Chapter 97: The Art of Compromise (5)
"Nothing to say to anyone, say!"
Li Hong has always regarded Yan Liben and Liu Xiangdao as his confidants, and he has no doubt about it, but when he saw that Wang Dequan was playing tricks there, he pulled down his face and reprimanded him unceremoniously.
"Ah, yes, back to His Royal Highness, the slave maid just got reliable news, today at noon before His Royal Highness King Lu arrived at the Zhou Palace, at the end of the three o'clock, the two Royal Highnesses suddenly quarreled in the study, a big fuss, and soon after, I saw His Royal Highness King Lu with a face full of iron and blue car back to the house, it is reported that His Royal Highness King Lu returned to the house, furious, the words seemed to be scolding His Royal Highness King Zhou for his wolf ambition or something, the slave maid got this news, he didn't dare to slack off, so he rushed over, and asked His Royal Highness to know the truth." When Wang Dequan saw Li Hong say this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came out the news from the inside line one by one, and everyone in the room frowned when he heard it.
"Really?"
Li Hong's face changed for a while, and he couldn't believe that it was true, so he asked in a deep voice.
"That's true, the slave doesn't dare to lie and coax His Highness."
Wang Dequan replied very affirmatively, and when he wanted to elaborate further, Li Hong had no interest in continuing to listen, and just waved his hand, and Wang Dequan withdrew from the room.
"Gong Yan, Gong Liu, how can you think this matter is very strange, I'm afraid there are some articles here, I don't know if the two Aiqing have any plans for this?" After Wang Dequan stepped back, Li Hong stood up from his seat, paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, and asked uncertainly.
"It shouldn't be, His Royal Highness King Lu is in a hurry, and this time the river work is on it, but now the queen mother intends to let His Royal Highness King Zhou take charge of this matter, with the personality of His Royal Highness King Lu, it is inevitable that there will be unwillingness, and I am afraid that it will not be peaceful in words, they are all young and vigorous, and it is inevitable to quarrel." Although Liu Xiangdao was slightly older than Yan Liben, his reaction was not slow at all, and he was the first to speak, and he seemed to be a little dismissive of Li Hong's suspicions between his words.
"Otherwise, I'm afraid this matter is really a bit strange, although what Brother Tongshou (Liu Xiangdao's words) said has some truth, however, in Yan's opinion, it may not only be a conflict between words, maybe it is also possible to distribute the spoils unevenly, but no matter what the reason, this matter is an opportunity for His Highness." Yan Liben obviously disagreed with Liu Xiangdao's opinion, shook his head with a frown, and gave a suggestion.
"Opportunity? Where does this begin? β
Li Hong is very smart by nature, in fact, he has already made a judgment in his heart, but it is still a little difficult to decide how to respond, and at this time, seeing that Yan Liben pointed out the key point, he was willing to listen to Yan Liben's final judgment on this matter, so as to make a comparison with what he was thinking in his heart, so he hurriedly asked.
"Your Royal Highness Mingjian, no matter whether the two Highnesses are really noisy or fake, in the eyes of Weichen, it is a matter of great benefit to His Royal Highness, and there are three reasons for this: although His Royal Highness King Zhou is young and old, but after all, he is still young, even if he has the support of the queen's mother, he has no chance of getting the messenger of the river work, and His Royal Highness can deal with it calmly, this is one of them; Second, if the two kings are really troublesome, it will be difficult to coexist with each other, and His Royal Highness can focus on it, divide and dissolve, if it is fake, then it doesn't matter, the left and right depend on the strength of the two kings, no matter how to make the conspiracy, it is definitely not His Highness's opponent, so there is nothing to fear; Third, the river work involves a huge amount, involving all parts of the court, if it falls into the hands of the two kings, the consequences are unimaginable, however, this matter is a big benefit, but it has to be, rather than let the two kings control, it is better for His Royal Highness to do it himself, while the queen mother supports this policy, stop and intercept it, cut off the thoughts of the two kings. "Yan Liben is old and sophisticated, and when he analyzes the current situation, he is the head of the way, and his words are really eloquent.
"Well, that's true, it's just that the queen mother supports the seventh brother, if Lone forcibly stretches out his hand, not only the queen mother doesn't like it, but the seventh brother is afraid and difficult to forgive, if it is pushed to the sixth brother again, wouldn't it be a winger for the tiger?" Li Hong has been in government affairs for a long time, since he knows that the matter of the river work is imperative, the last time in the early dynasty, the reason why he strongly opposed, but he did not want this matter to fall into the hands of Li Xian, at this time he heard that the two kings had a dispute, Li Hong had already taken the river work from the heart, the scruple was not the reaction of the martial arts, the biggest concern was precisely in the basic impossible to get the messenger Li Xian, the reason is very simple, after experiencing so many things, Li Hong has seen that Li Xian is not a thing in the pool, and he really does not want to offend him ruthlessly.
"His Royal Highness is extremely worried, although His Royal Highness King Zhou is young, but his actions are quite lawful, it is not easy to be with his generation, if he wants to be convinced, the difficulty is not small, but it may not be impossible to achieve, His Royal Highness has this concern, why not set up a banquet to invite His Royal Highness King Zhou, if you can talk openly and honestly, if not, you can also take the opportunity to listen to its reality, and then it is not too late to make plans." Liu Xiangdao obviously agreed with Li Hong's opinion very much, so he interjected from the side.
"Yan Gong, what do you mean?"
Li Hong didn't say anything about Liu Xiangdao's words, but just nodded slightly to show his approval, and then turned his gaze to Yan Li, who was frowning and thinking hard, and asked in a deep voice.
"It's okay to try, it's just that His Royal Highness King Zhou is very careful, I'm afraid it's not so easy to get along, well, if the price is not big, His Royal Highness might as well accept it first, and then go back and make a plan." Yan Liben had already dealt with Li Xian in the court, and he still had some understanding of Li Xian's ability to grasp the general trend, but he didn't think that Li Xian would be an inflexible character, in Yan Liben's opinion, as long as he could hold the river work matter in his hands, it would be okay to give Li Xian a little sweetness.
"Okay, Lonely, I'll send someone to invite the seventh brother into the palace to talk about it, whether it succeeds or not, Lone's etiquette will be fulfilled first." Upon hearing Yan Liben's words, Li Hong no longer hesitated, nodded, and made a decision in a flat tone......
"Your Royal Highness, how can you be so noisy with His Royal Highness King Lu, not to mention that he is a brother, even if not, come to our house, then he is a guest, your quarrel, if it spreads outside, maybe there will be villains chewing the root of the tongue, if the saint blames it, then how can it be born, alas, Your Highness, why are you here......"
In the bedroom of the main courtyard of the Zhou Palace, Li Xian, who had just had lunch, was lying comfortably on the couch, his legs folded, and he was casually playing with a jade fracture fan in his hand, which seemed to be very casual, but the wry smile on his face was helpless, just because Yan Hong was sitting on the edge of the couch, and was chattering unrelentingly, that posture was not bad at all compared to "Tang Seng", and Li Xian had no way to take care of this eldest sister who had taken care of him since he was a child, except for listening honestly, he really didn't know what to say- The big quarrel with Li Xian was originally acting, in order to catch the big fish of the prince, before the reaction of the prince came out, the inside story of the quarrel must be kept secret, even for such a caring person as Yan Hong, Li Xian did not dare to tell the truth, what he was afraid of was not that Yan Hong would have any actions that were unfavorable to him, but that he was worried that the wall had ears, just because Li Xian knew very well that his house was not very clean, and the spies who were inserted by all parties were not old and young. Li Xian could only reluctantly accept Yan Hong's broken thoughts.
"Your Highness, the deputy head of the Xiande Palace, the prince is here, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order for you."
Just when Li Xian was full of helplessness, Gao Miao sneakily poked into the head from outside the door, and saw Li Xianzheng facing each other with a distressed face, and couldn't help but secretly laugh, but Li Xian's eyes were very sharp, and when he saw the smile on the corner of Gao Miao's mouth, he immediately glared at him unceremoniously, frightened Gao Miao, hurriedly rushed into the door, came to the front of the bed, accompanied the smiling face carelessly, and reported softly.
Ha, it's finally here, hey, I don't know how much sincerity there is in this intention! The reason why Li Xian didn't take a lunch break today as usual was to wait for the prince's reaction, of course, Yanhong's burying was also a factor, at this time, Wang Dequan arrived, not only could he know how the prince's reaction was, but also got rid of Yanhong's burying, Li Xian had reason to be happy last time, and he didn't wait for Yanhong to react, Li Xian had already jumped up and dropped the sentence: "Sister Yanhong, Xiao Wang went to take the order first, and then listened to Sister Yanhong's chatter." As soon as the words fell, the person had already run away, and his mouth was so angry that he turned up, and he stomped his foot hatefully at the door, but then he couldn't help laughing......
"Slaves and maids, see His Royal Highness King Zhou."
Wang Dequan, who had been waiting in the hall of the second gate in the front yard, saw Li Xian turn out of the back hall, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed deeply, and said in a loud voice.
"The prince is polite, no courtesy, no courtesy, hehe, Xiao Wang is a step late, so he asked his father-in-law to wait for a long time, Haihan, Haihan." Li Xian seemed to be in a good mood, and when he saw Wang Dequan saluting himself, Li Xian politely hugged his fists and returned the half-salute, and said hello with a smile.
"Slaves don't dare." Wang Dequan dared to accept Li Xian's return salute, hurriedly took a small step back, took out a big red invitation card from his wide sleeves, held it with both hands very respectfully, held it high above his head, and reported in a loud voice: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an invitation here, please take a look at it." β
Well? Invitation? It's so formal, hey, what kind of play is this kid singing? Li Xian thought that the prince would ask him to chat privately, but he didn't expect Li Hong to even send an invitation, it was completely a fanfare, and for a while there were really some people in his heart who were making a fuss, but it was not good to ask too much at the moment, Li Xian could only politely stretch out his hands, took the invitation card in his hand, flipped it over, just looked at it, a trace of suspicion flashed over his face, his eyes rolled slightly, and his heart was already clear, so he laughed and said: "I also ask the prince to return to the prince's brother, just say that Xiao Wang is tired of martial arts, I really didn't dare to drink, the prince's brother's kindness Xiao Wang could only understand it, and Rong Xiaowang asked the prince's brother to accompany him in the future. When Li Xian said this, he undoubtedly raised his voice and said: "Gao Miao, send the prince to the prince for this king." As soon as the words fell, Wang Dequan was not given time to react at all, Li Xian turned around, and the person had already turned back to the back hall.
"Your Highness......"
Wang Dequan obviously didn't expect Li Xian to be so faceless to the prince, and when he was slightly stunned, he saw that Li Xian had walked to the entrance of the back hall, and couldn't help but get anxious, just opened his mouth and exhaled, and before he could say anything, he saw that Gao Miao had stopped in front of him from the side, waved his hand, and gestured: "Princess, please!" β
"Alas!"
was stopped by Gao Miao, Li Xian had already disappeared, even if Wang Dequan was unwilling, he had no choice but to shake his head and sigh, leave the hall with a bitter face, and go back to the East Palace to resume his life......