capital.

On the street, carriages passed quickly, rushing to the palace.

After sending his children to school, Li Ziye started busy with his work.

Thinking about some conspiracies and tricks, dealing with some old foxes, and having fun.

As Hongzhu said, this is his duty.

The Li family's little wealth really can't afford to support idle people.

Except Lao Li.

Imperial Palace, Shouan Hall.

In the palace, Emperor Shang got up early to review the memorials. At this time, a chamberlain walked over quickly and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Buyi wishes to see you."

"Let him in."

Emperor Shang looked at the memorial in his hand and responded.

"yes."

The chamberlain took the order and immediately turned around and left.

Not long after, Li Ziye entered the palace under the leadership of the chamberlain, bowed respectfully and said, "See your Majesty."

"Get up and sit down."

Emperor Shang put down the memorial in his hand, looked up at the young man in front of him, and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Ziye straightened up, stepped forward, and sat down across the table.

"What's the matter?"

Emperor Shang spoke with a calm expression.

"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you about the candidates for the peace talks."

Li Ziye hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't understand why Your Majesty sent the Li family's legitimate son to go with him."

"Why, are you still worried about what happened before?"

Emperor Shang picked up another memorial, read it, and said.

"There are some."

Li Ziye nodded and said, "The unfair injustice I suffered was due to the legitimate son of the Li family. To this day, many people are still spreading the news that the poisoning of the legitimate son of the Li family was my fault."

"If you are upright, you are not afraid of slanted shadows."

Emperor Shang casually threw the corrected memorial aside, picked up the next one, and said, "Then Mr. Li is an eloquent speaker, and is best suited for peace talks. I understand your feelings, but before state affairs, personal grudges

Let it go first."

"I know the importance of the peace talks, but I just don't understand. We are a great businessman with many talented people, and Honglu Temple has many masters of negotiation. Why do we have to let a person with no official position and no position like the legitimate son of the Li family go there? Let Mobei

When the people from the Eight Departments saw it, they thought I had no one in the business." Li Ziye said seriously.

After hearing what the former said, Emperor Shang raised his head and said calmly, "Do you know that Li Jiaoxi is called the Son of Destiny?"

"Know."

Li Ziye nodded and said, "Engraving a name in the Heavenly Book means he has received the destiny. However, after all, the Li family's legitimate son is not the scholar in the Tianyu Palace, so the name of destiny is just a false name."

"not necessarily."

Emperor Shang said calmly, "There is something you may not know. Three years ago, when Li Jiaoxi and his disciples from the Confucian sect went to the land of extreme night to resist the invasion of monsters, they passed by the Tantai tribe. At that time, Li Jiaoxi almost died there.

The Tantai tribe, coincidentally, the daughter of Lord Tantai is known as the goddess of heaven."

"The daughter of destiny?" Li Ziye frowned and asked.

"Since ancient times, the king has never seen the king."

Emperor Shang said calmly, "People with the same fate are destined to be incompatible with each other. That is probably why the Tantai Goddess attacked Li Jiaoxi when they first met."

"Your Majesty means that through this peace negotiation, you can create opportunities for the two of them to meet?" Li Ziye narrowed his eyes and asked.

Lao Yin Bi!

It turned out that this was the idea.

Emperor Shang smiled faintly and did not answer.

"I understand."

Li Ziye stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "I take my leave."

"The little princess of the Baidi tribe will be sent back if the peace talks are reached."

Emperor Shang corrected the memorial in his hand and reminded him unintentionally.

Among the officials of the great merchants, there were quite a few people with special habits. As long as they did not affect business affairs, it was not harmful.

Li Ziye heard the meaning of Shang Huang's words, bowed again and responded, "I understand, I will leave."

After speaking, Li Ziye turned around and left without saying another word.

In the palace, Emperor Shang looked at the former's back, with a flicker of light flashing in his sinister eyes.

With this person as his assistant, Mu Yuan should be able to compete with Lao Shiyi, who has great military exploits.

Fourth child.

Emperor Shang looked towards the north, his expression gloomy.

The northern battlefield is chaotic and intelligence lags behind. However, as long as the fourth child's body is not discovered for a day, we cannot give up.

Outside the palace, Li Ziye got on the carriage and rushed towards Taixue Palace again.

Taixue Palace, in the dilapidated courtyard in the southeast,

Nan'er held the wooden stick that was at a height with her body and stabbed it out again and again, sweat dripping down her face.

Not far away, Lu Baimei was squatting on the swing, looking at the little girl in front of her, her eyes still dull.

For two days, Lu Baimei basically didn't teach anything, but just trained Nan'er's basic skills.

It was the same as when the Plum Blossom Sword Immortal taught Li Ziye martial arts. He did not teach a single move, but laid a solid foundation first.

At sunset, Nan'er was too tired to stand up. However, she was obviously much better today, at least she didn't faint.

On the swing, Lu Baimei took out a pill, reached out and flicked it directly into the mouth of the little girl in front of her.

"Mother-in-law, what did you give me to eat?" Nan'er looked surprised and asked.

"Medicine that will help you get up tomorrow." Lu Baimei responded with an indifferent expression.

While the two were talking, Li Ziye walked up outside the courtyard, knocked on the courtyard door twice, and then pushed the door open and entered.

When Lu Baimei saw outsiders coming, she stopped talking and continued to sit on the swing in a daze.

Li Ziye bowed politely to the woman, said nothing more, and left with Nan'er.

"Are you tired?"

After leaving the broken courtyard, Li Ziye asked softly.

"tired."

Nan'er reluctantly raised her arms and said aggrievedly, "Look."

Li Ziye saw the visibly swollen arms of the little girl in front of him, squatted down, and comforted him with a gentle expression, "This is how martial arts is practiced, and I was the same at that time. I will carry you."

After saying that, Li Ziye picked up the little girl in front of him and walked towards the outside of Taixue Palace on foot.

"Bad guy, why are you so nice to me?"

Nan'er lay on her back in front of her and asked.

"Because you are a girl."

Li Ziye responded with a smile, "If you were a boy and a prisoner, I would have probably hung you up and beaten you."

"don't know."

Nan'er asked with confusion, "What's the difference?"

"Nature is different. Boys should understand the dangers of the world earlier, while girls should always believe that there is still warmth in the world."

Li Ziye smiled and said, "Look, I, an executioner with bloody hands, still have some bottom lines. This is the complexity of human nature."

"I still don't quite understand." Nan'er said half-understanding.

"Remember it first, and you will understand it later."

Li Ziye looked at the setting sun in the west and said, "Nan'er, if you take power in the future, treat the people better, whether it is Mobei or the Central Plains. Although the eight tribes of Mobei went south this time, they had no choice but to go too far.

, especially that crazy woman Tantai Jingyue, who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. Do you know how many people have died in Dashang since the war?"

"I don't know."
To be continued...