Chapter 42-Shrinking Away
After Gu Hao left, Li Shimin was still angry.
This bastard actually dared to despise his own beauty?
Li Shimin was furious.
If he didn't know that Lizhi's heart was already on this bastard, why would he agree to this marriage?
In the past, he had always wanted Zhangsun Chong to be his son-in-law.
"The Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, as long as he needs something, cooperate.”Li Shi Min looked at the ministers who had re-entered the inner hall and sneered," I want to see what tricks he can play."
Hmph, if he doesn't do well, I'll definitely chop off his head!”
“………”
All the ministers fell silent.
They all felt that Li Er could not bear to kill him.
After discussing the political affairs for a while, Li Shimin returned to the Political Hall and wanted to have a good talk with his Guanyin maid.
Before he stepped into the inner hall, he heard the laughter of his Guanyin maid and Lizhi, and his mood immediately improved.
"Lizhi is here too."
Li Shi Min thought.
Walking into the inner hall, Li Shi Min raised his eyebrows.
He found Guanyin and Lizhi looking at him with smiles.
"What's wrong?"
Li Shi Min was curious.
"Father, do you want to see what you really look like?" Li Lizhi asked with a smile.”
Li Shi Min paused.
This question…
He did not know how to answer.
"Lizhi, why do you say that?"
Li Shi Min asked.
"Lizhi gave me a very special mirror," Empress Zhangsun chuckled.”
" Mirror..." Li Shiming suddenly understood.
"Imperial Father, watch carefully. Don't scare yourself.”Li Lizhi stood next to the mirror and grabbed a corner of the black cloth covering the mirror.
Li Shi Min smiled.
He didn't think much of it.
He had fought for many years, what had he not seen?
"Hmm?" When the black cloth was pulled open, Li Shi Min was shocked to see himself.
"So clear!"
Li Shi Min stared at his reflection in the mirror in shock.
"Hehe, Imperial Father's expression is similar to Imperial Mother's just now.”Li Lizhi giggled.
Empress Zhangsun smiled and scratched the tip of Li Lizhi's nose.
"Where did this come from?" Li Shi Min looked at the mirror and asked in surprise.
"This is the birthday gift that your son gave to mother in advance.”
Li Lizhi smiled.
Empress Zhangsun explained,""It was given to Lizhi by the top scholar. He said that the top scholar spent an entire day making it yesterday.”
"Gu Hao?" Li Shi Min's eyes flashed.
He carefully examined the glass mirror.
It was clear and translucent, without any impurities.
"He made this?"
Li Shimin looked at Li Lizhi with a burning gaze.
"Yes," Li Lizhi said,"He worked from morning till night yesterday."”
"Not only is this scholar good at poetry, but he can also create such a thing. He's really not an ordinary person.”Empress Zhangsun sighed.
Li Lizhi couldn't help but smile. Her eyelashes were curved and she looked very beautiful.
Li Shi Min fell into deep thought.
He was thinking…
Was this Gu Hao's way to break out of this situation?
On the other side.
Gu Hao temporarily left his position as a lecturer in Hongwen Hall and was fully responsible for welcoming the envoys from the tribes of the Western Regions.
For this, he chose an empty space in the Imperial City and built two assembly lines:
Glass and wine.
He looked up information on the tribes of the Western Regions.
He found that these Western Regions tribes basically had a tradition:
Bonfire party.
Recalling the sweet dream he had last night, Gu Hao felt that holding a banquet to welcome foreign guests in the Tang Empire seemed to be able to solve all his problems.
As Gu Hao pondered, the two assembly lines had already started working.
Each craftsman had their own duties. Their exquisite workmanship and confused expressions formed a special scenery.
Countless officials were curious and wanted to take a closer look.
In the end…
"Even His Majesty doesn't know about this, yet you want to know…Do you think you're more powerful than His Majesty?”
Gu Hao ordered people to write these words in eye-catching spots around the empty space.
The ministers were even more curious, but at the same time…they stopped in their tracks.
Even so.
Some of the craftsmen who were changing shifts still leaked the matter on the assembly line.
"I don't know what I'm doing exactly. I'm only responsible for stirring the sand.”
"Why stir the sand? He didn't know? That lord asked me to stir the sand evenly, so I stirred it evenly…"
………
"I'm in charge of mixing wine. I'm in charge of mixing water into the wine according to a certain ratio.”
"Why water it? I don't know. My lord ordered me to…"
………
"I'm just a fireman. I'm in charge of adding coal and blowing the wind.”
"What wind? He was using that thing to blow air into the fire. He seemed to have heard that lord call it a fan.”
………
The ministers and the Tang Emperor, Li Shimin, who were secretly gathering information, didn't understand what Gu Hao was doing. Instead, they had even more questions.
In an inn near the Gu family's antique shop in Eternal Peace Square of Chang 'an City.
A young man in embroidered clothes was playing with a crystal cup.
Beside him, a refined middle-aged man looked at the letter on the table with a deep frown.
"What the hell is the Great Tang Imperial Court doing? Such an important matter as receiving the envoys of the Western Regions was actually handed over to a scholar who had just entered the officialdom.”
The middle-aged man frowned.
In the past two days, with the idea of knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, he had been secretly investigating the strategy of the Tang court to deal with the envoys of the Western Regions.
In the end, they only found Gu Hao.
No one in the Great Tang knew what Gu Hao was up to!
"Hehe, this top scholar is indeed quite talented, but without the crystal cup, everything will be useless.”The young man in embroidered clothes smiled faintly.
"That being said, I don't know what this top scholar is doing. I keep feeling a little uneasy.”the middle-aged man said.
" If you don't know, then you don't need to know," the young man said." What he does isn't important. What's important is what we do."”
The scholarly middle-aged man looked at the young man in embroidered clothes and pondered for a moment before asking respectfully,"Young Master, you have a new idea?"
"What do you think will happen if the crystal cup suddenly appears in front of the envoy group?”The young man in embroidered clothes asked.
" This..." The scholarly middle-aged man's eyes flashed and he smiled." If our people give it to the envoy group, it will be very interesting."”
"What if the crystal cup breaks in front of the envoy group?”
“………”
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