From Li Qi's hurried voice, it was not difficult to tell that everything in front of him was too ambiguous.
A man is kneeling on one knee, holding a pot of flowers in his hand, while the alluring beauty opposite is holding the pot of flowers with both hands. This is a typical proposal gesture. It is no wonder that Wang Zhongling used the word "hook up", and Li Qi was also eager to do so.
He argued, if his legs weren't so painful that he couldn't stand up, he would probably jump up right now.
However, without knowing the truth, everyone sounded like they were trying to hide the truth.
"Big misunderstanding?"
Wang Zhongling snorted with his nostrils and said: "I saw it with my own eyes. You still want to make excuses, but you really have the guts to give my daughter such expensive flowers. Tsk tsk, it can be said to be full of sincerity."
Li Qi originally wanted to explain, but it felt wrong. He couldn't help but look at Wang Zhongling in surprise, but he still maintained that posture.
Zhao Huan chuckled and said: "Mrs. Qin, Li Qi, a third-rank official, has sincerely offered you this treasure. Why don't you just accept it."
Are you helping me, or are you hurting me? Hooking up with Mrs. Qin? Damn it! I think I have nine lives! Li Qi could not wait to throw a basin over and kill this future fool.
Wang Zhongling coughed lightly and said: "Yao'er, His Highness has said so, just accept it."
Although Mrs. Qin is a woman, she is still at the entry level in this regard. She didn't understand it until just now. Her face turned blood red and she suddenly withdrew her hand.
When she suddenly let go, Li Qi was not prepared at all. With a stroke of his hand, the pot of black chrysanthemums was about to be destroyed.
"ah!"
Mrs. Qin screamed again and stretched out her hand suddenly, and Li Qi subconsciously picked it up.
The two of them caught the flower pot at the same time before it hit the ground.
"call--!"
The two of them let out a big sigh at the same time. Li Qi complained: "Madam, what are you doing? You have to say hello even if you let go! I can't be used as a horse bridge."
Mrs. Qin said angrily: "You, a grown man, can't even hold a potted flower, and you blame me, a woman. Where does this make sense?"
"Get rid of me, I'm a lame!" Li Qi felt like he was about to cry, why didn't anyone step forward to help him.
But then again, who would support a man who proposes marriage? Isn’t this a fight?
When Mrs. Qin heard about the cripple, she suddenly realized. She glanced subconsciously and saw that there was a trace of blood on Li Qi's left leg. Although it had been a few days, and although Liu Yunxi said it was not a problem, there were two wounds after all. Why?
Maybe it would be better so soon. He exclaimed: "Ah! You are bleeding."
"As long as you don't go out." Li Qi was sweating coldly, thinking to himself, you must have reacted too quickly. I didn't know who was just paying attention to the flowers in my hands and ignored me. He said again: "Please go first.
Put the flowers on it and then give me a hand to help me up, thank you!"
Seeing that Li Qi's wound was open, Mrs. Qin had no time to think about it. She quickly put the flowers on the table and helped Li Qi up.
"Thank you!"
Li Qi said in a deep voice with an angry tone, his voice was very serious, obviously he was blaming Mrs. Qin for holding the flowers just now and not supporting him.
"Cough cough cough!"
Suddenly, there was another warning cough sound nearby.
Only then did Mrs. Qin remember that Wang Zhongling was still there. She panicked and quickly withdrew her hands.
Li Qi swayed and almost fell to the ground again. He held the table with one hand and said to Mrs. Qin who was about to step forward to help: "No need." The fire in his heart was rising. He just said, "Let's relax."
Remember to say hello in front of me. How long has passed and you are doing this again? It is clear that you want to kill me.
Li Qi took the crutch and said angrily to Wang Zhongling: "Uncle Wang, you have also seen that your daughter values flowers and reputation many times more than me. Is there something between us?"
When I seduce your daughter, I would rather seduce a bug, oh no, I would seduce that weird Shi Niang, at least they can keep my thighs from being disfigured."
After saying that, he walked outside with his crutches on his back.
Zhao Huan held back his laughter and said, "Where are you going?"
"Stop the bleeding."
With tears in his eyes, Li Qi covered his face and walked out.
Wang Zhongling frowned and said: "Yao'er, look what you did. No matter what, Li Qi is kind-hearted and even ignores his own injuries. Why do you treat him like this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an "ouch" sound suddenly came from outside.
The three people quickly turned around and saw a figure getting up from the ground and limping quickly towards the left. They heard Li Qi roar: "I'm not going to live anymore."
Zhao Huan smiled and shook his head, and said to Mrs. Qin: "Mrs. Qin, did I come at the wrong time?"
Mrs. Qin was slightly startled, then she hurriedly saluted, and then said: "Your Highness, please take a seat."
Zhao Huan hummed and sat down majestically. Mrs. Qin quickly asked someone to pour tea for him.
Wang Zhongling sat down and said: "Yao'er, I didn't believe the rumors about you and Li Qi at first. I didn't see it with my own eyes until today. It seems that the rumors outside are not groundless."
Mrs. Qin felt extremely aggrieved and explained: "Dad, Li Qi and I were innocent, but it was not what you imagined just now."
Then she told the truth again.
How could Wang Zhongling believe it? He had already determined what he was thinking. He pointed his hand towards the four pots of black chrysanthemums and said, "Then how can we explain these four pots of strange flowers?"
"This is."
Mrs. Qin was about to explain, but suddenly stopped again. She couldn't help frowning and thinking, this flower is a stolen thing. If only dad is here, she can explain it in private. But His Royal Highness is also here. If he tells the origin of this flower,
Could it be that I have harmed Li Qi? Alas, that's all, that's all, I am a widow, why do I care about this reputation? As long as I have a clear conscience, I don't have to worry about other people's words. Let them think about it.
However, she hesitated to speak, but in Wang Zhongling's view, she acquiesced and said: "Yao'er, I know that you are afraid of bad people gossiping, but you don't need to worry at all. Li Qi is very cunning and black.
It can also be said to be white."
At this point, he thought that Zhao Huan was also here. It seemed inappropriate to say this, so he changed his words: "What I mean is that your husband has passed away for several years. Even according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, you can remarry. This
It’s not a big deal, your mother doesn’t want you to live alone for the rest of your life. If Li Qi dares to betray you, you tell your father and he will teach you well - teach him a lesson."
Obviously, he has made his position clear, that is, he has no objection to Mrs. Qin's friendship with Li Qi. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Now the general situation has been determined. Except for Cai You, all the powerful officials in the court are Li Qi's allies. Even the emperor
Li Qi is also being valued more and more. What's more important is that now the status of the East Palace is as stable as Mount Tai, and Zhao Huan just values Li Qi very much. In the future, when Zhao Huan takes the throne, Li Qi will be not only the prime minister but also the deputy prime minister.
It can be said that young Li Qi is both the rising star of the moment and the Beidou of the future. It is not difficult to imagine that if Mrs. Qin can really marry Li Qi, it will definitely be a great good thing for the Wang family.
Moreover, even Bai Shizhong, the dignified deputy prime minister, could accept Li Qi marrying four wives. How could he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, be afraid of losing face? If anyone wanted to talk about it, they would have to talk to Bai Shizhong first!
It was precisely because of these intricate relationships that Wang Zhongling started to have this idea when he saw that scene.
In fact, this does not mean that Wang Zhongling wants to use his own daughter, but this is a habitual thinking of contemporary officials. Everyone is like this. In fact, it will be like this in later generations. It can be said responsibly that if Li Qingzhao was born
She was poor, and if the Su family had not been very powerful at that time, she would not have been able to marry Zhao Mingcheng.
However, Mrs. Qin hates this kind of marriage the most, otherwise she would have married Zheng Yi in the first place. She didn't want to explain it at first, but Wang Zhongling started to pay attention to it again, and to this day, Wu Zi often calls Qin Mo your husband.
, it was hard to hear the word "son-in-law" from his mouth. Knowing that the prince Zhao Huan was still nearby, she couldn't help but feel particularly annoyed. A heart-breaking pain made her grit her teeth and put down her harsh words: "Dad, whether you believe it or not,
Li Qiqing and I are pure and innocent, there is absolutely nothing else, and I, Wang Yao, am a member of the Qin family in life and a ghost of the Qin family in death, and I will never marry again in this life."
"you--!"
Wang Zhongling slammed the table and stood up. The Wang family's tutoring was quite strict, so Mrs. Qin was an outlier. But he suddenly remembered that Zhao Huan was here, and thought to himself, it seems that I was too anxious and forgot about the prince.
His Highness is here too, no wonder Yaoer said this.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Huan was still sitting calmly. He coughed slightly, stood up and said, "Wang Shangshu, I'm going to go talk to Li Qi first and come back later."
"Ah? Oh, yes." Wang Zhongling was slightly startled and quickly asked someone to take Zhao Huan over.
Zhao Huan was led down by his servants and went to Li Qi's room.
At this time, Doctor Xu had already bandaged Li Qi's wound. When Li Qi saw Zhao Huan coming, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, I'm really sorry just now." Then he motioned to Doctor Xu to go out first.
"No problem!"
Zhao Huan raised his hand, not taking it seriously, and said with a wry smile: "You, you already have four lovely wives, so don't worry about it anymore."
Li Qidao: "Is Uncle Wang trying to portray himself as a strict father again?"
Zhao Huan smiled and said nothing.
Li Qi's heart was as clear as a mirror. When he heard Wang Zhongling's tone, he felt a little weird. Now that he thought about it carefully, he couldn't understand Wang Zhongling's thoughts. He felt helpless about this and said: "This kind of thing usually becomes darker the more it is painted over."
, let others think whatever they want, I am too lazy to explain."
Zhao Huan laughed and said, "Your tone is exactly the same as Mrs. Qin's just now. If it's really nothing, I can't believe it. By the way, where did your four pots of black chrysanthemums come from?"
Li Qi asked in astonishment: "Didn't Mrs. Qin explain?"
Zhao Huan shook his head.
"Damn it, it's even harder to explain if she does this. She really helps more and more." Li Qi shook his head and said, "I got it from Wang Fu's house."
"I knew that." Zhao Huan smiled and didn't care. It was just a few pots of flowers. Flowers were born for close friends. Talking about money was vulgar. On the contrary, seeing Li Qi tell the truth, he was very satisfied. Suddenly
He said seriously: "I came here today because I actually have something to tell you."
Li Qi asked in surprise: "What's the matter?"
Zhao Huan said: "The other day, the third brother came to the palace to plead guilty to his father, and expressed his willingness to go to the southwest border to guard the border for me in the Song Dynasty. My father originally couldn't bear the third brother to go there and suffer, but after thinking for a day, he finally agreed and appointed him.
He is the envoy of Fengxiang and will go to take up his post tomorrow."