Li Chengzhi didn't defend himself, he just looked sideways at Liu Teng, his eyes rolling around. As if to say: You eunuch, do you know the lust and desires of a chicken?
The acquaintance with him was not short-lived, and he had been dealing with him almost every day for the past two decades in the palace. Liu Teng also had some understanding of Li Chengzhi.
This is clearly mocking him...
It was just that I was short-sighted and failed to guess Li Chengzhi’s hidden intention.
When he wanted to give him a few words of instruction, Liu Teng stopped talking again when he saw two women descending the palace steps and walking towards the palace gate.
Not a few steps away, Li Chengzhi also heard the noise. When he saw Guo Yuzhi's face turned pale and his fingers cracked, he felt suddenly.
Could it be that Gao Ying got angry out of shame and turned his anger on his mother, and got angry again?
This woman is simply unreasonable.
Cursing in his heart, Li Chengzhi comforted him in a gentle voice: "My son really can't escape. He made a desperate move. Please calm down my mother..."
How do you want me to rest?
When he saw Li Chengzhi, all his worries, fears, and fears turned into anger. Guo Yuzhi wanted to hold him down and beat him violently.
Her eyes turned red, and tears immediately began to well up in her eyes. The two rows of silver teeth creaked loudly, and the two pink cheeks trembled slightly.
Li Chengzhi was shocked when he saw her clenching her fists and wanting to hit him in the face.
It doesn't look like he was wronged by the queen's scolding, but rather like he was angry and frightened?
But what does it have to do with myself?
This is the palace, and there is Liu Teng here. If I get slapped a few times by my mother, I am afraid that it will spread throughout the capital before the night passes, and I will become the laughing stock of all the officials... It is better not to anger my mother again... <
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Surprised and doubtful in his heart, Li Chengzhi couldn't help but bow down: "My son is unfilial and has made his mother suffer..."
Liu Teng's eyes lit up.
If it were Guo, how could Li Chengzhi be so obedient?
Surprised in his heart, Liu Teng couldn't help but look at Guo Yuzhi.
Judging from the ribbon he was wearing, he should be a eunuch. After Guo Yuzhi thought for a moment, he remembered that this was the person who was serving at the side of the emperor on that day. He must be Liu Teng, the minister of Changqiu Temple who was favored by the emperor.
Although I was angry in my heart, I could only hold it back. I felt blessed again: "I have met the temple minister!"
"Ma'am, you're polite!"
Liu Teng bowed slightly, then looked at Li Chengzhi and said sternly: "Your Majesty orally: If you, Li Chengzhi, are a rotten wood and cannot be saved, then admit defeat as soon as possible to avoid making a fool of yourself in front of the ministers two days later.
I will not punish the Guo family and the Zhang family because of your repeated miraculous achievements. But don’t make any noise and ask Yuan Yi to compensate you for your pearls. Don’t think about it anymore, and do your best honestly.
The eighth-grade Dayu Zhen. One credit and one cancellation...
If you have some ambition, you should make good preparations. War horses, chariots, armor, food and grass, and even soldiers and auxiliary soldiers can all be mobilized from the Ministry of War. I will send an order to Gao Zhao and ask him to coordinate with you... As long as you win,
It is my duty to repay my merits and to reward my merits..."
Upon hearing this sentence, Guo Yuzhi was frightened by 70% to 80% of his anger.
How could the emperor say such kind words to his ministers if they were not close to a certain level?
This is clearly because the emperor wants to reuse Li Chengzhi and is encouraging him?
Li Chengzhi still doesn't care.
The sun has risen from the west, and the emperor actually knows how to encourage himself?
Give up, what good thing can you think of?
They have become incompatible with the Hu family. To admit defeat to Yuan Yi would be to bow to the Hu family. Li Chengzhi really can't do it...
Li Chengzhi snorted secretly and clasped his hands slightly: "Thank you for your teaching, your Majesty, I should encourage you!"
Seeing that he was still hanging around, Liu Teng wished he could punch him in the head to wake him up.
Can't you tell that His Majesty has put the words to your lips and is ready to use them again?
If an ordinary person had heard His Majesty’s thoughtful words, or even made it clear, he would have knelt down and shed tears of gratitude.
Li Chengzhi is good, but he thanked you so perfunctorily?
"Li Chengzhi, your majesty is hanging on to hope that as long as you still have some thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, don't let down the holy hope... That's it for now, so take care of yourself..."
As he spoke, he pointed at him with his finger, looking like he hated iron, and casually walked away.
Looking forward to it?
I don’t see how high Yuan Ke’s expectations of himself were in the past?
"The emperor has changed his gender?"
Li Chengzhi had just muttered half a sentence when he suddenly felt a pain in his ears and almost cried out in pain.
"Mother... mother... is someone watching?"
"So what if someone is watching? It's better for you to lose some face than for your whole family to lose your life..."
This is enough to commit treason, but isn’t it?
"Mom, please forgive me. Your Majesty is quite lenient. Even if you hear this, most people will just laugh it off..."
It turns out that this traitor never paid attention to the emperor from the beginning to the end. I am afraid that because he guessed that this traitor was so bold, the Gao family coveted him...
Guo Yuzhi was extremely frightened. He exerted force on his hands and tears started to flow down his face: "Even if His Majesty is so lenient, can you still say such treacherous words?
Today I just want you to lose face, so that... so that others know: As long as I don't die for my mother, I will watch over you for a day. If you dare to have even the slightest evil thought, my mother will give you a break..."<
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Besides rebellion, what other evil thoughts can I have?
In just the blink of an eye, he saw Guo Yuzhi bursting into tears. Li Chengzhi was shocked: Could it be that the queen said something that scared his mother?
Suspicious in my heart, I couldn't help but soften my tone, and my face was full of smiles: "Don't be upset, mother, it was your son who was wrong..."
After walking more than ten steps, Liu Teng only heard the groan of pain. But with just his eyes, he could tell that Li Chengzhi had a flattering smile on his face, and nine times out of ten, he was trying to please and beg for mercy.
Liu Teng couldn't help but marvel.
When I saw him, he was either stern or solemn. Or he had angered the emperor for some reason, and he was holding his neck and refusing to give in.
It turns out that Li Chengzhi is not incapable of flattery, he just doesn't want to do it, even when he is confronting the emperor.
Is it true that one thing brings down another thing?
With surprise in his heart, Liu Teng stepped a little faster. He thought that he would go back quickly and tell His Majesty an interesting story, which would definitely make the Holy Face happy.
Guo Yuzhi behind him was not slow at all. He actually grabbed Li Chengzhi by the ear and walked out of the palace in a grand manner.
Facing the surprised gazes of the palace attendants, the Huangmen, and the palace gate guards, even a thick-skinned person like Li Chengzhi felt hot and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
It’s over, brother’s lifelong reputation?
Tomorrow at most, the entire capital will know that I, Li Chengzhi, was forced out of the palace by my mother?
Gao Ying, are you a harmful person?
……
In the Shiqian Palace, the emperor was playing chess with Li Shao.
Li Shao just saw this thing today, and he has just learned some rules. He can't even compete in a meeting, let alone how high his skills are. Naturally, he is no match for Yuan Ke.
After playing four or five games in a row, the emperor defeated them all.
The more Li Shao played, the more excited he became. He was even more excited than the emperor. He quickly placed the chess pieces and exclaimed:
"The magic of this thing is similar to Bose in the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Opera in the Han Dynasty, and Qiatu in the Western Regions (the predecessor of chess). But it is more mysterious in comparison, and it coincides with the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, which is more profound.
The ideals of military strategism...must come from the hands of someone who is well versed in military matters, military formations, and is good at conquering and fighting. It is definitely not an unknown person.
If it existed a long time ago, I must have heard about it. I think it must have been created recently. I wonder what kind of strange hand it was made by?"
Strange man...Li Chengzhi?
Yuan Ke was stunned for a moment, then shook his head slightly.
If you talk about talent, it's not bad. If you talk about strange people, I'm afraid you can't talk about it, right?
Perhaps after getting along with each other for a long time, the emperor no longer had as much curiosity as before, so he felt that Li Chengzhi was more knowledgeable, more quick-witted than ordinary people, and could think of more fantastic ideas.
The key point is that he is still a stupid young man, he doesn’t have half a city, and he doesn’t understand the golden mean... In fact, he is too strong!
As soon as the two phases were combined, the light on his body faded by half. As time went by, the emperor naturally felt: It's not surprising at all, but that's it!
Thinking in his heart, the emperor responded casually: "Li Qing is very knowledgeable. It is indeed as you said. It was Li Chengzhi who was extremely bored and thought of ingenuity. He created it based on Qin's fighting games, Han's elephant plays, and Western Regions' drawings...
It cannot be said that it coincides with the best principles. At most, it is only somewhat consistent with the art of war..."
Yu Zhong sighed after hearing this.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that's not what you said in private. When you were in a high mood, you praised Li Chengzhi for being a scholar and a man of heaven, who could actually create a chess piece that could be used to maneuver around tables and calculate military plans?
I'm afraid no one, including Liu Teng, thought that His Majesty's order for Li Chengzhi to compete with Yuan Yi was a sudden idea. At most, he was surprised by Guo's bravery and came up with this idea.
In fact, when Li Chengzhi presented the chess piece, His Majesty must have had this thought in mind. He might even have regretted it: Li Chengzhi's military talent was much more than what he displayed on the surface to create something so profound in the art of war.
So little...how come you haven’t seen it through?
I just took advantage of this opportunity...
When the emperor said this at this time, he was obviously secretly proud: I have rarely encountered an opponent for such a magical thing. Isn't it better than Li Chengzhi, the first servant?
Naturally, in His Majesty's opinion, this chess game is nothing surprising...
Li Chengzhi?
Li Shao couldn't help but think of Li Chengzhi's method of training and controlling troops, as well as the spear formation that shocked him when he first saw it...
Although Li Shao lamented that he was still an elder, he could only be humble for Li Chengzhi: "He is quite talented..."
Li Chengzhi was not here, otherwise he would have cursed secretly: A pair of Versailles...
As soon as the chessboard was set up and he was about to play another game, he saw Liu Teng coming back to tell him: "Your Majesty, the Guo family and the Zhang family have already left the palace. I have also told Li Chengzhi to follow the imperial edict and find Gao Sikong to prepare weapons and armor."
Things..."
"Oh?"
The emperor responded calmly, "Have you ever seen Mr. Guo discussing with the Queen when to accept Li Chengzhi?"
The Guo family has been banned from entering the city by your order, so what kind of reward can you give Li Chengzhi?
Is it possible for Gao Zhao to take the initiative to go to the door of Li Mansion?
It would be strange not to be laughed out of the world...
"The courtesy officer only said that His Highness only told some anecdotes with Mr. Guo and did not mention this matter..."
"Hahaha... I'm afraid Li Chengzhi is complaining about me and ruining his good deeds!"
Seeing Li Shao's shock, Yuan Yue smiled coldly, "Don't doubt me, I can definitely do it..."
Li Shao only thought that the emperor was joking, but when he saw Liu Teng and Yu Zhong acting as if they were taking it for granted, he felt a chill in his scalp.
Li Chengzhi is so brave, has he actually done such a treasonous thing?
I wonder if Li Shenjun is still blowing the wind and eating yellow sand in the Northland, and Li Jingzhen is still smelling the smell of moldy paper in the secretary office?
"Not at all! I also asked him, why is he so elegant despite the urgent need? Li Chengzhi claimed that he was ordered by the Guo family and had to enter the palace as a last resort?"
After replying, Liu Teng added jokingly, "I think it must be true, because I saw it very clearly: after leaving the Zhaoyang Palace, maybe Li Chengzhi said something strange, and Guo's face changed with fright."
From outside Zhaoyang Palace to leaving the palace, Li Chengzhi was escorted all the way... just like this..."
Liu Teng also imitated the appearance of Li Chengzhi to the emperor: tilting his head and hooking his waist, with a flattering smile on his face...
"Hahahaha..."
Yuan Ke burst out laughing, pointed at Li Shao and said: "Listen, you still don't believe it? It must be Li Chengzhi complaining about me, which is why Guo's face changed with horror..."
After a pause, Yuan Ke laughed again and said: "This Guo family is strict, and he really has some tricks! I didn't realize that this rebellious minister actually has some filial piety."
Li Shao took the opportunity to explain: "Your Majesty, you see it clearly! The Li family in the ancestral home passed down Confucianism to the world and governed the family with filial piety. Li Chengzhi would never dare to do anything disloyal and unfilial!"
I still don’t know whether Li Chengzhi is rebellious or not?
"It's a blessing to have such a strict mother, otherwise I would be a demon king..." After praising him, the emperor changed his tone and asked, "What's the Li family tradition like?"
Family tradition?
Why did the emperor suddenly ask this?
After a moment's thought, combined with his previous two sentences, Li Shao suddenly realized: The emperor should be curious: Li Chengzhi is usually so perverse, but Guo can subdue him, what about Li Shixian?
At the mention of this, Li Shao had something strange on his face. He wanted to say something nice for Li Shixian, but he thought that everyone in Jingzhou knew that Li Huaide was henpecked, and there was nothing to say nice about him, so he simply said it half-heartedly.
A few words of truth.
"The Guo family is born with supernatural power and is proficient in martial arts. He can be called a heroic hero and a husband among women. Moreover, after Guo Yu, a great scholar in Hexi, hundreds of schools of history have dabbled in it, so the children of the Li family are all good in martial arts and literary talent.
Although the other concubines of Li Huaide are not as good as Li Chengzhi, they are still among the best in Jingzhou... But they are better in virtue, courteous and docile temperament... They are not like Li Chengzhi... They are not as unscrupulous in their behavior as Li Chengzhi...
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Bastard?
Yuan Ke was very surprised: "Li Chengzhi actually has an aunt?"
Li Shao was stunned for a moment.
Isn't the emperor asking: Li Shixian actually has a concubine?
Look, the rumor that you are as fearful as a tiger has even been known to the emperor. It’s hard for my brother to help you clear your name...
Li Shao was amused in his heart and said seriously: "There are quite a few, as many as seven. The youngest is only twenty years old, and the youngest is only two years old..."
The youngest son is only two years old?
Fortunately, Li Chengzhi is not married yet, but in two years, Li Shixian's youngest son is probably younger than his eldest grandson?
In surprise, he heard Li Shao say: "The Guo family is really good at running the family. Although Li Chengzhi has many aunts and brothers, there is no such dirty things in the Li family's house as in ordinary aristocratic families, and all the houses are very harmonious..."<