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

Chapter 954 The emperor’s murderous intention towards Ming Chongyan

In the dead of night, the starry sky is bright.

In front of Prince Peng's Mansion, Li Xuan bowed her hands deeply to Xue Rengui: "Uncle Shi, walk slowly."

"You're welcome, Your Majesty." Xue Rengui returned the gift casually, then got on his horse and touched the green gourd hanging around his waist.

He turned around and nodded to Li Xuan, then swung the horse's rope. The next moment, Xue Rengui was already heading towards the square gate quickly.

There was no redundant person on the whole long street, and Xue Rengui was allowed to run freely.

Seeing Xue Rengui completely disappear from sight, Li Xuan sighed softly, then turned around and walked towards the house.

He believed that by tomorrow, the story that Pingyang County Duke went to Prince Peng's Mansion to question him, and was handled skillfully by King Nanchang, and finally taught the way of the battlefield, would be spread quietly.

There is no secret guard relationship here.

Back in the study, Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu who was already waiting inside with a worried look on his face, and Li Bi who was standing outside the door with a respectful look on his face.

"Come in." Li Xuan nodded to Li Bi.

Li Bi looked around carefully before entering the study.

Li Xuan sat down next to Liu Jinyu, and then told the two of them everything with a solemn expression.

"This..." Liu Jinyu shook his head and said, "Master Shiyin, this is too unscrupulous."

"The birth of the emperor's eldest grandson puts too much pressure on him." Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "If he really does nothing, then the prince's power will greatly increase in the next few years, and the entire North Gate bachelor's degree will It will gradually fall apart, even if there is a queen.”

On the surface, there were four reasons why Li Xian was deposed: First, Ming Chongyan was making trouble in front of Empress Wu, constantly promoting Li Xian and Li Dan, and belittling Li Xian;
Secondly, there is the mystery of Li Xian’s life experience. Some people said that Li Xian was not Empress Wu’s biological son, but he actually believed it himself, which caused the relationship between him and Empress Wu to almost break;
Third, Li Xian could not help but kill Ming Chongyan;

Fourth, he secretly accumulated troops and armor with the intention of rebelling, but was deposed.

In fact, Li Xuan always wanted to remind Li Xian that even if there was a power struggle with Empress Wu, the relationship between mother and son must be maintained.

Even if Empress Wu pushes her too far, he still needs to be patient.

Because as long as he tolerates it, the emperor will make it up to him.

Maintaining an unbreakable mother-son relationship is the future path designed by Li Xuan for Li Xian.

From the time he was asked to compile the "Book of the Former Han Dynasty" to the later birth of the emperor's eldest grandson, it was actually all these things, but unfortunately, Li Xian never focused on this aspect.

It's not that Li Xian can't understand what Li Xuan means, it's just that there are too many people around him.

These people have formed their own interest groups around the prince.

These people want to fight for power in the court, so they naturally cannot allow Li Xian and Empress Wu to ease their relationship.

In the final analysis, it was Li Xian's lack of ability, and he completely lost control of the courtiers around him.

Coupled with Ming Chongyan's hostility, Li Xian's future path may be difficult to change.

The same was true for Ming Chongyan. His desire for power was no less than that of Empress Wu, so he was pushed to the forefront and Li Xian's regime.

Behind everything was the emperor's extreme desire to control power and his extreme suspicion of his ministers.

Even for his biological son.

Not to mention there is a Empress Wu who is also well-versed in tactics.

Li Xuan tried his best to help Li Xian, but in the end he found that he could not save him.

Since Li Xian cannot be saved, Ming Chongyan must fall first before Li Xian falls.

Maybe Ming Chongyan will die at the hands of Li Xian in the future, but Li Xuan must ensure now that the emperor also has murderous intentions for Ming Chongyan.

That's enough.

……

"This matter ends here." Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu and Li Bi and said, "Pingyang County Duke will not leave your Majesty's words soon. I believe we can tell Your Majesty without disturbing the Queen of Heaven. The subsequent disposition will be His Majesty's business?"

Liu Jinyu frowned and asked, "How do you think your majesty will deal with Master Shiyin?"

"Are you worried that Ming Shiyin will attack Yue Weng?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu in surprise.

Liu Jinyu nodded seriously.

Li Xuan can now continue to perform meritorious service on the front line without worrying about the rear. First, he has the emperor's trust, second, his own ability, and third, Liu Rengui is in power.

As long as Liu Rengui is around, some of the secret tricks in the DPRK will not fall on him.

If Ming Chongyan had done the same thing to Liu Rengui, then even if Liu Rengui had been ill for a while, it would have been enough for someone to take action against Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty has two choices. One is to secretly punish Ming Chongyan now, and the other is to gradually deprive him of the control of the secret guards. However, it depends on your Majesty's decision."

After speaking, Li Xuan looked up at Li Bi.

"Your Majesty will not kill Master Shiyin right now, ahem..." Li Bi coughed twice, shook his head and said, "Master Shiyin has too many secrets in his hands. If we kill him, there will be too many backlashes.

Master Shiyin is still very useful now. Your Majesty should take it slow and gradually deprive him of the control of the secret guards, and then leave him idle. In the end, it will be a glass of poisonous wine and a piece of white silk. "

"That's right." Liu Jinyu nodded with a worried look.

Li Xuan frowned and suddenly said: "Madam, do you think Yue Weng has suspected Ming Chongyan now?"

"Huh?" Liu Jinyu suddenly looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "Who is Yue Weng? What Ming Chongyan did, it seems that the cover-up was reasonable. Even if my husband didn't see Gao Baobao's men at the end, he accidentally used the secret guard." I’m afraid I won’t be able to connect with the Secret Guards.”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said with a slightly disbelieving look on his face: "Actually, not only Yue Weng, but also Your Majesty, the news of the capture of the Goguryeo people has long been spread to the palace, but Your Majesty has long been prepared to let Pingyang County Duke If you come to the house to inquire, you may still be suspicious of Ming Chongyan."

"Everything seems to be safe, but in fact there are flaws everywhere."

Liu Jinyu suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Xuan and said, "The Treasure King does have a motive and purpose, and has even actually done it, but he did it too hastily."

Li Xuan nodded seriously and recalled the whole incident. If the evidence that the person was a secret guard was not found later, then even if the person really pointed at Gao Baobao, Li Xuan would still doubt Ming Chongyan, because in this matter On the other hand, Ming Chongyan's benefits were too great.

Once Xue Rengui becomes the commander-in-chief of the army and the North Gate bachelor's tentacles follow Xue Rengui to intervene in the Western Front battlefield, then even the emperor may feel threatened.

In fact, what they are really afraid of is not that Ming Chongyan secretly attacks Hao Chujun. What they are really afraid of is that Beimen Bachelor will use this to control the huge military power.

What I'm afraid of is that in the future, the North Gate bachelor will use this skill to attack all opponents unscrupulously.

Even if they didn't do it this time, they will follow suit if they see the opportunity in the future.

"Your Majesty, the key is what should we do?" Li Bi raised his head, a sharp look in his eyes flashing across his face. "Mix the spies at home with others and exile most of them to Zhuangzi outside Luoyang City, leaving only one. If others want to come in again, they must go through him." Li Xuan thought about it and continued: "At home The missing manpower should be transferred from Pengzhou as much as possible, so that the palace will not be able to say anything."

Li Xuan almost didn't realize that this was a good opportunity now.

"Tomorrow, send a message to Yue Weng and ask him to check the servants from Silla and Goguryeo at home." Li Xuan smiled softly and said: "By now, Yue Weng should understand, and even the house has started to be cleaned up. ”

"If every household cleans out those suspicious servants, then the palace will probably be furious." Liu Jinyu had a smile in the corner of his eyes.

"So, who will the palace blame when the time comes?" Li Xuan sighed softly and shook her head.

He didn't expect that he could use Yin Ming Chongyan in this way.

This guy Ming Chongyan is going to be in trouble.

You can't tell, it's going to be bad luck.

……

After gathering her thoughts, Li Xuan turned to look at Liu Jinyu and said seriously: "Ming Chongyan will not give up so easily. He has only one real purpose in everything he does."

"Aiming at the prince." Of course Liu Jinyu understood this.

The palace is paying attention to each family, but each family is not paying attention to the palace.

The relationship between Ming Chongyan and the prince was tense. This was not the first day.

"So, after your husband leaves, try to go to the East Palace as little as possible. You would rather pretend to be sick than go there less." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "The East Palace is a place of disputes. It is never a good thing to get involved casually."

"I understand." Liu Jinyu nodded seriously.

"One more thing." Li Xuan looked sideways at Liu Jinyu and said seriously: "On the day the emperor's eldest grandson was born, Ming Chongyan went to Yeting."

"Yeting." Liu Jinyu's eyes couldn't help but twitch, and then she asked: "Is there anything in Yeting that can hurt the prince?"

"I don't know." Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu seriously, and then said: "Ming Chongyan must do something, but now that the East Palace is strict, it is not easy to do what he wants to do. He needs a chance to make a move."

"The emperor's eldest grandson's full moon banquet." Liu Jinyu blurted out one sentence.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and said, "My lady is indeed smart. That was the most likely time."

"If my husband is no longer in the capital at that time, you can find a reason not to go as much as possible, and let your mother and concubine go." Li Xuan sighed softly, her face full of worry.

The concubine Ouyang has been the daughter-in-law of the Li family for many years. She has a good relationship with her sisters-in-law of the same generation and naturally has their circle. However, Liu Jinyu rarely gets along with her sisters-in-law of the same generation and is easily manipulated.

Li Xuan never wanted Liu Jinyu to go to a place like the palace.

Zhao Qi's death has always been on the minds of Li Xuan and Li Xian.

Ming Chongyan must take out the things from Yeting. The sooner he takes them out, the greater the harm will be to the prince.

The sin slave of Yeting and the maid of honor in the palace.

She was a maid who lived by a noble person in the palace in the past, but the one who survived to this day was naturally not a maid who lived by people like Queen Wang or Concubine Xiao Shu.

Then there is only one person who may be there, the Korean lady Wu Soon.

There have always been countless rumors and complaints about Yeting, but it is difficult to spread rumors about Yeting.

Unless someone deliberately tampered with someone, they would have to put them in the ear of the prince.

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

If Ming Chongyan really did this, it would mean that his life was in Li Xuan's hands at any time.

I'm afraid he will have to die whenever Li Xuan wants him to die.

Now it depends on when it is beneficial to you.

The entire court situation passed through Li Xuan's mind silently.

……

"Three days later, the imperial court will issue a decree, and uncle Jin will be the official of the court meeting." Zhao Gong whispered beside Li Xuan in a low voice.

Li Xuan looked at the people gathered in front of her to watch Xianniang's play, and asked sideways: "So among the secret guards?"

"Take a step further and be promoted to the Grand Commander, one of the five commanders." Zhao Gong couldn't hide his excitement.

"Who originally belonged to this position?" Li Xuan asked next.

"He is from Master Shi Yin." Zhao Gong quickly calmed down and said in a low voice: "Master Shi Yin will concentrate on teaching the King Xiang from now on and will not care about the secret guards."

Ming Chongyan was directly deprived of his right to be a secret guard.

Li Xuan was a little stunned, this was too much.

The emperor was too cruel.

"It is said that the prince said something." Zhao Gong whispered.

Li Xuan raised her eyebrows and said, "It happened on the day of the sacrifice."

"Yes!" Zhao Gong nodded.

When the emperor's eldest grandson came into the world, the whole world celebrated, and the emperor offered sacrifices to heaven and earth.

But Zhongshu Ling Hao Chujun was not there, which was a bit unsatisfactory.

Although Gao Baobao was blamed in the end, everyone was worried about the secret guard.

At least, in this matter, the secret guards failed to protect Zhongshu Ling.

They have a responsibility.

The prince used this to hold the secret guard responsible, and the emperor was equally annoyed.

After all, he was the one who personally offered sacrifices to heaven and earth that day.

Therefore, Ming Chongyan fell.

In the end, Li Xuan got it.

(End of this chapter)