"We heard that you, Xiao Bao, have been feeling unwell for the past few days. Is that true?"
Li Longji was very 'concerned' about Zhang Xiaobao's condition and deliberately asked.
Zhang Xiaobao's good mood suddenly turned bad. It could be seen from his face that he was staring at the dishes, as if he regretted not poisoning them.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao was not easy to deal with, the red-faced Wang Juan couldn't take it anymore. She could bully Zhang Xiaobao, but she definitely couldn't allow others to bully him.
She coughed lightly and even omitted the respectful address. "Xiao Bao hasn't been feeling well recently. It's mainly because he thinks too much. It's not easy to look at the moon and think about things all day."
Li Longji held back his laughter and followed along with Wang Juan's words. "Then don't let him think about it anymore. Be careful that he doesn't fall ill from overwork."
"That's right, I think so too. Who cares if Xin Luo's plan is completed or not? Let it go, let it all go. Even if Xin Luo is returned to the Tang Empire's territory, what's the use? Xiao Bao won't look at the moon at night in the future. Count the stars with me. "
Wang Juan looked at Zhang Xiaobao with heartache and said to Li Longji.
Li Longji had just picked up a potato slice and his mouth was still open when his chopsticks stopped in front of him. He looked at the blushing Zhang Xiaobao and then at Wang Juan, who had started to pour wine for Zhang Xiaobao, and was momentarily speechless.
"Hmph, hmph, hmph, hmph, hmph!" Xiaobei lowered her head and laughed. Although she was young, she knew a lot of things. Her ability to understand was also very strong. She could understand Uncle Emperor's distress.
Looking at the two of them being lovey-dovey, Li Longji put the potato slice into his mouth and chewed it twice. He turned to Xiaobei and asked, "Xiaobei, do you know what your brother thinks of when he looks at the moon?"
"I don't know. It's not time to eat mooncakes yet. Could it be that he wants to raise rabbits? I heard that rabbits like to eat carrots. I like to eat them too. Eating carrots can make one smarter, right, Xiaoyuan? "
Xiaobei replied with her chopsticks in her mouth and asked Xiaoyuan.
"Ah? You're asking me? Is that so? I don't like it. "Xiaoyuan was eating a candied sweet potato, so when he heard Xiaobei ask, he answered hesitantly.
Xiao Bei glared at him. After thinking about it, she decided not to make things difficult for Xiaoyuan. She didn't know what love was, but when she saw her brother and sister, she knew that she would be together with Xiaoyuan in the future. As for what they would do together, it would probably be like Sister Cuckoo. Therefore, when there were outsiders around, she had to give Xiaoyuan some face.
Li Longji glanced at the family in front of him. He was a little dazed, a little depressed, a little happy, a little disappointed, a little …
In any case, it was a very complicated feeling. He wanted to make a decision, but he couldn't. Today, he finally had the upper hand, but before he could savor it, he was kicked into a disadvantageous position again.
"Xiao Bao, your health is important. I will send someone to bring you to the pharmacy in a moment. See if there is any medicine that you can use. Take it back and get well. You must get well."
Li Longji really wanted to ask Zhang Xiaobao to tell him how the moon found a way to deal with Xinluo, but he couldn't say it out loud. According to the rules of the game, he had to give something. He couldn't be conferred any more positions, so he had to give medicinal herbs.
Zhang Xiaobao took the opportunity to make a psychological suggestion and finally returned to normal. Thinking about it, his family didn't seem to lack anything, but if he didn't want it, he would be breaking the rules. Suddenly, he saw Xiaobei eating and had a new idea.
"Your Majesty, this subject is cold all over. I heard that there are many brocades in the palace. I wonder if you can give this subject some warmth?"
"Okay, okay. You've worked hard, Minister Zhang." Li Longji didn't ask anyone if there was any brocades in the palace. He readily agreed. Even if there wasn't any, he had to get someone to send it over.
"What do you want that for?" Wang Juan picked up the glass of wine, took a sip, and asked Zhang Xiaobao.
"I see that Xiaobei has been playing maze games in recent days. It's too tiring to make a maze with other things, so it's better to make it with brocades."
Zhang Xiaobao replied softly, then said to Li Longji, "Your Majesty, this subject heard that Xinluo recently wanted to collect a large amount of sweets. I suddenly remembered that Xinyuan Island is located in the south, and the crops take more than a year to mature. If people were to go there and plant sugar beets or sugarcane, the output would definitely be not small, especially in the islands further south."
"Xiao Bao, are you saying that you want the people of Xinluo to go to the island southwest of Xinyuan Island? You want them to plant sugar beets and sugar beets? So that they can obtain sugar easily? "Li Longji understood the meaning behind Zhang Xiaobao's words.
"Your Majesty is wise, but this subject doesn't know if the moon there is as round as Xinluo. Cuckoo also thinks so. Therefore, this subject and Cuckoo have been sighing at night for many days. One moon in the sky, one in the water …"
"Xiao Bao, you've suffered." No matter how Li Longji looked at it, he felt that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had a special kind of tacit understanding. It seemed that looking at the moon had become a matter between the two of them. As someone who had experienced it before, he could roughly guess, so he wanted to help. "Xiao Bao, don't worry. I'll settle your matter tomorrow so that you won't have to look at the moon anymore."
"That's great. I can count the stars now. Aiya, Your Majesty, this subject has thought of something. It's related to the train. When this subject returns today, I'll write a detailed plan."
In this instant, Zhang Xiaobao became spirited. His back straightened, his eyes brightened, and even his thoughts became nimble.
Li Longji was also relieved. He knew that after tomorrow's morning court, Zhang Xiaobao's memorial would definitely set off a storm. His efforts had finally paid off.
*****
The next morning, the fifth-rank officials of the capital entered the court. Secret Service Officer Que, Mo Jilian, and the other leaders of the Turkic tribes also came.
Li Longji didn't show any signs of excitement because of the arrival of the two. According to what they had agreed on yesterday, he first proposed to the officials that the marriage of the Bohai Provincial Governor and Deputy Provincial Governor had to be carried out with the court ceremony. To him, a thousand or ten thousand Mo Jilian's couldn't compare to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
The officials thought that the Emperor would first mention the matter of rewarding Secret Service Officer Que, but who knew that the Emperor would mention Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. If he wanted to carry out with the court ceremony, then it was no different from being a member of the imperial family.
"How is it?" After Li Longji expressed what he wanted to do, he saw that the officials were silent, so he asked.
If it wasn't Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, if it were two people who weren't members of the imperial family, someone would have already stood up to oppose and collect evidence in order to gain benefits.
However, this matter involved Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Unexpectedly, no one in the court made a sound. They were all thinking about how to get into the line of sight of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
Secret Service Officer Que once again felt the strength of Zhang Xiaobao. Seeing that Li Longji was waiting for others to speak, he immediately echoed, "This subject was just about to mention this matter. I didn't expect that Your Majesty had already thought of it."
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