Imperial City, inside the Shengtian Palace.

Gonggong Lu stood next to the dragon chair, overlooking the people below.

At this time, Gonggong Lu did not bow his head and lower his eyes like before, he looked respectful, he exuded a strong momentum, and his cloudy eyes were full of dark and cold essence, which made people dare not look at each other.

In the past, when Emperor Lihuang was there, he was just an old servant, and he followed Emperor Lihuang step by step, gathering all his edge and momentum, if he didn't speak, even everyone would ignore his existence.

And now, Emperor Lihuang is not there, he is the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal, the eunuch of the Imperial City, the real first person in the Imperial City.

Whether it is the important ministers of the court or the relatives of the emperor, they dare not have the slightest disrespect for him.

Because everyone knows that in the imperial city at this time, Gonggong Lu represents Emperor Li.

Father-in-law Lu is a slave, but he is only a slave of Emperor Li.

A moment later, a sound of footsteps sounded outside the temple.

Everyone in the temple looked out of the hall.

I saw Yan Zhen leading Qin Wei and Qin Jun into the hall.

When Ji Yuanchen and other important ministers of the court saw this, they all bowed down and said: "Meet Lord Zhuguo, meet His Royal Highness King Rui, and meet His Royal Highness King Ning!" ”

Yan Zhen nodded gently, and said hello to everyone.

Qin Wei glanced at everyone in the hall, his eyes fell on Qin Changping and Qin Changan, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

Now it's interesting, all four princes have been invited.

Qin Jun's face was pale, and a pair of gloomy eyes looked at Gonggong Lu on the steps.

At this time, he was very embarrassed, and was slapped a few times by Yan Zhen outside the city, he was covered in dust, and his nose and face were swollen.

Although Yan Zhen did not kill him, he was not polite at all.

Qin Changping and Qin Changan didn't care when they saw Qin Jun like this, but after they saw Qin Wei, their faces changed.

Obviously, they didn't expect Qin Wei to appear here.

"Grandpa Lu!"

Qin Wei raised his head, arched his hand, and called.

The momentum on Gonggong Lu's body immediately retracted, and he bowed down and said, "Meet His Royal Highness King Rui." ”

This appearance made the faces of Qin Jun, Qin Changping, and Qin Changan even more ugly.

Father-in-law Lu's attitude made them feel not very good.

Qin Wei didn't care about their thoughts, and asked, "How is the situation with Grandpa Huang?" ”

"Your Majesty is still asleep, and it is estimated that you will wake up the day after tomorrow." Lu Gong is fair.

Qin Wei bowed slightly, did not speak, and stepped aside.

Gonggong Lu glanced at everyone and said, "Before Your Majesty wakes up, I will wronged you to stay here first." ”

Everyone looked at each other and did not speak.

Instead, Qin Wei opened his mouth and said: "Then please ask Gonggong Lu to prepare some meals and tea, this king is hungry!" ”

There are still two days and two nights left before Emperor Lihuang wakes up, Qin Wei is not afraid to stay here for two days and two nights, with his cultivation, even if he doesn't sleep for seven days and seven nights, there is no problem.

"The old slave will arrange it!" Lu Gong is fair.

"By the way, I'm preparing a set of chess sets, and this king and Shousuke-sama will play chess to pass the time." Qin Wei said again.

"Whoa!"

Father-in-law Lu replied and didn't say much.

After a while, a group of little eunuchs brought a lot of food and tea, and at the same time brought a lot of items, books, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, chess sets, etc., and even the soft collapse was brought a lot, which could be used for everyone to rest.

Fortunately, the Sheng Tian Hall is big enough, and there is no problem for more than ten people to sleep here.

Although everyone's faces were not good-looking, they could only reluctantly accept Grandpa Lu's arrangement.

It was clear to everyone that they were more like prisoners in front of them.

Maybe it's a bit inaccurate to use the word "prisoner" to describe it, but Gonggong Lu just put them under house arrest in this Shengtian Palace.

There are hundreds of military guards outside, and there are Lu Gonggong and Yan Zhen in the hall, and Emperor Lihuang is still asleep in the study on one side, but no one dares to spread wild here.

Even Qin Jun honestly stayed in the corner, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Time passed slowly, and after Qin Wei and Ji Yuanchen talked for a few games, Ji Yuanchen was tired, so he had to find Zhang Ruanqi to rest, while Qin Wei chatted with Yan Zhen again.

Although it was boring to stay here, the crowd still suffered.

Soon, the two-day, two-night period was over.

In the Imperial Study.

Soft collapse.

The pale Lihuang slowly opened his eyes.

Father-in-law Lu knelt beside him respectfully.

Emperor Li, who had just woken up, was still a little confused, and it took a long time for him to come back to his senses under the call of Gonggong Lu.

"I'm hungry!"

After sleeping for three days and three nights, Lihuang's first feeling after waking up was unbearable hunger.

Although there is a strong body pill to supplement his body, the strong body pill cannot fill the stomach.

Gonggong Lu hurriedly asked people to bring the gruel prepared in advance and feed it to Emperor Li's mouth.

After a bowl of gruel was put down, Emperor Li's face was slightly better-looking, and his cloudy eyes were much clearer.

He leaned on the soft collapse and looked at Father-in-law Lu with a flat gaze.

"It's over!"

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is over, and several princes are waiting in the Shengtian Palace."

"Let's talk about it!" Emperor Lihuang said expressionlessly.

Father-in-law Lu lowered his head and recounted the previous farce.

"An Liancao was arranged by King Ning?"

After Gonggong Lu finished speaking, Emperor Lihuang asked in a deep voice.

"Hmm!"

Grandpa Lu nodded.

"This little cub is really not a good person!"

Lihuang's tone was very flat, without the slightest hint of annoyance.

Gonggong Lu didn't speak, when it came to the prince's sons and grandsons, he would definitely not comment at will.

"What's going on with King Rui?" Emperor Li's gaze fell on Gonggong Lu's old face.

Father-in-law Lu's rickety body trembled slightly, and he knelt down and said, "The old slave is guilty!" ”

"What's the crime?"

"The old slave should not deceive His Majesty!"

"In other words, you already knew that Rui Wang was in Kyoto!" Lihuang Road.

"The old slave has met His Royal Highness King Rui before......"

Gonggong Lu told all the process of his meeting with Qin Wei, Qin Wei's activities and things in Kyoto.

Emperor Li looked at him with a divine gaze, and suddenly he waved his palm violently and slapped it on Gonggong Lu's face with a bang.

It's just his old body, and this slap has no strength with Ben.

"You old thing, the older you get, the more confused you get!"

"Go, take your own eighty boards!"

Father-in-law Lu answered, and immediately got up and left the study.

A moment later, there was a snapping sound outside the Sheng Tian Palace.

Everyone in the hall looked at the beaten Father-in-law Lu with different expressions.

Some are strange, some are surprised, and some are a little puzzled.

If it is an ordinary person, let alone 80 boards, even if it is 30 boards, it will be open and half-dead.

But Gonggong Lu is an innate martial artist after all, even if he is not young anymore, these eighty boards are nothing to him.

Gonggong Lu knew very well that Emperor Lihuang still remembered his past feelings, otherwise it would not be too much to cut him.

After all, in Qin Wei's matter, he committed the crime of bullying the king.

After the eighty boards were played, Gonggong Lu returned to the imperial study.

Then.

Ji Yuanchen and several ministers were called to the study.

Qin Wei was in the palace, and he didn't know what Emperor Lihuang told them.

Ji Yuanchen and the others only stayed in the study for half an hour before leaving, as did several governors of the Governor's Mansion.

With the departure of the cabinet and the important ministers of the Governor's Mansion, there were only five people left in the hall: Yan Zhen, Qin Wei, Qin Jun, Qin Chang'an, and Qin Changping.

"His Royal Highness King Ning, Your Majesty has summoned you to meet you!"

A little eunuch came out of the study and said to Qin Jun.

When Qin Jun heard this, his face turned pale.

He stood up tremblingly and walked into the imperial study.

"Grandson meets the emperor's grandfather!"

Qin Jun knelt in front of the bed, and Emperor Li looked at him with indifferent eyes.

"You are very good, you actually dare to attack the imperial grandfather."

Although it was just a bland word, it made Qin Jun panic.

Needless to say, ten heads weren't enough to cut off.

When he did it, his heart was surging and he felt good about himself, but now facing Lihuang, he was terrified in his heart, and he no longer had the same spirit as before.

"The grandson is guilty, please forgive the imperial grandfather!"

Qin Jun begged for mercy.

Emperor Li looked at him, "Father Ling is a talented and virtuous person, you are far worse than him!" ”

As one thing happened one after another, Emperor Lihuang felt more and more how good the former prince was.

It's a pity that the crown prince is dead.

"Deprive King Ning of the throne, demote him to a commoner, and distribute the land of Ningshui in Sizhou, and he will not be allowed to leave the land of Ningshui for the rest of his life!"

Lihuang said lightly.

Qin Jun's death was not a pity, but Emperor Lihuang still remembered the prince's goodness, and in the end he still did not kill him.

Qin Jun's face was pale, he knew that his life was a waste.

Without the throne, he is just a commoner, and he has to stay in the land of Ningshui.

The so-called land of Ningshui is actually a refined iron mine, that is, he has to dig a lifetime of mines.

Let him mine, it is better to kill him.

"Stand down!"

Emperor Lihuang waved his hand, and Gonggong Lu glanced at the two little eunuchs next to him, and the two little eunuchs immediately picked up Qin Jun and dragged him out of the study.

Then Qin Changan and Qin Changping entered the study one after another.

Punishment is inevitable.

They were punished much less lightly than Qin Jun, except that they were revoked from their official positions in the court, and they were not deprived of the imperial throne, in addition to this, they were also required to guard the tomb in the imperial tomb for ten years.

In this way, they can be regarded as leaving the court and never have the opportunity to take power again.

After Qin Changping left, Emperor Lihuang let out a long sigh.

"When people get old, their hearts are soft!"

If it had been before, he would have cut down all these disobedient people without hesitation, but now he is still reluctant.

The royal family has no family affection, and Lihuang was not a person who cared about family affection before.

It's just that the early death of the crown prince has changed a lot for his old father.

Maybe on the surface, he didn't seem to care too much about the prince's death, but in his heart, he always thought of that gentle and kind son.

I think of the ignorance of the prince when he was young, the immaturity of his youth, the maturity of middle age, and the helplessness and unwillingness after he became seriously ill.

"Fu'er!"

Suddenly, Emperor Lihuang seemed to see the crown prince Qin Changfu kneeling in front of him, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch Qin Changfu's head.

Not a seriously ill prince, but a little boy with a tiger's head.

It was only soon that Emperor Lihuang realized that this was just his own imagination.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and leaned against the soft collapse.

After a few moments, he spoke, "Let King Rui come over!" ”

……

Inside the Shengtian Temple.

Qin Wei sat on a chair and looked at the sky outside the door.

It was late autumn, the sky was high and crisp, and there were no clouds.

The pale blue sky is like a flawless jasper, which makes people feel relaxed and happy to look at it.

However, Qin Wei was not in the mood to appreciate it at this time, he was just stunned.

This farce was a result he did not expect.

Previously, his goal was to secretly modify the secret decree and obtain the throne justifiably with the lowest cost and the easiest way.

But with Qin Jun's plan, as the three princes raised troops, he could only expose himself to everyone's eyes in the end.

Right now, he has to face Emperor Li.

To be honest, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart.

Lihuang's old scheming has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

This time it may be an accident, but it may also be that Emperor Lihuang has been prepared.

On the surface, it seems that Emperor Lihuang fell for Qin Jun's move, but in fact, all this is in Emperor Lihuang's plan.

Looking back now, Qin Wei felt that this should be a test for everyone by Lihuang.

Starting from Gonggong Lu, to the cabinet, to the governor's mansion, and then to several major royal mansions.

"Master, when did Your Majesty summon you?" Qin Wei asked Yan Zhen.

Yan Zhen was slightly stunned, and then laughed.

"Your Highness is really smart."

He didn't say it explicitly, but he made it all clear.

"Qin Jun's plan, Your Majesty has known it for a long time?" Qin Wei asked again.

Yan Zhen nodded slightly, "Just to get a rough idea." ”

When Qin Wei heard this, he couldn't help but show a complicated smile.

Just to get a rough idea!

That's actually enough.

Within the Imperial City, it is basically impossible to target Emperor Li.

The sea anemone was smart, she didn't poison it, but used Anlian grass.

Lihuang may not know what An Liancao is, but he only needs to be sure of one thing, and that is that he can't die this time.

"Why?" Qin Wei asked.

Yan Zhen was silent for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty's time is running out. ”

Qin Wei was stunned for a moment, but then he understood.

Lihuang's time is running out, he doesn't have time to deal with the big things in front of him, and he doesn't have the energy to solve all the contradictions in detail little by little.

In order to prevent future troubles, he can only detonate all the contradictions in the court.

Several major palaces, many officials in the court, and millions of forbidden troops outside the city.

All the existing contradictions are detonated, and then everything is cut off by thunderbolt.

Qin Changping, Qin Changan, and Qin Jun have all been punished.

Those forbidden generals certainly don't have good fruit to eat.

The nobles and ministers in the court should be beaten and punished.

Everything is logical, everything is back to Qingming.

When Emperor Lihuang dies, he will leave a stable and clean court for the new emperor.

Qin Weimo rubbed the jade pendant in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for Emperor Li's courage and thoughtfulness.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, Your Majesty summons!" The little eunuch came to Qin Wei and bowed down and said.

Qin Wei stood up and said with a light smile: "It's finally the turn of this king!" ”

Yan Zhen next to her smiled and said nothing.

He looked at Qin Wei's back as he walked into the study, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The new emperor of the big glass!

(End of chapter)