Li Zhi came out of the Middle Palace, and came directly to the East Palace, and when he passed the courtyard wall, he suddenly heard Li Hong's laughter inside.

Li Zhi hadn't heard Li Hong laugh for a long time, so he couldn't help but be curious, and when he came to the door, he asked the guard at the door, "Who is the prince with?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Your Highness is in it with Shang Shuling."

"Han Ye."

Li Zhi turned his head and saw Li Hong walking on the lawn with Han Yi, chatting happily while doing chest expansion exercises. I couldn't help but smile slightly, walked in, and coughed lightly.

"Father."

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

Han Yi and Li Hong saw that Li Zhi suddenly came, and hurriedly walked over to salute.

Li Zhi smiled and asked, "What are you talking about, chatting so happily, I heard your laughter outside." ”

Li Hong said with a smile: "Just now, Han Yi is talking to Erchen about some interesting things he encountered on this trip, which makes Erchen want to travel too." ”

As soon as Li Zhi heard about the trip, he was annoyed.

Han Yi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't be a vassal, in case I blame the minister for teaching His Highness, the minister will be wronged." ”

"You know that, too!" Li Zhi glanced at him angrily.

Li Hong hurriedly said: "Father, you can't blame Han Yi for this, and the sons are just talking casually." ”

Li Zhi snorted: "Now that he is Shang Shuling, he has a big temper, how dare my father easily blame him." ”

If you say that, you won't be able to talk about it that day. Han Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the hour is not early, and the minister will leave first." ”

Li Hong was a little reluctant and said: "You just go!" ”

Li Zhi said: "You just wait and leave, the queen heard that you are back and wants to see you, after you meet the queen, come here to talk to the prince." ”

Han Yi frowned slightly, hesitated a little, and then arched his hand and said, "Weichen obeys." He said to Li Hong again: "Your Highness, the minister is out of company first." ”

Li Hong heard that Han Yi would come back later, so he couldn't help but nod happily.

After Han Yi left for a while, Li Zhi suddenly noticed that Li Hong looked at him with a hint of apprehension, and couldn't help asking, "Hong'er, do you want to tell your father?" ”

Li Hong nodded at first, but then shook his head again.

Li Zhi smiled: "If you have anything to say, just say it, my father promises first, no matter what you say, my father will not blame you." ”

Li Hong hurriedly said: "Then the father can't be angry." ”

Li Zhi smiled and nodded.

Li Hong said at this time: "Father, my son heard that you are going to punish many officials this time. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "There is such a thing, but they are also to blame, who let them be corrupt and bend the law." ”

Li Hongdao: "But the child thinks that many of them are innocent. ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Innocent people? Who are you referring to? ”

Li Hong said: "Li Yifu's youngest son Li Zhan is innocent, how can he know about corruption and bribery at such a young age." ”

Li Zhi was slightly stunned and asked, "Did Han Yi ask you to intercede?" ”

Li Hongzhi shook his head and said: "It's Erchen who is curious, so he asked Han Yi to ask about the situation, this is Erchen's own thoughts, but Erchen was hesitant to tell your father at that time, after all, your father is angry now, and Erchen is afraid of making your father unhappy." ”

Li Zhi said: "So Han Yi suggested that you tell me?" ”

Li Hongwu shook his head and said: "Han Yi just said that any subjective suggestion is not necessarily right, and it has to be decided by the ministers themselves." ”

Li Zhi smiled again: "Then why did you decide to tell me?" ”

Li Hongdao: "Because my father promised his son, no matter what his son said, he would not be angry." ”

Li Zhi was stunned, his heart was extremely moved, it can be seen that Li Hong is most worried about his father, the more he looks at Li Hong, the more he looks like himself, he pondered for a moment, and said quite seriously: "This matter is not a trivial matter, just based on your words, even if your father agrees, the ministers will not agree, you come to the Tao, if you are reasonable, and the ministers are convinced, then I will promise you." ”

Li Hong nodded excitedly.

At this time, the East Palace is full of father's kindness and filial piety, but the imperial garden is full of grievances and hatreds.

There are only two people standing in the huge imperial garden, a man and a woman, although they are still very neatly dressed, there is no messy picture, but the eyes, emotions, and expressions of the two are very complicated, and they really feel a little like lovers reunited.

"I really didn't expect you to intercede for me." After a long time, Wu Meiniang said slowly, but there was no hint of gratitude in her tone.

Han Yi said lightly: "The minister doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, the queen has the grace of knowing the minister, and the minister should do this." ”

"The grace of knowing it?"

Wu Meiniang laughed, with a hint of irony in her laughter, "Now it's just you and me here, why don't you take off your hypocritical side." Your Majesty said that I was narrow-minded and blamed you, but I know that all this is a trap you deliberately set for me, and you won, and now I am convinced that I have lost, I just want to understand. ”

You have to be narrow-minded, and a lot of women have to commit suicide. Han Yi sighed and said: "When the minister was guarding filial piety in Yangzhou, he was a little surprised when he heard the queen's new policy, and the minister even wanted to write a letter to the queen. ”

Wu Meiniang was about to go crazy, and said angrily: "At this moment, you are still acting here." ”

Han Yimian did not change his face and said: "The minister did not act, the minister has always been repaying the queen for the kindness of the minister, the minister has never done anything sorry for the queen, if the minister really wants to help the eldest grandson Wuji, the queen thinks that with the trust of His Majesty and the queen for the minister at that time, can the queen really sit here as she wishes?" Or will it be that smooth? ”

Wu Meiniang opened her eyes and said, "This is the purpose of my search for you, what are you trying to do?" ”

Han Yi sighed: "Now that the minister says anything, the queen won't believe it, so why does the queen still ask the minister?" ”

Wu Meiniang snorted: "I want you to tell the truth." ”

"The minister is telling the truth." Han Yi said: "The minister has not done anything to be sorry for the queen, the queen still remembers that before leaving, the minister gave the queen a few suggestions, if the queen adopted the minister's suggestion at that time, Datang is afraid that it has gone to the next level." Because at that time, it was the time when the Tang Dynasty was about to blow out, Lelang Prefecture and the northwest region would have a large number of raw materials into the Central Plains, and the merchants also had enough ability to digest all this, so as to obtain the qualification to compete with the landlords and gentry. ”

"Yes! You put the solution and the trap in front of me at the same time, let me choose, I chose the trap myself, so now everyone believes in you, and this is what I admire you the most. Wu Meiniang changed her words and said: "But there is one thing, you are too disappointing to me, as a man, you dare not do it, I deliberately chose to meet you here, and called all the subordinates out, just to want you to tell the truth." ”

There is no hiding person here, just the two of them, you can say anything, anyway, there is no witness, it can be seen that Wu Meiniang is not lying, she just wants to understand, now she has completely lost, but she has to lose in a mess, and everyone will be unhappy if she changes.

Han Yi sighed bitterly: "What the minister said is the truth, the minister has never done anything to be sorry for the queen." ”

Wu Meiniang snorted: "Then why do you want to hide your meeting with the eldest grandson Wuji? ”

Han Yi didn't answer and asked: "If the minister tells the queen that the minister meets with the eldest grandson Wuji, mainly because of Pei Xingjian and the four of them, will the queen let them go?" The minister knows the queen's character too well, the more the eldest grandson Wuji wants to protect the person, the queen you will definitely not stay, even if I plead, you will also think of other ways to ask for their lives, and the identities of the four of them are very special. Pei Xingjian once scolded the queen and resolutely supported the Wang family; And Zhao Zhiman is the nephew of the eldest grandson; Wang Fangyi is the brother of the Wang family; Naturally, the eldest grandson Yan didn't need to say much.

But the four of them play a very important role for the country. Pei Xingjian, Wang Fangyi, and Zhao Zhiman are just on the three fulcrums of the Northwest Plan, and the Northwest Plan is implemented very properly, if the Northwest Plan is not implemented properly, the consequences will be even more serious than this time, which is directly related to the minister's career, and even fate, so the minister must keep them. And Changsun Yan has a pivotal position in the Civil Security Bureau, of course, the minister transferred Changsun Yan back, that is because the minister admires him as a person, and the minister is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, which is the duty of the minister. ”

Wu Meiniang didn't want to hear these reasons at all, and sneered: "Is it just that simple? ”

Han Yi smiled bitterly: "How complicated does the queen think this can be?" Let's put it this way, it is impossible for the minister to follow the eldest grandson Wuji to deal with the queen you, because the minister is a businessman, he will naturally put interests first, the minister and the queen are both from the Shu clan, and they are all relying on their own efforts to have today's achievements, the interests of the minister and the queen are completely consistent, before the minister left, you gave the queen your advice, which is absolutely beneficial to the queen, and the minister has never given the queen any advice that is not conducive to the queen, and the minister doesn't even want to come out of himself, what is the reason for dealing with the queen? The minister and the queen have a deep hatred? Or will the queen hinder the minister's career? When the minister helps the queen, he is actually helping himself, and it is impossible for the minister's position to overlap with the queen's position. ”

Wu Meiniang was stunned, and began to mumble in her heart, thinking about it, Han Yi really has no reason to be her enemy, their interests are very similar, in comparison, the interests of Han Yi and the eldest grandson Wuji are not so similar, because the Guanlong aristocracy is an aristocratic group, and they all put the interests of the family first, and Han Yi's policy has always been a commercial route, which is contradictory to the interests of the aristocracy.

As far as mercantilism is concerned, she also has reason to support it, because merchants can be used to weaken the status of the nobility and gentry.

The more she thought about it, the more she collapsed, and she felt that she was about to be fooled by Han Yi, and couldn't help but wonder: "Then why are you doing this, now that I have ended up like this, what good will it do you?" ”

Han Yi shook his head and said: "The minister is still the same sentence, the minister has not done anything to be sorry for the queen, as for the queen, why did you make it like this, the queen should think about it herself, instead of just knowing to put the responsibility on the minister." ”

"What about Wang Xuan?"

"The minister has heard a little about the courtesan, but the minister is only hearsay, and he doesn't know what happened in it, so he doesn't dare to judge it." Han Yi shook his head and said.

Wu Meiniang stared at Han Yi for a while, but what she was looking at in front of her was an old man, her psychological quality was quite strong, she couldn't see anything at all, sneered, and said: "I was originally full of expectations for this meeting, but the result was disappointing. ”

Han Yi smiled bitterly: "The minister is even more disappointed than the queen in his heart. ”

"You can quit."

"The minister retired."