The Concubine of Crossing

After learning that the opponent did not move and lowered the danger level by another level, the second prince Gu Chao was naturally delighted to hear it, and happily had a big banquet in the mansion for a day.

Such behavior, to Gu Lian who was already suspicious of him, undoubtedly confirmed the fact that he was behind the scenes.

To be honest, he felt that Gu Chao was responsible for the incident of favoring the concubine last time.

Speaking of which, it was the beloved concubine who seduced him herself, but when things broke out, she was going to die and say that he forced her, and even bumped her head to death to show her ambition.

She died happily, but in the end he was punished by his father.

The more Gu Lian thought about this, the more he felt that he was framed, and the person most likely to frame him was naturally the second prince Gu Chao.

It's a pity that the emperor disliked him at that time, so even if he had thoughts in his heart, he didn't dare to show it, let alone do anything to Gu Chao, he could only swallow all the resentment in his stomach.

But it's different now, he was framed by someone, the emperor was pitying him, and if he wanted to do something, it was an act of his own rage, even if someone brought it up, it was justifiable.

Thinking of this, Gu Lian made a move to Gu Chao.

As the grandsons of the left and right prime ministers, there are not a few supporters behind Gu Lian and Gu Chao. A few years ago, Gu Lian was disliked by Emperor Tai'an. The power is dominant.

Now Gu Lian's supporters, the Zhao family, finally took the lead, and directly confronted the forces of the Li family. The factions of the Zhao family that had been shrinking all along also took the lead one by one, as if they wanted to vent/vent all the grievances of these years. , the Zhao family faction took down several forces of the Li family very quickly and accurately.

The faction of the Li family who was inexplicably replaced also quickly reacted. Although they don't know why the Zhao faction suddenly attacked, they are the supporters of the second prince who is most likely to inherit the throne. Is it possible that they are afraid of who?

Of course it's his/his first!

So, inexplicably, the power of the second prince and the power of the fourth prince began to wrestle in the court. You come and go, you join me today, and I sue you tomorrow. Because various problems began to change, the whole court was panicked.

Moreover, the two factions do not fight on their own, and they keep dragging others into the water. Today Li sent an invitation to dinner, and tomorrow Zhao sent an invitation. Those with high positions can just ignore them, and those with low positions are all scared Trembling, if you go to one, you will offend that, if you go to that, you will offend this, but if you don’t go to either or go to both, you will offend both of them even more.

The small officials in the entire court trembled every day, for fear that if they were not careful, they would be swallowed by the two giant crocodiles.

The entire court was turned into a miasma, but the emperor had been obsessed with alchemy and ignored the fights between the princes.If the trouble was really serious, one person would reprimand a few times, and no matter how much it was, they would ignore it. This kind of behavior of letting things go, fueled the arrogance of the two families even more.

At this moment, the fourth concubine suddenly revealed that she was pregnant.Counting the days, this child was conceived after Gu Lian was rumored to have failed to conceive.

With the news that the fourth concubine was pregnant, the rumors that Gu Lian did not speak up were dispelled.Moreover, after the fourth concubine became pregnant, the fourth prince seemed to be a different person. He no longer added people to the courtyard. Except for those who had status, all the people in the courtyard were dismissed by him.

Everyone said that the fourth prince's prodigal son turned his head back. The fourth prince's concubine, who was originally pitiful to everyone, became the envy of the women in the entire capital.

In this way, it gave Gu Lian a little help invisibly, and he was evenly matched with Gu Chao for a while.

In such a smoky atmosphere, time passed by little by little, and it was the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

Luo Laibao received the news from Luo Changfu that it hadn't rained in the south since June. Because of the continuous drought, the crops were withered and yellow, and the people had to harvest the crops in advance before the harvest season came. This year's harvest greatly reduced.

The capital is still singing and dancing, and the drought in the south has not been conveyed to the capital at all. The whole Gu Guochaotang is still worried about which faction he should join or how to avoid offending which faction.

Looking at such prosperity, Luo Laibao felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and suddenly thought of the scene where they fought to the death for a little food in the previous life, and the bloodless face when he was lying on the bed with Li Xiao.

Ever since he heard the news from the south, Luo Laibao has always been a little out of his mind and out of state for everything he does.

Li Xiao looked at it, feeling very distressed.After thinking about it, lying on the bed one day, he suddenly said, "Baby, let's go to the south."

Luo Laibao was startled, and almost refused without thinking, "No!"

The south is his nightmare, especially when this word is associated with Li Xiao, it can always affect his weakest nerve.

Li Xiao hugged him and rubbed his arms, and then analyzed to him, "Bao, we are different now from our previous life. You see, we had no money, no power, and nothing in our previous life, so naturally we did not live well. But now we have If you have money, food, and hands, you can still use the influence of the imperial envoys, and there will be no problem."

Luo Laibao grasped an important point, "You said, with the imperial envoy?"

Li Xiao kissed his forehead, "Yes, let's prepare the food first, and when the imperial envoy comes to rescue the disaster, we will go in the name of donating food." If you go in, it will probably make other people's big teeth laugh out.

Luo Laibao blinked, and after a long time, he nodded and hugged his neck, "Xiao Xiao, you are really the best person in the world."

Li Xiao looked at him and said nothing, and he didn't know who the person who was worried about the disaster area all day long was too lazy to eat or drink.

With Li Xiao's words, Luo Laibao regained his spirits, and almost exchanged all the family's money for food, and he was just like a rat.

And Li Xiao also started the daily routine of collecting money and asking for favorability.

In fact, for more than half a year, Li Xiao personally thanked Li Xiao for helping him with money and food by offering his name to help him. Since then, Li Shu or The third son sent two pots to Qian's mansion, and Madam Qian would ask them to send them some seasonal fruits and vegetables from time to time, even knowing that there was no girl around them, she would send them two sets of sewn clothes from time to time. The family already has a lot of friendship.

In the midst of such busyness, winter went to spring and it was originally the season of recovery of all things, but because there was no rain falling in the south, spring came, but they could not wait for the recovery of all things.

Last year's harvest was not good. In order to create a good harvest, the government forcefully forced the people to pay enough food. The people who didn't have much food in the first place used up all the food after a winter.

I thought that when spring came, everything began to grow, whether it was wild vegetables or wild animals, I could always get something to eat on the mountain, and then I could borrow or buy some grain seeds, and after another season, I would always be able to survive.

Unexpectedly, the weather is not beautiful, the season with the most rain, but the weather has been too sunny, not a single drop of rain.

The people who had already run out of food at home finally couldn't sit still, and went to the gate of the government one after another to clamor for a solution.

The official lord who originally wanted to make political achievements finally couldn't sit still. He was afraid of causing a civil uprising, so he finally told the court about the drought.

When Emperor Tai'an learned that it hadn't rained since June last year, he was so angry that he broke his papers, and immediately ordered the county magistrate and the prefect to leave together.

Although the official was dismissed, disaster relief was put on the agenda.

This is not a good job. If you don't do it right, it will cause civil uprisings. If you don't get any credit, you will bring your whole family to lose their heads. Even if you are unlucky, you will be beaten to death by the mob.Naturally, no one wants to do such a drudgery.

The two factions who had earned a lot of money because of various official titles immediately started playing Tai Chi when they encountered this matter.In the end, this matter still fell on Qian Yaoliang, a household doctor who didn't rely on anyone.

After all, he has always been in charge of money and food, and he knows better than anyone else how much he can give.

Soon, the news that the householder Lang Zhongqian asked for food was about to go to the south for the earthquake quickly spread throughout the capital.

When Li Xiao and Luo Laibao heard the news, they both breathed a sigh of relief.At this moment, there is only one thought in my mind: this day has finally come.

Inside Qian's mansion, Madam Qian was packing things for Qian Yaoliang. Looking at the big and small bags, Qian Yaoliang suddenly felt a headache, "Madam, there is no need to prepare so many things, it is inconvenient to carry."

Madam Qian's eyes turned red when she heard this, "I said follow, so I can count what I bring, but you won't let me."

Qian Yaoliang hurriedly said, "Ma'am, I'm here to complete the task, and I can't bring my family with me. It may take a year or a few months, so you really don't have to worry about it."

Madam Qian gave him a blank look, "I've been away for so long, how can I not worry!" As she spoke, her eyes turned red again, "Why did His Majesty let you go on such a dangerous errand?"

Qian Yaoliang couldn't laugh or cry, "I am a doctor in the household department, and no one knows the money and food of the entire Gu country better than me. Naturally, I am the most suitable for disaster relief." He said so, but his heart was sinking. Nian Guguo has always been in good weather. Most of the grain harvested every year is distributed by various departments, or is requisitioned by the army to make grain and grass. In fact, there is not much grain stored in the warehouse.In his thinking, he could only bring money and buy it all the way.

Madam Qian glared at him, "You're just a scholar, you can't lift your shoulders or lift your hands, what's the use of it!"

Money needs food: "..." Madam became unreasonable, he really couldn't justify it.

At this moment, the servants came to report, and shopkeeper Li came.

Hearing this name, the two looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Speaking of shopkeeper Li, he is also a strange person, with a cold personality but a bright face, especially when he smiles, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "a country and a city".

However, his skills are still very good. According to legend, even the fourth prince coveted his beauty at the beginning, and failed to attack him several times.

But because the fourth prince's exclusive favor for the fourth prince's concubine has become a good story in Kyoto, many people don't believe this rumor.But this somehow added a bit of mystery to the treasurer Li.

Except for this shopkeeper Li, the Xiaolai restaurant under his name is now the most famous restaurant in Kyoto.Especially for the three kinds of wines of Nuanchun, Huichun and Yangsheng, people who line up to buy or drink every day have already lined up to the next street.

Of course, it wasn't these reasons that made the two of them happy, but the friendship they had developed over the past year.

Madam Qian wiped her reddened eyes, "Brother Li and the others must have come here because they were worried about you."

There is also some emotion for money and food, "They are all good."