Chapter 423

Could it be!?

Li Er's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.

Could it be that this kid planted a mole by my side?

Yes!

It must be so!

Otherwise, how could he know everything?

It's truly terrifying!

"Alright, I'm in a good mood today, let's not bring up those disappointing topics. Old Li, Old Fang,"

"Continue the music, continue the dance!"

Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit off, Qin Mu slowly raised his wine glass and drank it first.

Instantly.

"Come, drink!"

Everyone came back to their senses.

Li Er and Fang Xuanling also hurriedly toasted Qin Mu back.

The great hall was once again filled with singing and dancing.

After the banquet ended.

Li Er and Fang Xuanling, in their capacity as Great Tang special envoys, requested that Qin Mu allow them to meet Empress Zhangsun.

Qin Mu had always been unwilling to deal with such trivial matters; after nodding and agreeing, he went off to busy himself.

Palace corridor.

Empress Zhangsun looked at the brightly lit scene outside the corridor.

Her heart was filled with emotion.

This is the empire my son built!

Much better than Li Lao Er!

"Guanyinbi..."

Li Er, standing behind Empress Zhangsun, opened his mouth, a thousand words stuck in his heart.

"What do you want with me?"

Empress Zhangsun turned her head, looking at Li Er with annoyance.

But there seemed to be no trace of her usual overbearing feeling in her tone.

As the saying goes.

A hundred days of grace for a single day of marriage.

Li Er and Empress Zhangsun were originally a deeply loving couple.

It was only because of some misunderstandings that things reached this point.

Yet he didn't know how to speak.

Empress Zhangsun had always been virtuous and generous, and having almost died from vomiting blood before, she had already let go of many things.

She no longer hated Li Er as much as before.

"Guanyinbi, come back."

Li Er heard the softness in Empress Zhangsun's tone, and his heart jolted, speaking directly.

"Come back? What do you take me for? You want me to leave, so I leave; you want me to come back, so I come back?"

Hearing this, Empress Zhangsun felt a bit dissatisfied in her heart.

The first sentence Li Lao Er said wasn't an apology, nor was it reflection, but a forceful demand for her to return.

In other words.

He hasn't changed at all!

What if I go back?

Wouldn't it be the same as before!

"I was at that time..." Li Er wanted to explain, but his pride as an emperor made it difficult for him to speak, so he changed the subject and asked: "Guanyinbi, the reason I risked coming to Great Qin was for what you said before. You said before that Qian'er is not our son; what is this all about?"

This matter had always been a lingering shadow in Li Er's heart.

If he didn't figure it out, he would find it hard to be at peace.

"What if you know about this? It's already too late; everything is beyond repair."

Empress Zhangsun shook her head and smiled bitterly.

If she had known Qin Mu's identity earlier, perhaps the family would be together happily.

Why end up like this?

Family broken and dead!

The country is no longer a country!

Li Chengqian is dead!

Zhangsun Chong is dead!

Who is the next to die?

No one knows!

Fate seems to have entangled everyone together, and then let Qin Mu act as the executor, uprooting them one by one!

"What do you mean it's too late? You know where our son is, don't you?"

Li Er's voice was trembling.

He was too excited!

That's great!

I actually have another son among the people?

"You don't need to ask anymore, and I won't tell you again. Just pretend this never happened, and that child will never return to your side." Looking at the excited Li Er, Empress Zhangsun became even more firm in her thoughts.

She must never tell him Qin Mu's true identity!

Otherwise.

He would surely go to Qin Mu to acknowledge kinship regardless of anything.

If Qin Mu knew that Li Er was a special envoy disguised as the Great Tang Emperor, he would probably have him dismembered immediately.

No matter how angry Empress Zhangsun was, she couldn't let Qin Mu bear the crime of patricide!

Qin Mu perfectly created an empire, and she also perfectly became an empress.

Empress Zhangsun felt she had a responsibility to protect Qin Mu's perfection, and must never leave a stain on his life.

Only in this way can he be called an emperor through the ages!

"Why? Why not tell me? Am I not even worthy of knowing the whereabouts of my own son?"

Li Er's eyes were bloodshot, and his tone began to show some anger.

From beginning to end.

He felt like a fool kept in the dark.

"When you learn to control your temper, then we can talk about our son."

Empress Zhangsun glanced at Li Er and left without hesitation.

"Guanyinbi! Stop right there!"

Li Er kept calling out, but Empress Zhangsun walked away without looking back.

"Unreasonable! Simply unreasonable!"

Li Er, standing in place, was so angry he was jumping, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, this is Qin Mu's place.

Inside the bedroom.

Qin Mu sat before the desk, handling government affairs.

Outside the door.

There were sounds of rustling.

Two beautiful figures stood at the entrance of the bedroom.

"Sister Xueyan, have you really thought this through?"

Wu Meiniang was embarrassed, looking at Li Xueyan hesitantly.