Chapter 130: The Curtain Slowly Opens (Part 1)
The little girl curled up on the recliner heard her brother's question, pouted her mouth slightly, and she wanted to cry: "Brother doesn't know what the other person is calling, so she starts to feel sorry for Yongfu."
As the weather warmed up, Yongfu's body improved. He also had some leisure to make fun of his brother and gossip a little bit.
Qin Lei sat down beside the chair, gently grabbed Yongfu's beautiful little Qiong's nose, and said dotingly: "If you don't feel sorry for my Xiao Yongfu, what are you going to do in the early morning? Are you better?"
Yongfu said comfortably, "I'm not that sad this time, but I don't have the strength yet."
Qin Lei gently tidied her sideburns and said softly: "Take it slow, when the leaves turn green, your body will be energetic."
Yongfu nodded slightly, rubbed Qin Lei's hot fingers with his cold cheeks, and said in a longing: "When Yongfu gets well, his father will be able to promise his brother to take Yongfu out for fun."
The brother and sister talked for a while, and Yongfu saw Qin Lei's expression of wanting to speak a few times but stopped, he couldn't bear to make fun of it. He narrowed his beautiful eyes and smiled, "That sister is the eldest sister of the Li family in Dongcheng."
Qin Lei said in surprise: "Li family? No way..."
When Yongfu saw Qin Lei's mouth open, he knew that he had thought it was a mess, so he covered his mouth and chuckled: "It's not the Taiwei Mansion of Xicheng, but the Li family of a nine ministers in Dongcheng."
Qin Lei asked tentatively: "It's Li Guangyuan and his family?"
Yongfu nodded and said, "It's Lord Li's daughter." Then he smiled mischievously and said, "But Fangming can't tell her brother, otherwise her sister will blame her."
Qin Lei also knew that the woman's boudoir name could not be told at this time, so he laughed a few times and asked again: "How could she be in the palace?"
Yongfu stuck out his little tongue, made a cute face, shook his head and sighed: "I can't avoid the Li sister inside and outside. The little sister is so envious."
Qin Lei was happy when he saw Yongfu becoming more and more cheerful, but said fiercely: "If you tease me again, I won't beat your little butt into eight petals."
Before he finished speaking, Yongfu was winking at him. From her dark pupils, Qin Lei saw a yellow figure walking towards him with a medicine jar. He hurriedly sat upright and said kindly: "Yongfu, be careful, eat, drink, and sleep well..."
The woman in yellow came over slowly, put the medicine jar on the small machine beside the lounge chair, and lifted the lid with a towel. The white air was emitting a fragrance. She scooped out a cup and served it in front of Yongfu, and said softly: "Your Highness, the medicinal food is ready."
Yongfu took it with a smile and said softly, "Thank you sister." He praised Qin Lei again, "My little sister is better, thanks to Sister Li's medicinal food conditioning." Then he said to himself, "My sister is fairy-like, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she also makes good medicinal food. It really makes me feel ashamed of myself."
The lady of the Li family smiled gently and said, "Your Highness is joking. You are the fairy-like figure in Yaochi. This is how the young girl is making fun of her."
Qin Lei knew that Yongfu was joking, and although he didn't know where the elegant and elegant sister had such an interest in the past, he had to pretend to be confused and fool him.
After serving Yongfu, Miss Li packed up the medicine jar, blessed the two of them, and calmly retreated to the back hall.
Qin Lei talked with Yongfu again. Seeing that she was sleepy after taking medicine, she stood up and said goodbye. Yongfu waved to let him get closer and whispered in his ear: "Sister Li can't leave the palace for a while, brother must come often." As he said that, he bit Qin Lei's earlobe gently and said angrily: "But you are not allowed to talk to your sister and still think of Sister Li."
Realizing that his actions were absurd, Yongfu held his hot cheeks with both hands and buried his little face in the brocade quilt. Weng Sheng said, "I'm sorry to send it away for me, little sister."
Qin Lei laughed indifferently, patted Yongfu's shoulders gently, and turned around and left.
When the footsteps gradually faded away, Yongfu smiled from the quilt, looked at Qin Lei with a confused look, and murmured softly: "Is it not enough for a sister Daiyu?"
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Qin Lei asked Emperor Zhaowu last night for an order. After leaving Yongfu Palace, he went to the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jin to pay tribute. He talked with the old empress dowager and had dinner at Jinyu Palace. He knew that Qin Xiao had already started to go to school, Qin Lei was afraid that Lao Qi would ask him what "Thousand Characters" and "Hundred Family Surnames" and so on, so he just praised the little guy and ran away in panic.
When Qin Lei got on the carriage, Qin Sishui asked, "Prince, where should we go back to the house?"
Qin Lei leaned his head to the back of the chair and said softly: "Go to the old man."
Qin Sishui quickly said to the handle outside the car: "Go to Chen Mansion."
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A quarter of an hour later, the convoy stopped at the gate of Shen Mansion. The door recognized Qin Lei's car and quickly gave the instructions while trotting to take Qin Lei and welcomed him in.
As soon as Qin Lei entered the gate, he saw a handsome young man wearing a long green gown greeting him. When the young man saw Qin Lei, he took two steps and smiled happily, "I'm looking forward to my cousin."
Qin Lei also laughed loudly and said, "Zi Lan, you haven't seen each other for a few days, your mouth has become sweeter." The person who came was the eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Zi Lan.
The two of them greeted each other, and Shen Zilan smiled and said, "Cousin, let's go in. Grandpa is waiting in the house." Logically speaking, Mr. Shen is just a marquis, and he should welcome Qin Lei in person. But Qin Lei said, "One of the time, you are my grandfather, and the second is that the Shen family has great kindness to me. If you still ask your grandfather to greet him at the door, you will not say it very unfilial and make people laugh." Mr. Shen didn't say anything, so he followed his wishes.
Therefore, Old Master Shen just stood at the door of the study and waited for Qin Lei with a smile.
Qin Lei trotted two steps when he saw the energetic white-bearded old man, and said, "You can just wait in the house, why are you doing?" His tone was intimate and familiar, and he didn't look like he had just met.
The old man was very fond of his set, and he stroked his beard and smiled happily: "Your Highness, have you ever used lunch?" Qin Lei smiled and said: "I have used it at my mother's side." The two of them came into the house and sat down with the guest of honor.
After a few greetings, Qin Lei explained his purpose. The old man waved his hand and said boldly: "I'll ask Zilan to take someone over and take a look at it, and I'll give it to you at the original price."
Qin Lei shook his head and said, "If you can't do it, one million and three hundred thousand taels are enough. We can't let our family suffer." He chuckled and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, the child will make a profit."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "You can do whatever you want in these small things. If you don't have enough, come to my grandfather for a big money. If you don't have a big money, you can still get a pocket money of 1.8 million taels."
Qin Lei finally had a relatively emotional understanding of the word "wealthy is comparable to a country". During the Qin State, Chen Luo said that he had accumulated eight million taels of wealth over the past sixteen years. Qin Lei didn't feel anything at that time, but now he knows that the blessings of the family are comparable to the national treasury.
After thanking the old man, Qin Lei whispered: "There are a few problems that I have to solve."
The old man twisted his beard and said, "You might as well tell me that we are the two of us, and we are the ones who are in detail."
Qin Lei nodded and pondered: "Father once said to me: The Taiwei Mansion has occupied 70% of the military fronts of the Qin Dynasty. I wonder why they have such an advantage, but it's not..."
Mr. Shen laughed and said, "Your Highness really dares to say it. Well, let the old man say it."
He picked up the teacup and took a sip. The old man said leisurely: "Do you know who was in charge of the bull ears in the Great Qin army 17 years ago?"
Qin Lei said with a slight interest: "Can it be our Shen family?"
The old man was amused by him and coughed, "Our Shen family took charge of the imperial guards as a substitute for His Majesty, but it has only happened in the past few years. I haven't even touched the edge of the army before."
Qin Lei smiled embarrassedly and said, "I just guessed, you continue to say it."
The old man nodded and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, whoever has strong soldiers and horses will be the king. Seventeen years ago, the former emperor had already firmly grasped the military power. At that time, even the Huangfu family was stronger than the Li family."
The secrets at that time were naturally more realistic by those who had experienced those things. Qin Lei listened carefully, for fear of missing any important clips.
The old man sighed a little, "The incident seventeen years ago was the most tragic and shameful part of my Qin Dynasty in the past two hundred years. When the late emperor was in the country, his national strength was thriving and his military strength was invincible. In addition, the late emperor was wise and wise, so the whole country had only one idea, "unification of three parts". For this goal, the clans made tacit peace and the civil and military cooperation were closely coordinated. The court and the country were full of vitality and exciting. That was the happiest day in my life."
Qin Lei knew that this was the favorite thing for storytellers to use first and then suppress, but the focus was on the later "suppression".
Sure enough, the old man turned to disappointment and said: "After ten years of planning, our army finally wanted to advance eastward and prepare to destroy all the troops in one fell swoop. But at this moment, the late emperor was inexplicably unconscious and did not wake up again until Long Yubintian did not wake up again. At that time, the late emperor was in full swing, and he did not expect to become a crown prince. For a moment, the dragons had no leader, and several of his nobles, who were equally powerful, launched a life-and-death battle for the throne."
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Chapter completed!