However, tiger-head shoes were not as important as prayer, so he quickly lay down in Li Qiao's arms again, urging Li Qiao to sleep quickly.
Li Qiao: "..."
Brother Zhu really has something to hide from him.
So, this time, when he hugged Tao Zhu and closed his eyes, he deliberately turned most of his face towards Tao Zhu's belly.
He wanted to see what Brother Zhu was going to do.
Soon he discovered the truth.
Now that the conditions at home are better, lanterns are hung on the porch at night, and the weak light from the lanterns shines into the room through the window paper, which is almost non-existent.
But Li Qiao had good eyesight, and he could see Tao Zhu's movements clearly.
Hands together?
Is this praying?
He couldn't laugh or cry at that moment. Brother Zhu was also very superstitious. He must have been afraid that it wouldn't work if he said it out loud, so he prayed secretly without telling him.
Needless to say, Brother Zhu must be praying for him.
His heart softened, but on the surface he pretended not to know anything, waiting for Brother Zhu to tell him on his own initiative.
The holiday soon came.
Li Qiao has set up a barbecue stall and a hot pot stall at home. Although the weather is getting hot, there is still some time before the real midsummer.
These two stalls were placed under a lush pomegranate tree, and the shade of the pomegranate tree was just enough to cover the two stalls.
Before, I was too busy to celebrate the death of the British Duke with Xu Ying, Meng Yue and Zhuang Wen. Now that I have taken a break, I naturally have to celebrate it well.
Meng Yue was protected by the Seventh Prince, and she was more informed than Xin Zhi. The Fifth Prince's life had not been easy recently.
The fifth prince and his family still refused to give up. Even though Zhao Cun took the money to Yuanshan Mansion and Daze Mansion, they still went to Sheng Hong to intercede for the British Duke.
Because the British Duke is really important to the fifth prince.
Although the fifth prince's mother is a noble concubine, the third prince's mother is a queen.
Moreover, the Dong family did not have much influence in the court.
In addition, the fifth prince was imprisoned for framing Xu Ying and suffered two blows in succession. The momentum of the fifth prince was now suppressed by the third prince.
The people on the Fifth Prince's side are about to lose their temper.
None of the officials in the court are fools. After experiencing these two incidents, it was enough to see that the fifth prince was incapable of doing things——
Even if you do something that violates Dasheng's laws, it's okay. Who is innocent? But the key is not to get caught.
But both times, the fifth prince was discovered.
Moreover, the fifth prince was too impatient and even wanted to beat Li Qiao directly at the palace gate. Isn't this just giving away someone's head in public?
In addition to being anxious, he is also a little stupid.
Who would dare to follow the fifth prince to seize the throne with such impulsiveness?
As a result, some officials who originally lined up with him wanted to run away and join other princes.
In this case, can the fifth prince not be anxious?
He was too hasty.
It's not enough to just be anxious, you have to find a way to solve it.
Therefore, the fifth prince set his sights on the British Duke again.
There are really not many people available on his side. After searching carefully, the British public is the most reliable.
The British Duke saved Sheng Jun and made great achievements in battle, and it can be seen from the imperial edict that the father and son of the Sheng family actually still cherished their friendship from back then.
Otherwise, the British father would have been ransacked and beheaded by now.
Therefore, these people fantasized that the Sheng family father and son could be more soft-hearted so that the British Duke could regain his title.
Once the British Duke's title is restored, the fifth prince will definitely be able to continue to keep pace with the third prince.
"But the third prince doesn't want the British Duke to get up again. In the past few days, he has found the family of the little girl who was occupied by the British Duke, and asked the little girl's family to go to the Lu family to make trouble, so as to make the Lu family more embarrassed."
"The Lu family is now a common people, but we can't stop the little girl's family from making trouble, so now the Lu family is busy every day."
Meng Yue held a bunch of pork belly, laughing and telling jokes while eating it.
There was no information about Zhuang Wen and Xu Ying. Li Qiao originally had an acquaintance, but Li Qiao went to the palace every day and stayed with Sheng Hong all day, rarely going to the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, he was the most well-informed person at this time. .
After Meng Yue finished speaking, Xu Ying immediately picked up the strawberry juice at hand and wanted to drink it with Meng Yue.
He loved hearing this joke, especially.
Meng Yue picked up the bowl and touched him lightly, drank the strawberry juice in the bowl in one breath, and then said: "The third prince will definitely continue to make moves, let's wait and see."
The third prince would definitely not let go of this opportunity to beat up a drowned dog.
Li Qiao held a bunch of grilled tofu and nodded while chewing.
He knew that the fifth prince and his family went to Sheng Hong to plead for mercy. On that day, Sheng Hong asked the fifth prince to seriously think about his grudges with Lu Wenrong. As a result, the fifth prince went to plead with the British Duke again, although he admitted in his words that Lu Wenrong was wrong. Lu Wenrong was also punished, but what was the use?
This act of interceding for the British Duke was enough to show that Sheng Hong's sincere teachings were in vain.
As for the third prince's move, he had indeed never heard of it before. He had no time to listen to gossip in front of Sheng Hong.
Now that he knows, he praises the third prince!
This not only embarrasses the Lu family, but also reminds Sheng Hong and Sheng Jun, father and son, of the scandalous things an old man in England has done.
When Zhao Cun returned to Beijing, he handed a more detailed investigation report to Sheng Hong. With Sheng Hong's benevolence towards the people, his hatred of the British public would only become even worse.
The British father-in-law will be just a useless old man Lu in this life.
You are already eighty years old, how many more years can you live?
However, this matter is not over yet for him.
He told Xin Zhi to be generous and not to bully the Lu family, but he had not yet avenged Lu Wenrong's insult to him and Brother Zhu.
The next time he meets Lu Wenrong, he will make sure something happens to Lu Wenrong.
The day off ended with a lively dinner. Before going to bed, Li Qiao habitually talked to Tao Zhu about the affairs of the court.
To be honest, he was a little surprised by the fifth prince's current situation.
Originally, he thought that the fifth prince was like a high mountain, difficult to bring down, but in fact, the fifth prince was like a paper tiger. It looked fierce, but in fact it could be broken with a poke.
Neither the Lu family nor the Dong family has real power in their hands.
too weak.
Strong on the outside but dry on the inside.
As for the third prince, the third prince is not much better than the fifth prince. Although the third prince's mother is the queen, she is only the successor. The overall strength of the third prince's mother's family, the Peng family, is not strong.
There are several people in the Peng family who serve as officials in the court, but the highest one is the third-rank minister of Dali Temple.
Mr. Dali Temple, what is the use of judging cases?
It's not as good as the Dong family. The military and horse department still has some manpower.
Although the Third Prince's current momentum is strong, he is also a bit strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
After listening to Li Qiao's words, Tao Zhu thought about it carefully, and then said: "Don't look down on these two princes. The seventh prince is far inferior to them."
The seventh prince's mother's family, the Shen family, was originally just a merchant. Later, when the seventh prince's father entered the palace, Sheng Hong eliminated the Shen family's business status.
Nowadays, some people from the Shen family are serving as officials in Shengjing, but they are only low-level officials of the sixth rank.
The seventh prince's father is just a beloved man, and he is as good as a concubine. Not to mention a concubine, he is not even a concubine.
"I'm not disdainful, I'm just a little surprised. The Holy Emperor probably doesn't want to have any relatives except nobles, so the maternal families of the princes are actually not very good."
"Except the eldest prince."
The maternal family of the eldest prince is Zhou Dingshan, Duke of Jingguo.
Zhou Dingshan was also an old duke with great military exploits. Moreover, although the old duke Zhou had retired, the Zhou family always had people serving as officials in the court, and there were at least three people in the court.
At this time, the person with the highest official position in the Zhou family was Lord Zhou, the uncle of the eldest prince and Minister of War.
"The prince is too mysterious. I have never seen him before."
However, it makes no difference whether you see him or not. The eldest prince is weak and is lame on one leg. Sheng Hong will not choose the eldest prince to succeed him no matter what.
"It's a pity that Meng Yue is not the seventh prince's concubine yet. Otherwise, we would know who the seventh prince is assisting."
he sighed.
Tao Zhu was amused by his words, the seventh prince's concubine?
Tao Zhu poked his nose: "Don't let Meng Yue hear these words, otherwise he will definitely be anxious with you."
"Don't worry, it's just the two of us talking about it." Li Qiao smiled and grabbed his finger, put it to his mouth and kissed it, then hugged him tightly and said, "Forget it, I don't want to, anyway, we have the Seventh Prince and the Holy Lord As a backer, we can just do things down-to-earth."
It's getting late, it's time to go to bed.
Brother Zhu had to wait for him to fall asleep and then pray for him quietly.
If he doesn't sleep anymore, it will affect Brother Zhu's sleep.
"Um!"
Hearing this, Tao Zhu nodded immediately.
Previously, he and Li Qiao only dared to say that the Seventh Prince was their husband's supporter, but since Sheng Hong's imperial edict to appease the people came out, everyone in the civil and military circles in the court did not know how closely Sheng Hong protected Li Qiao.
With Sheng Hong as their backer and the seventh prince around, he and Li Qiao could sit back and relax.
Oh no, there is still sorrow. The damn fifth prince actually said that Li Qiao was a murderer. He had to continue praying to prevent those innocent victims from coming to Li Qiao.
He had been praying for several days, and he didn't know if God would show up, let alone whether the fifth prince could sleep well at night.
However, many officials who supported the fifth prince now wanted to back down. In this case, even if those wronged souls did not go to the fifth prince, the fifth prince would definitely not be able to sleep well at night.
Deserve it!
Well... I have one more prayer tonight, I hope those officials who sided with the fifth prince will quickly switch to the third prince.
