"Sir, the eldest son of the Duke of Lu has come to ask for an audience," the steward said.
Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Tell him that you haven't seen me, and then secretly take him to my study through the back door. Don't let anyone find you. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" the housekeeper responded and hurriedly went to do it.
Not long after, the housekeeper took Hou De to the study, bowed to Changsun Wuji, and then left.
Changsun Wuji said with a gloomy face: "Did your father ask you to come?"
Hou De bowed respectfully and said, "Uncle eldest grandson, my father was wronged. Please give me a kind word for my father in front of Your Majesty. The Hou family is grateful."
Changsun Wuji said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty is aware of everything. Since he was unjustly accused, your father will naturally be able to go back soon."
Now go and intercede for Hou Junji and tell others clearly that he is involved with Hou Junji.
Didn’t you see that not even those generals came to intercede?
Hou De's expression changed and he said: "Uncle Changsun, although my father was wronged, it is inevitable that someone will frame him. Please help Uncle Changsun!"
Didn't he know if he was unjustly accused? Now he also knows the three major crimes that Wei Zheng impeached his father.
He didn't know the rest, but Tan Mo was definitely true.
The dozens of boxes of treasures at home cannot be faked.
"I am a civil servant, so you should go to the general to ask for mercy." Changsun Wuji shook his head and said.
Of course Hou De heard the shirk in Changsun Wuji's words. Remembering his father's explanation, he gritted his teeth and said, "My father asked me to bring a message to Uncle Changsun."
Changsun Wuji frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Yuwa!" Hou De said every word.
Changsun Wuji's face changed drastically, and he looked at Hou De with murderous eyes.
How could Hou De be able to resist Changsun Wuji's momentum?
Hou De didn't dare to look at Changsun Wuji at all.
Changsun Wuji looked away, of course he knew what Hou Junji meant.
Hou Junji hinted that he himself was a tile and Changsun Wuji was a jade.
I want to tell Changsun Wuji that if Changsun Wuji doesn't help, it will be difficult for him, and he will not make it easy for Changsun Wuji.
Anyway, regardless of status, Changsun Wuji is taller than him.
Changsun Wuji now regrets that he got involved with Hou Junji, which gave Hou Junji something to threaten him with.
"Except for the corruption of ink, there is no evidence for anything else about your father. As long as we ignore the other two things and just focus on the corruption of ink, your father won't have much trouble." Changsun Wuji said calmly.
Based on his understanding of Li Shimin, if all three things were true, Hou Junji would definitely not survive.
But both King Gaochang and Princess Gaochang are dead. Someone in the army may know about it, but they can't provide any evidence.
And Li Shimin had no intention of killing Hou Junji.
Hou De was overjoyed when he saw that Changsun Wuji was willing to help, and he quickly asked, "Please give me some advice from Uncle Changsun!"
"You just need to see your father and tell him what I said, and he will naturally teach you how to do it." Changsun Wuji said.
If Hou Junji had not taken care of his tail, he would naturally tell Hou De to take care of it after hearing this.
Hou De nodded, bowed and said, "Thank you, uncle eldest grandson!"
…
Because of Hou Junji's incident, Li Shimin still had a dark face when he went to court the next day.
The people in Hunchaotang are all human beings, so naturally they don't dare to touch Li Shimin's brow at this time.
Although this made the atmosphere in the court a bit dull.
But there is an advantage, that is, it is early after all.
This made Lin Xuan very happy, but Lin Xuan was not happy for long.
As soon as he left the main hall, Li Mu found him.
"The Marquis of Jingyang County, your Majesty has summoned you!" Li Mu said with a smile.
Lin Xuan bowed his hands and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Chief, please lead the way."
Following Li Mu, Lin Xuan kept wondering why Li Shimin was looking for him.
Do you want to ask about Hou Junji or something else?
"Marquis of Jingyang County, His Majesty is inside, just go in by yourself." Li Mu said.
This is a separate summons.
Lin Xuan nodded and walked in.
Li Mu closed the door and stood guard at the door.
"I see your Majesty!" Lin Xuan bowed.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Do you know why I came to you?"
Lin Xuan asked tentatively: "Your Majesty is looking for me to deal with the Cui family?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but his face was noncommittal.
Seeing that Li Shimin didn't respond, Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, the Cui family once again approached me about paper cooperation. I made a request. As long as they can agree, I will agree to cooperate with them."
"What conditions?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
Lin Xuan told Li Shimin about asking the Cui family to help him sell books.
Li Shimin said angrily: "Where did you get the books? Let me tell you first, don't think of building a bookstore. A bookstore prints dictionaries every day and has no time to print books for you."
Lin Xuan asked in shock: "Your Majesty, has the dictionary started printing?"
Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan and said, "That's not why I asked you to come."
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty is teaching you a lesson. However, there is a way to solve the problem of Shu, so I won't bother Your Majesty. I only need Your Majesty to bear witness for me when the time comes."
Li Shimin took a deep look at Lin Xuan, nodded, and said, "Okay!"
"In this case, I will leave first!" Lin Xuan said with his hands in hand.
"Wait!" Li Shimin stopped Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly to himself, knowing that it was not that easy for Li Shimin to find him.
Cui Yuxiu needs to report to the family, and there is no rush to talk to Li Shimin about the Cui family.
He deliberately told Li Shimin this matter just to show off the evildoer.
Lin Xuan turned around, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan and said, "Do you know anything about Hou Junji?"
"Your Majesty is talking about the impeachment of Duke Lu?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin said nothing, just stared at Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan became panicked when Li Shimin saw him, and said: "Your Majesty, I am at odds with Duke Lu. Your Majesty should know. After I arrived in Gaochang, I didn't even enter the city. I don't know what he did."
It's not like he hasn't thought about using this matter to deal with Hou Junji.
But historically, Li Shimin did not deal with Hou Junji because of this incident, which means that he did not want to kill Hou Junji.
If Li Shimin wants to kill Hou Junji, does it matter whether it is true or false?
We can't kill Hou Junji this time. It's not cost-effective to expose ourselves.
What he wanted was to be sure to hit with one hit. Now that he didn't know Li Shimin's attitude, he had no intention of getting involved in this matter.
"You didn't complain if he didn't let you perform meritorious service? Didn't you secretly send people into the city?" Li Shimin asked.
He already knew the matter and asked Lin Xuan just to know if Lin Xuan really didn't know about it.
It was impossible for Hou Junji to do everything perfectly, but after the army returned to the city, no one reported to him, which made him doubt his control over the army.
Even Hou Junji can hide it from him, but what about the others?
Lin Xuan knew that Li Shimin suspected that he had not reported the matter. Although it was true, he could not let Li Shimin know.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to do in Gaochang, so I don't have time to pay attention to what is happening in the city." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin asked strangely: "You went to fight, what else is more important than the war?"
"Your Majesty, do you know Bai Diezi?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin frowned and said, "I seem to have heard of it."
Cotton was also grown in the Imperial Garden before, but there were so many flowers in the Imperial Garden, and it was impossible for him to know all of them.
When visiting the Imperial Garden, I introduced it to him when I was in charge of the Imperial Garden.
But because there was nothing attractive about Bai Diezi, Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to it at all, so he was somewhat familiar with it, but couldn't remember it.
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, Baidiezi is a flower introduced to the Tang Dynasty from Gaochang, but because it is not ornamental enough, very few are planted in the Tang Dynasty. But there are many Baidiezi in Gaochang. The fruits of Baidiezi can be
Add it to the fabric and make it into clothes, which is very effective in keeping out the cold. Therefore, I specially asked people to collect the seeds and had no time to care about the affairs of the city."
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in shock and asked, "Is this true?"