Chapter 084: Yang Guozhong's stinky chess

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Zhang Xuan has been in the East Palace for more than a month. The rest of the month is not long or short, but for Zhang Xuan, this is enough for him to do a lot of things.

For more than a month, he almost lived in the East Palace, and rarely went out of the palace to return home. Seeing that he had put all his thoughts into assisting himself and rectifying the East Palace, Li Heng saw it in his eyes and felt something, so he completely faded the last trace of doubt in his heart.

Entering the winter of Tianbao's eleventh year, Chang'an City is as prosperous and noisy as ever, and it seems to be no different from previous years.

But for some, this winter has not been very pleasant. Yang Guozhong is one of them.

Yang Guozhong has so far completely controlled the situation of the Tang Dynasty, and the big and small things of the court can hardly operate without his hands. It's just that Yang Guozhong more clearly perceives the emperor's jealousy and suspicion of him and the entire Yang family.

There was news in the palace that the emperor intended to remove Yang Guozhong from the post of envoy of Jiannan Province. In fact, Yang Guozhong is now the premier and one-person minister of power in the Tang Dynasty, and he controls the lifeblood of the power of the central court of the Tang Dynasty.

This means that the emperor is suspicious, and it means that the emperor wants to reduce his military power.

On this day, Yang Guozhong was not satisfied with the emperor's suspicion, so he went to the palace to ask Yang Guifei.

Yang Yuhuan's body has not been very comfortable these days, perhaps because of the wet and cold weather in Chang'an in winter.

Originally, according to the practice of previous years, in winter, Li Longji should have gone to Huaqing Palace Hot Spring with Yang Yuhuan to spend the winter, but this year because Yang Yuhuan's health was not good and it was inconvenient to move, it was delayed.

Yang Yuhuan was lazily and weakly lying on the bed, while Yang Guozhong looked slightly gloomy and sat under Yang Yuhuan's bed.

"Niangniang, Guozhong has something to ask for......" Yang Guozhong hesitated for a while, but still took the initiative to speak.

Yang Yuhuan's expression remained unchanged, in fact, he already knew Yang Guozhong's intention. Li Longji's actions and signs of weakening the Yang family were the first to be noticed by her. During this period of time, she talked to Li Longji many times openly and secretly, but Li Longji did not really listen to it, intentionally or unintentionally.

"If the third brother has something to say, listen to this palace." Yang Yuhuan sighed faintly in his heart. She is not a woman who likes to interfere in court politics and think about state affairs, and she doesn't like these things that are flies and dogs and fighting for power and profit-but the Yang family is concerned about her future future, and she has to cheer up and take care of it.

"Niangniang, Guozhong heard that His Majesty wants to remove a certain Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy from the post of envoy......"

Before Yang Guozhong's words were finished, Yang Yuhuan raised his eyebrows and interjected gently, "Third brother, you are now a ruler, one person is above ten thousand people, and no one can match it...... As for the envoys of the feudal towns below, it is better to let them out, and it is not necessarily a good thing to have so many positions. ”

Yang Guozhong was anxious in his heart, and said in his heart, what are you talking about? A certain family has many part-time jobs, which means that the Yang family is not powerful, and the emperor now wants to remove a certain part-time job, which on the surface is cutting the power of a certain family, but in fact, it is aimed at the entire Yang family.

"Niangniang, Guozhong is definitely not greedy for power, it's just ......" Yang Guozhong hesitated for a moment, and saw Yang Yuhuan's listless and indifferent look, so he couldn't help but change his words, "Guozhong is willing to resign from the post of Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy, and recommend Xian Yu Zhongtong, the deputy envoy of Jiannan Dao Jiedu, to succeed him...... I also bothered to ask the mother to be accommodating in front of the emperor, and Guozhong was grateful. ”

Yang Yuhuan frowned, and after a while of pondering, he waved his hand tiredly and said, "Okay, this palace will try, but the emperor has his own opinions, and this palace has never interfered in state affairs...... Third brother, you have to be mentally prepared. ”

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At dusk. Li Longji walked out of Yang Yuhuan's dormitory with a calm and gloomy face, feeling a little unhappy, and even a little annoyed.

He wanted to rest on Yang Yuhuan's side, but as soon as he sat down and didn't say a few words, Yang Yuhuan began to chatter endlessly in front of him to fight for power for the Yang family...... He listened patiently for a long time, and gradually became a little impatient, and finally found an excuse to walk away.

Of course, he loves Yang Yuhuan, but after all, he is a strong emperor with an extremely strong desire for power, good at power and dictatorship, and a little stubborn and self-serving, not an ordinary man.

He had decided to gradually weaken the Yang clan until the power of the Yang clan had dropped to a level that he could tolerate. With Li Longji's temperament, once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it, and few people can influence and shake his decision, even Yang Yuhuan, whom he loves incomparably.

In Li Longji's opinion, he has given too much to the Yang family, and at present, the power of the Yang family is faintly above the Li family of the imperial family, which is unacceptable to Li Longji.

But before he could really make a move, the Yang family's "backlash" rose, which made Li Longji feel angry.

On the other hand, Yang Yuhuan has almost never interfered in state affairs over the years, and even for these people in the Yang family, Li Longji basically took the initiative to reward her with knighthood in order to please her. Therefore, Yang Yuhuan's recent repeated "interference in state affairs" has aroused Li Longji's invisible disgust and resistance.

"Bastard, I didn't do anything with him, but I jumped up......" Li Longji stood outside the palace, looking back at the gorgeous cornices bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun in Yang Yuhuan's bedroom, and scolded.

The corners of Gao Lishi's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't dare to speak. It's just that he knows the emperor's temperament and style too well, Yang Guozhong really made a bad move this time, and found Yang Yuhuan to ask her to "intercede" in front of the emperor, which backfired.

The emperor had not yet made up his mind to remove him from his position as the envoy of the Jiannan Dao Festival, and there was a trace of concern that the situation in the imperial court would be unstable, but in this way, the emperor made up his mind.

"Old thing, how is the movement on the East Palace?" Li Longji suddenly turned around and glanced at Gao Lishi coldly.

Gao Lishi bowed and said respectfully, "Back to everyone's words, the crown prince has recently cleaned up the East Palace and studied government affairs diligently...... Come to Xingqing Palace every day to say goodbye, as always. ”

Li Longji suddenly laughed, "Zhang Xuan, this little guy has some ability, and after a few days of going, he let Heng'er obey his words......"

"Old thing, pass on my message, Xuan Li Heng and Zhang Xuan go to the imperial study to see me."

After speaking, Li Longji strode away.

Gao Lishi hesitated slightly, waved his hand and asked the eunuch Li Jingzhong to hurry to the East Palace to summon him, and then he also stepped up his pace to catch up.

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Li Longji left under the pretext of leaving, Yang Yuhuan was very disappointed in his heart, and he was even more worried about his future. After all, she was only in her early thirties, and the emperor was nearly seventy years old, and he looked healthy, but in fact, one day was less. The emperor may be safe in the Yang family, and her favor will not decrease, but what if the emperor returns to heaven? Who will shelter her, the famous Tang Dynasty concubine?