The husband's son-in-law

Li Wubing and Rong Ye came.

The two of them were dressed in ordinary clothes, and they smeared ink in the palace for a while, just in time for the meal, followed by Gou Gui, the chief eunuch, and ten other skilled soldiers of the emperor—all came together through life and death.

The unremarkable carriage arrived at the Capital Mansion, Gou Gui got out of the car and knocked on the door. During this trip, he had thought several times in his stomach. If the concierge of the Capital Mansion sees people ordering food, he doesn’t know Sheng Jia—after all, Sheng Jia is low-key and ordinary now. , what should he say.

Naturally, I want to cover up for Mr. Gu.

This time the boss has nothing to do with Mr. Gu.The Holy Majesty respects Lord Gu, and Gou Gui is willing to make a good sale here in the capital.It didn't work out, knocked on the door, the door opened, saw him and the ordinary vehicles on the road behind him, they didn't hold up high or step down, asked the owner's family name taboo, and if there is a small banquet in the house, can you pass it on.

"My Patriarch's surname—" Gou Gui didn't finish.

A voice from behind: "Let's talk about Rong Si and Fourteen."

Why did Majesty get out of the car?You can't stand at the door, what kind of words are you talking about?Gou Gui felt that it was inappropriate, and was about to wink at the little concierge and let him borrow a place inside.

"Fourth Young Master and Fourteenth Young Master, you two please, the younger one will go pass it on."

The gatekeeper was brought from Zhaozhou. He is not very old, seventeen or eighteen, but he is well-behaved, honest, and has good eyes. He was also a gatekeeper in Zhaozhou at the beginning, but he was just a helper. This time when he came to Beijing, Li Zhouzhou made an inventory of the house The servants in the village asked who wanted to go with him, and the little one signed up and came over.

Rong Si also recognized it, took a look, and said, "The gatekeeper of Li Mansion in Zhaozhou?"

"The fourth young master has good eyesight, he is young."

Fourteen stepped forward and patted the doorman with a smile, "That's right, let's lead the way."

Gou Gui looked enviously at the side, this kid looked so stupid that the Holy Master and Young Master Rong raised his eyebrows and gave him a good smile, except in front of Young Master Rong, when did the Holy Master have such a talkative look? ?

On last thought, fortunately this kid is not a eunuch, otherwise he has plenty of ways——

No one should try to push him away, show it off in front of Master Sheng Rong!

Gou Gui thought so in his heart, but he smiled on his face, when Master Sheng Rong entered the study, Gou Gui waited outside, took the opportunity to chat with the porter with a smile, calling him little brother.

Now Gou Gui is the head of the Tai Chi Hall, a fourth-rank eunuch, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace who flatter and flatter Grandpa Gou Gui can go to the Dali Gate, but Gou Gui doesn't show good face, and now he is the concierge of the capital and auxiliary mansion. Speaking with a good face, if the eunuchs in the palace saw this, they would tremble in fright.

in the study.

When Gu Zhao heard that Shisi and Rongsi were coming, he had only one thought: Hugh, if he could chase after the banquet, he really is half a friend.

Then Gu Shoufu forced a smile on his face, cheerfully greeted them very enthusiastically, seeing the two of them in normal clothes, he bowed his head and saluted, before he bowed his head, Li Wubing said first: "You're welcome, I'm sorry. "

"Today, Ziqing's housewarming party, my brother and I came to join in the fun, Ziqing don't mind?"

Gu Ziqing smiled happily: "...I don't mind, the Holy Majesty and Mr. Rong came by coincidence, and the banquet is about to start."

"Brother, I just said, it won't be too late, let's pick a few more clothes, my regular clothes are a bit small, and yours are just right for eating." Li Wubing said first, changing clothes in the palace. meeting.

Rong Ye took a cold look at the calendar and was fine.Li Wubing took back the conversation, anyway, Gu Ziqing must have known it, and it was enough to show off.

Gu Zhaopi laughed but didn't laugh, he and Zhou Zhou are legally married, so what's the ink stains on you changing clothes?

Ha ha.

Behind Yan Jinxin and Zheng Hui had already knelt down to salute.

Rong Si turned to one side to avoid it, Li Wubing said: "Get up, everyone, today is not in the palace in normal clothes, my brother and I came to have a housewarming banquet for Gu Ziqing's family, don't make too much fuss and be polite."

Yan Jinxin was fine, he had seen Shengyan, and heard that everything was as usual when he stood up and saluted, and Zheng Hui next to him had weak legs and a little bit of demeanor, so Yan Jinxin gave him a hand.Gu Zhao led the two people ahead, "It's in the side yard. Zhou Zhou just sent word that it can be started. I don't know if you're here today. It's impolite to mix up the small banquet at our house."

Speaking of the word 'disrespectful', Master Xiao Gu expressed apology and embarrassment,

Of course he didn't want to have a separate banquet, it would be too troublesome to do it temporarily, but it can't be said that, Xiao Gu went online at the scene, and his attitude was first respectful, "I want to be considerate of my lord, and today I come to the banquet with Mr. Rong in casual clothes. That is, if you want the monarch and his subjects to have fun together, and if Mr. Rong and Zhou Zhou make personal friends, why not have a meal together..."

"Let's eat together, I haven't seen Fubao for a long time." Rong Ye answered first, "The two of us came here uninvited."

In fact, Li Wubing doesn’t have much airs to be an emperor. When he was a child, he lived in the Prince’s Garden in the palace, eating cold rice and cold tea, and the eunuchs who served him would steal his portioned meals. The excuse was that the prince was too young to chew meat, or It's because the prince's long teeth don't eat too much sweets, it will damage the teeth.

The meat and cakes went into the eunuch's stomach.

Later in the war, Li Wubing was not the kind of prince who went to the battlefield to earn military exploits - he was not qualified.Food is naturally better than ordinary soldiers, but it is also a big pot.

In terms of basic necessities of life, being free from illness is really not a big deal, this person has a lot of hostility, but luckily he can restrain it - You Rongye.Nowadays, no matter what the occasion is, he is actually an easy-going emperor who speaks casually.

Otherwise, Gu Zhaotou would dare to say such a thing?

Gu Zhaoyou complained that the boss worked too much overtime. In fact, it was all a joke. A boss who valued him and trusted him, and was willing to hand over the power to let him govern the country, was a rare thing to ask for.Gu Zhao can display his ideals and ambitions, and is not afraid of killing a donkey. He is grateful to Li Wubing and Rong Ye in his heart.

Hear the noise of children.

"Where is Fubao?"

"There are many children today, all of whom were his playmates when he was young, two brothers from the second brother's family, a son and a daughter from Mr. Zheng's family..." Gu Zhao explained, and went over to have a look.

Anyway, the front and back of his house are not so clear.

I used to be a small official in Hanlin. At that time, I had no choice but to wrong Zhou Zhou and live in the back house. Now that Gu Zhao came back and became the chief assistant, if he didn't even give Zhou Zhou this little freedom, what kind of official would he be?

It works from top to bottom, and the people in the upper positions are enlightened, and they support and agree with the brothers and girls to go out, do business, reconcile, and have their own businesses. There may be resistance at the beginning, but taking the lead from the top is definitely more efficient and simple than promoting it among the common people.

And Li Wubing is definitely happy to see it come true——

There are four.

Standing at the entrance of Aquarius, Rong Ye saw a few children on the corridor, chatting enthusiastically. After listening to the general idea, don't see Fu Bao and the girl behind another boy.

Her face flushed slightly in embarrassment, and she didn't dare to look at her mother.

Rong Ye knew why at a glance. He was well-behaved. When he was a man, he didn't have so many rules, and he would be praised as unrestrained if he behaved indulgently. Say something against the rules.

Lost face of the family.

Ah.

Rong Ye narrowed his eyes, revealing his coldness and vigor, and he opened his mouth to accept Fu Bao's words, as a way of showing face to the girl by carrying the sedan chair, and with his support, Li Wubing followed, even if her parents would not open their mouths to criticize that girl.

Li Wubing followed suit.

Li Zhouzhou couldn't decide how to salute, Rong Ye first said: "Bring my brother to your house for dinner today."

"That's great." Li Zhouzhou knew it, and introduced with a smile: "This is Liu Shu, Tang Rou, and this is Rong Ye, a friend I met in Zhaozhou."

Afterwards, greet each other politely.Both Zheng Hui and Yan Jinxin frowned. One was worried that the child's wife's words would offend the Holy Majesty, and the other was hesitant to tell Xiaoshu the truth. After thinking about it, he still didn't say anything. He just reminded him at the end. : "These two are the best of me and Zhaodi."

"I know, I know." Xiaoshu was thinking about Zhou Zhou's friends in Zhaozhou. He wanted to see how close Zhaozhou's friends were to Zhou Zhou!Where is the time to listen to Yan Jingxin?

"Hey, Mrs. Rong." Fu Bao was polite, but he was smiling, with mischievous eyes, and said, "Long time no see. Hello, Uncle Fourteen."

Li Wubing touched the child's head. When he was recuperating in Li Mansion, Zhaozhou, he heard from his brother, and said at this time: "My brother said that you played the farewell tune very well. You are a good boy. awesome."

"Uncle Fourteen is polite, he's usually very good." Li Zhaoxi waved his hand.

Rong Ye laughed out loud, "Do you really think he praised you?"

"Brother, then I'm really a blessing." Li Wubing pretended to be innocent.

Gu Zhao wanted to fart in the side, and he was clearly making fun of his family Fubao's difficulty in playing the piano!

"Uncle Fufuxin Fourteen praised me, he must not be the kind of adult who makes fun of children." Li Zhaoxi said seriously.

Rong Ye's smile deepened, and he said, "He's my disciple." Then he turned to Fourteen and said, "You're bored."

"What's the matter, just smile." Li Wubing thought to himself, as expected of Gu Ziqing's son, he was pretty good at pretending.

Gu Ziqing smiled, we are of the same line as monarchs and ministers, and we are polite.

Li Zhaoxi, add chicken legs to this one!

Liu Shu and Tang Rou saw that Li Zhaoxi and these two uncles and wives did not think deeply about their identities immediately - even if Yan Jinxin reminded him, it was useless for Zheng Hui to wink at his wife.

Children are not afraid of strangers, Dabai is well-behaved, and Xiaohei is naughty, but he is sensible and obedient in front of adults and elders, not a brat——

Willow can really punch.Xiao Hei's naughty and mischievous practice is so good that he has a keen eye for measure. In fact, he is much more naughty with his brother, and he would not do this to the servants at home, let alone the elders.

Not to mention Yingniang and her younger brother Zheng Guangna, Zheng Guang wanted to hide behind his mother when he saw a stranger. Although Yingniang was a little restrained, she was generally stable.

The dining room is wide open, with two tables set up.

One table for children and one table for adults.

Zheng Hui and Tang Rou couldn't sit still, Tang Rou was restrained, they were all men, Zheng Hui was scared.Yan Jinxin also hesitated, but seeing Xiaoshu sat down, he patted the chair and said, "Brother Zhou Zhou, are you sitting here?"

"Okay." Li Zhouzhou said.

Yan Jingxin can only sit on the other side.

Rong Ye was not sick and sat on the top seat, and the two leaned on each other. Everyone sat down and began to eat.Gu Zhao greeted everyone to have a meal without being polite, they were all from his own family, he didn't even say the opening toast, and just ate a word.

"I brought the dried seafood here from Zhaozhou. My sister-in-law Xiaoshu will try it to see if she is used to it." Li Zhouzhou said.

Looking at Rong Ye again, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You're used to it, so I won't greet you anymore."

"Yes." Rong Ye nodded politely.

Gu Zhao peeled the shrimp skins for Zhou Zhou and put them in a bowl. When Li Wubing saw him, he was annoyed and slowed down a step. Gu Zhao, a sycophant, was more afraid of his wife, so his subordinates also peeled the shrimps, "Brother, eat the shrimps." up.

"...I'll do it myself." Rong Ye saw that his hands were oily, so there was no way he could use his hands directly.

Li Wubing said: "Eat what you eat, I don't like to eat this."

Then Rong Ye picked up the prawns, peeled them clean with a pair of chopsticks, and slowly, pushed the bowl in front of Li Wubing, "Eat it."

Li Wubing, who just didn't like food, was happy.

delicious.

Gu Zhao: ...Forget it, it's not like this.He turned his head, looked at his Zhou Zhou smiling at him, blushed suddenly, and said first: "I'm not that naive than this."

"The other family has it, so the husband also has it?" Li Zhouzhou joked.

Faced with a few gazes, Xiao Gu remained calm. Xiao Gu had a thick skin and was not afraid of embarrassment, "Okay, okay, Zhou Zhou." He took his own small bowl and went over.

Li Zhouzhou laughed happily, and Gu Zhao also laughed into a ball.

Li is also happy when he is free of illness, Li Fulang can talk, saying that he and brother are in the same family, and they are still husband and wife for comparison.

After the whole banquet, there were only five people who were really full. Rong Ye, Gu Zhaoli, Zhou Zhou, who had never been ill, and the big-hearted Willow, who enjoyed eating happily.

After dinner, we changed places to drink tea, all of which were fruit teas brought from Zhaozhou.

He didn't talk about official business, and talked about miscellaneous things. Li Zhouzhou briefly talked about Zhaozhou, then talked about the ethnology of the village and the small courtyard, and Xiao Rong asked about his father. "...My father loves the countryside, so stay longer, and I'll send someone to pick him up after a while."

"Then what do you want to do in Beijing?" Rong Ye asked.

Li Zhouzhou thought for a while, "I don't know yet, let's rest first."

"Does Mr. Rong also do business? It doesn't look like it, he looks like a high-ranking official." Liu Shu asked.He was dumbfounded when he saw the shrimp peeling with two chopsticks just now, and he couldn't learn it.

Rong Ye shook his head, Li Wubing said: "Enke this year, brother, you try?"

"It turned out to be a scholar, Mr. Rong just learned it when he saw it." Liu Shu remembered that Fu Bao called Mr. Rong and his wife.

Rong Ye didn't say much or explain.

"Does Master Fourteenth play football?" Fu Bao happened to ask.

"Kick!" Li Wubing said first.

Gu Zhao found new clothes for the two of them. Both his and Zhou Zhou's were new clothes that they hadn't worn.

The weather was cool in October, and the garden in the Capital Prefecture did not plant any valuable flowers and plants, but three nets were tied. Li Zhaoxi and his friends practiced a round earlier, and now the two sides are playing.

Li Zhouzhou pulled Tang Rou Xiaoshu to be the audience.

Gu Zhao is a father and son soldier leading recruits into battle.In fact, Rong Ye hadn't played much before. He mostly watched school students kick and watched cuju competitions. He was a bit unfamiliar with kicks at the beginning. Li Wubing had never touched this game before, but he learned quickly.

"... Has it officially started?" Gu Zhao asked.

Li Wubing: "Come on, whoever releases the water is a bastard."

Gu Zhao: ...he never thought of releasing water!

"That complied with the order."

When the field kicked off, Li Zhouzhou explained to Xiaoshu and Tang Rou that the ball was worth a few points, and what was a foul——

"Xiao Hei made a foul." Li Zhaoxi hurriedly said, "You can't rush to grab the ball and run."

Gu Zhao said: "Xiao Hei Yingniang, you two are guarding the goal, I don't believe that the opponent on the other side dares to kick the weak."

Xiao Hei didn't want to admit that he was weak and small, but he had just made a foul and was penalized by the opponent, so he could only bear the humiliation and admit that he was a child and guard the goal.

"Brother, Gu Zhao is being lazy." Li Wubing said.

Rong Ye: "You can."

"Of course I can."

In fact, it was not really serious when playing a friendly match. In the end, the kicks were back and forth, everyone was sweating, and the children's throats were about to shout splits. Anyway, kicking football is kicking with feet and throats, and Master Gu did the same.

hoarse.

Can be happy, hearty.

Even Yingniang also kicked a few times - they made a free throw, and Rong Ye let the water go when he was guarding the goal, and Yingniang scored a goal.At this moment, the game was over, and Yingniang's face was flushed with joy.

When they were having dinner and playing football in the mansion, the news that the Holy Majesty brought people to the Shoufu mansion as a guest had already spread throughout the imperial city and Yihuan mansions.

"Is it true? Don't spread the word."

"Father, how can you send a message? Someone saw Eunuch Gou." The eunuch was paid for, but his mouth was as strict as a clam shell, and he couldn't hear any news about Tai Chi Hall, even the eunuch who had been bribed before. , Now they are all sent to the Miscellaneous Department.

"Wouldn't it be that Eunuch Gou was ordered by the emperor to congratulate him?"

Today's sage, the son of Jiulong, how could he go to the courtier's house as a guest? This is out of order, and it has never happened before.

"Father, it's absolutely true, just trust me."

Liang Zizhi also listened to the sound, but he waved his hand to let people go down, and he didn't care.Ziqing's family also invited him to hold a banquet and sent a post, but Liang Zizhi knew that this junior was actually acting as a peacemaker through the banquet, so he said that he would come to visit another day.

He didn't have the time to watch the excitement.

I don't regret it now, let's go when Sheng goes up, it's very good, this one is unrestrained, but trusting Ziqing is a hundred times better than the previous one.Liang Zi sent a letter to this younger brother. He had heard the letter from the teacher, and the letter said how Zhaozhou was.

"...Junior brother, if you are still here, you should be able to see this day."

A childish voice came from outside the door, "Father, I have finished my homework."

Liang Zizhi came back to his senses, opened his mouth to let him in, outside the door was his stepson, ten years old this year, but an elder brother, when he was six years old, he was hugged to him, changed his name, and called him Siyuan.He is obviously gentle, but this child is afraid of him.

He took a look at his homework, then looked at the anxious little face in front of him, nodded and said yes, he will take Siyuan to live with his junior for a few days, and his family will take good care of him, lively and clever.

Siyuan was abandoned and raised when he was a child, and he has memories, no matter how old he is now, he is afraid that he will lose him.

Lin House.

Lin's mansion has already shown a bit of decline. In the past, the family was very famous, and the invitations to see him were packed in boxes.Since Emperor Kang Jing left, Taifu Lin was old but supported the entire Lin family alone. When Emperor Tianshun was in power, he mostly bothered Taifu Lin to preach and contradicted him several times face to face.

After several accidents, Mrs. Lin was out of breath, suffered a stroke, and finally died of illness.

Once Lin Taifu died, Emperor Guangwu Li Wubing ascended the throne. The Lin family's heirs committed a crime and contradicted him once. These Lin family men did not have Lin Taifu's strength and perseverance. He was dismissed as an official, beaten half to death and thrown out.

Since then, the biggest pillar of the Lin family in the previous dynasty has disappeared.

In fact, as soon as Taifu Lin died, the Lin family had already foreshadowed today's end, but they didn't think it was too soon.

The Lin family used to rely on the women in the family to get honor and favor. That is, except Taifu Lin, the other men were not up to the mark.Even the Changtai Princess Mansion, which was honored and favored during the Kangjing period, is no longer there.

It stands to reason that Princess Changtai is still an uncle and niece to the current emperor.

It's a pity that Emperor Guangwu didn't give this niece any face. Since she came to the throne, the harem has no owner.

At this moment, the Lin Mansion and the Princess Mansion are talking about today's affairs.

"Speaking of which, Mrs. Gu Ge saved our Kang'an back then, and Mrs. Gu came to our house as a guest at that time..." The eldest princess mentioned the beginning with a little bit of embarrassment.

The nurse next to her heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning, and said: "Back then when Mrs. Gu came to the mansion from a small family, the princess didn't insult her, but she gave them courtesy and respect. Now that they are back, it is not flattery for our mansion to take the initiative. Just thank you for saving your life.”

Can you not regret it.Mammy thought to herself, in the past, their mansion was full of flowers, what is a small official wife of seventh grade, to show him face and respect is to show the connotation of the princess mansion.

But now that he is in favor of others, he still needs to save face.well.

It's true that the emperor is the courtier.