"Xuan 'er, you … you drank?"
Back home, Li Zexuan wanted to rest in the West Courtyard, but he bumped into his mother in the front yard.
Although there wasn't much alcohol left in his body, the portion of alcohol that was forced out of his body had stained his clothes. Mrs. Li smelled a strong smell of alcohol from far away and couldn't help but be shocked.
Ever since Li Zexuan returned from Mount Longhu, Li Jingmo and Mrs. Li knew that their son didn't touch alcohol. At most, he would drink soft drinks that wouldn't get him drunk.
How could they not be shocked when they saw their son in a drunken state?
"Mother, I'm fine! A servant accidentally spilled the wine on me just now in the Prince's Mansion. I'm not drunk! "
Li Zexuan explained with a smile.
Mrs. Li saw that her son's words were clear and his thoughts weren't in a mess. She sighed in relief and smiled. "Haha, that's good! Xuan 'er, go do your thing! Your father and I have to arrange for people to buy some things for your wedding in the afternoon. In a few days, our Xuan 'er will be married! "
"Okay, I'll go then!"
Li Zexuan's heart skipped a beat. He estimated that he would be married in about a week. In his previous life, he had studied hard for more than ten years and was about to start working. He hadn't even gotten married yet, but because of a banquet, he had inexplicably transmigrated to this era.
And now, he was about to get married. Li Zexuan's heart was filled with complicated emotions.
"Young Master! Madam! Someone from the palace is here! "
San Bao hurried over and reported with a bow.
"Ah ~? Quickly invite the angel in! "
Mrs. Li exclaimed.
"Xuan 'er, go entertain the angel first. I'll call your father."
"Mother, there's no need. His Majesty should have sent someone to call me. I'll go alone. You and Father can go do your things!"
Li Zexuan knew what was going on. He shook his head and said.
"Then, Xuan 'er, His Majesty won't cause trouble for you, right?"
"Mother, he won't. I'll be fine! Go quickly! I'll have to go to the palace later. "
Li Zexuan smiled and replied.
"Then … then I'll go first!"
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"Lord Jue, His Majesty has decreed for you to enter the palace immediately for an audience!"
Not long after, a servant carrying a horsetail whisk walked in and said to Li Zexuan, "Sir, you've been waiting for a long time.
"Yes, little eunuch, please wait for a moment. I'll go with you!"
Li Zexuan was not surprised. After he argued with Kong Yingda in the morning, he thought that Li Er would ask him questions. Now it seemed that it was true.
He had the eunuch wait in the main hall for a while while he went to the West Courtyard to change his clothes. Then, the two of them went to the Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, Li Xiannan is here!"
Sweet Dew Palace.
Li Er was reading a book. Hearing this, he spat out a word expressionlessly, "Announce!"
"Summon Li Xiannan for an audience ~!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
When Li Zexuan heard the eunuch calling for him, he walked in with small steps and bowed to Li Er.
This was not the first time he came to Sweet Dew Palace. As the saying goes, unfamiliar the first time, familiar the second time!
Silence. The palace fell into silence.
Li Er did not say anything. Li Zexuan did not have anything to say. Li Zexuan knew that Old Li was angry with him today. He was probably putting pressure on him on purpose!
However, Li Zexuan didn't feel guilty. Although he had gone a little overboard with the newspaper incident, he had still skirted the boundaries and didn't cross the red line. As for secretly hiring a child to poop in front of Cui Shanyou and the others, he had done it very discreetly and definitely wouldn't leave any evidence behind.
Therefore, Li Er had no reason to do anything to him because of this. At most, he would just quit the Imperial College! Anyway, when he stayed in the Imperial College, other than teaching students, he had never thought of fighting for power. In this life, it was fine as long as he was happy.
After being reborn and having been an official for so long, Li Zexuan was very clear in his heart!
"Cough, do you know why I called you here today?"
Li Er saw that Li Zexuan was not scared by him even though he had purposely suppressed his aura. He could not help but feel angry. He secretly thought that this brat was no longer as timid as when he first entered the bureaucracy. Now, he had become a wily old fox.
The two of them could not keep silent like this. As the Emperor, Li Er still had a lot of things to do! Therefore, he took the initiative to speak.
"Your Majesty's wisdom is as vast as the sea. This humble subject does not dare to speculate ~ ~"
Li Zexuan gave a jack-of-all-trades flattery.
Right now, he really looked like a veteran in the officialdom. It was hard to imagine that two months ago, this guy was just a newbie who had just entered the officialdom and was afraid of the slightest thing.
"Bastard! I told you to speak, so speak! "
Li Er put down the book in his hand and said angrily.
"Uh, this humble subject thinks that Your Majesty must have seen today's newspaper, so …"
Li Zexuan was surprised.
"Hmph! Looks like you know it yourself! Tell me, what do you want to do with the headlines in today's newspaper? "
Li Er snorted coldly and said.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject knows that Your Majesty must be angry with today's headlines and think that this humble subject is deliberately smearing Dr. Cui and the others. However, Your Majesty does not know that the so-called news is what we have heard recently. The original purpose of Datang Daily was to seek truth from facts. We can't cover up for the person who reported it just because he or she is in a high position. No matter who it is, we will treat them equally."
Li Zexuan said the words that he had already prepared in his heart.
"Ha ~ ~, according to what you said, you still think that your Datang Daily is the 'Imperial Censor' of the people?"
This was the first time Li Er had heard such a novel idea, but he could not help but sneer.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject has the same intention. Our Tang Empire has tens of millions of territories, and there are at least tens of thousands of officials in all the provinces and prefectures. It is fine around Chang 'an, but it is inevitable that some officials in remote areas will lose supervision. This humble subject believes that once power is lost, it will inevitably lead to corruption. At that time, this humble subject established Datang Daily with the intention of developing it in the future. At that time, the reporters of our Datang Daily will be in every corner of the Tang Empire, and the corrupt officials will have nowhere to hide. This is also a disguised way of rectifying the governance of the officials for the imperial court! "
Li Zexuan saw that he had succeeded in diverting the topic, so he quickly continued to persuade him.
Li Er frowned and fell into deep thought.
In the early days of the Tang Empire, it did spend a lot of effort to rectify the governance of the officials. Therefore, the governance of the officials in the Tang Empire was still considered clean, and there were no major cases of corruption. However, Li Er was a very far-sighted monarch. He knew that the reason why the previous dynasties fell was mostly because the governance of the officials in the country was too corrupt at the end of the dynasty. And Li Zexuan's words seemed to give him a new idea to solve the problem of official corruption, which made him seriously consider the feasibility of this method.
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