Chapter 358: Final Decision

Li Fuguo walked out of the emperor's imperial study in fright, and a layer of fine cold sweat oozed from his forehead. He suddenly realized that the emperor's words were like knives, and he had already revealed some dissatisfaction and suspicion against him.

And in the dispute between Kong Sheng and the King of Chu, the emperor was obviously partial and sided with Kong Sheng, does this mean that Kong Sheng and the King of Chu are "incompatible", and there is a shadow of the emperor's hint behind it?

The more Li Fuguo thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was very likely.

No wonder Kong Sheng has no foundation in the court, isolated in Chang'an, but he dares to fight against the powerful King of Chu, Li Fuguo originally thought that this was due to Kong Sheng's strong personality, but now it seems that the emperor is completely behind Kong Sheng's support.

In this way, the emperor ...... to the king of Chu A strange look flashed in Li Fuguo's eyes. Li Fuguo walked in a hurry, walking along the quiet palace road, the emperor has been in court for a long time, many courtiers and even Li Fuguo, these **** are suggesting that the emperor choose a show girl to enter the palace to enrich the palace, but the emperor refused. Therefore, the manpower in this palace is actually very insufficient.

Li Fuguo left the Daming Palace, went out of the imperial city, passed through the Vermilion Bird Gate, and went straight to the palace of the king of Chu. But when his carriage was about to arrive at the Chu Palace, he suddenly changed his mind and ordered the carriage to temporarily turn around and go to Wannian County.

Wannian County Chang'an County is an upper-class county under Jingzhao Prefecture, and the rank of the chief official is different from that of ordinary counties, and it is a five-grade official. At the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the important land of Gyeonggi, it is completely the practice of all dynasties and dynasties that the rank of the parent official is higher, not only in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Pengyuan, the commander of Wannian County, was a native of Hebei and a jinshi in the early years of Tianbao. Originally a member of the Ministry of Rites. Li Heng was also canonized as the county magistrate of Wannian after the dynasty. He is in charge of Chang'an City, and is naturally one of the middle-level officials who are valued by the imperial court.

Zhang Pengyuan was a little irritable in the past two days. This state of irritability has existed since Li Shilai, the eldest son of the king of Chu, came to visit, and this morning, it broke out to the extreme. No one thought that in the face of the seizure of the county government and the unscrupulous suppression of Chiguoguo in the Chu Palace, Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng did not "retaliate with a tooth for a tooth", let alone "become angry with shame", but posted two notices lightly, and don't underestimate these two inconspicuous notices. It has the effect of turning decay into magic, and in an instant, Chang'an County, Wannian County, and the Chu Wangfu behind it were placed on the cusp.

The throne of Chu is high and powerful, the eldest son of the emperor, and the future prince of the East Palace. No one dared to vent his dissatisfaction to the King of Chu, but Zhang Pengyuan, as the county magistrate of Wannian, was facing no ordinary pressure.

Even Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng, who is in the eyes of many people, is not easily offended in Zhang Pengyuan's opinion. But this time, he had to grudge with Kong Sheng because he was afraid of the power of the King of Chu, which also made him feel a little uneasy.

One morning, he had no intention of handling official business in the county office. Suddenly hearing that the emperor's close eunuch Li Fuguo had arrived, Zhang Pengyuan was taken aback. In a panic, he straightened his official robe, and respectfully wanted to welcome Li Fuguo into the county government to receive him. Avoid. It's time for a big gift.

But Li Fuguo didn't enter with a shelf, but just waved his hand to convey the emperor's message. At this juncture, the emperor personally focused on this matter, which was to give Li Fuguo great courage, and he did not dare to discount the emperor's words.

Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, it was only a hint in a few words.

After getting the emperor's dictation, Zhang Pengyuan was relieved, and sent Li Fuguo away in a sincere panic, on the one hand, he sent a letter to the Chu Palace, and on the other hand, he sent people to the Confucian Bookstore at the same time, removed the seal, announced the end of the seizure, and the bookstore could resume business immediately.

Chu Wangfu.

Li Jiao's face was gloomy, and his eyes were like knives.

The young Li Shi stood to the side with his head bowed in fear, and his uneasy mood grew little by little. In any case, he smashed his father's orders again, and the emperor came forward, and this invisible battle ended with the defeat of the Chu Palace. It is conceivable how Li Jiao will be angry with him.

Li Jiao actually didn't care about the gains and losses at this time, he was thinking about the emperor's true attitude. On the surface, the emperor is making peace, but in fact it is not so simple, this invisible support for Kong Sheng may be meaningful and has some clues.

For the first time, Li Jiao really paid attention to Kong Shenglai.

No matter how prominent Kong Sheng's military exploits are, no matter how young he is ambitious, no matter how good he is in both civil and military affairs, in fact, he has never really been regarded as a first-level opponent by Li Li. But a person like Kong Sheng, once he has the support of the emperor, he must not be underestimated.

After being silent for a long time, Li Jiaocai said coldly: "Shi'er, you go to the camp outside the city, pass on the military order of the king, and order all the generals of the left and right Weiwei to come to the mansion." ”

Li Shicheng bowed down in fear.

He was about to leave, but he heard Li Li say indifferently: "As for that Kong Sheng, don't pay attention to him for the time being." This king wants to see how he tosses - this king will be ordered to go out of Beijing in a few days to welcome the emperor back to the court, and when the emperor returns to Xingqing Palace, this king will talk to him carefully! “”

Daming Palace, Lin De Palace.

A black-clothed young man flashed out from behind the curtain of the pillars and prostrated himself under the dan mound.

Emperor Li Heng got up slowly, his figure was tall, his face was solemn, he swept away his usual fatigue and paleness, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, he stared at the young man in black and said word by word: "Fifth, how is Li Fuguo's movements?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Fuguo went out of the palace to Wannian County, and then went to Chang'an County, and then went to visit Princess Ningguo, who must have been on his way back to the palace at this moment." The voice of the fifth was low and powerful, echoing softly over the empty hall.

Li Heng raised his eyebrows and sneered: "You didn't even go to the Chu Palace?" ”

Fifth, silence.

Li Heng pouted: "How is King Chu's side?" ”

"The king of Chu summoned the generals of the forbidden army to the palace to assemble, and the forbidden army camp outside the city was preparing to leave Beijing to welcome the emperor back to the court." Fifth, bow your head and bow down.

Li Heng let out a sigh of relief, looked up at the gorgeous and tall palace dome, and sneered lightly: "He won't leave Beijing so soon, for my will, he has now learned to disobey Yang and Yin - Fifth, where did Emperor Taishang Luan go?" ”

"Emperor Taishang Luan drove to Xingzhou, which is still hundreds of miles away from Chang'an...... General Chen Xuanli and Gao Lishi accompanied him. ”

Li Heng's expression changed, and his face turned blue and red. There was occasionally a hint of coldness and solemnity in his eyes, but in an instant, he became helpless and hesitant.

Fifth, slowly looked up at the emperor.

There was silence on the fifth angular face, and there was no change in expression. He knew that the emperor was weighing the pros and cons, hesitated, and made the final decision.

After a long time, the emperor finally sighed and waved his hand, "You go down." ”

The fifth shook his head in disappointment, but he got up cleanly and disappeared into the darkness of the palace.

Not long after, a little eunuch hurriedly left the Lin De Palace, and a secret edict written by the emperor himself was transmitted, ordering the prison army to make Yu Chaoen break away from Guo Ziyi's counterinsurgency army, and immediately return to Chang'an to meet the emperor to report on his work.

And all this, Li Fuguo is still in the dark. On the contrary, the Empress Zhang got the news, Zhang has followed the emperor for many years, has been through hardships together, and has an understanding of the emperor's personality beyond outsiders, and the emperor's secret decree means that Li Fuguo's irreplaceable firm position in the emperor's mind began to break.

This eunuch has signs of being marginalized by the emperor.

Zhang is not an ordinary woman, she is scheming, she thought about it again, and still suppressed the news. (To be continued.) )