After coming out of the princess's mansion, Li Mo suppressed his voice and asked with a puzzled expression: "Brother, you obviously didn't kill He Renhou, but why did you lie to the princess and King Qi?" ”

Li Zhen shook his head and sighed helplessly: "If it weren't for the princess's greed, why would I want to deceive her?" We're going to have to save some tricks for ourselves! ”

After saying that, Li Zhen turned around and looked in the direction of the imperial city a little distracted.

"What is Brother looking at?" Li Mo asked curiously.

Li Zhen smiled, "I don't know how Wenrao is doing with King Yan!" ”

"Gong Wen Rao went out early this morning to see King Yan?" Li Mo was surprised.

Li Zhen nodded and said softly: "Now we have almost done everything outside the palace, only the one in the palace!" ”

After hearing this, Li Mo frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Li Zhen laughed and said, "If you want to ask anything, just ask directly, there is nothing to hide between you and my brothers!" ”

"I wonder who else is in the palace?" Li Mo sneered.

"Who else can there be in the palace today besides the Empress Dowager?"

......

East Palace, Chongzheng Palace.

Since obtaining the right to defend the capital, King Yan moved from the Sixteen Mansions to the East Palace, one of which is located in the Taiji Palace of the Imperial City, which is closest to the three provinces and six departments of the central court of the imperial court; The second has the meaning of "preconceived", and at the same time, it also shows the world the rationality of being the heir to the throne.

The Chongzheng Hall was originally the place where the prince met with hundreds of officials, and Li Qi lived here, and he had the intention of being congratulated by hundreds of officials, thus laying a solid foundation for his smooth accession to the throne.

Of course, Li Deyu understands that Li Qi's mind will never come up with this idea, and as for who supports it, Li Deyu doesn't want to know.

Or, don't want to know.

When he walked to the bottom of the steps of the Chongzheng Palace, Li Deyu stopped and looked up in the direction of the Chongzheng Palace, with a complicated look on his face.

Before the people entered the temple, they only heard a crisp voice.

Li Deyu smiled, this is the sound of arrows hitting the silver kettle.

He remembered this voice, saying that he hadn't touched this thing for more than ten years, and the last time he played this kind of game was with Bai Letian, it was in the eastern capital of the seventh year of Wenzong Yamato, he first ascended to the throne in Chang'an, and Bai Letian was exempted from Henan Yin Gai Prince guest branch due to illness.

Li Deyu still remembers that just a few months ago, Bai Lotian had just finished writing an epitaph for his friend Yuan Zhen, and the Yuan family gave it 700,000 yuan, and Bai Lotian gave it all to Xiangshan Temple.

There is nothing left.

And he and Bai Lotian were on the same night, when Jin Zun said sad to the moon, and when he was in a thick place, Bai Lotian missed four consecutive drinks, and then fell to one place to play the sword and sing.

Come to the night and dream together, and you can't collect tears in the morning.

Zhangpu was sick for the third time, and Xianyang was sick for eight years......

However, before the poem is finished, the man gets drunk first.

Since that parting, until Bai Letian died of illness in the sixth year of Huichang, he has never seen him again.

Exactly thirteen years.

Now the sound of arrows entering the pot is still crisp, but there is no more Bai Lotian beside him.

At this moment, even Li Deyu himself didn't notice that he was already in tears.

When the faltering Li Deyu appeared outside the door of the Chongzheng Palace, Li Qi was sitting on the steps of the hall, holding the pot with his left hand, his right arm slightly raised and about to raise the pot to throw a pot, and there was a silver pot three feet in front of him, and several arrows in the pot and on the ground around it were lying there in a messy manner. Beside him were five or six maids in half-sleeved skirts, but their makeup was strange, and their eyebrows and eyes were full of charm.

The five charcoal basins were burning vigorously, making the hall as warm as spring, and several officials in regular clothes were already drunk, staggering to the ground or lying or leaning, but the words of praise for Li Qi in their mouths were endless.

Seeing that there were people outside the hall, Li Qi's drunken and slightly drunk eyes looked in the direction of the sun, perhaps because it was too dazzling, so that he had to squint his eyes, but he still couldn't see who was coming.

"Rude and presumptuous!" Li Qi was furious.

Li Deyu sneered, "Hmph, I'm afraid it's not just the old ministers who are rude!" ”

After saying that, Li Deyu turned around and walked away.

Li Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then chased after him in a panic, and said again and again: "Please also ask Gong Wen Rao to stay!" ”

After seeing this, everyone suddenly sobered up more than half of the time, and stood in place with a panicked face, not daring to say a word.

Li Qi caught up with Li Deyu in a few steps, bowed down and said with a smile: "This king doesn't know that Wen Rao Gong is coming, there are rude numbers, there are rude numbers, and I hope your old man won't be angry!" ”

Li Deyu looked at Li Qi's words, and then sighed, and said: "It is far from the time to drink and have fun, His Royal Highness is acting so absurdly, do you know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place outside the palace?" ”

After hearing this, Li Qi said yes again and again, and then gently grabbed Li Deyu's hand and wanted to return to the palace, Li Deyu saw this and said: "Originally, the old minister came to discuss business with His Highness, seeing that His Highness is in high spirits, let's come back another day!" ”

Seeing this, Li Qi's face panicked, and his hand tightened tighter, and then shouted at everyone in the hall: "Don't get out of here!" ”

After everyone retreated, Li Deyu returned to the Chongzheng Hall with Li Qi, looking at the mess all over the ground, Li Deyu shook his head, "Although His Royal Highness has now taken control of the capital, it seems to be worry-free, but in the opinion of the old minister, if you want to successfully ascend to the throne, it is still like taking millet from the fire, and you must not take it lightly!" ”

Li Qi didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Now I just wait for Qiu Gong to return to Beijing, and it's not a matter of an edict?" ”

"An edict?" Li Deyu was furious, "Whose edict? The three provinces are all His Majesty's people, and without the enthronement signed by the first assistant of the three provinces, His Royal Highness, the emperor, will never be in line with the etiquette system! will always be questioned by the people of the world! ”

When Li Qi heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and his previous wine was instantly gone, and he was busy pulling Li Deyu's hand, and said: "Duke Wenrao is an important minister of the former emperor, this time he must help me, and after this king ascends the throne, he will definitely ......."

Without waiting for Li Qi to finish speaking, Li Deyu waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness just said that it is just an edict!" ”

"Yes...... But who will issue this edict? Is it possible to have a harem? Zheng? Li Qi said helplessly.

"Empress Dowager Zheng is Your Majesty's biological mother, Your Highness thinks she will give you this edict?"

"So what's the matter?"

Li Deyu thought for a while, then looked in the direction of Daming Palace and said slowly: "Could it be...... Has Your Highness forgotten the Queen Mother? ”

"Grandmother the Queen?"

Li Deyu nodded and said: "Now in the harem, the Empress Dowager is respected, although His Majesty intends to snub it, but this time is different from the past, and the Empress Dowager is the great-grandmother of Her Royal Highness, this family affection alone is incomparable to others, if it is her old man's next decree......"

Hearing this, Li Qi immediately shook his head and said, "But ...... But the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is a rule set by Emperor Gaozu, and there is no precedent in our dynasty! ”

"Then Your Highness will set a precedent!"

Li Qi's face was slightly hesitant, "But this king hasn't visited the emperor's grandmother for a long time, and I don't know ...... her."

I saw Li Deyu bow slightly, and said: "If His Royal Highness can trust the old minister, please allow the old minister to meet the Queen Mother!" ”