Li Zhi's arrival instantly caused the entire Taiyi City to boil, and then quickly fell into silence.

This time, Li Zhi even moved the entire court here, including the Secretariat, the Ministry of Palace Affairs, the Six Ministries, Nine Temples and Five Censors, all of which were moved here by him.

Such a ceremony was much more grand than when the Crown Prince summoned officials from the imperial court to Taiyi City for questioning a few days ago.

The entire Taiyi City had already been placed under martial law by the Qianniu Guards and the Left and Right Jinwu Guards before Li Zhi arrived. Although there was no city wall, everyone leaving Taiyi City from several roads would encounter strict inspections.

After Li Zhi entered the royal estate, the entire Taiyi City was guarded to the highest level. It was as if even the air had suddenly become heavier. The originally peaceful, quiet, bustling and prosperous Taiyi City now exuded a strong sense of solemnity and murderous aura.

All this made the people of Taiyi City, who were accustomed to freedom, suddenly feel a little overwhelmed. Apart from normal business dealings, the people began to act cautiously.

"How is Hong'er? Let me see." Li Zhi had a dark face and frowned, with a group of officials following behind him.

"My concubine greets Your Majesty." Wu Mei stood at the door to greet him.

"Where is the person? How is he? Is he seriously injured?" Li Zhi took Wu Mei's hand and walked into the building.

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Wu Mei let Li Zhi hold her hand. As it was Li Zhi's first time to come to this building, he was a little dumbfounded when he entered the door. He looked at Wu Mei, asking her which way to go.

Wu Mei smiled, took Li Zhi's hand and came to the living room on the first floor. Then several officials followed in and stood in front of the sofas on both sides.

Although Li Zhi was like this, his mind was still on Li Hong. As soon as Wu Mei pressed him on the sofa, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is Li Hong now?"

"Your Majesty, he is fine now. He only has a knife wound on his shoulder. Immortal Sun happened to be there, and he personally helped Li Hong heal his wound. When I came down to greet you today, it was he who sent me to the gate of the mountain." After Wu Mei sat down, she held Li Zhi's hand and stroked it and said.

After listening to this, Li Zhi sighed, and his expression seemed a lot more relaxed. He gestured to several bigwigs in the court to sit down, and then began to listen to Wu Mei's story about the assassination attempt yesterday. When he heard the critical moment, he squeezed Wu Mei's hand until it lost all color.

The officials on both sides were stunned and filled with deep admiration for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was able to protect the Queen from any harm in such a dangerous situation.

When Li Zhi and others heard that Li Hong fainted from crying because of the death of two palace maids, Li Zhi felt something was not right. Although they had grown up with him, as an emperor, the fact that Li Hong fainted from grief over two palace maids made him feel that Li Hong still needed to be tempered.

The ministers ignored the fact that Li Hong had fainted, and were shocked by the fact that Li Hong remained fearless, decisive, calm and composed in the face of danger, and was able to calmly analyze the situation and judge the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves under such passive conditions! This is not something that any young boy can do.

Without waiting for the ministers to speak, Li Zhi started to show off, just like a father who wants his son to be successful. He first glanced at the ministers, then said in a pretentious manner: "I told him a long time ago to practice martial arts well. At the age of ten, he is taller than Su Jie and the others, but he doesn't listen. He knows that he is in Taiyi City every day. If he had practiced martial arts earlier, would he still be like this? If it weren't for you, the queen, who often pampered him, would you have encountered such a dangerous situation yesterday? He wouldn't have been injured! I have decided that after his injury is healed, I will let him practice martial arts in the East Palace!"

Wu Mei rolled her eyes when she heard this. How dare you say that I spoiled her? From childhood to adulthood, I don't know who has been eaten by the little thing. But today in front of the court officials, Wu Mei couldn't refute him, so she had to go along with him and said, "Yes, I didn't discipline her strictly, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

After Li Zhi knew that the little bastard was fine, he suddenly became a completely different person, but the coldness in his eyes was still there when he faced his ministers.

"For the assassination of the Queen and the Crown Prince, do the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Dali Temple have any countermeasures? So many people have sneaked into our Tang Dynasty. How far is it from Chang'an? What will happen if they reach Chang'an one day..."

Wu Mei listened to Li Zhi's words and only then realized that Yang Wu, who was always by her side, did not follow her this time, but another eunuch Hua Ji.

Li Hong has been living a leisurely life these days. Ever since he taught Sun Simiao, Li Chunfeng, and the charlatan Yuan Tiangang how to play chess in Zongsheng Palace, Sun Simiao would come over every day to play a few games with Li Hong under the pretext of checking his injuries.

Although he was defeated by Li Hong every time, he was always cheerful and did not care about success or failure at all. His calm and peaceful mentality was something even Li Hong could not help but admire.

Li Chunfeng was notoriously slow at playing chess among the four, and was also a terrible chess player. When Sun Simiao monopolized Li Hong, Li Chunfeng played chess with his senior brother who was more than ten years older than him. Every time he played, he could hear Yuan Tiangang yelling at him to hurry up.

Moreover, the two had quarreled several times over whether to regret their moves or not, and they even seemed to be ready to fight over the chessboard first.

Under the long shade of the tree, Li Hong and Sun Simiao walked side by side. They had just played five games. Sun Simiao naturally lost five games, but he didn't care at all. Moreover, the old immortal never played more than five games, just five.

In his words, don't be greedy for anything, just enjoy it. If you indulge in it, it will affect your cultivation.

Li Hong took the opportunity to attack him, so could you put aside medicine and research something else?

The old immortal began to stroke his beard, looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, saying: "That is the hard work of my life. I am addicted to it and cannot extricate myself. If you don't let me study pharmacology, it will cost me my life."

The two men walked slowly to the small pavilion, where they saw Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, accompanied by a little Taoist boy, continuing to play chess. The wooden chess pieces were not a precious material, and the chessboard was not a precious material either, but the expressions of the two men were similar.

Li Chunfeng touched the chess piece slowly, then shook his head and put it down. He then looked at Yuan Tiangang's black piece and thought for a long time before he raised a chess piece. Then, as if it was fixed in the air, just when Yuan Tiangang was about to lose his patience, Li Chunfeng put it back to its original place and uttered two words: "Not right."

"Can you hurry up? Playing chess is not a real war. Hurry up." Yuan Tiangang's dark face was full of impatience.

Li Hong and Sun Simiao stood aside. Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang also took a look and then continued to stare at the chessboard, looking at the black and red pieces on it, and became focused again.

After spending many days together, they discovered that the prince was really different from ordinary people. Especially when he called Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng together, the two were stunned and incredulous when he heard some of Yuan Tiangang's answers to the armillary sphere and his insights into celestial bodies.

When they found out that they were actually living on a sphere, they were so scared that they almost fell to the ground. When Li Hong said again that at the center of the sphere was magma that could melt the entire world, the two of them began to curl their lips, thinking that Li Hong had read too many "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and other books.

But when Li Hong gave them the example of volcanic eruptions and so on, they began to look at each other in bewilderment. After traveling all over the country for many years, they had some experience, so they became silent again.

As for the bright moon above their heads that the ancients had always longed for, after listening to Li Hong's explanation, the two wanted to slap themselves a few times. All of a sudden, all the beautiful fantasies and poetic sentiments disappeared, leaving only the desolation in their hearts like the cold rocks on the moon.

Astronomy, geography, the universe, and astrology, Li Hong was always able to give them an answer that was completely different from their understanding. When Li Hong talked about how the stars would collide and then produce meteors that would fall to the ground, and how much damage the ground would cause, Li Chunfeng was so scared that he sat on the observation deck all night gazing at the stars.

The stories about the heavenly dog ​​eating the moon etc. made the two charlatans silent and they never used these to predict good or bad luck for others again.

Therefore, during these few days of getting along, the two of them were full of admiration for Li Hong, and naturally, they agreed to accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Chongwenguan after Li Hong recovered from his injury to make use of his remaining energy.

"You are so good at vaulting, what will you do if Zhishi catches you?" Li Hong kicked Li Chunfeng, so Li Chunfeng's hand, which was raised to make a move, stopped in the air again: "Not good."

Yuan Tiangang was so angry that he sighed helplessly. He was the Crown Prince and was also very knowledgeable. He had no choice but to continue to tolerate Li Chunfeng's nagging.

When Li Chunfeng finished his move, Yuan Tiangang immediately made his move, and then Li Chunfeng was next.

After watching a few moves, Li Hong began to give advice to both sides. Sometimes he gave advice to Li Chunfeng, and sometimes he regretted his move to the enthusiastic Yuan Tiangang. In short, amid Sun Simiao's laughter, Li Hong was busier than the two people playing chess.

"Your Highness, didn't you say that a true gentleman watches a game of chess without saying a word?" Yuan Tiangang looked up at Li Hong helplessly. There was no way to play chess. Now he and Li Chunfeng didn't know whether they were playing chess themselves or had become puppets of His Highness.

"Yes, a true gentleman watches chess without saying a word. I am not a gentleman. I am the prince. Hurry, it's time for you to go." Li Hong's shameless behavior made Sun Simiao and the other two doubt that the royal family would produce such a prince. It was a misfortune for the people of the Tang Dynasty and the entire Zongsheng Palace.

Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang were helpless. They had never met such a shameless person before, and they couldn't afford to offend him.

The two charlatans, who have always been respected, could only roll their eyes helplessly after hearing the words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then all turned their gazes to Sun Simiao, meaning: Take him away quickly, please.

Without waiting for Sun Simiao to speak, Li Hong looked at the eyes that had appeared in the past few days and immediately asked provocatively: "What? Are you dissatisfied or what?"