"I've handed over the Internal Affairs Office to-" Yu Zhining looked at Li Mu in shock, he couldn't believe Li Chengqian's words, in his mind, the Internal Affairs Office was Li Mu's biggest reliance, how could he hand over his biggest reliance?

"My father has handed over the preparations for the coronation to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The eldest brother said that I should do this and helped me take over the errand. ”

Yu Zhining gasped, and suddenly, he tidied up his clothes, bowed, and Li Mu chuckled: "Why, did your face become so fast?" ”

"The lower official misunderstood Master Hou, Master Hou is the one who really thinks about the prince!"

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, how can I think about it. He glanced at Yu Zhining, remained silent, and said, "Oh? Having said that again, then tell me, how does Ben Hou think about it? ”

"For example, if there is a chance to compete for the position of prince today, the only one is Your Majesty's sister-in-law." Yu Zhining talked eloquently and said: "Your Majesty has three sons-in-law, the crown prince is similar to the King of Wei, and the reign of King Jin is still in infancy, and there is almost no possibility of succession. The King of Wei is known as a literary name, and he is deeply loved by His Majesty, but he is the biggest rival and hidden danger of the crown prince's position——"

Li Chengqian said unhappily: "Don't talk nonsense, Qingque is a brother of this palace, how can this be?" If you provoke again, this palace will not spare you. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Let him finish, who is that, you continue." ”

Yu Zhining continued: "The so-called army is a soldier who surrenders without a fight. This is exactly the genius of Hou Ye, if Hou Ye supported the prince from the beginning, His Majesty might be suspicious, but Hou Ye supported King Wei first, and cleared his suspicions. When the people of the world saw that Hou Ye supported King Wei to open the museum, they regarded Hou Ye as a party of King Wei, but as everyone knows, the role of this literature museum is really not big, although the literati can control public opinion, but after all, they are just literati, and it is not the pen of the literati who ascends to the throne! ”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said; "What's that?"

"It's soldiers and horses, it's money and food!" Yu Zhining seemed to have entered the state, and seriously analyzed: "Now Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the Spring and Autumn Period is prosperous, no matter which prince he is, the command of the soldiers is equivalent to looking for death, so the soldiers and horses cannot be touched." Then, only money and food remained. The Internal Affairs Office is the place where the world's money gathers, and controlling the Internal Affairs Office is equivalent to controlling the financial power of the Inner Treasury, which is tantamount to setting the sea god needle for the prince. ”

"First show favor to the King of Wei, and then hand over the Internal Affairs Office to the crown prince with the mentality of compensation, this kind of secret Chen Cang's strategy makes the officials admire and admire!" Yu Zhining said with admiration, and Li Mu wanted to laugh when he heard it. This is the brain circuit of a person with a deep mind, there are so many ideas, and everything can be made up by one's own brain. Li Mu looked at Li Chengqian, and was about to explain this matter, but when he saw Li Chengqian looking at him with tears in his eyes, he smiled helplessly.

Li Chengqian was a little excited in his heart, and after Yu Zhining's explanation, he suddenly discovered that the person he had been looking for, who could understand himself and know what he wanted, was Li Mu. Although he didn't have much contact, he thought about himself in everything. He is good to himself, unlike Yu Zhining and others, who instill their ideas in himself bluntly every time, he does it in obscurity, and paves everything before he meets and thinks of it.

"Big brother—"

"Oh, don't say anything." Li Muxi took a sip of wine and said, "Just this little thought, but Mr. Yu said it thoroughly, it's really boring." Okay, since Your Majesty doesn't want to see me, I'll leave the palace, there are still a lot of things I need to deal with. Mr. Yu, for the coronation, how much do you have to expect from you and the subordinate officials of the East Palace? What does it mean if you don't do this well, you must have a number in your heart? ”

Yu Zhining bowed down and said; "Master Hou has laid everything out and stabilized, if this matter is not handled well, he will not have the face to stay in the East Palace anymore. Master Hou, please rest assured, there will be no mistakes. ”

"That'll be fine." Li Mu got up, Li Chengqian was about to come over, he waved his hand, when he passed by Zhining's side, Yu Zhining bent his waist lower, Li Mu smiled, didn't say anything, and staggered away.

After Li Mu left the dormitory, Yu Zhining got up, looked at Li Mu's chic and uninhibited back, and said secretly in his heart: "I haven't been in contact with Lord Hou before, and I don't know the details, but now I know it at first sight, and it is extraordinary." If the prince can get his help, he will be able to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

……

Riding a horse out of the imperial city, Li Mu identified the direction, and planned not to go home first, but to go to Honglu Temple. Yesterday, I humiliated the Tibetan envoy, and I have to go over to deal with it, whether it is a strong neighbor, if there is really friction over this matter, it is the people who suffer. I turned around, but I haven't gone far. Suddenly, a horse leaned over, and Li Mu glanced at it, it was the Tubo prince yesterday.

"I'm going to look for you, the little prince is waiting here, what's the matter, it's a revenge hunt?"

"It's not." Although the Tubo prince was not angry, there was not much disrespect in his tone, but said: "I'm here to ask you about the lord of Zhu!" ”

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Little Prince, how old are you this year?" ”

"Thirteen!"

"Thirteen!" Li Mu secretly said in his heart, sure enough, he was right as he expected, this little prince is not very old, but he is strong, and he looks like he is fifteen or sixteen. He smiled and said, "Then do you know how old is the Lord of Huanzhu County?" ”

"Older than me," said the Tibetan prince, and then added, "but I don't mind, I like her." ”

"Your Royal Highness," Li Mu sighed and said, "It's not something you mind or not, not to mention your peace and kinship, Your Majesty hasn't agreed yet." is agreed, that is also to be discussed by the Ministry of Rites, which princess, county lord or simply the daughter of the clan will choose one person to marry you. The county lord of the Tang Dynasty, can you choose? Who are you? ”

The prince of Tubo didn't seem to understand Li Mu's sarcasm, and when Li Mu finished speaking, he said again: "I don't like others, I like the lord of Huanzhu!" You say that she is your sister, you help me to tell her, no matter how many yaks and antelopes you want, I will promise her, as long as she is willing to marry me! ”

"Yak? Antelope? Li Mu said speechlessly: "Okay, I can't make sense with you." All in all, don't even think about marrying the county lord. When you come back to Chang'an, the tone is to apologize, negotiate, and ask for relatives, so it's better to say that you have come to take refuge. I will explain to Your Majesty that I will give you a place to live. As for other things, remember one sentence, people and nobles have self-knowledge. The princesses and county lords of the Tang Dynasty are all very arrogant, how can they marry the barbarians? ”

The prince of Tubo didn't speak, and after a long time, he held back a sentence and said, "Master Hou, I really like her." Your books in the Central Plains say that a gentleman has the beauty of an adult, and a woman will marry sooner or later, and if she marries someone else, I don't know if she suffers. But marry me, I promise that she will not suffer, and I will do my best to love her and protect her. ”

Li Mu laughed and said, "You kid has a strange accent, but he speaks in a straightforward manner, which is quite like that." Li Mu rolled his eyes and said, "Otherwise, I'll help you ask, but whether it works or not, I don't dare to protect you." You're left to fate, right? ”

"Good!" The Tibetan prince didn't say a word of nonsense, and happily agreed.

The two walked side by side and crossed three street intersections. Li Mu saw the prince of Tubo, so there was no need to go to Honglu Temple, so he said goodbye to the prince of Tubo. Back in Fengqiuhuang, Li Mu saw Bai Qiaoqiao and Zhang Tianai, and Jin Chen went out to buy and didn't come back yet. He asked Zhang Tianai if Zhang Xun had ever come, and the answer he got was that he had just left. Li Mu wanted to talk to Zhang Xun, but when he learned that he had just left and he had just arrived home, he didn't want to go out to see each other, so he fell on the bed, pillowed Zhang Tianai's legs, listened to the chatter between the two sisters, and fell asleep unconsciously.

……

Zhang Xun was the king of Gaochang, and Gaochang allied with the thirty-six small states of the Western Regions, trading with the Tang Dynasty on their behalf. The coronation is imminent, and Zhang Xun's entertainment is getting more and more. He doesn't have a mansion in Chang'an, so when he talks about things, he naturally has to choose a good place. Heaven and earth, with face and private rooms, the best of both worlds, naturally became Zhang Xun's best choice.

In a private room on the second floor, after Zhang Xun and the envoys drank for a round, he came out of the private room under the pretext that he was not strong enough to drink. followed a guy around and around to the door of an inconspicuous private room in the corner, knocked lightly three times, the door of the private room opened, and Zhang Xun walked in.

"I've seen the chief." It was the owner of this room who opened the door, Li Yourong, the lord of Huanzhu County. She has been the county lord for several months, and she naturally exudes royal majesty on weekdays, but in front of Zhang Xun, she is very afraid and doesn't even dare to raise her head.

"You are already the county lord of Datang, you shouldn't be like this." Zhang Xun didn't mean to be polite, but as if the teacher pointed out the student's problem, Li Yourong didn't dare to distinguish it, lowered his head and didn't speak.

"Recently, there has been no useful news for a long time."

"Leader Rongyu." Li Yourong hurriedly explained, "Recently, I have been accompanying the Emperor Taishang to recuperate in Xiaoyao Valley, and rarely return to Chang'an City. But as long as I have the opportunity, I will send a message back, not slack, and ask the chief to be aware of it. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Li Yourong and smiled: "Don't be so nervous, I didn't say I didn't trust you, I just wanted to remind you who gave your life." ”

Li Yourong trembled like chaff, and said in a trembling voice: "My life was saved by the leader, and I am ready to return it to the leader at any time." ”

"It's not necessary, your life is useless to me, do what is arranged for you, your life is worry-free." Zhang Xun paused and asked, "You tell me everything after Li Mu returned to Chang'an." ”

"Yes," Li Yourong did not hesitate at all, and told everything she knew about Li Mu after returning to Chang'an, from beginning to end, in every detail.

When he heard how arrogant Li Mu was, how he met with the people of the Internal Affairs Office in the prison of Dali Temple, and how he pleaded, Zhang Xun's expression did not change much. But when he heard that Li Mu was not born to the Sun family, and there were some rumors about Li Mu's background, his eyes narrowed.

A memory that has been sealed for many years gradually comes to mind. Suddenly, there was some pain in his chest. "You are already the county lord of Datang, you shouldn't be like this." Zhang Xun didn't mean to be polite, but as if the teacher pointed out the student's problem, Li Yourong didn't dare to distinguish it, lowered his head and didn't speak.

"Recently, there has been no useful news for a long time."

"Leader Rongyu." Li Yourong hurriedly explained, "Recently, I have been accompanying the Emperor Taishang to recuperate in Xiaoyao Valley, and rarely return to Chang'an City. But as long as I have the opportunity, I will send a message back, not slack, and ask the chief to be aware of it. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Li Yourong and smiled: "Don't be so nervous, I didn't say I didn't trust you, I just wanted to remind you who gave your life." ”

Li Yourong trembled like chaff, and said in a trembling voice: "My life was saved by the leader, and I am ready to return it to the leader at any time." ”

"It's not necessary, your life is useless to me, do what is arranged for you, your life is worry-free." Zhang Xun paused and asked, "You tell me everything after Li Mu returned to Chang'an." ”

"Yes," Li Yourong did not hesitate at all, and told everything she knew about Li Mu after returning to Chang'an, from beginning to end, in every detail.

When he heard how arrogant Li Mu was, how he met with the people of the Internal Affairs Office in the prison of Dali Temple, and how he pleaded, Zhang Xun's expression did not change much. But when he heard that Li Mu was not born to the Sun family, and there were some rumors about Li Mu's background, his eyes narrowed.

A memory that has been sealed for many years gradually comes to mind. Suddenly, there was some pain in his chest. "You are already the county lord of Datang, you shouldn't be like this." Zhang Xun didn't mean to be polite, but as if the teacher pointed out the student's problem, Li Yourong didn't dare to distinguish it, lowered his head and didn't speak.

"Recently, there has been no useful news for a long time."

"Leader Rongyu." Li Yourong hurriedly explained, "Recently, I have been accompanying the Emperor Taishang to recuperate in Xiaoyao Valley, and rarely return to Chang'an City. But as long as I have the opportunity, I will send a message back, not slack, and ask the chief to be aware of it. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Li Yourong and smiled: "Don't be so nervous, I didn't say I didn't trust you, I just wanted to remind you who gave your life." ”

Li Yourong trembled like chaff, and said in a trembling voice: "My life was saved by the leader, and I am ready to return it to the leader at any time." ”

"It's not necessary, your life is useless to me, do what is arranged for you, your life is worry-free." Zhang Xun paused and asked, "You tell me everything after Li Mu returned to Chang'an." "Say it to me exactly as it is."