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Chapter 724 The Harem
Li Xia originally planned to meet Li Ye, talk about coins and then go back to have dinner, but because Li Ye talked more about academic issues, it took longer than expected, so he simply went to dinner with Li Ye and Han Chengxu.

At night, he turned back to Houya.

In recent years, the situation has not been urgent. Li Xia usually does not take care of paperwork after dark, so as not to damage his eyes.At night he spent nothing more than spending time with his wives and concubines.

Most of the time they are chatting. They usually interact with officials and family members, and they always have a lot of trivial matters about human relations or changes in the city to tell Li Xia.

For example, Lin Zi's wife, Yang Shi, came to complain today, saying that she had a conflict with her natal family.From this, it can be seen that the old Tan Huaying and Yang Qixin, the head of the transshipment department, may have criticized Li Xia, and Li Xia needs to be free to win over him a little bit.

For example, Lu Xiufu's wife hadn't written to Gao Mingyue for a long time, and Gao Mingyue gave her a gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but she never returned the gift. I'm afraid it also showed Lu Xiufu's dissatisfaction or embarrassment.

These are implicit expressions hidden behind the scenes.

Zhang Wenjing wrote letters to many of her boudoir friends in the north, some were delivered, some were not delivered, and very few replied.

But she would be happy for a long time when she got a reply occasionally, hoping to attract many scholars from the north in the future, and she could talk a lot about the customs and customs of the north with that letter.

Sometimes Tang An'an would play the piano or dance in the hall, but Li Xia couldn't tell how good the music was, only that she danced beautifully.

Both she and Zhang Wenjing are talented women. They usually draw up some poems or draw some portraits together, and then praise each other for their beauty.

There were not many recreational activities. Games such as Cuju, cricket fighting, and chuiwan were very interesting to people at the time, but Li Xia just felt bored and had no time to play them.

He did say that he would write some scripts when he was free, and send them to Vachery for rehearsals of dramas, but he never wrote at all.I only tell stories to my wives and concubines when I am free.

Han Qiao'er and Nian'er both like this kind of time the most, and they refuse to go to sleep every time. After everyone else is asleep, they still have to discuss with their heads together for a long time.

Gao Mingyue had to go back to bed early. As a princess, she was actually very busy every day.

……

That night, Li Xia walked her through the corridor and said, "Sometimes I feel that you work harder than me."

"It's not hard, just sit at home and do some trivial things. People still envy my blessing." Gao Mingyue thought for a while, and then said: "If the officials think I'm hard, why don't I skip my morning exercises?"

"Hey, you are the same, you are the best one so far."

It was rare to hear Li Xia's tone, and Gao Mingyue couldn't help but chuckle, and she looked a little shy again before getting married.

In private, she was always like a delicate and timid little girl.

"Well, even if no one else will accompany you to do morning exercises, I will accompany you. But not tomorrow."

"Ok?"

"That... is here."

"That's good. I've been worried for several days, and now I'm pregnant again, I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it."

"I'm curious, does the official's body seem to survive?"

"Life lies in exercise. Sleep and exercise are the most effective at repairing strain..."

Gao Mingyue lowered her head and smiled, and whispered: "Okay, the child is sleeping soundly in the room, don't wake him up, go to the quiet room."

"One more thing. I will go to Chongqing again next month to welcome Gao Erlang and take office. How about you and Qiaoer with me?"

Gao Mingyue raised her head, a little happy. She hasn't gone out with Li Xia for a long time in recent years, and she misses the time of going to Kaifeng and Dali.

"The Hanzhong?"

"I've made arrangements, it's okay. It won't be long before I go back and forth."

"I'm afraid it won't work. The child is still young and I can't go away. Say hello to my second brother for me." Gao Mingyue also wanted to go, hugged Li Xia, buried her head in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Wait later The child is older, can you take me out for a walk again?"

Li Xia lowered her head and whispered something in her ear.

Faintly is "my moon" or something...

Gao Mingyue blushed slightly and pushed him.

"I'm sleepy, go wash off your sweaty smell."

"Stay with you for a while."

"Then stop talking, you'll wake up the child..."

~~
In the hall, Zhang Wenjing told some kind of joke, which made Han Qiaoer lean forward and backward with laughter.

"Is he really good at tossing?"

"Yeah, Brother Li is good at everything, everything is super good, but every time he asks people to do morning exercises, he is too serious... Sister Zhang, look at me, I have finally turned white, and I am tanned. Nianer, you too You don't like running, do you?"

"No, I'm not used to being served by others, so I just want to move."

"You look so lazy to me this year."

Zhang Wenjing let Han Qiaoer make trouble there, asked Tang An'an to drink the medicine to rest, and asked Yan'er and Feng'er to prepare some hot water for Li Xia to bathe.

After a while, when Feng'er came to report, she got up and walked to the bathroom.

Yan'er was lying there holding a bath towel and looking into the house, when she turned her head and saw her eldest sister coming, she filed a complaint instead.

"I think the servant girl is slow to wash, so I have to wash it myself."

Zhang Wenjing just smiled when she saw her, took the bath towel in her hand, and said, "Go to sleep."

She pushed the door open and went in, walked around the screen, and when she saw Li Xia taking off her clothes, she had some admiration in her eyes.

"That year in Luyi, your body wasn't so hard, otherwise you might not be able to shoot an arrow through it."

"It's exaggerated, but muscles do have a great protective effect on internal organs, and the probability of dying on the battlefield can be lower..."

"Not funny."

Zhang Wenjing said angrily, seeing Li Xia pretending to be serious, she still smiled and stepped forward to rub his back.

"I heard from my sister-in-law that you want to take Fifth Brother to Chongqing?"

"Well, let him be more familiar with the situation in central Sichuan now, and he will be able to sit in the rear in two years. Zhang Wulang is a conservative talent."

"I'm afraid Fifth Brother won't get along well with Gao Erlang, so I should tell my sister-in-law more."

"It's not necessary." Li Xia said: "It just so happens that they don't get along well. When I have time, I have to force them to get along well. I don't want them to be like glue, to be kind to each other, and not to delay business, so as not to be unable to cooperate in the future war .”

"Can it be done?"

"I am strong." Li Xia said: "A leader with sufficient power should strictly prohibit internal fighting before it even starts. It shouldn't be difficult to do so."

"Preventive measures?"

"Ah."

Zhang Wenjing suddenly became distracted.

She admired him very much in her heart. It was a long time ago. There were few heroes in the Northland who could match his heroic demeanor when riding a horse with a sword and his courage to kill Mongolians.

In recent years, she has felt more and more that he is strong, both in his body and in his will.

The word "I am strong" that he said casually is the self-confidence in his bones and the domineering that gradually formed.

In terms of state affairs, Li Xia often said that "Song's problem lies in its weakness, and it needs to be replaced by a strong one."

In personal affairs, he is also physically strong...

At this time, we are talking about Zhang Wulang and Gao Erlang, but in fact, Li Xia treats her and Gao Mingyue the same way, and wants the two women to get along well all the time.

This matter is actually easy to say, but it is also difficult. She and Gao Mingyue are both from well-known families, and they can tolerate concubines, but they inevitably care about each other.

Before Yuan Yan said that Li Xia was very good at managing the family, Zhang Wenjing didn't really understand it, but now he knows Li Xia's greatness.

She caressed Li Xia's shoulder with a pair of soft catkins, smiled, and said with a smile: "Officials are strong...and they like to bully the weak."

"How can there be bullying?"

"Ok?"

"Not outside, but at home."

"Then I don't have any."

"Don't think I don't know how An An got sick?"

Li Xia smiled wryly.

He didn't want to hide it, Tang An'an himself felt ashamed to be so ill and didn't want to say it.

I thought she had great dancing skills, she was willing to cooperate, and she was really pretty... At that time, she really tried her best, but she was really weak, but she fell ill.

"Since we are talking about physical strength, why don't you exercise well?"

"Hmph, you really are a womanizer. I said there is no reason to ask him to do morning exercises with you."

"Speaking of this, I asked the doctor, you are still early, you can move more, your body is more delicate, I should have taken you to practice earlier."

"I'm the daughter of a famous general. I can ride horses and shoot arrows. How can I be weaker than An An?"

Li Xia is really clear about this matter, and she thinks she has not wronged Zhang Wenjing, and said: "If you don't like to get up early, we can exercise in the evening."

"No, you said that Princess Ruiguo died of illness at a young age, but you also said that she likes Cuju, which shows that you may get sick even if you keep fit."

"That's different, she is innate...huh?"

Li Xia looked back and found that at some point, Zhang Wenjing had tied his hair into two braids, and was speechless for a while.

"Help me untie it, it's ridiculous with my muscles."

Zhang Wenjing couldn't help laughing, her eyes were bent into crescents.

"If you don't tell me, I don't think...it's funny...Then why don't you make me suffer? I'm a little delicate, but not delicate."

"Then let's talk about it after the baby is born?"

"At that time, I will practice with Sister Mingyue, so I won't follow you... Shall I wash my hair too? I'm afraid I won't be able to dry it."

"It's still early at night, we can do it."

Zhang Wenjing stopped talking, but a blush appeared on her face...

~~
The next day.

At dawn, Han Qiaoer struggled to get up, rubbed her eyes and said, "Be patient for another day, and tomorrow I will go home to live."

She didn't want to go there before, she always called it "Han Mansion", but now it's "home".

Pushing open the door, Li Xia lifted up a heavy stone pier in the morning light.

Han Qiaoer sighed helplessly.

"Sister Wen Jing is right, Brother Li is really capable of tossing around."

……

There may be small complaints, but after Han Qiaoer was taken back to the Han Mansion for less than half a day, she already missed the County Prince's Mansion.

"Father, there are thirty volumes for women, and my daughter has already memorized them."

"Memorize it? I don't think you understand it. I wrote notes for you for my father and memorized it all. You have a good memory. It shouldn't take two days. Afterwards, you will learn from female celebrities..."

"Female red? But my daughter..."

"No, but, my father has always seen you as too loose! What are you doing for my father? Mother, you come to urge her, this girl is getting more and more shameless."

Han Qiaoer looked up at her pregnant stepmother, Mrs. Kong, and then looked down at the female virtues that her father painstakingly annotated on the case, and there was only one thought in her mind.

"Han Mansion is such a miserable place... I will go home after a few more days..."

~~
Finally, it was September [-]th.

Because the imperial court has agreed to Li Xia's request to make the Han family the concubine side, Han Qiaoer also has Fengguanxiapei.

In fact, she also knew that her grandfather and father had great expectations of her.

But too lazy to think about these.

Because she is the person who has been with Li Xia for the longest time, and she understands her brother Li's character best.

The bridal sedan went all the way to the palace she was most familiar with, and worshiped heaven and earth, and she finally settled on her name.

Passing by the backyard, peeping through the round fan, I saw the chubby bamboo bear trying to turn over but failed to turn over because of the noise, so he had to bite the bamboo leaf angrily.

Seeing that it wasn't hungry and thin, Han Qiaoer was relieved a lot.

After that, I sat in the new house and waited, looking forward to something vaguely in my heart.

Finally, night fell completely.

……

"Brother Li?"

Li Xia watched Han Qiaoer put the fan down, and was suddenly stunned.

When we first met her, she was 13 years old, dark and small. At that time, he seemed to be only three years older than her, but he was much more mature psychologically.

For more than five years, he said he spoiled her, but in fact he still didn't pay attention to her changes.

Seeing her put on rouge and red lips tonight, and she looked a little charming, he was quite amazed.

"Pretty, isn't it?" Han Qiaoer proudly said, "I've already told you that I'm not a child anymore."

Li Xia was a little silent because of her anger, and sat down on the side of the couch without moving.

On the contrary, Han Qiaoer held his hand first, looked at him closely, and said, "Brother Li, I want to marry you a long time ago. Dad said to wait until sixteen, but you said to wait until eighteen. What's the difference?"

Han Qiaoer leaned her head on his shoulder, looking natural.

She raised her legs, looking very happy, and after waiting for a while, Li Xia didn't make any movement, she stretched out her hand and shook it in front of him.

"Are you stunned by my beauty? That's great, I can stay with you for the rest of my life. I used to be afraid that you wouldn't want me..."

Han Qiaoer was actually flustered when she said this, but she was already close to Li Xia, so she squeezed past her.

Li Xia originally wanted to say "Even if you are not beautiful, I will not want you", but realized that it is better not to say such words.

He stretched out his hand and embraced Han Qiaoer, but still didn't know what to say.

"Brother Li, I don't want to do morning exercises tomorrow, so just promise me?"

"Ok?"

"She's also very beautiful, just promise me if you act like a baby."

"Who did you learn from?"

Li Xia looked at her, and couldn't tell whether the look on her face was charming or a little silly.

Han Qiaoer raised her head and tried to get closer, the rouge on her lips seemed to touch Li Xia's lips.

"We are finally married, can Brother Li be as close to me as he is to Sister Gao?"

……

"Brother Li...Lang Jun...uh...uh..."

After a lot of difficulty, Han Qiaoer put down her long stretched legs, stretched out her hand to push away the hair that was wet with sweat, and couldn't help trembling again.

It was only then that she realized that what people said about Li Xia being able to toss about was not what she thought it was at all.

They used to say that when they grow up, they must be secretly laughing at themselves.

Now it's time to grow up...

(End of this chapter)