Zichen Palace.

Li Huang had just finished reading a bunch of concertos, and when he saw that the place where the concertos were originally stacked on the case was empty, he breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he feel that his eyes were sour, and his body was also tired. He wanted to get up and take a walk, but he felt that his feet were weak and weak, and he propped up the corner of the table, but he couldn't stand up. Seeing this, Li Nan hurriedly stepped forward with a cup of ginseng tea and said, "Your Majesty, you have watched the recital all night, do you want to take a break......?

"This year's spring sowing is not smooth everywhere, and the Hu people have repeatedly made trouble, and they see that it is summer-" Li Huang took a sip of tea and frowned: "Why is it not the white tea that the widow drinks every day?"

Li Nan hurriedly said: "This is the ginseng tea personally sent by Concubine Xian Niangniang in the afternoon, Niangniang said that His Majesty has been busy with government affairs recently, and he must be tired of it, and a little caution about ginseng tea is good for His Majesty." If Your Majesty doesn't like it, the old slave will withdraw now—"

"No, just drink. Emperor Li took two more sips lightly, and said casually: "The queen is now going out of Yongyang Hall more and more rarely, and the virtuous concubine assists in all matters in the harem, but she often goes to the widow to serve." ”

"Concubine Niangniang is serving Your Majesty wholeheartedly in the harem, and Wei Yan, the second son of the Wei family, is contributing to Your Majesty in the previous dynasty, this is because Your Majesty loves them, and the Wei family is repaying Your Majesty. Li Nan knew that Concubine Xian was now powerful in the harem, and the emperor valued her, so he naturally had good words, "I heard that the second son of Wei and the concubine of the lord of Yunzhu were born Yuxue cutely, and she was very fond of Concubine Xian, and Niangniang also said that she would wait for His Majesty to be free, and she would also give it to His Majesty to see." ”

"Really?" Emperor Li's face did not change, but there was a hint of coldness in his voice, "You said that the two sisters and brothers of the Wei family were so busy in the harem of the former dynasty, and they were all repaying the widow? I think that Wei Yan is probably not a widow, but the prince." ”

Li Nan heard that the voice was wrong, and he didn't dare to answer, so he silently retreated to the side, but unexpectedly, Emperor Li asked instead: "Does the Lord of Yunzhu often enter the palace now?"

"It's ...... Fortunately, it's just that when the old slave occasionally went to the Seifukan, he saw it twice. ”

"You serve in front of the widow every day, how many times can you go to the Qingfeng Pavilion? ”

Li Nan didn't know what Emperor Li meant, and he didn't dare to answer, but just said respectfully: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true." ”

"In the past, when Concubine Xian was still a concubine, although the widow didn't love her much, I still remember that she was quiet and intelligent, gentle and lovely at that time, but now, it seems to be a different person. Li Huang's voice was a little low, and he seemed to be a little confused: "The former prince, although the widow was not very happy, but he always wanted to please the widow, and he never had any other intentions, and now the prince ......"

Li Nan on the side was terrified when he heard it, he really wished that he was deaf and blind at the moment, he couldn't see the old state on the emperor's face, and he couldn't hear the loss in his words, remembering that a few days ago, the prince entered the palace and had a secret conversation with the emperor in the Zichen Hall for a long time before leaving, and the prince has never come again. And after he left that day, the emperor's face was extremely unsightly-Li Nan regretted for a while why he had just mentioned what kind of virtuous concubine and what Wei Yan mentioned, everyone knew that Wei Yan and Prince Yao had to be good when they were guards in the palace in the past, and he was good at mentioning this person......

Just when Li Nan was thinking a little cranky, Emperor Li said again: "Has the prince been to the queen in the past few days?"

"Back to Your Majesty, except for a trip to Yongyang Hall after leaving Zichen Hall that day, the prince has not entered the harem in the past few days. ”

Didn't enter the harem...... There was a sneering smile on the corner of Emperor Li's mouth, and he couldn't help but think of the conversation they had in the Zichen Hall the last time Li Yao entered the palace. It was as if it was the first time he had discovered this young man who seemed to be obedient and said that he had no one to rely on his father, and that he had quietly mastered a certain channel and way to break free from his control, and it seemed that as he described it that year, Li Yao, he was a wolf cub, a little wolf that was growing up rapidly and full of strength, he was calm and cautious and very careful, unconsciously and quietly, and crawled step by step from his feet to his side—

"Father, there were a lot of doubts about Yuan Youzhang's case back then, he was urgently recalled to Beijing by the emperor's order, why was he killed by the bombing at the foot of the rebel Li Rao's West Mountain, how strange this explosion was, the criminal department and Dali Temple did not find any clues, I don't know if someone did it deliberately; besides, before the explosion, there was never any sign of rebellion by the Yuan family, and there was no strange behavior and abnormal behavior, why did it happen that after the accident, all kinds of spearheads and all kinds of remarks suddenly broke out, and everyone's spearheads were all up to the Yuan family! Obviously, there was no real evidence in Dali Temple and the Criminal Department at that time, but in the end, it was conclusive to say that the Yuan family was a rebellion - the Yuan family was obviously loyal to the martyrs, and the father and son both died in the bombing. Although so much time has passed since this incident, it has hurt the hearts of many loyal ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee at that time, and you must know it! If this matter cannot be thoroughly investigated and this case cannot be retried, I am afraid that the wisdom of my father and the hearts of those old ministers will be damaged!"

"So much time has passed since this case, and most of the people involved have passed away, how old were you at that time, what does the Yuan family have to do with you, why do you want to retry this case?"

"The minister did not dare to deceive his father in this matter. It's just that when Erchen was a small palace guard in the past, she was helped by Lin Yuebai, the daughter of Lin Fengtai, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and she was in Erchen's heart...... It's extremely important, and the son wants to marry her!"

"An exiled daughter of the Lin family, if you like it, just find a reason to include it in the house, if she gives birth to a child in the future, it is okay to be promoted to a concubine, this is just a trivial matter, what does it have to do with the Yuan family case?"

"No, father, the son wants to marry her as a concubine!"

"Nonsense! She is the daughter of a criminal minister, and the prince had to marry her before, and there was a lot of uproar in Beijing, how can she be a princess with such a family background and such a character!"

"Father, it is precisely because of her father's conviction that she is no longer the daughter of a member of the imperial court, and she can't match the identity of her son, so her son wants to earn a good background for her, even if she earns an innocent background-then Lin Fengtai served in Yuan Youzhang's army back then, and greatly admired and admired General Yuan, over the years, he has secretly collected a lot of evidence that can prove the innocence of the Yuan family, if this case can be overturned, Lin Fengtai will definitely make a great contribution, and then the son wants to ask his father to spare him from the crime of exile——"

"Nonsense!"

"Father, the Lin family was convicted, in the final analysis, it was because the Lin family's daughter and Yao Jin had a good relationship and made you unhappy, but now many things have changed, Lin Yuebai has left Yao Jin, and Wei Yan is also married and has children in Beijing to serve the imperial court!

"Fulfillment, Li Yao, what do you want to be outnumbered?"

"Complete the loyalty and infatuation of the sons, retry the old case of the Yuan family, and forgive the Lin family!"

“...... Li Yao, you'd better think clearly, is it your loyalty or your selfishness that you want to be outnumbered?"

"Son, never selfless. ”