Early morning.

Temple of Manna.

Li Er got up early in the morning.

Today is the third day of his bet with Chen Chu.

The appointed date is noon today.

After noon today, if Chen Chu can't sell 3,000 popsicles, he will lose.

Li Er was very happy.

He stood up, asked Gao Chen to study the ink, spread out the paper, and wrote a sentence: Born without having, for the sake of not worrying, and succeeding without living.

This quote is from Lao Tzu and is often used to warn people not to be arrogant and indulgent, but to be humble at all times.

After Li Er wrote it, he was very satisfied.

He loved the works of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi, and often copied them, which had a bit of charm and was often praised by the courtiers.

Moreover, he planned to give this painting to Chen Chu, so that Chen Chu would still be humble and not so arrogant.

After the handwriting was dry, Li Er asked, "Gao Chen, is there any news from Cheng Chu?" ”

Gao Chen shook his head: "Your Majesty, General Cheng Xiao has never come." ”

Li Er was a little anxious: "Don't wait, I'll go out of the palace for a trip." ”

Without waiting for Cheng Chumo, Li Er took his calligraphy and hurried to the foot of Qingfeng Village to see Chen Chu.

Li Er slapped his words on the table in front of Chen Chu.

Chen Chu looked confused: "Lao Li, what do you mean?" ”

Li Er Nunu pouted and motioned for Chen Chu to look at the things on the paper.

Chen Chu looked down for a long time.

After a while, he raised his head: "What broken words?" I can't even read it. ”

It's not that Chen Chu is uneducated, it's that the traditional characters are too complicated, and Li Er's writing is still a little sloppy.

Although the breath of calligraphy came out.

But Chen Chu just couldn't understand it.

Li Er was a little messy.

He originally wanted to teach Chen Chu a profound lesson.

Who knew it would be this outcome.

It was as if a heavy punch had been missed.

Very weak!

He glared at Chen Chu and said, "Born without it, for the sake of not being ashamed, and succeeding without living." Lao Tzu said. ”

When Chen Chu heard this, he immediately became furious: "Lao Li, you are not kind, I also made so much money with you, you dare to call yourself Lao Tzu in front of me, do you want to fight?" ”

Li Er: "...... Lao Tzu is my ancestor, Li Er. ”

Chen Chu nodded: "Oh, the one who wrote the Tao Te Ching, didn't say it earlier, what do you mean?" ”

Li Er: "......"

He's even more messy.

So he said in more straightforward words: "Chen Chu, I have a sentence to warn you, you are young, but you must know how to be humble, you know, there are mountains outside the mountains, there are buildings outside the building, you must not be too arrogant, just say that this time you are full of confidence that you can sell 3,000 popsicles, and it doesn't hurt to lose in the end......

"Wait," Chen Chu hurriedly interrupted Li Er, "You said I lost?" ”

Li Er said with a smile: "It's past noon at this moment, you haven't sold three thousand popsicles, don't you want to admit defeat?" ”

didn't wait for Chen Chu to speak.

Bang.

The courtyard door was suddenly slammed open.

Cheng Chumo was sweating profusely and panting and burst in.

He excitedly grabbed Chen Chu's hand and said happily: "Brother Chen Chu, win, you won, as of early as possible, a total of 10,000 popsicles have been sold." ”

Chen Chu asked, "Is the news true?" ”

Cheng Chumo nodded affirmatively: "I personally sent someone to order." ”

Chen Chu asked again: "Does your shopkeeper know?" ”

Cheng Chumo shook his head: "I'll send you the news as soon as possible, wait for you to be happy first, and then go and tell my shopkeeper." ”

Chen Chu pointed to the side: "You don't have to go, your shopkeeper is here." ”

Cheng Chumo was suddenly stunned.

He turned his head slowly.

I saw Li Er glaring at him angrily.

What?

Immediately it was embarrassing.

Cheng Chumo immediately panicked: "Your Majesty...... Shopkeeper, I'm ......"

Li Er was very angry.

It's sad too.

His most trusted minister, Cheng Yanjin, actually swore with Chen Chu as a brother.

And Cheng Chumo, whom he believed in the most, actually betrayed him.

I'm the Emperor!

Chen Chu is just a country boy!

What exactly is there in him to be pursued?

Li Er couldn't figure it out.

He asked coldly, "Is it true?" ”

Cheng Chumo's cold sweat fell in large pieces: "Shopkeeper, it's true." ”

Li Er looked at Chen Chu with an unhappy expression: "Boy, are you ...... Won. ”

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.

It's nothing to lose a bet.

The key is that he has already begun to teach Chen Chu a lesson, and now he is a little at a loss.

He had just reached the threshold.

I heard Chen Chu shouting: "Lao Li, wait a minute, take your broken words away." ”

Li Ertou didn't reply.

But Chen Chu and Cheng Chumo could hear it clearly, and the clattering sound of his fists was louder than ever.

Cheng Chumo was flustered for a while and hurriedly chased out.

……

Creek side.

Li Er's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "What the hell is going on? ”

Cheng Chu trembled and said, "Your Majesty, your ...... The minister didn't know what was going on, everything was normal, until yesterday afternoon, when suddenly many people came to buy popsicles. ”

"Could it be that Chen Chu is a ghost?"

Cheng Chumo shook his head: "The people who came to buy popsicles include the Liang State Mansion, the Rencheng Palace, the Zheng State Mansion, the Xu State Mansion, and even the Qi State Mansion, but most of them are female dependents, Chen Chu is just a commoner, how can he command the people in these mansions to ......"

Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling, Rencheng Wang Li Daozong, Zheng Guogong Wei Zheng, Xu Guogong Gao Shilian......

Haven't these guys always been against buying popsicles?

This......

Li Er was dumbfounded.

What the hell is going on?

He was also confused.

Li Er felt that something was out of his control again.

He hurriedly said: "Let's go, go back to Chang'an City, and quickly send an order to the Hundred Cavalry Division to find out to me." ”

"Yes!"

……

Li Er hurriedly returned to the palace and immediately sent someone to summon Sun Wuji and the others.

In a short time, the eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Shilian, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others came to the Ganlu Palace.

Li Er glanced around and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are so disappointed by me. ”

Everyone looked at each other.

The eldest grandson Wuji asked curiously: "Your Majesty, I don't know why we have made Your Majesty angry." ”

Li Er was a little speechless and said, "It's not because of the popsicle thing?" Yesterday, I solemnly warned you not to buy popsicles, but you took my words as a deaf ear, which made me so disappointed. ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

It turns out that His Majesty was angry because someone went to buy popsicles?

And it doesn't look like it's pretended.

The crowd was confused again.

Isn't the popsicle business related to Neku?

Why is it that someone buys popsicles and His Majesty is so angry?

What the hell is going on here?

Li Er was stunned because he didn't know why so many people were suddenly buying popsicles.

The ministers were confused because they couldn't understand why His Majesty Li Er was so capricious all of a sudden.

More than a dozen people in the monarch and ministers were in a state of confusion and confusion.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not our own opinion, it is really uncontrollable, and I don't know where I heard that this popsicle can beautify and nourish the face, and even go to buy popsicles at the expense of turning his face with the ministers......"

Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, the same is true for the lowly, and even fought with the ministers because of this." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly covered the scratched wound on his neck.

"My daughter too!"

"The same goes for my wife and a few concubines!"

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word.

Li Er suddenly understood.

It turned out that it was not the ministers who betrayed him.

But it was the female relatives in the courtiers' house who made trouble?

This shows that I, the dignified emperor of the Tang Dynasty, were planted in the hands of a group of women.

……