On June 17 of the fourth year of Qingyuan, Jia She, the commander of King Yan's personal guard, was also secretly arranged to enter the palace and personally took on the defense of Cining Hall and even the entire palace during this period of time.

With the actions of the Imperial City Division in the past few days, whether it is the Zuo brothers or the Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui, they have gradually realized that something is wrong.

But even so, several people still have some self-deception and are willing to believe that the series of actions of the Imperial City Division is not to guard against them, but because they lost to the Mongolian envoys at the time of the Holy Lord's wedding, forcing the palace to start examining whether the combat effectiveness of the palace front division and the guard division needs to be changed.

The rain in Lin'an is still falling, and a holy decree from the Qinzheng Palace was sent to the palace of King Yan, and the holy Zhao Kuo was a little bored in the palace because of the rainy day in Lin'an, so he invited King Yan to visit Lin'an together, and asked King Yan to help the Holy Lord solve the problem of Mongolia asking for classics from the Great Song Kingdom.

On the day of the wedding, because of the time, Ye Qing did not explain the long list of classics in Mongolia like Zhao Kuo, and after the wedding, Zhao Kuo has not summoned Ye Qing into the palace, although Ye Qing has also been to the court twice, but this matter is between the monarch and the minister, as if it has been forgotten, until today it was proposed by the current saint Zhao Kuo.

"The drunkard doesn't mean to drink." Wu Wang Zhao Shichun sighed with some worry.

Li Lifang sat aside and drank tea by himself, the rainy days in the past few days made him feel that Lin'an City was a little stuffy, but even if he walked out of Lin'an City, he was still facing the continuous rain, although the West Lake on a rainy day was more poetic, but Li Lifang was unwilling to brave the rain to do the most boring thing of the literati to enjoy the rain in the West Lake.

"Yesterday, Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui and Shi Miyuan went to the Qinzheng Hall one after another, and Shi Miyuan stayed in the Qinzheng Hall for the longest time." Li Lifang put down the teacup and glanced at Ye Qing, who was looking at the rain outside, but he didn't think that there was anything to see about this rain: "After Shi Miyuan left, Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui went to the Qinzheng Palace, and later...... I didn't enter the temple because I was rejected by the Holy One. ”

"It doesn't look like the rain will stop tomorrow." Ye Qing's eyes finally moved away from the window, and he looked back at the two people in front of him and said inexplicably.

"Right now, you have to think about it, tomorrow the Holy God will call you to Lin'an, instead of wondering if God will give you King Yan's face tomorrow, so that the rain will not fall." Li Lifang reluctantly knocked on the table and reminded.

"What? What else needs to be pondered? Since the holy decree says that I want to ask Mongolia about borrowing the scriptures, isn't it enough for me to prepare these? Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang curiously and asked.

"Did you become stupid after you became the king of Yan?" Li Lifang continued to tap on the tabletop, and then casually spread out the holy decree that was sent over, pointed to the several places where Zhao Kuo was going to play tomorrow, and said: "You can see more clearly, the Holy Lord will let you accompany you tomorrow, but these places you are visiting are all revolving around the Xinwang Mansion, only going to the temple to make a wish is to leave the two squares, but this is the first place you want to go, whether it is a cruise or a rest in the city, it is near the Xinwang Mansion, and if it is a halfway way saint is interested...... But he went directly to the palace. ”

"Also, King Qing's trip to the Northland has also been known to the Holy Lord since yesterday morning. Although the saint was not angry at King Qing's concealment of the imperial court's visit to the Northland, he was not happy about it either. On the contrary, because of this incident, Zhao Shikui, the Duke of Rongguo, also showed that he wanted to hold King Qing accountable for going to the Northland because of this incident. But the Holy One is indeed indifferent and ignorant of it, and these are all abnormalities in the slightest. Wu King Zhao Shichun opened his mouth and said: "Don't forget, a few days ago, when Rong Guogong asked about King Qing's attitude in the sage, he was defending King Qing everywhere, and he has always regarded King Qing as a clan that can be relied on, but yesterday was unusual, and this matter is probably not without strangeness." ”

"What about you? As the king of the Wu clan of the clan, Zhao Shikui, the Duke of Rongguo, has not said anything bad about you in front of the saint? Ye Qing asked with a smile, and this clock silkworm walked into the hall quickly in a robe.

Zhao Shichun and Li Lifang watched Zhong Silkworm run into the hall in a hurry, Ye Qing also looked back, only to see that Zhong Silkworm didn't even have time to untie the clothes on his body, and he didn't care about the rain on the wet clothes on his body, and the carpet under his feet was dirty, so he said solemnly: "Han Ying left the palace and went to Xie Shenfu's mansion." ”

"Because of what?" Ye Qing felt his left eyelid jump unconsciously, and the shadow of the young and beautiful Xie Daoqing immediately appeared in his mind.

"Han Ying asked Miss Xie Fu to accompany the saint to visit Lin'an tomorrow, as for whether she has any secret decree with Xie Shenfu, or conveys the holy will, there is no way to know." Zhong Silkworm continued to say solemnly: "But since Han Ying left Xie Mansion, Xie Shenfu chose to go out as soon as possible, and the commander of the forbidden army also went to the Lin'an Mansion Office almost at the same time, Dawazi, Wulin Gate, and Taoist temples and temples, and soon after that, there were many more forbidden troops patrolling in the rain. ”

"Does Xie Shenfu really want to get involved?" Ye Qing frowned slightly, at this time, he had completely lost the relaxed and leisurely appearance just now.

Obviously, neither Zhao Shichun nor Li Lifang in front of him, nor Zhong Silkworm could give him an answer to this question.

"What's more, today, the people from the front of the palace and the guard department secretly entered Shi Miyuan's mansion, and they never came out to ...... until the end of the year came back to report." Zhong Silkworm continued to report.

"Could it be the meaning of Ying Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui...... Li Lifang asked ponderingly.

Zhong Silkworm shook his head and said, "Since yesterday, Zhao Shikui has not been to Shi Miyuan's mansion again, but he appeared around the mansion of King Xin's mansion with Yan Keji. The message given by the coachman is...... Yan Keji was worried about the mansion of King Xin's mansion, which had been uninhabited for a long time, and planned to ask the Holy Lord to give him that mansion as his mansion in the near future. But for this reason, the last general suspected that it was Zhao Shikui's move to cover people's eyes, and they appeared nearby, obviously not really for this mansion. ”

"It's true or false that makes it impossible for people to guess the truth for a while, but anyway, tomorrow is indeed a good day." Ye Qing sighed slightly, then looked at the three of them and asked, "Tomorrow is June 18, do you know what day it is?" ”

Li Lifang, Zhao Shichun and Zhong Silkworm all looked at each other, and then silently shook their heads at Ye Qing.

"If I hadn't received Zhong Qing's letter to me early this morning, I would have almost forgotten that June 18, the 14th year of Chunxi, was the day when King Xin died in King Xin's mansion, and what happened in Lin'an on that day, I don't think I need to say more, right?" Ye Qing unconsciously stroked his chin, it seems that Li Fengniang in the palace was not able to make Zhao Kuo completely relieved of him Ye Qing, but ...... The suspicion between him and Zhao Kuo is getting bigger and bigger, but I don't know that Li Fengniang, who is now in the palace, doesn't know Zhao Kuo's current actions.

Is Zhao Kuo secretly manipulating these things from Li Fengniang? Or is it the result of Li Fengniang's hard persuasion?

Ye Qing believes that today's Li Fengniang will never have the hatred of chopping up and feeding the dog to him again, and even now Li Fengniang has regarded him Ye Qing as the support for the rest of his life, and the intricate relationship between the two can only develop in a better direction, not worse.

"The Holy One will not be ......." Li Lifang and Zhao Shichun looked shocked, especially Li Lifang, they couldn't believe that now, Zhao Kuo actually wanted to do it to Ye Qing in person!

"This ...... How is this possible? Isn't it clear to the Holy One...... This....... Li Lifang was shocked and said incoherently.

Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang, who was incoherent, and said, "Didn't you keep reminding me just now that I should pay attention to the route of visiting Lin'an tomorrow, and I may eventually enter the Xinwang Mansion?" ”

"I ......." Li Lifang was a little speechless, spread out his hands and said hurriedly: "I'm afraid that you will enter the Xinwang Mansion with the Holy Master, because I am afraid that you will fall into the hands of Master Zhao, and because the Holy Lord will be bewitched by Master Zhao." But I never thought that it was the Holy One who wanted to ...... you What's more, what if Master Zhao doesn't even let go of the saint? At that time, you can blame Ye Qing, anyway, you will already be ...... by then Right, that's it, what is he Zhao Shikui afraid of? ”

"You mean that Master Zhao is plotting against him?" King Qing was shocked and almost got up from his chair.

"Why can't it be?" Li Lifang asked rhetorically: "If the Holy Lord does not go to the Xinwang Mansion, but Ye Qing goes by himself, then naturally it is impossible for Zhao Shikui to rebel, and he has no chance to rebel, but if the Shengshang and Ye Qing enter the Xinwang Mansion together, even if the Shengshang wants Zhao Shikui to get rid of Ye Qing, it does not mean that it ...... Think about it, once Ye Qing is killed in the Xinwang Mansion tomorrow, wouldn't the Holy Lord be in danger? When the time comes, what Zhao Shikui wants to do and what he does, who knows? Isn't it up to him to talk nonsense with one mouth? And there is Shi Miyuan to support him, even if there are people in the court who suspect it, who will suspect that it is his clan Zhao Shikui? Aren't they all suspicious that he, the powerful Yan King in the Northland, wants to replace the Song family? ”

Zhong Silkworm was shocked by Li Lifang's inference, but Zhao Shichun looked at Li Lifang incredulously, and touched Li Lifang's forehead: "You don't have a fever, you won't listen to too many dramas, right?" You can relate to this kind of thing? ”

"But it's not impossible, it's not possible, it's not?" Li Lifang spread his hands, and his expression became more and more reasonable: "Han Ying asked Xie Dao to accompany him tomorrow, what does this mean?" Isn't it just to let Ye Qing let down his guard? After all, Ye Qing and his old cow eat tender grass ....... ”

Before Li Lifang finished speaking, he was kicked by Ye Qing under the table: "Why did the love between the two children become so ugly in your mouth!" ”

"Yan Keji is worried about the Xinwang Mansion, and then if the Holy Lord wants to give it to Yan Keji after changing the name of the Xinwang Mansion, there is nothing wrong with going to see it in person." Ye Qing's fingers tapped on the tabletop, but his eyes looked at Li Lifang calmly.

Zhao Kuo plans to do something to Ye Qing in the Xinwang Mansion, which is not a secret in front of several people, but whether Zhao Kuo will go to the Xinwang Mansion in person is still unknown before Zhao Kuo's recital.

Therefore, Li Lifang reminded Ye Qing at the beginning that the place where he would play with Zhao Kuo tomorrow revolved around the Xinwang Mansion, which was completely based on the premise that he already knew that Zhao Shikui had chosen the Xinwang Mansion to do something to Ye Qing, but he did not further expect that the current Holy Zhao Kuo would personally participate in it.

And when Ye Qing pointed out that tomorrow was a rather different day, Li Lifang used almost all his brains about conspiracy and trickery, not only expanding the matter of Zhao Shikui's actions against Ye Qing infinitely, but even directly pressing Zhao Shikui on the charge of rebellion.

But it has to be said that the possibility that Li Lifang guessed does not exist at all.

"But what if tomorrow Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui has no movement, on the contrary, the Holy Lord really invites Ye Qing to enter the Xinwang Mansion together? So how do you judge...... Will Zhao Shikui do it tomorrow? When Zhao Shichun, the king of Wu, was pondering for a few people, he suddenly spoke: "The front division of the palace and the guard division have not changed yet, only because after Han Ying went to Xie Mansion, the forbidden army heard the wind and moved, so will Zhao Shikui do it tomorrow?" If so, when? And will he really rebel? Or will he take advantage of the Holy Lord to bring you into the King's Mansion and then do something to you after the Holy Lord leaves? Or do you do it in front of the saints, wouldn't that put the saints in danger? ”

In the end, Zhao Shichun's gaze stayed on Ye Qing's body, obviously, no matter how he guessed, it was unlikely that Zhao Shikui would be able to tie the saint in this matter tomorrow.

Li Lifang pondered for a while and nodded in agreement: "Yes, if Zhao Shikui doesn't plan to rebel, then if he wants to do something to you, he must first keep the Holy Lord away from you, otherwise, isn't he afraid that you will threaten the Holy Minister?" But what if he really dared to rebel? ”

"Zhao Shikui may not rebel against ......." Ye Qing stroked his chin and said thoughtfully: "But you may have forgotten a person, Shi Miyuan, who has been hiding in the shadows. ”

"Shi Miyuan?" Li Lifang and Zhao Shichun said in unison.

"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, Zhao Shikui is probably just a chess piece in Shi Miyuan's hand, Li Shangshu's conjecture makes me have to think, Zhao Shikui has no reason to rebel, I'm afraid he doesn't have the guts, but Shi Miyuan doesn't necessarily have it." Ye Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, looking extremely deep, and he continued to say slowly: "The reason why Zhao Shikui has come to such a field today is either that he knows something about the old things, which makes the Holy Lord angry with me, and the other is that as a clan, he is still jealous of me because of the prince, so he can't get used to me, the Yan King who is not a clan, so he wants to get rid of it quickly." ”

"Shi Miyuan dares to rebel?" Li Lifang and Zhao Shichun glanced at each other, and said in unison again.

Both of them ignored what Ye Qing said at the same time, Zhao Shikui may know some things about the old days, it is nothing more than Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, who is the traitor on the night of the palace change, and who is the courtier who killed the traitor.

"Why not?" Ye Qing asked rhetorically: "Since you Li Lifang can whimsically open up Zhao Shikui to rebel, then why can't Shi Miyuan wait until I fight with Zhao Shikui to the end, and then come out to clean up the mess?" Zhao Shikui conspired against him and could put the blame on me, a dead man, so why couldn't Shi Miyuan put the blame on me and Zhao Shikui, two dead people? ”

"You mean ......." Li Lifang had a little reminiscence, but asked with some uncertainty: "Are you saying that tomorrow maybe Master Zhao will take the opportunity to bring you to the Holy Lord...... That, and then put the blame on you, but it is very likely that before Zhao Shikui is happy, Shi Miyuan will come to the back? Put all the blame on you and Zhao Shikui? ”

"According to the logic of your guess just now, my conjecture is completely valid, and ...... It is also more in line with Shi Miyuan's city government temperament and his interests. Ye Qing picked up the teacup and leaned back in the chair and said.

"In this way, it is really the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, but ......." Zhao Shichun frowned slightly: "If tomorrow's events are as you guessed, Shi Miyuan finally had the last laugh, then how should he explain to the court and the queen mother?" ”

"Yes, wouldn't the Queen Mother also be in danger." Li Lifang was still extremely concerned about his sister Empress Dowager Li Fengniang, so he was shocked at this moment, stood up suddenly, and was about to go to the palace to warn Li Fengniang.

"Sit down!" Ye Qing scolded angrily.

"I ...... You....... Li Lifang pointed to Ye Qing, who was the old god, because of Zhao Shichun's presence, he obviously couldn't pick out some things clearly, but at this moment, his expression and meaning, Ye Qing was already completely clear.

"The Queen Mother is blind!" When Li Lifang sat down, he still snorted to Ye Qing with some anger.

"It's so frizzy when you encounter things, no wonder you haven't sorted out the household until now!" Ye Qing retorted without concessions.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk about things, and I'll enter the palace when I'm done." Li Lifang waved his hand impatiently.

Ye Qing put down the teacup in his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Even if everything is as Shi Miyuan expected tomorrow, the Queen Mother will not be in danger in a short time." ”

"Why?" Li Lifang immediately answered.

"If there is an accident in the saint, there must be someone above the court who can sit in charge. Although Shi Miyuan can calm the court, without the support of the clan and the queen mother, can he completely convince the world? Therefore, he must guard the court with the empress dowager, use the status of the empress dowager to stabilize the court, the clan and all walks of life, and then choose one of the clans to inherit the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Seeing that Li Lifang and Zhao Shichun were not talking, just looking at him quietly, Ye Qing continued: "So in this way, in addition to Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui, which sect he has a close relationship with, then it is very likely that he will choose a successor from that clan, and this person must also obey his Shi Miyuan." ”

"In this way, King Wu and King Qing are absolutely excluded, and it would be good if Shi Miyuan could leave them with a whole corpse afterwards......." Li Lifang pointed at Zhao Shichun and said.

"Bad luck!" Zhao Shichun slapped away Li Lifang's hand pointing at him, and snorted coldly: "If there is really that day, King Qing and I will lead troops from the north to the south to rescue King Qin and Qingjun." ”

"Then you should choose to go north with King Qing, instead of staying in Lin'an." After Li Lifang learned that the Queen Mother would not be in danger tomorrow no matter what, he immediately regained his ease, and even continued to tease Zhao Shichun.

Ye Qing, who was leaning on the back of the chair, ignored the ridicule between the two, but turned his head to Zhong Silkworm and said: "From now on, no matter what happens on my side, I don't need you to come to help, and your task is to keep a close eye on the movements of Shi Miyuan and his henchmen, and it will always be early in the morning." ”

"Then if it's really as you guessed, tomorrow Shi Miyuan really wants to come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches, will it be stopped immediately or ...... Put the long line ....... Zhong Silkworm asked.

"Naturally, it is to put a long line to catch big fish, Shi Mi is far away, and the court is uneasy for a day." Ye Qing said with a long sigh.

And this expression fell in the eyes of Zhao Shichun and Li Lifang, and they always felt that Ye Qing seemed to be ...... I already know something, or ...... Was it all in his calculations? In fact, his goal has always been Shi Miyuan, and he didn't take Shengshang and Zhao Shikui in his eyes at all from beginning to end?

"That'...... Tomorrow...... What can you see the two of us do? Li Lifang pointed to himself and Zhao Shichun, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have completed some earth-shattering things as long as he chatted with Ye Qing, and the sense of participation was simply too strong.

"Fireworks are the number, and the fireworks in the King's Mansion are fireworks, so I will bother the two ministers to rush to the rescue." A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, and then he continued: "As for who to find to rescue the driver, and who to stop to save the driver, these candidates don't need me to help the two of you decide, right?" ”

Li Lifang and Zhao Shichun suddenly realized, and immediately nodded in unison and said: "King Yan rest assured, there will definitely be no one who should come, and there will never be one who should not come." ”