In the twenty-fifth year of Dayong Wuwei, after the incident of the household department, the government and the opposition were silent and calm to wait for the wind and rain. Taizong was exempted from illness and eventually came out.

——"Yongshi Taizong Benji"

In the second year of Nanchu Tongtai, Zhe gradually recovered, although the government and the opposition were safe, but the matter of seizing the heir was ready to go, Zhe was the main thing of King Yong, and only forbearance was essential.

- "The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"

Spring Guang Rong, and the wind is gentle, in the cold garden, it is already full of green trees, since last year's household turmoil, Shangshu Liang Jinqian was suddenly killed, the situation suddenly and inexplicably stabilized, Emperor Yong Li Yuan even issued an edict, the household officials are all removed from their posts, demoted to demotion, fines and fines, after the household purge, the new household department is Sanyuan Han De, he is an official in the household department for many years, but there is no imperial examination, and there is no background, for many years has been unwilling, this household inventory, Only he has the clearest accounts, so Li Yuan promoted him to a higher level, Han De is impartial, there is only one emperor in his heart, and the prince does not dare to despise him, although the prince has inserted a lot of people into it, but the household department is no longer like the original one.

In May last year, the news of the appearance of the disciples of the Demon Sect in Xianyang shocked the world, and finally the silver thief was caught by Fengyimen, the man claimed to be dissatisfied with the expulsion of the sect master that year, so he went to the Central Plains to make waves, Fengyimen killed this person, personally sent someone to send the ashes to the Northern Han Dynasty, the Demon Gate Sect Master Jing Wuji was very cold, neither troubled, nor apologized, and the matter was over.

After that, Dayong's political situation suddenly appeared unprecedented quiet, the prince said that he was just managing the government step by step, in addition to not letting go of the military, King Yong said that he was just studying in the palace, neither befriending courtiers nor recruiting wise men, the only action was to often send some scholars and poor scholars to Youzhou as officials, Li Yuan allowed Youzhou to choose its own officials, so he did not interfere, these people are not geniuses, so the prince did not want to turn his face. Both aspects are Taoguang and obscure, so the situation in Dayong has been unprecedentedly peaceful and calm, but those who have a heart know that this is just the depression before the storm, and the prince and King Yong are already in an endless situation.

Regardless of the ups and downs outside, inside the cold garden, there is a strange scene presented, in the pavilion, King Yong leisurely looked at the chessboard, Xiao Shunzi sat opposite, calmly put down the chess pieces, signaling that it was King Yong's turn, and outside the pavilion, a white-clothed scholar was on the lawn, on all fours, dressed as a mount, and on him, a little girl in red was shouting in a delicate voice, "Drive, drive, daddy run." ”

After a year of recuperation, I have fully recovered, although I still look weak and thin, but my face is radiant, and I am no longer the kind of pale appearance that will die at any time. However, when he was a "horse" for a long time, he was already out of breath, so he had to say to him: "Lanlan, Daddy is no longer good, you don't want to be tired of Daddy, no one will give you Brother Jun's letter." ”

The soft blue black eyes rolled for a while, and finally nodded, slid off me, and said in a milky voice: "Daddy, I want to see the princess." ”

I smiled and said, "Not today, if the princess goes to see the princess in a few days, I will ask her to take you there, okay?" ”

Rou Lan pouted and said, "The princess said that Lan Lan can go to see her often?" ”

I smiled slightly bitterly, this is not our final say, since the princess was repaired in the dustless nunnery, her marriage with Wei Ying has also dragged on, the emperor did not cancel the marriage, but he did not force the princess to complete the marriage, only bitter Wei Ying, and did not dare to marry a wife, and did not dare to ask for a big wedding. The rumors between me and the princess have also spread for a few days, but after all, the princess and I don't meet, so under the suppression of King Yong, and without the help of the prince, the rumors quickly disappeared, after all, no one wants to force Princess Changle, who is not involved in the dispute in the palace, out, plus I don't want to anger Li Yuan, so these rumors were quickly forgotten.

In fact, I think Emperor Yongdi may have heard some rumors, but since I and Changle have no personal relationship, and we haven't met, he can't punish me because Changle may have affection for me, so this year, I still have a very nourishing life, but I often think of Princess Changle, scene by scene, recalling the only two meetings, and then Princess Yong often went to see the princess, and Roulan was often taken by the princess, which did not cause anything wrong, who didn't know that Princess Yong would treat Roulan as her own, who didn't know that the prince Li Jun was in Youzhou, Every month, an envoy must be sent to Beijing to report to King Yong, and the envoy must bring some little girl's toys and a letter every time, so the appearance of Roulan in the Dayong court has become a matter of course. Princess Changle likes soft blue, everyone only thinks that her knees are empty, so she likes little girls, although some people think of the possibility of "loving the house and Wu", but no one dares to put this "nothing" thing on the table. And in order to meet Roulan, Princess Changle lives in the palace for half a year, after all, it is a common thing for Princess Yong to enter the palace to meet the queen concubine, if she always goes to the dustless nunnery to see the princess, this will make people worry about whether the princess is too close to King Yong. Therefore, even the eldest grandson and concubine are very fond of Roulan, and sometimes leave Roulan in the palace for a few days. Roulan has also seen Emperor Yongdi Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also likes this naughty little girl very much, so no one dares to talk more.

Although I haven't met the princess in the past year, and I haven't even tried to ask her if she really loves me, I can't help but give her the new poems through Princess Yong, and she doesn't reply, but often gives Roulan some jade amulets and other rewards. Listening to Princess Yong, this year, the princess has a good complexion, not only often laughing, but also cheerful in front of Emperor Yong and the eldest grandson Guifei, the two of them saw her like this, but felt that there was no need to rush her to marry, which made her depressed and unhappy. If there is anything that makes her unhappy, it is probably Wei Ying's tender offensive, speaking of which Wei Ying is also sincere to the princess, although she is frustrated because the princess refuses to marry, but every time she sends some small gifts, or a solitary book, or a good pen, ink, paper and inkstone, to please the beauty, this kind of tender offensive makes the emperor and the eldest grandson concubine very moved and supportive, although Princess Changle is not moved, but Wei Ying is polite, never aggressive, always polite, and the princess is a gentle person, If you don't want to refuse with bad words, you can only be cold and alienated, but for the marriage between Wei Ying and the princess, the emperor and the eldest grandson concubine are happy to see it, so Princess Changle can't help but "encounter" Wei Ying from time to time. A few days ago, I thought that since Wei Ying was obsessed with pursuing, I might as well be cold, if the princess can match the good mate, I can also let go of my worries, so I didn't let Roulan enter the palace for more than a month, who knew that Princess Yong soon said to me, during this time the princess was in a bad mood, and went to live in the dustless nunnery, in this case, if I still don't understand the princess's mind, then I'm afraid I'm the biggest idiot in the world, so I no longer prohibit Roulan from entering the palace, although the two never see each other, but peculiar, always be able to feel the warmth in my heart, Although the end of the world is close at hand, I feel that there is no separation.

Anyway, I finally let Roulan go down, it's funny, Roulan doesn't know how to read, the son Li Jun sent letters one by one, when the little girl held the letter and didn't recognize a word, she was distressed and pulled me to teach her to read, I could only laugh, that is, I wanted to teach her to write and read, and I had to wait two years to understand this letter, and in desperation, I had to read the letter to her, in fact, there was nothing in content, but I went somewhere today, and saw something interesting, but this Li Jun is very good at talking, Every time Roulan listens to it, she makes a noise about going to Youzhou to play, but fortunately she won't be noisy for too long. Although Roulan is still young, she already has a shy heart, and she absolutely refuses to let others see the content of the letter, and only asks me to read it for her, so I can threaten her to let me go, and I decided to teach her to read later, otherwise what can I do without this killer feature.

Seeing that I finally got up and led Roulan towards the pavilion, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Suiyun, you are here, okay, this game will be over." ”

I looked at the chessboard, Li Zhen's chess pieces were scattered, and said with a smile: "People say that those who are good at fighting are good at fighting, if they fight on the battlefield, Xiao Shunzi will definitely lose, but if they play chess, His Highness can only bow to the wind." ”

Xiao Shunzi put away the chessboard and chess pieces expressionlessly, he didn't mean to echo at all, just looked at me mockingly, I couldn't help touching my nose, to be honest, I played chess with him, and now this kid can let me have three sons.

Sitting down and picking up the teacup, Xiao Shunzi had already sent back the maid who had handed over the soft blue to the princess, and felt a little sore all over her body, and a cup of hot tea in her stomach, I felt a shock to my spirit, and I couldn't help moaning comfortably.

Li Zhen said with a smile: "Yesterday, Qin Qing reprimanded Pei Yun, the commander of the northern camp of the forbidden army, saying that he was thin and did not repair. ”

I smiled and said, "This is Li Hanyou's idea, now Qin Qing is only his wife's life." ”

The most beautiful thing this year is probably Qin Qing and Li Hanyou, she and Qin Qing have been married half a year ago, and soon after the marriage, Qin Qing was promoted to the commander of the forbidden army, although in fact, the commander of the forbidden army has always been a false position, and the forbidden army is actually in charge of Qin Yi, the general of Fuyuan, but Qin Qing is Qin Yi's eldest son, of course it is different from others, although Qin Yi still has not delegated power, but now Qin Qing can still mobilize part of the forbidden army. Now Qin Qing is already a famous young general in Dayong, and Princess Li Hanyou of Jingjiang is already a princess and a disciple of Fengyimen, although her marriage makes her no longer a disciple of Fengyimen, but her lofty status in Fengyimen is still obvious, such a couple is naturally the attention of thousands of people, and what is even more rare is that they are very affectionate, and they are the envy of Dayong.

Li Zhen sneered: "Pei Yun officially married his concubine a few days ago, but his wife in the main room got a letter of resignation, no wonder Li Hanyou was furious, Mrs. Pei Xue Qiuxue is a disciple of Fengyi Sect, and it is said that she is the same sister as Li Hanyou. ”

I picked up the teacup and said indifferently: "This can only be blamed for the stupidity of that woman, Pei Yun made it clear that he didn't want to marry her, when Pei Yun went to the Xue family to ask for guilt, he said very clearly, he already has an outer room, and he is pregnant, if the Xue family is willing to withdraw from the marriage and is willing to pay the price, then Miss Xue insists on marrying into the Pei family, that's all, if this woman is willing to keep her duty, Pei Yun is a kind person, and she may not be able to accept her for a long time, but her means are not at home, and the means are too rushed, but Pei Yun is far away, Now he also made the matter of harming the concubine and the newborn baby, if it wasn't found in time, these would be two lives, if it wasn't for Fengyimen, I am afraid that Pei Yun would have killed her with a sword, but Qin Qing is also justified in blaming Pei Yun, in any case, this is indeed considered a thin curtain and not repaired. ”

Li Zhen said: "In this way, Fengyimen naturally refuses to give up, although they can't directly intervene because of human ethics, but they accuse Pei Yun of not snubbing his wife, and they have quarreled with Shaolin several times. ”

I smiled and said: "Although they are right, but Shaolin has acquiesced to Pei Yun's behavior at all, Pei Yun is their carefully selected disciple, and they absolutely do not want Pei Yun to have anything to do with Fengyimen." ”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Having said that, but Shaolin will not turn against Fengyimen after all, although Fengyimen can't openly trouble Pei Yun, but Li Hanyou can still use Qin Qing to embarrass Pei Yun, what do you say, Pei Yun is a nail that you finally planted in the forbidden army, you can't just give up." ”

I shook my head and said: "Your Highness has a good reputation, I just led a way, to be able to make Pei Yun wholeheartedly loyal to His Highness, it is His Royal Highness's own ability, since ancient times, good ministers choose the master, if it is not for His Highness's benevolence, righteousness and wisdom, how can Pei Yun be willing to serve, this time His Royal Highness also has to help, it will inevitably make Shaolin Temple really support His Highness, although Shaolin intends to cooperate with His Royal Highness to deal with Fengyimen in the past, but because of the emperor and the prince, he can only secretly support, this time Fengyimen is too arrogant, I am afraid that it will anger Shaolin, this is His Highness's opportunity. ”

Li Zhen sighed and said: "Suiyun, this king admires you very much, a year ago your actions, let the people of insight in the court and the opposition see some of the prince's faces, now even if they did not decide to support me, they have also turned neutral, in the past, many people thought that the prince was a prince, and there was no loss of morality, so even if they think that this king is virtuous, they are always like leaving, now although this king did not recruit talents casually according to your instructions, but this king can feel that they are more willing to get close to the Yongwang Mansion, but more than a year, you let this king turn the situation around, The king didn't know how to thank him. ”

I said lightly: "This is also His Royal Highness's willingness to accept my opinion, I asked His Highness not to act, Taoguang Yang, His Highness gladly accepted, this year, His Royal Highness has not moved, so that the prince can not attack His Royal Highness on the grounds of His Royal Highness's high merits, his various embarrassments, but more and more sympathetic to His Highness, and Shi Yu in Youzhou by His Royal Highness's order to elect officials, but everyone thinks that His Royal Highness is for the sake of the fiefdom, now His Royal Highness is fully armed, and he can already start to develop his ambitions, and the minister can guarantee that the prince will lose his position within this year. ”

Li Zhen said suspiciously: "Although the crown prince has lost some of his hearts, after all, there is no possibility of being deposed, and he has been very cautious this year, how can you be sure that his storage position can be abolished?" ”

I smiled mysteriously and said: "Your Royal Highness has been committed to inserting people into the prince's power all these years, in the past, because the prince was cautious and cautious, the power of Lu Jingzhong and Fengyimen has always been difficult to achieve, but this year, the prince has lost the hearts of the people because of the affairs of the household, and because of the act of killing people and destroying mouths, he has lost the trust of his subordinates, and Lu Jingzhong and Fengyimen are also at odds with each other, hasn't His Royal Highness successfully broken into the backbone of the prince's power, although he has not yet touched the core, But some of His Royal Highness the Prince's actions still can't be hidden from you, you really don't know, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing? ”

Li Zhen smiled awkwardly and said: "I know a little bit about this, I heard that the prince doesn't know what's going on, he is obsessed with Qinglou, and he has contracted Dayong's famous Yanji secret gold house several times, and it wasn't until his father knew the rumor that he relented, and he didn't do this kind of trick recently, but always went to the harem to accompany his father and queen and be filial to them." ”

I smiled coldly and said, "That's because he changed his pastime, and he was obsessed with one of the emperor's concubines." ”

Li Zhen was taken aback and said: "How is this possible, this is a [***] thing, if the father and emperor know, wouldn't he be heavily responsible, I'm afraid it is also possible to abolish his storage position." Speaking of this, Li Zhen paused, and only said after a while: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to abolish the prince with the matter of the palace, after all, the harem can't interfere with the country." ”

I said meaningfully: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has some ability, the emperor may not abolish his throne, but the emperor has already lost trust in the prince, and now for the emperor, the prince is afraid that the greater role is to suppress Your Royal Highness, this incident happened, that is, the emperor is unintentional, I am afraid that the prince will also be severely punished, regardless of whether the emperor intends to abolish the prince's throne, the attitude is always to be expressed, so that the prince's heart is naturally full of anxiety and hesitation, father and son are suspicious, this is the result of the minister's wants." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ashamed, even if he keeps the throne, I am afraid that he will worry about whether the emperor will settle accounts after the autumn, and it will inevitably be messed up at that time, so that the more he wants to make up for it, the more he is afraid of causing the emperor's dissatisfaction, not to mention that the matter of the palace is not important, since ancient times, between the father and son, the family affection has never been thick, but the cannibalism between father and son is not new, and I am afraid that the prince will be more jealous of the emperor than his Royal Highness. ”

Li Zhen said: "But Ji Guifei and others will definitely help each other in every way, I'm afraid it still has no effect." ”

I said lightly: "If they are wise enough to protect themselves, the ministers are worried, the more they do, the more flaws they have, doesn't Your Highness want them to be exposed in their true form." ”

Li Zhen fell into deep thought, with a hint of joy on his face, and said: "Suiyun is really a good plan, its evil is not obvious, and this king can be punished without guilt." ”

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