Luo Shuyu thought, did Emperor Tiansheng make this decision based on who didn't get married or who didn't have a baby?
However, this was exactly what he wanted.
In his previous life, Shen Mingyun was as wealthy as an enemy country, and the fourth prince could secure his position because Shen Mingyun had money to support him.
Where did the money come from? It was from a mine that had never been found.
And Luo Shuyu learned the exact location of the mine from the book.
However, if Li Mingjin went to the north, he would have to be separated from him for a long time.
The author has something to say:
The Third Prince: Wife, tonight I'm the boss of the mine, and you are the boss's xiaomi! I'm going to lie down, come and seduce me~
Luo Shuyu: ...
[小蜜 xiǎo mì: (derog.) girlfriend of a married man]
Chapter 51
At the thought of being separated from Li Mingjin, Luo Shuyu's mood became extremely bad.
Although they didn't really talk to each other in their previous life, Li Mingjin almost never left the capital. Even if Luo Shuyu didn't know Li Mingjin's whereabouts most of the time, he also knew that Li Mingjin would not leave the capital.
Now, if Li Mingjin went to the north, he really didn't know what to do, and probably thought about his safety all the time.
In his heart, he knew that Li Mingjin's departure to the north would be a great help to his future, but in his heart, he didn't want him to travel far away.
If he went to the north, he may have to go to the battlefield, and the sword had no eyes on the battlefield, who knew if he would be injured.
Luo Shuyu didn't know martial arts, he didn't know how good Li Mingjin's martial arts, but even if he lost a hair because of the war, he would be terribly sad.
Ever since Emperor Tiansheng ordered Li Mingjin to prepare to go to the north, Luo Shuyu became more and more worried and didn't sleep well for three consecutive days.
Li Mingjin knew that he was uncomfortable, and the two of them hadn't been separated for a day since they got married, so he could only hug him to comfort him at night.
Waking up in the morning, because Luo Shuyu didn't sleep well last night, he was actually very sleepy, but he just couldn't fall asleep.
It didn't snow today, Luo Shuyu stood at the door watching Li Mingjin practicing martial arts in the snow-swept yard.
Li Mingjin was sweating a lot from practicing, but in order to let Luo Shuyu watch his skill for a while, he gave himself an extra quarter of an hour to fight against the secret guard, so that his morning martial arts practice wouldn't become so boring and increased the viewing experience.
Ansan could only cooperate with Li Mingjin's performance. The two of them really played tricks when they came back and forth.
Luo Shuyu looked very happy, the amount of breakfast finally returned to normal level, and began to face up to the matter of Li Mingjin's departure to the north.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin went to the study room, he asked him, "Is Your Highness going to leave in the spring or after the new year?"
Li Mingjin: "The exact date hasn't yet been determined, but I guess it will be determined when General Zhenbei returns to the capital, after the New Year "
Luo Shuyu: "Then when the last time General Zhenbei went to the capital?"
Li Mingjin: "It's said that it may be many years ago, and he may rush back to reunite with his family."
Luo Shuyu: "If only I can go to the north with Your Highness, I also want to see the scenery in the north."
Li Mingjin: "Although I've never been there, I know that place is colder than the capital. I heard that the snow is as high as your calf. You have to run as soon as the wind blows, and it's better to stay in the capital comfortably. Yu'er, you can rest at home and wait for me to come back."
Luo Shuyu was dissatisfied with Li Mingjin's description of himself: "Your Highness also underestimates me too much. I will run away whenever the wind blows."
"It's just your waist." Li Mingjin pinched his waist that couldn't get fat no matter what, "Look at mine again, aren't you just suitable to stay at home and wait for me?"
"Your Highness is not serious again." Luo Shuyu began to prepare the ink, "By the way, Your Highness, is there any news about the doctor that Mr. Chen helped to find?"
"No news yet." Li Mingjin didn't know why he suddenly started to prepare the ink, "do you want to write? "
Luo Shuyu laughed and said: "Write the one hundred and eight prohibitations on going out for Your Highness."
Li Mingjin's face froze slightly: "What is one hundred and eight prohibitations on going out?" He wondered if his wife had any new ideas for dealing with him.
Luo Shuyu: "I heard that the atmosphere in the north is more open. Whether it's a ger or a woman, as long as they have interest in a man, they will go to the other's house with their bundle. Your Highness is a handsome man with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and he can't be taken by them. So..."
Li Mingjin: "So what exactly is your one hundred and eight prohibitions?"
Luo Shuyu coughed: "First, Your Highness is forbidden to look at other women or gers when you are bored, and you can only miss me."
Li Mingjin asked curiously : "What about the second one?" This one could be done.
Luo Shuyu picked up a brush and wrote: "Your Highness is forbidden to go to various dirty places, so as not to be tempted."
Li Mingjin said again: "Then the third?"
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness is forbidden to save a ger or woman whose origin is unknown, because that might be the enemy's beauty trick."
Li Mingjin put his hand on Luo Shuyu's waist: "Yu'er, I just found out today that you really have ideas, why will someone send a son or a woman to seduce me?."
Luo Shuyu: "Not only there will be a beauty trick, but there will also be tricks to sow discord. There are many more that Your Highness doesn't expect."
Li Mingjin kissed the back of his fair neck: "Then why don't Yu'er accompany me to the north, so I don't have to be afraid that I will fall into the enemy's thirty-six tricks. "
Luo Shuyu said seriously: "I also want to go to the north with you, but I'm afraid that the emperor will not allow it. You will not only have external troubles but also internal troubles when you go to north this time."
"If someone writes a letter to Your Highness in my name to spread false news, and the writing looks like real, will Your Highness believe it or not? This is also a plan to disturb Your Highness' mood, Your Highness' minds become chaotic and the army is naturally chaotic, as long as they are a little careless, their lives will be in danger. It's easy to hide a sharp spear, but it's difficult to guard against a dark sword. Your Highness must act with caution.."
Li Mingjin felt that he might be a little bit overwhelmed: "Yu'er, you are overthinking. I'm only representing father, but it doesn't mean that the soldiers below will listen to me, and the army's morale will not be disturbed because of me."
Luo Shuyu emphasized: "But I believe they will all be loyal to Your Highness."
"Believe me so much?" Li Mingjin's hand on his waist tightened.
Luo Shuyu looked back at him: "In this world, the only one I can trust is Your Highness, if I don't trust you, who should I trus?t."
Li Mingjin hugged Luo Shuyu tightly: "Me too." He just hugged him tightly, not wanting to let go.
Only from Luo Shuyu he could get the warmth that he had never had before. Luo Shuyu was not willing to part with him, so how could he be willing to part with him? He didn't know how long it would take to come back after this trip.
Li Mingjin kissed Luo Shuyu, and Luo Shuyu took the initiative to kiss him back: "Your Highness, don't worry about me, I will live well myself, and I will write a letter to you regularly."
After the kiss was over, they returned to the topic.
No matter how reluctant he was, Luo Shuyu was still going to tell Li Mingjin the information he knew: "Your Highness, the journey is long and difficult, but it's also an opportunity."
Li Mingjin nodded: "I know, if I have military achievements this time, I will get credit."
Luo Shuyu smiled: "Not only that, this is just superficial, and the really powerful one is here."
Li Mingjin didn't quite understand what he meant by this sentence.
His wife had another great idea?
"What do you mean?"
"Your Highness, sit and wait for me for a while." Luo Shuyu pushed him on the chair, and then he stood up and began to draw on the paper.
Li Mingjin was obedient and sat in the chair, waiting for him to draw.
At first he thought that Luo Shuyu was drawing a landscape, but later his expression gradually became solemn.
Luo Shuyu's drawing was definitely not an ordinary drawing, but a map, and he marked some symbols on the map.
Li Mingjin endured the doubts in his heart and patiently waited for him to finish the drawing.
In the end, Luo Shuyu did draw this map into a landscape drawing, covering up the symbols he marked earlier.
Li Mingjin knew that there were secrets hidden among the mountains of different symbols, and now he was eager to know what these symbols represented.
Luo Shuyu finished the last stroke, but didn't add his own seal, but asked Li Mingjin: " Your Highness, can you remember where the triangle symbol is?"
[Most Chinese paintings have small red impressions in a stylized script, placed either inconspicuously at the painting's outer boundaries, or scattered liberally through the image area itself. These seals (or "chops") can indicate either who executed the painting or who owned it.]
"Remember." His memory was not bad, and he had the ability of photographic memory since he was a child, but he had hidden it for many years, and no one remembered it over time.
But he was puzzled by one thing, how could Luo Shuyu draw the map, he had never even been out of the capital.
Luo Shuyu knew what he was wondering: "Your Highness, are you wondering why I drew this map?"
Li Mingjin probably knew that he was going to use that mysterious expert to explain again: "That mysterious expert told you?"
Luo Shuyu said frankly: "I will definitely not harm Your Highness."
"I know you will not harm me." But was this expert too mysterious? He actually sent someone to look for him secretly, but this person never appeared, as if he was just a Luo Shuyu's shadow. Sometimes he thought that his wife could always predict whether there was something special about others, but he couldn't tell him the truth, so he called his ability as a "mysterious expert".
People who had intelligent like a monster tend to be fearful and suspicious, and his wife probably didn't want him to doubt him.
To say how special and capable Shen Mingyun was, Li Mingjin may not have a deep understanding, but he knew exactly how powerful his wife was.
Since he didn't want to mention it, then he wouldn't ask, let's mention it when he was willing to talk.
As long as he was not a fairy, he didn't want become a Cowherd and a Weaver Girl with his wife.
Luo Shuyu: "Do you remember the location of the largest mountain I drew?"
Li Mingjin pointed to the paper and said, "Remember, this mountain has no peaks. "
The painting skills were so good that Li Mingjin even wanted to go to this place after seeing it.
Luo Shuyu told him the truth: "You Royal Highness, you must remember this location. If you have time, you can go there in person. This is an iron ore mine."
What an iron ore mine represented was self-evident.
Li Mingjin stared at the drawing in disbelief, and clenched his fists: "Is it really an iron ore mine?"
Luo Shuyu nodded affirmatively: "I will not deceive Your Highness, this mine is relatively hidden and needs to be found, I only know that it's in the direction of the north , called Wufeng Mountain, there is a village surnamed Yang at the corner of the mountain, it may be on your way to the north, I don't know how to find it."
In the book, Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince found this mine by accident. At that time, the large army was stationed to rest and the two took advantage of the night to leave the large army and ran out to have a tryst. Unexpectedly, on their way back to the camp, they encountered heavy rain and met an assassin, and the two rolled down the mountain.
This time there were no kind villagers rescued them.
However, because they were the protagonists in the book and Shen Mingyun had the help of the system, the lives of the two were safe. They also found a cave that could shelter them from the rain, and there were many food and warm clothes left by the Orion.
The Fourth Prince was not Liu Xiahui either, and the two of them started a fire in the cave.
After the rain stopped, they went up the mountain to pick fruits to fill their stomachs, and accidentally discovered Wufeng Mountain and the iron ore mine on the mountain. They were lucky to be rescued by the villagers of Yangjia Village. The two finally arrived in the town safely and found the local official to escort them to join the big army.
After the fourth prince returned to the capital, he sent people to Wufeng Mountain again, and found that it was really an iron ore mine. The iron ore could be used to forge weapons, laying a solid foundation for his future road becoming emperor.
If Li Mingjin got this mine, there would be no need to talk about the future.
Since Luo Shuyu mentioned the mine, he knew that in the future, he must walk on a road full of thorns, and Luo Shuyu was willing to accompany him on the journey, and was also willing to help him.
"Do you remember that you said before that you have nothing? You don't have nothing, you have everything. You are my lucky star. With you, I have the motivation to move forward."
Luo Shuyu suddenly hugged him tightly: "The trip this time must be extremely dangerous, you must be careful to protect yourself."
Li Mingjin kissed his forehead: "Of course."
This trip was definitely dangerous.
At this critical moment, if he got the military power that the Crown Prince and the First Prince didn't get, then both he and Luo Shuyu would be in danger. If he was not by Luo Shuyu's side and left him alone in the capital, he was really worried.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the capital was more dangerous than going to the north.
However, there was still some time before leaving the capital, and even if they left, they would still have to celebrate the New Year.
Today was New Year's Eve, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu must enter the palace to have a reunion dinner with Emperor Tiansheng, which was also a rare family banquet for the royal family.
Emperor Tiansheng gave all the officials of the court a holiday today, and only started to go to the court on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.
Luo Shuyu had already bought the New Year's goods, and this morning, he and Li Mingjin pasted couplets in the yard together.
These couplets were written by Li Mingjin himself.
In order to make up for the regrets in the previous life, Luo Shuyu cherished every festival now, and he was also willing to leave good memories with Li Mingjin.
At this moment, Luo Shuyu stood under the bamboo ladder and shouted to Li Mingjin who was standing above: "Your Highness, move it a little to the left."
"Is that so?" Li Mingjin asked him.
Luo Shuyu: "Yes, it looks much more comfortable this way, and both sides match up."
Li Mingjin finished pasting the couplets, came down from the top, and said to Luo Shuyu, "From now on, we will paste the couplets together every year."
Luo Shuyu held the brush to paste and said: "Okay!"
The two not only pasted the couplets, but the servants also replaced the old lanterns and hung up the new ones.
Sweeping away the dust (除尘) started on the 26th, and now the whole house was clean.
It was cold in winter, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin entered the palace relatively early, and when they arrived at the palace gate, they met the fourth prince, Li Mingchun.
Since Shen Mingyun became pregnant, his time to go out had been relatively reduced, but recently he had been doing more in the court. For the sake of going to the north, he actually contributed money and effort. Originally, Emperor Tiansheng was lingering between him and Li Mingjin, but suddenly Shen Mingyun became pregnant and Emperor Tiansheng considered that in recent days in order to catch an assassin Li Mingjin almost sacrificed Luo Shuyu's life, so he chose him.
The fourth prince felt like spoiling the ship for a penny worth of tar in the matter of going to the north, but he was not discouraged. There was the first prince ahead of him, and he used tricks to weaken the crown prince's support in the court.
[功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì: to spoil the ship for a penny worth of tar; lit. to fail through lack of a final effort]
The first prince thought he could sit back and relax, but before Emperor Tiansheng gave the officials the annual holiday, a huge problem appeared in this year's disaster. The people in a southern state rebelled. Although it was suppressed immediately, it also exposed the problem.
The south was more affluent than the north. Why did the people live in dire straits because of the snowstorm, and it came to the point of rebellion, didn't the imperial court distribute relief food?.
Investigated, you had to investigate, you had to investigate it thoroughly.
And whose territory was in the south, the Great Prince's family was there.
The first prince's people secretly pushed the fourth prince to go to the south to investigate the matter. Emperor Tiansheng agreed, although the crown prince was still unwilling to do so, who didn't know that the fourth prince and the first prince were in the same group, and what did it mean to send the fourth prince to the south, but what was the use of being angry? Emperor Tiansheng had already made a decision.
Except for Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin, no one knew what the fourth prince was thinking.
The fourth prince and the first prince were in the same group? The first prince may feel that what happened to Li Mingchun had nothing to do with him, but the first prince probably didn't know what benefits the fourth prince had obtained by using his power these years. He had never taken Li Mingchun seriously, and as for Li Mingchun's trip to the south this time, it may be a bit difficult to fulfill the first prince's wish.
One would go to the north and one would go to the south.
The third prince and the fourth prince were wary of each other at this time.
The fourth prince: "Third brother."
Li Mingjin: "Fourth brother."
The fourth prince: "I heard that the climate in the north is cold, and the third brother must bring enough clothes when he goes to the north after the new year."
Li Mingjin: "I also heard that there are many savages in the south, fourth brother should be careful."
Luo Shuyu suddenly interjected: "Fourth brother, I heard that cousin Shen almost had an accident, how is he now?"
Fourth prince: "... "
This was a bit like a needle was pricked in the heart.
Because it was said that during Shen Mingyun's confinement period, there were some blind girls in the fourth prince's backyard, and the child in his stomach almost couldn't be saved.
His rest period for pregnancy was extended for another month on the basis of the original one month.
The author has something to say:
The Third Prince: Wife, I feel pain!
Luo Shuyu: Where does it hurt?
The Third Prince: Here, it hurts.
Luo Shuyu: ...
Chapter 52
When mentioning the fact that Shen Mingyun almost had a miscarriage, Li Mingchun's expression was a little bad.
But the one who was wrong of this matter was not Shen Mingyun, but him.
He promised Shen Mingyun to get rid of all the women in the backyard after the New Year, but this year was not over yet, and a bunch of people in the backyard were still in the mansion.
He thought they would stay in the backyard in peace, but who knew that all of them were restless.
What was more, Shen Mingyun didn't have the slightest precaution against these women and gers. During the rest period, he said that Li Mingchun didn't have time to accompany him, and he suddenly sympathized with the people in the backyard. When he was bored, he invited them to drink tea and chat together in the courtyard.
But these people all entered the fourth prince's mansion with a purpose, and Shen Mingyun's good intentions would eventually be paid by mistake.
These people had other intentions. Of course, those who entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion wanted to gain the favor of their master. They only felt jealous of Shen Mingyun, and regarded his kindness as malice, so they joined forces to punish Shen Mingyun, so when they went outside to enjoy the snow together, Shen Mingyun accidentally fell and almost had miscarriage.
In the end, Shen Mingyun was saved by the system, but the fall was a bit heavy, so he invited the imperial doctor.
Whether the child in Shen Mingyun's womb could be kept or not really depended on fate. The ger also needed to conceive in 10 months, but now less than three months had passed.
After the fourth prince learned the truth, a group of people with no names and titles in the backyard were still not cleared out of the fourth prince's mansion, but they were all locked up. It was just that they should never compete with Shen Mingyun again, and they didn't have that chance.
Li Mingchun also knew that this matter couldn't be covered, and he had a record after consulting to the imperial doctor, but when Luo Shuyu asked, he really lost face.
What Luo Shuyu mentioned was not about Shen Mingyun and his children, but about his terrible backyard.
With this question, Li Mingchun thought that it was no longer appropriate to continue talking about going to the north and going to the south with Li Mingjin, so he chatted casually to get away.
The more times he entered the palace, Luo Shuyu became more and more familiar with this process, and he could naturally accept the people and things he encountered.
Seeing other people understood each other's routines was better.
For example, the first imperial concubine had a big belly now.
As soon as Luo Shuyu entered the door, he saw the palace maid was helping her to sit down slowly, and the first imperial concubine was still rubbing her stomach to show off that she was pregnant.
Among the several imperial concubines, she was the only one who was pregnant. Even the first prince walked with his head upright and straightened his chest everyday in front of Emperor Tiansheng. As for the one who was pregnant in the fourth prince's residence, they didn't care. A good concubine, even if the child was born, was not considered a heir, and more importantly, whether the child could be born smoothly was still needed to be "discussed".
Today's arrangement was still similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but more than four months had passed, and everyone's life was different, and everyone's expression was different.
Four months ago, the Crown Princess, who was so beautiful, now only had a sneer on her face, while the first imperial concubine, who used to be kind to everyone in the past, was showing off her might, as if she would give birth to the first grandson for the royal family tomorrow.
The performance of the several imperial concubines were equivalent to that of their husbands, and so the favor they received from Emperor Tiansheng.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were no longer newlyweds, their silence had reached a certain level, and they already knew what kind of posture they should make on which occasions.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was bigger than any royal family dinner in a year.
When Emperor Tiansheng arrived, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin discussed what dishes to serve later.
It was not yet time for the banquet to start, and Emperor Tiansheng, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress were not seated.
Waiting only was also boring. Last time at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the Crown Princess deliberately made things difficult for the newly married Luo Shuyu, but it ended in an interesting ending, and she failed to achieve her goal. Today, she obviously had no intention of speaking.
In this huge palace, there were only seven of them and the serving ladies and eunuchs.
Now that Li Mingjin was mentioned to the face by Emperor Tiansheng, the Crown Prince and the First Prince would still speak bitterly to him.
But it wasn't the crown princess who spoke out, but the confident the first prince.
The first prince: "Third brother, make preparations to go to the north after the new year. You have lived in the middle of the capital for so many years, and you have never been out of the capital yet."
Li Mingjin was eating the orange that Luo Shuyu had peeled for him. He was propping his cheeks with his hands on the table, he casually spewed the orange core onto Luo Shuyu's palm.
"I have never been out of the capital, so my first brother wants to go to the north for me?" Li Mingjin had always been outspoken and shameless.
The first prince was choked, and his thoughts were directly spoken out by him. His expression was very ugly: "What did the third brother say? Your first brother still has to stay at the capital to accompany your sister-in-law to give birth. How can it be possible for your first brother to go to the north, and why should I rob your task? Swords and knives on the battlefield have no eyes, and the folk customs in the north are harsh, so I'm afraid even if I think about it."
The crown prince sneered at the side: "Brother, do you believe what you say? You pretend to be a wolf with a big tail. It hurts you not to get the chance to go to the north."
The first prince and the crown prince recently had confronted each other and no longer cared about each other's face: "The crown prince, what do you mean by that? You came to mock me because you didn't get the chance to go to the north for your brother-in-law. "
Both of them were equal to each other. If you hurt the enemy one thousand, you would get hurt eight hundred.
The crown prince said again: "Didn't you recommend your brother-in-law who was ignorant?"
As soon as the first imperial concubine heard her family being scolded, she said: "Your Highness, how did my brother offend you?"
The crown princess also joined the battle and slapped her hand on the table: "The first prince scolded my elder brother first, and we can't finish without an explanation today!"
The two parties poked their hornet's nests and quarreled.
Li Mingjin pinched Luo Shuyu's fingertips under the table, signaling him to leave it alone, and the two of them just watched the fun, which was in line with their style.
The fourth prince pretended to look left and right, with an anxious expression on his face, and occasionally said a few words, but every sentence was as loud as a mosquito, and he also didn't want to care about it either.
The quarrel at this time was intensified, if the First imperial concubine didn't have a big belly now, the Crown Princess would go forward and scratch her face.
The crown prince: "There's no end to this, isn't what we're talking about the truth? Brother, you are like a bandit who snatches other people's property now!"
The first prince: "It's a joke, if we are bandits, then what are you? Just wait, sooner or later, one day I will catch you!"
The crown prince: "What can I do? You should worry about yourself."
The first prince: "Heh, why don't you worry about yourself first?, don't forget the rumors ten years ago."
The crown prince's face was gloomy and cold: "Fuck your shit!"
The first prince: "The crown prince, you have to respect yourself. Today's family banquet, you are full of foul language, it's an insult to the majesty of the crown prince. It's better to go home and nurse the child!"
It was obvious that the first prince had the upper hand, and the crown prince almost fell backwards in anger.
Luo Shuyu secretly wrote down the "rumors from ten years ago" mentioned by the first prince. was there any big problem in it? This should be the information he missed in his previous life.
When the crown prince and the first prince got up to perform martial art, the fourth prince called the guards outside to come in and pull the two of them apart!
Emperor Tiansheng came in with a group of concubines just at this time.
"What are you doing?"
The crown prince and the first prince quickly separated, each straightened their clothes, straightened their hair and crowns, and hurriedly saluted Emperor Tiansheng.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin also got up to salute Emperor Tiansheng after watching the play.
It was quite interesting to make such a fuss on New Year's Eve.
In previous years, Emperor Tiansheng would still entertain the ministers, but this year he was not in such good health, so he skipped the banquet with the ministers and changed it to a pure royal family banquet.
Unexpectedly, the crown prince and the first prince would come out like this directly, which made Emperor Tiansheng even more troublesome.
But his ability to pretend to be deaf and dumb had already been practiced to the peak, he pretended not to see anything, and his tone was very gentle.
The crown prince and the first prince had already married and established a family, and it wasn't just a day or two for the two of them started competing. He really couldn't control the frequent of their quarrels.
After Emperor Tiansheng took his seat, the family banquet officially began.
When the crown prince and the first prince returned to their seats, they stared at each other from an angle that Emperor Tiansheng couldn't see.
After everyone was seated, the Empress Dowager also arrived after paying homage to Buddha.
Exciting all night.
First, there was the sword-fighting between the crown prince and the first prince, followed by the subtle mockery between the Empress and Concubine Lin.
Emperor Tiansheng only drank and ate the food, accepted the toasts from the princes and concubines, occasionally said a few words to the Empress mother, and then watched the performance, completely ignoring the fight between the Empress and Concubine Lin, maybe he was tired of watching it long ago, and was only bored with their fight in his heart.
Compared to Emperor Tiansheng's disregard and indifference, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin ate quite happily.
The two also discussed what seasonings were in each dish.
After the chat was almost over, they toasted Emperor Tiansheng at an inconspicuous time. At this time, Emperor Tiansheng only needed the tenderness of his "family", and he didn't need hypocritical compliments.
For them, Emperor Tiansheng had different feelings.
Li Mingjin acted like a willful child, and after toasting, he asked Emperor Tiansheng for a cook: "Father, why don't you give me the cook who makes spicy crispy meat?"
His father refused him with a smile: " That won't work, I also like that crispy meat, and he is the chef of my imperial kitchen. If I send him to you, where can I find someone like him in the future?, it's not worth it, or I'll let him make it for you at regular intervals and send it over."
Li Mingjin: "Father is a bit stingy, you have more than one cook, I'll exchange three cooks with you."
The father: "You think well, I'll ask someone to find you a good cook later, don't just think about eating meat everyday, put your heart into doing things for me."
Li Mingjin: "Oh, it's so boring to do things."
The Emperor Tiansheng laughed when he teased him, which was what a child should say to his father.
As people got older, they started wanting different emotions.
It's not easy to set off Li Mingjin with the crown prince and the first prince as examples. Emperor Tiansheng suddenly felt that he could get closer to the third son and care about him more, so that this son didn't care about his throne anymore.
Although the Empress dowager didn't care about things, her eyes were still vicious. She was the one who gave birth to Emperor Tiansheng, so she naturally knew what he was thinking, so she immediately called the crown prince and the Empress to toast Emperor Tiansheng again, and squeezed Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu down.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu didn't care.
Watching them went up and showed their courtesies made the royal battle really interesting.
No matter how fierce the two were fighting now, they were still making wedding dresses for others in the end.
Still a little concerned about what they mentioned about the rumors ten years ago.
There were still many programs at the Palace Banquet on New Year's Eve, and Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were dazzled when watching them.
All in all, this New Year's Eve banquet went smoothly, ignoring a little bit of other small things.
Fireworks were a must, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin came out of the palace after watching the fireworks.
Tonight was New Year's Eve, and there was no curfew in the capital. When passing by the main street, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin felt the excitement outside.
Luo Shuyu poked his head out: "It turns out that people don't necessarily have New Year's Eve dinner during the New Year."
Li Mingjin said: "Some people start eating New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon, and they can go shopping with their family at night."
Luo Shuyu: " It's so lively, Your Highness, look there is a juggling stall over there."
Li Mingjin: "If you want to go and have a look, we can also take a stroll."
Luo Shuyu's beautiful eyes were shining: "Really?"
Li Mingjin asked the coachman to park the carriage in the the roadside and then he took Luo Shuyu out of the carriage.
The two of them didn't lack anything, so they just walked around and had a look.
The main street was very lively, and the two sides of the river were also very lively, with gongs and drums, and people's voices.
Luo Shuyu was very curious: "What's in the front?"
Li Mingjin explained for him, in the past he didn't like to stay in the mansion and he would often come out, so he naturally knew the tricks to play outside: "There will be a performance at this time of the year, and we can follow along to take a look."
"Your Highness, let's stop crowding and take a look from the side." Luo Shuyu was worried that there would be accidents due to crowds.
One must be cautious in everything nowadays, let alone a crowded place, naturally they couldn't take it lightly, this was Luo Shuyu's conclusion drawn from the book.
Shen Mingyun once hung out with the fourth prince after attending a palace banquet. He excitedly dragged the fourth prince into the crowd. Unexpectedly, they had offended too many people, and some people followed after they came out of the palace. If it wasn't for the guards that the fourth prince brought were capable enough, and there was a master beside him, the corpses of these two people might had been completely chilled.
And it wasn't just one time, but several times, Shen Mingyun insisted on leading the fourth prince into the crowd, the assassins figured out the pattern, as long as the two of them squeezed into the crowd, they would start attacking without any hesitation.
With these lessons, Luo Shuyu didn't want himself and Li Mingjin to follow Shen Mingyun's old path, learning from others was also a kind of lesson.
The two spent some money to choose a restaurant with a higher location. Although it was a bit far away and the view was not as clear as the scene, they still saw it anyway.
The performance was still good, and it was said that there was also a dance performance by Liang Xian'er, the number one huakui in the capital.
At this time of year, many people gathered here. After the performance, Liang Xian'er would leave in a painted boat.
Luo Shuyu was eating the dried fruit that Li Mingjin fed, when suddenly there were noisy and chaotic screams from the river.
Li Mingjin immediately sent someone down to ask about the situation.
After a while, the movement on the other side of the river subsided, and the officers and soldiers came in time to stop the noise.
Ansan came back after inquiring, with a gossip look on his face.
Li Mingjin asked him: "What happened?"
An San said truthfully: "The fourth prince and Shen Liangshi encountered something over there, and Shen Liangshi seemed to have miscarriage."
Luo Shuyu stopped chewing the dried fruit: "Can you tell me again who had miscarriage?"
Ansan described it in more detail this time: "It was Shen Liangshi from the Fourth Prince's mansion. Somebody suddenly started fighting with the Fourth Prince for some reason. During the fight, Shen Liangshi fell to the ground and was carried to the nearest medical center. I heard the doctor inside said that the child couldn't be kept and he had miscarriage. I also saw the fourth prince looking at him and wiping the tears in the corner of his eyes. "
It was over now!
Shen Mingyun completely killed the fourth prince's first child, and the speed was surprisingly fast.
Before the palace banquet, he even mentioned to the fourth prince that Shen Mingyun would stay in the mansion for two months, but after only a few days, he couldn't bear the loneliness and ran out to roam around.
Li Mingjin couldn't help but sympathize with Li Mingchun: "The fourth younger brother could almost become a father. How much he expected it before, but now he is so disappointed."
"Your Highness is right, Shen Liangshi is too ignorant. They are about to have a baby."
Li Mingjin said: "It's really a pity."
Luo Shuyu nodded: "If this child would suffer in this world, it's better to be reincarnated."
After listening to the gossip, the two also felt that the singing and dancing below were meaningless, so they went back home.
After washing away the cold, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu sat on the warm couch to wait the new year.
Luo Shuyu knocked on the melon seeds and asked Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, I heard the first prince mentioned the rumor about the crown prince ten years ago tonight. Do you know what it is?
" Rumors?"
Luo Shuyu's eyes were full of curiosity: "Well, I see that the crown princ's face changed tonight."
Li Mingjin said seriously: "I'll tell you if I get it tonight."
Luo Shuyu's ears warmed up: "Your Highness!"
Li Mingjin kissed him and his voice softened a little: "Okay, let me say it, this matter has to start before the Empress entered the palace..."
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Chapter 53
According to the rumors, the current Empress had a relationship with someone before entering the palace.
She had a childhood sweetheart, who was her distant cousin who came to Beijing to rush for the exam. Because his family was not rich, Prime Minister Feng, who was still in the Imperial Academy at the time, liked his intelligence and wisdom, so he let him stay at his mansion.
The Feng Mansion back then was as beautiful as it was now, and the current Empress Dowager, that was, the Empress back then, was his own sister.
At that time, Feng Hanlin had already paved the way for himself.
He had a younger sister who was the Empress, so his daughter Feng Shi would also be betrothed to the royal family, this was the bargaining chip for their Feng family.
But who would have known that the daughter of the Feng family, who hadn't out of the boudoir, would make eye contact with the distant relatives who lived in Feng's mansion, and they fell in love with each other.
Feng Shi was a lady of the big family. She was raised according to the standards of a royal wife since she was a child. She was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was a talented woman.
When she was still young, she had no human experience. When she met someone with similar interests by chance, she often made appointments to write poems and paintings together. Over time, feelings developed.
Once the fire of affection was ignited, it was like moths to the flame. No matter what, Feng Shi and his childhood sweetheart had made a private decision for life.
It was said that Feng Shi later directly mentioned to Feng Hanlin that she wanted to marry her cousin, and that cousin also expressed that he would propose marriage to Feng's family and marry her.
However, Feng Hanlin was furious when he learned of this, not only rejected the other party's request without hesitation, but also drove the cousin out of the Feng mansion. He had already arranged for his daughter's next home, how could he give a poor boy a chance, he didn't deserve it!
After the two were forced to separate, Feng Shi didn't eat or drink for several days. Later, with her mother's persuasion, she realized that she would never have the right to freely choose the person she liked in her life.
This matter happened in Feng's mansion, but it seemed to be a matter of speculation from the outside.
The opponents of the Feng family wanted to find the distant cousin who had an affair with Feng Shi back then, but no one could find this person, so it was not known whether this matter was true or not.
Some people also tried to bribe the servants of the Feng family, but the mouths of the servants of the Feng family were like clamshells, and they couldn't be pried open.
Over time, this incident became a rumor.
It was also because of this that the Feng family soon married the crown prince who hadn't yet proclaimed himself as an emperor, who was now Emperor Tiansheng.
The above was just one of the two versions.
There was another version that was more exciting than this one.
Some people said that when Feng Shi had a marriage contract with the young Emperor Tiansheng, she was with her distant cousin and was discovered by Feng Hanlin, later Feng Hanlin kicked out the cousin who seduced her daughter. Half a month after the incident, Feng Shi married into the East Palace, and within two months of marriage, it was discovered that Feng Shi was nearly three months pregnant. The child was born in less than nine months.
And this second rumor pointed to the crown prince's life experience.
After listening to Li Mingjin telling him these two completely different rumors, Luo Shuyu was a little surprised, and then whispered: "So that's it, this rumor means that the crown prince is not the emperor's child?"
Li Mingjin was amused by his cautious appearance: " My dear Yu'er, don't be so nervous, our main courtyard is protected so that not even a mosquito can fly in, and everything we say will not be heard."
Luo Shuyu said: "It's not that I just heard about the palace's secret, I'm a little surprised "
Li Mingjin: "It's just a rumor, father had rectified it before, and now no one dares to spread it. If the crown prince is not father's own flesh and blood, then how could he become the crown prince."
This rumor pointed Luo Shuyu in a clear direction. Some things that couldn't be explained in the previous life now had the answers.
He asked Li Mingjin back, and slowly put forward his thoughts: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about it, what if this rumor is true?"
The reason why the crown prince could become the crown prince was because he had a powerful maternal grandfather and was born of the Empress, occupying the title of the heir.
He thought that the crown prince fell so quickly in his previous life because Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince teamed up to bring down the prime minister first.
There were quite a lot of resentmens and grievances written in the book about Shen Mingyun, the Fourth Prince and the Feng Mansion. First, the first son of the prime minister was injured by a general who supported the Fourth Prince. One leg was rotten, and it would be difficult for him to return to normal in the future, in the end he became a lame man. Afterwards, Shen Mingyun had a conflict with the Prime Minister. The restaurant he opened competed with the restaurant with the Feng family's background. The Feng family used their power to oppress Shen Mingyun, making Shen Mingyun unable to open his restaurant. Then Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince retaliated.
But thinking about it now, with the ability of the fourth prince at that time and these small conflicts that could be resolved with money on the surface, it was not enough to make a big tree with intertwined roots that had stood in the court for many years fell down, and Emperor Tiansheng must have contributed to this. Perhaps the real mastermind behind the scenes was Emperor Tiansheng who had been aggrieved for many years.
The mantis was attacking the cicada, and the oriole was behind.
According to Luo Shuyu's knowledge of the crown prince in his previous life, there was no major problem with his conduct, and he was also conscientious in the position of crown prince. If he became the emperor and had the support of the prime minister, there would be basically no major problems in ruling and stabilizing the country.
But in the end he was abolished.
Perhaps the crown prince's life experience was the root cause he was deposed and the Feng family was destroyed.
It was a great crime to confuse the royal blood.
In Shen Mingyun's era, there were also countries with royal families, but their technology was advanced, and if a child's life experience was suspected, it could be checked through scientific means, but in their era, there was no such technology, and they could only rely on speculation or observation on the face.
The crown prince's appearance was more inclined to the Empress', which was why no one never doubted him.
Thinking about it now, there were very few similarities between the crown prince and Emperor Tiansheng.
When Luo Shuyu's mind was turning back and forth, Li Mingjin was also in deep thought. He slapped his thigh: "Why do I think what you said makes sense? Now that I think about it carefully, there are many doubtful points about the crown prince."
Luo Shuyu: "What are they?"
Li Mingjin: "Actually, those man-made rumors back then were not groundless. Although our brothers inherited the appearance of our biological mothers, we can see more or less the shadow of father."
" For example, the first brother has a body shape that is very similar to father, and then there is the fourth brother. His face shape is very similar to that of father, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to father. On the other hand, the crown prince, it's true to say that he is somewhat similar to the Empress, but he is not completely like her. He is shorter than our brothers, and his appearance is more delicate, and our brothers have wider bones than him."
Indeed, in terms of body shape, the crown prince was different from the other princes, and the Empress herself was quite tall , but the crown prince really didn't look strong.
Luo Shuyu: "After such analysis, the crown prince is really different from the other princes. If the emperor is sure that he is his own, then the person who spread the rumors would not have been arrested ten years ago." Because rumor was stopped with wisdom and collapsed in the light of facts, arresting people could make other suspicious of deception.
Li Mingjin: "Speaking of arresting people, I heard that the Empress' momo was gone. When I was a child, I saw that momo who was always with her. The woman even gave me snacks, but I never saw her again."
[嬷嬷 mó mo: wet nurse]
Luo Shuyu: "Did it happen ten years ago?"
Li Mingjin: "Maybe she left the palace, or maybe..." She was secretly executed.
Luo Shuyu rubbed his arms: "Do you think the emperor knows about this?"
Li Mingjin looked at him and said, "He must know. Without his permission, who would dare to spread rumors in the palace that the crown prince was not of royal blood." Maybe he did it on purpose. Because, he deliberately wanted to humiliate the Empress and Prime Minister Feng.
Luo Shuyu regretted: "But in the end he became the crown prince."
Li Mingjin: "I suddenly remembered that the Empress Dowager ten years ago hadn't started to worship Buddha. At that time, the prime minister often went to the palace to see her. The Feng family's power was bigger than we imagined. If we confronted them, it might be like a fly shaking a tree. "
Luo Shuyu suddenly said: "Then there must be the Empress dowager and the Feng family's hands in this matter."
Li Mingjin: "That's right, the Feng family's hand is stretched too far. If the crown prince is really not a royal blood, then after he ascends the throne, the world may really change hands."
Luo Shuyu: "If so, how can we shake this giant tree?"
On the 30th day, the new year eve, they really gained a lot , Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin would not have discovered any doubts if it hadn't been for the first prince's sudden indiscretion.
Li Mingjin: "Don't worry, let's find out where the servants around the Empress have gone, and then we can speculate."
Luo Shuyu shook Li Mingjin's arm: "The most important thing is to confirm that 'cousin' is dead or alive?"
Prime Minister Feng sent his daughter and granddaughter to the palace, and he already had power over the world. A person like him must have a plan for his family, and those who destroyed his family status would definitely be dealt with. If the Empress really had a scandalous past with her childhood sweetheart, Prime Minister Feng would definitely deal with him cleanly.
Maybe there really wouldn't be any survivors.
Unclearness flashed in Li Mingjin's eyes, not only his sons but also his courtiers were coveting his father's position.
This palace was really a battle between dragons and tigers, surrounded by wolves.
Guessing that the crown prince's life experience was not easy, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu didn't make it public, but quietly sent people to investigate.
This investigation would take some time, but now it was the New Year period, and it was time to relax. It was also feasible to send people to set up a routine. There would always be breakthroughs, such as the eldest brother of the crown princess, the eldest brother-in-law of the crown prince, and a son who ran to Huancai Pavilion if he had nothing to do.
This Young Master Feng had no other skills, but he was the best for drinking and visiting brothels. This man had a particularly interesting problem when he was drunk, that was, when others asked him a question, he would answer it.
Li Mingjin sent someone to approach him, and he really got a lot of useful information. Although he couldn't know too much about the Empress' affairs back then, he could ask some details. As long as he could connect with the rumors, he would know almost everything.
He thought it would be difficult to make progress in the investigation of the matter, but in fact, after sending people to investigate, it was actually almost close to the truth.
When Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu found out, it was already the fifth day of the new year.
Things had to be investigated, and the year had to pass.
Today, Li Mingjin was hosting a banquet for his colleagues in the Ministry of Justice who usually took care of him a lot in the Ministry of Justice.
Even though Li Mingjin came to the Ministry of Justice with a gloomy face everyday, but it was not right to say that he had never done any work, at least his colleagues recognized him, otherwise they would not come to his mansion to pay New Year's greetings.
Luo Shuyu was quite happy to see them, and he was not ignorant of Li Mingjin's reputation outside, but when the officials who usually worked with him were willing to come to the door, he still felt that Li Mingjin was quite down-to-earth.
At least, during the time he was in the Ministry of Justice, the officials didn't treat him too coldly or perfunctorily because of the external evaluations.
Luo Shuyu arranged for the kitchen to cook delicious food and received them together with Li Mingjin, which was regarded as respect for the officials of the Ministry of Justice.
After the officials of the Ministry of Justice left after eating and drinking, they all praised Luo Shuyu.
"The third imperial concubine is different from what I imagined."
"I think he and the third prince are actually very affectionate, and have you noticed that the dishes on the table were very delicate, and there was my favorite capers."
"There was also my favorite sweet and sour fish."
"There was my favorite braised lion's head."
"The third imperial concubine is really good. No wonder the pointed chin of His Highness became much rounder after he got married, and I feel that he is not as cold as before, and he even discussed with me how to celebrate his wife's birthday."
"He also asked me."
"It seems in the future we can't look at the surface only."
"It makes sense."
First, Li Mingjin's colleagues, the officials of Ministry of Justice came to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings, and then Lin Haiming came with a wave of generals. Luo Shuyu suddenly found that Li Mingjin's popularity was quite good. This time Luo Shuyu learned a lesson from his previous life and prepared a lamb for them in advance, they ate roasted whole lamb while drinking.
Drinking in a big bowl, eating meat in big mouthfuls, happy like a fairy.
Lin Haiming kept calling him sister-in-law and insisted on toasting him. Luo Shuyu also drank two glasses with him. In the end, Li Mingjin stared at him, so Lin Haiming didn't dare to continue making trouble.
Luo Shuyu wanted to maintain the dignity of the imperial concubine, and left a space for them after they were full. Fearing that they wouldn't have enough to drink, so he asked someone to bring some good wine from the wine cellar for preparation, ordered the chef to make some hangover soup for them, and prepared a few rooms in advance.
Compared with the officials of the Ministry of Justice, the military generals were much more interesting. With Lin Haiming in the middle to mediate, the atmosphere was very good all night.
The roasted mutton was also very delicious. Luo Shuyu was afraid that they wouldn't have enough to eat, so he asked the back kitchen to add more appetizers, trying to make the guests feel at home.
These generals would go to the north with Li Mingjin in a few days, so naturally they had to greet them well.
However, there were also some generals who didn't come, and those people were basically related to the crown prince or the first prince, and those generals were placed inside by the two of them.
But no matter what they did, as long as most people stood on Li Mingjin's side, they were not afraid that they wouldn't be convinced. According to Ansan, Li Mingjin's martial arts were also ranked in the top three among the generals, the literary was the first and martial art was the second. Learning to communicate with them was the first step to success.
When it came to New Year's greetings, Luo Shuyu would not forget to pay New Year's greeting to Luo Mansion.
Originally, he was supposed to go back to his natal family on the second day of the new year, but he belonged to the third prince after all, they hadn't finished to pay New Year's greetings to the people in the palace, so the others could only stay behind.
Luo Renshou looked left and right, and finally on the seventh day of the New Year, he finally met Luo Shuyu.
On the same day, Shen Mingyun also sent someone to send a carload of gifts back to Luo Mansion. Everyone knew about his miscarriage. When Luo Renshou greeted Luo Shuyu, he didn't mention Shen Mingyun at all.
Li Mingjin had to go to the palace beforehand, while Luo Shuyu had lunch at the Luo Mansion, accompanied by the old lady, Luo Renshou and others.
After lunch, the old lady went back to her courtyard first.
Luo Shuyu and Luo Renshou were drinking tea in the living room, and he talked about Shen Mingyun generously: "Father, Cousin Shen has no other relatives, and his body was injured on the night of New Year's Eve, and he doesn't know how to take care of himself. It's better to send someone to look after him, after all he belongs to the fourth prince."
He put the words on the bright side, Luo Renshou naturally didn't dare to mention that he got close to the fourth prince because of Shen Mingyun.
The fourth prince had become more promising recently than before, but Shen Mingyun was too disappointing, he couldn't even keep a child!
At the beginning, Luo Renshou was indeed angry at the fact that Shen Mingyun being quietly carried into the fourth prince's mansion. Later, the fourth prince had a drink with him and did his ideological work, so Luo Renshou began to waver again. He had always been neutral, now he didn't dare to get close to any prince casually.
His son married the third prince, and his nephew entered the fourth prince's mansion. No matter how you looked at it, he was a winner in life. Only he knew that he was forced to disagree with both sides.
But recently the fourth prince got close to him, and treated him so well, he almost regarded him as a serious father-in-law. On the other hand, the third prince, when he saw him, he (LMJ) raised his eyebrows. He didn't have the slightest sense of pride in being regarded as a father-in-law. With the comparison, he felt that the fourth prince was really good. Were you still angry about Shen Mingyun entering the fourth prince's mansion? Impossible.
Luo Renshou said with great regret: "Ming Yun is also true. Wouldn't it be good to stay at home and take care of his unborn child? It's not easy to conceive a child, hey."
"Maybe the fate hasn't arrived yet." Luo Shuyu dealt with it casually.
Luo Renshou suddenly said softly: "I heard that General Zhenbei returned to the capital on the second day of the New Year, and the Third prince is about to go to the north."
Luo Shuyu said sadly: "Yes, he is going to go to the north." Really heartfelt.
Luo Renshou acted as a loving father: "Your Majesty will definitely keep General Zhenbei in the capital. It will take some time for His Highness the Third prince to go. What should you do?"
Luo Shuyu pretended to be strong and said: "He went to the north, I'm in the Third Prince's mansion, it's not a big deal."
Luo Renshou was secretly happy, Li Mingjin was not in the capital, Luo Shuyu would have to rely on him in the future.
Before it snowed, Luo Shuyu left Luo Mansion. Sitting in the carriage, remembering that Li Mingjin would leave the capital, and he felt extremely reluctant in his heart.
At the same time, Li Mingjin was sitting and playing wuziqi with Emperor Tiansheng.
[五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí: five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang]
In the middle of the game, Li Mingjin, who was obsessed with chess pieces, suddenly said: "Father, you were not conscientious. The son has just been married for four months and he will go to the north."
Emperor Tiansheng laughed angrily at him: "So? What do you want?"
Maybe During this period of time, Emperor Tiansheng got some feeling of being a father from Li Mingjin, and he showed tolerance to Li Mingjin's complaints, and wanted to pamper him more.
Li Mingjin said confidently: "I want to take Shuyu to the north together."
Emperor Tiansheng: "..."
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Luo Shuyu: A ghost story?
Third Prince: No, it's you and me on the grass.
Luo Shuyu: ...
chapter 54
Emperor Tiansheng rolled his eyes at Li Mingjin: "Nonsense! is it so easy to take care the north side? You think about it."
Li Mingjin: "But I don't feel relieved to leave him here alone."
Emperor Tiansheng dropped a son: "Why do you need to worry?, isn't there still me here? is it possible that someone will eat your wife? After all, he is your imperial concubine, who dares to bully him? Besides, your wife is not a submissive person who doesn't know how to resist, he is very smart."
Li Mingjin insisted: "But no matter how smart he is, I still want to take him to the north."
Emperor Tiansheng also insisted on his decision: "No, it's freezing, if something happens on the way, do you not feel distressed?"
Li Mingjin believed in himself: "With me here, how can something happen to him." If he was here there was not enough time to protect him.
Emperor Tiansheng: "If I say no, I won't do it. Although you are not allowed to go to the front to fight, but you can't take him there. There is no need to discuss it."
Li Mingjin was so angry with Emperor Tiansheng that he didn't want to talk, he thought about whether he should secretly take Luo Shuyu away.
Emperor Tiansheng reminded him: "Don't give me such a thing like secretly taking people away, you are the prince of a country and you are not allowed to make fun of this."
Li Mingjin had no choice but to play chess with him, Emperor Tiansheng was also very helpless, there were many considerations in rejecting Li Mingjin's request.
The first was the climate in the north; the second was that Li Mingjin was still too young, and this decision was still too capricious. When he took Luo Shuyu there, he was afraid that he would be criticized.
After dinner with Emperor Tiansheng, Li Mingjin didn't get the expected answer, so he left the palace dejectedly.
On the way back home, Ansan asked Li Mingjin secretly: "Your Highness, is there nothing you can do?"
Li Mingjin said distraughtly: "Why don't you give me an idea."
Ansan immediately admitted his mistake: "This subordinate is a little stupid, can't figure it out, why don't you secretly take the third imperial concubine to the north?"
The Third Prince entered the palace today to beg His Majesty, It was estimated that he had done a long time of psychological construction, but His Majesty just disagreed, and the only way he could think of was to take people away secretly.
Li Mingjin got on his horse and said, "Go home first, and then think of other ways."
Luo Shuyu didn't know anything about Li Mingjin running to the palace to ask Emperor Tiansheng for the order to take him to the north.
The sky was gloomy, and it was about to snow. After Luo Shuyu returned to the Third Prince's mansion, he waited for a long time, but Li Mingjin didn't come back.
He didn't know where he went, he was so mysterious.
It was rare that there was no banquet today, and they didn't need to go to the palace to accompany the people in the palace to have dinner, so Luo Shuyu asked the kitchen to make the dinner lighter.
In recent days, there had been a lot of fish and meat, and Li Mingjin's stomach needed to be well adjusted.
Just after giving orders to the kitchen, the people who served Li Mingjin came back and reported that Emperor Tiansheng had him stayed to eat in the palace, so he wouldn't come back for dinner, and he would return to the mansion later.
Only then did Luo Shuyu know that he had gone to the palace.
What did he need to let him go into the palace? Emperor Tiansheng secretly sent someone to tell him to go in? What was it?
After having dinner alone, Luo Shuyu wore a fur coat and waited for Li Mingjin to come back.
The sky gradually darkened, and the mansion began to light the lamps.
After a while, it began to snow.
Luo Shuyu sent someone to take Li Mingjin's fur clothes and wait at the gate of the mansion, as long as he couldn't see anyone, he would be particularly worried.
Probably because the shadow of his previous life was too heavy, he was afraid of losing Li Mingjin again, so he couldn't help worrying.
Fortunately, he went to the palace. Emperor Tiansheng had a completely different attitude towards Li Mingjin recently. Although it was easy to push Li Mingjin to the forefront, he was not afraid of being attacked by other brothers. He would go to the north soon, and other brothers could only go to the north if they wanted to attack him.
Li Mingjin had no handle except him.
If this was the case, then when he was in the north, he who stayed in the capital could't hold him back, otherwise Li Mingjin would still worry about whether he was doing well and whether he would be bullied.
However, Li Mingjin hadn't set off yet, and he was starting to worry. If Li Mingjin had to stay for a year or two, he was afraid that he might can't help it but secretly went to the north to find someone.
After his rebirth, he just wanted to live an ordinary life with the person he loved, without fighting, why was it so difficult?
He didn't want Li Mingjin to go to the north, didn't want to be separated from him, and didn't want to hear nothing from him for ten days and a half months.
He wanted to see Li Mingjin who was intact, he wanted to see Li Mingjin who was happy, angry, and sad, and he wanted to have him by his side every night.
Luo Shuyu lay on the small table and fiddled with the chess pieces, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and angrily threw the chess pieces back into the chess jar.
Why was there no way to satisfy rival demands?
[两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi: to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too]
No, he couldn't just sit and wait, tomorrow he would go to the palace and ask Emperor Tiansheng to let him follow Li Mingjin to the north, wherever Li Mingjin was, he would be there!
After finally being reborn, why did he have to be separatep with Li Mingjin? This was not his original intention!
With a solution, Luo Shuyu began to think about how to persuade Emperor Tiansheng to let him go to the north with Li Mingjin.
There was a movement outside. It was Li Mingjin who came back. Luo Shuyu got off the couch and rushed out casually with his shoes on.
As soon as Li Mingjin entered the door, he received Luo Shuyu who threw himself into his arms. Seeing his red eyes, he felt agitated in his heart: "Who bullied you?"
Luo Shuyu shook his head: "No, I read a story book, and I was moved by the life and death of the hero and heroine."
Li Mingjin pushed him away a little: "I'm cold, and you will catch cold easily if you lean on me."
Luo Shuyu didn't mind, he still wanted to hug him.
Li Mingjin felt that Luo Shuyu was a bit clingy today, but he was very happy: "I won't run away, and you can hug me as long as you want later."
Luo Shuyu knew that he was not serious, so he didn't hug him anymore, and he simply asked the servant to prepare hot water for him to take a bath.
It was cold at night, and the two of them went to bed early.
Li Mingjin was a big natural heater, Luo Shuyu took the initiative to drill into his arms.
It was night time.
"Why did Your Highness enter the palace today? Was father looking for you for something important?"
Li Mingjin became angry when he mentioned this matter, but he wouldn't tell Luo Shuyu that his request was rejected by Emperor Tiansheng, for fear that he would think too much, and if he succeeded, he would happily tell him that the main reason was that the matter hadn't been completed, and talking about it would only turn expectations into disappointment.
Li Mingjin: "It's nothing serious, he only asked me when the affairs of Princess Jiayang and his group would be closed."
Luo Shuyu obviously didn't quite believe his words: "Really?"
Emperor Tiansheng, when people still celebrated the New Year, asked him to discuss this matter? It was not very credible, he guessed that Li Mingjin had a reason that he couldn't explain clearly for the time being, or he was doing some tricks behind his back, what exactly they talked about?
Li Mingjin said very sincerely: "Really."
In the end Luo Shuyu didn't go to the bottom of things, he himself also had some plans in his heart: "I have to go to the palace tomorrow to talk to concubine mother. It's boring for her to spend the New Year in the palace alone."
Li Mingjin: "Okay, help me bring some meals for concubine mother. I'll pick you up at the gate of the palace after lunch."
The two went to see her on the second day of the new year. In order to maintain the appearance of a bad relationship between mother and son, Li Mingjin wouldn't accompany Luo Shuyu tomorrow.
Luo Shuyu thoughtfully said: "Your Highness, you don't have to come too early, this day is too cold, and it's easy to catch cold if you stand outside."
Li Mingjin began to grope restlessly with his hands: "I am strong and robust, how can I be so fragile, does Yu'er want to verify it?"
Luo Shuyu: "...No!" could he change his bed?
Li Mingjin pulled up the quilt to wrap him, and pressed his down: "It's too late!"
Luo Shuyu's lips were blocked: "... oh!"
After one night, Luo Shuyu pressed his sore waist, and Li Mingjin just got up, when he saw Luo Shuyu rubbed his waist, he pulled him into his arms and rubbed his waist with his palm.
Li Mingjin asked him: "Is the strength enough?"
Luo Shuyu put his hands on the most sore part of his waist: "A little more, did I twist my waist, why did I feel sore and swollen?"
Li Mingjin: "I will massage it for you for a while."
Luo Shuyu enjoyed his massage and said, "Your Highness must be honest in everything you say tonight, or you will sleep on the small couch for three days."
Li Mingjin: "..." He just tried a new movement last night, and his wife was too serious, "If it still hurts, I'll invite an imperial doctor to come to take a look at it in the afternoon."
Luo Shuyu yawned: "It's okay, it might get pulled a bit, it will be fine in two days."
Li Mingjin: "You lack exercise, why don't you follow me to practice martial arts for a few days? You don't need to go out, you can do it indoors."
Luo Shuyu: "No practice." It could be done indoors, who knew if Li Mingjin was not serious again.
Li Mingjin continued to rub his waist: "It's true, just a few movements, not the ones we did at night, your thoughts are really impure."
Luo Shuyu elbowed him: "Who is impure?" If it wasn't for him who liked to do this and that with him all day long, could he think of it as a real physical exercise?
Li Mingjin smiled depressedly: "It's me, it's me. If you don't want to practice, let's not practice."
"Practice, why I don't want to practice?" Only after he had practiced, he could go to the north without holding Li Mingjin back, "If I hadn't passed the best age for learning martial arts, I still want to practice martial arts."
Li Mingjin was frightened by him: "Yu'er, we have hidden guards, so you don't need to practice martial arts yourself, as long as you are healthy."
Luo Shuyu suddenly became stubborn: "No, I want to practice. "
Li Mingjin coaxed him: "It's really not necessary."
Luo Shuyu began to be willful: "I want it."
Li Mingjin: "It's really not necessary, I will protect you."
Luo Shuyu said: "You can't be by my side to protect me all the time. In order not to let you worry, I have to learn martial arts."
Li Mingjin finally knew that this was a symptom that appeared because he was going to go to the north: "I'll find a solution."
In the end Luo Shuyu didn't get the result of whether or not to practice martial arts, and he entered the palace after breakfast.
But instead of looking for Concubine Mei, he went directly to see Emperor Tiansheng.
Emperor Tiansheng was in his bedroom yesterday and didn't go anywhere, Luo Shuyu could see him without any effort.
Emperor Tiansheng was warming himself at the fire: "Sit down, why are you here by yourself today, where is Mingjin?"
Luo Shuyu finished the salute respectfully, and replied: "Father, Shuyu came here alone today, I don't want His Highness to know."
"Oh?" The third son of his family only came yesterday, why did his wife come here today? "What's the matter with you?"
Luo Shuyu didn't sit down, but knelt down directly: "Shuyu came here today to ask Father about something."
Emperor Tiansheng personally stepped forward to help Luo Shuyu up: "Why do you have to do such a big ceremony, the third child will cause trouble for me if you're cold, sit down for me."
Luo Shuyu thanked him.
Emperor Tiansheng ordered someone to pour hot tea for him: "This tea is very fragrant, I just got it a few days ago, you can take some back later, the third child likes this taste."
Luo Shuyu: "Yes."
"By the way, why did you enter the palace so early in the morning?" Emperor Tiansheng wondered if he did this for the Luo family. According to the past, when the Crown Princess and the First imperial Concubine begged him alone, it was mostly for their natal family.
Luo Shuyu pursed his lips, his eyes were a little red, he felt a little wronged, but his eyes were firm: "To tell the truth to father, Shuyu lost his mother since he was a child. I thought that after marrying His Highness, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to communicate with His Highness because of my character. I would only live a life as ordinary as water."
"But after getting along with His Highness, I found that His Highness is different from what the outside world said about him. After getting along for a long time, I liked His Highness and wanted to manage our small family together with His Highness. Hearing that His Highness was about to go to the north, I thought it was nothing, this was an errand given to him by father, His Highness must do it well, and I thought that I would wait at home obediently for him to return in triumph."
"However, when the day for His Highness to depart is getting closer, the more uncomfortable I'm, I don't know if he will do well after he go to the north? will he be short of food and clothing? I don't know if he is cold or hot. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel. After thinking about it for many days, today I summoned up the courage to ask father for a favor, please allow me to accompany His Highness to go to the north!"
When Emperor Tiansheng heard Li Mingjin wanted to bring Luo Shuyu to go to the north with him yesterday, his words were short and it sounded like a willful nonsense, so he refused without hesitation.
On the other hand, Luo Shuyu's request today was sincere, and every sentence was from the heart. Compared with Li Mingjin's concise and straightforward words, Luo Shuyu's language skills were very contagious, and Emperor Tiansheng was moved by what he said.
Yesterday he was not at all willing to let Luo Shuyu go to the north with Li Mingjin, but today he was almost persuaded.
Emperor Tiansheng sold Li Mingjin without hesitation: "The two of you are one after the other, did the two of you come to an agreement?"
Luo Shuyu understood everything, and said in surprise, "His Highness entered the palace yesterday..."
Emperor Tiansheng: "That's right, the two of you, aren't you embarrassing me? Didn't you ask for trouble when you want to follow him to the north to suffer from the cold? Wouldn't it be nice to be comfortable in the capital? everything that should be here is here."
[应有尽有 yīng yǒu jìn yǒu: everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs]
Luo Shuyu: "But, Shuyu is worried that His Highness is not doing well in the north, if he can be together with His Highness, it's okay to suffer a little bit. Father, Taizu was also accompanied by his wife when he went out to fight. I also want to be close to His Highness and become his backing and help him take care of trivial matters. "
[太祖 tài zǔ: Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)]
"Taizu, I really remember when you said that." Emperor Tiansheng asked him again, "Are you really not afraid of hardship?"
Luo Shuyu said sincerely: "Don't dare to lie to father, compared with the soldiers outside, Shuyu really doesn''t have a hard life, but Shuyu is not afraid of hardship."
Emperor Tiansheng smiled: "Let me think about this matter again. I really don't know what the two of you think. Others want to live a comfortable life, but you are all rushing to live a hard life."
Luo Shuyu achieved his goal and thanked Emperor Tiansheng: "Thank you, father."
However, he really couldn't guess that the reason Li Mingjin entered the palace yesterday in order to take him to the north, no wonder he didn't say anything, probably because he was rejected by Emperor Tiansheng.
Before leaving the palace, Luo Shuyu went to sit with Concubine Mei for a while, and he mentioned to her that he wanted to go to the north with Li Mingjin.
Concubine Mei: "You want to go too?"
Luo Shuyu: "Yes, concubine mother, I have never left the capital, the same is true for His Highness, I want to take care of him closely, instead of staying in the capital and waiting for his reply every day. "
Concubine Mei looked at him firmly, and said decisively: "Go, I will speak for you in front of His Majesty."
Luo Shuyu was quite surprised, he didn't expect Concubine Mei to be so forthright, he smiled and said: "Thank you, concubine mother."
After leaving the palace, he saw Li Mingjin who was waiting for him at the gate.
Luo Shuyu was in a good mood, and went to hold his hand: "Your Highness."
As soon as he stepped forward, he smelled a strange smell: "What's the smell on you?"
Li Mingjin took two steps back, lowered his head and sniffed his sleeve : "Do I smell bad?"
Luo Shuyu nodded and pinched his nose: "It stinks, what did you do?"
Li Mingjin looked left and right: "... I just ate something."
Luo Shuyu squinted at him: "Did Your Highness eat the food from the stall again?"
Li Mingjin pursed his lips and didn't answer.
Luo Shuyu glared at Ansan who was dressed as an ordinary guard, "If he doesn't say it, you say it."
Without hesitation Ansan said: "His Highness ate thirty pieces of stinky tofu!" The salary must be kept!
Luo Shuyu glared at the two of them: "Your Highness will eat vegetarian tonight, and Ansan will withhold half a month's salary."
Li Mingjin: "..." Ansan was a traitor!
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Chapter 55
After returning home, Luo Shuyu rushed Li Mingjin to change his clothes covered with stinky tofu smell, otherwise he would definitely sleep on the small couch tonight.
Li Mingjin was not a foodie, and he didn't go out to eat snacks everyday. He just had a natural curiosity about food, maybe it was just a self-compensation for the missing childhood. He didn't eat it before because he didn't meet someone who would pamper him, love him, and someone he could trust, and now he could rest assured.
Li Mingjin not only liked to try something new, but also preferred strange food, such as this stinky tofu, or the fried durian before.
Luo Shuyu would rather have him eat roasted sweet potatoes and roasted pig's trotters, at least the ingredients could be seen, but this stinky tofu, he didn't know what it was made of, it was really made him worry.
Luo Shuyu didn't tell Li Mingjin about him entering the palace to meet Emperor Tiansheng, but when he thought that Li Mingjin was very reluctant to give up on him, and even begged in front of Emperor Tiansheng in person, he didn't care about him who ate the snacks indiscriminately, and he pretended to be angry for a while and then he didn't mind.
He only hoped that Concubine Mei could let Emperor Tiansheng make a decision as soon as possible, so that he could pack his luggage for going to the north in advance.
In fact, when he came out of Emperor Tiansheng's palace today, he knew that Emperor Tiansheng was shaken, and he didn't reject him directly, it was a good thing when he thought about it.
As for the reason why Emperor Tiansheng rejected Li Mingjin's request directly in the first place, it must be because Li Mingjin didn't speak well. Luo Shuyu could imagine the tone he used to make a request to Emperor Tiansheng. However, with Li Mingjin's character, he would definitely play the emotional card.
According to the subtle "father-son" affection that Emperor Tiansheng had for Li Mingjin, he guessed that Emperor Tiansheng would also like someone to take care of Li Mingjin, let alone he mentioned taizu and his wife, and if he disagreed, it would be unreasonable. When Concubine Mei also went to see Emperor Tiansheng, this matter became a "family" discussion, and the family affection that Emperor Tiansheng wanted recently was fulfilled.
Although it was Luo Shuyu's impromptu plan, it could also be called a step-by-step plan.
His purpose to go to the north was only to take care of Li Mingjin, not to disturb the morale of the army, and he did not do anything to cause cholera to the common people.
There was one more thing that Emperor Tiansheng must consider, and that was Li Mingjin's condition. What should he do if he got sick?
Luo Shuyu wanted to go to the north, and he also wanted to find "Jie Baidu". When reading a book, there was only text descriptions, unlike reading a picture book with rich pictures and texts, and he could see the characteristics of the characters. He only remembered that in the book this "Jie Baidu" was an old man who was a bit sloppy. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary villager. No one would know that he had medical skills unless he said it.
This person devoted his whole life to taste all kinds of herbs and find the antidote of all kinds of poisons. He didn't really care about other aspects and his mind was relatively simple, otherwise he wouldn't be deceived by Shen Mingyun's ordinary pills.
When Li Mingjin was still troubled by the matter of Luo Shuyu who couldn't go to the north with him, Concubine Mei, who hadn't left Changle Palace for a long time went to see Emperor Tiansheng.
For a while, rumors spread throughout the harem that Concubine Mei went to meet Emperor Tiansheng and wanted to regain favor, but after they inquired about the reason why Concubine Mei begged to meet Emperor Shengtian, they were speechless, unable to understand Concubine Mei's intentions. It was the first time they saw someone who drove her daughter-in-law to that bitter cold place, she was simply a model of a wicked mother-in-law.
It was not a day or two for the women in the harem trying to figure out this matter when they had nothing to do.
Some people said that Concubine Mei was not only cold-blooded and ruthless to her son, but also to her daughter-in-law; some people said that Concubine Mei was planning some kind of conspiracy. Her daughter-in-law must go to the north with the third prince because she was thinking to let her daughter in law to give birth to a grandson as soon as possible.
She never fought or grabbed for something, but in fact she was the one with the biggest ambition and the deepest scheming in the palace; some people said that Concubine Mei started to fight for favor for the third prince.
The harem was also a place of right and wrong, and there were different opinions.
On the contrary, Concubine Mei just shook her head when she learned about it from the palace maid, and then continued to grow Chinese cabbage and eggplant in her Changle Palace, and sent part of the vegetables to the Third Prince's mansion.
Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Mei was looking for Emperor Tiansheng, so Li Mingjin naturally knew about it too.
Only one day later, Emperor Tiansheng summoned the couple into the palace.
On the way to the palace, Li Mingjin locked his eyes tightly on Luo Shuyu: "Why did you go to the palace to find concubine mother yesterday?"
Luo Shuyu only smiled and said nothing, but Li Mingjin couldn't hold back at all, he said, "Yu'er, tell me quickly what were you talking about when you met concubine mother?"
Luo Shuyu didn't tell him the truth: "It's nothing, just chatting normally."
"Then why did she go to look for father after you left yesterday." He seemed vaguely guessed something, but he was not sure.
Luo Shuyu pretended to be ignorant and shook his head. Who asked Li Mingjin to enter the palace the day before yesterday and didn't tell him the reason for looking the Emperor Tiansheng. He obviously wanted that he could go to the north with him, but he still didn't say anything. A small punishment was still necessary.
Until they stood in front of Emperor Tiansheng, Li Mingjin still couldn't find out from Luo Shuyu about the purpose of his entering the palace yesterday, which made him anxious.
Concubine Lin came here just now, and she was pleading for leniency for her natal family. Emperor Tiansheng was really annoyed by her. But when he saw that the husband and wife were in a good mood, they were in good spirits, and the young couple also looked very affectionate, he felt more comfortable.
Emperor Tiansheng called the two of them to the palace where he usually lived: "Sit down, you two are still being polite to me here. "
Li Mingjin sat down and he pulled Luo Shuyu to sit down too.
Emperor Tiansheng laughed and said: "You child, yesterday, Concubine Mei came to me to intercede on your behalf, and it was the matter about Shuyu goes to the north."
Li Mingjin turned to look at Luo Shuyu: "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Then Your Highness also didn't tell me that you want me to go to the north." Luo Shuyu showed a little temper, and glanced at him, "was it because father didn't agree?"
Li Mingjin rubbed his nose, looked at Emperor Tiansheng again, and said eagerly, "Father asked us to enter the palace today, is it because you agree?"
Emperor Tiansheng took a look at his henpecked husband, and pointed to him: "You are the only one who is smart."
Li Mingjin's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Emperor Tiansheng sighed: "If I still disagree, what will you do?"
Li Mingjin said bluntly: "I have no choice but to take Shuyu away quietly."
Emperor Tiansheng said with a helpless smile: "Yesterday, Shuyu's remark really moved me. Since ancient times, the man sings and the woman follows, so there is nothing wrong with him following. Alright, I agree, you can go together, remember to put your own safety first in everything on the way, and write letter to me regularly when you arrive in the north to report your safety. "
[夫唱妇随 fū chàng fù suí: fig. 夫唱妇随 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows; fig. marital harmony; fig. marital harmony]
Li Mingjin agreed immediately: "The son will "
Luo Shuyu also said happily: "Father, Shuyu will definitely keep an eye on His Highness and write letter to you."
Coaxing Emperor Tiansheng to agree to their request, and didn't let him go back on his words.
Most of the emperors kept their promises, and they believed that Emperor Tiansheng would not go back on his words.
For now, he still looked at Li Mingjin with a "father-son feeling", and when they could still take advantage of this, let's make good use of it.
Luo Shuyu got the chance to go to the north with Li Mingjin, so naturally they had to have lunch with Emperor Tiansheng.
This time Li Mingjin was obviously happier, and had an extra bowl of rice in front of Emperor Tiansheng. The unhappiness caused by Concubine Lin disappeared, and he felt more and more that he owed to the third child, and wanted to give him more, so he gave him something for self-protection.
After lunch, the three of them drank green tea together to digest food. When Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were about to leave the palace, Emperor Tiansheng asked the old eunuch who was in charge to go to his storeroom to get a twenty-four knots iron whip that once used by Taizu.
Li Mingjin loved it too much to part with it, and even tried it outside the palace on the spot, and performed a set of whipping techniques for Emperor Tiansheng.
[爱不释手 ài bù shì shǒu: to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly]
Emperor Tiansheng sighed: "If you want to talk about the ability to play with the whip, no one dares to be the number one when Mingjin is the second."
Luo Shuyu also watched straight at his performance, it was the first time he saw Li Mingjin whipping the whip perfectly, as if the whip was tailor-made for him.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin left the palace after satisfying Emperor Tiansheng's need for father-son love.
On the way back, they held each other's hands tightly, and only after returning to the mansion did they really breathe a sigh of relief.
Only then did Li Mingjin say to Luo Shuyu: "Yu'er, you go to the north with me. Although there will be some twists and turns on the way, and it's freezing cold, I will do my best to protect you."
Luo Shuyu shook his head: " Your Highness, don't worry about me. It's also my wish to go to the north with you. I don't want to be separated from you, not even for a moment. "
Li Mingjin was very excited, he thought it was his own wishful thinking before, but Luo Shuyu also secretly worked hard to go to the north with him. Perhaps it was because of his initiative that facilitated them to go to the north together.
Li Mingjin: "I don't want to say goodbye to you either, so we can make good preparations for going to the north now."
Luo Shuyu: "Yes, while there is still time to prepare, let's make a list first. Is there anything that Your Highness wants to bring?"
Li Mingjin: "One person writes a copy first, and then we will discuss what to bring."
The two went to the study room, and one person occupied a table, Luo Shuyu seriously thought about what to bring to the north. He heard that there was a shortage of everything in the north, not even tea leaves.
As for Li Mingjin, he just stared at Luo Shuyu who was thinking about somthing while sitting on the chair, and wrote down repeated words on the paper.
When Luo Shuyu walked over with three pages of paper, he saw the words written by Li Mingjin on the paper, all of which were his name!
Luo Shuyu was a little helpless: "Your Highness, be more serious."
Li Mingjin: "This is the only one I want to bring, he is my treasure, the treasure that passes on through the generations."
Luo Shuyu: "You are not serious, I will let the housekeeper to prepare it."
Li Mingjin said resolutely: "I'm being serious."
Luo Shuyu: "I asked you to write the things you want to bring, all you wrote was my name, and you still wasted the paper."
Li Mingjin: "I didn't waste it, our Yu'er is really a priceless treasure."
Luo Shuyu: "Did Your Highness put honey on you mouth today? It's so sweet."
Li Mingjin pecked his lips: "Would you like to try it?"
Luo Shuyu pushed him away, and pressed his own papers on his face: "I don't care about you, well, you think about it yourself!"
After finished speaking, Luo Shuyu left the study room and went to the main courtyard. He asked housekeeper Sun to come over and prepare the things they needed for their long journey. Not only did they need to bring a lot of things, but also some servants, which was equivalent to move the whole family, even though there were only two of them in this family.
At the beginning, Luo Shuyu also prepared some clothes, dried meat, wine and other things for Li Mingjin to go to the north. He didn't expect Emperor Tiansheng to be so easy to talk, and he directly agreed with him to go to the north.
They were still different from Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince going to the north in the book.
The time the two going to the north was a bit earlier, and they might have to stay in the north longer than Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince did. Shen Mingyun had encounter with Jiebaidu but it didn't mean that he was as lucky as Shen Mingyun, but he still had to find someone for Li Mingjin on a down-to-earth basis.
"Jiebaidu", in addition to his love of tasting herbs and making antidote for poison, he also had another hobby, which was to collect good wine.
So he needed to prepare some special wine.
With a goal in mind, Luo Shuyu immediately asked the housekeeper to go to the capital to find a variety of good wines with different tastes, no need to bring too many, but they must be high quality.
Li Mingjin carefully read his list and asked him why he wanted so many kinds of good wines. Shouldn't he bring more wines? There were so many types but small quantity, it was not enough to drink. The generals drank wit the bowl, how could these small jars be enough for them.
Luo Shuyu reminded him: "Your Highness, don't ever think about these wines of mine, it's useful."
Li Mingjin dispersed his thinking: "Do you want to go to the north to sell wine?"
Luo Shuyu: "What is Your Highness thinking, of course not, wait until the day they will play a role, you will know, and you are not allowed to drink them, got it?."
Li Mingjin: "Allright, all these wines are not enough to quench my thirst."
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, drink less alcohol. I heard people say that men who drink too much alcohol will become potbellied when they are in their thirties, which is ugly.
Li Mingjin: "You despise me when I'm old?"
Luo Shuyu: "Yes, middle-aged handsome men are the one I like. Does Your Highness want to become ugly? At that time, Your Highness may not even be able to bend over."
Li Mingjin imagined the character Luo Shuyu described and he was a little frightened: "It's a bit ugly, it looks like Xian Wang next door, He goes out with his big stomach all day long, watching him I always feel uncomfortable, so I'd better listen to you and drink less in the future."
[贤王 xián wáng: sage kings]
Luo Shuyu said in his heart that His Highness was quite easy to talk to: "Not bad"
The wine was a must-have thing and maybe he should prepare more, Luo Shuyu thought of Concubine Mei, "By the way, Your Highness, the climate in the north is dry, it's not easy to grow rice and what we eat is wheat. Should we ask Concubine Mother some useful seeds? If they can be planted in the spring, it can also solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the winter. "
Li Mingjin thought a lot: "It may not be so comprehensive to ask the concubine mother, or I will ask father to bring some people who know farming, there must be father's people who will go to the north with us, so just ask him directly."
Luo Shuyu recalled the details about this paragraph in the book. Because Shen Mingyun had the system, he knew in advance that the north might lack food due to the war, so he asked the fourth prince to bring many drought resistant seeds when he went to the north. Not only solved the problem of the army's rations, but also saved many people when the blizzard hit the next day, which directly raised the prestige of the fourth prince among the people. All the soldiers who fought with him in the army looked at him with admiration and became loyal to him.
But now, the trajectory of history had changed. It was Li Mingjin who went to the north, and the fourth prince would go to the south. He knew what might happen in the future in advance, and it was better to predict in advance than to be confused.
Luo Shuyu nodded: "That's fine, Your Highness is really smart, let's write a list to give to father."
Li Mingjin completely believed him and he didn't ask anymore questions, he was really considerate, Luo Shuyu was really touched and felt warm all over his body.
Li Mingjin couldn't help nodding, his wife's brain was good, the most important thing was that he was praised by his wife, and he was in a good mood: "That's very good, let's go back to the palace again later, father must have a lot of good things, as long as we think of it, we will write it down in the list."
Luo Shuyu asked him: "Sure, are you being proud since you are favored? "
Li Mingjin suddenly planned for himself in a very methodical way: "Let's take advantage of my father's love for me, let's ask for more benefits."
Luo Shuyu smiled: "Your Highness's words are too reasonable."
In the next two days, Luo Shuyu tried hard to recall the details in the book, and wrote down all the names of the seeds that needed to be used, and Li Mingjin also obtained a lot of good things through other means, for food and drink, they were all pulled up to the mansion, and the whole capital was full of rumors that letting the third prince go to the north was a big failure in Emperor Tiansheng's decision-making, and some officials even asked Emperor Tiansheng to take back his order!
The third prince didn't go to the front line to boost morale for the soldiers, he looked like he was going to go for on an outing!
The matter quickly reached Emperor Tiansheng's ears. When he called Li Mingjin into the palace to find out about what happened, Li Mingjin entered the palace with the booklet he asked housekeeper Sun to copy.
He handed the booklet to Emperor Tiansheng: "Father, can you prepare everything in this booklet for your son?"
Emperor Tiansheng opened a thick stack of booklet: "...Why do you need people and seeds? "
Li Mingjin once again said confidently: " The son has to send people to plant the land so we can have more delicious food. What if there is nothing to eat and the son and his wife will starve to death. "
Emperor Tiansheng thought with a headache, Li Mingjin was not going to go to war or go for an outing, he was planning to live a small life with his wife without his parents!
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The Third Prince: Wife, can you see if the condoms I bought are enough to use on the road!
Luo Shuyu: ...
