In the dead of night, the starry sky is shining.

In front of King Peng's mansion, Li Xuan bowed his hand deeply to Xue Rengui: "Uncle Shi walks slowly." ”

"The prince doesn't have to be polite." Xue Rengui returned the salute very casually, then turned over on the horse and touched the green gourd hanging from his waist.

Turning around and nodding at Li Xuan, then flicking the horse rope, the next moment, Xue Rengui was already quickly heading towards the door.

There were no superfluous people on the entire long street, and Xue Rengui was allowed to gallop.

Seeing Xue Rengui completely disappear from sight, Li Xuan sighed lightly, then turned around and walked towards the mansion.

He believed that tomorrow, the prince of Pingyang County would go to King Peng's mansion to question, and the matter of being skillfully dealt with by the king of Nanchang and finally teaching the way of the battlefield would quietly spread.

In this, there will be no secret guards.

Back in the study, Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu, who was already waiting inside, with a worried face, and Li Bi, who was standing outside the door with a respectful face.

"Come in." Li Xuan nodded at Li Pen.

Li Bi glanced around cautiously before entering the study.

Li Xuan sat down next to Liu Jinyu, and then told the two of them all the things with solemn faces.

"This ......" Liu Jinyu shook his head and said, "Shiyin Zhenren, this is too unscrupulous. ”

"The emperor's eldest grandson came into the world, and the pressure on him was too great." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said, "If he really doesn't do anything, then in the next few years, the power of the crown prince will rise sharply, and the entire Beimen Bachelor will gradually fall apart, even if there is a queen of heaven." ”

Li Xian was deposed, on the surface, there are four reasons: first, it was Ming Chongyan who played right and wrong in front of the Empress Wu, constantly elevating Li Xian and Li Dan and belittling Li Xian;

Second, it is the mystery of Li Xian's life experience, some people say that Li Xian is not the son of Empress Wu, and he himself even believed it, which led to a close break in the relationship between him and Empress Wu;

Third, Li Xian couldn't help but kill Ming Chongyan;

Fourth, he secretly stored armor with the intention of rebellion and was abolished.

Li Xuan actually always wanted to remind Li Xian that even if he and Empress Wu had a struggle for power, they must also maintain the relationship between mother and son.

Even if the Empress Wu is forced too much, he needs to be patient.

Because as long as he endures, the emperor will make up for him.

Maintaining a mother-son relationship that fights but does not break is the future path designed by Li Xuan for Li Xian.

From asking him to repair the Book of the Former Han Dynasty to the later arrival of the emperor's eldest grandson, these are actually these things, but unfortunately, Li Xian has never focused on this.

It's not that Li Xian doesn't understand what Li Xuan means, it's just that there are too many people around him.

These people have formed their own interest groups around the crown prince.

If these people want to fight for power in the court, they naturally can't tolerate Li Xian and Empress Wu to ease their relationship.

In the final analysis, it was Li Xian's lack of ability, and he completely lost control of these courtiers around him.

Coupled with Ming Chongyan's hostility, Li Xian's future path is afraid that it will be difficult to change.

Ming Chongyan is the same, his desire for power is not inferior to that of Empress Wu, so he was pushed to the front of the stage and Li Xian's regime.

And behind everything, there is still the emperor's extreme desire to control power, and extreme suspicion of courtiers.

This is true even for his own son.

Not to mention that there is also a martial queen who is also well versed in power schemes.

Li Xuan tried his best to help Li Xian, but in the end he found that he couldn't save him.

Since Li Xian can't be saved, then before Li Xian falls, Ming Chongyan must fall first.

Maybe Ming Chongyan will die at the hands of Li Xian in the future, but Li Xuan, I have to ensure now that the emperor also has a killing chance against Ming Chongyan.

That's enough.

……

"That's the end of it." Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu, and Li Bi said: "The prince of Pingyang County will not resign, I believe that I can tell Your Majesty without alarming the Queen of Heaven, and the subsequent disposition is Your Majesty's business?" ”

Liu Jinyu frowned and asked, "What does Lang Jun think His Majesty will do with Shiyin Zhenren?" ”

"Is the lady worried that Ming Shiyin will attack Yue Weng?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu in surprise.

Liu Jinyu nodded seriously.

Li Xuan can now continue to make meritorious contributions on the front line without worrying about the rear, first, he has the trust of the emperor, second, his own ability, and third, Liu Renliang is in the court.

As long as Liu Renliang is here, some of the ghostly tricks of the court will not fall on him.

If Ming Chongyan did the same to Liu Renliang, then it would be enough for Liu Renliang to be sick for a while, and it would be enough for someone to attack Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty has two choices, one is to secretly judge Ming Chongyan now, and the other is to gradually deprive him of his mastery of the secret guard, but how it will depend on Your Majesty's decision." ”

After speaking, Li Xuan looked up at Li Bi.

"Your Majesty won't kill Shiyin Zhenren right now, cough cough ......" Li Bi coughed twice, shook his head and said: "There are too many secrets in Shiyin Zhenren's hands, if you kill him, there will be too many backlash."

Shiyin Zhenren is still very useful now, His Majesty should slow down, gradually deprive him of his mastery of the secret guard, and then idle, and finally it is a glass of poisoned wine and a white silk matter. ”

"When it is." Liu Jinyu nodded worriedly.

Li Xuan frowned, and suddenly spoke: "Lady, do you say that Yue Weng will have suspected Ming Chongyan now?" ”

"Huh?" Liu Jinyu suddenly looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "What kind of person is Yue Weng, this thing that Ming Chongyan did seems to be reasonable in disguise, and even if it weren't for the subordinates who saw Gao Baobao at the end of the time, and inadvertently used secret guard methods, I'm afraid it wouldn't be connected with the secret guard." ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan's face was a little incredulous and said: "Actually, not only Yue Weng, but also Your Majesty, the news of the capture of the Goguryeo people has already reached the palace, but Your Majesty has long been ready to let the Pingyang County Duke come to the mansion to inquire, and he is still suspicious of Ming Chongyan." ”

"It seems to be safe everywhere, but in fact, there are flaws everywhere."

Liu Jinyu suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Xuan and said, "The Treasure King does have a motive, a purpose, and has even actually done it, but he did it too hastily. ”

Li Xuan nodded seriously, thinking back to the whole incident, if it wasn't for the evidence that the person was a secret guard later, then even if that person really pointed to Gao Baobao, Li Xuan would still suspect Ming Chongyan, because in this matter, the benefits obtained by Ming Chongyan were too great.

Once Xue Rengui becomes the commander of the army, and the tentacles of the North Gate Scholar follow Xue Rengui to intervene on the battlefield on the Western Front, then I am afraid that even the emperor will feel threatened.

In fact, what they are really afraid of is not that Ming Chongyan secretly attacked Hao Chujun, what they are really afraid of is that the Beimen Bachelor will take advantage of this to grasp the huge military power.

What I'm afraid of is that in the future, the North Gate Bachelor will use this hand to attack all opponents unscrupulously.

Even if they didn't do it this time, they would follow suit when they had the opportunity to see it later.

"Lord Wang, the key is what do we do?" Li Bi looked up, and the sharpness in his eyes flashed.

"Mix those spies at home with the others, and go to Zhuangzi outside Luoyang City for half of the stream, leaving only one, and if the others want to come in again in the future, they will definitely pass through him." Li Xuan thought about it and continued: "The lack of manpower in the family, try to transfer it from Pengzhou, so that it is not easy to say anything in the palace." ”

Li Xuan almost didn't realize that this was a good opportunity right now.

"Tomorrow, send a message to Yue Weng and ask him to check on the people from Silla and Goguryeo in his family." Li Xuan smiled lightly and said, "At this point, Yue Weng should understand, and even the house has begun to be cleaned up." ”

"If every household cleans up those suspicious subordinates, then I'm afraid the palace will be furious." A smile appeared in the corner of Liu Jinyu's eyes.

"So, when the time comes, who will be blamed in the palace?" Li Xuan sighed lightly and shook his head.

He didn't expect that he would be able to hold Yin Ming Chongyan in this way.

Ming Chongyan, this guy is going to be unlucky.

I can't say it, it's going to be unlucky.

……

Packing up his thoughts, Li Xuan turned his head to look at Liu Jinyu and said seriously: "Ming Chongyan will not be so resigned, he does everything with only one real purpose." ”

"Against the Prince." Liu Jinyu certainly understands this.

The palace is paying attention to each family, but each family is not paying attention to the palace.

The relationship between Ming Chongyan and the crown prince is tense, and it is not the first day.

"Therefore, after leaving for my husband, I should try to go to the East Palace as little as possible, and I would rather pretend to be sick than go less." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said, "The East Palace is a place of disputes, and it is never a good thing to be involved in it at will. ”

"The concubine understands." Liu Jinyu nodded seriously.

"One more thing." Li Xuan looked sideways at Liu Jinyu and said seriously: "On the day of the birth of the emperor's eldest grandson, Ming Chongyan went to the court. ”

"Tucking Ting." Liu Jinyu's eyes couldn't help jumping, and then asked, "Is there anything in the court that can hurt the prince?" ”

"I don't know." Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu seriously, and then said: "Ming Chongyan definitely wants to do something, but now that the East Palace is strict, it is not easy to do anything, and he needs a moment to start." ”

"The full moon banquet of the emperor's eldest grandson." Liu Jinyu blurted out a sentence directly.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said, "The lady is really smart, and it was indeed the most likely at that time." ”

"If the husband is no longer in Beijing at that time, you can find a reason, try not to go, and let the mother concubine go." Li Xuan sighed lightly, her face full of worry.

Mother Ouyang's daughter-in-law of the Li family for many years, she has a good relationship with the concubines of the same generation, so she naturally has their circle, but Liu Jinyu and the concubines of the same generation get along relatively little, and it is easy to be manipulated.

In a place like the palace, Li Xuan didn't want Liu Jinyu to go once.

Zhao Qi's death has always been on the hearts of Li Xuan and Li Xian.

The things in the court, Ming Chongyan is bound to take them out, and the sooner they are taken out, the greater the damage to the prince.

The sin slave of the court, the palace maid in the palace.

The palace maid who was next to a certain noble person in the palace before, and the one who can live until now is naturally not the palace maid next to people like Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.

Then there may be, there is only one person, Mrs. Wu Shun of South Korea.

There have always been countless rumors and complaints, but it is difficult to spread the court.

Unless someone deliberately does it, he has to send his hands and feet to the prince's ear.

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

This matter, if Ming Chongyan really did it, it would mean that his life would be in Li Xuan's hands at any time.

Li Xuan wants him to die whenever he wants, I'm afraid he will have to die when he wants.

Now it's up to you to see when it's good for you.

The entire court situation flowed silently in Li Xuan's heart.

……

"Three days later, the court will issue an order, and Uncle Jin will be the court's doctor." Zhao Gong whispered to Li Xuan's side.

Li Xuan looked at the crowd gathered in front of him to watch Xia Niang playing, and asked sideways: "So among the secret guards?" ”

"One step further, promoted to the rank of Grand Commander, one of the Five Commanders." Zhao Gong's expression couldn't hide his excitement.

"Whose position was originally there?" Li Xuan then asked.

"It's a real person in the world." Zhao Gong's expression quickly calmed down, and he lowered his voice and said, "Shiyin Zhenren will concentrate on the teaching of the king in the future, regardless of the secret guard." ”

Ming Chongyan was directly deprived of the right to guard secrets.

Li Xuan was a little stunned, this is also a little too much.

The emperor was too ruthless.

"It is said that the prince said something." Zhao Gong whispered.

Li Xuan raised her eyebrows and said, "It's the day of the sacrifice." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Gong nodded.

The emperor's eldest grandson descended into the world, the whole world celebrated, and the emperor sacrificed to heaven and earth.

But the book made Hao Chujun not there, and it was a little unsatisfactory.

Although it was Gao Bao in the end, everyone was worried about the secret guards.

At least, in this matter, the secret guards did not protect the Zhongshu Order.

They are responsible.

The crown prince used this to hold the secret guard responsible, and the emperor was just as annoyed.

After all, he was the one who personally sacrificed heaven and earth that day.

Therefore, Ming Chongyan fell.

In the end, Li Xuan got it cheaply.

(End of chapter)