Li Zhen and Li Chengqi broke up, got into the carriage and went to Quanshanfang, but he didn't go to Quanshanfang to find Gao Yanfu.

At this time, Gao Yanfu has fallen out of favor, recuperating at home all the year round, rarely going to the palace again, he angered Zhang Yizhi's brother by persuading Wu Zetian to take care of the dragon body, and was almost killed.

Of course, Li Zhen needed to visit Gao Yanfu, who was kind to him, but now was not the time, he came to the next door to Gao Yanfu's mansion, Wu Chenghe's mansion.

Wu Chengsi has also been quite low-key in recent years, he knows that the saint doesn't want him to have internal fighting with Wu Sansi, so he also tries not to provoke Wu Sansi, drinks and enjoys himself at home, and lives a good life, but recently Wu Chengsi also heard that Wu Sansi may be crowned the crown prince, and his heart began to become uncalm.

Seven or eight years ago, he Wu Chengsi was also powerful and only one step away from the position of the crown prince, but it was the relics case and the poison scripture case set up by Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi that made him fall from heaven to hell in one step.

Now Wu Sansi actually wants to seek the position of the crown prince, which makes Wu Chengsi inevitably have a murderous thought in his heart, the amount is not a gentleman, and he is not a husband without poison.

Although Wu Chenghei has been low-key in these years, he has not relaxed at all in his territory, and he still maintains a faction that follows him in the martial arts, that is, the moderate faction led by Wu Youning and Wu Youji.

Although Wu Sansi racked his brains to unify the Wu clan, with Wu Chenghei here, Wu Sansi never succeeded.

In the inner hall, Wu Chengsi was lying in the arms of two concubines, squinting at a group of dancing girls dancing while drinking mellow wine.

At this time, the housekeeper rushed to the hall to report: "Master, Li Zhen is asking to see you outside the mansion!"

Wu Chengsi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and hurriedly said: "Please ask him to wait in my outer study, and I will come immediately." ”

He didn't want to watch the dance music anymore, got up and changed into a piece of clothing, and walked quickly to the outer study, Wu Chenghe's feelings about Li Zhen have always been very complicated, Li Zhen killed him in the poison case and the later assassination of Shangguan Wan'er, so that he was deposed and went to Lingnan, but when he secretly fled back to the Central Plains, he was very kind to him.

It was this kind of enmity and hatred that was mixed together, so that he himself didn't know whether to hate Li Zhen or be grateful.

Wu Chengsi hurriedly came to the outer study, only to see Li Zhen sitting in the room drinking tea, he coughed lightly, Li Zhen quickly stood up, and smiled at him: "Gong Wei, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come unharmed?"

Wu Chengsi was named the Duke of Wei the year before last, which can be regarded as regaining a little identity, he reluctantly smiled and said: "How can General Li have time to come to me?"

"I'm here to visit Gao Fujun, and by the way, I'll take a look at the current situation of Duke Wei,"

"I see, General, please take a seat!"

Wu Chengsi put down his heart, it turned out that Li Zhen didn't come to find him, the two sat down separately, Wu Chengsi let people serve tea, and he asked with a smile: "This time General Li returned to Beijing to report on his work, right?"

"Exactly!"

Li Zhen said with a smile: "I haven't been back to the capital for several years, and I found that Luoyang has changed a lot, and I don't know each other very well." ”

General Li is really joking, but I don't think Luoyang has changed much, everything is the same. ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "I said it's the court, not the Luoyang market." ”

Wu Chenghe's 'oh-', his face was a little unnatural, although he was more stupid, but Li Zhen told him about the court straight to the point, such an obvious hint, how could he not understand, after a while, he laughed dryly and said: "General Li refers to the fact that Wu Sansi will be made the crown prince!"

"Does Gong Wei think it's possible?"

Wu Chengsi shook his head, "I can't tell you clearly, to be honest, I haven't seen the saint for several years, and I don't know what she is thinking." ”

After a pause, Wu Chengsi asked tentatively, "General Li seems to be very concerned about the Wu clan being made a prince?"

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Although my surname is Li, I am not a royal family, I am the Li family of Longxi, so I can accept the martial family's accession to the throne, but Wu Sansi makes me a little worried." ”

"What are you worried about?" Wu Chengji asked again.

"Wu Sansi is narrow-minded, he will never let go of those who have offended him, and he will also cut down the roots of those who threaten his position as prince, I offended him at the beginning, how can he spare me?"

Speaking of this, Li Zhen looked at Wu Chengsi with a smile.

Li Zhen said it was himself, but Wu Chengsi's heart jumped suddenly, Li Zhen's words stabbed Wu Chengsi's vital point, he Wu Chengsi is the one who really threatens Wu Sansi's position as the prince, if Wu Sansi really becomes the prince, he will not let go of the first one, not Li Zhen, but himself.

Wu Chengsi's face was red and white for a while, and he became worried, but Li Zhen no longer mentioned the matter, chatted casually, and got up to say goodbye, as the saying goes, the drum does not need a heavy hammer, the key is to knock on the point, Li Zhen knows where Wu Chengsi's key point is, and he doesn't know what to say, let Wu Chengsi experience it himself, as for what Wu Chengsi should do, he believes that Wu Chengsi will not be helpless.

In fact, Wu Chengsi is not one of his three strategies, but belongs to the category of surprise soldiers and ambush soldiers, so what Wu Chengsi should do, Li Zhen will not give specific guidance, and once it is not handled well, he will also startle the snake.

Li Zhen said goodbye and left, Wu Chengsi fell into contemplation, he has been watching coldly all these years, although he didn't provoke Wu Sansi, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know where Wu Sansi's key point is?

After pondering for a long time, Wu Chengsi immediately ordered the maids in the hall: "Go and find Sanniang to see me quickly!"

Wu Furong remarried four years ago, married to Zhou Tong, a member of the Ministry of Rites, but this marriage only lasted less than three years, Zhou Tong died depressed at the beginning of last year, married a woman who was too energetic, and in the end either closed his eyes and pretended not to know anything, or he was cuckolded to death, unfortunately, Zhou Tong belonged to the latter.

Without the restraint of her husband, Wu Furong is even more uninhibited, and her private life is extremely chaotic, but on the other hand, she is also a woman with extreme power, her father cannot satisfy her in power, and she can only conquer men physically.

Not long after, Wu Furong hurried to her father's outer study, wearing a wide long dress, her face was flushed, Wu Chengsi glared at her dissatisfied, but she didn't complain about her daughter's chaotic life, and he himself was about the same.

"Li Zhen came here just now. Wu Chengsi said casually.

Wu Furong's eyes suddenly lit up, not that she was interested in Li Zhen, but that she knew that when Li Zhen arrived, there must be something important to find her father, she asked anxiously, "What is he doing here?"

"He said to visit Gao Yanfu and come to see me on the way, but I asked the concierge just now, and Li Zhen didn't go to see Gao Yanfu, but came to me directly after entering the door. ”

"I see, he just came to find his father, does he have any intentions?" asked Wu Furong.

He didn't say it explicitly, but I understood his hints. ”

"What is he implying about?"

"He said that if Wu Sansi became the crown prince, he would first eradicate the people who threatened his status as the crown prince, which was talking about me. ”

Wu Chengsi let out a long sigh, "Hit the nail on the head!"

Wu Furong's expression was a little disapproving, she had said similar things to her father more than once, but her father never listened, why did Li Zhen say that his father would become so uneasy and attach so much importance to it, is it really a foreign monk who is good at chanting?

"And what is my father going to do?"

"I'm thinking, since Li Zhen hinted at me like this, it means that he is going to make a move on Wu Sansi, but this time I don't want to rush to the front, I don't want to be his pawn, at most I will knock on the side. ”

"And what is my father going to do?"

Wu Chengsi took a few steps and said: "Wu Sansi has often been to Taiyuan in recent years, I remember that he has a big manor near Taiyuan, which is heavily guarded and never allows anyone to approach, if I am not mistaken, this big manor should have Wu Sansi's private soldiers and some unsightly things, make this matter public, so that he can't eat and walk around." ”

"But he'll secretly transfer—"

"Hmph! How can he transfer, his private soldiers are not 3,000 but also 5,000, as long as he moves, he will be discovered immediately, he is not Xue Huaiyi, raising 10,000 monks and soldiers, the saint can turn a blind eye, as long as this matter is made public, the saint will know sooner or later that he wants to be the prince, it will not be so easy. ”

After Wu Chengsi finished speaking, he glanced at his daughter, "Do you know what to do?"

Wu Furong nodded, "My daughter knows what to do." ”

She saluted, turned around and walked away quickly, looking at her daughter's back and walking away, Wu Chengsi couldn't help but grit her teeth and said: "Wu Sansi, you can't make me the prince, and you don't want to think about it!" ......

Li Chengqi rushed back to the Prime Minister's Mansion and found his father Li Dan, like Li Xian, Wu Zetian's surveillance of Li Dan was becoming more and more relaxed, and he had to change a group of eunuchs in less than two months to prevent being bribed by Li Dan.

Although there are still eunuchs responsible for writing the living records of the prime minister, but the eunuchs sent from the palace have not been replaced for two years, and the eunuchs who serve the prime minister and write the living records have long been bought by Li Dan, and each time the living records written will be handed over to Li Dan for review before being sent back to the palace.

In this way, Li Dan is naturally diligent and thrifty, living in the mansion, never going out, and never contacting foreign ministers, which makes Wu Zetian deeply satisfied, of course, Wu Zetian's energy is focused on going to the Crane Mansion and Erzhang to discuss 'learning', and it is doubtful whether he has the time and energy to read these living records.

Despite this, Li Dan was still very careful, trying not to show his face, and trying not to contact foreign ministers, he always passed the news for him through his eldest son Li Chengqi.

In the study, Li Dan opened the plan written by Li Zhen, looked at both sides carefully, and nodded, "These three plans are good, they should have an effect." ”

Of course, Li Dan was extremely anxious about the news that Wu Sansi was going to be made the crown prince, if his mother really ignored the Li Tang royal family and risked the condemnation of the world, then he would never be restrained, and would definitely raise his arms and shout to call the world's volunteers.

Although Li Dan himself did not want to be the emperor, he would rather be the emperor and give up the throne to his son, but he could not tolerate the Tang Dynasty falling into the hands of the martial family, which was his unshirkable responsibility.

Li Dan pondered for a moment, then said to his eldest son: "You go and find the imperial aunt quickly, I want to discuss it with her." ”

Li Chengqi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Li Zhen has also repeatedly instructed that this matter cannot be spread outside, only the child and his father can know, and even the third brother can't say it." ”

The third brother is Li Longji, who is sixteen years old this year, both civil and military, but he is not mature enough, Li Dan thinks that his main task is to study, so he is never allowed to participate in the conspiracy.

Li Dan smiled: "It doesn't matter if your imperial aunt is strong, besides, her strength is strong, this matter really needs her to take action, go quickly!"

"Yes!"

Li Chengqi had no choice but to leave the palace to find Princess Taiping.