After hearing Li Xiuzhu's analysis, the prince was silent for a moment.

He was sure that one group of people must have been sent by his father, but what about the remaining two groups?

"If my brother-in-law hadn't spoken up today, I wouldn't have known that there were so many spies hidden in my little East Palace."

However, the prince just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

It's not that he doesn't care, but that he can't handle it.

Apart from anything else, if his father’s men were not handled carefully, he would be in big trouble.

Li Xiuzhu didn't say anything more. After dinner, he got up and said goodbye.

After he left, Crown Princess Xiao Rongyu looked at the Crown Prince in silence for a long time, and finally couldn't help herself when the Crown Prince was about to leave.

"Your Highness, have you ever felt a little bit reluctant?"

The prince paused as he was about to leave.

"Just do what you should do. If people find out, your family's lives will be in danger."

Xiao Rongyu forced a weird smile.

"I didn't intend to resist. In fact, I still have a good impression of our brother-in-law. I'm just curious if Your Highness really has no reluctance or hesitation at all?"

"After all, I am the Crown Princess!"

The prince turned around and looked at Xiao Rongyu. He stared at her for three breaths before speaking: "I am indeed hesitant. I am hesitant about whether to make your child the crown prince in the future."

"After all, this is my royal heritage."

"After thinking about it, it seems that this is not a big problem. I can leave the throne to my younger brother."

"If there is no brother who can make a difference, it is not impossible to give it to your child."

"Anyway, I've sat on this throne before, so it won't make much difference who gets it in the future."

"All I want is to be free and be able to protect the people I love in the future."

Xiao Rongyu didn't expect to get such an answer.

What kind of mental illness is this person? Try to stay away from this idiot in the future.

Well, you have to lock the door when you go to bed at night.

However, Xiao Rongyu didn't have the courage to disobey this kind of mental illness.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do what I should do and give birth to a son for Your Highness as soon as possible."

"Well, have a good rest!"

When Li Xiuzhu returned home, he unexpectedly discovered that his wives were still awake.

"What? Are you waiting for me?"

Fu Yuehua frowned and asked, "Why did you go for a whole day and night?"

Li Xiuzhu smiled and said, "I drank too much last night and slept until the afternoon today, so I decided to have a meal."

"I remember I asked the prince to tell Lao Ma to come back and report the news. Lao Ma didn't come back?"

"You're back, but Lao Ma said he didn't see you. Plus, it was already dark and you still hadn't come back, so we were a little worried."

Li Xiuzhu stepped forward and hugged Fu Yuehua and said, "Aren't you back? I drank a little too much this time and made you worried."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath of the fragrance from Fu Yuehua's neck and felt much more energetic.

Suddenly he thought of the scene of the Crown Princess covered in blood, and he became interested again.

He looked at the women beside him and asked, "Will you sleep together tonight?"

All of a sudden the women's faces turned red, and Li Bi Yao, Nong Yue and Xi Hong Lei stood up first.

"My husband is back, I'm going to sleep now."

"Well, it's not convenient for me."

"Me too!"

“…”

As they were talking, six or seven of them left one after another, leaving only Fu Yuehua, Li Liuli and Li Shishi who had not escaped.

The next morning, Fu Yuehua, who had recovered, suddenly remembered something. She looked at Li Xiuzhu, only to find that her husband was gone.

After Fu Yuehua dressed up and left the master bedroom, she asked, "Has the son-in-law left?"

"No, I'm having dinner with some ladies in the front hall."

Fu Yuehua then breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the front hall.

"If you have a document, please submit it. If you don't, please leave the court."

Sun Jingyang, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward.

"Your subject, Sun Jingyang, has a report to make."

"allow!"

"The Silla envoys set out two days ago and are preparing to submit the letter of surrender before the end of the year."

"I wonder if your majesty has any bottom line?"

Li Kuo immediately smiled when he heard this. No emperor could refuse the achievement of expanding territory.

"Asking them to cede the land north of Liaodong is up to you, the Ministry of Rites. My bottom line is the five big cities."

Is the bottom line the five big cities? At this moment, the pressure came to the Ministry of Rites.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

You have to know that there are only eight cities north of Liaodong, not counting the rear of Silla, which means two-thirds of the territory was lost in one go.

It is considered the rear of Silla, and this accounts for half of the country's territory.

Sun Jingyang's scalp was a little numb when he asked, "Your Majesty, this...isn't it too much?"

"A lot? If they think it's too much, they can wait until spring to destroy the country."

Sun Jingyang was stunned when he heard this. Well, the situation is indeed different now.

If that's the case, then we can talk about it.

"I obey your order!"

Li Kuo looked at Fu Wenhan.

"Minister Fu, Shichen from Silla will come to Beijing to submit his letter of surrender in the near future. You should prepare for the matter of the Grand Canal."

Fu Wenhan had known that this day would come, and he had made a lot of preparations, not to mention the feasibility plan for his beloved son-in-law.

Fu Wenhan clasped his fists and bowed.

"Your Majesty, I have almost prepared everything and we can start construction after the New Year."

"But the frozen soil in the north is still a bit hard after the New Year. If you go from north to south, it will be twice as hard for half the result."

"I suggest digging a grand canal from south to north."

Li Kuo nodded when he heard this. He didn't have much time left, and he hoped to see the opening of the Grand Canal in his lifetime.

"Leave this matter to you. I want to see the Grand Canal before May."

At this moment, Fu Wenhan thought Li Kuo was crazy.

Seeing the Grand Canal in five months? Why don’t you go flying?

"Your Majesty, the Grand Canal may not be dug in five years, let alone five months."

"Five months, I...can't do anything."

You should know that in Li Xiuzhu's history, Yang Guang mobilized five million people and took six years to dig the Grand Canal.

"If you don't have enough manpower, just hire more. You don't need to worry about the money, but I must see the Grand Canal in five months."

"this……"

Seeing that Fu Wenhan wanted to say more, Li Kuo waved his hand impatiently.

"Well, if Lord Fu didn't notice, you can go ask Marquis Guanjun for advice."

"Champion Hou is very intelligent and has some unique skills. I believe that with his help, there shouldn't be any problems."

The corners of Fu Wenhan's mouth twitched.

Is that what you said? Isn't this a clear deception? Even if you are quick-witted and have some tricks, you can't turn a few years into a few months, right?

If we really do that, it will probably cause public outrage, just like when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall.

However, Fu Wenhan did not say anything else, but planned to go back and ask his son-in-law.

If he still can't do it after asking, then there's nothing he can do.

What followed were some daily chores, and Fu Wenhan's mind was distracted, so he didn't listen carefully to the rest.

At the same time, Fu Yuehua sat down next to Li Xiuzhu, first served him a bowl of porridge, and then said, "Xiuzhu, when can you go and pick up Cheng Cheng?"

(End of this chapter)