then Li Sao

In the third year of Zhenghe, the new year arrives at the beginning of the year.

Fireworks and firecrackers were set off on the street, children were having fun, and one of the candied haws in their hands fell on the snow, making red pits.

The child was reluctant, and stretched out his hand to pick it up, but was held back by the adult: "Don't discard the ones that fall on the ground, it's not dirty!" So the child could only bite his finger and walk away step by step.

A group of small figures on the side of the road quickly rushed over, and the black hand grabbed the piece of snow wrapped in candied haws and stuffed it into his mouth. After filling his mouth, he chewed it with difficulty, as if he was eating some delicacy in the world.

"Puff puff..." The little beggar spat out the hawthorn core in his mouth, and smacked his lips eagerly.

A pair of raw-edged brocade boots appeared in front of him. He looked up, and was dazzled by the sun, so he quickly covered his eyes with his hands.Feeling that the man seemed to be squatting down to cover the sun, he slowly opened his fingers.

In front of him was a white and slender hand. The owner of the palm said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat candied haws."

The little beggar tilted his head, the snot slipped from the corner of his mouth and dragged to his chin.

He didn't know this person, but this person's voice was nice, his eyes were gentle, and he even said that he would eat candied haws... Anyway, he didn't look like a bad person.

The little beggar looked back again, making sure that the person was talking to him, so he said tremblingly: "Sweet, sweet... Tangtang... delicious..." He stretched out his little black hand soaked in syrup , wanted to touch the man's palm, hesitated for a moment, and grabbed the man's cuff instead.

The man showed no signs of disgust, smiled and took his hand, walked to the man who sold candied haws, bought two bunches of candied haws for him, and brought the child home.

The servant of the Luo Mansion saw his master brought back a little beggar, and asked blankly, "Master, this is..."

Luo Ping said: "From now on, he will be my adopted son, named... Luo Xiaoan."

The servant bowed and said: "Yes, I understand, Master, Master An, come into the house quickly, the wind is strong."

Luo Ping tugged and concentrated on licking the candied haws, the little beggar: "Xiao An, come in, you're home."

Zhou Tang was a little annoyed after reading the papers written by the officials to congratulate Xin.

What kind of book is the concubine's draft girl? Taking advantage of the festive day, those people turned out these words again.

He nagged and nagged for three years, but every time he rejected him on the grounds that the government was not stable and he didn't talk about family affairs.Forget about those old ministers, the newly selected young officials are also persuading him openly and secretly, which is about to annoy him to death.

get married?What's the point of marrying so many wives?

Just look at his father, a woman with a bunch of heirs. After thinking about it for most of his life, he still couldn't properly hand over the throne to his most beloved grandson.

He knew that those officials just wanted to send their family members to the palace so that they could stand more securely in the court, but in his opinion, no woman of any kind could catch the eye, obviously no one could compare to him the little master.

Thinking of this, he summoned the leader of the dark guards, sipped his tea and asked, "How does he look today? What have you done?"

The hidden guards have long been accustomed to this, so they naturally know who the emperor is asking.His Majesty is busy with political affairs, and that lord is also busy with official duties. Since the two of them seldom meet privately, His Majesty often sends them to take care of that lord's daily necessities.

The dark guard replied respectfully: "Lord Luo is in good spirits, he went out today to relax and picked up a child back home."

"Oh, I picked up a child." Zhou Tang was taken aback for a moment, and jumped up, "Picking up a child? Where did the child come from?!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." The guard was taken aback, and hurriedly replied, "It's the little beggar I met on the road. Lord Luo probably took him back because he felt sorry for him."

"Did he say anything?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Master Luo seems to say that he wants to adopt that child as an adopted son."

Zhou Tang was very angry: "Okay, okay, the New Year's Eve will not come to accompany me, saying that Tongjian is being compiled at a critical juncture and cannot be separated from him. Fortunately, I am here to worry about him all day long. He is carefree, picking up a son for nothing Go home and raise him! Who allowed him to raise his son!"

As he said that, he threw down a bunch of papers, strode out of the Zhenyang Hall, went back to the bedroom and was sulking for a while, called someone to pass on Luoping several times, and called him back halfway, which confused the eunuch.

In the end, he finally let go of his face, changed his clothes and was about to go to Luo Mansion.

The secret guard secretly wiped his sweat, but he still couldn't figure it out, why did the emperor get so angry?What happened to Master Luo picking up a child out of kindness?The emperor was even more furious than last time when he heard that Mr. Luo was going in and out of Fireworks and Willow Lane. What's going on?

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Luo Ping asked the servants to bathe the little beggar, but unexpectedly, the whole backyard was disturbed. Luo Ping was helpless because of the quarrel, and finally had to go over to appease the little beggar himself.

From a long distance, I saw the little beggar with his skinny body flipping out of the barrel, and the two servants couldn't hold him back.

Luo Ping walked over, swung back and tugged at his servant vigorously, saw the child's horrified eyes, lightly patted his back and said: "Hey, I'll give you something delicious to eat after taking a bath."

When the child saw him, he immediately stopped making noise, and whispered, "There's a lot of water... if you fall... you'll drown, I'm afraid..."

Luo Ping glanced at the wooden barrel, and understood.This bucket is indeed a bit deep for a child, this child can't even stand on the bottom of the bucket, no wonder he is so scared.

After thinking for a while, Luo Ping rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his hand to support his creaking nest, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it won't fall, look, I will support you."

Feeling those warm arms protecting him, the child hugged him up, hugged Luoping's neck and refused to let go.Luo Ping smiled, rubbed his hair with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll wash it right away."

The servants hurriedly took this opportunity to wash soap locusts and body for the young master, the child was hugging him too tightly, Luo Ping coaxed him and let him loosen his hand a little, he was considered obedient.After washing in a while, Luo Ping's body was already wet a lot.

Put on clean clothes for him, brush his dry hair smooth, and the child looks handsome, even if he is a little thinner.

Sitting at the dining table, the child reached out to grab the food, but Luo Ping stopped him.

Luo Ping asked him to sit upright and look at himself, and then he could eat after listening to the lecture: "Listen, your name will be Luo Xiaoan from now on, and you will be my son. You want to call me Daddy, do you understand?"

The child stared at the sweet and sour pork ribs and drool, nodded to show that he understood.He pointed to himself: "Luo, Xiao, An..." Then he looked at Luo Ping eagerly, "Daddy, Xiao An wants to eat meat..."

Luo Ping looked serious: "You can't grab it with your hands, come on, follow Dad's example, pick it up with chopsticks, don't eat it if you can't pick it up."

Luo Xiaoan held the chopsticks obediently, his little hands struggled for a long time, he picked up a rib and dropped it again, and then dropped it again.Luo Ping demonstrates patiently, correcting his posture over and over again, until he clamps a rib into his mouth.

"Mmmmm..." Luo Xiaoan ate anxiously, fearing that others would snatch it from him.

Luo Ping sighed, and put two pieces of meat into his bowl: "Xiao An, don't worry, eat slowly, it's all yours."

Luo Xiaoan was burying his head in eating, his mouth was full, he raised his head when he heard the words, and with difficulty picked up a piece of ribs with chopsticks and put them in Luoping bowl: "Xiao'an's, and Daddy's."

Luo Ping smiled and praised: "Good boy."

This day I ate dinner early, and after the meal it snowed outside, Xiao An sat beside Luo Ping with her legs dangling and watched him write, not daring to interrupt.Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew in, and he shivered in his little jacket.

Luo Ping asked, "Is it cold?"

Xiao An shook her head.

Luo Ping put down his pen, squeezed his hand, it was cold, and then ordered his servants to add a brazier in the study.He himself is not very afraid of the cold, and children can't bear it.

The brazier was burning slowly, and the room gradually warmed up. Xiao An was drowsy, and his head was about to hit the table bit by bit.Luo Ping heard a slight "boom", turned his head and saw Xiao An covering her head with tears in her eyes, and couldn't help laughing.

"Go to bed and sleep," he said.

Xiao An still shook her head and moved her buttocks to get closer to him.Luo Ping saw that he was stubborn, so he didn't insist, and continued to write the first draft about Xiao Zhengyuan, a famous painter.

Xiao An suddenly said: "Daddy, the calligraphy is beautiful."

"Does Xiao An want to write too?"

"Well, think."

Luo Ping smiled, hugged him and sat on his lap, and taught him to write by hand.

At first Xiaoan stared at the handwriting drawn in ink excitedly, but lost interest after writing a few words, and then leaned on Luoping and dozed off again.

What Zhou Tang saw when he came in was this scene - Luo Ping hugged a child dotingly, taught him calligraphy by hand, the child cuddled tightly in his arms, half asleep, half awake, with a happy expression on his face.

Zhou Tang couldn't stand it anymore: "Luo Ping! You are so kind to your son!"

Luo Ping seemed to expect him to come, put down his pen and ink, gently pushed Xiao An to wake him up, and stood up to greet him: "My minister pays homage to His Majesty, please sit down quickly, Your Majesty."

Xiao An looked at the fierce man on the opposite side, and tugged on Luo Ping's sleeve with a dazed expression.

Zhou Tang flipped up his brocade robe and sat down, squinting at the brazier in the room, and said, "Aren't you afraid of the cold? Why, are you afraid that your son will be frozen? I don't know where the wild child came from, so you just raised it?"

The smoldering fire in Zhou Tang's heart became more and more intense.He just can't see Luo Ping being nice to others, especially children!Luo Ping is his own little wife, why should others take over!

And what happened to the little master just now, holding him hand in hand to teach him to write?He has never been treated like this!

The most hateful thing is this dead child!Actually sleeping in the arms of the young master, and holding on to the sleeve of the young master, what are you doing!Are you pretending to be pitiful?He has long been tired of this trick!

Furious, Zhou Tang committed the habit of talking unscrupulously again: "If Luo Qing is lonely and bored, you can come to the palace to find me. What's the point of picking up a beggar outside? Are you so leisurely? Or do you want to raise another student so that you can usurp my position?!"

"I don't dare. Your Majesty, this child was not picked up casually. Speaking of which, he has something to do with Your Majesty."

"Huh?" Zhou Tang was choked with anger, "What's going on? Who is he?"

"He is the illegitimate son of Zheng Zhanshi who was beheaded by His Majesty at the Meridian Gate years ago. The heirs of Zheng Zhanshi's family should be exiled, and should be exiled. There are not many people in the capital. The illegitimate child of the market." Luo Ping said carefully, "A few days ago, I went to Goulan Street to investigate the matter, and the child was indeed born to Zheng Zhanshi and an official prostitute, and the official prostitute learned that Zheng Zhanshi was convicted. , for fear of getting involved, he left the capital long ago, leaving only this son behind."

Recalling this incident, Zhou Tang snorted coldly: "So you went to the Fireworks and Willow Lane for this matter. If that's the case, then this child must not stay in the capital. He should find his mother and exile together."

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhanshi was convicted, and the humble minister also played a role in fueling the flames. In fact, I feel ashamed. Now the child's mother is nowhere to be found. It is not easy to find it. I think that we must forgive others and forgive others." Well, there is nothing wrong with this child, he has never met his biological father, let alone..."

Luo Ping looked down at Luo Xiaoan, and sighed: "What's more, he is still an idiot, he doesn't understand anything, and he will not do any harm to your Majesty. So I dare you, please let him go. "

Zhou Tang was surprised: "He...is he an idiot?" It looks quite aura.

Luo Ping said: "He is indeed an idiot. He is seven years old now, but he can't even speak well. When His Majesty was seven years old, he had already spoken well."

Being praised by the little master in private, Zhou Tang's self-esteem was slightly satisfied - he would not care about a fool.But: "After all, you just want to keep him by your side! Anyway, he is the son of a criminal minister, so it is unreasonable, and I don't agree. Even if you don't go to find his mother, you have to send him out Feed it to someone else!"

"Your Majesty, I have adopted him as an adopted son. From then on, he has nothing to do with the Zheng family. Now his name is Luo Xiaoan, but he is just a little beggar I picked up from the side of the road. In my life, I only... If you are loyal to Your Majesty, I am afraid that you will not marry a wife and have children, so please don’t embarrass this minister’s son, and you should reward this minister with grace, so that I will have a child beside me to relieve my boredom.”

Luo Ping spoke sincerely, knelt down to express his feelings, Zhou Tang originally wanted to reply him, "I'll just explain to you if you're bored", but on second thought, he was at a loss.He is a king, it is impossible for him to be by Luo Ping's side all day, and Luo Ping will not accept an emperor to do his filial piety to him.

Today is different from the past, they are no longer teachers and students by the lotus pond.He can give Luo Ping glory and wealth, but he can't give him a day to snuggle by his side and listen to his stories.

Zhou Tang was bitter in his heart, so he hurried to help him up, and said after a while: "Little master, you are forcing me, that's all, you can do whatever you want. There are only two points you have to remember, one, this child's life experience should not be publicized, two, you We are father and son with him, so there is no... um... incest."

Luo Ping was helpless: "Where did His Majesty think..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Tang stepped forward and hugged him irritably, bit his ear and gnawed his neck in front of Luo Xiaoan: "It doesn't matter if you are his father, but you are still my little one." Master."

There was a slight throbbing pain in the neck, and Luo Ping couldn't help moaning, feeling a little embarrassed.Just as he was about to push it away, but before he could make a move, Zhou Tang yelled "Aww".

Luo Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly asked what was wrong.

Zhou Tang wiped away his cuffs and stared at the tooth marks on his arm, pinched Luo Xiaoan's shoulder and said bitterly, "You are looking for death! Do you know who I am! How dare you bite me! How dare you bite me!"

Luo Xiaoan thumped in his hand: "Daddy hurts! Let go of Daddy! Bad guy! Let go of Daddy!"

There was a commotion in the study, Luo Ping held his forehead, not knowing what to do.

But after thinking about it, I found it very interesting——Zhou Tang hadn't played with anyone for a long time. This child is a little crazy, but he is a very good child. He has no scheming and is not greedy for profit.

After the trouble was over, Zhou Tang tied Luo Xiaoan tightly, threw it to the servants and took him to the bedroom to sleep, and then asked Luo Ping: "You have been saying that you have been busy compiling the general book recently, and you haven't had a few days of annual leave. how's it going?"

Luo Ping replied: "It is roughly compiled, and the classification and transcription work have been completed. If there is any supplement in the future, just add it directly. Your Majesty will accept it tomorrow."

Zhou Tang was very satisfied: "Okay, after I read it, if you pass the test, I will definitely reward you greatly."

Luo Ping said: "Your Majesty, you know the wish of the minister. I want to be the prime minister."

Zhou Tang caressed his lips: "The post of prime minister has been vacant for three years, it's time to fill it up. If you bribe me again, young master, I'll sell this position to you, okay?"