Raid

Chapter 196 Seizing Power
When Li Sheng arrived at the main hall, Hong Yin's officials had already stood up in order.

As Li Sheng took his seat, it was a neat and orderly "see the eldest princess".

Li Shengxi nodded slightly, motioning for everyone to get up.

Civil servants and military generals lined up on the left and right, and standing on the left was Hong Yin's head of civil servants, her cousin, Shen Jichuan.Li Shengxi is not very old, but his seniority is not young. Although Shen Jichuan is her cousin, his son is about to reach the crown.

"Your highness was frightened by the late arrival of my minister, and I hope your highness will forgive me." Shen Jichuan said anxiously.

Li Shengxi looked him up and down. Although his clothes were well thought out, they couldn't be said to be very tidy. Obviously, he had changed his clothes halfway through, so he didn't give it a try because he changed in a hurry and didn't have time to tidy up too much.

It's still a bit dusty.

It's just that Shen Jichuan shouldn't be the one talking back to her.

"Where is the censor?" Li Shengxi asked in a deep voice.

After such a big thing happened, how could Brother still trust the Hongyin officials?An envoy will inevitably be sent down.

"Return to Your Highness. The Holy Majesty sent Guo Yushi as an envoy, but on the way to welcome us, we were attacked and Guo Yushi was injured. He is still unconscious. I'm afraid we won't be able to see His Highness for the time being."

Li Shengxi's thoughts sank slightly, what a coincidence?
"Do you know where it came from?" Li Shengxi looked at Shen Jichuan.

Shen Jichuan spoke carefully, "According to what I saw, the people who assassinated the princess and blocked the minister today are very likely to be the same group of people who assassinated the prince back then."

"Prefect Shen, it's up to you to explain the ins and outs in detail, where the prince was attacked, why he was attacked, and who attacked him. Everything is in detail, and I will tell you everything you know." Li Shengxi said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Shen Jichuan nodded, and said: "His Royal Highness was attacked half a month ago. At that time, the disaster situation had stabilized. His Royal Highness cared about the people, and he would visit the river every day to inspect the progress of the dam construction. On the way to the embankment, a group of thieves suddenly appeared, and His Highness unfortunately died."

"Have you found out where the thief came from?"

Shen Jichuan was slightly stunned, he didn't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that the words came from someone who was not kind, but he still said: "The weapons they use are of the Northern Qi style, they are probably the Northern Qi spies, they are mixed among the people, trying to take advantage of the chaos to murder the prince Your Highness."

Hearing this, Li Sheng glanced lightly at Rong Zhi who was not far away. He lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Where were the guards that day?" Li Shengxi continued to speak.

"Princess, General Xu has been ordered to go to prison by the Holy Majesty."

"Is it only Xu Huan's responsibility to protect His Highness the Crown Prince?" Li Sheng was cold-faced, and Xu Huanzhi was handpicked by my elder brother. If something happened to Ah Xun, my elder brother would naturally deal with Xu Huanzhi, but my elder brother would not dispose of Ah Xun's side because of this. everyone.

Ah Xun is considered useless in the eyes of everyone now, and because of "wasteless", nothing will happen to Ah Xun for a while.Ah Xun dared to go to prison for Xu Huanzhi.

In the same way, Brother Xu Huan was sent to prison, probably not only because of his anger, but also because he wanted to relax the people behind the scenes.Xu Huanzhi is a mighty tiger, even that old man surnamed Guo is definitely not as prestigious as Xu Huanzhi here.

The man surnamed Guo is shrewd and capable, which can be said to be highly respected, but this person has a characteristic, old-fashioned, very old-fashioned.

This person is the same as that dead old man of King Li. When she was in court a few years ago, she croaked "the hen for the morning" and "the hen for the morning" all day long.

To put it bluntly, there is nothing wrong with the old man surnamed Guo, except that he is her political enemy.

For a while, Li Shengxi was a little uncertain about his brother's thoughts. He removed Xu Huanzhi and replaced him with old man Guo. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with Xu Huanzhi and gave the people behind the scenes a chance to relax.However, what is the reason?

She has always been fully responsible for the affairs of Beiqi. She didn't tell Brother Brother before the matter was settled, but Brother Brother might not be able to guess something.

Moreover, every move of the Southern Jin inner guards is under the watchful eyes of Brother A, who knows that the people of Nan Jin will send this matter to her ears.

From Brother's point of view, there is a high probability that she will come back, so why did Brother send Guo over?If you want to act like you are annoyed by Xu Huanzhi, you can send someone else.Old man Guo really dislikes her.

Li Shengxi didn't believe that it was his elder brother who specially sent old man Guo to check and balance her in order to spare him.Yu Qing, of course, is the friendship and trust of these years, Yu Li. Knowing that there are people here with evil intentions to cause chaos, if two high-ranking people are at odds, it is easy for people to take advantage of the loopholes.Even when my elder brother seized power with the Mu family, he never did such a thing that disregarded the common people.

And old man Guo can't check and balance her.The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, if they want to check and balance her, they probably need the weight of King Li.

What's more, brother doesn't have to be so troublesome if he wants to check and balance her. Her brother is not Emperor Hongjia of Northern Qi.It's not easy for him to deal with her.

Li Shengxi couldn't figure it out for a while, but she had an ominous premonition, but this ominous premonition was not for herself, but for old man Guo.

"Who was in charge of the officers and soldiers who patrolled the embankment that day? Where is the guard next to the prince? And the prefect of Shen, the spies have been dormant for a long time, and you never found out that His Royal Highness suffered such a catastrophe. Isn't it you?" Is he dereliction of duty?" Li Sheng Xi Xingshi asked.

"My minister is guilty." As soon as Li Shengxi's words fell, all the officials standing in the hall confessed their crimes together.

"From today onwards, the defense of Hongyin will be temporarily handed over to the internal guards and the East Palace Guard. As for the matter of Hongyin, I will be in charge of it temporarily." The East Palace Guard may be useless, but it is absolutely credible.Hong Yin's guards, that's not necessarily the case.

"Impossible." Everyone was shocked, Shen Jichuan said hastily: "In his position, performing his duties, Hongyin and hundreds of officials are still there, Your Highness has golden branches and jade leaves, how can you be busy, I am not talented, because the Holy Majesty and His Highness share the worries."

"Does Shen Zhifu feel that my body is more important than the country's community?"

"Wei Chen dare not."

"Your Majesty has worked tirelessly, eating and clothing all day long. This palace is just in charge of Hongyin, how can it be considered a blessing?"

Shen Jichuan was silent.

Just when Li Shengxi was about to make a decision on this matter, another person jumped out, and that person was the censor who followed Guo Yushi from Linxi.

"Princess, as a woman, although you are the sister of the Holy Majesty, you are of great honor, but in what capacity are you in charge of Hongyin's affairs? In what capacity are you dispatching Hongyin's official affairs? "

That person deliberately bit down on the word "princess" in order to remind Li Shengxi of his identity.

Compared with Shen Jichuan's euphemism, this person's words are much more blunt and tough. It's a pity that old man Guo can't do it now, how can he do it.

Li Shengxi's eyes darkened slightly.

(End of this chapter)