Taking advantage of the break, Yang Wu felt full of grievances and thought over and over again anxiously. Finally, he decided to find the King of Dai to argue with him and ask why he had done such a trick on him.

He didn't understand how he had offended the King of Dai. After thinking about it for a long time, he figured that it was probably because of the ice-making incident a few days ago when the King of Dai kicked and stepped on him at the gate of Taiji Hall.

As luck would have it, just when Yang Wu was about to find Li Hong, Li Hong, accompanied by Liebao and Jingzhe, angrily went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cause trouble for Yang Wu.

The two met unexpectedly in the small garden behind the Taiji Hall. As the saying goes, enemies become more jealous when they meet. Little Li Hong walked up to Yang Wu angrily and asked without waiting for Yang Wu to salute: "Why did you only give me that little milk? Do you think I am not qualified to have so much milk?"

"Uh...your servant Yangwu greets King Dai." Yangwu was speechless when King Dai questioned him right away. He had just sent someone to ask for milk early this morning, but the milk had already been distributed by then, and there was no extra. How could he be blamed for this?

"Prince Dai, even if I had ten times the courage, I would not dare to refuse what you asked for. Today, the Imperial Food Bureau is really not prepared enough. I didn't know that you wanted milk, Prince Dai. I will definitely deliver it to you tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" Yang Wu felt even more aggrieved and said bitterly.

"Really? You didn't deliberately withhold milk from me?" Li Hong heard Xiaoxue say this morning that there was no milk in the Shangshi Bureau. He thought that Yangwu knew that he had cheated him by selling him popsicles and was deliberately making things difficult for him. Now it seems that he was just judging others by his own standards.

"It's absolutely true. How dare I not give it to you? Even if I don't give it to anyone else, as long as you ask, I will keep it for you." Yang Wu saw that Li Hong's expression relaxed, and the tense string in his heart also relaxed.

"Okay then, then you can bring me more milk tomorrow. Forget it, I will ask them to go to the Shangshi Bureau to get it. Don't forget to say hello to the Shangshi Bureau when the time comes." Li Hong said.

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Yang Wu nodded shyly, and then asked carefully: "Prince Dai, there is something I don't understand. I hope you can help me solve it."

"What's the matter?" Li Hong looked up and asked curiously.

"This...this...Prince Dai, why do other palace maids and eunuchs pay two cents for your popsicles, but why do you pay ten cents when you sell them to me?" Yang Wu thought about it and asked with a stuttering voice.

He thought, no matter what, the King of Dai would not turn against him because of this. Although he did not care about that little bit of money, he was the only one who was cheated in the entire Taiji Palace, and it would not sound good if people spread the news.

"Oh, there's no reason. My foot hurt for several days after I kicked you, so I wanted to take revenge on you." Li Hong said as a matter of course and righteously.

Yang Wu finally laughed, amused by the temper of a three-year-old child, and at the same time, he laughed at himself for being too nervous. Unconsciously, in the process of dealing with the King of Dai, Yang Wu treated the King of Dai as an adult, which was why he felt wronged. Why was he deceived by the King of Dai when he had never offended him before?

Now that the King of Dai had pointed out that he was seeking revenge on him, it was enough to prove that no one had instructed the King of Dai to embarrass him. After understanding this, Yang Wu finally put his mind at ease after being worried for several nights.

He was deeply afraid that His Majesty or the Concubine Zhaoyi were dissatisfied with him and wanted to use the King of Dai to get rid of him. Since it was not as complicated as he thought, Yang Wu relaxed all of a sudden and the smile on his face became much more natural.

Li Hong took out a popsicle and put it in his mouth, then said goodbye to Yang Wu and walked towards his palace. On the way to Ganlu Palace, he met Li Yifu who was about to leave the palace.

The two of them stood on a secluded path paved with cobblestones, both stunned at the same time, looking at each other without saying a word.

Fortunately, Li Yifu reacted quickly. His shocked expression quickly turned into a natural smile. He walked quickly to Li Hong and bowed, saying, "Your servant, Li Yifu, greets the King of Dai."

"Minister Li? I wonder what Minister Li is doing...?" Li Hong asked cautiously while looking at the road behind him.

One is Li Yifu in front of him, and the other is Xu Jingzong, whom he had met once in the court. After Li Hong's memories of all nine lives were completed, these two people became the people he feared the most in this life.

Xu Jingzong, the treacherous man of all ages, and Li Yifu, the smiling but dagger-hiding man, are clearly recorded in history books. During their peak period, although they could not make clouds and rain in the court, they were also powerful and independent, and they were two important ministers during the reign of Emperor Gaozong!

These two people, who should not be underestimated, walked between Li Zhi and Wu Mei like fish in water for their own vested interests and to suppress potential political opponents, leaving an indelible mark in the Taiji Palace of this period.

Li Yifu's smile makes people feel gentle and polite. Looking directly into his eyes, there is no trace of falsehood. He is full of honesty and truthfulness, which makes it impossible to associate him with his nickname of "smiling but dagger hidden behind the smile".

But the more this happened, the more Li Hong became wary of the person in front of him, forcing him to be extremely alert.

Forty years old is the golden age for a man. He has a successful career, is full of energy and has a bright future. This description is perfect for Li Yifu at this time.

The Secretary of the Secretariat was the highest-ranking official in the Secretariat except for the Minister of the Secretariat. Although he had not yet been conferred the actual position of prime minister, "Third Rank of the Secretariat", he was already an extremely important senior official of the Tang Dynasty in the court.

Although Li Hong's plan was to try hard to distance Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and his mother Wu Mei, in actual interactions, Li Hong still felt Li Yifu's strength and shrewdness.

The subtle changes in the palace and even the harem could not escape Li Yifu's bright and honest eyes. His keen sense of smell and precise calculation, coupled with his boldness and carefulness, were the skills that Li Yifu was most proud of.

At this moment, Li Yifu appeared on the way to Ganlu Palace because he had offended Changsun Wuji, and was then retaliated by Changsun Wuji and demoted to Sima of Bizhou. The amnesty letter had not yet reached the Menxia Province, but he had already learned about it in advance, which shows how sharp this guy's tentacles are and how complicated the relationship in the court is.

The reason he came to see Li Zhi today was because he was discussing his demotion with Wang Dejian, another vice minister of the Secretariat. During the process, the two saw a way out from Li Zhi's urgency to depose Wang Liwu, that is, at this moment no minister dared to, or considered whether to propose to His Majesty to depose Wang Liwu.

It was this gap that Li Yifu keenly seized. With his boldness, carefulness and precise calculations, Li Yifu calculated and guessed Li Zhi's psychology at the moment: "I'm afraid that His Majesty just needs a minister to help him lay out this matter in front of him?"

Now that he was in a situation where he was suppressed by Changsun Wuji, he had no way to retreat. For the sake of his own future, it seemed that he could only fight to the death!

He would be the first minister to make the proposal. As for the outcome, he was not 100% sure, but he was 70% sure that His Majesty would be interested in the proposal. In this way, he would definitely not be exiled to Bizhou by Changsun Wuji to be the Sima.

No one knew what Li Hong and Li Yifu talked about in the pavilion in the garden. Jingzhe and Liebao were also ordered by Li Hong to stay far away and could not hear what the two people said.

In short, when the two men came out, both the big and the small had satisfied smiles on their faces, and they looked like two treacherous ministers of Cao Cao.

Li Yifu bowed to Li Hong and said, "Thank you very much, King Dai. I will never forget your kindness. I will start to implement it now."

"That's right, remember to be quick. This thing is probably just a novelty. As time goes by, other people will discover the secret, and then it won't just be your family that will make it." Li Hong replied with a smile.

"Yes, I understand. I will inform you, King Dai, as soon as I am ready." Li Yifu bowed deeply again and said.

Liebao and Jingzhe were a little surprised. The Zhongshushilang of the Zhongshu Province actually saluted the King of Dai twice in a row? This... This is rare. If it was the crown prince, it would make sense, but he is just a prince favored by His Majesty. Why did Li Yifu saluted again and again? The two were puzzled, but no one showed a questioning expression at this time.

Li Hong left with Liebao and Jingzhe satisfied as Li Yifu saw him off. Feeling that they were close enough to Li Yifu, Li Hong resisted the urge to look back and whispered, "In two or three days, prepare a large amount of popsicles for Li Yifu and have him take them out of the palace and sell them in the East and West Markets."

"Yes, King Dai." Cheetah and Jingzhe said at the same time.

Li Hong didn't want to speak out now, but because he needed to use words to relieve his inner tension and anxiety at this moment. Because he seemed to be able to actually feel that the pair of eyes behind him were staring at him, staring at him tightly, forcing him to turn back.

Li Hong felt uncomfortable, and Li Yifu, who was smiling but hiding a dagger, felt uncomfortable too. Although he had been maintaining a natural and honest smile on his face that he had practiced countless times in front of the bronze mirror, at this moment, he felt for the first time that the smile on his face was still a little stiff, even a little fake.

Sweat flowed unconsciously from his forehead, back of the head, temples to his neck and chest. Sweaty is the best description of his current state. But he dared not wipe it off, for he was afraid that his actions would attract the attention of the King of Dai.

Everything in the pavilion just now made Li Yifu feel as if he was not talking to a three-year-old child, but to someone with more experience than himself. If he hadn't reminded himself all the time, he would have really suspected that his eyes were blurry, or that he had hallucinations because he thought about people too much day and night and was cautious.

I watched the little figure walk into the Ganlu Temple calmly, his demeanor was calm and natural from beginning to end. Also, no matter the footsteps or arm swings, there was never any slight deformation. From the beginning to the entrance to the Ganlu Temple, the whole person was not panicked at all, and he never looked back.

Li Yifu has observed many people and found that few people can walk naturally and calmly while being watched by someone.

Most people would unconsciously deform their movements to some extent, appearing a little stiff and unnatural. But under his watch, the three-year-old prince was able to move smoothly and consistently throughout the journey, which made him begin to doubt whether it was a blessing or a curse for him to risk his life to make friends with the King of Dai.