Chapter 227
Chapter 227 Getting a good relationship
As soon as Fan Shan arrived at Zhongxing Mansion, he immediately officially entered the role. In fact, since Han Zhongwei recommended him to Li An as the headmaster of the Yue Palace, he has gradually adapted to this position. From Lin'an to Zhongxing Mansion, he arranged the food, drinking, living, transportation, and safety defense along the way. Fan Shan did everything in order, and even Li An could not find any fault, let alone other guards and servants. Now, whether it is Li An or others, they call him General Manager Fan when they meet.
"General Manager Fan, you are about to arrive at Zhongxing Mansion. Will you show off your prince's banner?" Dai Licheng rode to Fan Shan's side with a horse, smiling and asked softly. Fan Shan's rules along the way could not be used as the King of Yue. Along the way, he was like an ordinary caravan, and I don't know how angry he was.
"No, not only can you not show the prince's banner, but you have to go into the city separately to avoid causing trouble." Fan Shan shook his head and looked at Zhongxing Mansion, which was tall and more than close. Now Li An has to pretend to be 13, how can he pretend? Isn't it just to accept it and be humble? If you want to be as arrogant as before, why should you be the general manager for him?
"Ah," Dai Liqi exclaimed in a low voice. The prince returned to Beijing and had a show of his performance. Now, General Manager Fan not only did not allow the prince to set up a guard of honor, but also wanted to let him scatter into the city. How could he not shock him?
Dai Licheng felt that Fan Shan had ulterior motives, so he plucked up the courage to report the matter to Li An, but unexpectedly he was scolded by Li An, saying that he dared to disobey the order of the general manager. If it weren't for the sake of the late Dai Deqiu, Dai Licheng would have coaxed the Prince Yue Mansion.
Even Dai Li was like this in Chengdu, and no one in the royal palace dared to disobey Fan Shan's orders at all. Although he had not entered the Yue Palace at this time, his position as the chief supervisor of the royal palace was as stable as Mount Tai because of Li An's strong support.
Although Fan Shan successfully established his prestige, the majesty of the Prince of Yue has dimmed a lot in everyone's hearts. Now the prince doesn't even dare to show his flag when he enters the city. Will he still dare to make his own voice in the court in the future? And what is most infuriating is that when he enters the city, Fan Shan actually asked someone to pay tariffs. As a royal noble, he never has to pay taxes, but this time Fan Shan took the initiative to pay taxes. Is the innocence of the Prince of Yue going to change?
When Li An returned home, he did not even go through the main entrance, but asked someone to open the side door a little bit, and he took Fan Shan in. As for the others and the carriages, they could only enter through the back door. As soon as Li An came back, he acted as a turtle. How could this allow the guards and servants of the royal palace who were once domineering in Zhongxing Mansion to accept it? Especially Dai Licheng, who used to be sad about the prince's chief manager, Dai De, and his uncle, were even more stubborn in Zhongxing Mansion. But now even the prince had to sneak back home, how could he accept it?
"Brother Dai, I think the royal palace is about to be in trouble, and the money falls and scatters are scattered." Meng Qing and Dai Licheng have the best relationship. When they were in Black City, they went to prison together, and their relationship became even further. At this time, the situation in the royal palace had already made them feel a crisis. The days when the old prince was alive may not be returned forever.
"The lean camel is bigger than a horse. Brother Meng, let's share the honor and disgrace with the royal family. In the future, let's learn from the prince and behave with his tails." Dai Licheng sighed. It seemed that the prince was preparing to accept the arrangement of fate and no longer fight for the position of prince.
Not long after Li An returned to his residence, Emperor Li Chunyou received a report from the palace of the Zhongji Palace that he had made detailed descriptions from Li An's tax payment to him returning from the side door to his home. Li Chunyou looked proud and said, "Does Li An dare to be honest?" Now Li An seems to be convinced, so the original worries and emergency plans are unnecessary."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty for defeating others without fighting. This is the best strategy in military tactics." Lu Zhong has been serving Li Chunyou, but his identity is already the deputy general manager of the Great Inner. He has risen one level almost every six months, and his promotion is unparalleled.
"Li An is not giving up until the Yellow River, and she will not shed tears without seeing the coffin. I allow him to run around, but I have never seen him bring any reinforcements." Li Chunyou's slightly tender face was full of pride.
Li Chunyou does have the capital to be proud of him. He ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, and it is only three years this year. At the age of twenty, he is already the king of a country. The old King of Yue Li Renyou was originally the most deeply entrenched force in the Western Xia, but as soon as he died, Li Chunyou asked Li An to be demoted to the prince. At that time, the ministers in the court, and even the queen of the palace mother, thought that he was too reckless in his work, but what is the result now? Didn’t Li An leave his fate? He was the winner in the end.
Originally, Li Chunyou sent a lot of people to watch Li An all day, and even when he went to Song State, he sent people, but his men did not dare to move casually in Song State. Later, after Li An arrived in Changhua, Liang Deping invited him to have tea as soon as he entered the city. They were so scared that they had to run back to Lin'an and didn't know much about Li An's in Changhua. But now after Li An returned to Zhongxing Prefecture, even a fool knew that he had accomplished nothing in Song State. He must be discouraged and just wanted to be peaceful.
Since Li An was convinced, Li Chunyou reduced the number of people who followed him by 80%, leaving only a few people to take care of Li An’s whereabouts every day. But a few days later, Li An’s behavior completely relieved Li Chunyou, and he finally pulled everyone back.
Li An came to the palace to pay his respects. This time he went to Song State to bring back a lot of gifts, such as the porcelain of Song State and the tea from Longjing in West Lake. He paid a lot of tribute to Li Chunyou. After seeing Li Chunyou, Li An looked like he was surrendering. Whether it was a tribute or a greeting, even Lu Zhong, who was very familiar with the rules in the palace, could not pick up any thorns. It can be seen that Li An had put in a lot of effort, and this time he came to the palace to express his feelings.
Judging from Li An's attitude, Li Chunyou did not see any resentment from the other party at all, and could only be cautious, fearing of offending himself.
When Li An later proposed to pay homage to Empress Dowager Luo, Li Chunyou agreed without thinking too much. Just now, Li An also mentioned that this time he went to Song State and brought some hand-written scriptures from eminent monks, which were all the ones that Empress Dowager Luo liked. He knew that he was flattering to the Queen Mother, and Li An was a man of a man who could teach him.
Li Chunyou is just twenty years old this year, and Empress Dowager Luo gave birth to Li Chunyou the second year after entering the palace. Therefore, Empress Dowager Luo is only seventeen years older than Li Chunyou. Li An is nine years older than Li Chunyou, so she may be an old woman because she is less than forty this year, only eight years older than Li An.
Moreover, Empress Luo is born with beauty and well-maintained, when she stood in front of Li An, she could not tell that she was a woman in her forty years. According to Li An's own eyes, Empress Luo looked at it at most about thirty years. Instead of calling her the emperor's aunt, it would be better to call her sister appropriately.
"I've seen the Empress Dowager." Li An has rarely seen Empress Dowager Luo once in the past year. This time he met, he really felt strange.
"No gifts, come and give you a seat." Empress Dowager Luo saw Li An staring at her blankly, and a hint of shame flashed across her face, but she still held back and did not get angry. Her youth is no longer aroused, and it can still fascinate men, which means she still has a national beauty. Which woman doesn't like others to praise her beauty? Although Li An's method is a bit inappropriate, she also felt it.
"Thank you, the Queen Mother." Li An took back his mind. He also felt that he was too rude just now. He wanted to have a good relationship with the Queen Mother instead of being in a stalemate, and even offend her.
"I don't know what happened to the Ai family when the King of Yue came to see Li Ang's family?" Empress Dowager Luo saw that Li Ang had retracted her gaze and just looked at the ground in front of her feet. Then she nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that he was not dazed yet.
"Xiao Wang went to Song State this time and found several Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager..." Han Zhongwei opened the brocade box with him, which contained a Diamond Sutra and a Guanghua Sutra, which was copied by a master monk in the Song State.
"The King of Yue has trouble." Empress Dowager Luo looked happy. She has always been a Buddha. As a Han woman, she loves the Buddhist scriptures of Song State even more.
"If you can get a word of praise from the Queen Mother, it will be worth it no matter how hard it is." Li An smiled when he saw the Queen Mother liked it. It seemed that Han Zhongwei knew Queen Mother Luo better than him. If he had not reminded him, he would not have thought that Queen Mother Luo's hobby was actually a good Buddha.
After Li An learned that Empress Dowager Luo was a truly good Buddha, he came to the palace to see her every now and then, either bringing her rare scriptures or rare Buddha statues. Even the Dingguang Buddha in Heicheng, Li An invited someone to carve a reduced version of it with white marble. Dingguang Buddha and Heicheng are integrated, and the Buddha is the city, and the city is the Buddha, which made Empress Dowager Luo like it more and more.
"Empress Dowager, why don't Xiao Wang build a Buddha for the Empress Dowager in Zhongxing Mansion?" Li An saw that Empress Dowager Luo's favorite was the Buddha of Heicheng Dingguang, and his eyes turned and he thought about it.
"No, Zhongxing Mansion is more than ten times larger than Heicheng. If you want to build a Dingguang Buddha in Zhongxing Mansion, how much manpower and material resources will it take?" Empress Dowager Luo didn't want to spend a huge amount of money on her own selfishness.
"Empress Dowager, practicing Buddha may not necessarily cost money, maybe you can make money? Heicheng was originally just a deserted town, but since the completion of the Dingguang Buddha in Heicheng, the abortion of people in Heicheng has increased by more than ten times. Now the abortion of people in Heicheng is surging. Whether it is the taxes of the government or the transactions of the shops, it is very good." Li An smiled. Although practicing Buddha initially required some money, compared with the rewards after cultivation, that little money can be ignored.
"Is this really such a thing?" This is the first time Empress Dowager Luo heard that practicing Buddhism can make money. Moreover, if Zhongxing Mansion wants to practice Buddhism, it will definitely surpass Heicheng. By then, the number one Buddha in the world will be the turn of Zhongxing Mansion.
"Will the little king still deceive the empress dowager? If the empress dowager doesn't believe it, you can summon the officials in the court to ask them about this matter and know what to do." Seeing that Empress Dowager Luo was moved, Li An quickly struck while the iron was hot. Now his task is not only to be a low-key person, but also to win the favor of Empress Dowager Luo.
Fan Shan usually arranges him how to be a low-key person. For example, when traveling, Li An always rode a horse, but now he usually rides a carriage, and the horses that pull the carriage must be old horses and weak horses. As for meals, since Li An returned from Song State, he has never had a meal outside the mansion, and the food in the Yue Palace has now dropped a lot. It is said that King Li An of Yue also mainly uses vegetables and tofu every day.
Fan Shan can help him in these aspects, but Fan Shan has no big way to win the favor of Empress Dowager Luo. After all, in the final analysis, he is just a bandit. Li An once asked him about his advice, and Fan Shan replied angrily, if Empress Dowager Luo is rumored, the prince will push her down directly.
Li An didn't understand why he was going to overthrow it at that time. This might be another new term brought by Han Zhongwei from later generations. After listening to Fan Shan's explanation, Li An was really moved. Although Empress Dowager Luo was separated from him, Dangxiang people never cared about these things. In the eyes of Dangxiang people, it was not a big deal for his father's concubine to his son. But if such a thing came to Song State, it would be a real rebellion. If you were criticized and criticized, those guards would not be able to finish it.
But the only thing that worried Li An An was that once he really pushed the Empress Dowager down, would things develop in the direction he imagined? If the Empress Dowager Long Yan was furious, he would not be demoted to Marquis again? But since he had that thought, Li An became much more courageous in front of Empress Dowager Luo, and often gave her anger in her words. Although Empress Dowager Luo did not agree, she was not angry, which allowed Li An to see the dawn of victory.
Now Li An needs to find an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He has no reservations about Fan Shan about his daily progress with Empress Dowager Luo. Fan Shan was born as a bandit, and he helped Li An out of advice, which was also the nature of a bandit. Since Empress Dowager Luo's mother did not object, there was a way to do this.
The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is coming soon. Fan Shan prepared a bottle of special wine for Li An and asked him to go to the palace to present it to Queen Mother Luo. Of course, it would be great if he could enjoy the moon and drink with her.
"Is this wine really a special? How is it different from what I usually drink?" Li An grew up with a golden key in his mouth since he was a child. He has never seen the dark side of society. I really believe it when Fan Shan said that this is his special wine. I have to ask this clearly first, otherwise the empress dowager will ask later and he will not know how to answer.
"Of course, I added some ingredients to it. Tonight, as long as you can be alone with the Queen Mother and let her drink the wine in it, I will keep it and let you do good things." Fan Shan smiled proudly. The so-called special wine is actually worthless. Didn't it just put some medicine in it? Although Fan Shan did not, he asked the madam in the sensation courtyard and asked. Like **, poison is something that a bandit must carry with him. ** medicine is also a must-have for the madam.
"Is the medicine here?" Li An was shocked. He had never done such a thing before.
"I don't say that the Queen Mother has no disgust towards you, even if she is really a strong woman, as long as she drinks this wine, she will keep it and call her a yin woman." Fan Shan smiled proudly.
Li An knew that the Mid-Autumn Festival was not valued in Daxia, but Empress Dowager Luo was a Han Chinese, so she paid great attention to this festival. It was still early at this time, so she must have asked Li Chunyou to accompany her to watch the moon. If she entered the palace at this time, she might have collided with the emperor. But it was obviously not enough to do so. Once the palace gate was closed, it would be even more difficult for her to enter.
Li An decided to test it first. He first asked to see Li Chunyou. The moonlight outside was like water and daylight, but he had no time to meet Li An. The twenty-year-old man was at the age of strong spirit. You should have forgotten his mother after marrying a wife, and he went to have fun and ignored Empress Dowager Luo at all.
Empress Dowager Luo was sad in the harem, but she didn't expect Li An to ask for a meeting. Not only did she bring her various snacks, but she also had a bottle of her favorite wine. Empress Dowager Luo immediately invited Li An to drink and chat with her under the moon. Li An was eager to have such an opportunity.
The madam's medicine was indeed effective. After only half a cup of Empress Dowager Luo drank it immediately. She looked like a peach blossom, her eyes full of spring. If she hadn't been for her strong will, she might have pounced on the male animal Li An.
"You all retreat, you can't come in without my instructions." Seeing Li An's face as usual, Empress Dowager Luo did not doubt that there was medicine in the wine, and thought that the dry well buried in her heart was so thirsty that she could not even wait for a moment.
As soon as the palace maids left, Empress Dowager Luo could no longer control herself, so she pushed Li An to the ground. Originally, she had been drought for a long time, and with the effect of this medicine, Empress Dowager Luo did not give Li An a chance to push her down, and she directly pushed Li An to down.
One is intentional and the other is intentional. After a long drought, the dry firewood hits the fire. The two of them ignored the outside world and were immersed in the most primitive ** and could not drive themselves.
Li An was mentally prepared, but when he really pressed Empress Dowager Luo under his crotch, he felt that reality was better than he thought. Although Empress Dowager Luo had given birth to a son, her figure was not distorted at all. She should be straight, she should be raised, and she should be tight. She was even more than her favorite concubine. Li An's idea of sacrificing her appearance in exchange for power at the beginning was completely thrown behind him. He was also a strong man at this time. Empress Dowager Luo had been in a long time, and his strong cow was plowed with fun and enjoyed it.
After the medicinal power dissipated, both of them were exhausted. Li An's clone didn't even have the strength to pull out from Queen Mother Luo's body. He was almost extinguished by Queen Mother Luo tonight.
"Prince, can you come out?" Empress Dowager Luo exhaled like Lan. She was completely awake at this time. She originally wanted to get angry, but when she spoke, she couldn't say a word of blame. Instead, she was like Li An's wife, who wanted to refuse and welcome her, and was coquettish and shameful.
"As for the order." Li An didn't have any respect at this time. He even pinched a pair of breasts full of his teeth marks before shooting back to the camp.
"You...ah, ah," Empress Dowager Luo was shocked. When Li An touched her, she felt soft and weak all over, and she was even more charming.
The two of them put on their clothes carefully. Queen Mother Luo looked at the sky. Their madness just now took more than an hour. If it was not too early, she signaled Li An to go back first.
Li Angang, Empress Dowager Li Angang, was so happy that she could not help but gain something. Today, she gained a lot. What made him most happy was that Empress Dowager Luo's skills and figure were much better than the concubines in the mansion. She was worthy of being the queen mother. She was nearly forty and even more powerful than the girl in her twenties.
The task assigned by Han Zhongwei should have been completed more than half. If this is not considered to have a good relationship with Empress Dowager Luo, then Li An really doesn't know how to have a good relationship with her.
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