Upon noticing Li Zhiyun approaching, Wei Gui took his daughter and bowed.
"Some time ago, my wife said she was feeling unwell, but are she feeling better now?" Li Zhiyun stood beside Wei Gui, with a faint fragrance lingering on the tip of his nose.
If you say you are not moved by such an intellectual beauty, you are deceiving yourself.
"It's better." Wei Gui replied, and then said softly: "Your Highness, there are many people with mixed opinions. From now on, you should call me Wei Shi."
She always felt that Li Zhiyun called her "wife" had another meaning, but it was difficult to confirm.
In the future?
Li Zhiyun chuckled, if it was 'in the future', then she would be called Niangzi.
"It doesn't matter, there is no one else here, I don't have to worry about it." After saying that, Li Zhiyun reached out and picked up Xiao Shunniang and teased her for a while.
Seeing her daughter giggling and laughing in Li Zhiyun's arms, a gentle smile appeared on Wei Gui's face. Although Li Zhiyun is younger than her, he always gives her a "strong", "mature" and "gentle" feeling.
It's strange that strength and gentleness appear in one person.
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "I heard that my wife lost a lot of money playing backgammon with the princess some time ago?"
Hearing this, Wei Guifeng's face turned red and he mumbled, "How can there be?"
"Madam, I know how to play backgammon. If you want to improve your chess skills, I can give you some pointers, madam."
"No need, it's just leisure entertainment. How can it be regarded as a serious matter? Your Highness won't need to worry about it." Wei Gui refused softly.
Li Zhiyun smiled and said nothing.
Things like feelings cannot be achieved overnight, they have to ferment slowly. Now that his situation is very good, he just needs to take his time.
How can you let go of an intellectual beauty?
While Li Zhiyun still has free time to pursue beauties, the struggle between the East Palace and the Prince of Qin's Palace has entered a fierce state.
Let’s talk about the Prince of Qin’s Palace first. Originally, Li Shimin felt that he lost completely this time. Not only did he lose a prime minister in the political hall, but he was also warned by his father, which made him feel very uneasy.
But as Li Liyan's incident came to light, his father suppressed Li Gang, which made him immediately understand that for the position of the new prime minister this time, his father probably didn't want his own people to get there, and he also didn't want the prince's people to get there.
This gave him a chance.
He will never sit back and watch the power of the East Palace grow in the political hall.
"Li Gang probably won't have much chance this time, but the rumors that have appeared in the Chang'an market may change things." Li Shimin pondered.
Changsun Wuji hummed: "In my opinion, those rumors were spread by the East Palace. They first used the imperial court to suppress the ministers of the previous dynasty, and then talked about the scandal of the warrior Xun. They are clearly promoting Li Gang to the throne."
Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "The assistant is right. The prince made a dangerous move this time and did not hesitate to use public opinion to threaten the court. It is obvious that he is determined to win the position of prime minister. But your highness does not need to worry, the saint prefers the warrior Xun this time.
Your Majesty, the prince is going against the saint, which is very unwise."
Yu Zhining continued: "We might as well lend a helping hand to the prince."
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin asked.
Yu Zhining chuckled, "The prince used to use the saint to suppress the Dou family, which caused heavy losses to His Highness. This time, we might as well use the saint to deal with the prince. Since the saint prefers the warrior Xun, then we will suppress the warrior Xun and help the prince.
.In this way, the saint will definitely feel that the prince is unscrupulous, and then great things will happen."
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Li Shimin's face.
"Interesting, interesting."
This trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone has been used repeatedly.
Changsun Wuji said sadly: "Someone from Jingzhao Yamen has come to sue the warrior Xun. Your Highness might as well handle it impartially."
"Hahaha." Li Shimin suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, the prince wants to suppress the warrior Xun, and he does not hesitate to investigate secretly and even spread rumors. This time, I will go with his wishes."
Fang Xuanling hesitated and said: "Your Highness, although this matter is beneficial to us, I always feel that the prince is not such a reckless person. It is impossible for him to fail to see that the saint prefers the warrior Xun. This matter is not simple."
Li Shimin was silent for a moment. He also felt that his eldest brother would not be so stupid as to go against his father just because of his position.
Changsun Wuji had a different opinion. He said: "The prince is very jealous of His Highness now. How could he let go of such an opportunity? Although this move is unwise, it has a very good effect. At present, most of the officials in the imperial court were former Sui ministers. According to rumors,
Even saints have to be careful when they appear."
The Tang Dynasty succeeded the Sui Dynasty, and many of the current Tang Dynasty officials were old officials from the Sui Dynasty. Only a small number of officials actually followed Li Yuan from Taiyuan to rule the Tang Dynasty.
Once this rumor was confirmed, many former Sui officials would definitely panic.
In other words, this is a rumor that shakes the foundation of the imperial court.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "What the auxiliary machine said is reasonable. No matter what, we can't let go of this opportunity this time."
"Yes." The three of them handed over their hands.
East Palace.
Naturally, the rumors in Chang'an could not be hidden from Li Jiancheng.
At this moment, he was asking a group of staff who spread the rumor. But everyone shook their heads and said it was not me.
Although the rumors were beneficial to him, he was not a fool. At the court meeting, Pei Ji recommended the warrior Xun as prime minister, which was obviously under the instruction of his father. The rumors in Chang'an were not only to defend Li Gang, but also to attack the warrior Xun.
In this case, things will not be simple.
Li Jiancheng knew full well that after his father found out about the rumors, he would definitely think it was him.
But the problem is, he knows nothing about the rumors.
In other words, someone is targeting him!
And he also knew that the person targeting him must be the second child!
"The King of Qin wants to borrow a knife to kill people." He said with a sullen face.
This scene seemed familiar, because he had also used the power of his father to suppress the Dou family, and finally drove Dou Wei out of the political hall.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, King Qin would repeat his old tricks.
Wang Gui asked: "Your Highness, should we stop?"
Without waiting for Li Jiancheng's answer, Liu Wenjing said directly: "No, now the arrow is on the string and we have to fire it. Even if we stop now, the saint will still suspect that His Highness spread the rumor. By then, all our efforts will be wasted and everything will be lost."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
These two rumors were very heart-wrenching for Donggong and almost hit their fatal point.
Giving up the fight for the phase means that all previous efforts will be in vain. But continuing to fight for the phase will substantiate the rumor that it was the East Palace that spread it.
It is difficult to advance, and it is also difficult to retreat.
Wei Ting's eyes were firm and he said: "Your Highness, we have no way to retreat now, so we might as well give it a try and help Li Gang ascend to the position of Prime Minister with all our strength. If we give up now, it will not be able to clear away the saint's suspicion of us."
"I think it's feasible." Zheng Shanguo said: "As Liu Xiang said, the arrow has to be fired when it is on the string."
Li Jiancheng thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's do it like this!"
Now he has no way out. If he doesn't give it a try, what's waiting for him is to lose his Sacred Heart and lose the opportunity to recommend Li Gang to become the prime minister.
At this moment, Xiao Deyan, who was washing horses in the East Palace, came in a hurry to report.
"Your Highness, there is news from the Jingzhao Yamen that the King of Qin is personally presiding over the case of warrior Xun's land enclosure."
"What?" Li Jiancheng was shocked and said angrily: "Second brother, second brother, you are really ambitious!"
Investigating Samurai Yu's land enclosure was obviously beneficial to him, but in fact it would mislead his father to suspect him. He was the mastermind behind this matter.
Now, he was sure that King Qin was plotting against him behind his back!
At this point, he has no choice but to fight on!
Hearing the prince talking about King Qin's ambition, the staff in the East Palace fell silent.
The struggle between the prince and the king of Qin became more and more intense.