Chapter 478: Family Banquet
In the west of Zhenhou Mansion, Li Qing and his family were having lunch. In the past, Li Qing had no particular concerns about eating. Most of them were stirring horses with the soldiers in the army. Even though they were getting higher and higher, they rarely had small dishes. They usually had dinner with their personal guards. Later, Qingcheng married and was the princess of Qingcheng. This meal was naturally unacceptable. Qingcheng himself brought a chef. In the waiting mansion, the food suddenly went from the ground to heaven. Although Li Qing didn't care much about these, he praised the careful production of the imperial chef in the palace.
It has been a long time since I sat together for dinner, so I naturally ordered people to prepare carefully this meal. More than a dozen plates were placed on the table, big and small. Li Qing held his son Jishi with one hand, sat on the top, stretched out his chopsticks and held a letter of goose and duck, chewed a few bites, and smacked his lips with satisfaction, "Wanlun's craft is getting better and better. I also ate this dish at the Duke's Mansion a few days ago, but it was far inferior to Wanlun's doing!"
Qingcheng smiled and said, "Although the chef in the Duke's mansion is good, it is better than Wanlun, so he is naturally not as authentic as him!" Seeing Li Qing picking up the wine glass, pouring it down with a gusto, and quickly said, "Master, drink some porridge first to warm your stomach. Drinking on an empty stomach is easy to get drunk." He personally served a bowl of rice porridge and put it in front of Li Qing. Seeing that Li Qing was still holding Ji Shi, he smiled and said, "Piaoxiang, take Ji Shi away! So that Da Zheng can have a good meal!"
A palace maid came forward, but Li Qing raised his chopsticks, "No need, it's good to hold it like this! Come on, son, drink some wine!" As he said that, he dipped the chopsticks in a little wine and sent it to Jishi's mouth. Jishi was only a few months old and was just when he was feeding everything in his mouth. When he saw something approaching his mouth, he opened his mouth without hesitation and held it in his mouth. His mouth sucked violently.
Qingcheng was too late to stop him, and Ji Shi's face turned flat, his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were squeezed together. He cried with a whim, obviously it was hot. He couldn't help but panic, "Oh, Grandmaster, Ji Shi is so old, how can he eat wine?"
Looking at Ji Shi's appearance, Li Qing laughed happily, "It's been a few months, it doesn't matter, come, son, try this porridge, go and get the spicy!" He scooped a little bit of rice soup with a spoon, blew it carefully, and sent it to Ji Shi's mouth. Ji Shi was crying while drinking all the rice soup.
He held his son with his hands and coaxed him for a while. Finally, he stopped crying. However, Li Qing was so funny that he drank some wine and sent it to Jishi's mouth. Jishi smelled the smell this time, and closed his mouth tightly, refusing to be fooled again. Li Qing laughed and said, "Good boy, he is so smart, he has the style of your father!"
While teasing his son, he drank and ate. Qingcheng sat opposite him, watching the father and the two of them laugh from time to time, and their eyes and eyebrows showed joy. Unfortunately, there were too few such days.
"Hey, why don't you eat?" Li Qing came to Qing vaguely and said to Qingcheng.
"Let's eat it, my handsome guy. Now I'm in the inner house and don't do anything, but I've gained a lot of weight. I'm dieting and cherishing my blessings!" Qingcheng said with a smile.
Li Qing laughed, "You have a very good figure, so you don't have to be afraid of gaining weight. Dieting and losing weight is not a good thing. Be careful to get weak. Oh, why don't you see Xinyi?"
"That little girl is not as lively as his brother. She is very sleepy. She has eaten milk and fell asleep early!" Qingcheng replied with a smile.
He nodded, but saw Ji Shi in his arms. In just a moment, he had a fight with his upper and lower eyelids and was about to fall asleep. He made a gesture and handed Ji Shi to Piaoxiang on the side. He reached out and picked up the rice porridge, drank it all in a few seconds, looked at Qingcheng and said, "I'm going out this afternoon, and I don't know if I can come back today. I have something to tell you first."
"What's the matter with the Grand Marshal?" Qingcheng was a little surprised. She is now living in the inner house, and Li Qing basically didn't talk to her about official affairs.
"That's right, Yan Nantian and Guan Xinglong, the Western Protectorate, both sent a letter a few days ago, accusing and complaining to each other. The two of them did not get along well there, and the civil and military disagreement was a taboo. I was going to transfer Guan Xinglong back and change someone to partner with Yan Nantian." Li Qing was eating the dishes while casually saying to Qingcheng.
Qingcheng's heart was thrilled, and he knew vaguely what was going to happen, and his face couldn't help but turn a little pale.
"Who is the Grand Marshal going to transfer over?"
"Qin Ming!"
As expected, it was not as good as Qingcheng expected that the last capable man around her would be transferred away from a distance.
"Qin Ming used to do things with Yan Nanfei around you. The two of them are old acquaintances and their partner will do things. They will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Drinking the wine in the glass, Li Qing put down his chopsticks, looked at Qingcheng, and said, "These two of them were originally your direct subordinates, so I'll ask for your opinions!"
Qingcheng's chest was slightly ups and downs a few times. Li Qing had already made a decision. He was just here to notify her. This was considered the solicitation of opinions from the disciple. Could it be that he still said that he could not do it?
He gritted his teeth gently and said, "Master, even I am a Master myself, so they are naturally Master's subordinates. How to use it and how to use it is Master's business, so don't ask me!"
"Okay!" Li Qing nodded, "It's rare that you are so reasonable. I'm very happy. I was afraid that you wouldn't want it before. Since you have no objection, I'll let the Military Commander's Mansion give an order."
"Yeah!" Qingcheng responded softly.
Standing up, Li Qing patted his belly and said, "It's been a long time since I've eaten so well. I'll give me a good reward for Wanlun. Qingcheng, you have a good rest, I'm leaving now!"
Qingcheng stood up, "I'll give the Grandmaster!"
The two of them had just walked out of the room, but they saw a woman holding a baby in her arms at the gate of the yard, and were walking towards this side. When Li Qing looked closely, it was Neuf.
"Princess Nef!" Li Qing stopped and greeted.
When Neff saw Li Qing, he quickly avoided the roadside, bent down and saluted, "I have met the commander-in-chief."
"Come to find Qingcheng?" Li Qing asked.
"yes."
Qingcheng pulled Nefu and smiled and said, "You men are working hard all day long. Our women's family is fine, but they can only gather together to talk about raising children. Nefu, I invited him."
"Okay!" Li Qing looked enthusiastic, "Go together, then you talk, I'll leave now!"
"Send the handsome man!" the two women said together.
Looking at Li Qing's back as he slashed, the smiles on the two women's faces slowly disappeared, but confusion flashed in Qingcheng's eyes, while a hint of hatred flashed through Nefu's eyes.
"The general transferred Qin Ming to the Western Protectorate and transferred Guan Xinglong back!" Qingcheng said.
"Princess, the general is guarding you, this is cutting off your wings! Once Qin Ming left, there was no more capable person around the princess. Can't he drag it on?" Nefu said.
Qingcheng smiled bitterly, "Where can I do anything? At most, I have to leave after a few months. Is there any news if you come here today?"
"Let's talk inside, princess!"
After walking out of the inner courtyard, Tang Hu and Tiebao came over together.
"Does Princess Nef come here often during this period?" Li Qing asked Tiebao.
Tiebao shook his head, "I came here occasionally once or twice a month, and I came here with her son in my arms."
Li Qing nodded and stopped talking about this topic, "Go to the craftsman camp!"
The group left the Hou Mansion and walked a short distance away, they saw Shang Haibo's team stopping at the intersection, waiting for Li Qing and his group. Seeing Li Qing coming, Shang Haibo quickly came up.
"Lao Shang, have you eaten?" Li Qing asked with a smile.
"I've eaten, I'll care about it!" Shang Haibo smiled and said, "This time the craftsman camp made a good thing, and Ren Ruqing's eyes were laughing like a crack!"
"Bumping the hammer, that's indeed a good thing!" Li Qing said with a smile.
The two of them walked together, "Lao Shang, go back and send a document to your military commander's mansion, transfer Qin Ming's troops to the Western Protectorate, and change Guan Xinglong back."
Shang Haibo was shocked, "Master, did the princess agree? Will she?"
Li Qing smiled faintly, "Is it important whether she agrees or not? She will soon usher in the final attack on the Lu Weizhou. As the heat comes, we will strive to take down Weizhou. Once the summer enters the middle of summer, we will have to stop the troops for another month or two. At the latest next year, we will face the Tianqi and put Qin Ming in our hearts. I am not very relieved. Besides, Guan Xinglong, the heroic general, is too incompetent to put him in Shiwei. Only when he is transferred back can he show his strengths."
Shang Haibo nodded, "Yes, starting a war with Tianqi, Qin Ming really can't use it, so he dare not use it. Instead of doing this, it's better to transfer it away from home! But the Grand Marshal, if he lets him get together with Yan Nanfei, it may cause trouble!"
Li Qing said coldly: "It's better to have some trouble. Please send a secret letter to the navy in Wei in the garrison to pay attention to it. The Military Information Department and the Statistical Investigation Department should not be idle either. It's best if you have nothing to do. If there is something wrong, it's difficult to make any big deal in that place. We can easily get rid of it!"
"Yes, Grandmaster, I'll do this right away when I look back!"
"Well, is Shanglin still stable now? Are there any strange phenomena?" Li Qing suddenly thought of Neuf, and then thought of the hundreds of thousands of barbarians living in Shanglin.
"Very good. Luo Daoming, the lord of the Eastern Protectorate, has been well-behaved and has opened up wealth. Now these barbarians are all over the sky and underground on the grassland before, and they are filled with purses. They are much richer than the locals in Dingzhou. If they live a better life, they will naturally be content. Who wouldn't want such a long life? Now, I think Bayar is resurrected and runs to the upper forest to greet everyone together. There may not be many people following him!" Shang Haibo said with a smile.
"That's good!" Li Qing also laughed, "Bayar cannot guarantee it, but the other barbarian leaders probably can't shout anymore. Luo Daoming did a good job. I'll invite him to drink afterwards!"
"Then he is not so happy that he can ask the Grand Marshal to invite him to drink alone. There are not many people in our Dingzhou? The Grand Marshal is going to use him?" Shang Haibo said.
Li Qing did not answer his question directly, but said, "I heard that Luo Daoming and Taohua Xiaozhu are very diligent in walking around?"
Shang Haibo nodded, "Yes, Mrs. Jiyue stayed in the upper forest for several months back then. Luo Daoming has been taking good care of him and serving him carefully. Mrs. Jiyue is grateful to him and often gives him some rewards. Lord Luo often looks for rare objects and gives Anmin as a thing."
Chapter completed!