Dashang Palace.
Shou'an Hall.
Emperor Shang held the chess piece in his hand and was unable to place it down.
There is no way to go.
Before the royal family took action, the Li family blocked the royal family's next step, completely ruining his previous marriage intention.
The royal family values face most, and it is absolutely impossible to marry the princess at the cusp of such a storm.
However, it had only been a few days since the Li family proposed the imperial merchant's request, and he had only told Murong about the idea of a marriage.
The Li family responded in this way, indicating that they already knew about the matter.
So, the Queen has informed the Li family of his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Eleven has arrived."
At this time, outside the main hall, a chamberlain walked over quickly with his waist bent and saluted respectfully.
"Let him in."
Emperor Shang came back to his senses and said calmly.
"yes!"
The chamberlain took the order and turned to leave.
Soon, Mu Qing entered the palace, knelt down and saluted, "My son, I have met my father."
"Old Eleven, have you heard all the gossip outside?"
Emperor Shang looked at his son in front of him and said coldly, "As a prince, you linger in the land of fireworks. You have really embarrassed me."
"Father, forgive me."
Mu Qing leaned down and said in a deep voice, "My son, I don't dare to do it anymore."
"You were taken advantage of, you know that?"
Emperor Shang said with a cold expression, "The legitimate son of the Li family, knowing that you are the prince, deliberately exposed your identity, with bad intentions!"
Mu Qing was silent and did not answer.
He had already thought of this, and Brother Li did not hide it, but made it clear that he did it on purpose.
Use, how should I put it, a little bit, but not to harm him.
"As a prince, if something like this happens to you, it will be very detrimental to your future career as a prince. Old Eleven, haven't you ever thought about it?"
When Emperor Shang saw that his son was silent in front of him, his tone became stern, and he said in a cold voice, "Haven't you seen it yet? The Li family's legitimate son wants to support your fourth brother to ascend to the throne by ruining your reputation. , why are you so stupid."
"The road to princedom?"
After hearing this, Mu Qing straightened up, looked at his father in front of him, and clenched his 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.
He can still distinguish between right and wrong.
From the beginning, his father never thought of letting him sit on the throne of the prince.
"Mu Qing, something happened to your eldest and third emperor brothers. Among my children now, only you and your fourth emperor brother are promising. The position of prince must be chosen from you two brothers. Don’t let me down!”
Emperor Shang stared at the eleventh son in front of him and said, "Ducheng, you can't stay any longer. Go out to avoid the limelight. You will set off back to the military camp tomorrow and be on standby at any time."
"My son, take the order."
Mu Qing bowed again and said, "If my father has nothing else to do, I will leave first."
"Well, go to your mother and concubine to say goodbye." Emperor Shang waved his hand and reminded.
"I understand, I have to leave!" Mu Qing responded, then stood up and left.
In the palace, Shang Huang looked at the back of Old Eleven as he left, his eyes slightly focused.
That's fine, taking this opportunity to send Old Eleven to the front line would save a lot of trouble.
It is difficult to proceed with the marriage with the Li family.
That move made by the boy from the Li family is really powerful.
At the same time, in Weiyang Palace.
Empress Changsun and Murong looked equally shocked when they heard the news sent by the chamberlain.
"Mother, my father wants to arrange a marriage between me and Li Jiaoxi. 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 slightly and responded, "Because I feel that your father's mind has been made up this time and it is difficult to change, so there is no need to make any further moves."
"Since the Queen Mother didn't send someone to tell him, it's Li Jiaoxi who guessed it himself." Murong said solemnly.
"Perhaps, when he asked your Majesty to make the Li family imperial merchants, he guessed that your Majesty would use marriage to check and balance the Li family."
Empress Changsun sighed softly and said, "That's why he used this romantic affair to ruin his reputation to block the road to royal marriage."
If this is the case, that Professor Li is really awesome.
Prepare for a rainy day and take every step forward.
"If Mr. Li used this method to prevent his father from marrying, is it really a coincidence that he met the eleventh brother by chance?" Murong asked in a solemn voice.
"of course not."
Empress Changsun shook her head and replied, "If it were other people, we might still think that this is a coincidence. After all, calculating one more step to block the road to royal marriage is already very powerful. Any more would be a bit unbelievable. However, this If the person is Professor Li, no matter how many calculations he makes, it will no longer be so unbelievable."
"What is the purpose of Professor Li's move?" Murong asked.
"Send Mu Qing to the expedition."
Empress Changsun thought for a while and analyzed calmly, "Although it is not a big mistake to go to a brothel to drink wine, Mu Qing is a prince after all, and it is wartime again. Mu Qing, who is good at leading troops, is not on the front line to resist the Mobei cavalry. But drinking and having fun in a brothel is unjustifiable, and the people in the city will definitely criticize this, so after this incident, even if Mu Qing doesn't want to go on an expedition, he probably won't be able to."
"Brother Eleven must want to lead troops on an expedition."
Murong looked seriously and said, "My daughter is very sure about this."
"Why does the queen mother say that Professor Li is so powerful?"
Empress Changsun sighed, "With one move, you can solve all the troubles in front of you. This kind of mentality is simply terrifying."
She had somewhat guessed the reason why His Majesty did not let Mu Qing go to the battlefield, but she did not expect that it would be solved in this way.
"Mother, will my father still designate the Li family as imperial merchants?" Murong asked, looking at his mother in front of him.
"Hard to say."
Empress Changsun hesitated for a moment and responded, "Your father is now eager to make peace with the Li family, so he probably won't refuse the Li family's request directly. However, this move by the Li family has completely disrupted your father's plan. It is difficult for me to judge how the relationship between the Li family and the royal family will become in the future."
"Young Master."
At the same time, in the inner courtyard of Li Garden, Taotao 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 and refuse our request?"
"A dog will jump over the wall in a hurry, but a fox will not."
At the table, Li Ziye looked at the Tongtian Rui in his hand and replied without raising his head, "The most important thing when playing chess is to understand the opponent's character and way of doing things. This kind of method can't be used to deal with someone like Mu Bai." Straightforward methods will definitely not work, but it is most suitable to deal with an old fox like Shang Huang. The more he thinks and the more serious his thoughts are, the more he will resort to the same tactics."
In fact, he doesn't care too much about the outcome of the Huangshang matter. The overall situation has been decided, and the next step is just to argue with each other, which is really boring.
Right now, he was more interested in Concubine Wen.
This new game is full of unknowns and variables, which makes it even more interesting.
