Jin Chen widened his eyes. Obviously, he didn't expect that Qiaoqiao, who was stupid on weekdays, was still thinking about this, but she immediately thought about her situation. It seemed that she was not very good at it. She wanted to stay in the mansion, not to mention that she was driven out by Li Zhien. Why is she now counting herself in the house?

She expressed her doubts in her heart, and Qiao Qiao explained with a smile: "There is no such absolute thing. As you said, after you, you are actually considered to be the one who comes in the door. I nodded. Who else can stop others is just jealous. If you are really kind to your husband and put your heart in mind, you can't help it. Sister, you can even sacrifice your life to save your husband. It's enough to show your deep affection and loyalty. No matter how jealous you are, you will never make things difficult for you."

Even though he said that, Jin Chen was still a little scared when he recalled Li Zhien's unruly appearance and murmured: "Qiaoqiao, I know you are good to me, but rules are rules. Since the sisters are here, I am no exception. Looking back and waiting for everyone to reunite, I," she pursed her lips, a little embarrassed: "Be careful to please Zhien's sister, she should accept me, right?"

"That's natural." Qiaoqiao comforted, but thought to herself, Sister Silly, the person you really deserve to be canvassed is not Zhirong. Sister Ou's side is the real knot in her heart. If she hadn't seen you and your husband on the top of the city... Sister Ou would have hid?

But she wouldn't say it out loud. Qiaoqiao was a good person. Li Mu didn't hide anything from her, but she was not a gossiping woman.

In fact, Qiaoqiao's mind has never been so open-minded. She has the energy she has today, and she has to thank someone, that is Empress Changsun. When Li Mu was not in Chang'an, Empress Changsun was worried that she would be bored. At the same time, she also wanted to help her establish her prestige among her destiny women. She often summoned Qiaoqiao to the palace and chatted with her. Although Empress Changsun was the queen, she was also a woman after all. When she became familiar, she would also talk about family matters. The affairs between women were mostly the same, regardless of status. Qiaoqiao heard that when she thought about her own situation, she also learned a lot.

Today's emperors are one queen, four noble concubines, nine concubines, twenty-seven generations, and eighty-one imperial wives. In the harem, there are more than one hundred women who have been sleeping with Li Shimin. It is said that three women play one drama. So many women have made so many troubles every day. But so many troubles cannot be heard in Li Shimin. This shows that Empress Changsun's methods of dealing with things have also learned some by Bai Qiaoqiao. After all, there are only five wives in the Marquis's house, and they are all without any bad intentions, and they are more than enough to deal with them.

Although Li Mu showed mercy everywhere, Bai Qiaoqiao knew that no matter when, she was the most important one in Li Mu's heart, what else to worry about? Besides, there was Li Mu's flesh and blood in her belly. Whether it was her son or daughter, she was the eldest son of the Li family, and no one could shake her status.

In this case, she naturally has to be much more generous, and she is increasingly discovering the benefits of having a companion at home. Especially when she is pregnant, her body is getting heavier and heavier. Without Jin Chen, she will have trouble living and living. When Li Mu is busy, she will not be able to see anyone for a day, so it would be better to have someone to accompany her.

She wanted to go back to the kind of life she was in Dingxiang with Li Mu, but the question is, is it possible now? People always have to adapt to reality. Many times, compromise may not be too wronged. This is also the truth taught to her by Empress Changsun.

...

Ma Zhou came back, and there were only a pitiful twenty bags of corn on the boat behind him. These twenty bags of corn were all the food he received along the canal, less than two hundred kilograms of grain. In other words, after these six or seven days, Ma Zhou received a pitiful three or four thousand kilograms of grain.

He could already think of the scene of mourning in Luoyang City.

But he still came back. He wanted to fulfill his promise and live and die with the people of Luoyang.

After the pier, Ma Zhou felt a thrill. There was no one on the pier. This was the largest pier along the Luoshui River. It was almost the same as there were crowds of people on weekdays. On the day he left, there were still many people at the pier. Why did he come back today? It was only six or seven days later and there was no one?

"Can't it be possible that they all starve to death-"

Ma Zhou's face turned pale and told his followers not to unload the ship. He hurried back to the Marquis' Mansion alone. The pier was not far from the Marquis' Mansion, and it took only a quarter of an hour to walk. Ma Zhou walked in a hurry, and the time was shorter. When he was about to reach the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, he finally saw people. The Jinyiwei who was standing guard at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion was still like when he left, with his chest straight and looking arrogant.

When is it all, it's still a good idea!

Ma Zhou was angry and didn't say anything, and he rushed in. He was the chief minister of the Hou Mansion. The person standing guard naturally recognized him, and no one stopped him. He asked him straight into the middle gate and entered the courtyard. He met the minor official of the Hou Mansion. He asked where Li Mu was. He didn't care about the salute to him and rushed straight to the study where Li Mu was.

Li Mu was writing a letter, and Dugu Jiu was standing next to him, holding a pigeon in his hand, intending to wait until Li Mu finished writing, and then the flying pigeon sent a letter out. Ma Zhou rushed in quickly, Dugu Jiu frowned unhappily. Li Mu also heard the footsteps, put down his pen, and put the unfinished note on the table.

"Marty!" Ma Zhou rushed into the study and glared: "When will you be making a fuss? You have to starve the people in the city to death before you feel relieved?"

Li Mu looked at him with his eyelids and said, "Why did he starve to death? Where did he starve to death?"

"I just got off the pier and there was no one on the pier!"

Li Mu sneered, looking too lazy to pay attention to it, Dugu Jiu continued, "Ma Changshi, the porridge is placed twice a day in the city. People on the dock should have gone to eat porridge."

"Eat porridge?" Ma Zhou widened his eyes: "The situation has reached this level now? The food in the city has been sold out? Marquis, tell me the truth, how many days will it take to store the food last? Do you have other preparations?"

Li Mu said lazily: "Isn't this waiting for your food? Ma Changshi, how much food I bought this trip? Is it 100,000 kilograms? Can it solve my urgent need in Luoyang?"

"I--" Ma Zhou lowered his head when he heard this and said, "I only received four thousand kilograms of grain."

"Four thousand kilograms are not enough to cook porridge for a day." Li Mu curled his lips and looked contemptuous. Ma Zhou became even more angry when he saw this. His voice trembled: "Li Mu, look at your appearance. When is it now? What is your expression? Although I only received 4,000 kilograms of food on this trip, I tried my best. I thought about all the ways I could think of. I said all the good things I could say. The people on our boat only eat one meal a day! Look at you, the oil stains on the corners of your mouth have not been wiped clean yet. Do you still have a conscience?"

Ma Zhou was snot and tears, and he was about to fight with Li Mu: "In a few days, I will go with you today, and we will die together-" As he said that, Ma Zhou knew that Dugu Jiu was there, and he could not hurt Li Mu, but at this time he was so angry that he lost his mind and did not plan to live. Even if he was killed by Li Mu, it would be better than seeing Luoyang City turn into a dead city.

"stop!"

With a sudden shout, it came from behind. Dugu Jiu's sword was barely pulled out, and he retracted the scabbard when he heard the sound. However, Li Mu saw the person at the door, took the initiative to lean over, pulled Ma Zhou's hand and pinched it on his neck, and shouted loudly: "Come on, strangle me to death. Everyone in the world is insulting me, and slandering me, it's not bad for you, Ma Zhou! You all love the people like this, I, Li Mu, are worse than pigs and dogs! Come on, strangle me to death!"

"Save it off!" The one who broke into the door was Changsun Wuji and Yuan Tiangang who came to help Luoyang with food. It was a coincidence that at this time, the two of them happened to arrive. Changsun Wuji hugged Ma Zhou and pulled him and Li Mu away. Ma Zhou stared at Changsun Wuji in a daze, and suddenly knelt down and cried and begged: "Did the uncle come by His Majesty's will? Please make the uncle's decision for the people of Luoyang and give the people a way out!"

Changsun Wuji couldn't understand it, and he frowned and said, "Ma Zhou, are you crazy about gaining and losing? The Marquis of Luoyang came up with a clever plan to resolve the locust plague and save 80% of the food around Luoyang. Although there is a temporary shortage of food in the city, as long as you survive these ten days and the autumn grain comes down, nothing will happen. What are you asking me to do?"

"What?" Ma Zhou was stunned. He looked at Li Mu. Li Mu proudly turned his face aside. He looked at Dugu Jiu again. Dugu Jiu also looked like he didn't want to pay attention to him. He had to look at Changsun Wuji again and said, "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, you don't know?"

Ma Zhou said with a bitter face: "I'm going out to collect food and I'm just back."

"Then you shouldn't draw conclusions and wrongly accused good people!" Changsun Wuji looked serious and scolded: "Just just now, I passed by several porridge stalls. The people praised the Luoyang Hou, saying that he had great wisdom, great responsibility and great courage. Not only did he not succeed in the schemes of those black-hearted merchants, but he also solved the locust plague crisis and saved food. Why did such a person loved by the people be wrongly accused by you? What crime should you blame?"

"I..." Ma Zhou thought to himself, how could I know these things? But at this point, he couldn't even tell the difference, so he had to bow to the end: "Marquis, Ma Zhou was reckless and ignorant, and knew that he was wrong. Please forgive me."

Seeing that Li Mu did not move, Ma Zhou planned to kneel down and apologize. Seeing that he bent his knees, Li Mu reached out to stop him and said, "It's still the same thing. There are too many people in the world who misunderstood me, and you are not the only one. Forget it, let's forget about this."

Ma Zhou didn't expect that Li Mu would turn the article so easily. He was stunned again, and he couldn't help but wonder. Did he really misunderstand him before? Look at today, the Marquis is a kind person!

Li Mu had not finished his letter, and there were so many people in the study, which was obviously inconvenient. He glanced at Ma Zhou and said, "Uncle Guo, Master Yuan, there are no seats here and it is not a place for guests. Please stay in the lobby for a while, I will come later."

"Shi Shi, why don't you bring your distinguished guests to the lobby?"

This is what Ma Zhou is doing. Changsun Wuji also saw that Li Mu had not finished writing the letter. Although he was curious, he was not inconvenient to ask more questions. He took Yuan Tiangang with him and followed Ma Zhou to the lobby to wait.

Li Mu spread the letter paper, wrote a few lines, and handed it to Dugu Jiu, saying, "This letter will be sent out early. In addition, to calculate the day, the people sent by Siwen are almost here. You can go up along the road and don't let them enter the city first. Wait until Changsun Wuji and the others are sent away, and then let them enter the city."

"Brother, why do you have to carry them on your back?"

"If it is not necessary, the less trump cards you reveal, the better." Li Mu patted Dugu Jiu's shoulder, without explaining it, and said, "Go, be careful not to let the East Factory players see it."

"Brother, don't worry, they can't keep up with me." Dugu Jiu took the letter and went out with a pigeon. Li Mu also cleaned up and cheered up to the lobby.

...

Li Mu guessed that someone came from Chang'an, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. Changsun Wuji's attitude just now revealed a lot. Obviously, Li Shimin knew about the situation here. The speed of Dongchang's message was so fast that it was almost as fast as Feige's letters.

After a greeting, he sat down. Changsun Wuji smiled very well, and he could not tell that he was like Li Mu a few months ago, and he was like an elder who looked at his younger generation: "Li Mu, Your Majesty has already known about the matter in Luoyang. Longyan was very happy. He praised him repeatedly when he was discussing the court. From ancient times to the present, he has been unsolved. I didn't expect that you will be able to solve it. "After praising, Changsun Wuji finally came to the main topic: "Locust plague has always been a headache for the court. I wonder what method you used, can you tell me one or two, and it is also called preparations for each prefecture, prefecture and county?"

When I came up, I asked me about my secret recipe, you were thick-skinned. Li Mu snorted in his heart and said, "Oh, this matter is difficult."

"What? What's the difficulty?"

Li Mu sighed again and again, saying, "Uncle Guo, we are not an outsider. You also know my character. Although I am a little rude, I have always been talking about one, two, and never lie! I know that if I say it, you may not believe it, but I still have to tell you the truth. I don't have this secret recipe for cleaning up locusts!"

"No? This-"

"Hey, I know you can't believe it." Li Mu sighed again, and said the words he used to fool the people of Luoyang. He said it very seriously without laughing at all. Changsun Wuji and Yuan Tiangang also listened seriously and gave the surprise reaction he deserved. The acting skills of both sides were a match for chess.

"...That's the case," Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and spread his hands, "It's too bizarre, right? I don't believe it either. I'm afraid they lie to me. Later, I asked several people present, and everyone said this, so I can only believe it."
Chapter completed!