Royal rice bug, worm worm!

The tragedy of the man from the Dou family quickly spread to Li Xi's ears, and he knew who did it without thinking.

Li Xi bumped into Wei Yu's shoulder—he couldn't hit his own shoulder, so he could only use his head, "Didn't you tell me to 'learn to compromise' and 'learn to accept'? What are you busy with?"

"Yes." Wei Yu fiddled with the stuffing, with a smile on his lips.

Li Xi bumped into him again, "At a time like this, you should say 'it's not because I love you'."

Wei Yu smiled and repeated his words.

Li Xi immediately hugged him, "I love you too."

The palace people in the kitchen covered their lips and chuckled, and retreated calmly.

Li Xi asked, "How did you do it?"

While pinching the steamed buns, Wei Yu unhurriedly reviewed the game for him.

He first found Zheng Jiarou, raised a possibility, and asked her opinion, the result was similar to what he expected, Zheng Jiarou chose to stand up bravely.

This time, it was not for her lover, not for her son, but for herself, and for women like her in this world.

Zheng Jiarou's choice directly encouraged Dou Qingyi.

The key to this matter lies in Dou Qingyi.

Wei Yu and Dou Qingyi did not have friendship, but fortunately Li Yunluo did, so he took advantage of his "brother-in-law" to invite Li Yunluo to be a lobbyist.

Li Yunluo is an intelligent woman, and she also understands Dou Qingyi's temper, so she persuaded Mrs. Dou with a few words—why Mrs. Dou?

Because Dou Qingyi was very firm from the beginning to the end, she didn't need her persuasion at all.It's just that she is in chaos and can't find a clue for a while. Once someone helps her light a candle lamp, she will rush through the darkness regardless of her own safety.

That's why, Wei Yu said, the key to the matter lies in Dou Qingyi.

If she has no heart, looks forward and backward, is weak and hesitant, let alone a lamp, even if she is given a big sun, she will not be able to get out.

As for the Empress Dowager, it was Wei Yu's planned "knowledge blow", which was aimed specifically at Mrs. Dou.

If Dou Qingyi is the key, Mrs. Dou is the one who takes the lead. Only by fooling her can this matter be accomplished.

During the years when Wei Yu was on business in Dali Temple, he had a case to investigate, and when there was no case, he didn't eat wine, gamble, ride horses and hang out like others. His only hobby was reading files.

More than half of his understanding of the court situation, local political achievements, and aristocratic families came from the files.

For example, this old Mrs. Dou, because Dou Shangshu wanted to take a concubine back then, she held up a big stick and chased Dou Shangshu three streets in a fit of anger.

Now, my temper has stabilized, but the blood in my bones has not disappeared.

That's why Wei Yu made this last move - telling her through the mouth of the queen mother that the best way is to make the men of the Dou family "empathize".

If you want to "empathize", you must first "feel".

Li Xi was overjoyed, "Now, they can be regarded as really 'suffering'!"

Wei Yu pursed his lips, and put the steamed buns one by one into the steamer.

Li Xi turned from his left to the right, secretly grabbed a handful of beef jerky and stuffed it into his mouth—Wei Yu forbade him to eat too much, the last time he ate too much, his stomach hurt for most of the night—he cleverly diverted Wei Yu's attention when he was done .

"Isn't the game over yet? Who's the next step?"

"Take out the plate of beef from your sleeve, and I'll take you with me in the afternoon." When he said this, Father Wei didn't turn his head.

Li Xi stuck out his tongue behind him, and obediently put the beef jerky back.However, before putting it back, he quietly stuffed one into his mouth.

Wei Yu laughed: "I don't know, I thought the Empress Dowager was short of your food and drink."

"It's obviously you, don't rely on grandma." Li Xi puffed his face, chewing the jerky, like a little hamster.

"You've eaten too much recently." Wei Yu pinched his face.

"I'm still tall, and I'm not like you. I'm a 24-year-old 'uncle'—oh, after the new year is 25, Wei, Uncle, Uncle!"

Wei Yu put his hand on his stomach and rubbed it lightly.

Li Xi eats a lot, but doesn't gain much weight. However, this is not a good thing, but a bad spleen and stomach.

The Empress Dowager told Wei Yu that it was Li Xi who suffered from an illness not long after he was born, and hadn't recuperated all these years, so he would cook Li Xi's meals with his own hands every day and restrict him from eating miscellaneous things that are not easy to digest.

Li Xi doesn't have to eat, but he likes to steal food, get caught, and be criticized by Wei Dae, and then compensate with more delicious food... the pleasure of you coming and going.

When Wei Yu disciplined him, why wasn't he teasing Wei Yu?

After lunch, the two went to see Gu Zhi together.

He is what Wei Yu called "the next move".

Gu Zhi was imprisoned by Li Xi in Shaofu Prison, and he was not released for several days, and he also kept his mouth shut, never confessing to Dou Shangshu from the beginning to the end.

Wei Yu found out the relationship between them, Dou Shangshu couldn't hold his breath, and was tricked out by him.

At that time, Gu Zhi hadn't made a scientific examination yet, so he traveled thousands of miles from Liuzhou to Chang'an with a bag of poems. He visited many capable ministers and celebrities, but he was repeatedly turned away.

I thought the scientific examination was hopeless, but I didn't expect to be selected as No.2 in Yijia.

Daye's imperial examination is not a "duty name system", and there is no imperial examination. It can be said that "success or failure is determined by one volume", especially the first few sentences, it seems that the examiner has the final say.

In the third year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, some children of the former Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites took the exam. To avoid taboos, they did not serve as the chief examiner and were replaced by the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

That year, except for Gu Zhi, all those who won the first class were the sons of powerful families.

And the Minister of Rites at that time was Dou Shangshu.

Gu Zhi has always kept this kindness in his heart, although he will not flatter him, he will call Dou Shangshu his "mentor" in private.

Wei Yu ruthlessly exposed the secret behind the scenes: "You know, the head armor No. 2 was supposed to be the nephew of the original Shangshu family, a candidate named Cui. Shangshu Dou promoted you in order to suppress the Cui family..."

Gu Zhi smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "No matter what the secret behind it is, my mentor gave me the opportunity. No matter what, I will not betray him, so the little prince doesn't have to waste his time on me."

Li Xi:? ? ?

I didn't ask anything, I don't know anything.

However, this did not prevent him from getting straight to the point: "It's useless for you to read so many books and pass No.2 in the exam. You're not as clear-headed as a little dude like me."

Gu Zhi couldn't help laughing, "What does your lord mean by that?"

"Take my mother's matter as an example. Didn't it say in the book, 'The old is the old and the old is the old, the young is the young and the young is the young', so if other people have daughters and mothers, they should not respect them." some?"

Gu Zhi shook his head, and said solemnly: "What Gu did was not aimed at the Lord of Changning, but to uphold the rules of etiquette."

"The etiquette and rules in your mind mean that women must obey the three virtues and deserve to suffer?"

Gu Zhi pursed his lips, and said slowly: "The yin and yang in the world, isn't it what it should be? If a husband is not a virtuous man, he cannot control his wife, and if a woman is not virtuous, he cannot serve his husband well."

"What is 'should'? Is the 'should' in Gu Siqing's mind the "Women's Commandments" written to please men?"

Li Xi smiled coldly, "Brother Shuyun respects you as a mentor, and I also respect your past achievements for the people of Daye, but today, I am really disappointed."

Gu Zhi was taken aback.

Not for his disappointment, but for the people in his mouth.

"The little prince also has people in his heart?"

Li Xi rolled his eyes, nestled behind Wei Yu, and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Wei Yu said: "In the generation below the sage, no one cares more about the common people than King Fu."

Gu Zhi looked at Li Xi thoughtfully.

He devotes himself to politics and does things in a down-to-earth manner, but he lacks some strategy and vision, otherwise he would not be used by Shangshu Dou.

Wei Yu said slowly: "I have heard that Gu Siqing's biological mother is also a second-married woman. She sews clothes and makes embroidered handkerchiefs with her skillful hands to support you in studying."

"As expected of Wei Shaoqing." Gu Zhi paused, no emotion could be heard in his words.

Wei Yu shook Li Xi's hand, drawing enough strength to harden his heart, "It's just that after Lingtang was pregnant with the fetus, his energy was low, his hands were swollen, and he could no longer hold embroidery needles. To make ends meet..."

Gu Zhi's throat moved slightly, he turned his back and closed his eyes.

But he didn't stop Wei Yu.

He doesn't want to compromise.

"Perhaps it was because she was too tired, and she was exhausted during childbirth, and unexpectedly... one dead body and two lives."

"I heard that she is a little lady. If she can give birth safely, she should be as big as the Changning Junjun now, right? I just don't know if she will be as talented as the Junjun..."

"Stop talking." Gu Zhi turned his back on his back, his shoulders trembling slightly, and said in a low voice.

Wei Yu didn't stop, but speeded up his speech: "Or, like Changning Junjun, who has a long life, spent more than ten years in vain with the one he loves, and finally reunited with his parents and children—"

"Stop talking!" Gu Zhi bent down and leaned on the window tremblingly.

"...Now she is still humiliated by the so-called 'righteous person', and she is still targeted, saying that she broke the rules of etiquette..."

"I told you to stop talking!" Gu Zhi finally broke down, turned around, his eyes were red, and hissed in a low voice.

Li Xi grabbed Wei Yu's belt nervously.

Wei Yu's body tensed up.

He knew that this matter was done.

He is the most proficient in the torture methods in Dali Temple, and the most powerful and useful ones are by no means those torture tools that hurt people.

It's heart attack.

However, this taste is not good.

After all, it was his mentor.

When he walked out of the Shaofu prison, Wei Yu staggered.

Li Xi hurriedly supported him, and said distressedly: "Don't worry, I won't punish him, and I won't let the sage punish him. I've found out. Gu Zhi is a good official, and he is loved by the people. When this matter is settled, And sent him to be the state shepherd..."

"If you think it's too hard to leave Chang'an, then let him go to Taixue, teach the students, and cultivate more and more talented children from poor families, will it work?"

"Thank you." Wei Yu said softly, holding his hand.

"You thanked me for an outsider?" Li Xi wrinkled his nose, "I'm upset, you have to coax me."

"It's not for others, just to thank you for loving me..."

Wei Yu hugged his waist, and pressed those tightly pursed lips, trying to act unhappy.

"This is still in the government office~"

"Monkey is in a hurry~"

He complained with his mouth, but his body cooperated extremely.

***

Gu Zhi was highly respected among the students, and Wei Yu was ruthless to conquer him, just to let him settle the troublesome students.

They are all young people in their teens, who have not read much and have not experienced major events. They are used by others because of their enthusiasm. If no one guides them, they will be ruined.

Rather than saying that Gu Zhi compromised, it was better to say that he was woken up by Li Xi and Wei Yu.

Yes, everyone is born of a woman.

Women have worked harder than men.

Why should they be required to obey the three virtues, but no one has ever written "Men's Precepts" and asked for men?

Li Xi released Gu Zhi.

Students came to see him in groups and complained about him.

Looking at those angry but immature faces, Gu Zhi finally made up his mind.

"I don't know how Shangshu Dou is doing now, are you willing to follow me to visit Dou Mansion?"

The students are all willing.

Along the way, they scrambled to talk about how tricky and unruly the women of the Dou family were, they even left the men in the family and moved to the suburbs of Beijing, how would they live with a group of men left behind?

Gu Zhi said lightly: "Without the woman, will the Dou family's life be difficult?"

The students were stunned, "It seems...it's true...it's a little...difficult to go on."

"How is the lady of the Dou family doing in the suburbs of Beijing?"

"That's great! I heard that pigs and sheep were slaughtered yesterday. It's very festive and ready for the New Year!"

Gu Zhi twitched the corner of his mouth, "It seems that men need women more than women must rely on men."

Students: "..."

They only knew that the Dou family was in a miserable life, but they didn't know how miserable it was.

From the outer courtyard to the inner hall, there is almost no place to set foot in the huge house. There is a bucket here, and there are two piles of rags there. Children's clothes and toys are mixed together, and some are still stained...

Uh……

A dignified minister, a member of the third rank.

The family of the descendants, a century-old family.

Actually... is it like this?

Let's not talk about the yard first, let's talk about those members of Dou's family. Their clothes are disheveled, their hair is in a loose bun, and their bodies look like they haven't been washed for several days. They can still smell a sour smell faintly when they get close.

Especially those few children, crying at the top of their voices, how can they have the dignity of a noble son?

The students didn't know whether to sit down or turn around and go out.

Just as I was amazed, I only heard a "boom", and the ancestral hall in the side courtyard collapsed.It didn't completely collapse, only the big locust tree by the wall smashed through the corner of the house, and the tiles flew around, but fortunately everyone stood far away and didn't get hit.

A piece of gray tiles fell to the feet of a certain student.

The student glanced at it inadvertently, and suddenly exclaimed: "There are words on the tile!"

"This film also has it!"

"I have it here too!"

"..."

Everyone put the tiles with words together, and read intermittently: "The evil son Dou Qu, really hurts my heart... I was pregnant for ten months and suffered so much. I gave birth to you, raised you, and taught you how to read and learn." Courtesy is for you to benefit the common people and help the country, not for you to bully women..."

At the end of the reading, the students couldn't help but stop their voices.

One by one was frightened and uneasy.

This is... Dou Shangshu's mother gave him a warning?

Dou Shangshu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Fuck the warning!

Use your toes to know who did it!

Niezi spelled the word "Nie" wrong!

The birth of "birth" is a little more!

The students believed it.

At the same time secretly guilty.

These words... also seem to be scolding them.

Didn't they point their pens at a weak woman just because they had some ink in their stomachs?

Gu Zhi coughed lightly, and said: "Gu Mou is really ashamed to hear this. When Gu Mou was young, he was able to study and learn rituals only because his mother washes the blood for others... You and I were both born and raised by women, so we really shouldn't embarrass a woman. "

Dou Shangshu said with a dark face: "Gu Siqing, what do you mean?"

He is a third-rank official, and Gu Zhi is a third-rank official, regardless of his family status. In fact, no one is superior to anyone else.

Knowing what happened back then, Gu Zhi spoke with more confidence: "Your official knows that Dou Shangshu has no selfish intentions, but only to maintain the etiquette and patriarchal law of the great cause. However, Gu suddenly realized that Changning Junjun is not a man of the rules. People? Is it possible to go beyond the bounds?"

"It's not the rules to marry and divorce twice!"

"There are not a few princesses in this dynasty who remarry Heli. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the husband died fighting for the country, and there are many weak girls who remarry with their children. My mother is one of them!"

Some students raised their hands weakly, "My grandmother is a second marriage...not relative, but she treats me very well..."

"Mr. Changning is also very good."

——This is the person Wei Yu arranged in advance.

"Since the Jun Jun returned to Chang'an, every [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, he will go to the Ci'en Temple for free consultations. Baskets of medicinal materials are taken out. When encountering those who are really poor and can't eat enough, they will give away rice noodles."

--This is real.

"I've also heard that Lord Changning took the young ladies to draw patterns and sell the three-color pottery to the West Market. All the money was donated to the Chengnan Salesian Bureau."

——This was not arranged by Wei Yu.

"It is also very good for the Junjun to teach poetry and prose in the academy, and the sisters in the family study in the academy."

When it comes to poetry, everyone can't help but think of the "Poems on Plum Blossoms" handed down at the Plum Appreciation Banquet. They have such talent and spirituality that they may not be able to catch up with them after ten years of study.

"Why can't such a person be a queen?" Gu Zhi asked.

The students all showed surprise.

Followed by annoyance.

This move, Wei Yu won again.

Rumor has it that it's crazy.

Everyone is saying that the Dou family can't survive without a woman.

It is also said that Dou Shangshu's mother jumped out of the grave in a fit of anger, smashed the Dou family ancestral hall, and scolded Dou Shangshu.

It is so eloquent that some people compiled it into a storybook and spread it in teahouses and restaurants.

——This "person" is naturally Li Xi.

Not only did the students wake up, but the common people also woke up.

When the Dou family men went out to buy things, no one was willing to sell them.

The women said: "I heard that the men in your family look down on women? Not only do you slander the empress, but you also don't allow your own little lady to leave? Alas, our store is full of ordinary objects. They are made by women and sold by women. Are they worthy?" On the noble hand of Lord Dou's family."

The men also looked down on them, "Although I am a rough person, I also know how to respect my mother and love my young daughter. I also listen to my daughter-in-law, and I can't sell a single hair to you."

"..."

If there were not a few servants who could cook porridge at home, the Dou family would have starved to death long ago.

The eldest prince was appointed, and came to persuade Dou Shangshu: "I really have no ambitions, so don't struggle anymore, An An invited the old lady back, allowed Qing Yi to reconcile with me, and then honestly tell the old man to return home, This matter can still be good, if not...the Dou family will be finished."

Dou Shangshu sneered: "Want to destroy the Dou family? It's not that easy."

The eldest prince sighed heavily: "Aren't you just relying on the covenants with those families? Have you ever thought that from the beginning to the end they are just to use you? The saint said that you will definitely not be able to keep your position as a minister Now, even if we continue to toss about, we will still make wedding dresses for those families."

Dou Shangshu frowned, "Who taught you this?"

"Little Treasure!"

"Oh, no, no, I thought of it myself."

The eldest prince rushed to save him.

Dou Shangshu closed his eyes.

No matter what, he never expected that Li Xi, like his own father, was a master of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

"Prince Ruijun, please come back!"

"Then you agreed?" the eldest prince asked uncertainly.

"Go!" Dou Shangshu said angrily.

The eldest prince cut his teeth: "Let's go, anyway, think about it, it doesn't matter if you are seventy or eighty, don't implicate your cousins, and... Qingyi."

In the dim ancestral hall, only Dou Shangshu's emaciated figure remained.

After a long while, there was a snort: "This world has changed."

……

a few days later.

Li Xi was watching the craftsmen making new cars in Shaofu Supervisor, and Fig ran over happily and told him about the new excitement of Dou's house.

Dou Shangshu finally bowed his head, the men of the Dou family counted one by one, and all went to the suburbs of Beijing, crying and begging the ladies to go home.

There were more than a dozen carriages, men led horses, and women sat in the carriages, walking from the south of the city to the north of the city, attracting tens of thousands of onlookers.

The man from the Dou family lost everything from his insides to his face.

That night, all those without official positions packed their luggage and went back to their hometown as soon as the city gate opened.

Dou Shangshu took the initiative to hand over the papers for retiring from old age and returning home, and signed Dou Qingyi's letter of reconciliation.

Dou Qingyi did not stay at Dou's house after she left, but lived in a small house in the south of the city. It was bought with the money she had secretly sold paintings over the years. The Dou family didn't know about it, let alone the eldest prince.

The yard that I bought with my own money is not to mention how secure it is to live in!

Her mother, Mrs. Dou, did not go back to her hometown, but lived with Dou Qingyi. The mother and daughter supported each other and lived a harmonious and warm life.

Gu Zhi was dismissed by Li Hong and sent to teach in Taixue.

He didn't have a private house in Chang'an, and he lived in the government office all the year round. On the day he packed up his things and left, Concubine Chai specially went to beg Li Hong, wanting to go out of the palace to see him off.

Li Hong had a toothache for a while, and couldn't help telling: "Restrain yourself, even if it's not for me, think about it for Gong'er."

"Got it!" Concubine Chai happily left the Tai Chi Hall in beautiful clothes.

Li Hong looked at her back, as if in a daze, he saw that 20 years ago, she ran up to him like she is now, bouncing up and down, and said crisply:

"Your Majesty pointed me to you, but I don't like you. I like people who are clean and can read. How about you?"

"I don't like you like that either." Li Hong was not narrow-minded, he was telling the truth, women are not as attractive to him as a good sword.

Until I met Zheng Jiarou.

The two side concubines were married before Zheng Jiarou, and the child was also born at that time. After falling in love with Zheng Jiarou, he never set foot in the harem again.

No matter how the Queen Mother persuaded him or how the courtiers advised him, they failed to shake him.

Cui Yuan was right, Li Xi's devotion followed him.

For the convenience of going out of the palace, Concubine Chai specially asked the second prince to accompany her.Of course, there was also the thought of showing the second prince a look at Gu Zhi.

Gu Zhi knew her well, he only respected her like a royal concubine, nothing else.Seeing Concubine Chai waving at him shyly, Gu Zhi felt strange.

"How, how? Can you let him be your grandpa?"

The second prince was full of black lines, "My dear grandfather is still alive, is it appropriate for you to say this in front of me?"

"What's the matter, sooner or later. I fell in love with him the first time I saw him at the end of last year's festival. Look at that nose and eyes. He's so handsome. He's not like your Li family, who are big and thick."

Concubine Chai grabbed her handkerchief and smiled shyly.

Second Prince: "..."

Grandpa God!

No wonder my brain is not bright, and my daring is all thanks to this mother-in-law!

The second prince didn't want to care about her at all, so he went to Li Xi to complain about his troubles.

Li Xi was talking to the newly appointed Minister of the Taifu Temple, and beside him stood the newly replaced head of the Shaofu Supervisor.

That's right, just because of a phoenix chariot, two chief officers were replaced in the four prisons of the Nine Temples in one go, and they were all picked by Li Xi——Wei Shaoqing recommended them.

The two officials are both talented, but because they were born in a poor family, and they don't want to cling to the powerful and participate in party struggles, they are still quiet as officials in nearly half a century.

This time Li Xi promoted them, not to mention whether the other party would be loyal to him, but at least he would remember some favors from him.

The position of Minister of Rites is very important.

Li Hongli resisted the opinions of all the people and arranged for his own people.

He was promoted from the prefectures and counties. He was from a common family, without a complicated background, with real talents and learning, and his loyalty to Li Hong.

Li Xi got three small animals in one go.

The industrious little bee represents the Shaofu Supervisor.

The busy little squirrel represents Taifu Temple.

The proud male lion represents the Ministry of Rites.

On the day of rest, Li Xi and Wei Yu went to Chang'anfang to burn these new friends in a green bull cart.

When I came back, it was dusk, and the sunset was like fire, gorgeous and dazzling.

Li Xi lifted the curtain and leaned on Wei Shaoqing's shoulder to watch the sunset.

Suddenly I heard a shout: "One, two, three—throw!"

In an instant, the blossoming red plums fell down like snowflakes, fell into the green ox cart, and hung on Li Xi's hair.

The slightly curly hair is draped over the shoulders, with small bright red plum blossoms scattered, which is more beautiful than any expensive hair accessories.

The ladies clasped their slender hands, put them to their mouths, and shouted at Li Xi: "Little King Fu—thank you—"

Thank you for speaking up for women.

Thank you for understanding and protecting women.

Thank you for making more people brave enough to stand up.

Among them are women and enlightened men, and there are many wealthy people who are sensible and love others.

If there is no Li Xi, they may never, and never think of, stand up and speak for the woman.

Li Xi clicked his tongue: "Fu Wang is Fu Wang, so small."

Turning around, but buried his face on Wei Yu's shoulder, his eyes were red, "It's obviously your credit, why are they thanking me?"

Wei Yu shook his head, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't stand up."