Finally, an autumn rain came, blowing away the scorching heat of late summer and giving this autumn a bit of an autumn flavor.
The air in the morning was moist and slightly cold, and I could vaguely tell that it was not the cold but the frost from last night. The red petals in the garden were all covered with a light layer of crystal.
"Master is up, come here and help me change my clothes!"
In the back house of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, his wife, Mrs. Deng, leaned against the door and spoke to the outside world.
After he finished speaking, several maids came in carrying various toiletries.
Qianqianyu's hand opened the curtain, and the cool air blew in from the window, making Li Jinglong shiver on the bed.
"I hate this weather the most. My whole body is sticky and cold!" Li Jinglong complained as he stood up, put on the waistcoat handed over by the maid, and said, "Bring me your official uniform, I will go to the palace to see you in a moment!"
Then he ordered, "Master, I'm afraid of the cold, so put a layer of felt in my boots!"
"Don't worry, we have prepared it for you a long time ago!" Mrs. Deng said with a smile on the side, "It's just autumn and you are so cold. It will be better in a few days!" After saying that, she covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Master, you
It was not like this a few years ago. I had to ride twice in the morning when I got up in the middle of winter!"
"Hmph, I used to ride horses to sweat. Now I stop riding horses and ride people instead. The yang energy has been sucked dry. How can I not be afraid of the cold!" Li Jinglong smiled evilly.
"Death!" Deng was angry and pinched the other person's arm.
Li Jinglong smiled, stood up, and began to clean his mouth and face under the service of the maid.
Deng turned around and made the bed. Suddenly she remembered something and said, "Sir, my nephew sent me a gift yesterday. From the gift list, I can see that it's quite a lot. How to return the gift? You have to get the regulations!"
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Li Jinglong spat out the sewage in his mouth, "Your own nephew gave you a gift, what gift should you give in return?" After saying that, he paused and asked doubtfully, "Which of your nephews gave you a gift?"
Deng gave him a dissatisfied look, "Who else could it be? The Prince of Yongxing County in Xi'an?" As he spoke, he sighed and said, "It's hard for this kid. He thinks about my aunt every year, even every New Year.
Never failed!"
"Every New Year's Day?" Li Jinglong suddenly said loudly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Deng immediately glared, "What did you shout so early in the morning?"
Li Jinglong wiped the foam from his mouth and said angrily, "I'm really right when the walls of my house collapse and the house collapses. Do you accept his gift?" Then he continued to question, "How many times have you been in contact with that place?
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"Why can't I have contact with my own nephew?" Mrs. Deng rolled her eyes at Li Jinglong, "Oh, he didn't inherit the title of King Qin, so my aunt doesn't recognize him?"
The Prince of Yongxing County she spoke of was her sister, the son of Deng, the concubine of the former Qin King Zhu Ping who was extremely beloved, and is now the Prince of Yongxing County Zhu Shangbing.
King Zhu Xi of Qin had no legitimate son. According to the ancestral family law of the Ming Dynasty, there was no legitimate son. Zhu Xi should have inherited the throne after his death, but because the old man and Zhu Yunxi hated the favored Deng family, they decided to
The title of king was passed to the second son of the concubine. But the eldest son of the concubine who was supposed to succeed the king of Qin only lost a county prince.
"If he were a prince, would he still recognize you as my aunt?" Li Jinglong was furious, "In the early years, when the two of them were in power, when did they contact you?" He said, waving his hands and driving the servants out.
, "He is now an empty-handed prince, and he thinks of your dear aunt here? A prince, just in time for the New Year and the holidays, is giving you gifts. You can't figure out what's going on here?"
Deng was dissatisfied and asked, "What's the matter? It's just a matter of human relations?"
"What kind of favor is there with him?" Li Jinglong sneered, "If you were powerless, he would give it to you? Traveling thousands of miles to give it to you?" He continued to sneer, "I'm not giving you a gift because of you.
She is his biological aunt, but because of you and me!"
Deng was angry, "I am the king of the county..."
"His gifts should be sent back intact!" Li Jinglong interrupted his wife directly, "No, send them back twice as much. If he sends people from Xi'an to send gifts here in the future, he will not accept them!"
"What are you..."
"I'm telling you, don't bring disaster to your family!" Li Jinglong roared, then looked outside, approached his wife and whispered, "There are many things you don't know here. If you eat someone else's mouth and use their hands, something will happen.
You can’t tell the truth now!”
"What could be the matter?" Deng's eyes were red, "They are not expensive things, they are Xi'an specialties sent by his messenger. My child is Shen Shen. Knowing his identity, he cannot interact with the courtiers.
I didn’t even send them to my uncle’s house, but sent them all here to me. He also wrote a letter saying that I would like to give these worthless things to my parents-in-law to try!"
"When his mother was alive, she was really estranged from me. But...even though he is a prince, he is also my nephew! As elders, we can't poke fun at the hearts of younger generations, right?"
It turns out that Li Jinglong couldn't tell Deng about the matters in Prince Qin's palace.
No matter how arrogant King Qin is, it is still the family feud of the old Zhu family. The two men in the Jinluan Palace can say whatever they want, but Li Jinglong dares to speak nonsense with half of his tongue, which is a death penalty.
"Can I still cheat you?" Li Jinglong sat down next to his wife, put his arm around her shoulders, and said softly, "Anyway, don't get too close to that side in the past two years!" At this point, he sighed, "He
If I really have you as my aunt in my heart, I will naturally understand our difficulties."
"What do outsiders think when they find out? Oh, my great Duke Cao Guo is fighting with the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, what am I going to do?" Li Jinglong continued, "Oh, the great Lord Duke of the Ming Dynasty gave me a gift, isn't my Duke Cao a little arrogant?
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"Others won't see what's going on here. They want to scold us for finding countless excuses!"
Mrs. Deng wiped her tears and said, "You men, you are all such frivolous people. How can you cause trouble by giving gifts to relatives..."
"Yes!" Li Jinglong said sternly, "Be obedient. As the saying goes, if a family has a good wife, her husband will not suffer anything bad. You have taken care of everything very well these years, and I never say anything to you."
"But this is the only thing you have to listen to me, don't have any contact with that person. Don't say anything else, even if it's a favor!"
Deng was still puzzled, "What on earth is he...?"
Li Jinglong pointed his finger at his head, "The superiors didn't allow him to take the title in the first place. Think about it?" He said with a smile, "You, there are some things I can't tell you. But as long as you understand, you man
I won’t harm you, that’s all.”
After saying that, he stood up, continued to put on his official uniform, and walked out of the door under the watch of Deng.
Come out of the backyard and run to the stable in the side yard. The groom in the mansion has already prepared the carriage.
Li Jinglong sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and stuck his head out, "Butler!"
"Here!" The butler hurried forward.
"Remember, no matter who gives the gift, they are not allowed to open the door, do you understand?"
The butler nodded, "Understood!"
"Yeah!" Li Jinglong nodded, put down the car curtain and closed his eyes in the car to relax.
The wheels rutted and the carriage shook.
Li Jinglong's mind was running rapidly in the carriage, "I've got long hair but short knowledge. Your nephew, the prince of the county, is still the king of the county. Do you really think he cares about you when he gives you a New Year's gift?"
"Besides, he didn't give it a few years ago, but he has been very attentive in the past two years. Is he giving you a gift? He must have something going on in the future, and he will demand it on you and me!"
"I won't get involved in their old Zhu family's bad affairs!"
Thinking to myself, I leaned back comfortably on the carriage with a soft pillow.
Then he slowly closed his eyes and sang a cappella in his mouth, "Youdao is the four great fragrances of life, the fish that bloom in the river, the chicken that lays eggs, the second wife who goes back to sleep in the cage! Master, I will go to sleep first and go home to the second wife in the evening, hehe!"
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This chapter has been completed!