East Palace.

In the main hall, a young man with tender skin and tender flesh was kneeling on the ground, with a flattering smile on his face. Dozens of rare treasures were piled around him. No matter which one he picked out, it was priceless and rare in the world.

"Your Highness Taiqing, these rare treasures are all obtained by Qingshu after painstaking efforts for Your Highness to search all over the world. Qingshu knows that His Highness likes to collect these things, so he personally presented them to His Highness today. I hope His Highness will accept them."

The young man knelt on the ground, saluted, and pointed at the treasure beside him. There seemed to be a hint of boastfulness in his words.

"Such rare treasures require a lot of money, right? Is your father willing for you to spend so much money?"

Li Jingyao glanced at the treasures and asked with a smile. She didn't seem to take the treasures seriously, but looked outside the palace from time to time.

"Of course I'm willing to give it up!"

"My father said that as long as you can please His Highness, it will be worth it no matter how much you have to pay."

The young man nodded hurriedly, patted his chest and said.

"Okay, then I have no choice but to accept it."

Li Jingyao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

When the young man heard this, he immediately became happy and said happily.

"You gave me so many treasures, but you thanked me instead. This is really the first time you've ever given me such a gift."

"Tell me, do you have anything you want from me?"

Li Jingyao asked absently.

"Your Highness Ming Jian."

"My father and Qingshu have always admired His Highness. They know that His Highness will definitely become a wise king in the future. They also know that His Highness has always cherished talents and would bring them to the East Palace when they encountered talents that could be developed."

"Qing Shu is not very talented, but I think I still have some abilities. If I can be appreciated by His Highness and receive Qing Shu in the East Palace, my entire Lu family will be grateful and willing to go through fire and water for His Highness."

The young man smiled sheepishly and said confidently.

After hearing the young man's words, Li Jingyao looked at the young man, and a disdainful sneer flashed across her lips.

"Your Highness, we have arrived."

At this moment, Tong Zhuo appeared outside the palace door and said respectfully.

"Are you here?!"

"Hurry up!"

Seeing Tong Zhuo, Li Jingyao's eyes lit up, her face was filled with joy, and she couldn't wait to speak.

Soon, Li Wuji slowly followed Tongzhuo into the main hall.

"I have met His Highness."

When Li Wuji walked near the young man, he stopped, bowed his hands, and said hello with a smile.

“No gifts, no gifts!”

Li Jingyao waved her hands, her brows lit up with joy, she was almost completely different from before.

Li Wuji stood up slowly, looked at the young man beside him intentionally or unintentionally, nodded politely and said hello.

The young man happened to be sizing up Li Wuji as well. He was having a good chat with Tai Qing when someone suddenly interrupted him, and he felt unhappy at first. But when he saw that this person couldn't kneel down when meeting Tai Qing, he immediately frowned and looked coldly at him.

"Presumptuous! Who is so bold?!"

"Why don't you kneel down when you meet Your Highness?!"

The young man pointed one finger at Li Wuji and shouted in front of Li Jingyao.

Hearing the young man's question, everyone present could not help but be stunned for a moment, including Li Jingyao.

Tong Zhuo, who was standing next to Li Jingyao, shook his head and glanced at the young man sympathetically.

Li Wuji slowly turned his head and looked at the young man again, with a hint of a flattering smile on his lips.

"I am a nobody. Some people call me Mr. Wuji, while others call me Marquis Liyang. You can call me whatever you want."

"I wonder who you are?"

Li Wuji looked at the young man and introduced himself politely.

"Li...Li Yanghou..."

After hearing Li Wuji's answer, the young man was stunned for a moment, his expression suddenly became dull, and he muttered to himself, feeling a little at a loss and unable to answer a word.

"Young master, don't pay attention. He doesn't understand the rules."

"Do you mind if I call you that? Although you are now the Marquis of Liyang, I still like to treat you as a son."

Li Jingyao said with a smile, breaking the awkwardness.

"Your Highness, you can call me whatever you want, as long as you are happy."

Li Wuji turned his head again, cupped his hands and said.

"good."

"He is the son of Lu Zhengping, the Minister of War, Lu Qingshu. I bumped into the young master. I hope the young master will not be surprised."

Li Jingyao smiled, pointed at the young man kneeling on the ground, and explained with a smile.

"Your Highness is serious."

Li Wuji smiled and shook his head, saying indifferently.

"Lü Qingshu, I have accepted everything. You can go back and thank your father on my behalf."

Li Jingyao smiled, turned to look at Lu Qingshu, waved her hand and said.

Lu Qingshu wanted to say something more, but when he saw that Li Jingyao had focused all his attention on Li Wuji after speaking to him, he had no choice but to bow respectfully, stand up and leave.

Before leaving, he did not forget to give Li Wuji a fierce look and muttered something in a low voice.

"It seems he is here to give a gift."

After Lu Qingshu left, Li Wuji glanced at the rare treasures piled beside him and said with a smile.

"Yes, do you know how many people in this capital city and above the court are trying their best to settle in the East Palace and listen to me? Lu Qingshu is just one of thousands of people."

"Only you, even if I personally invite you, you don't care at all."

Li Jingyao nodded and looked at Li Wuji with some disappointment.

"How dare I? It's just that I have too many faults. I'm worried that if I get too close, I'll offend His Highness and affect His mood."

"I hope Your Highness won't be surprised."

Li Wuji smiled and said half-jokingly.

In fact, he had already understood the meaning of Li Jingyao's words. What did he mean by cherishing talents and settling in the East Palace? To put it bluntly, wasn't he just serving as Li Jingyao's plaything? Male favorite?

It's just called recruiting talents.

He didn't expect that even the son of the Minister of War, would actually want to become Li Jingyao's male favorite.

But in his opinion, this was more like taking sides, showing loyalty to Li Jingyao, the future monarch of Li Kingdom, and even more seeking a future.

"Okay, I don't blame you."

"I heard that you were attacked two days ago. How are you? No injuries?"

Li Jingyao smiled and changed the topic.

Although she really wanted to bring Li Wuji into the East Palace, she also understood that people like Li Wuji would not be so easy to live under the roof of others, even if he was a high-ranking Taiqing.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. There was indeed some trouble, but fortunately, it's okay because of my fate."

Li Wuji smiled, bowed his hands, and said gratefully.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just heard about it, so I ordered Tongzhuo to go and have a look."

"If someone really dares to hurt you in the capital, I will definitely not let him go!"

Li Jingyao looked at Li Wuji and said seriously.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Your Highness is well-informed, but have you ever heard of a group of people wearing ghost-face masks?"

Li Wuji smiled, looked up at Li Jingyao, and asked casually.

After hearing Li Wuji's words, Tong Zhuo, who was standing aside, couldn't help but frowned and glanced at Li Jingyao before Li Jingyao could speak.

"Wearing a Ghostface mask? You mean the people who attacked you were a group of people wearing Ghostface masks?"

Li Jingyao looked at Li Wuji with a puzzled face and asked in surprise.

"Exactly, and a lot of people came."

"But luckily I brought guards with me and killed them all."

Li Wuji nodded, withdrew his gaze and spoke slowly.
To be continued...