Li Heng slowly paced in the room, and the shadow of the rickety swayed on the wall bookcase.

"Twelve Niang, do you know the current situation of this prince?"

Li Xin'er said softly: "I heard Pan Chengfang say that night, Li Linfu's old thief has already launched, right?" ”

Li Heng snorted coldly and nodded: "Li Linfu instructed Yang Shenjin to impeach Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming in a secret meeting in private, plotting to make me emperor." My father has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter, and I have been denied several requests to see him, and now I am like a lamb to the slaughter, powerless to resist. ”

Li Xin'er exclaimed: "The situation is so serious? Will Your Majesty believe Li Linfu's words? ”

Li Heng sighed lightly: "I don't know, if I can know my father's thoughts, then what are I worried about?" ”

Li Xin'er frowned and thought for a moment, and asked, "Is the matter of the prince and Wei Shangshu meeting that night questioned?" ”

Li Heng shook his head slightly and said: "No, they won't burn the fire directly on me so quickly, but it's hard to say later, once Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming's charges are confirmed, I will be next." When Wei Jian and I met on the first night, they didn't mention it in the impeachment recital, and the more this happened, the more I could feel that they had malicious intentions. ”

Li Xin'er frowned and said, "What do the gentlemen around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think about this matter?" ”

Li Heng frowned and said: "Mr. Yan said that they will secretly tell my father about my meeting with Wei Jian, Mr. Yan's idea is very optimistic, he said, it must be my father who doesn't want to involve me in this matter, so Li Linfu didn't dare to directly mention the matter of me and Wei Jian meeting on the recital, that is, to avoid indiscriminate quarrels among the courtiers." ”

Li Xin'er nodded slightly and said: "Mr. Yan's words are not unreasonable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must calm down, you and the emperor are father and son, how can Your Majesty easily believe Li Linfu's words." As long as the emperor has the intention of protecting you in his heart, Li Linfu will not dare to burn it on your body even if he wants to. ”

Li Heng tilted his head and said, "You think so too?" ”

Li Xin'er said: "Twelve Niang's knowledge is shallow, what she thinks may not be right, but one thing is very clear, since the emperor knows about the prince and Wei Shangshu meeting on the first night, if Your Majesty really believes that the prince has the intention of usurping, how can there be no movement?" After all, I just don't believe in it. ”

Li Heng's eyes lit up, and he clapped his fist and said, "It makes sense, but why has my father avoided me these days?" ”

Li Xin'er said: "After all, the matter involves you, if Your Majesty sees you, what will you say?" Your Majesty must maintain a neutral attitude in order not to embarrass Your Highness or Li Linfu, an old thief. This is the genius of His Majesty. ”

Li Heng's brows furrowed, and he nodded: "Twelve Niang's analysis is reasonable, you say this, my mood is much better." When did you become so scheming? It was a surprise to Prince Ben. ”

Li Xin'er said respectfully: "What Twelve Niang said is just one person's thoughts, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has to take more precautions." ”

Li Heng said: "Of course I will make several preparations, how can I sit still and wait for death." By the way, Twelve Niang, listen to Pan Chengfang, you married the Fang Ding who saved your life? ”

Li Xin'er slowly raised her head and replied, "Yes." ”

"Is that really the case? You're so bold! Li Heng shouted coldly: "All your actions must be reported to me, and I will make decisions for you, how dare you make your own decisions!" ”

Li Xin'er was silent.

"After your parents were murdered, it was Prince Ben who rescued you from the tiger's mouth. Have you forgotten the oath you made to be loyal to this prince forever, do you remember? ”

Li Xin'er said in a low voice: "Of course I remember, but it was the prince who promised to avenge the killing of my parents on my behalf." And now, nine years have passed, the old thief is unscathed, and his arrogance is getting more and more victorious, when will the prince be able to avenge his parents for Twelve Niang? ”

Li Heng gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Are you blaming Prince Ben?" ”

Li Xin'er said in a low voice: "Twelve Niang don't dare. ”

Li Heng waved his arms and said, "It's so easy to kill Li Linfu?" He was deeply favored by his father and the emperor, and he was deeply rooted in the court, and he could only fight him slowly, and he would counteract against him if he was not careful. If you are in a hurry, isn't this prince in a hurry? If you look at the current situation, Huangfu Weiming returned to Beijing to see the emperor this time, and only slightly revealed in his words that he wanted to impeach Li Linfu, and it immediately became the current situation, don't you see? ”

Li Xin'er bit her lip and didn't make a sound, and said in a low voice after a while: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, Twelve Niang knows the Prince's difficulties." In fact, Wang Yuan and I are not really married, but because Pan Chengfang wants to kill him, the slave must stay by his side in order to save him; In order to be able to stay by his side and protect him publicly, he can only pretend to marry him. ”

Li Heng sneered: "This matter is about to ask you, when did you become so ignorant of current affairs?" Pan Chengfang has already made this matter clear to the prince, this person knows all the secrets of Luo Yimen, and he must die. ”

Li Xin'er shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince, he saved my life and did things for us, and he swore to keep it a secret and never say a word, can you spare his life in my face." ”

Li Heng glared at Li Xin'er and said, "Spare his life?" Are you dizzy? Since you know that this prince is in a difficult situation at this moment, the more you know that the more I need to be careful at this time. If the secret of Luo Yimen is exposed, my father will never spare me. This man must die, and you must do it immediately. ”

Li Xin'er shook her head and said, "I can't do it." Your Royal Highness the Prince, I hope you will think twice about this, if a few days ago, the Crown Prince asked me to kill him, I might have done it, but now it is not possible. ”

Li Heng glared at Li Xin'er coldly and said: "Bastard, you dare to disobey my words in person, it seems that what Pan Chengfang said is good, you are in love with this Wang Yuan, hehe, the fake show has come true." ”

Li Xin'er shook her head slowly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't listen to Pan Chengfang's words, he actually has selfish intentions. The reason why the slave asked His Highness not to kill Wang Yuan was because Wang Yuan was no longer a fangding. ”

Li Heng said angrily: "It doesn't matter who he is, just kill him." If you can't do it, let Pan Chengfang do it, and you are not allowed to obstruct it. ”

Li Xin'er shook her head and said: "Your Highness asked me to finish my words, this person has now been favored by Prime Minister Zuo Li Shizhi and joined Prime Minister Zuo's mansion as a guest." ”

"What?" Li Heng looked at it in surprise: "Li Shizhi fell in love with inviting a shopkeeper to be a guest?" You're not kidding. ”

Li Xin'er nodded solemnly and said: "He is not an ordinary fangding, he is a scholar, and it is said that Li Shizhi has taken a fancy to his literary talent." ”

"Wencai?"

Yes, Wang Yuan's poems Li Shizhi greatly appreciated, this year's Pear Blossom Poetry Conference is approaching, Li Shizhi invited Chang'an scribes to participate, including him. Li Shizhi wanted to suppress Li Linfu's arrogance at the Pear Blossom Poetry Conference, so Corporal Lixian invited him to go. ”

Li Heng suddenly realized that the Pear Blossom Poetry Society was extremely famous in Chang'an, and everyone knew that it was the place where Li Linfu and Li Shizhi fought the law, how could he not know.

"Is this Li Shizhi crazy? was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so he invited a man to help him. It's no wonder that no one dares to follow him to go against Li Linfu, and he can only collect people in Chang'an City. This nerd is not Li Linfu's opponent at all, what if Doushi wins? Could he be able to suppress Li Linfu? Let's not mix in the muddy waters this time. ”

Li Xin'er said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Twelve Niang thinks so in her heart, Wang Yuan knows the secret of Luo Yimen, although we can kill him, but we can also use him." Now that he has entered Li Shizhi's mansion, if he can win him into Luoyimen, won't he become a reliable eyes and ears for us by Li Shizhi's side? Although Li Shizhi is of little value, and Prince Yu is not of much help, Li Shizhi is always the left minister of the imperial court, and we may not know what he knows, and he may not tell us. If an eyeliner is placed in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, it will be beneficial to the prince and harmless. ”

Li Heng frowned and pondered, paced slowly, and said in a deep voice after a while: "It seems that there is some truth in what he said, but in fact, Li Shizhi is not useless, otherwise how could his father make him the prime minister of Zuo; This person is still quite official. In that year, the three major embankments were successfully repaired to resist Luoshui, and his father ordered someone to erect a monument for him to show his merits, which shows that he still has some status in his father's heart. If you can put an eyeliner next to Li Shizhi, it will naturally be beneficial. It's just that...... Is Wang Yuan willing to join Luo Yimen?

Li Xin'er gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "This matter is handed over to the slave maid to handle, if he refuses, I will ...... Kill him with your own hands. ”

Li Heng looked at Li Xin'er for a long time, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, you can do this matter, if it doesn't work out, don't be soft." In addition, your identity has been exposed, and you can't sneak into Li Linfu's mansion, and you can't show your true face in Chang'an City, if you are captured by Nanya's people, you should know what to do. ”

Li Xin'er said in a low voice: "The slave and maid are self-judged." ”

Li Heng nodded and said, "It's good if you understand, it's better not to have this day, how do you plan to hide your identity?" ”

Li Xin'er said: "The slave maid will stay in Li Shizhi's mansion as Wang Yuan's wife, not only to hide her identity and get close to restrain Wang Yuan, but also to listen to the news in Li Shizhi's mansion in person." ”

Li Heng nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say, don't let me down, you are hiding in Li Shizhi's mansion, ready to be used at any time." ”

Li Xin'er said softly: "Follow the prince's orders." ”。

Li Heng looked at Li Xin'er who was standing with his head hanging and sighed, his tone became soft and light: "Twelve Niang, originally this prince hoped that one day in the future, when the dust settles, he can find a good family for you, at least let you marry a third-grade official or a prince's family." But if you don't want this prince to worry about these things for you, I won't force you. Even if you are willing to really marry this Wang Yuan, this prince will no longer stop you. But one thing you have to remember, no matter what you do, you must first take care of the great affairs of this prince, otherwise, this prince can fulfill you or destroy you. ”

Li Xin'er said softly: "Your Highness, don't worry, the Twelve Niangs will focus on major matters and will not affect major matters because of personal matters." ”

Li Heng nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand gently, and Li Xin'er bowed down and slowly withdrew from the study.

In the flickering shadows of the candles, a figure slowly emerged from behind the bookshelf, half of its thin cheeks, its face full of anger.

"Cheng Fang, you should also go, I still have some things to think about alone." Li Heng knelt on the futon behind the bookcase, closed his eyes and said softly.

"Prince, how can you accede to her request? Wang Yuan is useless to Luo Yimen at all, what do you want him to do? After the Pear Blossom Poetry Meeting, Li Shizhi will definitely dismiss him, how can he be a guest of honor? Unless he can defeat Li Linfu for Li Shizhi's fighting poems at the Pear Blossom Poetry Conference, how can this happen? Twelve Niang did this just to save his life, Your Highness, you must not be deceived by her. ”

"Cheng Fang, I think you are jealous, you must be afraid that Twelve Niang and that Wang Yuan will really do a fake show, right? Rest assured, what the prince promised you will be fulfilled, and the twelve mothers are your people after all. I just don't want to add more trouble in such a chaotic time, Twelve Niang will still be useful in the future, I want to stabilize her. If this matter makes Twelve Niang have a different heart, it will be a disaster. Do you understand? ”

"This ...... Subordinates understand. ”

"It's good to understand, you go, my father is in Xingqing Palace, your people must pay close attention to the emperor's words and deeds, and if you have a little talk about this matter, you must quickly reply without missing a word."

"Subordinates obey." Pan Chengfang knelt on the ground and kowtowed, threw off the black cloak with a face full of unhappiness, and went out.