Li Heng and Li Mi sat cross-legged in the bamboo hut and grass hut, the fragrance of tea lingering above their heads, and there was no communication between the two with their heads down. While Dao Rou was talking beside him, the prince was leisurely drinking tea, with almost no change in expression, so he couldn't see his attitude towards this matter on his face.

After she finished speaking, she stood aside, and the crown prince Li Heng raised his head, and he could see the roots of his hair, and wisps of white silk obviously appeared, making him look as if he was ten years older than a year ago.

Dao Rou was taken aback, and quickly lowered her head to look at her toes.

The crown prince Li Heng suffered the biggest bumpy earthquake in his life, and the sinister degree was far greater than before Tianbao's three-year mentor He Jian retired. The crown prince without the protection of the master is indeed not good, and he can't protect the people around him at all.

Huangfu Weiming entered Chang'an at the beginning of the first month, and the sage ordered him to serve as the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu with the right section of Long. The weight of these two knots is not comparable to that of ordinary feudal towns, and in terms of combat effectiveness, only the two knots of Fanyang and Pinglu together have this weight.

Wei Ming was at that time when the spring breeze was proud, and although he lost the battle in the attack on the stone castle, he was still rewarded by the saint. Because of the stone castle, normal people don't dare to touch it at all, haven't you seen that Fu Meng Lingcha has served as the envoy of the Hexi Festival for three years, and there is almost no movement?

After Huangfu Weiming entered Chang'an, he thought that he could replace the prince and compete with Li Linfu, so when he entered the palace to face the saint, he told Li Longji that Li Linfu was in charge of the autocratic power and misguided the country, saying that he was alone in charge of the three seals. The right minister has his own dark line in the palace, he sued in the morning, and Li Linfu knew about it in the afternoon. The right minister did not make a noise, but secretly ordered the head of the household, the imperial historian, and the Gyeonggi Province interview envoy Yang Shenjin and Wang Ji to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the emperor Fu Weiming.

Although Yang Shenjin is an honest and capable official, his position is very unfirm, he is afraid of Li Linfu's power, but he often maintains neutrality. made the princelings not wary of him, and even wanted to pull him into the camp for a while. But he still threw himself into Li Linfu's arms after all. Huangfu Weiming was not wary of him at that time, but as a result, he knew that they had met Wei Jian twice, and on the 15th of January, they had a private meeting with the crown prince Li Heng at the Lantern Festival.

Yang Shenjin immediately informed Li Linfu of the incident, and the cunning and ruthless Li Linfu immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to bring down the crown prince, and immediately entered the palace to complain to Li Longji.

The content and wording of Diao's form are very hot, saying that these two people are plotting to abolish the throne and want to help the prince ascend the throne and obtain the merit of the dragon.

The emperor was poked at the point in his heart in an instant, because the two defendants had special identities, Wei Jian was the prince's eldest brother, and Huangfu was clearly a close friend of the prince, once they conspired together, the content of the conspiracy did not need to be doubted at all, it was definitely to subvert him and let the prince ascend the throne.

But the sage did not get clear evidence at that time, Li Linfu called Yang Shenjin and Wang Jie, Ji Wen, and Luo Xixiao to testify together, and the emperor demoted Wei Jian to Jinyun Taishou and Huangfu Weiming to Banchuan Taishou according to several people's chasing after the wind and shadows. This is not counting, Li Linfu continued to frame, sent people to kill Huangfu Weiming, demoted Wei Jian to Jiangxia and sent Yushi Luo Xixiao to Jiangxia and Lingnan, and killed Wei Jian and dozens of relatives one after another. Even Li Shizhi, the left minister, was implicated, first demoted to the crown prince Shaobao, and then demoted to Yichun Taishou, and when Luo Xizao arrived in Yichun, he committed suicide in fear. At this point, all the princelings in and outside the court were completely killed, and only Wang Zhonghe, who led the troops in the east of the Shuofang River, was left.

Wang Zhongsi was not affected by this turmoil only because although he was close to the crown prince, he did not interact with the rest of the people, and more importantly, Wang Zhonghei was too heavy and trusted by the emperor. Li Linfu wanted to him, so he could only wait for the opportunity.

Li Heng watched his cronies being cut off little by little, he was worried and frightened, in order to avoid disaster, he could only go to the sage to ask for the resignation of the crown princess Wei, and after the emperor approved, he went to Zhongnan Mountain to pray for blessings and stayed away from the center of the whirlpool.

He saw his close friend Li Mi in the bamboo forest of Zhongnan Mountain, and the two of them were sad, hugging and crying.

Dao Rou saw the haggard prince, who had just cried, drinking tea and meditating in the grass house.

Li Heng's voice was elegant with a bit of sadness: "This year and next year, don't come to Zhongnanshan, and don't ask Li Siye to come to me." Daorou, if you have the opportunity, you can consider being a concubine for Li Siye, this is the opportunity I hope you get. ”

Dao Rou's shoulders trembled, lowered his forehead and said softly, "The slave obeys." ”

"No," the prince shook his head, "this is not an order I gave you, just an expectation. ”

She nodded slightly.

"Let's go."

Daorou turned and led the horse away, and the bamboo hut grass house was getting farther and farther behind her.

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Li Siye was refused to be outside the door of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, he did not follow Gao Xianzhi's orders to stay there and wait for the summons, he knew that Gao Xianzhi would not be able to introduce him in. And this year's Right Prime Minister's Mansion is also becoming more and more hot, with busy traffic and heavy guards.

He ran to the Mi Kee shop opened by Michagan in the West Market, and it was the autumn and winter off-season, and there was no one in the shop. The shopkeeper, Michagan, also had time to tell him about a series of events that happened in Chang'an this year, and learned about the serious earthquake in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Linfu stripped the crown prince into a lonely family, and even the right minister Li Shizhi was relegated to a distant place, and the news that many officials were killed or committed suicide spread to Chang'an from outside.

No wonder he felt that his aura was wrong outside Li Linfu's mansion just now, and pedestrians were afraid when they passed by, and the servants of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion were arrogant and their eyes were above the top. It turned out that Li Linfu's power had reached its peak, and no one in the whole world could threaten him.

Such a heavy topic is not suitable for such a noisy and lively place as the West Market, the officialdom earthquake in the Tang Dynasty did not affect the prosperity of the West Market at all, the merchants still came and went, the Sogdian caravan leading the camels passed downstairs, and the jingling camel bells came from the window.

Li Siye glanced downstairs, then turned back and listened absentmindedly to Michagan talk about his business experience in the past two years.

Michagan really broke into the rich circle of Chang'an this year, and got acquainted with Wang Yuanbao, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, Dou Yi, a child in Fufeng, and He Mingyuan, the king of Didian, and talked about the entrepreneurial experience of these three with relish, all of which are quite legendary. Among them, Dou Yi's experience was also written into a legend by the poet Wen Tingyun, which is probably an earlier biography of a businessman.

Li Siye is no stranger to these, isn't it the Tang Dynasty version of Ma Yun, Wang Jianlin and Xu Jiayin, even if there is no Internet, these people are well known from all walks of life, and the most popular is Wang Yuanbao, who showed off his wealth to Tang Xuanzong. This person monopolized the glaze manufacturing and trafficking industry, and every wealthy bureaucrat in the Tang Dynasty had his glaze products in their homes, and the huge wealth brought to him was beyond the reach of Dou Yi, who was engaged in real estate, and He Mingyuan, who opened a chain of mansions.

The eating of hair cabbage and worshipping the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month of each month are all handed down by the richest man, and Tang Xuanzong once asked him how much wealth his family had. Wang Yuanbao made such an analogy: I used my family's silk to wrap a tree around Zhongnan Mountain, and the trees in Zhongnan Mountain were wrapped, but my silk has not been used up. Li Longji couldn't help but praise his king Yuanbao as the richest in the world and the most noble in the world.

Zhongnan Mountain is the middle section of the Qinling Mountains, the trend spreads for more than 100 miles, and the mountains are wooded.

Li Siye stood up and patted Michagan on the shoulder and said, "Take care of it, one day you will become one of them, and I will go back." ”

Mi Chagan hurriedly got up to send each other, the two walked out of the store, Li Siye turned around and asked him to stay, officials above the fifth grade are not allowed to enter the market, if someone knows that he has invested in a store in the West Market, it is very uncomfortable for Shangshu to play a book in front of the sage.

Li Siye walked along the side street in the direction of Pingkangfang, and when he passed by Suzaku Street, he saw a passage separated by colored silk and wooden stakes in the middle of the wide two-way avenue. He wondered what the passage was for, he hadn't seen it since the previous year.

He found a passerby to inquire, only to know that this is the Ministry of Industry specially circled the lychee channel, every year from March to May and June, Lingnan lychee ripe, Jiannan Jiedu envoy Qiu Zhang and Qiong will send people to Chang'an to transport lychees to Chang'an by fast horses through the post station, to satisfy Yang Yuhuan's appetite.