Chapter 279: Lady Guo’s birthday (Three)

The one who stopped Li Qing outside the gate was the butler who sent the invitation last night. Since he became the housekeeper of Mrs. Guoguo, he seemed to be more awesome than the county magistrate of Wannian County. He had seen more high-ranking officials, especially those low-ranking officials who asked his wife to do their jobs. None of them was respectful to him. The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was nothing but a fourth-ranking rank.

At this moment, the butler covered half of his face that was swollen and swollen, endured the stinging pain of fire, and jumped to point at Li Fei Shouyu and screamed, "If you have the affair, you can sign up. How dare you take a wild life in the Lady of Guoguo's mansion? Are you impatient?"

In this way, the butler repeated the same sentence in front of the door with a harsh and bold voice, his voice sounded louder and louder, and his feet jumped higher and higher, but he only moved in the same place and did not advance an inch in the straight line.

Li Qing sat on a stone bench ten feet away with his legs raised, waiting leisurely for the arrival of the main master. He knew that the purpose of the butler shouting like this was just to lure the master in the mansion out.

Since Yang Huahua was named Lady of Guo State three years ago, Li Qing has never entered her mansion. Today is the first time I have been here.

Suddenly, many maids and family members came out of the gate. It seemed that the main owner had come out. Li Qing slowly stood up, and the butler stopped shouting and quietly retreated.

Yang Huahua flew to Li Qing like a butterfly with her skirt. She suddenly stopped and stood in front of Li Qing and stared at him blankly. After more than two years, he became much more mature, with short black beards. The outline on his face became more profound. He no longer saw the sharpness of the past in his eyes, and became calm and calm. Only the smile on the corner of his mouth made her seem to remember the young businessman many years ago. Yang Huahua felt her nose a little sour. She thought she had forgotten him, but at this moment she realized that no one could replace this person in her life.

"I thought you were not here." She bit her lip gently, subconsciously lifted the clothes on her chest upwards, completely covering her exposed breasts, and her face turned slightly red, as if she was explaining to Li Qing: "Actually, I don't usually wear makeup, but today is a little special."

Li Qing smiled slightly and said, "You have never seen each other for two years, you are really more beautiful."

He took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to her, "Today is your 30th birthday. I specially prepared some small gifts. I just don't like your ceremonials who read it out loud and let others know. Now I'll give it to you."

Yang Huahua's mind was blank. She mechanically took the envelope and looked up at Li Qing. Her eyes were complicated and she wanted to say something, but she couldn't find the topic.

"You open it first!" Li Qing encouraged her with a smile.

Yang Huahua opened the envelope and found a cabinet ticket inside. She glanced at the amount casually, which shocked her. '5,000 taels of gold'. For a long time, she suddenly rushed to stuff the cabinet ticket back to Li Qing and said repeatedly: "I can't ask for your money!"

Li Qing shook his head, stuffed the envelope into her hand, and said sincerely to her: "Five thousand taels of gold are not a small amount for me, and I will never give it to others easily. We have known each other for many years and have not come to see you for many years. This is my intention. It has no other meaning, and it is not that I want to ask you to do things. Just take it and don't make me embarrassed."

When did Yang Huahua see Li Qing so kind to her? Her eyes were slightly wet. She suddenly raised her head and returned the counter ticket to Li Qing again. Her voice was a little trembling, but her tone was extremely firm: "Although Mrs. Guo loves money like her life, I am Yang Huahua at this time. I don't want to be looked down upon by you!"

Li Qing looked at Yang Huahua silently. He seemed to know this complicated woman only then. He smiled apologetically and took back the money, "I was abrupt!"

At this time, Yang Guozhong, King Qing, and Chen Xilie all rushed over one after another. They happened to see Yang Huahua unwilling to accept Li Qing's gifts. Several people looked at each other, but they didn't understand when Yang Huahua, who had always loved money, changed her nature.

"I have hurt the Yang family and want to use money to calm them down. Of course my wife refuses to accept it!" Chen Xilie was jealous in his heart. He comforted himself and the two people next to him.

King Qing's eyes flashed, and he stood beside him without saying a word. He didn't know what he was thinking, but Yang Guozhong's face darkened, he strode forward and gritted his teeth and said, "Three sister, come here!"

Yang Huahua's eyelids drooped and said coldly: "This is my residence. If anyone dares to neglect my guests, just throw them away!"

Yang Guozhong felt like he was hit by the head. He took a step back, looked at Yang Huahua in disbelief, and said in disbelief: "Three sister! You..."

"Haha! The guests inside are waiting. What are we doing here?" King Qing Li Cong smiled and walked out to smooth things over. He warmly took Li Qing's arm, "I wanted to visit the Minister last night, but I thought that the Minister was tired all the way and was afraid of disturbing the rest, so I didn't come. How about it? Jiangnan has many beautiful women, Minister...."

".........I didn't see the beautiful girl in Suzhou this time, but she saw many assassins. Some people actually wanted to assassinate me again..."

Li Qing also talked and laughed, and went into the mansion with Li Cong.

"Mr. Yang, this is just a trivial matter. Let's go in too!"

Seeing Yang Guozhong deadlocked and his face was extremely difficult to see, Chen Xilie stepped forward and whispered: "Today is the birthday of his wife. Let's not discourage her happiness, and we will deal with Li Qing in the future."

Yang Guozhong let out a long sigh, and he could only do this. He followed Chen Xilie's persuasion and went in, but Yang Huahua did not move. She needed to calm down her inner emotions and return to normal. She must not see her special features towards Li Qing.

After a while, Yang Huahua's face had a charming smile like a sign on her face. At this time, several more guests' carriages were parked across the street. She looked around casually. Suddenly, she was attracted by a carriage. The carriage was very ordinary, but there were dozens of guards around her. This was different. Yang Huahua rubbed her eyes, but her expression became more and more surprised. She couldn't believe her eyes. Isn't the person leaning against the car window smiling at her? Emperor Li Longji?

Yang Huahua read that right. The person sitting in the carriage was Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, he was wearing a small hat and wearing casual clothes. He received a complaint from the wife of Qin yesterday, saying that Li Qing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, injured Yang Qi as soon as he returned to Chang'an and asked the emperor to severely punish Li Qing.

If it were ordinary officials, Li Longji would be sure, but Li Qing could not do it. He had a deep relationship with Zhang Qiu Jianqiong, and he had never been a reckless person. Now he acted in a high-profile manner as soon as he came back. Li Longji knew that this was a gesture that Li Qing made, and he was a statement about Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's death, and he would never be at ease.

He was deeply worried that Li Qing would do something special again, so Li Longji changed his submission early this morning and rushed back to the Hot Spring Palace of Mount Li. He was afraid that Li Qing would attack King Qing Li Cong and break the balance he currently set up.

From afar, Li Longji saw Yang Huahua walking quickly towards her. Knowing that she had discovered her, she whispered to the guards and sneaked into the carriage.

It was getting late and guests were already here one after another. Yang Huahua's banquet was held in the main hall of her mansion. The reason why it was called the "Hall" was just to avoid taboos. In fact, the main hall was like a large hall, which could accommodate 2,000 people to have dinner at the same time. Before the banquet began, officials gathered together to discuss the romance and romance, or exchange the latest news from the court. Their wives gathered on the other side, with a high bun on their heads and white powder on their faces. The long skirt of the same color was tugging, with a half-naked breast, and a strong smell of powder floating in the air.

They gathered in groups of three or five, talking about the eternal topics of women: clothes, children, men.

Mrs. Cui is famous for her extensive knowledge and well-informed, especially her specialized views on the political changes in the court. At this time, she was standing under a pillar and explaining her latest discoveries to several close ladies.

"Did you see that? None of the Prime Ministers came today? What does this mean?" Her voice was soft, afraid that Li Linfu would hear it. Her eyes glanced at the other ladies, with extremely serious faces, as if this was Hanyuan Palace, and her opinions would influence the fate of the Tang Dynasty.

"What does it mean?" Several women looked at her blankly, but found that the colors of Mrs. Cui's long skirt and shawl seemed to be inconsistent.

"Well! Don't be distracted, listen to me." Mrs. Cui suddenly felt a strong sense of loneliness. She seemed to be the only one among the women in the country who cared about the government.

"This shows that King Qing and King Yong are already in the same position as the same water and fire, and are about to showdown."

Several women found that the powder on Mrs. Cui's face today seemed to be different from the previous one, so they couldn't help but ask with concern, which made Mrs. Cui completely depressed and fell into the chair.

In another corner of the hall, King Qing gradually wanted to turn against Li Qing, just because Li Qing had just told him that the evidence he brought back from Suzhou had been taken away by the Ministry of Justice. The Minister of Justice was Li Daofu and the Minister of Justice was Luo Xishi. Both of them were hard-core prime ministers. The evidence was taken away by the Ministry of Justice, which means that King Yong had caught him.

The expression on Li Cong's face at this time can only be described as "angry". The idea of ​​trying to win over Li Qing was thrown away. He stared at Li Qing viciously, enduring it again and again, and did not turn against him immediately because Li Qing did not mention his son. The implication was that Li Qiu was still in his hand. He turned around carefully and glanced at him coldly, saying, "So, Mr. Li must be against me?"

"Where did your highness say?" Li Qing blew up to the sky and said with a relaxed smile: "Your Highness is so noble, why should Li Qing hold on to you to stroke your highness's tiger beard?"

"Then where is Li Qi? Leave him to me!" Li Cong finally couldn't help but make a request to Li Qing directly.

Li Qing smiled and said coldly: "Your Highness, do you think I will hand him over to you? Did he forget about it so easily when he assassinated me repeatedly?"

Li Cong was shocked all over, and Li Qing finally admitted that Li Qiu was in his hand. He swallowed with difficulty, "What do you want?"

Li Qing was waiting for this sentence. This was a rope that held Li Cong's nose. As long as he grasped it firmly, he would not be afraid that he would not listen to his words. "Your Highness, I might as well tell you the truth. The real evidence of the arson case in Suzhou Guifang is still in my hands."

Li Qing slowly walked to Li Cong's side, and said with ambiguous smile: "The Ministry of Justice only took the people who assassinated me in the West Mountain of Suzhou. They all immediately believed that it was sent by King Yong. I also believe that they were telling the truth. You may think I am from King Yong's side! Let me tell you the truth, on the Bianzhou ship, the special envoy sent by King Yong was pretending to be the one below. What? Your Highness couldn't imagine it!"

Li Qing's words made Li Cong see hope again. At this time, he no longer cared about Li Qing's attitude. This was related to whether he could enter the Eastern Palace. So he put down his airs and said anxiously: "Then the minister will offer a price! How can you settle this matter?"

Li Qing smiled, and he walked to King Qing and said leisurely: "I believe Your Highness knows how the prince treats me in the past. In fact, I don't care who enters the Eastern Palace. Whether it is Your Highness, King Yong, or other princes, I don't care about it, but I care about the death of Zhang Qiu Xiangguo. Li Linfu's thief designed to harm my mentor, and I cannot stand with him, so my condition is that Your Highness wants to overthrow Li Linfu, so I will naturally settle the Suzhou case."

"Take Li Linfu down?" Li Cong's eyes lit up. This was what he wanted to do. He used to want to step on two boats, but now the situation is clear. Li Linfu is a supporter of King Yong, and Yang Guozhong has publicly challenged Li Linfu. How could he tolerate Li Linfu in this way?

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He suddenly remembered something and said to Li Qing anxiously: "I can promise you this matter, but I can't find his evidence for it for a while. I have to make a long-term plan. I am afraid that it will take too long to go up. Why don't you settle the Suzhou matter for me first, let's form an alliance to wipe out Li Linfu together. Moreover, I promise that as long as I ascend the throne in the future, I will give you the title of the Left Prime Minister."

How could Li be confused by his promise? He secretly despised Li Cong for his unskilled win over, and smiled and said, "Li Qingming is engraved with his care. It's just that the officials are from a businessman and cannot be corrected by being meticulous. In this way, I will show some sincerity first and return Mr. Wang to you. What do you think?"

"But time..."

Li Qing waved his hand, interrupting Li Cong's anxiety, and smiled slightly and said, "Today, the Censor Song Hun has returned from Xianning. King Qing might as well start with the forced occupation of land by Li Linfu. I think this must be a fact. At this time, and at that time, the emperor did not care about him at that time, which may not mean that he is not care about him now."

Seeing Li Cong's face showing a sudden feeling, he reminded him: "Your Highness, the Suzhou case cannot be delayed for a long time. If the emperor asks it tightly, I will not be able to deceive you. Your Highness will hurry up!"

Li Cong was both angry and anxious, happy and worried, hated Li Qing not to be attracted by him, and was anxious because it was too late to go up. Li Qing found Li Linfu's weakness for him, and worried because the Suzhou case was a knife hanging over his head, which would fall down at any time. "I'll go to Yang Guozhong now and discuss this with him."

Li Cong squeezed out a sentence and turned around and walked, but just after walking a few steps, he heard Li Qing’s low laughter: “Your Highness, I would like to remind you, your Military Advisor Wang is a former member of Li Linfu, you should be careful!”

Looking at Li Cong's hurried away figure, Li Qing gently helped up the chair he had knocked over in shock and anger, and sneered in his heart, "Your Highness, King Qing, I wish you success!"

He slowly walked to his seat. At this time, the hall was already brightly lit, and teams of servants and maids served dishes like flowing water. The banquet was about to begin. Suddenly, he felt someone pulling his clothes behind him. When he looked back, he found that it was the owner of today's Lady Guoguo, Yang Huahua. She looked serious and her usual frivolous and charming were swept away. Li Qing was slightly surprised.

"Come with me!" Yang Huahua said and turned around and left. Li Qing glanced around. Several officials next to him were looking at him with complicated eyes, especially Chen Xilie, who did not hide the jealousy in his eyes.

He smiled bitterly in his heart, and accelerated his pace and left Yang Huahua. He only turned a corner. Yang Huahua suddenly stopped. Seeing that his steps began to hesitate, he couldn't help but glance at him with resentment and sighed, "Don't worry! Although I don't want to marry you anymore, I don't want to harm you."

She slowly walked to Li Qing and leaned against a large pillar. Seeing him not talking for a long time, Li Qing took out the ticket from his arms and handed it over, smiling and said, "You are a unique woman, independent and strong. Although you are not my woman, I think you still have a responsibility to you. This amount of money is my future arrangement."

"My money is enough, I don't need it!" Yang Huahua pointed to a corner of the scarf that appeared in his arms, "Give it to me! It is more precious to me than ten thousand taels of gold."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Qing's approval, Yang Huahua walked up and reached out to pull out a white scarf, carefully tied it to her wrist, and smiled faintly: "After all these years, I have seen through it. In the past, I always wanted to get you, but what can I do if I get you? I will still look for another man. It's better to keep you in my heart and have a pure land in my heart."

Li Qing looked at her silently and suddenly said, "One day in the future, if you and Huier have no way out, come to me and I will protect you."

A ray of light flashed in Yang Huahua's eyes. She hugged his waist tightly and kissed him boldly, "A word is determined, you must take care of my Hui'er in the future!"

Li Qingzhong nodded in a key point. He didn't know what this promise would bring to him in the future, but he knew that he had to agree to the promise for others and himself.
Chapter completed!