Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4103 Forcing the Palace
Li Ji greeted him in front of the door, Li Zhi strode in, and hastily bowed to salute: "I have never greeted you from afar, Your Highness forgives me."

"Hey! Why is the Duke of England doing this? This king came here uninvited. He is a bad guest. I hope you don't take offense..." Li Zhi had a bright smile on his face, and he stepped forward to stop Li Ji from being rude. .

Throughout the ages, all successful politicians probably have this kind of temperament that makes people approachable. This is a talent, and it cannot be forced...

Li Ji wanted to ask the soldiers to serve tea, but Li Zhi waved his hand to stop him, and said with a smile, "Don't bother me, I will chat with the Duke of England for a while, and then I will leave."

Li Ji knew it well, so naturally he didn't insist anymore, and asked Li Zhi to sit on the floor by the coffee table in front of the window.

The rain is gurgling outside the window, and the night breeze is cool.

Li Zhi didn't talk too much, the way of roundabout greetings was useless in front of people like Li Ji, and would arouse the opponent's resentment, so he got straight to the point, and said bluntly: "What do you think about the ownership of the reserve?"

Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he hadn't expected Li Zhi to be so direct, he pondered for a while, and said, "Your Majesty's dictatorship is his own, and those who are ministers should only follow His Majesty's orders, how dare you risk your own life?" His foolish opinion confuses His Majesty's Sacred Heart? I dare not answer His Majesty's question."

Li Zhi persevered: "My lord, you are the confidant of the royal father, and you have always regarded him as a humerus. Naturally, you understand the royal father's intentions for the throne. No matter whether there are edicts or not, you have already wanted the king to succeed the throne... But I don't know if you agree? "

He didn't ask Li Ji whether he agreed with him succeeding the crown prince and becoming the emperor in the future, but he played a trick and asked whether Li Ji admitted that his father wanted him to succeed the crown prince as the crown prince.

Li Ji avoided answering, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the supreme being in the world, and our servants will only act according to the holy will."

These words seem to be useless, but in fact they tell Li Zhi clearly: if there is a will, the will shall prevail, if there is no will, the prince will be canonized by the golden canon, and no one can surpass him.

Li Zhi was not reconciled, and asked: "If the emperor's will is against Zong's inheritance, what should the Duke do?"

Sacred Heart?The Sacred Heart wants me to be the crown prince, who in the court and the opposition do not know?If there is no will to depose the crown prince and enshrine yourself, will you still act according to your father's will?

Li Ji was silent for a while, and then said softly: "How does Your Highness know that there is no will left behind? There may indeed be a will."

Any emperor ascended the throne, no matter whether the process was justified or not, he always found a rhetoric to appease the world and whitewash himself.

If the crown prince ascends the throne, it is natural that the canonization of the golden canon has not been deposed before, and it is logical to inherit the throne after His Majesty's funeral.

If other princes ascend the throne, there will inevitably be such a will left by His Majesty to make known to the world to show orthodoxy...

As for authenticity, who cares?
All the authenticity will eventually be hidden behind the heavy dust of history, and it will be difficult to see the truth...

Li Zhi looked at Li Ji and was silent.

Li Ji picked up his teacup and took a sip.

It is simply that there is no such thing as "serving tea to see off guests" these days...

From the moment he entered the door, Li Zhi had almost no reservations in his words, trying to win Li Jizhi's support. After all, once Li Ji stood on the prince's side, he would have no chance. The current situation is turbulent. Words can only move forward, not backward.

Li Ji himself is sharp in speech, cloudy and foggy, and seems to give Li Zhi some hints, but after careful consideration, it seems that there is no half-right sentence...

Li Zhi had a headache, but he also knew that he couldn't continue the deep talk, so he suddenly smiled, stood up and bowed to the ground, and said softly: "Thank you, Duke Ying, for explaining my king's doubts. I have no place to admire, and I will never forget it in this life."

Li Ji got up to return the salute, and said slowly: "This is the duty of a minister, I dare not take His Highness's words."

After the ceremony, the two looked at each other, and Li Zhi left.

Li Ji sent him to the door, and watched the figure gradually disappear in the rain, then turned back, picked up the teacup and drank the remaining tea, then sat quietly, thinking carefully about the intention of Li Zhi's sudden visit to the door and the possibility The impact caused by...

After a long time, I just stood up, put out the lamps and candles, stood in front of the window with my hands behind my back and looked at the fine raindrops like silk and threads in the lights outside the window, with a deep expression on my face.

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In the side hall on the other side, Li Chengqian was dressed in normal clothes and was not sleepy. He was sitting and drinking tea with Fang Jun. Outside the door, there was a notice from the servant, saying that it was Yu Zhining and Lu Deming who asked to see him.

These two entered the palace together with Li Chengqian, but they were banned by Li Xiaogong here, not allowed to leave the palace...

Li Chengqian looked at Fang Jun, wondering: "These two masters have tried their best to teach Gu for many years. Even if they are somewhat selfish, it is human nature. Erlang doesn't need to worry about Gu being instigated by them, but he still needs to look at Gu's face. It’s not hard to be good for the two of them.”

One side is his master, and the other side is his humerus minister. In case of conflict, he will be caught in the middle.

Both Yu and Lu are well-known Confucian scholars, well-known all over the world, and they are usually proud and arrogant. Besides, this place is the imperial palace, so they might think that Fang Jun is jealous and aggressive.But he knew Fang Jun's temperament, and he dared to beat Zhou Daowu in the palace, how could he put Yu and Lu in his eyes?

If you really get angry, maybe it will be a good meal...

Fang Jun was speechless: "Your Highness has misunderstood, I have always respected the old and loved the young, even if the two masters speak disrespectfully, how can I have the same knowledge as them?"

"Oh!" Li Chengqian laughed: "It's better not to let Mr. Ji Xin hear this..."

"Ji Xin" is the name of Linghu Defen, who was forced to bump into a pillar by Fang Jun and Wu Meiniang and pretend to be dizzy before escaping...

Not long after, Yu and Lu came hand in hand, and when they saw that Fang Jun was present in the sky, their faces turned ugly.

This shows how much His Highness the Crown Prince attaches great importance to Fang Jun, and how harmonious their relationship is...

When the two were seated, Li Chengqian motioned to invite them to drink tea, and asked with a smile: "The two teachers came hand in hand, what can I teach you?"

Yu Zhining picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, then put the teacup down, leaned forward slightly, and said with burning eyes, "Your Highness, a god-given opportunity!"

Li Chengqian was slightly stunned: "What do you mean by this teacher?"

Yu Zhining was a little excited, his face flushed slightly: "Dare to ask, how likely is Your Highness that His Majesty will recover?"

Fang Jun glanced at Yu Zhining, drank his tea slowly, and ignored him.

Li Chengqian was a little astonished, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Father is the emperor of ninety-five years, and he is auspicious and celestial, so there is no danger."

These words are just nice to hear, but everyone knows that His Majesty Li Er will definitely be in danger this time...

Yu Zhining didn't point it out, after all, the prince's filial piety comes first, so how can he speak ill of his father?Then he nodded and said directly: "Your Majesty's fainting this time is too sudden compared to the previous one. Presumably there is no will left in advance... There is no will, it is completely different."

Li Chengqian was silent for a moment.

This truth is naturally obvious, not only he understands it, but King Jin also understands it... But Yu Zhining came here in the middle of the night just to remind himself?
Lu Deming saw that Yu Zhining didn't bring up the point, couldn't bear it, and said: "If it is true that there is no edict, then Your Highness will still be the legitimate heir of the empire. We only need to cut off those ambitious people, help the court, and clean up the world. Create a foundation that will be passed on forever!"

Fang Jun sneered, these two are really persevering, never letting go of any chance to encourage the prince...

Yu Zhining also said: "The king of Jin is bound to win the reserve position. If His Majesty is still there, or if there is a will left, the reserve position must belong to the King of Jin. If His Highness loses the reserve position, it is rare to end well... But now His Majesty is fainting, And there is no legacy edict, Your Highness should take this good opportunity to take over the power, and only wait for the emperor to ascend to the throne in the future, so that he can live up to our support!"

As for whether there is a will or not... what is the importance?

If you win, you will be king, and if you lose, you will be a bandit. As long as you can suddenly launch a surprise attack to completely cut off the line of King Jin and help the crown prince ascend the throne as emperor, who cares about the edict when the overall situation is already settled?

In the same way, if King Jin takes the lead in mobilizing and eventually wins the battle for the crown prince and sits on the throne, even if there is no exhaustive edict to enshrine him as the crown prince, so what?

The boat is done, the general trend is done, who dares to say anything about the righteousness?
After saying that, Yu Zhining stood up and bowed to the ground: "Your Highness, please make a quick decision!"

Lu Deming followed closely behind, and also stood up to salute: "The first to attack is the strong, and the second to attack will suffer. When you stop, you will suffer from chaos!"

Both of them saluted together, obviously they wanted to force the palace.

The situation has developed to this point, it can be said that the front line of life and death, whoever starts first will occupy the upper hand, and the chance of winning is slightly higher.If you delay in taking action and hesitate to realize that the opportunity is lost, you will be too late to regret.

But the prince was bewitched by Fang Jun, and he didn't want to bear the infamy of "killing brothers", so he missed the opportunity again and again, which was absolutely unacceptable to the two of them.

Because they couldn't bear the consequences of the collapse of the Eastern Palace and the loss of power for the crown prince, it would completely sink the two families, and it would be difficult for them to re-enter the center within decades, and they would even fall into the mundane world from then on, unable to recover...

(End of this chapter)