Tibet

Chapter 379 Killing two birds with one stone

When Dugu Lie came to the guest hall, Wang Antai, the servant of Mrs. Guo Guo's house, got up and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Dugu Shangshu so late!"

"It's all right! Please sit down, servant of the king."

Wang Antai sat down and said with a smile: "Actually, our family is just passing a few words to Madam, and then leave!"

"Please tell me, servant!"

"Madam wants to be a matchmaker for your daughter Suzaku. I wonder if Shang Shu is interested?"

Dugu Lie was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked: "I don't know who the man is?"

"It's the second son of Anlu Mountain, the Duke of Guangyang County, and the young minister of Honglu Temple, An Qingxu!"

"Ah! It's him?"

Dugulie immediately felt unwilling. An Qingxu looked exactly like his father, with a fat body and thick dark skin. He was also ten years older than Suzaku, but his appearance was second to none. Things, when others don't know?
"Well, the little girl has a good match, I'm afraid she will disappoint Mrs. Guo's kindness."

Wang Antai said indifferently: "I just started the blind date today! Is there a good match? If Shangshu Dugu doesn't like An Qingxu, just say so."

"That's not it!"

Dugulie shook his head, and said insincerely: "An Shaoqing is young and promising, he is a rare hero among young people, and his father is a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, I still appreciate him."

"In that case, why not give him a chance?"

"It's just that the little girl already has a good match."

"Isn't Wei Qingxuan the Dugu Shangshu's so-called good match? Today is just a blind date! Even the matchmaker hasn't come to the door, so it's too early to talk about a good match! Even if Dugu Shangshu despises the vulgar martial arts of the An family, wouldn't he even give Madam Guo Guo face? "

Wang Antai's words were very powerful, and he said one sentence after another, you look down on An Lushan, and you don't give Mrs. Guo any face, what do you want to do?
Wang Antai didn't give Dugulie a chance to breathe, rolled his eyelids, and said coldly: "It's just a blind date. If the Minister thinks Mrs. Guo Guo doesn't have enough face, Madam can arrange for the emperor to propose marriage!"

"this."

Dugulie was speechless, so he had to give in, "The king's nephew is too serious, I think which day is more suitable for a blind date?"

"Can't tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid it won't work tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, I have to deal with an important court affairs. In the afternoon, the family will discuss the sacrificial offering. Or, let's celebrate the new year! How about the third day of the first lunar month?"

"Then it's a deal. On the morning of the third day of the first lunar month, An Shaoqing will go on a blind date."

Dugu Lie had just sent Wang Antai away, and was about to turn around and go back to the mansion, at this moment, a carriage came and stopped in front of the mansion, Li Dai came out of the carriage and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, Dugu Shangshu, please stay! "

Li Dai was originally looking for Dugulie tomorrow morning, but unfortunately, Xianyu Zhongtong notified him just now that the Xianyang county government was set on fire, and he was asked to go to Xianyang to deal with it early tomorrow morning. Li Dai would have no time tomorrow, so he had to come overnight. He is Jingzhao Shaoyin, who has the authority to pass through at night, and doesn't care if the gate is closed.

Dugulie was stunned, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "That fragrant wind brought Li Shaoqing here?"

Although there was a gap between Dugulie and Li Linfu, it didn't mean that Dugulie would turn his eyebrows coldly when he saw Li Linfu's son.

Li Dai clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Today I actually came here for a private matter!"

"Then go in and sit!"

Li Dai waved his hand, "It's not early, so don't bother me too much, just leave after a few words!"

Dugulie was not polite, "Li Shaoqing, please tell me!"

Li Dai said with a wry smile: "It is the responsibility of parents to marry when my son grows up. I have heard for a long time that Dugu Shangshu has a beautiful daughter. Can you give my son a chance to go on a blind date?"

Just as Dugu Lie was about to politely decline, he suddenly realized, that's wrong!Isn't Li Dai's son Li Ye?
Li Ye is not an ordinary person, he is the youngest rookie in the Tang Dynasty. Before he was 20 years old, he was named the king of Gaochang County and the governor of Hezhong, and guarded the most extensive territory of the Tang Dynasty with integrity.

If it was Li Ye who proposed to his daughter, then he had to think about it.

But it seems that Li Dai has two sons. The eldest son has been fooling around with Yuwen and Wu at the beginning, and he has a lot of bad deeds. Don't make a mistake.

"Li Shaoqing means that Li Ye wants to go on a blind date?"

"Exactly!"

Dugulie smiled happily: "There is no problem with the blind date, but I can't guarantee whether the little girl is destined for him, let's see the fate!"

Li Dai was overjoyed, "Of course it depends on fate, so when is the right time?"

Dugulie thought for a while, "The morning of the third day of the first lunar month!"

Anyway, An Qingxu is also coming for a blind date, so why not add another one.

"Okay! At that time, I will let the children come by themselves, and the adults will not participate."

"So much the better!"

Li Dai said his goodbyes and left. Dugulie slowly returned home, feeling a little annoyed, because he had declined all other blind daters before, and now he arranged for a blind date, which would offend others, especially the dozen or so people who were not of low status The family of officials and eunuchs, what kind of solution must they think of?
His aide, Zhang Yi, understood what he was thinking, and suggested with a smile: "Didn't the Dugu family want to treat the second master as the chief history of the Beiting court? Why not put it on the third day of the first lunar month, so that we can kill two birds with one stone."

"good idea!"

Dugu Lie slapped his fist and praised: "What a clever plan! That's it."

New Year’s Eve is approaching, and the imperial court will have a holiday from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month until the fourth day of the first lunar month, a full seven days, but the premise is that the work is done. If the work is not done, you have to work overtime. At noon on New Year's Eve, the afternoon of New Year's Eve is completely off.

Today is New Year's Eve, Emperor Li Longji finally didn't go to Liyuan. In the past two years, his health has not been very good, and he always suffers from minor illnesses every now and then, or some dark disease on the skin, or constipation, which makes him more distressed.

This is actually a manifestation of weakened immunity. The imperial doctors believe that it is a lack of qi and blood and needs tonic.

But Li Longji has been taking tonics all the time. In recent years, the effect of tonics has become worse and worse for him. Even taking them has no effect. He feels dizzy every day and has no energy to do anything, let alone government affairs.

After all, he is 65 years old. He was too indulgent when he was young, and it is difficult to maintain it when he is old.

This is also an important reason why Li Longji dotes on Concubine Yang Guifei. He has a young wife, but he is not good enough in his own way, so he will desperately give compensation in terms of prosperity and wealth.

But you say he is really bad, but he can still be proud of Mrs. Guo Guo, and he can also enjoy himself with Mrs. Korea occasionally.

Li Longji also knew that if Mrs. Guo was really made a concubine, he would not be able to do it either. Only having an affair could bring him the greatest comfort and satisfaction.

However, the side effects of having an affair with Mrs. Guo Guo are too great, mainly because of overdrawing too much energy, which makes Li Longji sluggish for several days every time, but... it's like taking drugs, knowing that it will hurt you, but you can't get rid of it.

Old and weak, mentally weak, there is no energy left to govern the government, but Li Longji was worried about the prince, so he naturally handed over the power to his trusted ministers, such as Gao Lishi and Yang Guozhong, and at the same time used Wei Jiansu to contain Yang Guozhong , to achieve balance.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Li Longji was rarely in the mood to sit in the inner study.

"What's going on in the court recently?" Li Longji asked Gao Lishi.

"Either it is the situation of disaster relief in various places. Does Your Majesty want to hear about it?"

Li Longji waved his hand, "Those who celebrate the New Year don't want to hear these heavy topics, so talk about something lighter."

"Then the arrangement of tomorrow's court, would His Majesty be willing to listen to it?"

"You can arrange it, I have a lot of headaches about these trivial matters."

Gao Lishi immediately understood that the emperor just wanted to hear some easy and simple things
"Yesterday afternoon, the Xianyang County Government was on fire!"

This is fine, Li Longji quickly asked: "Why did the fire happen?"

"Yesterday the county government reported that someone had set fire to it, but Jingzhao Li Shaoyin rushed to investigate before dawn. He came back at noon and told the old slave that it was not someone who set fire to it, but that the lamp tree made by the county government was not strictly guarded and was secretly lit by a group of urchins. , As a result, the entire lamp tree was burned down, and it spread to the county government.”

Li Longji nodded, "The magistrate of Xianyang County should be punished, and the official department must record it!"

"Jingzhao Mansion will hand over the report to Dutai, and Dutai will pass it on to the Ministry of Officials. By the way, does Your Majesty know about the separation of Li Linfu's family?"

Of course, Li Longji is very interested in the easy gossip of family separation, especially since he thought of another thing he has been paying attention to. Today is an opportunity.

"It seems that Yang Xiangguo mentioned something. I can't remember it. You can talk about it later."

"The reason is that Li Linfu designated his 38th grandson Li Ye as his heir, which aroused strong opposition from the family, because according to the convention, the eldest son Li Xiu should inherit the ancestral business."

Li Longji waved his hand, "Li Xiu can't do it, neither can the eldest grandson, they are too mediocre, Li Ye is good, Li Linfu still made a correct decision before he died."

(End of this chapter)