"Please, please!"

Li Shichang was busy.

King Xichuan is now his only advisor, and in a certain aspect, he is even more trusted than Xiao Zheng, the protector of the country.

Xiao Zheng was good to him, escorted him all the way north, and supported him to ascend to the throne. It's a pity that the Protector Mansion is related to the Red Mansion after all, Xiao Zheng's son married the Eighth Miss of the Hong Family, and now the Eighth Miss Hong is pregnant, and the relationship between the two families is very close, just like a family.

This point has always been in the throat, so that Li Shichang can't let go.

It would be fine if he and Zhenbei Wangfu maintained the current relationship, but if something really happened, would Xiao Zheng stand on the side of Zhenbei Wangfu or on his side?

In this regard, Li Shichang is completely unsure.

After all, Hong Ba will give birth to Xiao Zheng's own grandson in the future, and what about him? is just the grandson of Xiao Zheng's aunt Empress Dowager Xiao, and this relationship is far away.

In particular, Empress Dowager Xiao, who has a great influence in Xiao Zheng's heart, has passed away.

How long can this lingering shadow last?

This kind of suspicion often makes Li Shichang sleepless at night, and he can't trust Xiao Zheng with his thoughts.

In particular, Li Shichang once proposed to Xiao Zheng in accordance with the construction of King Xichuan that he was willing to welcome Xiao Zheng's daughter Xiao Xiao into the palace as the imperial concubine, which shows that the queen does not kneel. Even King Xichuan said that if the Xiao family felt wronged, he could make Ximen Shuang the imperial concubine and respect Xiao Xiao as the master of the harem.

As long as it is for the sake of Li Shichang, the Simon family will never give up and will do anything.

Li Shichang was very moved by this.

Although he would not really believe that the king of Xichuan did this out of loyalty to him, no matter what the reason, at least the palace of Xichuan firmly chose his side and left no turning back.

Unlike Xiao Zheng, when he deliberately revealed his worries about the Zhenbei Palace, and even fell ill because of it, Xiao Zheng only comforted him palely, the Zhenbei Palace's Mansion was absolutely loyal to the Li family and the Li Dynasty, so that Li Shichang must trust the Zhenbei Wangfu like the previous emperor, trust Li Zhen, Li Mo and his son, and not let the heroes chill.

Since then, Li Shichang has known that Xiao Zheng can't be relied on!

Now, the only one tied to him is the Xichuan Palace.

Therefore, even though Li Shichang was very angry before, when he heard that King Xichuan was coming, he still immediately packed up his feelings and let people spread the word that King Xichuan came in.

After a while, the king of Xichuan came in.

But this time, King Xichuan didn't come alone, he brought another person for Li Shichang, a person that Li Shichang never expected.

――Dongping Shizi Xiang Yan!

Seeing Xiang Yan, Li Shichang was furious.

"You traitor, you still have the courage to come to see me? Come on, take this sinner down to me! ”

Li Shichang hated Dongping Wangfu, Dongping Wang's father and son, and thousands of knives could not solve the hatred in his heart.

Although the competition for the throne of several imperial brothers is the root cause of the instability of the Li family, if there is no father and son making waves in it, it will definitely not cause chaos in the country, so that the current monarch is not a monarch and a minister.

When the guards heard the emperor's order, they immediately rushed in, drew their blades, and surrounded Xiang Yantuan.

His life was in danger, but Xiang Yan didn't show any panic, but a deep smile appeared on his face.

"Holy Lord, do you want to uproot the Zhenbei Palace?"

With one word, Li Shichang's eyes suddenly lit up.

After that, Li Shichang drove all the people waiting in the palace out of the door, and only Li Shichang, King Xichuan, and Xiang Yan talked alone in Li Shichang's dormitory for a long time.

King Xichuan left the palace two hours later, when it was about to dark.

And Xiang Yan never left.

The night was deep, and there was endless darkness everywhere, enveloping the world. As time passed, the little bit of artificially made light that was left in the night—the lamp—gradually went out.

In the study room of the main room of the Protector's Mansion, it is still brightly lit.

Mrs. Huo has always been in the house, and she will not enter Xiao Zheng's study, but these days Xiao Zheng has been heartbroken for the government, there is no more gray hair, and her always strong body has also lost a lot of weight, especially on the way to move the capital, she was infected with a wind chill, and she has not yet recovered.

Therefore, seeing that it was past the end of the day and Xiao Zheng had not come back, Mrs. Huo couldn't help but look for her after all.

When Mrs. Huo arrived, she saw Xiao Zheng standing in front of the portrait of the Empress Dowager Xiao. Hearing the footsteps of Mrs. Huo coming in, Xiao Zheng turned around and smiled at Mrs. Huo.

"I'm about to go back, but I don't want Madame to come over."

"It's late to get cold, so don't do it in the future."

Xiao Zheng held Mrs. Huo's slightly cool hand and cared about it.

When Mrs. Huo heard Xiao Zheng's words of concern, her heart was warm. She held Xiao Zheng's hand and asked with concern, "Master, have you encountered anything difficult?" ”

The two are old husbands and wives, and their work and rest time have always been very regular. If it weren't for anything particularly difficult, according to convention, Xiao Zheng should have gone back to the backyard at this time, and he wouldn't stay in the study all the time.

As soon as Xiao Zheng returned that night, Mrs. Huo realized that something was wrong.

Xiao Zheng also did not hide Mrs. Huo's intentions.

He said to Mrs. Huo with a heavy face: "Madam, today the people in our palace sent a message that the emperor received Xiang Yan, the prince of Dongping, under the recommendation of King Xichuan today. I can't find out what exactly was said, but I'm afraid that what we are worried about is close at hand! ”

Mrs. Huo's eyes widened.

Finally, has it come to this point?

"Then, why don't I go into the palace to persuade the emperor, maybe, the emperor can still listen to him?"

Mrs. Huo said.

Xiao Zheng shook his head: "I have said everything that should be persuaded, the emperor has grown up and has his own ideas, he will not listen to us anymore." ”

Mrs. Huo was silent.

The husband and wife were speechless for a long time.

Seeing that a catastrophe is about to happen, there is nothing you can do about it, you can only watch. This feeling is really bad.

In the end, Mrs. Huo sighed: "It would be nice if Mingyue's girl was here." ”

At this time, Mrs. Huo suddenly recited Red Seven strongly, and always felt that if she was there, she would not be so godless. And, no matter what happens, that girl will always have a way.

Xiao Zheng did not echo Mrs. Huo's words.

What's the use of saying that? In fact, Red Seven is not there.

However, Mrs. Huo's statement reminded Xiao Zheng of one thing.

"Madam, you rest first. I happened to take advantage of the evening to go to the Red Mansion to send them a letter, so that I could make plans early. ”

The Protectorate has always been loyal to the monarch, and has the entrustment of the Empress Dowager Xiao, although Xiao Zheng does not agree with the behavior of the little emperor, but it is impossible to do anything disloyal to the Li family. And Xiao Zheng has the merit of supporting and supporting, even if Li Shichang may have some dislike for them because of this, he should not be too ruthless.

But the relationship between the Red Mansion and the Zhenbei Wangfu is too big, and their relationship may not be able to be picked up even if they want to.

If one is not good, I am afraid that it will be folded in it and become a scapegoat.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zheng became anxious.

Before, he always felt that he hadn't reached that point yet, for fear that he would say that the people of the Hong family were not deep, and he would accidentally show his face, which would make things worse. So I haven't been ventilating with the Red family.

If you don't talk about it now, I'm afraid it will be too late in the future.

Xiao Zheng didn't care about the fact that it was night, and quietly took a carriage to Hong's house, wanting to report the news.

Who knew that he got the red family, but he couldn't get in!

The Praetorian Guards have surrounded the Red Family and guarded it.