The content of the memorial is very simple. The deaths of Helan Minyue and Liang Wang Li Zhong have now been known to the court, and a force in the undercurrent of the court is vaguely pointing the finger of the murderer directly at Li Hong.
After several secret discussions, they asked Li Hong to approve their counterattack, and hoped that Li Hong would allow them to target Pei King Li Xian.
After Li Hong briefly read the memorial, he reached out and handed it to Cheetah again, and said lightly: "Burn it."
Cheetah Li Hong took the memorial from behind, took out his usual fire folder, and lit the memorial cleanly. After all the memorials were reduced to ashes and scattered among the flowers in the garden, he respectfully asked: "Your Highness, do you need to prepare a draft?" Do you want to give it to them?"
Li Hong sighed and said thoughtfully: "No need, if you get involved in the fight between the ministers, it will only become more complicated, and future events will be even harder to control."
He has always had a doubt in his heart, how did Li Xian and Li Zhong get together? These two people had not seen each other for many years. Could it be that they had established this firm trust through letters? Even sacrificing his life to gain the initiative for Li Xian
Li Zhong is not stupid. He has not weighed the pros and cons? Why did he do this? Even if Li Xian becomes the prince, won't he still be a prince? Can it still fly into the sky
In the struggle between Li Zhong and himself, there are shadows of the Jinyang Wang family and other aristocratic families in it.
Could it be that the reason why Li Zhong was willing to sacrifice himself was because he was forced by the Jinyang Wang family and others? Because it has no use anymore, the Jinyang Wang family and others need a prince with enough weight and respect to fight with them for their own status, so they choose Li Xian
If this is the case, it makes sense, but is it really Li Xian? Are you sure it's Li Xian
What Li Hong lacks most now is evidence. Bai Chun, that prodigal woman, has not given any good news these days. She doesn't know what he is up to every day!
"Your Highness, I dare you..."
"No need to say anything, no need to reply, just wait and see what happens." Li Hong frowned and said in a low tone.
Just when Li Hong thought of Bai Chun, Bai Chun was swaying and walking in the back garden of Daming Palace. The queen ordered to summon her, but she actually chose to be in the small palace of Concubine Xiao Shu. This made Bai Chun a little nervous when she arrived. Incredible.
After looking at the maids and eunuchs at the Nine Immortals Gate, as well as the queen's guard of honor, Bai Chun's worries were completely eliminated.
After Wang Lou whispered a few words, he informed Bai Chun that the Queen and Mrs. Xiao were in the courtyard and asked her to come in immediately.
Wu Mei and Xiao Shufei were still sitting under the grape trellis. When Bai Chun came in, he saw the two beauties smiling like flowers at first sight. If it weren't for the history between the two many years ago, it would be hard to believe that what they saw in front of them was The two are the current Empress of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Xiao Shu, who fought with her in the harem to the death.
Wu Mei wears a Confucian-sleeved shirt and skirt, which sets off her tall and plump figure. Coupled with the weather and polish of the years, the style and beauty of a mature woman are undoubtedly revealed. The graceful and heroic demeanor on her body, the delicate cheeks as white as jade, and the piercing bright phoenix eyes completely interpret the beauty and charm that a woman dreams of possessing in her life to the extreme.
Even Bai Chun, who was also a woman, couldn't help but want to take a few more glances when facing the queen. This queen could control all kinds of beauty with complete ease.
Although Concubine Xiao Shu on the side is wearing a navy blue Taoist robe, and her hair is also simply tied up with a wooden hairpin, her deep eyes that are spotless and can see through the world of mortals, and her face that is as white and beautiful as jade, add to it. The well-fitting Taoist robe she wore perfectly outlined the curves of Xiao Shufei's figure. She should be thinner and convexer.
The two of them were sitting quietly under the grape trellis. They were two completely different and beautiful women, each with their own merits. If any mature man were in front of these two women, he would have been attracted by their charm and would have stood aside.
"Bai Chun has met the queen, met... Sister Xiao." Bai Chun was stunned for a moment, but fortunately he reacted quickly. Facing this former concubine who had always been a commoner, she almost couldn't find a suitable title.
Wu Mei sat there motionless, her dignity as a queen was perfectly controlled by her, and she just smiled and nodded at Bai Chun, which was regarded as a greeting.
Concubine Xiao Shu stood up and saluted Bai Chun. When Li Hong came over, he would occasionally bring Bai Chun over. Therefore, the person in front of her had an indifferent expression, a calm demeanor, and a tall figure paired with a white dress, which always gave people a sense of calmness. , a woman who does not eat the fireworks of the world is not a stranger.
"Did your master tell you anything before he left?" Wu Mei asked with a faint smile still on her face.
After Bai Chun heard Wu Mei's question, he looked at Concubine Xiao Shu hesitantly, wondering if he should tell it in front of Concubine Xiao Shu.
"Tell me, there are no outsiders here, you are not familiar with her, and you know the relationship between Li Hong and her, right?" Wu Mei glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu, and Concubine Xiao Shu also smiled and looked at Wu Mei , the two women's eyes intertwined. Although there were no sparks, they could still vaguely feel a natural hostility.
After listening to Wu Mei's words, Bai Chun felt much more relaxed and said respectfully: "Going back to the Queen, before His Highness left, he just told the other ministers in the East Palace to abide by their duties and ignore the rumors from the outside world, saying that those who are clean will be clean themselves."
Wu Mei smiled half-heartedly and glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu again: "What about you? I didn't tell you anything?"
"There are some, checking the account transactions between Taiyi City and King Liang over the years, including some horizontal account transactions between King Liang and other places, but we haven't found anything yet." Bai Chun's face remained the same, that was all. But it seems that there are experts doing the accounting for them, and up to now, I haven't found any clues.
Concubine Xiao Shu had been quietly listening to the exchange between Bai Chun and Wu Mei. She had not said a word from beginning to end. It was not until the two fell into a short silence that Concubine Xiao Shu said lightly: "You might as well start with the canal transportation investigation. , if you can’t find it in the north, it’s better to try the south. The imperial court has always valued the scholars from Jiangnan. After the fall of Jin, most of the clans moved to the south. Until the Sui Dynasty and even the Tang Dynasty unified the world, these people who originally fled The clans that have gone to the south have already laid down their roots and spread their branches in the south. In recent years, due to the blessings from Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, as well as the stability of the Tang Dynasty, many southern scholars have begun to run to the south. Here, but...I'm afraid they haven't relaxed over there either, right?"
Wu Mei frowned when she heard this, but she couldn't help but admire in her heart that Mrs. Xiao could still maintain such a keen sense of touch in the cold palace. She seemed to be as smart as herself.
And what’s more to the point is that starting from the water transportation investigation, we have to investigate the Ministry of Industry. Who is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry? Fang Xianzhong, who is Fang Xianzhong? That was the Fang family where she intended to marry Princess Li Xian.
No matter what, it is definitely a good breakthrough point to investigate from here. Even if it is not found out that Li Xian was involved in killing Li Zhong and framed Li Hong, at least it can be found out that Li Xian has embezzled money over the years. How much money from the Ministry of Industry.
In the years since Li Hong was away from Chang'an, Li Xian himself had been vaguely rumored to be slanderous and would be established as the crown prince. And because of Li Hong's absence, there was one less person to suppress him. On the surface, the current Prince Pei's Mansion looked completely It is inconspicuous, but the level of architecture and decoration is definitely no less than that of the East Palace.
Even more of the garden buildings, Li Xian copied many styles from the south. The original explanation was that because of the limited area of the palace, in order to make the palace as luxurious, exquisite and perfect as possible, he used a lot of resources. A large number of Jiangnan craftsmen.
Although all of this was done openly, it was all with His Majesty's approval, because his annotations on the "Book of Han" were praised and rewarded by Li Zhi, and compared with Li Hong, Li Xian He had to perform much better in terms of etiquette, style, etc. At that time, he was naturally favored by Li Zhi, so the palace was built in violation of regulations, and no one took it seriously.
But now, because of the dirty water on Li Hong's body, regardless of whether it was Li Xian's fault or not, if Li Hong wants to keep His Highness the Crown Prince's position as the Lord of the East Palace, he must be prepared for both things.
Regardless of whether Li Zhong's death was designed by Li Xian, whether it was to smear Li Hong, or whether he intended to compete for the crown prince's position, Li Xian must be dragged into the water. In this way, it can be caused in front of the ministers, the emperor, and the empress. A situation of the lesser of two evils.
In this way, it will be able to buy Li Hong more time and opportunities to keep his position as prince while suppressing other people who have strategies to compete for the position of prince.
But no matter what, Li Xian is unavoidable and will be implicated because of the dirty water on Li Hong's body.
Although Wu Mei and Xiao Shufei had slightly different ideas, their basic strategies were the same, which was to put the ministers and Your Majesty into a situation where neither party could make a choice.
"Yes, thank you sister Xiao. I will go back and make arrangements now, and try my best to avoid being noticed." Bai Chun saluted sincerely.
"Not only that, please remember to tell the people under Li Hong's sect not to act rashly and not to lose a big thing for a small thing. If you ask, just say that I asked you to pass the message, and take this." Yu pinched a piece of phoenix pendant with her slender fingers and said lightly.
"Yes, please remember that I thanked the queen." Bai Chun saluted Wu Mei again.
Wu Mei and Xiao Shufei both looked at Bai Chun's back as he left. Wu Mei still had a faint smile on her face, but Xiao Shufei's expression became a little cold: "I don't know what the queen has to say. ?”
Wu Mei straightened up and stretched lazily, and suddenly the plump and elastic curves of her upper body were completely revealed: "That's all for now. By the way, you have been in the palace these years, and it seems that there are many people in the Lanling Xiao family. You have it all under your control, let them be smart so they don’t end up in the wrong team when the time comes.”
Concubine Xiao Shu also sighed: "The queen is really wise and powerful. It seems that nothing can escape your eyes and ears. I will do whatever I can. But..."
"But you really want to know, both Li Hong and Li Xian were born in this palace. Why are they doing their best to help Li Hong clear the suspicion at this moment, even dragging Li Xian into the water?" Wu Mei said for Xiao Shufei. Questions in mind.
(End of chapter)