When Li Hong walked out of the study and came to the door, he saw Xia Zhi looking around. Li Xian saluted impatiently: "Hey, rare visitor, what kind of wind brought Lao Liu here? This guy thought you were coming out of the palace. I went back to your house directly, I didn’t expect... "
"I'm not here to chat with you, and don't do that either. Act like I'm willing to come. Find a place where I want to talk to you." Li Xian's face was cold, and he didn't know what to say today. How could she be discovered by Li Lingyue, and later forced by Li Lingyue to recite the tongue twisters Li Hong taught her? At that time, Li Xian even thought of eating Li Hongsheng!
"What's wrong with you? Are you so angry? Li Lingyue is not angry at all, why are you angry? You feel sorry for a child..."
"Lao Wu, don't you know why I'm here? How about I... leave." Just as Li Xian was about to turn around, Li Hong grabbed his shoulders and walked straight to the study.
"Why are you still the same as when you were a child? You, I can't even joke with you?" Li Hong pressed Li Xian's stiff body on the sofa in the study, and sat down next to him, while the man who was originally in the study Xiaoxue has long since disappeared.
After Xia Zhi brought cakes and other things to the study again, he quietly closed the door of the study and left. The second wave of guests in the study began to be received by Li Hong.
"Okay, there's no one here now, tell me what you think." Li Hong picked up a grape and threw it into his mouth. If he wanted to eat grapes in winter, at this time, he could do it in the homes of ordinary people who were affluent. seen.
Li Xian looked at Li Hong's angry face and said coldly: "I can ignore Pei Yan, but besides Wang Bo, I want you to ensure that Fang Xianzhong is safe in the court tomorrow."
"That's impossible!" Li Hong refused.
"Why?" Li Xian was a little surprised. In his opinion, giving up his support for Pei Yan was already a huge concession. Giving up supporting Pei Yan in exchange for the safety of Wang Bo and Fang Xianzhong is not too much!
Li Xian gave up supporting Pei Yan and became the right servant, but he did it as a last resort after weighing the pros and cons. Now that the situation is over, Fang Xianzhong will no longer be able to win the position of right servant. He will not be able to make up for the shortfall in the Ministry of Works. It will be impossible for him to keep the position of Minister of the Ministry of Works tomorrow!
Li Xian wants to keep Fang Xianzhong's position as Minister of Industry, and Li Xian is simply having a whim!
I brought Pei Xingjian all the way back from Tubo without making any noise, wasn't it just to shoot this position for my right servant? It’s not that he, Li Xian, must support him. He, Li Xian, doesn’t have that much energy to influence the court situation. He made a deal with him, but he just hopes to have a smooth transition tomorrow. He doesn’t want to be above the third rank in the court or below, from the fifth surname. Officials from the seven families disrupted the court, making the father and mother resent their changes to the court.
"You know better than me what dangers Fang Xianzhong faces..."
"Then you put him in the pit? If you didn't let him rebuild Prince Wu's Mansion, how could anything happen to him?" Li Xian frowned and snorted.
"He seeks political power in his position, but not for personal gain! Why did the Ministry of Works suffer a deficit? Do you think I didn't let Fang Xianzhong rebuild Prince Wu's Mansion, and he had nothing to do with the Ministry of Works losing money? You put Dali Temple, Imperial Palace, etc. Where is Shitai? That is beyond the control of my minister." Li Hong frowned as he looked at Li Xian, but his heart moved slightly. Li Xian had already discussed with Fang Xianzhong how to get out. Is there a way
"But if you don't pursue the case, what can Dali Temple and Yushitai do to Fang Xianzhong? The Ministry of Industry is under your jurisdiction, shouldn't you turn to your subordinates? As long as you come forward, no matter whether it is Di Renjie of Dali Temple or the Yushitai Li Qiao from Shitai will give you three cents of noodles, right?" Li Xian also looked directly at Li Hong. After being beaten by Li Hong once, he realized that Li Hong was not that scary. Of course, this was referring to There is no angry Li Hong.
Li Hong gently stroked the beard around his lips with his fingers. Is it time for him to grow a beard? It’s better to wait a few years before growing a beard, after all, I just started grooming my beard every day.
"Then you know, if Fang Xianzhong is not allowed to rebuild Prince Wu's Mansion, then... you, Li Xian, will be involved in the burning of Prince Wu's Mansion."
"Why do you say that?" Li Xian's brows knitted together again, and he realized that he seemed to have been deceived! I was deceived by this big liar!
Li Hong was a little embarrassed and scratched his head in embarrassment, and murmured: "Well... actually... on the second day after the fire, I reported the fire to my father and mother..."
"You... didn't you make the decision when you came to my house?" Li Xian stood up from the sofa and looked at Li Hong condescendingly and asked.
"Don't get excited, sit down, I will follow you..."
"It won't affect you even if I'm standing! What's going on!" Li Xian shook his head, but he was still fooled. This old fox had already calculated his every move, and he expected that he would definitely agree to let him leave. Pei Yan's.
Why do you want to help yourself solve the problem of burning Prince Wu's Mansion? This... This is just to paralyze yourself and Fang Xianzhong, so that he can drag Fang Xianzhong into the pit easily without giving him any time to make amends!
Li Xian was even more shocked when he thought of this! Yes, the Royal Bank is also controlled by Li Hong. Didn't he already control the money that Fang Xianzhong secretly embezzled for himself? Otherwise, why would Fang Xianzhong come to him and cry like a tearful person when he was rebuilding Prince Wu's Mansion? He said that this was the prince and he was forcing him to die!
He also told him that he could use his own personal money to make up for the deficit in the household department first. In this way, as long as the rebuilding of Prince Wu's Mansion was covered up first, then everything would be easy to talk about in the future. But now, obviously... Li Hong had already thought of it. And do everything in advance of their ideas! Don't give them a chance!
Li Hong glanced helplessly at Li Xian, who was angry and questioning him, slumped on the sofa, and said feebly: "Do you still remember the homing pigeon you released when you were in Changmingfang?"
"Remember, he was caught by a big bird."
"That big bird is mine." Li Hong rubbed his cheeks with both hands and said helplessly: "I named it Xiaoqing. He was the one who captured the homing pigeon."
"Then!" Li Xian didn't understand what a big bird had to do with him being involved in burning Prince Wu's Mansion.
But no matter why Li Hong mentioned this, it couldn't stop his face from turning extremely ugly! Even the damn bird belongs to him, Li Hong, so... what else is impossible!
"It...it flew directly back to Luoyang."
"Luoyang!" Li Xian jumped up like a spring under his feet. Flying to Luoyang meant that the secret letter was probably seen by his father and mother!
"That's right, because it was given to me by the Governor of Songmo Governor's Mansion when we were in Liaodong. Later, when we were in Liaodong, Xiaoqing followed his father. I guess he was out of his mind that day and didn't fly to Hechangfang. He actually ran straight to Luoyang," Li Hong said, looking at Li Xian whose face turned ugly and pale.
"Then what did you write to my father? What did you say?"
"Of course it was said that the fire was caused by the dry weather. As for the letter from the homing pigeon in Xiao Qing's paw, I first thought about it to frame you. Later, my father believed the latter."
"That is to say, my father chose to believe in Tiangan Wuzao instead of the secret letter. Therefore, when my father was alone with me in the palace today, he did not mention the burning of Prince Wu's Mansion." Li Xian peeled off the cocoon. said.
"Yes, you can say that, but I don't know what the content of your letter is. I just guessed the content of your letter and wrote a second letter to my father."
Li Xian understood. He completely understood at this moment. In the final analysis, Fang Xianzhong was just his scapegoat, the scapegoat who burned Prince Wu's mansion.
As for whether the father-in-law believed Li Hong's words, it was no longer important that the fire in Prince Wu's Mansion was caused by dry weather. The important thing is that one person needs to be responsible for the reconstruction and fire disaster of Prince Wu's Mansion, either Li Xian or Fang Xianzhong, but his father and Li Hong chose Fang Xianzhong and spared themselves.
But if he wants to ask Li Hong to retain the post of Minister of Industry of Fang Xianzhong, he will have to take the blame for burning the Wu Prince's Mansion!
All of this, especially Li Hong who helped him solve the problem of burning Prince Wu's Mansion!
It was obvious that Li Hong had used Fang Xianzhong, himself, and his father to push the focus of all conflicts onto the three of them. He had gained a reputation as a good old man, and then looked at him and Fang Xianzhong. Zhong and Father make a choice!
Moreover, Li Hong not only refused to help in the end, but also pushed Fang Xianzhong behind his back, thus putting Fang Xianzhong into a desperate situation. No one could help him, no one could save him, let alone save him. The post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Looking at Li Xian's uncertain face, Li Hong said with relief: "Actually, you can tell Fang Xianzhong that he doesn't need to worry too much. As long as he voluntarily resigns from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he can still be saved. Of course, At the court tomorrow, if he can do me a favor, and with his current marriage relationship with the royal family, I think my father will not embarrass him for this, right? He will probably be demoted to the third level at most? That’s it.”
Li Xian's mouth moved. After a while, he looked at Li Hong and asked helplessly: "What do you want him to do? Did you also plot Fang Muqing?"
"No, absolutely not. It will not harm my wife, children, and widowed mother. I can still do this for you, my brother."
"Humph, only a ghost will believe you! Tell me, what exactly do you want him to do?" He no longer knows whether the words Li Hong said are true or not.
"Simple, testify against Pei Yan!"
"What are you testifying against?"
"Accused that Pei Yan embezzled money from the Mo Ministry of Industry."
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry, You Pushe of Shangshu, Ling of Zhongshu Province, Lao Wu, don't you have too much appetite? Do you want to control all three important positions in your hands tomorrow!"
"All this belongs to me. You'd better think of a way to contact Fang Xianzhong quickly. Don't let him mess around."
"How did you know he was... Huh!" Li Xian rushed out without looking back.
Li Hong's guess was correct. Fang Xianzhong was indeed a publicist. At this moment, he was standing at the door of the residence of Di Renjie, the minister of Dali Temple, but Di Renjie was not in the residence. He said he had gone to the palace.
(End of chapter)