In front of Jia Sidao's case, there was a situation map of the Huaidong battlefield spread out. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly asked a digression.
Liao Yingzhong came to her senses, turned around and pulled out a stack of information from the drawer.
"Since the palace banquet, Li Xia has stayed behind closed doors most of the time. When he does go out, it's all for fun."
"Speak carefully."
"At noon on September 12th, Li Xia went to Lefeng Tower for dinner. He listened to Tang An playing the piano in his private room. He held his maid and sat by the window for more than an hour."
"In the early morning of the 14th, Li Xia and Tang An'an went to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and played with their maid on Feilai Peak."
"On the evening of the 17th, I bought silk and satin, jewelry and other items in Yanzi City, spending thousands of dollars."
"I didn't go out for the next two days. I walked around the West Lake on the 20th."
Jia Sidao frowned and asked, "That's all?"
Liao Yingzhong responded: "This is Li Xia's recent whereabouts."
"Yang Zhenwei went to see him?"
"I went there once, but Li Xia didn't see Yang Zhen."
"He didn't go to Taixue?"
"Not going."
Jia Sidao asked again: "Then what does he do in the mansion?"
"Send someone to watch at the princess mansion. Li Xia occasionally appears in the pavilion, but he is just chasing and fooling around with Tang An'an."
"Is there any news about Tang Anan's failure to deliver?"
"That little girl has a scheming plan. She's afraid she's just agreeing and tricking us."
Jia Sidao vaguely thought of something, and his eyes fell back on the map.
"Li Fen...is my classmate."
Liao Yingzhong was a little surprised and asked: "Alang and Li Fen are classmates?"
Jia Sidao recalled with his eyes open, and said slowly: "My father established Huaidong, recruited the loyal army, and brought all the east of Taihang Mountain to the Song Dynasty. At that time, Li Quan, the leader of the loyal army, was under my father's tent, so Li Fen and I
I was a classmate for a year, and I was still young at that time, but I could see early on that Li Fen was a cunning person and we should not have close friendships with him."
He took two steps and then said: "After much thought, Li Fen's attack must be motivated by selfish motives and related to Kublai Khan's envoys."
Liao Yingzhong said: "Didn't Alang always know about this?"
"But I suspect... that Li Xia and Li Fen are colluding." Jia Sidao's tone became colder, "If this is true, this is the crime of collaborating with the enemy."
"Li Xia? Why is he?"
"In order to return to Shu and serve as commander."
Liao Yingzhong shook her head and said: "Even if there is a war in Huaidong, it is not enough for the officials to let Li Xia return to Shu and serve as commander."
"It's not enough, but it might be his first move."
"Li Xia dares?"
"I hope he doesn't dare." Jia Sidao said with a cold tone: "What he did in the past, I know he never really collaborated with the enemy. But if he instigated the enemy soldiers to enter the country this time, then he has touched me
The reverse scale."
The next moment, someone outside the hall reported: "Alang, we found out that the official has recruited Li Xia to do something."
Jia Sidao was not surprised.
"Oh, let's see, I am happy here and don't miss Shu..."
Inside the Xuande Hall.
There was a "bang" sound, and Zhao Yun slapped the case and shouted angrily: "I ordered you to study at Taixue, why don't you go?!"
Li Xia responded: "I thought I would go there in a few days."
"I think you have been consumed by beauty and have lost your spirit at such a young age."
"I know that I am guilty, and I am ashamed to have placed such great trust in Your Majesty."
These words always come and go, so Zhao Yun always thought that Li Xia was boring.
Looking over, I saw several red marks on Li Xia's neck, which was simply unseemly.
Zhao Yun snorted angrily, but was too lazy to curse any more.
Privately, he understood Li Xia.
It is said that Tang An'an is as beautiful as Ji Xixi. It is a common thing in the world for young people to be unable to control themselves and indulge in beauty.
"Show the Huaidong battle report to this minister who is a vegetarian."
"I feel ashamed..."
"That's enough." Zhao Yun scolded again, "Look at the battle report."
Li Xia was not an old minister, and he did not have the honor of being given a seat to report on the matter. He stood and took the battle report and read it over.
It was nothing more than Li Fen sending troops to attack Huaidong, but the battle reports were not detailed and confusing.
"What do you think about this?"
Li Xia responded: "I believe that Li Fen's invasion was not ordered by Kublai Khan, but out of selfish motives."
Zhao Yun knew about this.
He also knows more.
During the Battle of Ezhou, Jia Sidao lied to Kublai Khan that he would surrender and pay tribute.
Of course, Jia Sidao had no authority to give such conditions from beginning to end.
Now that Alibaba is so powerful, it is definitely impossible for the Song Dynasty to honor Kublai Khan.
But Kublai Khan seemed to be sending an envoy.
Could Li Fen’s move be to sabotage the peace talks?
What Zhao Yun didn't want to understand was whether Li Fen was a rebel or not, and how dare he be so duplicitous?
He then asked: "Why do you assert this?"
"The intelligence I retrieved from my spies going north is related to Wang Wentong, Li Fen's adviser. Wang Wentong is related to Li Fen by marriage and has been planning to help Li Fen rebel and become independent."
"If Li Fen had this intention, why didn't he contact me, the Song Dynasty, and instead sent troops to invade?"
Li Xia pondered: "Before I returned to the court to report on my duties, I received news... Wang Wentong seems to have become a close minister of Kublai Khan."
Zhao Yun frowned and asked, "How do you know?"
"When I was in Hanzhong, I sent spies to the Guanzhong area."
"Why don't you report in the morning?"
"Your Majesty... this matter was mentioned in the performance report."
Zhao Yun was dissatisfied and signaled to Xiao Huangmen to find Li Xia's work report.
The memorial was too long, so he scanned it several times before finding this item among the densely packed small characters.
As usual, Zhao Yun had to spare two days to listen carefully to Li Xia's report on his duties according to these items, and then it was time for Li Xia to return to Shu.
This is not impossible.
Judging from what Li Xia did during the days after returning to Lin'an, it was not as he had originally suspected that he was plotting to change the situation with Concubine Yan and others.
But, the crown prince is about to be established...
This is the only unavoidable concern.
Zhao Yun thought about it and wanted to test Li Xia's attitude towards his heir.
But the thought soon disappeared.
It is not appropriate to be a commander of Shu who is too young, and Li Xia is not required to guard Shu, so why ask?
Zhao Yun then patted his knees and said seriously: "'You are now in charge of Tu, so you must learn from it.' Do you know the allusion to this statement?"
"I am stupid."
"I often study, and I think it will be of great benefit." Zhao Yun said: "I hope you will be Fei Wu Xiamen in the future. Go and study more, I hope to use you as the prime minister."
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and I will retire."
"Go to Taixue."
After Li Xia left the palace city, he got on the sedan chair and gave instructions.
The sedan then headed north along Hangcheng Street.
When we arrived near Rirenbo, the road ahead was blocked.
"Commander, the road is blocked again. It's not far from Taixue. Why don't you walk there?" Liu Jinsuo asked.
No one in the sedan responded.
Liu Jinsuo opened the sedan curtain and saw that Li Xia was asleep, and the red official robe had been taken off to cover his face.
"Ah, the commander is asleep, just wait! I don't know how long this will be blocked."
Several men walked by and glanced here casually, then walked into a wine shop and sat down.
…
Not far away, in Taojia Lane, Lirenfang, the courtyard door was opened.
Li Zhaocheng, who was sorting out the news in the hall, turned around, stepped forward to greet the visitor, and quickly closed the hall door.
"found it?"
"No." Li Zhaocheng pointed to the map of Lin'an City and said, "Gao Nianfeng has been leading people to search for him in the south of the city; the forest in the north of the city has also sent additional people, but he has never seen his father."
"Wu Qian's residence is here, Lin Zi has never seen him before?"
"Not once."
"What about outside the city?"
"Jiang Fan is still leading people to investigate."
"No clue?"
"There are no clues." Li Zhaocheng said: "Second brother, you should know that my father... is very good at hiding things."
"But there shouldn't be any clues at all, it shouldn't be." Li Xia frowned and said, "This is the only step I have left."
Li Zhaocheng looked ashamed and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, do you believe me? I really don't know the whereabouts of my father. I won't watch him..."
"Stop talking and keep looking."
Li Xia walked out, but stopped when his hand touched the door bolt.
He turned around and muttered to himself.
"Prince Rong's Mansion?"
"Prince Rong's Mansion has sent people to keep an eye on it."
"I mean, is it possible that he...is hiding in Prince Rong's Mansion?"
Prince Rong's Mansion.
"Prince Rong, the official has issued a decree to grant the marriage. King Zhong will appoint him tomorrow. Mrs. Cixian is discussing the wedding date with the queen. The meeting is scheduled for the crowning of King Zhong in the spring of next year. After the wedding, King Zhong will be established as the crown prince.
, what a joy to congratulate! a joy to congratulate!
Zhao Yurui nodded, frowned and muttered: "From the end of September to next spring... there is still March and May."
"Big gifts are planned for March and May. You should get what you need."
Zhao Yurui knew this, but there was a faint uneasiness in their hearts.
He twirled his beard and thought, and soon understood where the uneasiness came from... because Wu Qian was still in phase, and because the Li family had not yet been wiped out.
So Zhao Yurui recruited a taciturn middle-aged man beside him.
"Have you found Li Yong?"
"The villain keeps people staring at Wu Qian and Li Xia, and has never seen Li Yong."
"Arrange for someone to assassinate Li Xia again and see if he shows up."
"yes……"
Zhao Yurui squinted at the backs of his men leaving, frowned and muttered to themselves again.
"He is clearly my son, how can he prove that he is not mine? How is it possible?"
…
Passing through the many pavilions and pavilions of Prince Rong's Mansion, there is a courtyard behind the east chamber, which is the residence of Prince Zhong's biological mother, Mrs. Long Guo.
It's "Mrs. Longguo" Huang, not "Princess Rong".
Even if she gave birth to the only royal heir in the world, Huang Dingxi, who came from a humble background, was never qualified to become Princess Rong.
Even if one day her son inherits the throne and becomes the Nine-Five Supreme, he can only add a few more words to her title.
Because he was no longer her son, but the heir of the official family and the queen.
Prince Rong had already remarried his wife and had not seen her for nearly twenty years.
To be more precise, it was April 20th, 19th year. Ever since she gave birth to her child, she had only seen Zhao Yurui once from a distance when she was granted the title of Madam.
Of course, no one has ever cared whether Huang Dingxi likes Zhao Yurui in his heart.
No one has ever cared about what Huang Dingxi is doing...
"Shiro...Shiro..."
"We will die."
"I am willing to die...it has been twenty-one years...I have never forgotten Shiro..."
Huang Dingxi is also old.
She let the sweat drip down, stretched out her hand to caress Li Yong's eyebrows, stared at his white hair, and could still vaguely see the elegant Li Silang back then.