"Now the situation in the court is calm on the surface, but in fact it is an undercurrent of turbulence, all kinds of contradictions are intertwined, there are my personal gains and losses, and the future of Datang's society. ”

Di Renjie sighed deeply and said in a low voice: "It is very likely that the Holy Lord will establish Wu Sansi as the crown prince. ”

Li Zhen was also taken aback, and hurriedly said: "If Wu Sansi ascends the throne, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the world, hasn't the saint considered it?"

"Shengshang was confused by the Zhang brothers, and she is no longer as sober as before, I persuaded her, but she can't hear it at all, what should I do?"

Speaking of this, Di Renjie looked at Li Zhen, "I know that the virtuous son-in-law has a lot of means, do you think there is any way to save it?"

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and then asked, "Wu Sansi is favored, is it because of the relationship between the Zhang brothers?"

Di Renjie nodded, "I heard that Wu Sansi has spent no less than hundreds of thousands of yuan on the Zhang brothers in the past two years, and he also gave them a promise to ensure their prosperity and wealth for generations, so the Zhang brothers did their best to speak for Wu Sansi, although this is just a rumor, but I believe that the reality will only be worse than the rumors." ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "If you want to break this situation, you should first take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, so that the Zhang brothers no longer support Wu Sansi, at least remain neutral, and then deal with Wu Sansi and appear in something that is not good for him, and finally persuade the saint, know it with reason, and move it with affection, what does my father-in-law think?"

In fact, Di Renjie has considered the method that Li Zhen wanted, but Li Zhen was able to sort out his thoughts in a short period of time, and it was really powerful, Di Renjie secretly admired in his heart, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart, and asked: "Does the virtuous son-in-law have a specific plan?"

"Please father-in-law let me think about it, maybe tomorrow morning, I will have a way. ”

In fact, Di Renjie also wanted to discuss with Li Zhen about the power struggle between the Crane Mansion and the Political Affairs Hall, but this matter was far less important than Wu Sansi being made the crown prince, so Di Renjie stopped mentioning this matter, he smiled expectantly: "Then I will wait for the good news of the virtuous son-in-law." ”......

It was already late at night, Li Zhen was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, during the day he just sorted out his thoughts, and the power fight was these few tricks, drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, head-to-head confrontation and the upper route, adding a little bit of hidden arrows and ambushes and other small wrists, dealing with everyone without leaving, so he could quickly say the idea of dealing with Wu Sansi.

However, the specific method made him a little embarrassed, not only to be effective, but to completely shake Wu Sansi's position, but not to let himself be too involved, but also to be able to prevent the support of the Zhang brothers of the government and the opposition to Wu Sansi, in fact, this is the difficulty, what are the Zhang brothers most afraid of?

Li Zhen meditated hard, and from time to time he wrote down the thoughts he thought of on paper

Di Yan didn't sleep well in her mother's house, she woke up before dawn, she was a little relieved that the children couldn't get rid of the children, so she got up and went to the next room, the three children slept very sweetly, but Di Yan accidentally found that the lights were still on in the easternmost small room.

She was slightly stunned, walked quickly to the door, and saw her husband Li Zhen sitting at the table writing something through the crack in the door.

"Husband, you ...... Haven't you slept all night?" Di Yan asked in surprise.

"I can't sleep. ”

Li Zhen rubbed his red eyes and asked with a smile, "What time is it now?"

"The fifth watch has passed. ”

Di Yan was angry and distressed, they worked hard all the way, they didn't rest well at all, it was easy to go back to Luoyang, ready to take a good rest, but her husband stayed up all night, she stepped forward and didn't allow Li Zhen to write anymore, and said angrily: "You go to sleep for a while, my father is really too much, we just arrived and pulled you to do things, and let people not live." ”

Li Zhen smiled apologetically: "It'll be fine right away, let me finish it, I'll sleep in the morning and start working in the afternoon." ”

Li Zhen snatched the pen from Di Yan's hand, pushed her out of the room and said with a smile: "You go to sleep, you have to accompany your grandmother tomorrow, you can't be too tired." ”

Di Yan was also very tired and couldn't hold it anymore, so she instructed Li Zhen to say a few words, turned around and went back to the room.

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and wrote down the last strategy, which required Li Dan or Li Xian to come forward in person......

In the afternoon, in a small wine shop near the gate of Nanshi, Li Zhen secretly met with Li Chongrun, who had not seen him for several years, Li Chongrun seemed to be much older, and his attitude towards Li Zhen was far less enthusiastic than before, and even a little perfunctory.

Li Zhen also felt the change in Li Chongrun's attitude, and the original careful plan was immediately discounted, he was no longer the high-spirited internal security commander of the year, and became more cautious and cautious, he guessed that the change in Li Chongrun's attitude towards himself was very likely to be related to his bias towards Li Dan.

"I invite Brother Chongrun to come out today, mainly to greet Ling Zun's situation, I heard that Ling Zun was seriously ill three years ago, I don't know if he is in good health now?"

Li Xian had a stroke three years ago, and it is said that he was paralyzed in bed for nearly a year, and it has gradually improved in the past two years, in fact, Li Chongrun's cold attitude towards Li Zhen is not only because Li Zhen favors Li Dan, but also because his father is not in good health, which makes him a little disheartened.

He said lightly: "Thank you General Li for your concern, my father's health has gradually improved now, and he has not cared much about external affairs in the past two years." ”

Li Chongrun's implication was that he hoped that Li Zhen would not bother his father again, Li Zhen understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "I just hope that Ling Zun's body will get better as soon as possible, and I have no other intentions." ”

"In that case, then I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”

Li Chongrun stood up, arched his hand to Li Zhen, turned around and walked away quickly, Li Zhen looked at his back and walked away, seeing that Wu Sansi was going to be the crown prince, Li Xian's father and son were indifferent, which made Li Zhen a little disappointed in his heart

Li Chongrun hurried back to the palace, in fact, he was also anxious about Wu Sansi seeking the position of prince, but since his father had a serious illness, his mother was in charge of all the affairs in the family, and his father seemed to be a little disheartened and no longer expected to regain the throne, which made Li Chongrun helpless.

As soon as he walked into the gate of the back house, a guard stopped his way and said to him coldly: "Eldest prince, Madame let you pass." ”

Li Chongrun glared at the guards fiercely, and had to turn around and walk towards the middle hall, where Princess Wei was discussing the matter of income and expenditure with her nephew Wei Bo.

Princess Wei Lian took advantage of her husband's serious illness in the past two years to regain the dominance of the Luling Palace, and she is also quite skillful, on the one hand, she comforts her husband and makes him rely on herself step by step, on the other hand, she abides by women's morals and no longer does things that anger her husband.

What's more important is that she firmly controls the financial power of the Luling Mansion in her own hands, and any income and expenditure must be approved by her, which completely controls her husband Li Xian, and Li Xian has no choice but to be at her mercy.

Once Wei Lian took power, she relied more on her mother's family, Wei Bo was her most relied on confidant, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars that the Dugu family gave to Li Xian every year were now mainly handed over through Wei Bo, so Wei Bo had actually replaced Li Chongrun in the past and became the external liaison of the Luling Palace.

If Li Zhen is looking for him, it is the right person, but Li Zhen doesn't know, or looking for Li Chongrun, naturally there is no effect.

"Back to my aunt, half of the money from the Dugu family has been allocated to Qilin Villa according to my aunt's request, and I am ready to recruit another 800 warriors this year, and the armor and weapons are ready. ”

Although Li Xian was a little disheartened, Wei Lian became more and more ambitious, she didn't want to give up her husband's opportunity to compete for the throne, since she controlled the financial power of the palace, she had to use all the money on the blade, at the beginning in Fangzhou, the Wei family trained hundreds of warriors, and got Li Zhen's help to cover up the past.

Now that Wu Zetian is old and frail, and he is addicted to various games of Erzhang, and his control over the Xingtang Society and his two sons is not as tight as before, Wei Lian seized the opportunity to purchase a large area of land and hills in the Xingyang area, established a Qilin Villa covering an area of 1,000 hectares, and began to secretly recruit troops and horses, and has now recruited 3,000 soldiers, and another Wei's son, Wei Song, will conduct training and management.

Wei Lian nodded and said: "Add another two percent to the money for the villa, I heard Song'er say that the cavalry in the villa is insufficient, so I consider recruiting some Hu people to form cavalry, the cost may be very large, but I think it is necessary, this year's recruitment is mainly based on Hu people who are good at riding and shooting!"

Wei Bo wanted to say a few more words, but then Li Chongrun walked in quickly, Wei Bo immediately shut up, he and Li Chongrun had a bad relationship, and the two were even very hostile, Li Chongrun didn't dare to resist his mother, so he vented his anger on the Wei brothers.

Of course, Wei Bo is also very jealous of Li Chongrun and his brother Li Chongjun, they have had more than one conflict in private, but every time Princess Wei favors the Wei brothers, which makes Li Chongrun even more resentful of Wei and makes Wei Bo more arrogant.

Wei Bo did not leave because Li Chongrun entered the lobby, but stood aside and looked at him coldly, Li Chongrun's hostile gaze shot at Wei Bo, the two looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became tense.

Wei Lian snorted dissatisfiedly and asked Li Chongrun, "Who are you going to see today?"

"Mother, the child didn't go to see anyone. Li Chongrun bowed and replied.

"Nonsense!"

Wei Lian slapped the table heavily and shouted angrily, "Do you think you can hide it from me?"

Only then did Li Chongrun realize that his whereabouts had been monitored by his mother, and he had no choice but to tell the truth, "The child knows his mistake, today Li Zhen sent someone to find the child, and the child went to Nanshi to meet him." ”

"Oh, tell me, what is he looking for you?" Wei Lian was obviously very interested in Li Zhen's return, and she knew that Li Zhen must have some intention to appear at this sensitive time.

"He didn't say anything, he just cared about his father's health, and I told him that he was gradually recovering. ”

"No, he can't just talk about it when he looks for you, Chongrun, do you still want to hide it from me?" Wei Lian's tone began to be stern again.

Li Chongrun sighed and said: "Maybe he wanted to say something, but the child was not interested, so he didn't continue, and the mother should know that the child didn't even have time for a cup of tea when he met him." ”

Wei Lian knew that he was telling the truth, Li Chongrun came out in a short time after entering the wine shop, and she really couldn't talk about anything big at that time, she was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you not interested?"

Li Chongrun finally couldn't help but erupt, he pointed at Wei Bo, and said loudly: "With him, what does the mother have to do with the child?"

After shouting, Li Chongrun immediately regretted it, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said nothing, Wei Lian stared at her useless son viciously, and after a while, she waved her hand, "Useless things, go down!"

Li Chongrun gritted his teeth, got up and walked away quickly, without looking back.

Wei Lian kept looking at him and walked away, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought again, she believed that Li Zhen must have something important, no! If it involves the battle for the throne, then she must not be passive, she must know what Li Zhen wants to do?

Thinking of this, she beckoned Wei Bo to step forward and whispered a few words, Wei Bo nodded again and again, "Please rest assured, my nephew will not let my aunt down." ”......

Contrary to Li Chongrun's coldness, Li Zhen and Li Chengqi's meeting was very effective, Li Chengqi of course knew that the situation was critical now, seeing that the imperial grandmother was more and more inclined to the martial family, ready to pass the throne to Wu Sansi, Li Dan's father and son were anxious, Li Dan even considered contacting the members of the Xingtang Society, once Wu Sansi was made the crown prince, then the Li royal family would raise troops in various places to denounce.

And Li Zhen's arrival at this critical moment immediately gave Li Dan great confidence and hope, and he hoped that Li Zhen could turn the tide as before and prevent Wu Sansi from taking the position.

"Yesterday, my father-in-law and I had a deep discussion about this matter, and I also thought about it all night, and roughly sorted out a plan, we need to do three things, one thing for me to do, another thing for my father-in-law to come forward, and one thing for His Royal Highness to come forward in person. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhen handed a scroll to Li Chengqi, "This is the plan I considered." ”

Li Chengqi took the scroll and hurriedly browsed it, he couldn't help but secretly exclaim, sure enough, it was a clever strategy, and he asked again: "Do you have to come forward with my father? For example, how about I come forward on behalf of my father?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "Only His Royal Highness King Xiang personally comes forward to be convincing, but you can arrange this meeting as secret as possible and not let anyone know." ”

Li Chengqi was right to think about it, the effect of his own appearance was too far from that of his father's appearance, he pondered for a while, and asked a little worriedly: "Does the general think that the Zhang brothers will give in?"

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "I know Zhang Changzong very well, including Zhang Yizhi, they already have enough power and wealth, and they are not rare to have more money, their weakness lies in the fear of death, only by threatening them with death, they will be restrained, sometimes directly hit the vital point, it is much more effective than begging them." ”

"Okay! I'll tell my father, and we'll try to follow this plan, and if anything changes, I'll contact the general in time. ”

Li Zhen stood up and gave a salute, "Success or failure is here, we must be cautious and careful, and we must do our best!"