In addition, the envoys failed to persuade the emperor and his relatives, and Hua Li failed to complete the requirements of the king of Canglan, after the king of Canglan knew about this matter, he would definitely speed up the process of hurrying, and at that time, it would not take a few months, at most there would be a month, and Canglan's team should arrive in Shangjing.

After listening to what Lu Li said, Xiao Man scratched his head and lowered his shoulders a little depressedly, "But the cooperation conditions proposed by the envoy will do us more harm than good, even if their king comes up, I don't want to agree." ”

If it is really like the conditions of the envoys, then Xiaoman might as well simply go to Canglan Country to open a store, so that he will not lose all his money.

Thinking of this, Xiao Man suddenly came to the idea, she straightened up and raised her eyes to look at Lu Li, "Why don't we go directly to Canglan to open a store, okay?" In this way, it is logical to refuse their cooperation. ”

"Huh?" This time it was Lu Li's turn to be confused.

Xiao Man became more and more interested, she came to Lu Li's side, took the other party's hand, and said her thoughts one by one: "Haven't you always wanted to go to the north for a spin?" Let's just go to Canglan and open a store! How do you say? ”

She originally wanted to avoid the King of Canglan, but thinking about it this way, in fact, taking the initiative is the best way to deal with it.

But Lu Li completely disagreed, he shook his head, and his attitude was as resolute as he had never been: "Xiaoman, you have to think clearly, whether you want to go to Canglan Country to make money and open a store, or just to avoid the questioning of the Canglan King, there is a big difference between the two, you must not decide as soon as your brain is hot." ”

If Xiao Man really wants to go to Canglan to open a store, then he won't stop him, after all, Xiao Man does have this talent, and he is willing to work hard, and there are a few people under his command who can be sent, but what if it's just to avoid the questioning of King Canglan? Then go to such a far away place to open a store, and besides, no one knows what will happen when the time comes.

Relying on the mind of escape alone can't support it for a long time.

Hearing Lu Li say this, Xiao Man really hesitated again, she touched her chin, looked at the window on the high place and thought thoughtfully for a while, blinked her eyes at Lu Li, and said tentatively: "Why don't we wait for King Canglan to come up and test his meaning, we are talking about this?" ”

"The most important thing now is the competition, and the rest ......," Lu Li thought for a while, "I'll go to Holley to discuss." ”

Xiao Man was surprised: "Isn't Holley a Canglan person?" You go to him and talk to him, in case—"

Lu Li held Xiao Man's hand and handed her a reassuring look, "Don't worry, Hua Li is different from the envoy, I think, he really wants to cooperate with you, if we can find out any news from him, we can also prepare early." ”

After speaking, Xiao Man nodded suddenly in understanding, and immediately smiled, signaling that he supported all the other party's decisions.

But when Lu Li saw Xiao Man like this, the sadness between his eyebrows increased, he took a deep breath, and then asked as if unintentionally: "Xiao Man, if Holley changes the content of the contract, and the King of Canglan does not embarrass you, do you still want to cooperate with Holley?" ”

Xiao Man nodded without thinking about it, "Of course, Huali and I don't have a deep hatred. ”

In the final analysis, the reason why this matter has become the way it is is because of the self-determined and selfish and stingy envoy, if he hadn't drafted the content of the contract without his authorization, maybe the current Xiaoman would have signed a contract with Holley and was ready for follow-up cooperation.

After confirming Xiaoman's attitude, Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief, the big stone in his heart fell, he patted the back of Xiaoman's hand, and raised a smile: "Okay." ”

Since Xiaoman and his own thoughts are the same, things are much easier.

Therefore, Lu Li persuaded: "Xiaoman, you can prepare for the game with peace of mind first, and I will arrange the rest, if I really don't negotiate with Holley, then it's not too late for you to go to Canglan to open a store, you know?" ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

When the king of Canglan arrived in Shangjing, this is something that even the emperor does not know, but because the king has personal contact with the envoys and others, a month before the king of Canglan is going to arrive in Beijing, the whole post house is tense.

And Mao Zhiyuan, who received the envoys, was very sensitive to this atmosphere.

Therefore, before going to court the next day, Mao Zhiyuan specially arrived at the palace early, saying that he had something important to visit the emperor.

After getting permission, Mao Zhiyuan was led by his father-in-law to the emperor's bedroom, through several layers of complicated and exquisite bed curtains, Mao Zhiyuan faintly saw the figure of the emperor sitting behind, he knelt down respectfully and saluted, explaining his intention.

The figure behind the curtain of the bed moved, and then the emperor's deep voice came out: "Can you confirm it?" ”

When he returned to the emperor, he did see that the envoy had ordered his subordinates and guards to prepare the room, and there was a lot of urgency between words and actions. As far as the minister knows, the envoy of Canglan and the king of Canglan have been in contact with carrier pigeons, so even if the envoy knows the whereabouts of the king of Canglan, it is very normal. ”

The emperor nodded, thinking that this was indeed the case, this time Canglan sent envoys and caravans to make peace and cooperation, so as to facilitate the reconciliation between the two countries, but now that something has gone wrong, he doesn't want to come in person, and he will definitely speed up the journey.

However, this reign of King Canglan is not good at war, so the emperor has nothing to worry about, but he just wants to bring up the matter of peace again.

Thinking of this, the emperor sighed, asked the eunuch to help him up, and said as he walked out: "Mao Aiqing, what do you think King Canglan personally came to visit, what do you mean?" ”

"Presumably to persuade the emperor personally..."Speaking of this, Mao Zhiyuan paused, looked up at the emperor's face carefully, and said cautiously: "Probably we still have to discuss the matter of harmony." ”

"Yes, but there is only one princess under my knees, and she is the queen's child, and I am reluctant to marry her to such a distant place. But there is indeed no suitable child in the clan, Mao Aiqing, what do you say I should do? The emperor asked.

Although the emperor's tone was very flat, from the point of view of the matter of being close to the family, Mao Zhiyuan did not dare to take the emperor's words as an ordinary inquiry.

Probably, the emperor really has no way out, so he asks himself? Mao Zhiyuan couldn't figure it out.

But no matter what, since the emperor asked, as a courtier, he should bother to share his worries for the emperor, so Mao Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said: "In fact, there are many school-age children among the ministers, if the king of Canglan insists on making peace with Donglan, then the emperor is not as good as ......."

As he spoke, Mao Zhiyuan looked up at the emperor and carefully looked at the meaning of the other party.

It's just that the emperor still has the same expression as before, neither angry, nor angry or happy, as if he didn't take his answer seriously at all.

Mao Zhiyuan's heart got up and down for a while, and he couldn't guess what the emperor meant.

After a long time, the emperor coughed lowly, "I know, Mao Aiqing will step down first, as for the matter of harmony, I will discuss with you after I go down to the court." ”

Mao Zhiyuan had no choice but to respond.

After all, the emperor is already old, and his heart and temper are very different from before, if the matter of harmony is put before, the emperor will definitely not be so indecisive, or directly refuse, or just find a lady to marry the county lord or princess, then that's it.

But now that the emperor is older, and the prince is growing up, sooner or later the prince will take over, and the emperor doesn't want to leave the prince with a mess and worries, so he can only be more careful in everything, even with the vicissitudes of peace and pros, the emperor has been entangled for so long.

After all, Canglan's strength has soared in the past two years, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not threaten the safety of the crown prince and Donglan in the future, and in order to stabilize the country, the emperor has to start worrying.

Thinking about it, Mao Zhiyuan sighed secretly, and couldn't help but glance at the majestic palace behind him, thinking: This emperor is not something that everyone can do, and it is not that you can sit back and relax if you become an emperor, it seems that you are still more suitable to be a courtier.

Seeing that he was about to reach the front hall, he quickened his pace and hurried to the morning court.

When they arrived at the gate of the front hall, the ministers had already arrived one after another. Mao Zhiyuan stretched his neck to look over, and unexpectedly found a figure in the crowd that he hadn't seen for a long time - Lu Li.

He hurriedly stepped forward, said hello, and after a few words of greeting each other, he smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet Grandpa Guo in the front hall of the early dynasty here." ”

"If it weren't for King Canglan's visit, I wouldn't have gotten up early in the morning to come to the court." Lu Li sighed leisurely and said helplessly.

"So, Grandpa Guo also knows what King Canglan is coming?" Mao Zhiyuan was a little surprised, and continued to ask: "Does the grandfather of that country know when King Canglan will arrive in Shangjing?" At that time, who will the emperor send out to greet and receive the king of Canglan? ”

He just reported this matter to the emperor, did Lu Li also know? Where did he know about it, could it be that he has something to do with Canglan?

Lu Li smiled and shook his head, "I haven't been involved in the court for a long time, and Lord Mao's words can make me confused." ”

Mao Zhiyuan's frowning eyebrows stretched out, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: The other party really doesn't know when King Canglan will arrive in Shangjing, it seems that he has thought too much.

Therefore, he stepped forward and revealed to the other party in a low voice: "In recent days, the envoys and others in the post house have been very impatient, and have begun to prepare the room, etc., everyone is in a hurry, I guess that the king of Canglan is about to arrive." ”

"So fast?" Lu Li was really surprised.

According to his conjecture, he originally thought that it would take at least another month for King Canglan to arrive, but now when he heard Mao Zhiyuan say this, his heart became more and more unstable.

It seems that we have to find a time to find Holley as soon as possible.

Just thinking about it, Mao Zhiyuan said again: "Grandpa Guo, because of the cooperation before, you had a little unpleasant trouble with the envoys, and now that the king of Canglan is coming, what can you do?" ”