Li Gong had been waiting for Meng Lide, seeing him coming back, he couldn't help asking curiously, "Who is Meng Xingzhu's sweetheart?"

Meng Xingzhu has never been out of the house a few times since he was a child, and he always follows him when he goes out occasionally, and has never seen many strangers.Hearing that Meng Xingzhu had someone he liked, Li Gong was surprised and wondered who he could like.

Meng Lide took off his coat and sat on the bed, "I haven't seen you ask that second brother for so many years, why do you suddenly care about him this time?"

Meng Lide didn't like to meddle in the affairs of the back house, but Li Gong was the head of the prime minister's house, and Meng Xingzhu didn't know what Meng Xingzhu was like.He hadn't cared about Meng Xingzhu for more than ten years, but now he suddenly asked this question, Meng Lide really doubted his motives.

Li Gong lowered his head and said with a sloppy eye, "I'm just asking casually, it's fine if the master doesn't want to say it."

"Tomorrow, let the tailor go to the second brother's place to measure his body, and buy some more clothes. Especially prepare the clothes for the spring banquet, and don't let people outside say that I still have a preference for my brother." The man There is a distinction between concubines and concubines, and elder brothers and sons are all equal. No one who is a concubine should be more noble, and no one who is a concubine should be lower.As the prime minister, Meng Lide didn't want to lose his tongue.

Hearing Meng Lide's words, Li Gong stood up straight and said, "The second elder brother already has a sweetheart, we shouldn't force him to go to those banquets, lest... lest he be like his mother."

Meng Lide raised his head abruptly, gritted his teeth, and said, "What do you mean? You also think it's right for that brother to elope with someone? I'm a dignified prime minister, but I'm no better than a penniless commoner?"

Meng Lide hated people mentioning Meng Xingzhu's mother the most. Even Meng Xingzhu didn't say anything about his mother today, and Meng Lide was even more annoying when others mentioned it.

"I don't think it's right for Meng Xingzhu's mother to elope, and I don't think the master is inferior to a commoner. I just wonder why my brother can only marry the powerful and rich? I can't do what I want, just like... like a Plaything." Brother is indeed the most precious existence in the Chu Kingdom, but because of his preciousness, he cannot have his own thoughts and can only be manipulated by the powerful and rich.After getting married, she is being played with and constantly giving birth to beautiful and intelligent children. In Li Gong's view, isn't it just a plaything?Meng Xingzhu's mother just didn't want to give in, so she ran away.Li Gong thought, even if Meng Xingzhu's mother didn't love her son at all, she probably wouldn't be willing to let her son be with someone she didn't like.

Meng Lide walked around the Li Palace and observed it carefully, "You are my prime minister's wife, do you also think you are a plaything?"

Meng Lide did not expect Li Gong to say such a thing, he had never treated anyone as a plaything, especially respected Li Gong.Which other official family didn't allow the brother he married to have children all the time, so that his family would flourish, but Li Gong only gave birth to a brother and said he didn't want to have another child, and Meng Lide never let him have another child child.For so many years, Meng Lide has always handed over the full power of the prime minister's mansion to Li Gong, and will not refute any of his opinions.Meng Lide always thought he was doing a good job, but tonight he found that Li Gong seemed very dissatisfied.

"I really thought so before I married into the prime minister's mansion. After I married into the mansion, I changed my mind. But after the master has more and more people around me, I found that my original idea was correct."

In order not to be favored by the emperor, Li Gong deliberately made himself ill during the draft, so he couldn't go to the draft.But after escaping one catastrophe, he can't escape the second catastrophe, so he still has to marry.Powerful parents pick and choose, and they choose Meng Lide, who has just become the champion.Li Gong is unwilling, why should he marry a man he has never met.But pretending to be sick this time was useless, and Li Gong was carried into Meng Lide's mansion by eight sedan chairs.

Li Gong thought that this was the end of his life, but Meng Lide was very kind to him, and he was used to doting on him, without any harsh treatment.At this time, Li Gong felt that marrying Meng Lide was the right person, and the two played harmoniously, and he soon became pregnant and gave birth to a brother.

But just after the child was one month old, another elder brother was brought in by Meng Lide's sedan chair.On the night of festivities and candles in the bridal chamber, the red lanterns were hung high, and Li Gong only felt ironic.Later, that brother ran away.Meng Lide was furious, and that brother's name became his taboo.Li Gong thought it was over, but the prime minister's mansion had hung red lanterns several times in the past ten years, and Li Gong gradually became numb.

Li Gong is very envious of Meng Xingzhu's mother, who can ignore everything and run away directly, and be with the person he likes.Li Gong found that he had no way to escape, and the man he liked happened to be the man he married.Even though this man respected and cared for him very much and never beat or scolded him, Meng Lide's love for anyone next to him was the same, nothing special, just a tool for warming the bed and giving birth.

Meng Lide frowned, "You never said you didn't like me taking concubines."

"Which person is willing to let his husband have three wives and four concubines, but you men always think that three wives and four concubines are right. What can I say as a brother?" Li Gong once expressed his dissatisfaction to his parents. I hope that Meng Lide will take a concubine.Obviously, if the parents only need to mention one thing, Meng Lide will obey for the sake of face, but the parents told Li Gong that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and Meng Lide should take concubines, and Li Gong didn't say anything more after that.

Meng Lide couldn't say anything for a moment, he paused, and said, "You...that second brother's sweetheart is the second prince, you don't have to worry about him."

"En." Li Gong nodded, indicating that he understood.Having said so much, he didn't expect Meng Lide to really listen to it.Men all over the world are alike, and Meng Lide is not that special.

The room suddenly became quiet. Over the years, the two of them spent a lot of time in silence, but Meng Lide felt that there had never been a moment as embarrassing as it is now.He wanted to say something, but he couldn't get it out of his mouth.

"I still have something to do in the study, you go to bed first." Meng Lide left in a hurry without even putting on his coat, as if he was escaping from something.

As soon as Meng Lide opened the door, he saw Meng Guanqing standing at the door, "You don't sleep at night, what are you doing here?"

Meng Guanqing shook his head, "It's nothing, I'll just come over and talk to my mother."

Meng Lide was displeased, "Is there anything we can't talk about during the day? Go to bed first, let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow."

After Meng Guanqing left, Meng Lide closed the door and went to the study.

Li Gong sat on the bed and wiped away the tears that were about to fall.He didn't like Meng Xingzhu, who would like a child born in another womb.It's just that when he heard that Meng Xingzhu had a sweetheart, and Meng Lide wanted to take him to the spring banquet, he thought of Meng Xingzhu's mother. Li Gong envied and hated his cowardice.

It would be nice if you had the courage to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it must have been domesticated, and Li Gong found that he was regretting it.As a brother, how can you get angry with your husband?Maybe it was held back for too long, so it suddenly exploded.Li Gong smiled. Originally, the relationship with Meng Lide was just like a partner for eating together. After tonight, I'm afraid it has pushed people farther...

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The next morning, Meng Lide went to have breakfast after washing up. After sitting down, he found that it was only him, Li Gong, and Meng Guanqing. He suddenly thought of Meng Xingzhu, "Butler Wang, go and call the second brother over to have dinner together."

"I'll go." Meng Guanqing stood up, "There was a thief at Xingzhu last night. I was not feeling well, so I didn't have time to look at him, so I happened to talk to him."

"Well, let's go."

Meng Guanqing went to Meng Xingzhu's residence, probably because there were few people, and the yard was quiet without any movement.Ah Xiao, who was squatting at the door, saw Meng Guanqing and wanted to enter the room to report, but was stopped by Meng Guanqing.

Meng Guanqing stepped into the room, and Meng Xingzhu was sitting at the desk, holding a brush and not knowing what he was drawing.

"Second brother."

Yan Jiamu was taken aback, and hurriedly covered the painting on the table, but Meng Guan had seen it early in the morning, and the person in the painting was the second prince Chu Xiuqi.

"You really like the second prince?" Meng Guanqing asked.

Yan Jiamu blushed and didn't speak, but his shy expression said everything.

"Why do you like the second prince?" Meng Guanqing couldn't figure it out.

"Brother forgot, you took me out to play back then, and I rescued a handsome young man. I fell in love with him from that moment on, and later I heard that he was the second prince. I'm sorry to say, but I kept hiding my feelings .This spring banquet is a good opportunity, and I will definitely try my best to make the Second Prince look up to me."

Yan Jiamu spoke firmly, as if Chu Xiuqi would not marry.This firm look hurt Meng Guanqing, "Nonsense, the person you saved was not at all..."

Meng Guanqing swallowed it all at once, it was an unspoken secret.

"It's nothing at all?" Yan Jiamu stood up and looked at Meng Guanqing, "I like the second prince, why is my brother so angry? Could it be that you also like the second prince?"

"I……"

"No, brother and His Royal Highness are the ones who love each other. How could they like the second prince. Brother, why are you so angry?" Yan Jiamu's eyes were pure, as if he was really just curious about why Meng Guanqing was angry.

"The second prince won't take a fancy to you." Meng Guanqing said seriously.

Seeing Meng Guanqing being so serious, Yan Jiamu's eyes immediately filled with tears, "Why did brother say that? Even if I am not worthy of the second prince, but my father is the prime minister anyway, as long as he tells the emperor, maybe he will let me and the second prince together."

The crown prince's concubine needs to be carefully selected, and the wives of other princes, as long as they are noble brothers, the emperor will not care too much.What's more, the emperor valued the conscientious Meng Lide very much. As the brother of Meng Lide's family, the emperor would still sell some thin noodles, and Meng Guanqing knew this in his heart.

Meng Guanqing tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said softly to Yan Jiamu, "The second prince has someone he likes. If you marry him, you will only wrong yourself. You might as well find someone else."

"I don't mind." Yan Jiamu said with a hint of tears, "The second prince didn't see me when he woke up, and he never visited the prime minister's mansion for so many years. The two of us have never met before. How could that be? Some people like people they have never met. But it doesn't matter, as long as I can marry the second prince, I will be satisfied just looking at him every day."

Seeing that he couldn't make any sense with Yan Jiamu, Meng Guanqing didn't bother to waste his words, "You can do it yourself, dad asked you to go over and have breakfast together, let's go."

Meng Guanqing turned and left without waiting for Yan Jiamu.

Looking at the angry back, Yan Jiamu raised his eyebrows.Sure enough, people who fall in love are always not very intelligent. Meng Guanqing was so attracted by Chu Xiuqi that he couldn't find Bei. When he heard that someone was going to marry the second prince, he immediately became jealous.Yan Jiamu wants to see if Meng Guanqing will enter the Prince's Mansion as his concubine under the current situation.

After sitting down with Meng Guanqing, Yan Jiamu said to Li Gong, "Ma'am, can you talk to the pastry chef in the kitchen today so that he can teach me how to make some pastries."

"Why do you suddenly want to learn this?" Li Gong asked.

"I heard that the second prince likes all kinds of exquisite pastries. I want to learn and bring them to the second prince to taste on the day of the spring banquet." Yan Jiamu looked at Meng Guanqing, "My brother will definitely give something to the prince, and I should too. Send something to the Second Prince."

Meng Guanqing didn't want to look at Meng Xingzhu, the more he looked at it, the more annoying he became.Originally, he didn't hate this younger brother, but Meng Xingzhu actually liked Chu Xiuqi, and Meng Guanqing's opinion of him changed.

"There is no need to learn. If you are married, you will be served by yourself. You don't need to learn those useless things." Meng Lide put the peeled eggs into Li Gong's bowl. housekeeper."

Li Gong glanced at Meng Lide, and saw that his face was expressionless, but the tips of his ears were red.Li Gong had no idea, he didn't know what Meng Lide meant.I thought that Meng Lide would not talk to him anymore, but the eggs in this bowl were not what he thought. Meng Lide had never served anyone at the dinner table before.

"Okay." Yan Jiamu wasn't too persistent, it was originally to anger Meng Guanqing.Once the goal has been achieved, there is no need to do more useless work.

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