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Li Shimin stood at the door of Tai Chi Hall, looked at Li Mu's departure back, stared for a long time before turning around and entering the hall.

After he sat back to the desk, his expression gradually became gloomy. Eunuch Gao brought a cup of hot tea and gently placed it on the table. There was no sound at all, and he stood beside him with his hands behind his back.

The tea was steaming, and gradually became colder, and the heat disappeared, completely cooled down. Li Shimin suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Great official, I am actually afraid of a child, isn't it ridiculous?"

Eunuch Gao did not take on this sentence, but said, "Your Majesty, I think that the Marquis of Zhulu has no intention of being unfavorable to Your Majesty."

Li Shimin sighed and said, "I know that Li Mu has no intention of being unfavorable to me at this time. But people will change, he is just a child. In another five years, what if I have another ten years? When I was as old as him, I didn't have the intention of becoming an emperor, but when I was twenty-seven years old, wasn't it the same-"

Eunuch Gao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how can this be the same? Your Majesty wants to be the emperor because His Majesty has the confidence to be an emperor better than Prince Yin. Prince Yin is indecent, so he naturally cannot compare to His Majesty."

Li Shimin smiled bitterly again, he looked up at the high-ranking cadre and said, "What do you think Li Mu compares with me?"

"This..." Eunuch Gao was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "Of course, Your Majesty is better! Li Mu cannot compare with Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "No need to compliment me, nor do you need to deceive yourself. Didn't you hear the new policy proposed by Li Mu? I asked myself that there is one person who can compare with the wise men in ancient and modern times? I asked myself that I could not think of such a good way, but Li Mu could think of it. Not only did he think of it, he could do it. He dealt with the nobles, the clans, and the gentry, and played them in the palm of his hands, without any ability to resist. What a person Wei Zheng is like, he is eloquent and unattainable, but in front of Li Mu, he couldn't say a word. I asked myself, he couldn't do it!"

"His Majesty……"

"So I'm afraid of him!" Li Shimin actually laughed. Eunuch Gao couldn't tell whether it was a gratifying smile or a self-deprecating smile, and he was even more afraid to answer the conversation.

"I cherish his talents, but I also suffer from the inability to reward him for his merits. Fortunately, Li Mu was young, had a chaotic heart and a little arrogant, and offended countless people. Otherwise, I would really be unable to sleep or eat. If one day Li Mu stood opposite me, I really didn't know if he would be his opponent."

Eunuch Gao was really shocked and said, "Your Majesty, this is too exaggerated. Even if Li Mu is talented, he is your minister. How can he be comparable to you?"

Li Shimin didn't say anything else, smiled and said, "Maybe, he is really a banished immortal from heaven! Forget it, let's not mention it anymore, at least now, he is my good minister. His proposition is also for me, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, I am not a foolish monarch who cannot tolerate others. I will spare no effort to support him and do this!"

"Your Majesty is wise-"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "No need to praise me anymore. I am a commoner, otherwise I would not have stationed a battalion of troops in the valley." After a pause, Li Shimin said, "Great official, go and find out what Li Mu thought about me in the valley. If he is unhappy, you can report it to me."

"promise."

...

Li Mu knew the meaning of Li Shimin sending a battalion of troops, but he had no intention of being disgusted, but he felt at ease. This shows that Li Shimin had no intention of dealing with him. If the birds were full of bows, Li Shimin would not have reacted like this. If an emperor trusted his subjects 100% of his trust, he could not be the emperor. Why did the emperor call me? What I mean was that he would always be alone, and he could not believe in him. Whether it was a concubine, a minister, or a child, he might not have the same heart as him.

This is like the workplace. The boss’s position will never understand, and the boss’s position will not understand.

Everyone does their own business and keeps a safe distance. Li Mu thinks this is good.

When the imperial guards came out of the palace gate on a horse, they saw that it was Li Mu, so they quickly moved out of the way. The only person who dared to "raise the horse" in the imperial city was Zhulu Hou. No one else who had such honor would do this. After all, this is an "award" and was considered a face given to you by the emperor. Most people have this power, but they don't use this power and walk honestly. Li Mu is a real person. Every time they run on a horse, which makes people jealous and hold their breath.

But no one can help. No one knows that Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, is the number one popular person in front of His Holiness! There were three forces in the court, and now there was another one more. This force is called Li Mu. One-on-three wins, and no one dares to take advantage of his edge.

"Mr. Marquis!"

As soon as Li Mu rushed out of the palace gate, he heard someone calling him, so he had to tie the reins of the horse. When he turned around, he saw that there were still many people, all of them were old men, led by Wang Gui. Looking around, they were all defeated by their subordinates.

What surprised Li Mu was that Wei Zheng was also among them, but his face was not very good.

Li Mu's horse ran very fast, and even though he had already grabbed the reins in time, he rushed out more than ten meters. Several old guys ran over and gasped. Wang Gui grabbed Li Mu's horse's reins, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and smiled on his face, saying, "Marty, Your Majesty really valued the Marquis. I have kept you chatting for so long. But let's wait for a while, where is the Marquis going?"

"Come home for dinner?" Li Mu said naturally. "My home is outside the city, so I'm far away. If I don't go back, I have to have dinner!"

"Oh! How can you make the marquis hungry?" Wang Gui patted his chest and said, "I'll treat you today. The marquis will give you a gift. Let's eat in heaven and earth?"

"This..." Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "It's too extravagant in heaven and earth. Officials should be honest. If the dog censor sees this marquis go to heaven and earth for dinner and report another book to me, it will be a bit unreasonable."

Everyone felt disgusted when they heard this, thinking that you have gone to heaven and earth? And who doesn’t know what you have to do with heaven and earth, so how can you pretend to be honest?

But if you ask for it, how dare you expose it? Wang Gui smiled and said, "The Marquis said where to eat, you will just count it in my account."

"That's it..." Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Why go to Pingkangfang to have something to eat and listen to music and watch operas. What do you think?"

Everyone was speechless, what kind of person is this? You don’t think it’s expensive to go to the heavens and earth, so why do you say you’re afraid of being reported by the author? You’re not afraid of going to Pingkangfang? There is still a place that is indifferent! The most important thing is, is the consumption in Pingkangfang low? Now a ticket to Lichunyuan can have two meals in the heavens and earth, and the seats are higher than three times the location of "Dou E"!

After all, isn’t it just to take care of your own business?

Helplessly, he had to bear it. Wang Gui agreed and called everyone to get on the carriage. The group rushed towards Pingkangfang.

When they arrived at Zhuque Street, many merchants who came and went to recognize the vehicles of these important officials, and they were puzzled about what these big guys were doing. They were so neat. Some people were curious and looked behind them and saw a group of people turning into Pingkangfang. They were all full of questions? Is the Tang Dynasty going to end? The important officials in the court went to Pingkangfang during the day to go to Pingkangfang for the romance and ignoring the government?

"Pick up the expensive ones, I'll treat you today!" Li Mu entered Lichunyuan and started to clamor. When the guys who were preparing for the evening performance saw that Li Mu was coming, they all quickly put down their work and ran around to serve.

Jin Chen is the top star in Lichunyuan. She has to act at night and sleep late. It is still the time for her to rest and she has not gotten up. But when she heard Li Mu coming, she still got up quickly, dressed up and came out to greet her.

"Marty..." Jin Chenying bowed down and saw so many high-ranking officials again, and quickly said, "I have met you all."

Although Wang Gui and others are old men now, who was not a talented man who lived among the flowers when they were young? When they saw such a beautiful woman, they all returned the favor seriously, as if they were back in the past, and they wished they could write a poem on the spot to win the beautiful woman's smile.

Li Mu found it funny when he looked at it. They were all uncensored. Judging from your face, you would know that they had done a lot of bad things when they were young. Li Mu coughed lightly and said, "Boss Jin doesn't need to serve you. You have to perform at night, go and have a rest."

Jin Chen shook his head, his beautiful eyes fixed on Li Mu's face, and said softly, "The Marquis finally came here, how can I not serve you? Even if I just pour wine for the Marquis, please don't drive me away?"

The gentle voice and a lovable tone are really hard to make one's heart. But what we are going to talk about today is really not suitable for outsiders to know, especially those who have nothing to do with this matter. Li Mu still made up his mind and said, "Don't mess around!"

Seeing that Li Muyin was angry, Jin Chen hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to hold on any longer.

Seeing her look like this, Li Mu felt a little embarrassed. A servant came to bring the pastry, so he took a piece of it and put it in Jin Chen's palm, saying, "Okay, eat a cake and go to rest. If you have time later, I will chat with you."

After saying that, he passed by. Jin Chen turned around and looked at Li Mu, then looked at the pastry in his hand, and his cheeks were slightly rosy. Suddenly, he saw Yin Yue coming, Jin Chen quickly stuffed the pastry into his sleeves and turned back to his room.

Sitting in the independent private room on the second floor, the tables were quickly gathered. Lichunyuan is a theater, which is not as good as the heaven and earth. When you entertain guests, most of them are pastries, tea, etc., and there is no serious food. But other gardens on this street are not the case. They have everything to eat, drink, play, and have fun. Naturally, some special people remember what Li Mu likes to eat. They bought it and sent it.

As soon as Li Mu picked up the wine glass, Wang Gui picked up the wine pot and poured him a glass of wine. Li Mu gently avoided it and looked at Wang Gui, saying, "Shi Zhong Wang is a scam, how can you let the elders pour wine?"

It was a very normal sentence, but Wang Gui felt a sudden heart. When he thought of the relationship between Li Mu and Wang Ou, the meaning of this elder would be different. If we talk about Wang Ou, isn’t he a real elder? He is Wang Ou’s real uncle!

Wang Gui's things were pressed down on his heart, and insisted on pouring a glass of wine for Li Mu, and crawling along the way, "Since the Marquis regards the old as an elder, you should take more responsibility for the foolish things done by the elders."

Li Mu drank the wine and said, "It's easy to say, I don't care about my little things." After that, Li Mu poured another cup himself and raised it up and said, "I respect you, and when you discuss the court, you will express your opinions. You will inevitably have some words. Don't be as good as me."

Everyone hurriedly drank a drink and said, "I dare not. Now Li Mu is in the limelight for a while, and the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also a big deal. Whoever takes Li Mu's modesty seriously is a real fool. Wei Zheng watched coldly, his heart was already cold. He came out of the palace and was stopped by these people. He insisted on waiting for Li Mu to come out, saying that he wanted to reconcile with Li Mu. What kind of reconcile is? Wei Zheng knew very well that these boneless fools turned against him when they saw that the situation was hopeless!

Wei Zheng felt that he was not worth it. If he had known this, why would he have fought with Li Mu to the death? The new and old policies had no impact on him at all, and Wei Zheng had few acres of land!

Suddenly he thought of Li Mu's smile again and felt emotion. Maybe Li Mu is right. What can he do with these people? If it weren't for the promise five years ago, why would he help them even though he knew that these people were not enough?

Some old things passed through my mind, and Wei Zheng became even more depressed. He poured another glass of wine, raised his head and drank it.

Li Mu noticed Wei Zheng, and he was very surprised. Why did Wei Zheng look like this? It seemed to be missing something. But what does this have to do with him? Li Mu took his eyes back and focused on arguing with Wang Gui. The feeling of being complimented is very good after all, and it would be okay to argue for a while.

Wei Zheng didn't have this thought, and his thoughts had returned to that night five years ago.

The horse's hooves were gushing, and the news that Li Shimin led his troops into the palace came. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji seemed a little panicked. The incident happened suddenly and they were not prepared enough!

The three brothers of Li did not like martial arts, so he prefers to make friends with counselors and reject military generals. Li Shimin likes military generals, but does not reject counselors. The civil and military generals of the Tiance Prefecture are all first-class. Li Yuanji is a reckless man. He has no counselors or military generals under his command, only himself. He is very emotional, and he has only a stubborn mind when encountering problems, and never knows what planning is.

When the news came, Li Yuanji was going to fight with Li Shimin with his guards. Seeing that he had rushed out, Li Jiancheng knew that there must be a conclusion today. Even if he let Li Shimin go, Li Shimin would not let him go. The arrow was on the string, so he had to fire it. There was nothing he could do if he was not prepared enough.

But he knew Li Shimin's power. How could he not know how capable he had when he saw his growing up younger brother? He knew that he was in trouble today, so before leaving, he found Wei Zheng, the first adviser around him, and gave some instructions.

"Duke Wei..." Wei Zheng still remembered that Li Jiancheng's tone of speaking at that time: "If you die, your son will die. But there is still a son among the people, no one knows that his mother is—" @B
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