The ninth and 25th chapter on the matter of the vassal
"Brothers, you have been waiting for a long time. Tea is an elegant thing and cannot be careless. I boiled it three times to get the most suitable tea!"
"Good work!"
A few people were obviously as worried as ants on a hot pot, but they had to laugh along with it.
"Pour tea for my four brothers!"
"It's the father-in-law!"
"Come on, good third brother, sit down and eat slowly, don't be in a hurry and there will be more left after you finish!"
Young Master Liu held the rope of his sworn brother Brown Zai and sat on the chair. He casually threw a piece of roasted leg of lamb to his third brother and allowed his third brother to eat it while he was guarding him.
"Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"
Prince Qing looked in astonishment at Brown Boy, who was lying next to Young Master Liu's legs and nibbling the leg of lamb obediently. He wondered why Young Master Liu was holding a dog when he was visiting guests!
Li Yunping and the other three looked at the brown boy next to Mr. Liu's legs and felt trembling in their hearts. The biting dog didn't bark. The food brown boy had obviously been good since he came to Liu's Mansion. The dragons and tigers he raised were very fierce.
It really looks a bit majestic and mighty!
"Alas, these brothers don't know. They are all caused by drunkenness and immorality. In the past, I just came back from the south of the Yangtze River and not just after the Western Expedition. This guy was pestering me. You want to fight me, after all, he is an alliance based on blood.
We are sworn brothers. If he is ignorant, I cannot be ignorant!"
"Brothers, let's talk about ours as if it doesn't exist. Say whatever you want!"
The four of them looked at Young Master Liu with strange expressions and really didn't know what to say. He became a sworn brother with a dog. Looking at the world, who else in the world could do such a ridiculous thing except Young Master Liu?
Well, it can't be said that there is no such thing. Song Qingcai, the eldest son of the Song Yu family, the Minister of War, and the commander of the imperial guards, is the eldest of the three brothers.
Young Master Liu is really not the only one with a scorpion tail.
My brother-in-law’s sworn brother, isn’t this king my brother-in-law’s sworn brother?
My brother-in-law’s sworn brother, isn’t this prince going to
The four of them shook their heads hurriedly, banishing the scene in their minds of being fraternal with a dog and exchanging cups with each other.
Absurd, simply extremely absurd. How can anyone call themselves brothers with a dog? It is simply an insult to the family!
"Drink tea, drink tea. Second brother, please try the tea brewed by me. Is it to your taste?"
Prince Qing withdrew his gaze from Brown Zai and took a sip of tea with a stiff expression on his face. He nodded hurriedly without tasting anything.
"Good tea, really good tea. I never thought that my brother-in-law's tea skills are so noisy!"
"Yes, it is simply three points better than the skill of a tea ceremony master!"
“That’s right, it’s sweet yet sweet and has endless aftertaste!”
Li Hao put down the tea cup and sighed quietly: "It's a pity that my four brothers will never be able to drink the tea you brewed yourself during their lifetimes!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the four brothers who were pretending, and secretly thought of hypocrisy.
I don’t even know that this servant made this tea. It’s amazing that you can make flowers drink it!
However, Li Hao's words completely opened up the topic of the feud. Liu Mingzhi put down his tea cup and said to himself, finally changing the topic!
I feel a little regretful in my heart, I can’t avoid it after all!
"Fifth brother, what you say is too pessimistic. My brother is in his early twenties, and fifth brother, you are only in your youth. If you want to drink the tea I brewed for you, there will be many opportunities! How can you say it as if you are parting from life or death?"
"Brother-in-law, you don't know something. My second brother and my youngest brother will leave Beijing in February next year. I don't know if I will have the chance to return to their hometown in my lifetime. Of course, I will never be able to drink the tea you personally made, brother-in-law!"
King Qing also sadly echoed: "Fifth brother is right. Brother-in-law, you have just returned from the expedition and you don't know what is happening in the capital. It is natural that your father has ordered the four brothers to leave the capital in February next year and become a vassal! Li Li
The capital city is high and far away, and you are not allowed to enter the capital without the emperor's order. Maybe this is a farewell to your brother-in-law. Alas, my brother has to leave the capital before he has fulfilled his filial piety to his mother and concubine. The sadness in my heart is indescribable!"
The seventh prince Li Zhi looked at Young Master Liu with a sad face: "Brother-in-law, I am only eighteen years old this year, and I will leave my mother and concubine to join the feudal clan. The third sister loved me so much when I was a child, and the younger brother has not repaid the kindness to the third sister. Can brother-in-law?
Talk to your father and let me wait for two years before going to join the feudal clan. At least I can repay my mother and concubine for their upbringing and my third sister’s love!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the four brothers-in-law who were sighing and almost bursting into tears with strange expressions.
Oscar owes you a statuette!
"Second brother, three brothers, it is the rule set by Emperor Gaozu that the prince should go to the fiefdom after he reaches the age of eighteen. The four of you are already adults. It is natural for you to go and join the fiefdom. I am a soft-spoken man and I have made good friends with important ministers in the court.
There are so few, I am afraid that I alone cannot change my father’s determination!”
"Besides, it is customary for the feudal lord to come to the capital for court meetings during the Spring Festival every year. If you want to drink tea then, the door of Liu Mansion is always open for you!"
"As for the affairs of the mothers and concubines, according to the custom, the mothers and concubines can go to their son's fief for a month to stay in touch with their relatives. Then all brothers can naturally do their best to fulfill their filial piety!"
The expressions on the faces of Prince Qing and the four others were a little unnatural. They didn't expect Liu Mingzhi to know so clearly about the affairs of the feudal lord!
"Brother-in-law, having said that, we brothers still want to serve our mother and concubine at all times. I, the great dragon, govern the country with filial piety. As princes, we must set an example for the people in the world!"
"Yes, brother-in-law, what the second brother said is right. The lamb has the kindness of kneeling to its mother. As sons of men, how can we be inhumane? I hope, brother-in-law, you can speak kindly to the father and let us brothers wait two years later.
Go to join the feudal clan and repay the kindness of my mother, concubine, and father for raising me!"
Young Master Liu looked helplessly at the four brothers, brother-in-law and brother-in-law. If you have any humanity at all, you should leave now.
Sisters Lian'er, Yan'er, and Ying'er are still in the room waiting for me, Sanfeng, Sanque, and I to play mahjong. You are worried about your own feud, and I understand!
But can you understand my young master’s difficulties? It has been seven years, almost seven years, and I have waited for such a God-given opportunity. Can you bear to ruin my good deeds like this?
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the incense candle next to him and cleared his throat: "Four brothers, it's not that Liu Mingzhi doesn't want to help, it's really that I am the only one who can't sleep with my father. Besides, it would be great to go and become a feudal lord."
, The sky is high enough for birds to fly, the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and I am in charge of a government official to manage people's livelihood. Isn't this great?"
The four of them looked at Mr. Liu in silence, who was pretending to be confused. They could tell that we didn't want to go and just be a feudal lord. It wasn't just for that chair!
Prince Qing winked at the other three brothers: "Brother-in-law, it's already getting late. We can't enjoy ourselves sitting in the living room talking coldly. Why don't you treat me to the Tianxiang Tower for my brother?"
"That's right! Brother-in-law, Tianxiang Tower has recently had a few new servants. Their looks are simply indescribable. I don't know how many rich kids in the capital are waiting for them. As long as you like them, I can make the decision to send them away.
Come to your house and serve you!"
The fifth prince's words were so generous that Liu Mingzhi turned his attention to him!
I thought to myself, the property of Tianxiang Tower cannot be the property of this reclusive fifth prince!