People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1443: Was the Prince deceived by His Majesty?
The bright firelight came into view, and Li Xian, who was deep in thought, subconsciously ignored the silence around him.

At this moment, countless voices from all around sounded at the same time: "Your Highness."

Li Xian came to his senses instantly, looked up, and suddenly found that he had arrived outside Chengtian Gate.

Above their heads were countless golden-armored soldiers holding cold spears, and across from them were dozens of courtiers who had already approached and stood outside the palace gate, with solemn and concerned eyes.

Li Xian raised his eyes, and sure enough, in the distance, people from various ministries and departments in the imperial city were quietly snooping.

Li Xian immediately understood what these people were thinking, and his face darkened in an instant.

Although the emperor had not seen many foreign ministers since August, he had seen them a few times.

Especially at the end of October and the beginning of November, the emperor personally climbed Mount Song.

Although I haven't seen any foreign ministers since this month, it doesn't make people suspicious.

Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. What were they suspicious of?
Suspecting that something happened to her father, she was unable to move, and her mother isolated herself from the inside and outside, and even kept her mourning secret.

Li Xian walked up to Li Dan. Looking at his brother whom he had not seen for a year, Li Xian sighed and said: "Silang will go to the East Palace with brother Wei later. After dinner, he and brother Wei will go to see Taiping. She I’m going to give birth this month.”

But now that Li Xuan has come to Luoyang, although people are worried about the emperor's health, many actions have begun to be restrained.

The emperor liked to use Prince Peng's sword secretly. If anyone accidentally bumped into it, he wouldn't know how he died.

These people... Li Xian's face turned cold when he thought of this.

But the most important thing is how bad the emperor's health is.

Li Xian looked at the others and said, "Let's all go back and rest. Starting tomorrow, those who should be on duty will be on duty, and those who should take a break will take a rest."

Everyone looked at each other, but then they relaxed and laughed.

No one is stupid. If you guess wrong about this kind of thing, it will be very fatal.

"Here!" Li Xuan bowed seriously, looking solemn.

"Yes!" Li Dan bowed slightly, but couldn't help but look up at Li Xian and said worriedly: "Then Father..."

Li Dan is different from others. As a son, he wants to see his father but cannot, and there are countless rumors inside and outside. It is strange that he can feel at ease.

Looking at Li Dan with a concerned look on his face, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh.

Not far away, Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang, Su Liangsi and others were waiting respectfully, and beside them stood the Prime Minister Li Dan.

Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang and others left the palace after handing over to each other.

"Everyone, it's getting late. You should go back to your home and have a rest. The day after tomorrow, please be careful when the emperor asks your father about the affairs of the government in detail. If there is anyone who is not good, don't blame me and directly impeach and remove you." Li Xian said directly. He flicked his sleeves and walked towards the East Palace on the left.

The emperor's poor health cannot be concealed no matter how hard he tries.

Li Dan's eyes also fell on Li Xuan. He didn't know what Li Xian wanted to discuss with Li Xuan.

I don't know how many people's eyes were staring at the group in the East Palace. It wasn't until Li Xuan and others left the palace and returned to Sigongfang that these doubtful eyes slowly withdrew.

"I obey." Li Xuan and others all bowed and ordered.

Li Xian continued to walk towards the East Palace. Su Liangsi and Wei Ji immediately took the East Palace guards to escort Li Xian back to the East Palace.

"My father is in good health, but he is not easily exposed to the cold wind. He has been suffering from old problems for many years. It is not a serious problem. I will see my father in court the day after tomorrow." Li Xian glanced at Li Dan and then looked at Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, please come to the East Palace tomorrow. I have something to ask."

Judging from the way the prince came out of the emperor, it can be seen that although the emperor is not in good health, he is not critically ill.

It was not even close to being critically ill. Looking at the prince's expression, one could tell that the prince was not worried about the emperor's health.

You know, once the emperor dies, the prince is the first choice to take the throne.

However, even so, there will be surprises.

Therefore, once the emperor's health is really bad, the one who will really keep a close eye on him must be the prince.

But now it seems that the prince does not have that intention.

Of course, some people will inevitably wonder, has the Prince been deceived by His Majesty?
But then I thought about it, if Your Majesty still has the strength to deceive the prince, then it means that the emperor's health is not that bad.

At least there was no need to think about it before Feng Chan.

As for the emperor's health getting better and better in spring and summer after being granted Zen status, this is also known to all.

Of course, first the emperor's body had to pass the test of Feng Chan.

This level is a laborious task.

From the foot of Songshan Mountain to the top of Songshan Mountain, even the emperor was the same.

Inadvertently, everyone's attention has been focused on Feng Chan.

……

Sigongfang, Jade Dragon Garden,
Li Xuan got off the horse and stood outside the door of the Lecheng County Government House.

Liu Jinyu, Pei Shitong, Xia'er, Zhao'er, Ming'er and Chang'er were all waiting for Li Xuan outside the Lecheng County Government House.

Also waiting are the two brothers Liu Yuanshen and Liu Yuanlang.

Just as Li Xuan stood firm, Xia'er rushed over with great joy: "Aye!"

"Good girl!" Li Xuan quickly reached out and hugged Xia'er.

He pressed it against her little face, and while she giggled with a prickly beard, Li Xuan's eyes also focused on her eyes carefully.

Xia'er smiled with her eyes wide open, her eyes were clear, and her eyes were excited, not cloudy, she just hugged Li Xuan's neck and wouldn't let go. Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered his head and looked at Zhao'er, Ming'er and Chang'er.

Zhaoer seems quite stable, after all, Li Zhaode teaches literacy and reading.

Ming'er seems a little out of touch.

Chang'er is a somewhat delicate child.

Li Xuan touched their foreheads one by one, then walked to Liu Jinyu with Xia'er in her arms, and said softly: "Sanniang."

"Lang Jun." Liu Jinyu pursed her lips gently, her eyes filled with suppressed excitement.

Li Xuan smiled slightly, patted her arm, and then turned to look at Pei Shitong.

"Husband!" Pei Shitong bowed slightly to Li Xuan, her expression was relatively calm.

Just between the eyes of Li Xuan and Li Xuan, I don't know how many messages were conveyed.

Li Xuan nodded gently, then walked to Liu Yuanshen and Liu Yuanlang with Xia'er in her arms, bowed seriously and said, "Uncle, father-in-law."

Liu Yuanshen is now the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, and Liu Yuanlang is the doctor of the Ministry of Industry.

The two brothers were also in tandem in their official careers.

"Prince Peng." Liu Yuanshen bowed slightly, while Liu Yuanlang smiled and took Li Xuan's arm and said, "Xianxiang, come in quickly, Aye is still waiting in the backyard."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded, and then followed Liu Yuanshen and Liu Yuanlang into the Lecheng County Government Office.

Liu Jinyu and Pei Shitong also entered the mansion with their four children.
They have been in Luoyang for a month and only met Liu Rengui and his family today.

Even so, the other Liu Yuanqi and Liu Yuanqing also stayed in Chang'an.

The only ones who came to Luoyang were Liu Rengui, Liu Yuanshen, and Liu Yuanlang.

Li Xuan's Yulong Garden was right next to the Lecheng County Government Office, so when Li Xuan returned to Luoyang Villa, she came to Liu Rengui first without entering her own house.

……

In the study, Liu Rengui looked past Li Xuan, watched Liu Jinyu turn around and leave, and then carefully closed the door.

"Thankfully everyone is paying attention to the prince today. Otherwise, if you don't leave my place today, I'm afraid you will be impeached." Liu Rengui muttered slightly.

Li Xuan smiled softly and whispered: "Sanniang has not seen Yue Weng for a month, and my grandson accompanied Sanniang to visit Yue Weng. Even the strictest censor can't say anything."

"That's because I have resigned from the post of Minister Zuopushe, otherwise it would not be so easy." Liu Rengui rolled his eyes at Li Xuan angrily.

The exchanges between high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China need to be particularly cautious, otherwise it is easy to send wrong signals to others.

When Liu Rengui was appointed as Shangshu Zuopushe, even Li Xuan in Chang'an would not come easily, but now...

"Yue Weng is the prince's tutor, and the grandson-in-law is the prince's guest. We have something planned, and it is a legitimate matter for the East Palace." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with awe, and then said: "So the grandson-in-law also wants to take the opportunity to take a look. Is there someone behind the scenes?"

"I have an audience with the Queen today, but something happened?" Liu Rengui immediately heard the underlying meaning of Li Xuan's words.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said calmly: "Someone impeached Sun Xun for eight deadly sins. The Queen let Sun Xin read the memorial, but she concealed who wrote it."

"Impeach you for the eight deadly sins?" Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "Did you do anything wrong? No, with your temperament, even if you did something wrong, how could you be caught? "

"So, it's all unwarranted." Li Xuan sighed softly, lowered his head and said, "Although the grandson-in-law is a guest of the prince and has affairs with Yue Weng, Prime Minister Xue and Yao Zhan, some people think that the grandson-in-law has too much influence on the prince. He wanted to provoke dissatisfaction among the Queen of Heaven and dismiss his son-in-law from office. "

Liu Rengui paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Everything you do is approved by His Majesty. If you punish someone for nothing, both the government and the public will be dissatisfied."

"It would be fine if it was just about being dismissed from office. My son-in-law doesn't care about that much. I'm just afraid that others will follow him with a killer weapon. If something goes wrong, his life will be lost, so why do he care about nothing." Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You want to fight back?" Liu Rengui frowned: "But first you have to figure out who your enemy is?"

Li Xuan nodded calmly and said, "One of the eight deadly sins he committed against his grandson-in-law was to abuse the nobles."

Liu Rengui was stunned for a moment and whispered, "Is it the Zheng family?"

"The first one is naturally the most concerning thing. Sun-sun-in-law doesn't have much dealings with people in the court. This year, there are only those children of aristocratic families in Fanzhou, who must be their elders." Li Xuan A sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Liu Rengui sighed softly: "The Cui family and the Lu family have reconciled with you, and other aristocratic families have such big conflicts with you, the only one left is the Zheng family. What are you going to do?"

"There's nothing we can do." Li Xuan shook his head and said, "The most important thing in Luoyang now is His Majesty's Fengchan Hall. No one can disturb it. Everything will wait until after Fengchan."

"Are you still checking?" Liu Rengui heard what Li Xuan meant.

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "My son-in-law has offended many people over the years. It is inevitable that someone will collude with the aristocratic family and take action against my son-in-law, so I want to see who will join the Zheng family in taking action."

"You have a suspect." Liu Rengui was very sure.
"Actually, there aren't many people. After all, the son-in-law belongs to the prince, so the few people from Beimen, Duke Wu of Dang County, people from the Zheng family, and Prime Minister Pei." Li Xuan shook her head slightly and said: "It's a pity that the queen didn't plan to expand the matter, otherwise others would have been able to use it."

Liu Rengui fell silent. The Beimen bachelor was a member of the Prime Minister, the Wu family had always been at odds with the royal family, and the Zheng family was at odds with Taizong.

Liu Rengui just didn't expect that Pei Yan was also eyeing Li Xuan now, but thinking about the prince, Liu Rengui came to understand.

"In your situation, be careful of letting others join forces." Liu Rengui raised his head and exposed Li Xuan's plan.

In this game, the person who really performed well was Li Xuan.

Especially since he has passed the level of Empress Wu today, others will have to be careful about his back-ups.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "Now that His Highness is the crown prince, I and the ministers in the East Palace should focus on watching, win over some people, neutralize some people, and suppress some people."

It is true that a group of people must be killed to scare the monkeys.

(End of this chapter)