Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 517 Windfall
Seeing that Li Chengqian intended to show his favor, Fang Yiai simply accepted the favor.

"Thank you for your kindness, His Royal Highness, Fang Jun will do his best to repay the emperor's kindness."

Li Chengqian nodded with a smile, squeezed a lychee and murmured: "The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is a high-ranking member of the third rank. It is still unknown if he will be ranked among the nine ministers in time, and then he will be appointed as a prime minister."

"This matter is all due to the grace of Long live God, His Highness promoted."

After saying a few modest words, Fang Yiai stood up and cupped her hands, "The crown prince's dragon feet?"

Although Fang Yiai's words were cryptic, Li Chengqian also guessed that he was referring to his broken leg, nodded and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law."

Fang Yiai carried a round stool and sat beside Li Chengqian, beckoning him to put his feet between his knees, and whispered: "His Royal Highness's illness is not congenital, if you repeat this a few times, you should be able to recover."

A flash of ecstasy flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, but his expression was normal. While peeling the lychee, he said, "My brother-in-law, do you think Xiao Wang might fight the Yue king?"

"King Yue? Li Tai?"

Fang Yi's heart trembled, he glanced at Li Chengqian, and then lowered his head again.

Although Fang Yi'ai is currently forming an alliance with Li Chengqian, but this is all because of "Xiangcheng", it is really a last resort.If he gets involved in the struggle between Li Chengqian and Li Tai in a muddle right now, it is really impossible to get out of his body.

However, Ren Fang Yi'ai was extremely smart, but he never expected that he was already tied to Li Chengqian, at least all civil and military officials, all the princes, and even Li Shimin saw it this way.

As early as the beginning of the alliance, Li Chengqian went up to Li Shimin, requesting that Qin Jingniang and Xie Yaohuan be married to Fang Jun, and after that, Li Chengqian followed the momentum of distilling wine, and recommended Fang Yiai to be promoted to the Minister of Criminal Affairs. Although Fang Yiai didn't know about it, Li Shimin knew it very well.

Seeing that Fang Yiai nodded and said nothing, the corners of Li Chengqian's mouth slightly raised, he ate the lychee calmly, and asked with a smile: "My brother-in-law, why didn't you answer? But you never heard it?"

"Haven't heard? I'm not deaf." Fang Yiai murmured, raised her head and said seriously: "The King of Yue was born fat and treacherous. I heard that he is not loved by Long Live."

"That guy Li Tai was born with a weight of more than two hundred catties, and his heart is as vicious as Dong Zhongying!" Li Chengqian said bitterly.

Hearing this, Fang Yiai smiled wryly behind her back, and said in her heart: "Well, the throne is indeed a good thing. The elder brother actually called the younger brother Dong Zhuo! It shows how powerful its magic power is."

"Although the king of Yue is quite powerful, he probably has no foundation among civil and military officials?" Fang Yiai whispered while channeling his true energy.

Li Chengqian spat out the fruit core and gave a wry smile, "Brother Yu, the King of Yue had no roots before, but now Xiao Wang is working with you, what does Uncle Changsun think? What do the Xiao clan think?"

Seeing that Li Chengqian spoke in a calm manner, Fang Yi understood in his heart that the idea of ​​these words must have been in the crown prince's mind countless times, so that he is now alienated from his eldest grandson Wuji and even the Guanlong clan.

"Prince, are you complaining to me?" Fang Yi thought to himself lovingly, and then asked: "Prince, how is the eldest grandson Prime Minister?"

"For a man?" Li Chengqian's eyes flashed with suspicion, which was replaced by cunning, and he said with a smile: "Uncle treats people with humility and kindness."

Li Chengqian half-spoken, Fang Yiai immediately laughed out loud, but this laughter was intentional.

Fang Yiai shook her head and chuckled, and said, "Prince, could it be that you can't trust Fang Jun?"

"Why do you have such intentions!"

Li Chengqian's expression straightened, seeing that Fang Yiai's smile didn't change but instead increased, and then he remembered the past events of Fang Yiai's confrontation with Changsun Wuji several times.

"Fang Jun and Changsun Wuji fought several times, and they all saved themselves from danger. The art of war means that knowing yourself and the enemy will never end a hundred battles. I'm afraid he has already figured out Uncle's temperament?"

"That's right! In addition, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng, three veterans reminded me, how could Fang Jun fail to figure out the nature of Changsun Wuji?"

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chengqian put away the idea of ​​being hypocritical and submissive, and said with a smile: "Ming people don't speak dark words in front of Ming people. Uncle Changsun is born to be a bit bossy, and he has to point out everything, as if he is looking for it."

Li Chengqian put away his voice, and glanced at Fang Yiai, looking up and down, obviously trying to test the other party's intentions.

"It seems to be looking for a marionette?" Fang Yiai smiled bitterly, looked up at Li Chengqian, the two looked at each other speechlessly, and after a while, there was a burst of laughter in Yichun Palace.

"The hero sees the same thing." Li Chengqian took a sip of herbal tea, paused for a while, and changed his words: "It should be that Uncle Lang sees the same thing."

"Fang Jun dare not." Fang Yiai nodded slightly, then turned to say: "King Yue is cunning by nature, and Changsun Wuji is born domineering, what will happen when the two collide?"

"Yes? Cross the river and tear down the bridge?"

Li Chengqian's words came out of his lips, and he immediately realized that his words were wrong, and quickly made up for it: "Xiao Wang guessed according to Li Tai's intention, not his heart."

Fang Yiai turned a deaf ear on the surface, but secretly remembered Li Chengqian's sincere words in his heart.

"One mountain can't accommodate two tigers. I'm afraid that Changsun Wuji and the King of Yue won't be able to get together." Fang Yiai was about time, and signaled Li Chengqian to take back his broken leg, got up and moved the stool and returned to his original position.

Li Chengqian got up and walked slowly, and said as he walked, "What about Li Ke?"

"Wu Wang?" Fang Yiai took a sip of tea and said leisurely, "Wu Wang is the grandson of Emperor Yang and the son of Concubine Yang. In terms of birth, he is not a direct descendant, but His Royal Highness is still the crown prince."

The words "Beware of the King of Jin" were about to come out of her lips, Fang Yiai murmured inwardly that it was not good, and hurriedly cupped the cup again, pretending to drink tea.

"I haven't fully understood Li Chengqian's temperament. Li Tai has a long neck and black beak, but Li Ke has never understood it. On the contrary, it is Li Zhi."

Thinking of Li Zhi, Fang Yiai couldn't help but think of the Great Zhou Empress Wu Zhao.

"Where is Wu Zhao now? Instead of calling her a disaster for Li Tang, it's better to take her into the mansion. Hehehe."

Thinking of the end, Fang Yiai couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Huh?" Li Chengqian was walking slowly in the hall, seeing Fang Yi'ai inexplicably laughing, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why is my brother-in-law laughing?"

"Cough cough." Fang Yiai came back to her senses, coughed a few times, and said seriously: "His Royal Highness should be wary of the king of Yue, the king of Wu is unlikely to make a big deal."

Li Chengqian's thoughts were drawn back to Li Ke, and he put his hand on his chin and muttered: "Really? I feel that the third brother's Wentao and Wulu are extraordinary. Don't let your guard down."

"As long as His Royal Highness sits firmly in the East Palace, only the eldest son can act in the struggle for power, but the bastard has little chance of winning. Besides, the grandfather of the King of Wu is Emperor Yang. How is the attitude of the civil and military courts towards Emperor Yang? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be able to see clearly, right?"

Li Chengqian sat back in his original position, put his chin in his hand, and said with his head sideways: "Shandong gentry have never had a good impression of the former dynasty, let alone commoners from poor families. The Guanlongmen Clan is the Guanlongmen Clan! They are the same as my Li family and even Emperor Yang. , no guarantee”

"Is there any guarantee that you will support Li Ke?"

Li Chengqian nodded worryingly, and said forgetfully: "The Guanlongmen Clan is in full swing right now, and my father has always wanted to win their support in terms of government affairs. If they support Li Ke."

"Could it be that His Royal Highness has forgotten the relationship between the empress and the eldest grandson?" Fang Yiai slowly talked and laughed and gave Li Chengqian a reassurance.

"Come on!" Li Chengqian tapped his forehead and said with a smile, "Even if my uncle is estranged from me, he won't be able to help Li Ke. Among my three brothers, Li Tai and Li Zhi are also my uncle's nephews. How could he resist?" How about turning over to help outsiders?"

Li Chengqian mentioned Li Zhi several times, but in his heart, this "Ninth Brother" has always been an honest and gentle old man, but he cannot shake his own power and position, so he doesn't take him seriously.

The speaker didn't care about the listener, but when Li Chengqian mentioned Li Zhi again, Fang Yiai couldn't help thinking of something else. After secretly thinking about the feasibility of that idea, she cupped her hands and said, "His Royal Highness, I dare to ask someone."

"Who is it? Brother-in-law, please tell me. Xiao Wang sent his courtiers to investigate if he didn't know." The doubts in Li Chengqian's heart were dispelled, and his mood gradually eased.

"Mr. Ying, warrior Xun."

"Samurai Yu? Ying Guogong?" Li Chengqian lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Oh, the brother-in-law Yu is talking about the Minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry? The warrior Xun is now in Chang'an? How come I have never seen him?" Fang Yiai was quite surprised that the warrior Xun was in Chang'an. He had never seen the figure of Ying Guogong several times before. Of course, I didn't know who he was when I saw him.

Li Chengqian was a little curious about Fang Yiai's attitude towards the warrior Xun, but he said truthfully: "The warrior Xun has been sick since he was promoted from the governor of Jingzhou, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry is just holding a false title. , I'm afraid I'm recuperating in the mansion right now?"

"Samurai Yi is sick? I can heal! Is he in Chang'an a godsend?"

Thinking about it carefully, Fang Yiai only felt that this was an old man who had fallen from the sky, and was lying on the bed obediently at the moment, waiting for her to go to the doctor and propose marriage by the way.

(End of this chapter)