"Master, hasn't Wei Zheng done enough harm to you? Why do you have to give him money for medical treatment and let him die of illness?"
At night, while Bai Qiaoqiao was taking a bath, Li Zhien pestered Li Mu, climbed on top of him, and said a little unhappily.
Li Mu was so distracted by this girl that he slapped her butt and said: "Be honest, if you make me angry, I'll give it to you."
"Come on?" Li Zhien was not afraid at all. He took Li Mu's hand and put it into his bellyband. He looked at him dreamily and said, "Master, Zhien is looking forward to you all the time."
"You," Li Mu sighed, took his hand out of his pocket, put his arm around Li Zhien's waist, and said, "Why are you in a hurry about what we agreed to do? I'm not in a hurry."
"How can people not feel anxious when they see you and your wife every day?"
"Then, you go back to your room to sleep?"
"No." Li Zhien nuzzled into Li Mu's arms and said, "It's time for Xiaozhu and the others to laugh at me."
"What's the joke?"
"Why aren't you laughing?" Li Zhien pouted and said, "I have been sleeping with my master for so long and I was suddenly kicked out. They must think that I am not favored. Not only do they want to laugh at me, but they also want to bully me."
Li Mu smiled helplessly: "You..."
At this time, Bai Qiaoqiao came into the house after taking a shower, wearing a satin 'pajamas'. This was Li Mu's latest design, so naturally she made it first for his wives and concubines to wear. Li Zhien didn't wear it because she wanted to 'seduce' Li Mu. She
I know Li Mu likes the look of her wearing a bellyband.
"What are we talking about?"
Bai Qiaoqiao asked casually, and Li Zhien immediately complained: "Madam, I am talking about the master's favoritism. There has never been a monthly advance in our house, but when Wei Yingluo came, the master made an exception for her.
, I think the master must have ulterior motives, and he still doesn’t admit it.”
Li Mu was stunned: "You girl, you turned against me so quickly!"
Li Zhien stuck out her tongue. When it came to other women, she would always unite with Bai Qiaoqiao.
Bai Qiaoqiao dried her hair, blew out the candles and went to bed. Li Zhien obediently gave up his seat. Li Mu squeezed into Bai Qiaoqiao's arms, and then pulled Li Zhien into his arms. He liked this kind of being sandwiched very much.
The feeling in the middle, hugging each other from left to right, the blessing of bringing people together, nothing better than this, right?
"My husband has said this, Zhien. I think he did the right thing. Regardless of the relationship between Zheng Guogong and my husband in the court, Yingluo is also a part of the palace now. Her father is sick and she wants to fulfill her filial piety.
How can a husband refuse to agree to a monthly advance? If the husband really refuses and word spreads, they will say that the husband is too narrow-minded."
"Yeah." Li Zhien responded, and after a while, he added: "I just feel angry."
"You are too angry." Li Mu smiled and said, "But you don't need to be angry tomorrow. I plan to let Wei Yingluo go to the craftsman's workshop and not live in the mansion."
"Ah?" Li Zhien got up and said, "Master, why?"
In the final analysis, Li Zhien's "hate" for Wei Yingluo stems from the "threat" brought by Wei Yingluo. In Li Zhien's mind, the best situation is not to have new people in the house. With Mrs. Bai Qiaoqiao
, it is enough to have her as a concubine, and one more is too much. The same is true for her dislike of Wei Yingluo. Why would Your Majesty indiscriminately give the master an enemy's daughter?
The point is, you still act like a young lady. What's so cool about that?
But this does not mean that Li Zhien wants to cut off Wei Yingluo's way of living. She gave Wei Yingluo small shoes to wear, just to convince her. She did not really want to drive her away. Li Zhien also knew that Wei Yingluo had nothing to do now.
The family has returned. What if she is really kicked out of the house and dies again?
This kind of thinking is not to pity Wei Yingluo, nor is she a holy mother, but because Li Zhien has experienced the feeling of being helpless and like a duckweed all the way from Goguryeo to Chang'an. Wei Yingluo is not a great evildoer.
People should not be punished like this.
Li Zhien's reaction surprised Li Mu and said, "Don't you hate her? Why are you still worried?"
"I..." Li Zhien snorted and said, "I'm afraid that she will leave our house and die outside!"
Li Mu laughed and said: "As expected of my concubine, she is kind-hearted. Don't worry, I will let her go to the craftsman's workshop and I will take care of her and won't let her starve to death outside."
"I did this for two reasons. First, she is a big girl, and she has lived in our house for too long, which is bad for her reputation. It is not good for her reputation, and it is not good for my reputation. After all, I, Li Mu, can
Not a womanizer!"
As soon as he said this, Bai Qiaoqiao made a nasal sound as if he was suppressing a laugh. Li Zhien couldn't hold it back and laughed. Li Mu's face suddenly darkened and he said angrily: "What do you two mean?
, do you think I am a womanizer?"
"No." Bai Qiaoqiao hurriedly coaxed him and said, "My husband will always be the best husband in my heart."
"Humph." Li Mu pinched Li Zhien's cheek and said, "What about you? Why are you laughing?"
"I have to tell the truth. In my heart, the master is just a lecher."
"Um?"
"Otherwise, why would the master buy me?"
"Yo yo yo," Li Mu curled his lips and said, "How dare you praise yourself for being beautiful in a different way? Little girl, you don't know that the sky is high and the sky is high, the fairy is right in front of you, how dare you say that you are beautiful?"
Bai Qiaoqiao's cheeks heated up in embarrassment, and she said angrily: "You just talk about her, why do you involve me again?"
"Oh, quit, you are bullying others." Li Zhien pretended to be angry and squeezed into Li Mu's arms again.
Li Mu also laughed twice and said: "Actually, I am telling the truth. You may think that I am lustful, but most of the time, I just appreciate it. It is far from what you imagine. Just take Mrs. Peony and me."
Bai Qiaoqiao stretched out her hand, gently blocked Li Mu's mouth, and said: "Husband, there is no need to explain. Qiaoqiao just wants her husband to be happy, and it's good to have Qiaoqiao by her side. If Qiaoqiao is not jealous, she will do whatever her husband does."
OK."
"Alas..." Li Mu sighed, pinched Li Zhien's cheek again, and said, "Now do you know why you can't be my wife? You are such a jealous little person."
"I always say... my wife is jealous too, but she just won't say anything," Li Zhien muttered in a low voice, but did not dare to say it loudly.
"Anyway, let's not talk about it anymore. Going back to what happened just now, I asked Wei Yingluo to move to the craftsman's workshop. Another purpose is to make it easier for her to teach the craftsmen."
"Teaching?" Li Zhien frowned and said, "Does the master want to set up a school? I'm afraid Wei Yingluo is not qualified."
In this era, only the recognized great Confucians are qualified to set up schools and accept disciples. Ordinary scholars teach in private schools, and they go to other people's houses to teach and are called Mr. Teachers. Under normal circumstances, those who run private schools are not as good as teachers.
Those who are teachers are not as good as those who set up a school. Those who are in a school are not as good as professors from the Imperial College, Hongwen Hall, and Chongwen Hall. But at this level, comparison is open to question. For example, the Louvre and Zheng Jing
The great Confucian scholars from Shandong also studied in Chang'an Academy, so they don't think they are any worse than Kong Yingda.
But no matter how she compares, Wei Yingluo is not qualified. Let alone setting up a school, no one would come to a private school at her age and she is a female streamer.
"It's not a school." Li Mu corrected: "It's a college. How do you say..." Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "To put it simply, it's bigger than the school. Hongwen Hall and Chongwen Hall add up to only one hundred."
Well, my initial idea for this college is to have five hundred people."
"five hundred?"
Li Zhien exclaimed. If her master hadn't said this, she would have laughed at her. Do you think you are a saint? Dare you teach five hundred disciples?
Li Mu added leisurely, "Within three years, we will expand to 3,000 people."
Okay, I really think of myself as Saint Kong.
Although Bai Qiaoqiao didn't understand this, she had seen how many three thousand people there were. When she came to Chang'an from Dingxiang, she followed Li Ji's army. She saw them every morning at midnight. The number exceeded a thousand people.
, it seems that there is only one vast sea, and three thousand people are boundless. How is it possible with so many people?
"Husband, you have to be careful."
"It's not me who teaches anyway, so why should I be cautious?" Speaking of this matter, Li Mu explained a few more sentences, saying: "The college I want to establish is not to teach scholars. It is to teach craftsmen, and carpenters teach
Carpenters and blacksmiths teach blacksmiths, masons teach masons, and experienced people teach new people. The emphasis is on technology, so it is called "Datang Vocational and Technical College". And Wei Yingluo is responsible for teaching craftsmen how to read and simple arithmetic. What's not enough?
Qualifications? Is she illiterate or can’t do arithmetic?”
Not to be outdone, Li Zhien said, "What's so great about literacy and arithmetic? I can do it." After saying that, he thought of Bai Qiaoqiao and quickly added, "Madam, I can do it too."
Bai Qiaoqiao smiled and said: "I won't mention it, I just know it a little bit. However, Zhien is very proficient. She learned the four algorithms by reading the newspaper by herself."
"Really?" Li Mu glanced at Li Zhien and said, "Self-taught?"
"Well, you'll be able to do it just by looking at it. Master, am I strong enough?"
"Awesome, that Li Chunfeng, I learned it after teaching you for a long time. You are even better than Li Chunfeng." Li Mu smiled and nodded, and said: "But I can't bear to have you teach in the craftsman's workshop. If you teach those craftsmen
Well, when I sleep in in the morning, there is no one to hug me." After a pause, Li Mu added: "If you insist on going, you can let Xiaozhu fill the vacant position."
"She has a beautiful idea!" Li Zhien saved Li Mu's arm and said coquettishly: "I climbed into the master's bed with great difficulty. There is no way I would give it to anyone else. No one can do it, let alone Xiaozhu."
"What did Xiaozhu do to you again?"
"I..." Li Zhien shook his head and said, "It just doesn't work."
"Tell me, what happened to Xiaozhu?"
Seeing that Li Mu kept asking, Bai Qiaoqiao had no choice but to explain to Li Zhien, saying: "You, you don't understand this? She turned out to be a maid just like Xiaozhu. Later, didn't she become a concubine? What if Xiaozhu also became a maid?
Concubine, she is far away from you. When she returns to this house in the future, won’t she have to look at Xiaozhu’s face?”
"Yeah, yeah! Master, please don't."
"That's not necessarily true. If you don't obey me..."
"Be obedient and obedient. Zhien is the most obedient."
"Okay, go to sleep." Li Mu patted Li Zhien's butt, and Li Zhien immediately pouted. She knew what it meant. The couple wanted to turn around because they wanted her as a redundant person.
"Master, I too..."
"Disobedient?"
"oh"
Li Zhien pouted and turned over. After a while, Bai Qiaoqiao's suppressed "um huh" sound came out. Li Zhien twisted his legs like a live shrimp steaming in a pot, twisting restlessly.
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Li Shimin's toothache has not healed yet, and he had a fight with Wei Zheng the day before yesterday over the appointment of Wang Jingze as the censor Zhongcheng. Although he won, the anger also came, and his cheeks were swollen again, so he temporarily stopped going to court for two days in a row.
Discuss.
Although the court meeting was suspended, the memorials would not be suspended. Li Shimin was upset and couldn't stand it anymore, so he called Changsun Wuji over and asked him and Eunuch Gao to help him watch. Some small matters would be handled by Changsun Wuji first.
, give his opinion, and then he will make the final decision. For major matters, Changsun Wuji will read it out, and the two of them will discuss it.
Changsun Wuji saw Li Shimin's cheeks and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, you have a toothache. Is there nothing Dr. Sun can do?"
"Alas, this is a bad year!" Li Shimin sighed: "Doctor Sun took a look at it, and he said that I have another tooth. This tooth is pressing against the gum. If it doesn't come out, it will keep hurting. There is no way, even if it is
Even if I want to pull this tooth out, I have to wait for it to come out... Oops, it hurts me so much. I am already thirty-two years old, why do I still have new teeth?"
Changsun Wuji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is a happy event. I have seen similar records in historical records. It is said that only Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty had new teeth after the year they were established."
"Okay, okay," Li Shimin suffered from toothache and was really too lazy to listen to these flattering words, so he said: "I have also read the historical records, but this paragraph is nowhere to be found. Auxiliary machine, please read the memorial quickly, I am worried."
"promise."
Li Shimin looked at Eunuch Gao and asked: "Is that guy Wei Zheng dead? No, what I mean is, have you sent him any medicine?"
Eunuch Gao hurriedly put down the memorial in his hand, stood up and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the young eunuch who went to deliver medicine yesterday was sent back. Wei Zheng's wife Pei said that the family can still cope with it. Thank you for Your Majesty's grace."
"You want to save face!" Li Shimin said bitterly: "Don't I know how much money he has at home? I fined him half a year's salary. How can he have the money to take medicine? You Wei Zheng would rather die of illness than accept my gift.
It’s medicine, right? Okay, let’s see how long you can be strong!”
Suddenly, Changsun Wuji said "Hey", stood up and came to Li Shimin with a memorial: "Your Majesty, take a look at this."