Tyrant, your vest fell off

Chapter 497 – The Prosperity

"Mom, can I take these leftovers home?"

Sikong Que blushed and said in a low voice with some embarrassment.

Now that the family is too poor, he can only ask his mother for help.

Guan Yi's heart ached suddenly, her son was reduced to such a poor situation.

Even when he went home to eat, he still looked cautious on the dining table, she picked up a bear's paw again and put it into Sikong Que's bowl.

"Okay, okay, I will order the housekeeper to fetch some gold and silver soft goods for you to take back with you. You can buy whatever you like to eat and use, and you can go home and get it if you don't have enough money."

"Mother, I am afraid that no one in Fanjing City is willing to do business with our Zhao family. I don't want gold and silver, can you send me more grain, oil, meat and vegetables?"

Sikong Que blinked his bright and expectant eyes, watching Guan Yi felt another burst of heart-wrenching pain.

"It's all up to you, Que'er, why don't you go home and live? Sheng's mother is always in fear, afraid that you won't have enough to eat, don't have enough to eat and wear warm, and that you will follow Zhao Qingmei and be bullied by others."

"Zhao Qingmei offended Her Majesty the Empress. She will not end well. If you insist on following her, you will suffer!"

Sikong Que put down his chopsticks and looked at his mother seriously.

"Where she is, I will be there!"

Guan Yi didn't give up, and still wanted to continue to persuade his son to give up Zhao Qingmei, which was already a burden that everyone pushed down.

"Que'er, listen to what mother said, Zhao Qingmei..."

"My lord, there is a lady surnamed Yao outside the gate of the mansion asking to see you."

"Yao?"

"The other party said that her name is Yao Li. I can see that this guest is not like an ordinary person. There is an indescribable nobleness in her gestures."

Steward Guan, who is good at observing words and demeanor, has seen countless people, so he can tell at a glance that this person is of extraordinary background.

Guan Yi frowned, and immediately his face darkened, he straightened up and took Sikong Que's hand and walked anxiously outside the gate of the mansion.

"Que'er, this honored guest must be His Majesty, hurry up and pick him up at the door with mother."

In early summer, when the blue sky was like washing, Zhong Liyao was wearing a smoky blue wide-sleeved flowing gauze dress, standing quietly in front of the University Scholars Mansion.

"My humble minister Guan Yi, and my dog ​​Sikong Que, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Guan Aiqing please get up!"

Zhong Liyao stretched out his arm to help Guan Yi get up, but his eyes couldn't help but stare at Sikong Que who was beside Guan Yi, wishing he could let go of Guan Yi who was supporting him, and instead took the slender jade knuckles .

Sikong Que got up slowly, feeling Zhong Liyao's vague peeping and the undisguised love in his eyes, he subconsciously retreated behind his mother to block her sight.

"Your Majesty, mother, you are talking about business. If you don't want to disturb me, please leave first."

"Hey, wait a minute, Mr. Sikong. In fact, I just passed by the University Scholars' Mansion for a private visit today. You don't have to be so cautious."

Seeing that Sikong Que was about to leave, Zhong Liyao subconsciously tugged on his sleeve, unwilling to let him out of his sight.

Today, the secret guard came to report that Sikong Que left the residence early in the morning and came to visit Guan Yi in the scholar's mansion. She didn't even have time for lunch, so she rushed to the scholar's mansion with her entourage, fearing that she might miss the reunion with him at a later date .

"His Majesty!"

Sikong Que raised his eyebrows slightly, with cold emotion in his tone, Zhong Liyao's straightforward actions made him feel disgusted, he was not her husband's servant in the harem, Zhong Liyao's behavior at this time was extremely Meng Lang in the eyes of outsiders.

"Presumptuous, Que'er, mother and His Majesty still have important matters to discuss, what are you still doing here? Don't hurry up."

Guan Yi grimaced, and reprimanded in a deep voice, this move is undoubtedly the best way to resolve the embarrassing situation at this moment, Zhong Liyao also let go of the hand that was holding Sikong Que's sleeve in embarrassment, and walked down the steps given by Guan Yi.

"promise…"

Sikong Que hurriedly left the front hall without looking back, Zhongliyao's peeping at him made him very uneasy.

After Sikong Que left, only Guan Yi and Zhongliyao were left in the front hall. At this time, Guan Yi peeked at Zhongliyao who was sitting on the main seat, wondering what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd today.

"Aiqing, my imperial concubine in the middle palace has been vacant for a long time, and I have never been able to find a suitable candidate who is qualified to be in the middle palace. I wonder if Aiqing has a suitable candidate to recommend?"

"Your Majesty, the selection of the imperial concubine in the Central Palace is a big matter. The humble ministers are light-hearted and shallow-sighted, so how dare they rashly recommend candidates. The humble minister believes that His Majesty should order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select men of appropriate age to enter the palace for selection before making a decision."

Zhong Liyao's original husband, Beiming, died of a blood collapse seven years ago due to dystocia, leaving one body and two lives. Since then, her husband's position has been vacant and has never been renewed.

It stands to reason that if she wants to marry Zhengfu Zhonggong, she should ask the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why did she suddenly come to her bachelor's mansion to ask her, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, for her opinion?

Thinking of the way Zhong Liyao looked at Que'er just now, Guan Yi's heart suddenly skipped a beat, hoping it wasn't what she had guessed.

"Your Majesty, I recommend myself with this old face. Que'er's father's family, the Sikong family, has a few young masters of the right age who are still waiting in the cabinet. These cousins ​​of Que'er have excellent looks. As the saying goes, the nephew's appearance Suijiu, Que'er is very similar to his cousins ​​and the late husband Sikong."

"If Your Majesty is interested, I will immediately send those young masters to the palace for His Majesty's selection?"

"Oh? Aiqing, you mean that the young masters of the Sikong family look exactly like your son?"

"Since it's just a resemblance, why can't it be the son's deity entering the palace to accompany you?"

Zhong Liyao had a half-smile, playing with the teacup in his hand, and said casually.

really!Guan Yi had a bitter face, as if mourning his concubine.

"Your Majesty will never force you to do so. The dog is already a husband, so how dare you desecrate the reputation of the royal family!"

"Oh, does Ai Qing think that I am not as good as Zhao Qingmei? Not worthy of Ai Qing's son?"

"Wei Chen dare not!"

Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, facing Zhong Liyao, who is more difficult to serve and more moody than the former emperor, this is the first time that Guan Yi, the veteran of the three dynasties, feels the anxiety of a thorn in his back.

"Or maybe Aiqing thinks that my position as imperial concubine in the middle palace is not as good as the mere side husband that Zhao Qingmei gave to your son?"

Zhong Liyao was furious, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground. There was a sudden bang of porcelain shattering, and Guan Yi crawled on the ground tremblingly.

It is said that the emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses, but at this time Guan Yi clearly realized that if she dared to refuse His Majesty's intention again, Guan Shi and Sikong Shi would definitely bleed and drift away.

"Think twice, Your Majesty, a gentleman does not take away people's love, the dog is now the husband of the Zhao family, obeys the mother at home, and obeys the wife after marriage, even a humble minister cannot be the master of a dog, please forgive me..."

"Guan Aiqing, you have a good son. I will definitely not treat the Guan family and the Sikong family badly. The premise is that the son can become my imperial husband willingly."

Zhong Liyao is threatening Que'er to submit to the ups and downs of the two clans, threatening her to persuade Que'er to agree to enter the palace to serve Zhong Liyao, what should I do?Guan Yi's whole body was drenched in cold sweat of fear.

"Zhao Qingmei, Ai Qing don't need to worry too much. Although the former emperor left a gold medal to avoid death and a decree not to kill her, I have a way to make her feel that death is better than life."

"Aiqing, please hurry up, from now on you will be a relative of the emperor, the head of the country, you don't need to perform such a grand ceremony!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

Guan Yi felt that his lips were trembling with fear when he spoke.

(End of this chapter)