Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 83 Wait patiently for the lonely regent (Part )
In the Chongjiao Hall, Li Chengqian collected his thoughts, tapped the table lightly, and said, "Fang Er has been transferred to Songzhou. Given the transfer order issued today, given my father's personality, I'm afraid Fang Er will be expelled from Chang'an today, right?"

"Yes!" Li Anyan nodded with amusement and said, "As soon as Master Yan arrived at the Duke of Liang's mansion, he saw Fang Yiai being driven out of the capital."

"So he hasn't fully understood what happened last night." Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Yes, it seems that Prime Minister Fang has no intention of saying more." Li Anyan's expression calmed down and he said with a bow, "But later, I saw Yan Shaojiang go to the Yongzhou government office and look for Duke Chen."

Li Chengqian pondered for a moment and said, "That's not difficult. With so many people around last night, if we ask around a bit, we'll know that Duke Chen was the only one who entered the palace from outside before Qingque was called out. So with a little investigation, we'll definitely be able to find out that something went wrong with Duke Chen."

"Yes, Su Dingfang also entered the palace last night with Duke Chen." Li Anyan bowed and said, "If we investigate Su Dingfang's whereabouts a little more, we can find out a lot of things."

"Yan Liben, Hou Junji." Li Chengqian pondered these two people carefully.

Yan Liben is the person who supports Li Tai the most in the court now, but it is not just him. Behind him are Yan Lide and people from the Yuwen family.

The mother of Yan Liben and Yan Lide was Princess Qingdu, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yong.

The Yuwen clan, although the descendants of Yuwen Tai of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were all killed by Yang Jian in the early Sui Dynasty and by Li Mi and Wang Shichong in the late Sui Dynasty, some members of the Northern Zhou royal family still survived.

For example, the Minister of Agriculture Yuwen Ying was implicated by Yang Wengan. His father Yuwen Shan was the nephew of Yuwen Kai.

There was also Yuwen Xin, the right guard general in the Wude period, whose grandfather Yuwen Shen was the cousin of Yuwen Tai.

There is also Yuwen Jie, the Zuosi Langzhong in the court, who is a grandson of Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou.

Most of these people gathered around the brothers Yan Liben and Yan Lide.

This also includes Su Xu.

Su Xu was the elder brother of Li Chengqian's father-in-law Su Tan, and the eldest son of Li Chengqian's father-in-law Su Kui. Su Kui's father, Su Wei, the left servant of the Sui Dynasty, married Princess Xinxing, the daughter of Yuwen Hu, the nephew of Yuwen Tai.

In other words, Crown Princess Su Shu also has the blood of the Yuwen royal family.

Of course, Su Wei was Yang Jian's Shangshu Zuo Pushe, so his abilities were naturally needless to say, and it was not because of any influence from the Yuwen family.

Su Xu was the eldest grandson of Su Wei. He became the Sima of the Prince of Wei's Palace under Li Tai. In addition, there were cousins ​​Yan Liben and Yan Lide who also had the blood of the Yuwen family. It was unknown how many people related to the Yuwen family came close to Li Tai.

Of course, although these people are not small, they are still far behind the fierce generals in the army like Hou Junji, the Chief Clerk of Yongzhou, and the Minister of Personnel.

However, if they knew more details about this matter, it might be possible for them to confront Hou Junji out of necessity.

……

"Your Highness, should we do something?" Li Anyan looked at Li Chengqian carefully. He also saw the relationship here clearly.

"No need." Li Chengqian raised his head, glanced at Li Anyan and said, "The reason why the people we secretly recruited haven't been noticed yet is because the forces we have never touched are never truly strong. In other words, if we touch them even slightly, our opponents will be completely driven out of the capital, such as Du Chuke and Fang Yiai."

Li Anyan nodded solemnly.

"But the Yan family is different. If they come into conflict with Duke Chen, they'll definitely be wary of others interfering." After a brief pause, Li Chengqian said seriously, "Not to mention, Prime Minister Fang is watching from the shadows."

When Fang Xuanling was mentioned, Li Anyan immediately became dignified and nodded, "Yes!"

Fang Yiai was demoted to the position of Chief Secretary of Songzhou. Although he still had an engagement with Princess Gaoyang, it had already affected Fang Yiai's future career.

Although Fang Yizhi, the eldest son of the Fang family, has a sharp eye, he is pedantic. Fang Yiai is Fang Xuanling's true hope.

Fang Yiai's future career was affected, and Fang Xuanling would probably immediately guess that Li Chengqian must have done something, so it became inevitable to keep an eye on the Eastern Palace.

"Let him make trouble on his own." Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Yan Liben may be able to control his thoughts and not fight with Duke Chen, but Qingque, once he leaves the palace, the first thing he will do is probably to cause trouble for Duke Chen. Given Duke Chen's temper, he may not tolerate Qingque."

Although he said so, Li Chengqian still had an idea in his mind.

That is to completely bind Li Tai and Hou Junji together.

But he still needs a detailed layout on how to do it.

Now that the two have a grudge against each other, perhaps only when they see each other's powerful abilities will they stop and look at each other again.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but look towards the direction of Ganlu Palace.

His father should have known about that matter.

……

"By the way, is there anything else?" Li Chengqian turned to look at Li Anyan.

Li Anyan's expression grew cautious. He glanced outside before whispering, "Your Highness, today, the bodies of two drunken Tibetans were found in a ditch in Wannian County. They were found to be two guards accompanying the Tibetan envoy, Lu Dongzan." "Don't worry about it. This matter has nothing to do with us." Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Don't do anything. After this incident, many eyes will be on the Tibetans. Any rash action by them will immediately attract attention. We don't need to worry too much."

"Yes!" Li Anyan breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the order.

"As for the rest," Li Chengqian looked at Li Anyan and said, "At the beginning of next month, the imperial examination for the 15th year of Zhenguan will begin. Ask those in the Eastern Palace whose children are participating in this year's examination if there are any talented people in this year's examination."

"Yes!" Li Anyan immediately became serious.

The King of Wei compiled the "Guo Di Zhi", and it is unknown how many scholars from all over the world he won over. Although the Eastern Palace was compiling the "Kao Gong Zhi", its weight was much less.

If we can attract some talented people in the imperial examinations, we might be able to disrupt some things in the Prince of Wei's Palace.

"Alright, that's it." Li Chengqian smiled lightly, looking outside the palace, and said softly, "The Emperor will be on an eastern tour this year, which will last between two and three months. During this time, I will be the regent. We have many things that we can do openly while I'm the regent, so An Yan, just wait patiently until I become the regent."

"Yes!" Li Anyan bowed seriously.

He believed that with the prince's ability, when he obtained the legitimate power of regent, he would definitely do much more than before.

"Okay, go home." Li Chengqian nodded gratefully and said, "Have a good rest for two days, and come back the day after tomorrow... By the way, the kitchen has some specially made cakes and other snacks. Take them home with you. I won't take care of them."

Li Chengqian smiled gently, and Li Anyan immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness... What about tomorrow's business?"

"I have already asked the Earl of Gucheng County to accompany me." Li Chengqian smiled calmly.

Dugu Dabao, the Earl of Gucheng County, and the Dugu family are also an old Longxi family.

Similarly, the Dugu family and the Su family are gradually declining.

This is also the reason why Li Chengqian did not choose Changsun Xiang to go with him. Compared with the prosperous Changsun family, the Dugu family and the Su family have more common language.

"Here!"

……

Southeast of Pingkangfang, the Tibetan Embassy.

Lu Dongzan stood in the middle of the lobby, looking at the two corpses of his fellow tribesmen on the ground with a sad face.

Gar Qinling stood aside and said carefully, "They were found in Dongting Lake in the East Market. The Wannian County Coroner performed an autopsy and found that they died of drowning after drinking alcohol."

"What do you think?" Lu Dongzan asked calmly.

Gar Qinling immediately dismissed the guards around him, then looked at Lu Dongzan and said, "Father, they were murdered!"

With a "slap", Lu Dongzan slapped Gar Qinling hard in the face with his backhand.

"Father." Gar Qinling was stunned by the numbness and pain on his face.

"Did I tell you not to do anything rash after arriving in Chang'an?" Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and looked at Gar Qinling with hatred on his face.

"Dad, I didn't do anything!" Gar Qinling looked wronged.

"Then how did they die?" Lu Dongzan pointed at the two men on the ground, breathing rapidly. "They both had excellent alcohol tolerance. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been chosen to go to Chang'an to welcome the bride. Drowning was, of course, a method used by the Tang people. They didn't even bother to hide it. It was just a warning to us not to mess around."

"Father, I didn't do anything wrong." Gar Qinling's face was wrinkled.

"It's impossible that someone avoided us father and son and acted on his own." Lu Dongzan said softly, and Gar Qinling immediately shuddered.

Lu Dongzan looked up towards the palace and said softly, "The Khan of Heaven is powerful and mysterious, the Crown Prince is scheming, and the King of Wei is surrounded by people. We can just watch from the sidelines and not get involved."

"Father, you don't suspect that it was the prince who did it, right?" Gar Qinling's face suddenly became serious, and Li Chengqian's disgust towards them was clearly visible.

"Does the East Palace have any manpower?" Lu Dongzan asked softly.

"No." Gar Qinling lowered his head and said, "Within two months, the Eastern Palace has gathered all the scattered personnel in Chang'an City back."

Even Yu Zhining could not help but write a letter to the emperor to report Li Chengqian's actions in the past two months. These things were no secret to the Tibetans who were concerned about the affairs of Chang'an.

"The prince is intelligent and wise." Lu Dongzan shook his head slightly and said, "When he withdrew all the people in the open, the people working in secret completely disappeared from people's sight... However, this shouldn't be the prince's doing, it should be..."

Lu Dongzan turned around abruptly, stared at Gar Qinling, and said through gritted teeth, "Remember, our biggest task now is to welcome the bride. Apart from that, you are not allowed to do anything else."

"Yes!" Gar Qinling bowed vigorously.

(End of this chapter)