The crown prince Li Chun is now troubled. As the prince of the empire, he didn't expect that he had no one to negotiate with when he encountered something, and he really became a "widow".

After Li Chun became the crown prince, he kept in mind the clear precept that the gentleman is not a party, learned the lesson that the prince often died miserably because of the formation of interest groups in the past, kept a distance from the old people in the Guangling Palace, and did not deliberately support the forces close to him. When the news of the princes' public rally was reported to his desk, Li Chun, who was already in a great mood, became excited again. Enough has happened today.

Of course, Li Chun can ask the prime ministers for advice, except for the queen and himself, the prime ministers are the ones who know everything, but subconsciously, Li Chun still regards the prime ministers as the courtiers of his father's close friends, and he doesn't dare to easily ask them about something that sounds not benevolent enough in his heart, God knows if they will tell his father when he comes back. After finishing his official duties from Yanying Hall to greet the queen and queen, Li Chun returned to the East Palace, and soon after returning to the East Palace, Li Chun found that there seemed to be one less person in the palace. It wasn't until the soup was served at dinner that the crown princess Guo, who was serving on the side, told him that Princess Shengping had come today. And then he said lightly:

"Xiao Feng was killed by the staff of the palace today."

After Li Chun became the crown prince, he has always treated people with benevolence and virtue, and he did not dare to be too harsh on the palace people, lest he leave a reputation for tyranny. He knew very well that although he was the eldest son of the emperor and had made great contributions to pacifying Huaixi, the abolition of the establishment could really happen overnight. In the early years of this dynasty, Li Chengqian, Li Hong, Li Xian and other princes did not say, but the nearest ones had their own father and emperor, and they made great contributions during the Jianzhong period, but they were almost abolished several times? So Li Chun suddenly heard Guo's words, and spit out all the soup in a mouthful and sprayed it on the food. Ignoring the need to wipe his mouth, Li Chun hurriedly asked:

"Sin, sin. What did you just say? Killed the little cane? Why? ”

Guo Shi said indifferently:

"Because she stole something from Hongu."

Li Chun stood up, walked around, and shouted angrily:

"How many times has the widow told you that you have to put away your delicate temper in the East Palace, and don't punish the palace people casually. But you, you, you······ You actually easily said that you killed people with a cane and stole things, Xiaofeng has been with you for ten years, and I haven't seen her hands and feet unclean, why did she grow up today (this sentence is worth playing), and her hands and feet are not clean? Besides, even if he stole something, he should be sent to Yousi for questioning, how can he abuse lynching to death? This is a matter of human life! At present, there is an undercurrent in Beijing, and if this matter spreads, it will be too late for many people to be happy, waiting to make a fuss about this matter. This is to let my father know how to get it? Don't you want to be the crown princess anymore? ”

Kwok chuckled and said:

"I'm afraid that your position as a prince is also unstable, right? I'm afraid that my father will know, where is my father now? ”

Li Chun was stunned:

"What do you mean?"

Kwok Thi Road:

"My crown prince, you still want to hide it from your concubines. Don't you understand what the concubine means? The concubine said that the father still doesn't know where it is. ”

Li Chun almost couldn't believe his ears, and said dejectedly:

"Be quiet. How do you know? ”

Kwok Thi Road:

"Cut, I didn't know who was yelling so loudly just now, for fear that others wouldn't be able to hear it. How did the concubine know, it's not what your good little lady said. ”

Then, he recounted the events of the morning to Li Chun as it was. The best way:

"Today, the concubine's mother is here, the prince, you are busy with state affairs, I am a woman, how do I know what to do? It's a mess all day long, it's not a thing to put her here, and when it gets dark, you still don't come back, the concubine is helpless, so I can't bear to ······, Xiaofeng, this child, but I've been with the concubine for more than ten years! The concubine originally planned to wait for her to grow up by two years and find a good family to send her away, but who would have expected such an incident? The concubine is still sad in her heart. Is it easy to concubine? ”

After that, he sobbed. Li Chun's hands and feet were already cold, and when he saw Guo crying, he had to step forward to comfort him. It was easy to wait for Guo Shi to stop crying before he asked softly:

"Ai Concubine, it's not good to be a widow just now. The widow makes amends to you. Ai Concubine, apart from you, does the princess know about this? ”

This is to ask Princess Shengping. Kwok sobbed:

"How dare the concubine tell her mother about such a big thing? Not only did the mother not know, but even no one else in the palace knew. It's just that your close-fitting Tutu Chengguang should be on guard. ”

Li Chun relieved himself a little and said:

"Ai Concubine does things, it's really safe. There is Concubine Lao. Tutu Chengxuan, a bastard minion, almost broke a big deal! The widow will not spare him. ”

Guo Shi pointed at Li Chun with his finger and said:

"Don't look at it ruthlessly now, and you won't be ruthless when the time comes."

Li Chundao:

"Aifei rest assured. The widow can distinguish between the important and the important. ”

Kwok Thi Road:

"The concubine has helped you so much, can you repay the prince?"

Li Chundao:

"Of course there is, and the reward is to spoil you in the future."

Seeing that Guo was about to scold, he hurriedly said:

"Don't be in a hurry to speak, there is still something important to do."

With that, he straightened up and said loudly:

"This is really hateful, if she is sent to Yousi, she will not be sentenced to Ling Chi! actually only one was killed by a mistake, it's really cheap for her! ”

This shout is tantamount to excusing Guo's family. However, looking at the peachy blushing Guo family, Li Chun suddenly felt that he had found someone to discuss. But then he came to his senses again, this woman's family background is really terrible, if you really rely on her, it is difficult to guarantee that this will not be another martial arts queen and Webster. Thinking of this, Li Chun shook his head and drove this idea out of his heart. Suddenly there was a heaviness in his heart, Youning came back unexpectedly, it really relieved him, and also gave the second and third children a speech, why did the second and third still convene the Nine Kings Conference? Did these four rumors come from the house of one of these adult brothers, or did spies from foreign countries and feudal towns deliberately cause trouble? How did they know that their father was not in Chang'an? Since the news is already known, the safety of the father is ······ If my father can't come back, should I ascend the throne?

The last thought that came out frightened Li Chun again, and he quickly gathered his mind and put his mind on Guo.

At this moment, in the Tan Wang's Mansion, Li Jing, Li Wei, Li Qi, Li Lun, and the secretaries who came later, Li Zong, the Song King, Li Jie, the Jiwang Li Xuan, the Ji King Li Xun, and the Hui King Li Qi were sitting in the study of the Tan Wangfu. In this way, in addition to King Ju Li Shu and King Li Zong, who have died in the past two years, several older princes have arrived. A total of nine princes are lined up, and the scene is still spectacular. After the princes arrived, Li Jing gave Li Wei a look, Li Wei cleared his throat and said:

"Imperial brothers, my second brother and I invited your younger brothers to come over today, and the reason must be that all of you have heard of it, that is, the rumors that have been circulating in the Asano market in recent days. The content of the rumors must have been clear to the younger brothers. It is for this that my second brother and I went to Lishan today, hoping to meet our father. ”

After that, he glanced at the brothers. Li Zong, the king of Li, was Li Yu's fourth cheap son, and he also served in the court, so when he heard this, he asked:

"It's still the two brothers who will please their father. The younger brother also wanted to visit his father, but he was afraid of his father's will and didn't even dare to go out of the house. Can the two brothers see their father? ”

Li Jingdao:

"Nope. My third brother and I went to Huaqing Palace to ask to see my father, and Li Zhongyan's father-in-law came out to tell us that my father refused to see us, and said that he already knew what we wanted to ask, and asked me to come back, so I don't have to worry about it. ”

Li Qi, the king of the meeting, is the thirteenth cheap son of Li Xu, the youngest in the audience, but the voice is the loudest, and said:

"Why, my father sent you back like this? That's too impersonal, isn't it? ”

Li Zong said:

"My father is really powerful, it seems that this is really a rumor. Tomorrow, I will play the Ming prison country, thoroughly investigate the source of the rumors, and I must bring these villains who are afraid of chaos in the world to justice. ”

Li Jingdao:

"The fourth brother is slow to draw conclusions - the words of the thirteenth brother are also the strange thing about me and the third brother. That's why I invite you brothers to come to the house to discuss. Third brother, tell me what happened. ”

Li Wei nodded, and then explained in detail how the two brothers went up the mountain to when they were sent down the mountain, and then went up the mountain again. Hui Wang Li Qi asked:

"Brothers, two brothers," he first asked the other princes to agree to his request to ask questions first, and then asked Li Jing and Li Wei, "How did you think of going to see Youning?" ”

Li Weidao:

"Originally, the second brother and I couldn't think of it, but after leaving the palace, we happened to meet the little eunuch next to Gou Shenggou's father-in-law on the mountain road, and the little eunuch was taking a bunch of green vegetables from Wen Tangjian on the order of Gou's father-in-law, and said that it should be placed in the Youning room, so that the room would be too lonely. The second brother and I remembered that Youning was also on the mountain. As soon as the two of them summed up, they decided to go up the mountain and ask Youning. ”

Li Jie asked:

"Then you saw Youning, what did Youning say?"

Li Weidao:

"We only said that my father was difficult to see, but where did I think that even Youning was difficult to see. Li Zhongyan only said that Youning went to play in the mountains and asked us to wait patiently. As a result, I waited until it was dark to see Youning come back. Seeing us, Youning was very surprised. The second brother and I were also taken aback. Youning seems to have lost a lot, and she is dressed as a boy, playing like crazy. We asked her how she was on the mountain, and she said it was fine, and then we asked her how her father was, and she said it was fine, but there seemed to be a little sadness between her eyebrows. When I asked her anything else, she said she was tired and wanted to rest, so she sent our two brothers away, and it was not at all like her usual appearance. ”

Li Jingdao:

"That's true. What's even more strange is that my third brother and I asked the people in the palace, and the people in the palace said that the princess had to go out to play every few days, but when we got to the bottom of the mountain and asked the mountain people, the mountain people said that in the past 20 days, except for the first few days, I have never seen the princess come out to play. I asked again if the princess was dressed in boy's clothes, but the mountain people said that if they were from the city, they would recognize it at a glance, and indeed they had never seen a boy of the princess's age. ”

Li Wei went on to say:

"So as soon as I discussed it with my second brother, I felt that this matter was very strange, so I hurried back to Chang'an and asked my younger brothers to come and discuss it together."

When the nine princes were meeting in the Tan Palace, Lu Yuanying was waiting for a room in the Imperial History Tower. Tomorrow, Li Chun, the crown prince of the prison state, will issue an edict to appoint Lu Yuanying as the acting general of Zuo Jin Wuwei by the deputy office of the ruling Lu Zhen, but this night, he is still in the imperial history, so he insists on staying in the imperial history platform. Lu Yuanying's biggest gain was the discovery of people like Jin Er. Send Jin Wuwei to follow Jin Erhou. Lu Yuanying wandered around Pingkangfang again for most of the night before going back. In recent years, Lu Yuanying has been very much used, and the previous year and the spring officials had planned to let Lu Yuanying go out to observe the envoys and the envoys, but they were all stopped by Li Yu. Li Chanted:

"A person like Lu Yuanying is suitable to stay with the emperor, how can he be put outside?"

Lu Yuanying stayed in the court until he succeeded Pei Du as the middle of the imperial history. Since the emperor stayed by his side to consult and ask questions, Lu Yuanying's life was relatively tense, and he was too old to go out more, and he had only heard of the prosperity of Chang'an Night Market, and had very little experience. The night was an eye-opener. Since taking over the task, Lu Yuanying has notified his family that he will sleep in the government office at night. Back at the government office, the soldiers of the grain statistics yamen said to Lu Yuanying:

"My lord, but are you waiting for news from that Jin Er?"

Lu Yuanying felt that there was something in the words of joining the army, so he asked:

"What, Cao Senjun recognizes this Jin Er?"

Cao Shenjun said:

"Exactly. This is the informant who works for the Grain Statistics Division, and is responsible for disseminating the news to the market that we want everyone to know. He is a peripheral figure in the Department of Grain and Straw Statistics, and most of the news comes from the Statistics Department, of course, these news are often only released by Lubu a day or even a few hours in advance, and the court secrets will never tell them, even if they are told that most of them are false. There are many people in Pingkangfang, and it is inconvenient for the lower officials to remind Lord Zhongcheng, and ask Lord Zhongcheng to punish him. ”

Lu Yuanying said:

"I see, the old man said how can a small person in the market know so many big things. You did the right thing, so why should the magistrate punish you? It's just that the official still doesn't understand something, your company's informant can get news from your company, and people other than your company's informant, where does the news come from? ”

Cao Shenjun said:

"The so-called snake has a snake path, and the rat has a rat path. Most of these people have a relationship with various newspapers in Chang'an, and some are employed by various teahouses and hotels, and behind the teahouse hotels are often supported by some powerful people who can grasp unique sources, and some are even powerful industries. Do you think, sir, that these people are not well-informed? However, their news is always slower than that of the informants in our division. ”

Lu Yuanying nodded and said:

"So, since your company can spread the news you want to spread through informants, then some people with ulterior motives can naturally spread the news they want to spread through the people they control?"

Cao Shenjun said:

"Your Excellency is discerning. That's right. ”

Lu Yuanying said:

"In this case, do you know how many people in Chang'an City are enough to stir up the storm in the city?"

Cao Shenjun said:

"Xia Guan is specialized in this part in the department. As far as Xia Guan knows, there are about seven or eight families that have such ability. ”

Lu Yuanying smacked his tongue and said:

"Why are there so many? It was really unexpected by the old man. In this way, the crux of the case lies in these people's homes. ”

Cao Shenjun said:

"The lower officials don't know how to solve the case, so they don't dare to talk nonsense."

Lu Yuanying smiled dumbly, and said in his heart, don't you just want to lead this official to this? Of course, he didn't say anything, but just lightly praised Cao for joining the army. As he spoke, Jin Wuwei's army also returned. This person is a master of Jin Wuwei, with the rank of joining the army, but he has very little official taste. Seeing Lu Yuanying, he bowed in a proper manner and said:

"My lord, not long after Jin Er came out of Pingkangfang, he was taken by Jin Wuwei's people, and now he is in the Wannian County Yali. The lowly position relied on being a colleague, and went up to ask, only to know that this was an order from above, to arrest those people who were arguing about the government in vain, this Jin Er liked to be in the limelight on weekdays, so he was the first to arrest him. ”

Lu Yuanying laughed when he heard this:

"The person who Ma joined the army to keep an eye on was caught by Jin Wuwei, and it was the water that washed the Dragon King Temple."

Ma joined the army but was still meticulous, and said:

"My lord, do you want to ask about this Jin Er? Now to mention it, it's just cheaper. ”

Lu Yuanying said:

"Well, that's what the old man wants. Then there is Rauma in the army. ”

Ma joined the army and still saluted in a proper manner and withdrew. Lu Yuanying chatted with Cao Senjun again.

On this night that is destined to be restless, of course, some people will comfort themselves and say, Youning is back, will the emperor be far away? But Li Yu, who is thousands of miles away, what is happening now?

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