Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

With an order, dozens of Yulin guards swarmed forward and pinned Li Ying and three people to the ground.

"Father, I am wronged. We really came to the palace to catch thieves. We never thought of launching a mutiny!"

Seeing that the expressions of the three people did not seem to be fake, Li Longji looked at Concubine Wu Hui with lingering anger.

"Have there been any thieves in the palace recently? They say they are here to help you catch the thieves."

Facing the expectant looks in the eyes of Li Ying and the others, Concubine Wu Hui's next words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"No, the palace has been very peaceful recently. I didn't ask them to catch the thieves. Besides, even if there are a few petty thieves, why would they bring so many armored guards?"

"It's clear that the prince is dissatisfied with his concubine and brought people into the palace to take revenge."

Speaking of this, Concubine Wu Hui pretended to be aggrieved and wiped her tears.

"Your Majesty, I was thinking that after the death of Concubine Zhao Life, it was pity that the prince had no one to take care of him. I specifically told him to run to the East Palace more frequently. Who would have thought that the prince would..."

"Demon Concubine, how dare you frame me in front of my father, I will fight you!"

In this situation, Li Ying still didn't understand that she was being framed, so she immediately wanted to break away and leave the Yulin Guard to find Concubine Wu Hui.

Li Longji already hated Li Ying. When he saw his beloved concubine being cursed like this, he could no longer hold back his anger. He stepped forward and kicked Li Ying in the face, his face turned pale.

"Shut up! You rebellious son, how dare you act so arrogantly in front of me, come on, give me..."

Before he finished speaking, two masked men suddenly flew out from the eaves of Hui'an Palace and ran towards the palace gate, and they were carrying two bundles in their hands.

At this moment, everyone including Li Longji was stunned. No one thought that there were really thieves in Hui'an Palace.

In particular, Concubine Wu Hui said it was impossible. The thieves were just an excuse she used to lure Li Ying into leading troops into the palace. How could there really be thieves?

However, whether she believed it or not, the thief was always running towards the palace gate, intending to run away with his things.

After coming back to their senses, the Yulin guards turned their guns and chased the thieves.

"The thief is out! Father, look at the thief!" Li Ying and the other three said with tears streaming down their faces.

"Concubine Hui, what's going on? Didn't you say there are no thieves?"

Li Longji asked with an ugly face. He is not stupid. Today's situation clearly smells like a frame-up.

Although he was dissatisfied that Li Ying wanted to depose the prince, it did not mean that he was willing to be used.

Sensing the anger in the emperor's words, Concubine Wu Hui laughed twice.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

Li Longji pointed at Concubine Wu Hui and wanted to say something, and finally waved his sleeves and left.

When passing by Li Ying and the others, he said to Yu Linwei: "Let them go!"

"Yes!" Habayashi Wei clasped his fists and retreated to their respective positions.

After regaining their freedom, Li Ying and the other three wept with joy and cried in each other's arms. Just now they were almost killed by the emperor.

Angrily returning to Hui'an Palace, Concubine Wu Hui sat down on the big mink chair, her eyes fixed on the window.

Needless to say, there must be someone behind the scenes to harm her. Who could this powerful person be?
Soon, Concubine Wu Hui thought of the most likely person.

Fan Xin!

That's right, it's this guy. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, he is the only one who has the ability to send thieves into the palace.

After figuring out the key, Concubine Wu Hui's phoenix eyes breathed fire, her silver teeth clenched, and she wished she could go to Fan Xin to settle the score in person.

Ask him how he promised the royal grandmother back then.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li has sent you a letter, please read it."

"Li Linfu's letter?" Concubine Wu Hui was startled, took the letter from the maid, opened it and took a look at the contents.

Li Linfu asked her to meet at Luoshui Inn this evening and said that he wanted to discuss matters related to the prince with her.

"Tell Li Linfu's people that I will leave soon and ask him to wait patiently."

"It's your Majesty!" the maid said to the attendant at the door after walking out of the hall.

"The empress said that she will leave later and let Li Xiang wait patiently at the inn."

"My servant will go back and tell Prime Minister Li now." He bowed to the maid and then got on the sedan chair and walked towards the palace gate.

When he arrived at the Li Mansion, he was dressed like a palace attendant.

"Housekeeper, please tell Mr. Li that your Majesty will be waiting for him at the Luoyang Inn this evening to discuss important matters."

Taking the letter from the attendant, the butler nodded and walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Looking at his back, the entourage smiled and disappeared into the street market.

……

Hall of Qinzheng

After Li Longji finished reviewing the memorial, he stretched and was about to go back to his bedroom to rest when there was sudden discussion outside the door.

"Hey, have you heard that Concubine Hui and Prime Minister Li have become very close recently?"

"Who says it's not the case? The two of them often hide in the house and talk, and they don't know what they are doing."

"What else can be done? Of course it is done by men and women."

"No way. Concubine Hui is the master of the harem, and there is His Majesty above her. It's impossible for her to have an affair with Li Xiang, right?"

"What do you know? No matter how high your Majesty's status is, he still leaves the affairs of state to Prime Minister Li. Look at everyone in the court. No one is trying to curry favor with Prime Minister Li."

"Just now I saw the empress disguised herself in a cloak and secretly left the palace. Maybe she had a date with Prime Minister Li somewhere."

In the hall, Li Longji's face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were like a man-eating tiger.

"No wonder I haven't seen anyone lately. I am going to see Li Linfu."

"Hey, Prime Minister Li is so powerful!" Li Longji sneered, with endless killing intent in his eyes.

The next moment, he put on his regular clothes and dressed up, left the palace through the back window of the main hall, and quietly followed Concubine Wu Hui's motorcade.

Sure enough, not long after, the carriage stopped in front of an inn called Luoyang.

The curtain was opened, and Concubine Wu Hui, who was tightly wrapped in a cloak, got off the carriage. She looked around first, and then walked into the inn.

"Huh!" Li Longji snorted coldly, lowered the eaves and sat alone at the tea stall opposite. As expected, Li Linfu's carriage was about to arrive.

After about half a stick of incense, an inconspicuous sedan landed in front of the inn, and a sneaky figure stepped in.

No one else knew this figure, but Li Longji knew it. It was Li Linfu, the prime minister of the dynasty!
"Okay, you two joined forces to bully me!"

"Do you really think that I am easy to mess with?" Li Longji slammed the table and followed him into the inn.

……

In the room, Concubine Wu Hui sat in front of the wine table and looked at the dishes in a daze, feeling very upset. She didn't know why but she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Li Linfu's voice came from outside.

"Concubine Hui, our veteran Li Linfu wants to see you. Could you please open the door?"

"come in."

"Thank you, empress." The door opened and Li Linfu walked in with a smile.

"Mother, I heard that your attempt to trap the prince failed. I wonder if this is the case?"

As time passed, Li Linfu and Wu Huifei had been in the room for an hour. During this hour, Li Longji wanted to open the door several times and go in to see what the two people were doing.

But reason tells him that he must not be impulsive. Now that Li Linfu and Concubine Wu Hui are in power, once a conflict occurs, the government will inevitably be in turmoil.

So he had to wait until these two people relaxed and then find an opportunity to get rid of them.

at last!

During the long wait, the door was pushed open, and Li Linfu showed his head and looked around, then straightened his collar and strode out of the inn.

Following closely behind was Concubine Wu Hui, who boarded the carriage and drove away surrounded by maids.

Neither of them recognized Li Longji, who was disguised as a fisherman.

The next day, the main hall of Daming Palace.

Under the leadership of Li Linfu, all the ministers bowed to Li Longji.

"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

"My lords, please live in peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After all the ministers straightened up, Li Linfu walked out of the queue with Yu Gui in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Zhongshu Menxia Province recently received a report from the front line. Shenwu General Chen Xuance is currently leading the imperial army to the Guazhou area. I believe it won't take long to annihilate the Youzhou rebels!"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole court was in an uproar. The ministers who had been suppressing it for several days breathed a sigh of relief and looked happy.

Although the court and Fan Xin are currently reconciled on the surface, no one knows that one day the two sides will fight again.

Now it's better, Fan Xin's proud Youzhou Army is about to be annihilated, and now the court can finally save some face.

"Great, we won't have to suffer from Fan Xin's arrogance anymore."

"Yes, it's time for this great thief to be punished."

After hearing the words of the ministers, the smile on Li Linfu's face became even stronger.

Zhao Huayu, the Protector of Beiting, is his confidant. Now that he has made such great achievements, he should become a prince.

However, while he was waiting for the emperor's decree to grant a reward, he saw the emperor's face suddenly darken and he dropped a memorial from the major case.

"Hmph! This is the memorial presented by Jiannan Jiedushi. Take a good look at it for yourself, what Zhao Huayu has done!"

"Killing common people and pretending to be the leader of the enemy, and fleeing the enemy before fighting. Li Linfu, is this what you call a great victory?"

Facing the emperor's glare, Li Linfu was stunned, and the civil and military officials were also stunned. They were not surprised about what Zhao Huayu had done, but the emperor's attitude towards Li Linfu.

Isn’t the relationship between the monarch and his subjects very good? How did it become like this?
The person who was most frightened in front of everyone was Li Linfu himself. He was just telling the truth about the victory. How could he know what Zhao Huayu had done.

He immediately cupped his hands with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I'll inevitably make some mistakes when I've been in the center for a long time. I'll go back and deal with Zhao Huayu so that I can give an explanation to the court!"

"No need. Frontline war matters have always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Give all the relevant reports you have to Yang Guozhong and let him handle the war. You go back and recuperate for a while."

"Your Majesty, you?"

Hearing these words, Li Linfu looked in disbelief. He never dreamed that he would end up like this after all the hard work he had done for the emperor's filial piety.

Looking at Li Linfu who was pale and with tears in his eyes, Li Longji sneered in his heart. If he hadn't seen Li Linfu getting involved with his woman with his own eyes, he would have been deceived by this move.

"Okay, this matter has been settled and there is no need to mention it again! Dismiss the court!" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left Shangyang Palace.

After the tsunami roared, the ministers got up from the ground and walked out in twos and threes. When they passed Li Linfu, they shook their heads with pity in their eyes.

"Li Xiang, everyone has left, please come back, please?" A reminder sounded in Li Linfu's ears.

After coming back to his senses, Li Linfu glanced at Yang Guozhong, with a dry smile on his face.

"It is said that when people leave, the tea is cool. At this time, you are the only one who is still here. Alas, the world is in trouble."

Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong smiled and shook his head.

"You're wrong. I'm just waiting for you to hand over. I have to go see His Majesty later."

"Hurry up and hand over the key and seal of Zhongshu Menxiasheng?"

Li Linfu...

Regardless of whether Li Linfu wanted to or not, he had to hand over the key and seal. After the handover was completed, Yang Guozhong dusted off his sleeves and sneered.

"I said Li Linfu, if other countries call you "loyal to the country" from now on, is that what you can call him?"

"Remember, call me Yang Xiang!" After saying that, Yang Guozhong left Zhongshumen and went to the province with Li Linfu's livid face.

……

Qinzheng Hall.

Li Longji was sitting in front of the writing desk, holding a brush and marking the papers, without raising his head when he heard the footsteps.

"Concubine Wu Hui has made arrangements."

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged to ensure that Concubine Hui will not live for three years, but do you really want to do this?" Gao Lishi hesitated and said.

Hearing this, Li Longji put down his brush, rubbed his forehead, and sighed.

"It's this woman who's sorry for me first. I didn't kill her because of past friendship. It's better to let her die of illness silently."

"My love for her is not in vain." At this point, Li Longji's voice changed.

"By the way, how is Yang Yuhuan doing now? Didn't Shou Wang Li Chen find anything?"

Thinking of that plump and beautiful woman, Li Longji's heart felt hot for no reason, and he wished he could take Yang Yuhuan into the palace immediately to take good care of her.

Gao Lishi bowed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, King Shou didn't notice anything was wrong, and Yang Yuhuan didn't tell anything about you."

Hearing that Yang Yuhuan did not confess himself, Li Longji's expression softened a bit and he said melancholy.

"Having said that, I am really worried. After all, Yang Yuhuan is my daughter-in-law. If she is brought into the palace like this, it will inevitably cause criticism in the world." He shook his head.

Looking at the emperor's frown, Gao Lishi rolled his eyes and suddenly said.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to ensure that you get what you want!"

"Oh? Tell me what your plan is!" Li Longji said overjoyed.

Gao Lishi dismissed the servants around him and whispered in Li Longji's ear.

"Your Majesty, you will call Prince Shou and his wife to the palace soon, and ask Yang Yuhuan to become a female Taoist priest in the name of keeping filial piety and praying for Empress Dowager Dou."

"Then we will choose another princess for King Shou. When the time is right, can't we bring Yang Yuhuan to the palace?"

Li Longji's eyes lit up, then he patted Gao Lishi on the shoulder and laughed.

"What a good Gao Lishi, I trust you in vain, come and draw up an edict! I dreamed at night that Queen Mother Dou's spirit was uneasy, and she immediately summoned King Shou and his wife to the palace to discuss matters of filial piety! There must be no mistake!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

The two chamberlains knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then ran out of the palace with their robes in hand, shouting.

"Your Majesty has a decree to summon Prince Shou and his wife to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit!"

(End of this chapter)