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The emperor sat alone in the Yanying Palace, restlessly waiting for the latest news from Jiangling, and couldn't help frowning when he received the report that Li Jinzhong had entered the palace to ask for a meeting.

I don't know exactly when it began, but the emperor had a complex emotion of love, hatred, and awe in his heart for this powerful eunuch who helped him to ascend the throne, mixed and intertwined, and it was impossible to distinguish which was more important. However, he had to admit that the element of anger and jealousy was growing day by day.

A few days ago, in order to force the emperor to obtain military power, Li Jinzhong resorted to various means such as resignation, fighting, and claiming that he could not be injured, forcing the emperor to be really helpless, so he had to use his strength to make him the prime minister, and entrusted him to preside over the Jinggong plan.

Not long after, Li Jinzhong took the opportunity of presiding over the Jinggong Palace, and without the permission of the emperor, he set up a Jinggong errand room of hundreds of people in the palace without authorization, and put everyone, including the harem concubines, under his close surveillance.

This time, on the issue of how to deal with the king of Jiangling, he adopted Jing Xuan's suggestion, and did not send troops to encircle and suppress Jiangling as Li Jinzhong advocated.

As soon as the emperor thought that he would face Li Jinzhong's almost coercive entanglement again, he felt a faint pain in his temples.

"The relatives of the Duchess of Jin are really amazing, even I and the two concubines are also watching. I don't know if the 'Jinggong Errand Room' has found any traces of the remnants of the Zhang family in the palace these days? The emperor looked at the ugly-looking old man standing in front of him, and decided to preemptively seize the fact that he had set up the "Jinggong Errand Room" without authorization. to gag Li Jinzhong's mouth.

"Your Majesty. Since the old minister was ordered to preside over the affairs of the Jing Palace. I can't sleep all night, lest I fail to do a good job and live up to His Majesty's trust. When King Mu left Beijing, His Majesty used the 500 forbidden troops sent by the old ministers as the escort of the mission.

Your Majesty's Mingjian. In the current situation, there are very few people available in the Inner Servant Province and the palace people everywhere, so the old minister selected a number of old and stable servant women from the palace to make up for the shortage. The establishment of the 'Jinggong Errand Room' is not long, but many clues have been found that the remnants of the Zhang family have been accidentally exposed, which can be said to have achieved remarkable results. The old minister thought that these two things were the duty of the old minister, so he did not report it first, and asked His Majesty to forgive him. Li Jinzhong came to ask for a decree to deal with the assassin suspect, and he did not want to anger the emperor because of the matter next to him, so he replied very carefully.

The Prosecutor's Office was an institution that was abolished by the Emperor's order in his later years. In order to prevent it from becoming a tool for the Zhang family to gain power, Li Jinzhong was ashamed to cite this as an example. Arguing for setting up the so-called 'Jinggong Errand Room' for himself, the emperor only felt a wave of anger hit his head.

He forcibly suppressed his anger and explained to Li Jinzhong with a smile: "I just happened to meet the envoy of the 'Jinggong Errand Room' in Yuxiu Palace the night before. Since I entrust each other with the important responsibility of the Jing Palace, the Duke of Jin naturally has the right to make decisions on all matters, and there is no need to report everything. At present, the Quartet is restless, and I am particularly concerned about the trouble of elbows and armpits, I just hope that you can wipe out the remnants of the Zhang family as soon as possible, how can you be guilty for no reason? Jin Guogong, please see you today, is there any good news to tell me? ”

Li Jinzhong observed his words and looks, and saw that the emperor was still completely unaware of his assassination yesterday evening, so he pretended to be panicked and "pounced" and knelt down at the bottom of the stairs, touched his head to the ground, and hissed: "The old minister is incompetent, and he was almost killed by the gangsters on the way back to his house last night. ”

The emperor was really taken aback by his sudden move, and hurriedly ordered Wang Bao'er to step forward and pick up Li Jinzhong, and said comfortingly: "Don't be anxious, don't panic, you might as well make your words clearer, is it the remnants of the Zhang family who came out to make trouble?" No matter who the other party is, even if you say it, I will not tolerate it. ”

Li Jinzhong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and recounted to the emperor in detail the story of his assassination last night, and finally said: "According to a strand of peacock gold thread that the assassin accidentally landed at the scene of the assassination, the old minister preliminarily concluded that the concubine Nannei and the eldest princess of Changning may have something to do with this matter. The two of them must have a grudge against the old minister's main force to send troops to Jiangling, so they ordered someone to plot against the old minister halfway. Now the old minister has ordered Lu Guangting to lead people to surround Nannei and the eldest princess's mansion, and ask His Majesty to send a holy decree to allow the old minister to enter and take people. ”

When the emperor heard this, he secretly shouted in his heart: Although Li Jinzhong did not come to force himself to send troops to recruit the king of Jiangling, he gave himself a bigger problem.

Assuming that last night was really a mess stabbed by the concubine and Changning's mother and daughter, it would be reasonable for him to stop Li Jinzhong from investigating the case and taking the murderer; However, if the title of their mother and daughter is deposed because of this, and the father and emperor are left with only such a biological daughter who is still waiting to be written, won't the great plan of pro-Tubo come to naught?

In an instant, a thin bead of sweat appeared on the emperor's forehead.

Li Jinzhong couldn't hear the emperor's will to enter the palace for a long time, and knew that he must be extremely reluctant to deal with the eldest princess of Changning at this critical moment.

But now, as the new Zhongshu Order, the head of the civil and military officials, and the victim of the bitter master, if once he loosens his mouth, in order to fulfill the emperor's wishes, he intends to let the other party go, then he will completely lose his prestige in front of everyone in the future, and it will be difficult to gain a firm foothold in the court.

Therefore, even if he knew what the emperor was planning in his heart, Li Jinzhong could not take half a step back, so he could only wait for the emperor's decision. He even thought about the emperor, and secretly looked for a replacement for the eldest princess of Changning among the daughters of the clans.

"As far as I know, although the peacock gold thread comes from the concubine's hometown Linyi, it has been enshrined as a tribute for many years, and it is not only the concubine's mother and daughter in the palace. Is it rash for the Duke of Jin to conclude that the concubine mother and daughter are the masterminds behind the assassins based on just a wisp of crumbs? The Emperor gritted his teeth and asked tentatively.

He understands that according to the current situation, only by pinning his hopes on the concubine's mother and daughter that they are not the masterminds of the assassination of Li Jinzhong is acceptable to all parties and the most ideal result.

Li Jinzhong heard that the emperor actually questioned himself in order to save the eldest princess of Changning from punishment, and he couldn't help but be annoyed: even a new concubine who had not yet met the emperor was assassinated, and the emperor was angry, and all the palace people and eunuchs in Hanbing Hall were killed and martyred. As the prime minister of the dynasty who has the merit of the crown, he was assassinated halfway, and the emperor not only did not have any reassuring expressions, but exonerated the suspect who was about to be caught. (To be continued.) )