On November 3, the twenty-third year of Dayong Wuwei (the first year of Southern Chu Zhihua), the saint decreed that he would be blessed with grace to the king of Qi, and everyone knew that his intention was also in the king of Yong.

"Yongshi Taizong Benji"

Leaving Cuiluan Palace, Concubine Ji took a deep breath and expressed her depression in her heart, Liang Wan is the beloved disciple of the door master Fan Huiyao, and she is also an important chess piece of Fengyi Gate, she has made outstanding contributions in Jiangnan, and reached an agreement with the prince Li An, but this time it was destroyed in Jiangnan, how can it not be heart-wrenching, the door owner sent a secret letter, to find out all the details of Liang Wan's madness, he knows, the door owner suspects that King Yong has done something, after all, King Yong is already dissatisfied with Liang Wan, otherwise he would not send someone to establish another intelligence network. However, from the mouth of Princess Changle, who was the only one who had personally experienced that incident, he did not get a trace of useful information.

Ji Guifei sneered slightly, besides King Yong, who else would there be, if it was a native of Southern Chu, he would definitely not let Princess Changle go for nothing, unless he was a subordinate of King Yong, he would treat Princess Changle so politely, but there is no evidence, he can't accuse King Yongwang Li Zhen for no reason. Thinking of the emperor's reward, Ji Guifei was even more cold-hearted, at today's celebration Li Yuan announced that because King Yong has made outstanding achievements over the years, in recent years, he has successively destroyed Shu and broken Chu, and his achievements are high, and the existing official position can not commend his merits, so he issued an edict to seal King Yong as the marshal of Tiance, leading the great Situ, sitting above the princes, rewarding 20,000 households, and giving a set of crowns, a golden sedan chair, a pair of jade, six thousand catties of gold, and advocating the music of the nine parts before and after, and forty people with swords, what a glory this is, even the prince's guard of honor is only slightly better.

What made Ji Guifei even more chilling was that the emperor issued an edict to authorize the Tiance Marshal's Mansion to purchase its own official subordinates, according to the excerpts reported by Li Zhen, there were one Changshi and Sima, two Zhonglang, two military advisors, four pawns, two main books, two recorders, two military officers, two meritorious officers, two soldiers, two cavalry, armor, and six soldiers to join the army, and six people to join the military. In this way, Li Zhen's Tiance Marshal's Mansion has become a small court with small sparrows and complete organs. Will the emperor change his mind and make Li Zhen the crown prince? After thinking for a long time, Concubine Ji shook her head, although King Yong's merits are high, but the prince has no obvious immorality, and according to her understanding of the emperor, I am afraid that the emperor will regret that the reward given to King Yong is too generous tonight, and it is estimated that in a few days, the emperor will try his best to reduce the power of King Yong. Since ancient times, there have been many masters who have achieved high merit, and a few of them will have a good end, thinking of this, Ji Guifei showed a smug smile.

At this time, a scarlet-clothed eunuch hurriedly came and reported: "Niangniang, the emperor has passed on the will, I want to rest at Niangniang's place tonight, please return to the palace quickly, and estimate, in half an hour, the emperor will arrive." Ji Guifei was overjoyed, she knew very well that although she had a good appearance, when it came to feelings and favor, she was not outstanding in front of the emperor, not to mention that she had always been a manifestation of weak grace, and she rarely got love, but on the other hand, her identity as the contact person of Fengyimen and the emperor was even more prominent, so the emperor often let himself participate in state affairs, and the emperor wanted to stay here tonight, it seems that he was going to discuss the affairs of King Yong, it seems that his thoughts are not wrong, the emperor, is already very jealous of King Yong. Thinking of this, Ji Guifei showed a smile like a spring flower on her pretty face.

Some people are happy and some are worried, and the same is true after the grand celebration banquet, in the splendid prince's mansion, Li An angrily whisked all the documents on the bookcase to the ground, and shouted: "Li Zhen, I won't kill you alone, and I will not be a man." With that, he sat down in his chair and looked at the study door viciously, as if King Yong was about to come out of there. After a long time, he said tiredly: "Come here, please ask the young master to come and see Lone." ”

But in a moment, a plain-looking black-haired scribe walked in, he was wearing the official uniform of the prince's young master, and when he saw the prince, he did not salute, but sat on a chair on the prince's left hand, and said with a smile: "Why is Your Highness so angry? ”

Li An said angrily: "Li Zhen is now Marshal Tiance, and the old man almost gave him the position of the crown prince, how can you tell me not to be angry." ”

The scribe smiled and said: "Your Highness is too worried, the emperor loves and protects His Highness, if you want to make King Yong the crown prince, you would have already set it up, why wait until today." ”

Li An said dejectedly: "The young master doesn't know, his mother was the first match of his father, although I was the eldest son, but I was a concubine, and then his mother's life was short, and she returned to heaven early, and my mother set up the main room, after my father called the emperor, he posthumously named his mother as Empress Xiaoxian, so if you talk about the concubine, I am not as good as him, but I occupy the title of the eldest son, and the queen mother is the current queen, so I made the prince, now, now, I really don't know what to do, if my father changes his mind, I really have no way at all." ”

The scribe's eyes flashed, and he said: "Your Highness is a fan of the authorities, but the minister thinks that the crown prince's position is dangerous on the surface, but in fact it is as stable as Mount Tai. His Royal Highness wants the emperor to favor King Yong, but the minister thinks that the emperor is suspicious of King Yong, think about it, King Yong's southern and northern wars over the years, most of my Dayong's world is beaten down by him, the emperor will inevitably feel that he has received the favor of his son, and now King Yong's merits are not rewarded, if the emperor appoints him to be the prince, this is a logical thing, but the emperor would rather give a special reward, than change the prince's position, which is obviously an eccentric prince. The minister thinks that the emperor does not love His Royal Highness, but His Royal Highness's enthronement symbolizes the supreme authority of the emperor, so the emperor refuses to change his decision no matter what, as long as His Royal Highness expresses filial piety to the emperor and queen in front of the emperor, respects the concubines, respects King Yong, brothers, friends and brothers, the emperor will never change the prince, not to mention the support of Fengyimen, His Royal Highness will not think that Liang Wan's defection is because of her own decision. After a while, the emperor will think that after a hundred years, if the prince can't suppress King Yong, what should he do, he will think of suppressing King Yong, as long as His Royal Highness is on the throne, assisted by King Qi outside, and assisted by Fengyimen inside, it is just easy to want King Yong's surname. ”

Li An listened to it for a long time, and finally smiled and said, "Young Master, thank you for enlightening the Lonely King, in your opinion, what should we do now?" ”

The scribe smiled and said: "Do more wrong, do less wrong, Your Highness might as well merge with the dust, but the King of Qi is there, His Royal Highness wants to be more enveloped, a few days ago, King Qi was defeated, His Royal Highness gave King Qi a lot of faces, this is too undeserved, if there is no help from King Qi, His Royal Highness will not have the general to protect the queen." ”

Li An stood up and bowed deeply: "Be taught." With an ambiguous look on his face, he said: "The sixth brother likes beautiful women, I recently chose two stunning women, I originally wanted to give them to my father, so I will choose one for him first." ”

The scribe also had a smirk on his face, but immediately pulled his face back. Li An glanced at him and said with a smile: "What kind of seriousness does the young master pretend to be here in the lonely king, that stunning color can't be given to you, but this king still has a few beauties, how about sending you two." ”

The scribe lowered his eyelids and said, "Then thank Your Highness for the reward." ”

Ang Lee laughed, and the laughter came out of the study, far, far.

Li Zhen, who returned to the mansion with a drunken spirit, took a hangover drug, hurriedly took a bath with cold water, and then came to the conference hall refreshed, there were already some people sitting in the hall, it was Shi Yu Shi Ziyou, Guan Xiu, Dong Zhi, Gou Lian and several strategists, the generals were all drunk today, Li Zhen did not let them come, Li Zhen saw that they were discussing in a low voice, and told Sima Xiong to go outside to be on guard, he walked in and said with a smile: "Let a few gentlemen wait for a long time, this king is late." ”

Several strategists stood up and saluted and sat down separately, Li Zhen looked at Shi Yu and asked, "You have seen Jiang Zhe, what do you think?" ”

Shi Yu smiled bitterly: "When Jiang Zhe arrived at the palace, he was calm and calm, as if it was his own home, his subordinates arranged the best courtyard for him, he just smiled faintly, after living in, he had no objection to the maids and servants arranged by His Highness, if it weren't for the fact that this person always refused to submit to His Highness, I would have thought that he had been loyal to His Highness." I don't think His Highness would refuse if he offered him an official position, and I think he seemed to like a comfortable life very much, at least not to fight to the death. ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "This king is also clear, if not, I am afraid that this king still has some methods, if he is bent on death, with his full name, as long as this king treats it well and takes care of it carefully, there will eventually be a day for him to change his mind, but he is so happy with the situation, this king is to give him an official position, I am afraid that he will also be a vegetarian meal, write poems every day, talk about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but what this king really needs, but he is stingy to give, and now this king is eager to incarnate Zhao Jue, the prince of Germany, although Zhao Jue is unlucky, but he has also been treated wholeheartedly. Alas. The king is most worried about the king of Qi, although the king of Qi is reckless, but he is not without scheming, he said to Gu to treat Jiang Zhe as a teacher. ”

Guan Xiu and the others looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Your Highness is too worried, if this person is so easily moved by King Qi, we don't have to worry so much." ”

Li Zhen thought about it, and felt that he was a little worried, and was about to mock a few words, but seeing Shi Yu thoughtful, he said with some concern: "Ziyou, do you think that it is possible for King Qi to recruit Jiang Suiyun?" ”

Shi Yu came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the idea of King Qi is not bad, but it is a bit flattering, but we can learn from it, the prince is smart and enlightened, although he is only five years old, but he is already rough in writing, if the prince worships him as a teacher, then he will not become His Highness's arm, I think he will never see the talent and would rather miss it." ”

Li Zhen was overjoyed and said: "Ziyou is really a good plan, okay, Ming said that he will set up a banquet to wash the dust, and let the son come out to apprentice, the action must be fast, in order to hide people's eyes, I have reported his matter to my father, and my father wants to summon him, and after my father summons him, we can't put him under house arrest." ”

Although it may not be able to achieve the goal, but finally there is a way, Li Zhen suddenly felt relaxed, and said with a smile: "By the way, Ziyou, what did you say about the robbery of Princess Changle, I sent someone to investigate, but the time was too short, I couldn't find any clues, I sent someone to investigate the place where they were attacked, some of it was like the handiwork of a small army, but at that time, who rushed to kidnap the princess?" Moreover, what this king doesn't understand is why those returning spies committed suicide, and the princess is safe and sound, no matter what, their merits outweigh their faults, even if they are afraid of guilt and judge themselves, they should explain what happened to this king in detail? ”

These things have been discussed many times, Li Zhen put forward at this moment just to see Shi Yu's opinion, Shi Yu replied: "The subordinates have also thought about this problem, the only conclusion is, first of all, they are not aimed at Her Royal Highness the princess, their target is Liang Wan, otherwise it will not only be Liang Wan who will be harmed, and those secret agents committed suicide, the subordinates felt that it was not because of fear of crime, I am afraid it was an agreement, they met the hijackers, and they may know a lot of things, but they were able to bring the princess back safely, This not only shows that they have no ill will towards the princess, but also shows that they are sure that they will not divulge their secrets, and the princess never knows anything, so these spies must have made a promise to judge themselves. ”

Li Zhen said: "Even so, to put it mildly, although these secret agents are my Dayong warriors and should be loyal and trustworthy, they have returned to this king, and telling this king the truth should be better than keeping promises, right?" ”

Shi Yu sighed, "This is the most terrifying point, unless they think that it is more beneficial for His Highness to die by self-determination than to tell His Highness the truth. ”

Li Zhen's expression turned grim and said, "Are you saying that those people have enough strength to threaten this king." ”

Shi Yu nodded and said: "Yes, I heard Yongquan say that His Royal Highness checked the bodies of those secret agents afterwards and found that although they received some punishments, they were basically not serious, that is to say, the other party was not the one who inflicted the punishment indiscriminately, and from Liang Wan's point of view, her memory was all destroyed, this method is very secretive, that is to say, the other party's methods are vicious and ruthless, I think those secret agents must have been under a lot of pressure in their hearts, and finally even exceeded the limit they could bear, so that they could abide by their promise and judge themselves." ”

Li Zhen said distressedly: "I can't imagine that there are still these people active in the secret, Ziyou, what do you say these people will come from." ”

Shi Yu replied: "My subordinates think that the only thing that can be guessed is that those people are not hostile to my Dayong, otherwise Her Royal Highness the princess will not return safely, but those people are aimed at Liang Wan, and the subordinates think that if it is not related to Fengyi Gate, it is related to what Liang Wan herself did in Nanchu, Your Highness may wish to start from these two aspects." ”

Li Zhen nodded again and again, and said: "Ziyou is the liver and gallbladder of this king, if there is no Ziyou, where will this king still have fighting spirit." ”

Shi Yu said with a smile: "Jiang Zhe is His Highness's wings, if His Highness has this person, he will be like a tiger with wings." ”

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

In this sleepless night, I didn't rest, standing in front of the window, looking at the beautiful scenery after the snow in the garden, Xiao Shunzi came over and complained: "Childe, your body is just better, and you are blowing the wind here, and you don't know how to take care of your body, it is very cold here, I have asked them to prepare a hand stove." With that, he shoved a hand stove into my bosom, and put a fox fur cloak on my shoulder.

I smiled and said, "Don't worry, my body is not so weak, how about it, have you seen the defense of Yongwang Mansion." ”

Xiao Shunzi said with a smile: "They are very closely monitored, I just looked at it casually, if it was me alone, it would be nothing, if I took my son, I am afraid I would not be able to escape." ”

I shook my hand and said: "It's okay, I don't plan on you to save me out, no matter what, I can always save my surname, I just don't want to sell my life for others, those people kill and kill, there are always people who can dominate the world, it doesn't matter who it is, not to mention that King Yong's chance of winning is still very big." Xiao Shunzi, look, it's snowing again. ”

Xiao Shunzi followed my gaze and looked out the window, the snow fell silently, the cold wind came to his face, and he couldn't help laughing: "In Nanchu, there was a light snow accidentally, and Childe wanted to enjoy the snow and drink, and now the snow here is so good, Childe is interested again." ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, tomorrow you go and ask them for some good charcoal, some good wine, I see that the snow will not stop tomorrow, I want to drink and compose poetry?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "I can only warm the wine for you, I don't understand those poems." ”

I sighed and said, "Yes, you, the only thing that dissatisfies me is that I can't accompany me to write poetry and papers, but if I don't have you, I can't help but lose my interest in drinking, good friends, good wine, flying snow, but I can't or lack it, but unfortunately, if the fragrance is still there, alas." ”

Xiao Shunzi comforted: "Childe, the deceased is gone, don't be sad." ”

I looked out the window at the snow, and said nothing.

The next day, sure enough, the snow continued, Li Zhen got a news, Li Yuan ordered, because the King of Qi attacked Nanchu twice, fought hard, and made the Prince of Nanchude seriously injured and died, so worship for the great Sikong, but also give a set of crowns, gold sedan chairs, double bi, gold 2,000 catties, before and after advocating two departments, 20 swords.

Hearing the news, Li Zhen was not angry, but completely cold, he won the battle, but he got the end of his father's suspicion, and rewarded the king of Qi, isn't it just to balance himself, he said to Shi Yu indifferently: "Ziyou, my father treats me so thinly." ”

Shi Yu also sighed, and was about to comfort Li Zhen, when Gou Lian hurriedly walked in and said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Jiang Suiyun's servant went to ask for charcoal wine, and he wanted to enjoy the snow, and I have asked him to lead him to Linbo Pavilion." ”

Li Zhen suddenly turned his anger into joy and said: "Okay, you did it well, let's go, let's go and have a good time, Ziyou, you can arrange it, and take the prince to Linbo Pavilion in half an hour." ”

At this time, I was already sitting in the Linbo Pavilion, there is a small lake of about two acres in the back garden of Yongwang's Mansion, it is said that there is a clear spring in the original garden, the water is abundant, the surname Suo dug this small lake, and then through the drainage system of Chang'an into the Yong'an Canal, the Yong'an Canal connects to the Wei River in the north of the city, supplying half of the water in Chang'an, and it is the main road for water transportation, so although this lake is in the imperial city, it is living water.

Xiao Shunzi said while warming the wine: "Childe, why is it not cold in this pavilion at all?" ”

I smiled and said, "I've only read it in books, you see that although you can only see a thick layer of grass on the top of this pavilion, in fact, there is a lot of articles under this layer of grass, under the grass is a layer of linoleum, and then a layer of grass and a layer of linoleum, a total of three layers, and then under the last layer of linoleum, the tiles are also specially made, is hollow, so the cover on the top of the head is not afraid of running away from the heat, and then look at the stone floor of this pavilion and the stools around the side, as well as those bronze pillars, In fact, there is a fire dragon lit under the pillar and the pavilion, just like the kang in the people's house, and then this water, the water is the most warm in winter and cool in summer, the water is flowing, and the heat in the ground will be brought in together, the closer to the water, the warmer, so how can it be cold in this pavilion, this is a pavilion specially built by the rich people in the north to enjoy the snow, as long as you put on a light fur, and then hold a hand stove, it will not freeze. Well, you see the snow flying outside, dancing pear blossoms, Qiong Yao everywhere, what a good place. ”

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