"Your Highness, something big has happened." A eunuch hurriedly walked up to Princess Taiping, panting as he spoke, "Just now in the Lin De Palace, the prince said to Jinshang that Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei are not good people, and they are provoking the relationship between him and His Royal Highness behind their backs...... Aren't this Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei the prince's people? ”

Princess Taiping had just sent someone to Xue Mansion to carry Xue Chongxun, ready to wait for him to come and ask the ins and outs, but she didn't expect that in a short period of time, there would be new developments in things.

After the eunuch went down, Dou Huaizhen said: "In this way, the matter is slowly coming to the surface, I am afraid that what Xue Lang said to Wei Zhigu is indeed well-founded, and the prince will 'abandon the car to protect the handsome' after he knows it, and seize the opportunity to take the initiative to ask for guilt in front of Jinshang." Otherwise, Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei are both the prince's right-hand men, why would the prince make such a decision? ”

Several people in the hall spoke for a while, waiting for Xue Chongxun. Later in the evening, Xue Chongxun came, because he had a wound on his chest, so he sat on a pear wood chair, and four guards carried the chair in.

The guards put down their chairs and withdrew from the palace, and Princess Taiping said, "You are exempt from courtesy, just sit and talk." ”

Xue Chongxun looked in good spirits, and clenched his fists and said to the three prime ministers next to him: "Rude." The three of them had no choice but to clench their fists in return. Princess Taiping said: "Chongxun, I know everything you asked Xu Zhen to do, and just now there was news from the palace, saying that the prince exposed Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei in front of Jinshang to sow discord, what is going on?" ”

Hearing this, Xue Chongxun immediately understood in his heart that it must be Xu Zhen who came over to reveal the news to his mother. He was suddenly a little depressed in his heart, he didn't even have a confidant in the court, and the person he promoted didn't want to look at his mother's face, and the person who really belonged to him was just Fang Yuzhong and a few other Hedong slaves in the house.

But hearing that the prince was acting like this, Xue Chongxun also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Zhang Wei likes to make friends with heroes, so I put someone in and found out the news when he was drunk, the prince does have bad intentions." At that time, I wanted to tell my mother, but my mother must not believe it, so I asked Xu Zhen to reveal the news to the prime minister Wei Zhigu, and now the prince knows that the conspiracy has been leaked, so he has no choice but to get Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei out as scapegoats. ”

"Liu Youqiu is the prime minister, Zhang Wei is the general of the forbidden army, and they are both very important people around the prince, if it weren't for this, the prince would not have lost these two sons." Dou Huaizhen also said.

Princess Taiping frowned and groaned, "Why would Li Longji think of rebellion? It's incredible. ”

Dou Huaizhen said: "In my opinion, I'm afraid that the prince didn't mean this, but those who were attached to the prince were in danger because of Gao Lishi's affairs, and they just went to the prince to talk about it." ”

Princess Taiping sneered: "Li Sanlang is too young, he lost two generals in the end, and now there is no one for him in the prime minister, originally we wanted to deal with Zhang Wei, the general of the forbidden army, but now it is also easy to do." ”

At this moment, Xue Chongxun suddenly said: "Mother, I learned the news from Zhang Wei, it was completely accidental, if it weren't for this accident, the prince's actions would be impenetrable. What if they do have a sudden attack? ”

Princess Taiping was speechless.

Dou Huaizhen stood up and said, "Xue Lang, you are also too young, and some things are completely taken for granted. Li Sanlang is the crown prince, and he has most of the credit for being able to ascend the throne today, and his position is stable, why should he take the risk? Xue Lang will understand after a few more years of training in officialdom, the higher the position, the more stable he is, and there is no need for everyone to give up what they have in their hands to make a fish die, what is the benefit? So the prince's people just talk behind closed doors, and they will never really do that. ”

Dou Huaizhen's tone made Xue Chongxun very uncomfortable, and he was completely relying on the old man to sell the old place, Xue Chongxun said coldly: "Seeking stability? Last year, Empress Wei was in power, and Dou Xianggong was very optimistic about her, and he thought that everyone would seek stability, right? ”

At that time, Dou Huaizhen was really optimistic about Queen Wei, or she would not marry an old and ugly nurse back, and later as soon as Queen Wei failed, the nurse was also pitiful and was strangled to death by him.

Dou Huaizhen's face turned red, very embarrassed, and her chic and calm demeanor seemed to have shrunk a little.

Princess Taiping looked at Dou Huaizhen's expression with interest, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, but she said, "Chongxun, how can you talk like that?" Be humble! ”

Dou Huaizhen finally cheekily looked at him and said: "Now that the prince is getting weaker and weaker, the situation is very good for us, what can we do if we don't seek stability?" ”

Princess Taiping said: "Chongxun is young, and Dou Xianggong is not as knowledgeable as him." In short, today is worth rejoicing, Chongxun is also indispensable, everyone should stop arguing, let's go home. ”

Hearing Princess Taiping say this, several officials bowed and retired.

Xue Chongxun was still sitting on the chair and let people carry him away. The group walked out of the front hall and walked to the corridor, Princess Taiping said in front: "I was very angry that day, and then I was angry and thought about it, I really didn't take enough care of you......" Xue Chongxun's heart warmed when he heard this.

Princess Taiping said again: "Your injury is not healed, just stay in the mansion to recuperate, I have no shortage of good medicinal materials here." ”

Xue Chongxun's heart was warm, but he only said: "Mother, I haven't had dinner yet, can we eat together today?" ”

Princess Taiping turned around and smiled: "Don't be angry with me." ”

Xue Chongxun also smiled: "Then I'll put your words in my stomach first, and then I'll talk about it after eating." ”

At this time, the mother and son walked to the corridor where they had quarreled last time, but it did not rain today, and the red lanterns were hung under the eaves around them, which were all lit up and very beautiful, and the lights reflected the majestic temple, which was even more gorgeous than in the daytime.

Princess Taiping stopped, motioned to her entourage to retreat, and said, "Don't hold back, let's talk." ”

Xue Chongxun shook his head and said, "Are you here to make your mother angry again?" ”

"I'm not angry this time, I can actually guess what you're trying to say. Dou Huaizhen is a person, you can laugh at him for being snobbish, but he came up step by step from below, he didn't rely on clinging to the powerful before, he has a lot of experience in officialdom, and he is much more reliable than the prince's people. Let's just say Liu Youqiu, what was an unknown small role before? It's just that with last year's Tanglong event, he climbed directly to the position of prime minister, and his foundation is very shallow, with only tricks and tricks, and no big insights. ”

Xue Chongxun didn't argue, and said directly: "Dou Huaizhen was right just now, Li Longji's position is still stable, if he continues to be so stable, sooner or later he will ascend the throne, once he ascends the throne, what he doesn't dare to do now, will he dare to do it at that time?" ”

Princess Taiping lowered her head and pondered, as if she was trying to figure out Li Longji.

Xue Chongxun hit the railroad while it was hot: "I'll just talk about my mother's two weaknesses. One is that there seem to be a lot of people who support my mother, but my mother's biggest weakness is that I rely on Imagami a lot, although Imagami and my mother's brother and sister are not shallow, but I have already seen that Imagami is unreliable! Second, the mother's weakness is that it is not easy to control the forbidden army, once something extraordinary happens, it is useless for the prime minister or the official in the court, and in the end she still relies on force to speak and fight the forbidden army! Why did Li Longji endure the pain of cutting his love and abandon the car to protect the handsome this time? It's that he lacks the title of emperor and is not sure about the forbidden army. Assuming that he can fully mobilize the forbidden army, will he be entangled with you to preach the scriptures and teachings? Direct force is flat. ”

Princess Taiping looked at Xue Chongxun's eyes: "How did you know about the prince's conspiracy this time?" ”

It seems that the mother didn't believe the reason said in the hall, and Xue Chongxun couldn't find a reason for a while, so he had to say: "I used a little trick......"

"The assassination case is definitely not your own play, so what kind of trick are you using?" Princess Taiping asked.

Xue Chongxun was a little hasty, he really didn't care about the reason, he thought: I can't tell Xiao Heng about it, if I say it, my mother will think that the prince and others are conspiring for a reason, and it has nothing to do with the prince, so it will be in vain, and I can't let my mother realize the prince's dangerous scheming.

Xue Chongxun pretended to be a little embarrassed and said: "The plan is a bit inferior, and it also uses women...... Mother don't ask, okay? ”

Princess Taiping smiled and finally let Xue Chongxun go.

Xue Chongxun said again: "Mother, I'm sure that once Li Longji ascends the throne, he will act decisively immediately!" At that time, it will be even more disadvantageous for us to do extraordinary things, and it is almost impossible for us to be complicit in rebellion if we are not justified. Besides, it is already very troublesome for us to do that kind of thing, and it requires a lot of preparation, so we must make up our minds and prepare as soon as possible! When the interruption continues, but the chaos is affected, the mother should think twice! ”

Princess Taiping was not angry, compared to the last time Xue Chongxun's exhortation, this time Xue Chongxun has improved a little, but he observed his mother's expression and felt that he still failed to strengthen his mother's determination.

"Chongxun, are you done with what you want to make me angry?"

"That's it." Xue Chongxun said dejectedly.

Princess Taiping beckoned her entourage over and said, "Then let's have dinner together." ”

Xue Chongxun looked sad and suddenly felt so tired. Maybe he really lacks political experience, some things are taken for granted, and his mother's approach is right...... If you follow his Xue Chongxun method, you may die faster.

Am I wrong? Xue Chongxun raised his head and looked at the starry sky in the summer night sky, and the stars were brighter.

It's probably wrong, so it's really destiny, and there's no way?

A voice in my heart said: Accept your fate, there is still a little time to enjoy life, anyway, people will die sooner or later. But another voice said persistently: If you die, you will return to dead silence, no, it is more terrible than dead silence, even if you can live one more day, you must do your best!

At this time, I heard my mother say: "Liu Youqiu and Zhang Wei are very troublesome, I didn't expect that you were so weak that you could actually get them down, this time you have made a meritorious service." Don't be sad, I am a mother at every opportunity, put your heart at ease, and I will celebrate you tonight. ”

Xue Chongxun was silent.

Princess Taiping took Xue Chongxun to the prayer hall of the back court, and instructed the eunuch a few words, and after a while, a group of slaves and maids rushed in, and all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas were sent in. Princess Taiping saw Xue Chongxun sitting below, and asked someone to carry him up the jade steps and sit with her.

The big table in front of the two was full of delicacies, Rao was born in a family by Xue Chongxun, and he had never seen many things, probably from local officials.

After a while, a group of women dressed in exotic costumes came to the temple and danced the hu dance, and the musicians played cheerful tunes, and the singers danced to the beat of the drums.

Princess Taiping smiled: "How about the singing and dancing in Mother's Mansion?" ”

Xue Chongxun replied casually: "It's not cold compared to the banquet and dance of Daming Palace. ”

Princess Taiping saw that Xue Chongxun was sitting up straight, and it seemed that the injury was no longer serious, so she said: "I heard that you still went to the folk Qinglou to visit, what kind of goods are there in that place, you don't want to lower your status, don't go in the future." You look at the singer here, which one you like, just point it and ask her to accompany you tonight. ”

Xue Chongxun nodded: "Oh, but I don't like orchids in the Western Regions, even if it's not from the Tang Dynasty, the Silla (Korean) people are not bad." ”

Princess Taiping said: "The Silla people are ugly, so I will change you for Jiangnan song and dance." With that, he clapped his hands slightly, and the music suddenly stopped, and the orchids bowed their heads and retreated, and another group of women walked in through the small door next to them.

She smiled again: "This is the best person in the mother's house, but you can't be emotional, my eldest daughter-in-law has to choose among the princesses, you can pick it yourself, there is a festival banquet in the palace next time, I will take you, you can take a look." ”