People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1162 How dare you provoke the King of Nanchang?

In the Mingde Hall, Li Xian, Yao Lingzhang, Su Liangsi, Cheng Wuzhong and others all looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

Wu Chengsi, editor and annotator of "Han Shu"?

Everyone knows that "Hanshu" is difficult to compile and annotate, because there is a person in the beginning of Hanshu that cannot be bypassed.

Empress Lu.

Of course, Empress Wu was not Empress Lu, but one after another things happened to the prince, and the rumors in the market were very turbulent.

Behind Queen Lu, of course, is the Lu family.

Behind Empress Wu is the Wu family.

That is Wu Chengsi.

After Queen Lu's death, the Lu family attempted to take control of power, but Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, together with countless courtiers who supported the Liu family, carried out mass executions.

The Lu family was almost wiped out.

By asking Wu Chengsi to compile and annotate the "Book of Han", was it to let him see with his own eyes how miserable his possible fate would be in the future?

"It's rare that Duke Zhou sent so much gold and silver to assist the East Palace in compiling and annotating the "Book of Han". When everyone in the government and the public knows about it, they will definitely appreciate Duke Zhou's selflessness."

Li Xuan turned her head and looked at Li Xianda: "In that case, then your highness, please accept the gold and silver sent by Duke Zhou."

Li Xian raised his eyes and his face was filled with joy.

In this way, they could justifiably accept the gold and silver sent by Wu Chengsi.

As for whether Wu Chengsi will compile and annotate the "Book of Han" in the future, and how the government and the public will view this issue, it is all Wu Chengsi's own business.

"Cousin." Li Xian turned his head and looked at Wu Chengsi eagerly.

Wu Chengsi lowered his head, his face ashen, he knew that this was absolutely not possible.

Because once such rumors spread, the Wu family will inevitably be related to the Lu family of the former Han Dynasty.

When people mention the Wu family, they always think of the Lu family inadvertently.

When people mention Empress Wu, they will inadvertently think of Empress Lu.

Once Wu Chengsi really participated in the "Han Shu Compilation", it would also be a huge blow to Empress Wu's prestige.

Empress Wu would never let Wu Chengsi off for such a thing.

I asked you to go to the East Palace to deliver gold and silver. How could you do such a thing?

Taking a deep breath, Wu Chengsi held up his hands with a gentle expression and said: "I only came to support the East Palace when I heard that there was a shortage in the East Palace. As for the "Book of Han" and other things, I have little talent and knowledge, so I will not participate. As for this money, I will use it. As for the civil affairs, let’s forget it. I originally wanted to thank His Highness for the gift he gave me last time, and the Crown Princess…”

As if thinking of something, Wu Chengsi immediately raised his head, looked at Li Xian, stood up quickly and seriously, cupped his hands and said: "I originally wanted to buy some supplements for this gold and silver to give to the Crown Princess for her pregnancy, but because I didn't know that the Crown Princess had There is no taboo, so I just sent the gold and silver directly... I am a little rude, and please forgive me for my indifference."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Li Xian's eyes. Wu Chengsi was still a bit quick-witted. He gave Dong Gong gold and silver to buy supplements, and Dong Gong couldn't say anything.

Li Xian had no choice but to take a deep breath and said, "Thank you very much, cousin."

Li Xuan sat below and lowered his head calmly.

It was as if this scene had been expected.

Perhaps fundamentally speaking, when Wu Chengsi came to the East Palace today, he should have talked about the Crown Princess's pregnancy from the very beginning. It was his own random troubles that led to so many messy things.

Seeing Li Xian nod, Wu Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the others.

Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang, Su Liangsi, Cheng Wuzhong and others all bowed their heads and remained silent.

It was as if he had no objection at all to what he said.

Wu Chengsi immediately understood that these people knew from the beginning that compiling and annotating the "Book of Han" was not feasible.

They had no intention of compiling and annotating the "Book of Han". It was just because Wu Chengsi was too aggressive that they were forced to use such a big killer weapon as the "Book of Han".

After all, if Donggong really wanted to compile and annotate the "Book of Han", Empress Wu would not be able to pass the test.

Thinking of this, Wu Chengyi turned his eyes and asked with a smile: "I heard that Donggong recruited Yang Jiong, Song Zhi, Du Jianyan, etc., and asked Lu Zhao to ask for it from the end of Nanshan. Have you noted the "Book of Han"?

If this is the case, even though Chengsi lacks knowledge and limited financial resources, he can still do it by calling on the children of the Wu family to raise sponsorship. "

The situation changed, and without the burden of the gold and silver, Wu Chengsi immediately began to poke Dong Gong's trachea.

He was just certain that Dong Gong would never be able to compile and annotate the "Book of Han".

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Wu Chengsi sideways, and finally he couldn't help but laugh.

"I think Duke Zhou has extraordinary knowledge. In the future, if the East Palace starts compiling and annotating the "Book of Han", I will definitely report to Your Majesty and ask Duke Zhou to take the lead. I hope Duke Zhou will not refuse in the future."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, she specifically raised her hand to Wu Chengsi. Wu Chengsi was stunned, and then his expression changed slightly.

Donggong compiles and annotates the "Book of Han", and Donggong compiles and annotates which "Book of Han".

Compiling and annotating the "Book of Han" was not included in the affairs of the East Palace.

Wu Chengsi understood this, and all the senior staff in the East Palace also understood this.

So when Wu Chengsi took advantage of this to make things difficult for the East Palace, Li Xuan immediately put the blame on Wu Chengsi's head.

In the future, whenever anyone asked Donggong whether he wanted to compile and annotate the "Book of Han", Donggong would immediately blame Wu Chengsi.

……

Li Xian looked at all this with a smile. He didn't understand how Wu Chengsi dared to provoke Dong Gong one after another.

Now you see, Dong Palace is not easy to mess with.

Li Xian stood up, smiled at Wu Chengsi and said, "Cousin, it's noon, why not stay and have dinner together?"

The corner of Wu Chengsi's mouth twitched, and he looked at him with a fierce look on his face. He wished he could pounce on the ministers in the Eastern Palace and tear him apart. He immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I have other things to do at home, so I won't bother Your Highness."

"That's such a pity. When the day comes when the emperor's grandson is born, my cousin will definitely come over and have a drink." Li Xian nodded with a smile.

Wu Chengsi's face was forced, and he held his hands again and said, "I'm going to leave now." "I'm sending my cousin off alone." Li Xian came over, held Wu Chengsi's arm and walked out, Wu Chengsi couldn't help but walk faster.

In the front yard of the East Palace, many people were waiting and watching.

Seeing Li Xian and Wu Chengsi walking arm in arm, many people looked surprised.

The others quickly whispered what happened in the inner hall, and everyone started laughing.

Li Xian sent Wu Chengsi to the gate of the East Palace before he stopped, calmed down his expression, looked at Wu Chengsi, and said in a low voice: "Although I don't know why my cousin is doing this today, I think you can Not many people let their cousin do that.”

Wu Chengsi fell silent immediately. Although he had never said the reason why he did this in the East Palace today, since these people in the East Palace are all human beings, no one can guess.

Even Li Xian has seen the clues.

Seeing Wu Chengsi's silence, Li Xian hesitated slightly, but still said: "Cousin, if you really need help with anything, please let me know.

Although Gu's abilities are limited, Duke Xue, Uncle Wang, and Yao Zhanshi all have infinite talents and will definitely be able to help their cousin...

Also, don’t tell your mother what happened today, lest she worry. "

Wu Chengsi raised his head and looked at Li Xian in surprise.

At this moment, he clearly felt the difference between Li Xian and Li Xian.

If it were Li Xian, at this time, he might as well send someone to investigate the truth behind all this immediately.

But Li Xian, he only cares about Empress Wu now.

For what Wu Chengsi did today, he would inevitably be scolded by Empress Wu later.

With Li Xian's words, Wu Chengsi could deal with it much easier.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Wu Chengsi bowed sincerely, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "If I have something to do, I will definitely trouble Your Highness. If Your Highness has something to do, please tell me frankly. I will do my best to repay Your Highness."

"Okay! Cousin, go slowly." Li Xian bowed his hand to Wu Chengsi in return, and then watched Wu Chengsi leave the East Palace like this.

Li Xuan stood beside Li Xian and looked at him calmly.

There was deep indifference and ridicule in the depths of his eyes.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that in the future, they would almost be beaten to death, and one would want to kill the other, not like this pair of cousins.

……

Standing in the East Palace courtyard, Li Xian looked at the gold utensils all over the courtyard, and looked at Li Xuan helplessly: "Uncle Wang, how can these things be used?"

Around the courtyard, all the courtiers in the East Palace were staring at these gold vessels.

Under the pillars in front, the prince's family minister Wei Hongmin stood silently, staring at these gold objects, and then followed Li Xian's gaze to look at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked at the gold and silver, smiled and said to Li Xian: "These things were sent by Duke Zhou to mend the crown princess's fetus. We can't abuse Duke Zhou's kindness, so naturally these things are for the crown princess." Yes, don’t think too much about anything else.”

Li Xuan raised her head and looked around, waved her hands to the crowd watching the excitement and said: "Okay, okay, it's all gone. Wei Jialing, hurry up and put the things in the warehouse. Your Highness will pay tribute to Duke Zhou in the future."

After Li Xuan's last words, everyone around him immediately woke up.

These things were given to Li Xian by Wu Chengsi. Although he used the excuse to give them to the princess to repair her fetus, this favor still needed Li Xian to return it.

Although everyone is eager for this money at the moment and hopes to obtain funds for their departments, this is private wealth after all.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Wei Hongmin had already brought a dozen servants to the front yard.

"Your Highness." Wei Hongmin stopped and looked at Li Xian eagerly.

Li Xian turned his head and waved his hand, and Wei Hongmin immediately asked people to move the boxes to the inner courtyard.

Li Xian glanced at it, and then walked towards Mingde Hall with some boredom.

Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang, Su Liangsi, and Cheng Wuzhong quickly followed.

Entering the hall, they immediately saw Xue Yuanchao who was bowing to Li Xian.

At this time, everyone's expressions were completely solemn.

Something is wrong with what happened today, very wrong.

After Li Xian sat down behind the desk, Xue Yuanchao turned to look at Su Liangsi, frowned and asked, "Su Sima, what is the origin of that batch of gold and silver?"

Li Xuan, as well as everyone else, turned around and looked at Su Liangsi at the same time.

Su Liangsi stood up, cupped his hands towards Xue Yuanchao and Li Xian, and said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, I, the prince, and His Highness went to the Duke Zhou's Mansion to celebrate his birthday, and accidentally discovered that the gold objects used in the inner courtyard of the Duke Zhou's Mansion, They are all newly built, so I kept an eye out and came back to investigate."

"What's the result?" Li Xian raised his head and looked at Su Liangsi. He was only talking to Li Dan that day, but he didn't pay attention to the details here.

"I asked people to go to the market to check the origin of similar gold items. Yesterday, someone came to report that there had been gold items with similar composition on the market. I asked people to go deeper, but there is no report yet." Su Liangsi swallowed most of the truth, but looked at everyone with a worried look on his face.

"Mr. Xue?" Li Xian turned to look at Xue Yuanchao.

"Similar to gold items, they are usually used in black market transactions, such as things stolen from the owner's house, or leaked from the military, or from local private mines."

Xue Yuanchao looked at Li Xian and said, "Your Highness should still remember what the Crown Princess said about the cash cash from the mine delivered by the Young Master being robbed."

Li Xian stared in disbelief: "Uncle is saying that these things were originally the gold and silver that was robbed from the East Palace, and it was Gu's cousin who robbed them. These things were originally Gu's..."

Li Xuan and others bowed their heads in silence, they all thought of this possibility.

That is Wu Chengsi, that is, he has the ability to get the information in advance and take action, and he has enough manpower without fear of being discovered.

At the side door, Wei Hongmin was about to come in.

Stopped.

(End of this chapter)