Chang'an, Li Linfu's residence.
Li Xiu walked quickly through the corridor and came to his father's study.
Standing in front of the door, Li Xiu took a deep breath and sang a farewell song loudly.
Li Linfu's voice sounded in the room: "Come in."
Li Xiu straightened his sleeves, carefully pushed the door open, walked to the inner room of the study, and bowed to his father.
Li Linfu, who was reading the battle report of Shibao City, looked at Li Xiu and asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"
Li Xiu: "Zhou Jun..."
Li Linfu frowned: "But the palace has set a reward for Zhou Jun?"
Li Xiu nodded slightly.
Li Linfu sat up straight: "Should we stay in Chang'an? Or move to the capital?"
Li Xiu hesitated for a moment: "Stay in Chang'an."
Li Linfu frowned: "Staying in Chang'an...will the saint still reuse this Nu Yalang?"
Li Xiu was stunned and said quickly: "Father, the saint plans to recruit Zhou Jun as his consort, and intends to betroth Princess Wanchun to him."
Li Linfu's body was shaken, and he almost couldn't catch his breath. He asked in disbelief: "Prince-in-law?!"
Li Xiu nodded: "I just heard the news from the Ministry of Rites."
The expression on Li Linfu's face kept changing.
Shock, confusion, relief, regret... all turned into a long sigh.
Li Linfu: "I have calculated everything, but I have never thought that the saint actually intended to marry Zhou Jun as his son-in-law."
Li Xiu: "Not only my father, but also everyone in the Ministry of Rites was shocked when they first heard about it."
After the initial shock, Li Linfu thought about the whole thing carefully, and suddenly an inexplicable fear arose in his heart.
Li Linfu heard nothing about the marriage between Zhou Jun and Princess Wanchun from beginning to end, and even no one from the palace came to report it. In the end, he only learned about the matter through Li Xiu's relationship with the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
Li Linfu felt cold in his hands and feet. In the past, the saint would ask him to discuss matters no matter how big or small. However, this time he introduced Zhou Jun as the son-in-law of the country, but he did not disclose anything to him from beginning to end.
Seeing Li Linfu's ugly face, Li Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Father, is something wrong?"
Li Linfu asked Li Xiu: "Besides the Ministry of Rites, does anyone else know about the marriage between Zhou Jun and Princess Wanchun?"
Li Xiu: "I heard from people who know me well that apart from the Ministry of Rites, the Taifu also just learned the news. Even the chamberlain who came to convey the message didn't know anything about it when asked."
Li Linfu turned back to look at the battle report of Shibao City on the desk, and comforted himself in his heart. Maybe the saint knew that the war was serious, so he didn't announce it.
Li Xiu looked at Li Linfu from the side and mistakenly thought that the latter was still worried about Zhou Jun, so he said: "Father, although Zhou Jun stayed in Chang'an, once he becomes the consort in the future, according to the ancestral system, he can only hold idle positions.
You can no longer threaten our Li family."
Li Linfu waved his hand: "This is not what worries my father."
Li Xiu was puzzled.
Li Linfu suddenly remembered something and asked Li Xiu: "If I remember correctly, Princess Wanchun and Lady Yang have a very good personal relationship?"
Li Xiu thought for a while, nodded and said: "There is a rumor in the palace that Princess Wanchun and the imperial concubine are like sisters. This year for the imperial concubine's birthday, the princess specially wrote a script and arranged an excellent play. The imperial concubine was full of praise after watching it, and the saint also
It’s a big reward for the troupe.”
Li Linfu sat down slowly, his face solemn.
Seeing his father's solemn expression, Li Xiu did not dare to say anything and stood aside. After a long time, Li Linfu sighed softly and said helplessly: "Princess Wanchun, the noble concubine and the Yang family, this slave tooth man, really
What a good plan..."
On the other side, Bachuan Villa.
Zhou Jun sat in front of the desk in the side hall, looking through the records of Bachuan Market over the past year.
Xiao Qingchan, Xie Qin and other girls stood beside him.
When he saw the list of palace maids and official slaves collected in the market, Zhou Jun looked at the thick stack of rosters and asked: "Compared to the beginning, there seem to be a lot more people?"
Xiao Qingchan said softly: "The master's family is now more than just the maids in the palace...Sinong Temple, the General Supervisor and other departments are now taking in more and more homeless people, and the quota in the department has long been full.
They had no choice but to release the official slaves. However, these released official slaves could not be accommodated by the government offices and official offices, and the noble families and aristocratic families looked down on them. If they were released rashly, they might become refugees again, which would be detrimental to peace and order, so the officials used the
Due to the relationship between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Bieyuan, they all want to relocate him to Bachuan."
Xie Qin added on the side: "Not only Chang'an, Luoyang, but also the capital Taiyuan are interested in sending official slaves to Bachuan. I heard that Pang Gong wrote a special note and asked the saint for instructions on this matter."
Zhou Jun: "What did the palace say?"
Xie Qin: "Zhezi's reply only has one sentence, and it's easy to do it."
Zhou Jun looked thoughtful.
Xiao Qingchan hesitated for a moment and said: "Nowadays, most of the land in the three Bachuan continents has been developed, and more and more palace maids and official slaves have been sent, and there is no place to place them anymore... How about Erlang?"
Tell Pang Gong?"
Hearing this, Xie Qin glanced at Zhou Jun, smiled and said nothing.
Zhou Jun shook his head and said: "No, since the palace has said that it is easy to do things, it means that there is a request for Bachuan. All we can do is to find ways to meet the request."
Xiao Qingchan heard Zhou Jun's firm words, so she stopped trying to persuade him and just agreed.
Zhou Jun put down the booklet of Bachuan Market and picked up the Kan Ji of Huaqiong Tower, which recorded the words and deeds of various people in Bachuan in categories according to the importance of the information.
Zhou Jun opened the branch gate marked "Daqi Trade Road" and saw all kinds of information densely listed on it.
Some related information is also marked with red cinnabar, and then connected into a mother-child couplet.
Zhou Jun looked through the past roughly, and found that most of them were officials from the imperial court and nobles from aristocratic families. They were doing everything they could to place cronies on the Daqi Trade Road in order to gain the right to control prices and pass the trade route.
When Zhou Jun saw what was behind him, he couldn't help but sigh: "Everything in the world is for profit; everything in the world is for profit."
Xie Qin said: "The success of the Daqi Trade Road lies in the unity of the government and the people. But now there are so many people trying to join, but they all have their own agendas and seek their own interests. If this continues, the Daqi Trade Road will definitely
When trouble occurs, there is no telling what the outcome will be, but the person who untied the bell must tie it."
Xie Qin's words were so delicately said that Zhou Jun couldn't help but nod after hearing them.
At this moment, a young woman's song came from outside the room.
This voice sounded a little unfamiliar, and Zhou Jun looked at the two women beside him.
Xiao Qingchan quickly explained to Zhou Jun: "The person outside the door is the second sister of the servant girl's family, Yingluo."
Zhou Jun recalled that when he went to the Xiao family to propose marriage, behind the screen, besides Xiao Qingchan, there was another woman, who seemed to be Xiao Yingluo, the second wife of the Xiao family.
Xiao Qingchan explained on the side that when Zhou Jun was away, Xie Qin couldn't bear to see the Xiao sisters separated, so she asked Zhou Ze's wife Yu Junniang for mercy, and the latter found Princess Wanchun.
Princess Wanchun went to the teaching workshop in Gongyuan Liyuan, told General Leying her intention, and finally took Xiao Yingluo away.
Zhou Jun heard the whole story and nodded to show his understanding.
Xiao Qingchan opened the curtain in the side hall and went to the door to lead Xiao Yingluo in.
When Zhou Jun met Xiao Yingluo for the first time, he saw that the woman was wearing a light crimson short jacket. Although her appearance was somewhat similar to Xiao Qingchan, she was different from the latter's elegance and low-key. Xiao Yingluo was youthful and agile, with swaying pearls and a body like a flower.
Man is a rare smart beauty.
Xiao Yingluo walked up to Zhou Jun, feeling nervous and uneasy. After performing the ten thousand blessings, she lowered her head and said, "Master, there is someone outside the door asking to see you."
Zhou Jun asked: "Who is it?"
Xiao Yingluo: "He said his name is Kang Kejing, he comes from the Western Regions, and his father is Kang Randi, the governor of Shicheng Town."
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