"Your Majesty, I am not disturbing you." Although Du Ruhui said this, there was no intention of disturbing the newlyweds' life.
Li Zhiyun asked him to sit down, pinched his nose bones, and said, "Not really."
He lost money and hemp.
"That's good." Du Ruhui took out the imperial newspaper from his sleeve and handed it to Li Zhiyun, "Your Majesty, this is the secret service in the palace that was handed over to my subordinates. He also said that the matter is urgent and I hope your Majesty will go to the palace immediately."
After taking the newspaper and checking it, Li Zhiyun lamented, "Li Mi, Li Mi, what a fool."
After leaving Guanzhong, this little cutie Li Mi couldn't resist the temptation to go home after all. Instead of following the established route to the Central Plains, he diverted southward. This behavior was undoubtedly a disobedience to the imperial court.
The key thing is that he didn't give any explanation, and he didn't even play back his songs.
"Who sent the news back to Chang'an?"
"I don't know, but the saint should be the first to know."
Li Zhiyun understood where the news came from.
It didn't matter whether Li Mi rebelled or not. The emperor believed that he had rebelled, and that was enough.
"I'm going to the palace to discuss matters. I'm afraid it will be as you said."
Du Ruhui had previously analyzed the causes and consequences of Li Mi's rebellion for him.
Du Ruhui said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty, remember to listen more, see more, talk less, and never agree."
"I understand."
Li Zhiyun asked: "Keming, who do you think your father will let resolve this matter?"
Du Ruhui thought for a while and said cautiously: "There are two possibilities. One is to leave it to the prince. The other is that the Dugu clan gives in."
"What if my father asks me to express my position?"
Du Ruhui said: "The sage said that kings must not have similarities or differences."
Yes, he still can't live without Lao Li.
"Then do you think the prince will wade into troubled waters?"
"Even if the prince sees it, Wang Gui Weiting will encourage the prince to take action. The positions in the East Palace are already full and there is no room for the people from Guanlong."
"So, this time the prince will be the main attacker and the King of Qin will be the main defender?"
Your Majesty, your metaphor is really vivid.
"It should be so." Du Ruhui said: "But there is also Fang Qiao beside King Qin. This man is very resourceful, it's hard to say."
Fang Qiao, Fang Miandu, the bond between the two of you still involves the attraction of fate. Even though you are now your own master.
Prince Qin's Mansion.
Fang Qiao stroked the two hairs on his chin and put down the newspaper.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial. On the surface, it is Li Mi who is plotting a rebellion, but in reality, Dugu Huaien is involved. I am afraid that Xiang Zhuang is dancing his sword with the intention of Pei Gong."
"Who dances the sword?" Li Shimin picked up the tea cup and took a sip. What he drank was the new tea from the West Market. This kind of tea only needs to be brewed with boiling water, and its taste is far superior to the previous tea.
Fang Qiao pointed upward.
"You can see it." Li Shimin put down the tea cup and looked a little gloomy.
"Who can't see it?" Fang Qiao said: "With the wisdom of a saint, how could he not see that Li Mi was unwilling to be subordinate to others, but the saint still let him go."
"Let Dugu Huaien come with us." Changsun Wuji added: "This is not to persuade the states in Shannan Province to surrender. What's the use of going to Dugu Huaien?"
Li Shimin nodded and glanced at his two confidants, "I can see it. You all think this matter was set up by the emperor."
Fang Qiao and Changsun Wuji looked at each other, and the former said: "Your Majesty, during the previous expedition against Xue Ju, the Crown Prince and the King of Chu sent a man to the saint. This man was the son of Wang Defa, the former Nanzheng general. His name was Wang Xie.
, is an unknown person, but he holds in his hand an account book of grain, fodder, and weapons hidden by the Dugu family in Liangzhou."
"What?" Li Shimin was shocked, "Why didn't I know about this?"
"This matter was ordered to be sealed by the saint." Fang Qiao said: "I have an old relationship with Shi Wangtong, the chief minister of the Prince of Chu. I once heard him mention some clues, so I sent someone to investigate."
Li Shimin was speechless for a long time, and then he said: "That's it."
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Changsun Wuji asked.
Li Shimin said: "Before I went to conquer Xue Ju, my father once told me that the Tang Dynasty's grain storehouse had been exhausted, and it was all thanks to the planning and calculations of Pei Ji, his right servant, to collect the food. But after the war started, my father could no longer
There was no mention of insufficient food. Now it seems that this is how the food came from."
"The saint has tasted the sweetness." Fang Qiao turned to say: "Of course, the saint has long been dissatisfied with the Dugu family."
Li Shimin sighed deeply, "The old things are happening again."
Changsun Wuji looked at Fang Qiao, then at Li Shimin, and said impatiently: "Your Majesty, aren't you curious at all about how the Prince and the King of Chu conspired to do this? If this matter is true, how could the King of Chu and the Prince
no......"
"Enough of the auxiliary equipment." Li Shimin interrupted him and said: "This doesn't mean anything. Nanzheng was conquered by the King of Chu. There must be other things between the father and the King of Chu. Otherwise, it would involve something like this
My father will not hide anything from me."
"But." Changsun Wuji wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Fang Qiao.
"The king is right. In fact, Wang Xie went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion on his own initiative. According to my investigation, before the incident, the Dugu family had been tracking Wang Xie. He had no choice but to go to the Prince of Chu."
"Why didn't he go to the King of Qin instead of the King of Chu?" Changsun Wuji retorted.
Fang Qiao pondered: "Perhaps as the king said, the saint had some entrustment when he asked the King of Chu to go to Shannan Road. Furthermore, the King of Chu was involved in this matter. After all, Wang Defa was captured by the King of Chu."
Li Shimin didn't wait for Sun Wuji to continue the argument, and then said: "The matter is at this point and there is no need to delve into it. The top priority right now is Li Mi's matter."
"Xuanling, what do you think of this matter?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, this matter has been settled. No matter what you do, you can't stop the saint's decision. I believe that your Majesty must abide by the Holy Will."
"Abandon Dugu Huaien?" Changsun Wuji asked: "How can you do this? If the king gives up Dugu Huaien, how will the Dugu family explain it?"
"But if you don't do this, do you want the king to disobey the saint?" Fang Qiao asked Changsun Wuji.
"I don't want the king to disobey the saint, I'm just worried that once he gives up Dugu Huaien, the Dugu family will be dissatisfied with the king!" Changsun Wuji retorted.
Fang Qiao said: "You and I know the outcome of this matter very well. How do you want the king to keep Dugu Huaien?"
"Are you going to give up if you can't keep it?" Changsun Wuji said: "Wang Gui, Wei Ting, and Zheng Yuanxuan of the East Palace, they are all..."
"That's enough." Li Shimin interrupted the argument between the two confidants, "I know what you said is reasonable, but the power now belongs to my father, not to me. I also want a solution that has both ends."
Fang Qiao said: "Your Majesty, all this is the plan of the saint. Anyone who stops the saint will have a bad end."
Changsun Wuji said: "There are still two Prime Minister Dou in the Political Affairs Hall. If they are willing to help, there may be a turn for the better."
Fang Qiao chuckled and said, "If the two Prime Minister Dou exert pressure at the same time, this matter will definitely happen again in the future."
Hearing this, Li Shimin pursed his lips.
He knew very well that this matter was a dead end and there was nothing he could do.
"That's all, I'll try my best." Li Shimin sighed, "The world is not yet unified, how can internal discord arise? It's unwise!"