grain is stored in the granary of the family. ”

Li Xuan sighed lightly and said, "Brother Huaiying, do you know how much food the Dou family will have to come up with when the Dou family marries the royal family?" ”

Di Renjie arched his hand and said, "Please also ask the prince for advice." ”

"It's enough for the entire Qinghai army to eat and drink for a month without worry." Li Xuan sighed lightly, the reason why the Dou family is willing to pay such a big price is that in addition to the dowry under the royal family for the wedding, the Dou family also received a percentage of the salt sold in Chaka Salt Lake.

With the Dou family as a precedent, the other major families will soon pounce.

However, they are not as lucky as the Dou family, and Yicheng is because the Dou family married a daughter to the royal family.

This can be said to be the last prince and concubine of the royal family, and no one else has such luck.

In addition, a considerable part of the salt profits obtained by the Dou family will be handed over to the royal family.

Yicheng is actually just saying it to the outside world, in fact, the salt profit that the Dou family can get is less than five points.

As for the other families, the salt profit that all of them can get together will not exceed one percent.

Because the imperial court only takes out two percent at most, and the other eighty percent is in the hands of the imperial court, or in other words, in the hands of the Empress Wu.

It was a dream for these big families to want to buckle things from the hands of the Empress Wu.

But this also means that these big families have been linked to the Empress Wu to some extent.

Li Xuan watched all this calmly, and he didn't have the slightest panic, because Qugou New City would be in his hands.

The equivalent tea card will also be completely in his hands.

As long as he cuts off the tea card, then the money will be completely cut off, and their lifeblood will completely fall into Li Xuan's hands.

In particular, a considerable part of the money that falls into the hands of the family will be used as military expenses.

Li Xuan's breathing suddenly became heavy, which was deliberately set by the emperor.

Although the emperor does not know the way of money and food, he knows the way of balance and the heart of the people.

……

Give a dowry gift, hand over the kun book, hand over the gift book, and choose the best date.

The eldest princess of Huainan gave up her hand to Dou Xuande and the Dou family, and then took the marriage certificate and left.

Li Xuan followed behind and arched his hand at Dou Xuande: "Dou Weng, Xuan will leave." ”

"Lord Wang, go slowly!" Dou Xuande returned the salute, and at the same time couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this complicated engagement was finally over.

Dou Zhijing, the Duke of Julu County behind Dou Xuande; Dou Sitai, the examiner of the Ministry of Officials, gave up his hand to Li Xuan at the same time.

Dou Xuande is Dou Zhijing's uncle, Dou Zhijing and the emperor, and Li Xuan are the same generation, and they are also the father of Princess Xiang Dou.

Dou Sitai is the eldest brother of Princess Xiang Dou, and these will be the most trusted people around Li Dan...... It will also be the person who will definitely be eradicated by the future martial queen.

Li Xuan gave up his hand again, and then left the Dou Mansion with Lai Sui and Di Renjie.

Returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Xian personally sent the wedding book back to the palace.

Li Xuan led someone to send the eldest princess of Huainan to the princess's mansion to rest, after all, the eldest princess was very old.

After it was over, Li Xuan slowly walked towards his mansion, remembering that he had met the North Gate Bachelor today, Li Xuan turned around and asked, "Brother Huaiying, how is your case investigated?" ”

"There's a clue." Di Renjie said a word, and then stopped speaking.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and said: "That case will be solved as soon as possible, don't delay it any longer, if it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it won't be able to be investigated again." ”

Di Renjie nodded seriously, and when he arrived at the door of King Peng's mansion, Di Renjie and Li Xuan said goodbye.

……

The next day, Shi Di Renjie, the servant, wrote a letter to impeach Cui Sheng, the servant of the Criminal Department, for buying officials, manipulating the prison, cultivating forces, and having bad intentions.

Immediately, Liu Qi in the Hubu Langzhong, Shi Tanning in the Imperial Palace, and Zhou Chun in the Langzhong in the Ministry of Officials were all involved in the case.

A storm broke out immediately, led by Cui Sheng, the servant of the Criminal Department.

It was at this time that Peng Wangfu and Luo Governor Shi Cui Zhiyi came to visit.

(End of chapter)