After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

Liu Linxi took Liu Xiangwan to steal food from a street stall, but Yu Xingzhi caught him halfway through eating.

"Aren't you going to Taixue? Why are you hiding here and eating wontons?" Yu Xingzhi was speechless.

"I'm so hungry, I can't hold back." Liu Linxi smiled awkwardly, fearing that Yu Xingzhi would blame him, so he hurriedly said, "Xiang Wan only ate one, just tasted it."

"Really?" Yu Xingzhi asked Liu Xiangwan.

"Yes." Liu Xiangwan nodded.

Yu Xingzhi glanced at the two empty bowls on the table, sighed, and said nothing.Liu Xiangwan felt a little embarrassed when he did something wrong, he stood up honestly and walked to Yu Xingzhi's side and said, "Do you want to accompany us to Taixue?"

"I'm hungry too." Yu Xingzhi sat down at the table and said to the owner of the wonton stall, "Boss, have another bowl of wontons."

Liu Linxi and Liu Xiangwan looked at each other and sat down next to Yu Xingzhi.

After a while, the wontons came up, and Yu Xingzhi took one with a spoon and put it in Liu Xiangwan's bowl, saying, "Eat another one, I'm hungry for a while."

Liu Xiangwan: ...

This wonton is "hot" in the mouth after eating, and it will not work if you don't eat it.

"It's almost the Chinese New Year, after the New Year's Eve, your body will recover almost." Yu Xingzhi said to Liu Xiangwan: "I came to the capital this time to stay in the capital for a job. But His Majesty has been hesitant, and it seems that he does not intend to assign me a position. If there is no accident, I will invite myself back to the northwest after the first month."

"Ah?" Liu Linxi was startled, and asked, "You want to go back?"

"Yes." Yu Xingzhi nodded and glanced at Liu Xiangwan.

Liu Xiangwan lowered his head and said nothing, showing no expression.

"The war in the Northwest is suspended, and there shouldn't be any major changes for a while." Liu Linxi said, "It would be good if you can stay in the capital, whether it's the Tuanhe camp or the imperial army, there will be no one without you position, I will ask His Majesty what he means some other day."

Yu Xingzhi said: "If you choose me, I don't really want to stay in the capital."

The capital is an officialdom, not as free and carefree as in the Northwest Army. Yu Xingzhi is used to being in the army, so he definitely doesn't like the atmosphere in the capital, which is not surprising to Liu Linxi.Then Yu Xingzhi suddenly brought up this matter today... Liu Linxi turned a corner in his mind, and realized later that Yu Xingzhi didn't say what Yu Xingzhi said for himself, but for Liu Xiangwan, right? ?

But Liu Xiangwan just bowed his head and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.Liu Linxi felt that it was inconvenient for him to get involved in this matter, so he told Yu Xingzhi and Liu Xiangwan to go to the Taixue to help him with the matter, and he went back to the palace directly.

Li Yan was working in the imperial study at the moment, and Liu Linxi went directly to the imperial study.

He took the two boxes of tea from Su Heng and put them on Li Yan's desk with a smile on his face.

"General Liu brought me a gift when he was out of the palace?" Li Yan glanced at the tea, opened the lid and smelled it, and said, "This tea is in excellent condition, is it a tribute? If I remember correctly, Yu There should be half a box in the study."

As he spoke, he glanced at Su Heng with a questioning look.

Su Heng hurriedly said: "Go back to Your Majesty, there is indeed half a box in the Imperial Study Room."

"Where did you get it?" Li Yan asked Liu Linxi.

Liu Linxi raised his eyebrows and said: "A young man from the household department was very generous and made me a bowl of tea. I casually praised the good tea, and he gave me two boxes."

"It's really generous." Li Yan said: "The palace only received four boxes this year. I gave one box to the empress dowager, one box to the emperor's uncle, and one box to the grand tutor. I only kept one box for myself. I got two boxes from him all at once, which is more honorable than mine."

Liu Linxi said: "It's still the people from the household department who are rich, entertaining guests at will with tea that His Majesty is not willing to drink."

"I'm afraid I didn't treat you as an ordinary guest." Li Yan put down the tea leaves, with a somewhat unpredictable look in his eyes.

Although he has always known that places like the Ministry of Revenue are more or less tricky, but he was still a little surprised to be exposed by Liu Linxi today, and in such a way.There are such big mistakes on the surface, but I don't know how many tricks there are behind the scenes.

"How is the account check?" Li Yan asked.

"Today, You Shangshu and Zhang Shilang are not here, so I just asked someone to carry all the account books to the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment." Liu Linxi said.

Li Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "What do you think? Let the people from the Criminal Department check their accounts?"

"That's not true. I was afraid that it would be unsafe to put the account books outside, so I asked the officials and lords of the Ministry of Punishment to help look at them." Liu Linxi said: "As for the person who checks the accounts, I have also found them. He is a student of Taixue."

Li Yan: ...

Needless to say, this arrangement seems to be really interesting.

"It's okay if there are no problems with this account book, but if there are mistakes, then the people in the household department will lose face to the Taixue." Li Yan said: "I'm afraid this method is only within your reach."

Liu Linxi said: "Besides, this account is checked in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment. If something happens, the Ministry of Punishment can go directly to arrest the person, which is also convenient."

Li Yan laughed out loud when he heard the words, the people from Xindao Hubu must have been pissed off by Liu Linxi this time, even if they couldn't find any mistakes, such an encounter would be annoying enough.

"Are you determined to find out something?" Li Yan asked.

"That's not true." Liu Linxi said: "Of course it's best to be fine. The purpose of the minister's making such a fuss is just to beat them and make them feel taboo. If someone wants to enrich their own pockets in the future, it's better to think about it."

Li Yan nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, deeply feeling that this method is really good.

If you can't find it, you can warn it, and it still has some effect.

The students of Taixue are quite good at handling affairs, and the day before New Year's Eve, they put all the books in order.Liu Linxi went to the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment in person, but learned that there was nothing wrong with the account books of the Ministry of Accounting, and both the outbound and inbound warehouses were correct, and there was nothing suspicious or wrong.

Although Liu Linxi was surprised, the person she found was trustworthy. Since the person who checked the account was fine, it meant that the account was indeed fine.Just in case, he looked at the paper of the account book. The traces of pen and ink and the weight of the handwriting did not seem to be fake.

Since no problem was found, Liu Linxi naturally had to send the account book back in person.

"General Liu has been so busy for nothing, but it has saved us a lot of time in the household department. This year, there is no need to reconcile accounts." Zhang Shilang was present today, and he smiled when he saw Liu Linxi bring someone over to return the account books He said teasingly: "Next year when the account reconciliation is due, General Liu can come to the account department to help if he has nothing to do."

Liu Linxi was quite unhappy being ridiculed by him, but said calmly on his face: "Well, if Zhang Shilang feels that the errands of the household department are too difficult to do, why not go to His Majesty and ask him to think of a way to relieve Zhang Shilang. workload."

"Don't dare to disturb Your Majesty." Zhang Shilang said.

The people from the household department served tea to Liu Linxi, and Liu Linxi took a look at it, this time it was replaced with very ordinary tea.

"Where's Mr. Hu Changsheng from last time?" Liu Linxi asked.

"Master Hu is not feeling well, he has gone home to recuperate." Zhang Shilang said.

Liu Linxi nodded and said: "Oh, that's such a pity, the last time he gave the general the tea, the general didn't want to drink it and gave it to His Majesty. Four boxes, I didn't expect a small official from the Ministry of Households to give away two boxes at will, which is really generous."

Zhang Shilang's face was a little ugly, and he said, "Hu Changsheng probably bought tea in Jiangnan because someone from his family went on a business route."

"Well, I think so. Today I looked at the account books. Among the tea leaves that I paid tribute this year, there are indeed only four boxes of that kind of tea, and there is no excess." Liu Linxi said: "I will definitely explain clearly to Your Majesty after I enter the palace, lest Your Majesty misunderstood."

Liu Linxi has thought about this matter, there is no problem in the accounts, and there were indeed four boxes of tea when it was put into storage, that is to say, Hu Changsheng's tea was not taken from the account, but the person who paid the tribute was directly out of the amount of the tribute , Playing a margin of "filial piety" to the people of the household department.

This guess is even more surprising than the fact that the Ministry of Households directly enriched their own pockets.

I don't know how much unknown "filial piety" is hidden behind this small tea.

Zhang Shilang said: "Thank you, General Liu."

"You're welcome." Liu Linxi stood up and said, "I've checked the account books. I want to go to the warehouse department to have a look. Can Zhang Shilang show me the way?"

Zhang Shilang's complexion changed when he heard the words, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"General Liu, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the people from the Warehouse Department have gone home for a reunion." Zhang Shilang said, "Is the general embarrassing you for dismissal?"

Liu Linxi said with a disappointed face when he heard the words: "Why don't you wait until after the seventh day of the lunar new year for my general to go?"

"You..." Zhang Shilang couldn't find an excuse to refute the words, so he could only say: "If the general insists on going, after the seventh day of the lunar new year, the lower officials can arrange for the general."

After hearing this, Liu Linxi left contentedly.

Before leaving, he did not forget to say to Zhang Shilang meaningfully: "By the way, the weather is dry in winter, sir, please find someone to take care of the warehouse department. If the water is accidentally taken away, the general will not be able to investigate."

Zhang Shilang let out a long breath, and hurried to the inner hall.

One of his subordinates brought him a cup of tea, and said with an apologetic smile: "Your Excellency, calm down, this Liu is only relying on His Majesty's favor and trust to do his best. When His Majesty gets tired of it, let's see how arrogant he is!"

"Idiot!" Zhang Shilang said: "If Liu Linxi is half as stupid as you, I don't need to wipe your ass/ass for the New Year."

"Yes, yes, this subordinate is stupid, sir, don't get angry." The man said hastily.

Zhang Shilang took a sip of the tea, spat it out immediately when it was hot, and threw the tea bowl on the ground.The man was about to kneel down to pick it up, but Zhang Shilang kicked him over and scolded: "How many days until the seventh day? You are still here to clean up the tea bowls! Hurry up and find a way to fill the hole in the warehouse department! Liu Linxi will find out by then Question, how many heads do you have for him to cut off?"

"Yes." The man hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and got up to go out.

Zhang Shilang said again: "Come back."

The man came back and knelt down again, Zhang Shilang said: "What are you going to do?"

"This..." the man tentatively said, "Why don't we burn the Warehouse Department with a torch? Then the holes won't be visible."

Zhang Shilang was very angry when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Do you think he is a fool? Before he left, he reminded you so clearly that your ears are for eating, didn't you understand? You go to burn the warehouse department, do you think He won't find someone to stare at? Besides, even if he can spare you, won't You Shangshu take your skin by then? "

The man was too frightened to speak.

"Leave this matter alone for the time being, I will handle it." Zhang Shilang said: "You must keep this matter from Lord Shang Shu, if he finds out, we will never even think about living a good year."

The man shrank his neck and nodded repeatedly, thinking that even now, this year might not be a good one.

Fortunately, there are still seven days to go, so there won't be any turning point...

On New Year's Eve, the sky is bright and clear in Beijing.

Li Yan held a family banquet in the palace and invited the Queen Mother over.

The queen mother was very affectionate when she saw Liu Linxi, and she kept pulling Liu Linxi to talk during the dinner, but left Li Yan in the cold.After eating, Liu Linxi mysteriously took the queen mother to Miaoyin Pavilion. This Miaoyin Pavilion was originally a place for performances. In the past, during festivals, the palace would often invite opera troupes to the palace to sing operas.

But today Liu Linxi invited not an opera troupe, but a Mr. Huaben.

"This is?" the Queen Mother asked Liu Linxi quite unexpectedly.

"Doesn't the empress dowager like to read story books? Today I specially invited the gentleman from the theater to tell you about it." Liu Linxi said.

The play that Mr. Ben is talking about is naturally the one by Liu Linxi and Li Yan.

The common people are already very familiar with this story, but not many people in the palace have heard of it.

Today's New Year's Eve, Liu Linxi simply asked those palace people to go to Miaoyin Pavilion together to watch a play with the Queen Mother.The more people there are, the more lively it is, and the atmosphere of watching the show will be more relaxed.

Liu Linxi accompanied the queen mother to read the script, and explained it to the queen mother while reading it, which made the queen mother very happy.

When the two scripts were finished, the Queen Mother was still unsatisfied, so Liu Linxi personally sent her back to Yongshou Palace.

Li Yan followed the two of them and kept silent, only listening to Liu Linxi chatting with the Queen Mother.

For some reason, the queen mother mentioned the first emperor while she was talking.

"The first emperor didn't like reading scripts in the past, but because Ai's family liked to read them, he often accompanied them. Ai's family remembered that there was a time when he accompanied Ai's family out of the palace on the Lantern Festival. We dressed up as ordinary people and watched the scriptures in the theater. Ben, he fell asleep after listening to it, and didn't wake up until the end of the play." The queen mother said: "The Ai family thinks that he can't tell the story of the script with me when he fell asleep. I called him to the imperial study and told him again..."

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing, and Liu Linxi laughed along with her.

After laughing, the two looked at the lanterns hanging everywhere in the palace to celebrate the New Year. While it was festive and lively, it inevitably made people feel a little sad.Especially when it comes to the first emperor, it is even more touching.

"Come here, you two go shopping, tonight is New Year's Eve, talk to each other, the Ai family also wants to go for a walk by themselves." The Empress Dowager said to Li Yan and Liu Linxi.

Liu Linxi was a little worried at first, but Li Yan nodded at him to indicate that it's okay.

The two bid farewell to the queen mother, held hands and held a lantern, but no one followed.

"The empress dowager and the first emperor must have had a good relationship in the past, right?" Liu Linxi asked.

"En." Li Yan nodded and said: "My father used to dote on my mother very much, and put her first in everything. I remember when I was a teenager, my mother found a beauty for my father and wanted to bring her into the palace. Give birth to another child for the father. The father was furious because of this, and that was the first time I saw him and his mother angry."

"What happened later?" Liu Linxi asked.

"Later, the queen mother never mentioned it again." Li Yan said.

Liu Linxi was a little surprised when he heard the words. He knew that the Dayan Kingdom was more Buddhist in the matter of inheriting the family. Even the royal family did not have many expectations of "full children and grandchildren", just like Li Yangui, who is the king of a country, has no brothers and sisters. , everyone seems to be used to it.

However, he couldn't help being a little curious. If Li Yan married him in the future and he couldn't have children, what would Li Yan do?Anyway, the family has the throne to inherit, so they can't be childless, right?

"If it were you, what would you do?" Liu Linxi asked.

"What replaced me?" Li Yan asked.

Liu Linxi smiled and said: "I'm a man, and I don't know if I can give you a son in the future. If we never have children, what will you do?"

"I don't like children, it's better if I don't have them." Li Yan said.

Liu Linxi was startled, and asked, "You don't like children?"

"Very annoying." Li Yan said.

Liu Linxi was a little surprised when he heard the words, but Li Yan obviously didn't like this topic very much, and his pace quickened a lot, so Liu Linxi had to stop talking and quickly follow the other party.

The two of them walked to the vicinity of Jiyue Residence without knowing it. Liu Linxi saw that there was a candle burning inside, so he dragged Li Yan in to have a look.

When the palace servants of Jiyueju saw Liu Linxi and Li Yan, they thought they were going to rest here, so they asked if they wanted to take a bath.

As soon as Liu Linxi heard that she was interested, she immediately asked someone to prepare hot water, and took Li Yan to bathe together.

Li Yan couldn't resist him, and was worried that Liu Linxi would get cold after staying outside for a long time, so he agreed.

The two of them soaked in the bathtub except for their robes. Liu Linxi was excited by the hot water, and saw Li Yan's /suspended/not/hanging appearance. She felt a little itchy. She leaned over and nestled in Li Yan's arms, and asked in a low voice. : "Your Majesty, do you still remember what you and I did in this bathroom a few months ago?"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, he naturally knew what Liu Linxi was talking about.It was the first time he learned that the poison in Liu Linxi's body needed a child to detoxify, so he ignored Liu Linxi's frail body and hurried to Jiyue Residence so that Liu Linxi could do the cloud/rain thing...

"I heard a joke before, do you want to hear it, Your Majesty?" Liu Linxi asked Li Yan.

Being hugged by Liu Linxi, Li Yan felt a little distracted, so he had to forcefully say: "Say it."

Liu Linxi coughed lightly and said: "On New Year's Eve, if two people start dating before midnight and end after midnight, it means that the two of them have been dating from last year to next year. .”

Li Yan: ...

Could it be a little more obvious?

"What do you mean?" Li Yan looked at him and asked.

Seeing that Li Yan's face remained unchanged, Liu Linxi was a little discouraged, and simply retreated to the other side of the bath to sit.

Seeing this, Li Yan took the initiative to move over, put him in his arms, and said in a low voice: "You think so highly of me? It's not the time yet, if we start now, it will take more than an hour if we don't talk at all, even if I can You can do it, are you sure you can bear it?"

Liu Linxi: ...

Well, Li Yan, you win!

Although Li Yan was feeling uncomfortable, he still didn't dare to indulge himself, for fear of hurting the child in Liu Linxi's stomach.Fortunately, Liu Linxi wasn't particularly attached. Although he had this thought, but thinking that Li Yan was now concentrating on cultivating Buddhism and wanting to restrain himself, he didn't continue to tease him unscrupulously, and just stopped.

In fact, Liu Linxi didn't particularly care about this aspect, anyway, knowing that Li Yan's feelings towards him were unique, that was enough.But now that the two of them are in this state, occasionally teasing and getting close, without making any real moves, Liu Linxi sometimes finds it interesting.

That night, the two stayed at Jiyue Residence.

Liu Linxi woke up in the middle of the night after falling asleep, reached out without touching Li Yan, got up and went to the outer hall, and saw Li Yan standing beside the desk with a blank piece of rice paper on the table.

"Why are you up?" Li Yan hurriedly put his robe on Liu Linxi when he saw him come out.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty sleep?" Liu Linxi glanced at the paper and asked, "Are you going to write poems or paint?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "I woke up in the middle of my sleep and saw your beauty, so I wanted to draw it."

"Then why don't you paint?" Liu Linxi asked.

Li Yan didn't dare to mention it. When he was about to write, he suddenly thought of the painting he had drawn before.

He originally wanted Liu Linxi to write an inscription on the painting, but Liu Linxi vomited blood that night, staining most of the painting.

Li Yan said: "No matter how I write, I feel that I am much worse than you. My painting skills are not as good as Cheng Yuan, and I can't draw your charm."

Liu Linxi smiled wryly, "Why did you mention Mr. Cheng again? Or announce him to the palace and draw a picture for the minister?"

Li Yan glanced at him, and said with a warning face: "If you are so confident again, I will really be rude."

"How impolite?" Liu Linxi asked with a smile, "I don't know if it's past midnight now, hahaha."

Li Yan was afraid of the mouse, and really didn't dare to do anything to Liu Linxi. Liu Linxi seemed to be sure of this, and he teased and tossed Li Yan a lot, and made Li Yan angry all night.

Huo Mu didn't have to go to court these few days, Li Yan finally had time to spend with Liu Linxi every day.

On the third day of junior high school, the weather was fine, and Liu Linxi suddenly had a whim, saying that he wanted to go to a temple in the suburbs of Beijing to offer incense.

The temple he mentioned was halfway up the mountain, but Li Yan immediately rejected it.But Liu Linxi was quite persistent. He remembered that Li Yan was a little afraid of heights. If he hadn't usually thought about climbing the mountain, now that he was rarely free, with him by his side, maybe Li Yan would be able to climb it once.

Li Yan couldn't resist him, so he went to ask Chu Yunfeng.

Chu Yunfeng agreed without saying a word.

Li Yan was quite surprised, and asked: "Won't climbing the mountain be too tiring? Can General Liu's body hold up?"

"General Liu is recovering well, and such trivial things as climbing a mountain are no problem." Chu Yunfeng said.

Li Yan thought for a while and asked, "Then... if I make out with him, will it be bad for the fetus?"

"This..." Chu Yunfeng hesitated for a while, a sympathy flashed in his eyes, and he said, "When I was taking General Liu's pulse, I found that the fetal pulse was very stable. As long as Your Majesty pays attention to proper measure, you can make out with General Liu."

Li Yan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and secretly regretted not asking Chu Yunfeng earlier.

Otherwise, what Liu Linxi said about "from last year to next year" might really give it a try...

After coming out of the imperial study, Chu Yunfeng looked up at the sky and couldn't help but sigh.

Gathering clouds and dispersing clouds is not something he can do as a mere commoner, and what he can do is only a trivial move.

As for the future, it can only depend on the fate of the individual...