Li Zhi, don't be a coward

The news of Cui Jie's pregnancy spread faster than expected.

The next day, the students not only came to congratulate them, but also sent people to send the news to Chang'an City.

Overnight, all the dignitaries in Chang'an City knew that Li Qinzai's first wife was pregnant.

Pregnancy by the main wife is a major event. In ancient times, the first wife gave birth to a son who would inherit the title in the future. Even if Li Qinzai never received any rewards from then on, his son would at least be a county uncle in a few years.

If Li Qinzai had been a little bit more competitive in the past few years, and accidentally became a county or county prince, the first son of the Li family would be great. There was no starting line after birth, and landing was the end.

In the afternoon, all the dignitaries in Chang'an City sent people to Ganjingzhuang to congratulate them.

It has to be said that the gifts from the little bastard's fathers are much thicker, and they look majestic and majestic, without losing the dignity of the rich and powerful.

Pieces of horseshoe-shaped gold, all kinds of precious medicinal materials, silk, gemstones, etc., were piled up in the warehouses of the mansion.

Li Qinzai stood at the door elated. Although he was a bit out of character, he had to admit that he, who was receiving gifts at the moment, was happier than hearing the news of Cui Jie's pregnancy...

Until an old servant came outside the door, ordered by Liu Rengui to give gifts, the old servant only brought an ordinary small wooden box, opened the wooden box, it turned out to be a copper pony inside.

There was also a strange pattern engraved on the belly of the horse. After Li Qinzai recognized it for a long time, the old servant explained beside him that this pattern was a hexagram in the Book of Changes.

This pattern is the No.30 six hexagrams in the Book of Changes.

Li Qinzai looked at the old servant in bewilderment, and the old servant also looked at him innocently. The two looked at each other for a long time, speechless.

Li Qinzai was waiting for him to explain in detail what the broken horse and broken hexagrams meant. The old servant felt that the talents of Marquis Li County were well known all over the world. Of course, the hexagrams in the Book of Changes did not need to be explained, as they could be understood at a glance.

It wasn't until the old servant noticed that Li Qinzai's eyes had gradually become impatient, and he was about to go crazy, then the old servant stepped forward and explained: "The six hexagrams of "Yi" No. 'The inner civilization is gentler than the outer, and the king of Wen uses it to face great difficulties', 'a gentleman uses obscurity to make clear'..."

Li Qinzai smiled: "...Speak humanly."

The old servant cupped his hands and said: "My master means that a gentleman should stick to the right way in difficult situations, and my master is willing to encourage Li Xianhou."

Li Qinzai weighed the broken bronze horse in his hands, and then dismantled the wooden box containing the bronze horse into pieces, but finally found no other gifts besides the bronze horse.

So Li Qinzai sighed, and said slowly: "Your master really... gives less gifts, and plays with flowers, and is so famous, that's it?"

The old servant was stunned for a long time, and after a while, his face flushed red.

Bringing up money hurts the old iron.

The old servant said goodbye awkwardly, Li Qinzai asked him to convey his thanks to Liu Rengui with a smirk all over his face.

The gift is very good, and the meaning is very deep, don't give it next time.

After seeing off the old servant, Li Qinzai looked down at the broken bronze horse in his hand again.The hexagram on the bronze horse came into view.

Li Qinzai curled his lips, knowing that the ancients, especially the noble ones, liked to borrow things to imply meanings. Cultural people, they like to be subtle.

But, what the hell are you giving me gold?

The copper one is of course worth a little money. Li Qinzai decided to give it to Qiaoer to play with when he turned around. In the future, he would fight with children and hit his head with a bronze horse. He is both arrogant and domineering. live.

As for Liu Rengui's so-called "brightness, benefit and hardship", it probably refers to the current matter of admonishing Zen and enshrining Mount Tai.

Yesterday Li Qinzai broke up with Li Zhi because of this matter, not only that, he also offended Empress Wu to death.

It was really hard to think about it, offending the emperor and the empress at the same time, Li Qinzai felt chills down his back when he thought about his end.

The more I looked at it, the more I felt that the broken bronze horse that Liu Rengui gave was very unlucky.

That's all, don't let Qiao'er play with it, so as not to infect the next generation with bad luck, let's use it to smash walnuts in the future.

Liu Rengui was afraid that he might have misunderstood, everyone's aura was different, this time it was just a coincidence that they were on the same front, um, it was a one-off.

He wouldn't think that Li Qinzai, the grandson of the royal family of England, who is also a noble and county marquis with a bright future, has the same poor temper as him, right?

Tsk, Lao Liu really dared to think.

Turning around and looking at the rich gifts from various dignitaries piled up in the warehouse, Li Qinzai smiled sincerely.

It’s better for a powerful family, look at the gifts they give, low-key luxury and connotation, if Cui Jie is a little bit more ambitious, and has 99 treasures per child every year, won’t she become rich.

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It was already evening after sending off the convoy of gifts from the rich and powerful.

Li Qinzai walked back to the backyard and came to the yard where Qiao'er lived alone.

Since Li Qinzai and Cui Jie got married, Qiao'er had a separate residence in the backyard. Cui Jie assigned three or four maids to serve Qiao'er. In terms of food and clothing, Cui Jie really cared for Qiao'er. The image of the mean and bitter stepmother in the play.

Qiao'er was playing in the yard with two maids, the two maids were about fourteen or fifteen years old, and they had a good time with Qiao'er.

Li Qinzai approached quietly and found that Qiao'er was actually playing dice with them.

The thing of dice appeared as early as the Warring States period and has been passed down to this day.

The white jade porcelain bowl held the dice, and Qiao'er shook it wildly. After putting down the porcelain bowl, Qiao'er smiled mysteriously.

"The two sisters have agreed. If I have higher points than you, you can give me a kiss. If my points are lower than you, I will give you a kiss. Don't play tricks."

The two servant girls covered their mouths and giggled, but they agreed coyly.

Li Qinzai gasped, his eyes widened in shock.

Has Qiao'er grown to this level?Thinking back to my previous life, when I was seven or eight years old, I was still peeing and muddy, and even having a little gossip with a female student in my class was a great shame.

In contrast, Qiao'er's Taoism is simply a land fairy.

For some reason, Li Qinzai suddenly had a deep worry in his heart.

If things go on like this, I'm afraid that in a few years, Li Qinzai will become a grandfather.

He's only in his 20s.

While thinking about it, Qiao'er opened the porcelain bowl, and there were three dice inside, which turned out to be three sixes, leopards.

The three of them took a closer look, Qiao'er couldn't help being overjoyed, but the two maids stared at him blushing.

Qiao'er was not polite, she immediately closed her eyes, pouted her lips vigorously, and slowly approached the maidservant's shy face.

A hand suddenly stretched out from the slanting stab, pinching Qiao'er's pouting mouth decisively and ruthlessly, Li Qinzai stepped out and said in a deep voice, "Shut up!"

The two servant girls were startled, and after seeing Li Qinzai clearly, they couldn't help screaming, and ran away in embarrassment covering their faces.

Qiao'er's mouth was still pinched by Li Qinzai, making a vague whining sound.

Li Qinzai didn't let go, and said with a sneer, "You are really talented. You dared to tease the maids in the mansion before you were eight years old. You bastard with no hair yet. I'll find you a stunning beauty who strips off and throws you under the bed , what can you do?"