"Changing shoes? There is not much money left in the palace this month, do you still want to change your shoes? Now for the Chinese New Year, don't think about changing clothes and shoes. ”

Leng Ming was just about to argue with her, but she turned back and continued:

"By the way, you, the people in the palace, have a bit of excess food and clothing, and I have to reformulate the rules when I go back, and your food will also be reduced ......"

"Why are I scaling back on my food? For so many years, I've been eating like this, you've shrunk it, I'm not used to it. ”

"If you don't get used to it, you have to get used to it, it's not the end of the month yet, and there is not much silver in the house, if something special happens, the whole palace must not go hungry!"

"What could be anything special? The imperial court will deliver the silver every month as scheduled, what are you afraid of, there are still no flowers. ”

It is because of this idea that Leng Ming will not be able to save money.

Luo Xue was about to change his mind.

She rolled her eyes again and glared at him, and rebuked sharply and angrily:

"Living on the money issued by the imperial court, what else do you have to be proud of? You are now just a prince from the fourth grade, and your monthly silver is only sixty taels, do you think you are so noble? You haven't made any military exploits for the Daning country, you haven't created a little blessing for the people, you haven't done anything worth showing off except eating, drinking, and having fun, and you're not happy to let you guard the city gate? Do you think you're amazing? ”

"I ......"

Leng Ming wanted to quibble, but found that Luo Xue's words seemed to have some truth.

Although he is a prince, he is only a fourth-grade prince, and his monthly silver is only a few dozen taels, which cannot be compared with the fourth and fifth brothers.

Since I can't say it, I won't say it.

He looked up and asked aggrievedly:

"Where's breakfast? Did someone arrange it for me? ”

"No, let's go to the city gate to eat, and save some food at home."

Hearing this, Leng Ming was completely furious, he pointed to his nose and asked angrily:

"You won't even give me breakfast? Do you want to starve me? ”

"Who wants to starve you? You're the gatekeeper now, and there's breakfast there, so you can just eat it, and if you rub it out a little longer, there's probably no food there. ”

"You ......"

Leng Ming flicked his sleeves angrily, wanting to say something, but seeing Luo Xue's face, he still held back what he said.

He walked out of King Ming's mansion in a huff and shouted loudly:

"Where's the carriage, butler?"

The butler trotted to him, bowed and replied:

"Lord, the princess has explained, the carriage in the palace cannot be used easily, you ...... Or go on foot! ”

"What?"

Leng Ming looked at the housekeeper and was angry.

He was deflated by Luo Xue, he was angry enough, and now the housekeeper doesn't listen to him anymore?

He pointed at the butler and scolded:

"Get me a horse quickly, it's so far from the city gate, and when I get there, it's getting dark. ”

The butler bowed again and replied:

"The princess has sold the horses in the palace, leaving only a sick horse for spare, but she said that if you really don't want to walk, she will arrange a ride for you!"

As he spoke, he pointed to a donkey tied to a tree stump not far away, and said with a flattering smile:

"The princess said, donkeys eat less, and our palace can afford to raise them."

This, this, this......

Let him ride a donkey?

It's a big joke.

He looked at the donkey, crying and laughing, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, the housekeeper reminded again:

"Lord, the princess asked the servants to remind you every day that you can't be late when you go to work at the city gate, if you are late, she will punish you."

"Get out."

Leng Ming scolded the housekeeper angrily, and the housekeeper walked away with a gray cat.

Then he angrily untied the rope that bound the donkey, and muttered as he led him forward,

"It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, I'm also a prince anyway, I want to ride you to guard the city gate, it's really humiliating for myself, humiliating myself."

As he spoke, he rolled over on the donkey's back, patted the donkey's back, shook his head, and comforted himself:

"I don't have to walk by myself, just slow down!"

The sky was just bright, the autumn breeze was a little cool, and a man and a donkey, in a complaint, walked in the direction of the city gate.

As soon as he left King Ming's Mansion, he saw a carriage blocking his way, and he fixed his eyes on it, it was the carriage of King Xi's Mansion.

He hurriedly turned over and dismounted the donkey, came to the side of the carriage, and asked in a loud voice:

"Is it the fifth brother?"

Leng Xi opened the door of the sedan curtain, looked at Leng Ming seriously, and asked in surprise:

"I heard that the sixth brother is going to serve at the gate of the city? I didn't believe it, but now it seems that it's true? ”

Then, he looked at the donkey behind Leng Ming,

"What are you...... Do you ride a donkey to work? Hahaha......"

Listening to Leng Xi's laughter, Leng Ming frowned and stopped:

"Fifth brother, don't laugh at me, what can I do? This is marrying a daughter-in-law, it's like marrying a dominatrix, hey! ”

"Regret it?"

Leng Ming shook his head busily,

"Don't regret it, if she likes to toss, let her toss!"

Leng Xi patted him on the shoulder and said sympathetically:

"Let's go, I'll take you for a drink or two."

"No, I have to go to the city gate to report the way, and when I turn around, I will be found by the dominatrix, and I don't want my life."

Leng Xi looked at him and suddenly smiled,

"Sixth brother, are you really going to guard the city gate? Are you also the prince, the prince of the dignified Da Ning Kingdom to guard the city gate? You're not afraid of being laughed at? I see, you lady, you are deliberately making you embarrassed, and you really want her to succeed? ”

"So what can I do?"

"What if you don't go? I'll have someone tell the gatekeeper to keep his mouth shut, and he'll be fine. ”

"But, but she said that she would go to check the post every day, what if she really went?"

"Are you stupid......

Leng Xi looked at him helplessly,

"She's a woman, and she'll run to the city gate every day when she's idle? Besides, even if she does go, tell the gatekeeper that she will transfer you to another city gate, and she can still check them one by one? ”

"But ......"

"Don't be, come on, take Lord Ming's donkey, go to Tianxianglou, let's brothers have a good drink......"

Leng Ming was still hesitating there, Leng Xi had already pulled him into the carriage and went straight to Tianxiang Tower.

After a bowl of wine, Leng Ming completely forgot Luo Xue's words, and he began to complain non-stop,

"Fifth brother, you don't know what kind of life I lived, I was woken up by the sound of gongs before dawn every day, the food in the house began to shrink, I ate vegetarian dishes all day long, I think I am about to become a monk, and the expenses in the house have also begun to shrink, you see, my pocket is cleaner than my face, and even the horse I went out to ride was sold to me, let me ride a donkey...... Ride a donkey...... I am a dignified prince, and I actually rode a donkey out of the house, which is strange if I don't die of laughter. ”

Looking at Leng Ming's sad face, Leng Xi poured him a full glass of wine, and then persuaded:

"You are really an elm head, she can ask her father to arrange for you to go to the city gate, won't you go to your Lord Yue to complain? As far as I know, I heard that you are going to serve at the city gate, Liu Dechang is very angry, his Chenglong fast son-in-law was arranged to guard the city gate, he must feel very ashamed, you can ask him to arrange a better position for you, I believe Liu Luoxue will not dare to refute her father! ”

Leng Ming's eyes rolled, and he nodded as if he didn't understand,

"Fifth brother's words make sense, I'll go to him in a while."

"Not now, if you go to him before you take up your post, he will think that you can't endure hardship, and wait until the people in the city start to talk about your guarding the city gate, and then he will rearrange your position for the sake of his own face."

"Will anyone in the city take care of this business?"

Leng Xi smiled mysteriously, "In this matter, with the fifth brother here, it will naturally make you get your wish." ”

As he spoke, he picked up his wine glass and touched his glass with Leng Ming, and the two of them drank the wine in the glass.