Happy Little Scholar

[ps: Thanks to the book friend "Xiu Laijun" for the reward, he became the 8th leader of this book! ]

"My husband came back a little later than usual today."

Inside the room, the candlelight flickered. Li Yi moved the wooden basin away, helped Ruyi dry her jade feet, covered her with a quilt, and then said, "Some things did delay me today."

He roughly told Ruyi what happened today.

Ruyi leaned against the head of the bed, tucked her feet into the quilt, and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Madam Chen for a long time."

Li Yi sighed, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"I am just a woman, I shouldn't say anything..." Ruyi looked at him and said, "But I think that in the future, no matter what happens to the Li family and the Chen family, we must treat Madam Chen well."

Li Yi nodded. The complexity of this matter could not be explained in a few words. He gently picked up Ruyi, let her lie on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and said, "It's getting late, my lady, go to bed early."

Ruyi nodded and closed her eyes obediently, "Good night, my husband."

"Good night."

Li Yi kissed her forehead gently, walked over to turn off the lights, and left the room.

The moonlight is very bright tonight, and there are lanterns hanging in the yard, so it is not very dark.

Li Yi took some desserts from the kitchen and a pot of grape wine and sat at the stone table in the yard.

He cooked a lot of dishes today, but he didn't eat much. Now, he is a little hungry.

While eating snacks and drinking wine, he was thinking about something in his heart.

A lot of things happened these days, in all aspects, and he needs to sort them out from time to time.

The first thing is to find another job for Lao Fang. With a master like Xu Lao by his side, his existence seems redundant...

Secondly, since the old emperor handed over the affairs of state to the princess last time, he really didn't care about anything. He moved to Furong Garden with the queen, Concubine Yan and others and lived a retired life in advance.

I heard from the princess that he actually asked the guards to open a vegetable garden in Furong Garden, and the seeds have been planted by hand. When the spring comes next year, he can eat the vegetables he planted by himself.

In addition, he and Shouning and Yongning, under the protection of a group of guards hiding in the dark, played on the streets all day long, led hunting dogs up the mountain to chase rabbits, set traps to catch pheasants, of course not chasing them personally...

Li Yi was a little suspicious, whether it was really true that things would turn around when they reached the extreme. The old emperor had worked hard all his life, but in his later years, he completely let himself go and did not do his job properly. If this continued, his integrity would be lost...

However, after being away from the affairs of the court, he went to bed early and got up early every day, and his work and rest were regular, and even the frequency of his illness decreased.

Li Yi did not give too many instructions about this. Winter was coming, and at that time, he had to stay in Furong Garden honestly and be a turtle. Winter was a season for frequent asthma. Only after surviving this winter would there be hope for the next year.

Li Yi was also worried about the eldest princess who personally led the government.

Although she had often participated in court affairs before, this was the first time that she had replaced the emperor to exercise power. There were too many problems in the process. Therefore, during this period, whether it was Li Yi entering the palace or her leaving the palace, it was very frequent.

What's more, in addition to court affairs, the two had other more important things to discuss.

Of course, these things were secrets that only the two of them could know and could not be heard by others.

Li Xuan couldn't do it, and the old emperor couldn't do it even more.

In addition, there were other things ------ about himself.

For him, this matter was more difficult than other things.

Miss Liu Er, wearing a thin shirt, came over, sat opposite him, pinched a piece of cake, and poured herself a glass of grape wine. She was very busy these days and often didn't eat at home. There were not many opportunities for the two to sit quietly like this.

When pouring the second glass of wine, she slowly said: "There is no silver."

"Take 100,000 taels first, and talk about it when it's not enough."

Liu Meng is his own power. Li Yi will not save money on spending money on this. If she gives her silver, she can do whatever she likes.

Unexpectedly, this time it was so straightforward. Miss Liu Er looked at him in surprise.

"Ruyi." Li Yi thought for a while, and suddenly sat up and looked at her, "I have a question to ask you."

Miss Liu Er pinched another piece of cake and said lightly: "Go ahead."

"I have a friend..."

Li Yi looked at her and said seriously: "My friend has encountered some troubles recently."

Miss Liu Er looked at him calmly, waiting for the next words.

Li Yi looked at her and continued: "My friend, he likes a woman, that woman is very good, but he has a wife, his wife is very gentle and beautiful, and he also loves his wife very much..."

"Your friend, is not also surnamed Li?" Miss Liu Er suddenly looked at him and asked.

"..." Li Yi nodded and said, "It's just a coincidence."

"It just so happens that..., your friend, besides that woman, has many confidantes outside?"

Li Yi thought about it, counted with his fingers under the stone table, and shook his head: "Not many..."

"It also happens that your friend, besides his wife, also has a powerful and beautiful sister-in-law and a lovely little maid?"

Li Yi shook his head: "Haha, how can there be so many coincidences, whose coincidence is it..."

Miss Liu Er lowered her head, poured another glass of wine, and asked, "Do you have any more questions?"

"No more." Li Yi stood up, turned around and took two steps, then turned back and said: "It's cold at night, don't sit for too long, get some rest early..."

…

Morning Dew Hall.

After Your Majesty left the palace, although Her Royal Highness the Princess had been acting as an agent of the government, she did not live in the Qinzheng Palace. All the discounts sent by the Ministry of Fashion and Books would be sent to the palace where she lived.

"You have to continue to follow up on the papermaking matter, but I think it should be done soon, just in the past two days..."

Li Yi spread out a piece of paper and wrote on it. "The price of paper has dropped. This is a good thing for scholars all over the world. It is also a powerful tool to win over officials. Academies have begun preparations in various states." , when the time comes, someone will naturally publicize what you did in Kyoto. If you accomplish these two things, you can almost make the world's officials return to their hearts..."

"Over at the Yu family, if you continue to send people there every day, they will definitely keep raising the price of paper. When the price reaches a certain level, they will definitely be tempted and start stocking up, because if the academy buys their paper at that price, Paper, the operation of the entire academy will collapse, and they will kill two birds with one stone..."

"Of course, we will not let them kill two birds with one stone. After the new high-quality and cheap paper is released, the Yu family's paper mill will collapse, and the accumulated paper cannot be sold. The Yu family..., winter is coming soon, and Cui Even if you drink the northwest wind together at home, you won’t starve to death, and you’ll have a companion so you won’t feel lonely.”

Li Mingzhu listened to what he said and nodded, but her face showed a little confusion.

She looked at Li Yi and asked seriously: "I..., is it really okay?"

Li Yi looked around, moved to her side, and whispered: "Don't think about these things now. What we have to do now is to let His Majesty know, and let the civil and military officials in the court know what His Majesty can do." You can do things, and you can do them better, even better than the emperors of all dynasties...

This is a subtle thing. We already have a lot now. Even if we still encounter resistance then, that resistance will be nothing..."

Li Yi also seriously thought about it. Compared with the legendary figure, the eldest princess is much bigger in terms of status, position, and power in her hands. She can be said to be the real righteous one. The only thing Miao Hong lacks may be her character and means.

Of course, he didn't want the eldest princess to have that kind of temperament and means. She only had to be responsible for completing the tasks assigned to her by His Majesty and be as beautiful as a flower. As for other things - he was there.