"What do you mean? What's the other result?" But after hearing what Zhen Mi said, Li Mu asked subconsciously.
"What you think in your heart is what you do."
Although he couldn't tell whether Zhen Mi was angry or not at this moment, Li Mu understood what Zhen Mi meant.
It can be said that Zhen Mi's words were quite explicit, so explicit that even Li Mu felt embarrassed.
"I can do whatever I think in my heart?" Repeating what Zhen Mi said, Li Mu then said to her: "Since you know what I want to do to you, and you have also said what I can do to you, then this
What’s the difference between whether you have a dagger in your hand or not?”
"There should be a difference!" But after hearing what Li Mu said, Zhen Mi also said coldly to him: "If I don't have such a self-defense thing in my hand, the danger you impose on me can only be a formal force, and in my hand
Now that you have this self-defense, if I let you succeed again, you will be unchaste, dissolute, and no different from the woman in the brothel."
"Then if I take your dagger now, won't it be enough?"
"You can try it!"
Their eyes met, and the breeze blew slowly.
The two people standing next to the rockery looked at each other in a rather strange posture.
Li Mu really couldn't see the emotion in Zhen Mi's eyes, but he could clearly see that the dagger pressed against her snowy neck had penetrated her skin that could be broken by a blow.
When the second drop of blood fell from the blade of the blade onto Li Mu's face, with Zhen Mi's eyes becoming more determined, Li Mu suddenly held her waist and put her down from his shoulders.
First, she raised her collar to cover the wound, and then straightened her dress. Zhen Mi walked past Li Mu with graceful and noble steps as if nothing had happened.
"If there is another time like this when no one is around, and if you really think you would do such an ugly thing to me, my heart will be with you from now on. You might as well give it another try."
The beauty fades away, the lingering sound lingers!
Li Mu, who was standing next to the rockery, was recalling what Zhen Mi said while looking deeply into the direction in which Zhen Mi was leaving.
This woman——
Li Mu suddenly realized that he seemed not to be able to see through Zhen Mi at all.
A deep sense of frustration arose spontaneously. After being annoyed for a while, Li Mu suddenly straightened his waist.
In September of the twelfth year of Jingyuan, it was less than a month away from Wang Mang's birthday.
After saying goodbye to Shuixie, even though I was with Zhen Mi They live in the same palace, but Li Mu has not seen Zhen Mi for three days.
I heard from Ji Ming that Zhen Mi's sister will come to the palace to stay for a few days today.
younger sister?
If I remember correctly, she fled to Huaixi with her jade seal at her own expense. How could Zhen Mi have any relatives?
Could it be that the sister Ji Ming mentioned was named Li and came from Northern Hebei?
Li Mu wanted to get more information about his sister from Ji Ming, but Ji Ming was tight-lipped and refused to reveal a single word to him.
Rizhao went up to Sangan, Chao Cuo didn't let Li Mu wait long before he came to Shenxin Palace.
Although Chao Cuo was not part of Wang Mang's party, he was still a foreign minister.
Under Ji Ming's supervision for the past two days, he discovered that Li Mu seemed to be really asking Chao Cuo for music skills.
Picking up the bamboo sheng and then putting it down, Li Mu seemed to suddenly think of something and suddenly raised his eyes to Ji Ming, who was standing motionless beside him, and said: "General Ji, you'd better go to the queen's place for me and take a look.
I haven’t seen the queen in three days, so I’m really worried.”
It can be said that Li Mu's words completely penetrated into Ji Ming's heart. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Zhen Mi, it did not mean that he was not worried about Zhen Mi.
For three consecutive days, Zhen Mi did not leave Fengxiang Palace.
He was also really worried.
"promise!"
Ji Ming replied coldly to Li Mu, but Ji Ming didn't even bother to salute Li Mu and walked away.
Pang Juan was a refined man, but when he saw Li Mu sending Ji Ming away, he also took a military book out of Shenxin Palace.
The palace door is wide open, and you can have a clear view of the monarch and his ministers from outside.
After Pang Juan left, Li Mu lowered his voice and asked Chao Cuo: "To make a long story short, how much do you know about the Li family in northern Hebei?"
But after hearing the question, Chao Cuo said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the Li family in northern Hebei has been the assistant of Daqi for three generations. It is the most prominent family in northern Hebei. The contemporary head of the family, Li Tang, is rich in learning, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and his poetry is unparalleled in the world. He is in today's literary world.
A leader and a role model for the world’s literati.”
"Oh? He's actually a literary figure? So, this Li Shi in Northern Hebei is just a
Are you a wealthy scholar?"
But after listening to Li Mu's question, although Chao Cuo had doubts, he still explained to Li Mu: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that the Li family in northern Hebei has been able to survive for three generations."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"The military is a taboo of the king and should be given up. The power is the place where right and wrong should be given up. The literary is the joy of elegance and should be done! Your Majesty, these are the 20 rules set by Li Miao, the ancestor of the Li family, for the Li family in northern Hebei.
Four-character mantra. Li Miao once said that if the descendants of the Li family adhere to his twenty-four-character mantra, the Li family in northern Hebei will not decline for thousands of years."
"Will it last for thousands of years?"
This Li Miao really has a big tone.
"Your Majesty!" Chao Cuo saw that Li Mu was disapproving, so he thought for a moment and said again: "The Li family has been entrenched in northern Hebei for a hundred years, and its reputation has reached its peak. I believe that as long as the Li family in northern Hebei raises its arms, it will be able to win
Summon an army of King Qin to attack Wang Mang."
After saying this to Li Mu, Chao Cuo suddenly knelt at Li Mu's feet.
His expression was intense, his eyes were burning, and even the veins on his forehead were bulging out.
"Your Majesty! I will retaliate with death now!"
"What's the point of admonishing someone with death?" But after hearing what Chao Cuo said, Li Mu felt uneasy and asked in a deep voice.
"I urge Your Majesty to depose the queen and make Wang Mang's righteous daughter Zhao Feiyan the queen!"
The bamboo sheng fell from his hand, and Li Mu suddenly stood up.
"Chao Cuo! What did you say? Say it again!"
Not afraid of Li Mutian's power, Chao Cuo put life and death aside and said: "Your Majesty, the queen is Li Tang's righteous daughter. Your Majesty only needs to depose Queen Zhen and install Wang Mang's righteous daughter as queen to provoke a dispute between Li and Wang."
"Then what?" But after hearing what Chao Cuo said, Li Mu laughed angrily.
"Sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight, there will always be one tiger injured. No matter who the victorious tiger is, it will definitely be seriously injured. By then, Your Majesty will be able to..."
"That's enough! Stop talking!" He raised his hand to interrupt Chao Cuo. Li Mu suddenly bent down and looked directly at him and said, "Tell me, whose idea was this?"
"Your Majesty, it was Wang Mang's suggestion to send his adopted daughter to the palace. This is a God-given opportunity for Your Majesty to revive the power of Heaven and revive Daqi!"
"Chao Cuo! You don't understand what I'm saying, right? I didn't ask you this, I asked you who is this? idea.”
Chao Cuo really didn't understand why Li Mu was entangled in this, but judging from his expression, if he didn't reply, Li Mu would probably not act according to this plan.
"It can't be right!"
Just when Chao Cuo was about to speak, Li Mu suddenly jumped in front of him.
"Restore the power of Heaven and revive Daqi? Chao Cuo, I am assuming that you are also a great sage, don't you feel ashamed on your face?"
"What?" But after hearing what Li Mu said, Chao Cuo couldn't believe it and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? You still have the nerve to ask me what I mean? You want to go by yourself."
After saying this to Chao Cuo, Li Mu left angrily.
When Chao Cuo saw that Li Mu was about to leave Shenxin Palace, he hurriedly dragged his knees to block Li Mu's way.
I saw him slowly taking out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, and holding it in front of Li Mu with both hands as if he was ready to die.
"What is this?"
But when he saw the white silk with a hint of red, Li Mu asked with a cold voice in his heart.
"Sacrificing one's life to go to the national disaster, seeing death as a sudden return! I dare not deceive Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not agree to depose the Queen today, I, Shang Yang, Xiao He and other twenty-four dead remonstrance ministers will hang themselves at His Majesty's feet!"
After saying this to Li Mu, Chao Cuo suddenly spread the silk in front of Li Mu.
"Okay! That's great!" Staring at the bloody silk with his name written all over it, Li Mu's eyes narrowed and he said to him in a tone of anger and laughter: "I have learned a lot. It turns out what you said
This is the kind of death remonstrance."
"Tell me, how do they plan to die? Are they going to hit the wall in their own homes or hang themselves by dropping a rope? Should I write a special note for them after their death and give some of them posthumous official positions? That's cool.
Did they all have a more prosperous life?"
When Li Mu made a mockery of Chao Cuo, Zhen Mi was already outside the palace.
When Chao Cuo forced Li Mu to depose the queen, if Zhen Mi hadn't stopped him, Ji Ming would have already rushed in with his sword in hand.
In Shenxin Palace, Chao Cuo fell to the ground.
And the piece of blood silk also slipped from his hand.
Chao Cuo, who was more sorrowful than heartbroken, wanted to stand up from the ground several times, but fell back down again.
Seeing Chao Cuo who was so dejected, Li Mu slowly squatted down in front of him.