At the same time, the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Lu She stood aside respectfully, looked at Li Si who was frowning, and carefully reminded: "Prime Minister, rest for a while." ”

Li Si raised his head and put down the gong in his hand, and said lightly: "What time is it?" ”

"At the beginning of the day, seeing that the prime minister seemed to have something on his mind, I didn't let the subordinate officials bother you, and they all went home."

Li Si got up and tidied up his clothes, paced into the courtyard, and sighed softly at the glow of the sky.

Lu She's voice sounded behind him: "What is the Prime Minister's trouble?" ”

Li Si didn't look back, and responded: "Why do you say this?" ”

"With the diligence of the prime minister, the public seal on the case in the past has already been dealt with, but today it is only half handled, and His Majesty suddenly admonished Tingwei this morning, it seems that he is talking about good wine, but combined with Tingwei Cheng and the right protector as the emperor's envoy to Lingnan to investigate the Nanhaicang fire case, it seems that it is not so simple."

Li Si chuckled lightly and sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard: "You just told me what you said, if it spreads, it will be a chicken, a dog, and a dog." ”

Lu She said respectfully: "The subordinate officials in front of others don't dare to speak so vainly. ”

Li Si stroked the whiter goatee, squinted his eyes and said, "Your Majesty is understandable for doing this, the key is what is Zhao Tuo's purpose?" ”

Zhao Tuo directly sent the public seal to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu She was the first to get it, so he naturally knew about it, and guessed: "Xia Guan thinks that there are two possibilities, one is that the fire in the Nanhai Cang is indeed an unintentional mistake, Zhao Tuo is worried that directly playing His Majesty will provoke scolding, and intends to let the Prime Minister mediate one or two in it, and second, if there is another hidden secret, it is impossible to say that Zhao Tuo wants to use this matter to make His Majesty suspicious of the Prime Minister and divide the monarch and ministers." ”

Li Si agreed: "It makes sense, but what I can't figure out is this matter, the former Zhao Tuo didn't send anything, it's unlikely, the latter is what I'm worried about, I have a selfless friendship with Zhao Tuo and officialdom, what good can I do to him if I and Your Majesty are separated?" ”

Hearing this, Lu She shook his head lightly, frowned slightly, and said, "This ...... Xia Guan couldn't figure it out. ”

Li Si was silent for a while, then got up and said, "The old man has acted above board all his life, so what is there to fear if he is a conspiracy." Let's go home. ”

The Prime Minister's Mansion is not far from the Li Mansion, Li Si went home on time, Yuan Zhong had already stood respectfully in front of the door, and when he saw Li Si coming back, he hurriedly trotted forward with a horse stool, and said respectfully: "Prime Minister, please get out of the car." ”

Li Si got out of the carriage with the support of Yuan Zhong and walked slowly towards the mansion: "The weather is hot, send someone to clean the bamboo mats in the mansion, and I will send them to the palace tomorrow." ”

Yuan Zhong said with a smile: "Prime Minister rest assured, the queen has not come back since she entered the palace, but the old slave did not dare to slack off a little, and ordered someone to carefully clean the queen's boudoir every day, and everything was clean." ”

Li Si smiled: "When people are old, they always forget things, if you don't remind you, the old man can't remember." ”

Yuan Zhong has followed Li Si for more than 20 years, and the three children in the house have grown up under his watch, and his feelings are extraordinary. ”

Li Si nodded and didn't speak again, since Li Shiyun entered the palace, he had only met several times, and it was all during the festival, and it was rare to have time to say a few words, just to take this opportunity to see his daughter.

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After the next day, Li Si stayed alone and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to meet the queen, the weather has been hot recently, and the minister hopes to present the queen's favorite bamboo mat to the queen." ”

Human nature, I can't refuse, got up and said with a smile: "It should be like this, good book, go with Li Xiang, and wait outside the palace." ”

"Obey orders!" "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing the two of them out of the front hall of Zhangtai, I beckoned Meng He to walk in: "There is nothing abnormal about the bamboo mat, right?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, when I entered the palace, the guard carefully checked it, and there was no abnormality, and the Yuan'an guard will check it again."

"Got it, go ahead."

I laughed at myself, did I doubt that a bamboo mat could hide something......

In Luoyun Palace, Li Shan saw Zhao Shanben and Li Si coming together from a distance, took two steps closely, and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the prime minister, Zhao Langzhong." ”

Li Si bowed back slightly, and said with a smile: "Wei Wei doesn't need to be polite. ”

Although Zhao Shanben is my close minister, he is far behind Wei Wei, and he has not yet been appointed as the secretary of the Zhongshu order, so he naturally does not dare to hold it up, and he also respectfully returns the salute: "I have seen Wei Wei." ”

Then he handed the bamboo mat in his hand to Li Shan, and Li Si said: "I came to meet the queen, this thing is the queen's favorite bamboo mat, and I ask Wei Wei to check it carefully." ”

Li Shan took it respectfully and ordered: "Go to the queen." ”

Someone went immediately, and after a while, Xi Qiqing came out and saluted again.

Li Si nodded, Li Shan handed the bamboo mat to Xi Qiqing, Xi Qiqing opened the bamboo mat in front of everyone and carefully inspected it, and apologized: "Prime minister, forgive me, the rules are like this." ”

Li Shan couldn't get started, but he also saw it clearly, and also arched his hand: "Prime Minister, please!" ”

Li Si smiled: "It's okay, it should be so." ”

Zhao Shanben also saluted respectfully: "I'm waiting for Li Xiang here." ”

Li Si nodded and followed Xi Qiqing into the palace gate.

Li Shiyun was in a daze in the hall looking at the accounts of the Empress Shaofu, and when he saw Li Si coming in, he hurriedly got up and was about to salute, then remembered his identity, put down his hand, and said with joy: "Father! ”

Li Si glanced at Li Shiyun dotingly, and saluted respectfully: "Have you seen the queen, is the queen safe?" ”

Li Shiyun learned from my usual appearance and responded: "Peace, no courtesy." ”

Seeing that the father and daughter were going to chat, Xi Qiqing said wisely: "Queen, the ministers will temporarily go to the East Hall to deal with political affairs." ”

Li Shiyun's eyes signaled permission, and Xi Qiqing took a few female officials to the east hall, and the only officials who can usually enter Luoyun Palace are female officials, and the male officials are all in the queen's Shaofu in the front hall area, which is adjacent to the Shaofu of Fengsi.

After everyone left, Li Shiyun hurriedly pulled Li Si to sit down, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why hasn't my father come to see me for so long?" ”

Li Si smiled, stroked his beard and said, "You are the queen now, how can the harem be easy for your father, how is it lately?" ”

Li Shiyun pursed his lips, pointed to the empty table in front of him, and said dejectedly: "There was that ...... here just now I can't read the stack of account books...... Nothing else is fine, but the only way to do it is to plan it, Xiqi Shaofu has taught me many times and I can't understand it. ”

Li Si comforted: "Take your time, as a female monarch, if you can't even manage a queen's mansion, how can you set an example for women in the world in the future, and how can you share your majesty's worries?" ”

Li Shiyun sighed: "My daughter understands, that is, complaining a few words in front of her father...... My father's gray hair is too much, so I need to take care of my body. ”

Li Si smiled: "People are old, their bodies are fine, rest assured." ”

Then he said, "Is Your Majesty coming too much?" ”