At this time, it was the third year of Jingyun, and Li Dan changed the yuan to "Taiji".

Here, Princess Taiping is in full swing, letting her people gradually occupy various high positions in the Tang Dynasty. The court is limited, and someone occupies it means that someone loses. In the political hall, the crown prince Li Long basically lost Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing, and this time he lost his troops and generals, and he only had the right to appoint and dismiss officials below the sixth grade, and he was completely powerless in this matter.

So compared with the increasingly prosperous Zhenguo Princess's Mansion, the East Palace is declining rapidly.

Most of the courtiers are elites, with excellent eyesight, and their sensitivity to power is also extremely high, and the contrast between the court and the court in the past is now very different, and they can see it most clearly, the pace that originally began to favor the East Palace has slowed down a lot, and the originally neutral one has leaned a little towards the Zhenguo Princess's Mansion.

The situation is very unfavorable for Li Longji.

Just when everyone thought that Li Longji would take corresponding measures to fight back, Li Longji did nothing, only shrank in the East Palace, seemingly leisurely and contentedly drawing "Ke" on the draft of the edict - in the past, because of the opposition to Wei Shuren or Wu Sansi, the Jinshi students who have now returned to Chang'an now have the opportunity to enter the court as officials, although they are only eight or nine grades at the beginning, but they are already quite good compared to civilians, and there will always be an unbridgeable gap between the official body and the beloved, and it is difficult to intermarry.

"I said this Lang Jun, are you still my third brother? When is this, you still don't know what is it, what are you still in this batch of, what are the edicts of the eight or nine officials? What is there to take care of these sesame officials, isn't the prime minister a newcomer, let them come! "Li Longye is now the prince's right guard, and he has to enter the East Palace every day, even if he is resting, he has to enter the palace to see Concubine Wang Xian, and even take him to visit the East Palace, which can be described as a frequent visitor to the East Palace.

No matter how often he comes, there are always some very important things, but he just can't bump into them, such as Yang Liangyuan is pregnant. For this reason, he was already in a bad mood. Seeing that the forces of the East Palace were defeated so quickly, he was anxious and worried, he should have slept a few lazy nights during the Dragon Boat Festival break these days, but he was so stressed that he didn't sleep well for several nights.

Yesterday, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, after the lunch banquet was over, he came to the East Palace once, but the third sister-in-law said that the third brother did not come back, and went out of the palace after changing his clothes.

- Does he still have the heart to go out of the palace to play? Why didn't Ah Yuan persuade him?!

…… Well, don't look at Ah Yuan's usual seriousness, in fact, she is a fun-loving and food-loving person, how could she refuse the request of the third brother who is so good at playing and eating.

I am not in a hurry at this time, I think that the third brother may be in the same bad mood as him, so go out for a walk, relax and relax, this is not impossible, he will come back tomorrow.

But today is here, what is his third brother doing?!

Li Longji raised his eyes and glanced at the frowning Goro, and the corners of his lips hooked: "Don't underestimate these sesame officials, they are the closest to the people, and they know and dare to say the most." ”

"But a hundred of them can't withstand a prime minister!"

Li Longji sighed lightly: "I understand what you mean, but right now, Aya hasn't taken back my power to supervise the country, has he?" ”

Li Longye's eyes lit up: "You mean, Aye's heart is for you this time?" ”

“…… How to say it as if Aya had never had his heart for me before. Li Longji rolled his eyes lightly, "I mean, Aya didn't take back this power for a day, then this power is still mine, the appointment and removal of officials below the sixth grade is naturally insignificant compared to the appointment and removal of the prime minister, but for me, it is very necessary to get their support." Most of these middle- and lower-level officials are parent officials, and they are well-known and prestigious among the people. They are basically the same goal, they want to leap into five grades and become noble, and they will be crowned with a wife and a son. But the watershed of the five products is too difficult to cross, and not everyone can be like someone, who has a good relationship with the emperor at that time, and can get a five-grade internal service, so most of them have a characteristic - dare to seize the opportunity. I am the opportunity to get them to achieve their goal the fastest, and they are also my chance, so that I will not be wasted so quickly. ”

"Someone" who was suddenly mentioned straightened his back more and more when he heard this—in her Ah Lang's tone...... There is a little powerlessness and helplessness, isn't it a little disheartened about the saint and the future?

Li Longye was suddenly deflated: "How can this be, third brother, weren't you very good before, why did you suddenly become like this......"

"The situation in the court is changing rapidly. My aunt has always been strong, and it's normal that I can't fight her. I just hope that I can delay a little longer, so that Aya can think clearly about who is more worthy of relying on his son or sister," After a pause, Li Longji chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Even if that son is me." ”

Seeing the third brother like this, Li Longye couldn't wait to tear his mouth, why didn't he want to say that sentence before, which made the third brother sad! But now he didn't know how to remedy it, and he didn't dare to say it if he wanted to speak, so he had to look at Xiao Jiangyuan as if asking for help.

Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan to speak, Li Longji seemed to have known that Li Longye would ask Xiao Jiangyuan for help, so he glanced at Li Longye before resuming his smile and said, "Besides, now that my aunt is in full swing, I can't hide yet, how can I catch up?" I don't have much to compete with now. ”

"Third brother!"

"It turns out that King Xue is also here." Recently, Wu Guanyue has been allowed to enter the main hall of Li without communication, and the line is not frequent, but it has not fallen for a day.

Li Longye immediately became honest: "I ...... I'm here ......."

"Yueniang knows that King Xue must be worried about San Lang, so he came here on purpose, otherwise today's Chenguang is very good, and there must be a good scenery on the Qujiang River, if it was King Xue in the past, he must have arrived in Furong Garden now." Wu Guanyue smiled and said.

Li Longye couldn't stop nodding: "Yes, that's it." ”

Seeing Li Longye like this, Li Longji was a little crying and laughing, and said, "Is there something wrong with Yueniang coming here?" ”

Wu Guanyue said: "Yueniang just went to see Concubine Xian and chatted. ”

Hearing his mother's title, Li Longye couldn't hold back and said, "What are you talking to my aunt about?" Seeing Wu Guanyue looking at him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, I don't mean anything else, just ask." ”

Wu Guanyue didn't say a word, just turned her gaze to Li Longji. Seeing Li Longji nodding his head and instructing, Wu Guanyue said: "I didn't talk about anything, just to ask the sage how his health has been recently, how his diet is, how his mood is, what troubles and happy things he has encountered on weekdays, and for the situation of the courtiers falling to the princess of Zhenguo, it must not be something that the sage who has always been obsessed with balance is happy to see, so he still chose to do this, whether it is because of the prince." ”

Hearing the front, Li Longye was relieved, but when he heard the back, he couldn't stand it: "...... Liangyuan asked really directly. ”

"Concubine Xian is a straightforward person, if she beats around the bush, she will scold me." Wu Guan Yue was the first to say.

"That's just as well." Thinking of his mother's image on weekdays, Li Longye nodded sincerely.

Li Longji said: "How does Concubine Xian Niang answer?" ”

"Concubine Xian reassured San Lang that everything is normal for the saint recently, but he often worries about the country and the people."

Seeing that Li Longji nodded after listening, he continued to bury his head in painting "Ke", Li Longye said inexplicably: "...... What does that mean? ”

Wu Guanyue, who has always been well-behaved, saw that Li Longji loved to ignore him, and he didn't even open his mouth to explain, so he only looked at Li Longye with a light smile, but he didn't speak. Li Longye dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so he had to come to Xiao Jiangyuan's side again and whispered, "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan felt helpless, and also whispered: "It means that the sage may just want to change the chaotic status quo of the court and get everything back on track, after all, this is about the country and the people, and the sage is still the son of the Tang Dynasty after all." As far as the saint is concerned, it is not yet the step of abolishing the prince. ”

"But as soon as my aunt's person is in a high position, the threat to the third brother will exist for a day. I can see it clearly, Aya's mind has changed too much, he originally wanted his eldest brother to be the prince, and he didn't care whether the eldest brother wanted to be the prince or not, and finally made up his mind to give the Zen position to the third brother, and felt that the third brother was not easy to control, so he didn't dare to let go easily, and now his aunt is in power again...... "Li Longye sighed, "Third brother, you are really unlucky." ”

"You say I'm unlucky, but I think I'm lucky. In the past, against the Wei Shu people, the contrast was also very different, and then Aya wanted to set up a prince, hesitated, and then my aunt wanted to use Ah Yuan's physical examination to hit me and abolish me, which one is not critical, didn't I turn the danger into a disaster and came over? You also say that Aya has a changeable mind, but why don't you think that he will change for me one time? ”

"But...... Third brother, can you afford to gamble? ”

Li Longji's eyes narrowed slightly, and he put pen to paper: "As long as you fail to ascend the throne for one day, there is not much difference between the prince and the concubine or even the sinner." Personnel are exhausted, let it be fate. ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty