The morning light is like a cardamom girl, and even if you just take a look, you will feel happy.

At this moment, even in the morning light, Li Zhigang in front of the mirror was always frowning.

Changsui, who was standing beside him, blocked his breathing.

My master stood in front of the mirror since dawn. He had changed his clothes many times and had tossed for a long time, but he still had no good expression and became more and more irritable.

"Am I losing weight?"

Li Zhigang looked at the half-old official uniform, his eyes full of anger.

Seeing that the emperor cannot dress like a groom, he must be steady and generous. But he cannot be too deliberate and poor, it will seem artificial.

Therefore, I can only wear this kind of half-old and not new clothes, but for some reason, this official uniform that I made last year was only worn a few times, but it was extremely unfit and looked very bloated.

When he was talking like this, Changsui next to him bowed his head in panic and could only say in his heart.

"Master, it's not that you have lost weight. It's that your waist is not as straight as you have gone. Haven't you noticed that your shoulders have begun to tilt and your back is arched?"

"Get the bullfighting suit!" After looking at myself in the mirror for a while, Li Zhigang suddenly shouted loudly.

That was the dress that the emperor gave to the emperor before he left the capital as an imperial envoy, second only to the python robe worn by the Duke and the Mausoleum.

Bullfighting is not a cow, but a creature that is similar to a python, and is somewhat like a snake, and is very majestic. In short, in mythology, it is one of the derivative deformations of the dragon.

The gorgeous bullfighting suit was quickly put on Li Zhigang's body. He tied a jade belt around his waist by himself, and then continued to look at himself in the mirror.

Suddenly, he understood why he saw that he was so dissatisfied.

Because, he is really a little old.

He was already at the age of being able to call himself an old man, with wrinkles on his face, bloated bags on his eyes, and dense lines on his eyes.

There are countless white hair mixed with the beard and sideburns.

He slowly stretched out his hand and carefully wanted to hide the white hair in his black hair, but he suddenly realized that the smooth black hair that day had become a little dry and astringent.

"Get oil..." Li Zhigang said tremblingly.

"yes!"

Changsui turned around and took the oil over. Li Zhigang couldn't wait to rub it on his head, hoping to make his decayed hair look vibrant again.

"I can't grow old!" Li Zhigang said to himself, "I just climbed up. I haven't become the number one minister of the Ming Dynasty yet. How can I grow old? I haven't stepped on those who once looked down on me, haven't let them bow down and be drunk, and have not yet taken charge of the world, how can I grow old?"

"I can't be old. The emperor is still young. I still have to accompany the emperor for many years. If I am old, the emperor will not use me anymore! If I am old, I can't fight against those young people. How can I get old?"

"master!"

Suddenly, Changsui, who had been silent on the side, made a sound with trepidation, "You are going to meet the saint today. That oil is filled with the fragrance of jasmine flowers!"

Suddenly, Li Zhigang's hand paused.

When you see the emperor, you cannot have a odor on your body.

Otherwise, it's just disrespectful!

Li Zhigang looked at the sky outside in a daze, "It's still early, is it enough to wash up?"

"Enough! There is still one hour before you enter the palace!" Chang Sui said.

"Get the water!" Li Zhigang helplessly put down the oil in his hand and looked at himself with a greasy and pink face in the mirror...

"Please fulfill the affairs of the king and the world, and do not let it go in vain?"

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and then washed away the oil from his head under the servant's service.

After wiping with a towel, the dry hair became more scattered, and the white hair became more shocking.

"I'm old and can't escape!"

Li Zhigang smiled self-deprecatingly and said to Changsui, "Come on that set of half-old official uniforms, and there is also a black hat!"

"yes!"

~~

After a stick of incense, Li Zhigang changed into clothes.

It may be because the color of the robe is dark, so he is a bit old in the mirror.

"Hey!" He sighed in his heart. Although he was unwilling to accept this reality.

Others only saw him use any means to get promoted, but they didn't see his efforts at all. For more than half a year in the four provinces in Jiangnan, he only slept for two hours a day. He had to do everything himself, think twice before doing everything, fight wits and strength with local officials and gentry, and also think of it with the officials in the court.

tired!

Too tired!

At this moment, another chief followed in and whispered, "Master, Duke Cao came to the door and said he wanted to invite you to enter the palace together!"

"Oh?" Li Zhigang was excited and quickly straightened his stiff spine.

~~

In the Li family's doorman, Li Jinglong stood in front of the window and admired the beautiful scenery in the garden.

"After all, I am from a wealthy family!" Li Jinglong looked at the scenery of the garden and said to himself, "This house looks ordinary on the outside, but in fact there is a world inside. For this garden alone, three or five gardeners have to take care of it every year..."

Thinking of it, his eyes swam around, looking at the garden that imitated Su's family, he sighed again, "Even if my family is not so elegant!"

Suddenly, Li Zhigang's figure appeared in the corridor of the garden.

"What a good official is, please come here in person!" Li Zhigang bowed his hands from afar and smiled.

"You are entering the palace to meet the saint today. I think we will come here without invitation!" Li Jinglong laughed, "Yei Sheng moved from the Qianqing Palace to Lezhizhai. Lezhizhai belongs to the palace's back court. Even if you are ordered to meet, there are many rules and can only wait in front. As for me, I am at least as well as the guards of the inner court. It is more convenient to take you in!"

Li Zhigang leaned over and said, "Duke Cao is full of affection, and I will never forget it!"

"I'll just say this!" Li Jinglong smiled and said, "If we get along for a long time in the future, you will know the personality of me, Li. If you like someone you admire, I will treat you as a brother. But if you don't like someone you look down on me and look down on me, I won't even want to say anything!"

As he said that, he said, "It's getting late. We have to enter the palace earlier. What if the Lord Long Live gets up early?"

"Please!" Li Zhigang said hurriedly.

"Let's go!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.

When the two walked out of the yard, Li Jinglong was stunned when he saw Li Zhigang's carriage.

His Duke Cao's carriage was a pair of horses. They were both strong, with bright fur and slender thighs.

On Li Zhigang's carriage, there was only a horse with no spirit.

Li Zhigang noticed Li Jinglong's eyes and smiled, "Let you laugh at me!"

Horses may not be able to buy money, especially good horses and good war horses.

Horses are not only strategic materials, but also symbols of identity and status.

"It seems that there are still a few good horses in my stable!" Li Jinglong thought for a while, "Let me ask someone to send you a few horses to the Ministry of War!"

"I dare not, don't dare!" Li Zhigang said hurriedly.

"A good horse is a good official!" Li Jinglong smiled and said, "Midong, you are now the face of Master Long Live. How can you do without a good horse? If you are afraid of someone criticizing it, then you discount it and sell it to you and sell it to me!"

As he said that, he smiled and said, "If you really give it to me, then I can only take that money and invite you to drink!"

"Hahaha!" Li Zhigang laughed, feeling that this Duke Cao was really an interesting person. He felt a little bit like he had met too late.

"Go into my car, hurry up!" Li Jinglong pulled Li Zhigang into the carriage and spoke.

The two entered the carriage and sat down face to face.

Suddenly, looking at Li Jinglong's burly body, his eyes were exposed. Li Zhigang actually felt ashamed of himself. Li Jinglong should not be much younger than him, but he looked like he was just in his early thirties, and his every move was full of vitality.

But Li Zhigang is already old and lacks energy!

"I didn't look closely yesterday, but today I found that you have white hair in Budang, too?" Li Jinglong said with a smile.

"It's not as good as the justice of Cao State back then!"

"I have it too!" Li Jinglong said, lifting his temples and laughing, "Time is not forgiving!" He said, sighing, "But compared with the ministry, your white hair is born for the country, and Li's is just wasting time, and the superiority is judged!"

"The man is too modest..."

Li Zhigang said, and suddenly his eyes burst into tears.

But Li Jinglong stretched out his hand and pulled his temples.
Chapter completed!