Hu Guan, who was standing by, was convinced and fell into submission.
"You deserve to be such a high-ranking official, and you deserve to be able to stand tall in the Sacred Heart. The matter of sending money to Lord Long Live is so filial that you say it is a filial son and a virtuous grandson. It seems that if Lord Long Live doesn't take your money, he himself
I’m so sorry!”
Li Jinglong hasn't finished speaking yet, "Being a minister is to share the worries of the emperor and father. Now that I am in a very important position, it is useless for me to ask for so much money. If I keep it at home, it is just a dead thing. If you show your filial piety to Lord Long Live, you will get more than one stone with one stone! Your Majesty.
,Give me this grace!"
Zhu Yunxi continued to look at the roses in the flowerpot, "Hey, that's too much. How can we use more than one million!"
"I feel bad for you too, but you're unhappy because I don't have enough money!"
Li Jinglong said something in his heart and said with a smile, "If you don't use it up, you can save it. You are in charge of such a big country, and there will be many places to use money in the future!"
"Your roses are pretty good!" Zhu Yunxi pointed to the flower pots and said, "Leave me in a while and get me some pots. The palace is full of gem bonsais, which are incomparable to the green ones like yours!"
"I will send it to you personally when I return!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "I have a dozen gardeners in Zhuangzi outside the city. Not only have I planted roses, clivia, peony, peonies, but every few days from now on, I will give them to you."
The emperor sent a few pots over. It’s winter. Putting these in the house makes me feel comfortable just looking at them..."
"Grandma, you are richer than the emperor, and you actually have a gardener who specializes in growing flowers?" Hu Guan continued to curse in his heart.
"Hey, you're better off!" Zhu Yunxi smiled with his hands behind his back.
"Long live my lord, please show me some respect. It's time for dinner. Are you going to eat with me?" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
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The place for dining is in the flower room.
Li Jinglong's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Deng, came in personally to help people set the table.
The porcelain and exquisite tableware collected at home are placed one by one.
After half a stick of incense, the dishes were served by Mrs. Cao Guogong herself.
The first is the four-flavor appetizer, spinach with nuts, scallops with white fungus, winter melon with chicken fat, and coral cabbage.
The portion of each dish is not large, just the size of a small plate.
Then dry-roasted winter bamboo shoots, roasted fungus with green onions, tiger skin quail eggs, and stewed crucian carp with pickled vegetables and tofu.
Braised duck in double winter, large yellow croaker in golden soup, fried crispy pork, roasted pork belly, and celery-flavored meatballs.
Two flavors soup, milky mushrooms, West Lake beef soup.
The staple food is shredded radish cake, sesame fire ladle, and elephant eye soup dumplings.
The table is filled with a variety of meat and vegetables, and everything is exquisite and mouth-watering.
"Grandma, are you in time for the Chinese New Year?" Hu Guan thought to himself, "The food is better than the emperor!"
"Your Majesty!" Li Jinglong moved a chair, carefully placed a fox fur cushion on it, and said with a smile, "There is nothing to prepare in a hurry, so you just have to take a bite!" He said, and asked with a smile, "My lord, I have nothing to prepare."
I have thirty-year-old Shaoxing yellow wine at home. Can I warm up a small pot for you?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at the dishes on the table and said with a smile, "Still in a hurry? If I give you some more time, you'll outshine the state banquet!"
Such was the world's custom that wealthy and distinguished families would never tire of fine food or exquisite food. This was because they did not dare to show off too much under the eyes of the emperor. The wealthy families in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Songjiang and other places were even more extravagant.
The Ming Dynasty was originally an era of luxury.
Probably because the economy is highly developed, luxury among the people has become popular.
"Your Majesty, please try this West Lake Beef Soup!" Li Jinglong held a fine red glaze bowl from the official kiln in his hand, which was served with a silver spoon. "This cow died of illness at Chen Zhuangzi, and it has been registered in Yingtian Mansion.
"
For those of you not prepared, the imperial court has explicitly banned the eating of beef, but these princes and nobles want to eat it, who can stop them?
"Hu Guan!" Zhu Yunxi took a sip of the soup, which was indeed tender and smooth, and said hello, "Come here and join me!"
"I don't dare!" Hu Guan saluted.
"Prince-in-law, please don't refuse." Li Jinglong stepped forward to greet him, "We are not outsiders, just treat it as a family banquet." As he said this, he pushed Hu Guan onto the stool.
Hu Guan looked at the table of dishes and felt uncomfortable all over.
"Your house is not so luxurious, right?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Hu Guan shook his head, "That is to say, during the holidays, the princess will take people to make some dumplings, stew some meat, and make some snacks!"
Although he was born into a noble family, his family background was indeed poor. To be honest, if he had not been Princess Nankang's consort, he might not even be able to fill the role of Jinwu Guard.
He is not the eldest son, and he has an older brother. If the title cannot fall to him, what can he do with his little salary? After being the prince-in-law for so many years, he still needs to be supplemented by Princess Nankang.
"Cao Guogong is rich and powerful. Since we are all relatives, we can come here often to enjoy the autumn breeze!" Zhu Yunxi put a piece of celery-flavored fried shrimp balls in his mouth, "Okay, the food is indeed better than in the palace!"
"Eat more if your Majesty likes it!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Prince-in-law, please use your chopsticks!"
As he said that, he sat down next to Zhu Yunxi, warmed the wine in a silver pot and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I haven't been able to accompany you to have a meal like this in a few days! I still have some seafood at home, so long live it in a few days."
When I'm free, I asked the cook to make a Buddha jumping over the wall and send it to the palace for you!"
"You are so careless, do you have anything to ask me for?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Looking at what you said, I am loyal..."
"It stands to reason that you are here to eat, drink, and give money, so I can't make it difficult for you in some matters. If someone is short-handed, he will be soft-spoken!" Zhu Yunxi said while eating, "But, what do you think about those things about you?
, can it be summed up in a few sentences?"
Li Jinglong put down the wine bottle and listened.
"Ignoring the fact that you made a mistake, how do you want me to deal with the fact that you have secretly paid money for a house over the years?" Zhu Yunxi ordered the food on the table, "I can't pretend that I don't know, right?"
"The emperor said that I am guilty! I accept my punishment!" Li Jinglong stood up and said respectfully.
"You must be dissatisfied with punishing you. Besides, as you said, what you did was all innocuous, that is, you don't do big things but keep doing small things!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "I punish you harshly. People say that I am mean and unkind.
Yes. But if you don’t deal with it, what will you let outsiders think?"
"At this time, the emperor is still thinking about me. I am so ashamed!" Li Jinglong said and looked at Hu Guan again.
"What the hell do you think I'm going to do? How can I tell the whole world about it?" Hu Guan cursed angrily in his heart.
"But you are the best at being warm-hearted. Among the civil and military officials in the court, you are the only one who can solve my problem." Zhu Yunxi took a piece of shredded radish cake and continued, "You have done another great job today.
You know that I have clear rewards and punishments! But I just dealt with you and removed you from all official positions. Rewarding you now seems a bit childish!"
"I don't even dare to think about official positions or anything like that. As long as the emperor has me in his heart, I will be satisfied!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"You still have the job of co-organizing the minister, so be careful!" Zhu Yunxi thought for a moment and put down the shredded radish cake in his chopsticks. "When I came here, I found that the streets in the inner city were dirty. I will give you an official position!"
"What official position?" Li Jinglong's heart skipped a beat.
"Street Cleaner!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "How can the whole world be prosperous if one house is not swept? Damn your temper, your front door is clean, Cao Guogong, you only sweep the snow in front of your own house, but half of the street belongs to your house.
How do you do this?"
"I...have become a street sweeper?" Li Jinglong complained in his heart, but he had to thank him.
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After eating for a while, Zhu Yunxi returned to the palace with a few pots of roses satisfied.
Hu Guan was at the back and was stopped before he even left Cao Guogong's mansion.
"Prince-in-law, please stay!" Li Jinglong came up with a smile.
"What's the matter with Mr. Cao Guo?" Hu Guan cupped his hands and asked.
"Look, why are you so polite? You are higher than me in terms of title!" Li Jinglong laughed.
"My official position is not as high as yours, and my power is not as great as yours!" Hu Guan muttered in his heart.
Then the next second, his eyes froze.
I saw a three-foot-tall jade Buddha that was completely white and was carried out by the servants of the Li family.
"I missed the third young master's full-moon wine. The man wears Guanyin and the female wears Buddha. This jade Guanyin just happens to keep the third young master safe!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"How can this happen? No, no, no!" Hu Guan said hurriedly.
"Look at you, are we married? We are all members of our own family, and happy events must come uninvited." Li Jinglong said with a smile, "My consort, if you don't accept me, you won't recognize me as a relative!"