The prince of heaven only wants salted fish

As soon as he said this, everyone in the court was shocked.

Li Heng defended himself in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood! The assassin was definitely not assigned by me!!"

Ji Cheng looked over: "I didn't say that the assassin was assigned by you, the emperor's uncle?"

He looked innocent: "The assassin was from the Regent's Palace, and then defected, so he came from the Regent's Palace, isn't that right?"

Li Heng choked: "...Yes."

Can he still say no? !

Ji Cheng clapped his hands: "So that's it!"

He looked at Li Heng with confidence: "Uncle, don't worry, I never doubted you!"

Li Heng: "...Thank you, Your Majesty."

It would be better if you didn't say it, but it seems more weird when you say it so deliberately, okay!

The other ministers also had eyes and could see that the atmosphere between the two was not right, so naturally no one would deliberately offend them. So everyone tacitly stopped talking about this matter, and even the content of the report cleverly avoided possible minefields.

When it comes to general government affairs, the morning court became Li Heng's place to play.

"Regarding the issue of strengthening the river bank in Hezhou..."

"Now that spring has arrived, the war with Beixia should have eased, so..."

He responded with instructions one by one, and he was as powerful as if he was the one in the position of the emperor - in fact, this scene has lasted for three years, and most of the ministers have become accustomed to it, but for some reason, many people today couldn't help but look up and sneak a peek at the real emperor after reporting.

Then they saw the emperor yawning with his chin propped up out of boredom.

Ministers: "..."

No, this mentality is too good, right?

And during the rest of the morning court, the little emperor, whose power had been basically hollowed out, did not express any of his opinions.

Even when Li Heng pretended to ask him "What do you think about this matter?", he would only answer "The uncle said it very well, I have no objection."

Even Li Heng himself was surprised by Ji Cheng's unexpected obedience: even if the assassination incident was not mentioned, the relationship between him and him was actually quite superficial.

When the little emperor first ascended the throne, he might not have been sensible, but as he grew older, although he would still respect his uncle, once he was in the court, Li Ji would desperately try to prove his presence - but the little emperor did not know that this would not only be of no help to him in regaining power, but would make him look like a child.

But now that the other party was not making a fuss, Li Heng felt a little nervous: Could this kid be preparing to use a big move?

However, until the end of the court, Ji Cheng did not show any abnormality or dissatisfaction - if he yawned five times before leaving the court, it was not counted.

After leaving the palace, Li Heng relaxed his tense nerves a little. He went back to his residence to deal with some letters and called a meeting with his confidants.

The content of the meeting was mainly about the assassination incident. As the saying goes, "gossip can melt gold". This was another major incident in which the emperor was assassinated. Although he had tried his best to put pressure on the emperor, there were still vague rumors among the people. Li Heng attached great importance to this matter. He told his confidants to pay close attention to it, and then asked, "Where is Yu Zhiren?"

A confidant stuttered, "Uh, the prince, he, he..."

Seeing the other party's expression, Li Heng guessed it in his heart: "It's the little girl from the Jiang family again?"

The confidant nodded awkwardly: "Yeah..."

Li Heng shook his head, with some disappointment in his tone: "He really is..."

The confidant advised: "Your Highness, the prince is still young..."

"Youth is not for fooling around," Li Heng said, "If he is so impatient, how can he achieve great things in the future?"

The confidant wanted to persuade him again, but Li Heng didn't want to talk more about this matter. He waved his hand and returned to the main business.

The next morning, he went out on time to attend the morning court. However, when the ministers gathered in the Taining Palace, they found that there was no one on the highest throne.

Only one eunuch stood by and explained with embarrassment: "Your Majesty said that he would not come to the morning court today..."

Ministers: "???"

Li Heng frowned and said, "Your Majesty is not coming, what kind of morning court is this? What will happen if it gets out?"

The eunuch looked even more embarrassed: "Your Majesty said that since you are here, he believes that you will handle all government affairs well, so... so he doesn't need to come."

Wow.

As soon as this sentence came out, the hall almost exploded.

Li Heng's face was also very ugly-I thought yesterday that the little emperor had learned to be smart, but I didn't expect that such a big gift would be prepared for him today!

The emperor of the time did not attend the morning court, and even said that it was enough to have a regent. Isn't this a roundabout way to scold him, Li Heng, for usurping the throne? !

Li Heng's expression was full of impending disaster: "This prince requests to see His Majesty!"

The eunuch said tremblingly: "My Lord, I'm afraid this is not possible..."

"Why not?" Li Heng smiled solemnly, "Your Majesty is so suspicious of my loyalty to the royal family and Daning, don't you even give me a chance to explain?"

The eunuch was embarrassed: "That's not what I meant..."

"What does that mean?"

Li Heng stepped forward and said half-threateningly: "Is it not that His Majesty is not seeing you, but that some other force wants to interfere between us, the monarch and his subjects?"

After all, he has been the regent for many years. When he opened his aura and pressure, the eunuch couldn't hold it back on the spot. He said with a sad face: "It's really not that I deliberately stopped you, Your Majesty! It's that His Majesty is still sleeping now!!"

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——The originally noisy hall suddenly seemed to have been mute.

The court officials were whispering to each other, discussing whether this was a desperate move by His Majesty. After hearing this, everyone's expression became like a duck with its neck pinched.

Li Heng seemed to be punched in the face: "...Sleep, sleep?"

The eunuch nodded with tears in his eyes: "His Majesty said that he would hang up and tickle anyone who drags him out of bed for three days... We really don't dare to offend His Majesty..."

Li Heng: "...Itching for three days..."

This punishment is indeed very unique.

At this moment, he suddenly felt how much Li Yuzhi made him worry-free.

After crying, the eunuch asked hesitantly: "Prince, do you still want to see His Majesty?"

Li Heng: "...No."

Although no one should dare to hang him up, what if?

He turned and looked at the crowded court officials in the hall: "Your Majesty is young and busy with government affairs on weekdays. It is understandable that he occasionally sleeps a little. In this case, we should not bother you too much. This morning, I will preside over the court for Your Majesty and report the affairs to Your Majesty later."

The ministers who were noisy and had their own thoughts: "Yes!"

Of course, there was no report. After the court was dismissed, Li Heng symbolically waited outside the bedroom for a while, and left when he didn't see anyone.

But he didn't expect that his "regent" would last for a full half a month.

Half a month is not long, but the people don't know where it started to spread the rumor that "the regent couldn't stand the little emperor sitting in a high position, and finally put him under house arrest."

God knows it was really Li Ji who didn't get up! !

The little emperor had not shown up in the palace for half a month, and Li Heng finally realized that something was wrong. As the saying goes, a quiet child must be doing something naughty. This kid has been quiet for half a month, and Li Heng doesn't believe that he has not done anything.

So one afternoon, Li Heng came to the palace with a gloomy face, making sure that even if the little emperor stayed in bed, he would not stay up at this time, and said, "I want to see your majesty!"

The guard at the door replied in surprise, "Your majesty has left the palace a long time ago, doesn't your majesty know?"

At this time, in a teahouse in the capital, Ji Cheng was sitting by the window on the second floor, enjoying tea.

Not far downstairs, a craftsman was shouting and selling his own flying kites. Several children pulled their parents over curiously, but were mercilessly pulled away after learning the price.

The mechanical flying kite can fly high in the air, and one used for demonstration just flew over the window of the teahouse.

Ji Cheng reached out and intercepted the flying kite, and fiddled with it curiously in his hand.

Then the delicately assembled mechanism made a crackling sound and broke.