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Chapter 128 The Prince's Counterattack (5)

"Your Highness, Duke Di has been waiting in the study for a long time."

Li Xian came out of the East Palace and returned to Prince Lu's Mansion. He informed Li Xian of the negotiations with the prince without reservation, and discussed the specific steps and plans until it was almost dark. After getting out of King Lu's mansion, he drove straight to his own mansion, and when he got out of the carriage, he saw Gao Miao approaching him, and reported in a low voice.

"Well, I see, go, prepare a banquet, and have a drink with Di Gonghao."

Things went smoothly, Li Xian was already in a good mood, and when he heard that Di Renjie had come as promised, he felt a little better, so he smiled and gave some instructions, then walked up to the door in front of the mansion. Steps, strode to the study in the backyard.

In the study room, Di Renjie, in plain clothes, stood with his hands behind his back, in front of a freehand landscape painting hanging on the wall in the middle, admiring it silently, as if he was quite moved by the artistic conception in it, and he never even heard Li Xian walk into the study room. footsteps.

"Mr. Di, Xiao Wang has something to delay, he is late, Haihan, Haihan."

Li Xian turned his head out from behind the screen at the door of the study room. Seeing that Di Renjie was gazing at the painting, he immediately gave a smug smile. Immediately after, he gave a fake cough, causing Di Renjie to turn his head and look at him. Then he greeted him with a smile. .

"Don't dare. Your Highness is busy, and you should wait." Di Renjie was not very willing to join Li Xian's command, but he made a wrong step, and it was difficult to disembark. Seeing Li Xian coming at this time , but he didn't have any good looks, he just answered the salute in a well-regulated way, and he answered in a very low voice, with a little bit of resentment in his words.

"Does Di Gong also like to draw? Hehe, this painting is originally Xiao Wang's random graffiti, which made Di Gong laugh." Li Xian didn't care about Di Renjie's indifference, walked forward slowly, and pointed to the wall The painting, said with a smile.

"Oh? This painting was made by His Highness, but who made the poem?"

Di Renjie always likes Danqing, and he is a person who knows how to paint. In his opinion, Li Xian's painting skills are average, and it can only be said to be passable, but the artistic conception is quite profound, especially the poem inscribed on the painting. , I was still guessing the origin of this painting, but I was really shocked when I heard that it was Li Xian's work.

"Thousands of mountains and birds are flying away, and thousands of people are gone. The cape man by the riverside is alone fishing for snow in the cold river. The title of the poem "Jiangxue" is just Xiao Wang's graffiti, and he laughed at Fang's family." Li Xian has an extremely thick skin. , without shame, took "Jiang Xue" plagiarized from Liu Zongyuan as his own.

"A good poem, Di has only seen it in his life. It has a lofty artistic conception and a quiet heart. It is really extraordinary. Di was curious about the newness of this poem, but unexpectedly it is His Highness's masterpiece, which is not as good as it." Di Renjie When I heard that even the poem was written by Li Xian, I couldn't help feeling emotional, but as soon as the words fell, I became confused again, looked at Li Xian in disbelief and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being rash, and relying on the talent of this poem , Your Highness should be considered as everyone today, why..."

"Mr. Di, do you want to ask Gu why he gave up literature and martial arts?"

Di Renjie seemed to feel that something was wrong in the middle of the sentence, so he didn't continue, but Li Xian didn't care at all, and continued the conversation to the end with a smile.

"Di is ignorant, please ask someone wise."

Seeing that Li Xian had broken the topic, Di Renjie was straightforward and admitted the matter directly.

"Mr. Di, Xiao Wang really had to do it. That's all. It's a long story. If Mr. Di doesn't mind, let's have some wine and food first, and Xiao Wang will start from the beginning." As soon as Di Renjie finished speaking, Li Xian's words Immediately, a bit of sadness appeared on his face, and he let out a long sigh, as if he had infinite helplessness.

"Then trouble Your Highness."

Di Renjie was not a hypocritical person, since he was interested in what Li Xian said, he would not refuse Li Xian's invitation to a banquet, so he bowed his hands politely and agreed.

"Come on, let's have a banquet!"

Hearing what Di Renjie said, Li Xian was overjoyed, but he didn't say much. He just clapped his hands hard and gave orders. A group of servants hurriedly brought all kinds of wine and food into the study room, and filled it with After a while, they left the room one after another, leaving only Li and Di sitting opposite each other.

"Mr. Di, you must have heard about it. He Lanminzhi was not only not punished for his misdeeds in the palace this time, but he was promoted to three ranks and became the Taishiling of Lantai. Since ancient times, has there ever been such a crime?" Is it weird?" Li Xian was not in a hurry to explain his reasons for abandoning literature and pursuing martial arts, but said with emotion while pouring wine for Di Renjie.

Li Xian said this lightly, but it was not the case in Di Renjie's ears. How can ordinary people dare to get involved in such topics that involve the privacy of the Tian family? Di Renjie still had this bit of self-knowledge that he had to move. No matter how many thoughts he had in his mind, he would never dare to say that he was about to speak out at the moment. He could only pretend to be confused in silence and did not answer Li Xian's words.

"Such strange things will happen in this dynasty. It's not surprising. Who told that bastard to be the nephew of the mother's mother. Hey, it's interesting. The nephew is more important than the son. For a little thief, the face of the Tian family is okay. No more, it’s really a big joke in the world, a spectacle never seen in ancient times, meeting such a mother, what can Xiao Wang do if he doesn’t give up literature and martial arts?” Di Renjie didn’t open his mouth, but Li Xian didn’t care at all, just caring about himself Then he continued, but the more he said, the more blatant he became. Hearing that, Di Renjie frowned furiously. I can only continue to pretend to be confused.

"Did Mr. Di think that Xiao Wang Zangzhuo is to enter the Qing Palace? Hey, that's a big mistake. Xiao Wang can swear to Tianmeng that he never had such intentions. Don't you see how aggrieved the prince is now?" This is not over yet, the queen mother actually dug a big trap for the prince to jump into through this incident, if Xiao Wang hadn't learned of Zhunxin by chance, the next morning might be the day when the prince stepped down! " Li Xian slammed the wine bottle in his hand on the table, and angrily threw out a shocking news, which shocked Di Renjie immediately.

"Your Highness, where did you say that?"

Although Di Renjie had heard quite a lot about the situation in the court, he had just entered the court as an official, so he was not very clear about the movements of the parties. Seeing that what Li Xian said seemed to be true, he became suspicious.Couldn't help but ask questions.

Ha, you finally spoke, or we thought you were just going to show your stupidity to the end!Hearing that Di Renjie finally opened his mouth, Li Xian was overjoyed—this time Li Xian invited Di Renjie to the house, not to borrow Di Renjie's ability in this matter, but to completely subdue Di Renjie's heart Well, now that Di Renjie is on the road, Li Xian can naturally have fun secretly.

"Di Gongmingjian, the thing is like this..."

Li Xian will talk about the negotiation with the prince one by one, except for hiding some extremely confidential things, generally there is not much concealment, and he does not deny that he is trying his best to smash the Queen Wu's party's thoughts, even Li Xian He never missed the intention to take Li Hong and replace him. After talking, he talked for a whole stick of incense, and he could hear Di Renjie's hair stand on end, and he was sweating profusely.

"So that's how it is, lower officials, lower officials..."

What Di Renjie is best at is reasoning. Naturally, one can hear the strong logic in Li Xian's words. Under the correspondence, there is no trace of flaws at all. Obviously, what Li Xian said is true. To Di Renjie's surprise, he didn't know what to say.

"Di Gong Mingjian, although the little king can help the prince's elder brother pass the test this time, it may help him for a while, but he won't be able to help him forever. The mother queen controls the harem, and the father is a kind person. It is hard to resist the mother's lust. It will take a while , Brother Prince must be unlucky, this is a foreseeable event, not Xiao Wang's conjecture, even if King Lu goes up, it will be the same, if you don't believe it, just wait and see, even if Xiao Wang tries hard again, I'm afraid It is also difficult to reverse such a calamity, we can only do our best to think about it, Di Gong is a great talent, if he can help Xiao Wang, or it can make the tragic result easier, Xiao Wang is here to ask you." It is natural to strike while the iron is hot. Seeing that Di Renjie had already believed what he said, Li Xian would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to woo him, so he looked at Di Renjie with a look of anticipation on his face, and spoke earnestly.

"It's really ashamed that Di Mou is loved so much by His Majesty, how dare he refuse to obey his orders? It's just that Di Mou has just entered the court, and it's hard for him to make a big difference at this moment, so he will do everything according to His Majesty's orders." Facing Li Xian's heart-to-heart confession, Di Renjie was quite moved, and a sense of emotion for the death of a confidant rose spontaneously, so he bowed his hands solemnly, and solemnly agreed to Li Xian's request.

"Little Wang's acquisition of Duke Di is just like Liu Bang's acquisition of a ovary, and Liu Bei's acquisition of Zhuge. This is God's favor, so that Xiao Wang can obtain Duke Di. It's lucky, lucky!" Hearing that Di Renjie finally opened his mouth, Li Xian immediately I was so excited that some words became incoherent.

"Your Highness has given you too much praise, I really don't dare to take this praise, I just do my best!"

Seeing that Li Xian was so excited, Di Renjie also felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he was not very good at flattery, so he replied humbly.

"The most rare thing in the world is dedication. I swear here alone that if I can achieve success alone, I will not let Di Gong. I dare not speak of glory and wealth, but Di Gong has to bear the burden of the court, hahaha... ..." In a good mood, Li Xian teased Di Renjie half-jokingly and half-seriously. At the end, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Stick to what you want, but dare not ask for it, hahaha..." Since Di Renjie was determined to follow Li Xian's example, he untied the knot in his heart and restored his humorous nature, so he joked with Li Xian in turn, The host and guest looked at each other and laughed loudly. The joyful laughter floated out of the study room and filled the night sky...

(End of this chapter)