Chang'an Qingwang Mansion, all day, the house was unusually quiet, two maids tiptoed through the middle courtyard, held their breath, and did not dare to take a breath, there was a faint cry in the distance, a maid sighed and whispered: "What kind of tantrum did the master have today, he has already beaten five people." ”

"Who knows? Zhu'er was a step late for tea, was beaten badly, and couldn't get out of bed for a month. ”

"You two!"

There was a sudden angry rebuke in the silent courtyard, which startled the two maids, and seeing that it was the second housekeeper who blew their eyebrows and glared at them, they hurriedly lowered their hands and stopped, and the second housekeeper snorted, "Don't talk about the master, if you hear it, otherwise you will be killed." ”

"Yes! The slave did not dare. ”

"Go ahead!"

The two maids were so frightened that they hurried away, and the second housekeeper also sighed, shook his head and walked into the backyard.

Li Cong's anger began at dawn, an expedited express sent by Cheng Qianli made him fall into the abyss of anger, Li Qing'an actually killed Zhao Tingyu, the governor of Xizhou, Zhao Tingyu was his first guard officer, he was placed in Jin Wuwei, and then went to Beiting to serve and train, and after a few years he was ready to transfer back to Jin Wuwei as a general, and now he was actually slaughtered by Li Qingan, which made Li Cong thunderous, but Cheng Qianli's express report also made it very clear that he was killed for disobeying military orders, and it also involved the hijacking of the prison army, which made Li Cong angry in his heart, Only take people out of anger.

In the study, Li Cong listened to his son Li Li's persuasion with a blushing face.

"The father was angry, the child thought that Li Qingan alone would not dare to be so bold, needless to say, it was the prince who gave him strength in the back, killed Zhao Tingyu, and broke his father's wing."

"Zhao Tingyu can't talk about my wings, if he dies, he will die, but I can't get rid of this evil breath, if I don't teach Li Qingan a good lesson, I can't swallow this breath."

"Father, Li Qingan is not worried, the key is the prince, if he is killed, Li Qingan will naturally not be able to protect ....."

Without waiting for his son to finish speaking, Li Cong waved his hand impatiently and said, "Of course I know, if I can finish the third child, do I still care about a Li Qingan?" But is he that active? After so many years, when did he really go down, seeing that he was going to be abolished, and suddenly he was angry, what can I do. ”

Li Li smiled and said: "Father, the key is that Li Linfu came to deal with the prince in the past, so in the end, there was always Gao Lishi to protect him, but now it is different, it is Yang Zhao who comes to deal with the prince, since the Wei family, the two have formed a grudge, father, the Yang family is different from Li Linfu, this time, I have seven points of certainty, the prince will be abolished." ”

Li Cong was taken aback, "Could it be that my son found something?" ”

Li Li nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Yesterday, one of my subordinates found an acquaintance in a silk shop called 'Gaoling Ding Ji' in Dongshi. ”

"Who?"

"The prince's original confidant eunuch, Ma Yingjun, is now the shopkeeper of the silk shop."

"Is there anything strange about that?"

"Father, I have checked the background of this silk shop, and its proprietor has no way of knowing, I can't figure out how to open a shopkeeper who will hire a eunuch to be the shopkeeper, doesn't my father feel strange?"

Li Cong was stunned, and it took him a while to react, "Are you saying that he opened this shop?" ”

"I guess so! Otherwise, under the strict record of the historian, how can he arrange his unsightly secret affairs? ”

Li Cong's heart suddenly burst into joy, and the unhappiness of Zhao Tingyu's killing was immediately thrown out of the clouds by him, and he said eagerly: "You seize the evidence immediately, I will personally go to my father to impeach him, haha!" Let's see how he explains this time. ”

Li Li was taken aback, and hurriedly dissuaded, "Father, this matter must not be done immediately." ”

Li Cong was a little displeased, stretched his face and said, "Why can't you?" ”

Li Li sighed secretly, this father is really not very good, in vain he told him so many things about the Yang family just now, doesn't he understand at all? He had to hold back the depression in his heart and explained: "Father, this matter can only be regarded as a fire-starter, and if you want to start a fire, it is not enough to rely on it!" ”

"I see!"

Li Cong suddenly realized, he patted his son's shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "It is my luck to have a son like you, you can rest assured, if I am the emperor in the future, I will definitely make you the crown prince to comfort the second child under Jiuquan." ”

"Thank you for your favor!"

Thinking of the possibility of entering the East Palace, Li Li's heart couldn't help but get excited, and he hurriedly suggested: "Father, the day after tomorrow is Mrs. Han's birthday, Father might as well use this opportunity to contact the Yang family more and strive for the support of the Yang family." ”

"I know, I'm going to send the birthday gift today, so you can run for me!"

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Xingqing Palace, several eunuchs are busy cleaning up the imperial study, the saint has not come to the imperial study for ten days, although the imperial study is cleaned every day, but since the beginning of the spring, it has rained more in Chang'an, the room still has a faint musty smell, the eunuchs are anxious one by one, the saint suddenly said that he wanted to come to the imperial study half an hour ago, if he smells this smell, the consequences can be unimaginable.

The charcoal basin was lit, and the smell of hot charcoal fire covered up the musty smell in the room, and then the window was opened, and a cool breeze blew, and the room immediately became fresh and dry, and a few handfuls of sandalwood were sprinkled in the incense burner, and the room was filled with a faint fragrance. ”

The eunuchs who cleaned the imperial study were so frightened that they withdrew from the door, and there was silence in the room, and for a moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came, followed by Li Longji's laughter, "I haven't been here for a long time, it's been a hard general." ”

"It is the responsibility of the old slave to share the worries of His Majesty."

"What's going on lately?"

"There is a bulletin in the North Court."

"Oh! Show me quickly. ”

Li Longji strode into the imperial study, the freshness and dryness of the room made him feel happy, and he sat down in his seat, although he had sat in this seat for decades, he had not dealt with court affairs for ten days, and he had a strange feeling.

"Your Majesty, this is the express news of the North Court!"

Gao Lishi handed an excerpt to Li Longji, this is Li Qing'an's official military report, through the post station, it took a month on the road, Li Longji has received a secret report from Wang Tingfang, the envoy of the prison army, more than half a month ago, Zhao Tingyu resisted the order and disrespected, wanted to hold the prison army hostage, and has been beheaded by Li Qing'an to show the public, Li Longji has no opinion on this, if he can't even control the North Court, Li Qing'an still has any ability, so he just laughed at Zhao Tingyu's death, on the contrary, he attacked Ge Lulu in the north, He was very interested in the westward expansion, and when he finished reading Li Qing'an's report, he couldn't help but applaud, "Good! It's a good step-by-step camp. ”

He excitedly said to Gao Lishi: "Actually, I am most worried that Li Qing'an will blow his army and directly break the leaves, which will repeat the footsteps of Niu Xianting, and now he is stepping into the camp, gradually building a new garrison to the west, consolidating logistics and grass, I think this is a strategy that really works." ”

Gao Lishi also smiled and said: "Li Qing'an taught the Qarlu people a lesson for His Majesty, and secretly taught the Hui people who wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, so that the chief of the Qarlu was naked and pleaded guilty to the Celestial Empire, and the old slave heard that the second prince of Gelulu was already on the way to Chang'an, if he could completely subdue the Qarlu people, and then support them to resist the eastward expansion of the Great Food for the Tang Dynasty, it would be a good thing." ”

Li Longji glanced at him and said with a smile: "Did the general let me reward Li Qing'an?" ”

Gao Lishi knelt down in fright, "The old slave doesn't dare!" ”

"Rise up, General! I'm kidding you. ”

Li Longji groaned and said: "I have been comparing Yang Guozhong with Li Qing'an, Yang Guozhong is already the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu and the interview envoy of Jiannan Dao, and Li Qing'an is only a deputy envoy of Jiedu, and it is precisely because of this that there will be an incident of him killing Zhao Tingyu, which is also my lack of consideration, I originally thought that he was not qualified enough and should not be promoted too highly, but I didn't expect it to cause infighting, so be it!" I lifted him up one step more. ”

Speaking of this, Li Longji ordered: "Call Xiangguo to me." ”

At this moment, there was a ring sound outside the imperial study, followed by Yang Huahua's delicate voice: "Is the emperor in the study?" ”

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Because the emperor Li Longji became more and more tired of the big and small affairs of the court, Gao Lishi's ghostwriting and approval for him was only limited to major events, and many large and small affairs that should have been played were no longer required to be reported.

Although he was busy with government affairs until late at night, he enjoyed it, and for him, hard work was secondary, and increased power was first.

Not only has his power been improved, but his relationship with the crown prince Li Heng has also improved, yesterday when he ordered someone to send a transcript to the East Palace, the prince actually replied to him with a note, suggesting that the military department should send people to various places to supervise the distribution of money and food for the families of the fallen soldiers.

Li Linfu knew that Li Heng's political enemies had gradually turned to the Yang family, which meant that his strategy of causing trouble had been successful, and the prince was willing to reconcile with him, so he also made his attitude clear: he immediately ordered the military department to investigate the distribution of pension money and food to the families of the fallen soldiers.

Early this morning, Li Linfu sent Li Qing'an's official military report from the Ministry of War into the palace, and he knew that Li Longji would soon summon him.

Sure enough, before noon, a eunuch hurriedly came to him, and the saint ordered him to go to the audience immediately, Li Linfu sorted out his clothes and hurriedly went on the road.

Soon, Li Linfu came to Xingqing Palace, and after waiting for half an hour, news came from the palace that the Holy Lord ordered him to meet him.

Before Li Linfu walked into the imperial study, he heard faint laughter and laughter inside, as well as a woman's voice, he couldn't help but hesitate, and was about to ask the little eunuch next to him, but Gao Lishi came out of the study, and when he saw him, he whispered: "Xiangguo, go in quickly!" The saint is going back to the palace after lunch. ”

Li Linfu had no choice but to walk into the imperial study, but he was stunned as soon as he entered the door.

Li Linfu couldn't help but sigh secretly, some time ago there were rumors in the market that the relationship between the saint and the third sister-in-law was ambiguous, and for this reason, he also ordered the arrest of the rumor, but now it seems that the rumor is not groundless.

He just didn't see it, bowed down and saluted: "Minister Li Linfu see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji was holding a wine glass and wanted to drink, when he heard the report, he turned around and smiled: "Xiangguo can have lunch?" ”

"Return to Your Majesty, and the minister will use it again when he goes back."

Li Longji also asked casually, he smiled and said to Yang Huahua: "Sanniang's matter is accurate, you can go back first!" I want to talk to Sangkook about business. ”

"I don't care if I drive people away in the middle of eating, I want to leave after eating."

Yang Huahua raised her eyebrows and ignored Li Longji's eviction order.

Li Longji was helpless, so he had to smile awkwardly, walked back to his seat and sat down, but Yang Huahua sat in the corner of the study, drinking slowly, and glanced here from time to time.

Li Longji took Li Qing'an's military report and asked first: "How is the matter of Hedong immigrants and artisan households moving west?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, a thousand artisan households have already set off half a month ago, and the Hedong immigrants are hurrying to recruit."

"Well done!"

Li Longji nodded, then handed him the military report and said, "Xiangguo, you must have read the military report in Beiting!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already seen it, and the minister agrees with his strategy of building five cities to the west, and the minister thinks that this has laid a solid foundation for the recovery of broken leaves in the future."

"Sangkook and I want to go together."

Li Longji said with a smile: "This time, Li Qing'an can use the attack on Gelulu as an excuse to break through the border of the Green Ridge and advance the actual control of my Tang Dynasty to the Yibohai line in the west of Lingxi, with the establishment of the supply line, the attack on Broken Leaf will no longer be like Niu Xianting in the eighteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and finally he will not be able to gain a foothold in Broken Leaf, in order to restore the Broken Leaf Military Town as soon as possible, I think I want to give Li Qing'an greater autonomy, what does Xiangguo think?" ”

"The minister is willing to resign from the dual positions of Beiting Jiedu envoy and capital protector, and recommend Li Qingan to take over."

"Your Majesty!"

Yang Huahua, who had already finished lunch and was sitting on the side drinking tea, finally couldn't help but interject, "Then Li Qingan Tianbao has only joined the army for five years, and it has only been a few years, and he is about to be promoted too quickly, is it too fast to be promoted?" ”

Li Longji's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Sanniang, don't ask about the affairs of the court, go first!" ”

"I don't want to ask about your affairs in the court! But Li Qing'an is indeed not qualified, and there are many officers in Datang who are stronger than him, why do you have to use him, it won't be because my fourth sister blows the pillow wind to Your Majesty every night! ”

Rao is Li Longji spoiled her, and his face couldn't hold it at the moment, he slapped the table heavily, pointed to the door and said angrily: "You give me out!" ”

Yang Huahua pouted, "I knew you would...."

She snorted softly, swayed her waist slightly, and walked away dismissively.

There was some embarrassment in the room, and Li Linfu laughed dryly and said: "Love the house and Wu, which shows Your Majesty's love for the concubine." ”

"I don't want to be like a woman."

Li Longji smiled bitterly, and continued the topic just now: "I have decided to appoint Li Qing'an as the envoy of the Beiting Festival and the protector of the Beiting Prefecture, and Xiangguo will no longer hold these two positions, and in addition, I will appoint him as the governor of Xizhou again......"

Yang Huahua angrily walked out of Xingqing Palace, Li Qing'an's damn thief man was actually going to be promoted to the envoy of the festival, it was really unreasonable, she just walked to the palace gate, but she heard a disturbance outside, and someone was faintly shouting: "You let go of me, I want to meet Your Majesty and impeach Li Qingan for indiscriminately killing important ministers of the court." ”

Yang Huahua was stunned, she quickened her pace, and saw that outside the palace gate, more than a dozen guards were pressing a man to the ground, the man struggled, straightened his neck and shouted desperately: "Your Majesty, Li Qingan is covering the sky with one hand in the north court, abusing his power, and the minister wants to accuse him." ”

Several guards gagged him, but he was still squeaking and shouting, "Your Majesty. Next, the minister will accuse.... ＂

The guards were furious and ready to knock him out with heavy hands, but at this moment, Yang Huahua shouted: "Stop!" ”

When the guards saw that Mrs. Qiu Guo stopped them, they slowly relaxed the man, and Yang Huahua stepped forward and asked, "Who are you, why do you want to accuse Li Qing'an?" I'm Mrs. Qiuguo, and you can tell me any grievances. ”

The man saw that someone finally made the decision for him, and hurriedly said: "Madam, the humble position is the county order of Jinman County, Tingzhou, named Chen Zhonghe, the minister wants to accuse Li Qing'an of provoking a war with Ge Lulu, and take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, Zhao Tingyu, the governor of Xizhou, was forced to death by him, and the deputy capital protector Cheng Qianli was taken away from all power by him, he was selfish, and the political power of Beiting was held by his staff, and there is definite evidence of his humble position." ”

Chen Zhonghe broke free from the guard's hand, took out a booklet from his arms, handed it to the top of his head, and said: "This is the testimony of soldiers and officers collected by the humble position, and the soldiers and civilians of Beiting can prove Li Qing'an's monstrous power in Beiting. ”

Yang Huahua took the booklet and flipped through it, and the positive words in it were really unfavorable to Li Qingan, and she was overjoyed: "Okay, you and I will go to see the emperor." ”

Yang Huahua wanted to take Chen Zhonghe into the palace, but the guards of Xingqing Palace quit, and a straight arched his hand and said: "Madam, without being summoned by the saint, foreign officials are not allowed to enter the palace, this is the rule of the palace, please forgive me." ”

"Don't you even give me face?"

"I'm sorry, madam, even the mother is not allowed, this is the duty of the lowly officials."

"Just a bunch of watchdogs."

Yang Huahua snorted, turned around and entered the palace again, she came to the outside of the Datong Palace, it happened that Li Longji and Xiangguo Li Linfu came out of the hall with a smile, and saw Yang Huahua coming back again, Li Longji couldn't help but be stunned, and asked with a smile: "Sanniang is not convinced, and you have to argue with me?" ”

Yang Hua's pretty face stared at the frost and snow, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace gate is shouting grievances, does Your Majesty see it or not?" ”

"Shouting grievances?" Li Longji and Li Linfu glanced at each other, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "You can go to Wannian County to shout grievances, and go to my Xingqing Palace to shout grievances, you are in the wrong place!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a shout was heard in the distance: "The concubine has arrived!" ”

I saw Yang Yuhuan, who was dressed in heavy makeup, walking mightily surrounded by hundreds of palace people, Li Linfu hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See the noble concubine." ”

"Xiangguo is exempt!"

Yang Yuhuan nodded with a smile, but a pair of beautiful eyes glanced at Li Longji and the third sister Yang Huahua, with a trace of suspicion in her eyes, someone secretly complained to her, the third lady was sharing lunch with the saint, and it happened that she had also heard some gossip in the past few days, and she was really relieved in her heart, so she rushed to visit.

"Is Your Majesty preparing to return to the palace?"

Li Longji was a little weak-hearted, he smiled and said: "I have handled a few official matters and am about to return to the palace, just when Sanniang said that someone outside the palace is complaining, I feel a little strange." ”

"Oh!" Yang Yuhuan turned his eyes, glanced at Yang Huahua and said with a smile: "Third sister, how can you take care of other people's complaints, there are county orders, Jing Zhaoyin, and Yushitai, and finally Li Xiangguo, no matter how it is the turn of the saint!" ”

"Humph! Outside the palace is the Beiting County Order, if you want to sue Li Qing'an for dictatorship, will the county order dare to manage it? Does Jing Zhaoyin dare to care? ”

Yang Huahua handed the impeachment letter to Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, people have come all the way to sue your feudal officials, how can you not ask?" ”

Yang Yuhuan's face sank slightly, she knew in her heart that Yang Huahua was actually dissatisfied with Li Qingan and used the topic to play.

"Third sister, for major affairs of the country, Your Majesty will discuss with the ministers of the court, and we should not participate."

Yang Huahua raised her eyebrows, and said coldly: "Fourth sister, I didn't participate in the state affairs of the saint, did I?" What to do with it is a holy matter, I just send a message. ”

She said to Li Longji again: "Whether it is Mingjun or Dum Jun is all in the mind of Your Majesty, Your Majesty will do it yourself!" ”

Yang Yuhuan also did not give in and said: "Your Majesty, if a precedent is set, everyone will come to sue the emperor in the future, will Your Majesty want to be a Ming Jun or a faint Jun at that time?" ”

Li Longji was caught between the two women and was a little dilemma, and then Li Linfu smiled and said: "The minister is the head of the hundred officials, why don't you let the minister listen to the county order from the north court first, and then the minister is in the report to the saint, the third lady thinks this is good?" ”

Li Linfu's words are very plain, the county order can only respond to him at most, and suing the royal court is ultra vires.

Li Longji got the step, so he was embarrassed and explained to Yang Huahua: "Sanniang doesn't know, I only care about the officials above the third grade, and the authority of Xiangguo below the fourth grade, I don't want to overstep my authority!" ”

Yang Huahua snorted and said disdainfully: "When dealing with that Wei joining the army, I didn't think he was too small." ”

"Third sister!" Yang Yuhuan interrupted her unhappily, and hurriedly said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, go back to the palace!" Let the matter of the complaint be handled by Xiangguo. ”

Li Longji was choked by Yang Huahua and couldn't say a word, he handed over the pleadings to Li Linfu and said coldly: "This matter will be troublesome Xiangguo." ”

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked towards the palace with Yang Yuhuan, Yang Huahua stared at their backs, and her face was extremely pale.

Li Linfu bowed down and said, "The minister must deal with it impartially!" ”

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Li Linfu and Yang Huahua walked out of the palace gate together, and seeing that the guards were still holding Chen Zhonghe aside, Li Linfu stepped forward and said with a smile: "What happened?" ”

Chen Zhonghe saw Li Linfu when he was a junior sergeant, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The humble position is the county order of Jinman County, Tingzhou, and I came from Tingzhou to impeach Li Qingan, the deputy envoy of the Beiting Festival, for acting for personal gain and killing important ministers of the imperial court. ”

Li Linfu nodded, and gently reassured him: "If I remember correctly, Chen Xianling is the Tanhualang in the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan!" Hey, it's been ten years, and now I'm actually coming from Beiting thousands of miles away, and his ambition is commendable, and this minister will deal with this matter seriously. ”

Chen Zhonghe saw Xiangguo's friendly smile and amiable attitude, he actually remembered himself, he couldn't help but be moved with tears on his face, and he was willing to endure all the hardships at this time, he choked up and said: "I just want to say a fair word for the officials of Beiting, even if I lose my official position and abandon my post, I will never regret it." ”

"What an upright official!"

Li Linfu sighed, then turned back to Yang Huahua and smiled: "Third lady, rest assured, the imperial court has its own laws, and the Imperial History Observatory will strictly investigate this matter and will not protect anyone." ”

Yang Huahua saw that Li Linfu had a sincere attitude and a friendly smile, and she was also relieved, so she smiled and said, "Okay then!" This matter will be handled by Xiangguo, and I will go first. ”

After speaking, she boarded the carriage, and the carriage went away quickly, and Li Linfu saw her carriage disappear until he saw it, so he ordered left and right: "Send Chen County's order to the Imperial History Terrace, and you are not allowed to be rude." ”

"Humble and thankful for upholding justice."

Chen Zhonghe gave a deep salute, happily followed Li Linfu's men, Li Linfu got into the carriage, the curtain was lowered, the gentle smile on his face immediately disappeared without a trace, he snorted coldly, and said to the scholar: "You go and tell Wang Heng that this county order from Beiting sentenced him to bewitch the public, beat him with eighty sticks, and escorted Beiting to Li Qing'an for disposal." ”

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(To be continued)