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Chapter 578

"What has Li Xia been doing recently?"

Before Jia Sidao's case, there was a map of the Huaidong battlefield. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly asked a digression.

Liao Yingzhong came back to her senses, turned around and pulled out a stack of information from the drawer.

"Since the palace banquet, Li Xia has stayed behind closed doors most of the time, and occasionally went out for fun."

"Speak carefully."

"At noon on September [-]th, Li Xia went to Lefeng Building for dinner, and listened to Tang An appease the piano in the private room. He sat by the window with his maid in his arms for more than an hour."

"In the early morning of the fourteenth, Li Xia and Tang An'an went to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and play with the maid on Feilai Peak."

"On the evening of the [-]th, I bought silk, satin, jewelry and other things in Yanzi City, and spent thousands of dollars."

"I didn't go out for the next two days, and walked around the West Lake on the [-]th."

Jia Sidao frowned and asked, "That's all?"

Liao Yingzhong responded, "This is all of Li Xia's recent activities."

"Yang Zhen didn't go to see him?"

"I've been there once, but Li Xia didn't see Yang Zhen."

"He didn't go to Taixue?"

"Not going."

Jia Sidao asked again: "Then what does he do in the mansion?"

"Send someone to watch at the princess mansion. Li Xia occasionally appears in the pavilion, but he is chasing and messing with Tang An'an."

"Tang An'an didn't deliver the news?"

"That little girl is scheming, I'm afraid she just promised to trick us."

Jia Sidao faintly thought of something, and his gaze fell back to the map.

"Li Fen... is my classmate."

Liao Yingzhong was a little surprised, and asked: "A Lang and Li Fen are classmates?"

Jia Sidao recalled, and said slowly: "Father set up Huaidong in those days, recruited loyal troops, and made the east of Taihang Mountain belong to the Song Dynasty. At that time, Li Quan, the leader of the loyal army, was under his father's tent, so I and Li Fen I had been classmates for a year, and I was still young that year, but I realized early on that Li Fen is a cunning person and should not be friends."

He took two steps, and said again: "After thinking about it, Li Fen's attack must be out of selfishness, and it has something to do with Kublai Khan's envoy."

Liao Yingzhong said: "Didn't Alang know about this all the time?"

"But I suspect... Li Xia and Li Fen colluded." Jia Sidao's tone became cold, "If that's the case, it's a crime of collaborating with the enemy."

"Li Xia? Why is he?"

"In order to return to Shu to serve as commander in chief."

Liao Yingzhong shook her head and said, "Even if there is a war in Huaidong, it is not enough for the officials to let Li Xia return to Shu as commander."

"It's not enough, but it might be his first move."

"Li Xia dare?"

"I hope he doesn't dare." Jia Sidao said in a cold tone, "I know that he has never sincerely cooperated with the enemy for what he has done in the past. But if he instigates the enemy soldiers to enter this time, then he has already touched me. reverse scale."

The next moment, someone outside the hall reported: "Ah Lang, I found out that the official recruited Li Xia to play something."

Jia Sidao was not surprised.

"Heh, let's see, I'm happy here, I don't miss Shu..."

~~
Inside the Xuande Hall.

With a sound of "bang", Zhao Yun slapped the table angrily and said: "I ordered you to study in Taixue, why didn't you go?!"

Li Xia replied: "I thought I would go in a few days."

"I see that you were consumed by beauty, and lost your vigor at a young age."

"Your Majesty is ashamed to entrust you to His Majesty."

Answers come and go, always these few words, so Zhao Yun always thinks that Li Xia is boring.

Looking at it, I saw that Li Xia still had a few red marks on his neck, which was simply out of place.

Zhao Yun snorted angrily, but didn't bother to scold anymore.

In his heart, he understood Li Xia.

It is said that Tang An'an is not inferior to Ji Xixi's beauty, young people can't control it, indulge in beauty, it's a common thing in the world.

"Show the Huaidong battle report to this minister who sits on a vegetarian diet."

"I am ashamed..."

"Enough." Zhao Yun scolded again, "Look at the battle report."

Li Xia is not a veteran, and he did not have the honor of being given a seat to play a role, so he stood and took the battle report and read it again.

It was nothing more than Li Fen sending troops to attack Huaidong. The battle report was not detailed, and people were confused.

"How do you feel about this?"

Li Xia replied: "I believe that Li Fen's attack this time was not ordered by Kublai Khan, but out of selfishness."

About this, Zhao Yun knew.

He also knows more.

During the Battle of Ezhou, Jia Sidao lied to Kublai Khan that he would pay tribute.

Of course, Jia Sidao did not have the right to give such conditions from the beginning to the end.

Now that Brother Ali is so powerful, it is definitely impossible for Da Song to honor Kublai Khan.

But Kublai Khan seemed to be sending a mission.

Li Fen's move, or is it to destroy the peace?

What Zhao Yun didn't want to understand was whether Li Fen was rebellious or not, how dare he be so double-faced?

He then asked, "Why such an assertion?"

"The information retrieved by Chen Bei's spies is related to Li Fen's counselor Wang Wentong. Wang Wentong and Li Fen are related by marriage, and they have been planning to help Li Fen rebel and stand on his own."

"If Li Fen has this heart, why didn't he contact me, Da Song, instead of sending troops to invade?"

Li Xia pondered, "Before I returned to the court to report on my duties, I got the news... Wang Wentong seems to have become Kublai Khan's close minister."

Zhao Yun frowned and asked, "How do you know?"

"When I was in Hanzhong, I sent spies to the Guanzhong area."

"Why didn't you report it earlier?"

"Chen... this matter was mentioned in the report on his duties."

Zhao Yun was displeased, and signaled Xiao Huangmen to find Li Xia's duty report.

The memorial was too long, so he glanced a few times before finding this item in the densely packed small characters.

According to the usual practice, Zhao Yun had to set aside two days to listen carefully to Li Xia's work report according to these items, and then it was time for Li Xia to return to Shu.

This is not impossible.

Looking at Li Xia's actions these days when he returned to Lin'an, he didn't intend to conspire with Concubine Yan and others to exchange storage as originally guessed.

But, the crown prince is about to be established...

That's the only worry that can't be avoided.

Zhao Yun thought about it, and decided to test Li Xia's attitude towards his heir.

But the thought came together and soon disappeared.

Shu Shuai who is too young is inappropriate, and it is not necessary for Li Xia to guard Shu, so why bother to ask?
Zhao Yun then patted his knees, and said earnestly: "'Qing is now in charge of Tu, you must learn from it', do you know where this allusion comes from?"

"I'm stupid."

"I read books a lot, and I think it will be of great benefit." Zhao Yun said: "I also hope that you will come to the next day without being a monk under Wu. Go, read more, I hope I can use you as a minister."

"I thank Your Majesty Long En, and I will take my leave."

~~
"Go to Taixue."

After Li Xia left Ouchi Miyagi, he got into the sedan chair and gave some instructions.

The sedan chair then went north along Hangcheng Street.

Near Lirenfang, the road ahead was blocked.

"Marshal, the road is blocked again, and it's not far from Taixue, why don't you walk there?" Liu Jinsuo asked.

No one in the car responded.

Liu Jinsuo opened the car curtain and saw that Li Xia was asleep, and the red official robe had been taken off to cover his face.

"Ah, the commander-in-chief is asleep, just wait! I don't know how long this will be blocked."

A few men passed by, glanced inadvertently, then walked into a restaurant and sat down.

……

Not far away, in Taojia Lane of Lirenfang, the gate of the courtyard was opened.

Li Zhaocheng, who was sorting out the news in the hall, turned his head, stepped forward to greet the visitor, and quickly closed the hall door.

"found it?"

"No." Li Zhaocheng pointed to the map of Lin'an City, and said, "Gao Nianfeng has been leading people to look for it in the south of the city; the forest in the north of the city has also sent additional people, but he has never seen his father."

"Wu Qian's mansion is here, Lin Zi has never seen him?"

"Not once."

"What about outside the city?"

"Jiang Fan is still leading people to investigate."

"No clue?"

"There is no clue." Li Zhaocheng said, "Second brother should know that father... is very good at hiding."

"But it shouldn't be that there are no clues at all, it shouldn't be." Li Xia frowned and said, "I'm only one step away now."

Li Zhaocheng showed shame, and asked in a low voice: "Does the second brother believe me? I really don't know the whereabouts of my father. I won't watch him..."

"Stop talking, keep looking."

Li Xia walked out, but stopped when his hand touched the door latch.

He turned around and muttered to himself.

"Prince Rong's Mansion?"

"Prince Rong's mansion has sent someone to watch."

"I mean, is it possible that he... hid in Prince Rong's Mansion?"

~~
Rongwang Mansion.

"Reporting to King Rong, the government has issued a decree to confer a marriage. Tomorrow, King Zhong will be appointed. Mrs. Cixian is discussing the date of marriage with the Queen. The meeting will be scheduled for next spring when King Zhong will be crowned. After the wedding, King Zhong will be the crown prince." , gratifying to congratulate! gratifying to congratulate!
Zhao Yurui nodded, frowned and muttered: "From the end of September to the spring of next year... there is still March and May."

"The big ceremony will be arranged for March and May, what is needed, what is needed."

Zhao Yurui knew this, but felt uneasy in their hearts.

He twisted his beard and pondered, and soon understood where the anxiety came from... because Wu Qian was still in phase, and because the Li family hadn't been wiped out yet.

So Zhao Yurui recruited a taciturn middle-aged man beside him.

"Have you found Li Yong?"

"The villain has been staring at Wu Qian and Li Xia, but he has never seen Li Yong."

"Arrange someone to assassinate Li Xia again, to see if he shows up."

"Yes……"

Zhao Yurui narrowed her eyes and watched the backs of her subordinates leave, frowning and talking to herself again.

"It's clearly my son, how can he prove that it's not mine? How is it possible?"

……

Passing through the many pavilions and pavilions of King Rong's Mansion, there is a courtyard behind the East Chamber, which is the residence of Mrs. Long Guo, the birth mother of King Zhong.

It was the "Mrs. Longguo" Huang, not "Princess Rong".

Even if he gave birth to the only heir in the world today, Huang Dingxi, who came from a humble background, was never qualified to be Princess Rong.

Even if one day her son inherits the Datong and becomes the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he can only add a few more words to her title.

Because that is no longer her son, but the heir of the official family and the queen.

King Rong had already remarried his wife and hadn't seen her for nearly 20 years.

To be more precise, it was April 19, 20. Ever since she gave birth to her child, she had only seen Zhao Yurui from a distance when she was conferred the title of wife.

Of course, no one has ever cared whether Huang Dingxi really likes Zhao Yurui or not.

No one has ever cared about what Huang Dingxi is doing...

"Shiro... Shiro..."

"We will die."

"The servant is willing to die... 21 years...the servant has never been able to forget Shiro..."

Huang Dingxi is also getting old.

She let the sweat drip down, stretched out her hand to caress Li Yong's eyebrows and eyes, stared at his full head of white hair, and could vaguely see the handsome Li Silang back then.

And then, the belated joy...

(End of this chapter)