Chapter 239: Bronze Mirror Harmful
[...... Since the destruction of Jie Li, only a few Turks have joined our Tang Dynasty, and some of the larger tribes have all joined Xue Yantuo. Xue Yantuo's power has grown several times, and it has become the second Turk, so it has to be guarded against. There is another small tribe that crossed the desert and migrated to the Gaochang border. The leader of Gaochang State Ju Wentai was very afraid of it. According to the vendors who came and went to visit the Tang Dynasty, Ju Wentai was already considering tribute, and wanted to use the power of the Tang Dynasty to protect the country...].
Li Mu's expression became serious. After reading the beginning, he thought the letter was all ridiculous. Unexpectedly, this kid has grown up and has a bit of serious work. However, he didn't even go through official channels and just sent it here casually. What if Zhang Tianai is a meticulous work? Wouldn't he leak all the news?
Li Mu thought to himself that when he replied, he had to criticize this kid, it was too unrigorous.
[……After hearing this news, I thought of my elder brother’s earnest teachings, and a wonderful note suddenly popped up in my mind. I asked my elder brother Wang to pretend to be a vendor and sneak into Gaochang to find out the truth and truth. The news was similar to the rumors. Just in these days, the lord of Gaochang, Ju Wentai, wanted to take his wife Yuwen to go to Chang'an to pay tribute. In addition, I also heard about the news. Zhang Xun, the leader of Zhangjia Village, had an old age and Ju Wentai, and wanted to marry his daughter to Ju Zhisheng, the son of Ju Wentai. I found out that Zhang Xun had only one daughter, and was the sister-in-law who sent me a message. When I learned about this, I was anxious and afraid that my elder brother would be in the dark. I specially compiled a letter, hoping that my elder brother would know and prepare early. Brother, Li Siwen, "
"Bastard!" Li Mu was furious and slapped the table and cursed: "Who told you that she is your sister-in-law? I thought you were finally growing up and had something serious. I was so angry!! It's so annoying! It's so annoying!"
Bai Qiaoqiao saw Li Mu suddenly furious when she saw the letter, and couldn't help but come over to see it. Li Zhien wanted to see it too, but she was just a concubine. She didn't dare to do such a violation of the ban without Li Mu's permission.
Bai Qiaoqiao is now a lot of literacy, and she can basically recognize all the words in this letter. When she saw Zhang Xun marrying Zhang Tianai to Ju Zhisheng, she couldn't help but say "ah". She had been chatting for so long last night, but Sister Tianai didn't reveal the news.
"Husband, what should I do? Sister Tianai is going to get married."
"Ha!" Li Mu seemed a little guilty and said, "What does it have to do with me if she wants to get married? Don't look at this guy talking nonsense, what does he know? Call a sister-in-law when he sees a woman. Can I be a stallion when he is his eldest brother?"
Li Mu tore the letter to pieces, picked up the bowl and spoon and drank the porridge into his mouth, drank the bowl, and said, "I'll go into the palace to give the queen a mirror. I may not come back at noon, so I don't have to wait for me for dinner."
Bai Qiaoqiao responded and put on a tiger fur for Li Mu. Li Mu squeezed Li Zhien's face and ran out in a hurry.
Hearing the footsteps farther away, Li Zhien looked at Bai Qiaoqiao with a gaze and said, "Madam, what did you say in the letter?"
"Oh, nothing, Siwen's brother-in-law recognized Sister Tianai as her sister-in-law, and her husband was shy." Bai Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Eat quickly, we'll go out to buy things later."
"Oh." Li Zhien pouted and felt worried again. He thought that after sending Wei Yingluo, the mansion would be able to calm down for a few days, but he didn't expect that just after Wei Yingluo left, another Zhang Tianai came. According to threats, Zhang Tianai is much bigger than Wei Yingluo. She has saved her wife's life, and she has life-saving grace to her master. She has such a good relationship with her wife, and she is good at being sisters. She is also good at kung fu and beautiful, alas...
Li Zhien felt a little discouraged. Why is it so difficult to be a concubine!
But soon she cheered up.
Although Zhang Tianai’s arrival is not a good thing, it is not entirely a bad thing. Just like yesterday, when the wife slept with her, she could enjoy her own owner. If she could take this opportunity to cook raw rice and cook it, it would be a good thing!
And that Wang Ou!
I used to be unable to fight you, and I couldn’t do anything to you. Now that I have this young lady who knows martial arts, it’s really not good to burn your store at night. Let’s see how powerful you are!
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Li Zheng Hall.
When she was free, Empress Changsun called Concubine Yan, Concubine Yin, and Concubine Wei to play mahjong together. Empress Changsun was not lucky today and had already lit a cannon, and her face became a little ugly. She wanted to retreat and rest for a while, but when she saw that the others were in a good mood, she was not disappointed as the queen, so she gritted her teeth and stood up.
At this time, the female official came to report that it was Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, who asked for a meeting. Empress Changsun seemed to have a savior and hurriedly said: "I have been sitting for an hour and I feel a little sore in my back. It just so happened that Li Mu came and asked him to give me a few beats and call him in."
The female official took the order out, and soon Li Mu came to the front. Before he could speak, Empress Changsun asked him to sit down and play mahjong. Li Mu was a little confused. I am here to offer treasures, not to play mahjong!
Yin Fei and others knew that Mahjong was invented by Li Mu, and they were curious about the skills of the man who invented Mahjong, so they urged Li Mu to sit down.
"Empress, all the concubines, I went to the palace today to offer treasures-"
"There is no hurry to offer treasures, and it will not be lost."
"Horse Zhulu, sit down quickly, are you afraid of losing?"
The concubines were talking nonsense, and Li Mu had no choice but to sit down. He looked at the situation in front of him. There were a pile of copper coins and a few pieces of silver in front of each concubine. The position he sat at was the least copper coins, which was obviously the queen who lost a lot today.
Li Mu began to plot in his heart.
Mahjong has not been a simple game since its birth. If it is for gambling, dice, Paijiu, which one is not faster than mahjong? Once you let go, the winner will be decided. The difference between mahjong and other gambling tools is that it has a special social attribute.
Winning money is often not the main purpose.
Li Mu is facing this situation now, and he takes over the Queen to play cards. From the queen's perspective, it is naturally better to win money. But if he wins money for the Queen, then the three concubines will inevitably lose money. Although in terms of authority, the queen is much bigger than the imperial concubine. But he did not come for the palace fight, and he really couldn't offend anyone.
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Empress, I have a rule to bet on money, that is, win or lose. I can't use your money to bet on it, I bring the money by myself." As he said that, Li Mu grabbed a handful of silver from his sleeve, about seven or eight taels. This was exchanged from the system when he reached into his sleeve. He did not have the habit of bringing money.
Empress Changsun was a little displeased when she heard this. She thought that since Li Mu had invented mahjong, she must be a master of mahjong. She wanted Li Mu to help her make a comeback, but Li Mu was unwilling. Could this kid have to bother with me?
But she was the queen and could not show her dissatisfaction. Without saying anything, she asked the female official to take her money. Li Mu put her money on the table and quickly got into the state, shuffling the card and picking up the cards...
"Western wind!"
Concubine Yin was overjoyed: "I'm so lucky! I'm so happy! I just lacked your west wind!"
"Three cakes!"
Concubine Yan smiled and said, "Only three cakes are hanging on it! You can wait for me to wait for this three cakes!"
After tying seven shots, Li Mu only had a little money left, and his forehead was sweating a little. Empress Changsun began to feel a little sympathetic to Li Mu. Why did this child be so lucky today? She watched it clearly from the side. Li Mu played all the cards that were scattered and they couldn't use them, but they just tying cannons, and they were connected to tying cannons, which was really pitiful.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Mu finally pulled out a red ball. Just as he was about to beat it out, Queen Changsun couldn't help but say, "Let's change one."
"ah?"
Queen Changsun said: "Change another one."
She saw Yin Fei’s card next to her, and she was waiting for this red card.
Li Mu put down the red tree and pulled out another Jiucai.
"Switch another one!"
The one on the right hand side is this Jiubian.
"Sister, don't peek at our cards."
"It's boring to play like this."
The three concubines complained dissatisfiedly, and Empress Changsun had to shut up.
Li Mu gritted his teeth, pulled out another card, closed his eyes and played it out!
"Thirty thousand? I'm not bad! All ten thousand words are all! Give money!"
Concubine Yang on the opposite side laughed. Queen Changsun couldn't bear to see it. She reminded her twice but didn't hide. How unlucky it was!
Li Mu reached into his sleeve and exchanged a few taels of silver, cleared the account, pushed the card in anger, and said, "I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore, if I continue playing, I will lose everything."
Concubine Yang, who won the most, smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that Zhulu Hou's family is rich, how much money is there?"
"Money is a small matter, but mentality is a big matter." Li Mu muttered: "Which one loses? Alas!"
The mahjong table was removed, and the female official brought up the Hu chair and everyone sat down.
Li Mu bowed and said, "Empress, I am the concubines, today I am going to the palace, and I have a serious matter. Yesterday, I accidentally invented a new mirror. I thought that the queen and the concubines would definitely like it, so I brought it over and offer it."
"Mirror?" Yin Fei smiled and said, "Isn't a mirror just a mirror, but still needs invention?"
"Sister, don't underestimate it. If it were an ordinary mirror, how could Li Mu offer it as a treasure?" Queen Changsun said: "What kind of mirror, take it up and take a look."
"It's outside the hall."
Empress Changsun winked at the female official, and the female official turned around and went out. After a while, the five palace maids came in with five mirrors.
"Ah!" Yin Fei, who was the first to express doubt, immediately stood up and snatched the mirror from the palace maid. She looked at her clear appearance in the mirror and exclaimed: "It's indeed a treasure, it can be so clear... Is this me? Oh, why are there wrinkles in the corners of her eyes?"
After hearing this, Concubine Yang said to herself, you only realized that you had wrinkles. How long has Your Majesty been to the center of your palace? You don’t count it? Just the folds on your face, it’s strange that His Majesty can like it. She also got up and took a mirror, took a look, and her expression became stiff. The person in the mirror also had fine lines at the corners of his eyes!
Chapter completed!