What the Queen said, Li Mu really didn't dare to have any objections.
If he refuses now, after tonight and tomorrow morning he will have to beg the Queen to move into Changle Palace.
She looks very broad-minded, but in fact she is stingier than anyone else.
If she is slightly dissatisfied, Li Mu will wait to meet her in her dream at night.
In addition, she also agreed to help Xiaobai evolve and Wanwan upgrade, which Li Mu couldn't refuse.
With Wanwan and Xiaobai's current cultivation level, there is very little Li Mu can do to help them, and the benefits of following the Queen are undoubtedly huge. I dare not say that he will help them advance to the fifth and fourth realms in the sixth realm.
, not a problem at all.
Under the leadership of Lord Mei, Wanwan and Xiaobai went to the imperial kitchen to clean up the house. After all, they were silly girls from their own family. They were so unruly. Li Mu felt a little embarrassed on his face and explained: "When I was young, there was a famine in Wanwan's hometown.
When her parents took her to flee, in order to save food for her younger brother, they left her on the road. She almost starved to death, but she survived by luck, and then she suffered from the problem of never having enough to eat..."
Wanwan's illness is psychological, not physical.
In the past, Li Mu was worried that her body would suffer from eating problems, but now she no longer has to worry.
As long as she likes it, she can eat as much as she wants.
Zhou Wu said angrily: "Is it because she is a woman that she should be abandoned?"
Li Mu had no way to answer her. Many people in Dazhou still aimed to carry on the family line, and the idea of valuing boys over girls was already the mainstream in the hearts of the people.
Li Mu could only say: "Not everyone likes sons, but I prefer daughters. One of the most romantic things for a man is to give birth to a lovely daughter, buy her the most beautiful clothes, and make her the most beautiful clothes."
Fun toys to pamper her like a little princess..."
Zhou Wu glanced at him and asked, "Do you want your daughter to become a princess?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment and explained: "This is just a metaphor."
If his daughter is a princess, unless the queen gives him the position of emperor.
Zhou Wu thought for a while and said: "Since you don't like your son so much, give your first son to me in the future."
"?????"
Li Mu looked at her blankly, with a confused look on his face.
Zhou Wu said lightly: "I thought about it and think you are right. Why should I pass the throne to an outsider? The Xiao family and I are not of the same mind, and I am no longer a member of the Zhou family. Your first son,
He was brought to me when he was born, and he took my surname. I taught him spiritual practice from a young age, and you taught him how to govern the country. I believe that when he grows up, he will definitely be a qualified emperor."
Li Mu thought that the Queen had exploited him enough, but he didn't expect that she could go further.
Not only did she have an idea for him, but now she even arranged the life of his unborn son.
Li Mu flatly refused: "This won't work. Even if I agree, my wife won't agree."
Zhou Wu said: "That's not necessarily the case."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Even if they agree, I don't agree."
Zhou Wu asked: "I will train your son as the future emperor, why don't you agree?"
Li Mu had no reason to agree.
He is the future leader of the Fulu Sect. His son can be regarded as a second-generation immortal. His status is no lower than that of the prince of Zhou Dynasty. What's more, none of the emperors of Zhou Dynasty has a long life.
He knew how tiring the memorial was, so why would he let his biological son suffer this crime?
He did not answer directly, but looked at the Queen and said, "Your Majesty wants a son, why bother?"
The Queen narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at him, and asked, "What did you say?"
Li Mu looked back at Shangguan Li who was standing at the door, and said: "Commander Shangguan is still young, and he is also loyal to His Majesty, and he is not an outsider. Your Majesty does not want to pass it on to the Xiao family and Zhou family, so you can let Commander Shangguan have a son..."
Shangguan Li, who was eating melon, glanced at Li Mu with a vicious look, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I don't like men."
No wonder Li Mu always looks angry when he sees her. She doesn't like men and can't force her. Li Mu added: "And Master Mei..."
Master Mei walked in from outside and asked, "What's wrong with me?"
Li Mudao: "I praise you for being loyal and loyal to His Majesty. I'm a little hungry. I'll go to the imperial kitchen to find something to eat. You two can chat..."
After that, he quickly walked out of Changle Palace.
Li Mu once again deeply realized the queen's laziness.
Her previous laziness was just to ask Li Mu to help her grade the coupons.
Now I am so lazy that I don’t even want to have children by myself.
It's a pity that Li Mu can't do this for him.
Moreover, he and Liu Hanyan did not plan to have a child so early. The Queen's wishful thinking was not so easy to realize.
In order to prevent the Queen from setting her sights on him, whether it was asking for his child or asking him to help give birth to the child, it was not possible. In the following days, Li Mu did not mention the matter again.
Living in the palace is far more boring than Li Mu imagined.
In order not to be seen by the officials of the superior government, he would get up very early every day and walk between Changle Palace and Zhongshu Province. Occasionally, he would go to the imperial kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles and a cup of soup for the queen.
As time passed, not only Li Mu couldn't bear it, but Wanwan and Xiaobai were not as lively as they were at the beginning.
Although the palace is nice and it is a paradise for Wanwan, if she stays here every day, paradise will also become a prison.
In Changle Palace, after Li Mu finished approving the papers, he saw two little girls leaning on the table with their chins in one hand, looking listless. He thought for a while and said, "How about we go out to play outside the palace tomorrow.
"
"Yeah!"
Wanwan and Xiaobai's eyes lit up and they immediately got up from the table. They had been bored these days.
There happened to be no morning service tomorrow and it was a holiday. Li Mu looked back at the Queen who was lazily lying on a chair reading a book and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to come with us?"
From just now, Zhou Wu's attention has been on Li Mu. After hearing this, she said calmly: "You can arrange it."
It was just an ordinary outing with nothing to arrange.
As long as you leave this cage-like palace, even if you just find a place to look at the scenery, you will feel much happier.
They left as soon as they could, and the next day, they left the palace together.
Li Mu chose a hilltop with good scenery outside the capital of the gods, used magic to clear an open space, spread a clean blanket, and placed some pastries and preserved fruits prepared from the imperial kitchen on it.
Master Mei and Shangguan Li set up a stove not far away and used it to grill meat.
After Wanwan and Xiaobai left the palace, they went wild, chasing rabbits and catching golden pheasants. Li Mu lay on the stall with his hands behind his head. As far as he could see, he saw the blue sky. He felt bored and depressed in his heart.
, at this moment, swept away.
Sure enough, you can't stay in a place like the palace for a long time. It's not good for your physical and mental health to always face the sky.
Zhou Wu sat on the blanket and looked at the bare hills around her. With a flick of her finger, a little crystal light bounced into the soil.
As a result, green buds began to appear on the surrounding bare land, and soon grass grew. Colorful wild flowers bloomed among them, and a refreshing fragrance soon emitted from the air.
Zhou Wu lay next to Li Mu and looked up at the sky with him. After a while, she whispered softly: "It's almost the New Year."
If she hadn't reminded him, Li Mu wouldn't have realized that the Chinese New Year was really coming soon.
Being forced to stay in Changle Palace by the empress, working day and night to do the work she was supposed to do, except for Changle Palace and Zhongshu Province, unable to leave or step out the second door, has made Li Mu have no concept of time.
Unexpectedly, he, Liu Hanyan and Li Qing could not spend the first year together.
Practitioners don't have any special emphasis on celebrating the New Year. Those old men in Baiyun Mountain spend most of their time in seclusion. They can be said to be truly detached from the world, but Li Mu cannot do that.
He even hoped that on New Year's Eve, the family could get together and have a New Year's Eve dinner.
The Queen reminded her, Li Mu took out the sound transmission magic weapon Xuanjizi gave him, activated it, and said: "Brother, help me find Qingqing."
Zhou Wu glanced at Li Mu, closed her eyes, and the rise and fall of her chest became smaller.
After Li Mu finished speaking, Liu Hanyan's voice came from the magic weapon: "Qingqing, Qingqing, do you only have Qingqing in your heart? She is in retreat and has no time to care about you..."
Li Mu said awkwardly: "Didn't you follow your senior sister to visit other sects? Why are you still in Baiyun Mountain?"
Liu Hanyan said: "We haven't set off yet, what are you looking for for Qingqing?"
Li Mu said without hesitation: "I miss you."
Liu Hanyan said in a sour tone: "You only think about Qingqing..."
It took Li Mu a while to coax her, and then asked: "New Year's Eve is coming soon, will you go back to Shendu for the New Year?"
Liu Hanyan said: "She is in retreat. I will go to Xuanzong with Master soon. I can't go back."
Li Mu was a little disappointed and said, "Okay then..."
Putting away the sound transmission magic weapon, Li Mu looked at the queen beside him, saw her folding her arms, and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Wu said calmly: "It's nothing, I just feel so cold..."
Although the weather was not very warm, even if it was a hundred degrees colder, it would not be able to cool her down. Li Mu knew that it was probably their dog food that had choked her, but she did not dare to point it out and said, "If they don't come back this year, they will have to wait for the New Year's Eve."
We can just make do at Changle Palace..."
Zhou Wu glanced at him and said: "Why do you have to make do with it? They can't come back. You can go to Baiyun Mountain to find them."
What she said made sense. Li Mu nodded and said, "I'll take a leave of absence first. I'll return to the capital of God in fifteen days."
Zhou Wu took a deep breath and asked: "You don't plan to attend the big meeting on the first day of the new year, right?"
"Can I not participate?"
"What do you think?"
…
Li Mu thought about it and decided to forget it. The imperial meeting only happened once a year and it was not good to miss it.
What's more, when the time comes, Li Qing is in retreat, Liu Hanyan is not in Beijun, and he has gone to Baiyun Mountain. Will he have New Year's Eve dinner with those old men?
It's better to stay in Changle Palace and make do with the Queen.
Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "Then I still won't invite you."
Zhou Wu said: "Please ask, I will approve your leave..."
Li Mu said firmly: "I don't want to invite you."
Zhou Wu looked at him and said, "I gave you a chance, but you didn't want it. Don't say that I'm harsh on you in the future."
Li Mu, ignorant of his conscience, spoke with difficulty: "Your Majesty is not harsh at all towards his ministers..."
Li Mu sighed a few times in his heart, then lay down obediently, enjoying the mountain breeze and enjoying this hard-won leisure time.
Mountainside, near the top of a mountain.
Three figures walked slowly on the mountain road.
Zhang Chun sighed and said: "Madam, please listen to my explanation. The last time I went to the brothel, it was really to arrest people, not to do other things. We have been married for so many years, don't we even have this little trust?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "I believe it, but where did you go that night when I kicked you out of the house?"
Zhang Chuntao: "I found an inn and slept there."
Mrs. Zhang asked: "Didn't you go to Li's house? His wife is not in Shendu and there is no one at home. Why didn't you stay at his house?"
Zhang Chuntao: "He is not at home."
Mrs. Zhang was surprised and said: "Just after his wife left, he stopped going home at night... No way, Li Mu shouldn't be that kind of person."
Zhang Chun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it."
Mrs. Zhang was dissatisfied and said: "Why do you tell me to leave it alone? If he is really this kind of person, you should stay away from him to avoid being taught bad things by him..."
Zhang Chun shook his head and said: "If you don't understand, don't interrupt. Just take a good look at the scenery. It's not easy to have a day's rest. The scenery here is not bad..."
At this time, the family of three had already reached the top of the mountain. Zhang Yiyi raised her head, looked at the open space in the distance, and said, "There is someone there."
Zhang Chun looked over and happened to meet the eyes of a woman.
Mrs. Zhang was shocked and said: "Isn't that Li Mu? Who is the woman next to him? What are they doing in this wilderness, alone and alone, in broad daylight? I didn't expect that he is really like this..."
Before Mrs. Zhang could finish her words, Zhang Chun covered her mouth.
Then, he held Mrs. Zhang with one hand and his daughter with the other, and quickly descended the mountain through the clouds, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Li Mu looked in the direction of the Queen and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The queen looked away and said, "It's nothing, a few deer ran past just now."
Speaking of deer, Li Mu remembered that he had brought half a deer leg from the imperial kitchen today, placed it in the pot sky space, and marinated it with honey.
He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, take a rest and I'll prepare the barbecue."
He walked not far away, took out the deer legs and some prepared barbecue items, put them on the grill, and spread charcoal underneath. The meat grilled with charcoal fire was much more delicious than the meat grilled with mana.
At the same time, Baiyun Mountain, the main peak.
Li Qing looked at Liu Hanyan beside him and said helplessly: "Why don't you tell him?"
Liu Hanyan snorted softly and said: "Who knows what he has been doing after we left the capital of God. This time we secretly go back and give him a surprise. If he behaves well, it will be a surprise. If he does not behave well, hum..."
She looked at Li Qing and said: "I know you feel sorry for him, but you can't tell him in advance that the two of us must be on the same side. Otherwise, when there is Xiaowu and Xiaoliu in the future, it will be too late for you to cry...
…”
Li Qing nodded and said, "I listen to you..."
Outside the capital city, there is a beautiful scenery on the top of a barren mountain.
Zhou Wu took a small piece of venison that Li Mu had cut off with a knife and said: "Zhang Chun, the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has reached the fourth rank. Go back and check if there are any vacant five-level houses in the imperial court. Give him a reward."
Bar."
Li Mu originally planned to find another opportunity next year to help Lao Zhang fight for it, but since the Queen took the initiative to bring it up, she can arrange it for him now.
He nodded and said, "I obey."
Beiyuan.
When Li Mu handed Zhang Chun the house deed and land deed of the Wujin mansion somewhere in Beiyuan, although he was not as happy as Li Mu imagined, he still patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, brother."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "No need to thank me, the Queen took the initiative to reward you this time."
Zhang Cundao: "It's all the same, it's all the same..."
Li Mu looked behind Zhang Chun and saw Mrs. Zhang looking at him with a strange look, then turned and walked into the room.
Li Mu looked away and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong with Mrs. Zhang? Did I offend her in some way?"
Zhang Chun waved his hand and said: "Ignore her, it's just a woman's opinion..."
He accepted the house deed, patted his chest, and said, "Don't worry, I know what I know. I will say what I should say, and I won't say a word if I shouldn't."
Li Mu looked at him doubtfully and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Zhang Chun looked at Li Mu. After being stunned for a moment, he also showed doubts on his face and said, "Yes, what am I talking about? I don't know anything and I haven't seen anything, haha..."
Li Mu always felt that Lao Zhang was strange today, but he couldn't tell what was strange about him.
As he passed through the street, countless people still greeted him enthusiastically.
"Master Li, long time no see. Did you leave God's Capital some time ago?"
"Yes, I haven't seen Mr. Li for at least half a month."
"My lord, are you out on business?"
…
Li Mu smiled at the people, nodded and said, "I have been out for more than half a month..."
Since the last time he went out for a picnic, Li Mu would take Wanwan and Xiaobai out of the palace every few days. At his invitation, the queen reluctantly agreed, and after changing her appearance, she went shopping with them.
Eat at roadside stalls and buy cheap jewelry for a few pennies each.
When she agreed, she was more reluctant than anyone else, but when she actually started shopping, she was more interested than anyone else.
She bought more things by herself than Wanwan and Xiaobai combined. Although most of them were useless, she still enjoyed it.
A few days ago, the city of God was full of excitement and joy.
On New Year's Eve, Li Mu opened the door and felt a chill coming to his face.
He looked up at the sky, which was gray and covered with snowflakes.
Although Shendu is not considered to be in the south, it still rarely snows in winter. The snowflakes fall on the ground and melt quickly.
"Snowing!"
Wanwan and Xiaobai ran out of the room barefoot, stood in the yard, opened their arms, and embraced the snowflakes in the sky.
Li Mu slapped both of them on their buttocks and said, "Go back, put on your clothes and shoes, and then come out..."
Wanwan and Xiaobai like snow very much. They originally planned to build a few snowmen for fun. Unfortunately, the snow in Shendu is not very heavy and melts when it hits the ground. Li Mu tried to use magic. Although the snowflakes in front of the palace were bigger, they were still far away.
not enough.
The Queen walked out of Changle Palace and looked at Wan Wan and Xiao Bai who were waving to the sky expectantly. She made several seals on her hands, and a white light flew out of her hands and went straight to the clouds.
The snowflakes suddenly grew bigger and fell in large numbers, and soon a layer of snowflakes accumulated on the ground.
Outside the palace, the people of the divine capital also walked out of their homes, looking at the snowflakes in the sky with a look of satisfaction on their faces.
"God has not seen such heavy snow for a long time."
"Next year will definitely be a good year."
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the people's lives have become better and better..."
…
In front of Changle Palace, Xiaobai and Wanwan have already built several snowmen.
It is said to be a snowman, but it is actually better to say it is a snow sculpture.
The snowmen they built were not the kind with round heads and big bodies, but lifelike snow sculptures as tall as one person. The one holding a little fox in his arms was Xiaobai, and the one with two buns standing upright was Wanwan.
The taller figure next to him is Li Mu. Next to Li Mu is the queen wearing an imperial robe and an imperial crown.
The four snowmen stood in the square in front of the temple like works of art. Not only did they have the same figure and appearance as the others, but they also had similar temperaments.
Wanwan looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction, then scratched her head and said, "I seem to have forgotten something..."
Soon, she remembered, patted her head and said, "I forgot about Miss and Sister Qing..."
Soon, the snow sculptures of Liu Hanyan and Li Qing also appeared in the square.
Wanwan nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is a family..."
Li Mu secretly thought that if Liu Hanyan didn't come back, her caring little cotton-padded jacket would be abducted by the Queen.
He walked up to Wanwan and Xiaobai and asked, "Shall we go home tonight, or stay here?"
Wanwan said without hesitation: "Miss and Sister Qing are not at home either. Let's celebrate the New Year here. Together with Sister Zhou, the New Year's Eve dinner in the palace must have a lot of dishes..."
Zhou Wu said: "The palace's New Year's Eve dinner has more than a hundred delicacies."
Wanwan tugged on Li Mu's sleeve and whispered: "Young Master..."
Li Mu rubbed her head and said, "Then let's stay here..."
On New Year's Eve, the Queen dispersed all the guards on duty, and even Master Mei and Shangguan Li were driven home by her.
There are only four people left in Changle Palace.
In addition to the New Year's Eve dinner prepared by the imperial dining room, the four of them also made dumplings together. From the skins to the fillings, they prepared the dumplings bit by bit. In the Changle Palace, the wine and food had been served. The four of them stood in front of the table and served the dumplings at the same time.
Pick up the wine glass.
at the same time.
Beiyuan.
Li Mansion.
On New Year's Eve, Liu Hanyan and Li Qing, who hurried back to Shendu, stood in the courtyard with puzzled faces.
Liu Hanyan scanned the entire Li Mansion with her mind, but did not find Li Mu Wanwan Xiaobai's breath. She frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Where are the people?"
On New Year's Eve, they originally wanted to give Li Mu a surprise.
But they were the ones who were shocked.
On New Year's Eve, when every family is reunited, where did Li Mu and Wanwan Xiaobai go?
Liu Hanyan took out the magic weapon of sound transmission, and after activating it, he said angrily: "Where are you?"
In Changle Palace, Li Mu listened to the voice coming from the sound transmission magic weapon in his hand and said in shock: "You, are you at home?"
