"It is precisely because of this that Bai Dongjiang found me and entrusted me with this matter."
Lin Ruoquan then returned to the topic he started with: "Brother Li, how can you and I bear to see this woman go through another hardship? If we can save this woman, there is a plan."
Li Youdao had already guessed what Lin Ruoquan was going to say: "You mean... I adopt this woman as my daughter?"
Lin Ruoquan clapped his hands and said, "Brother Li is really smart, he guessed right!"
Li Youdao did not immediately reply whether it was OK or not, but instead thought about it carefully.
Of course, Lin Ruoquan didn't take it seriously. If Li Youdao didn't accept her, it would be in line with his wishes. Lin Ruoquan would definitely accept her as his adopted daughter.
At this time, the only sound left in the flower hall was the sound of Li Youdao pruning flower branches.
After a long time, Li Youdao said: "It's not that I don't trust Brother Lin, nor that I dislike this woman's vulgarity, but I sincerely consider this woman. The poor often don't know how to restrain themselves, don't know how to measure, and suddenly ascend to a high position. The same is true."
"It's okay to accept this girl as my adopted daughter. I'm afraid that what I did was inappropriate and actually harmed this girl."
When Lin Ruoquan heard this, he knew that Li Youdao was unwilling, so he did not force himself and said to him: "It doesn't matter, I also considered that Brother Li has no children around him, and thought that this girl is rare to be so kind and righteous, and her character should be like a white lotus. If I can be trained by Brother Li’s side, I will be a beautiful jade in the future.”
"But since Brother Li is inconvenienced, it doesn't matter. I'll just accept it."
"You can say ugly things in front of you. I'm not robbing you, Brother Li."
Li Youdao waved his hand: "Brother Lin, you have misunderstood me. I have never renewed my wife's relationship since her death. At this age, I don't want to look for her again."
"But there are really few people around me to take care of me. If this girl has a simple nature and is rarely affectionate and righteous, it would be perfect to adopt her as an adopted daughter."
"However, I am worried about the children from poor families. If they suddenly become wealthy, their character will be affected."
Lin Ruoquan said: "Huh, Brother Li has always been like this in doing things. He is too cautious. If you have to do everything without fail, you may not be able to get everything done."
Li Youdao laughed: "Well, Brother Lin will just send the girl over. I will definitely treat Brother Lin to a drink some other day to thank him for his kindness!"
Lin Ruoquan knew that Li Youdao was very cautious in character and would not make hasty decisions easily. It was really commendable that he accepted it readily after some persuasion from him today.
"Okay, if Brother Li is at home after the court tomorrow, I will bring Qiao'er with me."
"I'll prepare a banquet and have a drink with Brother Lin tomorrow. I won't come back until I'm drunk!"
Adopting an adopted daughter is a big deal, but in Li Youdao's heart, he just wants to deal with it. He doesn't want to upset Lin Ruoquan's feelings. As for what the girl is like, whether she has a good eye and her temperament, she must slowly observe it.
At the moment when Lin Ruoquan visited Li Youdao and entered the palace, in the Yangxin Hall of the Imperial Palace, the aged Chen Emperor He Zhao also cast his gaze over the courtyard. A gray pigeon fell from the sky and landed on the pigeon cage, cooing. Cooing incessantly.
A young eunuch rushed over, picked off a thin bamboo tube from the pigeon's foot, and handed it to Emperor Chen.
Chen Emperor He Zhao took out a small roll of paper from the bamboo tube, unfolded it and read it once, then stuffed the note back into the bamboo tube, and opened the curtain behind him, revealing a set of cabinets, which were made up of small drawers. It consists of a small drawer with a name on it.
He reached out and opened the drawer labeled "Li Youdao" and threw the bamboo tube inside. At this time, there were already more than a dozen bamboo tubes in the small drawer.
Emperor Chen tapped the table with his slender fingers and looked at the cabinets in trance.
This cabinet has hundreds of drawers, representing the civil and military officials of the Chen Dynasty. Every minister who is qualified to have a name tag can proudly say "Jane is in the heart of the emperor".
Hundreds of drawers have been installed in the Yangxin Hall since the day Emperor Chen ascended the throne. They are usually covered with curtains. Only when he is thinking about a problem, Emperor Chen will open the curtain and look at the drawers in trance.
All the ministers knew about this.
Everyone knows that there is a set of cabinets in the Yangxin Hall, which are covered with names of people, and inside the drawers are all the important things and small things about this person.
Because of this, the civil servants and generals of the Chen Dynasty did not dare to look down upon the emperor who ascended the throne in his thirties. Now he has held the world in his hands for fifteen years, promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages, making positive changes, and guiding the world of Chen Dynasty to slowly become prosperous and powerful.
The foundation laid by Chen Taizu and Chen Taizong was not only firmly maintained, but also had the potential to expand westward.
The Shence Army deployed in the west has always been a thorn in the side of the Xiqiang, and like a rope around the neck of the Xiqiang, it is slowly tightening step by step.
The Xiqiang also felt the crisis. If they did not rise up to resist, then when the Shence Army was completely tightened, the various ethnic groups of the Xiqiang would fall apart.
At that time, the entire Xiqiang will be transformed into several ethnic groups, hundreds of alliances, and thousands of tribes, large and small.
At that time, Da Chen will also show his ferocious fangs and chew off a large piece of meat from the Xiqiang body.
Therefore, Xiqiang has been making frequent moves recently, but because of the presence of the Shence Army, they have to be cautious.
Such a talented and strategic leader was noticed by all the civil and military ministers. Therefore, even if they knew that there was a cabinet in the Yangxin Hall, they did not dare to be dissatisfied. On the contrary, they heard that their name was on the cabinet and wanted to show it off proudly.
Emperor Chen yawned and closed the curtain again.
"Xiao Fuzi, has the tea been boiled yet?"
The little eunuch named Xiao Fuzi hurriedly walked over carrying a big teapot: "Long live, today's tea has just been boiled, it will burn your mouth."
"It's okay, I just like drinking hot food." Chen Di pointed to a huge tea vat on the table.
It's not a small porcelain cup, nor is it an exquisite tea set, but an extremely ordinary and extremely rough large teapot. It matches the big teapot in Xiaofuzi's hand, and it looks like it was taken from a roadside tea stall. thing.
A stream of scalding tea was poured into the tea vat, and the tea leaves, green onions, ginger, dates, orange peels, dogwood, and mint that had been placed inside were brewed until they floated and floated with the boiling water.
"Hooray, do you want more sugar?"
"More!"
So Xiao Fuzi opened the sugar can and added sugar into the tea cup one spoon at a time.
Seeing the sugar pouring into the water and quickly dissolving in the cup, Chen Di nodded with satisfaction.
"Go and bring the memorial here, I'm going to start reviewing it!"
Chen Ting's memorial was submitted directly to the emperor by the civil and military ministers, and the emperor's review was more like a distribution process.
He thought it was a major matter that should be discussed by the ministers, so he singled it out and put it in a box. The box would then be sent to the cabinet the next day, and the cabinet elders and the prime minister would discuss and deal with it.
