Starry night, the darkness has unfolded inky velvet, covering the horizon, countless stars are emitting bright light, embellished on the velvet with phosphorus brilliance, in the back garden of the inner palace of Daming Palace, Li Department and Queen Cui Xiaofu slowly walked on the stone path of the garden.

After more than a month of besieged life, Li seemed to be a different person, the former decadence and absurdity were swept away in him, he was more and more majestic day by day, and the attitude of the people in the palace towards him gradually changed from contempt to fear.

The smoke of the night is like a sleepwalker drifting blindly in the dark, Cui Xiaofu's eyes are a little blurred, in her memory the emperor walked with her, it was many, many years ago, when she was as white as snow, fresh as a gardenia blooming in the afternoon; Li is the first to ascend to the treasure, Yixing Ruifei, his smile is full of ambition, this is sixteen years, the sharpness has disappeared in him, just like an aged wine, it has become mellow and deep.

Li was in deep thought, and he didn't notice the delicate emotional changes of the empress.

"Queen, it's really time for me to make a prince!"

Li's voice was a little hoarse, but his decision was deliberate, and in the nearly two months that he was away from Chang'an, the white-hot battle for the crown prince made him see the hidden crisis behind him.

Whether it is Cui Yuan or Pei Jun, the heirs they choose for the throne are all children who are less than five years old, which fully demonstrates their ambition to control the court, and also exposes their strong desire to get rid of themselves.

He glanced at Cui Xiaofu quickly, and suddenly asked, "Do you think Li Miao is suitable?" ”

The emperor's sudden words made Cui Xiaofu's sentimentality disappear suddenly, Li Miao was Cui Yuan's candidate for the crown prince, and she keenly captured the tentative meaning of the emperor's words.

Yes, no matter how she confesses, no matter how she dilutes the imprint of the Cui family on her body, but she can't change the fact that she is connected to Cui Yuan's blood, since ancient times, the harem has been expensive by relatives, if there is no rise of the Cui family, how can it be her turn to be the queen.

After the emperor returned, he respected her more and more, but there was a hidden vigilance against her in this respect, she and the Li family had been a husband and wife for fifteen years, how could she not feel the subtle change in his attitude, Cui Xiaofu knew very well that the emperor had not changed, and it was the same as before, but he tore off the layer of camouflage that was covered outside.

Cui Xiaofu smiled faintly, "The Queen Mother has warned her concubines more than once that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. ”

Her voice was soft, but she pulled the Queen Mother out without a trace.

"The Queen Mother?" Li snorted heavily, the last thing he wanted to hear now were these two words, a puppet dressed in gorgeous clothes, and a woman who was willing to throw away her shame for the sake of power.

But now is not the time to clean up that slut, Li Department's thoughts returned to Cui Xiaofu, although she had confessed that she didn't want to ask about it, but he still needed to remind her.

"After the queen is a country, in the matter of establishing a prince that is related to the succession of the country, I hope that the queen will not stay out of the matter and share more for me."

"The concubine remembered." Cui Xiaofu nodded lightly.

"Queen, I have one more thing I want you to do."

Li's tone suddenly became brisk, "I want to be a matchmaker for Zhang Huan, but it's inconvenient for me to come forward, so I'll ask the queen to do it for me!" ”

The light topic diluted the heavy atmosphere, Cui Xiaofu suddenly thought of Cui Ning, and in the morning she asked herself about Zhang Huan's situation, but she also knew that the emperor meant to further use marriage to win over Zhang Huan, and mentioning Cui Ning at this time was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

"The concubines will pay attention, and if there is a suitable person, they should inform Your Majesty first."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"Your Majesty! Zhang Huan is out and has an urgent matter to see. Chen Xianfu, the head of the chamberlain, approached quietly, and although he was cautious, he still interrupted the relaxed atmosphere that the two had just established.

Li Department nodded, "Take him to the Lin De Hall to wait." ”

After taking two steps, he turned back and said to Cui Xiaofu meaningfully: "You go to accompany the Queen Mother more in the past few days, don't let her be too lonely." ”

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Lin De Hall is the place where the Tang Emperor received the foreign vassals and introduced the ministers in the inner court, Zhang Huan was brought here and waited for a quarter of an hour, he naturally came for Liu Yuanqing's matter, he knew that Cui Yuan wanted to seek the fundamental purpose of the Tiancai camp, or wanted to suppress the Li system, although the Li department had 80,000 troops, but they are still distributed near Yinshan, even if they are transferred back, there is no territory in the Guanzhong area to be stationed, so their own 3,000 elite cavalry is particularly important to the Li family.

If Cui Yuan wants to attack the Tianqi Battalion, he should let the Li Department know.

Zhang Huan was bowing his head and pondering in the side hall with his hands behind his back, when Chen Xianfu hurriedly ran over, "General Zhang, Your Majesty is here." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Jian walking in from outside with a smile on his face, Zhang Huan immediately stepped forward and knelt down and bowed, "Minister Zhang Huan sees Your Majesty!" ”

Li hurriedly helped him up and complained, "Didn't I say it earlier? In the future, you don't have to kneel down when you see me, you are my confidant, and you don't need to be polite. ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It's a confidant again, but the gift of the monarch and the minister can't be abolished, and the minister is engraved in his heart, and he doesn't dare to forget it for a moment." ”

Listening to Zhang Huan's words, the smile on Li Xian's face became even stronger, and he shook his head gently, "I really can't help you, come!" Sit down and talk, come to me so late, but what's the matter? ”

Zhang Huan sat down, he bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, today the minister got a secret report that Cui Qinggong secretly met with Liu Yuanqing, the general of the Tianqi camp, last night. ”

"What did you say?"

Li Xian's smile disappeared without a trace in an instant, he stared at Zhang Huan coldly, and said word by word: "You mean that Cui Yuan wants to seek the heavenly riding camp?" ”

"The minister really thinks so, first win over the division, and then take it for himself, this is his Cui Yuan's consistent method!"

Li Xian sat down slowly, his eyes staring at the ruler on several cases, he also knew that Cui Yuan would not let go of the Tianqi camp easily, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and he started after only two days of establishment.

Fortunately, Zhang Huan discovered Cui Yuan's attempt in time, which made Li Xian slightly relieved, "Then where is Liu Yuanqing now?" ”

"He has been secretly detained elsewhere by his ministers."

Zhang Huan pondered for a while and said: "It's just that Liu Yuanqing has a high prestige in the Hedong Army, and in order to prevent the military from mutiny, the minister has made some arrangements, and now he has come to ask the emperor for a holy edict." ”

"Arrangement?"

Li Xie glanced at Zhang Huan deeply, and he suddenly smiled faintly and said, "I can give you a handwritten message, but you have to explain to me clearly, what exactly have you arranged?" Not a word should be omitted. ”

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