In the blink of an eye, two months passed. When Li Mu went to Lantian County, it was freezing cold. When he came back from Lantian County, there was already a hint of spring, and the tenacious grasses had begun to bloom.
Green sprouts.
He hadn't seen his three children for two months, and the three little guys didn't recognize him. Looking at him with a hint of timidity, he saw Li Mu reaching out to touch his mother, little Li Bai
He even raised his fist to hit him.
"You little bastard!" Li Mu was so angry that he took little Li Bai's butt and patted him. Bai Qiaoqiao glared at him and said nothing, but he felt sorry for little Li Bai's other ladies, especially the last one.
Li Zhien, who loved him, immediately avenged his child and slapped Li Mu in the face.
Seeing that Li Mu was also beaten, little Li Bai got over his anger and stopped crying. He just went into his mother's arms. Li Mu looked at him, then turned around and hugged the two girls in his arms. After all, the girls were his father's little cotton-padded jackets.
, Qingcheng and Lingyue don't cry like little Li Bai, and appear to be very close to their father.
Li Mu coquettishly lifted his daughter up and looked at his son as if to demonstrate. Little Li Bai looked at him, and in Bai Qiaoqiao's arms, he took Li Zhien's hand, causing the girls to laugh.
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After playing for a while, the three children were tired, so they were put to sleep by the wet nurses and placed in the back room. Dinner was also ready and placed in the outer room, and the family sat around the table.
Although in the past three months, the girls have taken turns to go to Lantian to accompany Li Mu for a few days. But the family did not have dinner together. The last time was during the Chinese New Year. Compared with the Chinese New Year,
The two mothers were not present. Mrs. Sun had already returned to Shuzhou. She married Tang Jian and was already considered a member of the Tang family. It was nothing to stay at her son's house. Mrs. Lu, however, often traveled between Chang'an and Luoyang.
, but after all, she controlled the Successor Hall, and her affairs were complicated, so she could not always stay in Chang'an. Three days before Li Mu came back, she went back to Luoyang. But it was not long, she would return in a few days, and she could not live without her grandchildren.
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The man with the beard has been following Mrs. Lu to protect her safety. Although it is not obvious that Li Shimin wants to harm Mrs. Lu at the moment, he must be on guard against others. With the man with the beard, dozens of people cannot get close to him. If there are more than a few dozen
It is impossible for people to besieged and killed without leaving traces. If Li Shimin really did that, it would be tantamount to tearing up his face. It would be useless no matter how many people were guarding him. Who could have more people in the garrison camp than Li Shimin?
The giant man with the beard stayed with his mother all day long, which made Li Mu wonder if this old boy had some evil intentions. He asked around a few times, but the beard firmly denied it. It didn't look like it.
It was a lie, and Li Mu didn't dare to ask my mother, so the matter could only be left alone.
During this period, Wang Ou had liquidated most of his businesses and shifted the focus of his work to the "Changjiang Holdings" newly established by Li Mu. She was born in a famous family, was talented, and had extraordinary knowledge and vision. Li Mu gave
After she understood the basic financial concepts, she could already draw inferences from one instance to another, and Li Mu didn't need to worry at all.
After some adjustments, the 'sphere of influence' of the several matrons of the Luoyang Marquis Mansion became clearer.
Zhang Tianai is mainly responsible for the "force" of the Luoyang Marquis Mansion. She is in charge of the Jinyi Guards, protecting the safety of the whole family internally, and externally assisting Li Mu in doing some things.
Wang Ou controls the family's external financial rights, and all external investments are handled by Wang Ou.
Jin Chen has no idea about doing business. What she likes is opera, so she only manages a theater.
Li Zhien is a housekeeper. She handles the family's internal purse and all household expenses.
Wei Yingluo is now Li Mu's personal secretary. Her work content depends on what Li Mu has done recently. She will put what Li Mu needs first, so as not to delay his affairs.
As for Bai Qiaoqiao, she basically doesn't care about anything now. Her thoughts are all on her three children. In addition to taking care of her two children, sometimes when Wang Ou is busy, little Lingyue will also be sent to Bai Qiaoqiao. Bai
Qiaoqiao is a person with a lot of maternal love. She is not upset at all because of having another child. On the contrary, she is very happy and loves little Lingyue more than her own biological child.
Li Mu is very satisfied with the current arrangement at home. In terms of 'power', in such an arrangement, there will of course be a distinction between someone who has 'real power' and someone who does not. But this is a secular perspective.
In fact, what each person in the family is responsible for is entirely based on personal preference.
If Bai Qiaoqiao likes it, she can take over Li Zhien or Wang Ou's affairs at any time. Wang Ou can also take a break at any time and let Jin Chen take over. No one is fighting for it, and no one is passing the buck. Everyone is in the same place.
I love doing it and I don’t get tired.
The so-called wealth and power are no longer important to everyone in the Luoyang Marquis Mansion. If money and power were regarded as the goals of life, they would have been waiting to die without doing anything.
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As the sun set, Li Mu carried a wooden barrel and a fishing rod to the river.
An old man was fishing here, his eyes half-closed, looking drowsy.
Li Mu walked up to him, but he didn't hear him. It wasn't until Li Mu sat next to him that he realized there were many people around him. He glanced at Li Mu and smiled: "My dear grandson, why are you here?"
"Stay with Grandpa Huang for a while."
"Oh, what is the emperor or not? It sounds raw." Li Yuan sighed and said: "Just call me grandpa. I am just like an old farmer now."
"Okay, grandpa." Li Mu called out obediently. Li Yuan glanced at him and smiled happily.
"Son, do you know?" Li Yuan lifted up the fishing rod, hung some more bait, and said to Li Mu: "You are nothing like your father, and there is no similarity in your behavior. You guys look the same.
It’s not like——”
Li Mu looked at the old man blankly and thought to himself, must he have seen something?
Just when he was worried, he heard Li Yuan change the topic and said: "But I know that you are the blood of my family. I was sure from the first time I saw you, otherwise you would think that I am old and confused and treat you like this."
good?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "Grandpa's eyesight is beyond the reach of my grandson."
"I can still tell," Li Yuan added, "that child Yourong is not of your father's blood."
Li Mu's hands trembled, and he was very surprised. Li Mu thought that no one but himself knew that Li Yourong was not Li Jiancheng's daughter, but he didn't want Li Yuan to see it early.
But why didn't he expose it?
"You want to know how I figured it out, huh?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "My grandson really doesn't know how grandpa came to this conclusion."
"Coincidence, intuition." The answer given by Li Yuan was very simple. He smiled and said: "But these are not the most direct reasons for my judgment. The most direct reason is that Tu Li's death was too strange.
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"The only person in the world who can prove Yourong's identity is Tuli. Just when Tuli was about to come to Chang'an, he died. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? Moreover, I saw Yourong looking flustered in those days.
Being restless further confirmed my judgment in my heart."
Li Mu did not remain silent. He did not say that Li Yuan was right or wrong. He just asked, "Then why didn't grandpa expose this matter?"
"What's there to expose?" Li Yuan sighed sadly and said, "At my age, are these things important? Regardless of whether you are of Jiancheng's bloodline or not, she treats me like her own granddaughter.
That's enough. So what if he is a biological son? In the royal family, family ties are not based on blood."
Li Mu nodded, Li Yuan understood this clearly.
"What do you plan to do, grandpa?"
"Rong is not a bloodline, but he has been canonized as a princess. I can tolerate this matter, and so can you. The people of the world cannot tolerate it, but the etiquette and law cannot tolerate it. He wants to be a wise king and cannot tolerate this kind of stain.
So once something happens, even if he wants to protect it, he won't do it."
"And even if the secret is not revealed, the fact that Yourong is Jiancheng's bloodline is still a hidden danger after all."
Li Mu was silent, then nodded. He understood what Li Yuan meant. Although Li Shimin seemed to be very kind to him now, the emperor was ruthless and the days were still long. He might fall out one day.
When the time comes, it will be difficult for Li Mu to protect himself, let alone a female prostitute.
"So I plan to marry Yourong away from home while I am still alive." Li Yuan spoke firmly, as if he had already made up his mind: "I want to marry her to a husband who is enough to make the people of the world fearful. Only in this way will she
Only then can it be preserved.”
Li Yuan looked at Li Mu and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Afraid -" Li Mu thought to himself, in Li Shimin's eyes, is there anyone else he can be afraid of?
Tuyuhun? Western Turks? Xue Yantuo? Goguryeo? Tubo——
Tibet!
By the way, didn’t that Tubo prince always miss Li Yourong? I just don’t know if Li Yourong was interested in him. If Li Yourong could also accept him, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?
Thinking of this, Li Mu told Li Yuan about the Tibetan prince.
Li Yuan frowned slightly and said: "Tubo is enough to make the people of the world fearful. But there is a new internal strife in Tubo. I don't know what will happen now. I don't know if anyone can live in such a barren land."
Li Mu thought to himself, what's wrong with living here? After Princess Wencheng married to Tubo, she didn't see any altitude sickness -
etc!
Princess Wencheng?
Could it be that Li Yourong was Princess Wencheng in history? Li Mu still remembered what it said in the history books. The record at that time was that among Li Shimin's daughters, there was no princess of the right age to be married, so he chose one from the clan's daughters.
One, married Songtsen Gampo.
The daughter of a clan, isn’t Li Yourong’s current identity the daughter of a clan?
Could it really be that bloody?
Li Mu was a little stunned when he thought of this. Li Yuan looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing!" Li Mu came back to his senses and said, "My grandson just thought that it's not easy to force this matter, so I'd better ask the person involved for his opinion."
"Alas," Li Yuan sighed and said, "That's what happened, but -" Li Yuan paused, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not appropriate for me to say these things at my age, otherwise it's you.
Go talk?"
"This!" Li Mu thought to himself, what does this have to do with me? But since the old man opened his mouth, he had no choice but to agree, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "My grandson, just give it a try. If it doesn't work, you will have to take action."
"Okay!" Li Yuan agreed readily.
"So I plan to marry Yourong away from home while I am still alive." Li Yuan spoke firmly, as if he had already made up his mind: "I want to marry her to a husband who is enough to make the people of the world fearful. Only in this way will she
Only then can it be preserved.”
Li Yuan looked at Li Mu and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Afraid -" Li Mu thought to himself, in Li Shimin's eyes, is there anyone else he can be afraid of?
Tuyuhun? Western Turks? Xue Yantuo? Goguryeo? Tubo——
Tibet!
By the way, didn’t that Tubo prince always miss Li Yourong? I just don’t know if Li Yourong was interested in him. If Li Yourong could also accept him, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?
Thinking of this, Li Mu told Li Yuan about the Tibetan prince.
Li Yuan frowned slightly and said: "Tubo is enough to make the people of the world fearful. But there is a new internal strife in Tubo. I don't know what will happen now. I don't know if anyone can live in such a barren land."
Li Mu thought to himself, what's wrong with living here? After Princess Wencheng married to Tubo, she didn't see any altitude sickness -
etc!
Princess Wencheng?
Could it be that Li Yourong was Princess Wencheng in history? Li Mu still remembered what it said in the history books. The record at that time was that among Li Shimin's daughters, there was no princess of the right age to be married, so he chose one from the clan's daughters.
One, married Songtsen Gampo.
The daughter of a clan, isn’t Li Yourong’s current identity the daughter of a clan?
Is it really so bloody? Li Yuan frowned slightly and said: "Tubo is enough to make the people of the world fearful. But there is a new internal strife in Tubo. I don't know what will happen now. I don't know where the barren land will be.
, can you get used to it?"
Li Mu thought to himself, what's wrong with living here? After Princess Wencheng married to Tubo, she didn't see any altitude sickness -
etc!
Princess Wencheng?
Li Yuan frowned slightly and said: "Tubo is enough to make the people of the world fearful. But there is a new internal strife in Tubo. I don't know what will happen now. I don't know if anyone can live in such a barren land."
Li Mu thought to himself, what's wrong with living here? After Princess Wencheng married to Tubo, she didn't see any altitude sickness -
etc!
Princess Wencheng?
Li Yuan frowned slightly and said: "Tubo is enough to make the people of the world fearful. But there is a new internal strife in Tubo. I don't know what will happen now. I don't know if anyone can live in such a barren land."
Li Mu thought to himself, what's wrong with living here? Princess Wencheng married into Tubo