Princess Pingyang Zhao was very dissatisfied with Li Ji, and on the first day she returned to the British Mansion in Chang'an, she had a big quarrel with Li Ji.

Because Li Yirou found out that Li Zhi secretly ate the maid next to Zhang Wenyi, it turned out to be Li Jida's cover, and this Princess Pingyang Zhao supported Li Shimin's idea.

First, the daughter of the Wang family came from a famous family, which is very important to the prince. Although in modern times "fame and fortune" are usually placed on the same level, in ancient times the status of "fame" was higher than that of "profit".

Second, at present, the Taiyuan Wang clan is in turmoil and urgently needs the support of a big tree to stand tall, and it is beneficial for the imperial court to deal with the other four families by winning over the Taiyuan Wang family, and at the same time, it can also use the four families to achieve the purpose of weakening the Taiyuan Wang family.

In this way, the imperial court was able to gain control of the Central Plains and Qingji in the shortest possible time and with the least influence.

For this reason, Li Ji was also very angry, and he accused Li Yirou: It is true that you are a royal daughter, but you are now the daughter-in-law of the Li family. If you don't even recognize this, you really don't know how the royal family is educating you.

Li Yirou's accusation of Li Ji was also very painful, and she found herself out of the whirlpool of the royal family and her in-laws.

But Li Ji's next words made her understand: "Your Majesty has recently been obsessed with pills, and is making Taoist priests refine the elixir of immortality!" ”

Li Yirou was taken aback when she heard this, she knew that any emperor wanted her to rule forever. Li Shimin's behavior is something she knows is problematic, because there are such reasons, which shows that Li Shimin is not willing to change the status quo now.

The officials of the imperial court basically had a negative attitude towards whether the emperor could live forever, so they needed the emperor to establish a prince. And a part of the imperial power must be handed over to the prince, so that the handover will be completed smoothly when the emperor is old.

If Li Shimin alone is used to confront the entire imperial court, it is obviously impossible to do it, so Li Shimin needs other forces to restrain the imperial court. And this force is the gate valve force of the Central Plains and Qingji.

The main body of this force is the Han Chinese, and the most powerful in the court is now the Guanlong aristocracy. Using the power of the Han people to restrain the Guanlong aristocracy happens to be quite evenly matched.

With such a balance, Li Shimin's position as emperor will be stable, and there is no need to put in more effort. This will give him more time to devote himself to the cause of immortality.

This is also the fundamental reason why Li Shimin repeatedly changed Li Zhi for the princess.

However, the only problem that Li Shimin did not consider in this was that the imperial court sacrificed the land, population and taxes of the main grain-producing areas of Guanlong, Central Plains, and Qingji, and over time the land, population and taxes in the south would also be swallowed up by the newly rising southern families. Therefore, the imperial court can only use war to maintain the lifeblood of the Western Regions, and once the Western Regions is cut off, the entire Tang Dynasty will be in danger.

The current Li Shimin stubbornly believed that he would soon be able to find the elixir of immortality, and as long as this elixir was found, he could immediately start dealing with the problem of the gate valve family.

Therefore, the hidden dangers of Datang are not a problem for him, and he has only one problem, that is, to find the elixir of immortality.

Li Yirou thought of this and found that many things could be explained. Li Zhi's weak personality is not suitable for being a king, and Li Shimin still has the desire to train him to become a qualified prince. The reason why Li Zhi was put in the rear army was not because of his talent, but because it was convenient for Li Shimin's control.

Regardless of whether Li Shimin wanted to enter or retreat, Li Zhi would not do anything to stop him. He will only blindly obey, and he will not dare to fight back even when he is bullied. The fact that the five major families were still stranded in Dingzhou after the sneak attack failed is a good example.

If it weren't for the accident, the five major families would definitely have follow-up means. It is precisely because they have seen through Li Shimin's mind that these five major families dare to be so arrogant.

So is Li Ji really wholeheartedly doing this for Datang? Li Yirou is not a political novice like Zhang Wenyi, she knows better than anyone about the various forces of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ji represents the Hanmen military meritorious class, who used to be the most solid foundation for the founding of the Tang Dynasty and foreign wars. Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Li Ji, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Zhijie are all people who have made great achievements for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

They were marginalized immediately after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and the Luo Yi rebellion was the product of this marginalization. He is not willing to be robbed of his rights, and he does not want to spend the rest of his life in mediocrity. The result of his struggle was defeat and death, and his reputation was ruined.

In order to get rid of his dependence on these people, Li Shimin focused on cultivating a group of generals such as Hou Junji, but this new generation of generals is really unable to match the generals of the older generation.

The reason why Hou Junji was eliminated was not because he took refuge in Li Chengqian. In the first battle of Gaochang State, he could only use his wealth to boost morale and pacify Gaochang, which was a manifestation of both military and political incompetence. If the expedition to Gaochang is replaced by other veterans, it will only be easier to take here, and at the same time, it will maintain an excellent reputation and leave.

Only in this way will it be beneficial to the rule of the Tang Dynasty here, after all, Gaochang is the country of the Han people. It is a bridgehead for entering the Western Regions, with which it is easy for the Tang Dynasty to immigrate and take root here. However, this strategic idea was destroyed by Hou Junji.

From this moment on, Li Shimin was already planning to give him up.

After losing the new generation of coaches who have been trained so much, Li Shimin had to turn his head and rely on these veterans. That's why he agreed to continue to appoint Zhang Wenyi as the crown princess, so as to maintain mutual trust with the meritorious class of the Hanmen.

But why did Li Ji have to win the position of crown princess? In fact, you can directly send a concubine to Your Majesty, and the effect is the same.

Li Ji disdained this and said, "Yirou, what you said is completely from the position of His Majesty. Have you thought about it, Your Majesty is now bent on asking for Dan, let's not talk about sending one concubine, that is, what is the use of sending ten concubines? The only way to do this is to grasp the life-saving straw of the crown prince, only the prince can still speak in front of His Majesty, and only the crown princess is our person can get the support of the entire cold family. Otherwise, if this battle continues, His Majesty will have to rely entirely on the Hu people. ”

Li Yirou was stunned by Li Ji's words, and she said, "Is the matter really so serious? ”

Li Ji sneered and said, "Your Highness, this time you go to Goryeo, you look at how many Hu people and how many Han people are in the army." Where are the Qingzhou soldiers who can fight well in the original of my Han family? Where are the Danyang soldiers? Where is the Yan Zhao Warrior?!"

Li Yirou looked at Li Ji, who was waving her hands excitedly, and was speechless. By now, she had understood the crux of the problem, and she had also felt Li Ji's great pain.

He is not talking for the meritorious class of the poor family, he is worried about the entire Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he must sabotage His Majesty's plan and keep the position of Crown Princess Zhang Wenyi, only in this way can the Han retain a place in the Tang army.

Li Yirou stood up and said, "There is a loophole in your plan. ”

Of course, Li Ji knows where this loophole is, and this loophole is Zhang Wenyi. If she didn't understand Li Ji's hard work, then it was very likely that Li Ji's hard work would be in vain, but he had no way to make up for it now.

Li Yirou asked, "Do you have a token to get a letter from the crown princess?" ”

Li Ji shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Shubao once asked us to trust her and help her. It's a pity that none of us did, so now we don't have anything to trust her. ”

Li Yirou looked at Li Ji, couldn't help frowning, and asked, "Aren't you and Shubao like each other?" Why didn't you listen to him? ”

Li Ji smiled bitterly: "My vision is not as far-reaching as Shubao, but I am conceited and scheming. I only want to get the support of the Hanmen with my own strategic layout, but I am controlled everywhere in the hands of His Majesty. Now the Hanmen has been torn apart and no longer looks like it was back then, even if His Majesty wants to use it, it will be embarrassing. ”

Li Yirou also roughly understood the current situation when she heard this, she stood up and said resolutely: "I want to go to the palace and analyze the whole situation to her." ”

However, Li Yirou's request to enter the palace was ruthlessly rejected, and then everyone found out that Li Shimin no longer trusted anyone. He now wants to cut off all contact between inside and outside the palace, so that he doesn't want any outside factors to disturb his ideas.

What no one expected was that Zhang Wenyi also started a fetal defense battle in the Red Palace.

The first bowl of fetal protection decoction sent by the Imperial Physician Department after entering the palace was snatched by her and poured into the drainage ditch. Her behavior surprised Li Shimin, and the future princess was not too old and jealous, and her jealousy did not seem to be weak at all.

This is exactly what Li Shimin wants, the child will be killed by this sooner or later, as long as she kills the child, she can be expelled in a bright way.

But Li Shimin waited for three months, and saw that Yu Feng's belly was getting bigger and bigger day by day, and his spirit was getting better day by day. If it goes on like this, Yu Feng will definitely be able to give birth to a big fat boy.

Only then did Li Shimin realize that Zhang Wenyi was not jealous, but was guarding against accidents in the palace. Although Li Zhi was very angry at Zhang Wenyi's behavior of pouring out the fetal pills, he was the first to steal it, so although he was angry, he was helpless.

But the next thing made him not understand, Zhang Wenyi managed three meals a day and daily life in an orderly manner, and Yu Feng's complexion became better and better.

Now even Li Zhi is grateful to Zhang Wenyi for his virtuousness, so the reputation of the prospective crown princess gradually improved in the palace.

In fact, Zhang Wenyi doesn't have so many twists and turns, because she doesn't know a lot of things, so she won't have much profound experience.

What she is doing now is actually the most basic thinking of modern people: the child is innocent no matter what.

Of course, Yu Feng, these four people are the assistants she has worked hard to train, even if Yu Feng and the child are killed, it will not help, and in the end, everyone will betray their relatives. And the other three finally recognized the cruelty in the harem because of Yu Feng's pregnancy. all show that there is no need for Zhang Wenyi to guard against the prince, they are all guarding themselves.

Especially Chen Juan's appearance, these girls finally understood that the emperor's bed was not so easy to climb. As long as the crown princess can ascend to the throne, it is more reliable to hand over their lifelong events to the crown princess in the future.