Li Hong summoned Yan Zhuang to the study and asked him about the caravan, how much money he could earn before the end of the year, and saw a guard at the door and replied to him, Dali Temple Cheng Di Renjie asked to see. Li Hong instructed the guards to let Di Renjie go to the study to see him.

This month, Li Hong did not ask Di Renjie about the progress of the Huaxian tragedy, and Di Renjie did not go to the East Palace to report the situation to him. But Li Hong knew very well that this was not Di Renjie's intention to alienate him. wanted to keep a distance from him, but Di Renjie was too busy, and secondly, Di Renjie didn't want to report the irrelevant situation to him before finding any new clues.

Di Renjie walked into the study and saw that there were only two people, Li Hong and Yan Zhuang, who were only slightly stunned, and saluted Li Hong.

"Di Qing, sit down!" Li Hong said.

Di Renjie bowed down and thanked Li Hong, and sat on a chair.

Yan Zhuang personally poured tea for Di Renjie, Li Hong asked Di Renjie to drink tea, Di Renjie took a sip, and Li Hongcai asked, "How is the case going?" ”

Di Renjie frowned and said, "I didn't find the missing page on the account of the little official, and the clue was broken out of thin air when it came to him, and there was no eyebrows at all." The only person who can be asked is Sang Ying, but unfortunately he is dead. ”

Li Hong was silent, if the little official's account was missing a page and could not be found, with the evidence he had now, Li Xian was the most suspicious. However, in Li Hong's heart, he never wanted to turn his speculation into reality, that is, Li Xian was already secretly competing for his crown prince. If this is the case, where did Li Xian come from to be so bold? There must be someone in this who is supporting him, and this person's energy must be not small, but who is this person?

Li Hong felt that once his speculation became a reality, the problem would be complicated. Because what he has to deal with is no longer one person, or several people, it may be a big force, or even several huge forces.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, Di Renjie thought for a while and continued, "But the ministers have also found out something in the past few days. ”

Li Hong came to the spirit and asked, "Tell me." ”

"The minister secretly checked King Pei and found that he had dealings with many people, including the nobles, the emperor's relatives, and many 'generals' in the army." Di Renjie frowned.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't check, this check was shocked. He found that although Li Xian was only a Pei King, there were more officials, nobles, and generals in the army who interacted with Li Xian than the crown prince. Di Renjie is not an idiot in politics, so he naturally knows the deep meaning of this, which shows that these people are not optimistic about the current Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all, and they are even more optimistic about King Pei Li Xian.

Is the crown prince really so unbearable? Di Renjie didn't think that even if he had only met the prince two or three times, he could feel that the prince's ambition and strategy were definitely not comparable to ordinary princes. Since the crown prince is so talented and ambitious, why do these people support King Pei Li Xian?

Di Renjie couldn't figure it out, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore. Because his qualifications and strength have not yet reached this height, he is not qualified enough to consider these issues.

"Li Xian—" Li Hong said with emotion, and there was no follow-up.

Historically, among the four remaining sons of Empress Wu for Gaozong, Li Hong and Li Xian are both smart and clever, and they all have the potential to become a generation of Ming monarchs, but they all died in the position of the prince, Li Zhe is playful, and Li Dan likes poetry and books, but these two people just sat on the throne of the emperor.

I have to say that this is a great irony of Li Hong and Li Xian.

Li Hong got up and walked in the study, but he didn't ask who was having a close relationship with Li Xian. The prince didn't ask, and Di Renjie naturally didn't dare to say more.

And just like that, there was silence in the study.

Di Renjie looked at Yan Zhuang, Yan Zhuang looked at Di Renjie, neither of them knew what to do, so they could only follow Li Hong to be silent.

After a long time, Li Hong returned to his position and sat down, and said to Di Renjie, "Talk about them, you don't have to speak, just write it on paper." ”

As soon as Li Hong's voice fell, Yan Zhuang put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Di Renjie. Di Renjie took the pen, wrote the name he knew on the white rice paper, got up and handed the paper to Li Hong. When Li Hong saw the words on the paper, he was silent again.

Qinghe Cui's and Fanyang Hearthstone--they actually had dealings with Li Xian, which could not help but worry Li Hong. These two great warrior lords control the salt and iron of Datang, but the two major forces that can affect the economic lifeline of Datang, if one of them is not handled well, it will be very unfavorable to themselves!

There are also the children of the clan, there are ordinary people who have a close relationship with Li Xian, which makes Li Hong even more frightened, are the children of the Li royal family so unoptimistic about themselves? has such a close relationship with Li Xian. However, this confirms why Empress Wu wantonly killed the children of the Li royal family at the beginning of her ascension to the throne, which is probably related to their proximity to Li Xian.

"There are so many ministers of the DPRK and China who have dealings with Li Xian?" Li Hong asked again. The nobles and the children of the clan have dealings with Li Xian, which has not yet reached the level of arrogance, but so many ministers of the court and the central government have close ties with Li Xian, and it is a big problem to ignore themselves as a prince.

Di Renjie nodded slightly, and seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent again, he opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?" ”

"This is the end of the Huaxian tragedy!" Li Hong said.

Now that Li Xian's head has been found, he knows that it is enough for Li Xian to peep into his position as the crown prince, and the rest will be talked about later. Li Xian, he hasn't taken it seriously yet, but when he is inseparable from the fight with Wu Hou, Li Xian will have a great impact on him if Huang Que is behind. Therefore, he was ready to indulge Li Xian and let Li Xian continue to cultivate his own strength, and then push Li Xian to the front to deal with Empress Wu when the time came.

Li Hong's idea is very simple, his foundation among the ministers of the DPRK and China is not deep, and now he is vigorously cultivating talents in this area, compared with Empress Wu and Li Xian, he is already one step behind the two of them. In that case, why don't you take another path? Give this court to Li Xian and Empress Wu to fight!

Thinking of this, Li Hong said to Di Renjie, "Di Qing, there are too many unjust cases and fake cases in Dali Temple, your task in the future is to solve these backlog of cases, if you encounter any problems, come to Lone, Lone will help you, as for the rest, you don't care." ”

Di Renjie understood what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, so he nodded slightly and said, "No! ”

Di Renjie left the study, and Li Hong said to Yan Zhuang, "You go and inform Wei Chi Xunyan and let him come to see Gu." ”

Yan Zhuang's body trembled, and the prince wanted to see Yu Chi Xunyan, which showed that he was already angry and wanted to take action. Yu Chi Xunyan is now in charge of the East Palace Secret Guard, his ability is super and very powerful, and now the development of the secret guard makes Yan Zhuang also frightened, and he can't help but sigh at Yu Chi Xunyan's ability and the prince's discernment.

"No!" Yan Zhuang bowed slightly and exited the study.

Yan Zhuang left, and Li Hong walked out of the study and went for a walk in Tangyuan. Whenever he talked to Wei Chi Xunyan about things, he would come to the Tang Garden, because no one could understand what was said here. When Li Hong arrived at Tangyuan, he found that someone was playing the piano, but he could hear that this was not Zhao Hongskirt playing, because the notes of the song were too stiff, and it was obviously a novice practicing.

Li Hong followed the sound of the piano to the pavilion and saw a palace beauty meditating on the piano.

Li Hong stopped, and after a moment, the other party turned around.

"Your Highness—" Princess Gesang got up, quite surprised, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to Tangyuan today?

"You?" Li Hong was also surprised how he could meet Princess Gesang here.

When Princess Gesang saw Li Hong say this, her heart darkened, and she could hear the prince's indifference to her just from Li Hong's words, "What, did I appear here, making His Highness unhappy?" ”

Li Hong shook his head slightly, and didn't say anything more.

Princess Gesang saw that the prince was a little disgusted with herself, so she didn't have the heart to stay in Tangyuan, and she was about to leave after taking the zither. Suddenly, she took two steps, stopped and said, "Your Highness, if you design An Lai like this, aren't you afraid of the thunderous wrath of Tubo Lu Dongzan?" ”

Li Hong snorted coldly, "Princess Gesang, do you think Lone will be afraid of him?" ”

Seeing that Princess Gesang didn't speak, Li Hong sneered, "Yes, Datang is afraid that Tubo will take advantage of the fire to rob, and wants to fish in troubled waters when Datang fights with Goryeo, Baekje, and Silla, but I'm not afraid, do you know why?" Because Lone never thought that you Tubo could make any big waves. Besides, Lone has a good general in the northwest, and he alone is enough to destroy your country, so what else is Lone afraid of? ”

Li Hong's words were very domineering, which made Princess Gesang a little angry in her heart, is Tubo so vulnerable?

"The good general that His Highness is talking about, is it Su Dingfang, the ambassador of Anji?" Princess Gesang chuckled, "He is over seventy years old, does His Highness think he can still lead troops to fight?" ”

"Lian Po is old, can you still eat?" Li Hong said with a smile, "The will of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, you Tubo people will never understand." ”

"Su Lie doesn't need to lead troops to fight, as long as he sits in the northwest, Lu Dongzan will not dare to have any ill intentions towards Datang, because he does not dare to underestimate Su Lie's existence, and there is Su Dingfang in the northwest of Datang, and the northwest of Datang is enough to be stable." Li Hong said loudly.

Princess Gesang didn't understand why Li Hong was so confident, but when he was in Tubo, he had heard of Su Dingfang's power, so he didn't dare to ask Li Hong anything, but bowed down and left Tangyuan.

At this time, Yan Zhuang hurriedly walked up to Li Hong and said, "Your Highness, Wei Chi Xun has arrived." ”

"Yan Zhuang, can the dog fighting competition be arranged in the afternoon?" Li Hong asked. This is a dog fighting competition he organized, and he wants to give Li Xian a piece of advice through the dog fighting competition. As for whether Li Xian understands this advice, it depends on Li Xian's own understanding.

"It's been arranged." Yan Zhuang replied. In the competition held by the prince, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and he studied it with Zhang Shunke for a long time.

"Can you win?" Li Hong asked lightly.

"No problem." Yan Zhuang promised, "Your Highness, don't worry!" ”

Li Hong nodded slightly, and said to Yan Zhuang, "Let Wei Chi Xunyan come to see Gu-"

"No!" Yan Zhuang agreed, and withdrew from Tangyuan.