After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Leng Yiqing went directly to the residence of the lady in the backyard. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he entered the door, he hurriedly said to his wife Su Xiangzhu, who had just stood up to greet him: "Madam, I still have to trouble you to go back to your mother's house quickly, and ask your father-in-law about a person for me-everything about this person must be done in every detail, and no details should be omitted." ”

Su Xiangzhu couldn't help but laugh and said: "As soon as the Prime Minister entered the door, he was in a hurry to urge me to go back to my parents' house, and others didn't know, and they thought that the concubine was not doing well, and she was swept out of the house by the Prime Minister!"

Leng Yiqing realized his gaffe at this time, and couldn't help but smile dumbly, helped Su Xiangzhu back to the chair and sat down, and said apologetically: "It's because the husband is too abrupt and reckless, and please don't be embarrassed by the lady!"

"Let the concubine guess, who would make the adult so impetuous?" Su Xiangzhu's beautiful eyes flowed, and then she smiled and said, "Yesterday, my father mentioned a Song Xingye to the adult, and today the adult was anxious to inquire about another person after leaving the court, presumably this person has something to do with that Song Xingye." Uh-huh, the concubine has guessed it! What the lord wants to inquire about must be the Prince Ding who is about to return to the court as recently rumored, right?"

Leng Yiqing smiled and sighed: "Madam is so smart, how can she guess wrong!"

Su Xiangzhu stood up suddenly, stretched out her jade fingers, tapped her husband's forehead, and said with a thin sneer: "I follow you, the prime minister who is full of economy and ghosts, every day, forcing the concubine to think that she is not smart!"

Leng Yiqing stepped forward to take her in his arms and said with a smile: "Didn't Mrs. back then, just because she fell in love with Leng Mou's belly, she had to marry me, who was just a small middle school scholar at the time, and as a result, my father-in-law had to agree to this family affair in all kinds of helplessness?"

Su Xiangzhu looked at her handsome and elegant husband with affection, sighed, and said: "When I married you back then, the concubine was just counting on her husband to be like her father and become a scholar in charge of the important affairs of one party. Although the concubine is glad that her husband can show her ambitions to the fullest, she can't help but worry that her husband will make too many enemies above the court, and besides, accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, and the thoughts of our emperor are even more difficult!"

Leng Yiqing smiled and comforted: "Madame is too worried! The husband seems to be responding to all calls in the court, but in fact, he has almost no real power, and it is not enough to become a disaster in the eyes of some people." Especially now that the northern border is in an emergency, and the war is rising, the situation between the DPRK and China will become more and more delicate and unpredictable, and the emperor will have to bring out me, the so-called head of the hundred officials, in order to check and balance the side of the increasingly powerful military generals. ”

"Are you referring to the Prince Ding, who once held a heavy army?"

Leng Yiqing shook his head, and suddenly said with a sense of understanding: "Now I have some suspicions, this so-called Prince Ding is actually just a pawn used by the emperor to contain me and the military." ”

Su Xiangzhu stroked Fu Fujun's slightly frowning brows, and said softly: "Your Excellency, don't worry too much, the concubine will go back and ask her father everything about this prince Ding." ”

"By the way, I also took Yu'er to meet his grandparents. Didn't you say the other day before yesterday that the second elder often talked about his grandson in front of you?"

"Yes, or the adults are thoughtful. ”

Su Xiangzhu hurriedly called people to find Leng Shiyu, the little boy who was immersed in reading in the study.

After Su Xiangzhu took his son out, Leng Yiqing sat alone in the study, thinking about everything that happened in the main hall today, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought-

Since the moment the urgent document arrived in Beijing a few days ago, the question of the choice of the commander of the Northern Army has been the biggest problem in the emperor's mind. Thinking that the emperor also knew the ability of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, he had no expectations for them for a long time, so the first people summoned by the emperor to discuss this matter were several old ministers in the past, including Su Wenqiu, the former official of the Ministry of Ministers, who had been in charge for many years.

At that time, these old ministers did propose several candidates for the head coach, but with Su Wenqiu's understanding of the emperor, only Song Xingye, whom he mentioned, was the most in line with the emperor's wishes. So, Mr. Su informed his son-in-law of this important information, the left prime minister of the dynasty, who was coldly clothed.

Because of this, Leng Yiqing was able to answer the emperor when he asked about Song Xingye today. However, at that time, he didn't want to show himself in front of the Holy Driver, because he could also guess that the emperor would of course think of the relationship between him and Su Wenqiu, and he should know why he knew so well about Song Xingye's origin.

However, after neither of the privy envoy Tang Huan nor the military secretary Zhang Guangshi could answer the emperor's question, he still took the initiative to stand up. The purpose of his move was actually to make a clear gesture - as the head of the hundred officials, he agreed with the emperor to appoint Song Xingye as the commander of the Northern Army. And the reason why such a more obscure expression is because he really understands the suspicious and suspicious character of the current emperor.

In the Xuande Palace, when the emperor asked about Song Xingye, he did not immediately come forward to answer, but left the opportunity to Tang and Zhang, because it should be the responsibility of the military to recommend candidates for the commander of the Northern Army. But in fact, it was his father-in-law Su Wenqiu who first recommended Song Xingye to the emperor, as for Prince Ding's recommendation today, that is another matter, and how to say that he is also after Su Wenqiu. In this way, although the emperor also recognized Song Xingye as the commander in his heart, he still inevitably had another kind of suspicion -- Could it be that he, the left minister, wanted to take the opportunity of recommending a candidate to be the commander of the Northern Army to meddle in military affairs, take advantage of this great power, and become a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person? Therefore, he must not be too active in supporting Song Xingye as commander, leaving the emperor with the impression that he was deliberately courting the military, or even trying to win over.

However, in the same order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, he must not express something. Since the emperor had already guessed that Su Wenqiu would reveal the recommendation of Song Xingye to his son-in-law, if he still stood there as a bystander and did not express his position when he knew the inside story, then the emperor would suspect that he had ulterior motives and did not want to worry about the monarch. As a last resort, after repeated consideration, he decided to adopt this method that was neither active nor passive to show his support for Song Xingye's attitude of being the commander.

It's just that today he used this incident to make Tang Huan and Zhang Guangshi have a big mess, but he didn't expect it, and he was secretly proud. These two important military ministers were not close to him on weekdays, especially in the northern war, and the emperor became more and more dependent on the military, so they thought that they could use this to dominate one side in the court, and they began to ignore him as a court chief assistant so quickly - all matters related to the transfer of troops and the allocation of military resources were not discussed with him, the left, and when he was asked to write a letter, he did not go through the Chinese letter at all, so he directly confronted Emperor Chen.

No matter how powerful he is, he will never allow the power in his hands to be taken away so easily! However, the emperor has to be more cautious and not let the emperor suspect that he has any intention of wielding power. Therefore, although from time to time his subordinates complained to him that the military had exceeded their authority and had an arrogant and rude attitude, he only said a few words of gentle comfort to them, and then suppressed the matter.

It's just that the reason why those courtiers were able to serve as officials in the court was that they were naturally clear-sighted, and how could they not see that the power of the left-hand minister had gradually declined, and that he had been suppressed by the military everywhere and could not bear it? With such a reversal in the situation between the DPRK and China, those short-sighted people began to turn to the side of the military, and even had the delusional idea of ruling the country by military men, but they did not know that what they had done had already touched the emperor's scales, and that nothing would end well in the end.

Only a few old and serious people can see that the emperor connived at the military at this time, on the one hand, in order to solve the danger in the north, he had to rely on these warriors temporarily, on the other hand, the emperor probably also had another thought, he wanted these reckless men who did not know the depth to get carried away and make mistakes, leaving conclusive charges, so that they could be cut off one by one in the future.

In his opinion, it was precisely because the emperor had this intention that he deliberately brought out Prince Ding, who represented the highest authority of the military, at this time. However, what he could conclude was that the person in the Xuande Hall today was definitely not the real Prince Ding! I am afraid that even the emperor did not expect that, despite such careful arrangements, he could still see the strangeness from the first time he saw this Prince Ding. However, Tang Huan and Zhang Guangshi, the two mediocre talents, must not see anything wrong, I am afraid that they are getting together at the moment and discussing how to tie up with the prince, so that he, the left minister, can completely step on the court.

But where did this supposed prince come from? Although he had deliberately concealed it, he still allowed himself to see something unusual in him. When the three of them entered the palace, Prince Ding had just finished answering the emperor's questioning, and then naturally retreated to the side, so that the three of them could come forward and kneel down to the emperor. These behaviors were all seen by him one by one, and with the content of the conversation between him and the emperor before, he guessed that this person's identity should be Prince Ding.

But when the emperor personally said that he was Prince Ding, in the face of the three important ministers of the court, although the return gift of Prince Ding was correct, it seemed a little eager, and people couldn't help but feel a little weak-hearted. Although it was just a casual small action, it still made him, a man who has always been good at observing people's hearts, a little suspicious. So, out of prudence, he looked for an opportunity to try the prince again.

When talking about Song Xingye's achievements, he deliberately said that Guan Tianbao, the general of the right-wing army of the Rong State who was killed by him, was Guan Tianhu, the left-wing general, and at the same time, he had been secretly observing from the side, and the prince of Ding, who had personally commanded the battle, had no reaction after hearing this, and did not realize the fallacies in it at all.

In this way, he can be completely sure that this Prince Ding is a fake!

Although it is a fake, it is not an ordinary fake. The calmness and calmness shown by this person is definitely not something that an ordinary person can pretend to be for a long time.

Who is he, and why did he become a stand-in for Prince Ding?

In addition, there is a more critical question - where did the real Prince Ding go?