Since Li Heng became the crown prince, the relationship within the Tang Dynasty has been very delicate.

The contradiction between Li Heng and Li Linfu became irreconcilable because of the competition for the position of the crown prince, and everyone knew that once Li Heng ascended the throne, the first thing to do was undoubtedly to exterminate Li Linfu's family. Because Li Linfu has always expressed his support for King Shou as the crown prince countless times in public, even after he became the crown prince, Li Linfu did not change his position.

Everyone also understands that Li Linfu has not given up his efforts to remove himself from the position of prince Fengshou Wang as the crown prince, and Li Heng's road to becoming the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is by no means a smooth road, from this time on, the generals of the Tang Dynasty will be filled with all kinds of conspiracies and tricks.

In fact, after Li Heng became the crown prince, there were also disagreements within Li Linfu's party. Li Heng's appointment as the crown prince was obviously unexpected by Li Linfu, and it also caused a brief panic within the Li party, and some people around Li Linfu suggested that he should repair relations with Li Heng immediately, so as not to become a thorn in Li Heng's side.

However, without exception, those who said these words were severely punished by Li Linfu, and some even had their heads cut off. After drinking one day, Li Linfu opened up to his henchmen and analyzed the reasons why he couldn't please Li Heng.

"If you go to please the prince now, you will only become a laughing stock, the prince is narrow, and he will repay him, even if he is willing to reconcile with his own face, it is also perfunctory, once he is on the throne, I will die and have no place to be buried. Besides, don't you think it's too late to curry favor with the prince now? The group of people who followed the prince went earlier than us, and they contributed more than us, is there still a place for us? I don't blame you for worrying about the future and trying to protect yourself, but you can't persuade me to do this, it's not helping the old man, it's hurting the old man. ”

Li Linfu's attitude in these words has been very clear, and the direction of action has also been pointed out in the words, that is, before Li Heng ascends the throne, he must be pulled off the throne, which is the premise of being able to preserve himself, and any other delusions are impossible.

After Xuanzhao, Li Linfu behaved very calmly, naturally expressing congratulations on the surface, but secretly issued an order to closely monitor the prince, so as to step up the search for an opportunity to pull Li Heng off the throne of the prince. For Li Linfu, such an opportunity is actually not difficult to find, there is still plenty of time, and the mind of the saint is also very interesting. Li Linfu knew very well how to keep the saint neutral, he understood what the dragon body was still healthy, and what kind of thoughts the saint had in his heart who was reluctant to give up on the throne, he just needed to find an opportunity to use the emperor's thoughts to make him feel that Li Heng was a threat to the throne.

Li Linfu and Li Heng are calm on the surface, but in fact, each side is staring at the other, one is looking for flaws, and the other side is doing everything possible to avoid being caught. In comparison, Li Heng, who sat on the throne of the crown prince, seems to be noble, but he is actually at an absolute disadvantage.

I don't know how many years I have to wait before I ascend the throne, and how to sit on the throne of the crown prince and protect the position of the prince during this time is a problem that Li Heng urgently needs to solve.

Li Heng knew that the situation was not optimistic, so after careful deliberation with his strategists and think tanks, he decided to give up the possibility of a head-on confrontation. On the one hand, through the secret organization Luo Yimen, we will comprehensively investigate the every move of political opponents and give early warnings. On the other hand, the crown prince Li Heng secretly developed his own power in the court, and developed his power among the courtiers in Chang'an City through curved and roundabout means, and used his focus on the Jiedu envoy who led the troops in Jing. In this way, it can avoid triggering a frontal conflict, and when the situation is out of control, there will be a strong backing of strong soldiers and horses, which can be used as a last resort.

Under the guidance of these two strategies, Li Heng developed and expanded the spy organization Luo Yimen, and skillfully planted eyeliner in various places deemed necessary through various means to collect a large amount of intelligence. In the court, Wei Jian, the elder brother of the crown princess Wei, rose all the way, and finally entered Chang'an in September of the third year of Tianbao to become the secretary of the criminal department, and the relationship between Wei Jian and Li Shizhi, the left minister, was very good, so the strategy of developing power in a roundabout way was also successful. What made Li Heng even happier was that Huangfu Weiming, who was also the envoy of the two major festivals of Longyou and Hexi, also made it clear that he would defend his status as the crown prince to the death and let him be assigned by him.

Before the first month of Tianbao's fifth year, Li Heng had a very comfortable time, and he felt the sense of security brought by the gradual fullness of his wings, which was really wonderful.

However, just after the New Year, to be precise, after the Shangyuan Festival, Li Heng fell into great fear, because on the morning of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a belated piece of information sent from Luoyimen made Li Heng feel like he was on pins and needles.

It was the information sent by Li Twelve Niang, the secret agent who had been placed in Li Linfu's mansion with all his efforts, and this information shattered the sense of security around Li Heng, and Li Heng suddenly felt that he was actually exposed to the sword, and he was afraid that he might be shattered at any time.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince's secret meeting with Wei Shangshu on the night of the last yuan, and the matter of Wei Shangshu's secret meeting with Huangfu Weiming has been revealed, Li Linfu convened his subordinates to discuss using this as an excuse to frame Wei Shangshu Huangfu Weiming, and then involve His Royal Highness the Prince's scheme. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should take precautions as soon as possible. Another: The subordinates accidentally noticed for the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, desperately escaped, poisoned arrows, and hid in Yong'an Fang, so the information was delayed for two days, and the crime deserved death. When he recovered from his injury, he saw His Highness and begged for punishment in person. ”

This is the original text of the information sent by Li Shiniang through Luo Yimen, the day it was sent was already the seventeenth day of the first month, and what the newspaper said was his whereabouts on the night of the first month. That night, he secretly traveled to watch the lanterns, and met with his wife and brother Wei Jian, the secretary of the criminal department, in the market, and then ordered Wei Jian to go to the Jinglong Taoist Temple in Chongrenfang to meet with Huangfu Weiming, who returned to Beijing for the festival, to convey his greetings to Huangfu Weiming, and discuss some affairs. Now it seems that all this has been investigated clearly by Li Linfu's eyeliner.

The matter is obviously extremely dangerous, the secret private meeting between the important ministers of the imperial court and the border envoy with tens of thousands of troops is an extremely taboo thing, not to mention that the person who participated in the secret meeting is the crown prince's brother-in-law Wei Jian, and the other party is a jiedu envoy with 70,000 soldiers and horses, which is easily reminiscent of a terrible thing.

Obviously, Li Linfu is going to use this matter to make a big fuss this time, and he will face a storm, and Li Heng is not sure whether he can escape this catastrophe.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Linfu instructed Yang Shenjin in the imperial history to release this bomb, and impeached Wei Jian on the grounds that Wei Jian was an important minister of the imperial court and a relative of the emperor and a border general, saying that Wei Jian, as a relative of the emperor, wanted to establish a prince with the border generals.

The word 'nickname' can be described as the essence, which originally meant obscene fornication, and was used on Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, depicting the demeanor of the two of them in a lewd and secret meeting, which is many times stronger than the tone of words such as "collusion" and "accomplice". Yang Shenjin is worthy of being Li Linfu's first stroke, and this impeachment chapter is afraid that it consumed a lot of Yang Shenjin's brain cells.

Although there is no mention of the fault of the crown prince Li Heng in the impeachment recital, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Li Heng will be implicated this time. The impeachment of Wei Jian will inevitably pull out the crown prince Li Heng, who called Wei Jian the prince's brother-in-law, and the crown princess Wei is Wei Jian's sister? In the impeachment recital, Wei Jian was called a relative of the emperor because of this identity. Moreover, Wei Jian, who was the seer of the prince's trip that night, and Huangfu Weiming, who saw him later, did not say the section where the prince met Wei Jian, but Li Heng knew in his heart that the section where he saw Wei Jian on the night of the Yuan Dynasty must be presented to his father in the form of a secret recital.

Li Heng didn't know what to do, at this time, no one dared to come to see him, and no one dared to make ideas for him. His father had ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and his request to see his father was also refused, and Li Heng couldn't eat and sleep for the past few days, and he couldn't sleep, and life was worse than death.

But just yesterday, Li Heng finally came up with a way to deal with it, although he knew that this method would lose everything he had worked so hard to manage, but in order to protect himself, he had to do it, he was waiting for his father's attitude, once he felt necessary, he would not hesitate to use this method, in order to ask for his father's forgiveness.

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The candle flame jumped, and Li Heng's pale face was a little hideous, his cheekbones were prominent, and his eyes were deep-set, Li Heng looked tired and old, but in fact, he was only thirty-six years old this year, and he was in the prime of life, but he looked older than his father.

The door curtain of the study was gently opened, and a black shadow flashed in silently, Li Heng's eyelids jumped, and he raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you here?" ”

"Your Highness, she's here."

"Call her in."

"Yes." The black shadow arched his hand and exited the door, and said something softly, the curtain opened, and a petite figure appeared in the doorway.

"Slave Li Xin'er see the prince." The black night clothes wrapped Li Xin'er's petite body, and under the light and black clothes, Li Xin'er's face and hands were as white as snow.

Li Heng slowly got up and walked to Li Xin'er's side, leaned over to stare at her, and asked in a dumb voice, "Is your injury healed?" ”

Li Xin'er lowered her head and said, "Prince Xie cares, and he is basically cured." ”

Li Heng suddenly said sharply: "Why did you come to see me today?" ”

Li Xin'er hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, the slave maid has been waiting outside the Daming Palace for two days, and has not been able to find a chance to come in. ”

Li Heng straightened up and took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, his heart twitched, since he was the crown prince, his actions were basically not free, the east palace on the side of the Taiji Palace was actually not where he lived, he had to drive with him all the time, but he couldn't see his father all the time. The Shaoyang Courtyard on the side of the Daming Palace is his East Palace, and his every move is under the 'protection' of the Beiya Imperial Forest Army.

"Get up. I have something to ask you, and you need to answer it well, and you must not hide it. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Xin'er got up slowly and stood in the shadows with her hands down.