Royal rice bug, worm worm!

"You know you can't give birth to a daughter, but you still coax me."

Li Xi picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs for himself, and unscrupulously picked up chopsticks eggplant sticks with garlic for Wei Yu.

Wei Yu chuckled lightly: "Then, have I coaxed you well?"

Li Xi smirked: "If you eat the eggplant, you'll be coaxed."

Wei Yu ate without changing his face.

Li Xi played a small trick, but couldn't help but feel distressed, so he hurriedly filled him with a bowl of meatball soup, suppressed the garlic taste in his mouth, and even scooped it up to his mouth with a spoon.

When Li Xi feeds it, Wei Yu eats it.

Just tired of crooked, Fig took Li Yong to find him.

Li Yong found this place after inquiring all the way. After sitting down, he didn't get straight to the point. Instead, he laughed and said, "It's nothing serious. I just wanted to see Grandpa for a few days, so I came here to say hello to you."

Li Xi smiled, "You are quite 'filial', here, I reward you with a meatball."

Li Yong was also polite, and he took a bowl and filled it up.

Fig also sat down cross-legged, and the four drank meatball soup around the square table.

After eating a bowl of meatball soup, Li Yong glanced at Li Xi's face, and said casually: "I will go to the Shaofu Supervisor in the afternoon to deliver the pottery pots, and I heard from the charioteer that the phoenix chariot for the bride is ready. I was curious, so I went to have a look..."

Li Xi raised his eyebrows, "How is it? Isn't it noble and majestic?"

The phoenix chariot for the saint to marry Zheng Jiarou was designed by him himself.

"Ah, it's pretty good..." Li Yong paused, and said, "As expected of Mandshurica mandshurica, it is used on the axle, and the texture is exquisite and beautiful."

Wei Yu's gaze paused, "The axle is Mandshurica mandshurica?"

Li Yong nodded hurriedly, and took a peek at Li Xi, "The car body is made of sassafras..."

"As long as it looks good, it doesn't matter if it's sassafras or ash." Li Xi obviously didn't care much, "Brother Shuyun, fish."

Wei Yu picked up a piece of steamed perch for him, removed the thorns from the meat, and said slowly: "In all dynasties, phoenix chariots have used green elm as the shaft, camphor as the body, palms on the top, and phoenix patterns. So far So far, only one queen has ever sat on a phoenix chariot made of mandshurica mandshurica."

"Who?"

"The former dynasty has been abolished, the Dugu clan."

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, "So, the Shaofu supervisor deliberately made such a phoenix chariot to humiliate my mother?"

"Not necessarily. There are not many people who know the secret of the former dynasty. The specifics need to be investigated."

"Then check it out! Check it out now!" Li Xi threw the chopsticks away and rushed downstairs.

Wei Yu put down the two strings of money and followed quickly.

Fig held Li Yong's hand, "Uncle, did you come here to remind my family, Alang, right? The little one would like to thank Uncle on behalf of Alang."

Li Yong hurriedly waved his hands, "Don't be polite, I just happened to see it, so I'll remind the prince."

"Then you can speak directly next time, without beating around the bush." ​​Fig suggested kindly.

Li Yong thought he was reminding himself, and quickly said gratefully: "You mean... the prince doesn't like people who beat around the bush?"

"No, he doesn't understand."

Li Yong: "..."

Here, Li Xi and Wei Yu arrived at Shaofu Prison non-stop, just in time to see the carpenters of the Chariot and Horse Division putting the axles on the cart.

Li Xi didn't know Fraxinus mandshurica, but camphor wood could recognize it. The car body was not from camphor, but a second-class sassafras!

From the supervisor to the carpenter, the Shaofu Supervisor had long been frightened and knelt down, so he took the initiative to recruit without Li Xi's interrogation.

"Borrowing a hundred guts from the officials, I dare not tamper with the bride's phoenix chariot! Just because I went to Taifu Temple to get the wood a month ago, they said that the green elm and camphor are old, or they will be sold. Or there's only moth-eaten leftovers."

"I happened to meet Gu Siqing. He said that there is no camphor, and it is the same to use sassafras. The axles and shafts are made of ash, which is auspicious."

"Xiaguan didn't dare to make decisions, so he went to the Ministry of Rites for more than ten times, but he didn't get a definite answer. He didn't dare to delay the construction period, so he did it first..."

"Okay, Gu Siqing, right?"

Li Xi sneered, "Fei Longwei, go and bring me the man, I want to see how brave he is, and dare to play tricks on the new queen's phoenix chariot!"

Ever since hearing the name "Gu Siqing", Wei Yu has been extremely silent.

Li Xi was originally very angry, but when he saw Gu Siqing himself, he couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The washed official robes with curled edges, the extremely straight waist, the indifferent eyes, and the resolute expression, just... no matter how you look at it, it looks familiar.

Li Xi inadvertently glanced at the side, and suddenly realized - when he first met brother Shuyun, he was like this!

This Gu Siqing doesn't look like a bad guy, does he?

It looks pretty good...

Although he can't compare with my brother Shu Yun, he can still be regarded as a middle-aged handsome uncle.

Li Xi's tone couldn't help but softened three points: "Why did you sell the camphor wood in stock and ask the Shaofu supervisor to make axels for my mother?"

Gu Siqing raised her hands, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Dare to ask the little prince, what kind of identity are you using to question me?"

"Of course the son of the future empress."

"No comment."

"That is the young minister of Honglu Temple!"

Gu Siqing said unhurriedly: "I am the Minister of the Taifu Temple. From the third rank, in terms of official rank, and in terms of seniority, I am above the little prince."

Li Xi clicked his tongue, but was not angered by him: "You call me the prince, and the first-rank prince should be qualified to ask you questions, right?"

"Gu is not good, at least he is a third-rank official. If the young prince wants to ask questions, please show the imperial decree. Gu will definitely cooperate."

Ha ha.

Ha ha ha.

Li Xi is not afraid of hard things or soft things, but he has nothing to do with things that are neither soft nor hard.

"Brother Shuyun, you go."

Wei Yu looked complicated, "Gu Siqing, do you know that once you get involved in this matter, your official career will be ruined."

Gu Siqing looked at him with a calm expression, "Wei Shaoqing knows that you have a bright future, and you really don't need to be like those people who are eager for success, vying for success, and greedy for success."

Wei Yu paused for a moment, then slowly said: "When Yu was young, he had the honor to listen to Gu Siqing's teachings—with no shame in his heart and lofty aspirations. Even today, he has never dared to forget it."

Gu Siqing was taken aback, "You..."

"I used to study in the Zheng clan school, and I was one of the more than a hundred students from poor families that you sponsored."

Wei Yu's throat choked slightly: "You were born in a poor family, you were able to study with the support of your neighbors, you saved money for the post of an official, and used all your official salary to support poor students. I am one of them."

Gu Siqing closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

Li Xi grabbed Wei Yu's belt nervously, "Brother Shuyun, what's going on?"

"This Gu Siqing is my mentor."

At least, in his mind that is the case.

"Gu Zhi, Qingfeng, the Qingfeng of the Taifu Temple, was a Jinshi in the third year without beginning, No. 2 in Yijia, promoted to Luoyang County Chancellor, three years later, moved to Imperial Academy for editing, and three years later, he was released to Liuzhou, and then moved to Xuanzhou, Luzhou, Yingzhou, and Bozhou, every time they left their posts, the people would see them off with tears in their eyes...Three years ago, they returned to Chang'an and served as Minister of the Taifu Temple."

Li Xi blinked, a bit powerful!

"Since you are so awesome, it is possible to become the Minister of the Dragon Pavilion in the future. Why can't you just think about it and play tricks on the new queen's carriage?"

Gu Zhi turned his head and looked at the bright blue sky outside the window, "Why else? It's nothing more than greed for money and profit, and filling one's pockets."

Li Xi clicked his tongue: "You have sponsored so many people, and you deliberately didn't remember their names. You didn't even try to get close to someone as powerful as Brother Shuyun. I don't believe that you would steal wood and fill your own pockets."

"Sponsoring those many people naturally requires money."

Gu Zhi waved his hand, "Young Lord, you don't need to say much. Now that the matter has been done, Gu has nothing to argue with. Go and report to the saint yourself. No matter what the result is, Gu will admit it."

"Even if the government is demoted, the family is confiscated, and the family is exiled, does your mentor think it doesn't matter?" Wei Yu said in a deep voice.

"Wei Shaoqing doesn't need to call me a mentor, I can't afford it."

Gu Zhi twitched the corners of his mouth, but couldn't hold back, and said, "Wei Shaoqing has people you can't let go of, and I also have favors that you have to repay."

"Who is it? Who are you taking the blame for?" Li Xi asked.

Gu Zhi shook his head and refused to say more.

When the sage heard this, he was furious and wanted to dismiss Gu Zhi, but was stopped by Li Xi.

Li Xi was looking at Wei Yu's face.

Wei Yu stayed up all night in Dali Temple.

People sent out wave after wave, and piles of documents from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials were brought in. Xiao Zirui took a nap, went home to visit his wife and a couple of children, and returned to Dali Temple with tea and snacks. Wei Yu is still investigating.

Finally, before the morning court, he found out the clues.

In the court hall, Dali Temple asked for a thorough investigation of Dou Qu, the Minister of Rites, and the impeachment of Li Xi and Wei Yu's private trial of third-rank officials at Yushitai, and handed them to the imperial court at the same time.

Doctor Yushi finally found an opportunity to treat the young couple severely, and he was spitting and sparing no effort.

"Fu Wang relied on the favor of the sage, and he has been lawless since he was a child. He was fine in the past, at most he would recruit cats and dogs, and ride horses through the streets. Now that he has power, he has set his arrogance on the court officials!"

"Yesterday I imprisoned the Minister of the Taifu Temple, today I want to check the Minister of Rites, and tomorrow I, the imperial doctor, will also be beheaded?"

"Beheading won't be enough, at most it's just copying a house and losing an official!" Li Xi said with a smile.

"you--"

"Sage, take a look, is there still Wang Fa in the eyes of King Fu, and you?"

"I've never been seen in his eyes." Li Hong said indifferently.

Censor Zhongcheng: "..."

I'm the only one who co-authors and performs hard here, right?

"King Fu is worried about the matter of the phoenix chariot, and he is a little hasty in his actions, which is understandable." Li Hong made no secret of his partiality.

"The matter of the phoenix chariot is no small matter. The Dali Temple has asked me to agree. Regardless of the third rank or the second rank, just go and investigate. If you dare to insult the queen, you must be punished according to the national law!"

"There's no need to investigate, the minister pleaded guilty."

Minister of the Ministry of Rites came out and smiled sarcastically: "Didn't Wei Shaoqing check it out last night? That's right, I bought Gu Zhi and let him play tricks on the phoenix chariot."

"You can't buy him, you just take advantage of the kindness you had back then to use him." Wei Yu's eyes were burning, "Why did you do this?"

"Why?"

"For the sake of orthodoxy!"

"For the sake of patriarchal ethics!"

The Minister of Rites excitedly said: "The mother of a country is the role model for women in the world. Can the Zheng family afford it?"

"Your father is unclean!" Li Xi scolded without hesitation, "I don't know how many times cleaner my mother is than you!"

"People who are reconciled, what is it if they are not unclean?"

The eyes of Dou Qu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, are full of determination: "Since I am standing here today, I have no intention of going back in full! Even if I am thrown into the sky prison, my family is ransacked and my family is wiped out, what I said today, I have to say—"

"The dragon and phoenix chariot welcomes a girl from a good family; the palm leaves cover her innocence. Zheng is a second-married person who is not innocent. Can she afford the honor of being the mother of a country?"

"If people all over the world look at it, if such a person can become a queen, will all the women in the whole world be turned upside down?"

Dou Qu looked at the eldest prince who was huddled in the corner, and said: "Don't talk about others, just talk about that unworthy granddaughter in my family. If she hadn't been bewitched by Mrs. Zheng, how could she do everything possible to make peace with King Ruijun?"

Li Xi was stunned for a moment.

To his surprise, Dou Qu didn't deliberately find fault today, he was indeed ready to "martyr himself".

It's not just him, nine times out of ten civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty have the same idea as him.

Heli's people are not worthy to be the mother of the country.

The little lady should swallow her anger, obey her husband, and want to reconcile?no way!

A powerful family values ​​face the most, even if a glass of poisoned wine kills someone, such a scandal will not happen!

If there are one or two disobedient ones, if they really reconcile and leave, they should wash their faces with tears every day, face the wall and think about their mistakes every day, and have a miserable life, how can they live a good life?

That's what they think.

Eight out of ten men in the court think so.

Even some women outside the court thought so.

And the woman who left was ashamed.

And Li's woman is not worthy.

All the women in the world can bear it like this, why can't you bear it?