Mingli Hall didn't call anyone to wait on him at the moment, Cen Yu put down the curtain, led Li Jianting to sit down, returned to his normal expression, and said, "I shouldn't have asked His Highness to come here because of illness, but the matter is urgent, so I have to urge His Highness to come here."
Li Jianting took his seat and said, "Teacher, but it doesn't matter."
Cen Yu felt uneasy, listening to the intermittent applause outside, and cautiously raised the bamboo curtain by the window to make sure that there was no one in front and back, and then said to Li Jianting: "Dancheng land tax case is about to be closed, involving a wide range of officials, Liang Caoshan has already started Inspecting the land tax in Trent, followed by the Hua Family in Dicheng. His Highness stayed alone in the palace, and the ministers were anxious."
The harem is a forbidden area, and foreign ministers are not allowed to enter. Li Jianting was only poisoned some time ago, and the cabinet was worried that the queen mother would jump over the wall and threaten the prince's life.
Li Jianting's snow-white cheeks were still covered with a velvet collar. She frowned slightly, and the flower between her brows moved slightly, and said, "Dancheng's field tax case has been closed, and the field has been measured. We don't have to slow down the process for me, just follow the law."
Cen Yu used to have a deep prejudice against Li Jianting, but the prince was dignified and eager to learn. Cen Yu's heart was up and down, he lifted his robe and knelt down to Li Jianting, and choked faintly when he kowtowed: "Your Highness... Really... Wronged Your Highness!"
Li Jianting got up and supported Cen Yu, saying, "Teacher, please get up quickly."
Cen Yu wiped his tears with his sleeves and said, "Your Highness will take care of your safety in the palace. If the Queen Mother dares to coerce His Highness, the ministers will definitely fight for their lives."
Li Jianting sighed: "What virtue and ability I am, I am just a teacher. Marquis Helian of Trent and the Han family of Wucheng are family friends. This is a dangerous job."
Seeing Li Jianting being so frank with him, Cen Yu thought of Han Cheng, not only feeling very sad. They are courtiers, who pretend to be loyal ministers, but let the prince be trapped in the palace, living a precarious life, and burst into tears for a while, saying: "Han Cheng holds the army of the capital... The ministers dare not act rashly, and suffer your highness. ."
"Han Cheng knows all about the government and the public, but he is narrow-minded and unwilling to tolerate others. It is the teacher who is embarrassing. The Eighth Battalion, as the capital's army, has been conservative in recent years, and has done nothing since Xi Gu'an was still in Xiande. Li Jianting said this and lowered his voice. Du Jun and the Queen Mother share weal and woe. It is really difficult for the teachers to punish Han Cheng. "
Cen Yu didn't agree that the prince could see it so clearly, so he said: "Now the commander is still in the capital, and the Qidong garrison is outside the city gate. The situation is urgent, and the ministers must remove Han Cheng as soon as possible."
Li Jianting said: "The commander accompanied the eldest lady to return to Ning, and there were only a few thousand garrison troops with him. If he really started, I was afraid that Qidong would not be able to rescue him, and the city would be dangerous."
There are 20,000 sergeants in the eight major camps. They are not only familiar with the streets and alleys of Qedu, but also control the opening and closing of the city gate. Han Cheng also has Jin Yiwei as eyeliner, so he can keep an eye on Qi Zhuyin's movements at any time. In prison that day, Qi Zhuyin confuses and deceives Han Cheng. Half a month has passed, and Han Cheng has already reacted.
Li Jianting stood up and saw Fuman still being beaten through the gap in the bamboo curtain. Her expression remained unchanged, but her eyes were quite indifferent, and her tone to Cen Yu was still gentle: "I have a plan to remove Han Cheng."
Cen Yu said immediately, "Your Highness, please speak."
"The Inner Dynasty has been like a decoration since the year of Xiande, and there is no one in the East Factory. Han Cheng is so proud of himself," Li Jianting said. "If you want to remove Han Cheng, you must have the help of an internal eunuch."
Cen Yu's color changed, and he said in horror: "Pan Dang has only been in chaos for ten years, and he has ruined the Chao Gang to this point. The old man has done his best to make the Inner Dynasty return to power. Your Highness, these eunuchs are useless!"
"That's wrong, teacher," Li Jianting turned around and said to Cen Yu, "It's the emperor's fault that the eunuchs mess up the government. The eunuchs are the servants of the emperor's family. They can use them, but they can't reuse them."
Li Jianting was taught by Xue Xiuzhuo and was very familiar with Pan Dang from Yongyi years to Xiande years. Like Kong Qiu, Cen Yu and other cabinet courtiers, she was also afraid of internal eunuchs. But being a minister and being a monarch are two different things. The forces around the authority are like surging undercurrents, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Only when they are used can they be contained.
"The Cold Food Festival is approaching, and the palace will hold a banquet for hundreds of officials as usual. At that time, Han Cheng will unload his sword and enter." Li Jianting raised his hand and pulled out the golden hairpin, "it's the right time."
As the commander of Jinyiwei, Han Cheng also leads the governors of the eight major battalions. The guards were appointed by the emperor. Now that there is no emperor in Da Zhou, Han Cheng must take off his sword and go to the banquet.
Cen Yu looked at the golden hairpin, and the fingers holding the golden hairpin were slender, especially pale because he lived in a deep courtyard for a long time. In this battle of Chu Jun's disease, she was so skinny that her wrists were covered in Jinxiu, revealing her bones.
Cen Yu lifted his robes and knelt down, sobbing on the ground: "Han Cheng has martial arts skills, what should he do if he is in danger and hurts His Highness!"
"The commander won the battle in Bian County in the spring, and Yuan Fu can give him a special seat as a reward. Han Cheng is the governor of the capital, so let him sit shoulder to shoulder with the commander." Li Jianting thought deeply about this matter, "The built-in eunuch is Yu Fuman and Fengfeng. Quan leads, as long as Han Cheng steps into the palace gate, he will have to come and go."
When Cen Yu heard this, he really learned the power of the prince!
The rivalry between Fuman and Fengquan began as early as the time of Emperor Tianchen. This time Fuman investigated the case and put Fengquan in the first place, precisely to exclude dissidents. He wants to ascend to the top of the Inner Dynasty and become the chief seal of Li Jianting after he ascends the throne. This person is good at flattery, and he has defected several times. If he is left alone, as long as the situation changes and Han Cheng takes advantage of it, he may do bad things. Li Jianting put Fengquan back to his side because Fengquan would never be in trouble with Fuman after going through this prison disaster. The two of them are jealous of each other, they will supervise each other, and even continue to compete with each other on this matter in order to win the trust of the prince.
Han Cheng's body is the military seal of the military and the waist card of Jinyiwei. As long as he dies, the Eight Great Battalions and Jinyiwei will be thrown into chaos, and Qidu will be in danger. But when Han Cheng took off his sword and went to the banquet, he would definitely leave his confidant Jin Yiwei outside the hall. The opportunity to kill him was very short.
"This matter needs to be carefully arranged by the teacher and Yuan Fu, and the rumors must not be leaked," Li Jianting said, half-bent down, and helped Cen Yu, "Success or failure depends on this.
The howling wind suddenly rolled up the bamboo curtain, and Cen Yu met Li Jianting's gaze, nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice, "I will live up to the grace of Your Highness!"
Fuman, who was beaten in the rain, was temporarily deaf in both ears, bleeding from the corners of his mouth, and was crying when he saw Cen Yu stepping out of the door, looking at him with a cold face. He said in a trance: "Slave knows what's wrong, my lord, my lord..."
Cen Yu brushed his sleeves and said, "If it weren't for His Highness's kindness, I wouldn't be able to spare you today. Forget it, let's go."
The guard immediately stepped back and stood under the eaves of the Mingli Hall.
Fu Man walked forward on his knees, kowtowed to Cen Yu repeatedly, and said, "My lord taught me that slaves will never dare again."
Li Jianting lifted the curtain and came out, seeing Fu's face full of tears and tears, he said as he lowered his sleeves, "Go, pack up, change into clean robes, and wait in front of the courtyard."
Fuman raised his arm to wipe the tears from his face, looked at Li Jianting's exposed shoes, kowtowed a few more times, and said, "The servant will obey."
When Fuman got up, he was awkwardly scooping up his wet robe, and across the heavy rain, he saw that there was no disgust on the prince's face, only a touch of pity.
* * *
Kong Qiu didn't dare to make a statement during the preparations. They all talked in private houses, and they didn't know how to gather together. When the rain stops, it falls, and in the blink of an eye, it is the Cold Food Festival.
Feng Quan was tortured in prison and has been recuperating for the past few days. Today, he ordered flowers for the prince, bowed in front of the mirror, and raised his hand to reveal the traces of torture on his wrist.
Li Jianting didn't close her eyes, she looked at Fengquan, as if scrutinizing.
Fengquan shook his hand slightly under Li Jianting's gaze, and clicked the wrong place. Li Jianting raised his finger, pinched Fengquan's wrist, and brought Huadian back to his forehead.
"What did the doctor say these days?"
Fengquan listened to the sound of the wind when the palace girls were walking around, avoiding Li Jianting's gaze, and said, "Thanks to His Highness's concern, the doctor said that there is no serious problem."
Li Jianting stood up, and the maid behind her covered her with a robe. She turned her head and looked at herself in the mirror. She always seemed to stare at herself in the mirror, as if she was looking for something.
"The details of the Siyuan Bureau, you can tell me after the banquet." Li Jianting straightened the golden hairpin on his temples, no longer looking at the phantom, but turned to the hall door.
Fengquan understood and stepped forward to support Li Jianting.
Li Jianting took a few steps and stepped on the light on the ground. She looked down at the light, and the polished floor reflected the sky outside the door, as if she was standing among the clouds. At this moment, she was strangely childish, as if nostalgic for this scene, and stood for a long time.
Outside, Fu Man bowed his head and said softly by the door, "Your Highness, the time has come."
Fengquan felt that his arms were slightly sinking, and the wind after the rain blew the golden hairpin beside Chu Jun's temple, and the butterfly twirled and hit the cloud bun lightly.
Li Jianting stepped out.
* * *
Han Cheng took the car to the front of the palace, and when he got off the car, he saw Marquis Helian. Hou Helian had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Han Cheng approaching, he hurried up to meet him, entered the palace side by side with him, and said, "Why don't you care these days? Provocation!"
Han Cheng turned a walnut in his hand and said, "Will he believe what you said to Cen Yu? He has an account from Pan Lin, and he has an estimate for the land tax in Bacheng."
"Then we have to think of a way," Helian Hou followed Han Cheng and whispered, "They want to imprison the Queen Mother, and now I can't even see the Queen Mother's face."
Han Cheng Xindao said that the Queen Mother was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it was difficult for her to protect herself. The account had already been tracked to Trent City. Seeing Kong Qiu and the others, they would not be appeased as before. He couldn't sleep all night because of this, and then he touched his growing beard and said, "I'm in a hurry too, is it useful to be in a hurry?" He glanced at the eunuch who was leading the way in front of him, and whispered to Hou Helian, "The prince has fallen ill. But it's alright, what can I do?"
"What kind of loyalty is Fuman?" Helian Hou walked fast, sweating slightly, "These eunuchs don't recognize the word loyalty. What kind of poison is Zizui? I don't believe his trick, it must be He played tricks in it and didn't dare to offend the cabinet. Why don't he go to serve the prince now? They are all very cheap."
Han Cheng saw that the place was about to arrive, and when the eunuch retired, he put the walnut back in his arms, nodded slightly to the guard, and said to Helian Hou: "After the banquet is over, go to the palace and tell me that there are many people here. , not a place for discussion."
Helianhou was so anxious that he had no choice but to respond, and followed Han Cheng's ass into the hall.