I run a newspaper in ancient times

Not everyone has forgotten how Zhang Yuan and his wife were kicked out of the uncle's mansion.

It's just that in this world, filial piety is the first priority. No matter how bad the parents are, the children should not complain. If the parents know their mistakes, it is unfilial if the children do not forgive.

Now Yongchang uncle's mouth is talking nicely, but Su Yue is in a passive position.

Fortunately, the gossip tabloid's ability to track people down is unmatched in this capital, but two days later, a list of the dowry of the former Mrs. Yongchang when she got married was placed on Li Li's desk.

He took a closer look, couldn't help but sneered and said, "I reckon it's impossible for Uncle Yongchang to pay for it, a bunch of moths, they really know how to squander."

Xi went to the west and said: "Your Majesty's words are correct. The servant has checked it secretly. What's still on the dowry list is only a pair of blue and white jade vases with a bottom held in front of the door, a double-sided embroidered landscape screen, and a set of sandalwood. Tables and chairs and other big items, small ones have been sold or given as gifts. By the way, I also found pawn orders from several pawnshops."

"What do they eat now, relying on Uncle Yongchang's salary?" Li Li asked.

Xi went to the west and said: "Of course it is not enough, but the third young master of the Zhang family is already married. He is a Juren, and in the future he can have a count. Shrewd and pungent, he was coaxed into raising this group of people."

"Living by eating my daughter-in-law's dowry... What kind of blood-sucking leech is this, I don't know how to complain?" Li Li clicked his tongue twice and sighed ironically, "Given that they are not ashamed but proud, The third young lady doesn't seem to be able to hold on for long, no wonder there is no way out, it's not easy to threaten a dead body like this!"

Xi Qu said with a smile: "There are quite a few people like this in the capital city. It's just a fire pit. Whoever marries into it or enters the family will be unlucky."

"Okay, give this list to Su Yue, she will naturally know what to do, and then find more reporters and pull some people over to see the excitement." Li Li handed the list to Dong Lai.

"Yes, my lord."

After going back and forth, Li Li touched his face and looked at the moon hanging high outside, ready to turn off the lights and go to bed.

However, at this moment, Beixing came in and reported: "My lord, there is news from the harem. Tonight, the emperor will stay at the Kunning Palace. It will be...Miss Shi serving the bed."

Li Li's mood of sleeping in a beauty sleep was gone when he heard the news.

He silently took the tea that Nan Xiang handed over, and drank it in small sips, as if calming down the sorrow that followed, and only after finishing drinking did he say a word: "Whether it's a real sister-in-law or a fake sister-in-law, it's so exciting. Sad... this fucking society."

Nan Xiang felt sore when he heard it, and couldn't help persuading: "My lord, this is Miss Shi's choice, and you have done your best."

Li Li didn't speak, but touched his chest, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.

Nan Xiang thought for a while and suggested, "Why don't we go to General Fan and have fun?"

"He probably has to stay in the palace on duty tonight, I don't want to delay his business." Li Li said sullenly.

This...why does the more you talk about it, the more unhappy you become?

"What can we do?" Nan Xiang was worried.

"But I can go to the mansion and wait for him to come back." Li Li swept away the haze in front of him, and found that he had found another reason, so at night he ordered his servants to prepare, lead out his white horse, and prepare to go to the general's mansion.

When the harem scandal broke out last time, it was not only the Commander Shen Song who was replaced and resigned, but also a series of deputy commanders and many deputy command envoys who were dismissed and questioned.

Of course, Fan Zhiyuan unceremoniously replaced the vacated position with his own people, and it was blatant to install cronies.

Tonight, Emperor Yan is staying in Kunning Palace. As the commander of the forbidden army on duty, he knows about it, and he is also in control of the movements of the harem.

As soon as Emperor Yan's imperial driver left, the news must have reached Prince Yi.

Thinking about when Shi Yu stayed in Kunning Palace as a maid, Li Li insisted on asking him to accompany him to eat wontons on the street at midnight, Fan Zhiyuan didn't think that this person would let him off tonight.

He was very self-aware and ordered people to observe the movements of the Prince's Mansion. Sure enough, when the Imperial Guard changed shifts, his subordinates brought the news that Prince Yi was waiting for him at the General's Mansion.

Fan Zhiyuan: "..." It was a good guess without any suspense.

Compared to Emperor Yan, obviously this prince is more important to Fan Zhiyuan.

So Huo Xiaoxiang, who was the deputy commander, was temporarily brought back by him to replace him.

If Li Li went out to find Fan Zhiyuan, there would be a lot of fanfare, wishing that the whole capital would know about it.

So although Huo Xiaoxiang was not happy, he understood Fan Zhiyuan's feeling of going back as a substitute.

"General, stop duplicity. Do you know what you look like when you leave the palace in a hurry?" Huo Xiaoxiang said while hanging his saber around his waist.

Fan Zhiyuan took out the palace token, and asked casually: "What?"

Huo Xiaoxiang said: "A desperate husband who can't wait to go home to accompany his wife to warm up the kang and give birth to a child."

Fan Zhiyuan almost drew out his sword and slashed at him, his whole face was filled with a look of indifference, and finally the cold wind uttered four words: "Nonsense!"

Huo Xiaoxiang jumped three feet away with a smile on his face, and hurriedly dodged away cautiously, and said again in a low voice: "General, you have to take it easy, the prince's small body is not enough for you to toss about."

After finishing speaking, for the sake of my own life, I quickly slipped to inspect the palace.

Fan Zhiyuan rode his horse back to the General's Mansion, Tian Bo was already waiting at the gate of his yard, upon seeing him, he immediately reported: "The prince has been here for an hour, young master, look..."

He pointed to the room where Li Li had replaced a big bed across the yard. The lights were still on, obviously not sleeping.

"Oh, you said it's inappropriate for the lord to come on such a late night without saying hello." Tian Bo said with emotion.

Probably stimulated by Huo Xiaoxiang's nonsense, Fan Zhiyuan looked at him quietly and said, "Isn't it the family you mentioned?"

Tian Bo: "..." At that time, he just said it casually to let the spy Xiaofang in, but he really didn't want the master to get involved with the prince!

"Master..."

Fan Zhiyuan waved his hand, and then walked towards the room occupied by Li Li. Anyway, everyone came, why can they be driven out?

Besides, this person should be unhappy today.

Fan Zhiyuan thought about the last time he carried Li Li on his back and flew over the eaves and walls. After thinking for a while, he finally came to a conclusion: If it could make Li Li happy... he felt that flying again today would not be so difficult to accept.

And the bottom line of a person is being lowered time and time again.

The moment Fan Zhiyuan pushed open the door, he heard Li Li's surprised voice: "General, are you really back?"

At that time, Li Li was taking Donglai and Nanxiang to tinker with a bunch of bottles and cans. The moment he raised his head and looked at Fan Zhiyuan, his eyes were shining with light.

The joy from the inside out made Fan Zhiyuan's lips curl up unconsciously.

He suddenly discovered that what Huo Xiaoxiang said had some truth to it, and the feeling that someone was looking forward to it when he went home was really impatient.

Of course, with his elm head, he wouldn't think it had anything to do with love. His relationship with Li Li, he thought he was a friend wishful thinking.

Well, in order not to make people wait too long, quickly find a subordinate to come over to take over, this damn friend!

Li Li saw the smile on Fan Zhiyuan's face, and also sensitively realized that this person had returned to the mansion early, and his heart couldn't help but move.

Although it is the first time for him to like someone, he has a wealth of theoretical knowledge with the great book on love in later generations.

Thinking about Fan Zhiyuan's fear of avoiding him before, and seeing him as soon as he could, this time, with such a good opportunity, he came back early with a legitimate reason for letting him go!

What is this indicating?

Li Li thought about it, but said with emotion: "General Huo must be very upset, right?"

"It's okay, I'll be on duty for him more in the future."

Fan Zhiyuan's casual words gradually enlarged the smile on Li Li's face. Look, he really came back from a new shift to accompany him.

Emma, ​​it's the right time to come to the General's Mansion on a whim tonight!

Li Li saw that he was still grinding powder, pretending to be working hard when he was transparently going east and south, his eyeballs rolled around, then sighed, and said in a sad and sad voice: "I knew it, after entering Kun Ning Gong, Sister Yu has just embarked on this thorny road, the front and back cliffs, it is too difficult."

"She knows what's in her heart, and she has no regrets." Fan Zhiyuan persuaded, after thinking about it, he seemed unable to bear to see Li Li sad, so he said, "I'm in the palace, I will take care of her as much as I can, don't worry."

Li Li still didn't seem to be very interested, but just gave a faint "hmm".

Fan Zhiyuan didn't know how to comfort him anymore, so he looked at the bottles and cans on the table, and couldn't help asking: "What is the lord doing?"

"Oh, I can't sleep, I want to put on a mask, but I find that there is a shortage of materials... Sigh, I have been very busy recently, and I don't have time to tinker with these."

This is simply talking nonsense with eyes open. Li Li's routine is to go to bed early and get up late, without heart and lungs, and sleep at dawn.

Looking at his radiant and attractive appearance, staying up late has nothing to do with him.

Of course, this was what Dong Lai and Nan Xiang's personal servants had in mind, they would not dismantle Li Li's position, instead they had to plead guilty: "It's all negligent slaves, please be punished by the lord."

There is no need for punishment, so I ran to the general's mansion at night to get his mask...

Fan Zhiyuan looked at the plates, strange herbs and water, and remembered the green and black lump that covered Li Li's entire face before, so he kept his distance.

He was about to say that the lord was busy, and Fan Mou asked to leave, when Li Li asked expectantly: "If the general is free, why don't you do me a favor?"

Can you refuse?

Anyway, Fan Zhiyuan didn't say anything under those bright eyes full of joy.

Li Li, who is well versed in the way of making progress, will tell him that if you compromise on one thing, you will compromise on everything.

Fan Zhiyuan, who was doing a favor, finally took over the work of Donglai and Nanxiang, and took the herbs and processed them into various forms under Li Li's guidance.

"By the way, there is still a shortage of honey, you go to the kitchen to look for it." With one sentence, Li Li sent the two servants away, and immediately turned into a lonely man and widow living together in a room, which made people dream about.

However, Fan Zhiyuan, who was working seriously for Li Li, didn't notice this point.

He acts like a human being, being upright and responsible, even if he feels that the things in his hands are inexplicable, he still dries, grinds, cuts, and mixes according to Li Li's requirements...

The internal force is placed here, the effect is great, and the hands-on processing is quick. After a while, the bottles and jars are full.

Li Li squatted beside him with his head in his hands, smiling all over his face. If he wasn't afraid of scaring people too much, he really wanted to just lean his head on that broad shoulder.

After Fan Zhiyuan poured the last portion of powder into the porcelain bottle, he let out a long sigh of relief and turned around and said, "Okay, my lord."

"Thank you, General." Li Li smiled, raised his head and looked out the window, and suddenly said in surprise, "Ah, it's so late."

"Then Fan Mou..." Before saying back, Li Li quickly picked out a few bottles, mixed them into clear water, and stirred them with a small wooden stick.

Then the familiar color and stickiness appeared in Fan Zhiyuan's sight, Li Li stuffed the paste into his hands, and thanked him sincerely: "General, I have done a good job to the end. I slept late today, so I have to apply it." Keep the mask on, so do me a favor and apply it."

Li Li pointed to his moist and smooth face, before Fan Zhiyuan could refuse, he turned around and lay down on a recliner, and closed his eyes.

Prince Yi is very skilled in buying and selling by force.

Fan Zhiyuan: "..." He lowered his head to look at the blackness exuding a faint fragrance, thinking about the way Nan Xiang had meticulously touched Li Li's face, and looking at Li Li who was lying on the recliner and let him do whatever he wanted. Li, his body suddenly stiffened.

His face turned red for some reason.

His eyes wandered to the door, and then he remembered the two servants who were sent by Li Li to get honey. No matter how far the kitchen is, they should come back, right?

"Don't wait, they won't come." Li Li closed his eyes and raised his lips, as if he knew what he was thinking, and reminded him directly.

Fan Zhiyuan coughed dryly, tried to make his voice as normal as possible and said: "Fan is a rough person, his hands and feet are not serious, how about another servant come to serve the prince?"

Li Li opened his eyes in an instant, turned sideways, and said with a playful smile in his eyes: "Handling herbs is a very delicate job. The general's technique is more meticulous than that of the south, and his inner ingenuity is just right. I don't think the general is a Rough man, so come on."

That look was like a hook, Fan Zhiyuan was in a dilemma, holding this bowl of blackness, he didn't know what to do.

Listening to the door, there was no one there, and even Wei Xiaofei was probably sent away by people going all over the place.

Seeing his contradictory and hesitant appearance, Li Li laughed madly in his heart. He put his head on one hand and said with a teasing smile: "What are you afraid of, the mighty and mighty general? I'm afraid that someone who can't do light work like me will eat you up." ah?"

It's not sure who will eat who, Fan Zhiyuan thought of Huo Xiaoxiang's last words, his handsome face twisted for a moment, he quickly shook his head, and drove out the ensuing scene.

Since no one came, and Li Li would not give up until he achieved his goal, Fan Zhiyuan was afraid that he would say something strange again, so he could only move over with a bowl.

Just apply it, and it will be used as medicine.

Seeing that he really came, Li Li started giggling, Fan Zhiyuan twisted his neck uncomfortably and said, "Don't move around."

"Decree." Li Li immediately lay flat, his hands still folded on his lower abdomen in a regular manner, and only one pair of eyes was still rolling around, which was very agile.

Fan Zhiyuan dug a spoonful with a small shovel, but he couldn't do anything under his gaze, so he had to remind him again: "Close your eyes."

"Okay, whatever the general says, it's okay to kiss me secretly." Li Li closed his eyes, and he had to take advantage of it.

Fan Zhiyuan had no temper at all when he met him, so he pretended not to hear, and wiped his fair face with his hands.

It was the first time for Fan Zhiyuan to get so close to this face, only then did he realize that a man's face can also be so delicate and fair, completely different from his roughness that has been exposed to the wind and sun all year round, it is really beautiful, there is no place The blemishes are so eye-catching that people even want to touch them with their hands.

However, his fingers were rough and callused, and he didn't dare to move, for fear of hurting his porcelain white skin somehow.

The black mud was slowly spread away, he applied it carefully and slowly, Li Li could feel the security, care and cherishment even with his eyes closed.

When it was completely wiped off, and the blackness covered the entire face, producing a ghostly effect, Fan Zhiyuan suddenly felt his back and wrists become stiff and sore, but he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Li opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Painting my face is like embroidering. I'm almost falling asleep. General, you need to practice more. In the future, there will be more things like us falling asleep together."

He subconsciously didn't refute Li Li's rhetoric, but asked, "Do you need to clean up later?"

"of course yes."

"how long?"

"It's time for a stick of incense. I'll take a nap for a while. When the time is up, the general will wake me up again."

As long as he doesn't tease him casually, Fan Zhiyuan will just wait and say, "Okay."

Li Li looked at Fan Zhiyuan who was sitting on the side and was really watching the time, couldn't help bending his lips, and closed his eyes reassuringly.