The royal carriage and the patron's chariot drove straight to the palace, one behind the other.
Li Fu sat in the carriage with a solemn expression.
To be honest, Li Fu was still quite stressed after entering the palace knowing that Xia Zhende had problems.
Li Fu couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he thought that Xia Zhende was a full 200,000 yuan higher than Li Kai in the price given by the system.
But there is no way. No matter how powerful the backing palace is, or how disrespectful Li Fu is to Xia Zhende in private, he is the king of a country after all. As the Emperor of Dayan, you are declared to the palace to have an audience. Unless you want to rebel, you have to go.
Fortunately, Li Fu also knew in his heart that there was a high probability that this trip would not be the Hongmen Banquet. Because Li Kai is not in Yandi City now, if Xia Zhende really wants to deal with him, there is no need to go to this trouble.
Seeing that Li Fu was in a bad mood, He Qingliu and Chen Han did not play chess or argue this time. Instead, they sat in a corner and closed their eyes to rest.
Only Zhao Mingkong looked careless and stood by the table with a smile, munching on the tea and cakes on the table. He would turn back to Li Fu from time to time and ask: "Little prince, do you want to eat it? This lotus jade cake is delicious." Got it!"
Yes, when he came out this time, Li Fu took Zhao Mingkong with him.
Although Zhao Mingkong's mind has regressed and he has become a child of four or five years old, he still has all his martial arts skills and has not forgotten all his combat experience. Not only has his strength not regressed, but because his thoughts are clear and his thoughts are pure, his combat power is even better than before. a bit!
A few days ago, after Li Fu asked someone to test Zhao Mingkong, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the ordinary Dharma Realm Martial Immortal was no match for him! Only the Guiyi Realm Martial Immortal like Chen Xian can suppress Zhao Mingkong by virtue of his cultivation level!
Extremely powerful!
The most important thing is that now Zhao Mingkong only recognizes Li Fu and obeys his orders!
Who wouldn't like such a powerful, loyal and simple guard?
"I don't want to eat, you can eat. If you like, eat more." Li Fu forced a smile and said as if coaxing a child.
Li Fu has always been very amiable and approachable to useful people.
Like last time, the carriage passed through Yong'an Gate, passed the Jinshui Bridge, and after arriving at Wu'an Gate, Li Fu got off the carriage and came to Yangyuan Hall.
After leaving He Qingliu and Chen Han to guard outside the palace, Li Fu took Zhao Mingkong and walked in.
After Yan Zongzhi saw it, he hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything. He turned around and went to invite Xia Zhende.
After all, it is necessary to be on guard against others. Now that Xia Zhende is known to be in danger, Li Fu, who is extremely insecure, feels that it is better to let Zhao Mingkong protect him personally.
This time Li Fu was not kept waiting for long, and Xia Zhende came after a while.
Entering the room and seeing Zhao Mingkong sitting next to Li Fu, Xia Zhende couldn't help but frown slightly and asked in confusion: "Oh? Isn't this Mingkong? It's been a long time since I saw him. What is Wang Nephew thinking about Mingkong today? Did Sora bring it too?”
Zhao Mingkong sat in his seat and ate the Yangxueli in his hand intently. He turned his head and glanced at Xia Zhende, but he didn't show any sign of standing up to salute.
Such a rude behavior made Xia Zhende frown even deeper.
Seeing this, Li Fu quickly stood up, bowed to Xia Zhende, and apologized: "Uncle, don't blame me. Master Zhao has something wrong with his brain. He only has the IQ of a four- or five-year-old child. I hope your uncle won't be as knowledgeable as him."
After hearing Li Fu say that Zhao Mingkong was stupid, and looking at the way he looked with his mouth full of juice, it didn't look like he was lying. Have you set foot in Wuxian? How could this happen?"
"Alas! There was a restaurant in the city suddenly... I was the nephew of my nephew..." He erased the part about Tiantianju about the fateful protagonist and told Xia Zhende roughly. Li Fu explained: "Now Master Zhao has a naughty character like a child. He only knows me, my nephew, and he will make trouble if he doesn't see me. I have no choice but to keep him with me. I hope Uncle Wang won't blame me if he goes beyond the rules!"
"Oh? There were such thieves in the city before? The poison in the food was so poisonous that even the mighty martial arts masters couldn't detect it and spared it?" Xia Zhende showed great surprise. After looking at Zhao Mingkong with concern, he said considerately: " In this case, there is nothing wrong with Wang Nephew taking Mingkong with him."
Based on Xia Zhende's monitoring of the palace of his patron, would he not have received any news from Tian Tianju? Don't you know something happened to Zhao Mingkong?
But since he acted like he knew nothing, Li Fu didn't mind and just treated him as if he knew nothing.
Suddenly, Zhao Mingkong, who had finished eating the pear, put down the pear core in his hand, pointed at Xia Zhende and said with a silly smile: "Bad guy! You are a bad guy! You are not the emperor! You are a bad guy! You are not the emperor!"
Hearing this, Li Fu was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat!
"Snapped!"
With a sudden slap on the back of Zhao Mingkong's head, Li Fu scolded angrily: "Insolent! Zhao Mingkong, what nonsense are you talking about!?"
Then, Li Fu bowed to Xia Zhende with a fearful look and apologized: "I'm sorry, Uncle Emperor, Master Zhao has a brain problem and is talking nonsense... Don't act like a fool like him!"
After being beaten, Zhao Mingkong covered his head with aggrieved expression on his face. He wanted to say something more, but Li Fu glared back fiercely, so he could only lower his head with his mouth lowered.
Xia Zhende looked at Zhao Mingkong expressionlessly, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled and said: "Haha, it doesn't matter, I'll just treat it as a child's talk, nephew, don't be nervous! If my mind is as big as the stupid words of a fool, If you can’t tolerate it, wouldn’t it mean that you would have been pissed to death a long time ago?”
Xia Zhende's voice was gentle, without any emotion or anger.
In response to this, Li Fu could only apologize and said: "The emperor's uncle has a broad mind, and my nephew admires it."
The maids began to serve the food, and Zhao Mingkong, who was a little aggrieved, turned his grief and anger into appetite, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating and drinking.
Xia Zhende looked at Zhao Mingkong and said with emotion: "How many years ago was it when I last saw Mingkong? Twenty years? Thirty years? Haha, at that time, I was still an ambitious prince, and Mingkong also He was just a high-spirited young man. I didn’t expect that Mingkong would become like this in a blink of an eye. Things are so unpredictable! It’s no wonder that Mingkong doesn’t recognize me. Twenty or thirty years have passed, and I am no longer the same person as before. The prince is in high spirits!"
Xia Zhende seemed to be speaking sincerely because of meeting an old friend. Li Fu, who already knew his details, could not help but feel a sense of covering up.
But on the surface, Li Fu could only flatter him with approval and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The two of them just chatted, and Xia Zhende didn't say anything serious for a long time. Although Li Fu was anxious, he couldn't take the initiative to mention it.
"Princess Qingyun has arrived!"
Suddenly, a call came from outside, drawing Li Fu's eyes to the door.
It's Xia Qingyun here!
