Li Shimin stood at the door of the Taiji Palace, looked at Li Mu's departing back, and stared for a long time before turning around and entering the hall.

As he sat back at the desk, his expression became gloomy. Gao Gonggong brought a cup of hot tea and gently placed it on the table, without making a sound at all, and stood beside him with his hands tied.

The tea was steaming hot, and gradually turned cold, and the heat was gone, and it cooled down completely. Li Shimin suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Gao Gan, isn't it ridiculous that I am afraid of a child?" ”

Gonggong Gao did not answer this question, but said: "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that the Marquis of Zhulu has no thoughts of being unfavorable to Your Majesty. ”

Li Shimin sighed and said, "I know that Li Mu has no thoughts of disadvantage to me at this time. But people change, he's just a child. What about another five years, another ten years? When I was his age, I didn't have the intention of being an emperor, but when I was twenty-seven years old, wasn't it—"

Gonggong Gao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can this be the same, Your Majesty wants to be the emperor because Your Majesty has the confidence to be a better emperor than Prince Yin, Prince Yin has no way, he is naturally not as good as Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly again, he looked up at Gao Gan, and said, "What do you think of Li Mu compared to me?" ”

"This ......" Gonggong Gao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Naturally, Your Majesty is better!" Li Mu can't compare with His Majesty! ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You don't need to compliment me, and you don't have to deceive yourself. Didn't you hear the court today? The new deal advocated by Li Mu, try to ask the ancient and modern talents, is there a person who can compare? I can't think of such a good way, but Li Mu can think of it. He not only thinks about it, but he can do it. Circling between the nobles, the gate lords, and the scholars, playing with them in the palm of his hand, he has no ability to resist at all. Wei Zheng is such a character, eloquent and eloquent, no one can match, but in front of Li Mu, he can't say a word. I asked myself, I can't do it! ”

"Your Majesty......"

"That's why I'm afraid of him!" Li Shimin actually laughed, and Gao Gonggong couldn't tell whether this was a relieved laugh or a self-deprecating laugh, and he didn't dare to answer.

"I cherish his talents, but I can't reward him for his merits. Fortunately, Li Mu is still young, his heart is uncertain, and he is a little arrogant, and he has offended many people. Otherwise, I will really have trouble sleeping, if one day, Li Mu stands on the opposite side of me, I really don't know, will it be his opponent. ”

Gonggong Gao was really shocked and said, "Your Majesty, this is too exaggerated." No matter how talented Li Mu is, he is also your courtier, how can he compare with you? ”

Li Shimin didn't say anything more, smiled, and said, "Perhaps, he is really a heavenly immortal!" No, don't mention it, at least for now, he's a good servant of mine. His proposition is also for me, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, I am not a faint king who cannot tolerate people, I will spare no effort to support him and do this thing! ”

"Your Majesty is wise—"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "You don't have to praise me, I am also a layman, otherwise I would not have stationed a battalion of soldiers and horses in the valley," After a pause, Li Shimin said: "Gao Gan, you go and find out, I am garrisoning troops in the valley, what does Li Mu think, if he, if he is unhappy, you report it to me." ”

"No."

……

Li Shimin sent a battalion of soldiers and horses, Li Mu knew it, but he didn't feel disgusted, but felt relieved. This shows that Li Shimin has no intention of dealing with him, if the bird is hidden, Li Shimin will not react like this. If a person who is an emperor trusts his courtiers 100%, he will not be able to be an emperor. Why is the emperor called a widow? The widow means that he will always be alone, and he will not be able to trust anyone. Whether it is a concubine, a courtier, or a child, they are not necessarily of the same mind as him.

This is like the workplace, the position of the boss, the employee will never understand, the position of the employee, the boss will not understand.

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

Riding a horse out of the palace gate, the forbidden army guarding the palace gate saw that it was Li Mu and hurriedly got out of the way. The only person who dares to 'gallop on horseback' in the imperial city is to chase the deer. Anyone else who has this honor will not do it. After all, this is a 'special honor', which can be regarded as the emperor's face for you. Most people have this power, but they don't use this power, they walk honestly, Li Mu is a real person, every time he gallops wildly, making people look hot and breathless.

But no one has a problem, no one knows that Li Munai, the Marquis of Zhulu, is the number one celebrity in front of His Majesty! There were originally three forces in the DPRK and China, and now there is one more, and this force is called Li Mu, and one against three is also a complete victory, and no one dares to ignore its edge.

"Master Hou!"

As soon as Li Mu rushed out of the palace gate, he heard someone shouting at him, so he had to hold on to the reins of the horse, and when he looked back, there were still a lot of people, all of them were old men, led by Wang Jue, and all of them were defeated generals.

To Li Mu's surprise, Wei Zheng was also among them, but his face was not very good.

Li Mu's horse ran fast, even if he had already pulled the reins of the horse in time, he rushed out more than ten meters. A few old guys ran over and snorted. Wang Jue grabbed the reins of Li Mu's horse, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Hou, Your Majesty really values Lord Hou, and I have kept you chatting for so long." can tell us to wait for a while, where is Master Hou going? ”

"Are you going home for dinner?" Li Mu said of course: "My home is outside the city, far away, if you don't go back, you have to have dinner!" ”

"Oops! How can you make Hou Ye hungry! Wang Jue patted his chest and said: "Today I have a treat, Hou Ye will enjoy a face, let's eat in heaven and earth?" ”

"This ......" Li Mu frowned slightly, and said: "Heaven and earth are too extravagant, for officials to be honest, if you let Dog Yushi see Ben Hou go to heaven and earth to eat, and play me again, it will be a bit unbearable." ”

Everyone was disgusted when they heard it, and they said in their hearts, "Are you missing from heaven and earth?" And who doesn't know your relationship with heaven and earth, what kind of honesty and self-promise you have?

But if there is a request for someone, how dare he break it, Wang Qidui said with a smile: "Then the Hou Ye said where to eat, you said a place, it will be counted in my account." ”

"Is this ......" Li Mu pretended to think about it, and said: "Why don't you go to Pingkangfang, you have something to eat, and you can listen to music and watch plays, what do you think?" ”

The crowd was speechless, what kind of person is this! Heaven and earth, you are too expensive to go, what do you say that you are afraid of being played, and you are not afraid to go to Pingkangfang? There's still immorality in that place! Most importantly, is the consumption of Ping Hong Fong low? Nowadays, a ticket for Lichun Courtyard can eat two meals in heaven and earth, and the seat is higher, and you can see the position of 'Dou E', more than three times!

After all, it's not about taking care of your own business!

I had no choice but to endure it. Wang Jue agreed, beckoned everyone to get into the carriage, and the group rushed to Pingkangfang.

When they arrived at Suzaku Street, many of the merchants who came and went recognized the vehicles of these important ministers, and they wondered what these bigwigs were doing, so neat. Some people are curious, and they look behind them, and when they see a group of people turning into Pingkangfang, their heads are full of question marks? Datang, is this coming to an end? The important ministers of the court and the central government all ran to Pingkang Fang in broad daylight to go to the wind and snow, and left the government alone?

"Pick up the nobles, today the king is in for a treat!" When Li Mu entered Lichun Courtyard, he made a noise. The guys who were preparing for the evening performance saw that Li Mu was coming, so they hurriedly put down what they were doing and waited before and after.

Jin Chen is the top player in Lichun Courtyard, because she has to act at night, she goes to bed late, and she doesn't get up when she rests. But when she heard that Li Mu was coming, she still got up quickly, dressed up, and came out to greet her.

"Master Hou......" Jin Chenying bowed, and when she saw so many big officials, she hurriedly said, "I've seen all of you." ”

Although Wang Qi and the others are old men now, when they were young, who was not a genius among the thousands of flowers? Seeing such a beautiful woman, they all returned the salute one by one, as if they were back in the past, and they couldn't wait to compose a poem on the spot to make the beauty smile.

Li Mu looked at it and felt funny, all of them were old and uncultivated, looking at your faces, you knew that you didn't do bad things when you were young. Li Mu coughed lightly and said, "Boss Jin doesn't have to wait, he still has to perform at night, go and rest." ”

Jin Chen shook his head, his beautiful eyes fixed on Li Mu's face, and said softly: "Hou Ye finally came here, how can the slave family not wait, even if it is only for Hou Ye to pour wine, Hou Ye should not drive away the slave family, okay?" ”

The voice is gentle, and the tone is pitiful, which is really hard to be ruthless. But what I want 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 relented and said, "Don't mess around!" ”

Jin Chen saw that Li Muyin was angry, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to insist any longer.

Seeing her like this, Li Mu felt a little unbearable, and just when a little servant brought pastries up, he took a piece of it casually, put it in Jin Chen's palm, and said, "Come on, eat a piece of cake and rest, and I'll chat with you again if I'm free." ”

After that, Jin Chen glanced back at Li Mu, and then at the pastry in his hand, his cheeks were slightly rosy. Suddenly seeing Yinyue coming, Jin Chen hurriedly stuffed the pastry into his sleeve and turned around and went back to his room.

Sit down in a private room on the second floor, and the table will be ready in no time. Lichun Courtyard is a drama garden, compared to heaven and earth, usually entertaining guests, but also mostly pastries and tea, etc., there is no serious food. But the other gardens on this street are different, there are everything to eat, drink and have fun, what Li Mu likes to eat, naturally there are special people who remember it, buy it and send it over.

As soon as Li Mu picked up the wine glass, Wang Jue picked up the wine jug and poured him a glass of wine, Li Mu gently avoided it, looked at Wang Jue, and said, "Wang Shizhong is tormenting the boy, how can you let the elders pour wine?" ”

It was originally a very normal sentence, but Wang Jue's heart was abrupt. He thought of the relationship between Li Mu and Wang Ou, and the meaning of this elder was different. From Wang Ou's point of view, isn't he a genuine elder? He is Wang Ou's own uncle!

Wang Qi pressed these things in his heart, insisted on pouring a glass of wine for Li Mu, and climbed down the pole: "Since the Hou Ye regards the old man as an elder, you can take care of the foolish things that the elders do." ”

Li Mu drank the wine and said, "It's easy to say, I don't care about the trivial things of this person." After that, Li Mu poured himself another glass, raised it and said: "I also respect the princes, when the court discusses, each expresses his own opinions, and it is inevitable that the words will collide some, and the princes should not be like me." ”

Everyone was busy drinking a cup with them, and they didn't dare to say that they didn't dare. Now Li Mu's limelight is unmatched for a while, and the power of the Internal Affairs Office is also covering the sky with one hand, whoever wants to take Li Mu's modesty seriously is a real fool. Wei Zheng watched coldly, his heart was already cold. When he came out of the palace, he was stopped by these people, and he had to wait for Li Mu to come out, saying that he wanted to reconcile with Li Mu. What a reconciliation! Wei Zheng knew very well in his heart that this group of boneless idiots saw that the general trend had gone, and they turned against each other in an instant!

Wei Zheng felt worthless for himself, he knew this earlier, why did he fight to the death with Li Mu? The new deal and the old deal had no impact on him at all, and he Wei Zheng didn't have a few acres of land!

Suddenly, he thought of Li Mu's smile again, and sighed with emotion. Maybe Li Mu is right, what can he do with these people? If it weren't for the promise made five years ago, why would I know that these people are inadequate and conspire, and still help them?

Some old things flashed in his mind, Wei Zheng became even more depressed, poured another glass of wine, and drank it with his head up.

Li Mu noticed Wei Zheng, he was very strange, why Wei Zheng looked like this, as if he was missing something. But what does this have to do with him? Li Mu withdrew his gaze and concentrated on arguing with Wang Jue, after all, it feels very good to be flattered, and it doesn't hurt to talk about it for a while.

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

The horses' hooves were bursting, and the news that Li Shimin led his troops into the palace came. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji looked a little flustered, the incident happened suddenly, and they were not well prepared!

The three Li brothers have very different personalities. Li Jiancheng likes to be a martial artist, so he prefers to make friends with strategists and rejects military generals. Li Shimin likes military generals, but he does not reject strategists. The military generals of Tiance Mansion are all first-class. And Li Yuanji is a reckless man, he has no strategists or generals under him, only himself. He himself is very emotional, he only has one tendon in his head when he encounters things, and he never understands what planning is.

When the news came, Li Yuanji was going to take the guards to fight with Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng saw him rushing out, and knew that there must be an end today. Even if he lets Li Shimin go, Li Shimin will not let him go, the arrow is on the string, he has to send it, and there is no way to do it if he is not prepared.

But he knows how powerful Li Shimin is, and how much ability he has when he looks at his younger brother who has grown up, how can he not know? He knew that he was unlucky today, so when he was leaving, he found Wei Zheng, the first strategist beside him, and gave him some instructions.

"Duke Wei ......" Wei Zheng still remembered the tone in which Li Jiancheng spoke at that time: "If you are lonely, your lonely son will also die." But there is another son among the lonely people, no one knows, and his mother is—"