Above the Weishui, the wind is breezy.

Yao Chong and Song Jing sat on the deck, whispering what to do after arriving in Luoyang.

Li Xuan stood at the stern of the boat, looking at the direction of Chang'an from afar, and muttered to himself: "I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long." ”

"What are you talking about?" Qin Ming walked up from behind, looked at Li Xuan with some surprise, and asked, "What can't be hidden for too long?" ”

Li Xuan turned around and looked around.

All around him were his closest guards, safe and sound.

"Let me tell you something." Li Xuan looked sideways in the direction of Chang'an and said in a low voice: "Just before I leave the city today, I will write to Li Xian and ask him to go to the East Palace. ”

"Donggong, today, why?" Qin Ming frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice, "At this time, it's not good to be so sensitive." ”

"You see, even Ling knows that the crown prince's position is unstable." Li Xuan shook his head calmly and said, "Because of this, the position of the crown prince cannot be shaken in the slightest. ”

"Why?" Qin Ming still looked puzzled.

Ever since rumors about the crown prince came out at the beginning of the year, people's hearts have been in turmoil.

Fortunately, after the year, the crown prince began to concentrate on government affairs, focusing on His Majesty's birthday, and ignoring everything else.

His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven also praised and encouraged the crown prince, and even on His Majesty's birthday, the prince also offered extremely valuable gifts.

After that, there was faint news of the emperor's uneasiness, and more eyes were looking at the East Palace, but the prince was very proper, which made people feel at ease.

But at this time, Ming Chongyan's body was found.

It is said that there is something else in front of him that can prove that the prince was rumored to be.

Most people will think that the prince's status is extremely secure, but judging from the channels that Qin Ming can contact, the prince's status is even more turbulent.

Sure enough, Li Xuan returned to Beijing.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, he confirmed that the corpse was not Ming Chongyan in Luoyang, so the evidence that could prove that the prince was not the concubine of the Empress Wu was naturally also fake.

As soon as this incident appeared, it pushed the matter to the other extreme.

People now suspect that not only is the prince not the concubine of the Empress Wu, but even Ming Chongyan was killed by the prince.

The repetition of people's hearts is between the subtle.

The current matter, if one is not handled well, the prince is deposed, and it will be in an instant.

……

Li Xuan took two steps back, leaned on the cabin, and said softly: "You know, the reason why I took the risk this time is not only because Li Jingye moved the Kong family, but also because he assassinated me inexplicably, and there was also a reason for framing me. ”

"I've heard of it, but he doesn't seem to know much about the government, when you left at the beginning of the year, Ming Chongyan was still hiding in Chang'an, and then he left Chang'an after playing a hand, and then there was no sound." Qin Ming sighed in his heart, such characters as Ming Chongyan disappeared without a trace so much.

Sure enough, the closer you get to the royal family, the faster you die.

"There may be some deliberate reasons for this, and in addition, it is more or less instigated by others." Li Xuan's eyes were cold.

"Who?" Qin Ming asked subconsciously.

"Li Jingye." Li Xuan gritted her teeth and said Li Jingye's name.

This is not the first time Li Jingye has calculated him, just in the current matter, it is also the third time.

For the first time, it was he who secretly sent someone to keep an eye on King Peng's mansion.

The second time was the roster in the chamber.

The third time is now.

Li Jingye not only calculated and conspired to make Li Xuan and Empress Wu completely turn their faces, but he also calculated to make Li Xuan and Li Xian tied together.

In that kind of words, even if the emperor and Empress Wu are at ease with Li Xuan, they still have to ask.

But fortunately, Li Xuan was prepared in her heart and dealt with it properly.

But this hatred, Li Xuan remembered it in his heart.

……

Glancing up in the direction of Huashan, Li Xuan then looked at Qin Ming and said, "Li Jingye, as well as the Turks, the Demon Sect, they only have one thing in Chang'an now. ”

"What's the matter?" Qin Ming's body suddenly stood up straight, Li Xuan had just said so much, he had already understood something.

"The Waste Prince." Li Xuan said with a solemn face: "Everything they are doing in Chang'an and Luoyang now is to make the imperial court take a step forward on the road of abolishing the crown prince.

Once the crown prince is deposed, then they will immediately cry out for the prince, and then play the banner of the Qing monarch's side. ”

The corners of Qin Ming's eyes couldn't help twitching, and there was incomparable hatred and disgust in his eyes.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Think about it, once the Turks raise the crown prince and are wronged, it will even ...... The reason for shouting the slogan of the Qing monarch's side, countless Turks inside and outside the Great Wall will all stand up again and raise troops against the Tang Dynasty...... Whether it is close to Datang or hostile to Datang, they have an excuse to do it. ”

"This method is really ruthless!" Qin Ming nodded slowly, his face solemn, he had already imagined that kind of picture in his mind.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and continued: "If at this time, Li Jingye is in the name of the British Duke, and at the same time raises the banner of the Qing monarch's side, attacking inside and outside, echoing each other, and then there is a Tibetan counterattack, and Silla is turbulent, the Tang Dynasty will immediately fall into an embattled situation, and the situation is critical,"

"That's why Your Majesty transferred you back." Qin Ming looked up at Li Xuan, he finally understood the reason why Li Xuan came back now.

"That's why I asked Li Xian to keep an eye on the prince, just because I was afraid that he would accidentally fall into the Demon Sect and Li Jingye." Li Xuan's fists clenched subconsciously.

"Prince......" Qin Ming shook his head and said, "The prince is mellow, but he always takes the wrong path at critical moments. ”

"It's so easy for him to trust the people around him." Li Xuan sighed lightly, looked at Qin Ming head-on, and said, "It is precisely because of this that the position of the crown prince must not be shaken in any way. ”

Qin Ming nodded seriously, he finally understood the reason why Li Xuan asked Li Xian to stare at Li Xian.

Although there is no evidence of the matter in the Luoyang secret room, people have begun to suspect that Li Xian has colluded with Li Jingye, and now?

"You mean, Li Jingye and the people of the Demon Sect have completely walked together?" Qin Ming changed the topic himself.

Li Xuan bowed slightly, and said: "It is very likely that this is the case, Li Jingye has always been related to Tubo, and it is very likely that he will be connected to the Demon Sect through Tubo." Especially now that they are both in Chang'an, they have the same purpose, even if they have never met, they also have their own tacit understanding with each other. ”

Li Xuan's words stopped, and his expression was gloomy.

Li Xian entered the Yan and joined Li Jingye's Yan.

Li Jingye's collusion with the Demon Sect is equivalent to Li Xian's collusion with the Demon Sect, and the Demon Sect assassinated the emperor, even if Li Xian had no relationship with the Demon Sect before, but he was involved with the Demon Sect later, which is equivalent to assassinating the emperor, and he also has his share.

The prince rebelled.

Why did the prince rebel?

"Once the crown prince is deposed and the situation is turbulent, then the entire Tang Dynasty will be in turmoil again; So even if it is for the sake of the people, this time I have to kill Li Jingye. Li Xuan's expression was fierce.

Li Jingye's use value here has been used up, and all that remains is how to send him on the road decently.

……

Qin Ming nodded lightly, then raised his head and looked at Li Xuan with a frown: "You asked Li Xian to find the prince this time, I'm afraid it's not that simple, right...... Li Xian saved the prince this time, and those bureaucrats in the East Palace were afraid that they would be grateful to him. However, these people, once something happens to the East Palace in the future, none of them will be able to escape. ”

In all dynasties, the change of princes will inevitably be accompanied by a major power reshuffle.

The countless ministers of the East Palace, as well as the family clans standing behind them, will all be greatly damaged by the fall of the crown prince.

No one can save them, because beyond them, there are many more families waiting to pounce and eat their flesh.

It was their great luck to be able to get them out of this game alive.

"That's right, then you're ignoring a key person, Your Majesty." Li Xuan raised his eyes to look at Qin Ming, and said seriously: "Although it is said that some people withdrew, some people rushed in, and the whole overall pattern remains the same, but some people have suffered losses after all, if they are placed in a certain state or county, a certain family, it is even a catastrophe." ”

"You mean Hebei?" Qin Ming looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

Li Xuan nodded: "If it is said that in other times in the past, the abolished prince will abolish the prince, filial piety to the death of the emperor, although the Pei clan of the Hedong faction was expelled from the center of power, but the Xue clan reached into his hand, and even became the prime minister, and now if Li Xian is abolished, the Hebei faction that suffers the most will naturally retreat back to Hebei to lick his wounds."

If at this time, the Turks rebelled and the people of Hebei were in turmoil, then the whole Hebei would be in a state of erosion, and from the overall situation, the prince would not be abolished. ”

"But...... The prince made a big taboo in doing things. Qin Ming pondered his words and said in a low voice: "The prince still wants to be abolished." ”

"But the matter of the crown prince, to be precise, has nothing to do with the other ministers of the East Palace." Li Xuan looked at Qin Ming and said in a low voice, "You help me do something." ”

"Say it, I know that it will not be good for you to drag me to Luoyang this time." Qin Ming took a deep breath, nodded, and his face relaxed.

"Help me pass a message to Wei Chi Xunyu, let him get closer to Li Xian in the East Palace, and help Li Xian introduce some low-level officials in the East Palace." Li Xuan's voice was very soft.

He and Qin Ming, Li Xian, and Yu Chi Xunyu all grew up together, but after the death of the crown prince Li Hong, Yu Chi Xunyu threw himself into Li Xian.

and Li Xuan, Qin Ming, and Li Xian became estranged.

"You're still digging the base of the prince's wall." Qin Ming's face couldn't help but look ugly.

"This is with His Majesty's permission." Li Xuan tilted his head and told the truth of the matter, and at the same time he said softly: "Only in this way, when those people in the East Palace have an accident, Li Xian will intercede, and His Majesty will forgive." ”

"You are paving the way for Li Xian to be the prince." Qin Ming saw through something deeper.

"It was His Majesty who was paving the way for Li Xian, and this was the fundamental reason why His Majesty summoned me back." Li Xuan's expression was calm.

What he and Li Xian are doing will soon be seen through by others, but it is useless.

Maybe someone pushed Li Dan to compete with Li Xian and go to the East Palace to compete for the subordinates of the East Palace, but if he really did this, it would attract the emperor's suspicion.

Even the Empress Wu wouldn't do that.

Li Xian has been an absurd prince for so many years, and there are not many people around him, you still want to do things from his side, what do you want to do.

His heart is damned!

"And what about the Prince?" Qin Ming finally spoke and asked about the most critical part of the matter.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Huashan, who was gradually approaching, and said softly: "He shouldn't be tempted." ”

The emperor has already sent someone to Hengshui to check, once it is proved that Li Jingye has appeared in Hengshui, then the hands and feet of the secret room of Luoyang Ming Chongyan's mansion are proved to be Li Jingye's doing.

No trial, no evidence.

In the emperor's heart, he would naturally believe that Li Xian and Li Jingye were colluding.

And that's just the way it is.

The rest is nothing more than to find a suitable excuse to abolish the prince at a suitable time.

"Li Xian will intercede for the prince in the end." Li Xuan lowered her head slightly.

"Pretend!" Qin Ming's face was disdainful.

(End of chapter)