"Husband, I..." Bai Qiaoqiao suddenly spoke, but hesitated. Li Mu glanced at her and said, "You and I, husband and wife, is there anything we can't talk about?"
"It's nothing," Bai Qiaoqiao pursed her lips and said, "It's about Gensheng. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and uncle Siwen will be here, but Gensheng didn't come back. My parents didn't say anything, but I saw
You see, they are all thinking about it."
"Oh," Li Mu smiled and said, "It's just this little thing. It's my negligence. But it's not a big deal. You can just ask Siwen directly."
"Oh, I..." Bai Qiaoqiao pulled Li Mu's sleeve and said coquettishly: "You should go and ask."
"As a sister-in-law, there is nothing you can't let go of." Seeing Bai Qiaoqiao being so anxious, Li Mu had no choice but to agree. In fact, this matter was indeed his negligence. Bai Gensheng is Bai Qiaoqiao's younger brother and his own brother-in-law.
, a brother-in-law should be more caring.
Suddenly Li Mu saw Li Zhien's expression and asked, "What's wrong with you? Do you think of your relatives during the New Year?"
"No," Li Zhien shook his head, and the smile on his face was not strange at all, which made Li Mu couldn't help but wonder if he had just seen it wrong.
"I was thinking about what I haven't bought for the New Year. I plan to go shopping with Xiaozhu tomorrow. I'm a little lost."
"Oh." This reason is quite understandable, but Li Mu still feels that Li Zhien has something on his mind. He can't explain it clearly, it's just an intuition.
The meal was almost finished, so the maid came over from the front yard to clean it up. Li Mu picked up Panda and put it on his lap, and brought him steamed buns specially made for him to feed to him. This guy is such a rogue, no matter when he eats, he gives
He ate whatever he could. Those were considered snacks. When it came time for him to eat, he still ate nothing, otherwise he would be as fat as a ball.
Bai Qiaoqiao went to take a bath, and Li Zhien also got up to take stock of the goods. Li Mu was sitting alone in the yard feeding Panda, looking somewhat lonely. Suddenly there was a fragrant breeze, and Li Mu looked up and saw Wang Ou, and pulled the chair next to him closer.
At one point, he motioned for her to sit down.
Wang Ou sat next to Li Mu. Panda smelled Wang Ou's scent and couldn't help but get closer.
Li Mu was a little jealous when he saw Pang Da's appearance. He slapped his butt and said, "You brat, this is your mother, and her man is your father. Stop making up your mind!"
Wang Oujiao laughed, pushed Li Mu, and said, "You are not serious."
Li Mu leaned on Wang Ou's shoulder and said: "Why are you being so disrespectful? Let's speak openly so that we won't be confused later. You are my woman, no matter whether you are a human or a beast, I have to stay away from you."
, whoever dares to provoke you, see how I deal with him."
Wang Ou knew what Li Mu meant, smiled, and didn't say anything. She glanced at Li Mu, deliberately changed her words, and said: "Langjun, I heard from Zhien that you two are going to be together during the Lantern Festival.
Are you married?"
"Yeah." Li Mu nodded, told Wang Ou all the ins and outs of the matter, and said, "I'll discuss it with you before anything goes wrong. Don't be angry."
"Why should I be angry?" Wang Ou said with a smile: "Zhien is in front of me. If you get married to her earlier, I can get married earlier... I don't blame you for coming today. I just want to ask, what are we doing?"
Two, when?"
"Well..." Li Mu pondered. To be honest, he really hadn't thought about this issue. Because his original plan was to consider other women's affairs after Bai Qiaoqiao became pregnant. But in the end, he didn't
According to his original plan, Wang Ou's matter was even more difficult to deal with. The last time he saw Concubine Yang, Li Mu had already learned how persistent Li Shimin was about his "secret love" with Wang Ou. If he and Wang Ou were
Now that Ou's relationship has been exposed, Li Mu really has no confidence that everything will be fine.
A man who is obsessed with love will do anything.
Seeing Li Mu in trouble, Wang Ou can also understand. After all, she is no longer a teenage girl. When she falls in love, she will get carried away and ignore it. Time has brought her not only age and mature charm, but also a calm mind.
, and calmness without being surprised.
Wang Ou gently held Li Mu's arm and said: "Lang, I am a hard-working person. I thought that my life would just be like this. Morning and night, I would spend the rest of my life with the green lantern and ancient Buddha by my side. Until I met you,
That gave me hope. Actually, I don’t care about my status, as long as you can treat me sincerely. Even if we don’t get married, it doesn’t matter.”
Li Mu shook his head and said: "It's okay for you, but it's not okay for me. I'm a man. If I can't even give my woman a status, how can I talk about being upright? I will definitely give you a status, but,
It cannot be denied that I am not strong enough now. I am not sure whether what I have done now is worthy of His Majesty’s heart..."
"I really don't care." Wang Ou locked his eyes on Li Mu's face and said sincerely: "I know you love me and pity me. All you did was for me. But Lang Jun, do you know? Look.
Seeing you so tired, my heartache has exceeded my desire for status. I would rather idle with you as a wild crane than have you deal with all the forces to fight for Li Shimin. Lang, you have me in your heart, don't you?
We have the same status. If you don’t have me in your heart, what will happen if you have a status? I came here today to tell you that after you get married to Zhien, we... we will be together, okay? I don’t want it.
What a title, I just want to be with you as soon as possible. I...I want to give you a child."
When Wang Ou said the last sentence, his face turned red to his ears, and his voice was so soft that he could hardly hear it.
Li Mu can understand Wang Ou's anxiety, because she is already thirty-two years old. In this era, thirty-two years old is already quite old. If you don't have children anymore, it will be very difficult to have children in the future. No.
Failure to give birth is very dangerous. In this era, there are no conditions for surgery, and dystocia is almost equal to death.
Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "It's a night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and it's the time when I name my gold medal. Let's do this. The day we get married will be when I name my gold medal. By then, the valley will be built. Let's build a small courtyard.
It’s just you and me, drinking a glass of Henu wine, with heaven and earth as the witness, and we become husband and wife, do you think it’s okay?”
"Yes!" Wang Ou nodded without hesitation and said, "My husband must keep his words. That's it. I'll make preparations right away."
As she was about to stand up, Li Mu took her hand and said, "Why are you so anxious? There will still be some time. Besides, aren't you worried that I won't pass the exam?"
"How could my husband fail the exam? Who among those mediocre people can compare with my husband?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and deliberately said not to be so arrogant. There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Maybe the horse will stumble. But when the words came to his mouth, he thought again, Wang Ou was right, and his own strength could not be used here.
He is not allowed to keep a low profile. If anyone can surpass him, unless he is also a time traveler, otherwise with those ancient poems and poems he has memorized from elementary school to high school, plus the baptism of hundreds of monthly exams, midterms, finals, high school entrance exams and college entrance exams, who wants to do it?
It takes a little effort to pass the test yourself.
Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly became full of pride: "There is nothing wrong with that. I am the number one scholar in this imperial examination!"
"But..." Wang Ou suddenly changed his tone. Li Mu couldn't help but frown and said, "But what? Don't you have confidence in me?"
"Of course it's not that I don't have confidence." Wang Ou hurriedly explained, "I'm just husband, you have to be more careful. The preparation for the imperial examination has always been done by the Ministry of Rites. And all the people in the Ministry of Rites are gentry. Regardless of the Shandong gentry,
Prominent families in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Hetao all have members in the Ministry of Rites. You have formed a deadly feud with the Shandong gentry. Although they are not in harmony with the Shandong gentry, they are still in the same spirit. Naturally, they also understand the meaning of death and coldness. I am afraid that if you take part in the imperial examination this time,
They will unite to stop it."
"How could he do something so mean?" Li Mu was stunned and said angrily: "With my strength on display here, how could they still tamper with my article?"
"That's not the case." Wang Ou seemed to have specifically understood this, and said: "Husband, they will not tamper with your essay. But they will do some tricks in evaluating the examination papers. There are so many candidates, after all, Your Majesty cannot grade them all in person.
.They are all selected by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College. They will first grade the papers and then sort them into third, sixth and ninth grades. If they put your paper in the second grade during the evaluation, your husband will have no chance of winning the first prize.
"
"Do you think I'm a vegetarian?" Li Mu said bitterly: "If they dare to do this, I won't let them have an easy time. I will ask those who reviewed the papers in front of all the officials why my article cannot be reviewed.
Wait, if you can’t give me an explanation, I will burn down their house and break their legs!”
"Husband," Wang Ou looked at Li Mu's childishness and said helplessly: "There is no very strict standard for criticism. Personal preferences are different, and the perspective of criticism is naturally different. If others agree on the same caliber, they will say that your article is not good.
, even if His Majesty thinks it is good, it will not help. After all, the quality of the article is ultimately decided by the nobles."
"Well..." Li Mu understood what Wang Ou meant. This is actually a question of the right to speak. The nobles who have the right to speak, if they say your article is good, then it is good; if they say your article is bad, then it is not good.
.This is like the so-called "art circle" in his previous life. Some so-called painters can auction for millions of dollars if they draw a circle on white paper. Because they are artists, what they draw is called "abstract".
But students who paint oil paintings that look like photos can't even earn money for paint. Who can make you paint so well? If you paint so well, you might as well take a camera and take a picture. There is no room for imagination.
Good or bad depends on whose "big mouth", this mouth is the right to speak.