The death of King Rui can be regarded as a major event in Jiangdu.

Externally, Li Mobai will definitely hide the cause of King Rui's death, only reporting that he is a jealous talent and died of heart palpitations.

Internally, Li Mobai did not allow anyone to mention the events of that day.

King Rui was not married, so his body was buried in the imperial tomb.

There is no precedent for the prince to enter the imperial mausoleum, but Li Mobai insists on doing so, and no one can say anything.

This incident has dealt Li Mobai quite a blow, and if there is anyone else who is as frustrated as him, it is Li Jinyan.

He was visibly losing weight day by day, and his whole body looked much haggard.

Jiang Wanning inadvertently said this when he entered the palace to ask for peace, and his face was also full of sadness.

After that incident, the prince seemed to be frightened, and he grew up with King Rui since he was a child, and he locked himself in the room all day long, and he didn't like to go out and walk around. Occasionally saying a few words with the concubine seems to be perfunctory. ”

Of course, Jiang Wanning didn't feel good in her heart.

After all, her husband had just 'changed his ways' and encountered such a change, and she naturally didn't feel good in her heart.

The other concubines would only say something innocuous to comfort her, but only Shen Ciwei kept this matter in mind.

She called Jiang Wanning to her palace to gossip, "King Rui's death has become a knot in King Jing's heart, and the relationship between him and King Rui has been close since childhood, and this meeting has been several years." During that time, you can also see when you are in the Yichun Garden, he and King Rui and the emperor are together every day, whether it is discussing state affairs or having fun at will, it is a rare happy time for them. It is understandable that he couldn't bear such a blow for a while. ”

"The prince is temporarily depressed and the concubine is not afraid, the concubine is just ......" Jiang Wanning seemed to have something unspeakable, and he muttered for a long time before saying: "Don't hide it from the mother, the prince will always go out alone at night during this time, and he will not bring house slaves." The concubine couldn't sleep because she was pregnant and had something on her mind, so she would secretly follow when she heard the movement. Once, he went out a mile with him, but the kung fu man who turned the corner was gone, and no one knew where he had gone. ”

"Do you suspect that he is getting along with someone else behind your back?"

"Not really." Jiang Wanning shook her head, "The concubine is just afraid that the prince will go to drink and gamble again, and the fighting spirit she has will be shattered by those fun things." ”

Jiang Wanning was able to say so many words to Shen Ciwei, not because the woman was idle and spit out the bitterness in her heart.

She is an extremely smart person, and she quickly got straight to the point, "Concubine Rong, the concubine has a reluctant request." ”

Shen Ci smiled worriedly, "Do you want this palace to talk to the emperor about this matter for you, and let the emperor persuade King Jing?" ”

"The sissy is smart."

"Don't worry, this palace knows what to do in this matter. King Jing is not only the emperor's younger brother, but the palace also treats him as a friend in private. In any case, we are hoping for his well. ”

On the second day, Li Mobai planned to summon Li Jinyan into the palace after he was busy with politics.

But Li Jinyan came uninvited, and went to the study room first to ask to see him.

Li Mobai told Sanfu to let him in, but after ten days of not seeing him, Li Jinyan lost a whole weight.

His full cheeks had become a little shriveled, his eye sockets were sunken, and there was a dark blue that could not be covered under his eyes.

Li Mobai was worried for a while, "Sit down." ”

He sat down in the hall, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Brother, I want to take over the political affairs that Seventh Brother is responsible for." ”

Li Mobai didn't seem to expect this to come out of his brother's mouth, looked at him for a long time, and asked, "Are you joking with me?" ”

Li Jinyan shook his head, raised his eyes to look at Li Mobai's eyes, and said seriously: "I want to help Brother Qi do something, and I also want to help Brother do something." ”

"Of course I'm glad you can have such thoughts. It's just that the matter of Lao Qi hit you quite hard, have you eased up? Once you take over his errands, you will be faced with an overwhelmed deal with political affairs, and you will no longer be able to act arbitrarily as before. ”

Li Jinyan said: "Brother, I understand all this. I've been in a daze for more than 20 years, and I've wasted so much time, I want to turn back now, can I still go back? ”

Li Mobai patted him on the shoulder and said with a light smile: "As long as you want to, it's never too late to turn back." ”

"There are many things that I may not be able to do well, and I will be slow to learn. If I do something wrong, please don't dislike me and teach me patiently. I'm sure I'll be able to help my brother! ”

At the beginning, Li Mobai only thought that Li Jinyan was just talking, but he didn't expect that he was serious and wanted to reform himself.

He first went to the scholars and the Taifu, and learned a lot of knowledge that he had not dared to be interested in before.

Then he began to study the errand that King Rui was responsible for.

King Rui lived in the outer realm and had always been responsible for resisting the outer city construction and deployment of the Nanban, Shurong, and Xiliang Kingdoms.

To put it bluntly, it was to build a city wall within the borders of the Qi Dynasty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Li Jinyan saw some famous halls from the previous records, so he said to Li Mobai, "In the past, the city walls were built with stone bricks, and the city walls were five zhang (16 meters) high, and the construction cost a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention, the construction period was still long. How about changing the plan of the construction of the brother to change the construction and still use stone to turn three zhang (ten meters) down, and change the upward place to mud? ”

Li Mobai carefully pointed out the drawbacks of his method, "If it is mud and the outside realm is attacked, the catapult will raid after three zhang, and within an hour, all the places above the outer city wall will be defeated." This method saves effort, but if it is discovered by foreign countries, it can be said that the embankment of thousands of miles will be destroyed in the anthill. ”

Li Jinyan pondered for a moment and said with emotion: "That's right! How did I not think of any of this...... My brother even knows the range and height of their catapults, and I completely ignored such an important thing......"

He looked a little lost, but Li Mobai encouraged him, "It's okay, you have only taken over these things for a short time, and you can't become a fat man in one go." As long as you are willing to learn and study, you will be able to become handy slowly. ”

After only two days of waiting, Li Jinyan came up with a new plan.

This time, instead of working on the city walls, he used his brains on defensive measures.

He took a small piece of barbed wire and handed it to Li Mobai, there were iron thorns pierced out of every hole in the barbed wire, "Brother, if you throw these things on the periphery of the city wall, if the people from the outside world attack, won't they even be able to enter the city wall?" ”

Li Mobai picked a grape, threw it on the barbed wire, looked at the punctured flesh and smiled: "The power of this iron thorn can stop people, but it can't stop horses." The horses that go to the battlefield are all with iron palms, and as soon as the horse's hooves go down, these iron magnets will be easily trampled off. ”

"No, it won't!" Li Jinyan smiled confidently: "If you don't believe brother, try again?" ”

Li Jinyan brought a piece of iron and handed it to Li Mobai, Li Mobai threw the iron piece downward, but saw that the barbed wire fence bounced up instantly, tightly surrounding the iron.

Only then did Li Mobai know that the barbed wire was made of magnets.