Li Dou, the wife of Duke Guo of Tang Dynasty, was the leader among girls. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, when Yang Jian replaced Zhou Dynasty, Li Dou, who had not been married before, immediately told her father Dou Yi that the newly born Sui Dynasty was not attached to the people and the interests were not evenly distributed, so she opposed it. Yang Jian has a large number of people, and the generals who are loyal to the Yuwen family just lack leaders. As the consort Dou Yi and the Dou family behind him, if they stand up and raise troops to quell the crisis, they will definitely be able to turn things around. Her parents were frightened by her. How could she dare to rebel against Sui? She had no choice but to throw herself on the bed and cry loudly, "I just hate that I am not a man and can't save my uncle's family from danger."

At that time, the Yuwen family was on good terms with the powerful Turkic Khanate. If the Dou family listened to her words, raised a voice, raised an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, and dragged Yang Jian and his direct line into the quagmire of civil war, the Yuwen family could borrow money from the Turks. soldiers, jointly suppressed Yang Jian, even if they couldn't overturn the situation in the end, they could still cause huge trouble to Yang Jian.

When chatting with Yang Ji, Mr. Li Dou actually kept trying in a silent way, but Yang Ji was completely different from the legendary strong and irritable person. He was neither proud of his merits nor deliberately avoided anything; This calm and calm way of dealing with people made her feel like she was facing a hedgehog with its thorns exploded, and she felt helpless and helpless.

When Yang Ji saw Li Dou, he didn't mention anything serious and wouldn't take the initiative to ask. Thinking about it carefully, it was just Li Yuan who wanted to make multiple bets.

When Yang Guang mobilized the military and government in the north, the new officials he appointed were all "close" ministers who were military generals. After going out, they all took charge of military and political affairs. At that time, everyone thought that they were ready to attack the Turks. It also triggered debates about war and peace. But before everyone could calm down, Yang Guang took up the matter of downsizing the military government again. This also made people think that the real purpose of the previous large-scale personnel transfer was for this matter, and Instead of attacking the Turks, the new officials appointed were prepared to streamline the military government.

Li Yuan used to be a young eunuch in the palace, but now he is the prefect and general manager of Shuofang County. The Shuofang County where he is now is the sphere of influence of the Yuan clan of Guanlong nobles. If he does something, Yang Guang will be happy, but he will also offend the Yuan clan; if If he does nothing, the emperor will be unhappy, and the Yuan clan may not appreciate it. However, the thinking of Li Yuan and his family is clearly that "I want the goods, but I don't want to give the money." Although this is human nature, there is no such thing in the world. Good thing?

"Mingcuixuan is an industry started by the Li family. This time I participated in the oiran competition because of this girl Xi'er." Li Dou changed her mind. She took the hand of Gongsun Xi who was sitting on the embroidered pier and sighed. : "In the past few days since Xi'er came east, Yuan Min, the son of Yuan Taifu, has been causing trouble for Xi'er a lot!"

Through Li Dou's body language and these words, it was found that Zai's guess seemed to be wrong, and Gongsun Xi, whom Li Dou called "Xi'er", might be the focus of the conversation, but the content of what she said was , just listen to it, don’t take it seriously: Yuan Min is knowledgeable and eloquent. Although he is more insidious and cunning, as a direct descendant of the Yuan family, he shoulders the mission of revitalizing and strengthening the family. He must have a clear goal himself.

This kind of elite elite who have a clear goal will not only work hard towards the goal, but also pursue the way of life of "a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall" and "seek advantages and avoid disadvantages". Most of them will think twice before doing anything. , In addition, their family has never lacked concubines, beautiful maids, gold, silver and jewelry, so their immunity to gold, silver and beauty is beyond imagination.

Gongsun Xi is beautiful, with a graceful figure, and is indeed a beauty. If she were a scum among the children of a famous family, an ignorant and fearless child of the nouveau riche, he might be obsessed with her and pester her endlessly. But Yuan Min is a direct lineage elite cultivated by top families. , he is obviously not this kind of person; if he is really pestering him, he is probably pretending to be crazy and acting stupid.

Yang Ji glanced at Gongsun Xi and said, "If Miss Gongsun, the son of Mr. Yuan Taifu, has his protection, she no longer has to worry about being harassed."

Gongsun Xi: "..."

This indeed made sense, leaving her speechless.

Of course, the Li Dou family would not deceive Yang Ji about such a trivial matter, but it was true. However, the Li family did not know whether Yuan Min was really obsessed with Gongsun Xi, or whether he deliberately gave people the impression that he was the successor of the Yuan family. There was no one around. She took advantage of the situation and asked Gongsun Xi: "Xi'er, this isn't the first time you've seen the king, is it?"

Gongsun Xi said: "Princess Leping met the king from a distance when she held a birthday banquet in Furong Garden. At that time, the king and Concubine Pei were assassinated by gangsters."

Yang Ji just smiled slightly and said nothing.

Li Dou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Xi'er comes from the Gongsun family in Guanzhong, and it is said that she is somewhat related to your family."

The Gongsun family belonged to the Guanzhong gentry clan and was not large in size or strength. However, Yang Ji had never heard that he was related to the Gongsun family; he looked at Li Dou and listened quietly to what was going on.

Just listen to Mrs. Li Dou continue to say: "The old lady of your house and Xi'er's grandmother are cousins ​​who grew up together. They both came from Li's Pingliangfang in Longxi. Xi'er's father is the fourth son of the old lady, but he is not good at management. He died young, and there were some disputes within the Gongsun family, and the old lady could not make the decision. The mother and daughter had nowhere to go and were forced to live outside. As the owner of Li's Pingliang House, Shude After hearing about this, he took the mother and daughter in."

Yang Ji's grandmother did come from Pingliangfang of the Li family in Longxi. He also believed that the information about Gongsun Xi was basically true because he found it out with just one check. There is no need for Li Dou to be tricky on this issue, but what does it have to do with your family? relation?

The Li family claimed to be descendants of Li Hao, King Wuzhao of Xiliang. Li Hao had ten sons, and his second son Li Xin was the later lord of Xiliang. Li Xin had eight sons. His third son, Li Chong'er, defected to Liu Song in the Southern Dynasty after the fall of the country and served as the prefect of Runan. When the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked Liu Song , Li Chong'er returned to the city and became an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Li Chong'er's son Li Xi became a border general in Wuchuan Town, and his family also moved here. Li Xi gave birth to Li Tianci, and Li Tianci gave birth to Li Qitou. , Li Hu, Li Qidou. And Li Hu begat Li Bing, and Li Bing begat Li Yuan.

This seems very clear, but there is a serious missing link in the middle, that is, there is no Li Chong'er in reality, and his deeds are only told by the Li family themselves; the real Li Xi actually only originated from Xiangguo County A "shabby settlement" in Bairen County, the source of the prosperity of the Li family is Li Tianci, who is more talented than others.

It is true that there are many people who belong to famous families, and the Yang family is no exception. Therefore, no one is qualified to speak of the eldest brother, not the second brother; but like the Li Yuan family, money drives away good money, and the Li family in Longxi regards itself as the leader of Pingliangfang. However, it is unique. Therefore, Yang Ji, who is also a "bad coin", sounds embarrassed for Li Dou in front of him.

Li Dou is actually a little embarrassed, because this life experience can deceive other people, and the declining Pingliangfang orthodox neither dares nor will he object or speak out, but he mentioned this in front of a powerful and sensible person like Yang Ji. , something is wrong.

She added: "Xi'er is extremely talented in swordsmanship, so she learned sword dancing! Since the Oiran Competition can promote the promotion of Han culture, it is said that it will be held next year. Our Mingcuixuan also participated and asked Neng Ge Xi'er, who is good at dancing and swordsmanship, represents Ming Cuixuan to participate in the competition."

This was a tactful explanation that the Li family had not treated Gongsun Xi badly, and it also meant that their purpose in participating was to promote cultural development. But Yang Ji knew that what she valued was the money tree of the oiran and the right to host the next edition.

When he was talking to Zheng Lun, Zhang Liang and others, he learned that the brothel that won this year would get the right to host it next year. This year's organizer, Xiuyunge, first made a lot of money from consumers during the Oiran Competition. money, and then you can share half of the rewarded brand money first.

With this year's successful experience, there will definitely be more ways to make money in the coming year. Everyone is working hard for this. As long as we win this year's Oiran crown, we can use the name of Oiran to attract a large number of admiring consumers. Spend money, and then make a lot of money in the name of the organizer during the competition.

Li Dou invited her here and talked about the relationship between Gongsun Xi and herself. She must have taken a fancy to her connections and power, as well as the money in the pockets of the elders who could decide the outcome. Then she wanted to make herself the Take advantage of him, or become Gongsun Xi's shill. As long as he spends a lot of money later, the big bosses in Yajian who want to establish relations with him will definitely follow and work together to promote Gongsun Xi as the leader. And Shen Yue, who appears last, no matter how talented he is , the elders don’t dare to “go against” themselves or send out signs.

Thinking of this, Yang Ji said to Gongsun Xi: "As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. If Mrs. Gongsun does this, she will definitely become a blockbuster later..."

After a pause, he continued: "Mr. Yuan smiled in order to win over the beauty. It seems that he spent a lot of money to purchase gold medals to support Lady Gongsun, so as to help Lady Gongsun win the first place in one fell swoop."

Gongsun Xi and Li Xiuning were of low moral character and could not tell what was good or bad. However, Li Dou knew that Yang Ji had noticed her intentions and was just using Gongsun Xi to say that she could not afford to lose. She quickly said: "Since your Majesty has noticed, My intention, then I don’t need to beat around the bush. In fact, I have great confidence in Xi’er, and I don’t even bother to use such dishonorable means to help her win the title. The main reason is that Xiuyun Pavilion broke the rules first, and they already had people buying them in the first round. The sign was given away.”

"The reason why this round of competition has become so long is actually the result of discussions between all parties. The implication is that during the interval, whoever has strong connections and pays more money will be the leader. "

Yang Ji suddenly said: "Xiuyun Pavilion will take half of the reward first. Once you compete with Xiuyun Pavilion for more money, won't you suffer a huge loss?"

"I also know this, but there is no other way!" Li Dou said with a bitter smile: "Compared to here, we, the Lanting Pavilion of the Xiao family, and the Caiwei Pavilion of the Du family in Jingzhao are already at a disadvantage. If we are afraid of fighting, If you are timid and avoid war, your reputation will plummet, but Xiuyun Pavilion can take advantage of the situation to grow stronger."

Hearing this, Yang Jixin said that before the national control, the competition between the agencies behind artists was really fierce! He pondered for a long time and then asked: "But I don't know who is the owner behind Xiuyun Pavilion?"

"Su Xiangjia!" Li Dou announced his name, looked at Yang Ji, and said solemnly: "Our Li family is fighting for a breath, fighting for a name, and we don't care about money. I will give it to Xi later." The Li family will return all the money from the son's brand to the king. Regardless of whether he wins the title in the end, the Li family will be extremely grateful."

The implication is that our Li family wants to be famous, so it doesn't matter if we lose some money, and the profits will go to you, Yang Ji. In the end, it is the elders in the big room who pay the bill.

Yang Ji asked Li Dou again: "But I don't know what Miss Gongsun's song is?"

Li Dou said: "The music played by Xi'er is also from "Ambush from Flying Daggers", but compared to Du Lixue's pure music from Caiwei Tower, it has more battle formation dances adapted from the formation-breaking dance of King Lanling; the music and dance are coordinated, and the battle The formations are interspersed, and the effect is far superior to that of the other party."

"As long as Lady Gongsun performs well, I won't be stingy." Yang Ji also knew that during the expedition to Goguryeo, Su Wei was messing with him in the court, which angered Su Wei who was already dissatisfied with Su Wei. Yang Guang was unhappy that he could cause trouble to him at this time, so he naturally had no reason to refuse. The most important thing was that the windfall he was about to obtain belonged to the category of corruption, and there was no need to repay the law. There was no psychological pressure in picking it up.

In the end, the proceeds can be given to Xiao Ying, and then Xiaolin Temple donates them to the fallen soldiers. It can be said that Cheng has accomplished multiple things with one stone.

Li Dou was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly stood up and saluted: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."

"It's okay!" Yang Ji also stood up and said, "It's getting late. Miss Gongsun needs to prepare. I'll go back first."

Having made the decision, he stopped talking nonsense and left with Zhang Chuchen and Murong Xianyue.

After seeing Yang Ji off, Li Dou arranged for Gongsun Xi to go and make preparations, and then didn't care about anything else.

In an instant, she and her daughter Li Xiuning were the only ones left in the room. Mrs. Li Dou was unhappy when she saw her daughter. She picked up the tea cup and took a sip. She looked at her unhappy daughter leisurely, frowned and asked: "Sanniang, I Where did you learn the etiquette I taught you? When the guests left, not only did you not send them off, but you put on an ugly face. Are you such a human being?"

Li Dou and her husband had been away from home for a long time in recent years. The couple had only one child with them, Li Shimin. They did not care about Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, Li Xiuning, the young and old in the family, and all the affairs were left to Li Jiancheng. As a result, Li Jiancheng became The younger brothers and sisters regard their father as their favorite, while their mother is the kind and loving Wan Yiniang.

As for their parents who occasionally go home to visit relatives, they are very strange and distant in their minds, but they miss them very much. They even think that their parents are better and more kind than their brothers and aunts. But their mother finally takes care of them at home, but her performance But it’s completely different from the mother they imagined——

After the mother came back, everything was strictly controlled. If they made a slight mistake, they would be severely punished. This made Li Xiuning and others lose their freedom all of a sudden. In addition, they did not have much affection for their mother, and they were punished more. It even affected his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his kind aunt Wanshi. So slowly, they began to reject their biological mother, hoping that she would leave with her father so that they could return to their original lives.

Among them, the one who received the most punishment was Li Xiuning, who was a girl but did not have the qualities of a girl. She used to be like a boy, wielding swords and fighting everywhere. After Li Dou came back, she was treated according to the standards of a woman. .

She originally didn't like women's studies, but women were subject to far more restrictions than men. Li Xiuning, who was used to being wild, was targeted by her mother, and her life became difficult. But she also had a temperament that refused to admit defeat, so she started a fight. Thinking of ways to make my mother uncomfortable and unhappy.

Li Dou felt guilty because she owed her children, so she was very tolerant and reasonable at first, but the more reasonable she was, the less Li Xiuning liked to hear it, and she always led Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and Li Zhiyun to 'rebel', so she had no choice but to Over time, mother and daughter have become "both disgusted with each other" due to power and oppression.

The incident that caused Li Xiuning to collapse was that when Li Dou had no way to cure Li Xiuning or make her virtuous, she actually had Yang Ji killed and given two war horses to her. Li Dou's original intention was to kill her. Her desire to learn martial arts will recover after a period of time. This is also the common way of thinking of all parents in this era, and it cannot be considered special.

However, she didn't know Li Xiuning's dream, nor did she know that when Yang Ji gave Li Xiuning his war horse, he followed Li Xiuning's wish and casually encouraged her to learn martial arts. He also said that as long as she learned martial arts well, he would go to Liangzhou to become a female general. So. For Li Xiuning, Li Dou killed his friends, his dreams and hopes.

When she faced her "idol" just now, the reason why she didn't speak was actually because she felt guilty, and she had no shame to face Yang Ji who had high hopes for her, supported her in pursuing her dream, and gave him a war horse.

After listening to her mother's words, Li Xiuning was secretly angry. I'm not even a human being, right?

"What are you asking? Are you mute?" Mrs. Li Dou couldn't cure this extremely rebellious daughter, and she also had a big headache. And because she always caused trouble for herself, mother and daughter were less polite when communicating in private. It's like facing an enemy.

Li Xiuning listened to the whole conversation between her mother and Yang Ji. When she heard that Yang Ji was willing to help cheat for money, she felt that her faith had collapsed. She said a little depressed: "I am a little disappointed with King Wei. He actually cheated for money. Promise to help you cheat."

"Besides rebelling against me and causing trouble for me, what do you know?" Mrs. Li Dou glanced at her daughter and said calmly: "King Wei is not a greedy and lustful person at all. He has almost all his money." It will be donated to the families of the fallen soldiers. The so-called Royal Women's Foundation is actually supported by Prince Wei's Palace. If he gets this money, he will definitely donate it."

"For him, as long as he can help ordinary people and soldiers, he can do anything. As for his own reputation, he doesn't care about it at all."

When Li Xiuning heard this, his eyes suddenly shone, and his energy seemed to have returned.

Fortunately, she was disappointed and sad just now. It turned out that the truth turned out to be like this!

It's really despicable.

"Buying people's hearts is also his great strength." Mr. Li Dou finally said.

Li Xiuning sneered and didn't believe it at all. She felt that her mother was judging and slandering her "idol" based on her own villainy.avasdivScan the QR code to download Red Sleeves United Xiaoxiang Free Welfare for newcomers to read for free for a limited timedivdivdiv
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