Chapter 253: The Man Behind the Scenes

After Li You came out of the Taiji Palace, he returned directly to his Yanwang Mansion. It's just that his expression is not very good, and the whole person, sitting there, makes people feel a little gloomy.

"Your Highness"

Not long after he sat down, a middle-aged man who looked like a butler walked in from outside the door, saluted respectfully like him, and then stood there without speaking. This person is indeed the housekeeper of the Yan Wang's Mansion, and he is the old housekeeper. Since Li You opened the mansion, he has entered the Yanwang Mansion.

In the prince's palace, although there are family affairs and family accounts, these people are often not very reliable. Therefore, within the palace, there are often some additional personnel. These people, although they seem to have low status, are actually real henchmen.

For example, the steward Lu in front of him was specially given to Li You by Concubine Yin when Li You opened the mansion. At the beginning, Li You didn't like this person very much, but with him, everything about Li You couldn't escape the eyes of Concubine Yin. However, now it is different, Li You found that this Steward Lu is indeed not ordinary. is low-key, thoughtful, and flexible, so that Li You is 10,000 satisfied.

"Steward Lu, don't be polite, well, by the way, that thing, there won't be a tail, right?"

For talents, especially this kind of loyal and capable talents, that must be respected, so now Li You's attitude towards Steward Lu is very good.

"Your Highness, rest assured, there will be no trouble. The secret report was sent in secret. And the matter of supervising the imperial history was also carried out through the hands of others, and now Jia Zhiyuan is crazy. All things are even more difficult to look up. Even if you check, it won't involve us in any way. ”

When Steward Lu heard Li You's question, he was immediately neither humble nor arrogant. Answered with great certainty.

"Well, that's good, in short, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, we do anything, everything must be done carefully. In this way, this matter should still be closely watched once there is any change. Let's plan ahead."

Steward Lu's words did not make Li You completely lose his vigilance, and he still explained with some anxiety.

"Yes, Your Highness. During this time, the subordinates will definitely pay attention to it, and as soon as there is any change, they will immediately come and report it to His Highness."

Steward Lu didn't have any dissatisfied look because of Li You's words. On the contrary, from his eyes, there was a hint of awe and joy. Meantime. is more surprised, Li You's changes have been so great that people can't believe it during this period of time.

"Yes. That's good, that's right, in addition, it is necessary to pay close attention to Wang Youde and the Yue Wangfu's every move. Then, something is wrong. Report back to the king immediately. Among them, especially on Wang Youde's side, Wang feels that he will definitely have new moves. After all, their Wang family's restaurant business is now in jeopardy. And now it seems that the Yue Wangfu side can't help him anymore, and he will definitely think of another way."

"The subordinates obey the order, well, the craftsman village, do you want to continue to monitor?"

"No need for this, at today's court meeting, the emperor has issued an order to make him King Yong. Since then, the roots have been of no use to him in small fights. Forget it, withdraw all the people who were arranged over there. ”

Hearing Steward Lu mention the craftsman village, Li You's expression immediately became more gloomy, and his mood was extremely depressed. The tone was full of unwillingness.

However, at this moment, it is indeed as he said, a small fight is no longer likely to have any impact on Li Feng. In the emperor's decree this time, the meaning is already quite clear. That is, no one is allowed to provoke the craftsman village and provoke Li Feng again.

"If Your Highness has no other explanation, then your subordinates will retire"

Seeing Li You's expression, it was obvious that it had become a little bad, and Steward Lu chose to retreat very wisely. For the current Yan King Li You, he is often frightened. Although, Li You's attitude towards him, and even towards everyone, is getting better and better, and more and more kind, but often such people are more terrifying.

"Hehe, my good fourth uncle, it seems that your status in the eyes of your father is really unique. This time, he really took a lot of trouble for your business. Not only did he try his best to exonerate you from the charge of brewing wine without permission, even if you made a big fuss in the court and injured Hou Junji, it would be over. In the end, such a decree was made. However, you wait, the account between you and me will be settled sooner or later."

After Steward Lu went out, Li You immediately began to talk to himself, and a very hateful light appeared in his eyes. At the same time, there is also a deep helplessness and unwillingness.

"Wang Youde, Wang Youde, you also have today. Oh, I think at the beginning, if it weren't for you, how could the king have suffered that kind of pain and humiliation? For the sake of that second pot head, you actually sold the king. Speaking of which, the king still has to thank you, otherwise, it will still be a mess. It's just a pity, this time, you go to Li Tai, he can't help you, he doesn't have the guts, hehe. ”

"However, I want to take a good look at how capable the Wang family, as the six major clans, is. It's better to have a lose-lose game or a broken net, so that the king can get a little interest from it."

After talking to himself for a while, Li You's mood was obviously much better. Unexpectedly, this time it turned out to be planned by him.

That's right, this thing was indeed planned by him. Ever since what happened in the village last time, he had learned from the pain and decided to change. During the period of recuperation, he has been thinking about many questions. Among them, there was a problem that he couldn't figure out.

That is, at the beginning, why did Wang Youde go to great lengths to let him go to the craftsman village. I didn't think much about it before, but then I thought about what Wang Youde did and his character. thinks that he doesn't just want to avenge his subordinate, or let out a bad breath.

If it were only because of this, he wouldn't have to go to such trouble, please do it himself. With their royal family, with his king's virtuous ability, if they want to get a mountain villager, they can get it as much as they want. Where do you need to use your own hands to accomplish this?

The more Li You thought about it, the more he felt that there was a problem here, so he began to send people to closely monitor the situation of the Wang family, as well as investigate and collect all the information of the Wang family.

However, as he slowly got to know the Wang family, the more he believed in his heart that he was being used by Wang Youde. Because, just a cursory investigation, he found that this Wang family was extremely powerful. He finally understood why these six clans had such a high status in the eyes of people. It's not because they're rich.

It wasn't until Cui Yingying's big move began that the Wang family's restaurant business was hit hard. And among them, the most critical thing turned out to be a kind of wine called Erguotou. Then, he focused his attention on the investigation of these two pots. Soon, I found out the connection between Cui Yingying and Li Feng, and the two pots turned out to be from Li Feng.

At this time, where could he not understand that Wang Youde's purpose was to go for this second pot. And he became a pawn of Wang Youde.

Thinking about all this, Li You hated Wang Youde in his heart. If he was based on his previous temperament, he would have to go to Wang Youde immediately to settle accounts. However, after the pain of a broken leg, he changed greatly. Therefore, he did not rush to find Wang Youde.

He just paid closer attention to the Wang family's every move, waiting for the opportunity to come. Sure enough, this time, let him wait for Wang Youde again. And, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an City, he first made an appointment with Cui Yingying, and then went to the Yue Wangfu. The next day, Li Tai left the craftsman village.

In this way, where could Li You not guess the purpose of Wang Youde's trip. So, soon, he thought of this, a plan to kill birds with one stone.

Come on, there is no such thing as a prince here. However, if you want Jia Zhiyuan to take action, there must be big people involved. It just so happened that during this time, the prince and Li Feng had a close relationship, so the prince became a bait to lure Jia Zhiyuan.

As for why he chose Jia Zhiyuan, of course, Li You knows this person's character very well. The most important thing is that only through him can this matter be made big and stabbed directly to the emperor.

When the time comes, between the law of the Tang Dynasty and Li Feng, it will be a headache for the emperor. However, in Li You's view, the emperor will definitely uphold the laws of the Tang Dynasty and punish Li Feng. This is the result he needs.

Moreover, this matter involves the prince, whether it succeeds or not, the people on the prince's side will definitely not give up, and they will definitely investigate the mastermind behind the scenes. This investigation, needless to say, will soon be found on the body of Li Tai, the king of Yue. Overthrowing the prince, he benefited the most, not to mention, he came to have a connection with the matter of Erguotou, and Wang Youde, and even more, he also went to the craftsman village in person. If you don't look for him, who are you looking for?

Although there is no evidence, this beam is bigger, you know, this time, it's not a small fight. If that charge is confirmed, the prince will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. Even, when the time comes, I can't say that even Wang Youde's side will be retaliated against.

"Oh, that's a shame. However, this effort is not in vain, fourth brother, fourth brother, this time, this black cauldron, but I want you to help me carry it, haha. By the way, there is also Wang Youde, the Wang family, the emperor has been very dissatisfied with you since he came, I don't know, this time, what will happen"

Although he couldn't take Li Feng well, Li You was still very happy in his heart.