After lowering the curtain of the carriage, Li Chongrun breathed a sigh of relief: "What else can I do? Help those monks scare me, brother, and ask me not to cause trouble to those monks when His Majesty celebrates his birthday in a few days."
Li Chongrun curled his lips: "If Brother Wei's performance hadn't satisfied her, and she really needed Brother to make money for her for a while, then it wouldn't have been a matter of just coming over to raise an army to hold him accountable."
Not only did he help Wu Zetian make money, but he also contributed the method of immortality to himself. Based on this merit alone, he was enough to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.
As for the way to achieve immortality, the most it can do is delay aging. Immortality is absolutely impossible. It cannot be said out loud, as it can easily lead to trouble.
"Bao'er has been by my brother's side for so long, and this is the first time I've seen him act so cautiously. Bao'er originally thought that my brother has always been so generous."
Guo'er saw that Li Chongrun had a lot of cold sweat on his forehead, so he took a plain handkerchief from his chest and wiped it with him.
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There is a faint scent of osmanthus on the plain handkerchief, but it is not as strong as the scent of osmanthus. Instead, it is a bit quiet and has a hint of sweetness.
If the ordinary sweet-scented osmanthus is as strong and unrestrained as a wealthy lady dressed up for traveling, the fragrance on Bao'er's body is somewhat like that of Xiaojiabiyu who is waiting for marriage, full of girlishness, but also charming and charming with her fragrance.
"It depends on the occasion, doesn't it? I don't have the guts to talk nonsense in front of our grandma."
There were only himself and his sister in the carriage, so Li Chongrun couldn't help but speak very bluntly, even to the point of being vulgar. "The smell is quite good, it seems to be the smell of the osmanthus plants in Suiyuan."
"It turns out that Sister-in-law Fang'er liked the smell and made a special ointment. Seeing that I liked it, she gave me some as a gift. It turns out that even my brother gives up sometimes..."
Bao'er was no longer as nervous as before, and finally returned to his usual quirky demeanor: "My mother has been saying how your majesty is doing since I was a child. When I see you today, I seem to be talking to my mother."
There are still some differences.”
I guess my mother used to describe Wu Zetian as Zhang Liao when she was a child, which left a psychological shadow on the little girl.
"The emperor cannot meet ordinary people. As the saying goes, there are three types of people in the world: men, women and emperors. Family ties have nothing to do with the emperor. The most important thing in the eyes of the emperor is whether the stool under his butt is sitting comfortably.
As long as Brother can continue to make money for her so that she can do things without being stretched, even His Majesty can be regarded as a Buddhist. If Brother beats the brains out of those dead monks, His Majesty is just showing love to Buddhism.
That’s all my sympathy.”
Such words are somewhat heart-wrenching, but Guo'er is now at the age when he is cultivating his three views, and he was vaguely led astray by Li Chongrun.
"This is similar to how my brother taught Yubi's sister-in-law how to use traitors in Linyi. Is it possible that my brother himself is on the path to being a traitor?"
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"It has been several months since I left Linyi. I wonder if there is any good news from Sister-in-law Yubi."
"There is no fast boat that we use the pot camel machine over in Yubi. It hasn't arrived in the south wind recently. The trip from Linyi is very slow, but it will probably be fast. If there is no news, we will have to go again in summer.
Let’s go to Linyi to select some candidates to go to Tubo, and then we can replant them.”
Li Chongrun touched his nose and knew that the good news Bao'er was talking about was referring to pregnancy. "Why don't treacherous ministers be treacherous? My brother is walking on the path of a saint who sets his heart for the world and lives for the people."
"Brother, you really do a lot of things if I'm not in front of grandma."
After talking nonsense with Bao'er for a while, and seeing that they were about to arrive at the palace, Li Chongrun suddenly said: "It seems that it's not just the Erzhang brothers who want to use the emperor's birthday to make a fuss, but those monks also have their own plans, otherwise it wouldn't be possible."
He would be so troublesome and ask your Majesty to intercede with me on their behalf so that I can stop causing trouble to them."
"Is there anyone else that Your Majesty is worried about? If he is the kind of big shot that His Majesty is worried about, would he still care about my brother's thoughts? I felt that my brother was in the way, so I dealt with him directly. Why bother?
"
Bao'er felt that something was unreasonable.
"Recently, everyone in the court feels that His Majesty will definitely pass the throne to his father. The King of Luling is very popular. His Majesty will definitely not see his father being the dominant family in the court. He will definitely want to check and balance. Being the emperor is a matter of course.
Just like sitting on a seesaw, tilting to either end will cause instability in the court. If one person governs the world, he will inevitably use some means of pulling one against one."
"As for the second point, His Majesty Taizong once said that water can carry boats and cook porridge."
Li Chongrun pointed outside: "Public opinion is easy to incite. Unfortunately, the few times that Brother Wei became famous in the divine capital were all based on inciting public opinion to solve problems."
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"Brother is saying that these monks are afraid that brother will ruin their affairs?"
"Don't think that Buddhism is as cowardly as quails in Yangzhou and think that these monks are all so honest. They are honest in Yangzhou, but they are frightened by the methods of their senior brothers. Even if they are honest, they are the largest landowners in Yangzhou.
It’s still these same monks.”
"When some people have enough wealth, in order to stabilize their wealth and avoid being cheated by powerful people, they will naturally want to gain some power for themselves."
"And these ambitious people will naturally gather together."
"It's done, you can obtain greater benefits from the Dragon Minister."
"What do those two people want to get? I heard that those two people regard themselves as women. They usually only care about serving His Majesty and have no ambition to climb up. Even the officials awarded by His Majesty are not
Just do whatever you want.”
"Who knows, maybe he just thinks that His Majesty likes to be lively and is crazy about people."
Guo'er and Xianhui didn't know about the previous marriage proposal from Er Zhang. Li Chongrun didn't want to talk about it and upset his two sisters.
However, seeing that Wu Zetian specifically mentioned something about Bao'er today, it seems that Er Zhang has not given up on being your majesty's granddaughter-in-law, so she must have been blowing pillow wind in your majesty's ears.
There was a slightly noisy sound outside the carriage, which must have been the arrival of Nanshi.
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"Your Majesty, the road is blocked."
Shisan, who was driving the carriage, opened the carriage door curtain and reminded Li Chongrun that something was happening outside.
A large group of people gathered in front of the square gate of Nanshi, gathered in front of a small platform, shouting something hoarse. The people who gathered around to watch the excitement blocked the road, and Li Chongrun's carriage was very busy for a while.
It’s hard to get over.
"If the road is blocked, just go around it. There is no need to fight with them."
There were several Turks practicing their stall on the small platform. The Jinwu Guards who had not yet patrolled the city came to cause trouble. It seemed that the bad people in Nanshi were even helping them maintain order.
Without the support of some powerful people behind them, these Turks would definitely not dare to be so arrogant.
What are some Turks making a fuss about here?
Thirteen drove the carriage around to the side of the market. Li Chongrun glanced suspiciously at the Turks who were struggling hoarsely on the stage. He always felt that things were not that simple.
"Let's get two brothers to come over later and find out what these Turks are making a noise about."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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"Your Majesty, Mr. Chen sent a letter from Yingzhou."
The housekeeper Ruyu had been waiting at the door of his house for a long time. Li Chongrun had just returned home and before he could get off the carriage, a letter was received in his hand.
"Didn't Mr. Chen just send me a letter a few days ago? I think I haven't received a reply yet. Why did another one come so soon?"
The little girls who are well-used in the government are now working as strong women in Yangzhou, and only Bao'er can take on the role of secretary to Li Chongrun.
"It may be something urgent, but since we didn't go the way of the Oversight Council, I guess it's not a major military matter."
After working all morning, he was forced to meet the emperor again. Li Chongrun didn't even eat. He was hungry. He stuffed Chen Ziang's letter into his sleeve and asked Ruyu to prepare some food for him to come over for dinner.
But before I even had time to take a bite of the meal, a guard came to report: "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the door asking to see you."
"We're eating, we'll talk about it later."
"The visitor said that as long as the prince sees this thing, he will definitely meet him."
Li Chongrun took a small cloth bag handed over by the guard and squeezed it casually. The thing was very hard and seemed to be a stone.
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Before Bao'er had time to see clearly what was in Li Chongrun's hand, Li Chongrun stuffed the little thing back into the bag and threw it back to the guard.
"Tell him to meet me in the secret room." Li Chongrun pulled a silk handkerchief randomly and wiped his mouth, indicating that Bao'er should continue eating and not worry about himself.
Guo'er looked at Li Chongrun's hurried away figure with some doubts, wondering who could make the usually steady brother so anxious with just a token.