Half blood

This congratulatory gift is a little thing that Li Xiuqi got from no one knows where. In a square box, there is a disk engraved with the hour, a vertical bar engraved with the season, and a protruding horizontal bar in the center. It will point out the time on the dial, which is a bit like the sundial in the palace, but it is much smaller than the sundial and can be put into the skirt of the clothes.This thing is so unique that Li Xuan is reluctant to give it to He Xiang.But he really had nothing to send, so he could only play with it in his hands for a while, and then he asked someone to wrap the things and send them to the palace tomorrow.

After sending Li Xuan away, Li Xiuqi called the accountant in the mansion and asked him to buy back Jinji Bakery.

The accountant was taken aback, and asked, "My lord, why is this? Didn't you just give the Jinji Bakery to the First Prince?"

Li Xiuqi said: "That shop has great potential, but the eldest prince is struggling with turnover, and wants to sell the bakery at a low price, so he wants to buy the bakery back."

Although the accountant still didn't understand the life of these rich people, he agreed and asked, "How much money will it cost?"

"300 taels."

"300 taels?!" The accountant exclaimed, "The cake shop was only worth a hundred taels when I bought it, and it has been losing money all the time. It has lost a lot of money, and it is still called such a high price. My lord, don't buy it. Dang, you've been taken advantage of!"

Li Xiuqi smiled and said: "You just listen to me, go and get the silver, and buy it from the bakery tomorrow, and don't use my name, just use your own."

The sixth day of October is an auspicious day, and the palace is decorated with lanterns and streamers.He Xiang, the daughter of He's parents, was carried into the palace through the side gate in a sedan chair, and she was named Concubine Xiang.A large banquet was held in the backyard of the palace, and all civil and military officials came to the scene one by one, saying auspicious words one by one.

Li Xuan was sitting in the banquet, next to him was Li Fei, and on the opposite side was the family of the Nine Princes, besides the Nine Princes and his wife, there were also a month old baby and Li Xiuqi.

Li Xuan looked at Li Xiuqi's mouth with a hint of a smile, and carefully wiped the crystal saliva hanging next to the little baby's mouth. The little baby's round eyes stared straight at Li Xiuqi's face.

The little doll looks like the Ninth Prince and was carved out of the same mold. It can be predicted that he will be a handsome and handsome man when he grows up, but the doll has nothing similar to Li Xiuqi. The eyes and mouth are still the same as those of chess pieces Ears seem to be reminding that they are a family, but Li Xiuqi is not.

But Li Xiuqi really didn't seem to care, he pinched the tender flesh of the little doll's face with his fingertips with a smile in his eyes, and the little doll giggled straight away, his eyes curved like a first-quarter moon.

Li Fei on the side pushed Li Xuan with her elbow, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you a little absent-minded? Are you unhappy?"

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "No, it's just a little distressed." He withdrew his peeping eyes at Li Xiuqi, looked elsewhere, and happened to meet the empress with a haggard face beside the father, and said, "I feel sorry for the empress."

Li Fei sighed, and stroked a tuft of hair hanging down her shoulders with her hands, and said: "This is only the first one, and my father will marry another one in a few days, and both of them will be placed in the palace. There is no place for two tigers on one mountain, they fight, and my mother is left at ease."

The empress mother was wearing a gorgeous dress, and the layers of gold and silver threads wrapped her whole body, but Li Xuan could clearly see that the empress mother had lost weight.Her cheeks were sunken slightly, and her brown eyes were sunken like a deep pool against the background of her high nose bridge. The light rouge could no longer conceal her dull complexion, and a thin layer of skin appeared between her lips.

Li Xuan lowered his head and stared at the glass of clear wine in his hand, and said, "The queen mother never cares about these things."

"That's right," Li Fei said, "My mother once told me about the past between her and my father, and I was very moved. At that time, I also wanted such a long-lasting love. The result? Nothing compares to time, Even a person like Royal Father will change his mind."

Li Xuan swallowed the wine and said, "Royal father, he said that he couldn't help himself."

Li Fei said: "Yeah, I really can't help myself, you know? The reason why the father married the mother is because he didn't want to be involved in the vortex of power struggle."

"Oh? I've never heard of this before." Li Xuandao.

Li Fei said: "I also heard it from hearsay, saying that among the three sons of Tai|Zu's life, the father was the emperor he disliked the most. He was appointed as the crown prince, but the crown prince was a bit suspicious and distrusted his elder brother and younger brother very much. He always felt that as long as he did not become emperor for a day, he would be in danger of being seized. In order to win the trust of the crown prince, the father , so he married the princess of Qingzhou as his concubine, that is, the queen mother, which means that he voluntarily gave up his qualification to inherit the throne, after all, it is impossible for the royal family to allow a woman of foreign blood to become a queen."

"Then how did the father become the emperor?"

Li Fei said: "This is just a coincidence. A concubine of the Tai | ancestor suddenly became happy, and the crown prince felt a sense of crisis. Then he was set on fire by someone and wanted to seize | power. Unexpectedly, he wanted to seize | He is not the only one with power. General Wang, who guards the south, proclaimed himself king, and together with the eastern and western uprisings, he began to fight for power. Finally, in the midst of their melee, the father borrowed the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou Kingdom to annihilate them all. became emperor."

Li Xuan laughed and said: "It's really a coincidence, the one who didn't want to be the emperor the most became the emperor instead."

Li Fei said: "That's right. When the father and mother first married the mother, he promised that she would only marry her in this life, love her only, and spoil her. What he said was hype. Now? The one who should marry is still married, and he still wants to marry her." Marry two." After finishing speaking, Li Fei sighed loudly, and said, "Aren't all of you men like this, going from side to side, like Qin Muchu?"

Li Xuanbai glanced at Li Fei, and said: "My father is like this, but I am not like this, otherwise I will not get married until now?"

Li Fei said: "That's right, but I always think that you don't marry because you don't like women."

"Pfft..." As soon as these words came out, Li Xuan was taken aback. He coughed violently a few times, wiped his red eyes, and said, "You, what are you talking about..."

Li Fei said: "What? I was wrong. You just don't like women, and you don't like men. You don't like anyone, you just like yourself."

Li Xuan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said, "How do you know me so well?" Then he raised his eyes and secretly looked at Li Xiuqi who was opposite, and saw that he also raised his head and looked at him with concern.He suddenly asked Li Fei: "What if I really don't like women?"

Li Feibai glanced at him, and said: "Then you can hold yourself and die alone..."

"What about you?" Li Xuan asked, "What about you? Has no one tried it?"

Li Fei twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "I can only blame my bad luck. I met the best person in the world when I was born. Now that he is gone, I can't look down on anyone." After finishing speaking, Li Fei lowered her eyes Eyes, no more words.

Li Xuan opened his mouth to say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't say anything.What can he say?The deceased is dead, but mourning is difficult. I just want to cry until the dark, and vent all the resentment. How could he understand the pain in Li Fei's heart?Although there is a mundane gap between him and Li Xiuqi, at least they can reach out and touch each other. The life and death that Li Fei experienced is actually a reminder to him to cherish what is in front of him.

"Sister, you should eat this." Li Xuan tried to break the sadness in front of him, he managed to force a smile, carefully picked up a chopstick of green vegetables for Li Fei, and said, "This, this is quite delicious."

"Ah bah," Li Fei took a sip, stuck out her tongue, frowned, and shouted, "I really don't understand your taste, you have to sprinkle a few spoonfuls of sugar on every piece of cabbage."

The banquet is getting more and more lively, and half of the bright moon has already appeared in the sky.Li Xuan got up from his seat and walked to the stream under the willows in the harem. He could faintly hear the sound of wine glasses clinking together, which sounded like a grin in the cold evening wind.

Li Xuan took a breath, the weather is getting colder and colder, and in a few days, there will be snow, and he still has a big house to avoid the cold, but those victims can only wait to die in the cold wind.The wine and meat of the rich family stinks, and the door is starved to death. He, Li Xuan, is the heartless rich family.

"Your Highness, it's getting late. If you're tired, go back and rest." Li Xiuqi came behind him at some point and said softly to him.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "I'm really not tired, it's just that this banquet is too boring. I'm so old, I haven't heard so many auspicious words without repetition."

Li Xiuqi said: "On a big day, you want to make a good fortune." He stretched out his hand, and tested the temperature on the back of Li Xuan's hand with his fingertips.Li Xuan's hands are always like a big stove, which can keep warm even in the ice and snow.

Li Xiuqi took his hand back, but Li Xuan held it back.Li Xuan embraced Li Xiuqi's with both hands, and said, "My hands are as cold as icicles, and I always remember whether others are cold or not."

Li Xiuqi said: "It's innate, it can't be warmed."

Li Xuan snorted, and said, "Even if it's a rock, I can warm it up. You, do you have a headache recently?"

Li Xiuqi was taken aback, and said: "Fortunately, why did His Highness suddenly ask this?"

Li Xuandao: "Suddenly I remembered Brother Wei."

Li Xiuqi understood, and said, "Princess, is she alright?"

"It's not good, it's not good at all, but I can't help it. The queen mother is also not good, and her heart is also suffering." Li Xuan said quietly.

Li Xiuqi said: "The knot in my heart can only be untied by myself, after a while, I will always figure it out."

Li Xuan smiled lightly, and said: "Not everyone is as smart as you. Some people have only one tendon in their brains, and they can't figure it out no matter how hard they think." After finishing speaking, he gently rubbed his wrapped hands together, Then he let out a light breath and said, "It's getting hot now..."

"Do you think my father will marry Taifu Zhu's daughter or General Wang's daughter next?"

Li Xiuqi replied: "Looking at the current situation, he will marry General Wang's daughter. Taifu Zhu's foundation in the court is not deep enough, and he is still weaker than General Wang who holds military power."

"How old is General Wang's daughter, she should be the same age as me."

Li Xiuqi nodded and said: "It's younger than Taifu Zhu's daughter, less than twenty."

At this time, Li Xuan suddenly saw a person walking towards the back mountain furtively. The person looked flustered and was wearing eunuch's clothes.Li Xuan pushed Li Xiuqi behind him, and said, "Go back to the banquet right away, I'll go and see what the hell he's up to."