Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 375: Old Zhu's Concern!
Li Qi was even more embarrassed by what Princess Lin'an said, he drooped his head and didn't even dare to lift his head.

He was an honest boy, and when he was born, Daming didn't even have a shadow, and he ran around with his rebel father Li Shanchang all day long, worrying and frightened.

Therefore, compared with his younger brothers, he did not develop many dandy habits, but was honest and almost dull.

But it was precisely because of this weak temperament that Lao Zhu married his eldest daughter to him, and picked him out alone when Li Shanchang's family was wiped out.

But don't say that Lao Zhu doesn't kill his son-in-law, wouldn't Ouyang Lun, Princess Anqing's husband, be slaughtered by Lao Zhu to sacrifice to heaven.

If Lao Zhu became ruthless, except for his own son, there was no one he could not bear.

Princess Lin'an wiped away her tears, and seeing that her husband was still acting cowardly, she kicked him angrily on the spot.

"You are a dead man, just say what you have to say!"

"Why did I marry you, a worthless wretch who doesn't dare to stand out for anything, and can only rely on me, a mother-in-law..."

Li Qi has long been used to the domestic violence of Princess Lin'an, but Zhu Yunxi is a little bit disgusted.

"Auntie, it's almost over, don't bully uncle all the time!"

Princess Lin'an was accused by Zhu Yunxi for a while, instead of being angry, she complained with a smile.

"Hey, yo, it's the man who turned to the man. My aunt just complained a few times. You, a nephew, can't stand it?"

"That's right, let's talk, you guys, I went outside to watch cats and dogs fight."

When only Zhu Yunxi and Li Qi were left in the dining room, the atmosphere suddenly fell into embarrassment.

Zhu Yunxi suddenly felt a little regretful at this moment, and felt that he shouldn't have run away the fast-talking aunt, and he had to leave a lightening atmosphere anyway.

"Eldest Uncle, if you have anything to say, just say it, as long as it is what Eldest Nephew can do!"

Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Li Qi plucked up the courage to raise his head, and said to Zhu Yunxi eagerly.

"Actually, it's nothing. I just want to ask, is there any shortage of people on your side..."

"I'm not doing it for myself. I'm thinking that the children in my family are all grown up and are about to reach the age of marriage. As a father..."

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately understood that Li Qi wanted to find something for him to do, so that the children in the family could find love in the future.

This is really not a fan of Li Qi's officialdom. In the situation of their family, it is not enough to be high enough to be low.

It stands to reason that Princess Lin'an is the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how old Zhu is not welcome to see her, her status is still there, no one dares to underestimate their family.

But there happened to be another incident about Li Shanchang, which made several children in their family become queens of criminal ministers.

In addition, Lin'an only has the title of princess and has no real power in her hands, so she will definitely be looked down upon when discussing marriage.

Anyway, any decent family in the capital will definitely look down on this kind of empty princess house.

Therefore, Li Qi wanted to find something to do. Translated into Daming official dialect, he wanted to be an official with some real power in his hands.

At the very least, it would allow him to have a reputation in the officialdom in the capital, and it would not be too shabby to say goodbye to his own children in the future.

This matter is really a bit difficult for Zhu Yunxi. His current order not to leave the Wenhua Palace has little effect on the court.

You can't buckle the official uniform of "big shark" or "big whale" for your uncle, right?
That thing is enough to coax the ignorant princes in the palace and ordinary people outside the palace.

For Li Qi, a descendant of such a serious and famous family, this is a naked humiliation.

And Li Qi is not a dude who grows up in a honey pot. In the early years when Li Shanchang did nothing wrong, he was highly valued by the emperor's grandfather in the court. For things like floods and droughts in the four directions, he was sent to various places for disaster relief, Inspection is a person with considerable ability and skill.

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a suitable place.

"Uncle, my nephew trained a navy in the capital, and Grandpa Huang assigned me a commander. I really don't want to see that person. Therefore, I have been thinking of finding two commanders to restrain him. You If you don't dislike the low position of Commander Du, you can help me keep an eye on that person, and you can count as doing my nephew a favor."

Hearing this, Li Qi thought secretly, all commanding Tongzhi is from the position of the second rank, and the rank is not too high, but it is definitely not low.

At the very least, to him, the son of a criminal minister, that was already a big face.

"Don't dislike it!"

"Thanks to the respect of the emperor's grandson, this makes me very grateful."

"By the way, who is the Commander?"

"Fu Youde!"

"Who?"

Li Qi thought it was a little-known thing, but he also thought that his father was also a member of the prime minister, and he married a princess, so he could subdue him with a little trickery.

However, when he heard the name "Fu Youde", he was so frightened that he plopped down on his knees.

"Mr. Ying, Fu Youde?"

"Yes!"

"Grandpa Huang has to push him over to disgust me. I can't push him away. I can only find two commanders and commanders to restrain him and make him empty!"

Zhu Yunxi spoke viciously, but Li Qi listened straight.

Ying Guogong Fu Youde was one of the few veteran ministers in Ming Dynasty, and he was at the same time as his father Li Shanchang.

If I am a junior to restrain him, I won't be kicked away by him!

However, from another perspective, the grandson of the emperor asked himself to contain Fu Youde, didn't he put himself on the same level as Fu Youde?

Tongzhi, Tongzhi means that you can ask about everything, and you have to know everything.

Although it is one level lower than the Commander Du, no matter what the Commander wants to do, he has to sign and agree, otherwise it is illegal and non-compliant!

Thinking of this, Li Qi felt eagerness in his heart.

Once I form a team with Fu Youde, won't I directly enter the top ranks of honor, the power center of Daming?
In this way, when the children of the family are negotiating marriage, there will be more choices.

You can choose from the families of nobles and high-ranking officials in the capital!
Princess Lin'an, who was hiding outside the door, saw her husband knelt on the ground and hesitated, unable to speak, she was so angry that she opened the door curtain and walked in.

"You're a fart!"

"The eldest nephew praised you so much, and directly asked you to be the commander and acquaintance, and you didn't express your opinion?"

After being reminded by Princess Lin'an, Li Qi finally came to his senses, and gave Zhu Yunxie a few bangs on the head.

"My minister... this minister swears to the death to repay the kindness of the emperor's grandson, woo woo woo..."

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly helped him up.

"Uncle, we are speaking our own language at home, so don't engage in these vain rituals, lest my life be shortened."

"Oh, by the way, where are the two cousins ​​at home, why haven't I seen them both?"

Upon hearing this, Princess Lin'an hurriedly explained.

"It's not that you came too late yesterday. You didn't let them come to see you because you were afraid they would disturb your rest."

"Come on, hurry up and call those two evildoers in and let them meet His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun!"

Following the voice of Princess Lin'an, the palace maid soon brought in two handsome sons.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the two and asked with a smile.

"Which one is Cousin Li Fang?"

Li Fang immediately took a step forward when she heard the words, and kneeled down to Zhu Yunxi respectfully.

"I'm Li Fang, I have met His Royal Highness, the grandson of the emperor, and my Royal Highness is blessed and safe!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and pulled him up, looked at the young man beside him and said.

"Since you are the first cousin, then this must be the second cousin Li Mao?"

Hearing this, Li Mao also stepped forward and saluted.

"I, Li Mao, pay my respects to His Royal Highness, the Emperor Taisun, His Highness is a thousand years old..."

Zhu Yunxi also pulled him up and asked.

"Have the two cousins ​​had breakfast?"

Li Fang was shy, she pursed her lips and smiled without speaking, while Li Mao was much more mischievous, and when she saw Zhu Yunxi asking this question, she complained on the spot.

"No!"

"I have been listening to my mother, waiting outside the door to be summoned..."

Zhu Yunxi enthusiastically pulled the two of them to the table and said.

"Then let's eat together, I don't have much energy eating alone."

"Auntie, isn't your cook busy?"

"what?"

"If they're not busy, ask them to prepare a few more dishes. Is this food for chickens?"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi made this joke, the room suddenly burst into laughter.

Princess Lin'an almost laughed out loud, pointing at Zhu Yunxi's face and cursing.

"How can you talk about aunt like that, as if I treated you harshly!"

"You guys eat first, I will go to the kitchen and prepare some good dishes for you!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled.

"That's daring!"

"I was in the palace before, but I heard from Grandma Guo that it would be difficult for Grandpa Huang to eat your cooking. After I have tasted my aunt's cooking, I will go back to the palace and brag to Grandpa Huang..."

Princess Lin'an felt her nose sore when she saw Zhu Yunxie say this, and she secretly felt that she had indeed been separated from her father these years.

"Nephew, how long can you stay in Jiangpu this time?"

"Why don't I go back with you when you return to Beijing. I haven't seen Concubine Guo Hui for a long time. Go into the palace and talk to her."

Princess Lin'an has had a hard time with her father Zhu Yuanzhang all these years, even if she misses her family because of a word from her eldest nephew, she is too embarrassed to admit it.

Zhu Yunxi also knew the temperament of the eldest aunt, so to speak, she was as virtuous as old Zhutou, stubborn and stubborn.

However, if she can say this, it should be able to comfort Grandpa Huang's longing for his daughter, right?
Because of Zhu Yunxi's few jokes, the atmosphere in the dining room eased a lot. Li Fang and Li Mao were young at heart, and they were about the same age as Zhu Yunxi, so they became warm after a few words.

Li Qi saw that the children were quite able to chat, so he used the excuse to go to the cellar to find wine, and give them more time to spend alone, so that they would not feel uncomfortable in the presence of his elder.

Li Qi left the dining room and ordered his servants to fetch wine from the cellar, while he wandered to the kitchen and bowed deeply to Princess Lin'an who was cooking.

When Princess Lin'an saw her husband like this, a disgusted expression appeared on her face.

"Stay here, don't get in the way here!"

"Miss, thank you for your plan on behalf of the Li family!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Lin'an gave her husband a hard look.

"What did you say?"

"Li Fang and Li Mao are also my sons, who else can I count on if I don't plan for them?"

Li Qi laughed.

"You know I'm not talking about this..."

Princess Lin'an sighed slightly upon hearing this.

"take it easy!"

"As long as you can recover, those nieces of yours can follow suit, and the title of your Li family..."

When Li Qi heard the word "title", a red light of grief and indignation appeared in his eyes.

"The Duke of Korea's title must be taken back!"

"That's what my father paid for by working hard all his life. Even if he doesn't give it to me, he must give it to our son!"

This is the eternal pain in Li Qi's heart, and it is also his last attachment.

The reason why he valued the Duke of Han's title so much was definitely not because of that little salary.

It's really because this not only represents the glory of the Li family, but also represents the achievements of their Li family.

There is one more thing he can't say, that is, taking back the title is tantamount to overturning the case for my father in disguise.

However, he also knew that this matter was difficult, at least it was almost impossible to do it when the old emperor was alive.

Therefore, he begged Princess Lin'an to create such an opportunity, just to make a good impression in front of the emperor's grandson in advance when the emperor's grandson was short of people, so as to pave the way for regaining the title of Duke of Korea in the future!
Princess Lin'an naturally knew what was on her husband's mind, not to mention she also felt that her father-in-law's death was really unjust.

Just when she thought of her father's temper, she knew it would be difficult.

"take it easy!"

"Ugh!"

Li Qi sighed when he heard the words, and saw a plate of fried dishes on the chopping board. After asking Princess Lin'an, he took it to the dining room.

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Qianqing Palace.

After Lao Zhu finished his business, he picked up Jin Yiwei's secret report and looked through it.

When he saw Zhu Yunxi's treatment of the Jiangpu County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Lao Zhu had a displeased expression.

"This rebellious grandson didn't kill anyone?"

Qin Deshun hurriedly followed.

"His Royal Highness is righteous!"

Old Zhu glared at Qin Deshun fiercely when he heard the words, Qin Deshun shrank his neck and hid aside in fright.

"Aren't we benevolent?"

Qin Deshun fell to his knees with a plop when he heard this.

"My lord, this servant does not mean that. The servant means that the grandson of the emperor is just like you, that's why he is so benevolent..."

Hearing what Qin Deshun said, Lao Zhu felt relieved.

"Humph!"

"This rebellious grandson is too benevolent, why should he be so benevolent that he should not be bullied?"

While complaining, Lao Zhu turned to the next page and burst out laughing when he saw the content behind.

"This stupid grandson, thankfully he can figure it out, hahaha..."

Hearing the laughter, Qin Deshun hurriedly got up from the ground, then craned his neck to look.

Seeing that he was struggling to see, Lao Zhu deliberately tilted his body so that he could see clearly.

Qin Deshun burst out laughing when he saw the contents of the Jinyiwei secret report.

"The emperor's grandson is too ruthless. He punished those people to kneel and parade through the streets, and even dragged them to the gates of supply and marketing cooperatives in other counties to show the public..."

"This is simply killing without blood!"

Old Zhu said with a smile when he heard this.

"Who says it's not, the magistrate of Jiangpu County and the manager of Jiangpu Supply and Marketing Cooperative, this is a big shame, but anyone who wants to save face will find a rope to hang himself after this matter, even if he doesn't hang himself, in this life His official career has also been ruined!"

"However, these two are still lucky. If it falls into our hands, hehe, it's easy to pick skins and fill grass!"

Lao Zhu turned to the last page and saw that the grandson had gone to the Lin'an Princess Mansion in Jiangpu, his heart suddenly became sour.

"This grandson is so well-behaved, he even knows to visit his eldest aunt..."

Qin Deshun hurriedly flattered him when he heard the words.

"Isn't this what the emperor taught me!"

"The emperor attaches great importance to family affection, and the emperor's grandson naturally also attaches importance to it."

"This inspection of Jiangpu County, there is absolutely no reason not to visit Princess Lin'an's house!"

When Lao Zhu thought of Lin'an, his heart felt like a twist.

"The child Lin'an hasn't entered the palace for a long time, right?"

"I remember that I came here once a year ago, but I haven't been to Beijing yet after the next year."

Old Zhu sighed heavily upon hearing this.

"Ugh!"

"I don't know if we will still be able to eat the dishes cooked by our eldest daughter in my lifetime..."

(End of this chapter)