Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

The Crown Prince's wedding banquet came to an end unknowingly, and the Crown Prince Li Chongrun, who was only a few years old, came out with the Crown Princess Wu Yuanmo.

The two little kids were taken care of by Zhu Qinming, the Prince's Secretary, and a dozen palace maids followed behind to serve them, expressing their gratitude at each table.

This standard style of marriage in later generations had already been established in this era, and even the Crown Prince and his wife could not avoid it.

Of course, children are not allowed to drink alcohol, but today they were forced to drink the wedding wine. From the expression of the Crown Princess who wanted to laugh but couldn't, one can imagine how unpalatable this wedding wine was.

Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao stopped, put Wu Yuanhui in the middle and sat upright, waiting for Zhu Qinming to come with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

This table was at the end of the hall. The ministers in front toasted for a while, and Li Cunxi became a little impatient to sit still. Then he waited for Zhu Qinming, Li Chongrun and Wu Yuanmo to arrive.

"The Crown Prince and his Consort are paying their respects."

Zhu Qinming shouted tirelessly.

Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao stood up and returned the greeting.

"I wish the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess a long and happy life together!"

"The ceremony is over!"

Li Chongrun and Wu Yuanmo got up obediently, but were not in a hurry to leave.

Li Chongrun always has a very cordial feeling towards Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao.

Blinking his big eyes, he looked at Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao, and then glanced at Wu Yuanhui in the middle with bulging cheeks. Li Chongrun always felt that these people were like his relatives, inexplicably close to him.

"Grandson, there are more behind us." Zhu Qinming reminded, "It's time to go down."

"Yes, sir." Li Chongrun lowered his head and followed him away obediently.

"This feels really strange." Li Cunxi sat down leisurely, "Why did it stop right in front of us?"

"Maybe it's because we are relatives...but does he know that we are his relatives?" Wu Yanhao freed his hands and began to feed Wu Yuanhui.

"At his age, I'm afraid he has never seen us."

"I have indeed never met him, but we are indeed relatives. No matter whose side you look at, he is my peer."

"What about me?" Li Cunxi touched his chin, "I am not his peer, am I?"

"You are his elder." Wu Yanhao said, "If you are talking about it from my father's side, you are my peer. If you are talking about it from your father's side, you are my uncle. If you are talking about it from His Majesty's side, you are also my uncle. If you are talking about it from the Crown Prince's side, you are also my uncle... I am taking advantage of you, my dear brother."

"Just take it." Li Cunxi didn't care and started drinking.

As soon as the wine was warmed up, two palace maids filled Li Cunxi's glass.

The taste of that wine was a bit strange. Li Cunxi himself was not used to it. It tasted even worse than mashed wine. As he expected, it should be the nobles' favorite wine. After it was passed from the Western Regions, it became the favorite of the nobles and quickly replaced mashed wine, which was originally the best wine.

However, fruit wine has been around in Kyushu for a long time. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, there was the story of "boiling green plum wine".

It's just that fruit wine has now undergone a phase of differentiation. This kind of fruit wine is quite different from the fruit wine made from green plums. Green plum wine is made by putting some green plums into the wine and then boiling it. Ordinary people drink the boiled kind of fruit wine. This kind of aristocratic wine is not available outside at all.

Ordinary people still drank grain wine, which was commonly known as turbid wine in that era, because of its spicy taste.

"This wine doesn't taste good. Come back to my place and I'll give you some green wine to drink."

Wu Yanhao took a sip and put the wine cup down, never picking it up again.

"Forget it. No matter what kind of wine it is, I'm not used to it." Li Cunxi put down his glass. "I can't sit still any longer. I'm ready to leave."

……

After the Crown Prince's wedding, Chang'an entered a period of peace.

But one thing was that one day, a group of imperial guards suddenly entered Chang'an in a carriage and sent a monk into the emperor's harem in broad daylight.

The next day was the grand court meeting on New Year's Eve. It was snowing heavily and all the ministers were paying homage to Wu Zetian. Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao were hanging far away outside the hall. After paying homage to the ministers, they sat on the swept and covered ground in the snow and chatted and dozed off.

Several fellow apprentices agreed to go to Prince Wei's mansion on the second day of the Lunar New Year to pay New Year's greetings to Wu Chengsi. When they were discussing what gifts to bring, they heard Zhang Jianzhi suddenly say something in a harsh voice in the hall.

Then, Wu Zetian was furious, her face was blue. Wu Sansi jumped up and down, arguing with Zhang Jianzhi. The Taiji Hall was full of third-rank ministers, and everyone was arguing about something.

The people closest to the hall were officials of the third rank. They leaned their heads inside and did not pass on a single word.

When he got to Li Cunxi's place, he could only see the people inside arguing with each other.

The court meeting ended in a bad mood. Wu Chengsi, who rarely attended court, came out with a blank expression on his face. Wu Yizong, who followed him out, also had a bad expression on his face.

"Cunxi, come to my house later."

Passing by Li Cunxi, Wu Chengsi stopped and said softly.

"I'll go with you." Li Cunxi said.

"That's fine. My carriage is parked outside. Follow me later."

Before he could say a few words, he saw Li Huaiyuan, Tang Xiujing, Zhu Qinming and others coming out, all with red faces and thick necks, and full of anger.

Di Renjie, Zhang Jianzhi, the Minister of Works Li Changhe, and the Minister of War Yao Chong came out together. Except for Di Renjie, none of them looked very happy.

"Uncle, what's going on?"

Li Cunxi hurriedly went forward and asked in a low voice.

"Cunxi, do you still remember that Xue Aocao and Xue Nanze are not dead? His Majesty decided to find them and spread the news far and wide." Di Renjie sighed heavily, "How can such a thing be spread far and wide?"

"What my uncle said makes sense." Li Cunxi agreed.

Li Huaiyuan came over and said angrily: "Mr. Li is so young and he knows that he shouldn't do this, but Your Majesty actually decided to search all over the world to find the Xue brothers. I really don't understand why he did this. This has a great impact on the reputation of the royal family and the emperor!"

"I am ashamed to be called Minister Li."

"The wise should come first. Lord Li, please don't be so humble. I certainly cannot agree with what you said today. I would rather die than protest at the next court meeting!" Li Huaiyuan still looked angry.

"Well, Minister Li, as you are assisting the Crown Prince, you still have to put your family and country first," Li Cunxi advised.

"How hateful! I have no strengths!" Li Huaiyuan gritted his teeth, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He looked at Li Cunxi again, "Does Lord Li have free time on the third day of the first lunar month? I am going to host a banquet for Lord Li."

Li Cunxi: “If there is…”

"If there is, then there is no more. On the third day of the first lunar month, Lord Li invites Wanwan to come to my house."

After exchanging glances with Di Renjie, who had not spoken to him the entire time, Li Cunxi felt relieved and said:

"In that case, I will offer you a small gift of wine."