Stunning beauty

Great Merchant Palace.

Shou'an Palace.

Emperor Shang was holding the chess piece in his hand, unable to drop it for a long time.

No way out.

Before the royal family made a move, the Li family blocked the royal family's next step, making his previous marriage intention completely bankrupt.

The royal family values ​​face the most, and it is absolutely impossible to marry the princess on the cusp of this crisis.

However, it was only a few days since the Li family put forward the request of the imperial merchants, and he had only told Murong about the idea of ​​marriage.

The Li family's response in this way shows that they already know about this matter.

In this way, the queen has already told the Li family his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Eleven has arrived."

At this time, outside the main hall, an internal servant walked quickly with his waist bowed, and saluted respectfully.

"Let him in."

Emperor Shang came back to his senses and said lightly.

"Yes!"

The servant took the order, turned and left.

Soon, Mu Qing entered the hall, knelt down and saluted, "My son, I have seen my father."

"Old Eleven, have you heard all the gossip outside?"

Shang Huang looked at his son in front of him, and said coldly, "As a prince, but lingering in the land of fireworks, you really disgrace me."

"Father forgive me."

Mu Qing leaned down and said in a deep voice, "My son, don't dare again."

"You've been used, you know?"

Emperor Shang said with a cold expression, "The Li family's son, knowing that you are the prince, deliberately exposed your identity, with bad intentions!"

Mu Qing was silent and didn't answer.

He had thought of this a long time ago, and Brother Li didn't hide it, proving that he did it on purpose.

To use, how should I put it, a little bit, but not to harm him.

"You, a prince, have such a incident, how unfavorable is it to your future career as a prince, old eleven, haven't you thought about it?"

Shang Huang saw that his son was silent, and his tone became stricter, and he said coldly, "Haven't you seen it, then the son of the Li family is trying to support your fourth brother to take the position by ruining your reputation, the old eleven , why are you so stupid."

"Road to the Prince?"

Hearing this, Mu Qing straightened up, looked at the father in front of her eyes, and clenched her hands involuntarily.

Father, do you really think he is a fool?

Although he is not as scheming as Mu Yuan and Mu Yao, he is not stupid either.

Right from wrong, he can still tell the difference.

From the very beginning, his father, the emperor, never thought of letting him sit on the crown prince.

"Mu Qing, both your big brother and your third brother have had accidents. Among my children today, only you and your fourth brother are considered promising. The crown prince must be chosen from among your two brothers. Don't let me down!"

Shang Huang stared at the eleven sons in front of him, and knocked, "Ducheng, you can't stay any longer, go out to avoid the limelight, and tomorrow you will leave for the barracks and be on standby at any time."

"My son, take the decree."

Mu Qing saluted again, and said, "If Father has nothing else to do, I will leave first."

"Well, go to your mother and concubine and say goodbye." Shang Huang waved his hand and reminded.

"I understand, I'm leaving!" Mu Qing responded, then got up and left.

In the hall, Emperor Shang looked at the back of Eleven leaving, his gaze narrowed slightly.

That's fine, taking this opportunity to send Eleven to the front line will save a lot of trouble.

It is difficult to proceed with the marriage with the Li family.

That move by the Li family boy is really powerful.

At the same time, in Weiyang Palace.

Empress Changsun and Murong were also shocked when they heard the news from the servants.

"Empress, Father wants to implicate Li Jiaoxi and me in getting married, have you sent someone to tell Li Jiaoxi?" After a brief shock, Murong came back to his senses and asked.

"No."

Empress Changsun shook her head lightly, and replied, "Because I feel that your father has made up his mind this time, and it is difficult to change it, so there is no need to do anything more."

"Since the Queen Mother didn't send someone to write the manuscript, then Li Jiaoxi guessed it himself." Murong said in a deep voice.

"Perhaps, when he asked His Majesty to make the Li family an imperial merchant, he guessed that His Majesty would use marriage to check and balance the Li family."

Empress Changsun sighed softly, and said, "That's why he used this kind of romantic affairs that ruined his reputation to block the way of royal marriage."

If this is the case, that Li Jiaoxi is really too powerful.

Plan ahead, step by step.

"If Li Jiaoxi used this method to stop his father's marriage proposal, is it really a coincidence that he happened to meet his eleventh brother?" Murong asked in a condensed voice.

"of course not."

Empress Changsun shook her head and replied, "If it were someone else, we might think it was a coincidence. After all, it would be very powerful to block the royal family's marriage by taking one more step. If there were more, it would be unbelievable. However, this If the person is taught by Li, no matter how many calculations, it will no longer be so unbelievable."

"What is Li Jiaoxi doing this for?" Murong asked.

"Send Mu Qing to the expedition."

Empress Changsun thought for a while and calmly analyzed, "Although it is not a big mistake to go to the brothel to drink flower wine, Mu Qing is the prince after all, and now it is wartime, and Mu Qing, who is good at leading the army, is not on the front line to resist the Mobei iron cavalry. But drinking and having fun in a brothel is unjustifiable, and the people in the city will definitely criticize it, so after this incident, even if Mu Qing doesn't want to go to war, I'm afraid he won't be able to."

"Eleventh brother, he must want to lead troops to go out."

Murong said seriously, "My daughter is very sure about this."

"Or why does the queen mother say that Li Jiaoxi is very good?"

Empress Changsun sighed, "A move of chess can solve all the troubles in front of you. This kind of mentality is simply terrifying."

She somewhat guessed the reason why His Majesty did not let Mu Qing go to the battlefield, but she did not expect it to be resolved in this way in the end.

"Empress mother, will father and emperor still make the Li family an imperial merchant?" Murong looked at his mother in front of him and asked.

"Hard to say."

Empress Changsun hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Your father is eager to make peace with the Li family, so he probably wouldn't directly reject the Li family's request, but this move by the Li family completely disrupted your father's plan. It is difficult for me to judge what the relationship between the Li family and the royal family will become after all."

"Little boy."

At the same time, in the inner courtyard of Li Garden, Tao Tao looked at the young master in front of her and asked curiously, "Do you think that old fox, Emperor Shang, will jump over the wall in a hurry and refuse our request?"

"A dog can jump over a wall in a hurry, but a fox can't."

At the table, Li Ziye looked at the Tongtian talisman in his hand, and replied without raising his head, "The most important thing in playing chess is to understand the opponent's character and way of doing things. Rectification will definitely not work, but it is most suitable to deal with an old fox like the Emperor Shang, the more he thinks and the more serious his thoughts are, the more he is afraid of the mouse."

In fact, he didn't care too much about the outcome of the Emperor's business affairs.

Now, he is more interested in Concubine Wen.

This newly opened game is full of unknowns and variables, but it is even more interesting.