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Mei Changsu paused while pouring tea, then asked, "Are you serious? Mu Qing's words may not sound nice, but they are the truth. Gong Yu is indeed a good girl, but you want to marry her in a formal ceremony. This is the treatment of a legal wife, isn't it a bit..."

Although he was extremely smart and did not discriminate against anyone, he was ultimately constrained by the times. He did not object to Zhou Chen marrying Gong Yu, but when he heard Zhou Chen say that he wanted to marry her in a formal ceremony, he felt that this was not a good choice.

Zhou Chen asked back: "If there is a girl who has been waiting for you for seven years and whose eyes and heart are filled with you, would you give up on her just because of her identity?"

Mei Changsu said: "You know that's not what I meant, but Aunt Han is still here. If you want to marry, you must get her permission."

"She will agree."

Mei Changsu shook his head. He didn't think so, but he didn't dwell on this topic too much.

"Nihuang..."

"Stop, Xiao Shu, you know me. I really have nothing to do with Princess Nihuang. You are my brother and she is your fiancée. I can't do that."

"Ugh!"

Mei Changsu sighed slightly: "I know you won't, but Nihuang is really good. I am sorry for her and wasted so much of her time. I know her. She has a stubborn personality and is not someone who gives up easily."

It was impossible to say that he had no grudges in his heart. He was not a saint, and all his relatives were gone. Mu Nihuang was his engaged fiancée. According to ancient rules, unless one of them took the initiative to cancel the engagement, they would be a legitimate engaged couple.

"Forget it, since you don't want to talk about this, let's talk about something else."

"It's about my mother, right? I know that after my great-grandmother's accidental incident, she must have suspected me. She didn't show it at the time, nor did she come to me. I'm afraid she was worried that I would get into trouble."

"I thought so too, but I know better what a mother who lost her only son would do. So after you and Nihuang left, I found Aunt Han on the road and talked to her. Aunt Han is beautiful and intelligent, so she will definitely understand what I mean."

Mei Changsu told Zhou Chen everything he had said to Princess Pingyang in Yingfeng Tower.

After hearing this, Zhou Chen smiled bitterly and said, "She was just suspicious at first, but now that you said that, it's like a showdown."

"But this will also stop her from making any noise and exposing us, won't it?"

"You are the planner anyway, so what you say is what it is. Will the next plan remain unchanged?"

"constant."

Mei Changsu was certain that his judgment would not be wrong. After his reminder, Princess Pingyang would never do anything that would expose them.

"In fact, I think Aunt Han has almost guessed your identity now. If you really can't help it, you can go see her."

Zhou Chen thought about it, and still shook his head: "Forget it, it's better to be safe than sorry. I can't let you spend all your time and effort planning here while I do something that will hold you back."

Mei Changsu sighed, "It's up to you. Today, when I was in Yingfeng Tower, I met Prince Jing. He is still the same as before. It seems that my choice was not wrong."

Zhou Chen shrugged and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter to me who becomes the emperor, but if I really want to say, with Prince Jing's personality, if there is no other choice, he really can't be considered the first choice, he is too straightforward; if there are many loyal ministers assisting him, then everything will be fine. If he encounters those powerful flatterers, he will be easily deceived."

There is another point he didn't say. Mei Changsu chose Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan, probably in large part because they were old friends and were relatives.

Of course, all this has little to do with him. Anyway, he is not prepared to submit to Emperor Liang. The current Emperor Liang is like this, and the future Emperor Liang will be the same.

Mei Changsu said: "So, I will do my best to leave him enough loyal and capable ministers."

"Then you are really worried enough."

"There is one more thing. I met a child who was a criminal slave of Yeyou Court. I suspect he might be the posthumous child of Prince Qi's brother. At that time, the princess's wife was pregnant. If you calculate the time, it is completely right. But I don't really understand how he survived. Jingyan definitely didn't have the ability to do so at that time."

Zhou Chen said: "Xiao Jingyan really doesn't have this ability, but you forgot one person, the good old Prince Ji. He was able to live beside Emperor Liang for so many years without any incident. I don't need to say how powerful his skills are."

"Prince Ji? Is it really him?"

Mei Changsu was very surprised. He also had an impression of Prince Ji, who was indeed a very kind elder. But he couldn't understand why Prince Ji would save Prince Qi's posthumous child, nor did he understand what means he used.

"Why do you think so much? This is a good thing for you. Isn't it better to have one more friend than one more enemy?"

"Yes, I may have been scheming behind people's backs for too long, so now when I consider things, I tend to think about things in a dark way."

"Then change your mindset. Isn't this the characteristic of a qualified strategist? Before you consider victory, you should consider defeat first. This is also a great advantage."

"Every word you say seems to make something dead come alive."

Mei Changsu took a sip of tea and continued, "I also met Meng Zhi today. He helped me out and asked me about you. He said he fought with you last night. What happened?"

"It's nothing. When I went to Miaoyinfang yesterday, I accidentally passed by Meng's house and was discovered by him. I fought with him, but he saw that I was a Rakshasa and didn't stop me."

"I see. I was wondering why he suddenly mentioned you."

Zhou Chen asked: "Is there anything else you want to tell me? If not, I will go back. Gong Yu is still waiting for me."

Mei Changsu couldn't stop coughing when he heard this: "I see through you. Now that you have Gong Yu, you don't even bother to care about me, your brother?"

"You could say I'm a jerk for a woman."

"Go away, go away, go away quickly, I'm tired."

Zhou Chen just stood up and was about to leave when his expression suddenly changed: "Someone is coming."

Mei Changsu's face also changed suddenly, but he quickly remembered: "It should be Brother Meng who came. He said today that he would come to see me in the evening. Do you want to meet him?"

"no problem?"

"Brother Meng and I have been in contact for a long time. He is trustworthy."

"Forget it. He must have come to you to reminisce about the past. I have nothing to discuss with you two grown men. You two can discuss it yourselves."

"Okay, then you go first."

"Okay, then I'll leave first!"

After Zhou Chen left, Mei Changsu put away the cup of water that Zhou Chen had just drunk from and waited quietly for Meng Zhi.

As soon as Meng Zhi came in, he asked Mei Changsu with a serious expression: "Xiao Shu, someone just left, was it a Rakshasa?"

Mei Changsu smiled and said, "There are not many people in the world who can enter and leave Xie Mansion without being noticed. The one who just left is indeed a Rakshasa."

Meng Zhi asked curiously, "Who is this Rakshasa? I fought him last night and I can confirm that he is not very old, but his kung fu is very strong. I am not sure I can beat him."

Fei Liu interrupted: "You, can't beat him."

"Hey, how do you know I can't beat him?" Meng Zhi was unhappy.

But Fei Liu just snorted in response: "Humph."

Meng Zhi couldn't continue chatting with him and could only look at Mei Changsu.

Mei Changsu still smiled: "Rakshasa is very powerful. As for his true identity, you actually know him."

"I know him too?"

Meng Zhi frowned and began to think about whether there was anyone among his acquaintances whose martial arts skills were not worse than his, or who was slightly worse than his.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of a reason.

"who is it?"

Mei Changsu had a bad taste in his mouth: "When you see him next time, ask him yourself. I can only tell you that you two know each other and are quite familiar with each other."

"You always say half of what you want to say. It's driving me crazy."

"Ha ha……"

…………

In the next few days, Zhou Chen would go to Yingfeng Tower with Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin every day.

Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin also appeared one by one. Both of them are young talents among Daliang. They are very powerful and they won all the levels and soon entered the top ten.

Princess Nihuang was indeed a person who kept her word. She had not come to see Zhou Chen in the past few days, and Mu Qing did not cause trouble for Zhou Chen either. Even when they saw each other in the brocade tent, he just glared at him and did not go up to pick a fight.

I don’t know what Princess Nihuang was thinking. After going around in circles, she finally chose Mei Changsu to preside over the written test.

Although he was curious, he did not ask Mei Changsu, and Mei Changsu did not tell him about it. In short, when the two of them talked together, they naturally avoided Princess Nihuang.

But this is the best way, and he can feel at ease.

On the other hand, everyone in Daliang was shocked on the last day of the preliminary exam, because Baili Qi, following Mei Changsu's order, no longer held back and defeated a young talent from Daliang who was qualified to compete for the top ten with a powerful move, and entered the top ten.

The martial power displayed by Bailiqi was so astonishing that the other nine people in the top ten were frightened, and no one dared to say that they could defeat Bailiqi.

Inside the palace, the Crown Prince and Prince Yu informed Emperor Liang of the results of today's competition.

After hearing this, Emperor Liang was furious.

Although he openly chose a son-in-law, he never thought of letting Princess Nihuang marry into another country, so he would never allow Baili Qi to win in the end.

Emperor Liang asked Meng Zhi, who was the second best in the world, about Baili Qi's martial arts.

Meng Zhi answered truthfully: "I have indeed watched two competitions of Baili Qi. This man is extremely skilled and has strong horizontal training skills. I think that the princess is indeed no match for him."

Emperor Liang cursed angrily and expressed his opinion directly, that he must not let Princess Nihuang join Northern Yan.

"Crown Prince, Prince Yu, do you have any good ideas?"

The Crown Prince and Prince Yu looked at each other, not knowing what to say. They were inferior in martial arts and could not win. No matter how smart they were, they could not think of a good strategy in the face of absolute power.

The prince got excited and came up with an idea: "Father, how about we secretly send someone to take Bailiqi away..."

"Asshole! Idiot!"

Emperor Liang was so angry that he picked up the memorial on the table and threw it at the crown prince, cursing: "Don't you have a brain? You assassinated a contestant from Northern Yan in the capital. Do you think everyone in the world is stupid? I think you are the stupidest one."

The prince didn't dare to say a word when he was scolded. Although Prince Yu couldn't do anything about it, he was happy to see the prince being humiliated. However, he didn't dare to show it in front of the emperor.

Emperor Liang was extremely disappointed and could only look at Meng Zhi: "Mr. Meng, you are the second-ranked expert on the Langya Expert List. Tell me, what can you do?"

Meng Zhi had a bitter expression. What good solution could he have? However, facing the gaze of Emperor Liang, he could only grit his teeth and think about it.

"Your Majesty, there are not many masters in the capital who can beat Baili Qi. Besides this humble minister, there is another person who may have this ability, but this person did not participate in the princess's selection of a son-in-law."

Emperor Liang suddenly became interested: "Oh, there is someone who can beat Bailiqi? Who is it?"

Meng Zhi replied: "The seventh on the Langya Master List is Gongzi Yu."

"Young Master Yu? I've heard of him. He seems to be ranked second on the list of the top ten young masters. His poems are widely circulated, and I know a few of them."

Upon learning that it was someone he knew, Emperor Liang became even more interested.

Prince Yu was also surprised and said, "Is it the Gongzi Yu who wrote "Xia Ke Xing" and "Shui Tiao Ge Tou: When Will the Bright Moon Rise"? His "When Will the Bright Moon Rise" is praised by many literary masters as the best poem for Mid-Autumn Festival."

Ci appeared several decades ago as a different form of poetry. It has spread well in recent decades, especially after the appearance of "Water Melody: When Will the Bright Moon Appear", which pushed Ci to a new height.

That is why a man of all arts, like Gongzi Yu, is respected and praised by many literary masters.

The Crown Prince was very upset when he saw Prince Yu showing off: "Is this the time to talk about this? Now is the time to think about how to solve this problem of Baili Qi."

Emperor Liang glared at the prince, then continued to ask Meng Zhi: "Is this Gongzi Yu really better than Baili Qi?"

Meng Zhi answered truthfully: "Gong Ziyu was ranked seventh on the master list four years ago. Although he has not made any progress in the past four years, that is because he has not challenged higher and has no new achievements. His martial arts have definitely improved a lot compared to four years ago. I think he is capable of defeating Baili Qi."

He doesn't know yet that Baili Qi is the person arranged by Mei Changsu, he just simply wants to answer Emperor Liang and give his own solution.

The prince asked: "Even if this Gongzi Yu can defeat Baili Qi, he did not participate in the county lord's son-in-law selection meeting, so there is no way for him to fight Baili Qi."

Prince Yu said, "It's not impossible. We can find a reason to let Gongzi Yu replace one of the top ten. This way, we can challenge Baili Qi with justification."

The prince retorted: "Do you think this is a game? Can you change people if you want? Do you still want to save the face of our Daliang?"

Prince Yu refused to give in: "Do you have any better ideas? Father, this does give others a handle, but it is the best way compared to letting the princess marry to Beiyan."

Emperor Liang's face was uncertain, unable to make a decision, and he asked Meng Zhi again: "Mr. Meng, where is this Young Master Yu now?"

"According to my understanding, this person is a good friend of Mr. Xiao Jingrui of the Xie Mansion. He has been following Mr. Xiao to watch the battle in Yingfeng Tower these past few days. Mr. Xiao must know where he is."

"Jing Rui?" Emperor Liang was stunned.

The Crown Prince and Prince Yu both widened their eyes. After Meng Zhi finished speaking, they immediately thought of the scene when they went to find Mei Changsu not long ago.

"That person is Gongzi Yu?"

Thinking of this, both of them were very annoyed. Although Gongzi Yu was not as good as Mei Changsu in strategy, he was also very famous. If they could recruit him under their command, it would also help enhance their reputation.

Emperor Liang thought about it and decided to meet Zhou Chen first, let Meng Zhi test the waters, and then make a decision, so he sent someone to Xie Mansion to convey his order.

In a mansion in the capital, someone was jumping up and down in a panic.

Mu Qing walked around the room and became even more anxious when he saw his sister still reading a book leisurely.

"Sister, how can you still sit still? That Bailiqi is really powerful. He beat Qin Shangzhi so hard that he vomited blood with just one move. I don't think you can do that."

Mu Nihuang said calmly: "Bai Liqi is a master of horizontal training, why should I compete with him to see whose slap is harder?"

Mu Qing said anxiously: "But Commander Meng has already said that you may not be able to beat him. Sister, Bailiqi looks so ugly, I don't want you to marry him."

Mu Nihuang raised her head and scolded, "When did you learn to judge people by appearance? I think you just visit brothels every day and don't even read books."

"Sister, why are you still telling me this at this time? Think about it, even if you put Bailiqi at the end of the test, he will still be there; unless you pick one from the first nine, you don't have to compete with him, but I know that you still can't let him go, so you definitely won't choose him."

"what do you want to say in the end?"