The night is already deep, Taiji Palace Ganlu Palace, Li Yuan is still in the dim light to review the folds, the previous snow disaster has a great impact, with the road was opened, the twists and turns of the disaster in various places have also been sent up, as a result, he only knew at this time that from Chang'an to the north of the Luoyang line, almost all encountered different degrees of snow disasters, casualties are not a few, now all over the country is organizing disaster relief matters, and the twists are also flying to Chang'an like snowflakes, so during this time Li Yuan slept very late every day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I don't know how long it took, Li Yuan finally finished reading the reading book in front of him, and then he stretched his waist for a long time, reached out and took off his reading glasses and rubbed his temples, and thanks to the reading glasses given to him by Princess Pingyang, he was able to review the reading book like a normal person, otherwise if he just relied on others to read it, he didn't know how much time he would waste?

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, Zhang Jieyu has been urging a few times, do you want to go there to rest?" At this moment, I saw a little chamberlain very respectfully stepped forward and asked, Zhang Jieyu is one of Li Yuan's favorite concubines, and he had promised to go to her to rest before, but just now he had been reviewing the folds, and the palace people did not dare to disturb.

Hearing the report of the chamberlain, Li Yuan rubbed his forehead again with a headache, and then waved his hand and said: "I am a little tired today, so I will rest here, so you let Zhang Jieyu rest first, and I will go to her when I am free one day!" ”

"Whoa!" The little chamberlain agreed, stood up and retreated from the hall, and at this time Li Yuan shook his head with a wry smile, he is now old, and he is also powerless about the affairs of these men and women, especially even the imperial doctor told him to abstain from sexual affairs, so he must not think about his own body.

At that moment, Li Shimin stood up, moved his somewhat stiff hands and feet, and then prepared to go back to the back bedroom to rest, but at this moment, he suddenly saw an attendant running in again, which made him quite unhappy and said: "Didn't I already say that I will rest here today?" ”

"Your Majesty, Prince Zhan Shi Pei Ju asked to see him, saying that he had a secret matter to report to His Majesty!" The chamberlain bowed his head and reported.

"Pei Ju? What's the matter with him so late? Li Yuan couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the report of the chamberlain, and said to himself, Pei Ju, the old fox, was a little close to the King of Qin before, but then he fell to the prince in an all-round way, so he was appointed as the crown prince Zhan Shi, although it is not as good as Wei Zheng's henchman, but it is also an important member of the prince's faction.

"Let him in!" Li Yuan thought for a moment and finally nodded, because he noticed that the words conveyed by the chamberlain actually said "secret matter" instead of "important matter", which made him also very curious, what secret matter did Pei Ju have to talk to him, and he ran into the palace in the middle of the night, he had rarely encountered such a thing before.

"Whoa!" The chamberlain agreed, immediately exited the hall and ran out, and after a while, I saw Pei Ju, who had some inconvenience in his legs and feet, walking in slowly, Li Yuan didn't feel strange, because he knew that Pei Ju injured his leg some time ago, and now he hasn't been able to do it well, and this matter seems to be related to Li Xiu.

"See Your Majesty!" Pei Ju came in and saluted respectfully.

"Don't be polite, Pei Qing, you are inconvenient, sit down and talk!" Li Yuan also said to Pei Ju very cordially at this time, although Pei Ju's character is not very good, but his ability is beyond doubt, especially since he has a very high reputation in both Turkic and Western Regions, and now he fully supports the prince, so if the prince ascends the throne in the future, he will also play a great role.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" I saw Pei Ju sit down slowly, since he was injured, he has aged a lot all of a sudden, not only has more wrinkles on his face, but also has lost his previous energetic appearance, and he looks as if he is about to die.

"Pei Qing, I don't know if you came late at night?" Li Yuan deliberately asked without mentioning the word "secret".

"This ......" I saw Pei Ju groaning for a moment, and his face showed a hesitant expression, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I came late at night, in fact, it was a secret scandal and wanted to report it to Your Majesty, and I asked Your Majesty to let everyone else retreat!" ”

"Oh? Is this necessary? Li Yuan couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this, he noticed that Pei Ju actually said the word "scandal" when he mentioned this matter, which made him a little puzzled.

"This matter is related to the palace, and it is really not appropriate for others to know!" Pei Ju said solemnly again.

As soon as he heard that this secret scandal was related to the palace, Li Yuan's face sank suddenly, and he waved his hand to let the palace maids and servants in the palace retreat, and then said to Pei Ju: "Now that everyone has retreated, Pei Qing is okay to talk about it!" ”

Pei Ju also kept his eyes wide as everyone in the hall retreated, and then hesitated for a moment again, with a worried look on his face, and finally spoke again: "Your Majesty, the minister has actually heard about this matter a long time ago, but he has never dared to believe it, and it was not until today that it was suddenly confirmed that the prince had an affair with the concubines in the palace!" ”

"What!" Li Yuan also stood up immediately when he heard Pei Ju's last words, his face was full of shock, and then he asked loudly with an annoyed face, "Pei Ju, do you know what the crime of falsely accusing the prince is?" ”

"Your Majesty! The old minister has been an official for many years, how can he not know what a big crime it is to falsely accuse the prince, and even among the king of Qin and the prince, the minister is more biased towards the prince, but now what the prince is doing is really not the son of man, the minister did not know, it is just that, if he knows about this matter and deceives His Majesty, this makes the minister really uncomfortable! Pei Ju also stood up at this time, walked a few steps to Li Yuan, knelt down in front of Li Yuan, and said sadly.

Seeing Pei Ju's tearful appearance when he spoke, it really didn't look like he was lying, which made Li Yuan believe it a little, but this made him even more angry, after all, as a man, a father, and an emperor, the most intolerable thing is that his woman is possessed by other men, and this man is still the son he has always valued.

However, Li Yuan was not an ordinary person after all, and finally forced himself not to lose his mind, and then spoke again in a trembling voice: "Pei Ju, you said that the prince had an affair with the concubine in the palace, but what evidence is there, and which concubine did he have an affair with?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister had only heard about this matter before, and at the time I thought it was someone else who spread rumors to slander the prince, but today the minister went to the prince to discuss matters, and overheard the conversation between the prince and the king of Qi, and the prince personally admitted that he had a personal affair with Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De in the palace, and even the king of Qi seemed to have something to do with this matter!" Pei Ju swore with an oath on his face at this time, he didn't have evidence, but he was a human witness.

"How does this make me believe based on your words alone?" Li Yuan suddenly said with some suspicion at this time, although Pei Ju didn't seem to have the motive to frame the prince, because he was the prince's person, but no one dared to guarantee what he thought in his heart, so it was normal for Li Yuan to suspect him.

"Your Majesty, the heart of the old minister can show the sun and the moon, if Your Majesty does not believe it, the minister is willing to confront the prince and the king of Qi in the court!" Pei Ju said with a firm face again, and even his eyes shot a righteous and awe-inspiring look, making people have no doubt about his loyalty.

"This ......" Li Yuan couldn't help but believe a little bit again when he heard this, Pei Ju dared to confront the prince and the king of Qi in the court, if he was really framed, then he would definitely be exposed by the prince and the king of Qi when he confronted him, and not only would he not be able to spare him, but I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty would not be able to spare him, and I am afraid that not only would he die, but even the entire Pei family would be implicated.

"Your Majesty, the prince fornicated with the concubines in the palace, he really has no father and no king, it is simply shameless, the old minister only asks His Majesty to find out the truth and no longer suffer such a shameful humiliation!" Seeing Li Yuan's hesitation, Pei Ju pleaded again at the moment, and after finishing speaking, he kowtowed again and again, as if he was extremely loyal and courageous!

Hearing that Pei Ju kept mentioning that the prince had an affair with his concubine, this made Li Yuan feel a sense of shame in his heart, especially when he thought of the scene where his beloved woman was lying in his son's arms, he was even more angry, and finally slapped the table and said! "Okay, just according to Pei Qing's words!"

With Li Yuan's order, several chamberlains immediately left the palace one after another, these chamberlains not only went to invite the prince and the king of Qi, but also Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi and other important ministers to enter the palace together, Li Yuan wanted to check the truth of the prince's fornication with the palace.

Pei Lin and the others' mansions were originally very fast away from the palace, so after a while, they came to the Ganlu Hall one after another, but when they saw that Pei Ju was also here, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then Li Yuan told Pei Ju about the secret report, which made Pei Lin and the others all surprised.

"Your Majesty, this is nonsense at all, with the character of the prince, he will never do such a thing without a king and a father!" I saw Pei Lin being the first to stand up and object, he had formed an alliance with Li Jiancheng, and his interests were also tied together, and he also believed that with Li Jiancheng's person, he would never do such a thing, otherwise he should have heard some rumors in advance.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that this matter is absolutely impossible, there must be some people with ulterior motives who are falsely accusing the prince!" At this time, I saw a burly minister with a long beard and a square face stand up and say, this person's name is Feng Deyi, on the surface, he is a subordinate official of Tiance Mansion, but in fact, he has been secretly dealing with Li Jiancheng for a long time, and he has always looked down on Pei Ju, so at this time, he directly pointed his attack at him.

"Don't spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, this matter is heard by the old minister, how can it be fake?" Pei Ju also fought back without showing weakness at this time.

"True or false, isn't it all in your thoughts?" Feng Deyi fought back again, directly pointing out that Pei Ju was lying, which made Pei Ju also furious, and quarreled with the other party at the moment.

However, when there was a quarrel in the hall, no one noticed that there was one less palace person outside the hall. (To be continued.) )