"Brother Li."
After the morning court, in front of Fengtian Palace, Mu Bai called Li Ziye who was about to leave.
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince."
Li Ziye stopped, looked at the fourth prince coming from behind, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Highness, for speaking for me."
"Did you expect that someone in the court would stand up for you?" Mu Bai asked softly.
Li Ziye smiled and shook his head and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's talk somewhere else."
"How about going to my house?" Mu Bai said.
"That's good. I haven't visited His Highness's residence in the two years since I came to the capital." Li Ziye nodded.
The two then left in front of Fengtian Hall and walked towards the outside of the palace.
Half an hour later, two people came to the fourth prince's palace.
In the main hall, the maid in the mansion served tea to the two of them and immediately withdrew.
"Brother Li, please."
Mu Bai looked at the young man in front of him and said politely.
"Your Highness, please."
Li Ziye was also polite and smiled.
Mu Bai nodded, took a sip of tea, and asked, "How many pulses have been broken?"
"Six meridians."
Li Ziye answered truthfully.
"It's so slow."
Mu Bai sighed.
He remembered that the last time they were separated, this guy had already broken five meridians. Now, after struggling for more than half a year, he had only broken one. This speed was unparalleled.
"Your Highness, can you please not be so straightforward when speaking."
Li Ziye said helplessly, "Of course I can't compare with geniuses like you."
"What about the competition with Huo Lin'er? Are you sure?" Mu Bai asked curiously.
"Absolutely not."
Li Ziye smiled bitterly and said, "Let's take it one step at a time. If I have any adventure this year, I might be able to enter the five realms in one step."
"Ah."
Mu Bai smiled softly and said, "Brother Li carved his name in the Heavenly Book and failed to enter the Five Realms. It is better to avoid daydreaming like this."
Li Ziye picked up the tea cup in front of him and almost couldn't help but pour the tea in the face of the guy in front of him.
How infuriating!
"Back to business."
Seeing the young man in front of him about to explode, Mu Bai smiled, changed the subject, and said seriously, "When did Brother Li offend the Nine Nether King, and why did the Nine Nether King insist on putting Brother Li to death?"
"I don't know either."
Li Ziye shook his head and said solemnly, "My Li family and King Jiuyou should have no conflict of interest. King Jiuyou's move is really confusing."
"It's not Father." Mu Bai thought for a while and said softly.
"I know."
Li Ziye's eyes flashed and he said, "If your Majesty wants to deal with my Li family, he will use thunderous means and not be so troublesome. This matter should be the personal wish of King Jiuyou."
"Brother Li, please be more careful in the future."
Mu Bai reminded, "The Li family has a big tree that attracts the wind. Although the Second Young Master Li has entered the Five Realms, he can scare some people, but there are always some people who are not afraid of the Five Realms."
"I see."
Li Ziye nodded and said seriously, "Your Highness, you may have offended the Nine Nether King by publicly speaking for me in the court today. In the future, you must be more careful. After all, the influence of a King of Martial Arts is not trivial. Your Highness will offend you." If you do, the other princes will go to win over you and use them to deal with His Highness."
"It doesn't matter."
Mu Bai smiled lightly and said, "To be honest with Brother Li, I have no interest in the affairs of the court. Today, if I couldn't bear it, I wouldn't care about it."
"It is not an easy task for your Royal Highness to remain undisputed."
Li Ziye put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "Your Highness is the son of the Queen. Although he is not the eldest son, he is the legitimate son. Even if Your Highness does not fight, there will be many people who will force Your Highness to fight."
"Brother Li also thinks that as a prince, he must strive for the position of unification?" Mu Bai frowned.
"Your Highness, what do you think of our Li family?"
Li Ziye did not answer directly, but asked, "Is it harmful to Sheji?"
"No."
Mu Bai shook his head and said truthfully, "In the past ten years, many of the products launched by the Li family have been beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood, making people's lives easier. As far as I know, the Li family also spends a lot of money every year to help Those poor people, this time, the matter of Huo Tan, my mother also told me that the Li family has done many things that merchants are unwilling to do. "
"Your Highness understands this truth, and other people will not know it."
Li Ziye said calmly, "However, there are still many people who are dealing with the Li family. For what reason? In one word, profit!"
Having said this, Li Ziye picked up the teapot, filled their teacups, and continued, "My Li family has never wanted to fight for anything, but we have been pushed until today, from Yuzhou City to The capital city is not what I want, but I have to do it."
Mu Bai listened to the words of the young man in front of him, with a look of thought in his eyes.
"His Highness is obsessed with martial arts, I know that, but the more outstanding His Highness is, the more people will be afraid of him."
Li Ziye put down the teapot and said calmly, "Take today's matter as an example. His Highness speaks for me. Why, no one dares to object. There is only one reason. His Highness is the fourth prince of Dashang."
After saying that, Li Ziye picked up the tea cup, looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and said, "Your Highness, in this world, you can survive the mud and remain unsullied, or you can be arrogant based on your talents. However, under all prerequisites, Your Highness must be able to stand on a sufficient level. Height. Sometimes, when His Highness is tired and standing on the top of the mountain, he can lament that it is too cold at high places, or he can scold the world as filthy. However, that is the power that His Highness only has when he stands on the top of the mountain. "
Mu Bai listened quietly, his expression becoming more solemn.
No one had said these words to him before.
"Your Highness, during the millennium of the Great Shang Dynasty, there has never been a battle for the throne that was not accompanied by bloodshed. If Your Highness has someone you want to protect, you must fight for it. This is not a question of whether you are willing or not."
Li Ziye said calmly, "This is a responsibility!"
"Martial arts, if you are distracted, it will be difficult to achieve success." Mu Bai said, expressing the worries in his heart.
"Your Highness, your worries are actually completely unnecessary. Even if you go to fight, Your Highness is just making a statement. Others will do the rest."
Li Ziye took a sip of tea, moistened his throat that was about to be smoky, and continued, "Look at Little Red Riding Hood, he is in the same situation as His Highness, doesn't he have to go home and inherit the property, bah, inherit the position of a Confucian sect, and also There is the scholar from the Tianyu Palace in the Western Regions, who is also the master of the same palace, and is now close to breaking through the fifth realm. There is also the old man who is the Confucian leader, who is in charge of a huge Confucian sect, and his cultivation is still unrivaled in the world. Therefore, martial arts has little to do with your highness’s position. These are just excuses for your highness to escape. If your highness does not fight, what you are avoiding is not trouble, but responsibility!”
Damn it, what nonsense has he been talking about?
Mu Bai was silent for a long time, then stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "I have learned my lesson."
