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Chapter 97 The Art of Compromise (5)

"You have nothing to say to others, say it!"

Li Hong had always regarded Yan Liben and Liu Xiangdao as his confidantes, so he had no doubts about it, but when he saw Wang Dequan faltering and making a fuss, he immediately lowered his face and reprimanded him unceremoniously.

"Ah, yes, speaking back to Your Highness, this servant has just received reliable news that His Highness Lu Wang arrived at the Zhou Palace before noon today. At the last three quarters, the two His Highnesses suddenly quarreled in the study room and made a big fuss. , I saw His Royal Highness King Lu went back to the mansion in a car with a livid face. It is said that after His Royal Highness Lu returned to the mansion, he was furious, and his words seemed to be scolding His Royal Highness Zhou for his wolfish ambition. I am negligent, so I rushed here, and I ask Your Highness to enlighten me." Seeing what Li Hong said, Wang Dequan didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly reported the news from the inside line one by one, until everyone in the room was shocked. frowned.

"Is this true?"

Li Hong's complexion changed for a while, and he couldn't believe it was true, so he asked a question in a deep voice.

"That's true, this servant dare not lie to His Highness with lies."

Wang Dequan answered in the affirmative, and when he was about to explain in detail, Li Hong had no interest in listening any further, and just waved Wang Dequan out of the room.

"Yan Gong, Liu Gong, why do you feel that this matter is very strange? I'm afraid there are some articles in it. I don't know if the two lovers have any concerns about it?" After Wang Dequan stepped back, Li Hong stood up from his seat. He got up, paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, and asked a question in his mind.

"Probably not. His Royal Highness Lu is very impatient, and this time the Hegong Zhezi is his favorite, but now the empress intends to let His Royal Highness Zhou take charge of this matter. With His Royal Highness Lu's personality, it is inevitable that he will be unwilling. I'm afraid they won't be peaceful in terms of words, and they are all young and vigorous people, so it is inevitable to argue." Although Liu Xiangdao is a little older than Yan Liben, his reaction is not slow at all, and he opened his mouth first. It seems that he is somewhat disapproving of Li Hong's suspicion.

"Otherwise, I'm afraid this matter is really a bit strange. Although what brother Tongshou (Liu Xiangdao's word) said has some truth, in Yan's view, it may not be just a conflict between words, maybe it is also possible that the spoils are not evenly distributed. , but no matter what the reason is, this matter is an opportunity for His Highness." Yan Liben obviously disagreed with Liu Xiangdao's opinion, shook his head with frowning, and gave a suggestion.

"Opportunity? Where does this start?"

Li Hong is very intelligent by nature. In fact, he has already made a judgment in his heart, but he is still a little hard to decide how to respond. Now that Yan Liben has pointed out the key point, he is willing to listen to Yan Liben's final judgment on this matter, so as to be with him. I made a comparison with what I was thinking in my heart, so I hurriedly asked a question.

"Your Highness, it doesn't matter whether the two His Highnesses are really arguing or not, in my humble opinion, it is a matter of great benefit to His Highness. There are three reasons for this: Although His Highness King Zhou is young and mature, after all, he is still young. Boy, even with the support of the empress, there is absolutely no chance of him getting the job of the river worker. His Highness can handle it calmly. This is one thing; You can focus on it, divide it and dissolve it, if it is fake, then it doesn't matter, the left and right are based on the strength of the two kings, no matter how they plot, they are definitely not the opponent of His Highness, so why not be afraid of it; third, He Gong This matter involves a huge amount, and involves all the ministries of the court. If it falls into the hands of the two kings, the consequences will be unimaginable. However, this matter has to be done for the great benefit of the country. When the empress supports this policy, she stops it and cuts off the thoughts of the two kings." Yan Liben was sophisticated in the world, and he analyzed the current situation in a logical manner, and his speeches were really eloquent.

"Well, it's true, it's just that the queen mother supports the seventh brother, but if the gu is forcibly stretching out his hand, not only the queen mother doesn't like it, but the seventh brother will also find it hard to forgive. If he is pushed to the sixth brother, wouldn't it be adding wings to the tiger? "Li Hongjiu has been in government affairs for a long time, and he knows that the matter of the river project is imperative. The reason why he strongly opposed it during the early court last time was that he didn't want this matter to fall into Li Xian's hands. At this time, he heard that the two kings When there was a dispute, Li Hong already had the heart to take the Hegong matter away for himself. What he worried about was not the reaction of Empress Wu, but the biggest concern was Li Xian, who was basically impossible to get a job. The reason was very simple. After going through so many things, Li Hong has already seen that Li Xian is not someone in the pool, and really doesn't want to offend him severely.

"Your Highness is extremely concerned. Although His Royal Highness King Zhou is young, he acts quite lawfully. It is not easy to be with. If you want to convince him, it will be very difficult, but it may not be impossible. Your Highness has this concern. Why don't you host a banquet for His Highness King Zhou to talk about it, if you can talk openly and honestly, if not, you can also take the opportunity to find out what's true and false, and then it's not too late to make a fuss." Liu Xiangdao obviously agrees with Li Hong's opinion very much. Then he inserted a sentence from the side.

"Yan Gong, what do you mean?"

Li Hong didn't express his opinion on Liu Xiangdao's words, but just nodded his head slightly to show his approval, and then cast his eyes on Yan Li himself who was frowning and thinking hard, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's good to try, but His Royal Highness King Zhou is very cautious, and I'm afraid he won't be so easy to get along with. Well, if the price is not too high, His Highness might as well agree to it first, and then worry about it later." Yan Liben was with Li Xian. The court has handed over the hand once, and I still have some understanding of Li Xian's ability to control the general situation, and I don't think Li Xian will be a person who doesn't know how to adapt. In Yan Liben's view, as long as he can hold the river project in his hands, give Li Xian an appropriate amount of money. It's okay to show a little sweetness.

"Well, Gu will send someone to invite the seventh younger brother into the palace to have a talk. Whether it succeeds or not, Gu's etiquette must be fulfilled first." Hearing what Yan Liben said, Li Hong no longer hesitated, and clicked Nodded, and made a decision in a flat tone... "Your Highness, how can you be so noisy with His Royal Highness King Lu, not to mention that he is an elder brother, even if he is not, he is a guest when he comes to our house. If you quarrel, If it spreads to the outside world, maybe there will be villains gossiping, if the Holy One blames it, how can it happen, alas, Your Highness, why did you come here..."

In the bedroom of the main courtyard of Prince Zhou's Mansion, Li Xian, who had just finished his lunch, was lying comfortably on the couch, with his legs crossed and curled up, casually playing with a jade fracture fan in his hands, as if very casually, but his face Her wry smile was helpless, because Yan Hong was sitting on the side of the couch, muttering relentlessly, her posture was not worse than that of "Tang Monk". There is nothing she can do about her elder sister, other than to listen honestly, she really doesn’t know what to say—the quarrel with Li Xian was originally an act, for the purpose of catching the prince Big fish, before the prince's reaction comes out, the inside story of the quarrel must be kept secret. Even to a caring person like Yanhong, Li Xian dare not tell the truth, not because he is afraid of Yanhong's actions that are not good for him I'm just worried that the walls have ears, because Li Xian is very clear that his house is not very clean, and the spies planted by all parties are not old or young. It is a matter of the overall situation, and it is absolutely necessary to keep secrets. That's it, Li Xian will She could only helplessly accept Yan Hong's broken thoughts.

"Your Highness, the vice-principal of the Xiande Palace, Eunuch Wang, has come and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order for you."

Just when Li Xian was full of helplessness, Gao Miao sneaked in from the door of the room. Seeing that Li Xian was being scolded with a distressed face, he couldn't help but secretly smiled, but unexpectedly Li Xian's eyes are very sharp, when he saw the smile on the corner of Gao Miao's mouth, he immediately glared at him unceremoniously, Gao Miao was so frightened that he hurried into the door, leaned over to the couch, and accompanied the smiling face carelessly, Report in a soft voice.

Ha, it's finally here, hey, I don't know how much sincerity there is in this intention!The reason why Li Xian didn't take a lunch break as usual today was to wait for the prince's reaction. Of course, Yan Hong's Mai Tai was also a factor. Now that Wang Dequan has arrived, not only can he know how the prince's reaction will be Li Xian has reason to be happy about being able to get rid of Yan Hong's embarrassment even more. Before Yan Hong could react, Li Xian jumped up and said: "Miss Yan Hong, Xiao Wang will go to pick you up first." I've got the order, and I'll listen to Sister Yanhong's chatter later." As soon as the words fell, the person had run away without a trace, Yanhong was so angry that her mouth curled up, and she stomped her foot at the door, but she couldn't bear it any longer. He couldn't help laughing... "My servant, see His Royal Highness King Zhou."

Wang Dequan, who had already been waiting in the second hall of the front yard, saw Li Xian coming out from the back hall, rushed forward, bowed deeply, and saluted loudly.

"Your Majesty, you are being polite, excuse me, excuse me, hehe, Xiao Wang came a step late and told Eunuch to wait for a long time, Haihan, Haihan." Li Xian seemed to be in a good mood. Seeing Wang Dequan, he saluted himself. Li Xian politely clasped his fists in return, and greeted him with a smile.

"Slaves don't dare." Wang Dequan didn't dare to accept Li Xian's return, he hurriedly took a half step back, took out a big red invitation card from his wide sleeves, held it with both hands respectfully, raised it above his head, The voice reported: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an invitation card here, please have a look at it."

Ok?Invitations?So formal, hey, what the hell is this kid doing?Li Xian thought that the crown prince would ask him to have a private chat, but he didn't expect that Li Hong would even send invitations. It's not easy to ask, Li Xian could only politely stretch out his hands, took the invitation card into his hand, flipped it open, and just looked at it, a look of suspicion flashed across his face, his eyes rolled slightly, and his heart was already It was clear, so he laughed and said: "I also ask the prince to report to the prince's brother, saying that the little king is too tired to practice martial arts, and he really dare not drink. Take it as an accomplice." When Li Xian spoke up to this point, he unquestionably raised his voice and said, "Gao Miao, send off the prince for this king." As soon as the words fell, there was no time for Wang Dequan to react at all, Li Xian As soon as he turned around, he had turned back to the back hall.

"Your Highness..."

Wang Dequan obviously didn't expect that Li Xian would be so disrespectful to the prince, he was a little dazed, and saw that Li Xian had already reached the entrance of the back hall, he couldn't help becoming anxious, he just opened his mouth and let out a cry, before he had time to say anything, Seeing that Gao Miao had stopped in front of him from the side, he waved his hand and made a gesture: "My lord, please!"

"Ugh!"

After being stopped by Gao Miao, Li Xian had already left without a trace. No matter how unwilling Wang Dequan was, he had nothing to do. He could only shake his head and sigh, and left the hall with a bitter face, and returned to the East Palace to return to his life...

(End of this chapter)