On June 19, Gaozu issued an edict, and the king was able to return home, but the king was exempted from the right to govern, and the king was terrified.

- "The Biography of Yongshi and King Er"

Li Yuan's edict was so fast, naturally everyone was surprised, but he only said that he had already made a calculation, who knew that the drafting of this edict was an overnight thing, then after King Yong and others left, Li Yuan was troubled, in the past, if he had a difficult matter and could not decide, he often discussed with his important ministers, but now the matter is different, Wei Guan has always been neutral, and he will not say anything, Qin Yi and Cheng Shu are all soldiers, and they are reluctant to interfere in government affairs. It's a pity that he is seriously injured now, he can't be a counselor, think about it, only Ji Guifei can discuss, but Li Yuan is reluctant to go to her, if in the past, Li Yuan was willing to succeed to the throne of the prince, naturally Ji Guifei's advice is useful, but now he is very disappointed in the prince, but Fengyimen's attitude is very clear, Fengyimen is said to have gone to Chang'an in person, although he did not come to see herself, but just looking at her actions, she knows that she still supports the prince, in this way, Ji Guifei's attitude is also determined, At this moment, Li Yuan only hopes that there is a person who has no selfish thoughts and can discuss this matter with him. Thinking about it, Li Yuan was very annoyed, thinking that in the harem, everyone was involved with the government, only the eldest grandson concubine had no desires, it was better to go to her to kill time, look at the sky, he didn't let people be notified first, and walked to the Changchun Palace where the eldest grandson and concubine lived.

Walking into the Changchun Palace, the chief eunuch of the Changchun Palace hurriedly came to knock and said that the mother and the princess were relaxing in the garden of the palace, Li Yuan walked to the garden, and before entering the garden gate, he heard a burst of light laughter, and couldn't help but feel depressed a little, and walked in to see, but it was the eldest grandson and concubine sitting in the pavilion, Princess Changle was wearing a Hu suit, and was accompanying the two palace maids in the open space with Roulan Keju, although Roulan was young, but she was very flexible, chasing the ball and running around, plus everyone gave way, she actually played well, Just looking at her innocence makes people's hearts feel distressed.

At this time, the eunuch said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly came over to see the driver, and Li Yuan said with a smile: "I came to take a look, you don't have to be formal." As he spoke, he stepped forward and picked up the little blushing Roulan, and asked, "Is Xiao Roulan playing well, how can I have time to enter the palace today, every time I have to be personally invited by your Aunt Changle to enter the palace?" ”

Rou Lan flashed her big eyes, and said angrily: "Grandpa Emperor, Lan Lan also wants to come to see the princess and the emperor's grandfather, but they all say that if Lan Lan always comes to see the princess, someone will be angry with the mother, and Lan Lan will not dare to come." ”

Li Yuan couldn't help but be angry in his heart, he naturally knew what Roulan meant, some people were worried that Princess Changle and King Yong's Mansion were too close, but the change in his complexion made Princess Changle startled, and hurriedly came over and said: "Father, Roulan is not sensible, don't be surprised." ”

Li Yuan sighed, waved his hand to dismiss the palace maid and eunuch who served, Princess Changle hurriedly asked Lu E to hug Roulan down, and Leng Chuan also knew that they had private matters to discuss, so he also retreated into the distance, Li Yuan said lightly: "Changle, it's really hard for you, it's just that your brothers can't make it, but they still have to implicate you." ”

Princess Changle hurriedly smiled and said: "Father, it's just that the second emperor brother is too worried, in fact, no one is angry with his sons and ministers because of this." The eldest grandson also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Zhen'er is your favorite daughter, who dares to embarrass her." ”

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Alas, I am very disappointed in the crown prince, but how can this abolition be easily decided, and now these ministers in the court and the central government either hope to keep the prince so that they can invite merit in front of the prince, or they want to support King Yong as the prince, and it is very difficult for me to do it." ”

A trace of melancholy flashed in the eyes of the eldest grandson concubine, although she has never participated in military politics, but she also knows the current situation, according to her heart, no matter who succeeds to the throne, it has nothing to do with her, although because of Princess Yong's Gao, she can't help but have a good impression of King Yong, but it is not enough for her to support King Yong, but now the emperor said to himself about this, if he said something that should not be said, he is afraid that if he says it today, he will let people know that from now on he will be difficult to be peaceful. Therefore, she could only say indiscriminately: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, it is natural for these courtiers to have different thoughts, and this matter of establishing a prince still has to be decided by you." ”

Although Li Yuan felt a little empty when he heard it, he also felt comfortable, and couldn't help but say: "Having said that, I am also in a dilemma, although the prince is not good, but after all, he has been the prince for many years, although King Yong is good, but he is too ambitious, I feel that it is not easy to establish a country, and I am very worried that he will be eager for quick success and ruin the family and the mountain." ”

The eldest grandson and concubine wanted to speak and stopped, although she was very pleased that Li Yuan trusted her so much, but the concubine's interference in politics was a matter of endless troubles after all.

Li Yuan also knew that she was embarrassed, and he didn't expect the eldest grandson to give him any advice, but he just wanted to scratch his hair, so he didn't ask much, and told his troubles about it, just to be happy. Who knew that as he spoke, he saw that Princess Changle was thoughtful, so he asked curiously, "Changle, what do you think?" ”

Princess Changle hesitated for a moment, then spoke: "Father, although the sons and daughters do not understand military affairs, they feel that no matter what the father plans in his heart, he should calm down the situation, no matter how you decide, you can arrange it slowly. ”

Li Yuan's heart moved, and he said in his heart, Changle said very reasonably, I have not made a decision for a long time, the prince is of course worried that the storage position is not guaranteed, and he has resentment, even King Yong can't help but have expectations, in the end, if it is not satisfactory, both sides will not be satisfied, if he temporarily appeases them now, after the idea is decided, and then arrange it slowly, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds, thinking of this, he stood up happily and said: "Changle said it well, okay, I want to draw up the will, you can do it at will." Saying that, Li Yuan immediately returned to the imperial study, issued an edict, and did not allow the ministers to advise, and issued a holy decree resolutely.

This will was all overjoyed at once, and the prince was certainly overjoyed, and when he saw his father's thanksgiving, he was grateful, almost assuring Li Yuan that he would change his mind. King Qi is also happy in his heart, in the past two years he has almost been detained in Beijing, Ping said that in addition to going to the horse Zhangtai is to make eagles and dogs, he has long been eager to return to the border to fight a few battles, and now he is naturally very happy to have the opportunity, so it is almost an edict, King Qi didn't even bother to say a word to the prince and hurried out of Beijing, which naturally made the prince hate itchy.

In addition, it stands to reason that there was a good chance to promote the deposition of the prince, and the king of Yong, who ascended to the throne of the prince, should have failed hopes, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, in fact, in the past few days, King Yong is a graceful bearing, the first to go to the prince to congratulate him was he, of course, the reason is that Prince He recovered from his illness, and then personally sent King Qi to the border to visit Zheng Shizhong's injury, but he was very busy every day, although his face was calm, but there was no trace of joy on his face, so everyone guessed that he was indeed a little dissatisfied, However, they all praised King Yong's magnanimity and broad-mindedness, and he didn't know that if Li Zhen wasn't pretending to be outside, he was afraid that he would already be happy.

After receiving Li Yuan's holy decree, Li Zhen was originally depressed in his heart, feeling that his father favored the prince too much, but who knew that when he entered the cold garden, Jiang Zhe congratulated him, Li Zhen said with annoyance: "Suiyun, now that your father's partiality is clear, what are you still celebrating." ”

Jiang Zhe said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness is a fan of the authorities, now the emperor is already very disappointed in the prince, if the emperor secretly admonishes the prince, it means that the emperor still has expectations for the prince, but as far as the minister knows, the emperor does not have any reprimand, as the saying goes, the depth of love, then the cut, now the emperor does not blame the prince at all, this is exactly what the emperor is unwilling to waste any time, according to the minister's opinion, now His Royal Highness is only one step away from the throne." ”

Li Zhen said distressedly: "Even if it is a step away, it is also close to the end of the world, now that the master of Fengyi Gate has entered Beijing, the prince's power has increased greatly, it is possible to assassinate us immediately, and with her supervision, the prince must be cautious in his words and deeds, this time the father did not depose the prince, then there is still room for it, if it drags on, I am afraid it will not be good for me, besides, the deposition of the prince needs to be guilty, if the prince does not make a mistake, then it is impossible for the father to depose him." ”

I smiled and said: "Now the prince is probably not thinking so, although the emperor released the prince this time, but he is not allowed to govern in the East Palace, the heart of alienation has already had a clue, the prince is now afraid that he is suspicious, very suspicious that the emperor will do something to him, in order to protect himself, I am afraid that the prince will fall deeper and deeper, now His Royal Highness only needs to spread rumors, saying that the emperor will not abolish the prince this time, but because of the prince's backstage forces, and then we will attack with the crime of the prince and the party in our hands, and will not attack the prince, Just say that those people have the grace of the emperor and the prince, with the prestige of His Royal Highness, it must be captured, we do this, on the surface will not damage the prince's own safety, so the prince will not think that we did it on purpose, but will think that we are under the emperor's secret order, so His Royal Highness recently found an opportunity to talk with the emperor a few times, don't let others know the truth, so the prince will suspect that the emperor has made up his mind to make His Royal Highness the prince, so he arranged for His Royal Highness to cut off the prince's wings, this strategy is to startle the snake, as long as the prince is suspicious, then you will act blindly and recklessly, and you will naturally make mistakes, and then you can depose the prince as a matter of course. ”

Li Zhen was convinced when he heard this, and said: "Suiyun can be said to see through people's hearts, yes, who would have thought that our purpose of cutting off the prince's wings with such fanfare is not to fight the prince's power." ”

I stood up and said: "Your Highness, now it has reached the most critical juncture, Your Highness should Zhao Ziyou return to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation, although the minister has some strategies, but many things can only be handled properly by Lord Shi, Lord Shi is a complementary talent, if he does not come back, it will be a pity." ”

Li Zhen said movingly: "Suiyun is right, now Ziyou really needs to come back, now the situation in Youzhou is very stable, Ziyou has also recruited a large number of available talents, he has no greater role in Youzhou, it is better to come back, Ziyou is careful and cautious, at this time, the king really needs him to preside over the overall situation." After that, he secretly said in his heart, Jiang Zhe is really broad-minded, after Ziyou comes back, although he still has to rely on him for advice, he will inevitably trust and reuse Shi Yu more, after all, Shi Yu is the prime minister in his mind, the head of civil officials, but he has no fear at all.

He didn't know that I didn't care about any power and wealth, and besides, I was not in good health, and many details were arranged by Guan Xiu, Dong Zhi and Gou Lian, even if Shi Yu came back, it would have no impact on me, besides, Shi Yu's return had a very important benefit to me.

After the discussion, I sent His Royal Highness King Yong out, and before I had gone far, Li Zhen saw a young man wearing a guard's uniform walking over, he was handsome and indifferent, Li Zhen felt that this person was extraordinary when he saw it, but strangely, Li Zhen felt that this person seemed to have seen it before, but he couldn't remember that he had seen such a young guard with a unique temperament.

As soon as his steps slowed, I noticed it, but he didn't make a sound, His Royal Highness King Yong had seen Xia Jinyi several times, and this time it was just to try whether Xia Jinyi's disguise was successful. Speaking of disguise, I have also been deceived by the legend in the wild history, saying that someone can change the appearance, so that acquaintances can not recognize it, but this is an impossible thing, first of all, the change of appearance has many limitations, the appearance of natural people, whether ugly and handsome, can always give people some harmonious feelings, if it is a vain change, it is easy to make people feel a little abrupt, and want to be disguised, its own characteristics are also very important, if your appearance and figure are a little special, it is difficult to hide the appearance of people, it is the success of the appearance change, There are also changes in behavior and speech, many people can recognize their relatives and friends as long as they look at their backs and listen to their voices, so it is really difficult to make acquaintances difficult to recognize.

But this time, I believe in my own methods very much, although I only know some of the experience of my predecessors about Yi Rong, and I haven't tried it myself, but Xia Jinyi has some means for Yi Rong, I just need to guide him how to do it. After careful study, I first asked him to make some small changes in his appearance, but to change the style of combing his hair, slightly change the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, with his changed temperament, it is easy to make him seem like a different person, and then I spent some time teaching him to change some movements, change the rhythm and pitch when speaking, he learned very quickly, and now he is really good, King Yong did not recognize him immediately, plus "Xia Jinyi" has died under the emperor's anger, So as long as he lives in seclusion for a while, naturally no one will recognize him, and if he talks about it for another year or two, no one will pursue this matter anymore.

Seeing King Yong's hesitant expression, I smiled and said: "Your Highness, have you seen a living person, his name is Dong Que, and he is a new guard of the minister, although he is not from the army, but His Royal Highness can rest assured that this person is loyal." ”

King Yong said suddenly: "It turned out to be your newly acquired guard, no wonder although this king feels familiar, he can't remember what his name is." ”

Xia Jinyi, now Dong Que, stepped forward to greet King Yong, the number of courtesies was meticulous, but his expression was very indifferent, Li Zhen didn't pay attention, just smiled: "Suiyun rarely accepts a subordinate, it must be a talent, you have to be motivated, and it is not in vain that Jiang Sima is valued." ”

Dong Que said respectfully: "My subordinates respect His Royal Highness's teachings. ”

Watching King Yong leave, I smiled and said: "Now you can rest assured, you can stay in King Yong's Mansion safely, Xia, no, Dong Que, you know that person very well, what do you say he wants to do most now?" ”

Dong Que looked indifferent, but said very respectfully: "That person's surname is unbearable, ten days and a half months can still endure not going out, but absolutely can't bear a month, his favorite thing now is to have an affair with a married woman, only in this way can he satisfy his desire to seek stimulation, in fact, although the concubine is beautiful, it may not be more than the concubine in his house, but the wife is not as good as the concubine, the concubine is not as good as the maid, the maid is not as good as the maid, the maid is not as good as stealing, and the stealing is not as good as stealing, so he is so addicted." ”

I thought about it carefully, showed a strange smile and said, "You have been in the palace for a long time, and you don't know whose wife and concubine are the most beautiful among the officials of the East Palace and the prince's cronies?" ”

Dong Que's expression moved, and he thought for a while: "The wife of Hanlin scholar Shao Yan, Huo Shi, is beautiful, the prince once saw her in the Buddhist temple half a year ago, and she was very tempted, but it didn't take long for him to meet Concubine Chun, Shao Yan is a new talent who has taken refuge in the prince in recent years, and he is quite talented, and the prince also values him very much. ”

I asked in detail, "How is Huo's character?" ”

Dong Que said without hesitation: "The prince once sent me to check, the Huo family is from a famous family, she is a lady, her husband and wife are harmonious, and she is very affectionate. ”

I sighed softly and said, "It's a pity, so I can't make a move." ”

Dong Que frowned slightly and said, "Why pity a woman, and she is not an important person." ”

I smiled faintly and said, "I never force a person easily, I want him to die, and I want him to die willingly." ”

At this time, Xiao Shunzi's figure appeared, and he said with a strange expression: "Childe, I don't know if God helped you, the Ministry of Officials was ordered to depose the officials of the original East Palace, and Shao Yan, a bachelor of Hanlin, was promoted to the East Palace. Saying that, he handed me a list, on which was the new East Palace official, I really saw Shao Yan's name, and couldn't help laughing: "This is really a coincidence, I asked His Royal Highness to hand over a secret fold to His Majesty, saying that the prince lost his morality and the East Palace officials are difficult to resign, and they should be replaced, originally in order to arrange a few more of their own people in the East Palace, but I didn't expect the prince's backstage to be really tough, or to arrange for his cronies to be inserted in, but I don't know if this Shao Yan was chosen by the prince himself." ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled slightly and said: "Childe is really in a word, this is the list that the prince gave to Ji Guifei last night, and I asked people to copy it." "I took the piece of tissue paper, there were some names on it, and the first one to worship was Shao Yan.

I couldn't help sighing: "Self-inflicted, can't live, I haven't done it yet, he can't help it." ”

Dong Que said coldly: "Now he may not have this thought, but he must have subconsciously left him by his side when he saw Shao Yan." ”

I glanced at Dong Que and said with a smile: "The East Palace attendant is not an ordinary official position, according to the etiquette, the Huo family already has a seal, and he is going to meet the crown princess, you say, as long as the prince has inadvertently seen the Huo family a few times, can he bear it?" ”

Dong Que was silent, and only after a while did he say, "No." ”

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