There was a knock on the door, and Li Shan continued to work expressionlessly, completely ignoring it.
There was a knock on the door for the second time, the third time, the fourth time... The door was finally opened, and a little rabbit was thrown over. Mazhou screamed in shock.
"Hold on." Li Shan took off his mask and said casually: "Look, if this rabbit dies, you will be used to replace it."
Ma Zhou looked down at the rabbit in his arms in confusion, "What are you doing with this rabbit?"
"Have you ever heard of spiced rabbit heads?" Li Shan touched the rabbit's little head.
As if feeling a murderous aura, the beast jumped on all fours and tried its best to get into Ma Zhou's arms.
"Be good, be good..." Li Shan murmured in a low voice, "So many people have died, but you are not dead... If you can hold on, well, I will keep you for a year before I take the blame."
"What are you doing here every day?" Ling Jing paced over, "I don't care about business anymore."
Seeing that Ma Zhou was about to drive away the rabbit, Li Shan gave him a threatening look and then said casually: "What's the business?"
This sentence made Ling Jing feel tight in his chest. Indeed, Li Shan really had nothing serious to do now.
There are dedicated people responsible for spring plowing, brick burning, house building and river excavation in the village. The business of Dongshan Restaurant is still booming. Qi Lao's six-dozen pieces of furniture are sent to the West Market for sale and are very popular.
As for Li Shan himself... he has not yet gone to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be elected. He is just qualified to serve as an official. He has not officially become an official yet, so naturally he has nothing to do.
After thinking for a while, Ling Jing scolded: "It's hard to study scriptures all your life, but you only do it for the imperial examination?"
Li Shan also thought about it and nodded honestly... Hey, many of those scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties only read scriptures for scientific examinations, and did not even read history books.
Ma Zhou put the rabbit down and asked Xiaoman who came over to put it into the cage, and then persuaded him: "Uncle Ling, you still don't know who Huairen is?"
"It seems that benevolence and righteousness come first, but in fact, it is not beneficial to do so early."
Li Shan sneered. With these words, I will definitely greet you Ma Zhou well in the future!
You know, whether you, Ma Zhou, will follow the historical trajectory and become the prime minister in white during the Zhenguan period, or whether you will remain unknown and spend your whole life as a disciple of the Li family... it is all in my hands!
Ling Jing was too lazy to scold him any more and just said: "Today Fang Xuanling resigned from the post to join the army, and Du Yan took over the post instead."
Li Shan's eyes almost fell to the ground, "Fang Xuanling resigns?"
"Um."
"Du Yan replaces Fang Xuanling?"
"Um."
Li Shan was silent for a while and then asked: "Did Fang Xuanling leave Chang'an?"
"I haven't left yet, but I am lingering in Tiance Mansion today." Ling Jing paused and explained: "Now that Fang Xuanling has no official position, he can no longer enter the imperial city or Chengqian Palace."
A huge sense of absurdity filled his body. Li Shan was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. He vaguely felt that this incident should have something to do with him... but at least it did not deviate from the historical trajectory in essence.
Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin fell out... Li Shan couldn't even imagine this scene.
While he was talking, Mrs. Zhu, who had gone to Chang'an to attend a gathering of women's family members, came back with a smile on her face and a happy face.
"Mom, this is today..."
Zhu took him over with a few vague words. After Ling Jing and Ma Zhou left, he whispered: "Today there is a lady from the Liu family in Hedong..."
"Hedong Liu family?" Li Shan thought for a while and hesitated: "It can't be related to Liu Jun, right?"
"They are the nieces of Liu Hujun." Zhu explained: "But this one is a bit special. They moved back from the south of the Yangtze River."
The Liu family in Hedong is different from other clans in the north. During the Yongjia Rebellion, the Western Jin Dynasty was overthrown, Yiguan migrated to the south, and the Liu family moved south. One branch moved to Ruying and was named the Western Family, and the other moved to Xiangyang and became the Eastern Family.
After the former Sui Dynasty defeated the Chen Dynasty and unified the world, the Western and Eastern dependents did not immediately move northward, and did not return to Hedong one after another until the Daye period.
Therefore, relatively speaking, although these two branches are also the Liu family of Hedong, their power is much weaker than that of the direct family.
Of course, no matter what, the Liu family, the Pei family, and the Xue family have the same name, and are listed as one of the "Three Most Popular Surnames in Hedong". They are the second largest family in the world after the Five Surnames and Seven Families.
Li Shan himself has no special ideas about marriage. In this era, it is more difficult to find a girl who truly loves each other than in his previous life... It was already difficult enough in his previous life, with no money in his pocket, ordinary looks, and no free time. ...If he hadn't traveled through time, he would have almost started his miserable life of being hospitalized at this time.
Well, the main thing is, anyway, there are Zhou family and Xiaoman around now.
After hearing her son's gentle words, Mrs. Zhu hesitated and said, "Ms. Liu's wife also invited me to get together at Li's house in a few days."
"Go back and tell Brother Demou that this matter is not urgent."
Li Shan added: "In the future, my life experience will eventually be revealed... If I explain it in advance, it may be leaked. If I don't explain it in advance, I'm afraid that the marriage will not work out but will turn into enmity."
After a pause, Li Shan smiled and said: "I declined politely. With Liu Jun here, the Liu family in Hedong will not be resentful. Liu Xi and Liu Heng are both familiar with the child. When it is revealed to the world in the future... I think they will understand even more."
Li Shan didn't have any resistance to marrying into a wealthy family. Anyway, he would never see the family collapse in his lifetime... But now, when the government was in chaos, Li Shan wanted to delay it.
The reason is very simple. It is difficult for Li Shan to judge the political stance of the Liu family in Hedong, and he does not want to judge... There may not be a pitfall, but what if there is a pitfall?
After a few more years, when Li Shimin ascends the throne, he will be qualified to pick and choose... Others don't know, but Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji know Li Shan's weight and contribution.
Li Shan's credit was not in planning the Shandong victory itself, but in cutting off the possibility of Prince Li Jiancheng seizing military glory.
I'll choose it at that time, won't it be delicious?
Why should we be cautious and treading on thin ice at this time?
Li Shan wanted to say before that it was just because his mother was so excited... Today he had to express his thoughts in a tactful way.
Zhu was a little at a loss. After thinking for a while, she suddenly glared and said, "Do you still miss that little lady Cui?"
Li Shan was stunned... Can this be connected?
"Don't think about this matter anymore!" Mrs. Zhu advised earnestly: "Mrs. Changsun said nothing that day. You sent a letter the next day, and today you made a special inquiry..."
Li Shan raised his eyebrows, "How?"
Zhu's eyebrows drooped, "I heard that the young lady was grounded, and that the second son of the Zhang family was scolded by his aunt."
Zhang Wenguan's aunt... Li Shan thought in his mind that she was Miss Cui's mother, Mrs. Zhang.
It seems that the poem was really delivered to the little lady Cui. Li Shan couldn't help but think back to the girl he was looking at from a distance on the boat deck that day. She was standing by the window with a graceful figure. Her face was not clear, but she seemed to have a delicate face. She's very, very beautiful.
After being stunned for a while, Li Shan suddenly realized what he was doing and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Mother, my child is really not here for that little lady."
"My child has decided not to get engaged within three years... uh, four years!"
Li Shan was beating a drum in his heart. The storm caused by his time-traveling butterfly was already quite big. Prince Li Jiancheng of the Eastern Palace failed to achieve the great success of pacifying Shandong and capturing Liu Heitai. He didn't know if there would be another one in three years.
Xuanwu Gate Change?
I remember that in the later years of history, the struggle for heirs became more and more intense. The prince and the king of Qi wooed the generals of the Qin palace, expelled Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and even poisoned them... I don't know whether this last thing is true or not.
Well, Li Shan remembers watching the "Love History of the Tang Dynasty" a few times in his previous life. It seemed that Li Yuanji used a honey trap to make Li Shimin drink the poisonous wine...
Hearing her son's decisive words, Mrs. Zhu suppressed her anger and advised: "Now that you are famous, you have concubines and beautiful maids around you. If you are not good, you will have your eldest son..."
Li Shan scratched his head, this is a problem... You can't just withdraw at the critical moment. Not to mention whether you are happy or not, it would be bad if a conditioned reflex develops.
Seeing that his mother's eyebrows were raised, Li Shan said with a bitter face: "My child really has some unavoidable difficulties..."
"Dalang, you already have a grudge against the Cui family of Qinghe..."
"Mother, the child has other reasons..."
"Dalang, that little lady Cui has been grounded!"
Li Shan closed his eyes and said succinctly: "Prince, the King of Qin is so fierce in seizing the heirs that there is no winner or loser. How dare the children get married?"
"Mother should also have guessed that although the child entered the official position through the imperial examination, he was actually under the command of the King of Qin, but few people outside knew about it."
"Pei Shiju is the prince Zhan Shi, Pei Ji is attached to the East Palace, and Li Dewu is preparing for the prince Qianniu, so the child can only be thrown into the Qin Palace."
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin knows the child's life experience, but he is afraid that he has some plans."
"Therefore, it is difficult for the children to make the decision about the marriage, and it is difficult for the mother to make the decision. The king of Qin cannot decide this matter."
Mrs. Zhu can stuff goose eggs into her mouth. Does her son's marriage... have anything to do with the prince's heir apparent?
In the past two years, as a mother, Mrs. Zhu has seen her son undergo earth-shaking changes, but she also feels that... her son's temperament has also undergone great changes, and his words are often vague and half-truthful.
Half holiday.
"It's true, mother, it's true." Li Shan tried his best to put on a sincere face, "If the Hedong Liu family joins the prince's command, how will the child deal with it?"
"How does His Highness the King of Qin view this?"
"He abandoned his wife and son. The child swore that he must pay the price. For this reason, the child was willing to take extraordinary risks and made great contributions to the King of Qin in Shandong..."
"Okay." Mrs. Zhu waved her hands, stood up and returned to the backyard expressionlessly. She couldn't tell at all...whether what her son said was true or false.
Li Shan was a little apologetic, it was considered five truths and five falsehoods... At least Li Shimin would not have any objections to the marriage to the Liu family of Hedong.
As for Li Shan's own marriage... Princess Qin might even notice it, but Li Shimin would definitely not even look at it.
After apologizing for a while, Li Shan turned around and went back to the courtyard, hugging Zhou's small waist and teasing her a few words, then tapping the tip of Xiaoman's tall nose.
Let's live a happy life for a few more years. When Li Shimin ascends the throne, we can choose someone who is virtuous, beautiful, with a good figure, and preferably someone who is charming.
Li Shan never thought that Li Shimin would fail... He felt that the chain reaction caused by him as a time traveler would not make Li Shimin's plan fail.
It has been two years since he came to this era, he has experienced the Shandong War, and has a close relationship with the children of the Prince of Qin. In addition, Ling Jing now holds great power in the Tiance Mansion. Li Shan has a very certain understanding... Li Shimin hopes that through normal
Way to replace Li Jiancheng.
Li Shan leaned on the couch with his legs stretched out. Zhou beat them carefully while Xiaoman held the box and stuffed the black and purple mulberries into Li Shan's mouth.
The Yang Wenqian incident should have happened in the past two years. Li Yuan promised Li Shimin the crown prince position, but later regretted it... It was this incident that completely disappointed Li Shimin, and it was also this incident that made Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji start to act unscrupulously.
Eventually it led to the Xuanwumen Incident.
When Li Shan's thoughts were running wild and he was still thinking about living a happy life for a few years, in the backyard of a large house in Yanshoufang, Chang'an City, Mr. Zhang was training his daughter.
"Did you know that the correspondence with my foreign husband is passed down from generation to generation..."
"Mother's words are wrong!" Miss Cui raised her head and said: "Li Huairen's poetry has spread throughout Chang'an. My cousin heard the new poems and copied them with his own hands and sent them to my daughter for her enjoyment."
Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her body was shaking. On the one hand, it was because her daughter was so determined to like Li Huairen that she even talked back to her. On the other hand, it was because Zhang Wenguan...
She was still thinking of promising her daughter to her nephew Zhang Wenguan, but the latter actually sent a message for Li Huairen... Zhang's first reaction after hearing about this incident was that it was a good thing she didn't mention it to her sister-in-law Yang, otherwise she would be embarrassed.
It’s over!
Mrs. Zhang took a few deep breaths, tried her best to calm down, and advised: "Lady Zhu has been coming to the city almost every day recently. She is obviously choosing a wife for Li Huairen... You must know that Li Huairen killed Cui Bo that day, so the matter is over!
"
Seeing her daughter's helpless expression, Ms. Zhang couldn't help but stand up and raised her hands in the air... Cui Xin, who had been silent all the time, grabbed her and said, "It's not like this, it's not like this."
Well, let me translate... If you have something to say, how can you hit your daughter?
After persuading his wife for a while, he let his wife go out. Cui Xin sat down and asked with a smile: "There is a rumor in Chang'an that Li Huairen couldn't write a poem without careful consideration. Unexpectedly, it was completed in one day. Why don't you show it to your father?"
Miss Cui hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote... The letter had long been torn into pieces by Mrs. Zhang.
"On this day last year, in this door, the faces of the people and the peach blossoms reflected each other's red."
After reading the first two sentences, Cui Xin raised his head and glanced at his daughter, whose face was slightly red. He also recalled the scene where his daughter and Li Shan looked at each other from a distance that day last year.
"The human face has gone nowhere, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze."
Cui Xin stood there in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, "I live up to my reputation, I live up to my reputation."
Praising its beauty and lamenting the past, the resentment in the poem is beyond words... Only then did Cui Xin understand why his wife was so angry.
If this poem spreads, Li Huairen specially wrote this poem for Cui's daughter in Qinghe... Considering that Li Huairen stopped in Qinghe County last year, it is easy to guess that his daughter and Li Huairen had met.
The meeting doesn't matter...but Li Huairen's mother is currently choosing a wife, and Cui Xin came to Beijing with the intention of choosing a son-in-law. It is easy for rumors to spread that the man and the woman have an old relationship.
Cui Xin didn't know what to say for a while. After thinking for a while, he pulled his daughter to sit down and whispered: "As a father, I won't hide anything from you."
"Li Huairen is indeed a young hero. His scheming skills, talent, and literary skills are all excellent choices. But when he came to Beijing this time, he found out that this person had a strange life experience. His father also inquired about it, and no one knew his origin."
Cui Xin paused. He felt that Master Li knew the inside story, but he just refused to say it.
"If you enter an official position through the imperial examination, you will neither be attached to the East Palace nor favor the King of Qin. Although you are famous, your foundation is too weak..."
He stretched out his hand to stop his daughter from interrupting, and Cui Xin said softly: "Ling Jing, Wei Xuan and Chengdu said back then that Li Huairen had a long-term vision and the ability to anticipate events ahead of him, so he would not be so unwise."
"Just wait a little longer."
Miss Cui opened her small mouth, wanting to say something but she didn't.
Cui Xin smiled and said: "Today I am visiting Master Li from the Danyang House of the Li family in Longxi for my father."
"Is it your cousin?" Ms. Cui tilted her head, "Remember that your third cousin is on good terms with Li Langjun?"
Master Li's aunt is Cui Xin's grandmother.
"Yes." Cui Xin said softly: "That Madam Zhu chose a wife for her son, but Li Huairen was not enthusiastic."
"Although he supports his widowed mother, Li Huairen has the final say in all affairs of the Li family."
This means that Li Huairen will not get engaged in the short term... Li Keshi and Li Shan are called uncles and nephews, so these words naturally have some weight.
Seeing that his daughter finally had a smile on her face, Cui Xin endured the sadness in his heart and comforted her with a few words, turned around and walked out, his face immediately turning gloomy.
Damn it, you little brat, since you don’t want to get engaged in the short term, you want to write this kind of poem to provoke my daughter!