"On New Year's Eve, you are alone at home. It's quite lonely. Why don't you come together? It will be livelier with more people."
When Wan Ruoqing was cleaning up the dishes, Li Yi suddenly looked at her and said.
Ruyi had mentioned it to him several times. That day, she asked him to pick up Zuimo. On New Year's Eve, the whole family had to reunite.
It didn't make any difference whether it was one or two, or three or four. It was better to let them go together, so that no one would be lonely at home.
Wan Ruoqing was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and said with a smile, "It's not just the few of us. There are many sisters in the brothel who have left their hometown. We have agreed to get together on New Year's Eve. It won't be lonely … By the way, go and talk to Zuimo. Zuimo should go."
"We have agreed …" Li Yi heard this, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's talk about it later. Will you still be here tomorrow? There are still a few scripts that I want to discuss with you."
Wan Ruoqing raised her head and asked him, "Will you come tomorrow?"
"Yes." Li Yi said with some embarrassment, "I haven't paid much attention to the matter of the brothel. It's been hard on you. There is nothing urgent recently, so I should help you share some of the burden …"
Wan Ruoqing smiled and said, "It's not that hard."
Li Yi shook his head. No one knew better than him whether she was tired or not, but he didn't say much. When he got up and walked out of the door, he waved his hand and said, "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Wan Ruoqing raised her hand and stood in front of the window. After the figure disappeared, she sat back at the table, opened the drawer, took out the book, and turned to the latest page.
"The third year of Jinghe, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month …"
Next, there were some happy things.
Downstairs, Fang, who was holding a drumstick in his mouth, was also very happy. He held another drumstick in his hand, shook it in front of the sloppy old man, and asked, "Xu, do you want one?"
The sloppy old man glanced at him and said coldly, "Scram!"
Fang was not angry. He shook his head and said, "Xu, why do you have to do this? It's just a few teeth. You can just pull them out. Is there a need to suffer like this?"
Seeing that the sloppy old man was about to flip out, he hurriedly took two steps forward and handed over the chicken leg, asking, "Young master, do you want to eat chicken?"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "You eat by yourself, I'm full."
Fang looked up at the attic and nodded to himself. After such a long time, no matter how hungry the son-in-law was, he should be full by now.
In front of the sloppy old man, he took a big bite of the drumstick before quickly catching up with Li Yi and asked, "Young Master, do you know what Mars Guarding the Heart means?"
"Where did you hear about Antares Guarding the Heart?" Li Yi got on the carriage and casually asked.
"When I was buying the drumstick just now, I heard it from someone." Fang replied, "But I didn't really understand what they said."
"Antares refers to a star in the sky. The heart, Antares, is also a star in the sky. Antares Guarding the Heart means that these two stars meet in the sky." Li Yi thought about it and explained.
In fact, these two stars were thousands of miles apart, and their sizes were trillions of times different. How could they meet? The so-called Antares Guarding the Heart was just a visual phenomenon.
"So it's just two stars …" Fang curled his lips and put his interest back on the drumstick in his hand.
"It's not just two stars. Antares is called the Star of Misfortune, and Antares represents the emperor. The meeting of the Star of Misfortune and the emperor means that the emperor is in trouble …"
Antares Guarding the Heart was actually a kind of astrological geomancy. It was pure nonsense, but in the feudal era, many people believed in this. There was a department in the imperial court that specialized in this kind of thing. It was called the Imperial Astronomer. When they had nothing to do, they would look at the stars and use the astrological signs to predict good or bad luck …
Old Fang asked in surprise, "Is that star really that powerful? Is that for real?"
Li Yi looked at him snappily. "Of course it's bullsh * t. Eat your drumstick …"
This matter, to put it nicely, was called Antares Guarding the Heart. To put it bluntly, it was the emperor was in trouble and it was time for him to pass away …
Of course, there were so many emperors in the world. Jing Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, Qi Kingdom, Wu Kingdom … Which one would pass away depended on the luck of these emperors.
Li Yi wasn't worried about this. Although the old emperor's body wasn't good, he was now taking good care of himself. He wouldn't pass away so soon. Besides, he didn't believe in this. This was something that Li Yi already knew when he was in Ning Wang Fu.
Not thinking about this matter, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go home."
Fang nodded, wiped the grease off his mouth, and asked, "Which home?"
…
In the small courtyard of Willow Lane, Zeng Zuimo shook her head and said, "I'm not going. I want to stay here with Sister Ruoqing."
Li Yi said, "You can go together."
She still shook her head. Li Yi looked at her and said, "But you can't live here for the rest of your life."
"Why not?" She glanced up at him and said, "I'll stay here. Anyway, with Sister Ruoqing accompanying me, I have things to do every day. No one will bully me."
"Who will bully you …" Li Yi looked at her and said after some thought, "Besides, Ruoqing will marry someone one day. What will you do then?"
Zeng Zuimo was startled. She really hadn't thought about this.
Li Yi looked at her and said, "At that time, will you still live here with Xiao Cui?"
For some reason, thinking of Sister Ruoqing getting married, she felt particularly uncomfortable. A thoughtful expression appeared on her face, and she suddenly looked up at Li Yi and said, "How about you marry Sister Ruoqing as well? The two of us can take care of each other. It's the same no matter where we are …"
This time, it was Li Yi's turn to be startled.
Happiness had come so suddenly. So Zeng Zuimo was also so reasonable?
He thought about it and said, "What you said is not unreasonable … hiss …"
"Is it reasonable?" She looked at him with wide eyes. Although she seemed to be smiling, the curve of her mouth was full of danger.
"What you said doesn't make sense at all …" Li Yi covered the soft flesh on his waist and said, "Have you asked for Ruoqing's opinion? Have you asked for my opinion …"
She looked at Li Yi and suddenly let go of her hand. She lowered her head and said softly, "Actually, Sister Ruoqing met you before I did, and I can see that she also likes you very much. She just always hides those words in her heart. The two of us have always been together. Seeing her marry someone else, I will also feel uncomfortable. How about … you consider what I just said."
Li Yi shook his head and said seriously, "Don't talk nonsense. It's not good for Ruoqing to hear this."
Jumping into a pit once was enough. How stupid was he to fall in the same place twice?
She looked at Li Yi, blinked, and then laughed. "Okay, okay, I was just joking. I won't let Sister Ruoqing know."
"You can't make this kind of joke so casually …" Li Yi glared at her and gave her a serious ideological education before leaving in satisfaction.
Outside Willow Lane, when he got into the carriage, Fang lifted the curtain and asked, "Young master, which home are we going to this time? To the palace?"
Li Yi waved his hand. "No, I'm really going home this time."
There were two days until the court conference. Her Highness must be very busy. There was nothing urgent, so it was better to go home and celebrate the New Year in peace.
In the small courtyard, Xiao Cui poked her head out of the room for the first time. Finally, she couldn't help but walk out and say, "Miss, what are you thinking about? It's cold outside. Come inside and think about it."
After a few calls, Zeng Zuimo finally realized and nodded. "Yes, go in."
She stood up, but her body suddenly fell to the side.
Xiao Cui hurried to support her and said with concern, "Miss, what's wrong …"
"Don't move, don't move …" Her voice was a bit panicked. "Stand there and don't move, my feet are numb …"
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