Rainy days and thick clouds.

Even if it's a break, it's still gloomy.

The moisture is heavy, and the clothes feel very damp, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Li Shao came out of the Jinluan Palace, only to feel extremely tired.

He didn't like this kind of day, and the next spring rain that stopped for a while, and lasted all day, was not as good as the summer rain in him.

At least it's neat enough.

Before the people arrived at the yamen, the rain began to fall in the air again, and Wang Gouzi was busy opening the umbrella and followed Li Shao step by step.

It wasn't until he entered the room that Li Shao glanced at the tip of his shoe with disgust.

It's wet.

It's not good to have an umbrella in this weather, not only the shoes, but also the hem of the clothes.

"Your Highness."

Li Shao heard the voice and turned his head to look out.

Xu Jian just came and was collecting the umbrella under the corridor, Li Shao looked at his upper sleeves, and he was not as refreshing as himself.

"You're hard to get it later than I do." Li Shaodao.

The time of the next dynasty is uncertain, and when there are few things, they disperse early, and when there are many things, they can fight for more than an hour.

Xu Jian did not return to the dynasty, but he would not let Li Shao wait for him, he came to the yamen early every day, no matter when the Jinluan Palace was dispersed, when Li Shao arrived, he was waiting here.

Xu Jian naturally came late on purpose.

When he saw the courtiers arriving at the Thousand Steps Corridor one after another, and knew that he had retreated from the court, he let the carriage slowly and leisurely from west to east, and when he approached the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he saw Li Shao's figure, which arrived one after the other.

"There is a lot of water on the road, and the carriage doesn't dare to go fast," Xu Jian said, frowning, "It's really inconvenient on a rainy day, and people are not happy."

Li Shao was happy.

Yes!

It's not that he's just annoyed by the rain.

Xu Jian was more annoying than he looked, Li Shao couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and then a little worried.

Joy is subconscious, Xu Jian has pitted him too much in the past two days, where will Li Shao be unlucky?

Sorrow is the reason after the joy, the wet weather is not good for the leg injury, and he is still waiting for Xu Jian to recuperate better, and the court will be a help to him.

Li Shao thought about it, and his eyes fell on Xu Jian's right leg.

Xu Jian followed Li Shao's gaze and said, "The minister has put a hand stove here for backup, and it will be warmed up later."

Wang Gouzi had already put away the umbrella, and when he heard this, he said actively: "Your Highness, you and Grandpa Guo will sit for a while, and the younger one will go to prepare tea and warm the hand stove."

Li Shao responded.

It had been raining in the morning, and when it had stopped near noon, there was a faint bright light, but before it had cleared up for a quarter of an hour, the rain clouds came again, and the whole afternoon was as dark as night, and lights were lit everywhere.

In this situation, Li Shao was inevitably absent-minded, and only felt that the chairs under him were all damp, and he couldn't sit still at all.

Xu Jian saw it in his eyes and didn't say much.

He was more focused on observing the sky, and judged that there should be thunder and lightning later in the morning, as he had when he had risen in the morning.

When they went down, it was just in time for the rain to become heavier, and the rain was connected down the eaves to form a rain curtain.

It's really not a good time to go home.

Not only Feng Shangshu, but the other officials also stayed, continuing to do what they were doing, wanting to wait for the rain to ease before leaving.

Li Shao's face showed a little impatience.

Xu Jian said softly, "Your Highness, wait a little longer, or do you have something to do after returning to the palace?"

"What can I do?" Li Shao sighed and said casually, "There are still some places to go, where can I go now?"

Speaking of which, last year was almost this season, Xu Jian followed him to observe the government in the Ministry of Rites, and after going down to the government, he often called Liu Xun to go to Chenmi Hutong......

Thinking of the house, Li Shao's expression darkened.

Liu Xun is really unreliable, and he found such a place for fun, Li Mi's gold bricks and the gold papers of the Guyue envoys were all mixed there.

It's all against him.

Putting aside those conspiracies, the house is actually pretty good.

The drinks are good, the dancers are good, it's a pastime.

Xu Jian looked at Li Shao and heard the mockery in his words.

"You don't have to look at me," Li Shao said, "I'm not stupid, I know I can't go to those places now. I'm going to be surrounded by Shan Shen again, I'm in big trouble, and so are you."

Xu Jian lowered his eyes and said, "Your Highness knows in your heart, and the minister is naturally relieved."

Li Shao stood up, saw Xu Jian's hand stove on his lap, raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not as good as you now, you go down to the government and go back to the house, and you will be accompanied by Ning An when you eat and sleep, I can only stay in Yuqing Palace honestly, and I won't even have anyone to accompany you after a few sips of wine." Alas, you say, I will ask my father to give me a marriage?"

Xu Jian didn't answer.

Li Shao said casually, at first glance, he didn't have a brain, and he talked casually, Xu Jian didn't need to say much about it, and he also analyzed with him whether it was feasible to marry, when to ask the saint, and whose girl was suitable, there was no need for this at all.

Sure enough, Li Shao didn't care and walked to the door to watch the rain.

East sentence and west sentence, no head and no brain, what to say, wait for the rain to light a little, it has been two quarters of an hour.

The officials took advantage of this to hurry down from the yamen, and there were constant carriages and sedan chairs outside the yamen on the left and right.

Li Shao was also about to leave, so he saw a small official looking for him.

After greeting the two, the little official said, "Grandpa Guo, someone from outside just came to spread the word, saying that the wheel of your carriage was stuck when it was halfway through, and I am afraid that it will not be able to reach it for a while, so please wait in the yamen."

Xu Jian thanked the little official, and when the others left, their faces were sad.

Li Shao said: "If you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid it will rain again later."

"Yes, it's not convenient to find another carriage and sedan chair now, and I don't know when I will be delayed before I can return home," Xu Jian sighed and said, "When I went out early in the morning, the county lord also said that the bamboo shoots in the past few days were delicious, and let the kitchen prepare a few more dishes to eat and drink at night, and the dishes will be cold now......

Li Shao couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his stomach.

I'm a little hungry, and I can't help but be hungry after listening to the food and drinks.

Xu Jian seemed to have just thought of this stubble, and said to Li Shao, "Why don't you go to the courtiers to eat at the bar?"

When Li Shao heard this, he was very moved.

He has a carriage, more than Xu Jian, and he can go now.

He hasn't eaten outside for a while, and he is in the palace all day long, which is really boring, although the Fuguo Mansion is not fun, but eating wine with Xu Jian, his father can explain it.

As for whether this wine pair fits his eyes or not, it doesn't matter to Li Shao anymore.

"Where are you?" Li Shao immediately made up his mind, and said, "The skills of the cooks in your house should be pretty good, right?"

Xu Jian said, "The county lord likes it very much."

Li Shao nodded as if reassuringly: "Ning An is used to eating in the imperial dining room, she can like it, and I want to eat it too."

After speaking, he motioned to Wang Gouzi to prepare the carriage.

Wang Gouzi's eyes rolled.

He has not been as wary of Fu Guogong as he was before, but there is a branch and leaf in front of him, where can he not look twice?

Look at it, you can't break it.

He didn't have that status, and he didn't have a clear reason.

"The little one is going now," Wang Gouzi finished speaking, and asked Li Shao for instructions, "The little one also sent people to the palace to give a bow, and said that you should go to the Fuguo Mansion for dinner, so as not to keep Gonggong Guo waiting."

Li Shao will not stop him.

Wang Gouzi galloped away, arranged the carriage and came to give Li Shao an umbrella again.

While walking, he thought that it was a matter of eating wine, and it was best to have nothing to do, and if there was any trick, the tail of the Duke of Fuguo would be exposed.

When the carriage drove out of the thousand-step corridor, the speed still couldn't get up.

Pedestrians were in a hurry, and the rain gradually became heavier, making everyone on the road mourn.

Xu Jian glanced at the rain scene and said to Li Shao: "Look at this posture, if it weren't for His Highness's carriage, I really wouldn't be able to return home in a short time."

Li Shao raised his chin.

In the Guogong Mansion, Lin Yunyan stood by the window.

As she thought, this morning Chengyi Bofu brought fresh bamboo shoots, and she asked them to bring them to the kitchen, and asked them to stew soup and prepare more snacks for the evening.

Mama Ma went to look for the steward just now, and when she came back, she told her that she smelled a strong aroma some distance from the kitchen, which made people greedy.

Lin Yunyan smiled when she heard this, and waited patiently for Xu Jian's progress.

At this time, someone from the front reported that Grandpa Guo had returned in His Royal Highness's carriage, and His Royal Highness would stay in the house for dinner.

Lin Yunyan went to the flower hall with an umbrella.

Halfway through, she met Xu Bai, and she whispered, "Wait a minute, set the table in the flower hall, and serve more wine to Grandpa Guo and His Royal Highness."

Send some to the backyard, let Mrs. and Ahuan stay in the house, and don't come to the front if it doesn't matter.

I'll see later, maybe it's going back to the main courtyard, maybe it's staying in the flower hall."

Xu Bai couldn't help nodding: "Don't worry, Grandpa Guo has already explained."

Lin Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief, and when she walked into the corridor outside the hall, she put away her umbrella, walked outside the flower hall, and turned her head to see Xu Jian.

As if hearing the footsteps, Xu Jian followed the sound and looked over.

The two looked at each other.

Xu Jian pursed her lower lip, a slight smile appeared in her eyes, and with just one look, Lin Yunyan understood what he meant.

Things have been smooth up to this point, and we have to keep moving forward after that.

Lin Yunyan winked at Xu Jian, crossed him, and saw Li Shao on the other side.

Li Shao saw her coming and asked, "I heard Xu Jian say that I made bamboo shoots tonight?"

"Yes, let the kitchen stew the soup with bamboo shoots and meat, it will be wet and cold on rainy days, Your Highness will drink two more bowls of soup to warm up your body." Lin Yunyan replied.

Li Shao was very interested, and when Xu Bai asked people to set the table, he looked at the dishes and raised his eyebrows.

Lin Yunyan also knows Li Shao very well, and she is very clear about his taste preferences.

Prepare dishes tonight, the dishes set are also home-cooked, there are more snacks than usual, only one dish is what Li Shao doesn't like to eat, and the rest is what he is willing to taste a few more chopsticks.

She specially made people avoid Li Shao's favorite dishes, so that he and Wang Gouzi would not notice that these dishes had been arranged a long time ago, and they had long known that he would come to eat and drink tonight.

Lin Yunyan also deliberately asked: "I didn't know that His Highness was coming, I didn't make much preparations in the kitchen, if Your Highness still wants to eat, I will let people see if there are any materials in the kitchen, if not, I will go to the street to buy it back, and the wine shops on West Street are not far away."

Li Shao sat down at the table and said cheerfully, "It's enough to eat, don't bother."

After speaking, seeing that there were only two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, he said again, "Why don't you use them together? Let people add a pair, don't urge you to eat and drink, you drink whatever you like."

Lin Yunyan looked at Xu Jian.

Xu Jian didn't say anything about it, only asked Xu Bai to add dishes and chopsticks.

The two sang the whole play, and then they sat down one after another.

There was no need for Wang Gouzi to serve during the banquet, Xu Bai served some wine and food in the side hall and let him take care of himself.

Wang Gouzi was idle, eating a lot of food, and he didn't touch half a drop of wine, and kept his ears open to pay attention to Li Shao's movements.

Li Shao is eating wine.

I have to say that the chef of the Fuguo Mansion is very skilled, the soup is fresh and the dishes are beautiful, and there are a few kinds of appetizers, which makes the wine more and more mellow, so that he can't let go if he wants to.

Xu Jian accompanied him to eat and drink.

Li Shao couldn't drink him, and gradually showed some drunkenness.

The wind and rain outside intensified, and only shadows could be seen in the dark.

Suddenly, the sky was split by lightning, and half of the sky was illuminated.

Lin Yunyan couldn't help but clench the wine cup in her hand and exchanged a look with Xu Jian.

The lightning and thunder they had been waiting for finally came.

The lightning flashed blindly, and it seemed that it was not far away, and she just wanted to say that the thunder was not small, when she heard a rumbling, and the movement was so loud that it seemed that the ground trembled.

Li Shao was also taken aback, and said, "This thunder is really big."

With his words, thunder and lightning staggered, and lightning flashed and thundered in the sky.

Xu Jian opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, such a severe thunderstorm, you have to be more careful on the way back to the palace next time."

Li Shaoshen thought so: "Let's go later, I haven't finished eating yet." Maybe it will stop then."

Wang Gouzi touched *** mouth in this thunder.

The movement is too loud, it is really bluffing, if you listen to it in your sleep for a while, I am afraid that you will have to be scared to wake up.

When Li Shao drank several more unconsciously again, he raised his hand and pressed the center of his swollen eyebrows, and was just about to say a few words when he heard someone coming in the rain outside.

It was Xu Bai who came.

He didn't even bother to take the umbrella, he ran all the way along the corridor, and most of his body was wet: "Your Highness, Grandpa Guo, and the county lord, there was a thunderstorm not far away just now, and it exploded badly."

Li Shao was stunned.

Xu Jian asked, "Where did you fall?" But it hurts?"

"I haven't heard that it hurt someone, it seems to have fallen into some yard, which has caused a lot of discussion."

Xu Jian thought for a moment and said, "Then go and inquire."

After a while, Xu Bai inquired and came back, and his face was much worse than before.

Lin Yunyan saw it in her eyes and asked, "What? Did it really blow people up?"

"The street is all discussing, it has been split into the house, and it looks like it is smoking from a distance, fortunately, it is raining heavily, and it should not burn, but the specific situation," Xu Bai paused and glanced at Li Shao, "It was the Holy Hidden Mansion that was struck by lightning, and the people did not dare to lean over......."

Li Shaoteng stood up: "Where are you talking about? Where's the thunder?"

"Hidden Mansion." Xu Bai said it again.

Li Shao gasped.

Xu Jian got up and pressed Li Shao's shoulder and asked, "Your Highness, who lives in that mansion now?"

"The father kept it for himself, and didn't reward anyone else," Li Shao said, "At most, he stayed in charge of things or something."

"Since it is the Qianfu, even if the official mansion is notified, Lord Shan will not dare to take people to break in," Xu Jian said, "I don't know where the thunder fell, it is said that it can't burn, but it is smoking...... Then let the ministers report to the palace, hoping that there will be no great damage, or else the Holy One will not be comfortable."

Li Shao's throat rolled, and the smell of wine came up: "You're not far from Qianfu here, right? I'll go over and take a look, it's not good for Master Shan to rush in, I'll take the lead."