A Romantic Story of a Girl from the Qin Dynasty

When Li Si heard that his daughter was returning home today, he hurriedly asked Ying Zheng for leave to go home. Ying Zheng thought that since he was old and had been living in the palace for many days to handle government affairs, he naturally agreed.

Although Li Si was cunning and changeable, and his thoughts were unpredictable, he hid some of his true temperament from the ministers and the emperor, and rarely exposed his thoughts in front of others. But for his family, he is 100% considerate and caring.

"Xu'er, did you bring your grandson when you came?"

Before the Li Si people arrived, the urgent voice had already reached the hall. He crossed the threshold in three steps and two steps at a time. Before he could see how many people were sitting in the hall, Li Si's grandson happily came forward to greet him.

"My dear, are you here? Xu Li has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Seeing his family sitting around talking and laughing together, Li Si didn't feel as nervous as he had just been in the palace. He picked up his grandson and asked with a smile.

"Why did you suddenly return to your parents' house today? Is there anything urgent?"

"There's nothing urgent. It's just His Majesty's birthday next month. My daughter was worried that you wouldn't be able to come up with any decent birthday gifts, so she took the initiative to take over the job for you. Isn't this... the birthday gifts have just been completed today, so I rushed to send them to you. ”

"Did your mother tell you this?"

Li Si glanced at Mrs. Li.

"Your father has been an official for decades and has never dealt with any big or small matters. He just prepared a gift for the emperor. Why do you need to worry about it?"

He pretended to be angry, looked at Mrs. Li and pretended to scold her.

"How can you let your daughter do such a small thing? You, you..."

"The birthday gift my daughter brought today is really good. If we were asked to prepare it, we might not be able to find such a good thing. Why are you blaming me before you even look at it?"

The lady asked several servants to carry out a rather huge wooden box made of golden nanmu, which was carved with very gorgeous and complex patterns of dragons, phoenixes and auspicious clouds. Li Si was surprised. He walked closer and looked left and right, and found that there was an emperor wearing a mysterious robe carved on it, as well as civil servants and military generals.

"This...you want me to give this to the emperor to celebrate his birthday?"

"That's it?"

Li Xu smiled a little unconcernedly

"This is a precious thing. What I give to His Majesty must be of the best quality."

She ordered someone to open the wooden box and found a pair of exquisitely carved ivory cups inside!

"This... such a big ivory is not easy to find. It comes in pairs. This elephant is almost a hundred years old. Where did you find it? Such a good thing is not even in the Qin Palace. How much did you spend?"

"There is no need to spend money. When I heard that the Prime Minister was going to give a gift to His Majesty, they all took out their treasures and presented them with both hands. They were all eager to have some relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion. Father... what do you think of this gift? If you don't like it. , there are other good things for you to choose from.”

Li Si's expression darkened after hearing this, he put down his grandson in his arms, and roared in a low voice.

"Nonsense! It's really nonsense!"

"what happened?"

Li Xu and Mrs. Li were full of praise for this ivory shell just now, and they were full of smiles. They saw Li Si's sullen face and was very unhappy. For a while, they couldn't figure out the reason.

"Husband, what's wrong? Isn't this a good gift?"

Mrs. Li asked quickly.

Li Si sat down angrily and suddenly slapped the table and cursed.

"Even the emperor doesn't have such good things, but our prime minister's government does. What do you want the emperor to think? Your Majesty has always been frugal and not extravagant and wasteful. If you ask me to give such a precious thing to the emperor, will the emperor be happy? !”

Li Xu saw his father was so angry. Not only was he not afraid, he even retorted with an indifferent expression.

"Your Majesty is so frugal. Look at how he overhauled the imperial mausoleum and built an unprecedented luxurious underground palace. He spent thousands, tens of thousands of times more manpower and material resources than this ivory cup. The rare treasures he has there are not like this. It’s comparable to cups.”

Seeing that his daughter didn't take it seriously, Li Si angrily said

"If I am extravagant and extravagant, wouldn't His Majesty be wary of it? If I give these things as gifts, I'm afraid I will lose my official position! Take them back to me, take them back!"

I thought my father would be happy to get such a good baby, but I didn't expect that it would make everyone unhappy. Li Xu's face fell, and he said as if talking to himself

"The emperor clearly rewarded you with such a beautiful carriage, but you never use it. Isn't it a waste of money? Since the emperor can reward you with such a luxurious carriage, it means that the emperor also likes these luxurious things! I don't understand what you are careful about. Something."

After she sat down, she continued talking to herself

"The great Qin Dynasty is as prosperous as it is now, and it is all due to you. What does it matter if your life is a little more luxurious? Could it be that the emperor will question you for such a trivial matter?"

"shut up!"

Li Si slapped the table and cursed angrily

"Being with a king is like being with a tiger. Do you understand this truth? What do you mean that the prosperity of Da Qin today is all due to me?! If anyone who cares about what you say listens, then our family's life will really be in danger!"

Seeing that the father and daughter seemed to be quarreling, Mrs. Li hurriedly tried to smooth things over

"Okay, okay, you two should stop arguing. My daughter also means well. Why do you, a father, have to be so angry?"

"You have spoiled your child rotten. You have served me well since childhood, and you have grown into the arrogant and arrogant person you are today!"

When Li Xu heard this, she stretched her neck and wanted to reply. Fortunately, Mrs. Li quickly stopped her.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. Can you two adults condescend to have a meal? The meals in the front hall have been prepared. It's rare for you father and daughter to get together, so don't make a big deal about it. It’s over.”

Zhiyu accepted the task of hosting a birthday banquet for Ying Zheng, so he was naturally very excited. No matter whether it was big or small, he had to review everything. From the preparation of the palace banquet to the song and dance performance, Zhiyu did a careful study and strived to be the best in the party. This matter impressed his father and gave him more fatherly love. Fusu's absence in Xianyang was the best opportunity.

Of course, since Zhiyu was still young, it would be a bit overwhelming to do everything by himself. When there were some things that he had never encountered before and didn't know how to deal with them, he would seek out his mother, Shikiya, to discuss them together.

"Mother, do you think there is anything that needs to be improved on these dinner dishes?"

At this moment, Zhiyu was humbly seeking Shimi's opinion. Since he had a big plan with Zhao Gao, he had curbed his ambitions and became very well-behaved and docile.

Shimi looked through the ingredients needed for Yingzheng's birthday, and she was also happy to see the child working hard.

"Although the dishes you chose are good, are these abalone, ginseng, wings, belly, bear paws, deer, lamb, etc. too luxurious? Your father is not in good health. If he eats these tonic ingredients, he will I’m afraid my body won’t be able to bear it!”