In the back garden, under the grape trellis where buds had just sprouted, Li Jinglong, dressed in a suede silk uniform, sat on a rocking chair.
There is a tea table at hand, with hot tea and fresh fruits placed on it. There are also two pretty maids standing in front of her, one is beating her legs and the other is rubbing her shoulders. Both maids are in their 20s and 80s, with delicate and soft hands.
This is the so-called blessing of Qi people, but Li Jinglong was a little absent-minded, staring blankly at the sky, thoughtfully.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps.
Then the shrill voice of Li Jinglong's daughter-in-law Deng rang out, "Why don't we stay at home and work alone? If Mr. Cao Guogong were at home, would you hug me all day long and not care about anything?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Deng's figure had already arrived.
The two maids in front of Li Jinglong immediately stood upright with their hands drawn back like frightened rabbits.
Deng had some sweat on her forehead because she was walking in a hurry. When she saw Li Jinglong still rocking in the rocking chair, she said angrily, "I'm talking to you. Do you have chicken feathers stuffed in your ears?"
Li Jinglong turned his head slightly, frowned and said displeased, "Look at you, why are you speaking so vulgarly? This is in our home, how can others laugh at me outside?" Then he looked at his wife, you also come from a famous family, why?
You can't do that...be gentle and know some etiquette!
Mrs. Deng was also displeased. Who are you looking for to be gentle? What kind of famous family? My father was a gangster back then, and I am the daughter of a bandit leader. I didn’t know what gentleness was when I was born! As he said that, he looked up and down at Li Jinglong.
He sneered and said, huh, I don’t understand etiquette. But when something happened to you, who would kneel down and kowtow to beg you to come? It’s not me! Now you dislike me, dislike me, don’t fucking marry me in the first place
Yeah! I don’t know who it is, but when my father was alive, he ran to my house eight times a day...
Now that I am old and older, I no longer like you. Sometimes I don’t understand etiquette, sometimes I am not gentle, and sometimes I have no talent. But at the beginning, I didn’t ask you to marry me...
..."
Li Jinglong's scalp was immediately numb as he responded with a barrage of unforgiving words.
Quickly apologize, turn sideways on the recliner, OK, OK, OK, OK, I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? Auntie, please let me be quiet!
Who doesn't want you to be purified? You just lie here every day and don't care about anything! Sitting opposite Li Jinglong, Deng said, no, you have to get up and move around. In addition to going to the palace every day to do a tuck, you
It feels like I have been sitting on this chair for a whole day!
I also want to exercise, where the hell should I go? Li Jinglong said aggrievedly.
After saying that, I couldn't help but feel aggrieved. Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao Kingdom, had nowhere to go now. Although he had to enter the palace every day and could see the emperor's grandson, he, Li Jinglong, had no real power now.
After he came out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, although the Sacred Heart was still there, His Highness still treated him as before. He loved to take him with him wherever he went, and he also liked to talk to him on weekdays. However, the chief soldier of the Beijing Camp asked Chang Sheng to change him.
The position of commander of the army in front of the palace was also filled by others, leaving only a minister of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, but that was a sinecure with no power at all.
Is it possible that he goes to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army every day to sit in the office, drink tea and chat? He, Duke Cao, Li Jinglong, cannot afford to lose that person!
Why is it like this?
Li Jinglong thought aggrievedly, he had finally risen to prominence over the years, but now he has become an idle nobleman. He has no power and a lot of money-free hats on his head. He is not willing to accept it.
Seeing her husband like this, Mrs. Deng also sighed, sat down and picked up a fruit, peeled a piece and said, "Well, there is no point in being an official. You are a hereditary duke, and your family has so much property, but you are afraid of being poor."
?In the past, you were away from home all day long. Although you looked powerful, I didn’t feel at ease at all!
Now that I have no official position and I am light-hearted, wouldn't it be nice to go to the palace every day to talk to His Majesty the Emperor? You are the Duke of the country and a relative of the Emperor, and you might one day be in power again!
After saying that, he handed the peeled fruit to Li Jinglong and continued, I know you are used to being busy and feel unhappy when you are free, but you can't make all the good things if the wind and water take turns! It just so happens that you are now without an official and you are light, so stay with me.
Wouldn’t it be nice to play with our son, take care of his studies, and teach him how to ride and shoot?
Hearing this, Li Jinglong turned over again, turned to look at his wife, took the fruit and took a bite, sighing, you are just a woman, what do you know? After saying that, he took another bite, hey, these days, a man has no power in his hands.
, who can afford it!
Deng felt it was funny and said, "You are a fan of officials!" After saying that, he stood up and said, "You don't like being an official, you like the feeling of being an official."
With a squeaking sound, Li Jinglong even chewed up the core of the fruit and did not say anything.
No matter how much you want to be an official, you don't have a serious job now! Deng said again, you have to take care of the family affairs!
Li Jinglong stretched out his hand and let the maid wipe her fingers. What happened at home?
Isn't it a matter of favors? From the Chinese New Year to now, New Year's gifts have been held in various places. In a few months, the Dragon Boat Festival will be held. How to return gifts? You, the head of the family, don't give me some rules? Deng frowned and said.
Just see if you can do it! Li Jinglong turned around and lay down again.
What should I do? What should I do? Those who visited the capital returned as usual, but what about those who did not? Deng pinched Li Jinglong's thigh, and the old lady of the Marquis of Cheng'en was forty years old.
Shou, I just posted a post, how many gifts can we use?
Be gentle and pinch my flesh...! Suddenly, Li Jinglong sat up and looked at his wife blankly, what? Chengenhou? Just...
..Zhao family?
Mrs. Deng smoothed down her hair and said with a smile, apart from Empress Donggong's maternal clan, who else is the Marquis of Cheng'en? Your life is going to be so confusing!
Li Jinglong sat up and thought, "No way, their family is the most low-key, so why did they suddenly celebrate their birthdays in such a big way?"
Yesterday I went to visit, and Mrs. Houfu said that this was the intention of the palace. His Highness said that since it was her fortieth birthday, it would be lively! Saying that, Mrs. Deng smiled and heard that on the day of her birthday, the Empress of the East Palace also came to visit her.
I have to carry King Wu back to sit for a while!
God damn help me!
Bang, Li Jinglong patted the thigh of the girl next to him and thought to himself.
The reason why he does not have a real official position now is because of what happened to Prince Ning. It was a blessing that the incident passed so easily, and God's grace did not bother him. Even if he still has the holy family, if he wants to give it to him again,
He holds an official position with real power, but has no reason.
It is not easy to fawn over the grandson of the emperor. His highness's prestige is growing day by day, and the more he looks like the old man, the more his ministers can only obey him.
The only thing left to do is to please the Empress of the East Palace and the King of Wu.
The gift to the Zhao family should not be too ostentatious! Li Jinglong rolled his eyes and said, you cannot give eye-catching things like gold and jade, they are not only eye-catching but also vulgar...
Mrs. Deng looked at him and took two steps back, "Don't let me go to my parents' house to look for you again. I'm too embarrassed to go back to my parents' house now. My sister-in-law and brothers-in-law don't give me a good look when I go back!"
Li Jinglong suddenly said, "Um, how many Qi-enhancing pills Taoist Xi gave our mother?"
Taoist Xi is Xi Yingzhen who saved the old man. This matter is now spread in the capital like crazy. People say that Taoist can live to death with human flesh and white bones. The nobles from various families are looking for him everywhere like red-eyed chickens. There are people in the small Taoist temple for twelve hours.
Staring.
Everyone is afraid of death. Who wouldn’t want to know a Taoist with such superb medical skills?
The old lady probably still has two boxes! Deng thought about it and said.
Although Li Jinglong is utilitarian, he is a filial son. He used to go to that Taoist man every year to prepare some health-preserving medicine for the old lady. As people get older, there will always be something wrong. If they take other people's medicine, the old lady will not say that she is not sick or in trouble.
, Anyway, there is no loss of Qi and blood.
Take out four of them and put them in a sandalwood box! Li Jinglong said, don't show off, and secretly sent them to the Zhao family's back house, saying that they were prepared by Taoist Xi personally. Now there are only four of them!
Deng frowned, where is the old lady?
The pills are taken once a month. There are more than ten pills in two boxes. It doesn’t matter if you take four! Li Jinglong gave him a look. Besides, they are just health pills, not life-saving elixirs!
Got it! Deng turned around suspiciously.
Remember, don’t say that there are only the last four left! Li Jinglong warned, otherwise others will hear about it and come to ask for it, and they won’t be able to survive!
I know, I’m not that stupid! As Deng was walking, she suddenly turned around, hey, since you are willing to give it to others, I will also take two pills and go back to give them to my mother. As she said that, she frowned and said, "My mother has been
Not too kind to you!
You... Li Jinglong sighed and waved impatiently, "Take it, take it. Anyway, our old lady must keep a box. That old man Xi, the dragon never sees its end, next."
See you again, maybe it’s the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!
Hearing this, Mrs. Deng walked away with a smile.
Li Jinglong began to rock on the rocking chair again.
Hey! Something suddenly occurred to him.
With a snap, he patted the thigh of the maid next to him again.