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Chapter 758 Xiao Yuexian's thoughts

Li Ke stayed in Zhaoqing Hall for a while, and he still had a lot of court affairs to deal with, so he went back earlier.

Xiao Yuexian watched Li Ke leave the Zhaoqing Hall, first ordered people to take Li Kun and Li Lan to the side hall, and then sent away everyone in the hall, leaving only herself and her confidant servant Lin Luan.

Xiao Yuexian had just entered the palace not long ago, so her confidants would naturally not be assigned by the palace. Xiao Yuexian has been in charge of the salt trade and water transportation for many years, and has never been short of people. He has many capable people in his hands, and Lin Luan is the best among them.

Lin Luan was originally the manager of Xiao Yuexian's Yangzhou Salt Company. Xiao Yuexian was in Chang'an and couldn't stay in Yangzhou all the time. All her arrangements in Yangzhou were made by Lin Luan.

Lin Luan helped Xiao Yuexian mediate in Yangzhou, not only in the salt industry, but also in the government. She and Qi Zhen were both Xiao Yuexian's most capable right and left hands, but Qi Zhen was a man and could not enter the palace, so Before entering the palace, Xiao Yuexian specially transferred Lin Luan from Yangzhou to enter the palace with her.

There were several other maidservants that Xiao Yuexian trusted to enter the palace with Lin Luan at the beginning, but now Lin Luan and these maidservants are doing everything in Zhaoqing Palace.

"What do you want to order, my lady?" Lin Luan asked Xiao Yuexian first after everyone in the hall had left.

Lin Luan has followed Xiao Yuexian for many years, and is most familiar with Xiao Yuexian's temperament. She saw that Li Ke had just left, and Xiao Yuexian backed away, knowing that Xiao Yuexian must have something to explain to her.

Xiao Yuexian said: "Prepare a generous gift for me, go out of the palace and go to the Duke of Jing's mansion, and say that in order to show my gratitude to Prime Minister Cen for exorcising my father's crimes, I would like to express my gratitude to you. Kun'er personally came to the door and listened to the instruction."

The Jing Guogong in Xiao Yuexian's mouth is Cen Wenben, the order of Zhongshu, and Cen Wenben is Li Ke's teacher. After Li Ke ascended the throne, he promoted Cen Wenwen to the Duke of Jing, and added the title of Grand Master.

Lin Luan couldn't be more familiar with Xiao Yuexian. As soon as Xiao Yuexian opened his mouth, Lin Luan had already guessed what Xiao Yuexian meant.Xiao Yuexian didn't simply want to thank Cen Wenwen for his protection. She wanted to use this matter to get closer to Cen Wenwen.

Although the current Cen Wenwen has not changed his official position, he is still Zhongshu Ling, but it is quite different from before. He is the emperor's teacher, and Li Ke's minister of the hidden residence ranks first among the heroes of the dragon.Now Cen Wenwen's power and prestige have long overshadowed Shangshu's left and right servants. Although Cen Wenwen acts cautiously and never violates the rules, it is an established fact.

As soon as Li Ke left, Xiao Yuexian moved to win over Cen Wenwen, and there was no need to guess what it was for, naturally it was to pave the way for Li Kun, the new king of Zhou, to enter the court.

Lin Luan knew what Xiao Yuexian meant, and also knew that Xiao Yuexian had always acted with restraint, but she still asked with some concern: "Is this going to be too hasty, my lady?"

Xiao Yuexian just arrived at Zhaoqing Palace today, it was the first day she entered the palace, she was so eager to see Cen Wenwen, she was really eager, this meant that Lin Luan was Xiao Yuexian's confidant, and she put herself in Xiao Yuexian's shoes , otherwise I would not be able to ask such a question.

Xiao Yuexian knew what Lin Luan was worried about, so he asked, "Are you afraid that His Majesty will be afraid of me if he finds out about it?"

Lin Luan replied: "This is exactly what I mean. Your majesty is so smart. Your majesty will sooner or later notice your majesty seeing Prime Minister Cen so blatantly. If your majesty alienates me because of this, it will not be worth the loss."

Xiao Yuexian said with a smile: "You are worrying too much, I did this because His Majesty condoned me, or what I did was in line with His Majesty's wishes."

Lin Luan asked in bewilderment: "How does my young lady know what His Majesty is thinking?"

Xiao Yuexian replied: "If your majesty is rightly concerned about this matter, why should he use such a noble title of king of Zhou if he wants to seal Kun'er in Luoyang? The ancient country that was founded in Luoyang was more than a Zhou dynasty. The reason why your majesty I did this not only because I love Kun'er, but also to use Kun'er's King of Zhou title to check and balance the queen and the crown prince, and now the power of Empress Wu in the main palace is terrifying."

Listening to Xiao Yuexian's words, Lin Luan became more and more puzzled, and then asked: "The servant girl doesn't understand even more. Since my mistress knows that your majesty uses Xiaolang to restrict the prince, and didn't intend to pass it on to Xiaolang, why does my mistress still do this?" What to do?"

Xiao Yuexian said: "How can we look at everything this way? At the beginning of the Zhenguan period, the late emperor was especially kind to His Majesty. Could it be that when the late Emperor favored His Majesty, he had the heart to pass on the throne to His Majesty?"

Since Li Kebei returned in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin's favor for Li Ke has been catching up with Li Chengqian, but at that time Li Chengqian was still the crown prince whom everyone expected, and Li Shimin was also very satisfied with the prince. Although Li Shimin loved Li Ke at that time, But naturally, he has no intention of passing on Li Ke, not even the slightest bit.

Li Chengqian will lose the crown prince, among which Xiao Yuexian contributed a lot, and Xiao Yuexian is also very clear.

Li Shimin began to have the idea of ​​making Li Ke the prince after Li Chengqian killed the prince's family order Quan Wanji for a male pet; It was after Li Shimin was seriously injured in the Eastern Expedition that he began to decentralize power to Li Ke.

The span of before and after is more than ten years. Without the accumulation of more than ten years, it would not be easy for Li Ke to become the throne.

In fact, although Lin Luan is enough to be trusted by Xiao Yuexian, Lin Luan is still her confidant after all, and there is no need for Xiao Yuexian to explain some things to Lin Luan too clearly and thoroughly, but now Xiao Yuexian has to rely on Lin Luan to do many things. , she must give Lin Luan enough confidence, otherwise, how could Lin Luan do her best for her.

Xiao Yuexian continued his own words, asked himself and answered: "No, at least it never happened 11 years ago in Zhenguan, but in the end, didn't your majesty find a good opportunity to enter the East Palace? Now your majesty is in his prime, and he is far away. When passing on the throne, what we have to do now is what His Majesty did back then."

Xiao Yuexian's words caught his ears, and Lin Luan nodded in agreement. Just as Xiao Yuexian said, Li Shimin was so smart back then, and the eldest grandson's family was so powerful, it is by no means comparable to the current martial arts family. Li Ke has found an opportunity in this way, let alone now .

"What my lady said is true, the maid has written it down." Lin Luan heard the words and responded.

Xiao Yuexian nodded and stood up slowly.Xiao Yuexian looked at the Zhaoqing Palace where she was, with a look of complacency in her eyes, as if she was speaking to Lin Luan as well as herself.

"The Zhaoqing Hall where we live now is the place where the Queen Mother lived. Now the bed where Kun'er sleeps every day is lying on the bed that year. Your Majesty can walk from Zhaoqing Hall to Ganlu Hall, and Kun'er is the same." Can."

(End of this chapter)