"Li Dequan!"

"I'm here!"

Empress Dowager Lu gave him a look. Li De understood it with all his heart, held a red post in both hands, bowed slightly, and came to Li Xiaoyao's side.

"Look!" said Empress Dowager Lu, then picked up the teacup, scratched the surface with the lid, and took a sip.

Li Xiaoyao took the red post curiously, looked at Empress Dowager Lu in confusion, and then opened the red post.

"Wedding invitation?" Li Xiaoyao frowned, wondering why the empress dowager showed him this thing.

"This is the prince. He ordered people to deliver it to Ai's house overnight last night." Empress Dowager Lu put the teacup in her hand aside, moved her body, and smiled and said, "Do you know who the woman is on this wedding invitation?"

"Qin Wanshu, Qin Xiaotong's cousin." Li Xiaoyao replied.

He had heard Qin Xiaotong mention Qin Wanshu, so he still had some impression of the name Qin Wanshu.

"Do you know what Qin Wanshu's identity background?" Empress Dowager Lu said slowly and said with a peaceful expression.

"The current clan leader of the Qin family in Beijing is the daughter of the city defense camp in charge of the Qin and Han people." Li Xiaoyao said.

"That's right!" Queen Mother Lu nodded: "But you only know one thing, not the other."

"Oh?" Li Xiaoyao frowned slightly.

"Qin Wanshu, because her mother is the daughter of a merchant, has been very eyed in the Qin family. However, the situation has changed drastically. Some wealthy merchants who were originally unpopular have now become the God of Wealth in the eyes of some people."

Empress Dowager Lu smiled contemptuously and continued in a frivolous tone: "Qin Wanshu's mother, Xia family, and her father, Xia Wushan, is a famous wealthy businessman in the coastal areas of Qinglin. Now, a wealthy businessman who cannot make a name for himself has become the target of the prince's efforts to win over."

"Empress Dowager, what do you mean?" Li Xiaoyao frowned: "The prince wants to win over Xia Wushan by using the marriage?"

"Yes!" Empress Dowager Lu smiled and said, "He not only wants to win over Xia Wushan, but also wants to win over Ye Hongyuan."

"Ye Hongyuan?" Li Xiaoyao exclaimed: "Ye Hongyuan, who holds half of the Han Dynasty's troops?"

Queen Mother Lu nodded: "In the past, in order to prevent the invasion of Zhao, the late emperor handed over more than half of the Han Dynasty's troops to Ye Hongyuan, who was stationed in Hengcheng at that time."

"However, due to years of war, the national treasury has not been able to make ends meet. Although the war has been quelled on the border in the past two years, the silver left in the treasury is very small. Therefore, the imperial court has not paid any military pay to the 200,000 troops in Ye Hongyuan's hands for more than half a year."

"Then, the prince wanted to take the opportunity to win over Xia Wushan, and then use his financial resources to bribe Ye Hongyuan."

"Empress Dowager." Li Xiaoyao said in shock: "Does the prince want to raise his troops to seize the throne?"

"Okay!" Empress Dowager Lu smiled mysteriously: "Today, Ai's family just wants you to see the true faces of your brothers."

"Empress Dowager, aren't you worried that Ye Hongyuan was bribed by the prince?" Li Xiaoyao pretended to be stupid for so long, but he still couldn't see through the woman in front of him.

Queen Mother Lu chuckled softly and said in a casual tone: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, but the second child is also trying to win over Ye Hongyuan."

"ah?"

Li Xiaoyao pretended to be shocked, but was actually shocked by the empress dowager's words.

Although Li Xiaoyao knew about these conspiracies between the prince and the second prince, the Empress Dowager, a woman living in the harem, could know everything about the court. How terrible is this woman?

"Go back early!" Empress Dowager Lu waved her hand, and then said mysteriously: "Today, don't be as drunk as last night. Remember, you are the future emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Um?

Li Xiaoyao frowned.

He didn't understand what this meant.

Then he got up and bowed.

"Li Dequan, send Prince Xiaoyao to Ai's family." Empress Dowager Lu looked at Li Dequan on the side and ordered.

"No!" Li Dequan responded, and then led Li Xiaoyao out of Fengming Palace.

"This little guy." Empress Dowager Lu looked at Li Xiaoyao's back and smiled: "It's still too simple."

Li Dequan led the way ahead, and Li Xiaoyao followed absent-mindedly.

This Empress Dowager Lu was completely different from what he had imagined before. She was too mysterious.

Li Xiaoyao still underestimated her, and he could not understand the details of Empress Dowager Lu.

Just as Li Xiaoyao was frowning, a familiar figure suddenly entered his eyes not far away, and he turned his head and looked over.

"Prince Xiaoyao, now General Guo Da is already the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard." Li Dequan, who looked back from time to time, found Guo Da's figure in Li Xiaoyao's eyes, and then explained.

"Oh!" Li Xiaoyao withdrew his gaze, responded in a coping manner, and continued walking.

Li Dequan frowned, squinted his eyes and looked at Li Xiaoyao's expression, then turned around and continued to lead the way.

"Prince, do you need to go up and say goodbye to General Guo Da? I can wait for you here for a while." Li Dequan turned around and asked kindly.

"No need, I am not very familiar with him." Li Xiaoyao said without changing his expression.

"Prince, General Guo Da is our savior." Li Dequan said again.

Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at Li Dequan, and smiled and said, "I only know that you were protecting me by my side."

A smile appeared on Li Dequan's face: "Prince, that's all what a slave should do."

Li Dequan continued walking with relief in his heart.

Li Xiaoyao smiled evilly.

Although you are older than me, don't even think about trashing me.

It seems that Empress Dowager Lu is still worried about herself.

Li Xiaoyao locked his eyebrows and shook his head.

Beijing Lin Mansion, front yard living room.

"Dad, I'm going too." Lin Zhiqing, dressed in a man's outfit, said in a middle-aged man with a handsome and elegant look.

"Look at you, what kind of decent thing is this?" The middle-aged man looked at Lin Zhiqing in a man's outfit and said anxiously: "How can you, a woman who has not left the boudoir, look like this?"

"I don't care, I'll go with you." Lin Zhiqing used his little temperament and held the middle-aged man's hand tightly.

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "Today is the prince's wedding. There are countless ministers present. You said you were dressed like this. If someone recognizes you, what face will you face when you call them after you call them dad?"

"Anyway, I don't care, I'm going to go." Lin Zhiqing pouted, holding his hand tightly.

"What did you say you are going to do?" the middle-aged man asked helplessly.

"What else can I do?" Lin Zhiqing glanced at the middle-aged man with some anger and complained angrily: "It's not that you and your mother, you promised your aunt to marry a broken prince without my consent."

The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly: "I, Lin Shicang, why did you give birth to such a heartless person..."

"Why!"

The middle-aged man glanced at her in anger, turned around and was entangled by her, walked out of the mansion and got into a luxurious carriage.

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(This book has been revised twice and the first batch of readers has been lost. Here I would like to thank Qidian book friend kang958 for his support for this book. Thank you.)
Chapter completed!