The past night was destined to be a sleepless night for many people in the Divine Capital.
The famous Lord Li had just gotten married. Who knew how many women in the Divine Capital were sad?
He was the top scholar in both civil and military affairs, the Empress' favorite, the messenger of justice, and the people's justice. He was also so handsome. For the young women in the Divine Capital, he was undoubtedly the ideal husband candidate.
Especially for such a man. He hadn't even gotten married yet. Some women who thought they were pretty would intentionally or unintentionally linger in front of the Li Manor, fantasizing about having a romantic encounter with him and becoming the mistress of the Li Manor in the future.
Before Li Mu's wedding, they still had some hope.
Now, their hopes were dashed. They couldn't feel any jealousy towards that lucky woman. They could only wish them happiness.
Li Manor.
The sun had already risen to the top of their heads. Li Mu and Liu Hanyan walked out of the room.
Liu Hanyan's face was rosy. She hid the smile in her eyes. Li Mu, on the other hand, was gloomy and unhappy.
Just last night, the two of them finally had their first yin yang dual cultivation.
The process of dual cultivation was undoubtedly very happy. But the result was unacceptable to Li Mu.
Last night, their yin and yang merged. Many years of pure yang and pure yin power flowed in their bodies. Liu Hanyan's cultivation successfully broke through to the fifth level. Li Mu's cultivation also experienced a surge, but he was still stuck at the peak of the fourth level. He was still one step away from the fifth level.
However, this step was the most difficult step.
Some people could take this step in a few days. Some needed half a month. Some took three to five years. Some took thirty to fifty years. There was no pattern.
Li Mu started cultivating before Liu Hanyan. He was also the one who led her onto the path of cultivation. But she broke through to the fifth level before Li Mu. Li Mu was so angry that he trembled. Was he destined to be under a woman for the rest of his life?
Damn the heavens. They were both yin and yang dual cultivators. This was too unfair to him.
Liu Hanyan held his arm and comforted him, "Don't be discouraged. Maybe you'll break through in a few days. In the future, I'll protect you …"
Although she was comforting Li Mu, there was an unconcealable pride in her tone.
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "Do I look like someone who needs a woman's protection …?"
As he spoke, his voice became softer and softer.
Because he realized that he really was that kind of person.
In terms of safety, they used to rely on Li Qing, then Su He, and then the Empress. In terms of finances, they had always relied on Liu Hanyan …
Only when he thought about it carefully did he realize that he had been relying on women all this time.
Now that even Liu Hanyan's cultivation was higher than his, Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. What son of heaven? Maybe he was just a son adopted by the heavens.
After the meal, Li Mu decided to enter the palace.
Yesterday's wedding went so smoothly. In fact, to a large extent, it was thanks to the Empress.
Li Mu didn't have any maids or servants at home, so she asked Mr. Mei to bring some maids from the palace.
The dishes at the wedding banquet were prepared by the imperial chef she sent to the palace.
The wedding wine prepared for the guests was also the tribute wine she sent from the palace.
Although she didn't come herself, she asked Mr. Mei to arrange his wedding very well.
Changle Palace.
Li Mu walked into the hall. The Empress, who was reading the memorials, didn't even raise her head. She asked, "Why did you come to the palace instead of staying at home with the bride?"
Li Mu handed a few food boxes with dishes he made to Mr. Mei and said, "Your Majesty helped me with my wedding. I'm here to thank you."
Zhou Yi looked up at him and said, "If you really want to thank me, then help me read these memorials. There are endless memorials every day. It's so annoying …"
Li Mu found that the Empress was becoming more and more presumptuous after they became familiar with each other.
There are endless memorials every day. It's so annoying … Is this something an Empress should say?
Even if she was really annoyed, she couldn't say it out loud. Wise Emperors were all busy at night. Only a fatuous Emperor would be annoyed by the memorials. If this sentence was written down, it would leave a bad name in the future.
In the past, she would still pretend and put on airs in front of Li Mu. Now she didn't even want to pretend.
Li Mu wanted to help her, but the harem couldn't interfere with politics. How could a minister help the Emperor deal with memorials? If this was known, a favored minister would never be able to get rid of the label of messing up the government.
Li Mu shook his head and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, this isn't very good …"
Zhou Qiong looked at him disappointedly and said, "I understand now. You used to say that you would go through water and tread on fire for me, but it was all fake. You weren't even willing to help me look at the memorials, let alone go through water and tread on fire..."
Li Mu walked up and said helplessly, "I'll see, I'll see, okay …"
The Empress completely revealed her true nature in front of him today. She didn't even pretend anymore. She even used Li Mu's words to trick him. If Li Mu refused, it would mean that what he said to the Empress before was all false.
Mr. Mei put the food in the food boxes on the table. Li Mu picked up the pile of memorials and went to the corner.
The memorials presented by each ministry were sorted according to their importance. The Empress had already dealt with the most important memorials. The rest were the less important ones.
There were 36 counties and hundreds of counties in the Great Zhou. Even though the ministries had solved most of the problems, there were still many things left for the Empress to deal with.
Zhou Yi was eating leisurely at the side. She glanced at Li Mu and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Your cultivation has improved a lot."
Li Mu explained, "Because I have a pure Yang body, and my wife has a pure Yin body."
When pure Yang and pure Yin mixed together, it would produce an incomparably strange power. It had the effect of increasing mana and breaking through the barrier of cultivation. Li Mu didn't say it explicitly, but anyone could understand what he was implying.
He meant that last night, they mixed their Yin and Yang.
Zhou Yi instantly felt that the food in front of her didn't smell so good.
Not only that, Li Mu's words made her involuntarily think of the scene of their Yin and Yang mixing together. She, who had never experienced such a scene, wouldn't have thought of it. But she happened to see Li Mu's dream …
The more she wanted to forget, the clearer the scene became.
She could erase other people's memories, but she couldn't erase her own. If her memories were lost, her inner demons would still exist. This would cause her even more trouble.
Her inner demons could be suppressed with the Art of Clear Mind, but some thoughts couldn't.
The courtier that originally belonged to her, had become another woman's husband. They lived in the house that she bestowed upon them, and used the things that she bestowed upon them. She couldn't even go there anymore – Zhou Qiong admitted that she was a little envious.
After having a wife, Li Mu's thoughts couldn't be wholeheartedly focused on the palace. He hadn't used the spirit snail she gave him for a long, long time.
What made her feel conflicted was that she felt that Mei Wei was right.
Although Li Mu was her minister, he should also have his own life. She shouldn't be too demanding of him, and shouldn't be too possessive of him … But why did she still feel so uncomfortable? It was as if her sisters had taken away her beloved doll when she was young …
At this moment, the closer she got to Li Mu, the more chaotic her heart became. She put down her chopsticks, stood up, and said, "Look first. I'm going out for a walk …"
The Empress chose to be an Empress who didn't do anything. Li Mu could continue to help her deal with the memorials.
She didn't know about these memorials until she saw them. She didn't know that being an Empress was so difficult.
There were already a lot of things to do in the 36 counties of Great Zhou. As the superior country of Zuzhou, Great Zhou also had to deal with the affairs of other countries in Zuzhou.
In some small countries, there was a coup d 'état. The orthodox royal family would ask for help from Great Zhou.
There were also some small countries that were invaded by demons and demons. They couldn't resist with their own strength, so they would ask for help from Great Zhou.
The ministers didn't have the right to make these decisions. In the end, it was up to the Empress to make the decision.
Li Mu couldn't make these decisions for the Empress, so he picked out these memorials and put them aside.
As for the matters within the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially after the various levels of approval, as long as the Empress's written instructions were approved, Li Mu would approve them for her.
After he finished dealing with the memorials, the Empress still hadn't returned. Li Mu left Changle Palace and went to the Secretariat.
In addition to helping the Empress, he also had his own matters to deal with.
When Li Mu walked into his office, he found that there were a few more booklets on the table in his office.
Among the six officials of the Secretariat, he was in charge of the Ministry of Justice. He was the busiest. Li Mu opened a few memorials and found that they were from Yushan County.
Yushan County's Baiyu County Magistrate and Zhongshan County Magistrate were suspected to have died in revenge from the Demon Sect. The Yushan County Magistrate had personally come to the Immortal's Capital to report this matter, which was a step faster than the memorials from the county government.
The imperial court had already sent the Consecration Department to investigate this case. They just had to wait for the results. Li Mu flipped through the two memorials and put them aside, preparing to read the next one.
He had already picked up a new one, but he seemed to have realized something and put it down again.
Li Mu opened the two memorials again and put them together. He found that the Baiyu County Magistrate and Zhongshan County Magistrate had both been transferred out of the Ministry of Personnel before they went to work. Moreover, their official positions were in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. There was only a difference of a few months when they were transferred out of the Ministry of Personnel.
If he remembered correctly, the Anyi County Magistrate and Tianhe County Magistrate who had died seemed to have experience as officials in the Ministry of Personnel. However, Li Mu did not know what official position they had in detail.
Within half a year, four officials from the Ministry of Personnel had died. This was too much of a coincidence. If the deaths of the first two officials and the two officials from Yushan County were committed by the same culprit, then this case had nothing to do with the Demon Sect. The imperial court had investigated in the wrong direction …
Because from the timeline, when the first two officials died, Li Mu had not yet provoked the Demon Sect.
After discovering the connection between these cases, Li Mu went directly to the Ministry of Justice. He found the director of the Ministry of Justice and asked, "Who was investigating the assassination of the two officials from Hanyang County and Danyang County?"
The director of the Ministry of Justice said, "It was Manager Wei."
Li Mu said, "Let him come."
The director of the Ministry of Justice walked out of the yamen and quickly found Wei Peng. Li Mu looked at Wei Peng and asked, "What position did the Tianhe County Magistrate and Anyi County Magistrate hold in the Ministry of Personnel?"
Wei Peng thought for a moment and said, "Manager of the Ministry of Personnel."
Li Mu was surprised. "Manager of the Ministry of Personnel again …"
After saying that, he continued to ask, "Do you know when they were the managers of the Ministry of Personnel?"
Wei Peng clearly remembered this matter very clearly. He did not think too much and said, "About twelve or thirteen years ago …"
The four managers of the Ministry of Personnel at the same time had all been promoted in half a year. Then, twelve or thirteen years later, within half a year, they all died of unnatural causes. What this meant was self-evident …
Li Mu frowned slightly and muttered, "What happened during that time?"
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