Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 884 The Taste of Family Love

From Tianjia to folk, there are many examples of relatives becoming enemies.

The difference is that after the folk relatives become feuded, at most they don’t communicate with each other, they curse a few words behind their backs during festivals, and even more, they stealthily pull out other people’s seedlings in the middle of the night.

Tianjia is different.

When the relatives of the Tian family become enemies, it is really a life-and-death situation. The desire to kill the other party is no longer just a curse, but a real action.

For example, in the Anren Hall at this moment, Empress Wu, Brother Wu Weiliang, Brother Wu Huaiyun, and Mrs. Wei Guo, there are only four of them, but they form a miraculous scene where the three parties are enemies to each other, which is even more chaotic than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Sitting in the hall, the brothers of the Wu family and Mrs. Wei Guo felt very tormented. This is not the original appearance of the family relationship. However, Empress Wu did not say goodbye, and no one dared to leave.

The embarrassing atmosphere must be broken by someone, everyone is decent, even enemies should be smiling.

After a long time, Empress Wu finally spoke.

"I heard that the two elder brothers visited my mother the day before yesterday?" Empress Wu asked coldly.

The faces of the Wu family brothers turned pale.

Of course, they would not naively think that Empress Wu's words were meaningless small talk.

That night they were drunk at a banquet at Mrs. Yang's mansion in Rongguo, and they all remembered clearly what they had said to Yang when they woke up. They heard that Yang cried out of anger, and they were so scared that they broke out in cold sweat.

Today, the two took the initiative to enter the palace to pay respects to Empress Wu, more or less apologizing.

Wu Weiliang immediately knelt down facing Empress Wu, and said in a trembling voice, "I'm drunk, and said a lot of disrespectful things, I'm guilty."

Empress Wu smiled coldly, and said: "They are all from my own family, so there is no need to talk about crimes. You are originally after meritorious service, and the imperial court treated you favorably. of."

The brothers of the Wu family were sweating coldly, their words were ambiguous.At present, the official positions of the two brothers are both Inspectors. They know better than anyone how the official positions of Inspectors came from.

Being honored by the queen, but not being favored by the queen, this matter cannot be justified on anyone, no wonder Empress Wu's tone is so dissatisfied.

"The codes of meritorious officials are all given by the queen. If you make a slip of the tongue after drinking, you will die!" Wu Huaiyun knelt down and bowed pale.

Empress Wu hummed lightly, and suddenly said: "I heard that you are going to Beijing to report on your work. How many days have you been in Chang'an?"

It was another heartbreaking sentence, and the Wu family brothers became more and more panicked.

There is no excuse to explain this, Empress Wu's tone is clearly asking for guilt.

"I, I am guilty, and I am willing to accept the punishment." The two brothers simply confessed.

Mrs. Wei Guo looked at the brothers of the Wu family, and then at Empress Wu. After touching them carefully, she felt that this matter had nothing to do with her, so she sat on the sidelines and became a crowd.

There was a long silence, Empress Wu sighed, and said: "You don't want to be honored by the palace, and you don't want to take up the positions of the court. Why don't you go to the government and return, and be a rich man with no worries about food and clothing? It will also save you from all kinds of bad deeds." Involve the palace."

The Wu family brothers bowed their heads in silence, not daring to answer.

They are not stupid, of course being an official is much better than being a rich man, so it is impossible to ask them to resign and go home.

After some questions and answers, the atmosphere in the hall became more solemn.

After a long time, Empress Wu broke the silence again, and after a long sigh, she seemed to feel both helpless and tolerant of the words and deeds of the Wu family brothers.

"Forget it, we will discuss this matter later, I hope you will be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, and will not violate loyalty and filial piety."

The Wu family brothers breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed down to thank them.

Skipping this unpleasant topic, a smile finally appeared on Empress Wu's face.

"I heard that you entered the palace today and brought gifts for me?"

Wu Weiliang's heart relaxed, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's a few boxes of pastries that I brought from Bingzhou's hometown. The queen lives in the harem. I'm afraid I haven't heard the local accent or tasted the food of my hometown for many years. I bought it from Bingzhou specially and dedicated it to the queen." Tasting, the gift is being inspected by the palace servants, please wait a while to deliver it."

According to the procedures, the things brought into the palace by the courtiers, especially the things related to food, must be inspected by the palace people, and they will not be sent to the nobles in the palace until they are confirmed to be non-toxic.

Empress Wu nodded, of course she would not believe the so-called nonsense about Bingzhou cuisine, and the brothers of the Wu family would never be so interested in her, presumably they just bought a few boxes from a pastry shop in Chang'an to deal with it.

Not long after, a palace official entered the palace holding a gift box. When the gift box was opened, it was indeed an exquisite pastry.

Empress Wu picked up a piece of pastry, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she suddenly rolled her eyes, and smiled at Mrs. Wei Guo who had been silent for a long time: "I remember that you like delicious food, this pastry was brought from Bingzhou by two uncles." , the elder's heart is rare, come and taste it."

When Madam Wei saw Empress Wu, it was rare for her to be kind to her, and joy flashed in her eyes.

Although the two were rivals in love, Empress Wu was in charge of the harem, and Mrs. Wei didn't want her relationship to become too tense, otherwise she would not even be able to enter the palace if she wanted to see Li Zhi in the future.

So at this moment, where is the pastry that Empress Wu handed over? It is clearly an olive branch representing peace and not killing.

So Mrs. Wei got up in a hurry, walked in front of Empress Wu in small steps, respectfully took the cake in her hand with both hands, thanked Empress, and ate it gracefully in front of her.

After eating it, no matter how it tasted, Mrs. Wei put on a smiling face and praised its deliciousness, especially the gift from the queen, which was even more delicious.

Seeing that she had finished eating the pastries, Empress Wu also smiled, very kindly. At this moment, the air was finally filled with the smell of family love.

The Wu family brothers also laughed, the atmosphere was just right, how warm and touching, and peaceful.

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It's almost winter, and the Weishui River is when the fish are fat and the shrimp are strong.

For a salted fish that does not seek to make progress, this time is of course a good time to fish.

The biggest advantage of ancient times is that everything you eat in your mouth is green and pollution-free, without pesticides, additives, and genetically modified.

Early in the morning Li Qinzai set up fishing rods by the river, and there were still two fishing rods.

The fishing rod is carefully crafted by craftsmen. The green bamboo of Zhongnan Mountain is polished to remove knots, carved and painted, the strongest fishing line is selected, and the most rebellious goose feathers are plucked to make floats. Even the fishing hooks are made by Li Qinzai himself. become.

Not only that, but there is also a toolbox next to it, with several small drawers in it, not only are there various types of fishing hooks, but also bait boxes, nest-making rice wine boxes and so on.

Just like the saying in Jianghu, the better the food, the better the tools.

The so-called "poor students have a lot of stationery" and "cannon fodder is more expensive", although Li Qinzai's half-baked fishing friends are not good, they must have tools, otherwise they will appear unprofessional.

Not being able to catch fish is a matter of skill, but not all tools are a matter of attitude.

On the beach by the river, there are piles of pebbles. Looking around, the autumn water is as long as the sky and the sky is the same color. It is a beautiful scenery in late autumn.

Li Qinzai sighed contentedly, and suddenly felt that there was a fly in the ointment.

Next time you go fishing, bring a small red stove with warm plum wine on it, a small tea table with snacks on it, and an immoral Spring Gong picture book on your lap...

Eating garlic and drinking coffee, both elegant and vulgar, salty and wet for all ages, how elegant.

(End of this chapter)