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

Chapter 642 King of Nanchang, a sincere gentleman
Li Xuan sat behind the seat, holding the bronze wine bottle in his hand, and fixed his eyes on the wine bottle, but his ears were perked up, listening to Pei Yan's explanation.

He believed that at this moment, the emperor on the high platform was also waiting for Pei Yan's explanation.

Today, the emperor intentionally sat Pei Yan and Li Jingye together, just to make the two people explain the matter face to face.

After all, one is Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, an important minister of the Central Committee, and the other is the governor of Meizhou, the grandson of Li Ji, the god of war.

Any one of them has a different heart and hooks up with the King of the East China Sea, and the emperor will be in extreme danger immediately.

Especially Li Jingye, although he just suffered an innocent disaster, and Xue Zhang is a classmate, out of the friendship of classmates, let him live in another courtyard at home temporarily, who would have imagined that Xue Zhang would be easily used by the King of the East China Sea, Li Jingye like this Only then was the corner of his clothes hooked up.

On the contrary, Pei Yan was deeply involved in this case. Xue Zhongzhang was his nephew, and it was he who arranged for Xue Zhongzhang to follow Li Xuan to Yangzhou as a secretary.

It was him again, who ordered him to secretly order the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the collusion between the major families in Hangzhou, the upper and lower officials and the king of the East China Sea.

Unfortunately, this secret order was directly exposed by Xue Zhongzhang so stupidly.

After that, it caused a series of turmoil.

If it hadn't been for Li Xuan to finally find out that someone in Hangzhou official circles was indeed the king of the East China Sea, I am afraid that this matter would not be so easy to suppress.

But it happened that it was Wei Wenxu from Xiaoshan County who was found out to be under the King of the East China Sea. He was very close to Xue Zhang in Hangzhou and even gave him a valuable manor.

Xue Zhang's stupidity not only made Pei Yan wear an unknown hat, but also exposed all his previous operations.

In early September, Pei Yan had already started to arrange Xue Zhang's transfer to Hangzhou. Why?
At that time, it had just been revealed that the King of the Eastern Sea was the descendant of Prince Yin Jiancheng. What did Pei Yan know?
What exactly does he want to do?
A series of questions flashed in Li Xuan's heart, and he believed that the emperor also had a series of questions to ask in his heart, even more than what Li Xuan thought in his heart.

In particular, the emperor did not hide this matter. Instead, he asked Prince Li Xian to directly confront the two in front of countless officials. From this, the emperor's dissatisfaction was clearly revealed.

Pei Yan didn't dare to raise his head to look at the Emperor and Empress Wu, he didn't even dare to raise his head to look at the Crown Prince, he just glanced down and sat there, pretending to be drunk, staring at Li Xuan on the wine bottle.

Afterwards, Pei Yan said: "Your Highness, the matter of Erlang was indeed handled properly by the minister. Originally, the king of Nanchang pacified the Tianyin sect in Muzhou, and the minister should have asked the king of Nanchang face-to-face about the matter involving the king of Yue. The matter of Liu Guangye was why Erlang was sent to investigate, but he never thought that Erlang had been in Beijing for many years, did not know the dangers of the place, mistrusted the wicked, and then dealt with it properly, and finally died in Weihe..."

At the end of Pei Yan's speech, the sadness on his expression was clearly visible.

Li Xuan was already sitting there with a blank expression.

It was as if he was not the one who was hooked up with King Yue, the son of County Lord Wenxi, and King Donghai by Pei Yan's words just now.

"King of Nanchang." Li Xian came back sideways, Li Xuan suddenly came to his senses, and then quickly stood up: "The minister is here!"

Li Xian suddenly smiled, waved his hands, turned to look at Pei Yan, and said, "In the case of the Tianyin Sect, the King of Nanchang had already reported to the King of Yue about the matter involved, and the palace had already dealt with it, but Pei Qing didn't know about it." That's all, if Pei Qing needs it, the palace can show the disposing officer to Pei Qing for review."

"I dare not." Pei Yan immediately cupped his hands in fear.

"Don't dare, I still think about it." Li Xian shook his head a little funny, and said sideways: "Erlang, I entrust this matter to you."

Everyone looked up, only to realize that the person standing beside Li Xian was Xue Yao, the son of the admonishing doctor Xue Yuanchao.

Although they are both Xue Erlang, the difference between Prince Sheren and Secretary Lang is not too big.

The expressions of Pei Yan and Li Jingye suddenly became solemn.

You know, what the two of them said just now almost all blamed Xue Zhongzhang.

After all, Xue Zhongzhang is dead, and the dead have no right to speak.

Being framed and splashed with dirty water is a very normal thing.

But the person who was splashed with dirty water was not only Pei Yan's nephew, but also a child of the Xue family in Hedong.

Xue Yao didn't seem to have heard Pei Yan and Li Jingye's slander against Xue Zhongzhang before, but he bowed his hands to Li Xian very sincerely and said: "The humble minister takes orders!"

After Li Xian finished speaking, he looked at Pei Yan and Li Jingye with satisfaction, smiled, and said: "Since the matter has been clarified, I will have a drink with the two lovers, King of Nanchang."

Li Xuan immediately picked up the wine bottle, this Li Xian had already drank the wine in the wine bottle, smiled, and walked towards Dou Xuande.

Li Xuan put down the wine bottle and let the maid pour the wine for him, while he bowed his hands to Pei Yan and Li Jingye, and then sat down.

Pei Yan and Li Jingye sat down at the same time, and the expressions on their faces did not ease much, because it was not Li Xian who made the decision on this matter, but the emperor Li Zhi who was sitting on it.

The affair with the King of the East China Sea directly provoked Li Zhi's most sensitive nerves. Empress Wu dared not speak up to Li Zhi about this matter, and would even do her best to help him investigate the truth of this matter .

There was no sound from above, and neither the emperor nor Empress Wu said anything more.

But everyone knows it's not over.

For a moment, I don't know how many eyes lingered on Li Xuan, Pei Yan and Li Jingye.

……

Prince Li Xian had finished his toast among the officials, his steps were already in a daze, but he still insisted on toasting to the foreign ministers, and finally returned to the kings.

Sure enough, the kings are their own people.

Han Wang Li Yuanjia directly forced someone to pour a cup of hot tea for the crown prince, and told him to slow down the wine a little, then turned to look at the kings, and said in a deep voice, "Drink less."

"Here!" Regarding the head of the clan, all the kings present were silent like cicadas.

Li Xian watched from the side with a smile. He didn't mess around like drunk like others, but stood with a very calm smile.

After seeing this, the officials inside and outside could not help but admire in their hearts.

Wine tastes character.

Why is the prince Li Xian mellow, and his character is not inferior to the filial emperor Li Hong.

While speaking, Li Xian had already arrived in front of Li Xuan. He deliberately made people fill up with wine, and toasted to Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, here is a toast to Uncle Wang!"

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Xuan didn't dare to hesitate, immediately picked up the wine glass, and drank it down with Li Xian.

Li Xian said naively: "If Uncle Wang has nothing to do on weekdays, you might as well bring Aunt Wang to the East Palace for a walk, Xian and the Crown Princess will definitely greet you."

Li Xuan frowned, subconsciously leaned closer and said, "Why, the Empress is urging again?"

"Hmm!" Li Xian had a wry smile on his face.

Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn, the royal family has nothing to do with it.

One of the reasons why Li Xian was abolished later was because he had been married for several years without a son.

The eldest grandson of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu turned out to be Li Xian's son. There are too many things that can and cannot be said.

Li Xuan thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that Huaqing Pool's hot springs are quite warm. If Your Highness is free, you might as well stay in Huaqing Pool with the Crown Princess for a longer period of time, preferably more than one month. It's the annual holiday now. Your Highness might as well go and relax. But it is best to harvest in autumn and store in winter, and bloom in spring and summer every year at the end of September and early October."

Li Xian raised his brows immediately, took half a step back, and cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Wang is a sincere gentleman, and I am very grateful... If officials in the government and the opposition can be like Uncle Wang, loyal to the king's affairs, and report honestly, the father will also Don't be so tired."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xue Yao who was at the side, Xue Yao nodded slightly, Li Xuan's mouth twitched, but he still bowed his hands solemnly and said: "Your Highness is too famous, everything is the duty of the minister."

"It's a good job, but there are still countless people who can't do it." Li Xian sighed softly, then approached Li Xuan, and said in a low voice: "Sanlang, please take care of Uncle Wang."

After speaking, without waiting for Li Xuan's reply, Li Xian turned his head and walked towards Prince Han.

Li Xuan couldn't help being taken aback, what did Li Xian's last sentence mean, and Li Xian, please let him take care of him.

Immediately, Li Xuan cupped her hands slightly and sat down again.

What happened today is really unexpected.

The matter of Pei Yan and Li Jingye seems to have given them two opportunities to explain, and the emperor didn't say much, but this is all based on the fact that there will be no accidents in the future.

In the future, if even a little bit of involvement with the King of the East China Sea falls on them, both of them will be in bad luck. This matter will definitely not be so easy to pass.

Especially the incident with Leng's family years ago, and Xue Zhongzhang's murder and Wen Xu's escape.

Not to mention, until now, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has not found the slightest trace of the King of the East China Sea.

Right now, the matter of Princess Yin is about to start again.

Li Xuan lowered her head slightly, these were the matters of Pei Yan and Li Jingye, although Li Xuan was involved a little bit, it had little to do with it.

The problem lies in the sentence that Li Xian said, "Be sincere to a gentleman, be loyal to the king's affairs, and report honestly." The key lies in the last sentence.

Honest report.

Since the filial emperor Li Hong passed away last year, Li Xuan left Luoyang and sent a memorial to the East Palace basically every three days.

Later, after Li Xuan got married, the time was changed to once every seven days. Although the time was extended, the performance continued.

The content in it is what Li Xuan has seen and heard on a daily basis, how he handled situations, and even the battle in Meiling Pass and Muzhou without the slightest delay, and told Li Xian as much as possible to restore the truth.

Because the memorial might fall into the hands of Empress Wu and the emperor, Li Xuan was very cautious in the memorial, distinguishing the priority from the secondary, clearly distinguishing the severity, and basically reporting all sensitive matters truthfully.

Of course Li Xuan wasn't that honest, but many things that even Yu Ze didn't know about those things that he did in private, let alone report to the East Palace.

However, Li Xuan never expected that the emperor would send someone to review the contents of his memorial.

That's right, that's exactly what Li Xian said just now.

The emperor's heart is too deep.

Fortunately, Li Xuan knew that the memorials would definitely fall into the hands of the emperor and Empress Wu, so he tried his best to report the memorials as truthfully as possible, so that no one would catch the slightest clue.

Now the result of the emperor's re-examination came out, and a hat of "a sincere gentleman, loyal to the king's affairs, and honest report" was put on his head. On the contrary, Li Xian's words also contained other people.

Just like Pei Yan and Li Jingye standing opposite Li Xuan.

(End of this chapter)