Li Daozong's Trouble!
They played one or two rounds like this. Time passed with the cool breeze. The four of them sometimes laughed loudly and sometimes discussed softly. The originally stiff situation eased up.
The two Li brothers, who didn't think much of this brother-in-law they had randomly recruited, accepted Chu Yi. They started to address Chu Yi as brothers.
"Hey, hey, hey, what brother-in-law said doesn't count.”
Li Jingren said loudly in the midst of laughter.
Chu Yi, who had thought that everything would be fine, was already planning to drink some tea to moisten his throat. However, when Li Jingren said this, he was immediately stunned."Hmm? Why not? Second Brother, are you deliberately bullying me and making me drink?”
"Brother-in-law, your words are serious. What bad intentions can I have?" Li Jingren smiled innocently.”
Chu Yi opened his mouth and looked at Li Jingren's smile. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, but he still quibbled,"
"Then Second Brother just said that the word 'one' was the order. Is there anything wrong with me saying that it was smooth sailing? Big Brother had also said at the beginning that four words, five words, and seven words were not allowed.”
"That's a poem, isn't it?" Li Jingren laughed. If it was a poem, it could be four, five, or even seven words. However, what his brother-in-law had just said was an idiom, so it was different.”
"Isn't that idiom considered as four words?"
Li Jingren and Li Jingheng looked at each other and smiled. They shook their heads and said in unison,"No."”
Chu Yi suddenly felt that the two of them were bullying him and looking for help. He pretended to look aggrieved as he looked at Li Xue Yan.
Li Xue Yan had always maintained the attitude of watching a show. She only smiled when she saw Chu Yi's expression and acted as a peacemaker.
"Aiya, alright, alright. It's just entertainment. Why take it seriously? I think it's about time. I don't know if Father has returned. Aren't Eldest Brother and Second Brother going to pay their respects to Father? Let's go have dinner together."
Only then did Li Jingheng and Li Jingheng give up and drag Chu Yi to the living room for dinner.
At the same time, Li Daozong had just returned from the palace. He sat in the hall with a sullen expression, making people feel that if anything went wrong, Li Daozong would be angered.
Therefore, whether it was the servant girl serving the dishes or the servant pouring the tea, they were all very careful and showed full details.
Li Jingheng, Li Jingren, Li Xueyan, and Chu Yi saw this scene. The four of them who were originally chatting and laughing instantly fell silent. They didn't dare to breathe loudly and obediently sat down at the table.
"What's wrong with Father? It looks so terrifying."
Li Xue Yan whispered to Li Jing Ren and Li Jing Heng.
The two brothers shook their heads.
At this moment, the dishes were all served.
Li Xue Yan and the others did not speak anymore because they did not speak when eating or sleeping. In addition, Li Daozong was in a bad mood, so they did not dare to act rashly.
As a result, the entire dinner was immersed in a strange atmosphere. Everyone ate in silence, and even their chopsticks accidentally knocked on the side of their bowls.
Tsk tsk.
Chu Yi didn't want them to exaggerate. It was fine as long as they didn't say anything.
Therefore, Chu Yi was probably the one who had the most relaxing meal.
Finally, they finished their dinner.
Li Jingheng mustered his courage and asked softly," Father, what happened to you? It's been a night. Why do you look so pale?"”
When Li Daozong heard this, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Li Jingheng. As if he was doing it on purpose, he roared in a deep voice,"Do I look very bad?"”
Li Jingheng was shocked. His face turned pale and he quickly shut his mouth.
It was Li Xue Yan who made a thoughtful little cotton jacket. She poured a cup of tea and brought it over. She said," Father, please be patient. Eldest Brother is also worried that you will be angry and ruin your health. From the time we ate until now, you have been wearing a straight face. We are panicking when we see you.”
Li Daozong only glanced at Li Xue Yan indifferently and reached out to receive the cup in his daughter's hand. However, compared to Li Jingheng, his daughter seemed to be more in his heart and his expression eased slightly.
"It's not that I'm sincerely giving you a hard time. It's that His Majesty's sincerity that makes me uncomfortable.”
The four of them were stunned.
"His Majesty is sincerely making you uncomfortable? What do you mean?" Li Xue Yan asked with a puzzled expression.
Li Daozong looked at his daughter again and finally sighed. He slowly said,
"A few days ago, I heard that His Majesty intended to let you go to Tubo for a marriage alliance. This person is far away. If you go there, I don't know what will happen, so I thought of finding a husband for you and marrying you off first to settle this matter.
However, when the matter reached His Majesty, His Majesty was angry but could not say anything. Thus, His Majesty used the matter of reopening the imperial examination system to make things difficult for me. He asked me to come up with a set of regulations for the imperial examination system within three days. It must not be the same as the previous dynasty.
Don't you think you're deliberately making things difficult for me?”
Hearing this, Li Jingheng, Li Jingren, and Li Xue Yan looked at each other.
It was indeed a little difficult.
Li Daozong was a general to begin with, so he was very good at arranging troops and formations. Now that he was the Minister of Rites, he could barely manage the Ministry of Rites.
However, if a rough man like him who was fighting in the army came up with a specific set of regulations for the imperial examination system, it was obvious that Li Shimin wanted to punish him.
Moreover, he had clearly told Li Daozong that if he couldn't take it out, he would settle the old and new scores together.
The three of them were worried.
"Can't it be the same as the Sui Dynasty's imperial examination system? Even if someone could come up with it, they wouldn't be able to come up with a specific set of regulations within three days.”
Li Jingren said with a frown.
Li Jingheng nodded in agreement. His expression seemed to be even more worried than Li Daozong's.
"But the problem is that we can't even think of it now, let alone list it.”
"Then what should we do? Three days later, if his father could not produce the regulations of the imperial examination system, the Emperor would probably punish his father heavily.”
Li Xue Yan was anxious.
She had directly or indirectly implicated Li Daozong. Although the idea of throwing the ball was Li Daozong's idea, if she hadn't cried and said that she didn't want to go to Tubo when she found out that Li Shiming wanted to send her to the Tubo Kingdom for a marriage alliance, there wouldn't be so many things happening now.
But now that things had come to this, what should he do?
Although Li Jingheng and Li Jingren were educated, their level of education was not enough for them to list the rules of the imperial examination system.
Needless to say, Li Xue Yan.
The four of them immediately looked worried.
Chu Yi, on the other hand, looked at the situation and said softly,"Why don't I try?"”
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