Li Zhongyi carefully instructed Zhou Daozhong, who nodded frequently, and added: "In addition to opening martial law in Beijing, the last general thinks that the defense of Ganghwa Island must not be relaxed, and it is necessary to guard against someone secretly making trouble at any time. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded with a smile and praised Zhou Daozhong: "Good, very good, worthy of being a capable minister of the old Cheng Mouguo." ”

Zhou Daozhong didn't expect that Li Zhongyi's evaluation of him was actually a capable minister, obedient to listen to the sound, such an obvious hint, if he couldn't understand it, it would be in vain to live so old.

"My lord, the subordinates will definitely take care of Kaijing for you. It's just that the subordinate has a request, and he hopes that the lord will grant it. Zhou Daozhong knelt on one knee and knocked his head heavily.

Li Zhongyi didn't expect that Zhou Daozhong would openly kneel down to show his loyalty at this juncture, he hurriedly reached out and helped him up, and complained angrily: "The man has gold under his knees, and he can't kneel easily." Say, as long as it's not too demanding, I'll promise you. ”

Zhou Daozhong secretly wiped away his tears, and said carefully: "Don't hide it from the lord, the subordinate is actually the outer house of the predecessor An Yuanbo...... If...... If there is a day, the subordinate wants to ask the lord for a favor and attack the title of Earl An Yuan. ”

Li Zhongyi had a sudden break in his heart, if it wasn't for Zhou Daozhong's clarity, he really didn't know that Lao Zhou was actually the illegitimate son of An Yuanbo Li Jin.

An Yuanbo Li Jin, who was also a smash hit confidant of the Taizu of this dynasty, is a pity, but he is a short-lived person. Soon after Guo Wei, the Taizu of this dynasty, ascended the throne, he rewarded the nobles of Conglong, and Li Jin did not sit firmly on the throne of An Yuanbo for two months, so he kicked his legs and went to the West Heaven due to a sudden illness.

After Li Jin's death, Guo Wei took pity on the old minister's difficulty, so according to Li Jin's will, he ordered Li Jin's eldest son, Li Yuanzhong, to attack the title of Earl of Dark Yuan.

Because it involved the privacy of Zhou Daozhong's family, Li Zhongyi was inconvenient to ask more, so he patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly: "If there is such a day, it will be as you wish." ”

Zhou Daozhong has always been nervous, but he is afraid that Li Zhongyi will be suspicious and will ask endless questions. Who would have thought that Li Zhongyi let it go very generously, not only did he not ask about the old things, but also agreed to his request.

Receiving this great favor, no matter how much Zhou Daozhong didn't want to expose his family ugliness, he couldn't care so much, so he knelt at Li Zhongyi's feet again.

Li Zhongyi frowned, glared at Zhou Daozhong fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "I don't have the ugly rules of soldiers kneeling here, if you really want to kneel, you go back to Kaifeng to kneel." ”

Zhou Daozhong hugged Li Zhongyi's left leg and cried: "Don't hide it from the lord, the mother is really the murder of the current Uncle An Yuan's mother and son, not only that, but they also tampered with the father's testament to Emperor Taizu Gao......"

Li Zhongyi understood as soon as he heard it, daring to love was a deep blood feud left over from the infighting of the wealthy family, no wonder Zhou Daozhong did not want the marquis rewarded by the imperial court, but instead begged An Yuanbo, who was a grade lower.

In this week, I'm afraid I just want to learn the trick of returning to the hometown group and settling accounts after the autumn, right?

Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that in order to clamp down on his power, the imperial court deliberately made a big deal of marquis and worship in the Li family's army. Previously, in the imperial edict brought by Zhang Yongde, Zhou Daozhong had been clearly rewarded as the Marquis of Jiangxia.

Zhou Daozhong gave up the Jiang Xiahou who was sealed by the imperial court, and begged Li Zhongyi to give An Yuanbo, even if Li Zhongyi knew Zhou Daozhong's intentions, he had to admire him: he was a smart person who knew the times.

Of course, Li Zhongyi could not reprimand Zhou Daozhong's blatant rebellious words, which was the ultimate temptation for Zhou Daozhong to express his complete surrender.

Li Zhongyi could only give a big compliment, and he said with a smile: "Okay, it's up to you." However, after the family affairs you have dealt with, An Yuanhou is the right thing to do. ”

Zhou Daozhong breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Zhongyi's statement was equivalent to completely removing his worries. As long as he continues to follow Li Zhongyi in Zhou Daozhong, there will be a genuine marquis in the court in the future.

Don't look at Zhou Daozhong's honest and honest face, in fact, he is a smart person of the inner show type, and the blind man knows how to eat Tang Yuan.

Not to mention that the court gave it to just a marquis, even if it was crowned a king, what about it?

After Li Zhongyi mastered the affairs of the imperial court, adhering to the principle of one son of heaven and one courtier, it was absolutely natural for the new nobles to replace the old ones.

Zhou Daozhong pondered, instead of the bamboo basket being empty at that time, it was better to follow the bright road guided by Li Zhongyi and go all the way.

After sending Zhou Daozhong away, Zhu Niang walked out of the brocade curtain, holding a tray in her hand, in addition to a hot tea, there was also a small plate of fried watermelon seeds.

"Master, are you tired? Take a break, taste tea, knock a bunch of melon seeds, and relieve fatigue. Zhu Niang put the tray on the small coffee table, and greeted Li Zhongyi with a smile.

As a very favored concubine next to Li Zhongyi, Zhu Niang spoke more casually in front of Li Zhongyi. Unlike ordinary concubines such as Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan, even if they gave birth to a son and raised a daughter, they were still trembling in front of Li Zhongyi, for fear of annoying the gentleman.

On this expedition, Zhu Niang happened to be full of two months, her daughter Liniang was handed over to four nursing mothers to feed, and a large number of maids and mothers-in-law were waiting in shifts nearby. Although he was still a little worried, because he was worried about Li Zhongyi's safety, Zhu Niang wanted to come with him, but Li Zhongyi didn't make a move.

In addition to such bamboo girls, there are also Ye Xiaolan and Li Qiniang. Ye Xiaolan has made a great contribution to the succession of the old Li family this time, and the male baby Wang Ge'er she gave birth to ranks fourth among Li Zhongyi's sons.

According to the old tradition of the old Li family, all of Li Zhongyi's sons need to be officially named by their grandfather Li Dahe, so the milk name of Brother Wang still needs to be called for a while.

In this era, a woman is pregnant and giving birth, which is like going through a ghost gate. Not only that, the proportion of newborn babies dying is extremely high.

According to custom, the family of the wealthy hairpin or the family of the powerful is generally named after the child reaches the age of ten and is included in the family tree.

The situation of Lao Li's family is quite different from the powerful family next to it. Li Dahe and Li Zhongyi, the father and son, are both famous doctors throughout the Great Zhou, and they have some powerful means of taking care of infants and young children.

So far, the grandchildren and granddaughters of the Lao Li family are all healthy and alive, which is really enviable.

As for Han Xianglan, who gave birth to a daughter, she was deliberately thrown at home by Li Zhongyi and asked her to help take care of the housework in the Kaijing mansion.

The man in charge is gone, and only Caijiao is left in the mansion, as well as Li Cuixuan, who has been working with Li Zhongyi and has not yet received the house, how many housework do you need to take care of?

Li Zhongyi sat cross-legged on the couch, picked up the teacup, skimmed off the pieces, and took a sip, well, it is more intimate to bamboo Niang, the water temperature of the tea soup is not cold or hot, suitable for drinking.

"The little things at home, don't worry." Li Zhongyi put down the teacup, grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand, and comforted Zhu Niang with a smile, "The nurses and maids who serve Liniang are all old people over there in Kaifeng, from delivery to breastfeeding, to taking care of them, they have their own complete rules, in addition, there are three doctors and women raised by their ancestors, who are waiting nearby, and there is no reason to take care of them." ”

After Zhu Niang heard this, she couldn't help but sigh faintly, in the years she followed Zhesaihua, there were not two hundred heads cut off by her, but more than a hundred.

When she was in Kaifeng, Zhu Niang heard a monk say that killing too many people will hurt yin virtue, and I am afraid that it will harm the heirs?

The ancients, most of whom were more superstitious. Especially the women in the inner house, including Mrs. Xue and Zhesaihua, are no exception, they all believe in Buddhism.

Headed by Mrs. Xue, the Duke of Chu gave the Daxiangguo Temple a lot of money every year, at least more than 10,000 yuan.

However, Li Zhongyi is a typical materialist and never believes in ghosts and gods.

It's just that the women in the family are locked in the house door on weekdays, and they really have nothing to do, they spend money to buy a happy one, and Li Zhongyi can only open his eyes and close his eyes, just don't know.

"Alas, master, in the past, the slave family didn't understand the reason why the mother was worried, but now, the slave family knows what it means to be a mother and daughter." Zhu Niang's languishing appearance made Li Zhongyi feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Zhongyi said softly: "Zhu Niang, to be serious, today is different from the past, and there are thousands of guards around me. While the cavalry battalion has not yet finished boarding the ship, and the fleet has not yet set off, why don't you go home and take care of Liniang? ”

Zhu Niang glared at Li Zhongyi angrily, shook her head and said, "The slave family can't let go of Li Niang in their hearts, but they are more worried about your safety." Forget it, don't mention this, the slave family went to inspect the situation of the secret guards. ”

Seeing that Zhu Niang got up and wanted to leave, Li Zhongyi quickly grabbed her right hand, dragged her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and said affectionately: "I definitely don't mean to drive you away, don't get me wrong, I'm worried about ......."

Zhu Niang raised her hand to cover Li Zhongyi's mouth, gently leaned her head into his shoulder socket, and said with red eyes: "Da Lang, don't say it, I know, I know everything......"

Li Zhongyi hugged Zhu Niang and coaxed her to be happy for a while, until she smiled, then let go of her arms and went outside the cabin by her.

After seeing Zhu Niang leave the cabin, Li Zhongyi walked through the bedroom and walked into the study. This is where he works on the ship, and no one is allowed to trespass without his personal orders, including Zhu Niang.

Ye Xiaolan, who was sitting in front of the small case, pretended to be engrossed in the official document, but in fact, her heart had already flown away.

This time, Li Zhongyi didn't bring Han Xianglan to block her, Ye Xiaolan put on a calm look of pampering and not being shocked, and her heart was actually beautiful.

The opportunity to serve Li Zhongyi alone was a great happiness for Ye Xiaolan, but it was a disaster for Han Xianglan, how could she not be happy?

Li Zhongyi only saw Ye Xiaolan's back straightened, and knew that she was so happy that she had forgotten herself and was wandering outside the world.

To be honest, Li Zhongyi took Ye Xiaolan to the north together, more or less because she gave birth to Shiro. It's just that now it seems that Ye Xiaolan's tail is cocked again, and it's a pampered and coquettish situation.

Li Zhongyi pondered for a moment, then walked outside the cabin, and ordered the guards around him to hurry back to the city and bring Han Xianglan, who was seriously injured.

Monopoly will produce demons, and competition is king!

Ye Xiaolan obviously heard Li Zhongyi's familiar footsteps, but she didn't see him speak, and she felt a little strange in her heart. The problem is that Ye Xiaolan has always been very afraid of Li Zhongyi, and she never dared to talk too much, even if she was full of suspicion, she had to keep it in her heart.

When it was time for lunch, Ye Xiaolan casually made an excuse, came out of the study, and wanted to get to Li Zhongyi's side, "Master, when the concubine was confined, she was idle, and she learned a few new dishes, why don't you cook it by the concubine and make it for you to taste?" ”

Li Zhongyi looked up from the official document, glanced at Ye Xiaolan, who was smiling, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a pleasant female voice from outside the cabin door, "Master, the best spicy tofu in the slave family has been made." ”

Your sister, Han Xianglan's cheap voice, even if it is two hundred zhang away, Ye Xiaolan will never hear it wrong.

Li Zhongyi quietly noticed that Ye Xiaolan's tender cheeks instantly lost their blood, and they were miserable and pale, which was shocking.

Hehe, that's right, there is competition to have a choice, so as not to let such an important territory as the inner study be controlled by Ye Xiaolan alone.

Li Zhongyi restrained his dark mood, deliberately did not squeak, Han Xianglan stepped into Miaoman's posture, floated to Li Zhongyi's side with a food box, and said sweetly: "Master, you got up very early today, you are hungry, right?" ”

Li Zhongyi noticed that Ye Xiaolan's face returned to normal in the blink of an eye, and he secretly felt funny, life is like a play, drama is like life, whether the acting is good or not, whether the acting is good or not, it depends on the behavior of the actors, hehe.

The mighty fleet broke the waves and went straight to Yuguan in the north.

Accompanied by the crisp copper bells from time to time, Li Zhongyi's lunch was very fragrant. Not only did he drink a few glasses of wine, but he also ate the spicy tofu made by Han Xianglan himself, and even soaked the residual soup in boiling water and drank it in his stomach.

Ye Xiaolan, who was serving on the side, seemed to be smiling and smiling, and she couldn't wait to eat Han Xianglan who was a monster and a monster. It's a pity that even if she borrowed 800 guts, she didn't dare to break ground on Li Taisui's head.

The days with Li Zhongyi are not short, even a male baby has been born, how can Ye Xiaolan not know a man's temper?

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there is society. In the back house of Lao Li's family, the open and secret battles between women are human nature and inevitable.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zhongyi doesn't bother to pay attention to the open and secret battles between women. It's just that Li Zhongyi will never tolerate it, the women crossed the bottom line, tore their faces unscrupulously, and stirred up the restlessness of the family.

"Master, you have lost a lot of weight these days, how about the slave family waiting for you to take a rest?"

Han Xianglan originally thought that she would fall out of favor after giving birth to her daughter, but unexpectedly, Li Zhongyi actually spoke halfway and ordered her to serve with her, and she couldn't help but be ecstatic, how could she not use eighteen kinds of martial arts to serve men properly?

Sassy hooves, wave fox spirit, Ye Xiaolan, who was half a beat slower, almost bit her mouth full of silver teeth, and wanted to completely tear Han Xianglan, who was competing for favor in person, to pieces.