The Grand Court Conference was coming to an end.
Too many things had happened in this year's Grand Court Conference. It was full of twists and turns. The unsolved case from more than 20 years ago, the conviction of the Cui family, the mystery of the origin of the Eldest Princess and Prince Li Xuan, the confirmation of the position of the East Palace, and the future situation in the imperial court …
The Crown Prince had been crowned, the country was stable; the Eldest Princess assisted the government, and the imperial court was stable.
All the unstable factors in the past four years of Jing He had been cleared today.
There was no doubt that from the fifth year of Jing He, the Jing Kingdom would open a new era that had never been created by previous emperors.
The last item of each year's Grand Court Conference was the reward for the meritorious officials in the past year.
The Jing Kingdom was now in full swing of the reform, and many of the measures had achieved initial results. The Eldest Princess was good at using people, and she specialized in special tasks. In the past year, outstanding talents emerged in all fields, so that the last item of the Grand Court Conference lasted half an hour longer than that of the previous years.
Many people received generous rewards. The imperial court no longer promoted nobility, but many people were promoted to official positions.
Among them, the reward for County Marquis Li was only a few words, and it was not generous. But people were not surprised about it.
In the past year, County Marquis Li did not do anything earth-shattering as usual.
That was because his actions had already seeped into all aspects. Up until now, in the imperial court, everyone knew that the Jing Kingdom's current progress was mostly due to the Eldest Princess, and he was the person who stood behind the Princess.
Almost every decree and action of the Princess had his shadow behind it.
He had made great contributions, but he did not need to be rewarded.
In terms of title, he was already a marquis at a young age. One more step was the limit that a foreign official could reach.
In terms of official position, he was already a Minister of the Imperial Court, a third-rank official. Although it was a nominal title, he had real power.
In terms of relationship …
He was the most favored official of the Emperor. As long as the Emperor was still alive, no one could touch him.
The current Crown Prince, the future emperor, was his best friend. The officials could not imagine how close they were.
The current princess, whose status was only below that of the Crown Prince, had always had an unclear relationship with him. Who was in front of whom, who was behind whom, who was at the top and who was at the bottom, these kinds of questions, in fact, could not be said clearly.
He no longer needed to raise his status through promotions. Such a person had long since become a mountain that all officials and nobles could not surpass.
Li Yi did not care about these rewards at all. In fact, he did not even remember what the eunuch had just read.
Old foxes, they were all old foxes.
He had thought that Li Xuan would become the Crown Prince and then inherit the throne. Who would have thought that something like this would happen?
Princess MIngzhu had become Princess MIngzhu again …
Furthermore, she was assisted by Princess MIngzhu. What was the difference between this and the past?
With Li Xuan's temperament, how could he sit still in that position? Even if he were to become the Emperor, he would have enough authority to open the door for the Science Academy. He would definitely throw all the political affairs of the court to MIngzhu. Anyway, wasn't there an imperial edict? Who was in charge and who was in charge? There was no clear boundary between them …
The imperial court meeting was about to end, and only the final ceremony was left.
Some of the officials clearly still held quite a bit of resentment toward County Marquis Li. This matter was originally very vague, and no one knew what His Majesty was thinking. Before the imperial court session, they didn't dare to take any rash actions. However, just because County Marquis Li had beaten up Prince Xin and accepted Prince Qi's gift, some people clearly stood on Prince Qi's side.
In the end, Prince Qi lost his footing, and they fell miserably as well.
Li Yi felt depressed to begin with. Sensing the gazes from the side, he turned his head and said fiercely, "What are you looking at? If you continue looking, I'll dig out your eyeballs!"
That official's body trembled, and he immediately retracted his neck.
After all, the other party had already become the existence with the most profound background in this dynasty. Even the princes could not afford to offend him, let alone them …
…
After the imperial court meeting ended, most of the officials who had come from afar would also go and check on their connections, staying until after the Lantern Festival.
The matter of setting up the Crown Prince wasn't just to be discussed in the imperial court. Such a major matter of the country should be announced to the world. Notices were pasted on the palace walls and city gates. Within a short half a day, everyone in the capital knew about it. The identity of the eldest legitimate son, the secrets of the royal family, the position of the Eastern Palace … These were all topics that the commoners were extremely interested in.
Li Yi appeared to be a little dispirited.
Right now, the situation was set. Li Xuan was in charge, and MIngzhu was in charge. There was no one in the entire Jing Kingdom who could stop them from doing what they wanted to do.
Without any obstacles or enemies, he … seemed to have nothing else to do.
He had no interest in the imperial court and did not wish to be promoted. With his business to this extent, silver was nothing more than a number to him. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was standing at the peak of his life. If he were to go further up, he might only be able to pull Li Xuan down from his position and take it himself …
However, this was too easy for him. He didn't consider it.
By the way, he also promised Ruyi that he would go to the Wu Kingdom to see her little disciple, and he couldn't go alone. In the past few years, he had been really tired of staying in the capital. He would take Ruyi and the others to travel around and see the world …
Of course, before that, he had to at least marry Zui Mo in a dignified manner, and then Ruoqing …
He took back what he had said just now. He still had things to do.
"Xiao Huan …"
From the morning until now, he had only eaten a bowl of porridge and was a little hungry. Li Yi habitually called Xiao Huan a few times, only to realize that Xiao Huan, Ruyi, and Zui Mo had gone out in the morning. During the New Year Festival, there were some inevitable gatherings and social engagements. In the past, it was Ruyi who brought Xiao Huan along. As the Second Madam of the Li family, Zui Mo naturally had to go with them this year.
"Li Li, what's the matter?" Xiao Huan didn't agree, but saw Xiao Zhu running out of the room.
"Go and tell the kitchen to make a few dishes and bring a pot of grape wine …"
"Okay, I'll go now!" Xiao Zhu responded and ran back in a hurry.
Li Yi was startled and reminded her, "The kitchen is outside, you're running in the wrong direction …"
…
In a clean and tidy room, a beautiful woman sat at the table, slowly flipping through the pages of a book.
"Sister Ruoqing …" The sound of light footsteps came from the door, and the young girl knocked on the door and walked in.
Ruoqing put down the book, turned to look at her, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Zhu rolled her eyes and said, "Li Li is hungry. He said he wants to eat the food cooked by Miss …"
Ruoqing got up and walked over, pinched her nose, and said, "He wouldn't say that, it's you who wants to eat it right?"
Xiao Zhu smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I'm just thinking for him, after all, he also likes to eat the food cooked by Sister Ruoqing …"
Ruoqing shook her head helplessly, and said, "You go play by yourself for a while, I'll go cook."
Xiao Zhu smiled and nodded. Watching her walk out the door, the smile on her face disappeared, and she sighed, shaking her head helplessly.
My Miss is really silly, and Li is also a big idiot. It's obviously a good opportunity for the two of them to be alone, but one of them is reading in the room, and the other is sitting in the yard in a daze …
These two people, when will they stop worrying about me …
But, if it's just eating, it seems like it's still lacking something …
Yes, it's lacking grape wine.
The weather is cold, and grape wine needs to be warmed before it can be drunk. The Li family has a special wine cellar. Xiao Zhu jogged over, and a servant in the room immediately said, "Sister Xiao Zhu, what's the matter?"
In the hearts of all the servants, Miss Xiao Huan, Miss Xiao Cui, and Miss Xiao Zhu are all different from the other servant girls, and must be treated with respect.
"That, your master wants to drink, help me get a jug of grape wine."
"I'll go get it right away …"
"Wait a minute …"
The servant turned around, and asked in confusion, "Sister Xiao Zhu, is there anything else?"
Xiao Zhu thought for a moment, and said, "Bring a small jug of strong wine — the strongest kind."
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