Wang Ou said calmly, "My wife doesn't understand what the queen means."
Empress Changsun was a little annoyed, and her tone was a bit overwhelming, and she said: "I ask you if you have an affair with Li Mu!"
When Wang Ou heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by solemnity, and said: "Queen, please be careful. My wife is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and she was married to the eldest son of the Cui family in Qinghe during the Qin and Jin Dynasties. Although her husband died young,
I am also from a married woman's family. I am a queen and my mother honors the world. How can I talk such nonsense?"
Empress Changsun was startled and looked ashamed. Yes, how could she forget this? She is a widow who cares about her reputation. How could she do such a thing? And Li Mu just said that everything is
He guessed. He was really confused. As a queen, how could she use this guess as evidence to question others when she had no evidence?
"Don't be angry, Mrs. Peony. I made a mistake."
"Queen, my wife is not angry. There are just some things that my wife wants to tell the queen about. She has never had the chance to meet the queen, so I will tell her about them today."
Wang Ou glanced at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty and I met in Luoyang. The lotus flowers were in full bloom at that time, and I went to enjoy the lotus with my family in Jiuzhou Pond. I accidentally fell into the water, and I met Your Majesty and came to my rescue. I wrote a
I wrote a note to express my gratitude to His Majesty, and then returned to Taiyuan with my family. From then on, the world was in chaos and we never saw each other again."
"When we met again, His Majesty had already ascended the throne and became the emperor. At that time, the Yellow River was flooded and the people were in dire straits. I had been doing business for many years and my family had a lot of money. My husband died young and was bullied by everyone in the house, so I thought of donating a sum of money to the court. If I could
Once you get the royal decree from the imperial court, you will have less trouble in the future."
"So I turned to my brother-in-law for help. I was aware of the government affairs of the country and asked your Majesty for advice. I wanted to exchange one hundred thousand coins for a letter of imperial edict. Your Majesty agreed and I could meet him. Only then did I know your Majesty's thoughts about my wife. But my wife
As a married woman and a widow, she felt ashamed of herself and did not dare to expect His Majesty's favor or to covet a position in the palace, so she left Chang'an in a hurry and did not enter Chang'an for several years."
"My wife did not dare to keep the note written by His Majesty, but kept the imperial edict. As for the Night Pearl, my wife did not dare not to accept it, but I did not dare to think too much about it. I only regarded it as a gift given by His Majesty in return for his donation. A few days ago, Gong
When the Ministry moved to Yamen, Ming's wife wanted to give a gift to Zhulu Hou, but she couldn't find a suitable gift, so she gave him the Night Pearl. It must have been seen by His Majesty, which led to the scene in today's poem. In fact, it was a misunderstanding. Ming's wife
I have never coveted Your Majesty, and I ask the Queen to be clear about it."
Embarrassed! Embarrassed in capital letters! On Li Shimin’s forehead, the word embarrassment shone brightly. He was really shameless and turned around silently.
Queen Changsun was happy and confirmed: "Is what Mrs. Peony said true?"
"Of course it is true. Queen, just imagine, what will happen if your Majesty has only had a one-time relationship with your Majesty and has never had any real contact? When they meet for the second time, your Majesty has been a widow for many years, so how can you dare to have any misunderstandings?
Where is your respect?"
"Oh, what are you talking about?" Empress Changsun felt relieved and turned back into the empress who cared about the world. She took Wang Ou's hand and said, "Mrs. Peony doesn't have to talk about the word widow all the time.
, there is a saying in the Book of Songs, a fair lady, a gentleman loves to chase. Mrs. Peony is so beautiful that she must have many suitors. Look at this boy Li Mu, isn't he also attracted to you? "
"Hehehehe..." When Li Mu saw Wang Ou looking over him, he just smiled like a fool. What else could he do if he didn't smile? Things were messed up and he was very embarrassed.
Wang Ou and Li Mu looked at each other, glared at him angrily, then looked away, and said to Queen Changsun: "Queen, please don't say such words again. My wife and husband died young. Over the years, there are indeed many disciples."
The son is nagging, but Ming's wife has no intention of remarrying, otherwise she would not have been a widow for so many years. Ming's wife does like Zhulu Hou's literary talent, but this kind of love is not a love between men and women. Ming's wife is thirty-two this year, and she has the same seniority as Zhulu Hou.
No, he called me aunt, such a wasteful thing. As the daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan, I definitely can't do it. Please consider the queen's reputation and don't say this again."
Embarrassed! Embarrassed in capital letters! On Li Mu's forehead, the word "embarrassed" shone brightly. He was too embarrassed to face it, so he turned around silently and stood side by side with Li Shimin as if they were forced to stand.
Queen Changsun could still endure it, but Li Yuan could no longer bear it and laughed loudly. The laughter seemed to be coming from mouths, crackling on the faces of the monarch and his minister, making their cheeks turn red with shame.
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"Queen, if nothing happens, I will resign..."
Before Wang Ou finished speaking, there was a sudden noise from the first floor. Li Mu happened to be by the window. He quickly opened the window and looked down. He saw a scuffle taking place near a table next to it, but the situation had been stopped.
He saw Li Siwen at a glance, apologized quickly, and hurried downstairs.
Li Yuan came to the window and looked down, frowning and asked: "Shimin, that table is all dressed in Turkic costumes...is it Jieli?"
Li Shimin recognized it more clearly and nodded: "Yes. There is Jie Li, his son Die Luo Zhi, his subordinate Zhi lose Si Li and others."
"Hmph, the Turks are so disobedient that they dare to make a noise even on my grand opening day!"
Li Yuan snorted angrily and ordered Mr. Chen to go to the public relations office. Jie Li had surrendered, and Li Shimin personally named him a general and released his clansmen. This was an act of benevolence and righteousness by the emperor. Li Yuan understood this truth and it was absolutely impossible.
To kill Jieli, we can only do it out of sight.
Being interrupted like this, Wang Ou did not finish his words. Seeing this, Empress Changsun said: "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Mrs. Peony might as well stay and have dinner together, which can be considered as a thank you for the help."
Wang Ou thought to himself that it would be embarrassing to go back and have dinner with Bai Qiaoqiao and others at this time. Moreover, if he left, he would feel guilty. It was just a meal, so it was nothing. Thinking like this, he agreed
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Empress Changsun was very happy and asked Eunuch Gao to call in the two children Li Chengqian and Li Tai and let them sit next to Li Yuan. She separated Wang Ou and Li Shimin and left a seat for Li Mu, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
It happened to be arranged next to Wang Ou.
Little did she know that Li Mu was still in the mood to eat at this time!
Only when he arrived on the first floor did he realize what kind of commotion there was. It was an assassination! An attempted assassination!
Li Siwen couldn't wait for Li Mu to come, so he took his own initiative and took Nazha to find Jieli, hoping to recognize her. But when he came to the side, Jieli didn't recognize Nazha. Li Siwen thought that Jieli didn't want to recognize her, so he argued with her.
He stood up, and at this moment, Nazha suddenly pulled off the hairpin from her head and stabbed Jieli in the throat.
In the flash of lightning, everyone was stunned. Jieli's son, Dieluo Zhi, was closer and reacted faster. In panic, he stretched out his arm to block the hairpin for Jieli, and the hairpin pricked the flesh of his arm.
Wearing it, you can see how much effort Nazha put into it.
Li Siwen was completely frightened and forgot to stop him. Fortunately, all the Turks at this table were from the military. Nazha missed the target and had no chance to take action again. She was pinned to the ground by everyone.
What Li Mu saw upstairs was this scene. By the time he came downstairs, the chaos had stopped, and few people understood the Turkic people's ulala, so there was no big commotion.
Li Mu came closer and saw Nazha being pinned to the ground by everyone. He looked at Li Siwen who was in a state of despair, sighed and asked, "Do you have anyone who can speak Guanzhong dialect? Come up and give me an answer."
Jieli relied on his identity and did not speak. Dieluozhi had long wanted to make friends with Li Mu, and finally got the chance. Regardless of the hairpin still tied on his arm, he came up and answered: "I have met Zhuluhou, my name is Dieluozhi, and I am
Sweating profusely…”
When he said the word "han", he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Dieluozhi quickly changed his words and said, "My father is General Jieli of Youwei."
"What happened?"
"This woman pretended to be my father's daughter and suddenly committed an assassination." Dieluozhi raised his arm to show Li Mu and said, "If I hadn't stretched out my hand to block it, my father would have died under this hairpin. Please Zhuluhou, please do it for me."
Wait for the decision."
"Everyone is shocked!" Li Mu took a deep breath and said: "Come here, escort General Jieli back to his home, and ask the best doctor to treat the injury of Mr. Dieluo Zhi. Since this matter happened in heaven and earth, I, Li Mu,
I will definitely give an explanation, and I also ask the general to give me, Li Mu, some face and keep it quiet."
Li Mu was not afraid of Jie Li's betrayal at all. The king of a subjugated country and the general of a defeated army were just lingering on the territory of the Tang Dynasty. How dare he say "no"?
Jieli really didn't dare. He glanced at Li Siwen and Nazha hatefully, turned around and left without saying anything.
Die Luozhi endured the pain, nodded to Li Mu, and left. The waiter quickly came over, cleared the table, and cleaned up the blood. In the blink of an eye, it was as clean as if nothing had happened. Everyone who saw it was also
They thought it was Turks making trouble and were driven away by Li Mu. He just smiled and no one took him seriously, and they continued to drink lively.
Li Mu glared at Li Siwen, who was in despair, and had Nazha's hands tied up and taken to the backyard warehouse. He sent extra personnel to guard her. She could not be allowed to escape or commit suicide. No matter how big the matter was, in the opening of the business,
Every occasion had to be suppressed. After the guests had dispersed, he would definitely interrogate this Nazha and find out what was going on!
Li Mu took Li Siwen back to the private room on the second floor. Bai Qiaoqiao saw Li Siwen's appearance and looked at Li Mu questioningly.
Li Mu snorted and said: "How stupid! Don't worry about him!" After that, he looked at Li Chongyi and said: "Take two people and lead this idiot to where Naza lives and collect everything related to her.
Bring me everything."
"yes!"
Li Chongyi responded, stretched out his big hand, and carried Li Siwen out. Only two guards, Li San and Li Si, were left to take care of her. Now that Nazha's hidden dangers had been exposed, there was no need to guard her tightly.