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Li Mu looked at Bai Qiaoqiao, stared at her for a while, then suddenly laughed, saying, "My wife is indeed different. I am afraid that anything will not be hidden from her in the future."

Bai Qiaoqiao said angrily, "What are you saying, why do you hide it from me? I am one of the same minds as my husband. When I encounter something, I should have faced it together?"

"What I said is," Li Mu smiled bitterly, lowered his head, and said, "But I don't want my wife to face these things with me. I am incompetent for my husband, and it will not be safe when pregnant-"

"Husband, do you still don't want to say it?"

"Say." Facing Bai Qiaoqiao's gaze, Li Mu couldn't say the word "not wanting", so he had to sigh and start to organize his language. Bai Qiaoqiao pulled Li Mu's hand, and a warmth came from his palm. Li Mu looked up and suddenly felt absurd in his heart. The woman in front of him was his wife. Since she had already made a relationship, what could she not say?

"Madam, you guessed it right. This time it is different from every time before. I really feel unsure."

"Because Sister Ou?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Your Majesty already knows about me and Ou. Your Majesty is angry and wants to kill me."

Although Bai Qiaoqiao had heard some rumors, she was not as shocked as Li Mu. She grabbed Li Mu's hand and said, "Husband, is it really so serious? I saw him in the palace. Your Majesty has many concubines. Will he attack you for a woman?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Madam, Your Majesty has many concubines. But the gulls are different to Your Majesty. Just like your position in my heart, it is irreplaceable."

"But, the queen..."

"Different, different." Li Mu sighed and said, "Although the queen is virtuous, she has a deep relationship with Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty and Ou met him, and by chance, he was unable to be together. For Your Majesty, Ou is a woman he loves but cannot get married. He has put all the beautiful imaginations in his heart on Ou. Even if Ou is not as good as he thinks, he still thinks Ou is perfect."

"You have read so many books, have you ever read the Goddess of Luo?"

Bai Qiaoqiao nodded, and Li Mu continued to say, "This poem of Goddess of Luo River was written by Cao Zhi for his sister-in-law Zhen Mi. Zhen Mi was captured back then, because of her beautiful appearance, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi, both of them were very fond of her. Cao Pi took the lead and captured the hearts of the beauty. Cao Cao was unwilling to leave the reputation of fighting with his son, so he withdrew. Cao Zhi dared to love but not speak, and kept silently hiding this thought."

"In the end of Cao Zhi's life, he never expressed this thought. In the year when Empress Zhen died, Cao Zhi went to Luoyang to see Cao Pi. Empress Zhen's prince Cao Rui accompanied him to have dinner. Cao Zhi looked at his nephew and remembered the death of Empress Zhen, and felt sad. When he returned to the fief, he stayed in a boat at night. In a trance, he saw Concubine Zhen coming from afar, so his literary thoughts were stirred and he wrote an article "Talk Zhen Fu", which later changed to "Talk Goddess of Luo"."

"Cao Zhi never got Zhen Mi in his life, but he imagined her as the fairy of Luoshui. His Majesty is the same. His feelings for Ow have never stopped for a moment from fifteen years ago to now, but he has never received a response. In his heart, he probably has long imagined Ow as a fairy-like figure. But now this fairy has fallen into the world because of me. His Majesty's comparison in his heart will make him feel that he is compared by me. What a conceited person he is, can he feel comfortable?"

"But even so, Your Majesty won't kill you, right? You and Sister Ou like each other and were together? Sister Ou didn't see His Majesty when she married Cui clan in Qinghe back then."

"This time, that time." Li Mu continued to explain to Bai Qiaoqiao, "Your Majesty was only as old as me, not the crown prince or the general of Tiance. He was just the King of Qin, who had no achievements, and could be said to be a slight person. Even if he wanted to stop him, the Wang family of Taiyuan and Cui family of Qinghe would not take him seriously. In other words, even if he wanted to stop him, he could not stop him. Now it is different. He is already an emperor. Is there a king's land within the four seas, and a king's minister in the boundaries of the land? He has such ability, even if he has no reason, no one can stop him. What's more, this person is me."

Li Mu sighed and said, "I am Your Majesty's son and nephew, and he treats me like my son and nephew. I was smooth and smooth before, and I would never be able to do it without His Majesty's protection. I had a relationship with Ow. For Your Majesty, it was not only humiliation, but also a kind of betrayal. I could understand that he had a murderous intention towards me."

Bai Qiaoqiao frowned and said, "But this doesn't mean that Your Majesty has a murderous intention toward you? Have you talked to Your Majesty? How do you know what he was thinking?"

"Madam, there are some things you don't need to say." Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "When I was in Dingxiang, I received the news that Your Majesty had already known about me and Ou. Then, the news came out of Chang'an City that Your Majesty was going to attack me, which had reached a level that everyone knew. When I came back, before I arrived in Chang'an City, Your Majesty promoted the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through me and mobilized the appointment and removal of the Ministry of Works. What does this mean? Can't I tell the difference?"

"My husband means that Your Majesty is already there-"

"Yes, Your Majesty is trying to undermine me and divide my power." Li Mu sighed and continued, "Yesterday, the Prince of Hejian came to visit me and told me that Your Majesty would let him go to Dingxiang to be the Grand Governor, and be responsible for future affairs with the Turks and the countries in the Western Regions. This was originally my business, but one by one, can't you see Your Majesty's intentions?"

"Your Majesty has told me that I am too young and not suitable for excessive rewards. Why did I come back this time with great courtesy? I asked all officials to go out of the city to welcome me ten miles away, and promoted me to my title, so I became a county duke. The county duke is not counted, but also the first-class county duke of the county duke. What does this mean? Isn't it just to make outsiders think that he treats me well and will save me from being a reputation of being weak when he really touches me in the future?"

Li Mu became more and more sad and angry as he spoke, and said, "The most heartbreaking plan was to be at the gate of the city. At that time, the envoys of all countries were there, but at such a coincidence, the Prime Minister of Gaochang appeared and accused me of my envoys in front of the envoys of all countries. Hou Junji passed on a letter to His Majesty that what I did in Gaochang was. He knew in his heart that he knew whether what I did was for himself or for the Tang Dynasty. He clearly knew in his heart, but he didn't tell me a word. Isn't this obvious enough? That person was put in by him, and he did it on purpose!"

Li Mu held back his tears and his voice was choked, "I don't hate him for wanting to kill me. In my opinion, it is understandable to do anything for the sake of his beloved woman. I would rather say, Li Mu, because you stole my woman, I will kill you. I don't want to see him killing those Gaochang people at that time. I told him that the king wants his ministers to die, but the ministers must die. But the scholars can be killed, not humiliated."

Li Mu turned his neck and said, "He must have understood what I mean, and I don't regret it. I did it, and I deserve it if I die." He looked at Bai Qiaoqiao and said, "Don't worry, Madam, Your Majesty's anger is only on me. After all, he is not a fool, and I believe he will not take his anger on you and the children."

Li Mu smiled and said, "I don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, and I don't look at the heart and hard work. I'm about to die and I'm still busy with his country. With this, he has a little conscience and can leave me a way out and let you two live."

Bai Qiaoqiao rushed into Li Mu's arms and cried, "Husband, if you die, why am I still alive? If Your Majesty kills you, I will commit suicide..."

"What stupid words do you say!" Li Mu grabbed Bai Qiaoqiao's shoulder and said seriously, "If you die, I will have no meaning at all. If you want to die, I will die only. You, Zhirong, Ow, Tian Yao, you can't die. You must raise my son and serve your mother and support you. You are my wife. If I die, you have to take these responsibilities."

Halfway through, Li Mu suddenly remembered something, stopped looking at him, sighed, "Look at what I said, you are still so young, just look for another wishful husband..."

"Husband, if you say this again, I will die in front of you now!" Bai Qiaoqiao interrupted Li Mu's nonsense and said seriously, "What kind of woman do you think of me as? Are you going to anger me to death?"

"Oh, just talk casually, don't be angry, it's awesome to get angry." Seeing that the joke was too big, Li Mu hurriedly comforted him and said, "I'm talking about the worst situation. Hasn't this happened yet? Your Majesty may not have to kill me, he may let me go. Maybe Your Majesty figured it out, what about being generous? But I have to make the worst plan."

Bai Qiaoqiao wiped the tears of anger and said, "So you don't let Sister Tianai and Sister Ou come back with you?"

"This is a big score. The other side of Tianai is a plan made by her father and I. It is true that I don't want her to come back with me. I deliberately asked her father to keep her for a month on the grounds of having a lot of business, and then decide whether to let her come here. If I'm fine, I will naturally let her reunite, and if I have something to do, I will also be less risky. As for the Ou's place--"

Li Mu smiled bitterly and hesitated for a moment. He told Bai Qiaoqiao what happened that day, raised his hand and sweared, "Madam, I am really drunk. I have no memory of what happened at that time. No, now thinking about it, maybe she drugged me. When the woman kidnapped me, she drugged me-"

Bai Qiaoqiao ignored Li Mu's explanation in a panic, glanced at him, and said, "So, Sister Ou saw you and Miss Jin Chen - she was angry, so she avoided you?"

"She must have misunderstood."

"Not necessarily." Bai Qiaoqiao said jealously, "Husband, don't worry about whether you are poisoned or drunk. Tell me the truth, do you have any affection for Miss Jin Chen?"

"No...yes!"

"No, or is there?"

"I," Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Madam, if I don't know, would you think I'm lying?"

Bai Qiaoqiao looked at Li Mu for a while, shook her head and sighed, "Husband, I have always believed your words. You said you didn't know, and I believe them too. But I think that if you hadn't encountered such a big crisis this time, you would definitely not have left Miss Jin Chen, right?"

Li Mu thought about it. Although Jin Chen had a lot of problems, she really had feelings for herself. Even though she didn't have much affection for her, out of her somewhat macho idea, after discovering that the two of them had already had a relationship, she should not drive her away, and she should be left by her side.

Li Mu bit his lips and thought for a long time, then hesitated, "We are not short of these pairs of bowls and chopsticks--"

"I knew you would do this!" Bai Qiaoqiao was not annoyed. How could she not know what her husband had? If you say that Li Mu was a passionate person, Bai Qiaoqiao felt that it was a bit unfair to him, but if you say that he was passionate and did not know how to refuse, it would be unfair to him at all.

Bai Qiaoqiao sighed and said, "What should I do now?"

"Oh," Li Mu lay on the bed and said, "Your Majesty has not expressed his opinion yet, which means he is hesitating. Since that's the case, let's wait. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and I will not sit and wait for death."

"Anyway, no matter what happens, I will be with you." Bai Qiaoqiao grabbed Li Mu's hand and said stubbornly. Li Mu looked at her and smiled and said, "You, the most important thing now is to give birth to our son, don't let my Li family break up."

"Then I'll give birth to a baby and let you go."

Li Mu smiled bitterly, and saw Bai Qiaoqiao looking determined and said, "Okay, then that's it, is it OK?"

"Um!"

Seeing that Li Mu finally agreed, Bai Qiaoqiao finally showed a smile on her face. At this time, Li Zhien's voice came from outside. She bought fruit candied hawthorn cake as Bai Qiaoqiao ordered and came back.

"Madam, this is the most sour hawthorn cake you can buy on the market in Chang'an. The shop said that after eating this, the girl will have to become a boy!"

"Talking nonsense." Li Mu knocked on Li Zhien's forehead and said, "What's in his belly is what it is, how can it change?"

"What the store said that..." Li Zhien pouted, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He took a piece of hawthorn cake and stuffed it into his mouth. Sure enough, it was as sour as the store said, so sour that her little face was deformed. She swallowed the hawthorn cake and looked at Li Mu eagerly, looking at him with anticipation.

"What are you going to do?"

"Husband..."

Bai Qiaoqiao couldn't tell the meaning, so she pushed Li Mu with her elbow and said, "You two are going to go next door quickly. I'm sleepy and I'm going to go to bed early."

"Thank you, madam!" Li Zhien thanked him, took Li Mu's arm, and wanted to pull him up. However, Li Mu couldn't bear to let Bai Qiaoqiao go and said with a shy face, "Madam, why don't we all go together..."

"I can't," Bai Qiaoqiao glared at Li Mu shyly, and said angrily, "You are not afraid of children's jokes."

Li Mu looked confused, "Where are there children? Who is the joke?"

Bai Qiaoqiao pointed to his stomach, and Li Mu was so amused that he was forced to pull him out by Li Zhien.
Chapter completed!