Li Hong felt a little lonely in his heart, what he was doing now was far beyond the scope of life he wanted, and all this was thousands of miles away from his original plan.

Moreover, all of this is forced by an invisible force to force his hands and begin to stain more blood.

The life of the royal family is far from being as simple as I thought when I was just born.

From Gangyi being canonized as the crown prince to the present, everything has been so smooth. He originally thought that he could be recognized by many people with what he had done over the years.

But what happened in the past two days made him realize that the royal family's choice of the heir to the throne was far from being as simple as he thought.

Even if you have been made the crown prince, even if you have not made any mistakes, it does not mean that you will really be able to inherit the throne smoothly.

During this period, whether intentionally or intentionally, a lot of things will happen around you to test whether you are qualified as a prince, whether you are qualified to inherit the throne, and whether you are capable enough to lead the courtiers.

Kindness, kindness, tolerance, generosity, open-mindedness, and other virtues, all these things that are placed under the sun, no one will test you, you just need to do it yourself.

And the test often comes from the dark side behind the glamour: cold-bloodedness, cruelty, killing, intrigue, selfishness, ambition, city, and so on.

These elements of a qualified ruler will come to you like a storm after you become the crown prince, when you inadvertently touch a switch called "ambition" that no one sees, but everyone knows.

The successive succession of royal power in all dynasties and generations will always be accompanied by a bloody background.

In Li Hong's view, under the glossy and noble surface of the royal family, there is actually a living animal world, a perfect interpretation of the law of survival.

Just like a wolf pack chooses a qualified head wolf, it is always necessary to select the best, strongest, most intelligent and strategic, most ambitious and greedy, and most cruel and cold-blooded head wolf through struggle and fighting.

Only such a wolf can lead the wolf pack, protect his own race in the world of the jungle, expand and consolidate his territory, and make himself the sole master of this territory, and bring a stronger imperial power to the children and grandchildren who will follow!

Just like what my father is doing now, whether it is against the countries of the Western Regions, or Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, etc. in the east, a series of wars and oppression are not just to prove that he is a qualified royal orthodox and a qualified leader of the wolf pack!

And he, Li Hong, was because he touched this button called "ambition", so he attracted the current stormy situation.

All this seems to be normal in the royal family, there is no family affection, no friendship, no warmth, only the hard and cold desire for power.

Just like the wolf pack, in the struggle for the position of the head wolf, for the future development and growth of the wolf pack, the competitor of the head wolf will always need to go through a fierce and cruel struggle before being competent.

The father has a weak personality and is indecisive, but he is better at scheming the overall situation and forbearance of the city government. Therefore, in order to prove that he is a qualified ruler of the Tang Dynasty, he must use foreign wars to convince his ministers that he is capable and bring long-term peace and stability to the Tang Dynasty.

The queen mother has a strong personality and is decisive and resolute, but she is often weak in ethics. At the beginning of the struggle between the emperor and the queen, the advantages of the queen mother made up for the weakness of the father's decision on political affairs.

Therefore, the two made up for each other, which also caused the so-called "emperor and queen rivalry" in the court, intentionally or unintentionally, the queen mother also touched the button called "ambition".

But none of this prevented them, and after they touched the button of "ambition" because of Li Yifu, they began to test themselves in various ways.

And what they are facing now is just a small test of themselves.

Lawlessness and lawlessness are the names of two people, and they are surprisingly the same as hard-working and resentful, both are twin brothers.

It's just that he was put under Li Hong's command a year later than hard work, and these two people were bought by Li Hong from Yazi, a native of the west city of Chang'an City.

Lawless and lawless also look very similar, the two have no obvious characteristics, ordinary ones can't be ordinary, they belong to the kind of looks that are stuck in the crowd and you will never notice.

Even if you pass by in a hurry and see these two people, if you don't deliberately remember them, you won't even remember what these two people look like.

The ordinary can no longer be ordinary, the medium and well-proportioned body shape can no longer be proportional, and the posture of the two people walking is like their appearance, always so calm and calm, not slow.

But Xia Zhi was very afraid of these two people, even when Mangzhong and Hua Meng saw these two people, they couldn't help but tense their whole bodies, and their muscles were in the highest state of vigilance.

"Myth" is the code name of their organization, and Xia Zhi and others don't know how many people the prince has gathered for the "Myth" organization.

She only knew that under the leadership of these two people, the "myth" was not as good as the name sounded, and they were the butcher's knife in the hands of the prince.

The "myth" has only been used two or three times so far, and last year the assassination of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty led by the Japanese State finally forced the Japanese people who came to the Tang Dynasty to study in vain.

This year, about 500 people gathered to study in Datang, and strengthened their manpower to protect the many teenagers who sent Tang envoys to study in Datang.

No one knows who assassinated the Japanese people last year, and Xia Zhi only knew that the prince had summoned "Mythology" the night before, and then the Tang envoy was sent the next day to die inexplicably.

The crown prince had never dealt with the Japanese people, but she felt that the prince was full of disgust with the Japanese people, as well as the people of Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla and other countries, and all the envoys about these countries asked to see the prince, but they were ruthlessly refused.

Li Hong was already waiting in the pavilion in the East Palace Garden, and Xia Zhi led the two of them to the pavilion quickly.

After lawlessness looked at the back of Xia Zhi's departure, he slowly knelt down and saluted: "The minister can't and lawlessly see the prince." ”

Li Hong didn't seem to hear the greetings of the two, still looking in the direction of Daming Palace, looking at the faint scene of construction in full swing, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I became the daughter and son-in-law of Li Yifu, and the scene of the crime made the illusion of death caused by the conflict between buying and selling officials." Xu Nature, the son of Xu Yushi, made the victim seek revenge at the scene of the crime. Another thing, find the perpetrator who killed Liang Jianfang and kill him. ”

"Yes, Prince." Lawless's voice was calm, as if he was listening to an extremely ordinary thing, unlike Li Hong's voice, which was full of helplessness and bitterness.

Li Hong rubbed his cheeks to make his facial expression less heavy, slowly sat down on the chair, and then spoke again: "How long will it take?" ”

Lawless glanced at each other, pondered for a while, and said: "Back to the prince, the minister needs the cooperation of "Jingwei", if they cooperate with the "myth", three days is enough. ”

"Give you two days, "Jingwei" will cooperate with your actions, and will give you accurate information, including who the murderer of Liang Jianfang is, and "Jingwei" will give you clues. There are only two days, and if it is three days, I am afraid that it will be difficult for your "myth" to chase down those things that were lost in the medicine kitchen. ”

"Yes, Prince." Lawless said with his head bowed.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, if there is a "Jingwei" cooperation, these things will be enough for two days.

As the two major organizations of the East Palace, the "myth" of assassination and the "Jingwei" of intelligence, if the two combinations do these things for more than three days, they really don't have to serve the prince.

Also, tell "Jingwei" to start collecting all the illegal things of Helan Minzhi, and even add some crimes to him. Li Hong lay on the table, fiddling with the delicate tea set, and said lazily.

Lawlessness is a little incomprehensible, "Jingwei" and "Mythology" have never been compatible, unless it is the prince who has an order, but why did he let himself be notified this time.

"Prince, "myth" and "Jingwei" have never been ....... He couldn't say in doubt.

"Do so, the situation is compelling." Li Hong waved his hand and let them leave.

After kneeling and saluting lawlessly, he slowly left, and began to prepare for the things that the prince explained, since the prince asked to notify "Jingwei", then even if he risked being killed by "Jingwei", he had to tell the "Jingwei" prince what he meant.

But who is the leader of "Jingwei"? The lawless two didn't know, but he knew that notifying "Jingwei" was also very simple, as long as he wrote down what he wanted to say into a few Arabic numerals, handed it to the gatekeeper of Puwangfu, and the gatekeeper took it, then it would be considered a notice.

This is the emergency plan prepared by the prince for "Mythology" and "Jingwei", I didn't expect it to be used so soon.

In the twilight of the night, Chang'an City will seem quiet after the night comes, and a carriage will walk slowly on Suzaku Street, looking so leisurely.

Bai Chun returned to Chang'an, Taiyi City strengthened the guards, but she couldn't relax at all in her heart, looking up at a white dove in the night sky with a flapping wings, flying out from the direction of Pu Wangfu, her brows as white as jade gradually relaxed, but in an instant they were quickly wrinkled together.

Bai Chun lowered his head and thought for a while, seeing that the carriage was about to arrive at Chengtian Gate, he whispered, "Stop in front of Chengtian Gate." ”

The palace guard carefully checked Bai Chun's token, flipped back and forth several times, and finally let Bai Chun enter the palace, and the carriage behind her also quietly disappeared into an alley after she entered the palace.

"The slave Bai Chun has seen Your Majesty." Bai Chun appeared in Li Zhi's study in the Ganlu Palace.

Yang Wu looked at Li Zhi's gestures, silently bowed and retreated outside the study, gently closed the door of the study slowly, waved away the two palace maids at the door of the study, and stood at the door of the Ganlu Hall with other eunuchs, looking around vigilantly.

"What was stolen in Taiyi City, but is there anything that Li Hong values very much?" Li Zhi put down the fold in his hand, leaned back in his chair and asked.

"Yes, mercury is important to the prince, but it is not the key, the key is the theft of what the prince called the "imperial dining room". Bai Chun lowered his eyes and said lightly while standing opposite the desk.

"Do you know what it is?" Li Zhi asked, playing with the red pen in his hand.

"The slaves and maids don't know, only lawless knows about this matter, and they are also responsible." Bai Chun still said lightly.

"Lawlessness? Is that assassination organization organized by Li Hong himself? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The last time the slave and maid gave you a gift, the slave and the maid suspected that the envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty last year was assassinated by the "mythical" organization led by lawlessness. ”

"How many people are in this assassination group?" Li Zhi's expression was indifferent, and he didn't feel strange that Li Hong had such a mysterious killer organization. What's more, four years ago, he knew that Li Hong had secretly cultivated such an organization.

"No more than three hundred." Bai Chun still replied simply.