In the hearts of the Yan family, from the time when Li Mu bought their entire family with thousands of dollars, Chu Xue was Li Mu's person.

In other words, the Yan family is all Li Mu's people.

Life is Li Mu's person, and death is Li Mu's ghost.

People in this era, the understanding of loyalty is so simple, they do not have so many flowers and intestines of people in the 21st century, and they will be reciprocated by the grace of people, this sentence is not just talking, many people regard this as the basic principle of being a person, ungrateful people are not nothing, but they are definitely a very small minority, but a person is labeled as "ungrateful", then he will be rejected by the whole society.

In this era, the relationship between the master and the servant is not so pure, and today Li Mu positions the relationship between him and Chu Xue as an employment relationship, but in fact, in the eyes of others, the relationship between them is the relationship between master and servant, and even Will and Gloria, including Will, have already acquiesced to the existence of Chu Xue.

Not being able to give Chu Xue a wedding is enough to make Li Mu feel guilty, so Li Mu can't make Chu Xue sad anymore...

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Early the next morning, when Li Mu got up, the first snow was already as usual, and the clothes for you to wear today were prepared early.

Li Mu still keenly noticed that Chu Xue changed her hairstyle and combed a married woman's bun.

Li Mu didn't have much of a first taste, just like a couple who had been together for decades, Li Mu got up and washed up normally, and then left the house after breakfast.

"Mason, go to the presidential palace...", Li Mu prepared to go to Ulysses Grant, and continued to push for the passage of the 1877 government budget from the official side.

Leaving Luoying Lake and coming to Washington Square, Li Mu asked Mason to get out of the car and buy a few newspapers.

Sure enough, almost all newspapers reported the news of Martin Robinson's death in a car accident on the front page, and Li Mu was relieved that no newspaper had hyped up the BMW car that caused the accident, and the focus of the newspaper was on whether it was a conspiracy or not.

At this time, all the newspapers showed due caution, and there was no blind speculation about who was in charge of all this.

In fact, everyone knows that the most suspicious people are Li Mu and William Vanderbilt, but no newspaper dares to point it out directly, or even make a subtle insinuation.

Just kidding, no matter who instigated this, it is certain that the murderer behind the scenes must have great energy, and even the senator dared to do it, not to mention a small newspaper reporter, if anyone dared to make a big statement at this time, it would really be impatient.

In the corridor of the presidential palace, Li Mu ran into Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and chatted casually with Hamilton.

"Any idea what's going on?" Hamilton's gaze at Li Mu was very complicated, full of scrutiny.

Others will take care of the forces behind the scenes, but Hamilton Fish does not need to take care of it, most likely because Hamilton Fish is about to step down, and Hamilton Fish is also a Republican.

With these two prerequisites, neither Li Mu nor William Vanderbilt is behind the scenes, nor does they have a reason to target Hamilton Fish.

"I know, it's really a pity..."Li Mu nodded, and didn't say too much, the more he said at this time, the more wrong he became.

"yes, that's a pity, it shouldn't have been like this—" Hamilton Fish sighed and shook his head, not continuing to ask.

For a politician, the use of violent means to physically eliminate an opponent is too extreme, and all politicians are against this kind of thing from the bottom of their hearts, and if it is not a matter of life and death, no one will take this step.

However, matters of life and death are not uncommon in American politics, such as the great President Lincoln, who was tragically shot more than ten years ago, and it was a close-range execution-style fight, and Martin Robinson's story inevitably reminds many people of this incident.

It is said that Vice President Andrew Johnson was also assassinated at the time, and Andrew Johnson was lucky enough to escape, which prevented an even greater tragedy.

If you think about it this way, Martin Robinson's death is reluctantly acceptable, there is the first year of the Democratic Party, there is the fifteenth year of the Republican Party, and no one can say anyone.

"Maybe some people don't think so, the abuse of public power is a shameful act, of course, the price is indeed a bit heavy..."Li Mu does not think that Martin Robinson himself has no responsibility, or that sentence, if you don't die, you won't die.

"Perhaps, who knows—" Hamilton Fish did not argue, anyway, in a few months, none of this would have anything to do with him.

When he saw Ulysses Grant, Li Mu was no longer perfunctory, and said what he learned directly: "That's right, William did it, the Vanderbilt family needs this order too much, so William has no choice." ”

Li Mu was still defending William Vanderbilt, after all, if the 1877 government budget could be passed as soon as possible, it would also be a good thing for the Junma Group.

"You're all crazy, do you have to take all the money in the world to be satisfied?" Ulysses Grant was very angry, even in the face of Li Mu, there was inevitably a trace of anger in his words.

How can you not be angry... Don't forget that Ulysses Grant is also the president, and the president of the United States is really a high-risk profession, so Ulysses Grant is also afraid.

Although so far, the Vanderbilt family is still the only family in the United States with a wealth of 100 million yuan that the US government really recognizes, in fact, Ulysses Grant is very clear that Li Mu's wealth has long exceeded 100 million US dollars.

There are also ordinary people, even for the president of the United States, $100 million is too much, after all, the president is also a human being, although the money spent every year is also hundreds of millions, but the country's money and their own money definitely feel different, so it is difficult for Ulysses Grant to understand the thinking of rich people.

"Money is endless, but who is afraid of having too much money? For a businessman, making money is the same as your speech in Congress, this is a game, a game for businessmen, in this game, the dollar is a long list of numbers, not only represents the amount of wealth, but also represents the success of the individual's life, which is the most important thing for a businessman. Li Mu behaved like a money string, no matter how much money he made, he was not bothered.

For the current Li Mu, the image of "money strings" is also the most suitable image, except for this, Li Mu can't find a better disguise.

"You're such a greedy guy..."Ulysses Grant laughed and scolded Li Mu, and his words were a little more intimate.

"You are the same..."Li Mu can't suffer a loss, even in the face of the president.

In fact, Ulysses Grant is also a greedy person, otherwise Ulysses Grant would not have wanted to be re-elected president for a second time, but unfortunately he couldn't get his wish.

For Ulysses Grant, what he is best at in his life is to fight, but the United States now has no battlefield, so Ulysses Grant's ability to fight wars is useless.

In addition to fighting, Ulysses Grant's best thing is probably to be president, but unfortunately this cannot be achieved now, so Li Mu can understand Ulysses Grant's loss very well, just like those leaders who are about to retire at the age of 59.

There is no chance of re-hiring for the presidency...

"Actually, even if there is no such thing, at the next regular meeting of the Senate, the budget will probably be passed..."

Although the Democratic Party is doing its best to pull the Republican Party back, it can't just watch the federal government shut down, just like dividing the cake.

"That's the best, you have to know, I can't stay in Washington for too long..." Li Mu was determined and decided to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

That night, Li Mu boarded a special train back to New York.

Yan Shun probably knew that the relationship between Chu Xue and Li Mu had been sublimated, so as soon as he got in the car, he took Mason to another carriage to drink, leaving plenty of private space for Li Mu and Chu Xue.

During the day, in front of outsiders, Chu Xue could still deal with it calmly, but now in a closed space, Chu Xue was a little embarrassed, and when he sat down on the sofa, he was still sitting on the side away from Li Mu.

Li Mu smiled silently, raised his hand and beckoned to Chu Xue, who immediately snuggled up like a cat.

"I've wronged you..."Li Mu stroked Chu Xue's hair, and sincerely apologized, if it weren't for being in the United States, maybe Chu Xue would be Li Mu's best marriage partner, this is the real IKEA IKEA room, you can go to the hall, you can enter the kitchen, what else...

"Don't be aggrieved, it's best now..."Chu Xue didn't have an aggrieved expression on his face, because on Li Mu's chest, he naturally began to press Li Mu's legs.

"If we have a chance, let's go back to Qingguo and see if we can make it up for you..."Li Mu didn't want Chu Xue to suffer any grievances, so he tried his best to make up for it.

From the perspective of the 21st century, it is indeed a very aggrieved thing for a woman to share a man with another woman, and perhaps other women.

But in the 19th century, this kind of thing was really normal, and even in the 21st century, there are many countries that allow polygamy, so it's up to the person concerned to accept it.

To Li Mu's surprise, when Li Mu talked about returning to the Qing Kingdom, Chu Xue's face not only did not have a happy expression, but immediately turned pale.

"What's wrong?" Li Mu keenly felt that Chu Xue's body was becoming stiff.

"Do you want to go back to Qingguo?" Chu Xue's voice was very low, and her head was also very low, so that Li Mu would not see her expression.

"It depends on what you mean, you can go back if you want to, and if you don't want to go back, you won't go back..." Li Mu knew that Chu Xue had misunderstood, but he didn't want to explain.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the rich and noble do not return to their hometowns are like brocade clothes at night, wearing clear clothes and not rebelling, chrysanthemum set electric drills,. No matter how well the Chinese mix well in the United States, they are still "foreign devils" after all, and they should still return to the Qing Kingdom in order to really show their strength...

It's a pity that for Chu Xue, Qing Guo represents a not good life experience, representing an unbearable memory, and the country is just a huge and depressed palace for Chu Xue, so there is no nostalgia at all.

As for taking an American passport to return to the Qing Empire as a "human being", Chu Xue didn't have this concept at all, so there was no way to talk about it.

Li Mu knew what Chu Xue suffered in Chun Wang's Mansion, Li Mu saw with his own eyes how the little fat man abused Chu Xue, otherwise Li Mu would not have given so much money at that time, although it was said that saving people's lives was better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, but to say that they helped each other, ordinary people really didn't have the courage.

"I don't want to go back, I think we're fine now, you are your young master, and I am my girl..."

"Revealing one's heart" may seem normal to ordinary couples, but in this era, it is indeed a rare thing to be able to reveal one's heart, after all, many couples have never said a few words of confidant words in their lives, which has nothing to do with feelings, their feelings must be good, but they are not used to hanging on their lips.

"Okay, then let's not go back, well, or..." Li Mu actively used his brain, trying to find a way to compromise.

In fact, there is no way, just go to Utah to join the Mormon Church, if you don't want to go to Utah, Li Mu can also take Chu Xue to San Francisco together, and then find a chapel to get married, in this era without the Internet, it is estimated that no one will know that Li Mu has committed bigamy.

If it goes a little further, Li Mu can even push a state like Hawaii to pass a temporary law in this regard, which can be revoked after a period of time, and there will be no sequelae.

"No, I think it's good..."Chu Xue really has no ambition, she is really obedient to Li Mu, and everything is considered from Li Mu's standpoint.

Li Mu dragged Chu Xue up a little and hugged him tightly in his arms, unable to express his heart in words.

After a night without a word, the car arrived in New York, and the group changed cars back to Governors Island, which happened to be the usual breakfast time when they arrived on Governors Island.

What is rare is that Gloria is actually at home today, and she also made breakfast for Li Mu with her own hands.

While eating breakfast, Gloria saw the hairline of the first snow at a glance.

Gloria was still very smart, and although her face was full of surprise and sadness, she didn't have a seizure on the spot.

After eating breakfast and coming to the study on the second floor, Gloria finally couldn't bear it anymore, and pounced on Li Mu and pinched and twisted, and kept muttering: "Bastard, what did you do to Chu Xue..."

This is normal, if Gloria behaves indifferent, or Gloria behaves hysterically, then Li Mu really has to suspect that marrying Gloria is not the right decision.