As the saying goes: where there is oppression, where there is resistance, this is not true at all, just when the war in the Western Regions was raging, the chaos in the capital began to emerge, and a rebellion of the ministers against the crown prince Li Zhi to seize power slowly opened the curtain - most of the ministers in the early Tang Dynasty were heroes who killed the generals in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and they were accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the changing king banner at the head of the city, and experienced the baptism of Xuanwumen, and they were not very afraid of imperial power from the root, plus since Li Shimin took power, In the past, because of Li Shimin's own wisdom and the superb skills of the imperial subordinates, the courtiers were basically obedient, even if they were admonished, they would not be too embarrassed, of course, except for Wei Zheng, however, the courtiers were afraid of more Li Shimin himself, rather than the dragon chair, if someone violated the fundamental interests of the ministers, the result could only be to attract the fierce counterattack of the ministers, Even if that person is sitting on the dragon chair, it makes no difference, not to mention that Li Zhi is only the crown prince, even if he holds the power of the prison state, he is still just the prince, and his wanton dismissal of courtiers, exclusion of dissidents, and installation of cronies finally attracted strong resistance from the courtiers.

On the ninth day of the fourth month of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Zhi, the prince of the prison state, nominated Yao Qitai, the secretary of the East Palace, to serve as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials, and Cui Chengcheng, a scholar of the Chongwen Pavilion, to be appointed as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Households, both of which were rejected by Liu Xun and Cui Renshi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, on the grounds of lack of qualifications; The proposal to build a new Chengwan Temple and repair the Famen Temple to pray for the blessing of Li Shimin was returned by Ye Ling, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, on the grounds of labor and money, and Liu Xun and Zhu Suiliang, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, also agreed with Ye Ling's opinion, and Xiao Yu also did not support the proposal to overhaul the temple; The order for the investigation of the dereliction of duty of Langzhong and Li Yi of the Criminal Department was directly rejected by the Dali Temple in conjunction with the Criminal Department, on the grounds of insufficient evidence......

Stunned, completely stunned, just in one day, a series of blows followed, which made Li Zhi embarrassed - Li Zhi, who was complacent in the palace with a group of womb maids fooling around with the prince Li Zhi of the prison after learning this series of bad news, first shocked, and then angry, under the rage, the dishes and vases in the palace were all suffered, and countless were destroyed, but he still couldn't vent the anger in his heart, and felt that the prince Li Zhi, whose face was cut, reversed the cowardly image of the past, and his character broke out rarely, roared and ordered to convene the important ministers above the third rank in Beijing to discuss the matter, intending to show off the prestige of the prince of the country by himself.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." As soon as I saw Li Zhi walk into the Manna Hall with a straight face, a group of ministers all hurried to bow down and salute, but the voice was weak and weak, and it was uneven, and it seemed that there was no spiritual energy, without him, it was already unitary time at this time, and it was long time for the next dynasty to go home and enjoy it, but Li Zhi also summoned all the big guys tightly, he Li Zhi was not hungry, the big guys were busy with a day's official business but they were tired and hungry, who had the leisure to accompany a waste nonsense.

"Hmph." Li Zhitie blushed, snorted from his nostrils, waved his hand anxiously, even saved the word "free courtesy", snorted angrily and walked to the seat under the front pier and sat down, angrily glanced at the ministers, kept a straight face and did not speak, trying to create some pressure on the ministers, but never thought that the important ministers who were down would not eat his set at all, the big guy finished the salute, and stood there like nothing to do, no one asked what the intention of Li Zhi's urgent summoning was, and at the end, Li Zhi couldn't hold it on his own face. He said with resentment: "Ye Shilang, how can the palace's act of praying for his father's blessing be a matter of labor and money, well, you say, you say!" ”

Ye Ling understood that Li Zhi was just looking at the weakest power of King Wu's family, and he planned to use himself to establish his authority first, so he didn't pay much attention to it at all, and he came out unhurriedly, and replied very calmly: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness's filial piety can show the sun and the moon, but this is the time when the country uses troops, whether it is the Western Regions or Goguryeo, there are many wars, and the imperial court's finances are limited, so it cannot be abused. Please forgive Weichen for not daring to obey his fate. ”

"Hmph, I don't dare to obey my fate, the queen mother is in Japan, and the father and the emperor always pray for the queen mother to build a temple, this is a rule, why not pray for the father and the emperor in this palace?" Li Zhi was even more annoyed in his heart when he saw that Ye Ling dared to speak back, and after glaring at Ye Ling for a while, he asked coldly.

Ye Ling didn't care about Li Zhi's cold face at all, and replied without being arrogant or humble: "What Your Highness said is very true, but the fact that His Majesty's expenses for building the temple did not come from the treasury, but from the treasury of the Holy Lord, this fact should not be confused. ”

"The ...... of this palace" Li Zhi wanted to say that he could pay for this money by himself, but when he remembered his own waist bag, which was really not plump, he immediately deflated, glared at Ye Ling angrily, waved his hand impatiently, and sent Ye Ling away.

Li Zhi is not a person who can speak well, he hit a soft nail as soon as he appeared, and his heart was really angry, but after this setback, the courage when he came out before unconsciously turned into nothing, and he had the intention to avoid it for a while, but he couldn't let go, he didn't stay, so he had to sit there angrily, and after a while, he suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Xiao Yu, who was at the head of the group, and said in a thoughtful tone: "Xiao Zhongshu, you know that Cui Zhizhi is his person, In the past, the father also praised his outstanding literary talent, a royal body is very impressive, he is still old and capable, and the father also intends to cultivate more, with his ability, it should be more than enough to serve as a household minister, this time the officials do not seem to be in line with the original intention of the father and the emperor Jian Ba Junjie, Xiao Zhongshu thinks so? ”

Cui Chengcheng, the word Junyi, Qinghe Cui's disciple, Zhenguan entered the Chongwen Museum as a bachelor in April of the sixteenth year, and is one of the cronies of the prince Li Zhi, with outstanding literary talents, and is quite famous among the literati in Beijing, and is considered to be the best among the rising stars of Cuimen. Zhongshu Ling Xiao Yu is also the crown prince's Taibao, often walking in the East Palace, he knows this person, and his impression of him is also passable, at this time I heard Li Zhi mention this person, although Xiao Yu knew that Li Zhi wanted him to come forward to fight with Liu Xun, but he didn't care much, without him, Xiao Yu already saw that Liu Xun, who was of average background, was not very pleasing to the eye, and he didn't greet him in advance when he vetoed the prince's two nominations, so he was very dissatisfied, so he stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is very good, Cui Cheng thinks that this person can be of great use." ”

"Good!" As soon as Li Zhi saw Xiao Yu speak out to support him, he immediately came to his senses, applauded and said: "What Xiao Zhongshu said is very true, it seems that such a good talent as Junyi can be idle, what does Zhu Aiqing think?" Li Zhi talked to himself, and the courtiers below all rolled their eyes, and no one said anything in favor of it, and no one said anything to refute it, just watching Li Zhi's performance like watching a clown.

Li Zhi waited for a long time, but he didn't see any movement below, and the anger in his heart came up, his eyes glared, and he swept towards Cui Renshi, the right attendant of the ministry, and said angrily: "Cui Shilang, what do you think, huh?" ”

Although Cui Renshi is also surnamed Cui, he is not from a famous family of the Cui family, he is a native of Anxi, Dingzhou, and can barely be regarded as a side line of the Cui family, of course, it is the kind of side line that can not be beaten with eight poles, Wude should be born in the early years, and has served as the right military guard to join the army, the palace servant of the imperial history, the historian, and the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, who has participated in the revision of the "Book of Zhou", is open-minded, and is kind to Li Tai, the king of Wei, and has never looked down on the useless and cowardly Li ZhiAt this time, seeing that Li Zhi was using Xiao Yu to pressure himself, he didn't have a good face, and as soon as Li Zhi's question fell, Cui Renshi unceremoniously pushed back: "The court, the public weapon, and those who can act recklessly without favoritism, Cui adheres to his humanistic style and impetuousness, and has no experience, and it is difficult to bear the heavy responsibility of the household department." ”

As soon as Cui Renshi's words came out, Liu Xun immediately came out of the table and said: "Cui Shilang's words are very good, the imperial court is a heavy weapon of the society, and only by selecting talents and appointing people can we protect the peace of the country and the people. ”

"Liu Shizhong's words are very kind, Your Highness should be cautious!"

"The rebellion of the former Sui Dynasty is abusing private individuals, and the lessons of the previous car are also a lesson for His Highness, and His Highness must not be careless."

"The members of the court should put their talents first, how can they be fortunate because of their words, this wind cannot last!"

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As soon as Liu Xun's words fell, a group of important ministers immediately echoed their words, and did not save face for the prince Li Zhi and Zhongshu Ling Xiao Yu, and all of them showed extreme distrust of Li Zhi's ability and conduct, and immediately Li Zhi was so angry that his face turned blue and his hands trembled, seeing that he was alone and alone, it was impossible to take advantage of the slightest advantage in such deliberations, Li Zhi threw down his sleeves hatefully, got up, and turned into the apse without looking back. The ministers didn't look at Li Zhi such a piece of waste in their eyes, and when they saw Li Zhi walking away, no one took it seriously, they talked and laughed and dispersed, and a court battle ended with Li Zhi's defeat and loss, however, at the moment when the important ministers dispersed, Ye Ling and Su Miao quickly exchanged glances, and both of them set their eyes on Li Qianhe, who had never said a word during the entire deliberations, and that look was really intriguing, as for the meaning, then only Ye, Su and the others knew it in their hearts.

"Bastard! Damn it! Li Zhi in the rage no longer has the weak and weak appearance of the past, and he is furious in the dormitory of the Chengde Palace, and he smashes what is not pleasing to the eye, and the original palatial dormitory is a mess, with Li Zhi's roar, broken vases, inkstones and other things smashed on the floor from time to time, the entire Chengde Hall was suddenly disturbed, the eunuchs and palace maids were all frightened to retreat, no one dared to enter the dormitory to touch Li Zhi's moldy head, and he could persuade one, The concubines of Li Zhizhi of the second are now living in the East Palace, and the ladies in the harem have never cared about the affairs of the Chengde Palace, so Li Zhi's venting is gone, and there is a great tendency to dismantle the entire Chengde Palace and vow not to give up.

"Miss Xiaojuan, you can be regarded as coming, Your Highness is ......, hey, you better go in and take a look." Guan Dasong, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace, was anxious and didn't know how to persuade Li Zhi in anger, when he suddenly saw Xiaojuan, the personal maid of the martial arts, walking over, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a look of seeing a savior.

Xiaojuan is the most useful person around Wu Meiniang, responsible for the private communication with Li Zhi, not less to the Chengde Hall and even the East Palace for Wu Meiniang secret communication, and Guan Dasong is an old acquaintance, at this time seeing his restless appearance, Gege smiled, did not speak, raised his head, and twisted his waist into the palace gate of Chengde Hall with small steps.

"Phew, **/force, have a virtue with your master, sooner or later I want you to look good!" Although Guan Dasong has long been accustomed to Xiaojuan's arrogance, he also knows that this girl's master has some unclear relationship with Li Zhi, and he can't be easily offended, but the feeling of being despised is still uncomfortable, and he secretly spat on Xiaojuan's back, and scolded in a low voice angrily, and the viciousness in his eyes is that a fool can see it.

Xiaojuan didn't know that Guan Dasong, the head of the eunuch, was cursing himself behind his back, and he entered Li Zhi's dormitory with a twist, and just poked his head out of the door.

"How are you?" Li Zhi, who was furious, was startled by Xiao Juan's high scream, raised his head in a hurry, and immediately saw Xiao Juan, who was covering his towering chest in a frightened manner, frowned, and asked impatiently.

Xiaojuan often meets with Li Zhi, and she has long been familiar with each other, but she is not afraid of Li Zhi's anger, her small mouth is upturned, her towering chest is straight, and a large piece of snow-white squeezes out of her chestless clothes A deep groove that is seductive and intriguing is squeezed out, and she said with an aggrieved face: "Your Highness, you are scaring people." ”

Li Zhi is a lustful lord, and he has long wanted to pick Xiaojuan's tender flower, but he has not done anything because of Wu Meiniang's face, and at this time, when he saw this little girl put on such a tempting posture, his eyes were hot, and he didn't know where to run away from the previous anger, swallowed his saliva, and the thief smiled and said: "Ah, that's the case, the palace apologizes, come, let the palace see if it hurts." While saying this, the person leaned over, took the little girl ring who seemed to avoid the real welcome into his arms, and stretched out his right hand to the snow white, and grasped it.

"Ah, ah, ah......" The little girl twisted her waist very cooperatively, and made a burst of seductive light gasps, which made Li Zhichun's heart ripple, regardless of picking it up, looking for a suitable place everywhere, how could it be that when Li Zhi had a big seizure before, the entire dormitory was tossed into a garbage dump, and for a while she really couldn't find a place to do things, and she was stunned, the little girl in her arms seemed to have suddenly woken up, biting her lip, and whispered: "Your Highness, Niangniang asked you to go to the old place to see." ”

"Oh." As soon as he heard that it was Wu Meiniang's call, Li Zhi was very desired/angry and vented six or seven points, reluctantly put the little girl down, and said in a daze: "Well, I know, this palace will go, you can wait for the palace to return, hehe......" pinched his hips, and then reluctantly walked out of the door of the dormitory. Looking at Li Zhi's back, which was really not thick, Xiaojuan laughed, laughing very charmingly, obviously, she had been waiting for this opportunity for a day or two, and she had such an opportunity to climb high branches, Wu Meiniang, the master, had long been forgotten by her, and hummed a little song and turned in circles in the chaotic dormitory, with a smug smile on her face......

In the wing room of Yihe Palace, the crackling sound was mixed with low moans and rough panting, and after a long sonata, but a roar like a rooster with its neck broken sounded, and the symphony ended, leaving only heavy panting, and in a moment, a crisp voice sounded again: "Your Highness, I have heard about today's court discussion, don't be angry, the coming day is long, why rush for a while." ”

"Mei Niang, you don't know, there is no palace in the eyes of those dog thieves, all dogs look down on people, and this palace will have to settle accounts with them sooner or later, hum!" Li Zhiping lay on the ground covered with brocade cloth, reached out and stroked Wu Meiniang's smooth back, and answered angrily.

"Alas, His Royal Highness is always so anxious, now that King Yue is rising, it should be King Wu and King Wei who are busy dealing with King Yue, Your Highness, you toss like this, the spearhead will turn to you, why bother, when they make trouble themselves, Your Highness will naturally benefit from it, as soon as today's incident comes out, I am afraid that I have to find another way." Wu Meiniang obediently lay in Li Zhi's arms, stretched out her hand to draw circles on Li Zhi's chest, and persuaded her bitterly.

"Hmm." Li Zhi is not stupid, he understands Wu Meiniang's analysis, but because he was just in power, some of them got carried away, but he didn't expect the counterattack of the ministers to come so quickly, and it would be so fierce, at this time, he was regretting himself in his heart, listening to Wu Meiniang say this, his mood was immediately extremely bad, and he responded sullenly, and did not open his mouth to answer.

Seeing Li Zhi behaving like this, Wu Meiniang suddenly laughed with a "poof", which made Li Zhi even more unhappy, and said with a calm face: "Mei Niang, you also laugh at this palace." ”

Wu Meiniang obediently put her head on Li Zhi's chest, and said softly: "Your Highness, you misunderstood, the concubine has thought of a feasible method, Your Highness would like to hear it?" ”

Wu Meiniang's more than a dozen analyses before and after have been extremely fulfilled, Li Zhi has been completely convinced by his resourcefulness, at this time, when he heard that Wu Meiniang had a way to solve his own dilemma, he immediately came to the spirit, stretched out his hand, picked Wu Meiniang's pointed chin, raised it gently, and said quite excitedly: "Good Meiniang, let's talk about it, this time the palace will listen to you." ”

Wu Meiniang smiled charmingly, lightly opened her cherry lips, and exhaled like a landslide and said: "Your Royal Highness, the King of Wei is jealous of the prestige of the Yue Wang's army, and the King of Yue is not afraid of the power of the King of Wei in the court, the reason why they did not start a complete war between each other, is that they are not sure, before His Majesty set out on the expedition, the two sides had a secret vicious fight, each with damage, and under the fear of each other, it was just a temporary stop, if there is an opportunity, there will definitely be no hands left between each other, this should be clear to His Royal Highness?" ”

"Well, Bengong knows a few points, but it's a pity that the two sides didn't continue to fight, otherwise, alas, ......" Although Li Zhi didn't know why the two sides suddenly withdrew, he was still clear about the result of the vicious fight between the two sides.

Wu Meiniang's meaning of this was to wake up Li Zhi to take advantage of the irreconcilable contradiction between the two kings of Wei and Yue, but seeing Li Zhi patronizing and regretting, but he didn't find the key to it, and a burst of disappointment suddenly surged in his heart, but he didn't bring it to his face, but said softly: "Your Highness, according to the concubine, the biggest enemy in the eyes of King Wei is not His Highness, but King Yue, and vice versa. Don't miss it. ”

Although Li Zhi is cowardly, his self-esteem is quite strong, and when he heard Wu Meiniang's words, he meant that he was not ranked at all in the minds of the kings of Wei and Yue, although he knew that this might be the case, but he still couldn't help but be a little unhappy, pouted, and didn't say anything.

Wu Meiniang is a shrewd person, how could she not guess Li Zhi's psychology, and she didn't explain much, she just smiled gently, and then said: "Your Highness, your name is Jianguo, but in fact, the power is in the hands of Liu Shizhong, although Xiao Zhongshu's official position is high, how can there be few people, Zhuhuangmen is just a villain with grass on the wall, as long as he can bring down Liu Shizhong, His Royal Highness can really do the work of supervising the country, and it may not be impossible to rise up in one fell swoop." ”

"Yes, that's exactly how it should be!" As soon as Li Zhi heard Wu Meiniang's analysis, he immediately sat up with Wu Meiniang in his arms excitedly, and just after being excited, he immediately withered down again, lay down heavily, and sighed and said: "How easy is this matter, this palace, alas, this palace can't do this." ”

Wu Meiniang saw that Li Zhi still hadn't touched the key to the matter, so she had no choice but to further clarify: "What does it matter if Your Highness can't, someone can do this." ”

No matter how stupid Li Zhi was, he understood it at this time, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Mei Niang is talking about starling?" ”

"Hmm." Wu Meiniang saw that Li Zhi had finally touched the side of the matter, smiled with satisfaction, and nodded lightly.

"Well, the starling does have some means, maybe it can really be done, but it's just ......" Li Zhi stopped when he said this, and after thinking about it, he said uncertainly: "It's just that the starling brother, alas, he may not be willing to help the palace, how can this be?" ”

Wu Meiniang smiled confidently and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, King Yue will definitely help His Highness, there is no doubt about this matter!" ”

"Huh? Mei Niang, aren't you joking? Li Zhi pulled Wu Meiniang's body up in disbelief, stared at Wu Meiniang's eyes suspiciously, and asked hesitantly.

Wu Meiniang smiled mysteriously, lowered her head, put her small mouth to Li Zhi's ear, and explained in a low voice, hearing Li Zhi first surprised, then confused, and then ecstatic......

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