One should learn from one's mistakes. If one had to use countless lies to cover up a lie, it would be better to be honest from the beginning.
After getting a new residence, the Empress generously gave the small building to Li Mu. This incident ended without any mishaps. However, Mr. Mei's behavior disappointed him. The two of them had such a deep friendship, but he actually fanned the flames in front of the Empress. Li Mu needed to reconsider their friendship.
Li Mu was full of apologies to the Empress.
The Empress was very good to him, and Li Mu seemed to be using her kindness to do whatever he wanted, ignoring her feelings.
Even if he was favored, he couldn't be fearless. A relationship had to be maintained for a long time, and it had to be mutual. If he relied on her to do whatever he wanted, he would only end up with nothing.
This was the conclusion that Li Mu had come to after observing countless relationships.
Fortunately, the Empress was magnanimous, and Liu Hanyan was tolerant …
Baiyun Mountain.
Main Peak.
Li Qing looked at Liu Hanyan's melancholy expression and asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Liu Hanyan sighed and said, "I'm a little regretful now …"
Li Qing asked, "What do you regret?"
Liu Hanyan said, "How great would it have been if I had stayed with him in the North County …"
…
The next day, outside Changle Palace.
Mr. Mei and Shangguan Li stood outside the palace, occasionally glancing inside.
Li Mu had walked into Changle Palace for two hours.
He didn't know what he had to say to the Empress. They hadn't finished talking for two whole hours.
Yesterday, he wanted nothing more than to behead him. Today, he was being lovey-dovey again. Mei Daren sighed. She had watched His Majesty grow up. She thought she understood His Majesty very well. However, she didn't know when it started, but she couldn't guess His Majesty's thoughts.
In Changle Palace, Li Mu was actually playing Aeroplane Chess with the Empress.
This was a game that Wanwan and Xiao Bai often played. They often used this game to decide who would sleep in Li Mu at night.
The Empress was with them every day, and she had also learned this new form of entertainment.
Li Mu took the initiative to admit his mistake, and the Empress also forgave him. The relationship between monarch and subject returned to how it was before.
At this time, Li Mu finally had the mood to talk to her about the painting.
Zhou Yi threw the dice and asked, "Have you comprehended the mystery of that painting?"
Li Mu nodded and described the scene he saw in the painting.
Zhou Yi was silent for a moment, and said slowly, "Reverend DaoXuan indeed hid the art of painting in that painting. Thousands of years ago, when the hundred schools of thought were contending, the art of painting used the art of" creating something from nothing ", and it was also one of the best in the hundred schools of thought. However, after the death of Reverend DaoXuan, the art of painting lost its inheritance. This is the only painting left behind by Reverend DaoXuan. Later generations only guessed that perhaps the mystery of painting was hidden in this painting, but I didn't expect it to be true …"
Li Mu thought of those scenes, and said with some shock, "With such a mysterious art of" creating something from nothing ", weren't the art cultivators back then invincible?"
Zhou Yi shook her head and said, "In the path of cultivation, who dares to say that they are invincible? Legalism cultivators can say that they are the law, but they are not invincible in the world. Every path has its strengths and weaknesses, and there is no true invincibility."
Although each path of cultivation has its strengths and weaknesses, but if one cultivates all paths, one can learn from the strong points to make up for the weak points, and might not be invincible.
At this moment, Zhou Yi stretched out her hand, a white light flashed, and the painting appeared in her hand again.
She handed the painting to Li Mu and said, "Since you can comprehend the inheritance of Reverend DaoXuan, this painting is for you, and you can slowly comprehend it."
Li Mu took the painting and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
An hour later, Li Mu walked out of the Changle Palace with the painting in his hand.
"Stop."
He had only taken two steps when Mr Mei's voice came from behind him.
Li Mu stopped, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
Mr Mei walked up and knocked on his head, "You're all grown up now, and you don't even call me sister anymore …"
Li Mu glanced at her and asked, "Is there a sister who would risk her life to kill her brother?"
Mr Mei's face darkened, and he said, "Don't mention this to me again!"
Li Mu was just saying, Mr Mei watched the Empress grow up, and he must be closer to her than Li Mu. Just based on this, not to mention her, even Li Mu himself felt sorry for the Empress.
Mr Mei glanced at him, and saw the thing in his hand, and said in shock, "Her Majesty actually gave this painting to you?"
Li Mu looked at the painting in his hand, and asked, "Is there a problem?"
Mr Mei's expression was complicated, and he said, "Her Majesty liked painting when she was young, and she admired the painter Reverend DaoXuan very much. This is the only authentic work of Reverend DaoXuan, and also Her Majesty's favorite painting, and it was the betrothal gift that the late Emperor gave to the Zhou family …"
She was a little emotional, and said, "Her Majesty actually gave her favorite thing to you …"
From the way the Empress purposely took this painting away from the small building, it was obvious that she really liked this painting, but she still gave it to him without hesitation.
Li Mu was touched, and the guilt in his heart deepened.
He walked aimlessly to the Luoyang yamen, and Li Si saw him, and immediately said, "Next time you treat me to a drink, pay the bill first …"
Li Mu waved his hand, and said, "This time I'm not here to treat you to a drink, I have a question to ask you."
Li Si said indifferently, "That friend of yours is in trouble again?"
Li Mu nodded, and said, "Under what circumstances would a person give her favorite thing to you?"
Li Si glanced at him, and said, "If a person is willing to give her favorite thing to you, then that thing is not her favorite thing, but you."
Li Si looked at Li Mu, and said word by word, "You are her favorite thing."
When Li Mu left the Luoyang yamen, he had a lot on his mind.
Was it like Li Si said, that he was the Empress' favorite thing?
Li Mu was sure that the Empress liked him.
In the eyes of others, he was originally the Empress' favorite official. The Empress was his solid backing. He was in front of the Empress, charging and breaking through enemy lines for her, solving problems for her. This kind of official deserved to be more favored.
Although he was not as good as Li Si, he was not an idiot who did not know anything about love.
Wasn't the Empress being too nice to him a little too much?
It was his first time being someone's official, and he did not know what a favorite official should be like.
Moreover, as an insider, Li Mu could not answer this question himself.
He decided to find an outsider to ask.
Mr. Mei was undoubtedly the best choice. He was the Empress' favorite official, and he knew the Empress best, as well as the relationship between him and the Empress.
Li Mu took her to a place far away and set up a soundproof array. Mr. Mei looked around, and said angrily, "Why are you being so secretive?"
Li Mu asked, "Sister Mei, do you think Her Majesty treats me well?"
As soon as he said that, he was hit on the head.
"You're so heartless!"
"How dare you doubt Her Majesty treats you well!"
"Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"
"Let me tell you, you can doubt anyone but Her Majesty. If Her Majesty doesn't treat you well, no one else in the world will treat you well …"
…
Li Mu did not get an answer from Mr. Mei. Instead, he was beaten up. He was extremely suspicious that she was abusing her power to avenge a private grudge.
At the gate of the Zongzheng Temple, Zhang Chun and Prince Shou watched from afar. They did not come up until Mr. Mei left. Zhang Chun asked, "How did you offend Mr. Mei?"
"Nothing," Li Mu rubbed his head and asked Zhang Chun casually, "Mr. Zhang, do you think Her Majesty treats me well?"
Zhang Chun stopped and slowly looked at Li Mu, saying, "Mr. Li, you must have a conscience. How could you doubt, how dare you doubt Her Majesty treats you well …"
Li Mu explained, "That's not what I meant …"
Zhang Chun asked, "Then what do you mean?"
Li Mu thought for a moment and asked, "I mean, how did the former Emperor treat his favorite officials — compared to Her Majesty's treatment of me?"
Zhang Chun shook his head and said, "I wasn't an official at that time, how would I know …"
Prince Shou glanced at Li Mu and said lightly, "How can the former Emperor's favorite officials be compared to you? The former Emperor didn't treat you as well as Her Majesty did … "
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