Stunning beauty

"My lord, there is news from the palace that His Majesty is going to marry the Eldest Prince and Princess Qingqing!"

Li Yuan, outside the west chamber, a servant came quickly and said anxiously.

"boom!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Ziye, who was still practicing his sword in the red line formation, suddenly lost his energy and flew out.

The red thread broke, and Li Ziye hit the wall and fell straight down.

"Who!"

On the ground, Li Ziye didn't care about his bruised nose and swollen face, he jumped up and asked incredulously, "Who do you think is going to marry Princess Qingqing?"

"The First Prince."

The servant replied respectfully.

Li Ziye rubbed his dusty hair vigorously, and said angrily, "It shouldn't be!"

Not far away, Bai Wangyu showed a smile on his face, and said, "Brother Li, thank you for the two hundred plants of medicine, but I don't need this thing, can you discount it?"

Hearing this, Li Ziye gritted his teeth angrily, forced out two words, and said, "Yes!"

"Can what?"

At this time, outside the west chamber, a beautiful figure walked over, glanced at the two people in the courtyard, and asked curiously.

"Miss Youwei."

Seeing the person coming, Li Ziye immediately showed joy on his face, trotted forward, and said, "Aren't you busy today?"

In the past few days, Miss Youwei has been busy with the cooperation between the Li family and the eldest grandson's family. She hardly even has time to sleep, and he dare not disturb her.

"Your daughter-in-law is really difficult to deal with. With her at the helm of the eldest grandson's business, it's no wonder that in just a few years, it has grown to the point where it can compete with Yin's bank and the business alliance." Li Youwei said with emotion.

"Miss Youwei, the eldest grandson Nanqiao is not my wife." Li Ziye argued.

"Sooner or later."

Li Youwei said with a smile, "I think the little oiran in the east of the city is also good. If you want the eldest sister to propose marriage for you, take a concubine first. After all, your fairy master, you won't be able to figure it out in a while."

"hiss."

Li Ziye couldn't help taking a breath when he heard the elder sister's nonsense nonsense.

"Love between master and apprentice is a big taboo."

On the side, Bai Wangyu reminded in a timely manner, "However, Brother Li never seems to care about the eyes of the world."

Li Ziye looked at Little Red Riding Hood, then at the eldest sister in front of him, and felt for the first time that these two people are really...a perfect match.

If you don't say it, it's enough, if you say it, you will be pissed off!

"Master Bai, how long have you been in Li Yuan?" Li Youwei asked suddenly.

"It's been more than a month."

Bai Wangyu replied respectfully.

"What are you eating, are you also in Li Yuan?" Li Youwei asked again.

"Yes." Bai Wangyu replied.

"Where's the tea?" Li Youwei continued to ask.

"It was also offered by Li Yuan." Bai Wangyu replied.

"Have you ever taken any money?" Li Youwei asked with narrowed eyes.

"No."

Bai Wangyu shook his head, a trace of sweat had begun to form on his forehead.

"How long do you plan to live in Li Yuan?" Li Youwei's expression changed suddenly, and she asked in a neutral tone.

"this."

Bai Wangyu hesitated for a moment, and replied with some confidence, "I should stay here for a few more days."

On the side, Li Ziye felt relieved seeing Little Red Riding Hood's lack of confidence.

Miss Youwei was the best, a few words made Little Red Riding Hood sweat coldly.

I admire you!

"Little brother."

Li Youwei looked at Li Ziye at the side, and said with a smile, "Remember to record Mr. Bai's expenses these days on the account of the Confucianism Sect, it should be enough to pay off your bet of [-] big medicines."

"Yes."

Li Ziye grinned.

"gone."

Li Youwei smiled after taking care of the bet that the younger brother lost, and then turned around and left the west chamber to continue with her own business.

In the courtyard, seeing the former leave, Bai Wangyu wiped the cold sweat off his brow with his hand, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The Li parents and daughters are so powerful, they are not as gentle as they seem.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, Li Ziye finally couldn't help laughing out loud, great!

"Brother Li."

Bai Wangyu said helplessly, "Sister Ling, you are so extraordinary!"

"Miss Youwei, just now is the most powerful person in my Li family!"

Li Ziye said with a smile, "The three of my siblings from the Li family have shown that I am a legitimate son, but in fact, I dare not mess with anyone. I have been afraid of my second brother since I was a child, and my second brother only listens to Youwei." Sister, so, the affairs of the Li family are basically what Miss Youwei decides."

"I've seen it." Bai Wangyu said with emotion.

However, the relationship between the three siblings is really enviable.

Although he had never met the second son of the Li family, he could tell from Brother Li's tone that although he was afraid of his second brother, he respected him very much.

The Li family's wealth is more than one million. However, there is no dispute between the three siblings because of the million-dollar family wealth. It has to be said that the prosperity of the Li family is not accidental.

"By the way, Lao Bai, why did you guess that the person who married Princess Qingqing was the First Prince?" Li Ziye asked, expressing his doubts.

"A man's intuition." Bai Wangyu replied.

"Go away, what intuition does a man have?"

Li Ziye said angrily, "Speak human!"

"Because the First Prince is the most unlikely person."

Bai Wangyu hesitated for a moment, and said, "The Eldest Prince has a leg problem, and is the weakest of the four princes. Even if he marries Princess Qingqing, he may not be crowned Prince. The impact on the current situation is relatively minimal. .”

"Checks and balances."

When Li Ziye heard the words, he immediately understood, his expression was slightly condensed, and he said, "You mean, the Shang Emperor never thought of establishing a crown prince."

Bai Wangyu was silent, and after a while, he said softly, "The head of Confucianism once said that our Majesty has great ambitions, so no one from the Confucian sect should be allowed to participate in court affairs."

"Has the Confucian chief ever commented on the Emperor Shang?"

Li Ziye was surprised. In his impression, the contemporary Shang emperor was an emperor who ruled by doing nothing. He did nothing but did nothing. He didn't look like an ambitious emperor.

"Ah."

Bai Wangyu nodded, looked at the young man in front of him, and said with a very serious expression, "The Confucian leader never makes mistakes, so Brother Li, be careful."

Li Ziye had heard it, and his expression was slightly condensed. If what Little Red Riding Hood said was true, he had really underestimated this great merchant emperor before.

Dashang Palace, Shou'an Hall.

The Emperor Shang, who was dressed in simple casual clothes, was sitting on the couch, looking at the chessboard in front of him. Opposite him was the first prince, Mu Yuan, who had inconvenient legs and was always in a wheelchair.

"Mu Yuan, the marriage arranged by the emperor for you is quite satisfactory." Shang Huang said calmly when he laid down his son.

"satisfy."

Mu Yuan nodded, looked at the chess game that was very unfavorable to him, and said, "Father, this game of chess, I will lose again."

"The game is not at the end, and the result is yet to be known."

The Emperor Shang said indifferently, "After my decree is announced, I will immediately call Princess Qingqing to the capital, let you get married earlier, and settle your mother and concubine's concerns."

"Thank you, Father."

Mu Yuan dropped a child, and responded with a respectful expression.

"Mu Qing, I'm coming back!"

Shang Huang picked up a piece again, dropped it on the chessboard, and reminded.

"Eleventh brother?"

Hearing this, Mu Yuan paused with his hand reaching for the chess box, and after a while, he recovered as before, and said, "It's just right, my brother misses him a little too."

"Back then, when the King of Southwest was in Beijing, Mu Qing and Princess Qingqing had a very good relationship. This time Mu Qing came back, perhaps for this reason." Shang Huang looked at the chessboard and reminded.

"That was already five or six years ago. Brother Eleven and Princess Qingqing were still young at that time, and at most they could only be regarded as childhood playmates." Mu Yuan said with a forced smile on his face.

"maybe."

Emperor Shang said lightly, "Mu Yuan, you are my eldest son, and I have great expectations for you. This time, I want to marry Princess Qingqing to you to pave the way for your future. I hope you don't want to marry me." Let me down."

"My son, thank you for your father's cultivation."

Mu Yuan put down the chess pieces in his hand, and saluted respectfully again, "I will definitely live up to my father's expectations."

"Ah."

Emperor Shang nodded without saying anything more. He looked at the chessboard with a calm expression and could not see any waves.

Mu Yuan also fell silent, playing chess with his father in front of him one by one, and stopped talking.

An endgame, soon, the outcome will be decided.

The Shang emperor gave birth to a son, the dragon was resurrected, and all the sunspots were killed.

"My son lost." Mu Yuan put down the chess pieces and admitted defeat.

"Practice more, go down." Shang Huang said lightly.

"Yes!"

Mu Yuan saluted, then turned the wheelchair and left.

Outside the Palace of Shou'an, the old eunuch Zhao Jie had been waiting for him to come forward, pushed his wheelchair, and walked towards the outside of the palace.

"Your Highness, His Majesty bestowed a marriage, it seems that I have high expectations of Your Highness." Zhao Jie said softly.

"Ah."

Mu Yuan sneered coldly, and said, "You underestimate my royal father. He gave me this marriage just to balance the strength among our four princes. Besides."

Having said that, Mu Yuan's tone paused, and he said with a cold expression, "Stimulate the conflict between me and my eleventh brother."

"The eleventh prince?"

Hearing this, Zhao Jie's expression was slightly condensed, and he said, "Will the Eleventh Prince really turn against His Highness because of Princess Qingqing?"

"meeting."

Mu Yuan nodded, his eyes fluttering, and said, "Eleventh Brother has an upright and impulsive personality. He must have heard about the purpose of the Southwest King's trip when he returned to Beijing this time, so he rushed back to ask his father for an order. Marry Princess Qingqing."

"If it is true what His Highness said, His Majesty deliberately rushed to marry His Highness before the return of the Eleventh Prince. Such a scheming plan is truly terrifying."

Zhao Jie said solemnly, with a Qingqing county master, he not only balanced the strength of the four princes, but also further aroused the conflict between the two princes, killing two birds with one stone is an excellent move.

"Father."

Mu Yuan murmured softly, "What are you thinking?"

In Shou'an Hall, after Mu Yuan left, Emperor Shang quietly watched the chessboard in front of him for a long time, and then asked, "What do you think of my eldest son?"

"A careful mind, a dragon among men."

Inside the hall, black air lingered, and a strange aura appeared, seemingly human but not human, with gloomy eyes that made people shudder.

"More than cautious, less aggressive."

Shang Huang shattered the pieces on the chessboard with a wave of his hand, and said indifferently, "The extreme night has not yet arrived, so you came out at this time, isn't it too early?"

"Beasts always hunt."

The figure in the black air said, "We will not break our promise to His Majesty, and please do what His Majesty promised us."

"My promises are never broken."

Emperor Shang said indifferently, "However, you'd better restrain yourself. There is a Confucian leader in Taixue who can observe the affairs of the world. If he finds your traces, I will not be able to protect you."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the extreme night and winter are approaching, and the dark night will blind all sight. Even Confucian leaders can't see as far as they used to."

While speaking, the figure in the black air gradually dissipated, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.