"There are tens of millions of mansions in Ande, the cold people in the world are happy, and the wind and rain do not move like a mountain......" Li Chenghong looked up at the roof above the Penglai Hall and couldn't help but read it.

On the soft collapse above sat his mother Wang Guifei, a woman who was illiterate, but she could still understand these two lines of poetry in a concise and concise manner, so she asked: "The poem written by Cheng Hong?" ”

Li Chenghong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Xue family's eldest Lang, I made a place called 'Guangsha Hall', and Ming'er came from these two poems...... When the money law is implemented and the money store is opened, his Guangsha Hall should be very lively. At least it's more lively than my mother's place. ”

Wang Guifei said angrily: "I have a lot of people who come and go here on weekdays, but now that Chenghong came, I pushed it off." ”

Li Chenghong took a breath and sat down directly on the wooden steps very rudely. He had just come in from outside, and climbed the stone steps more than ten zhang high outside the Penglai Palace, looking a little tired. Li Chenghong's body bones are also weak, although he looks tall and big, but he is supported by bones, and he doesn't like to exercise on weekdays.

"What did my mother do to me? I don't know yet, you've suffered a lot from Queen Gao recently? Li Chenghong said, "I have long told my mother not to fight with Queen Gao like this, you don't believe it, how about now?" ”

It's okay not to raise the queen, but as soon as she mentions it, Wang Guifei will be angry, and she will curse again.

Li Chenghong said: "You can only scold here, what else can you do?" In terms of favor, my father is afraid that he has not been with you for 20 years; On status, the lord of the queen's harem; In terms of power, since the alliance with Xue Dalang, who of those Taiping princesses in Daming Palace is not facing her? Princess Taiping has been in business for many years, and even her father and emperor were invited to the palace by her, you are not asking for hardships with their gang of children......"

"Bang!" Wang Guifei slapped a chapter on the case, and her face was blue and white for a while.

Li Chenghong was stunned for a moment, but he was not afraid, but laughed. Wang Guifei said angrily: "Funny? ”

"No, no, I just want to laugh all of a sudden, I don't mean anything else, don't blame my mother." Li Chenghong took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead, and finally stopped smiling.

Wang Guifei said coldly: "I don't believe that she is stronger than me in everything, why didn't she give birth to a dragon vein when she was so strong?" Sooner or later, when I want her to kneel in front of me and cry! ”

Li Chenghong nodded solemnly and said: "Oh yes, a few days ago, there was a small incident in my house, I caught a thief, I was bought by someone else, and I often delivered letters. ”

Wang Guifei frowned and said, "Who instructed it?" ”

"Who else?" Li Chenghong said quietly, "But I didn't torture it, I guess he doesn't know who to die for...... In this situation, I think it is more stable to let the crown prince be safer. ”

"What did you say?" Wang Guifei almost stood up, and said angrily, "It's too late for everyone to fight, and you are the eldest son of His Majesty, and your name is right, but you have to give in to yourself, and your brain is confused?" ”

Li Chenghong said: "It's the mother who is confused? I'm very sober, and if this continues, our mother and son will die sooner or later. ”

"Who dare?"

Li Chenghong suddenly laughed again, and said thoughtlessly: "Actually, our mother and son are very similar in temperament. If my mother gets along with Queen Gao and accompanies her in a low voice, she will probably be fine......"

"Fart! Will the old lady be stingy with the yellow-haired girl? ”

"Don't worry, haven't I finished yet?" Li Chenghong said, "If my mother is like this, she should be safe; If I accept my fate and become a marionette, as Pan Dabeard and the others said, I don't have to worry too much about making friends and compromising with Xue Dalang......" He was still calm and relaxed when he said it at first, and then his tone suddenly became cold, "But I just can't bear this breath!" ”

At this time, Wang Guifei had a premonition that her son had something to say today, and hurriedly asked, "What do you want?" ”

Li Chenghong walked up the steps, came to the side of the upper seat, and sat down on a round stool. There is no one else here, and he really doesn't have much etiquette in front of his own mother.

He sat silent for a long time, during which the princess did not speak after urging twice. After a long time, Li Chenghong finally spoke: "Princess Taiping is no good, if my father has a little ambition at this time, wouldn't it be easy?" ”

"How easy is it?"

Li Chenghong sighed and said: "You are the king of a country as the Son of Heaven, and it is a natural right to kill and seize the livelihood of your subjects, which is justifiable. You say it's easy or not? Bei Ya was originally a royal guard, and it was normal for his father to reappoint the generals of the Praetorian Guard, and no one dared to say that it was wrong, and then ...... Alas. ”

He pondered for a moment, and finally sat closer, approaching Wang Guifei and whispering for a while.

Soon Wang Guifei's face turned pale, and her hands trembled a little: "You...... You are crazy! ”

In contrast, Li Chenghong looked very calm and said indifferently: "When I played chess with Mr. Li the day before yesterday, he thought I had lost, so he had to admit defeat." In the end, I am not the same surprise winner, as long as I don't admit defeat, there is always a way...... Prince, the foundation of the country, the heavens have given me such a title, and it is a pity to sit back and waste it. ”

Li Chenghong muttered to himself: "When I was in Youzhou, I was just the son of a losing clan, what is the difference between being in Youzhou and exile? Although we all have the blood of Emperor Gaozu in our bodies, what was the use of it at that time? Unexpectedly, the world is unpredictable, and he actually became a prince in a daze, even if it is the caged bird, but he is also a prince. He said thoughtfully, "Sometimes I wake up in the morning and think I'm still ...... in Youzhou."

Wang Guifei said: "But no matter what, such a thing must not be done!" ”

Li Chenghong said coldly: "This is Daming Palace!" What can't be done? Our grandmother even killed more than one of her own sons, so why can't she do it? Mother is scared, then what are you fighting with Queen Gao, do you understand what you are doing! ”

Wang Guifei was stunned and said: "It's nothing more than intrigue and quarrelling, noisy and noisy......"

Li Chenghong said: "If it goes on like this, my mother will definitely go to the cold palace and be confined until she dies of old age!" And your sons will be in a different place...... This is the fate of losers, but it is just a normal thing. ”

"But ......"

Li Chenghong said categorically: "If my mother does not agree to conspire with me, I will immediately give up the crown prince's throne, please go out of Beijing, and go to Youzhou or Lingnan, maybe I can save my life." ”

"You ......"

Li Chenghong didn't wait for Wang Guifei to finish speaking, and said: "Erchen is definitely not a joke!" Now, it's too late to turn back. When Empress Gao and Xue Dalang should be together, and the shape is in power, does my mother think that Empress Gao will forgive you? As long as they want to touch their mother, they won't let me go either. ”

……

People are at ease, and most people hope that the situation will be stable. Some people say that the pursuit of stability is a sign of weakness and incompetence, but if this is true, then many people are weak. However, the opportunity to stabilize the dìng has been missed, as early as when Li Longji was in the court, it was a real opportunity to stabilize the dìng, so Li Longji was so popular at that time, he catered to the needs of people's peace of mind...... But the opportunity has been missed.

Now that the situation is complicated, the imperial power is declining, can it still be calm? It's just appearances, the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop.

Xue Chongxun should also be weak, he was not a person who longed for supremacy like Liu Bang or Li Shimin from the beginning, if he didn't foresee the danger, he wouldn't have mixed up with the dangerous power struggle at all; If he had been a person with no knowledge of history in his previous life (there were many people who couldn't even figure out the dynasties), he would definitely be his imperial relative Wei Guogong, playing ball, listening to music, playing with women, and teasing birds every day...... I just knew, so I took a step, and it was impossible to stop it.

In his current position, it is absolutely impossible to delegate power and retreat, so he can only advance step by step.

In addition to growing his own power, he is also stepping up surveillance of the royal family. It is natural for the inner factory to monitor the crown prince, in fact, Xue Chongxun attaches the most importance to not the prince, but the emperor Li Shouli. Even if Li Shouli ignores the government, the imperial power in his hands still makes people feel a little cold.

Xue Chongxun contacted the eunuch Yu Liben and other palace members of the Taiping Party, and arranged manpower around Li Shouli; On the one hand, he also kept in touch with the generals of the forbidden army. Generals Chang Yuankai and Li Ci are all members of the old Taiping Party, and many middle-level generals are also familiar with Xue Chongxun.

He once deduced the struggle with Li Shouli by himself, and felt that the odds of winning were not much. However, the world is man-made, talent is the most important link, and people like Li Shouli don't do anything if they have a chance of winning, so they have nothing to say.

If Li Shouli took the first step to promote his own people to take charge of the forbidden army, Xue Chongxun would have a little headache. He will naturally realize that something is wrong, but his foundation as a king with a different surname is not very strong, and it is really a lot of pressure to directly launch a coup d'état and plot to usurp the throne.

It is a difficult thing to seek the usurpation of the throne, and if the name is not justified, many people feel that the opportunity to cause trouble has come, and it is obvious that there will be many people surnamed Li who call themselves "Uncle Li Huang" and so on. Even within the imperial court, Li Shouli was the emperor, and Xue Chongxun could swagger to mobilize troops to suppress Li Longji, who was called emperor; If the imperial court is not surnamed Li, there should be all kinds of unexpected things inside.

What will happen? Xue Chongxun didn't figure it out himself, he had to try to know; What he understands is that it is very unsafe to usurp imperial power like this, otherwise why wouldn't Cao Cao and others be called emperors?

So Li Shouli let go like this, no matter what he liked, he just needed to monitor him at any time and still be drunk and obsessed.

Maybe it's because Xue Chongxun has moved against him, and now he is also paying extra attention to making a name for himself, after all, he has come to that point in the future, and it is really difficult to deal with the rebellion of the people with too many opponents.

It happened that several judicial officials and yamen in the court were trying Yao Chong's case, and the recitals presented were copied and beheaded. Xue Chongxun wanted to say good things, not because Li Guishou and the courtesan Feiyan interceded when he was in Luoyang, but he felt that Li Guishou's words were somewhat reasonable, and helping Yao Chong's family could win the hearts of a little scholar. G