"After returning, my subordinates immediately issued orders to the generals." Liu Qi immediately saluted.

Li Gong nodded, decided on the matter, and smiled and said, "Since the time to send troops has been decided, there is no need to prepare immediately, you finally have a rest, right?"

"Is there anything to protect the Protector?"

"Of course I have something to do!" Li Gong immediately said: "February 13th is the day of the wedding, and it has not been accepted yet. After you go back, you will prepare immediately and bring your old friends and subordinates to my house to send a betrothal gift tomorrow morning.

Please also apply for the date as soon as possible. These two steps should not be placed on the same day, but must be done before February 13th, no, before February 5th.”

"This is the Protector, are you too anxious?" Liu Qi subconsciously resisted and couldn't help but say, "It's better to postpone the wedding day. Anyway, there is no appointment, and the wedding day has not been officially decided."

"Possessed? Which day can you postpone it? The next auspicious day of the zodiac is February 26th. You have to prepare to send troops to the valley entrance. It is not a good time to hold the wedding when the soldiers are busy. It is scheduled to be February 13th, and you must come to the palace to pursue tomorrow.

Are you worried that the betrothal gift is not enough? It doesn't matter," Li Gong gritted his teeth and said, "Let's take out some things from the official warehouse as a betrothal gift. Anyway, I can put them back to the official warehouse after you send them."

"Really?" Liu Qi joked: "I took out all the gold, silver and wealth in the official treasury as a betrothal gift."

"You really want me to be impoverished after the wedding." Li Gong cursed with a smile. According to the rules of wealthy families at this time, the dowry cannot be less than the betrothal gifts. The more Liu Qi gave, the more dowry Li Gong had to pay. Although the dowry he prepared for Li Bixiao was rich enough, it was far from as good as Guanku; Li Gong was also very proud and could only give all his wealth to give the marriage.

"If you dare to empty the official warehouse, I will change the gold and silver and count it as a dowry. Anyway, gold and silver ingots are of certain specifications, and others can't tell that you sent it to you. You will send it back to the official warehouse." Li Gong suddenly thought of this method and said with a smile again.

"Stop joking, you will remember to come to Na Zheng in the afternoon tomorrow." He said seriously again.

"Yes." Seeing that Liu Qi could not refuse, he could only bow and agree.

It was almost noon at this time. Under the influence of Liu Qi, Li Gong also became a meal at noon tomorrow, and rode back to the governor's office with him to have a meal.

"You are probably nervous, right?" On the way, Li Gong said again: "I was also the same when I got married. I was nervous a few days before the marriage. I don't know what kind of temperament, appearance, and whether my future wife will be together. You should be even more nervous than me.

But being nervous is useless. Can you not get married? And after getting married, you will find that your previous worries are meaningless and even funny. So there is no need to worry or be nervous."

"Yes." Li Gong's words were inconsistent and he was confused, but Liu Qi could still understand what he was going to say. Although Li Gong, as a parent of the woman, said this, was not very convincing, Liu Qi still agreed.

"I have arrived at the Governor's Office. I'll go in for dinner. You can go home. You have half a day off in the afternoon. Go back and prepare well." When he arrived at the gate of the Governor's Office, Li Gong said a few more words to Liu Qi and asked him to go home. Liu Qi had no choice but to go back.

Soon, he came to his house in Luzhou. This house was bought with gold rewarded by Feng Changqing when he was Sima in the Governor's Mansion. The location was not very good, but the house was built very strongly and was not burned by the fire set by the great cannibals, and it was lucky that it was not demolished. But even so, after moving back to the city, he spent a month redecorating the house before moving in.

At this time, there were two doors sitting in front of the door. When they saw Liu Qi coming back, they immediately got up, one of them ran back to the yard to report, and the other came up to greet them.

Liu Qi handed the horse to the guards, walked into the house by himself, and when he reached the second gate, he saw two women coming up.

"I have met my husband." Li Niang saluted.

"You are finally willing to come back. You are the groom, but you have never seen anyone before the wedding!" Shi Tianqiao complained.

After redecorating the house, Liu Qi sent someone to pick up Li Niang from Kucha Town. After thinking about it, Aunt Zhang, Shi Tianqiao, who regarded him as her relative, took him into the mansion and organized the wedding for him.

"Auntie, it's not that I refuse to come back, I'm so busy." Liu Qi signaled to Li Niang, and then explained to Shi Tianqiao.

"No matter how busy you are, can you come back until three to five days in the evening? I know you are worried, worried that the princess has a bad temper, and you can't do as much as you would with the daughters you married into from other families.

But what is the use of worrying? Can you break off the engagement or persuade the prince to postpone the wedding? Since it is impossible, you have to prepare well so that the prince and the princess can see your importance to the wedding." Shi Tianqiao said again.

Although her words mean the same as Li Gong, she was much clearer. Although Liu Qi was still a little worried, she had gone most of the words and said with a smile: "So am I back?" Seeing that Aunt Zhang was about to speak again, she hurriedly said again: "It's already noon, let's have dinner first."

"Yes, yes, eat first." Shi Tianqiao was immediately distracted and said repeatedly, while instructing the servants to serve the dishes, he also sent someone to tell the chef to roast two pieces of lamb.

"You didn't say anything before you came. At noon, I only prepared the rice for me and Li Niang. Now it's too late to cook, so you can only barbecue and add a cold dish." She said again.

"It's good to have barbecue." Liu Qi said. There was no stir-fry in the Tang Dynasty, so it was mostly stewed and cooked, which was not as fast as barbecue.

The three of them said and came to the central hall. The servants placed food on the table for the three of them to eat.

They finished their meal quickly and came to the inner room to talk. Liu Qi leaned on the bed and rested with his eyes closed. Shi Tianqiao sat aside and started talking.

"The prince is right. The wedding will be held on the 13th. The betrothal gifts must be sent tomorrow. I have also taken stock of your family. There are not many treasures, there are three plates of pearls, and there are also a few antiques you bought from where you bought them. It is enough. You are not from a wealthy family, and you have been promoted too quickly and you don't have time to save too many things. Too many treasures is not good. There are also a few books. One day, Mr. Cen sent a few books, saying that it could be used as betrothal gifts, which is enough.

But there is too little gold and silver. After I counted it, I found that it was only seventy or eighty taels of gold, more than three hundred taels of silver, and even a wooden box was not full. It was too little; at least one box of gold, one box of silver, and one box of copper coins. You have received a lot of rewards in the past, and just this little money is spent too much, so you can't be so generous in the future."

"How about borrowing some money from someone else's house and selling you in Kucha Town. Because of repelling the big cannibals, I heard that the price of the house in Kucha Town has risen again, enough to fill the three boxes." Shi Tianqiao said in a nagging manner.

"Auntie, don't need to borrow money from other people's houses." Liu Qi interrupted at this time, "You can embezzle it from the official treasury first."

"Appropriate the official tent? Liu Qi, don't be confused. The Luzhou is just such a big place, and so few officials can easily reach the prince's ears. Even if the prince does not have any attacks for decency, he will inevitably have opinions on you. You cannot appropriate the official tent." Shi Tianqiao immediately advised.

Liu Qi originally wanted to say that this was agreed by Li Gong, but then he thought that Aunt Zhang's words were reasonable. Li Gong did say that he did this, but if he really wanted to do this, Li Gong might not be happy, so he would rather borrow money from others.

"I'll go out to borrow money in a while," he said.

"That's right." Shi Tianqiao said immediately: "The generals in the city are the richest now. How can you lend them to you if you lend them to them? It's not that you don't pay them back.

I have already carved the wooden box for giving gifts to you, and I will pack it when the gold and silver are borrowed. You will deliver it to the princess's mansion tomorrow."

"Yes." Liu Qi agreed.

"Your family has too few servants. If it is just servants, it is too shabby to send them to Mitt, Danff and others, I will come to your mansion at noon tomorrow and give you a betrothal gift. I will tell Tianyou and Tianzuo again and bring you more neighbors." As he said, Shi Tianqiao had already stood up and walked out of the house.

"Auntie, just call the servant in and give me instructions. Why bother to go and say it in person?" Liu Qi opened his eyes and shouted hurriedly.

"No, your house is cleaned so clean, and Li Niang is still there, how can you let the servants come in casually? You can't let the maid say it twice. I'm afraid they've said it wrong." Shi Tianqiao had already walked outside the house and responded; and it was obvious that she was still walking, and the last few words could hardly be heard.

"Auntie is still so popular." Li Niang smiled.

"Yes, since I came to Yuluzhou, my aunt has been like this." Liu Qi also said, then turned to look at her.

"Li Niang, sit here." He ordered.

"Yes." Li Niang agreed softly and sat next to him.

"Li Niang, I feel wronged." Liu Qi stretched out his hand and hugged her and said.

"How aggrieved?" Li Niang immediately smiled and said, "His princess is the mistress. This is a blessing that many people can't expect from you. How aggrieved are you?"

"What did you say again? You know that what I'm talking about is not superficial, but living at home. If it's a woman from other families, I always have the final say in the family; but Princess, if she bullies you, I can't do anything."

Li Niang has been with him for more than three years, and when he came to Luzhou again as Sima, he became his concubine. After spending so long, he always had some feelings. Moreover, Li Niang is indeed good to him and has taken care of her family in an orderly manner. He is a little worried about the princess' temper, and Li Niang is bullied.

"Your Highness the Princess has a very good temper and will not bully Li Niang." She said with a smile.

"real?"

"Of course it's true." She nodded again.

"It seems to be true. That's good, as long as you have a good temper." Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

But seeing his relieved look, Li Niang became nervous. Li Bixiao had a good temper when she had no conflict with her, which did not mean that she would have a good temper when she was serving her husband. But she could only say this to dispel Liu Qi's doubts, not only for Liu Qi, but also for herself.

‘I hope the princess has a very good temper.’ she thought to herself.
Chapter completed!