Last year, when Li Longji purged the envoys of various sections, he also took the initiative to resign from the post of envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and he thought that he would be reappointed as Shangshu into the cabinet, but Li Longji only gave him a loose official of a doctor of Guanglu, and then he had no real position, which made him depressed to this day, and he beat and scolded his wives and concubines every day, and his neighbors could often hear his roar.

Seeing that his career was hopeless, he gradually became discouraged, but he was suddenly appointed as Jing Zhaoyin, which made him surprised and happy, it doesn't matter what official he is, the important thing is that he can get back on the official career, he knows that this is the arrangement of the right minister Li Qing, but he has nothing to do with Li Qing, why should he reuse himself, is it really what the market says, is he also from the household department?

With doubts and heavy gifts, he went to visit Li Qing, Li Qingming told him that this was for the sake of his brother Guo Xuping dying for himself in Suzhou, Guo Xuji suddenly realized that Li Qing went to Suzhou to investigate the arson case of the cabinet workshop, and his brother Guo Xuping did die for him.

Since it is not for no reason, Guo Xuji will be at ease to be his Jing Zhaoyin, he is also quite capable, ordered the merchants of Pingkang Fang to pay for the repair of the wall of Xuanyang Fang, and several people who tried to hit the wall of the square were beaten to disability in public, and the wall of the square died down, and after a few days, he began to tear down the wall of Yanshou Fang, and at the same time demolished the gate of the West Market without authorization, winning a piece of praise from the merchants of the West Market.

That night, Guo Xuji, who had been tired for a day, returned home, and as soon as he entered the door, the housekeeper came to tell him that His Royal Highness King Yongwang had been waiting for him for almost an hour, and that Yongwang Li Lan was his nephew, and he fully supported Li Lan to compete for the East Palace when he was the envoy of Jiannan Festival. His efforts ultimately failed, and after the new emperor ascended the throne, King Yong was imprisoned, and when he heard that he had recently regained his freedom, Guo Xuji's mentality had changed, and he had abandoned his nephew a little too far.

Guo Xuji frowned, "Let him wait a little longer." I'll see him again after I change my clothes! ”

Yongwang Li Lan sat motionless in the guest room, his eyes looked at the wall and his hair was stunned, and he didn't eat dinner, but he didn't have this mood anymore. Ten days ago. His father, the Emperor, that is, the Emperor Li Longji, called him over. The father and son have not seen each other for a long time, and it should have been a joyful reunion. But the hatred for Li Qing and Li Yu revealed in his father's words made him tremble. The father didn't seem to be dying.

And the afternoon before yesterday, his father directly ordered him to test Guo Xu's attitude. Not only his father, but also his brothers, who had just been freed, often came to him to talk, and scolded Li Qingdi for his viciousness and Li Yu's incompetence in front of him.

"Your Highness seems to be worried!"

A voice came from Li Lan's side, he turned his head sharply, only to see his uncle Guo Xuji standing at the door, looking at him coldly, I don't know how long he had been standing, Li Lan hurriedly got up and saluted him: "My nephew is uninvited, I hope my uncle won't be surprised!" ”

"Since it's a family, what's not to blame?"

Guo Xuji saw that Li Luan's tone was apologetic, and there was no longer the shadow of arrogance back then, and the resistance in his heart had also melted a lot, he pointed to the chair and smiled gently: "Sit down and talk!" ”

"My nephew thought that my uncle had offended Yang Guozhong and retired from office, but I didn't expect to be appointed Jing Zhaoyin again, the world is really unpredictable!" Although he sighed with emotion, his eyes secretly peeked at the change in the expression on Guo Xuji's face.

Guo Xuji didn't seem to see anything, took a sip of the teacup, and said with a faint smile: "It's nothing, this is an official who offends people, and no one else wants to do it, so he can only push it to me." ”

Li Lan saw that Guo Xuji refused to show his mouth, so he had to test him further and said: "My nephew went to see the Emperor Taishang yesterday, and the Emperor Taishang also mentioned you.

"Your Highness is waiting for me an hour to talk about this?" stood up and said with a calm face: "In this way, I still have something to do, so I can't accompany you more." ”

After that, he strode out of the guest room, Li Lan hurriedly took two steps, and said in a loud voice: "The Emperor Taishang is almost dying, he wants to see his uncle, for the sake of his mother's concubine, uncle should take the time to go!" ”

Guo Xuji hesitated for a moment, but then picked up speed and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

It was already dusk, Li Xuan came out of Guo Xuji's mansion, boarded the carriage again, and went directly to Xingqing Palace, in front of the gate of Xingqing Palace, several low-level officials were lying on the ground, and they kowtowed respectfully, and then straightened up, prayed with their palms together sincerely, and looked very solemn.

A few days ago, there was news in the Xingqing Palace, the Emperor Taishang's health deteriorated, he couldn't speak, no one knew anyone except the Queen Mother, the situation was quite serious, I am afraid that it was time to die, and many old ministers spontaneously came to pray for him, and the emperor even sent several imperial doctors to treat him, but they were helpless.

Li Lan was benevolent and filial, and almost every day he had to visit his father, which was praised by hundreds of officials, and after getting out of the carriage, Li Lan walked straight to the palace, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly led the way in front.

At this moment, Imperial Doctor Wu sent by Li Yu is diagnosing Li Longji, although the pulse is weak, but it is quite smooth, the Emperor Taishang's illness is not in his body, but that he is now demented, his eyes are dim, he always stares at a place for a long time and smirks, his throat makes a gurgling sound from time to time, and the saliva at the corner of his mouth keeps flowing down.

This is a typical Alzheimer's disease, the imperial doctors have seen a lot, and naturally understand what is going on, there is no cure, but they also have to pretend to prescribe some calming medicine to comfort Yang Yuhuan, who was quietly wiping tears on the side.

"Imperial Physician Wu, is the Emperor better?"

Outside the dormitory, Li Ling stopped Imperial Doctor Wu and asked worriedly.

Imperial Physician Wu sighed and said, "Let's accompany the Emperor more!" Maybe he could think of something? ”

After saying that, he shook his head and carried the medical box with him, until his back was far away, and a sneer appeared on Li Lan's face.

A quarter of an hour later, in Li Longji's quiet room

Li Longji, who washed away his sick face, half-leaned on the couch. Squinting and listening to Li Ludi's response, 'Only when you lose do you know what is precious'. When he was the emperor, he sang and danced with Yang Guifei day and night, but he felt that there was not enough time, so he left the country and the society behind, and now he has time to land, but he suddenly feels that singing, dancing and opera have become so boring, Yang Yuhuan watches it every day. was also a little bored, and he began to miss his local society and pay attention to the politics of the court.

The result, of course, was that the lungs were blown up. Not to mention the night he fled. The entire city was unharmed, except for hundreds of clansmen who were killed by the rebels, and there was clearly something wrong with that. More importantly, Li Qing relied on military power. Grasped the government. Treat the new emperor as a puppet and control the power of life and death in the court. Is this the result of his abdication? gave Li Tang Jiangshan away, how he will explain in front of his ancestors and ancestors in the future. No! Li Longji gritted his teeth secretly. He couldn't just leave it at that.

Although he wanted to rush to the palace immediately to remove the unlucky little rabbit cub from the throne, he was also the same as the sons of the Yongwang. The entire Xingqing Palace was guarded by soldiers sent by Li Qing. Only the little eunuch who buys vegetables can go out once in a while. Bring him back a bit of gossip that is circulating in the market.

But just ten days ago, the Anxi army guarding the Xingqing Palace suddenly withdrew. Instead, it was replaced by hundreds of his former Feather Forest Army, and the veteran Chen Xuanli was still his chief of guard. The opportunity seems to have come. The next day he sent out a message saying that he was seriously ill. Maybe time is running out, I really want to see the old ministers, the news came out, and many old ministers rushed to Xingqing Palace to pray for him.

Li Longji immediately ordered someone to secretly write down the people who came, and compared them with their current official ranks, and the results of the comparison made him both excited and regretful, excited that most of the important members of the imperial court who held real power came, and the regret was that except for Guo Ziyi, the other military generals who came were all empty generals, and none of them had real soldiers, fortunately, I heard that Li Qing would lead the army to the east to quell the chaos in a few days, and he would not be able to come back for three or five months, and the court was empty, which was his only opportunity.

As long as he can regain the throne and then announce the world with righteousness, no matter how fierce Li Qing is, he will not dare to risk the world's greatness to kill the king, and in the end he also believes that he can reach a compromise with Li Qing and let Li Qing serve as the right minister again.

Li Longji has planned carefully, everything has gone smoothly so far, and he has begun to become full of confidence from all the locals, with the prestige of the emperor he has accumulated for more than 40 years, can he still not clean up a new emperor who has no power and no one and has shallow qualifications?

"You're saying he didn't leave resolutely, did you?" Not a single detail has been missed, Jing Zhaoyin can not only gather the people's forces in advance, control the capital, but also appease the people's hearts afterwards, which is a very important part of his entire plan, Guo Xuji's attitude of avoiding it is understandable, after all, it is easy for him to get a real official, and he has to be an official with his tail between his legs, but from his hesitation, it can be seen that his geocentricity is not stable, as long as he is willing to visit him, then he is sure to persuade him to obey his orders.

"Father, although the uncle of the son did not express his position, he can see that he is conflicted, I am afraid that his heart has been moved, it is better for the son to explain the righteousness to him again, and let him directly obey the orders of his father."

"Don't be in such a hurry!"

Li Longji waved his hand lightly and said with a smile: "Now that Li Qing has not left, he doesn't dare to show it even if he has the heart, besides, you are too active, you will be seen by Li Qing, from now on, you will try to come to Xingqing Palace as little as possible, and wait for Li Qing to leave, and then start slowly." ”

"But Father, I'm worried that Li Qing will leave his henchmen to guard the pass, especially the two thousand Yulin Army in the Daming Palace are loyal to him, will it be too risky for us to do this!" He expressed his worries.

Li Longji shook his head and said with a slight smile: "That's because you can't see the situation clearly, if Li Qingzhen supports Li Yu very much, then I won't have this idea, I simply spend the rest of my life with all my heart, but between them is already on the same page, these two thousand Yulin troops are not used to protect him, on the contrary, it is to monitor him, we don't need to lead the army into the Daming Palace, imprison Li Yu to seize the throne, as long as the hundred officials come to Xingqing Palace to support me on the throne, the edict will abolish Li Yu, and then at the same time declare that Li Qing's official position and power remain the same, do not touch his interests, I don't think Li Qingdi's soldiers will interfere in this matter, at least they will consult Li Qing, so that I will have time to negotiate; Besides, Li Qingdong's expedition to Xiangzhou, Li Yuyan can let go of this opportunity, if I guess correctly, Li Yu will inevitably use this opportunity to seize power, and Li Qing will also guard against him, since there are cranes and mussels competing with each other, it is naturally my fisherman to benefit, as for Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, it is my two chess pieces to contain Li Qingdi in the future, a small palace coup, and they are not needed. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Lan, and saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, knowing that his heart was not yet steady, so he smiled and said: "My father is already old, and I still have to stand up and fight in my old age, not for the throne, but to restore my Li family, you are the prince of the land chosen by your father, I told you when I was in Maweipo, and this coup is mainly to rely on the prestige of my father's old days, so that the ministers will willingly support us, so it must be my father's father, and my father can assure you that once it succeeds, will give way to you at once. ”

Li Longji's assurance made Li Lan's heart settle down, but he didn't dare to admit that he was worried about this, so he hurriedly said: "Erchen doesn't have this idea, Erchen is just worried that Li Qing will take the opportunity to turn against Li Tang Jiangshan and establish himself as the emperor!" ”

"No!" Li Longji immediately denied his idea, "If he really has the intention to usurp the throne, he would have done it when he was in Ma Weipo, but he didn't, I know him very well, he is not An Lushan, he should see the situation clearly, now the people's hearts are towards Tang, if he usurps the throne, he will not be morally tenable, the world will inevitably attack him, and he will be divided internally, moreover, he has accepted the gift of his father from the imperial court, which is actually a statement that he will not usurp the throne, so you can rest assured of this!" ”