In the early morning, when we should have welcomed the first ray of sunshine, there suddenly came a dense, continuous and continuous spring rain inexplicably.
When there is rain, there is overcast, and when there is overcast, there is cold.
So this early spring, which was supposed to be warm, was suddenly turned from warm to cold by this cold spring rain.
Once people get used to warmth, it is difficult to adapt to the bone-chilling cold.
The Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace was filled with the sound of falling raindrops. The raindrops hit the white marble railings, the pure white steps, and the open space.
However, there was only the sound of rain falling, but there were no puddles forming. The falling rain was discharged into the underground river of the Forbidden City through drainage pipes or cracks in the stone road and disappeared.
Zhu Yunxi was sitting by the stove, leaning on a lounge chair with a blanket covering his legs.
The stove was very small and exquisite, and the fire was covered with a wire mesh. The bastard carefully placed a copper pot on the wire mesh and slowly poured spring water into it.
After the water boils, use a silver spoon to take out a few chrysanthemums and a small handful of Pu'er from the porcelain box, put them into the boiling water, then add wolfberry and red dates, and add a small piece of rock sugar.
Not long after, the fragrance of hot tea began to fill the hall.
"Your Majesty, the tea is ready!"
A blue and white porcelain cup with red underglaze was placed in Zhu Yunxi's palm, and heat spread from his arm to his whole body. He still looked at the rain outside the window quietly, as if he was savoring this rare tranquility.
But soon, the tranquility was broken.
On the other side of Duanmen, there was an eunuch holding an umbrella and protecting a minister wearing a python robe, who came out of the rain. Although he could not see the face of the visitor clearly, Zhu Yunxi knew who it was by the python robe.
Li Jinglong was the only civil and military man in the entire dynasty who did not like to wear official uniforms and always wore a python robe to show his identity.
"Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, goes to see the Emperor!"
Zhu Yunxi sat in the slightly empty hall and looked at Li Jinglong in front of him.
It stands to reason that since a eunuch was holding an umbrella, there would be no traces of raindrops on his body. But the fact is that his shoulders and neck were covered with raindrops, making them wet. Also, the official boots under his feet were wet and exposed.
"Get up!" Zhu Yunxi nodded and told the bastard, "Bring him a towel to wipe it with and find him a pair of clean boots." Then he said to Li Jinglong, "Sit next to me and drink. Warm yourself up with hot tea!”
"That minister is disrespectful!" Li Jinglong smiled and went to the side first to let the eunuch help him take off his official boots. Then he wore snow-white socks and sat on the round stool next to Zhu Yunxi.
"It is said that every autumn rain comes and a cold comes, but this spring rain does not bring any warmth?" After Li Jinglong sat down, he naturally and smoothly took the task of making tea from the bastard.
He is a child of a noble family and is best at these arty things.
A set of movements is graceful and skillful. First, put the longan and red dates on the wire mesh and roast them for a while, then put them in water, put down the rock sugar, and slowly stir them with a silver spoon.
"But this rain came at the right time!" Li Jinglong smiled and poured tea. "Although traveling is a little inconvenient, it is the time for spring plowing. If there is rain in early spring, there will be no drought for a year!" As he said that, he changed a cup for Zhu Yunxi. Xincha, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has become more and more prosperous."
"You flatterer, you are always so fresh, refined and original!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"It's God who works for the good, otherwise I won't be able to find a suitable reason to flatter you!" Li Jinglong continued to smile, "The God of God works for the good, but the root cause is that Your Majesty governs the country well, and your benevolent policies move the world!"
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxi wrapped the blanket tightly and said with a smile, "If you keep talking, I will blush!" As he said, he turned his head slightly and looked at Li Jinglong's face repeatedly, "What's the matter with you? Your eyes are black. Look at it.
Haggard, didn’t you sleep well last night?”
"Uh..." Li Jinglong smiled bitterly, as if he didn't dare to face Zhu Yunxi's eyes, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, it's okay, it's just..."
"Just what?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "It's not a small thing that can make you sleep poorly, right?"
"Well..." Li Jinglong stood up and lowered his hands and said, "Speaking of which, sir, the family scandal must not be made public!"
"Oh?" He said this, and Zhu Yunxi, knowing that he was being pretentious, couldn't help but asked with interest, "What's the matter? Tell me!" He said, waving his hand, "Sit down and talk!"
Li Jinglong sighed and sat down, his face full of sorrow, his eyes full of complex expressions, like anger and grievance intertwined, very vivid.
"It's my useless son!" Li Jinglong sighed, "Yesterday I went to the new house where he and the princess were getting married." At this point, he sighed again, "I wanted to ask him what he still lacks.
Unexpectedly, that scoundrel is picky and picky. One moment he says this is not good, and the next he says it was repaired in a hurry. He is dissatisfied with everything."
As he spoke, he shook his head again, "Hey, children are all debts!"
Then, he looked at Zhu Yunxi's side face and said, "I thought that he would live in a separate house in the future. Even if I was angry, I suppressed it. I also thought about him living alone in the future, and was afraid that he would be tight, so I gave him some extra money!
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"It is said that raising children is about paying off debts, but I know now. The money was the hard-earned savings of three generations of the Li family, but that little beast took it and still felt... it was still missing..."
The expression on his face when he spoke fell into Zhu Yunxi's eyes, making him want to laugh very much.
At this moment, Li Jinglong still looks like a Duke of the Ming Dynasty. How is he any different from those fathers in later generations who were sucked out of their bones by their sons and suffered from deep hatred. While trying to arrange a marriage for his son, he also complained about his child's ignorance.
"Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite!" Zhu Yunxi smiled faintly, "But I don't think that kid Li Qi is ignorant, so why is he acting so angry at this time?"
Suddenly, Li Jinglong was shocked.
He quickly said, "He's not showing off his temper, but... he's just afraid that he will wrong the princess in the future!"
"How much did you give him?" Zhu Yunxi lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea.
"This..." Li Jinglong was a little embarrassed, "Fifty thousand!"
"Hey, rich man!" Zhu Yunxi changed his face slightly.
"This is the family wealth of my grandfather for three generations to this day!" Li Jinglong said hurriedly, "Including the various favors that the emperor gave me in the early years." He continued, "The early and late payments are all his.
I have also thought about it, as the princess has a distinguished status, it will inevitably be a bit awkward to live with the ministers. From now on, let them live alone and live their own lives!"
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head, took another sip of tea, and said slowly, "The father and his eldest son separated, and you were the first in the Ming Dynasty to do so!"
"You have no control over your child's age!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "When your child grows up, you have a good idea. If you look at him like that, I will feel full or want to slap him!"
After saying that, he secretly looked at Zhu Yunxi's profile.
Seeing that the emperor had no expression and seemed to have little interest in what he was saying, he felt relieved. He looked around him again and saw that the bastard looked at him with shame, but he obviously listened and felt a little more at ease.
He secretly changed the concept.
The money given to his son was exchanged for his Li family's wealth, and those banknotes deposited in the bank. With this change of concept, the huge sum of money also had a legal status.
As for the amount of money owed, he intentionally did not say the real number. In fact, it is not important what the number is. What is important is that no one can tell the origin of the money no matter what in the future.
The emperor knows the savings of three generations of the Li family, so who can take care of them?
But the next second, his heart suddenly became anxious again.
"Did you say this to me on purpose?"
"minister......."
Before he could speak, Zhu Yunxi raised his head slightly and looked out the window, "Xu Huizu and Zhang Yan are here!"