Happy Little Scholar

Li Yi sat down opposite Prince Ning and asked casually, "Your Highness, when do you plan to return to Qing'an Prefecture this time?"

Prince Ning took a sip of tea and said, "There are still some things that have not been dealt with. Maybe we have to wait until after the grand court meeting next year."

Li Yi nodded. This time, local officials gathered in Kyoto for the grand court meeting, and all the crowned princes would also return to Beijing. It was indeed a good opportunity to announce that matter.

Prince Ning put down his teacup, looked at him, and suddenly asked, "It's still early for the grand court meeting, and all the princes will return to Beijing. Since you are a Jinzi Guanglu doctor, you should be familiar with court affairs. Now that the East Palace has not been established, who do you think will take over the princes of your majesty?"

Li Yi looked at him with a smile on his face, but did not say anything.

Pretend, you continue to pretend.

This matter was obviously planned by him and the old emperor and his brother. Now he pretends to be completely unaware of it. If it weren't for Li Xuan, a shameless spy who likes to peek at people talking, all of them might have been fooled by them.

Prince Ning looked slightly strange and asked, "Why are you laughing?"

"The affairs of the Eastern Palace should be decided by your majesty. We, as ministers, should not speak rashly... However, I think that your majesty should have made a decision at the latest by the grand court meeting this year..." Li Mingzhu, who had changed her clothes, came out. After Li Yi said something meaningful, he bowed to Prince Ning and stood up to say goodbye.

He was still an outsider for the time being, so he would not disturb their family reunion.

When the princess sent him out of the palace, Li Yi stopped and asked in a low voice, "I said yesterday that when you get tired of it, you can find me... Then what?"

The princess, who had already walked to the door of the palace, paused, then turned around, with a smile on her face that Li Yi had never seen before, "Why don't you guess?"

Guess your sister, where did they learn these bad habits? They are the same as Liu Ruyi...

Li Yi turned around and strode away without looking back.

A man should keep his word. Once it is spoken, it cannot be taken back. Even if it is said under the influence of alcohol, he should be responsible. I think Mingzhu will not make up a story to deceive him.

Even if she makes it up, she will know her limits. She will not tell him that he said "When you are tired of it, come to me and I will marry you..." after he got drunk yesterday, right?

It does not exist.

…

When he left the palace and walked to Zeng's house, Zeng Shichun had been waiting for a long time.

"Why did His Highness suddenly say those words? What does it mean? What happened?" Zeng Shichun stood up and asked impatiently before Li Yi and Zui Mo could talk.

After leaving the palace, he was full of shock and confusion.

Once the arrow is shot, it cannot be turned back. This matter involves a wide range of people. Once it starts, it cannot be turned back. The words of Her Highness the Princess just now will make all their efforts in recent days go to waste. He was shocked and anxious in his heart. It was extremely difficult for him to endure until now.

Li Yi sat down, picked up the teacup, and said, "That's what you understand."

Zeng Shichun was stunned, and suddenly said, "Has the situation changed?"

Li Yi stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioning him to sit down, and then said, "Don't worry, the final result may be better, you can rest assured, and let them rest assured."

Some things can't be said explicitly, but for a smart person like Zeng Shichun, it's enough to say this.

Zeng Shichun did not ask any more questions. After thinking for a while, he whispered, "I know."

If you know, go back quickly. Aren't the Ministry of Revenue and Jingzhao Yin Mansion busy these days? As the boss of the two departments, he actually has free time to sit here and drink tea. If people see him, they will think he is slacking off again...

Of course, everyone is a gentleman and can't speak so bluntly. Li Yi pointed to the teapot and said, "There should be no business in the government office. It's still early. Would you like another cup of tea, Mr. Zeng?"

Zeng Shichun nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Li."

He has forgotten all the traditional virtues of five thousand years, and he has also lost the face of his ancestors. He doesn't even have this little bit of eyes. I don't know how he got the position of Jingzhao Yin... Yes, if he hadn't taken the back door from Her Royal Highness the Princess, let alone Jingzhao Yin, the Zeng family would have been in prison like the Cui family.

Then Li Yi realized that this scene seemed familiar. He should have remembered that Zeng Shichun was such a blind person, and even his thoughts just now were not the first time.

People always fall down somewhere, then stand up, and fall down a second time, a third time...

After waiting for Zeng Shichun to leave, Li Yi turned around and asked Zui Mo, "It's been so long, your wedding dress will be sewn soon, right?"

The goddess of Luoshui flicked his eyes at him, "It's almost done, why are you in such a hurry..."

Xiao Cui on the side opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but she glared at her and immediately closed her mouth.

Li Yi looked at him and said seriously, "By the end of this year at the latest, if you are not ready by then, I will take you back!"

"In broad daylight, you are forcibly seizing a woman..." Zeng Zui Mo looked at him with disdain and said, "Mr. Li, you are the dean of the college, a doctor of Jinzi Guanglu, a county marquis, not a robber, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the whole capital?"

"You said one thing wrong." Li Yi looked at her and said with a smile, "What Jinzi Guanglu doctor, what county marquis, these are all my part-time jobs, in fact, my main job is really a robber."

He picked her up by the waist, carried her on his shoulders, and strode into the room regardless of her panicked patting on his back.

When he walked in, he looked back and said, "Xiao Cui, close the door."

"knew!"

Xiaocui ran over happily, closed the door, and then sat on the porch with a silly smile on her face.

This time she didn't put her ear to the door to eavesdrop, because she knew that even if she eavesdropped, she wouldn't hear anything. However, by the end of the year, she might be able to hear it. While she was happy, she was also a little worried. A little maid named Xiaohuan is very popular. If she goes there, will she be bullied? If Xiaozhu goes there with her, the two of them should not be afraid of her...

The young lady is also a person. It would be best if Sister Ruoqing went there with her. There would be no difference from now...

…

When Li Yi saw Li Xuan again, it was already three days later.

His clothes were messy, his appearance was haggard, his two eye circles were particularly conspicuous hanging on his face, and his whole figure looked like an eggplant beaten by frost.

He sat opposite Li Yi, poured a pot of tea, looked into his eyes, and asked seriously: "Am I really unable to escape?"

Li Yi nodded. As the prince of Prince Ning, he could escape a lot of things, but as the prince and the emperor, he had to bear all the things he should bear.

Li Xuan lay on the chair frustrated: "Damn it!"

"Who are you scolding?" Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Prince Ning or Your Majesty?"

"..." Li Xuan sighed, "Scold me."

Li Yi could not sympathize with his situation, but he understood it deeply.

Li Xuan is not a person suitable to be an emperor. For him, that position is just a constraint and a drag.

What he longs for is the bigger and more open sky, the sky that no one has ever seen in this world.

Think about what he would look like as an emperor--I can't imagine it.

"Tell me, can I tell..., tell my father that I don't want to be the emperor, and let Li Han become..."

"He's still a kid."

"Then tell me, can we do what we originally planned, with me becoming the emperor and leaving the government to Mingzhu, just like now..."

"With Mingzhu's influence in the court and among the people, aren't you afraid that she will eventually become the queen and ignore you for the rest of her life, or simply depose you and ascend the throne herself?"

Li Xuan looked yearning in his eyes and murmured: "That's the best. Didn't we think so at the beginning..."

Li Yi thought for a while, looked at him and said, "You have a beautiful idea!"