Placid Chang'an

Su Cen had struggled a few times at first, but after hearing Li Shi say "I haven't slept for two days and one night", she suddenly felt distressed, as if she thought it was a sweet date, but when she bit into it, she found it was a sour plum, and she was caught off guard The acid reached the root of the tooth, and my heart twitched a few times.

Immediately lay still.

Li Shi smiled lightly, patted the person on the back, "Come up."

Su Cen undressed on the couch by herself, and nestled in someone's arms to act as the soothing incense.

Li Shi said: "Tell me about your case again."

Su Cen frowned: "Aren't you going to sleep?"

Li Shi's mouth curled up: "You are so anxious to sleep with me?"

Su Cen blushed, secretly thought that the old fox was not serious, only to hear Li Shi say again: "I still can't sleep for a while, let's talk about it."

Su Cen's heart was pushed back into the warm water, she straightened her thoughts, and spoke eloquently.

"The case must have started 11 years ago. It is said that there is such a big family in the deep mountains of central Sichuan...that's why Xu Youhuai burned so fast... Several servants of Xu's family saw...the three skulls... ...just so floating, floating...ah floating..."

In the end, it was Su Cen who fell asleep first.

Li Shi lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms, he was sleeping peacefully, his eyelashes drooped long, trembling slightly with every breath, his body was soft, breathing evenly, he put away his cunning little fox look, Like a very stable bunny.

The pulling pain in his head seemed to subside a little.

On the second day, Su Cen got up to [-] poles in the sun, and his side had already been cold for a long time.

Su Cen was annoyed as he thought about it, how could he fall asleep before Li Shi, and at the same time feel that he has woken up, does that mean... he slept well last night?

After getting dressed and going to bed, Su Cen hurried to find the door, only to be informed that Li Shi had already gone to court.

The servant asked if he wanted breakfast.

Su Cen raised his hand to dismiss the people, and the surroundings fell silent. Su Cen didn't know what to do for a while, so he simply sat down on the steps in front of the bedroom.

The sandalwood in Xingqing Palace has the effect of helping sleep and calming the nerves. He has already experienced it several times. He can fall asleep for three days without waking up when he lights that incense.And Li Shi has the scent of sandalwood on his body all the year round, so he must be on fire every night, so is it difficult for him to fall asleep every night?

Is it because of family affairs and state affairs, or is it because of trouble?

But no matter how serious it was before, the early court was not delayed, so the saying of "sleeping" is obviously unreliable. What else can prevent Prince Ning from even attending the early court?He had studied it carefully last night, Li Shi didn't have any new injuries, could it be that there were some internal injuries left during the battle?

But he didn't look like he was injured yesterday.

Su Cen rested his chin with his right hand, because he had always imagined that man to be too strong, like a steel and iron frame, solid as a rock, invulnerable to wind and rain, and his body, which he never imagined would be more stalwart, was after all a mortal body that needed to eat and rest. It hurts, it bleeds, it hurts.

He didn't feel so distressed when Li Shi was shot in the chest by an arrow from the secret doorman, but this time Li Shi just said that he didn't fall asleep, so he couldn't feel more uncomfortable.

Su Cen made up his mind that he should go this way more often in the future. Didn't Li Shi say that he is better than Anshenxiang, and it would be better if he came to make human Anshenxiang.

Just as he was lost in thought, a shadow suddenly covered him, and when he raised his head, he just fell into those bottomless eyes.

Su Cen smiled: "Are you back?"

Li Shi frowned: "Why are you sitting here?" He stretched out a hand, hanging in the air.

Su Cen stood up with that hand, but regretfully never wanted to give it back.

Li Shi smiled, and let Su Cen walk side by side.

"Is there anything interesting at the meeting today?" Su Cen asked.

"What do you think is fun?"

Su Cen thought for a while: "For example, you and Liu Xiang are quarreling again?"

Li Shi glanced at Su Cen with a smile: "When did I quarrel with him?"

Su Cen: "..."

That's right, Prince Ning's words are worth a lot of money, and one or two words often make people speechless. If the real Prince Lao Ning speaks, the one who gets hurt is usually the little emperor...

"I don't know if it's fun or not." Li Shi tapped Su Cen's palm lightly with his index finger, "The Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple are making preparations, and they are going to worship heaven again."

"Sacrifice to the heavens again?" Su Cen was startled, and then realized that offering sacrifices to the heavens is a major event in a year. It is not only to honor the Taichang Temple but also to pray for the people. Even Li Shi's repeated restrictions on Taichang Temple's activities did not stop The idea of ​​offering sacrifices to heaven.It would be fine if the weather goes well in the coming year, as long as something goes wrong, someone will definitely blame it on this sacrifice to heaven.

Heaven must be a sacrifice, the key is... Su Cen frowned and looked at Li Shi, "Is the little emperor still willing to go?"

Li Shi laughed instead, "When I talked about offering sacrifices to the sky, my face turned pale with fright. If there were not so many people watching from below, I would probably have cried on the spot."

Su Cen couldn't help laughing when he thought of the little baby's mouth curled up and the golden beans twirling around.After laughing, I became worried again. Heaven had to sacrifice, but people were unwilling to go, "What should I do?"

Li Shi stopped walking and looked at Su Cen, his eyes suddenly became meaningful.

Su Cen was stunned by this gaze, and couldn't help touching his face: "Why, what's the matter?"

Li Shi smiled lightly: "Su Cen accepts the order."

Su Cen was taken aback, and immediately let go of Li Shi's hand, knelt down on both knees, and only listened to Li Shi's words: "Su Cen is just and strict in Dali Temple. Follow the emperor around, and offer sacrificial rituals."

Su Cen knelt on the spot and didn't recover for a long time.He was not surprised to be promoted to the position of Dali Shaoqing, since the case of sacrificial offerings to heaven was solved, the matter has been stabilized nine times out of ten. What surprised him was the so-called "Fengli Lang of Taichang Temple".

Compared with the "Xianma of the Bureau of Economics and Economics" that Li Shi got him before, which can only be used as a token envoy to enter and exit the palace gate, this "Fengli Lang of Taichang Temple" is a real official position, which means that in the future He also spoke up in Taichang Temple and had real power.In view of the fact that Taichang Temple has repeatedly used the theory of ghosts and gods to rob Dali Temple, if someone comes to rob it in the future, wouldn't he be able to dismiss it himself?

There is also the phrase "serve the emperor around, and perform the sacrificial ceremony", which means that he will accompany the little emperor to serve the sacrificial ceremony, that is to say-he will worship the heaven and the earth and the Li family together with Li Shi. Ancestors!

Su Cen felt that his mind was blank for a moment, and he looked up at Li Shi fixedly, forgetting to give thanks.

Li Shi was quite satisfied with this expression, he raised his lips and smiled: "Why, you don't want to?"

Only then did Su Cen come back to her senses, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! But... But how could it be me?"

Li Shi pulled him up and said with a smile, "Zhuo'er asked you to accompany me by name. You broke the case of offering sacrifices to heaven. In his eyes, you are a god who can subdue demons and eliminate demons. Only when you are with him can he dare to sacrifice to heaven again." .”

"If I had known this before, I would have said something more evil," Su Cen also smiled, "I would like to accompany the sacrifice every year from now on."

Li Shi pinched the man's chin, "I'm making progress."

While talking, the two of them had passed through Longchi and arrived in front of Qinzhengwu Building. Su Cen knew that the busy Prince Ning had to worry about business again, and he was reluctant to leave, so he volunteered to grind for others.

While researching, he changed his mind again, and quietly took out Li Yunxi's ink ingot from his sleeve and secretly mixed it into Li Shi's ink.

Unexpectedly, Li Shi's eyesight was astonishing, he saw through his little trick with just one stroke, and asked directly, "What do you want again?"

Su Cen was speechless inwardly, thinking that these royal relatives are poor and fastidious, and they can tell by a little bit.No longer concealing it, I told about Li Yunxi's help with the painting, and finally said: "I took an ink ingot from someone, so I kept it a secret, and now you use it too, taking people's money and sharing it with others Disaster relief, forget it."

Li Shi raised his eyebrows, and continued while writing: "I dare to accept bribes and buy and sell by force."

"That man was just in his weaker years, and he was so sick that he was very painful, and he was a good painter. If he didn't tell me about the "Shuhesha Bird Picture", I wouldn't be able to tell that it was fake," Su said. Cen begged, "You didn't suffer anyway, so just treat it as a good deed, okay?"

"It was okay at first," Li Shi didn't lift his head, "but now it's not working anymore."

Su Cen paused: "Why can't it work?"

Li Shi looked at an excerpt from Lingnan and said: "In the year of the weak crown, he was good at painting, but it was also painful. I don't believe that you can buy you, Mr. Su, with just an ink ingot."

Su Cen: "Otherwise?"

Li Shi chuckled: "Master Su is well versed in dealing with the officialdom, isn't he?"

Only then did Su Cen remember that when he entered Xingqing Palace, he did not just trade with Li Shi.

Su Cen gritted her teeth angrily: "I'm not..."

"But I am." Li Shi dipped a little cinnabar, as if to remind him intentionally, "I don't care what you traded with him, I just want to know what you traded with me?"

Su Cen's face turned red.It was here last time, he was pressed on the table, his face was stained with cinnabar, he almost lost his life, now he has such a short memory, dare to negotiate a deal here?

Before he could figure out how to reply, Qi Lin came in with a medicine bowl and reminded Li Shi that it was time to take medicine.

Su Cen frowned. Sure enough, she was ill, but what kind of illness did she have?What medicine did you take?

Qi Lin put down the medicine bowl and stood aside, Li Shi didn't mention the deal anymore, and Su Cen just opened this chapter.

I just waited and waited until the medicine was almost cold, but the person still didn't move.

After another half hour, Su Cen resignedly picked up the medicine bowl and brought the spoon to someone's mouth.

Li Shi turned a blind eye.

Su Cen was completely speechless. For such a trivial matter, this person still has revenge.After struggling again and again, Su Cen raised his head and glanced at Qi Lin, and waited for someone to look away tactfully before picking up the spoon and putting it in his mouth.

It's just that before Su Cen could put the medicine into Li Shi's mouth, he couldn't help but choked up, his face wrinkled into a ball in disbelief: "What kind of medicine is this? Coptis chinensis can't be boiled? Why is it so bitter? ?”

Li Shi smiled heartily, picked up the medicine bowl and drank it down, "It's still Zixu who is willing to share weal and woe with me."