The husband's son-in-law

The emperor and empress get married and amnesty the world.

This amnesty does not mean that all sins are forgiven, heinous.Li Wubing originally wanted to reduce or exempt food taxes, but he had accumulated a lot thanks to Emperor Kang Jing's years of fighting. The land produces a lot of grain, and due to various factors, when Dali goes to war with the outside world, the grain, grass, and soldiers can still keep up.

But if you want to reduce or exempt grain tax for one year, forget it.

The food tax of Dali itself is not heavy, and Gu Zhao knows that Li Wubing has a deep gully in his heart - those who hate the two countries, Fan and Fan, will conquer the two countries sooner or later. After the fight, have a good morning.

Now the rear can still be mended for three years and three years.

The big wedding of the emperor and empress is really a universal celebration. Three days after the emperor and empress moved into the Yongshuang Hall, Li Wubing only remembered about the early court meeting. Although he hadn't been to the Xiaochao meeting before, he didn't even bother to go to the Taiji Hall for work, so he just went to bed. In the Yongshuang Hall.

On the third day, the Xiaochaohui was another series of rewards.

Feng Li's mansion is the mansion of the Duke of Li, and the old man of Li is the first-rank Duke of Li.

Feng Li Zhouzhou is the wife of the first rank, and is the first rank.Although Gu Zhao was the chief assistant before, there was no imperial decree to formally confer Li Zhou Zhou's order.

Feng Li Zhaoxi is the Lord of Fule County.

The rest were given some rewards, and a few officials were promoted, but compared with the conferments of the Li family earlier, it seemed that the latter ones were not enough. There are also some soft knives who sow discord.

It means that Li Mansion's seal is good, Mr. Gu still depends on others to live his life.

Gu Ge thanked the other party with a smile, "Master Li must have put vinegar in his breakfast, this vinegar is good, I can smell the sourness now."

It means that if you can't eat grapes with envy, say grapes count.

The other party was squeezed out, and his face smiled awkwardly, but it's hard to say that he offended Mr. Ge. Who doesn't know that Mr. Ge is weak. Still staying in the mansion, he is not allowed to run errands without an apology.

Immediately, he twitched the corners of his mouth to make an apologetic smile, and said, "Old Ge has good eyes and good nose."

After everyone had left, he looked at the distant back and muttered bitterly: "Why are you so proud, isn't it the second Lin family, so many men in the Lin family were so prestigious back then, but now they are nothing more than..." That's it.

Comparing with the flourishing Lin family, this Li Mansion, who is attached to the aristocratic side, is just a brother, and he doesn't know what will happen in ten or eight years.

After comforting himself in this way, the official felt much better and didn't feel so sour. He had to wait and see what would happen to the Li Mansion in more than ten or twenty years.

The Li Mansion is now the Duke's mansion, and the regulations can use royal things.Li Wubing rewarded the mansion in the Inner Imperial City, which was the former second prince's mansion, and now it has been vacant, but the Li family has just settled down, and they don't really want to move, so the mansion will be repaired slowly, and we will talk about it later.

Anyway, there is no rush, there is enough room at home.

Li Zhaoxi was not particularly happy after becoming the Lord of Fule County. When Gu Zhao asked, Li Zhaoxi smiled and said he was happy, but seeing that he was not very interested, he turned around and Gu Zhao said to Zhou Zhou: "Why did he seal the rank? Look! Not so happy."

Not as happy as he imagined.

Li Zhouzhou then said: "Fubao has grown up, has his own thoughts, and is stable."

"Did you guess something?"

"He's grown up, and he's been named princess, maybe because he wants to do some serious work."

Gu Zhao immediately understood. He nodded, pressed back what he wanted to say, and finally said: "I'm not sure if it will be possible in the future, maybe in the next five years, ten years, or even farther away, so I will never be here." Fu Bao spoke to him, saying that my brother will definitely be able to take the exam in the future, but Zhou Zhou, I will work hard."

"Sir, what do you want me to do?"

Gu Zhao took Zhou Zhou's hand and said in his heart, "The country is stable and unified, and the economy is prosperous. I actually have a plan to go to sea for five years to find seeds, and open maritime trade to earn money from other countries..."

Li Zhouzhou may not be able to help you with politics, but doing business is indeed his strength. At this time, Li Zhouzhou heard from Mr. Li that there are many countries on the other side of the sea. There are golden mountains and various seeds that are resistant to cold and heat. , can fill the stomachs of the people.

"Then do it." Li Zhouzhou said.

Before the opportunity comes, everything is time to prepare and accumulate strength.

At the beginning of October, the Zheng family came, and Grandfather Zheng also arrived. The car was bumpy and dusty all the way, and he arrived at Zheng Hui's house, but he hadn't settled down yet. Although he was gray at the temples, he was in good spirits and in good health. Shuo, when he saw this granddaughter-in-law, he first waved his hand and said that there is no need to behave.

"Where's Zheng Hui?"

"My husband is still in the yamen, grandpa, should I ask someone to call?"

Grandfather Zheng waved his hand and said, "No, we'll talk about it when he comes back." Then he said, "Where is Guang'er and Yingniang? Yingniang is engaged to get married, and the family didn't come over. How is the Yan family's child doing?"

"Very well, it's because our family doesn't deserve it."

"What are you talking about, you are Yingniang's mother, and the child you teach is worthy of any son."

Tang Rou's eyes were flushed, her voice was a little choked up, and she said, "I'm not as good as grandpa said..." She was soft-tempered and respectful of rules, and it turned out to be a mess. After Zhou Zhou came back, she As if awakened, looking back at the past days, everything was wrong.

Unexpectedly, Grandpa Zheng said: "You are a woman, and you have done a good job guarding the house and children. When you asked you to bring the children back, you missed Zheng Hui and insisted on staying in Beijing to wait for him. Granddaughter-in-law, yes Our Zheng family is sorry for you."

These words were serious, Tang Rou couldn't bear it, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, saying it was her duty.

Grandfather Zheng didn't say any more, he had a meal after washing up, and when Zheng Hui came back from his duty, he was very happy to see his grandfather, and worried that his grandfather would not be able to bear the fatigue. Yes: "You kneel down."

Zheng Hui knelt down.

The grandparents and grandchildren were locked in the main hall talking, and after a while there was the sound of whips.

One whip after another hit Zheng Hui on the back, which was more painful than hitting Grandfather Zheng's heart. Grandfather Zheng looked at his beloved grandson and said, "...Maybe Grandpa did something wrong in the first place, so he shouldn't force you to make progress. As an official, what have you done all these years, you are confused."

Zheng Hui didn't say a word, and suffered from the pain of the whip.

After a long time, the door of the room was wide open. Grandfather Zheng put away the bloody whip and said to the anxious granddaughter-in-law who was guarding outside the door: "It's okay, no one can die. I'm a doctor anyway."

Early the next morning, Zheng Hui took his grandfather to Li Mansion to visit.

Li Zhouzhou heard that it was from the Zheng family, so he personally received him, but when he saw that Grandpa Zheng had also arrived, he was immediately taken aback, and asked his servants to invite his father over, while telling Grandpa Zheng to sit down and drink tea.

"...My daughter-in-law made it clear in her letter, but it's just a matter of great importance, so I don't worry about it. I'll ask you to call out to you, Li Cheng, right?"

Li Zhouzhou immediately said: "If you call me Shengfen, then you will break me."

Grandfather Zheng smiled heartily and continued: "Little Li, you are a good boy just like Xiao Gu. You are kind-hearted and loyal. Mentioning me in front of the royal nobles is to flatter our Zheng family. Of course, I, an old doctor, can't let it go. I'm on your platform, my family is like this now, I can't help up the high ladder, I just hope that it won't hurt you."

"You don't need to help Zheng Hui too much in the future. It's all up to him. No matter how bad it is, he's just an old squire in Ping'an Town."

Hearing this, Li Zhouzhou looked at Grandfather Zheng's cloudy and open-minded eyes, stopped talking immediately, and just nodded, "Understood, Grandpa Zheng."

Grandfather Zheng was happy now, and said, "Okay."

On the same day, Li Zhouzhou sent Grandfather Zheng and the disciples of the Zheng family into the palace. Because Grandfather Zheng was introduced by Li Zhouzhou, no one in the imperial hospital underestimated this old country doctor, and everyone respected him. value, Grandfather Zheng took his disciples back to Zheng Hui's place.

I don't know if it's related to Tian Leng or Grandfather Zheng's skillful hands. The queen Rong Ye in the palace has a good appetite, and she can even eat some meat soup without vomiting.

Rong Ye's stomach was getting bigger and bigger, it was difficult to go out of the palace, sometimes he was bored, Li Zhouzhou often went into the palace to chat with Rong Ye, before the key was released in the evening, he even brought home Li Zhaoxi who was studying in the palace.

Naturally, Mr. Gu Ge followed suit.

At this scene, the dignitaries in Beijing watched, and someone said: "It is not so smooth to go to the street to buy vegetables."

The Li family went to the palace as if they were at home.

When the first heavy snow fell in Beijing, it was winter.Mr. Gu Ge was even more busy. Local officials were always on guard against snow disasters, so they had no choice but to report them without knowing it. At the same time, since Yan Jingxin became the inspector censor, the cement road repair project finally made progress, and memorials were handed back from time to time.

On the night of the end of December, the empress activated it in Yongshuang Hall.

The key to the gate of the palace has been unlocked, but Mr. Gou was in a hurry to open the palace gate wearing a bamboo hat. He rode a horse and hurried to the direction of Li Mansion. After knocking twice, the gate opened. Gou Gui declared his identity and went Intrude.

"...Master Gu, Mrs. Gu, please go to the palace, the queen has activated it, and the Holy One is worried that it will cause chaos..."

Mr. Gou said vaguely, Gu Zhao knew that Li Wubing must be a little crazy when he heard that he was worried, and he knew that Li Wubing must be a little crazy.

But if something happened to Rong Ye, he and Zhou Zhou would be sent to the palace to give away their heads. Gu Zhao knew that they were not qualified enough to suppress Li Wubing.

And this time inviting them into the palace, I'm afraid it was Gou Gui's own initiative, and Li Wubing didn't say anything at all, so I'm afraid he was in a hurry——

"Go."

"Walk."

Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao said together.

Maybe it was the half friend.Gu Zhao sat in the carriage and thought.People naturally have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. In feudal society, it is a bit too much to talk about friendship with emperors and empresses. In history, there are many cases of killing donkeys, but sometimes rational analysis is over, and emotions are still firm.

Entering the palace gate, the snow fell harder and harder. Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou walked quickly in the snow. Gou Gui used to trot when he got to the back. His legs were short and he couldn't keep up with the first two. taste.

Gu Zhaoxian frowned, Gou Gui's legs were so weak that he almost fell to the ground, he pulled the eunuch to ask what happened.

"Responding to Eunuch Gou's words, the Empress Dowager just came over, Your Majesty, Your Majesty—" The little eunuch trembled in fright and couldn't complete the sentence.

Li Zhouzhou said, "Where is the queen? How is life going?"

"Go in and talk." Gu Zhao asked, "Did Grandfather Zheng invite you?"

The Queen's mobilization is coming soon, Grandpa Zheng and his disciples have been staying in the imperial hospital for half a month, closer than them, at this time the imperial doctor is waiting in the bedroom, and there is the midwife Wen who is there.

The Yongshuang Hall used earth dragons, and a few people entered the main hall, and the cold snowflakes melted when they came.

Gou Gui asked the eunuch to take a dry handkerchief, and asked Mrs. Gu to wipe off the cold air on his head and body, and then the inner hall Liwu was furious and frantic: "I will kill you first today."

It was a woman laughing loudly, saying that this is Li Wubing's retribution, Li Wubing's rebellious son should die, and those who can't have offspring should die——

Who can say these words with Li Wubing, the whole Dali will be Li Wubing's own mother, the queen mother.

Gu Zhao frowned, hurried all the way to the inner hall, and said to Gou Gui: "What are you still doing in a daze? Ask the eunuch to 'please' the Queen Mother to rest, the road is slippery in snowy weather, remember to tie the Queen Mother to the sedan chair."

Could it be that he really had to wait for Li Wubing to kill his mother at this time?

Outside the gate of the inner hall, the smell of blood became even stronger. On the ground lay an eunuch with a broken hand, and a corpse——

Gu Zhao saw that it wasn't the queen mother, but the servant girl who served beside the queen mother.

Not good.

At this time, Li Wubing's eyes were red and he was already in a state of madness. He was about to kill the queen mother with a sword in his hand. The rest of the palace was too frightened to move, and the group of imperial doctors had already collapsed from fright.

Gu Zhao stepped forward and said loudly, "My lord! The queen is still waiting for you."

Can't hear it at all.

"Fourteen, Xiao Rong is still waiting for you, don't scare him and the child, it's a rare time for him to have a child now, you are so loud outside the door, he heard inside that he wants to fuck you." Li Zhou Zhou Ruan said softly.

Now Li Wubing's expression gradually returned, and he dropped his shuriken, "Yes, where is my brother, how is he doing?"

"Don't worry, let's go in and have a look. You smell very bloody, so change your clothes first." Li Zhouzhou appeased Li and asked the imperial physicians to follow him in, but those imperial physicians were so frightened that they were trembling and weak, and they couldn't speak well. .

"Grandpa Zheng, go in and have a look."

Not to mention the imperial physician, even the apprentice brought by Grandfather Zheng was shocked.

Gu Zhao stayed outside to clean up the mess tonight, and he should keep his mouth shut, otherwise rumors would spread that Emperor Dali was a lunatic and wanted to kill his mother—the people in this world don’t care about the grievances between you and your mother. Recognize the word 'filial piety'.

In the inner hall.

The mother who delivered the baby was sweating anxiously, not to mention the maidservants who had never given birth.It's a bit of a mess inside, it shouldn't be like this, but tonight the Empress Dowager took advantage of the wind and snow to come over, which stimulated Li Wubing, the top went crazy, how could the people below be stable.

At this time Li Zhouzhou came in and stabilized the 'military spirit'.

"Xiao Rong, don't be afraid, Fourteen is obedient and did not touch the Queen Mother." Li Zhouzhou sat by the bed and held Xiao Rong's hand.

Rong Ye's face was pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his lips were bitten. When he wanted to say something, he heard Li Zhouzhou say: "My husband is outside, don't worry, you and the child are going to be safe and sound now." .”

"Brother, I'm here, I'm not messing around." Li Wubing came in wearing unlined clothes.

Li Zhouzhou stepped aside and said, "Fourteen, look at Xiaorong, Grandpa Zheng, how is the situation now?"

"It's not time to go bad." Grandfather Zheng took his pulse to check the situation. The old man looked calm and said to the young man on the bed: "You were frightened and nervous just now, and you have consumed too much. Don't rush to give birth, just take it slowly. regain strength."

He asked for hot water, melted the pills he rubbed, and poured it down for Rong Ye first.

"Breathe steadily, take it slowly, yes, take it slowly..."

"Stomach pain is normal, it's okay."

The originally tense thread in the dormitory slowly loosened at this time, and Rong Ye himself also had a breathing rhythm, unlike just now when he didn't know how to breathe.

Rong Ye's complexion turned slightly rosy after drinking the medicinal soup for a cup of tea. Grandpa Zheng used the needle and said, "The time has come, it's about to give birth. I've touched the fetal position and it's upright. Just rest assured and work hard. Listen." If you are a midwife, don't be afraid."

Li Zhouzhou said to Xiao Rong: "Don't be afraid, when I gave birth to Fubao, Grandpa Zheng's apprentice was in charge. Now that Grandpa Zheng is here, don't worry."

The midwife was actually heartbroken. She saw the situation just now, and it was very dangerous, but now that she was much better, she didn't dare to reveal it right away, so she could only grit her teeth.

... Fortunately, the next step is smooth.

The baby croaked to the ground, as if choked up, the first sound was like a kitten, and then the more it cried, the louder it became.

On the bed, Rong Ye heard the cry of the child and didn't even have the strength to speak. He just glanced at Fourteen and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Grandfather Zheng gave the needle immediately, and asked his apprentice to boil the medicine.

Li Wubing was not a fool, he looked at Doctor Zheng, "What's wrong with my brother? Please save him."

"Your Majesty's words are serious. The Empress suffered from a bad health before. Now after giving birth, she needs to take care of herself carefully, but—"

"But what? You say."

Li Zhouzhou gave Grandfather Zheng a look, meaning that Grandfather Zheng said with confidence.

"I'm afraid the queen will not be able to conceive again in the future."

Li Wubing wondered why, when he heard about it at this time, thinking of all kinds of births today, he made a sullen face, "It would be better not to give birth."

At the end of the second year of Guangwu, the queen gave birth to a son in Yongshuang Hall, a brother.

The emperor's big award, among which the Zheng family also got a little limelight, but when people in the capital inquired, it turned out that it was an old country doctor, and the emperor also rewarded plaques, houses, etc., but his grandson's official position was mediocre and a top five rank.

Grandfather Zheng looked at the imperial decree on the incense case table, and felt mixed feelings in his heart, as well as remorse.

"If Hui'er studied medicine back then and inherited my inheritance, he would be able to enter the imperial court as an imperial physician today..."

This year, because the empress gave birth to an heir and was still in confinement, there were no celebrations in the palace. It was different from the feasts held every year when Emperor Tianshun was in power. Grass.

Last year, the emperor went to Fengzhou to conquest in person, and there was no banquet in the palace. This year, the queen gave birth. If the queen can't be tired, it will not be held again.For three full years, the royal family in Beijing has become a fringe figure and has faded out of the royal circle.

In the third year of Guangwu, spring is another year of imperial examinations.

Li Zhaoxi is sixteen, and Dabai is also sixteen, but they are one month older and one month younger.Dabai is coming to an end this year, he already has the qualifications of being a child, and now he is a scholar, a scholar, and a Jinshi, let's see where he can go.

Dabai and Yingniang are set to get married at the end of this year.

In March, when the results came out, Dabai passed the examination of scholar, and he waited for Qiu to come to the hospital to take the exam.