Chapter 254

Even officials who did not control military interests resisted with all their might.

What does this mean?

It means the officials in the court had long since united!

They had long since discussed that no matter whose interests Li Er touched, all the noble families would rise up to attack!

How could they not understand the principle of "when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold"?

In short.

They must not let Li Er succeed!

Just like that.

Several months passed.

The noble families remained carefree, and the people remained in misery!

What made Li Er even more desperate didn't stop there.

He believed that at this very moment, Great Qin must be developing by leaps and bounds.

This means the gap between the two nations will become smaller and smaller!

"Sigh!"

Li Er sighed long and hard.

Like sitting on pins and needles!

If this continues, it won't be long before Qin Mu leads a million-strong army to attack Great Tang!

By then.

What will Great Tang have to resist his attack?

"Your Majesty, your humble servant has returned!"

Just as Li Er was pondering, Fang Xuanling's voice drifted in from outside.

"Xuanling, you've finally returned; I have missed you to death!"

Hearing Fang Xuanling's voice, Li Er hurried out to welcome him, ecstatic.

That's great!

Finally back!

"Your Majesty, your humble servant has not failed his mission and has purchased a large batch of books from the Jiannan trade station."

Fang Xuanling bowed and said excitedly.

After purchasing 100,000 books from Qin Mu, Fang Xuanling traveled day and night, rushing back to Chang'an without stopping.

He arrived at almost the same time as Zhangsun Wuji and Li Chengqian!

"Good! That's great!"

"Xuanling, you are truly my pillar of support!"

Tears shimmered in Li Er's eyes, and he was so excited he didn't know what to say.

After these days of reform, Li Er realized how lonely he really was.

Apart from Fang Xuanling, there was almost no one else around him.

The nobles of the entire Chang'an city stood on the opposite side of him.

Feelings of grievance, anger, panic, fear, and worry were all intertwined in this instant.

That kind of feeling is not something an ordinary person can bear.

The pressure is simply too great!

Now seeing Fang Xuanling, how could Li Er not be excited?

"Your Majesty, please don't say that; for the sake of Great Tang's foundation, your humble servant will naturally go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Fang Xuanling said with a solemn gaze.

"Good, come, sit down quickly!"

Li Er took Fang Xuanling's hand and walked into Ganlu Hall.

After the two sat down, Li Er asked impatiently: "Xuanling, tell me in detail, what happened during this trip to Jiannan?"

"Your humble servant obeys!"

Fang Xuanling told everything that happened in Jiannan in detail.

Including how Qin Mu raised prices on the spot, Zhangsun Chong causing a scene in Jiannan, and so on.

When he heard that Qin Mu had raised the price of books to one tael of silver per book, Li Er was so angry his face turned red.

Damn it!

What a profiteer!

This brat is still the same as before, never willing to suffer a loss!

But when he heard that Zhangsun Chong had caused a scene in Jiannan, Li Er was completely unsettled.

"What did you say!?"

"Zhangsun Chong caused a scene in Jiannan?"

Hearing this, Li Er's face changed instantly.

This Zhangsun Chong!

He is too reckless!

What kind of place is Jiannan?

What kind of person is Qin Mu?

He dared to go there and cause trouble; he simply doesn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth!

I shouldn't have agreed to the Crown Prince's request to let Zhangsun Wuji and his son accompany him to trade.

Once I have time, I should also clean up the atmosphere of the noble families' sons in Chang'an!

In fact.

Li Er had long been displeased with the noble families' sons led by Zhangsun Chong.

These descendants of meritorious officials relied on their fathers' or grandfathers' achievements to act recklessly, eating, drinking, and playing all day long.

The good Chang'an city was stirred into a foul atmosphere by them.

Zhangsun Chong was the representative among them!

But because Zhangsun Chong obtained the Top Graduate position and, under Li Er's manipulation, became the author of an eternal masterpiece.

His various behaviors actually received unlimited understanding from everyone!

Some even vied to imitate him.

This also indirectly fueled this bad atmosphere.

If this continues, the court and the public will surely be in turmoil.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Fortunately, Qin Mu didn't mind, and I suppose he just punished him a bit and let him go."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said.

He didn't know that Zhangsun Chong had already been killed by Qin Mu.

This trip to Jiannan.

Fang Xuanling was single-mindedly focused on trading books with Qin Mu.

On the first day of arriving in Jiannan, he hurried to find Qin Mu.

After the trade was completed.

Fang Xuanling left Jiannan without stopping for a moment, not contacting anyone at all.

And the rumors flying in Jiannan, he naturally didn't hear.

Until this very moment.

Fang Xuanling was still kept in the dark, thinking Qin Mu really didn't mind this matter.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good!"

Just at this moment, an attendant ran in, panicked.

"What kind of decorum is this, being so panicked? What happened?"

Li Er was already feeling depressed, and seeing these subordinates acting so recklessly, a nameless fire burned in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhao is wearing mourning clothes, scattering paper money on Zhu Que Street, and carrying a coffin; it has now caused a stir in the city, and almost half of Chang'an has gone to watch the excitement."

"What did you say!?"

Li Er was instantly furious.