Chapter 558 Do I still want to cooperate with you?
With Li You's appearance, "talent", skill, and words, whenever he wants to attract attention, he can always be easily found, whether among public officials or celebrities and beauties, in the fields or in government offices and temples.
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Just like this time, a slave of the Li family and an eunuch of the Tenth Prince's Palace followed the orders of Princess Guide and went to Fuchengmen Coal Market to look for Li You. They thought it would take a lot of effort, but they found it easily.
When I found it, I felt like "you don't have to look back, the person is right there in the dim light".
At this time, Li You was chatting cordially with a few poor scholars, and there were hundreds of people watching in awe. He was a little surprised when he saw his family and heard that the eldest princess had arrived. He also saw the eunuch and knew that the eldest princess was afraid of him.
He deliberately hid outside and was sent to keep an eye on him.
However, the main goal has been achieved, and he naturally does not need to stay here for a long time, so he got up and went home. Li You really wanted to buy coal, and planned to purchase three thousand kilograms first to last until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. But there was no way, as there was no market for it now.
I had no place to buy it, and I didn’t want to lose my face and ask major coal dealers to open the back door, so I planned to go back and find some acquaintances to borrow a few hundred pounds.
The eunuch sent by the eldest princess to invite people said somewhat flatteringly: "Master Li, don't worry about the fuel. His Highness Chitose has already sent someone to transport 10,000 jins from the palace to your mansion."
That would be disrespectful, and Li You was completely relieved. In less than half an hour, Li You entered the alley where his house was. He saw a deserted scene, and he turned pale and said in shock: "Why are there so few pommel horses in front of the door today?"
To be honest, there have been quite a few people visiting him in the past two days. It makes him feel that the righteousness of the world is still the mainstream, and he has still won the hearts of the people! Well, I have to admit that there is also a point where the strength of the eunuchs is not enough, and the deterrent effect is very poor.
The reason. But why is there no one today? Is there a new direction in the situation?
Not understanding why the master was so nervous for no reason, the family replied: "His Royal Highness Chitose sent someone to guard the door outside your mansion, claiming that Mr. Li will not see any guests today." It turned out that this was the case, and Li You quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The Li family raises Cui and Zhou, two gentlemen who act as housekeepers and help greet guests when they come. But today, the eldest princess Guide is a female, so there is no need to bother the two gentlemen. She is like a female family member visiting the house.
I went straight to the backyard to meet the ladies.
In the main room in the backyard, the charcoal fire was burning brightly. Princess Guide and Li You's wife and concubines were sitting around talking. At this time, except Aunt Cheng, who had returned to her parents' house, all the other rooms were there. Chitose specifically ordered someone to have two bedrooms and three bedrooms for the children.
They took it out and showed it to her.
The eldest sister was sitting in her mother's arms, and her eyes were attracted by the exquisite royal flying phoenix hairpin on the eldest princess's bun. The little girl didn't have stage fright, and she boldly reached out to grab it. But her little arms were too short, and she couldn't stretch her hand.
He stretched around but couldn't catch it, which caused a burst of laughter.
The eldest princess casually pulled out the flying phoenix hairpin made of pure gold and red agate, broke off the tip and put it into the palm of the eldest sister's hand. Although it was very valuable, Jin Baoer didn't pay much attention to it. With her life experience, it was
There is no concept of whether the object is valuable or not. I just coaxed my daughter to say a few vague and unclear sentences of thanks.
Therefore, the gift was given casually and received calmly, as if it was just a small trinket worth a few cents on the roadside. The eldest princess teased the eldest sister here a few times, but her main attention was quietly focused on Erlang.
Nothing more. It's just a matter of comparison. The little Erlang in front of her is a boy, and her little Liu'er is also a boy, and they are both descended from the same father. They always want to compare when they meet.
Erlang was only two years old a month apart. At this time, he was like a young adult, sitting upright, calm and orderly. The eldest princess praised him and said: "A gentleman who studies will become a great person." Guan Xiuxiu quickly thanked him humbly.
The girls talked for a while, and then saw Li You opening the door curtain and entering the house. The wives and concubines of the Li family got up and went back to the house, leaving the master and the eldest princess alone.
Li You took a few sips of hot tea first and took a few furtive glances. He found that she was in a good mood and didn't look guilty at all, which was really unpleasant. So he asked with a straight face: "What are you doing here?"
"I heard that your house is short of fuel, so I specially gave you some help in the snow." The eldest princess answered while watching her words. Seeing that her lover did not pretend to be aloof and refused to accept, she was relieved. It seemed that she was not really worried because she just sat back and watched her friendly troops suffer.
Angry, he asked again: "What are your plans now?"
Li You replied seriously: "Although I have no official position and I am light, I still have to make a living. I... I plan to run a business first and open a bank in the capital. After a few months, this place will be on track.
He then moved his family back south to Suzhou, and opened a semicolon there, thus forming a three-city joint venture of Beijing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou. From then on, he took care of his family business, raised his children, and spent the rest of his life as a wealthy man.
I will make my due contribution to the cultural and artistic undertakings of Ming Dynasty."
When Chitose Guide heard her lover's "life plan", she couldn't help laughing out loud, "It's really full of nonsense! I don't believe that you, an official fan, are willing to give up your official career and become a rich man. Why don't you mention the general?"
Give me the Zhu family a third-grade worldly position and gold books and iron certificates? Otherwise, what kind of rich man is this?"
"Unfortunately, there is no one in the court. The officialdom is dangerous and it is difficult to be an official."
"Come to think of it, are you still complaining that I don't want to help you? I did what you said, but you're not satisfied again."
Li You didn't understand, raised his eyelids and asked: "What did I say?"
Princess Guide said innocently: "A while ago, you advised me to think more about myself in the future. Didn't I just listen to you? So this time I thought about myself. I was a little selfish and ended up recruiting you again.
Complain. You men are really fickle."
You have a fickle mind! Li You was so angry that he was beaten down, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that what his mistress said made sense.
As the emperor took charge, various structures surrounding the emperor's inner palace, inner court, and outer court gradually took shape, getting rid of the unconventional state during the period when the queen mother was in charge.
But in the conventional traditional model, there is no place for the princess to intervene. Now the eldest princess can only exert some influence based on the personal prestige accumulated in the past ten years, but her savings will eventually be spent. Her new creation of the Shaofu can be regarded as
A way to prepare for a rainy day and find another way.
If there is order inside and outside and everyone goes their own way, or if one party is dominant and super stable, then she, the eldest princess, can only watch the excitement from a distance without any excuse. But if there are internal and external disputes and a stalemate, the situation will be different, and she will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Because looking at the entire capital, she is the only one who has the ability to intervene in the outer court and the inner palace at the same time, and directly exert influence on the emperor. She also has the natural identity of a member of the royal family. If it works well, she can naturally act as an indispensable regulator and take advantage of it.
own power.
No wonder she is in such a good mood. In this situation, the emperor may have a big headache and may have to ask her to help settle things.
Thinking of this, Li You scoffed and said sarcastically: "Your idea is very good. But do you have the ability? Be careful when playing with fire! And it depends on who the other person is. In my opinion, the relationship between the two is deep.
He has gained the emperor's trust and wants to expand his power in the palace, but he has been unfriendly to you for a long time. You have deliberately indulged him until now, and your wings have gradually become bigger than his tail. What can you do to him now?"
Guide Chitose disdainfully said: "This is a chicken and a dog, and there are bones in the grave! You are the only one who treats him as a person."
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Li You was speechless. If the curse could kill Duan Zhien, he would have died ten thousand times. The woman in front of him has become more and more unreliable recently, and she has reached this point. She is still so insensitive and careless, she simply doesn't know how to live or die. She
Do you really think that the Princess of Ming Dynasty was not sent to Fengyang and imprisoned in a high wall?
Li You decided to make it clear. In order to avoid harming others and harming himself, isn't the lesson this time profound enough? He questioned in a serious tone: "If you continue to be so dishonest, I will have to carefully consider whether I will cooperate with you in the future.
Consider it."
How could Princess Guide not understand the meaning in her lover's complicated eyes? She took the initiative to come here today because Luanjia wanted to understand Kaixin Yue. After all, they still wanted to be a romantic couple in the long run.
However, His Highness Chitose didn't say much. He carefully took out a roll of yellow silk from his inner coat, placed it on the table, and then gently unfolded the roll of yellow silk, revealing a small section.
Li You had seen this kind of thing a lot, and he immediately recognized it as an edict. Seeing the eldest princess looking at her like a treasure, Li You guessed in his heart, could this be the legendary edict of the late emperor?
As we all know, the late emperor made some arrangements for his posthumous affairs before his death. According to what Li You heard, because the prince (now Jinghe emperor) was young, the late emperor first issued an edict to appoint Queen Qian (now the queen mother).
He listened to the government behind the curtain, and appointed Zhang Ruoyu (now deceased), Peng Chunshi (now the second assistant of Zhankeng), Yuan Lide (unchanged for ten thousand years) and other great scholars as auxiliary ministers.
Finally, in front of Empress Qian, the prince, and the bachelor, the late emperor ordered Princess Guide (now with a long character added) to take charge of the affairs of the inner palace before the emperor's wedding, to discipline the maids in the inner palace, and to station Zhaofeng in the palace.
Palace, and gave Princess Guide a secret edict as a certificate.
This is something of great historical significance, and it is also the biggest legal basis for the eldest princess' actions. Before His Highness Chitose could say anything, Li You took the initiative to step forward and get closer to Huang Ling to take a closer look.
A unique fragrance filled his nose, and he couldn't help but think of the place where it had been hidden. Li You was distracted for a moment, and then quickly put it away. Business was more important.
In the exposed paragraph, there is not much at the beginning, just some authorization and encouragement phrases, but there are a few unusual sentences at the end——
"After the prince takes office, the first internal prison official to persuade the emperor to remove ministers can ask the ancestors to punish him. If he violates this edict, he will not be a descendant of the Zhu family!"
In the warm room, two drops of cold sweat broke out on Li You's forehead. Duan Zhien slandered the emperor and forced himself to lose his official position. This was revealed by the emperor himself. Wouldn't he be "the first internal prison official to persuade the emperor to dismiss his ministers"
One sentence? I have never heard of anything similar before.
No wonder the eldest princess didn't care about Duan Zhi'en. In her eyes, he was just "a withered bone in the grave of a chicken with tiles and a dog". The more Eunuch Duan danced happily, the more joyfully he died. She tried her best to set up a trap against Eunuch Duan.
, it’s just like child’s play.
After all, eunuchs are royal servants. The royal family's dealing with eunuchs may only be a matter of a few words, and why should civil servants spend so much effort?
Furthermore, the late emperor's state of mind was truly unfathomable. The phrase "kill the first internal prison officer who persuaded the emperor to dismiss his ministers" contains extremely profound power-based connotations that are endlessly memorable.
Princess Guide stood aside without saying a word, quietly watching her lover study and ponder over the secret edict. I don’t know how long it had passed, but she saw him raising his head again, with sincerity on his face, and calling out affectionately: "Be careful.
, let’s discuss cooperation matters in detail.” (To be continued)!~!
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