Jinhua was frightened by her sternness, pursed her lips, and replied reluctantly: "I just heard what my mother and father said." ”

At Shaohua's repeated urging and intimidation, Jinhua took what she heard about the resurgence of the Wang family, the emperor's fate was on the verge of death, and the eldest prince was afraid of forcing the emperor to abdicate at the ten-year festival of Empress Duanming. And the prince proposed marriage to the Li family in order to consolidate power for the eldest prince, so once the Li family married the palace, to a large extent, it was to pull that faction of disengaged forces to the great prince's party.

Although the Li family will not spend so much money to become Hongwen's henchmen because of a granddaughter, it does not mean that others will not go to Hongwen for this point.

At the beginning, some people said that the Li family was the grass on the wall, and the wind blew on both sides, and Li Ge Lao stiffened his spine and was infamy, but he was reused by the emperor, and the person who scolded the Li family was relegated to the southwest, which made the Li family prestige and prominent in the court. In addition, the Li family now has two rising stars, Li Sijin and Li Sinian, no matter who is on the throne, they are all important ministers in the future. If you bring them down now, it will only push the Li family to the other side's camp, and they can't win them over, and they can only take advantage of the situation.

The battle for the crown prince has started three years ago, and even a little earlier, since the year of Empress Duanming's death. However, the emperor was as healthy as a tiger, and he was not addicted to wine, and he governed the country in a good way, and was deeply loved by the people. If you wait until the emperor is old and weak, I am afraid that even the emperor's grandson will have to be young and handsome. Maybe the young prince is not ambitious yet, but the masters of the harem have to plan for their son's future early.

The death of Empress Duanming gave the imperial concubine and Hongyi a great opportunity, but there were also people who did not want the imperial concubine party to take the throne. Maybe it's an opponent, or maybe he just doesn't want to repeat Uncle Wang's loyal ministers, so he voluntarily formed a big prince party to restrain the increasingly powerful imperial concubine party.

The emperor was not ignorant of the actions of his courtiers, but he was in the prime of spring and autumn, and he held the military power in his hands, so he was not worried that his sons would fight back. In his eyes, the two factions are balanced and mutually restricted, so that the imperial power can be more stable. It wasn't until last year, when an emergency nearly killed him, that the emperor became cautious and held his grip on power tighter.

Doro's frequent commotion took away a lot of his mind, and he knew that the poison in him came from Doro, but he didn't know that the poison had been lurking in his body for a long time. If you are calm, you will not have a seizure for ten or eight years or even longer, but when you are emotionally excited, the more you spend your brain, the more toxic it will become. The second prince of Dora visited and worshipped, and repeatedly said that the rebellion in northern Sichuan was done by the eldest prince alone, not King Dora's original intention. Moreover, the eldest prince and the people sent by King Doro to hunt him down, and when he was arrested, he was personally escorted to Beijing to apologize.

But the emperor knew in his heart that if it weren't for the acquiescence of King Doro, this army would not be so easy to attack northern Sichuan, and his fake smile was only because he hadn't made a decision yet, whether to fight or endure. If his body hadn't been poisoned, he would definitely be fighting endlessly, but now he can't, any of his radical actions will kill him at any time.

The emperor was a little chilled, he didn't know who had poisoned him, but it must have been someone he trusted.

Once he dies, who will this throne fall into, and whether this country can be a hundred years or a hundred years, he doesn't know if he can be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors on the Huangquan Road. The emperor looked at it again and again, Hongwen, who had the same appearance as Empress Duanming, and Hongyi, who was boiling and aggressive in his bones like himself, the more relieved he was, the more chilled he felt.

Now, on the ten-year sacrifice day of Empress Duanming, the emperor's fate is on the verge of death, if Hongwen does not seize this opportunity, he is afraid that once the emperor returns to heaven, the Wang family will be suppressed by the imperial concubine party again. It is rumored that the emperor is preparing the holy decree of succession, and now he is holding it in the hands of a confidant minister, lest he suddenly die one day, and then no one will succeed him, and the world will be in chaos.

Many people speculated that it was Li Ge who held the holy decree in his hand, but when the emperor was on the throne, he didn't dare to ask rashly. The proposal of the palace made some people confirm this speculation, but unfortunately Li Ge Lao refused lukewarmly, and now there are constantly outsiders entering Beijing, I am afraid that the rumors that Hongwen is going to force the palace, I am afraid that it is not groundless. Therefore, after discussing with his son and grandson, Li Ge Lao decided to let Li Xunzhuo leave the capital with his family and avoid the limelight for the time being.

Because Li Xunzhuo is not a member of the officialdom and walks around all year round, he will not be said anything if he drags his family away. Then he used the excuse that the old patriarch of Luyang was seriously ill, and even if the city defenders asked, they would not be too embarrassed.

After Shaohua heard the twists and turns, the Li family's motorcade had slowly driven out of the city gate, Li Xunzhuo lifted the curtain, looked back at the city gate, and let out a long sigh.

"Master, can we go back when we come out this time?" Ling was a little worried.

Li Xunzhuo glared at her angrily, "What are you talking about, let's just go to visit the uncle and come back when his old man is healthy." When he said this, Li Xunzhuo was a little unconfident.

Ling Shi blinked, looked at her husband, and muttered in her heart: Who is so active, and the cold and snowy Layue has to rush back to his hometown to visit the patient, and it feels unlucky to think about it. On the one hand, she regretted that she could not get in touch with the palace, otherwise she would have to go sideways when she walked out of the door, and on the other hand, she was glad that her husband did not follow the ranks. That day, I heard him tell her in a serious tone that the sky might change. It seems that there is a list circulating in every household, and if anyone refuses to cooperate, they will be threatened or even detained, and that list is the reversal of Baoju Hongfumi's succession.

There were already wives and daughters in the city who had been arrested inexplicably, and it is said that because they refused to obey, the lady was stripped naked and sent back. This incident caused a lot of turmoil, but because the other party vigorously denied it, no one dared to spread it, but people were already panicking. It is obviously shameless to threaten people with a family wife, and to slander a lady's reputation like this, whether it is true or not, is enough to make people angry and outrageous.

However, the rumored official was just a small official, and someone broke out that it was just an ordinary kidnapper, and it had nothing to do with Hongwen. It's just that regardless of whether it is related or not, this also shows that the Great Prince Party has indeed taken action.

"I hope Daddy and Big Brother are safe." Li Xunzhuo felt heavy in his heart, and felt that he had left them at this time, and it seemed that he was on the verge of escaping.

"Master, don't worry, even if something really happens, with the status of Daddy and Big Brother in the court, they will probably not be embarrassed. I think my father is even more worried about the size of this car, as well as the uncle's body. "Without a family member behind him, Li Ge Lao is naturally not afraid of being coerced, and Li Xunzhuo and they must have something to do as long as they arrive in Luyang and have the people of the ancestral house to protect them.

The situation between the DPRK and China has long been a fire of ice and snow, and the situation is incompatible, just because Li Ge is old and the Li Sijin brothers are not the top pillars, so the impact will not be so great.

Li Xunzhuo thought about it and nodded, he is now the backbone of this team, he has an eldest sister-in-law and an unborn nephew, so he really can't be careless.

So, after telling Ling a few words, he lifted the curtain and went out, preparing to arrange for the convoy to speed up, at least to leave Gyeonggi first.

However, at the moment when he got out of the carriage, he heard Cui Hanlin running back in a panic, shouting all the way: "It's not good! There are horse thieves! As he spoke, something seemed to fly into the air and stabbed him in the thigh, and he screamed miserably, and immediately fell to the ground, and the pure white snow was suddenly dyed a bright red.

Cui Hanlin's screams made Li Xunzhuo's face change greatly, and although the accompanying servants trembled with fear, they all surrounded the carriage around him to protect the people in the car. Li Xunzhuo didn't expect that as soon as he left the city, he would encounter horse thieves, could it be that he was waiting for them in ambush here in advance, which reminded him of the previous rumors. Before he could shout for someone to protect his wife and lady, he heard the clatter of horses' hooves, and seven or eight figures came roaring on horses and snow.

Ling was already trembling in the carriage, knowing that she would rather be trapped in her home than killed by horse thieves in the ice and snow outside the city. Liu and Ponzi, who didn't know why, heard the screams, horses' hooves, and shouts outside, and they were all confused, and they hugged the people in the carriage, hiding in the carriage and trembling and not daring to come out.

I don't know how long it took, but when Ling stabilized his mood, he found that he unexpectedly didn't hear the screams outside, and there was no sound of fighting and snatching. She only felt that it was quiet outside, she was stunned, and she wanted to lift the curtain of the car, but halfway through it, Li Xunzhuo's voice outside the car stopped her: "Don't come out, outside...... It's okay out there, we're saved. ”

Li Xunzhuo looked at several corpses lying on the ground, blood staining the snow under them, he fought two cold wars, looked at the people who were slowly pacing on horses not far away, stepped forward, and thanked him: "Thank you Your Excellency for rescuing, Li is grateful, and dare to ask Your Excellency's name." ”

A young man dressed in military uniform, riding on a horse, with his back to the sun, his facial features obscured in the shadows. He raised his mouth, his voice sloppy. "Who are you from Li Gelao?"

Although Li Xunzhuo was a little unhappy with the man's question, he still replied: "Your Excellency and your father know each other? "Looking at his age, at most he is three or four years older than Li Sijin, but his tone is very arrogant. If it weren't for the fact that his men had killed four horse thieves and scared the others away, he wouldn't have been so good-natured to talk to him.

"I don't know, but my father does, my father is Pingzhou Xu Shaoqing, maybe Li Ge will know." The young man looked at Li Xunzhuo's face with a slight surprise, knowing that he knew his father, and then said proudly: "Elder Li Ge is really eye-catching, let his family leave Beijing so early, it seems that the trouble in Beijing is almost out of control." ”

Li Xunzhuo can't say that he knows the name Xu Shaoqing, but he has heard that the three generals of Xuzhou are coming, and this Xu Shaoqing must be the Xu family in the 22nd marshal of the founding of the country.

"You should go far and meet me, otherwise it will be freezing this day, and it is estimated that everyone will put their minds in the capital. No one will pay attention to you. Let's go, if you don't leave, if there are thieves in the capital, it will be worse than the mountain bandits. The man deliberately intimidated Li Xunzhuo, and when he saw his face, he was shocked and laughed proudly. Lie to you, with me Xu Ziang, thieves can't escape! ”

"Thank you Xu Gongzi for rescuing, I will ...... when I return to Beijing" Li Xunzhuo finally knew the young man's name.

Xu Ziang's eyes were half narrowed, and he lowered his voice and said: "I advise you not to return to Beijing, since you can escape, you can find a place to hide with peace of mind, and don't let Li Ge Lao work hard to give up." ”

"But many of my slaves are injured, but I'm afraid I won't be able to go far." Li Xunzhuo counted a little just now, and fortunately there was no damage, but many people were injured, and the most serious was only Cui Hanlin who was hit by a dagger in the thigh. If they don't return to Beijing for treatment, I'm afraid that before they get halfway there, these people will get sick and die.

"Then find another place, anyway, I advise you not to go back." Xu Ziang said. "Hurry up and decide, I'll have someone escort you."

Li Xunzhuo saw that his face was serious, and he knew that he didn't mean to threaten, and when he heard him take the initiative to escort him, he had a change of opinion about this arrogant young man in his heart. After thinking about it, I immediately remembered my father-in-law's house, which was about half a day's journey.

Just as he was waiting for him to open his mouth, someone came to report: "Master, the carriage of the five ladies is gone!" ”