I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 960 She is just my sister...

Li Mu stood up quickly and made a move to leave.

Seeing this, Shang Zan suddenly became anxious and said hurriedly,

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Damn it!" Li Mu cursed the national quintessence, sat back on the dragon chair, propped his elbows on the dragon table, and gritted his teeth.

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, what happened to the paper you mentioned earlier?"

"If I don't have that thing, the imperial examination will be..."

Hearing this, Li Mu frowned and said hesitantly,

"Can't we let the examinees use their spiritual consciousness to carve it on the jade slip?"

"Your Majesty, it was you who said that we should select more ordinary people as officials..."

"Then use bamboo slips first!"

"Your Majesty, there are more than a million candidates in the Xia Dynasty. Even if we use space magic tools to transport them, it would still be..."

"Forget it, forget it, let's not take the imperial examination for now!"

Li Mu rolled his eyes and said helplessly,

"Let the brothers and sisters from various schools and the people from the noble families choose the ones who are capable and willing to serve the people and give them the official positions."

"Just keep a close eye on it. I...I trust you."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty." Shang Zan bowed to Li Mu again and nodded.

"The selection of officials should first be recommended by the court officials."

Li Mu sighed lightly. If he had known this earlier, he would not have watched so many videos on repairing donkey hooves.

Nowadays, we can’t even make paper.

The same thing happened to those junior brothers in the Mohist school. They improved the repeating crossbow and were able to produce seven versions in three days.

I've been studying papermaking for half a year but have no clue how to make any progress.

Isn't it just mixing the bark and yellow mud?

"Your Majesty, is there anything bothering you?"

Shang Zan saw that Li Mu was frowning and tried to speak.

Li Mu raised his head and glared at him, "Are you okay?"

Seeing this, Shang Zan quickly put away his gossiping mind and continued,

"Your Majesty, the unified policies on carriages, horses, measurements, writing, and money have basically spread across the nine provinces."

"It's the Confucian school, and some elders are still insisting on the writings of other countries..."

"Don't be so serious!" Li Mu waved his hand and didn't care.

"Those are all intangible cultural heritage, and it's a good thing to pass them on."

"Intangible Cultural Heritage?" Shang Zan was a little puzzled.

During this period of time, he accepted too many new terms, and even his second-grade spiritual consciousness could not bear it.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter, just continue!"

Shang Zan breathed a sigh of relief. New things coming out of Li Mu's mouth would often affect his Tao heart. After thinking for a while, he changed the subject and said,

"Your Majesty, this country is in turmoil without a crown prince..."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Li Mu narrowed his eyes and looked at Shang Zan unkindly.

Seeing this, Shang Zan secretly sweated, but still stiffened his neck and said,

"The fortress in the east was completed three days ago. Junior Sister Mo should be able to reach the capital soon."

"You see, the matter of taking a concubine..."

"Shang Zan! Do you believe that I will banish you to the northwest to enjoy the sea breeze?"

Shang Zan had a bitter face and really didn't understand why Li Mu was unwilling to marry Mo Ziyuan.

Now that he had said it, he felt that he had done his part to repay Mo Daoyi's month-long blockade of the door, so he simply changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, I have something unclear."

"We can just conquer the overseas and grasslands. Why do we need to mobilize so many troops to build two cities like that?"

"Do you think those two cities are to defend against the sea magic cultivators and the barbarians on the grassland?"

Li Mu curled his lips after listening to Shang Zan's abrupt transition, but still cooperated.

"Then what is your majesty's purpose? Is it just to send Junior Sister Mo out of the capital..."

"I am confused, Your Majesty, please explain clearly."

Shang Zan was shocked and almost changed the subject back.

Li Mu ignored him, tapping the dragon table with his fingers, his eyes gradually deepened, and he muttered to himself,

"We humans are not the only ones on this continent."

Upon hearing this, Shang Zan was suddenly enlightened.

The overseas area to the northwest is the habitat of the ghost tribe.

Beyond the grassland is the magical city of Atos.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Shang Zan was shocked and said,

"Your Majesty, should we build a similar city outside the wilderness? After all, the demon race..."

"No need. Right now, we can't find more meteorite ore to set up a magic array that can resist the Saint Grade monks."

"I'll find a way with the demon tribe."

As he spoke, Li Mu stood up and confirmed,

"Nothing else?"

Shang Zan thought about it and tried to ask,

"Your Majesty, my son..."

"Fuck off!"

"..."

Li Mu walked quickly towards the harem.

Right now, he has done all he can.

It's time to leave too.

In the past few years, Junbaobao seems to have become a different person.

No longer pestering him like before.

The two seemed to have returned to the time when they first met.

It was just an exchange of identities, and the person living in the harem became Jun Baobao.

...

In a palace garden.

Following a sharp sound of a broken string, Jun Baobao's handsome brows slowly frowned.

"Master?" The drowsy little fox beside him suddenly woke up, took a look, and saw Jun Baobao was still beside him, so he fell asleep again.

"Husband?" At this time, Jun Baobao raised her head and looked at Li Mu who was standing at the gate of the palace in surprise.

"Your Majesty, I am not feeling well. I will go downstairs to rest first."

She stood up hurriedly, picked up the little fox and ran into the house.

"Baby!" Li Mu sighed and called her.

Jun Baobao paused and forced a smile.

"How about I go and call Sister Chang'er over."

"Baby! Let's talk!" Li Mu stepped forward quickly.

"Let's talk..." Jun Baobao looked at Li Mu who was gradually approaching, and took two steps back unconsciously, saying hysterically,

"What are you talking about?"

"What's there to talk about?"

"You have entered this yard eight times in these years, and today is the ninth time!"

“You say the same thing every time!”

Jun Baobao stared at Li Mu with red eyes and roared,

"Li Mu! Do you really have to divorce me?"

"I've given you everything, and you won't even give me this identity?"

"Why, why." Jun Baobao lowered his head in despair, tears falling.

"I know I did something wrong, why can't you give me a chance?"

"I won't compete with anyone... Sister Chang'er, Ziyuan, even the little girl from the Renzong you supported!"

"Husband, I don't want to divorce..."

Jun Baobao stepped forward and grabbed Li Mu's sleeve as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Li Mu gently pushed away Jun Baobao's hand and said calmly,

"I'm ready to leave."

"I return this throne to you. The people have never seen an emperor. From now on, you will be the founding empress of the Xia Dynasty."

"What?" Jun Baobao's face turned pale, and he stared at Li Mu.

"Just because I refuse to divorce?"

"I, I...I promise. I promise everything."

"I can be a maid, a servant...as long as you don't leave."

"Husband, I have tried to understand your feelings over the years."

“I learned a lot, I, I…”

"Baby!" Li Mu held Jun Baobao's shoulders, trying to calm her down.

"Have you forgotten your original intention?"

"You are unwilling to be manipulated by others and compete with so many princes for the throne of Xia Kingdom."

“It is easy to conquer a kingdom, but difficult to keep it.”

"From now on, the people of the Nine Provinces will all rely on you, the Empress."

"This is what you should do!"

"I don't want it!" Jun Baobao pushed Li Mu's hand away.

Li Mu closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said,

"No matter what, I'm leaving and no one can stop me."

"Also, I want to take Xiaoli away."

"The spiritual energy here is not enough for her to break through. I will send her back to Baina."

"Husband..." Seeing that Li Mu was determined to leave, Jun Baobao clenched her fists and said,

"What about Sister Chang'er and Ziyuan?"

"Are you going to abandon them too?"

"Even if, even if it's not for me... Shion, you've been so good to her, you can't bear to let her go, right?"

Li Mu shook his head and said slowly,

"Sister Chang'er and I are not what you think."

"As for Shion, I... I just treat her as a sister, or even a daughter..."

However, before he finished speaking, two trembling voices came from the palace gate.

"Li...Mu..."

"Little junior brother."