As soon as he went out, everyone gathered around him with anxious faces.
Li Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Duke's condition has stabilized. With proper diagnosis and treatment, he can recover."
"Can back gangrene be cured?" A group of people were surprised and delighted.
Xu Huizu bowed his head and said, "Thank you Marquis Yongqing for your wonderful hand." Others also followed suit.
Li Qing returned the gift and said politely: "It's a small effort, nothing worth mentioning."
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang came out of the room, and everyone quickly saluted.
"No gift." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Li Qing, come with us."
After leaving the Duke of Wei's mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The princess of the Yuan Dynasty went to your house yesterday, right?"
Li Qing nodded, with a vague premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's next words confirmed his suspicion, "What about the girl?"
"Not good!"
"Um?"
"..." Li Qing said speechlessly, "If the emperor has something to say, you might as well say it directly."
"Well, let's not beat around the bush." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "I think that girl is interested in you, so I sent someone to negotiate with King Shunming this morning, and he has already agreed."
"King Shunming?"
"We just granted him the title. How can there be two emperors in a country? Of course, for the people of the Yuan Dynasty, we still call him emperor."
Li Qing suddenly understood, and then he said with a flattering look on his face: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty cannot imitate the Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties, and the marriage policy is absolutely unfeasible."
"Huh? You can't say that." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Of course it's not okay to marry a girl. The customs there are against the rules. If I die, my son can inherit my harem, and my stepmother becomes a daughter-in-law. It's simply an animal behavior."
After a pause, "But it's still okay to marry a girl. Anyway, according to our Han rules, you are not allowed to barge in. What are you afraid of?"
Li Qing smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, I don't like that style!"
"How can you care about personal gains and losses for the sake of the country's great plan?" Zhu Yuanzhang said displeased.
Li Qing wanted to say: "I'm not that noble." But he swallowed the words again.
When these words were said, Lao Zhu was forced to fall out.
"Your Majesty, Princess Yuanren doesn't like me. She said that I'm a bitch and it's hard to use force, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "She and I have agreed, so how can she be unwilling?"
Then, he softened his tone and said, "Of course, if she really doesn't want to, we won't force her, but the problem cannot be with you.
People in the Yuan Dynasty are not accustomed to education, and their tempers are a bit wild, but women, that's all, if you sleep with her hard a few times, she will behave."
Zhu Yuanzhang said without any doubt, "The matter is settled. The girl is also pretty and smooth, but she is a little bit darker. It doesn't matter. The water of our Ming Dynasty nourishes people. If you raise it, it will be white."
As he said that, he patted Li Qing on the shoulder and said: "Don't be so obedient when you get an advantage. You get a princess for nothing, so just enjoy it secretly!"
Li Qing said harshly: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that after the New Year, the princess and ministers of the Yuanren would go to the grassland to negotiate with the Yuanren?"
"There are quite a few princesses, and she is the only one missing." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will arrange it beautifully for you when the time comes. Just go back and wait."
Zhu Yuanzhang took the dragon chariot and left, leaving Li Qing alone in the wind.
"I'm fucked, what the hell is going on?"
Li Qing was helpless. He knew without thinking that once he married this princess, there would never be peace in his backyard.
Wan Ling and the other three girls are no match for that girl, not to mention that girl's identity and Lao Zhu's big plan, she must be a real wife.
He doesn't want to marry, and even if he really wants to marry, he will let Wan Ling and the others take over.
He doesn't care at all about his background in a brothel. Furthermore, he doesn't care about the fact that there are many people impeaching him.
It's true that Mu Zhuoer looks good, but she really doesn't look like a woman. It's not bad to be a 'brother' who drinks and brags on weekdays, but to be a daughter-in-law... don't make trouble, how can you marry a brother as your daughter-in-law?
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…
After returning home, Li Qing no longer had the joy of the New Year. He seemed to have lost his soul, sitting in the yard in a daze.
Wanling held up a cup of hot tea and said, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Li Qing took the tea and took a sip, holding her on his lap. Looking at Xiao Nizi's peerless appearance, and thinking about Mu Zhuoer's "come and do it" when he was drinking, he suddenly became excited.
If she said this in the boudoir, how funny would it be?
"Sir..." Wan Ling said shyly, "This is outside, in broad daylight, and someone is watching."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Qing lowered his head, captured her lips, and kissed her.
It is common for wealthy families to have sex in the courtyard. Some heads of households even ask their maids to help serve them when they have sex.
For example: push the waist.
Art comes from life. This is how it is painted in illustrations. It is definitely not groundless.
After a while, Wanling pulled the silk and begged softly: "Sir, can you go back to the house? It's really not possible outside."
Li Qing couldn't bear to force her, so he picked up Xiao Nizi and walked back. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, Hong Xiu caught up with him, "Sir, the princess is here again."
"Ah? This..." Li Qing reluctantly put Wan Ling down, held his forehead and said, "It's not over yet."
Wan Ling straightened her clothes and whispered: "Wan Ling will wait for Mr. Wang after the New Year's Eve."
Li Qing chuckled and nodded, and then said to Hong Xiu: "There is nothing to do in the afternoon. You can catch up on your sleep so that you can stay energetic in the evening."
"Okay." Hong Xiu smiled brightly and bravely kissed Li Qing.
Last time, Li Qing said that he liked them to be more unrestrained, and Xiao Nizi took it to heart.
"My maid, go and have the wine and food prepared."
"Well, go ahead."
A moment later, Mu Zhuoer came over with his hands behind his back and a serious face: "Li Qing, your emperor proposed to my father, did you know?"
"I know." Li Qing saw that she didn't seem very happy, and he immediately became elated, "Princess Mu Zhuoer, please come in and let's talk in detail."
"good."
The two sat down, and Li Qing first expressed his opinion, "I think this is inappropriate!"
"You don't like me?"
"Uh..." Li Qing said awkwardly, "Of course not, it's just...Princess Mu Zhuoer likes prairie men with burly bodies, rough faces, and bulging tendons all over their bodies, and I...mother, I'm too girly.
"
Mu Zhuoer glanced at him and nodded lightly, "You are indeed not a man enough. You are not as good as the men on the grassland to make people feel safe."
"Ah, yes, yes, you are right." Li Qing nodded.
The corner of Mu Zhuoer's mouth raised, and then her eyebrows rose, "I heard it, you dislike me."
Li Qing was dumbfounded and thought to himself: Did I show it so obviously?
"It doesn't matter, I have no problem at all. The main reason is that I don't want to force you. My dear Princess Mu Zhuoer, if you marry me to an unknown person, wouldn't it be like a flower with cow dung in it."
Mu Zhuoer chuckled and said, "Well, even if you are self-aware, even though my father has already agreed, he can't force me even if I don't."
Seeing her look like: I am the woman you will never have, Li Qing was greatly relieved and agreed repeatedly.
Mu Zhuoer did not stay long, stood up and said proudly: "I want to think carefully about this important matter in my life, just wait and see!"
After that, he turned around and left.
"Princess, you must think carefully before you act!" Li Qing shouted towards her back.
Mu Zhuoer ignored him and left without looking back.
Li Qing was relieved for a moment, but then his heart began to pound again. Can Mu Zhuoer's arm twist her father's thigh?
…
On New Year's Eve, four people sat down around the table, eating melon seeds and chatting, and the atmosphere was warm.
Wan Ling is already eighteen years old. Compared with when we first met, she has grown much taller and plumper, and she is becoming more and more lovely.
Lianxiang was twenty-four, and Hongxiu was older, twenty-five. The two women sighed, saying that they were almost old and had lost their youth in a few years, which made Li Qing laugh out loud.
"Sir, you are still smiling." Lianxiang pouted, "I'm afraid that in two years, sir will dislike us and find someone else to like us."
"Am I that kind of person?" Li Qing rolled his eyes. Seeing that the two women looked worried about gains and losses, he consoled them, "Women are in their prime at thirty and still have charm at forty. As long as you take good care of yourself, you will stay young."
Hongxiu sighed, "You are already thirty, so how can you be so young and beautiful?"
Then, he timidly said: "Sir, if I get old, can you let me go?"
"Go?" Li Qing asked in surprise, "Where are you going?"
"I can go anywhere, I don't want my husband to see me looking ugly."
The atmosphere suddenly became sad, Lianxiang sniffed, "I don't want my husband to see my ugly appearance either."
Li Qing's heart ached inexplicably. The affection of these little girls for him was much deeper than he imagined. And although he repeatedly suppressed his emotions, humans are not ruthless. How could he be so cold after being together for so long?
No emotions.
Although he knew that some things would have to be faced sooner or later, he always felt that it would be a long time ago. Now that it was all in front of him, he felt really uncomfortable.
"If you don't leave, no one will leave." Li Qing panicked, "Sir, I don't mind you being old, you are all fine, ah~"
The two women smiled bitterly and lowered their heads in silence.
Wan Ling was also infected by this sad atmosphere. She knew that one day, her appearance would no longer be there. She looked at Li Qing with her eyes dreamingly. Suddenly, she discovered something and said in surprise:
"Sir, after all this time, why haven't you changed at all?"
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ps: Fa Xiao is back. It’s hard to avoid the drinking party in the evening. I won’t be able to come back until midnight if I don’t drink. So that’s all for today. Sorry~
Quietly: Two chapters with more than 6,000 words are too little (*^▽^*)