The drizzle lingered, and the night was dark.

Liu Jinyu walked between the pavilions and corridors, and the maid in front of her carried a lantern to lead the way.

In the east courtyard, the noise of fighting has subsided.

Liu Jinyu walked into the bedroom and saw Xia'er, Zhao'er, Ming'er, Chang'er, the four children were already lying on the bed and asleep, only Pei Shitong was reading a book with a sober face.

Liu Jinyu's gaze swept over, Xia'er, and Zhao'er, under the eyelids, the eyeballs were still turning.

She felt a little funny for a while, and the children in the family were afraid that Pei Shitong would surpass her.

"Tong Niang, thank you for your hard work." Liu Jinyu walked to the bed, pinched Xia'er and Zhao'er's noses, and the two little ones blinked quietly, and then closed them again.

"It's okay, third sister, Xia'er, they are all very obedient." Pei Shitong's face was gentle, but there was still a trace of coldness in the depths of his eyes.

Thinking of this, Liu Jinyu's heart moved, and she said in a low voice: "Tongniang, let them sleep by themselves, the third sister has something to ask you?" ”

"Good!" Pei Shitong calmly put down the books, glanced at the four children, and then left the study with Liu Jinyu, Tong'er and Zhao'er immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but still lay on the bed and slept obediently.

……

In the study, Liu Jinyu watched Pei Shitong sitting beside her, and whispered all the things that Liu Renliang said to her before, without hiding a trace.

In the end, Liu Jinyu asked: "Tong Niang, do you think that if someone wants to do something to my family, who will it be, and when will it do it?" ”

Pei Shitong glanced at Liu Jinyu in surprise, and asked directly: "Does the third sister want to ask, is it that the Pei family is staring at her husband, and then preparing to do it?" ”

Liu Jinyu was slightly stunned, and then nodded apologetically.

The relationship between Pei Yan and Li Xuan is not tense on the surface, after all, Pei Shitong is here.

Although Li Xuan helped Pei Xingjian gain a foothold in the East Palace, Pei Yan was the prime minister, and Li Xuan also made a lot of efforts.

But after all, Li Xuan helped Pei Xingjian, and that Pei Yan's heart was really not so magnanimous.

This is especially true when he is a prime minister.

If there is anyone who often watches Li Xuan's every move, after Wu Chenghei was assigned, then the most likely one is none other than Pei Yan and the North Gate Bachelor.

And the most worrying thing is that Pei Yan and the North Gate Bachelor are back together.

Pei Shitong groaned slightly and said: "Actually, they don't talk to Tong'er about the things in the family, especially the things of the fifteenth uncle, there are not many, but in Tong'er's opinion, the fifteenth uncle should be a little dissatisfied with his husband, and he will stare at him, but he will not dare to do it at will." ”

"Oh, why?" Liu Jinyu subconsciously asked, Pei Yan and Pei Fifteen didn't dare to move lightly.

"Because they're not sure if it's a trap." Pei Shitong raised her head and looked at Liu Jinyu with a trace of indescribable excitement in her eyes.

Liu Jinyu suddenly came to her senses.

What kind of person is his husband, he has killed countless fierce generals and handsomes on the battlefield, and all kinds of calculations have always been wave after wave, how can he have such obvious weaknesses for others to see.

"He Jizhen, Zhuge Minghui and others, they are all champions, tanhua, or jinshi serving in Changzhou, and they are not recommended by the prince personally, as long as they don't make mistakes, what is terrible, it is the matter of the capital water supervisor, and it is also an edict."

Pei Shitong looked at Liu Jinyu and said softly: "The third sister is concerned about chaos, you don't see it, at this time, if someone makes a move against my family, then the husband will be extremely fierce to fight back, especially at this special time." ”

A special time, a special time now.

Liu Jinyu blurted out a sentence directly: "Prince! ”

The emperor's poor health is not a day or two, now he may ascend the throne today, maybe tomorrow, but it will not be too far away, and every day passes, this time will get closer.

Li Xuan is a staunch supporter of Li Xian, and when someone attacks Li Xuan, they are attacking Li Xian.

Especially fabricating out of thin air and deliberately attacking, it is easy to cause all the officials in the entire East Palace to counterattack.

He Zhizhang and Zhuge Minghui served in Changzhou, and they were not even recommended by Li Xuan, but sent by the officials.

As for other county lieutenants, county officials, and chief bookkeepers, it is nothing more than because Changzhou was initially decided, so a lot of military people were used.

It is true that Li Xuan was transferred to Fanzhou, but he can't take away all the cronies in Changzhou at once, and leave all of them without leaving any of them, and whether Changzhou's government affairs have to be dealt with.

There is also the capital water supervisor, why did the capital water supervisor ask for it was recommended by Li Xuan, there was a flood this year, Li Xuan transferred a large number of cronies to help control the water, this is what a loyal courtier should do.

If you attack Li Xuan with these excuses, not to mention the East Palace, Di Renjie, Lu Yuanfang, Yang Zhirou and others will be dissatisfied, and it is difficult to say who is unlucky at that time.

"It may indeed be the case in the court, but this matter is still up to Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven to decide." After Liu Jinyu finished speaking, her own face couldn't help but change slightly.

"Your Majesty has the world in mind, and you don't care about these things." Pei Shitong lowered her head and said softly: "Maybe the queen of heaven is what the husband wants to see the most." ”

Liu Jinyu's eyes widened suddenly, and a terrible thought appeared in her mind.

Could it be that her husband wants to cause a dispute between the queen of heaven and the crown prince? Or at this time?

……

After being silent for a long time, Pei Shitong looked at Liu Jinyu and said seriously: "The third sister has asked so much, can you let Tong'er ask a question now?" ”

Liu Jinyu came back to her senses and nodded, "You ask." ”

"Your Majesty." Pei Shitong took a deep breath and asked, "What happened to Your Majesty's body?" ”

"Why do you care about this?" Liu Jinyu frowned and looked at Pei Shitong, now this is the most sensitive issue in the whole world.

"I'm afraid everyone in the world wants to know the answer to this question now." Pei Shitong looked at Liu Jinyu lightly.

Liu Jinyu took a light breath, lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's body seems to be fine at the moment, if the recovery goes smoothly, it may be able to hold on for a while." ”

"What if the recovery doesn't go well?" Pei Shitong's words were like a long sword directly in Liu Jinyu's heart.

Liu Jinyu fell silent.

After a long time, she slowly spoke: "At least it can be delayed until Your Majesty goes to Luoyang." ”

The emperor went to Luoyang, and Xia'er completely came out of the palace, as for after going to Luoyang, it had nothing to do with them.

As for the matter of Songshan alchemy, it will take at least half a year, and it will not threaten them for the time being.

Even if the emperor was gone before that, it was an absolute good thing for them.

The aura of rebellion flashed in Liu Jinyu's mind, and instead of disappearing completely, it took deep root.

Pei Shitong glanced at Liu Jinyu deeply, and then said: "For the family, at this time, the emperor's life or death is not important. ”

Liu Jinyu looked at Pei Shitong in surprise, "The emperor's life and death", he can say such words.

Pei Shitong's face was calm and terrifying, and she said indifferently: "At this time, the key depends on how much control the emperor still has over the entire world. ”

Pei Shitong turned sideways, looked at the dark night outside, and said softly: "The emperor fainted in the court, which means that he has lost control of his physical safety, and when he still regains control of himself, he will ignore his control of the world."

At this time, all the families will give up all contradictions and concentrate all their forces to compete with the emperor for power in the world. ”

Liu Jinyu put her hand on the table, her face full of disbelief shock, she had never heard of such a thing.

Looking at Pei Shitong, Liu Jinyu immediately understood that as the core of Wenxi Pei's family, Pei Shitong's contact and thoughts over the years were not in the same circle as her.

Even if she is the granddaughter of the left minister, it is the same.

……

After a long time, Liu Jinyu came back to her senses and asked, "What about our family?" ”

"The husband is in Fanzhou, and his position is stable, if the family disputes with him in Fanzhou, he will only be beaten; As for Changzhou, even if the family wants to do it, the first target is Yan Guogong; Finally, Chang'an, the capital water supervisor. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Shitong sneered: "It's summer now, and the rainstorm will break out at any time, so they don't dare to rob them, they are at most in the place, plundering the fields of civilians, and in the officialdom, suppressing the official positions of the cold families, trying their best to consolidate their position, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, it will be difficult to take it back." ”

"Just like His Majesty ascended the throne at the beginning of that year." Liu Jinyu has already reacted thoroughly.

When the family is at its strongest, it is either a turbulent world or a change of imperial power.

In the first year of Li Zhi Yonghui, Yonghui six years, Li Zhi abolished the queen of the king, to the fourth year of Xianqing, the emperor ascended the throne for ten years, only by Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu under the frame, deposed the eldest grandson Wuji, exiled to Qianzhou.

Emperor Taizong is so wise, even Li Zhi is not an extraordinary person, it took six years for Li Zhi to abolish Empress Wang, and it took ten years for Li Zhi to abolish the eldest grandson Wuji.

And there is also the help of the Empress Wu.

The strength of the family behind Queen Wang and the eldest grandson Wuji can be seen from this.

You know, they weren't so strong during the Taizong Dynasty.

Their rise was also in the last years of Zhenguan, the early years of Yonghui, the first emperor lost power, and now at the beginning of the reign, I am afraid that they will collude and erode the world, so they have such rights.

Now everything is reincarnated, and now, Li is seriously ill, Li Xian cannot take power, and it is the time when the world is overturned.

"From the bottom up, a little bit of erosion of the power of the court, the more sick the emperor, the more dangerous their methods become, and even if it involves the battle for the throne, they don't mind letting the emperor go first."

Pei Shitong's eyes were cold, and he didn't care at all, telling Liu Jinyu the core secrets of these big families.

Especially the last sentence, isn't it a copy of Xuanwumen?

You must know that during the changes in Xuanwumen back then, it was not only the first emperor who did it, the abolished prince was built, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was also moving.

and Emperor Taizong's later years, the crown prince Chengqian, and the king of Qi, Li You, also acted in the same way.

Today's prime minister Li Dan, as well as the crown prince Li Xian, may not be secretly instigated.

"The more you get to this point, the more dangerous it becomes." Liu Jinyu looked at Pei Shitong, nodded and said, "The more this time, the more our family can't move." ”

"Wrong!" Pei Shitong shook his head directly and said: "The more time now, the more my family needs to open their eyes wide, Chang'an Wannian, Luoyang, Henan, these two people's county Cheng, county lieutenant, chief bookkeeper, Si Cao, head catcher, my family is keeping an eye on it, who is attracted by the family, who is replaced by the family, these are the key, many times, these people are the key." ”

Liu Jinyu hesitated slightly and said, "My family has people in these places. ”

"Their position is inevitably going to be moved." Pei Shitong was very sure, so she said again: "In the past, Changshi was here, and many things were handed over to him to deal with outside, but now that Changshi is not there, many things, the third sister needs to trouble Uncle, he is now serving as the general of Zuo Jinwuwei, and he can interfere in many things." ”

"Okay." Liu Jinyu was thoroughly persuaded by Pei Shitong, and then added: "You need to be careful in your actions, don't let others find out about our arrangement." ”

Pei Shitong shook his head and said: "It is inevitable to be discovered, it is just sooner or later, what we can do is to resettle before they find out." ”

After a slight pause, Pei Shitong looked at Liu Jinyu solemnly and said, "There is one last thing, the abolished prince is out of the palace, my family doesn't know anything, and I can't go to see him." ”

Liu Jinyu nodded lightly: "Someone wants to make a fuss about him." ”

"It's inevitable."

(End of chapter)