Chapter 496 497 Going Out

Li Yu thought that her hometown had the same habit in her previous life. No matter whether she was old or young, she only had two hard-boiled eggs for her birthday. The official birthday celebration was done by her comrades when she turned thirty, and she arrived here not long after the birthday celebration.

Li Yu held Zhou Jia's arm and looked at him with a smile, "You give me a gift every year!"

When Li Qing and Fan Mingfang walked into the inner courtyard, they saw Li Yu and his wife looking at each other with smiles.

"Sister, the diners are here, are you ready?"

"You brat, Aunt He and Mrs. Liu have been preparing for a long time." Li Yu stepped forward and took Fan Mingfang's hand. "Is there anything you want to eat? I'll have someone cook it for you!"

"I don't have anything to eat," Fan Mingfang blushed and followed Li Yu towards the flower hall, whispering, "Sister, it's more than ten days late this month. I want to talk about it some time later. Ah Qing is worried. , insisting that I come over and take a look."

Seeing that she was a little nervous, Li Yu smiled and reassured her, "The child will come naturally when it's time to come. A Qing asked you to see it because he is worried about you. Don't be stressed."

Fan Mingfang nodded, "Thank you, sister. Are Yueyue and Xingxing still awake?"

Li Yu looked at the hourglass and said, "I'll wake up in about a quarter of an hour."

Just after the two sat down for a while, Li Qing took Mr. Wen to the flower hall. Li Yu and Fan Mingfang stood up, "Sir, you are back!"

Mr. Wen looked at Fan Mingfang happily, "As soon as I came back, Ah Qing dragged me here. Sit down and I will take your pulse!"

Li Qing diligently took out the medicine pillow from the medicine box and put it on Fan Mingfang. Li Yu looked at Li Qing's diligent look with a smile, "Yeah! Not bad, he is much more sensible."

Li Qing blushed slightly, "Sister, I've always been so sensible!"

"Aqing is as sensible as Jiahe." Mr. Wen said with a smile, and everyone laughed.

Mr. Wen put his hand on Fan Mingfang's pulse, squinted his eyes, and said after a while, "Congratulations! Congratulations! It's Hua Pulse. The month is still shallow. Pay more attention and wait until the beginning of the month to check again."

Li Qing and Fan Mingfang nodded happily, "Okay sir."

At this time, Aunt He came to ask a few people to start dinner. Li Yu smiled and said to Fan Mingfang: "Be careful in the first three months. Just let the stove cook whatever you like."

After the family had dinner, Zhaocai came back from the Yamen and reported to Zhou Jia: "Sir, the Yamen has put the Zhang family in jail. Mr. Qian said that he will keep an eye on the Yamen to investigate the Zhang family."

Zhou Jia nodded, "Mr. Rich, just keep an eye on me. Go home early and rest after dinner."

"It's the master." Zhaocai agreed and left.

Two days later, Ruyi came back from the Yamen and reported to Li Yu with a smile: "Madam, Zhang Guisheng was expelled from his official position, and his family was sentenced to exile in Liangzhou by the Yamen. It is the same as the exile of Ningxiang Jun. I heard that he will be on the road in a few days. .”

Li Yu nodded in praise, "This is a good verdict. It's a combination of rotten fish and stinky shrimps."

At the end of the month, Li Yu planned to take his children to Zhuangzi to see how the sweet potato seedlings transplanted by Han San and others were doing.

Zhou Jia smiled and said to Li Yu: "Yu'er, Your Majesty has called me into the palace today and wants me to set off to Yuezhou to check taxes. I heard them say that Yuezhou is rich in products and has pleasant scenery. It is a good place. Alas! Yue'er and Xing'er are too young, otherwise our family would take the opportunity to travel."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia pretending to be relaxed and asked, "Is it dangerous to go to Yuezhou?"

"Yu'er, why are you so sharp?"

Zhou Jia smiled bitterly, "Yuezhou is a famous land of plenty, and the taxes it pays in a year are not as much as Tongzhou. His Majesty said that the news from the secret guards said that corruption in Yuezhou is serious, and local officials collude with local aristocratic families. , the people in some places are in dire straits, and the officials sent by the court twice in succession failed to find any evidence. Your Majesty asked me to come back to discuss it with you, and..."

Li Yu decisively interrupted Zhou Jia, "If there is anything to discuss, of course I won't go if you can. I don't want you to take risks. Besides, you are not the only official in the Ministry of Revenue. There are so many people in the imperial court. What are you doing to eat?”

In the past, Li Yu would have promised Zhou Jia to go to Yuezhou, but now they have three children. In addition, Zhou Jia has been devoted and considerate to Li Yu over the years. Li Yu's feelings for Zhou Jia are no longer what they were before. That dispensable attitude.

"Yu'er, listen to me," Zhou Jia held Li Yu's hand and looked at Li Yu, "The Cheng family in Yuezhou is the mother clan of the imperial concubine. The secret guards hiding in the Cheng family came back with news that the Cheng family had He brought someone back from abroad, and that person seemed to be the eldest prince.

After His Majesty sent people to check the place where the eldest prince was imprisoned, news came from the place where the eldest prince was imprisoned, saying that the eldest prince was still living in the place of confinement.

His Majesty suspected that the man was the eldest prince's stand-in, and was worried that the Cheng family had already replaced him. He also said that the ambitions of the Yuezhou Cheng family were not small, and he was afraid that they would coerce the eldest prince into rebellion. If there was civil strife, General Dayong would be attacked on several sides. "

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and wondered: "Didn't the eldest prince break his leg and become a cripple? Can he still be cured after so many years?"

Zhou Jia smiled and said: "You don't need the eldest prince, you can use his children! Are there not many such things since ancient times?"

It has reached the point where you are fighting to the death, and you still have to pretend to be tolerant. This time, it is better to leave a root of disaster for others to take advantage of.

"Then why leave him alive? Why not eradicate the root cause and avoid future troubles forever?"

Li Yu rolled his eyes, "You have promised the emperor to go to Yuezhou, right! You said you would come back and discuss it with me. I think informing is enough."

Zhou Jia hugged Li Yu into his arms, "Yu'er, I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to stay at home with you and the child. But Yu'er, once the situation becomes unstable, our children will have no stable life in the future.

I don't want our children to live a homeless life. Your Majesty has sent secret guards to protect me secretly. If I bring Ruyi and Zhaocai with me, nothing will happen. "

"I'll go with you. Wouldn't it be better if I protect you?" Li Yu said.

Zhou Jia shook his head, "Obey, you stay at home. Yueyue and Xingxing are still young, so you have to take care of the children at home. I will be back soon."

"You have said so, can I still not let you go? You must remember that safety comes first. You are not alone. You have a family and children."

Zhou Jia solemnly responded: "Yes, madam, I remember it for my husband."

"Also, why the two people who went there before found no evidence? Was it because they were bribed by people from Yuezhou or for other reasons? You must find out clearly and think of a way to deal with it in advance."

"One of the two was bribed, and the other became acclimated when he got there. He had vomiting and diarrhea. He was almost lying in bed. Where can I check the evidence?"

Li Yu was still worried and thought for a while, "I think you might as well give the eldest prince a violent death and drain the fire. Even if the Cheng family manages to catch the eldest prince, he will only be a loser."