Li Qingyuan had already expected General Guo's rhetoric, and also knew that the Guo family had already had the heart to peep into the back position. It was precisely because of this point that he negotiated with General Guo. He weighed and analyzed it countless times before deciding to arrange for Lu Xin to live in the General's Mansion and recognize General Guo as his father-in-law.

Li Qingyuan thought: "Since the collapse of Lu Xiang's forces, the biggest force in the new country is General Guo, who has a heavy army. In the palace, there is a powerful Ning Guifei in charge of the harem. If Concubine Ning gives birth to a dragon son or supports the upper position, if she continues like this, she is likely to become a puppet emperor in their hands in the future, so she must find a way to neutralize the personal forces in the government and the opposition. And it just so happens that the woman he loves lacks a well-known identity, and he can use this to contain the power of the Guo family. ”

Li Qingyuan also considered: "If Xin'er is canonized as the queen, the first person to oppose it will definitely be the Guo family, and it is very likely that Xin'er will be killed."

When he thought of this, he suddenly felt stunned for his own speculation, as if he suddenly realized something.

Li Qingyuan said with a smile: "General, don't worry, I have already thought of a perfect plan, neither will I let the world know the identity of Miss Lu Family, nor will I embarrass the ministers, everything will be happy."

General Guo was stunned again, he had analyzed this, what other way could he distort the facts?

He asked solemnly: "The old minister is stupid, would you like to hear about it?"

So, Li Qingyuan said: "As long as the general recognizes Miss Lu as a righteous daughter." Since then, there has been no one in the Lu family, but the Guo family has produced a queen, so why should the ministers and the people oppose this matter? ”

When General Guo heard this, he thought about it, and suddenly, he was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand on his feet, he quickly knelt down and begged the emperor: "Your Majesty, the old minister is ......, the old minister has always been loyal to the emperor and the emperor, and he has no two hearts, and he implores the emperor to take back his life."

It was only at this time that General Guo suddenly realized the true intention of the emperor to marry the daughter of Lu Xiang.

He thought: "Maybe the emperor is infatuated with Miss Lu, but it has nothing to do with whether he is established or not." He is the emperor, which woman does he want to like? It's not impossible to casually incorporate into the palace to give a beauty or stay in the palace garden, why do you have to make her the queen? In the final analysis, the emperor still didn't trust their Guo family, and was worried that the Guo family would one day support their own troops and pose a threat to him, so he arranged for Lu Xiang, the daughter of a traitor, to be his daughter. ”

The more General Guo thought about it, the more chilled he became, as if he had seen the disaster of the Lu family's annihilation, and it would soon be fulfilled on him.

Li Qingyuan knew that General Guo must have guessed his own thoughts. He hurriedly went to help General Guo up, and said pretendly: "The general's words are serious, the general's words are serious, of course I know that the general is upright and loyal to me, just like a close relative." It is precisely because of this that I thought of entrusting my beloved to the general's disciples, which is also a trust I have in the general. ”

General Guo was overwhelmed by Li Qingyuan's black and white statement, and he couldn't fight back, and suddenly burst into tears and compromised with Li Qingyuan to protect the Guo family.

He said: "As long as the emperor still trusts the minister, he will not hesitate to ask the minister to go to the soup and fight the fire."

After listening to this, Li Qingyuan said heartily: "Okay, everything the general did for me today, I will remember it in my heart." From now on, Xin'er is a member of the Guo family, and the queen will definitely belong to the Guo family, and you and her will share glory from now on. ”

When Li Qingyuan and General Guo appeared at the banquet again, Ning Guifei was sensitive to the fact that her father seemed to have a solemn expression, unlike when he went, the emperor was no different, and he still looked happy.

After Li Qingyuan had a drink with the ministers, he said in front of everyone: "I am very happy today, and I can drink and have fun with all Aiqing through the general's dust-washing banquet."

He then looked at Ning Guifei again and said, "I can't drink today, and I will have to prepare some sobering soup for me in a while."

After finishing speaking, Li Qingyuan only glanced at General Guo with his spare eyes, and then laughed. The ministers also echoed the emperor's amorous posture after drinking, and they all laughed together.

When the imperial concubine heard this, she was overjoyed, did the emperor mean that he was going to come to the Huadian tonight? also explained to everyone without any scruples, and Concubine Ning Guifei immediately said shyly: "The concubine obeys the order, and the concubine retires first to prepare for the emperor."

Li Qingyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Well, let's go down first!"

General Guo saw all this in his eyes and thought: "The emperor is no longer the immature prince he taught back then, his mind and his city are so meticulous and profound. Tonight, if he doesn't agree to his request, I'm afraid that the first person he will deal with will be Ning'er. If he agrees, he can keep Ning'er's status in the harem unchanged, and he can also keep the entire Guo family, hey, it's really like a tiger! ”

The next day, after Li Qingyuan went down to the court, he summoned Mai Feng to ask.

Li Qingyuan asked, "What clues can you find when you investigate the assassination of Xin'er last time?"

Mai Feng replied: "Back to the emperor, his subordinates have not found the real and exact clues. However, according to the behavior of those black-clothed people, as well as the contact code, they all seem to be related to the palace. It's just that in addition to the emperor and his subordinates, there is no third person in the palace who knows about Miss Xin'er, which is ............. ”

As soon as Li Qingyuan heard what Mai Feng said, the thoughts in his heart became much clearer.

He said to Mai Feng: "Start with Ning Guifei's palace."

Mai Feng asked in surprise, "Your Majesty?" Your Majesty, do you suspect that it was Concubine Ning's hand? ”

Li Qingyuan didn't answer, Mai Feng thought for a while and said: "Those people don't dare to hurt the emperor at all, but they want to ignore Miss Xin'er's death, could it really be the concubine's doing?" Mai Feng also seemed to have figured it out a little bit.

He said to the emperor: "My subordinates will start to investigate clearly."

Li Qingyuan said again: "Well, but don't let the other party find out about us, otherwise we will startle the snake."

Mai Feng responded: "Yes, my subordinates obey orders."