Emperor Xuande Yan Zhan looked at the official document covered with the big seal of the household in He Wendao's hand, although his face looked extremely gloomy, he had the pleasure of watching the tiger fight from across the mountain in his heart. He can also see that this time, Bagge and Li Deng are no longer singing double reeds with clear and confused pretenses as before, but are really ready to turn their faces:

"Oh? He Protector didn't receive the money? Shi'an, is it possible that at the moment, I can't even take out that 100,000 taels of silver? Otherwise, why hasn't it been delivered in full until now? ”

Wan Changning was in a dilemma when he heard this, and was just about to speak, but Li Deng on the side hurriedly spoke first:

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been the spring famine season recently, and the household department is naturally very busy, and Wan Shilang may be entangled in official business, so he is negligent. In this way, before sunset tomorrow, the old man will definitely give an explanation to Shaman Bagdai and Protector He. ”

How could Emperor Xuande easily give up this opportunity to watch the fire from the other side, seeing that Li Deng wanted to fool the past with a few casual words at this time, he immediately spoke out to stop him:

"Li Xiang doesn't need to be like this, if there is really any difficulty, you might as well say it in front of me and my colleagues, I believe that the shaman and the Dharma protector are not unreasonable people."

Li Deng immediately replied:

"Back to Your Majesty, it's just because the old man was in poor health the day before yesterday, so I understand the reason for the time being. After the old man carefully investigates, can he report back to His Majesty? ”

Li Deng raised his eyes slightly, and his gloomy gaze showed a trace of indifference, and Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt, who was looking directly, also felt a little flustered, knowing that now this prime minister, who had always been peaceful-looking, was only afraid that he had moved his true anger, and if he pursued and fought hard, he was only afraid that he would cause trouble. So he changed his tone in an instant, and he no longer mentioned the matter of the silver two, but inquired about Li Deng's physical condition with concern, and rewarded some precious medicinal materials before leaving.

Li Deng didn't speak along the way, and Wan Changning didn't dare to board the carriage of the Xiangfu as before, but just followed the car and returned to the Xiangfu step by step.

"What's going on?"

As soon as he entered the study, Li Deng knocked over a bowl of hot tea on the table on Wan Changning, and asked in an unusually calm tone.

Although Wan Changning was burned by the hot tea, he still bent over motionlessly, and his burned body trembled uncontrollably:

"Yes...... It was taken by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. and instructed me not to allocate a tael of silver to the shamans...... I thought it was a ...... for you."

When Li Deng heard the word prince, his expression suddenly became extremely strange. He stood up, his eyes kept staring at Wan Changning, who was trembling, and kept pacing:

"What the prince ordered? Although the prince is the prince of Youbei, how can he be qualified to go directly to the household department to pay the silver? What kind of trick is your errand? ”

"After all, the crown prince is your own nephew...... I thought ......"

"Wan Changning, Wan Changning, I thought that the object of your allegiance was my Li Deng, but I didn't expect that your real benefactor was actually the crown prince! Your precautionary layout is really an eye-opener for the old man! ”

When Li Deng said this, he was already laughing angrily, and his words were full of murderous intent.

'Poof', Wan Changning, who could no longer stand, immediately knelt on the ground, his body trembled even more, and said with sadness:

"Eun Xiang! I don't mean that! When the prince came to pay me the money that day, I also asked him for the minister's edict, but he said it was his own...... This is also your family affair after all, what more can you say next? Enxiang, Chang Ning has always been looking forward to your horse, and a loyal world can be learned. I hope that grace can be ...... Be able to understand the difficulties below. ”

After Wan Changning finished speaking, his face was already full of tears, but he kept kowtowing, and hit the ground with his flesh and blood.

Li Deng's face sank like water, and although he looked at Wan Changning who couldn't stop kowtowing on the ground, his thoughts were all on the body of Yan Tian, the prince of the East Palace.

"Get up, you can't be blamed for that."

Li Deng sighed and dragged this disciple who had been charging ahead for himself. Wan Changning still stubbornly knelt on the ground, but he didn't continue to kowtow, and he didn't say a word more.

"Shi'an, I'm also in a mess for a while. The prince acted like this...... It's not the first time. ”

When Li Deng said this, he sat beside Wan Changning with a bitter face, and slowly patted his somewhat sensational back with his hand.

"The prince had already transferred people without permission over me before and went to intercept and kill Fu Ye's family...... Today he went past me to the household and gave you a direct order. He is treating my Dongyou Li family as his own palm and food. ”

Wan Changning, who was extremely aggrieved, listened to Li Deng's words at this time, and he didn't even bother to wipe his tears, and looked directly at Li Deng beside him with a dull face:

"Eun Xiang...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is acting like this, is he planning to take over the Li family in advance? ”

"Shi'an, why do you think that the Li family will fall into the hands of the crown prince in the future?"

"That's it...... Kindness... I'm messy too..."

"Don't get in the way, you just say it. Just now I will pour my anger on you, just because I feel close to you in my heart. Now that I'm at peace, I'm not going to let you go through it for anyone else. After that, Li Deng also clapped his hands: "Li Fu, bring some refreshments." ”

When Wan Changning heard this, he also regained his former composure, sat at the table with refreshments, and took the cigarette pouch handed by Li Deng, and the two of them each lit a bag of cigarettes and began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog:

"Actually, whether it is Your Majesty, or You, or Prince Guo a few days ago, the succession is the most concerned issue for the government and the opposition, because the candidate for the throne is not only related to their official robes, but also related to the future fate of the family. Now that the Yan family's position has been decided, judging from the second prince's usual behavior, he has no intention of competing for the throne, so the future of the Yan family can be said to be worry-free for the time being. ”

When Wan Changning said this, he took a deep breath of cigarette and stuffed it into his stomach, closed his eyes in an instant, and his expression was quite hideous. After a few breaths, he slowly spit it out: "Whew~ It's still Lu Dongye'er who has energy." ”

Li Deng took a sip of hot tea, looked at Wan Changning's enjoyment, and chuckled:

"You slow down, it's easy to get dizzy when you're in a hurry, if you like it, just ask Li Fu to wrap some for you before leaving."

After saying Wan Changning, Li Deng himself took a sip and coughed slightly:

"Ahem... You all think that Yan Tian's child's position as the prince is very stable, but according to the old man, it is not necessarily the case; Similarly, the Guo family, which you think is the yellow flower of yesterday, may not be overturned. The old man is puzzled, although I have only one daughter under Li Deng's knees, there are no less than 100 men in the Dongyou Li family, why would he have a relationship with a person with a foreign surname? ”

Wan Changning smiled slightly and shook his fist:

"No matter what era of the struggle between the government and the opposition, when it comes to the showdown, there must be a battle to meet. Whether it's light or dark, in the final analysis, it's just a matter of whose fist is harder. The pulling and calculating between each other is just the number of wins and losses between the two parties. A few days ago, Enxiang and His Majesty joined forces to break up the hardest fist on the face of the Guo family. And now, you, who are in charge of the money bag, have naturally become the number one problem."

Li Deng smiled and smacked his cigarette pouch on the table:

Therefore, everyone thinks that since I am willing to cooperate with the Yan family, then under the cold lips and teeth, it is naturally equivalent to accepting the rule of the Yan family. And the way to solve the Li family's number one henchman, and the smallest internal friction, is naturally invisible: with my nephew Prince Yan Day, it is logical to replace me, who has no children under my knees, to be the master of the East Shadow. After a few years of the crown prince's succession, he can completely digest the Li and Guo families, and then take charge of the world alone, isn't that reasonable? ”

Wan Changning nodded and looked at Li Deng with an inquiring gaze, his eyes full of "Since you know, why are you so angry".

"Shi'an, I have nothing to do with you, I said the following words today, you must keep them in mind. First, the Li family will always be the Li family and will not be driven by any outsiders; Second, when I cooperated with His Majesty to eradicate the Guo family, I was not actually helping Your Majesty. ”

After saying this, Li Deng smiled and picked up the tea bowl.