The grace of Li Su almost formed the first confrontation between the new monarch and the old minister.

Perhaps such a confrontation is inevitable and inevitable, but Li Su absolutely does not want to see such a thing happen, at least in the past few years, he does not want the contradiction between the two to become too acute.

Since we want to focus on the people's livelihood, the court can't be chaotic, even if we can't do it together, at least we can't go against the yin. Li Su has too many things to do in the next few years, and the stability of the court can make the decree accessible.

After the dissolution of the Jiaen Dynasty, Li Su ordered people to prepare generous gifts and personally visited the eldest grandson Wuji.

As the prime minister of the three dynasties, the eldest grandson Wuji is still quite generous. He personally went out to greet him, his attitude was very cordial and kind, and the courtesy between the guests and the host was thoughtful.

During the banquet, Li Su apologized to the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuji even said that he was right about things and not about people, and the reasons for the two were very legitimate and sufficient.

Leaving the Eldest Sun Mansion, Li Su's expression was a little gloomy.

The eldest grandson Wuji's dissatisfaction with him has now gradually turned into hatred.

There are many reasons, the dispute between the prince of the year is one, and now the court alternates between the old and the new, the opposition between the rise of the new forces and the persistence of the old forces is one of them, and perhaps the hostility of the gate valve family to the representatives of the children of the poor family like Li Su is also one of them, in short, unconsciously, the position of Li Su and the eldest grandson Wuji has become more and more distant.

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Back in Taiping Village, the lights at the door of the house were colorful, and everyone from the housekeeper to the trilogy was beaming with joy.

Seeing the arrival of Li Su and his entourage, all the trilogies lined up in front of the house and drank together.

"I wish the lord of the family the title of the prince of the country and the family business for all generations!"

Steward Xue held his big belly up, and stepped forward to lead the horse for Li Su, chattering in his mouth.

"Congratulations to my grandfather on being promoted to the prince of the country, the grace of heaven is vast, my grandfather is rising again, haha, our family is a big happy event, in a few years, my grandfather may be able to be crowned the king of the county, and then our family will be the palace......"

Li Su was surrounded by the subordinates and his subordinates and walked forward, and said with a wry smile: "Don't talk nonsense to others after Feng Junwang said this, it's already a big tree, and you still think I don't have many enemies?" ”

Saying that, he waved his hand, and Li Su ordered: "Uncle Xue asked someone to prepare a banquet, and the brothers and subordinates in the mansion are all here, and they will not return if they are not drunk, and they will not treat outsiders today." ”

Steward Xue happily agreed.

The Li family's dinner party was drunk until late at night, and the servants were interested, and they consciously retreated after eating and drinking, but in the front yard of the Li family, the subordinates drank heartily.

Li Su was extraordinarily open in front of the subordinates, and simply lost his etiquette, rolled up his sleeves and fought with the subordinates to make wine, and bowls of liquor entered his throat, which won the enthusiastic cheers of the subordinates, and then ...... Li Su was drunk.

When he woke up the next day, Li Su had a splitting headache and struggled to get up, and Xu Mingzhu dressed and washed him with a look of disgust.

"Although it is a happy event for the husband to be promoted, you should not drink too much, and it is you who will feel uncomfortable after sobering up."

Li Su rubbed his temples and frowned: "I suspect that I drank fake wine last night, send someone to check, who dares to make fake wine and sell fake wine to my house, it's too much!" ”

Xu Mingzhu pushed him and said with a smile: "How can anyone in the world make fake wine?" Each household is self-brewed, and the farmer family has surplus grain and brews a pot of mash to try it, who is true and who is fake? The wine you drink is your own secret recipe, which we brew at home. ”

The husband and wife were talking, the maid came, and the fifth person in the front yard had something to report.

Li Su was neatly dressed and came to the front yard with a headache.

Fang Lao Wu was pacing back and forth in the courtyard with an anxious face, and when he saw Li Su coming, Fang Lao Wu hurriedly caught up, lowered his voice and said, "Grandpa, that monk of the Japanese Kingdom has moved again......

Li Su's eyes lit up: "He and the Wu clan met again?" ”

Fang Lao Wu nodded: "Yesterday afternoon, Dao Zhao left Huichang Temple, and still met Miss Wu in a wine shop in Chang'an City, the two met alone, and after chatting for half an hour, they left separately. ”

"Can you find out what they talked about?"

Fang Lao Wu scratched his head, and was embarrassed: "Grandpa, the brothers of our family are all fighting men in the battle array, this kind of tracking and probing work is really not good, the people who are watching are just staring from afar, for fear of startling them, the brothers didn't dare to get closer......"

Li Su smiled: "It's okay, it doesn't matter what they say, anyway, it has something to do with improving rice seeds." ”

Fang Lao Wu said again: "But my brother saw Dao Zhao take out a cloth bag from his arms and hand it to Miss Wu, the cloth bag is the size of a palm, it is about a bribe or something......

Li Su raised his eyebrows: "The size of your palm?" Could it be that there are two East Pearls again? ”

The last time Dao Zhao came to see Li Su, he also gave two Dongzhu, Li Su couldn't help but feel a little depressed, he actually dared to keep a hand? It seems that after becoming a father, his heart has gradually softened, and he can't carry the knife.

"Dongzhu is taken out one by one, and when he sees someone, he will send it, is this guy the reincarnation of a mussel shell?" Li Su said with a look of shame.

Fang Lao Wu laughed together.

Li Su pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Fifth uncle, you personally went to Xu Jingzong, the young eunuch of agriculture, to spread the news that the improved rice seeds were suddenly stolen. ”

Fang Lao Wu nodded in response.

Li Su's eyes suddenly flashed with a murderous intent: "After Xu Jingzong's side is done, let Zheng Xiaolou take action to get rid of the monk of the Japanese Kingdom, remember, create the illusion of an accidental death." ”

Fang Lao Wu took the order and left.

The next day and night, a gong suddenly sounded in the agricultural school located in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, and the rapid sound of the gong alarmed the officials and servants on duty in the agricultural school, and a shocking news spread rapidly in the agricultural school.

The improved rice varieties introduced from Zhenla lost more than 200 catties, nearly two stones.

No one knows how it was lost, whether it was inside and outside, and who stole it.

At dawn the next day, Xu Jingzong, who was angry and dejected, hurriedly entered the agronomy, and then immediately announced that the agronomy had not lost any rice seeds, and that someone was spreading rumors and causing trouble, and issued a ban, and if there were still those who spread the rumors, they would be put in prison for questioning.

In just one night, the rumors that were about to spread were suppressed by Xu Jingzong with thunderbolts.

However, this matter could not be completely concealed after all, and soon the imperial historians in the court heard about it, so they went up to impeach Xu Jingzong, and more than a dozen imperial historians said the same thing, which finally attracted Li Zhi's attention.

Li Zhi is not a mediocre emperor, and he will not express his attitude until he has thoroughly investigated it. A group of mysterious people soon ushered in in the agricultural science, the predecessor of this group of people was Chang Tu's subordinates back then, and the force that was absorbed from Li Su's hands, and now the two are completely in the hands of Li Zhi himself.

Of course, the rice seeds were not lost at all, not one or two, and the people sent by Li Zhi checked for a few days and found nothing, so they came to the conclusion that it was indeed a rumor.

As for the source of the rumors, it has become an unsolved case, and everyone only heard a gong that night, and someone in the courtyard shouted "the rice seeds are lost", and this sentence spread, and then went back to track down this person but there was no clue, so the case had to be hastily closed.

As soon as the case ended, there was another accident in Huichang Temple.

A Tang envoy named Dao Zhao stumbled on the way down the mountain and fell off the cliff and died.

Datang still attaches great importance to sending Tang envoys, after all, it feels very good to be sought after and studied by vassal states, and the Tang envoys must be investigated if something happens in Datang.

Yongzhou Thorn Mansion sent someone to inspect the scene, from a variety of traces and clues, this monk named Dao Zhao did stumble and fell, and he came to Chang'an from the Wa State not long ago, and did not make a feud with anyone, soon Yongzhou Thorn Shi Mansion made a conclusion, Dao Zhao died in an accident, after the matter was reported to Shangshu Province, Shangshu Province approved the case to be notified to the Tang Mission, and in the form of an official document submitted to the Lord of the Wa State and the minister Su I into the deer.

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Tai Chi Palace.

The Wu clan's position in the palace is now very delicate.

She has the right, and the power is very great, and the power is embodied in the song, and now Li Zhi's review of the song is largely dependent on Wu's guidance or advice, her ability and resourcefulness are gradually valued by Li Zhi, leaning on her arm, and the weight of what she says in front of Li Zhi is getting heavier and heavier.

But at the same time, she is an invisible person in the palace, "invisible" means that her sense of existence is not high, in the harem, she has no official position, her identity is just a palace maid, but the status of this palace maid is very detached, she does not do chores, does not wash and sweep, and freely enters and leaves any palace every day, including the Anren Hall where Li Zhi reviewed and sparse, and no one dared to stop her, because this is her privilege.

The existence of such a person has been going on for a long time, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace naturally dare not treat her as an ordinary palace maid anymore, and even the queen who has just been crowned has heard of her, and specially summoned her to chat with her, and there are many meanings of wooing and making friends between words.

Wu behaved very well, in fact, she already knew why she was demoted to the court by Emperor Taizong back then, so this time when she returned to Taiji Palace, she has always behaved very low-key, not inconspicuous, but she can do things, not only can do things, but also do everything beautifully, and her edge has never been shown again.

She was tired every day, but she was full and happy. Gradually, she substituted herself into Li Zhi's role, as if it was herself who sat behind the table and reviewed the music, the feeling of directing the country and the power of the society in her own hands was really good, and it would be addictive.

Alone with his cheeks on his back, Wu laughed quietly.

She originally thought that she would be invisible in the palace forever, and she would always be just a transparent person who hid behind Li Zhi and scolded Fang Xuan, however, after the last Taizong funeral, the situation has changed, and she will ...... in the future It seems that we can work harder.

Apricot Child's hurried footsteps interrupted her longing, and Wu raised his eyes and glanced at her unhappily.

The spring breeze is proud, the prestige is getting heavier, Wu's demeanor and eyes have unconsciously a little prestige, and even the former sister Xing'er is a little more afraid of her.

Seeing Wu's displeased, Xing'er was so frightened that she stopped and stood with her head hanging in fear.

Wu suddenly smiled and beckoned to her cordially.

"Stupid what? Is there something wrong? ”

Xing'er said softly: "Outside the palace...... Something happened. ”

"What's the matter?"

"A few days ago, I heard that a batch of rice seeds were lost in agriculture, and then Xu Jingzong, the young superintendent of agriculture, insisted that he had not lost it, and there were rumors, and His Majesty sent someone to check for a few days, and the rice seeds were indeed not lost......" Xing'er said carefully: "The girl once said that she wanted to do something with the rice seeds of agriculture, so I paid attention to the news of agriculture......"

Wu's face changed for a moment, and he quickly returned to normal.

"Since His Majesty has sent someone to check, it is indeed not lost."

Xing'er said again: "But there is one more thing, I think it's a bit of a coincidence......"

"What?"

Xing'er said slowly: "Last night, I sent the Tang Dynasty to make the monks of the Wa Kingdom ...... He's dead. ”

Wu Shi was shocked, and his face suddenly turned pale: "Death...... He's dead? Who killed him? ”

Xing'er said softly: "Yongzhou Thorn History Mansion sent someone to check, Dao Zhao fell off the cliff and died, it was an accident, no one killed him." ”

Wu's face was still pale, and he muttered, "Accident? How could it be an accident? ”

Xing'er said: "I also think these two things are a bit coincidental, the loss of rice seeds in agriculture and the accidental death of Daozhao, the two things happened almost at the same time, and girl, you happened to have a relationship with that Daozhao monk recently, and the person who conspired was the ...... of agricultural rice seeds."

Wu Shi was silent for a long time and shook his head: "These two things are not coincidences, there must be a conspiracy, and it is a conspiracy against me!" ”

"But...... His Majesty sent someone to check, and the agricultural science did not lose the rice seeds, and Daozhao did stumble and died......"

Wu's tone suddenly became intense: "Where is there any accident!" Nothing in this world is clean, and two things related to me happen at the same time, do you think it's so coincidental? ”

Xing'er shrank her shoulders in fright, and said, "Can ...... The girl has never had a grudge against anyone, so who will deal with you behind your back? ”

Wu Shi tried hard to suppress the intense emotions, closed his eyes and calmed his emotions, and a handsome face suddenly appeared in his mind.

His eyes turned red, and Wu muttered, "You saved me, and now you're targeting me again...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

Xing'er smacked for a moment and said in shock: "The girl is talking about him?" Plum...... Li ......"

Wu shook his head, then gritted his teeth, and said, "Xing'er, I ordered to prepare a carriage and a horse, and prepare a generous gift, I will go to Grandpa Li's mansion to congratulate him on his promotion." ”

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The Li family feasted guests.

It is a great joy for the Duke of Jin Jue, even if Li Su wants to keep a low profile, many powerful veterans in Chang'an City will not let him go.

Early in the morning, Li Jicheng bit the golden bull and waited for the old generals to come to the door, Cheng biting Jin entered the door of Li's house as if he was returning to his own home, without waiting for the welcoming housekeeper Xue to smile, Cheng Biting Jin's body turned into a black smoke and rushed in, and then ...... Began to turn over the cabinets in the halls and wings, and when he saw the satisfactory objects, he stuffed them into his arms, and if the objects were too large to carry, he instructed the Li family's subordinates to pack them, and the bandits frightened the Li family, and finally Li Ji kicked the old goods to finally stop.

Li Su originally wanted to deal with the matter of the promotion of the lord in a low-key manner, after all, he was suddenly promoted to the prince of the country, and many people in the court were not convinced, and even heard a voice saying that his promotion to the lord was "lucky".

"Xingjin" is a derogatory term, not very good, interpreted as "by pampering luck", it is natural to see that he is not pleasing to the eyes of those Zhenguan Dynasty ministers, many old ministers who have made great achievements from the dragon to the fast-forward coffin, and only fished a county or something, and Li Su, a young man less than thirty years old, actually became a national prince overnight, and the ugly side of human nature naturally does not have to be concealed.

Under such circumstances, Li Su naturally couldn't invite guests to celebrate his promotion with great fanfare, so he could only try to make himself a little transparent and avoid the limelight for the time being.

It's a pity that the veterans don't think so.

Li Su is seriously a military person, not only has a powerful general uncle, but also he himself is a great achievement, from Xizhou to Goguryeo's performance in various battles, proving that he is really a general, only in the eyes of these long-standing veteran generals, can you see how great Li Su's military exploits over the years are, for them, Jin Li Su is well-deserved for the country's justice, and it is undeserved.

So the old generals greeted each other and generously organized a group to celebrate.

It's all here, of course, you can't let this group of old killers go back the same way, Li Su had no choice but to order a banquet, none of the old generals' wine was good, half a catty of liquor was in the stomach, and the front hall of the Li family suddenly flew sand and stones, and the sun and moon were gone.

Looking at the messy appearance of his front hall being trampled by a group of cavalry, and many precious calligraphy and painting porcelain turned into pieces, Li Su endured the heartache and forced a smile.

It's all money, money......

Why do these murderous people get drunk and harm my precious calligraphy and painting porcelain? …… You go to the mausoleum of Taizong.

Steward Xue tiptoed into Li Su's ear and said softly: "Grandpa, that martial girl asked to see her at the door of our house, and she also prepared a gift, saying that she was congratulating her grandfather on his promotion." ”

Li Su smiled, and then smiled: "Let Madame go to meet her, invite her into the backyard, and I will go for a while." ”

After the order, Li Su still sat in the front hall, calmly watching the veterans go crazy.

Anyway, everything that can be smashed in the front hall is almost smashed, so I can only forgive them, otherwise what else?

Until the end, Cheng Biting Jin, who was drunk with meat and eight vegetarian vegetables, shouted for people to get his Xuanhua big axe, and he wanted to dance the axe to cheer up the old killers, Li Su's face finally changed, and he hurriedly slipped out of the front hall while no one was paying attention.

When they came to the backyard, Xu Mingzhu and Wu were holding hands and chatting happily, and the two daughters giggled from time to time.

Li Su stood in front of the door of the wing room for a moment, and then stepped into the room.

Wu hurriedly got up and bowed to Li Su.

"The slave and maid congratulate the grandfather on his promotion to the prince of the country, and the grandfather is famous all over the world and will be famous in history."

Li Suhaha smiled and said: "Miss Wu is polite, you and I are not outsiders, there is no need to give gifts to celebrate or something." ”

Xu Mingzhu gestured to Li Su's head, and then retired with a sense of humor.

Only Li Su and Wu were left in the room, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

After the maid served the tea, Li Suqian took a sip, and then said, "Can Miss Wu get used to living in the palace?" ”

Wu Shi chuckled and said: "People who are like duckweed, they can only be at peace with what they encounter, where are there any habits that they are not used to, just try to live." ”

After a pause, Wu's expression gradually became ethereal, and he said softly: "If you want to talk about habits, slaves and maids are the most accustomed to this life only in the time when they are in the grandfather's mansion, the people in the grandfather's mansion, and the atmosphere in the mansion are all clean and clean, you don't need to beware of anyone's calculations in your mansion, and there is no deceit, only a strong taste of life, during that time, even the slave maid felt that she was much cleaner, and she once had the idea that it was like this all her life......"

Li Su said lightly: "What kind of life to live, we choose it ourselves, you are not determined to be in Quanlin, but in Zhongding, since you have chosen, live well, you are not an ordinary woman, you will definitely walk out of a different path." ”

Wu's eyes flashed, and he said softly: "Grandpa doesn't mind if the slave maid walks out of a different path?" ”

Li Su smiled: "Of course I don't mind, and even said, I'm happy to see it happen, if you need my help one day, I will also help you." ”

Wu's eyes gradually brightened: "Is what Grandpa said sincerely?" ”

Li Su nodded: "Honestly, you and I are both people who give advice to Your Majesty, and our words are very important to Your Majesty, so we must communicate, unite, and help each other." ”

Wu covered his mouth and smiled: "The slave and maid are a woman, but they can't help the grandfather too much." ”

Li Su said solemnly: "I have a lot of things to do in the next ten years, Zhenguan Dynasty has fought too many foreign wars, consumed too much national strength of the Tang Dynasty, and now the people are poor everywhere, what I want to do is to let the people slowly become rich, let the national strength slowly fill, this is the most important thing for me in the next ten years, I don't want to waste my energy on the internal fighting of the court and palace, so, Miss Wu, I can help you, are you willing to help me?" ”

Wu's expression gradually became solemn: "The slave is naturally willing to help you with all her might, but the slave and the maid still have many questions, if the grandfather can't solve the slave's doubts, the slave and the maid will not be able to sleep and eat." ”

Li Su smiled: "You say." ”

"The first doubt, the grandfather said that he wanted to help the slave and maid, the slave and the maid don't understand very well, you are a foreign minister, and the slave and maid are in the palace, and the foreign minister is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the palace, how can the grandfather help me? How can you help me? ”

Li Su pondered for a moment, but answered the question: "The first time I saw Miss Wu today, I found that Miss Wu's eyebrows were different from the past, coincidentally, I saw Your Majesty a few days ago, and his eyebrows were not the same as before, well, interesting......"

Wu Shi immediately blushed, as if to hide it, and hung his head uneasily.

Li Su smiled and said, "You get along with Your Majesty day and night, whether public or private, it's normal for something to happen, everyone is a downright man, you don't have to be embarrassed." ”

Wu Shi tried to calm his emotions and said calmly: "What does Grandpa want to say?" ”

Li Su stared at her eyes and said slowly, "I'm afraid that the person who Miss Wu is plotting is not just the staff around His Majesty, right?" ”