In the spacious apse of the Ganlu Palace, a generation of emperor Li Shimin is lying quietly on the couch with his eyes closed, although his eyes are closed, people have never been able to sleep, not because of the hot weather, but because of the recent chaos of the court situation, how can Li Shimin not be able to calm down - with Li Shimin's wisdom, how can he not see that although the current situation is stable on the surface, in fact, all the princes are preparing to move in private, a big storm is about to be staged, to be honest, Li Shimin is not worried that he can't control the court, for his own political skills, Li Shimin still has absolute confidence, how many storms have been experienced, how can Li Shimin worry about such a small chaos, but this time he has to deal with not political enemies but his own sons, this is the reason why Li Shimin is tired, after all, the emperor is also a human being, not a god who has no desires, although the family affection of the emperor's family is weak, but it is not nothing, when he thinks of Li Zhen's poem on the melon, Li Shimin's heart can not calm down.

"Huh?" Just when Li Shimin's heart was unsettled, he was suddenly disturbed by the noise coming from outside the hall, he couldn't help but open his eyes, turned over and sat up, snorted with displeasure on his face, glanced at several little eunuchs standing in the hall, and said coldly: "Go, see what's going on?" ”

Seeing that Li Shimin's complexion was not good, the little eunuchs suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly answered, and hurriedly ran to the front hall, but unexpectedly, before the little eunuchs ran out of the apse, the pale-faced inner eunuch Hu Youde turned out from behind the screen, staggered to the front of the couch, knelt on the ground, but kowtowed vigorously and said: "Your Majesty, the slave should die, the slave and the maid should ......die", the force was so fierce, and after a few efforts, blood came out of the forehead.

Seeing Hu Youde's panicked appearance, Li Shimin's already gloomy face was suddenly so cold that water could drip out, and he asked coldly: "Say!" What's the matter? ”

Seeing that Li Shimin's face was not good, Hu Youde immediately trembled in fright, knelt up straight, and didn't care that the wound on his forehead was bleeding, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is angry, the slave maid said this, the eunuchs in the palace are making trouble outside, led by Gao Sheng, the deputy director of the Yuande Palace, and Wang Binghe, the deputy director of the Ice and Charcoal Division, they took the slave's nephew Hu Song, saying that Hu Song was disrespectful to the palace maid of the Yuande Palace, shouting to face the saint, the slave and the maid couldn't stop it, and disturbed Your Majesty, capital crime, capital crime!" ”

"Huh?" When Li Shimin heard this kind of thing, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face kept changing, but the chill in his eyes became stronger and stronger, and the green tendons on his forehead also burst out, gritted his teeth, snorted from his nose, and looked at Hu Youde, who kept kowtowing for a while, with a calm face, and then said coldly: "Go, announce the relevant people in, and the rest of the people will disperse immediately, and those who do not comply will be punished for the crime of resisting the order!" ”

"The slave obeys." Hu Youde hurriedly snorted, and rushed out of the apse with a rolling belt, but after a while, he led Goldman Sachs, Wang Binghe and Hu Song, who was escorted by several little eunuchs, and everyone saw Li Shimin sitting on the couch with a calm face, and they all knelt down and kowtowed, shouting three times.

"Your Majesty, the slave and the maid are wronged, the slave and the maid are wronged, Your Majesty, you want to be the master of the slave and the maid, Your Majesty ......" The naked ** Hu Song took advantage of the little eunuchs who escorted him to kneel down and kowtow, broke free from the restraint, rushed to the couch, and didn't care about his naked ** ugly state, and cried and screamed at the top of his throat.

"Presumptuous, don't kneel yet!" When Hu Youde saw his nephew like this Meng Lang, he was immediately frightened, and he hurriedly jumped up, pushed Hu Song to the ground, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry." ”

Li Shimin didn't pay attention to Hu Youde's uncle and nephew's performance, and he didn't even raise his eyelids, but just glanced at Goldman Sachs and said, "Say it." ”

Don't look at Goldman Sachs's arrogance on weekdays, he was also very arrogant when he arrested Hu Song before, but when he really arrived in front of Li Shimin, he didn't know where to run for a long time, when he saw Li Shimin asking, his face turned white, and he trembled, but he swallowed his saliva vigorously, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, things and feelings are like this......"

Although Goldman Sachs was inarticulate, he could babble for a long time, and he could be regarded as a detailed description of the matter, but there was nothing missing, the more Li Shimin listened, the more his face sank, and at the end it was so cold that he could drop the ice slag, but he did not immediately open his mouth to express his position, but turned to Wang Binghe, who was kneeling on the side, and said: "Why are you involved?" ”

Li Shimin's words were heartfelt, that is, he was asking Wang Binghe why he wanted to make such a big fuss, and what was his intention? As soon as these words came out, Wang Binghe's head immediately burst into sweat, and he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid was just excited by the momentary righteous indignation, I didn't expect it to be like this, the slave and maid acted unsafely, the crime deserved ten thousand deaths, and the crimes deserved ten thousand deaths!" ”

"Humph!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, no longer paying attention to Wang Binghe, glanced at the eunuchs who knelt on the ground, and asked coldly, "Where is the palace maid?" ”

"Ahh The eunuchs looked at each other as if they had suddenly woken up, only to find that they had forgotten the existence of the palace maid when they were patronizing the escort Hu Song to face the saint, until Li Shimin asked, everyone was immediately dumbfounded, and Gao Sheng, as the person in charge, was busy crawling on the ground and took a step, kowtowing and saying: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are in a hurry, and they forgot to bring the parties together, the slave and maid should die, and the slave and maid will go to find someone." ”

"No need, Liu Donghe, go to the Yuande Hall and bring the two palace maids together." Li Shimin waved his hand indifferently and gave an order to Liu Donghe, the young eunuch standing in the hall.

Liu Donghe, the young eunuch of the inner chamberlain, is a middle-aged eunuch, tall and fat, and his face is always full of humble smiles.

"Slave Xiaocui knocks to see Your Majesty." Xiaocui was not small, and she was not intimidated by the atmosphere in the hall, as soon as she saw Li Shimin, she immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed respectfully and lay on the ground.

Li Shimin didn't call out, nor did he pay attention to Xiaocui's visit, but just looked at Liudong River: "What about people? ”

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the slave maid is a step late, the palace maid named Xiaoying has committed suicide, the body is still in the Yuande Palace, the slave maid does not dare to delay for a long time, so let people guard the scene and bring another palace maid back first." Liu Donghe replied sweaty.

"Dead?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, his face immediately became ugly, he glanced at everyone in the hall suspiciously, frowned, but did not ask anything.

"Your Majesty, Sister Xiao Ying is wronged, Your Majesty, Sister Xiao Ying has suffered this great humiliation, and she will not be blind, Your Majesty ......" Xiao Cui cried loudly, crying and shouting injustice.

Yes, Xiao Cui shouted injustice, which one knew that Xiao Ying was dead, and knew that in the absence of proof of death, Hu Song, who was afraid that he would not be able to escape death, no matter how Hu Youde pulled, he also let go of his throat and cried: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid have really been wronged, Your Majesty ......"

Oh, this time it's lively, the hall is full of crying and shouting, but Li Shimin is angry, his face is as black as the bottom of the pot, and he snorted coldly: "Fork out!" Since Li Shimin gave the order, several of his own little eunuchs rushed forward and pulled Hu Song, who was crying endlessly, down with Xiao Cui, and the hall was immediately quiet.

Seeing that Hu Song had been dragged down, Hu Youde's already ugly face suddenly turned a little whiter, of course, he was not worried about Hu Song's life, but worried that he would also be involved - with his many years of experience in the palace, how could he not see that this matter was a trap, or a trap for him, the problem is that in this situation, he can't find the slightest possibility of counterattack, if he doesn't fight back, the only end is that he can't even save himself, and he is in a hurry, The face that was already sweating was now sweating like rain, gritted his teeth, crawled a few steps on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that this matter is probably strange, and Xiao Ying's death ......" When he said this, he deliberately stopped, and the unfinished meaning in his words was that Xiao Ying's death was not normal, and the whole thing was just afraid that there was something strange.

Li Shimin is such a person, how can he not know that the current incident is not so simple, and how can he use Hu Youde to prompt, but Li Shimin did not express his position immediately, but just glanced at Hu Youde, frowned and thought about it, and slowly said: "Spread my will: Liu Donghe, the young eunuch of the inner servant, will temporarily take charge of the internal service province, preside over the trial of this case, and close the case within three days, and all of them will retreat!" As soon as Li Shimin's golden mouth opened, everyone could only retreat without mentioning it. Looking at the figures of the eunuchs exiting the main hall, the worry in Li Shimin's eyes gradually thickened......

There is no impermeable wall in the world, this is too right, although the inner courtyard of the palace is separated from the outside world by a heavy high wall, but it still can't stop the rumors with wings, coupled with the help of people with hearts, the palace scandal that occurred at noon is already known all over the city at night, rumors are spread around, there are countless versions, there are everything, and what is more exaggerated is: this case turned into a group of eunuchs in the palace ** concubines, God knows how to do "things" with no eggs in the eunuchs, but well, In the oral tradition of the people, such strange things are spread so amazingly, and the fun is getting bigger and bigger, of course, the worry about the lack of owners in the harem has also followed, and the clamor in the Manjing division to stand up is also a lot more sonorous.

Li Zhen doesn't care what others think, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to how the rumors spread, not only do he not participate, but also order that the "Rising Sun" must not be mixed in, without him, in Li Zhen's view, no matter what the rumors are said outside, although public opinion is important, but the real decisive battle can only be in the court, besides, the third and fourth children of public opinion will not forget to create, and there is no need for Li Zhen to participate in it, therefore, Li Zhen just had a little understanding of the dynamics of Jingshi with the attitude of watching the play, and then went to bed early to rest, and prepared for the court meeting early tomorrow morning.

On April 16, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, it was sunny, Li Zhen got up early in the morning, practiced a few times according to the convention, stretched his muscles and bones, hurriedly used some white porridge and took a big sedan chair, and went straight to the palace, all the way to nothing, but just as soon as he walked into the court room, he found that the atmosphere was a little wrong - all the ministers sat there like mud bodhisattvas, all of them were closing their eyes and recuperating, and there was no harmonious conversation before the court meeting in the past, and even the greetings between each other were saved, even if Li Zhen entered the door, The ministers also pretended not to see it at all.

Oh,, a bunch of old foxes! Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what was going on - yesterday's scandal was too sensational, but it can be regarded as a good talking point, the problem is that there are a lot of weirdness inside, not only involved in the dispute between the inner court, but I am afraid that it has a lot to do with the princes to seize the heir, and before they find out the holy will and the princes' hole cards, it is better not to say less, the big guys are all old rivers and lakes, for fear that they will inadvertently leak their mouths when speaking, and simply pretend to be dumb, it is better than offending people for no reason.

When Li Ke, the king of Wu, saw Li Zhen coming in, he just smiled and nodded, and did not say hello, but Li Tai, the king of Wei, greeted with a smile on his face: "Eighth brother, morning, come, sit here." ”

Uh-huh, damn it, how happy is this stinky boy? Damn, there must be an ambush! Li Zhen saw Li Tai's words and greet, his heart suddenly moved, without him, Li Tai is a person who can't hide things in his heart, and the current situation is not good for him - no matter whether this case can be tried or not, the fall of the Hu family's uncle and nephew is indeed inevitable, without the support of the Hu family's uncle and nephew, Li Tai's bargaining chips in the palace will have to be removed more than half, if it weren't for Li Tai's other killer weapon in his hand, he would definitely not be so relaxed expression, but what the killer weapon is Although Li Zhen can't guess it, he doesn't take it very seriously, Then he smiled and said, "Fourth brother is early." Casually walked over, and sat down next to Li Tai.

"Eighth brother, in a few days it will be your big wedding date, hehe, in order to make up some good gifts for the eighth brother, this time it is a lot of effort, hehe, this gift will definitely satisfy the eighth brother." Li Taixiao turned his head to look at Li Zhen and said with a smug face.

Oh, damn it, I'm so busy that I forgot about the marriage, heh, I haven't seen Yan'er for a few days, I have to go to the next court and hurry up! Li Zhen is entangled in official business these days, and is busy with the layout of the inheritance, and has long forgotten the big wedding to the ends of the earth - according to the Tang system, the prince's wedding is organized by the Ministry of Rites, and there is no need for the prince's mansion to be busy, even the cave room is in the palace instead of the palace, Li Zhen is busy, and he really forgot his own lifelong event, at this time, listening to Li Tai mention, I can't help but feel ashamed, fortunately, Li Zhen is thick-skinned, but he will not bring it to his face, and replied with a smile: "Thank you Fourth Brother for having a heart, hehe, At that time, the younger brother must pay more respects to the fourth brother. ”

"Haha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Li Tai grinned and said: "Eighth brother, Wanhualou has now been bought by my brother, all the rules are the same, if the eighth brother doesn't dislike it, how about going to my brother to cheer at the court?" ”

What the? This kid "bought" Wanhualou? Damn it! What does the old man want to do? Li Zhen was taken aback when he heard it - Wanhualou is the property of Li Yuanchang, the king of the Han Dynasty, since the defeat of Li Yuanchang, this Wanhualou has become a reverse production, and it has been returned to the treasury, if it is not for the old man to nod, how can Li Tai buy this building, besides, although Li Tai has some money, but it is not easy to buy the huge Wanhualou, not so much that he bought it, but that the old man rewarded him, if the old man did not set Li Tai as the prince, but why did he give Li Tai such a hen that lays golden eggs to Li Tai, What's going on here? After all, Li Yuanchang dared to rebel precisely because he had endless financial resources in his hands to become powerful, if Li Tai held Wanhualou and was not appointed as the prince, wouldn't it be obvious that he was instigating Li Tai to prepare for rebellion?

Confused, Li Zhen was really confused by the old man's hand, full of questions, but there was no way to ask, helpless, so he had to smile and said: "Cheng, since the fourth brother invited, the younger brother is allowed to go, hehe, this time the little brother is blessed." ”

"Haha......" Li Tai laughed proudly, just at this time Li Zhi, the king of Jin, hurriedly walked in from outside the courtroom, with a sleepy look on his face, seeing that Li Zhen and the two brothers were laughing happily, he hesitated, but he still leaned over, and said with a shy face: "The younger brother has seen the fourth brother, the eighth brother." ”

Li Tai has always looked down on the cowardly and incompetent Li Zhi, although he was in a good mood at this time, but when he saw Li Zhi coming over, he immediately sank his face, snorted coldly, and ignored Li Zhi's greetings at all, but although Li Zhen was annoyed in his heart, he still got up very politely, patted Li Zhi's thin shoulder and said: "Pheasant slave, you have never been in the early court, why did you come here today, and your body is better?" ”

Li Zhi is weak and easy to get sick, other princes have been listening to the court since he was twelve years old, but Li Zhi has got the will of the old man, and he does not have to participate in the early dynasty, over the years, the number of times Li Zhi has been in the court can be counted with both hands, and he is sick these days, Li Zhen asked casually, but Li Zhi was choked into a big red face, and he chattered for a long time before replying: "My father had a will yesterday, saying that it was to let the younger brother have an early dynasty from now on, and the younger brother did not dare to disobey his father, so he ......"

Well, this will is weird, heh, damn, the old man rewarded Wanhualou to the fourth child for a while, and then forced Li Zhi to come every day, what do you want to do? Li Zhen was really confused by Li Shimin's tricks, and she was a little dazzled for a while, and just wanted to ask more, but she heard the sound of the eunuchs shouting from outside the court, so she didn't say anything more, and patted Li Zhi's shoulder with a smile and said: "Okay, then go to the court, my brother asked someone to get some good ginseng, go back and send it to you, let's go." ”

"Thank you, starling." A hint of emotion flashed in Li Zhi's eyes, and he replied with a smile, Li Zhen didn't say anything more, put his arm around Li Zhi's shoulders with a smile, walked out of the courtroom, and followed the surging flow of people in the direction of the Taiji Palace......

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