Several ministers left happily again. Jiang Cenyun leaned back and sighed.
Why do emperors always have so many things they have to do? Her family affairs have never been family affairs. She never thinks only of herself.
Li Xiwei, who was in the prime minister's residence, didn't know what she was worried about, but he was pouring out his troubles to his good friend at this time.
"Did you notice the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion when you entered just now?"
Zhuo Huanqing nodded. "I noticed it. It's really lively here. The door is worn out."
"This is the third one I've changed this month."
Zhuo Huanqing was stunned. "One yuan per ten days, you're really busy. But why don't you change the plaque? And why hasn't Your Majesty appointed the next Left Prime Minister? Could it be that he's so happy that he forgot?"
Li Xiwei held up a finger. "Half of the people who enter this door ask you the same question indirectly."
"What about the other half?"
"The other half came to apologize to me, saying that they had offended me before and hoped that I would be magnanimous and not seek revenge."
"Ha, who wants to bother with those rotten fish and shrimp? I feel like I'm dirtying the soles of my shoes if I step on them." Zhuo Huanqing sneered.
Li Xiwei was amused by him.
"I don't have any other intentions in asking this question. I'm just curious, not because of any instigation from my family. It's okay if you don't want to answer, as long as you don't doubt me."
"I know."
Zhuo Huanqing continued, "If you ignore me, I will tell others that the Queen is a snob and abandons her old friends when she becomes successful."
"Then I should have abandoned you long ago." Li Xi glanced at him sideways.
"Hey, hey, hey, Zhaiyue, you're being too harsh! I don't care, you can't dump me anyway. I'm a fake old girl without a family, and I'll still be relying on you for support in a few decades."
"Yao Yi hasn't proposed marriage yet?"
"No..." Zhuo Huanqing lay on the stone table, pouting. "She's busy scolding you, how could she have the time to propose marriage?"
Li Xi covered her lips slightly. "Oh? Could it be that she's actually in love with me?"
Zhuo Huanqing glared at him. "You're such a flatterer! Isn't the Queen's golden crown enough for you? She scolded you because of what I said about the vacant position of Prime Minister. She thought a new official would be appointed soon after your retirement, but over a month has passed and there's still no news. She now suspects you're planning to regain power as Prime Minister after being crowned Queen."
"Taifu really overestimates me." Li Xiwei said with a half-smile, "Why doesn't she go to His Majesty and ask for clarification?"
"To be with the emperor is like being with a tiger. Do you think she can really speak freely in front of His Majesty? She still has to guess what is in His Majesty's mind. I bet she won't say a single bad word about you, and will even speak up for you. Otherwise, if His Majesty gets angry one day, my Grand Tutor will not be able to enjoy this favor."
"She's really conflicted about me. She admires me, but she's also wary of me." Li Xiwei took a sip of tea. "But you can reassure her that Li Xiwei will only be the Empress, not the Left Prime Minister."
"She wouldn't believe me even if I told her," Zhuo Huanqing curled his lips. "Forget it, let's not discuss these annoying things. Where do you want to go to relax before entering the palace? I'll accompany you, and we won't let any random people disturb our fun. After all, you only have a few months of freedom left."
Li Xiwei looked out the courtyard wall. "Freedom? I don't covet this kind of freedom. Being able to be with her every moment is the freedom I want."
"Oh..." Zhuo Huanqing rubbed his arms.
"She's been trapped within the palace walls for so long. She's sacrificed more than I have." Li Xiwei said sternly, "You should advise Yao Yi to be less cautious and stop pretending in front of her. Your Majesty is so intelligent, he'll notice it sooner or later. If even the people she trusts most and is closest to are being hypocritical, she'll be deeply hurt."
Zhuo Huanqing shrugged. "Her Majesty the Queen always considers Your Majesty. Their love is truly profound."
Li Xi was surprised and asked, "Have you started studying recently? Your speech has become much more elegant."
Zhuo Huanqing: “…”
Unfortunately, Queen Li angered her best friend and left. She was drinking tea alone in the courtyard and laughed out loud for a while.
He really couldn't bear to give up this leisurely and leisurely chatting time.
But in life, if you want to get something, you must pay something. In front of her, everything can be compromised.
The tenth day of the third lunar month was a day of great celebration. The road from the Prime Minister's Residence to the Imperial Palace was covered with beautiful peach blossoms that had been transplanted in advance, and hundreds of children sang the "Taoyao" (Peach Blossoms).
"The peach tree is young and tender, its flowers are bright and beautiful. The daughter is getting married, and she is a good match for the family."
People stood a little further away, watching, and some sentimental men kept wiping their tears with handkerchiefs. After hearing stories of abusive love for so long, who wouldn't be relieved to see the full moon in full bloom?
Li Xiwei sat in the carriage, never having felt the journey from the Prime Minister's residence to the Imperial Palace so long. If he hadn't been afraid of the Minister of Rites being splattered with blood, he would have abandoned the carriage and rode his horse.
After he had rehearsed what he wanted to say to Jiang Cenyun ten times, the carriage finally stopped. Horse racing was forbidden within the imperial city, so he changed to a sedan chair and continued on his journey.
The wedding ceremony of the emperor and empress was very long. Li Xiwei could not see Jiang Cenyun immediately after getting off the sedan chair. The officials came to welcome her on behalf of the emperor. The scene was grand, but he only looked at the end of the road.
The ceremonial officer gave a long speech of praise, starting from the ancestors of the Li family in Ruzhou and going all the way to praising him. When he read the words "virtuous and virtuous", many officials present could not hold back their emotions, but they did not dare to laugh, and their faces turned red.
Who among you hasn't been confronted by Prime Minister Li in the court? If he were considered virtuous, then all the men in the world would be meek lambs.
Li Xiwei was also a little embarrassed. They were all colleagues, and they usually only saw each other's true selves. Now, listening to the flattery, it felt like listening to a farce.
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