In the Zichen Palace, the lights flickered.

Empress Wu held the golden pen in her hand, stopped to the side, raised her head and frowned at Su Liangsi: "You said that there are a lot of brand-new wine vessels in the Zhou State Mansion?" ”

"Yes, and it's all newly made gold."

Su Liangsi arched his hand, and said with a solemn face: "The minister has been observing for a long time, in the Zhou State Mansion, there are many wine jugs, wine bottles, wine sides, and lamps, all of which are made of brand new gold, and they are ......."

"And what?" Empress Wu leaned forward.

Su Liangsi arched his hand and said seriously: "And almost all of these gold artifacts are made of seventy-and-a-half gold and two-in-a-half silver, and the composition is very special. ”

Empress Wu was stunned for a moment and frowned: "Why is there so little gold in this?" ”

Generally speaking, the gold and silver utensils made in the homes of the nobles of the court and China were mixed with eighty percent gold and two percent silver.

Once the silver is used too much, the luster is different, and it is easy for people to see the essence, but it will be a big shame.

This is the case with the gold utensils in Wu Chenghe's house.

Although the amount of gold and silver was only a little wrong, it was still seen by the keen Su Liangsi.

Su Liangsi arched his hand worriedly and said, "These gold and silver artifacts are very likely to be rebuilt after smelting the finished products. ”

Empress Wu's face immediately sank.

Because the original gold ware itself has a high silver content, when it is smelted again, the silver cannot be extracted, so it can only be made according to the original composition.

So where did the original ingredient come from?

……

"Any evidence?" Empress Wu raised her head and looked at Su Liangsi, breathing heavily.

If Wu Chenghe's previous rumors framed Li Xian and Li Xuan, the consequences are not serious, just scolding the last two sentences.

Later, he was implicated by the Demon Sect and hooked up to the Turkic War, but after all, the result has not yet come out, so let him stay in Chang'an first.

Now there is a rumor that there is a large number of gold artifacts in the house whose origin is unknown, once there is evidence......

"Diva." Su Liangsi stepped forward, took out a piece of gold cake from his sleeve and handed it over, and then arched his hand and said: "This is found by the minister in a mine in northern Shaanxi in the East Palace, at that time, Prince Xian sold a lot of ore privately, but because it was bought and sold privately, the value of the gold and silver in exchange was not high, and it was mixed to create, so there are these gold cakes......"

Military.

Empress Wu's breath became solemn, looking at the gold cake placed on the table, her eyes were solemn: "The ingredients of these are similar to those of the gold utensils?" ”

"It's exactly the same." Su Liangsi sighed lightly in his heart and said: "If these gold cakes are smelted into gold objects, whether they are for personal use or given away, it will be difficult to find out, and if it is not for today's ministers to go to the mansion of Zhou Guogong, they may not be able to see these things." ”

"Yes, you took the initiative to go to the Zhou State Mansion." Empress Wu looked cold and said softly: "Do you think the king of Nanchang knew about this in advance, so he deliberately took him to the Zhou State Mansion?" ”

Su Liangsi lowered his head, thinking about all the things that happened before and after, and finally shook his head and said: "Wooing Zhou Guogong, in fact, it was a plan set by the King of Nanchang last month, just after the establishment of the East Palace.

Even the minister heard that before the prince moved into the East Palace, the king of Nanchang had already set up a plan for His Royal Highness to win over the bachelors of the North Gate and the Duke of Zhou, so going to the Duke of Zhou's mansion today was decided very early, after all, the birthday of the Duke of Zhou was not set by the ministers. ”

Empress Wu nodded lightly, her eyes thoughtful.

Su Liangsi continued to speak, and said: "As for the matter of the mine, it was the Princess of England who mentioned it first, and the King of Nanchang only knew about it, and the reason why the Princess of England knew about it, and the ministers were ordered to investigate, and finally found out that the problem was in the Shaofu. ”

"Shaofu?" Empress Wu frowned, and then said, "Wei Hongji? ”

"Yes!" Su Liangsi arched his hand and said, "Wei Hongji, the former eunuch of the Shaofu Mansion, and Wei Hongmin, the crown prince's family, are brothers of the same generation.

Princess Ying first asked Wei Hongmin to inquire through Wei Hongji's relationship, only to know that there was another hand behind all this that robbed the gold and silver belonging to the East Palace, so she wanted to use the big hand of the King of Nanchang to investigate this matter. ”

"It's a bit scheming." Empress Wu nodded slightly, Webster's method looks good, but it is actually very naïve.

"Who would have thought, the king of Nanchang easily pushed this matter to his ministers." There was a hint of bitterness at the corner of Su Liangsi's mouth, and in the end, the most troublesome things fell on him.

The case was traced to Wu Chengsi, and in the end, even if Wu Chengsi was punished, Empress Wu would inevitably be dissatisfied with him, so Su Liangsi was actually in a dilemma in this matter.

But Li Xuan stood in front and completely blocked his other way, so at this time, he had few choices.

"The king of Nanchang didn't check it himself later?" Empress Wu looked at Su Liangji with a serious gaze.

Su Liangsi arched his hand and said: "The king of Nanchang doesn't know if he checks the minister, because he is now focusing on the king of Xiang and the bachelor of the North Gate, and this matter has been entrusted to the minister." ”

Empress Wu nodded, she understood the meaning of Su Liangsi's words.

It's not that Li Xuan didn't investigate, but it's still a short time, and he hasn't had time to investigate deeply.

"The queen of heaven, the minister is presumptuous." Su Liangsi arched his hand, and then said worriedly: "This matter, if it weren't for Zhou Guogong being too flamboyant and too careless, it wouldn't have been discovered by the ministers, as for the king of Nanchang, the ministers told the truth, that is, the king of Nanchang knew about it, and I am afraid that it would not be pierced, but would have helped cover it up." ”

"Oh?" Empress Wu raised her head and looked at Su Liangsi: "You continue." ”

"Yes!" Su Liangsi bowed down and said in a deep voice: "The contact time between the minister and the king of Nanchang is not short, and the king of Nanchang has a sense of grandeur in his actions, such as summoning Zuo Shi Fan Lubing to serve in the East Palace, and going to the Zhou Guogong Mansion to celebrate the Zhou Guogong. ”

After a slight pause, Su Liangsi licked his lips and said: "Today's matter, if the king of Nanchang knows about it, I am afraid that he will really not expose it, and in the end, he will only mention it to Zhou Guogong when he is leaving, and let him take a closer look at the congratulatory gift of the East Palace...... The minister believed that these things would not appear in the East Palace until tomorrow. ”

"His pattern is bigger than Hongu originally thought!" Empress Wu nodded slightly, her eyes flickering slightly.

The king of Nanchang was not so powerful, when did he start to change step by step?

It was after Li Xian was deposed and before Li Xian was crowned prince.

Li Xuan has begun to gradually be wary of Wei, so as to gradually lean towards himself, and then gradually absorb the bachelors of the North Gate, and even Wu Chenghei.

In fact, this is the gradual influence of the Empress Wu to control Li Xuan.

But this influence and control is even more uncontrollable.

Because Li Xuan is growing up, because there is a Li Xian behind him.

With the help of Li Xian's strength, Li Xuan was able to gradually pull out the power of the North Gate Scholar and Wu Chenghei, and he gradually became stronger.

At the same time, Li Xian is gradually becoming stronger, and Li Xuan will not threaten Li Xian at all.

Even if it weren't for the fact that there were things in the past two years, Li Xuan would have to come back early every year, otherwise, he would often stay in Changzhou, return to Beijing before the end of the month every year, and then leave Chang'an after the ninth day of the first lunar month, and the total stay time would not exceed half a month.

In half a month, it was difficult for Li Xuan to do anything even if she wanted to.

Empress Wu suddenly keenly captured a piece of information, Tian Youyan.

It seems that Li Xuan's changes were all after accompanying the emperor to meet Pan Shizheng.

The shelves of the East Palace are being built rapidly, and Li Xian is gradually growing into a qualified prince.

A qualified prince.

……

"Continue to stare at the affairs of the East Palace, the King of Nanchang should keep an eye on it more, and on the side of Zhou Guogong, find out all his secret hands and feet, break them all, and after doing it, send a decree to let him send all the gold and silver to the East Palace." Empress Wu's eyes were grim.

Su Liangsi's heart jumped, and then he arched his hand and said, "Oh! ”

These gold and silver, Empress Wu did not stay in the palace, but sent them directly to the East Palace.

It is equivalent to omitting the transfer of the inner library and the Shaofu in the middle.

Originally, these gold and silver were given from the East Palace, whether it was the quantity or the reward, the Empress Wu could do something, but she sent them all to the East Palace.

In addition to reducing the crime for Wu Chenghe, he also secretly made calculations.

This is how the East Palace disposes of this batch of gold and silver.

Xue Yuanchao, King of Nanchang, Yao Lingzhang, Li Xian, and even Concubine Wei, how to deal with the gold and silver here, will be able to see all the current situation inside the East Palace.

Especially the calculating hearts of the people in it, Su Liangsi still can't think through it, but he also knows that it is not simple.

"The minister retired." Su Liangsi gave up his hand, Empress Wu raised his head, bowed slightly, and Su Liangsi retreated cautiously.

Empress Wu lowered her head and looked at the twists and turns in front of her, which still had a lot of content about Li Xuan and Yuan Wanqing's conversation with each other.

In the end, the martial queen sighed lightly and said: "The hidden dragon is in the abyss, don't use the hidden dragon!" ”

Raising his head, Empress Wu said directly: "Someone." ”

"Whoa!" A housekeeper stepped out from behind the tent.

"Go to the Zhou Guogong Mansion and reward him with ten slaps, and hit him harder." Empress Wu looked extremely annoyed.

"Yes!" The Sheren left quickly, and several Qianniuwei had followed closely.

In the Zichen Palace, Empress Wu's expression unexpectedly calmed down.

Calm with indifference.

Under the indifferent eyes, with scrutiny.

With deep calculating thoughts.

……

The howling west wind roared outside the temple.

In the hall, Li Xian hugged his son Li Guangshun and looked at the inner hall with a nervous face.

A miserable roar came from the inner sanctum, and several maids kept going back and forth.

Although Li Xian was deposed as an acquaintance and confined to the West Inner Garden, the treatment was actually not bad to the point of misery.

After all, he was the son of the emperor and the empress of martial arts.

Man has been abolished, but the past is gone.

Moreover, Li Xian also took Li Dan, Princess Taiping, and asked for Li Xian's son to succeed Li Hong as his heir.

That's at least the title of a county king.

The meaning of protection is clear.

In the absence of Empress Wu and the emperor deliberately instructing them to make things difficult, no one dared to target Li Xian at will.

But even so, Li Xian's life now is the difference between heaven and earth and before.

Fortunately, there are still a few maids with them, otherwise Fang's family will have a child, and there will only be Li Xian in front of him, which will be a big trouble.

The roar continued, and Li Guangshun hugged Li Xian's arm tightly, trembling.

Although Li Xian's expression was nervous, he was quite calm, after all, this was not the first time that Fang's had given birth.

Time was as long as a drop of water, and suddenly, the faint cry stopped.

The next moment, a clear baby cry came from the inner sanctum.

Li Xian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he had no strength in his body, and almost collapsed directly to the ground.

At this time, a maid in Tsing Yi came out of the inside with a happy face, and arched her hand at Li Xian: "Congratulations to Your Highness, you are a prince." ”

Li Xian suddenly became extremely happy, and he was about to rush into the room subconsciously.

At this moment, there was a sudden "boom" outside the window.

Piercing thunder streaked across the night sky, and the next moment, the downpour had already fallen.

Li Xian's face became extremely pale at this moment.

After dawn, the decree came.

"E: Li Guangren, the second son of the abolished crown prince, was entered into the royal genealogy, and in order to honor the emperor's heir, he was crowned the king of Linzi County, and he actually sealed 800 households, and he admired this."

"Son's order is grateful."

Li Xian trembled and fell to the ground, bowing to the leader's order.

"The queen of heaven said that the king of Linzi County lived in Xineiyuan for one month, and after the full moon, he was sent to Luoyang."

"Son thanks to the mother."

After the waiter left, Li Xian let out a long sigh of relief, and then sat down on the ground with a wry smile on his face.

It's better to go to Luoyang to be the heir of the imperial brother than to be imprisoned here forever.

……

Early in the morning, Li Xuan sat alone in the study.

Outside, the morning light is shining through, and the light and shadow are colorful.

It's not Li Longji, the king of Linzi County

(End of chapter)