Chapter 179 Strike
In the small courtyard in Baolin Temple, Li Tong and Princess Fu'an sat opposite each other and rolled tea and made tea. Since she made tea once last time, the tea making matters have been transferred to her, and the eldest princess never took action.
The eldest princess sat a little lazy, staring at the scorching sun outside in a daze. Li Tong looked at her again. When she arrived, she realized that she was not in a good mood today.
"Is Jiang Huanzhang pregnant?" The eldest princess withdrew her gaze, looked at Li Tong, and suddenly asked. Li Tong said 'um', "I'm Qingshu, it's the big girl next to Jiang Huanzhang."
"Jiang Huanzhang arrived at a farmhouse."
"Well, I know, if I have to pay 6,000 taels of silver, there is a hot spring in the village. A greenhouse is built along the hot spring. There can be a lot of cucumbers and green vegetables in winter, otherwise it will not be able to pay so much silver." Li Tong's voice was indifferent and completely indifferent.
"It will take only six thousand taels of silver for a few days, so I can eat the whole country." The eldest princess picked up the tea, "What should I do if I eat it? I'll do it. The shops and farms that your mother gave to the Jiang family are not enough for the Jiang family to eat for three or four years."
Li Tong looked at the eldest princess in shock, and the eldest princess' eyebrows were raised and then fell, "Your brother will have little hope next year's spring exam."
The tea in Li Tong's cup was sprinkled with one hand.
"But Zuo has been raising the Jiang family for another three years, at least he sprinkled all the tea? This is the best dragon and phoenix group tea this year." The eldest princess glanced at Li Tong with anger.
Li Tong smiled bitterly, "In three years, who knows what it will look like? Maybe in three years, the world will change. My elder brother is not bad at knowledge and character. My Li family is kind and generous for generations. No matter what the examiner likes, it will not be a waste of any grain. It is just a Jinshi... it is impossible for the examiner to have the final say."
The eldest princess looked at her for a while and then slowly said, "If you like it or not, as you said, you won't be able to get nothing. But this time," the eldest princess was silent for a while before continuing: "This dynasty's imperial examination is not like the previous dynasty, and the number of people recorded on several roads in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not enough to exceed the number of people. Therefore, the spring examination list has always been the world of students in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huaihe areas."
Li Tong's heart began to sink, and she remembered something, was it next year...
"In order to balance the scholars of the north and the south, the court had to find ways to suppress the students of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huaihe every few subjects, and give students a way out. This year, the main examination was Gao Shujiang, a member of the Jiangxi family. Gao Shujiang failed the second exam in the spring exam for the third time, and he caught up with such an opportunity and won the first place in the second grade. On his list, the students of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were almost wiped out. This year, he was selected as the main examination."
As expected, Li Tong's heart was cold. How could such a change occur? Is this time completely different from before?
The eldest princess looked at Li Tong with a gray face, "Gao Shujiang's literary style is obscure, but this is not a matter of literary style. Gao Shujiang is stubborn and does not be kind to others. I don't like him. However, he has a rare talent in wealth and goods in the world. He has done a great job in this Duzhi envoy. After this chief exam, he will probably be in charge of the Duzhi and other three departments, and will be promoted. No one is more suitable for this policy than him."
"Will you really not take a student from Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Li Tong asked subconsciously.
"Maybe I will take one or two, but Ji Shuying is preparing to take the exam, and Lu Yan is also going to take one or two as an embellishment, so it's not your elder brother's turn."
The eldest princess said this really, and she was extremely rude. Li Tong took a deep breath, his heart was so irritated that he poured the remaining tea in the cup, boiled water to prepare the tea again. The eldest princess looked at her silently.
"What are your plans?" Li Tong made the tea again, and the eldest princess asked again.
"Originally, I was going to wait for my elder brother to pass the Jinshi... Now, let's wait for my elder brother's spring exam first. At that time, if you can't avoid it here, you can go back to Huzhou and talk about it six years later." Li Tong's voice was calm. What she wanted was to live a peaceful life with Ah Niang. If Huzhou was not possible, she would avoid it elsewhere. After decades of life, she was just a daze.
"No hope!" The eldest princess put the cup heavily on the table.
"How can you have a chance? Go back to Suining Bo Mansion to deal with a group of monsters? Subjugate Jiang Huanzhang? Or find someone to kill Jiang Huanzhang? Even if you conquer the entire Jiang family and conquer Jiang Huanzhang, what can you do? Can you make him feel sincere to me and have deep love? Even if you can, even if you conquer him, he can feel sincere to you. What about the past? As long as he regrets, has feelings and righteousness, all the past can be erased in one fell swoop?"
Li Tong asked like a cannon, the eldest princess raised her eyebrows high and stared at Li Tong.
"I don't care about others. In my case, I can't erase all the past. I will bear my faults, and I will bear their faults. Jiang Huanzhang and I have no choice but to cut off the rest, but everything else has been completely cut off. The eldest princess said that she would raise the Jiang family for another three years, and then she would take it as a good deed."
"Kill him, this is a good idea." The eldest princess held the cup and raised her legs and swayed.
Li Tong laughed, "If I kill him, I will be a vain. I will support his parents and sisters, and I will adopt his son and raise him. I will also say he is good everywhere. If I kill him, can I still live outside the city like this? Live in my parents' home? Can I not go back to the Jiang family to take care of everything?"
"Yes, it would be a good idea to kill him, hello!" The eldest princess sighed, leaned back on the back of the chair, with her fingernails popping her cup, looking very hesitant, "Tongtong, in fact, there is no way for your elder brother to do this. If I take action..."
"It's not easy for the eldest princess, and the capital is not peaceful. It's just waiting for three more years. How much money can you spend in three years to raise the Jiang family? It's not a big deal." Li Tong cut off the eldest princess' words.
The eldest princess raised one eyebrow, and for a moment, the other one was raised again, and suddenly stood up, walked a few steps to the edge of the wide corridor, stood with her hands behind her back for a moment, turned around suddenly, looked at Li Tong, with a hint of sharpness in her laughter, "I've reached this point? I've retreated again and again, and have retreated to this point? Ha!"
Li Tong frowned and looked at the eldest princess. The eldest princess was in a state of unstable mood today. As soon as she came in this morning, she could see that her eyebrows were not as calm as usual, and she was full of irritability.
"Drink tea. When I go back today, I will pick some lotus stamens, dry them and mix them in the tea leaves, which will make the fragrance and heat remove the heat." Li Tong changed the cup for the eldest princess again and changed the tea.
"You go back first. I have something to do, and I need to think about it carefully." The eldest princess's voice was slightly cold and she ordered without looking back. Li Tong stood up, hesitated for a while, and swallowed the words he said. The eldest princess' temper could convince, but not persuade her. She was at the top of her emotions now, so let's talk about it tomorrow.
"Remember one sentence..." As soon as Li Tong left the wide corridor, the eldest princess suddenly said something. Li Tong turned around and looked at her, and took the sentence and said, "I will not lose my life." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!