Chapter 884 Forced Marriage
The throbbing in the teenager's heart marks the beginning of puberty.
Li Chengqian didn't know how he got to the bedroom. His mind was full of the fragrance that passed by, and the bright redness of the pink face and peach cheeks when the beauty looked back. But he could never remember that there was such a person in the palace. If so, he felt that he would not not remember it.
Li Chengqian didn't know that this group of people had actually just entered the palace today. As the year approached, the palace would hold a "family gathering" and it would be lively. But it was the same almost every year, and it was very good. The officials of the Eastern Palace were determined to get some new ideas this year, so they planned to select some music actors from Taichang Temple to rehearse some new programs. These music actors all entered the palace earlier today.
Logically speaking, this is not in accordance with the rules. However, Li Chengqian had not yet married and had never been close to any palace maids. These music actors belonged to Taichang Temple. They were traceable to people and were not afraid of their own affairs, so they were placed in the side hall of the East Palace, and were neighbors with palace maids, eunuchs, etc.
The road to Li Chengqian's bedroom was just passing by here, so he met Le Ling, who was worried about the life of fish in the pond. But he didn't know that Le Ling had entered the palace, so he couldn't think of that place. When he woke up early the next morning, he thought it was Nan Ke's dream and he met the fairy in the sky. When he was having breakfast, he mentioned to Li Mu that Li Mu didn't care, but just thought it was a youth's dream, and it passed after a moment of vagueness.
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When Li Mu returned to Chang'an, there were many old friends who wanted to see him. For example, Wei Zheng kidnapped his daughter and always had to give an explanation as the New Year approached. Wei Yingluo also returned to Chang'an with Li Mu and went home directly yesterday. Li Mu was worried that Wei Zheng's temper would give Wei Yingluo a look, so after leaving the palace, he would go along with the way, so he came to Wei Zheng's house first.
As the end of the year approaches, the Censorate also has a holiday. When Wei Zheng was idle at home, he was even busier than when he went to court. Li Mu saw that there was an unwritten memorial on his desk, which was about the Taiyuan tribe who privately mined coal mines and destroyed farmland. Seeing that Li Mu came, Wei Zheng had no good face to give her, and just pretended that he did not exist and continued to write there quickly.
Li Mu moved a stool and sat opposite Wei Zheng, smiling and said, "Old Wei, how long has it been since we quarreled? To be honest, do you miss me? Without my court, you have no opponents, right?"
"I can live a few more years without you in the court." Wei Zheng didn't even look at Li Mu, and he pulled him apart and continued to write the memorial. Li Mu glanced at the content of the memorial and said, "I said Lao Wei, you know in your heart that this kind of memorial has no meaning. It's because the farmland has decreased, but it won't become a mine? People also open their own farmland, what does it have to do with you? No compliance is non-compliant, but local affairs can be fooled away by just a little bit. Taiyuan is thousands of miles away from here. Can you check the evidence? Isn't this a waste of time?"
"It's a waste of time."
Li Mu didn't expect that Wei Zheng would admit it. He said strangely: "Then are you still sick?"
Wei Zheng said indifferently, "You can't just not do this because it is useless. It is not in line with the rules. Someone must ask it. Even if it cannot be solved, you must tell the world that it is not in line with the rules. Otherwise, no one will say it, which will make the world feel that this behavior can be imitated, and the world will be in chaos."
Li Mu sneered: "There are many such things, can you mention them?"
"If you know one thing, you can bring up one thing. You can use as much energy as you have. That's it." Wei Zheng obviously had done a good job in psychological construction, and Li Mu's sarcastic words could not shake his mood.
Wei Zheng finally finished writing the memorial, looked up at Li Mu, and asked, "Did you come to me to propose marriage?"
Li Mu was startled and quickly turned aside and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I did nothing to your daughter. She is just a housekeeper in my place, so why should she mention a marriage?"
"Is that right?" Wei Zheng chuckled and said, "Not to mention that my daughter has been with you for almost a year, what the rumors have become like? It's not related to the reputation. But just what you said, can I understand that I can worry about my daughter's marriage?"
"This--" Li Mu was speechless.
Wei Zheng snorted and said, "My daughter is not young anymore. If she doesn't get married, she will become an old girl. I have a close friend. My eldest son is twenty years old and has a first-class knowledge, character, and talent. Last month, he wrote to me and wanted to marry Yingluo. Before I could reply, since you have this attitude, I will reply to his letter."
As he said that, he was about to pick up the pen. Li Mu's eyes rolled and said, "You go back, what does it have to do with me-" After pausing, Li Mu said, "It's not me who said you, Lao Wei, it's more reliable to lie. Just a person like you can still make friends? Are you lying?"
Wei Zheng sneered, pulled out a letter from the pile of notes beside him and threw it to Li Mu, and said, "Daughter, have you heard it, this person is ruthless and unrighteous to you, why are you still attached to?"
Wei Yingluo walked out of the screen behind Li Mu, crying so hard that the pear blossoms were raining. Li Mu was about to speak, but Wei Yingluo had turned around and ran out.
Li Mu glanced at the letter in his hand and it was really a letter of marriage. He believed that Wei Zheng would not do such a boring thing as a self-director and self-actor. It seemed that this letter was true.
For a moment, Li Mu felt in a mess.
Of course he didn't want Wei Yingluo to marry someone else, but he really felt that he couldn't take care of it. He already had five wives at home and three children. With such a big family, he felt that he was not energetic enough.
But Wei Yingluo was indeed involved with him for a long time, and he also knew that Wei Yingluo's affection for him. He had no reason to refuse such a woman.
Now he also understood what Wei Zheng meant. He wanted to give himself an attitude. Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Old Wei, give me some time to consider it. I will give you an answer after the New Year, how about?"
"Before the Lantern Festival, if there is no reply, I will reply."
"Okay." Li Mu nodded, turned around and walked out, and turned back at the door, looking at Wei Zheng and said, "I really didn't expect that you, a person with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be unfavorable when frying."
"Stop talking nonsense." Wei Zheng picked up the inkstone and wanted to lift Li Mu's ink. Li Mu ran away quickly. Because Wei Zheng was poor, the ink he used was the worst. It smelled very bad and it was awesome to touch his body.
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Li Mu came out of Wei Zheng's mansion and rode his horse to Pingkangli step by step. It was not that he wanted to find flowers and willows, but that he promised Li Shimin to make a storybook before the Lantern Festival, so he got to see it at Lichunyuan.
Li Mu hasn't been in Chang'an for almost a year, and Chang'an City has almost forgotten him. Although his reputation is still spreading, people are already a little unfamiliar. If this were the case in the past, Li Mu rode on a horse on the street, someone would have greeted him. But now, he is like a foreigner and has not attracted anyone's attention.
Li Mu was not angry, but felt that it was quite good. He hadn't experienced this feeling of being unnoticed for a long time.
But when he arrived at the door of Sihai Gambling, he was still recognized. The guys at Sihai Gambling were all hilarious people who had been with Ergou before. When they saw Li Mu every day, how could they not know him? Seeing Li Mu coming, they rushed over to serve him, fearing that they would make Li Mu unhappy if they came too late.
"What's your name?"
Li Mu had an impression of the gang in front of him, but he didn't remember his name. The gang quickly bowed and said, "If you come back to the Marquis, the young Sun Saner is the second manager of the Gou Master. He is now in charge of the business of the world and people and the Fourth Hall in the Sihai Gambling House."
Li Mu laughed silently and said, "Ergou is all Dog Master, and his subordinates are all in charge. He is really a man who should treat him with admiration for three days-"
Sun Saner was so scared that he didn't dare to speak. He couldn't understand what Li Mu meant. Is he praising Master Dog or mocking Master Dog? What if the dog was eaten because of his words, Master Dog could let him go?
Compared to his fear of Li Mu, he was more afraid of Ergou's revenge. Although Ergou looked like a dog-legged person in front of Li Mu, Ergou was definitely arrogant in front of them. Although he relied on Li Mu's protection, he could conquer almost all the underworld in Chang'an City in a short period of time, Ergou's ability can also be seen. His methods of regulating these ruffians emerged one after another, and he played in different ways, without even having a duplicate for a month.
"Just sighing, there's nothing else." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Don't be so nervous."
Sun Saner responded quickly, but did not dare to speak nonsense.
"Fill ten thousand guan from the account, and you need cash, and you need to be quick."
Sun Saner wanted to ask in her heart what Li Mu wanted to do with the money, but she held back the words and felt very lucky. She secretly scolded herself for being terrified. The Marquis's money in the Marquis's gambling house was wrong, and she shouldn't ask.
Without saying a word, he turned around and went back to the gambling house to get the money.
The Sihai Gambling House in Chang'an City is considered the "flagship store" of the "Sihai Gambling House". The daily stock of cash is no less than 100,000 guan. Li Mu said that it would cost 10,000 guan and could be taken out at any time. The 10,000 guan copper coins were a large cart, and a group of people were carrying them on the car, waiting for Li Mu's instructions.
"We moved me to the top floor of Lichunyuan. From now on, I will throw a thousand guan every hour until I throw it away."
"Ah?" Sun San'er was stunned. Li Mu looked at him and said, "Why didn't you hear it clearly? I asked you to throw away the money, won't you?"
"Meet and Me!" Sun Saner understood the old habit of the Marquis. He thought he had too much money and had to spread coins. He hurriedly asked someone to move the money off the car and carry it to Lichunyuan bag by bag.
"Oh, what's going on?" The headmasters of Lichunyuan were surprised when they saw the guys from Sihai Gambling House carrying money into the yard. Someone saw Sun Saner and shouted, "Master Sun, what girl are you interested in? It's a big deal! But I would like to remind you that our Lichunyuan is a Suyuan. The rules set by the Marquis, you are too brave!"
Sun Saner was sweating coldly, afraid that Li Mu would misunderstand, so she shouted at the top of her throat: "Why are you yelling at the stinky woman? Hou--" He forced himself to hold back and gritted his teeth and said: "The noble man is here, and he is still talking nonsense?"
Lichunyuan is Li Mu's property. Guests who usually watch the show are either rich or noble. The so-called noble people have seen so many times, and they don't care at all. They looked at Li Mu and said, "Which young master, I see—" Seeing Li Mu's face clearly, I was so scared that I almost lay on the ground, and my voice trembled: "Hao, Marquis--"
"Hmph," Li Mu snorted, saying, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year. The Lichunyuan is so beautiful, it's like a kiln. What kind of slutty words, what kind of tigers and wolfs? I don't want to see you anymore, get out."
The headmaster didn't dare to say another word and ran away hurriedly. As for her fate, Li Mu was not in the mood to know.
At the same time, the guy who carried the money to the top floor of Lichunyuan had already poked his head out. Li Mu waved at him, and the copper coins were spilled from the building like rain. The passing people saw it and instantly activated their memories of last year, cheering: "The Marquis is back, and the Marquis is spilling coins again! Come here everyone!"
Li Mu felt very comfortable bathing in the voices of the masses. Although it sounds like a swearing, in the same sentence, different environments mean differently. It is not a fool to sprinkle coins, but it sounds pleasant.
Li Mu came to the upper floor of Lichunyuan, took over the work of scattering coins, and said to the downstairs: "Dear brothers and brothers in Chang'an City, I am back. At the order of Your Majesty, I specially arranged a new show to celebrate the New Year's Day. I hope everyone will run around and tell you that the New Year's Day will be lively together, and then Your Majesty will come and have fun with the people!"
The people cheered, and someone shouted: "Mr. Marquis, can you tell us what the new drama is about? Dou E has watched 800 unjustly, and it has been boring for a long time. We can't watch the dramas arranged by others!"
"I can't say the new drama, but it's just that I won't disappoint everyone."
"From now on, I will sprinkle a thousand guan every hour, which is a red envelope from this marquis. Everyone has picked up money, bought some candied fruits for the children at home, and pulled a few feet of flower cloth for the wife, so don't take them all for wine!"
Li Mu told him and another handful of money was spent. Li Shimin, who looked at this scene from afar, shook his head and said to Eunuch Gao: "This kid can really make trouble - let's go, let's not care about him, go first."
Eunuch Gao responded, threw down the whip, and took Li Shimin away.
They were going to Xiaoyao Valley. In addition to paying tribute to Li Yuan, there was another thing that Yuan Tiangang sent a message saying that Mrs. Lu was also in Xiaoyao Valley now. Li Shimin was worried that Mrs. Lu would be unfavorable to Li Yuan, or would use Li Yuan as a hostage to threaten him, so he must go over and see what he wanted.
He had secretly allocated 3,000 elite troops from the Tun Guard to stand by near Xiaoyao Valley in case of emergency.
But even so, this trip is risky. Because of the existence of the bearded guest, even if Li Shimin is protected by Eunuch Gao, it will be unsafe. At that time, Sanqiantun Weiyuan will not be able to relieve the near thirst, so I still can't count on it.
From this we can see that Li Shimin still had the courage to rush to the meeting.
Of course, he can not go. However, he must go.
Chapter completed!