"What?" Li Xiu asked knowingly at this time.

"That's it...... That's what I just said! Wu Mingkong said very shyly again, and when he said the end, his face was also blushing, and his little brain was lowered and he didn't dare to look at Li Xiu.

"What did you just say?" Li Xiu saw Wu Mingkong's appearance, but he couldn't help but ask deliberately again, it was rare for him, a bold student, to show such a shy expression, which made him feel very funny.

Although Wu Mingkong was shy, she also heard that Li Xiu was deliberately embarrassing herself, which made her stomp her feet angrily, and then gritted her teeth and said with an open expression: "That's what Mr. said just now, Li Jin and I already have a marriage contract!" ”

"Oh~, that's what you said, I was here to save you just now, so I just said it casually." Li Xiu deliberately lengthened his voice with an "oh", and then said what seemed to be very casual.

As soon as Li Xiu's words came out, Wu Mingkong's face couldn't help but become a little pale, she and Li Jin grew up together, although she was two years older than Li Xiu, and she usually liked to be noisy, but the two of them can be called childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, especially she has also entered the age of youth and sprout, just like all boys and girls, she also has some hazy feelings for Li Jin.

It's just that Wu Mingkong knows that although she is also the daughter of Guogong, it seems that she is not much worse than Li Jin, but her father died early, and even when her father was alive, her status is far less than that of Li Xiu, not to mention that Li Jin is still the eldest son of Princess Pingyang, and Princess Pingyang is Li Shimin's only sister, and now she can only be said to be an orphan and widow, and she has no one to rely on, so from the perspective of identity alone, she is not worthy of Li Jin at all.

It is precisely because he knows the above that Wu Mingkong often has a sense of gain and loss when he gets along with Li Jin, and occasionally quarrels with Li Jin, in fact, it is mainly because of her inferiority. However, just now Li Xiu admitted in front of Li Shimin that she and Li Jin already had a marriage contract, which made her can't help but ignite a little hope, but now Li Xiu's words have extinguished her hope.

Seeing Wu Mingkong's pale face, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little distressed, after all, he was his own student, and he didn't dare to joke anymore at the moment, so he continued: "But although it is to save you, after all, I said it myself in front of Your Majesty, if you let him know afterwards that you and Jin'er do not have a marriage contract, I'm afraid it will really let you enter the palace, so I don't think it's better to be like this, you and Jin'er simply settle the marriage!" ”

Wu Mingkong didn't expect the peak to turn around, which made her eyes widen in shock, and after a while, she exclaimed with a look of surprise: "Sir...... You...... Are you serious this time? ”

"Isn't marriage a child's play, do you think Mr. is joking?" Li Xiu deliberately said with a straight face at this time, very seriously.

"I ...... I ......" got Li Xiu's affirmative answer, Wu Mingkong was also excited and incoherent for a while, he didn't know what to say, and finally suddenly felt a sense of grievance, and as a result, tears couldn't stop pouring out, but when he was halfway through crying, he suddenly felt a little shy, and as a result, he covered his face and didn't dare to see anyone, and even couldn't help but laugh "giggle" in the end.

Looking at Wu Mingkong's crying and laughing, Li Xiu was also relieved and distressed, speaking of which Wu Mingkong was also quite pitiful, since Wu Shitong's death, their mother and daughter were bullied by the Wu brothers, and even her eldest sister was sent to the palace.

And after this incident, the Yang family put all their minds on eating fasting and reciting Buddha, and they cared a lot less about Wu Mingkong, for example, at Wu Mingkong's age, other people's daughters have already begun to talk about matchmaking, but the Yang family has no plans, plus their current situation, the same aristocratic people don't look down on them.

Of course, Wu Mingkong's vision is also extremely high, and she can't look down on ordinary aristocratic children, plus she and Li Jin grew up together since childhood, and they also have feelings for each other, but because of their own situation, she usually has low self-esteem, and it wasn't until now that Li Xiu agreed with her and Li Jin's matter, which swept away the depression in her heart.

After a long while, Wu Mingkong calmed down from the ecstasy and excitement, and then replied with some shame: "Sir, marriage is a major event in life, and I am not alone in the final say, I don't know what Li Jin thinks?" ”

Other people's daughters' marriages are all done by their parents, but Wu Mingkong's father died, and her mother didn't care about anything, so she could only bear the shyness to talk to Li Xiu, of course, she was already bold, and she studied with Li Xiu since she was a child, and her thinking was also affected, but she was not as twisted as ordinary women.

"Hehe, you grew up with Jin'er, don't you know what he thinks?" Li Xiu smiled indifferently, although Li Jin is young, but the children of this era are very precocious, especially Li Jin likes to socialize, and has been messing around with the gentlemen in Chang'an City since he was a child, plus he is already smart, so he is naturally more precocious than children of the same age, he and Wu Mingkong are childhood sweethearts, and they both know each other's thoughts.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Wu Mingkong's face also showed a shy look again, although she and Li Jin did not make each other clear, but when they usually get along, they are not as clear as ordinary boys and girls, and sometimes there are even some intimate actions, when she thinks of these, she can't help but be a little shy.

Seeing Wu Mingkong's appearance, Li Xiu also sighed secretly, when he first accepted Wu Mingkong as a student, he didn't plan to let his son marry this historical empress, but as he got along for a long time, he slowly found that although Wu Mingkong was smart and scheming, under his own guidance, his nature was also very kind, and she had knowledge and means, as long as she married a good person, she would definitely become an excellent virtuous helper in the future.

Of course, the most important thing is that after Li Xiu found out the subtle feelings between Li Jin and Wu Mingkong, he really couldn't bear to break them up, no matter what era, the first love is always the best, especially at their age, the feelings generated are also more pure, but the first love is also the most fragile, few people can go to the end with their first love, and Li Xiu hopes that his son's love life will be smoother and not hurt too much emotionally.

Wu Mingkong didn't think as deeply as Li Xiu, she only cared about being happy now, but soon she thought of a question, and said again a little timidly: "Sir, marriage has always been the order of your parents, you agreed, but will the master agree to it?" ”

Li Jin is not Li Xiu's son alone, Princess Pingyang also has a lot of say in Li Xiu's marriage, especially Princess Pingyang is very domineering in disciplining her son, and sometimes Li Xiu can't intervene, so if Princess Pingyang doesn't agree, I'm afraid this marriage will be difficult to decide.

Hearing Wu Mingkong ask about Princess Pingyang's attitude, Li Xiu's face couldn't help but stiffen, and after a while, he coughed dryly and said: "Xiuning's attitude is indeed very critical, but now I agree, you and Jin'er are no problem, it can be said that it is three to one, so we can find a way to convince her together, of course, you don't have to be too anxious, I'll go back and test her attitude first, and then let's think of countermeasures!" ”

Li Xiu is not sure about Princess Pingyang's attitude towards this matter now, after all, this matter is related to her son's lifelong event, don't look at Princess Pingyang is very strict with Li Jin, but in fact, that is just her way of caring for Li Jin, in fact, Princess Pingyang's love for Li Jin is no worse than Li Xiu, so no one knows if she will agree to the marriage of Wu Mingkong and Li Jin.

"Thank you, sir, but we're not in a hurry, anyway, we're still young, wait until ...... Wait until Li Jin is eighteen years old, and then ...... It's never too late to get married, so we have plenty of time to wait! Wu Mingkong also saw Li Xiu's worries, and immediately opened his mouth to say with relief, but when she said the word "marriage", she was still a little shy.

Li Xiu also felt that it made sense when he heard it, with the age of Wu Mingkong and Li Jin, there was indeed no need to be too anxious, of course, it would be better if Princess Pingyang could agree to this matter, so that the marriage could be set in advance, and it would not be too late to get married when they grew up in the future.

In the next few days, Li Xiu didn't rush to ask Princess Pingyang's attitude, first, he didn't think about how to ask, and secondly, Wu Mingkong also wanted to wait for Li Jin to come back and discuss, after all, now that Li Jin is in the military academy, it is rare to go home in normal times.

However, before Li Jin went home, Cui Gan's academy had a movement first, mainly because the academy had been built, and the personnel of the family had almost arrived, so Cui Gan also felt that there was no need to keep it secret, after all, the next step was to recruit students.

So in this case, the family began to release the news of the opening of the academy everywhere, until this time Li Xiu did not know, the original name of the academy is called Nanshan Academy, Cui Gan is the head of this academy, and also invited many famous erudite Confucians to come to the academy to teach, as a result, as soon as the news came out, Nanshan Academy also immediately caused a huge storm in Shilin, almost everyone was discussing the news of this Nanshan Academy, and countless people were asking when the academy would start recruiting students, and what were the conditions for enrollment?

"Li Xiu, Cui Gan's side is finally going to start recruiting students, when do you think the news that we are going to run a academy will be released?" On this day, Li Shimin summoned Li Xiu to the palace again, and then asked.

"Is Your Majesty ready?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, although an academy is not a big deal for the imperial court, but it has only been a few days, and Li Shimin is about to release the news, which is inevitably too fast.

"Ahem, everything else is easy, but now there's something in trouble." When Li Shimin heard Li Xiu's words, he coughed dryly, and a little embarrassment flashed on his face.