The Chang'an Chamber of Commerce sent 1.8 million quintals of grain that Li You entrusted them to procure, plus the local grain reserves in Shengzhou, this year's winter reserves in Shengzhou and the entire Xue Yantuo Department are rich and surplus, and Ashina Hongliang and the elders are very happy.

After reading the letter from President Jia Jinxian, Li You's brows furrowed slightly. He said to Ashinaqing: "You continue to inspect, I have some things to do." ”

Ashina Qing asked with some concern, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

Li You smiled and patted her arm and said, "It's okay, you guys can go." With that, he led the messenger towards the palace (the rebuilt palace of the county lord).

On the way, he asked, "What the hell is going on?"

The messenger said: "Your Highness, in recent times, Jingzhao Mansion has often troubled the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, not only conducting tax and fire investigations on the main members of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, but also setting up contraband entry and exit inspections for the Chang'an Trading Company at the city gate, and various apportionments have also increased significantly. ”

Li You asked, "Have you found His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

The messenger said: "I have found it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not receive us, and sent someone to send a message to let us accept the investigation of the government. ”

Li You's premonition was not good, and now it has finally been confirmed.

He said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, go to the Ministry of Commerce to solve it." He believed that Wu could solve this matter, but she was Wu Zetian, and ordinary people were not opponents.

Returning to the palace, Li You wrote a letter, handed it to the messenger and said: "If you encounter any problems in the future, don't go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again, and go directly to the Ministry of Commerce to find Minister Wu to solve it." In addition, no matter what trouble you encounter, don't contradict the government, even if the government wants to detain people and goods, don't resist. You don't have to worry, I've got your back. ”

After the messenger left, Li You came to the study, carefully thinking about how to solve the dilemma in front of him.

For a period of time, Li You received letters from Xiao Wanyu, Yin Guanghao, Wei Chi Baoqi and others, talking about the recent incident against Li You in Chang'an.

It turned out that after Empress Changsun learned that Li Chengqian had the idea of giving up the position of crown prince, she felt deeply worried, and she couldn't think of a way to solve the problem for a while, so she sent someone to call Changsun Wuji.

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he was anxious, Li Chengqian's future was his future, and this would kill him. He said eagerly: "Sister, this is not good, absolutely not." ”

Empress Changsun said worriedly: "Cheng Qian is really moved, I don't know how to persuade him for a while." I'm worried that if His Majesty knows about this matter, his position as crown prince may not be kept. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was so anxious that he stood up and kept walking, making the eldest grandson queen dizzy. The eldest grandson Wuji said: "I'll talk to him, and I must let him dispel this idea." ”

Empress Eldest Sun couldn't think of any other way for the time being, so she had to say: "Go ahead, don't let him be too stressed, lest he can't bear it and make some excessive moves." ”

East Palace.

When Li Chengqian heard the eldest grandson Wuji ask to see him, he knew what he was doing here, and he felt depressed for a while. He stubbornly said, "Let him in." ”

After the eldest grandson Wuji came in, he said, "The minister, Sun Wuji, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Uncle is exempt, please take a seat." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "The minister has just come from your mother, and I want to talk to you about something. ”

Li Chengqian's scalp was numb, and he knew what he was going to say, so he held the mentality that the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and prepared to meet his bombardment.

The eldest grandson Wuji is a smart man, he knows Li Chengqian, and he also knows that he is disgusted with himself, on the way here, he reminded himself over and over again, to be calm, calm down, and calm again.

At this moment, he forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said in a cordial and relaxed tone as much as possible: "Your Highness, the minister is here to apologize to you today. ”

Then, the eldest grandson Wuji apologized to Li Chengqian vigorously, saying that he had a bad attitude towards him before, but he hated iron but not steel, and he didn't really care about his feelings. The eldest grandson Wuji was also a little aggrieved in his heart, and while apologizing, he thought about the hard work he had spent on his nephew for so many years, and his heart was sour, and he actually shed tears.

Not to mention, Li Chengqian remembered the help that the eldest grandson Wuji had helped him for so many years, and he was a little moved, he picked up a tissue and handed it to the eldest grandson Wuji, and said, "Uncle, you have worked hard." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji saw that his performance was effective, so he worked harder and harder, he sobbed and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you don't know how sad your mother is, for so many years, the effort she has spent on you has exceeded that of the ministers more than ten times and a hundred times, she, her heart is too uncomfortable." After saying that, the eldest grandson Wuji cried again.

At this moment, Li Chengqian suddenly felt another kind of pressure, he was afraid that Empress Eldest Sun and Eldest Sun Wuji would be sad, and even more afraid of facing Li Shimin's anger, he began to hesitate again.

Finally, he began to tell his eldest grandson Wuji about his distress again.

After listening to him patiently, the eldest grandson Wuji knew the symptoms of his problem, and said, "Your Highness, the minister understands. In the past, it was the minister's problem, but in the future, the minister will definitely care about His Highness's feelings, please look at your mother's face, please cheer up. The minister will definitely do his best to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Li Chengqian received the sympathy of Empress Changsun and Changsun Wuji one after another, and his mood was much more relaxed. At this moment, he is no longer so determined to give up the crown prince.

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that he had moved Li Chengqian, so he didn't continue to persuade him, let him think about it slowly, and left.

The next day, Zhang Xuansu, who had communicated with the eldest grandson Wuji in advance, also changed his previous face as a strict teacher, and his attitude towards him changed greatly, not only reviewing his previous attitude, but also vowing to assist him wholeheartedly.

He said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, think about it, you are now the prince, under one person, above ten thousand people. Are you really willing to bow down to others? ”

This sentence really touched Li Chengqian, no matter what, he is now the prince, and people are respectful when they see him, if he is not the prince, the change in other people's attitude towards him, he thought about it carefully, it is really difficult to accept.

In this way, Li Chengqian changed his mind again and decided to work hard to be the prince. However, as soon as he tossed like this, he caused Li You a lot of trouble.

The eldest grandson Wuji discussed with Zhang Xuansu for a long time, and felt that the reason why Li Chengqian wanted to resign as the crown prince was that the main pressure came from Li Ke and Li Tai in the past, and now his pressure mainly came from Li You, the king of Qi. So the attention of the two of them focused on how to deal with Li You.

They discussed for a long time, and decided to take advantage of Li Youren's absence in Chang'an to strike at his forces first, remind him to understand his situation, let him understand his status, and don't think about it. It is better to take the initiative to stay away from Chang'an.

As a result, they began to meddle in the official institutions of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, and the research institute, and also extended their hands to Li You's private industry and other private institutions, including the Magpie Trading Company and the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce.

Shengzhou Palace.

At noon that day, at the dinner table, Ashina Qing poured Li You a glass of wine, and she said worriedly: "Your Highness, when do you plan to return to Chang'an?" ”

Li You already has a plan to return to Chang'an, and he still has to wait for two things now, and then return to Chang'an after he is confirmed.

Soon after, Chang'an City, the palace of the king of Qi.

After Wu left the Magpie Trading Company, Zhou Qian, who had been her deputy, took over her position at the Magpie Trading Company. On this day, he asked to see Wu, and said worriedly: "Your Highness, this morning, Jingzhao Mansion sent someone to check the accounts of the Magpie Trading Company, saying that we evaded taxes and evaded taxes, and there was a suspicion that the source of property was unknown, not only seized some of the accounts, but also arrested several account offices in our headquarters. ”

Wu said angrily: "These people are really damned, they want to take advantage of the prince's absence in Chang'an to bully us, hum, the prince is not easy to bully, is the prince's people easy to bully?" I really don't know whether to live or die, I'm going to give them a good look!"