Mu Zian also felt a sense of helplessness towards Song Min, this persistent woman.
Immediately after he sat down, someone served Mu Zian hot tea.
After taking a sip, Mu Zian went straight to the point and asked.
What exactly do you want?
Song Min put down her teacup and said.
"Fulfill the bet."
Mu Zian smiled.
"If we don't speak up now, we'll never have another chance."
Song Min remained silent, seemingly surprised that Mu Zi'an would be so direct.
Seeing this, Mu Zi'an didn't give her any chance to back out and walked straight towards his room.
Seeing this, Song Min immediately wanted to follow, but Mu Zi'an turned around and asked.
"What, does Your Highness the Seventh Princess also wish to share a bed with this Duke?"
Upon hearing this, Song Min immediately paused in her tracks.
As if she had just thought of something, her face instantly turned bright red.
"You...you're shameless!"
Mu Zian laughed heartily upon hearing this, then glanced at Song Min and said.
"There's no need to try anymore. I will always be a Dali person, and Dali is the only place I am loyal to."
Before Song Min could react, the door was slammed shut.
Song Min was furious! She, the dignified seventh princess of Zhao, had been turned away at the door!
This is absolutely ridiculous.
For the next two days, Song Min continued to persistently visit the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to find Mu Zi'an.
Unfortunately, every time Song Min tried to win Mu Zi'an over, Mu Zi'an would always dodge the question and never give Song Min the slightest chance.
Just at the beginning of the new year, a bombshell announcement came from the imperial court: the prince had been granted the title of king.
The second prince, Xiao Zi, was enfeoffed as the Prince of Qi; the fifth prince, Xiao Qing, was enfeoffed as the Prince of Jin; the sixth prince, Xiao Feng, was enfeoffed as the Prince of Wu; and the eighth prince, Xiao Shang, was enfeoffed as the Prince of Dai.
Being granted the title of king meant having the right to establish one's own government.
Although the position of Crown Prince is still undecided, ministers both inside and outside the court know that Xiao Yu has already planned to establish a Crown Prince.
This is definitely a good thing for the officials of the imperial court.
As the saying goes, "a new emperor brings a new court," and who becomes emperor is inherently a political game and a gamble.
If the gamble is successful, one will gain more political capital and power in the future.
However, none of this mattered to Mu Zian.
At the same time, good news also came from Li Jiuxuan's side.
All the people on the list of high-ranking personnel of the former Chu Intelligence Division that Mu Zian had given him before the New Year have been found.
To Mu Zian’s surprise, many of the people on these intelligence lists were elders of the powerful clans and aristocratic families of Dali.
This is not hard to understand, after all, the world is a place where emperors come and go but aristocratic families remain constant.
Whether it was the former Chu state or the present-day Dali state, the people in power were the same group of people.
They were intertwined, each influencing the other.
In comparison, Mu Zian was even more shocked by the methods and speed of the Imperial City Guard.
Li Jiuxuan sipped the peach blossom wine in his hand and asked.
"Many of the people on the list were already under close surveillance by the Imperial City Guard."
"Once we can identify one of them, it will be much easier to trace the others."
Although Li Jiuxuan spoke simply, Mu Zian understood that he must have put in a lot of effort in this matter.
What are you going to do with these people?
Mu Zian picked up the list, crumpled it into a ball, and then threw it into the stove.
In an instant, sparks flew everywhere.
The flickering firelight illuminated Mu Zi'an's profile as he spoke calmly.
"Kill them all."
A cold wind howled past, taking away all the warmth that had been ignited.
Mu Zian's voice was devoid of any emotion.
Li Jiuxuan rested his chin on one hand and looked at Mu Zian.
"You really have changed a lot since then."
"If you weren't sitting right in front of me right now, I would really think you were a completely different person."
Mu Zian's words represented the loss of dozens of lives.
In the past six months, Mu Zian has witnessed too many life and death events. Dozens of lives have made it difficult for Mu Zian's heart to stir even a ripple.
With nothing else to do today, Mu Zian stayed at Li Jiuxuan's residence. The two drank from dawn until sunset, until they were completely drunk.
Lying in the courtyard, gazing at the drifting white clouds, Mu Zi'an suddenly felt that living peacefully like this might not be so bad.
However, it turns out that the more a person wants to be at ease, the less at ease they become.
An imperial edict was delivered to Mu Zian on the first day of resuming work after the Lunar New Year.
Xiao Yu appointed Mu Zian to serve in the Six Ministries of the Imperial Court.
After all, Xiao Yu will find a suitable opportunity after the New Year to strip Mu Zian of his position as Governor of Liangzhou.
As a promising young talent of the Great Li Kingdom, Xiao Yu naturally wouldn't let Mu Zi'an just lie around doing nothing.
After careful consideration, Mu Zian made a decision that puzzled everyone.
Mu Zian decided to go to the Ministry of Works!
Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel was the most prestigious, and the Minister of Personnel, who was in charge of the promotion and assessment of officials, was also known as the Heavenly Official.
The Ministry of Works was the least favored of the six ministries.
The main reason is not hard to understand: the status of craftsmen was generally low in feudal dynasties.
As the department that manages these artisans, the Ministry of Works would naturally be affected as well.
Moreover, the Ministry of Works was responsible for construction and engineering, and its influence in the imperial court was limited.
In the imperial court, where power was paramount, the Ministry of Works naturally became a nobody.
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