What happened in the court hall was reaching Zhen Mi's ears one by one.
Apart from blaming Chao Cuo in her heart, Zhen Mi was only worried.
Last night at Shenxin Palace, she and Li Mu discussed for a long time the matter of Wang Mang sending his adopted daughter into the palace.
After this discussion, she also cast surprised glances at Li Mu again and again.
It turned out that this guy had already made up his mind on how to deal with Wang Mang.
And today in the court hall, in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he voted for Wang Mang's favor, which was part of his overall plan.
Seeing that this plan was successful, Chao Cuo suddenly jumped out halfway.
Perfectly standing up and turning into a crossbow.
And the pieces of information passed down from the previous court made her aware of Li Mu's determination to protect Chao Cuo.
Zhen Mi was concerned about and even worried about Li Mu, how could Ji Ming not see it?
And it was precisely because he saw it that he felt a little resentful towards Zhen Mi.
How many days had she known Li Mu? Moreover, she knew Li Mu's identity. In his opinion, Zhen Mi's emotions towards Li Mu should not exist at all.
But now, this worry is so strong, unless——
Thinking of this, Ji Ming's gloomy eyes were immediately obscured by dark clouds.
"Is the queen worried about him?" Her eyes were stern and her voice was low.
After saying this to Zhen Mi, Ji Ming went on to say to her: "The general needs to remind the queen that the queen must not forget his identity, let alone your own identity."
"What do you mean by General Ji's words?" But after hearing what he said, Zhen Mi suddenly turned to look at Ji Ming.
There is resentment in the eyes, but don’t hide it!
Zhen Mi's look immediately reminded her of what Li Mu said to her last night about Ji Ming.
"Luo Hua is deliberately ruthless! In this matter, I advise you to have some snacks, otherwise..."
"What else?"
"One side is intentional and the other is not. What do you think?"
Seeing Ji Ming like this, Zhen Mi couldn't help but feel nervous.
Could it be that she really guessed it right and that Ji Ming really cares about her?
Just when she was making this guess in her mind, another news came from the previous court.
"Queen, the court has dispersed, and Your Majesty is taking Chao Zhang Return to Shenxin Palace."
"What did you say? The court is over?" But after hearing what the person had told him, before Zhen Mi could ask, Ji Ming had already stepped forward, grabbed the man's collar, and asked in a loud voice.
Birds sing in the rockery, and the fragrance of flowers floats on the stone road.
Chao Cuo, who was following Li Mu, had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery in the palace.
The tense situation just now is still vivid in my mind, and the few words His Majesty "sung" to Wang Mang just now are still "reverberating in the air."
"General!"
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."
"General, don't be so impatient, I still have..."
"Thank you for your care and thoughtfulness, and for giving me a peaceful world. I take happiness too simply. I didn't realize how thoughtful the general is..."
After singing these words to Wang Mang affectionately in the court hall, Li Mu went on to say to him dejectedly: "Hey, I was originally going to give the General a surprise on his birthday, but now if this surprise is hidden any longer, I might be hurt.
The relationship with the general..."
"Your Majesty, I understand!" A rooster's voice suddenly rose in the court hall.
Under the half-stupid and half-bewildered expressions of the ministers, Pang Juan said excitedly to Li Mu: "So, this is the reason why Your Majesty would rather let the general misunderstand Your Majesty than to protect Chao's story. Your Majesty, are you right in your guess?"
"Not only that, you must first understand music theory to make songs. That's why I suddenly wanted to learn the sheng." But after hearing what Pang Juan said, Li Mu replied seriously.
Putting aside whether what His Majesty said was true or false, just the few lines he sang and said in the court hall were enough to confuse the false with the true, even though they and the ministers could not understand what Li Mu was singing at all.
In addition, with the help of Pang Juan, who understood the Sacred Heart very well, Wang Mang also had to express his gratitude to Li Mucheng under this situation.
A tit-for-tat drama between the king and his ministers was happily resolved.
Wang Mang got a high rank and stepped down. Li Mu led Chao Cuo into the palace as a matter of course.
"Everyone is happy"!
Li Mu knew that there was a pair of eyes blinking behind him.
Looking at his own back without blinking.
Of course the owner of these eyes must be Chao Cuo.
Chao Cuo was not only uneasy, but also admired Li Mu.
"Your Majesty's wit is truly immeasurable in the sea."
Just when Chao Cuo was praising Li Mu in his heart, Li Mu suddenly stopped as he walked into a waterside pavilion.
"Chao Cuo, do you know that you almost ruined my big event!" At the waterside station, Li Mu suddenly turned around and looked at Chao Cuo who was standing on the corridor and shouted.
"I know I'm guilty, please punish me!" But after listening to Li Mu's words, Chao Cuo hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"Knowing the crime? Huh! Now that you know the crime, tell me what crime you committed?"
"Chen..." After racking his brains, he couldn't figure out what crime he had committed. Chao Cuo opened and closed his mouth, closed and opened it again, changing the word "Chen" back and forth.
But seeing Chao Cuo like this, Li Mu also strode out of the waterside pavilion.
The person kneeling before me is both a loyal minister and a great sage, but the current great sage still needs to grow up.
"Chao Cuo, I ask you, do you look down on me?" With a cold look in his eyes, Li Mu said condescendingly to Chao Cuo.
"I don't dare!" But after hearing what Li Mu said, Chao Cuo hurriedly buried his head in his knees.
"Don't you dare? I think you don't dare to admit it in front of me."
Chao Cuo's face turned red and his heart tightened. He didn't expect that Li Mu would directly say what he was thinking.
"Flattery, flattery in every possible way, and trying to fawn over. Looking at the past and present, I'm afraid you, Chao Cuo, have never heard of such a master."
After a pause, Li Mu continued: "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard it before. Now you have not only listened to it, but you have also seen it in person. Tell me, what do you think?"
"I...I am scared, I am incompetent...I..."
"Stop! Don't tell me what you are saying. If you are not tired of hearing it, I am tired of hearing it. Since you dare not say it, I will tell you the answer."
Bending down and leaning against Chao Cuo's ear, Li Mu whispered to him in a leisurely tone: "I am doing this because I want to live, or in other words, I can only live by doing this."
"His Majesty!" But after hearing Li Mu's whisper, Chao Cuo suddenly straightened up and raised his eyes.
The raised eyes were already misty, and at this moment Chao Cuo was choked even with his breathing.
Ignoring the tears in Chao Cuo's eyes, Li Mu kept bending down and continued to say to him: "I know that you, Shang Yang, Xiao He and others all hate Wang Mang, but have you ever thought that this Daqi disease will really happen?
Is it with General Wang Mang?"
There are fish swimming under the pavilion, and the wind is blowing on the water.
When Li Mu asked Chao Cuo this question, Zhen Mi happened to come over.
When Pang Juan saw Zhen Mi, he wanted to say hello, but her eyes stopped him.
"What do you mean by your Majesty's words?" The shame that had just emerged immediately disappeared. Chao Cuo raised his eyes and asked Li Mu excitedly.
"What do you mean?" There was a fragrant wind wafting from the tip of his nose. Li Mu took a deep sniff and rolled his eyes and said: "Let me give you an analogy. For example, there is a big family in Yecheng. The big family gave birth to an evil slave. This evil slave is a ruthless man.
Not only was the man not afraid of his master, he actually took possession of his family property. So the master spent a lot of money to buy the henchmen of an evil slave."
"A person who can be bribed with a lot of money is not considered a good person. After his confidant got rid of the evil slave, he also started to have evil intentions towards his master. As a result, the confidant suddenly transformed into a new evil slave."
Chao Cuo listened extremely carefully and raised his eyes in deep thought.
But seeing Chao Cuo's behavior, Li Mu continued: "The confidant has become a new evil slave, and this master spent a lot of money to buy another confidant next to this confidant."
"And this other henchman, after getting rid of the henchman of the former evil slave, actually imitated the previous evil slave."
At this point, Li Mu no longer continued to tell this analogy, but put aside the analogy and said: "How can people buy all their malice? The evil slave is certainly abominable, but is the master infallible?"
With his voice raised, Li Mu looked directly into Chao Cuo's eyes and said in a trembling voice: "If the Lord is strong, even if there is evil in the house, the evil will still be contained. If the Lord is weak, even if there is no evil in the house, evil will still grow. It is convenient for me to use this analogy.
I want to tell you that Wang Mang is not responsible for Daqi’s illness at all!"
"Wang Mang is not responsible for Daqi's disease at all?"
Like a wake-up call, Chao Cuo straightened up suddenly, but saw that he was excited, his eyes were shining, and he looked like he was in disbelief.