Xingning Fang and Yongjiafang are located on the north and south sides of Tonghuamen Street in Chang'an Dongcheng, and further south is the Xingqing Palace that Li Longji renovated from the old residence of Longqian. Therefore, since the princes gradually moved out of the palace as they grew older, Li Longji ordered a large construction project in these two squares, and built the Ten Princes' Mansions, which were later expanded into the Sixteen Princes' Residences and the Hundred Grandchildren's Courtyard. Even the crown prince Li Heng lived in the other courtyard here most of the time after entering the East Palace, instead of the East Palace in the palace. There is no shortage of people to serve here, and there is no shortage of various supplies, but the freedom of movement is extremely restricted, and every move is reported to the Son of Heaven by the prison officials.

This situation lasted until Li Longji fled from Chang'an, and then returned from the two armies of Shuofang and Anbei, and his prestige was greatly lost for a while, and the middle and upper eunuchs fled a lot, and the lower eunuch Li Longji was not familiar with it, and the system of middle officials in the prison court existed in name only. But as soon as Du Shiyi came back this time, he reacted fiercely in the face of the emperors and grandsons who blocked the door of his house, and not only "escorted" all these dragons and phoenixes back, but also ordered his tooth soldiers and the servants of Wannian County to guard here.

Nowadays, in the gorgeous mansions, I don't know how many Tianhuang nobles sigh, and there are countless people who curse Du Shiyi behind their backs. But scolding and scolding, the big event that the Son of Heaven is about to take advantage of the public opinion is the most important, and now everyone in these two squares is in full swing to prepare, and everyone hopes that the monarch's father can control his mansion, because that means that he is more likely to become the prince.

As the princes and grandsons, they are not even as good as many officials, except for the festivals when they kowtow to the saints, they usually don't even have the opportunity to say a word to the monarch. And they have given birth to so many children, Li Longji, who has already been promoted to be a grandfather, let alone recognize all the people, I am afraid that among the hundreds of emperors and grandchildren, the name can be counted with one hand!

Li Longji's heirs are vigorous, but the princes at the top of the list are almost gone. The eldest son Li Cong has died of illness, Li Yan was deposed from the throne and died of house arrest because of the crime of disgust with victory, as for the two crown princes Li Ying and Li Heng, Li Yao, the king of Hubei, Li Wan, the king of Rong, and Li Ju, the king of light, whether Li Longji admits it or not, in the eyes of outsiders, these princes can almost be regarded as directly or indirectly dying in the hands of Li Longji. Therefore, among the surviving princes today, if you talk about ranking, it is King Yi who is the first, but this twelve princes are not outstanding.

Therefore, when the Son of Heaven drove the Sixteen Princes' Mansion for the first time this time, he heard that he did not come to his own place, but the first one was to go to the Ying Palace, and King Yi breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Amitabha, it's really in vain that I burn incense and worship the Buddha every day...... Come on, go and warn those two evil beasts for me, if you dare to run out to hand over the ministers without permission, I will write a letter, dismiss their clan registration, drive them out of the house, and see if they dare to swagger and deceive outside under my banner! ”

Anyway, he never had the luxury of being an emperor in the past, and he didn't have that ability, whoever likes to be it!

Du Shiyi waited in front of the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace today, and followed Li Longji all the way to King Ying's mansion, seeing Li Longji looking left and right all the way, sighing frequently, and his face was full of emotion, where did he not know that this Tang Dynasty emperor was pretending. The struggle for the throne of the Tang Dynasty has all shown a white-hot trend, especially in the late period from the late Wuhou period to the late congenital period. Therefore, Li Longji, who completely controlled power through the Tanglong coup, took unprecedented precautions against his brothers, children and grandchildren. This time, Princess Cui of Guangping made such a huge turmoil in her book, and Li Longji is here now, how can he reveal his true feelings?

It is not wrong to prevent the clan from seizing power, but at the same time, it also limits the possibility of the clan defending the imperial power! In the middle and late Tang Dynasty in history, not to mention the rebellion of the feudal towns, even the protagonists of the coup d'état have become those eunuchs!

"Du Qing."

Hearing this call, Du Shiyi immediately eliminated distracting thoughts, and immediately stepped forward and said, "What do you command?" ”

"I am already old, and now I am planning to abdicate and make way for Xian, and I specially summoned you to follow me today, just to ask you to help me to take over my position and turn the tide."

This is when Gao Lishi came to deliver the message, Du Shiyi had already guessed the result of eight points. At this moment, he replied without thinking: "Lichu is a family affair and a state affair. If His Majesty treats it as a family matter, it is enough to make an arbitrary decision; If His Majesty regards it as a state affair, he should convene a public meeting with ministers of five grades or above. The minister did not dare to discuss it, so please retire from it. ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi wanted to leave like this, Li Longji was in a hurry. Now that he even needs crutches to walk, he slammed his handrail, just leaned his body out of the car, and said in a trembling voice: "Why did Du Qing say this? I am seriously ill now, it is easy to have this sober day, not to mention that the six gods have no master, and my heart is already in turmoil, so Du Qing is not willing to accompany me outside this palace for the last time? ”

"This ...... Please don't get excited, the minister obeys his orders. Du Shiyi sneered in her heart, and after agreeing, she quietly glanced at today's servant. In addition to a team of dragon warriors, there is also a forward battalion under Azler, and the number of people on both sides is half to half, just evenly matched.

Leaving Du Shiyi, Li Longji sat down again with the support of Gao Lishi, seeing that Du Shiyi was helpless to ride the horse, he was a little calm, and his hands in his sleeves were tightly twisted together in front of him, although his face was calm, he couldn't tell whether he was nervous or excited. Since he was born not long ago, he has experienced the most turbulent period in the entire Tang Dynasty. Uncle Zhongzong was deposed, his father ascended the throne and was deposed, his grandmother was called emperor, the Wu family and Erzhang were arrogant and arrogant, and then a Shenlong Revolution Zhongzong was reinstated, followed by him and Princess Taiping to kill Princess Wei Hou, Princess Anle, arched his father to the throne, and finally ascended to the throne with a Tanglong coup.

The first half of his life was fought in the bloody rain, and these years are indeed too comfortable, but he is still not old!

"Your Majesty, King Ying's mansion has arrived."

King Ying Li Wan is the thirteenth prince, although he is not as virtuous as the so-called virtuous King Rong Li Wan, but he also has some literary talents. Du Shiyi followed Li Longji into the room, and saw that although the building was built by the Ministry of Industry and was quite gorgeous, the furnishings inside were simple, and even this time the Son of Heaven came, there was no red carpet to pave the feet, and it was so simple that it could not even compare with the prince's mansion. When he led his children and grandchildren to greet him, the prince, who was nearly forty years old, was calm and unhurried, and his words and demeanor were all polite, and Li Longji, who was the monarch's father, smiled unconsciously.

Faced with such a scene, Du Shiyi also smiled slightly. Among the emperors and grandsons who blocked the door of their own house before, there was no son of King Ying, which shows that the knowledgeable are knowledgeable in the end, and the grasp of the advance and retreat is really wonderful. I just don't know what this King Ying thinks about the death of Li Wan, the king of Rong, who was more famous than himself.

When he came back this time, he didn't even go to see Jiang Du and Dou Yi, but Du Sanniang had already provided the corresponding news, King Ying entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven a lot of times, from this point of view, some people may say that Li Longji is quite fond of the older Xian Wang among the princes.

But he watched the back-and-forth conversation between Li Longji and Li Yong, the king of Ying, coldly, but he only felt that there was a fake kindness and a fake filial piety, and the relationship between father and son and the monarch looked extremely awkward. This is also very natural, I am afraid that King Ying has lived for most of his life, and it is only these days that he has suddenly received the favor of his father. Li Jian can still hold on at this time, and he did not rashly test the ministers' support for him, which can be regarded as very stable and calm. If it is replaced by the former prosperous Tang Dynasty, maybe this prince can still be a mediocre master, but now......

Just by Li Longji's constant attention to his expression, he was enough to judge that Li Longji was not as appreciative of Ying King Li Jian as he was on the surface!

Li Zhen's team of sons and daughters is not as strong as his brothers, only the eldest son Li Shen is the king of Xingyang County, and the other sons are either concubines or too young, so except for Li Shen, he just let others meet the Son of Heaven and then sent all these children back. Probably because Li Ji was too cautious, Li Longji couldn't find much to talk about, so his stay in King Ying's mansion was only two quarters of an hour. When Du Shiyi, who hadn't said a few words from beginning to end, followed him out of King Ying's mansion, Li Longji, who was on his shoulder, suddenly asked, "What does Du Qing think of Thirteen Lang?" ”

"King Ying is humble and frugal, and he is studious."

Such an evaluation sounds very good, but Du Shiyi's face and tone are so calm that he can't see any clues, and Li Longji didn't ask any more questions, but he was a lot more sure in his heart. He was fortunate to drive the Sixteen Princes' Mansion this time, as if he was completely excited, and he didn't follow the ranking at all, and the next one to visit was the Sheng Wang's Mansion.

Sheng Wang Li Qi is the younger brother of Shouwang Li Mao's mother, thinking that when Concubine Wu Hui was still there, he was also the proud son of the sky, but with the death of his mother in vain, he also sank, the only lucky thing is that unlike Shouwang Li Mao, even the princess was taken away by the monarch's father. Li Qi inherited the advantages of his parents' appearance like Li Mao, he was handsome, and he had received a good education since he was a child, and his conversation was also a little extraordinary.

Compared with the previous Ying King Li Jian, he obviously knew that Du Shiyi accompanied the Son of Heaven on this trip, and when he was talking to Li Longji, he quietly used the corner of his eye from time to time to spy on Du Shiyi's expression, and saw that this important minister of the court who is still the right minister and the protector of the capital of Anbei has a calm face, and he can't help but be a little disappointed. After all, he ran to see Pei Kuan before and took the initiative to ask for battle, and in the end, he was sent back by Du Youlin.

Every dragon son and phoenix grandson in the Sixteen Kings' Mansion felt that Li Longji was lucky this time, and he was afraid that he would have to decide on the candidate for the East Palace. Although he is not a grandson, but it was Yao Chong and Song Jing who said in front of Ruizong that the prosperous world would establish a long monarch and rule chaos and establish a virtuous king, and Li Longji, who was also a non-elder and a non-elder at that time, would cross the eldest son Ning Wang Li Xian and enter the East Palace! I think that when my mother was alive, I only thought about pushing his brother Li Mao, the longevity king, into the East Palace, and Li Linfu was the same, as if he was not a noble man with golden branches and jade leaves!

Since he was not convinced, Li Qi had worked hard before, and at this time, he gradually turned the topic to the battle situation ahead, and took out the strips that he racked his brains for. What made him happy was that Li Longji nodded his head from time to time to express his appreciation, but Du Shiyi did not express anything from beginning to end.

It wasn't until he personally sent this monarch and his party out that he couldn't help but say: "Grandpa, the rebels are still entrenched in Hebei, and as the son of the Li family, he is willing to personally fight the thieves with the soldiers in the army!" ”