The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

"My lord, the kitchen has prepared meals, and the servants order them to bring them in." The little girls asked for instructions.

Li Xiang waved his hand: "No need, just pack some clothes for me, I'm going out."

Lan Tian asked: "Master just came back, and he's going out again? It's just something urgent to go out, you should have dinner first and then talk about it."

"Just do as I tell you to pack your clothes, what a waste!"

Li Xiang has a gentle temperament, even if the servants did not agree with him, he never lost his temper. When the servants in the house saw him suddenly get angry, the big guys were really taken aback, and they were all stunned in amazement.

"Why are you still in a daze! Pack up my things immediately!"

It wasn't until Li Xiang spoke again that the crowd came to their senses. The servants didn't dare to talk too much, and immediately prepared their bags for Li Xiang.

Li Xiang picked up his luggage and headed straight to the imperial city with two followers.

After entering the palace, Li Xiang went straight to Qinzheng Hall to meet the saint, but was told by the servants that His Majesty was having dinner in Jiaofang Hall and asked Li Xiang to wait here for a while. Upon hearing this, Li Xiang turned around and headed towards Jiaofang Hall go.

Li Ling and Jing Shu were having dinner with the children, when the waiter came in and reported that Li Xiang had come to see him, Jing Shu put down the jade chopsticks, looked at Li Ling and said, "Third brother must be here for something important."

Li Ling nodded slightly and said, "The third brother is a calm man, he must have discovered something important down there, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry."

As he spoke, he put down the jade chopsticks and said to his wives and children, "Use it, I'll go and have a look first."

Li Ling got up and left the Jiaofang Hall, saw Li Xiang and said, "You are in a hurry to see me, but what's the matter? Let's go, let's go to the Hall of Qinzheng to discuss."

Li Xiang clasped his hands and replied: "Everything is fine in the states and counties that the emperor ordered me to inspect. After the decree has been implemented, it has been very effective. The dignitaries have released a lot of land, and the local officials have already distributed all of these lands to the common people. "

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his sleeve pocket and presented it to Li Ling: "This is the detailed record made by the minister, and everything about the situation is included in it."

Li Ling took the booklet, glanced at his younger brother's dignified face, and asked, "That's why you found other troublesome things down here."

Li Xiang shook his head and said: "The Bashu generation in the south of the Yangtze River that I was ordered to supervise, everything is fine, and there are no difficult problems."

Li Ling was relieved a little, and smiled at his younger brother: "Since that's the case, thank you for your hard work. You haven't had time to eat. Your sister-in-law and I are eating, so you can come in and eat together."

Li Xiang waved his hand and said: "My brother is not hungry, I have come to ask for leave from the emperor."

Hearing this, Li Ling frowned slightly, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing happened. I want to go to Yizhou, and I need to take half a month's leave."

"Yizhou?" Li Ling repeated, and asked again: "Didn't you just come back from the south, why are you going there again?"

The two brothers were standing outside the hall talking, Jing Shu heard the sound and rushed out, Li Xiang saluted Jing Shu, Jing Shu stepped forward and asked: "Pingyang just returned to Yizhou a while ago, but what happened there? ?"

Li Xiang replied, "It's nothing, I just want to fetch her back."

Jing Shu knew that Li Xiang and his wife had never been on good terms. Seeing that he cared so much about Pingyang, Jing Shu was naturally happy to see him. She looked at Li Ling and said, "Third brother can't let go of his younger brother and sister. You are going to pick her up. Just let him go."

Only then did Li Ling realize that the reason why his younger brother came looking for him in such a hurry was to pick up his wife.

Surprised in his heart, he asked: "You have been a little strange recently, is there something awkward between the two of you?"

Li Ling is not someone who pays attention to the trivial matters in the back house, but he watched Li Xiang grow up, so it is inevitable that Li Ling should care more about this younger brother.

Li Xiang hurriedly replied: "Pingyang and I are fine, there is nothing awkward about it, it's just that it's a long way to Yizhou, and I'm a little worried about her."

Li Ling nodded and said, "It's very good that you care about your wife. If that's the case, you can go."

In the western frontier of Wujin, the willows are slightly above the moon, and the autumn sky is already dark.

Li Xiang was killed, he left his brother and sister-in-law, went straight out of the inner palace, got on his horse, walked out of the city in the night with two attendants and simple luggage, and galloped towards Yizhou.

At this time, Pingyang had already returned to Prince Yong's Mansion in Yizhou under the escort of Pei Yunqian.

It was dusk, Pingyang and his family had just had dinner, and the female relatives were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and gossiping.

Pingyang has three elder brothers from compatriots, five brothers from concubines, and two younger sisters from concubines. These brothers have already married, so there are many female relatives in Prince Yong's mansion. Pearl, so when she came back this trip, those sisters-in-law and sisters treated her like stars and moon.

Pingyang's eldest sister-in-law, Xie, is the daughter of Princess Yunxi of Emperor Wu Dynasty. She is like Pingyang, she was a princess in her boudoir, Xie's status is noble, and she is the concubine of the mansion, so the other sisters-in-law She is the only one who follows her lead.

Mrs. Xie already had three sons and one daughter, and now she is pregnant again. Pingyang sat next to her, staring at her swollen belly and said casually: "Sister-in-law already has four children, and you have to give birth, you don't think it's hard work." ?"

Xie smiled and said: "You are still a child at heart. At our age, a woman can only be secure if she has many sons."

The second sister-in-law of Pingyang, Zhen Shi, is the daughter of a nobleman in Yizhou. She is straightforward, and she echoed with a smile: "I heard that the family rules of the Duke of Zhenguo in Beijing are strict, and men are not allowed to take concubines before they are married. This shows that our princess The house is too clean, so I don’t understand the suffering of us people.”

The third sister-in-law of Pingyang, Mrs. Zhou, is a noble daughter from Zhongshunhou’s mansion in Beijing. They are looking forward to being able to marry into the government of the town, not because of others, most of them go for the family rules of their family. Not to mention the children of others, it is today's sage, when he was the eldest son of the government, Fang There is no concubine's room here, you say, where can I find such a family."

Upon hearing the words, Zhen Shi looked at Pingyang and asked doubtfully, "So, before you married my uncle, there really wasn't a concubine Ji in my uncle's room?"

When they said this, Ping Yang couldn't help thinking about Li Xiang and Jiao Xing, she smiled awkwardly, and replied perfunctorily: "I didn't have it when I was married, as for whether it was before I came here or not." Whether they sent people out early, I don't know."

Mrs. Xie patted Pingyang's hand with a smile, and said with a smile: "If they really sent him out in advance, so what, it's always good if you are out of sight and out of mind."

The aunts and sisters-in-law were chatting here when a little girl from Xie's courtyard came in and said, "Concubine Shizi, Master Shizi is staying in the West Courtyard today, the person in charge of the West Courtyard asks if you have any orders?"

Xie replied: "It's nothing else, just let them take care of you. Don't forget to send Bizi Tang tomorrow morning."

After Mrs. Xie explained, he was still chatting and laughing with everyone.