Guo Ziyi and the others knelt in front of the emperor's sickbed, Li Heng beckoned to Li Fuguo and Guo Ziyi, and the two hurriedly approached on their knees.

The emperor said weakly to Guo Ziyi: "In these days when you lived in Chang'an, I was very uneasy in my heart, and when the country was in trouble, I would hide in the city, which was my fallacy, and I now entrust more than 70,000 people including the Long Xiang Army and the Long Wu Army to you, and you will lead you to Tongguan to break the enemy." ”

Guo Ziyi knocked his head on the ground, stretched out his hand and pressed his chest and said: "The minister does not dare to live up to His Majesty's trust, and wants to entrust the whole family to His Majesty to take care of it, but the mansion at home is damaged, but I am too shy to repair it." ”

Prime Minister Xiao Hua has a strange expression, Guo Ziyi is at this juncture, what are you doing mentioning the house? Li Kui and Li Fuguo just squinted their eyes and buried their heads deeply.

The color on the emperor's face seemed to be much ruddy, and he reached out to hold Guo Ziyi's hand and said to the two prime ministers: "You can write down Sikong's words, although my Tang Dynasty's treasury is not full, but there is no problem in saving a big mansion for you, Li Kui, you lead the Ministry of Industry to stop repairing Xingqing Palace, expand the Sikong Mansion in Qinrenfang again, expand the original An Lushan, and the mansion of King Teng in the past, and expand it according to the specifications of the county king, and Qinrenfang and Xuanyangfang are nearby, I will give the mansion of the original Yang family sin to your sons to live." ”

Guo Ziyi was grateful, and kowtowed to the emperor again: "The minister will do his best, and then die." ”

After Guo Ziyi was relieved of his post in the Battle of Yecheng, because the emperor had the experience of Li Siye, his suspicion of the generals had reached its peak. His days in Chang'an City were far more restrained than Li Siye in the past, there were forbidden army guards and patrols outside Sikong Mansion day and night, and people from Guo Mansion had to be searched and strictly investigated when they entered and exited Chang'an City, but whenever Guo Ziyi feasted guests at home, Li Heng would soon learn how many people participated and what they said. Guo Ziyi even left the door open all night for a time, showing the eagle dogs of the court that he was selfless in his heart.

Today's conversation between the monarch and the ministers is close to digging out his heart to show the emperor, this meritorious general, kneeling in front of the emperor's sickbed, his back has been wet with sweat.

After Li Heng entrusted Guo Ziyi, he instructed Li Fuguodao: "I have Shen Ke with me, I'm afraid I can't go to the court often, I entrust foreign affairs to Guo Ziyi, and the affairs of the government will be entrusted to you, no matter what Guo Aiqing asks, you will try your best to meet him, as long as you can hold Guanzhong, and when we accumulate strength to fight back again, you two will have the merit of rebuilding the society for me." ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Fuguo almost cried out in a hoarse voice: "If you can be entrusted by Your Majesty, the slave and maid will definitely do their best to never let the Tang Dynasty fall into the hands of outsiders." ”

Li Heng nodded reassuringly. Li Fuguo knew what he was most worried about, since he ascended the throne, this is the heart disease that he needs to solve in this life, how to defeat the opponents who covet his regime, and how to prevent the ministers from becoming disobedient. He boasted that he had gotten the best.

Is there a more selfless person in the world than Li Fuguo, and is there anyone in the world who can be more of the same heart and mind with him than a eunuch? They have no family, no parents, no brothers, and no heirs to inherit their wealth.

Since the first day that this ugly eunuch entered the East Palace, he has been tied to the fate of the emperor, between them is a loss, a glory, the existence of the imperial power can allow him to find the basis for survival, their fate determines that he can only be a rattan to climb the tree, such loyalty is what Li Heng needs most.

Li Heng spoke to Prime Minister Xiao Hua and Li Kui again, and his tone became much colder. Because since he ascended the throne in Lingwu, he has never relied on these literati prime ministers. If Li Heng is jealous and suspicious of military generals, he is more ignorant of these civil officials, they are just tools to carry out his decrees, when Li Mi is there, he relies on Li Mi, and after Li Mi leaves, he relies on Li Fuguo, and outsiders can never gain his trust.

"During the period when the two of you are dealing with affairs in the political affairs hall, you must discuss with Jing Zhong on big and small matters, and there must be no mistakes."

"Whoa."

Li Fuguo couldn't help but raise his chest a little, this is the most imposing eunuch dictatorship in the world, because he has the emperor's public support, those who openly and secretly slander him on weekdays, what else can they say now.

After Li Heng said something, he was so tired that he lay on his side on the pillow and closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, he just waved his palm, and Guo Ziyi and the other three retreated in amusement.

Li Fuguo crossed his hands and said: "A few days ago, Guo Ziyi took concubines three times in a row, all of them were used to marry beautiful women from good families with power, and his behavior is so similar to Li Siye in the past. His Majesty transferred all the elites of the Beijing Division to him today, and the Shuofang army was also his subordinates, and His Majesty only controlled his family, and what he controlled was the safety of the entire Chang'an and the whole world. ”

Li Heng whispered angrily: "Guo Ziyi and Li Siye have always been different, Li Siye was promoted from the hands of the Emperor Taishang, and Guo Ziyi was supported by me step by step, I ...... Who dare to trust now, even if you are suspicious of them, you still have to rely on them in the end. ”

After thinking about it carefully, it was still inappropriate after all, and he muttered an order: "Add Guo Ziyi as the king of Fenyang, and concurrently serve as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu and the envoy of Jinpu Defense Guanneijiedu, and be in charge of the Shuofang army stationed in Tongguan." Yu Chaoen was the military envoy of the Longxiang army and served as the superintendent of the army, and Guo Yuanzhen was the military envoy of the Longwu army and the middle envoy, and the two of them needed to wait for Guo Ziyi's military orders. ”

The appointment of eunuchs as military envoys is something that has never happened in the Tang Dynasty, although these two military envoys have not interfered with Guo Ziyi's authority, but this has shown that the emperor still does not trust Guo Ziyi. Li Fuguo kowtowed with his hands very satisfied, in his heart, he didn't care whether Guo Ziyi was loyal or not, anyway, his family was already in his own hands, what he asked for was the control of military power, and he must not let others get involved in the army of the Beijing Division.

Li Fuguo asked again: "Li Chongyun, the former military envoy of the Long Xiang Army, is still in prison, in order to calm the morale of the army, how should Your Majesty decide?" ”

Li Heng's expression fell silent, and he turned around and twisted to the inside of the bed and whispered, "Give death." ”

"Your Majesty is merciful, as the son of a traitor, such a punishment is already light."

……

Li Chongyun knelt in a single room unique to Dali Temple Prison, and Yonghe Gong took the initiative to use her relationship to change her husband to a quiet and comfortable room, and came to visit every day, and also lived in the prison for a time.

In order to cling to the princess, the prison officials also turned a blind eye, and even called in craftsmen to place furniture in the cell, turning the prison into a warm private house.

The princess held a pillow in her hand, which was her longing for the stillborn child, and she gently leaned on her husband's shoulder, humming a nursery rhyme softly. This is her deep affection for her husband, and such infatuation is very rare in the deceitful royal family.

The prison suddenly became quiet, and the footsteps of soldiers approached in the distance, and the princess took her head off Li Chongyun's shoulder, stood up vigilantly and walked to the door of the prison.

The soldiers of the Long Wu army lined up from both sides of the corridor of the prison in turn, and the prisoners in the prison hurriedly retreated, followed by several eunuchs carrying paper lamps, and four armored Zhonglang men holding horizontal knives to guard the left and right. Li Fuguo slowly walked forward with his cloak on, and came to the end of the corridor of the prison, where he saw Princess Yonghe, who was standing at the door of the cell with his hands on his chest.

As soon as Li Fuguo raised his hand, the four guards took the initiative to retreat to the sides, and he took off his cloak.

Princess Yonghe, who was originally full of confidence, gradually darkened her expression when she saw Li Fuguo's face, and the fact that he was able to come to this prison in person already showed that the situation was irreparable, and her husband had no chance of surviving.

She restrained her tears and slowly spoke, "Gorou, won't you let go of my husband?" ”