At dusk, the night lights come on.

Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and gold armor, calmly walked out of the right guard office, then turned over and got on his horse and walked towards the end door.

Just passing by Chengtianmen, a carriage followed from behind.

Li Xuan immediately stopped his horse, waved his hand slightly, and more than a dozen pro-soldiers behind him immediately retreated.

The carriage came to Li Xuan's side, the curtain was lifted, and Pei Yan smiled and looked out: "King Peng, how about walking together?" ”

"Dare to disobey!" Li Xuan nodded in response.

Pei Yan smiled, and the speed of the carriage slowed down invisibly.

"I heard that the crown prince has entered the palace since the afternoon and went to the Zhenguan Hall to meet His Majesty." Pei Yan's eyes were gloomy, and he looked straight at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded calmly and said: "The crown prince is not worried about His Majesty's body, from now on, he will serve His Majesty with medicine every day, and the province will be fixed in the morning and dusk, if there is nothing in the political affairs hall, His Royal Highness will always stay in the Zhenguan Palace and serve His Majesty." ”

"The prince is filial piety." Pei Yan exclaimed, a trace of vigilance flashed in the depths of his eyes, and asked, "Then how is the Xiangwang Mansion?" ”

"What's going on in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Li Xuan looked at Pei Yan with a calm face, and said softly: "The prince and the prince are brothers, brothers ”

Pei Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart: "What King Peng said is not bad, the prince and the prince are brothers, brothers ”

Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "I heard that Zhao Guogong is in Ganzhou, the weather is not appropriate, and he wants to ask for Zhishi, the position of Shangshu's right servant is vacant, and the prince's guest will also be vacant, I don't know if Pei Yan is interested in being the prince's guest." ”

The prince has four guests, Li Jingxuan, Pei Xingjian, and Li Xuan.

In addition, Liu Renliang, who stepped down as a guest of the prince and was promoted to the prince and concubine, is the fourth guest of the prince.

There has long been a vacancy in the position of the prince's guest, but Li Xuan specifically talked about Li Jingxuan at this time, and he was naturally not a prince's guest.

"The prince's guest position is important, and it needs to be determined by His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven in person." Pei Yan nodded calmly, but then he changed his tone and said: "But after all, this matter is beneficial to the country, Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven are interested, and the minister naturally does not dare to refuse." ”

"In this way, Xuan is looking forward to the time when she will be in the same hall with Pei Yan in the future." Li Xuan smiled and bowed slightly.

Pei Yan nodded, and asked in a different way: "Does the prince know how the Zheng family is doing, I heard that the prime minister and the Zheng family are engaged?" ”

"There is no such thing as a private marriage." Li Xuan glanced at the end door in front of him, then shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's just some nonsense, Pei Xiang doesn't have to pay attention to it." ”

"I see." Pei Yan nodded, and then said: "The affairs of the government and the opposition, stability first, it seems that the prince has quite three flavors!" ”

"Pei Xiang has won the award." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and then said: "If everyone in the world can do this, then the government and the opposition will be very lucky." ”

"That's true." Pei Yan glanced ahead, the carriage had already come to the end gate, Pei Yan nodded and said, "So, lord, see you tomorrow." ”

"Pei Xiang walks slowly." Li Xuanmu sent Pei Yan away, and then stopped slightly, and waited until Pei Yan went out of the end door, and then he slowly led people to follow.

……

To the south of Tianjin Bridge, Pei Yan went west, and Li Xuan went east.

A team of right guard cavalry was already guarding Li Xuan's side, with sharp lances, and ordinary people did not dare to approach.

Now that it is dusk, the doors of the squares will soon be closed, and the people are anxiously going home.

Luoyang market, everything is as usual.

On the bank of the Luo River, Li Xuan rode forward on horseback with a calm face, and on the other side of the Luo River, the palace wall was tight.

Li Xuan glanced at it and continued to move forward, Li Xuan was not the slightest surprise that Pei Yan had blocked him in the palace city before.

Now in the East Palace, the emperor, the Empress Wu, the prime ministers, Shangshu, and even Li Dan have all been placed in the East Palace, and it is not surprising that some news has leaked out.

Especially now that the East Palace has taken revenge on the Prime Minister's Mansion for watching the position of the prince, the news is spreading all over the world.

In this case, it is not surprising that there are one or two news that the East Palace wants to win over Pei Xiang.

Yes, the news that the East Palace was going to win over Pei Yan was spread by Li Xuan.

Because Pei Yan's actions in the political hall today are in itself telling the East Palace that he can be co-opted.

It's just that who can see the deep meaning behind these actions, and who will take action, is another matter.

Li Xuan deliberately sent out a little news, and Pei Yan immediately came to the door.

Although on the surface, it was said that everything should be decided by the emperor and the Empress Wu, but he did not dare to refuse.

The position of Shangshu's right servant, the prince's guest, was a condition proposed by Li Xuan, and Pei Yan also expressed interest, but this was just a preliminary contact.

After that, if the two sides really want to cooperate, then there will be more back-and-forth games between each other.

It's not that easy to end.

And inside the East Palace, Xue Yuanchao didn't want Pei Yan to take up the post of Shangshu's left servant.

Once Pei Yan is allowed to sit in this position, then in the next ten years, Xue Yuanchao will basically have no hope.

From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling, and even he didn't want Pei Yan to become the minister of the East Palace.

But let him go out to fight with Empress Wu instead of Li Xian, he was unwilling and couldn't do it, and even if he fought with Pei Yan, he couldn't win.

Li Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.

If it weren't for Xue Yuanchao being the emperor's hair, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to sit in the position in front of him.

Sympathizing with Li Yifu's depreciation back then, it seems, it is not without reason.

However, this kind of Xue Yuanchao is not so difficult to deal with.

Li Xuan pressed his cuffs, and inside, there was also a copy of the impeachment of Cui Mi.

Cui Zhiwen returned this notebook after reading it, and after that, he didn't care whether Li Xuan impeached Cui Mi or not.

The reason why Cui Zhiwen is on Li Dan's side this time is because he sees Li Xian's unusually obvious shortcomings, so he cares about standing on Cui Mi's side.

But in reality, the two sides are betting differently, and even the future benefits are different.

Naturally, if Li Xuan impeached Cui Mi now, he would not be hurt much.

It just so happens that he now needs to dissociate himself from King Xiang.

Li Xuan originally planned to hand over the impeachment of Cui Mi to Li Xian, but Xue Yuanchao's unusually firm opposition to Pei Yan made Li Xuan decide to keep it.

Maybe in the future, he can let Pei Yan send this notebook to him, and completely fight with the Empress Wu's party, or he can hand it over to Cui Mi himself in the future.

In any case, this recital will not be of much use on the front.

……

Li Xuan glanced at the Luo River next to him, and a little fire was reflected on the water.

At this time of year, everyone has lost the concentration they used to have.

All kinds of calculations and fights, even to the point of going into battle in person.

But think about it, at this juncture, every step of the walk is related to the fate of the family for decades or even hundreds of years in the future, and I don't dare to ignore it.

Usually, I am still cautious, but now, every time is extremely important.

The prime ministers all know each other very well.

As soon as something happens, each other even loses room to maneuver, and can only fight shirtless.

It doesn't look much different from the market, but ......

The fight between the market is too little, and it will hurt people's lives, but when it comes to them, it is a single action, and there will be dozens, hundreds, and even a 10,000-person family directly annihilated.

At this time, it is inevitable that some people will be impulsive.

glanced at the direction of the palace, and then turned his head to look in the direction of the Xiangwang Mansion, and finally Li Xuan glanced at the west of the city, smiled lightly, waved his hand, and the person had returned to the Jade Dragon Garden under the escort of the entire team of right guards.

……

On the long street, Kingo patrols.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Dan stood in the middle hall, smiled seriously at Dou Sitai, and said with a wry smile on his face: "Uncle don't listen to other people's nonsense, the Zheng family and the imperial brother are married, how can they come to Shiro at the same time, this kind of thing, Shiro is too late to hide, how can he get up." ”

Zuo Shilang Zhong Dou Sitai nodded expressionlessly, and arched his hand: "This is the best, then the affairs of the Dou family and the Zheng family, please don't interfere with your Highness." ”

"No, no, it won't, it's not a lonely thing." Li Dan gave it up seriously.

"And so, the minister retired." Dou Sitai bowed heavily, then turned around and left the Xiangwang Mansion.

Li Dan turned around, looked at Yuan Wanqing who was standing on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Qing, the affairs of the Zheng family cannot be known by the princess. ”

"Whoa!" Yuan Wanqing bowed his hand heavily, and his face was awe-inspiring.

"What's going on now?" Li Dan walked back to the middle hall table and sat down, raised his head, and looked at Yuan Wanqing with a solemn face.

Yuan Wanqing groaned slightly, and said: "According to the news just sent back, most of the subordinate officials of the East Palace have already moved, either by themselves or by the power of the family, to keep an eye on every subordinate official of the Prime Minister's Mansion, looking for the places where they have made mistakes, and once they seize the opportunity, they will be impeached immediately." ”

"It's nothing." Li Dan breathed a sigh of relief, Li Dan has always been strict with the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, plus he is not the prince, and there are not so many messy people, it is not easy for others to grab the handle if they stuff people here.

Raising his head, Li Dan said with emotion: "The imperial brother is still considerate of this king, and there are still rules for acting." ”

Li Xian is the crown prince after all, even if he is the handle to catch Li Dan, it is just to find someone to loophole and impeach.

"The prince is the prince after all, he won't do that, and he won't use those means of framing him." Yuan Wanqing comforted and said: "Zuo Xiang, Xue Xiang, and King Peng are all bright people, and there is nothing to block their frontal means, but ......"

"But there is no need to do anything, Zuo Xiang, Xue Xiang, and Uncle Wang's methods are still powerful." Li Dan turned to look in the direction of the palace and said softly: "Just like Uncle Wang, let the imperial brother serve by my emperor's side, this kind of impotence has surpassed everything. ”

"Maybe King Peng is really just following His Majesty's example of serving the first emperor back then." Yuan Wanqing whispered comfort, but infinite solemnity flashed in the depths of his eyes.

The crown prince is in the political affairs hall, and they can directly communicate with the Empress Wu through the political affairs hall, but now, the prince directly bypasses the Empress Wu and stays directly by the emperor's side.

This is the prince's advantage, and this hand magnifies this advantage to the limit.

If Li Xian is entangled in the battle game with Li Dan, then he is tantamount to giving up his biggest advantage, but now, Li Xian has been staying by the emperor's side, which means that once the emperor has something, the crown prince can take the throne as soon as possible, and there will be no variables.

The most important thing is that Li Xian is filial enough, which is the most reassuring in the emperor's current situation.

People who see this clearly, at this time, will completely give up their support for Li Dan.

At least Li Xian will be by the emperor's side for a day, and they will not support Li Dan.

"Anything else to say." Li Dan waved his hand and said: "The emperor's brother is benevolent and filial, and he can be by his father's side, which is enough to reassure the king." ”

"Your Highness!" Yuan Wanqing's expression was awe-inspiring, and his eyes looked straight at Li Dan.

Li Dan waved his hand and said: "This kind of thing, this king doesn't think so, what other people will think, it doesn't matter, the most important thing at the moment is two things, find out what happened in the political hall today, and the letter from the Zheng family." ”

The Zheng family is willing to persuade Cui Zhiwen, in addition to their own intentions, the key is that Li Dan sent the marriage contract.

Yuan Wanqing bowed down and said: "The minister tried to get it back, but it was very tightly hidden with Mrs. An, and the minister believes that others are not so easy to get." ”

"That's the best."

(End of chapter)