Xiao Shoudao and the four of them sat there a little embarrassed, not knowing how to speak, the words they had originally thought of had already lost their meaning when they said it at this moment. What's more, the affairs in this palace were originally the affairs of the royal family themselves, and it was already a taboo for others to visit the king to intercede.

"The ministers thank the acting king for his magnanimity and saving the lives of the ministers." Xiao Shougui suddenly got up and bowed and said.

"It seems that there are still people who understand, not all of them are so stupid." Li Hong thought to himself, got up and walked to Xiao Shougui's side, patted his arm, and said: "Get up, just understand, don't let you say it, you just don't want to fall into your mouth, I can say it, but you can't say words of pleading, otherwise you will commit a royal taboo, I will naturally take this matter to heart, not to mention that Yiyang and Gao An have always been good with me, I am afraid that when I return to the palace, they will also annoy me in my ears." ”

"Acting king, this is a little heart prepared for you by the ministers." Xiao Hui got up and said, and then saw Mang Chong at the door After checking it, he was carried in by the subordinates of King Pu's Mansion.

Li Hong frowned and looked at the large box that could fit two of him, and asked with a frown, "What is this?" ”

Xiao Hui smiled slightly, and said coincidentally: "The acting king will know when he opens it." ”

Li Hong motioned for Xiao Han to open one of the boxes, and suddenly saw that the room seemed to suddenly become radiant and bright. As the fifth prince of the Tang Dynasty, he really hadn't seen so many jewels stacked together.

Before approaching, I saw that the top layer of the box was covered with pearls, jade, agate jade and other precious items, and I could faintly see the shining gold shining light exposed in the corner of the box.

Li Hong's brows furrowed even deeper, Xiao Hui and the other four watched Li Hong walk to the box, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, as long as the acting king likes to accept it, no matter whether this matter is successful or not, they will sit down on the ship of the future king.

Li Hong laboriously took out a piece of glittering lintoe gold from the corner of the box and weighed it, this should be the heaviest ten taels of gold ingots among ordinary gold ingots in this era. At this time, Chang'an could not even be used as currency, and most of it was for collections. Moreover, during this period, the shape of gold ingots was still limited to a limited number of shapes such as horseshoe gold, lintoe gold, gold cake, and gold plate.

"How did you get these out of the palace?" Li Hong glanced at the official seal on the gold ingot, then threw it back into the box, took out a string of pearl necklaces and looked at it and asked.

"It's ......." Xiao Hui's expression was a little unnatural, and after thinking about it, he still confessed: "This was transported out of the palace before, and it was Concubine Xiao Shu who took it out of the palace for backup." ”

Li Hong glanced at the embarrassed Xiao Hui, and estimated that these things were all used by Concubine Xiao Shu to compete for the position of queen and be used to make points between officials in the court, but I didn't expect that they would be deposed as concubines before they were done. But it's also possible to use these things to save the lives of her three children in the future.

"Take it back and keep it, the dowry that Yiyang and Gao'an will marry in the future, I'm afraid Concubine Xiao Shufei hasn't had time to prepare, these are the right to be their dowry, by the way, I left this pearl necklace, and I will personally return it to Yiyang when I return to the palace." Concubine Xiao Shufei really spent money in order to fight for the future, and even took out the only string of pearl necklaces that Yiyang liked.

"No, acting for the king, these are not what Concubine Xiao Shu meant, it was decided by the ministers and the other four people, all for the lives of the two princesses of Yiyang and Gao'an, as well as Li Sujie, the king of Yong." Xiao Shoudao said hurriedly, now he seems to understand a little, these things that Concubine Xiao Shu spare, I'm afraid are not for her own life, but to prevent herself from losing the battle, and use these gold and silver treasures to save the lives of the three children.

Li Hong shook his head impatiently, and said in a deep voice of the immature child: "You take it back and keep it for the three of them, when will they be able to use it in the palace?" Wait for the marriage to distribute it to them, as for Li Sujie, just give it to him after he arrives in the fiefdom. That's it, Xiao Han sent off. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hong left without looking back, leaving Xiao Shoudao and the four of them looking at each other, not knowing what to do. Several people didn't expect that the acting king, who was still smiling and mild, not only did he show greed and joy after seeing such a huge amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but he was unusual, and forcefully ordered them to be expelled.

Xiao Han had already ordered his subordinates to re-cover the box and carry it out of the front hall. Urging the four people who didn't know how to be good walked out of the Pu Wangfu.

Wang Jing did not come alone, but followed his uncle, that is, Liu Shuang, the Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province, to visit Li Hong, the purpose of which was naturally to increase a bargaining chip in the heart of the acting king.

And Liu Shuang naturally knew that Wang Jing was tired of the people of Qiuzi in Ci'en Temple, and he was also one of them, if it wasn't for his help, after leaving Chang'an City, it would be difficult for them to pass all the inspections of the Tang Dynasty without hindrance.

Li Hong had just sat down with Liu Shuang and Wang Jing in the front hall, and in the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace, Yang Wu was reporting to Li Zhi about Li Hong's recent situation during this time.

"Your Majesty, the Zhongshu ordered Liu Shuang and Wang Jing, the Marquis of Jinyang, to visit the acting king." Yang Wu lowered his head and said.

"Oh, why did you want Liu Shuang to take the initiative to visit Hong'er?" Li Zhi asked strangely.

Yang Wu pondered his words and said carefully: "When the acting king sent his palace maid to give you the crystal pendant, he was kidnapped on the way back. After the king's secret visit, it was the Temple of Mercy and Grace that robbed ....... ”

With a "bang", Li Zhi slapped his hands heavily on the desk, and said angrily: "What are you doing to eat!" Are all the people who are secretly protecting him dead people? You can't protect a palace maid! ”

Yang Wu was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the slave maid should die, the slave maid just told them to protect the safety of the acting king that day, and I didn't think that the palace maid would have an accident, and the kidnapper's methods were clean and neat, if it wasn't for the palace maid Bai Lu who acted for the king, and left some secret signals in a hurry, I'm afraid this matter would not be able to be investigated." ”

"Say the result!" Li Zhi snorted angrily and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, last night the acting king sent someone to secretly visit the Temple of Mercy and Grace, although it was not fully detected, but there is already a seventy percent certainty that it was the Temple of Mercy and Grace that robbed the palace maid of the acting king."

"What's going on with Wang Jing and Liu Shuang!" Li Zhi gradually calmed down and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, yesterday the king was looking for the secret message left by the palace maid Bai Lu, and near the Ci'en Temple where the code disappeared, I met Wang Jing's carriage going to the Ci'en Temple, so the acting king met Wang Jing there ......."

"But Wang Jing is disrespectful to Hong'er? So today invite Liu Shuang to apologize to the acting king? No, with Li Hong's character of not suffering, if Wang Jing dared to offend him, he would be able to let Wang Jing receive the punishment he deserved at that time, is there any other reason for this? "Li Zhi is smart, and he is a person who is very deep in the city, and he keenly perceives from Yangwu's words that there must be something he doesn't know.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, the acting king suspects that Wang Jing is a member of the hijacking of the palace maid Bai Lu, but it has not yet been finalized, the cheetah and the stinger are inquiring about the news and suspicious people in the Temple of Mercy and Grace at this time."

But Li Hong now has no evidence, and he is afraid that he will destroy the life of the palace maid. And Wang Jing and Liu Shuang visited Li Hong to find out Li Hong's attitude? But so? Li Zhi closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then slowly opened his mouth, and the bylooker said clearly.

"Yes, that's how the slave and maid sent in return."

"You Lijingmen should be vigilant, Yangwu, since I took over Lijingmen from my father, I haven't asked, do you know why?" Li Zhi looked at Yangwu, who was kneeling on the ground and shrunk up like a shrimp, and said.

"The slave and maid should die, the slave and maid have betrayed His Majesty's trust, and the slave and maid will take care of Lijingmen."

"Rectification is necessary, does the queen know that Li Hong's palace maid is lost?" Li Zhi squinted and asked.

This is what he is most concerned about now, if Li Hong makes something wrong outside, Wu Mei may be able to peel off a layer of his skin, Li Hong is Wu Mei's heart and soul baby! If Li Hong had the slightest accident, he would have to cry and quarrel with himself for several days before he stopped, and Li Hong would not be able to escape punishment at that time.

Originally, Li Hong's one-month deadline had expired, and he should have returned to the palace, but he once again privately approved Li Hong that he could continue to stay in Chang'an City, this sin was placed in Wu Mei's place, I am afraid it was a good excuse for her to chew her tongue, thinking of this Li Zhi felt a little chilled.

"I haven't told the queen yet." Yang Wu said on his knees.

"Well, this matter must not be known to the queen, and additional people will be sent to continue to secretly protect Li Hong, and there is ......." Li Zhi paused suddenly, got up and walked back and forth in the palace, thinking about whether he would intervene in this matter himself, or let Li Hong solve it alone.

He believed that he could solve it without interfering with Li Hong, but what he was afraid of was that this kid was too wild, and it was originally a big matter, if Chang'an was full of ups and downs, I was afraid that he would not be able to hide it from the queen at that time, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Zhi, who had made up his mind, kicked Yang Wu, who was still kneeling on the ground, motioned for him to get up, and then said: "Secret order Duan Xuanbao, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Liu Renliang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to meet him." ”

"Yes, the slave will send someone to find them into the palace." Yang Wu bowed and retreated, and after retreating to the door, he turned around and was about to send someone to inform the two of them to enter the palace.

Li Zhi shouted again in the Manna Temple, "Come back." ”

Yang Wu had no choice but to walk into the hall again, looking at Li Zhi thinking with his hands behind his back, and then Li Zhi leaned over and took out a piece of paper on the desk and hurriedly wrote a few lines.

"The fire paint is sealed, and they are ordered to obey the orders of the king, or they can act cheaply according to the situation." After Li Zhi handed it over to Yang Wu, he continued: "Inform Li Hong that if something is difficult, you can consult with these two people, but you must not give me a storm all over the city!" Also, he must be seriously warned...... Warn him...... He said that his mother was very angry and acted carefully. ”

In the end, Li Zhi felt that his wife's strict management could not be changed, but in order not to make Wu Mei angry, he still had to ventilate with Li Hong. In this way, as long as their father and son are of the same heart, Wu Mei will be angry again, and they will have nothing to do with their father and son.

In the palace of King Pu, Li Hong said to Liu Shuang: "Although you are in the palace every day, Li Hong is still the first time to see you, Zhongshu Province is under your governance, my father has never bothered to work, and my father has always been proud to have a minister like you to assist him in governing the country." ”

Liu Shuang is about fifty or so up, the whole person is white and fat, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, brushing his beard and laughing: "The acting king has passed the award, although the minister is in the position of the governor of Zhongshu Province, but if there is no His Majesty's allocation and support, I am afraid that I will not be able to go to Zhongshu Province to operate as usual, and give advice to my Datang, all of this is thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu." ”