Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 469
When questioned by Li Chengqian, Fang Yi was a little bit taken aback in his heart, and secretly said: "The news spread so fast!"

Showing a slight smile to Li Chengqian, Fang Yiai cupped a cup of tea and immediately thought about all the possibilities for Li Chengqian to learn about the "five horse road ambush".

Li Shimin's imperial conquest, and the prince of the East Palace supervised the country. Although Chang'an has eyes and ears all over the place, if he wants to know the cause and effect of the "Five Horse Road", it is impossible to investigate clearly without a day.

"Could it be that there are spies from the Eastern Palace in the army?"

"Or the eldest grandson Wuji came to report?"

In an instant, Fang Yiai's thoughts stood in the queue of the latter.

"Could it be that the eldest grandson Wuji deliberately took the opportunity to take revenge?" Fang Yiai secretly thought, then put down the teacup, and said softly without changing expression: "The prince has insight into the details, and Fang Jun admires it very much. Last night, the minister did set up an ambush on Wuma Road. fought with Hamichi."

Seeing that Fang Yiai admitted this frankly, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out to pick up a piece of pastry, stood up and handed it to Fang Yiai, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, brother-in-law Yu has worked hard."

"Don't dare to be favored by the crown prince." Fang Yiai stood up and took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus jujube cake with both hands, and was about to speak, but did not expect Li Chengqian to have something to say later.

Sitting back on the wooden chair, Li Chengqian clapped his hands lightly, and said leisurely, seemingly chatting: "Even if the leader lays an ambush, why didn't my brother-in-law know Xiao Wang?"

Fang Yiai was about to taste the jujube cake, when she heard Li Chengqian's words, she felt her scalp go numb, and she quickly replied: "It is indeed Fang Jun who was rude about this matter."

Right now Li Shimin's imperial conquest is in person, Li Chengqian is in charge of the country's regent, and the important matter of commanding the army should be played in the East Palace. However, Fang Yiai only cared about the embankment, and forgot about the prince's uncle.

Thinking clearly about the pros and cons, Fang Yiai quickly got up, cupped his hands and said: "Fang Jun was negligent earlier, forgot to play the East Palace, and hoped that the Prince's Palace would come down."

Li Chengqian was noncommittal, held up the teacup and sipped tea leisurely, and after a long while, he said: "My brother-in-law serves the country and the people, what is the crime?"

"Fang Jun was negligent for a while, and forgot to play to His Highness the Crown Prince. Sending troops privately is a crime of disrespect." Fang Yiai took the step of retreating and stated her fault again.

Fang Yiai believed that as soon as Li Chengqian made such a remark, Li Chengqian would try to persuade him, and then he would go down the slope, and he would have overcome this difficulty. .

"Disrespectful?" A cold light flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, and he sneered, "My brother-in-law Yu didn't use his pseudonym earlier, not only did he deceive Shu'er, but he also got the beauty into his bag. These two sisters of this palace, hey! They are pure-hearted .”

Li Chengqian said half of what he said, and the rest of what he didn't say was naturally pointing out that Fang Yiai had ulterior motives.

"This..." Fang Yiai nodded and lowered her head, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she was even more surprised in her heart.

No matter how Fang Yiai guessed, he would never have guessed that Li Chengqian not only did not try to comfort her, but brought up the old score instead, clearly expressing her position to Fang Yiai - I am relying heavily on the Guanlong clan, not your Fang family father and son.

Seeing that Fang Yiai lowered her head and said nothing, Li Chengqian raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "I am making a little joke with Fang Dudu, brother-in-law Yu, don't panic, sit down."

After Fang Yiai sat down, Li Chengqian spoke again: "The queen mother issued a decree to marry Lizhi to the No. [-] Scholar's Mansion on the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. But I don't know how to arrange this title?"

"Fame?" Fang Yiai was stunned. Gao Yang and others did not get along with wives and concubines in Zhuangyuan's mansion, but this was just the habit of several people in the family. Love is afraid that he will be charged with a serious crime of disobedience, which is to deceive the king.

"That's right, since the Zhou Dynasty enacted ritual laws and inherited the Zhou, Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties, how can the distinction between upper and lower be overstepped?"

Li Chengqian's words were sonorous, and then he changed the topic, and the topic fell on Qin Jingniang and Xie Yaohuan, "The two younger sisters in this palace are royal princesses. Could it be that the imperial brother-in-law wants them to be concubines with the daughters of courtiers and lowly maids?" Are you being polite?"

"Baby maid!" Fang Yi's heart trembled, seeing Li Chengqian verbally insulting Xie Yaohuan, he immediately felt sullen, suppressed the anger in his heart, and replied: "This matter is handled by the Ministry of Etiquette, Fang Jun dare not presume."

"The Ministry of Rites manages? The affairs in your mansion are originally called the Ministry of Rites to manage?" Li Chengqian complained, "Do you think the Zhuangyuan Mansion is Daming Palace or Taiji Palace? Or Qing'an Palace?"

"This is the ancestral system appointed by Emperor Wude, how dare Fang Jun not follow it?" Fang Yiai stood up and replied, with a voice of hatred secretly in her heart: "If you only want to make things difficult for Fang Jun, you will be pulled from the East Palace. Anyway, you in history There is no such thing as the blessing of being an emperor!"

Sensing the stunning coldness in Fang Yiai's eyes, Li Chengqian's complexion changed slightly, and only then did he realize that Fang Yiai was no longer that rootless dude.

"Right now, Fang Junwen has the support of the three factions of Shandong gentry, commoner, and poor family, and Wu has Qin Qiong as his backer. Cheng Chubi, Luo Tong and others look forward to him even more. Compared with Uncle Changsun, I am afraid that he is only three points inferior!"

Thinking about the details, Li Chengqian turned his face suddenly to one side, and said with a loud smile: "Oh, yes! The Emperor Wude did make a statement about it, and Xiao Wang was negligent for a while, so don't take offense to my brother-in-law."

"I don't dare!" Fang Yiai cupped his hands coldly, and continued: "But I don't know why the prince announces Fangjun to enter the palace this time?"

"I haven't seen my brother-in-law for a long time, and I miss you very much." As he spoke, Li Chengqian clapped his hands and summoned his courtiers, and continued: "Go, give the three-legged rice in the palace to the ten altars of the prince-in-law, and pick out a piece of jewelry and Xiapei." Deputy, send it to Princess Gaoyang."

Seeing Li Chengqian's soldiers first and then his salutes, Fang Yi sneered in his heart, pretending to be flattered and said: "Fang Jun, how can he dare to accept such a gift from the prince."

"Hey! Brother-in-law, you and I are named Junchen, and we are actually uncle Lang's close relatives." Li Chengqian beckoned Fang Yiai to sit down, and then said solemnly: "Shu'er has regarded me as his biological brother since he was a child. My sister sees it differently?"

"My brother-in-law is versatile in civil and military affairs, and it's no problem to assist the political army, but this relationship between a man and a woman must not neglect Shu'er."

"Why did the prince say that?"

"Yi love, how long have you been married to Shu'er?"

"More than half a year."

"Why hasn't the good news come for so long?"

"This..." As soon as Li Chengqian said this, Fang Yixin felt annoyed, and said to himself: "You think I don't want to have a baby! Is it useful to be anxious?"

"Could it be that my brother-in-law and Shu'er have a misunderstanding and haven't had sex for a long time?" Li Chengqian's words are half true and half false. He has always been very dissatisfied with Fang Yiai's bringing Qin Jingniang and Xie Yaohuan into the Zhuangyuan Mansion. In order to ask, Fang Yiai actually forced Fang Yiai to send the two daughters Qin and Xie back to the original house.

Fang Yi, who asked these words, was heartbroken, so he could only evasively say: "Princess Xiangcheng is accompanying Shu'er at the mansion these days, me."

"Yu'er? She also lives in the Zhuangyuan Mansion?" Li Chengqian snorted coldly with sullen expression on his face, "House Consort, do you know that Xiao Rui's body is not cold yet, so don't go too far in everything."

"Why did the prince say that?" Fang Yi's anger gradually rose in his heart, and he thought, "These words are probably also said by Changsun Wuji, right?"

"It's not that Xiao Wang made random guesses, it's just that rumors are spreading in Chang'an City right now, brother-in-law Yu needs to be cautious when dealing with things."

"Fang Jun doesn't know, I hope His Royal Highness will tell you."

Li Chengqian sighed, and said helplessly: "The people in Chang'an all say that Brother-in-law Yu didn't poison Xiao Rui to cover up his alias."

"Xiao Rui died suddenly from the plague. What did he have to do with Fang Jun? Prime Minister Sun also personally interrogated this matter, but didn't it end up being fruitless?"

Li Chengqian nodded slightly, and continued: "This matter, Xiao Wang believes that what the Qing family said is true, but the words of Chang'an City, I am afraid that there are only two or three out of ten believers."

"But I don't know how the common people say it?" Fang Yiai asked, clasping his hands.

"In Chang'an City's [-]th Square, all the people said one after another that the brother-in-law of Yucheng was greedy for the appearance of Princess Xiangcheng, so he poisoned Xiao Rui to death!"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Chengqian's eyes were fixed on Fang Yi'ai's face, and Fang Yi'ai was even more uncertain, knowing in his heart that this matter probably happened to Changsun Wuji again.

"Right now, Duke Song is demoted to Jiannan Road, and sister Xiangcheng is insane. The huge Xiao family is in decline, why don't people sigh with emotion!"

After drinking the tea, Li Chengqian said leisurely: "This time, my brother-in-law set up a five-horse road and defeated the Turkic army commander Ha Michi. This merit should be rewarded. Tomorrow morning, the king will reward himself according to his merits."

Speaking of the words "reward for meritorious deeds", Li Chengqian's eyes flickered with treachery, and his eyes swept towards Fang Yiai, with an imperceptible trace of treachery faintly revealed between his brows.

(End of this chapter)