Li Xiuyuan is not an incompetent person.
On the contrary, he knew exactly when to speak and when to shut up.
Today, Cangzhou’s fall is certain.
On the other hand, among the generals of the Great Chu Army, only Xu Qing of the Northern Border Army was quite famous.
At this moment, let’s not mention Xu Qing, let alone when.
Li Xiuyuan continued: "Your Majesty, I thought that Xu Qing was sent south to order the Yangzhou army to defend Yangzhou. The northern border army moved back to keep Xiang Ji's rebels out of Yangzhou."
What Li Xiuyuan said is not unreasonable.
After Xiao Yuande thought carefully, he said: "My dear friends, what do you think?"
"I second the proposal!" The six ministers said in unison. They really have no better way.
After a stick of incense, the imperial edict rushed to the north.
Li Xiuyuan and other courtiers also left the palace.
In front of the palace gate, Qiu Jinfeng suddenly coughed violently.
The weather was cold, and Qiu Jinfeng's exhaustion made Qiu Jinfeng's body worse than before.
"Old Master, you need to take a good rest." Li Xiuyuan patted Qiu Jinfeng's back and said with concern.
Qiu Jinfeng coughed a few times before straightening up. "Xiang Ji is plotting rebellion, his troops are strong and his horses are strong, and he wants to overthrow the world. I can't sleep every day."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said: "Now only Xu Qing can compete with them. I hope Xu Qing can stop the Tiger Roaring Army."
Qiu Jinfeng said: "The northern border troops are moving south. The northern border defenses are empty, and there will definitely be changes in the countless sects in Shiwandashan. Prime Minister Li really thinks that the troops from nearby state capitals can deter those sects?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at Qiu Jinfeng, half smiling.
"Old Master, there is no need for you and me to hide each other."
Li Xiuyuan paused, looked back at the imperial study, and continued: "As a minister, I am concerned about your majesty's concerns and what your majesty thinks. Now Xiang Ji's rebels are a major concern for your majesty. The northern border is just the northern border. .”
"When the Northern Territory Army goes south, those Jianghu sects will not be honest. But when the Northern Territory Army is here, will these sects be honest? After all, this is not the Northern Territory of twenty years ago."
Li Xiuyuan had something to say, and Qiu Jinfeng also understood it, and continued: "If Beidou Camp was still there, why should we worry about the peace of the northern border of Da Chu?"
"Old Master, be careful." Li Xiuyuan glanced at Qiu Jinfeng. "Beidou Camp is plotting rebellion."
Qiu Jinfeng stroked his beard and said: "Conspiracy? Haha. Didn't Prime Minister Li say that you and I don't have to hide it between you and me? Others don't know whether Beidou Camp is conspiring to commit rebellion. Don't you still know it?" "
Li Xiuyuan retorted: "It doesn't matter if I don't know clearly. What matters is what His Majesty thinks? Beidou Camp...it was really beautiful back then."
After walking out of the palace, the housekeeper said to Li Xiuyuan: "Master, the lady has returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. She has brought you some food from Nanzhou and is waiting for you."
There is only one young lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and that is Li Chuchen.
Li Xiuyuan had a smile on his face. "This girl Chuchen has become a lot more sensible after she got married."
The housekeeper also smiled and said: "Miss has always been sensible and respectful to the master."
"Let's go back home."
...
At this time, besides Li Chuchen, there were two more people in the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, namely Li Qingru and Yu Zhi.
When Yu Zhi came to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, he still sneered in his heart when he saw these tables and chairs with peeling paint.
This old fox pretends to be poor right down to his bones.
Because when he was in Suzhou City, he had a quarrel with Yu Zhi.
Li Chuchen's attitude towards Yu Zhi was not very good either.
As the Crown Princess, Li Chuchen had a distinguished status and could never be offended in the eyes of others.
Yu Zhi didn't care at all.
"Why did you come to the Prime Minister's Mansion today?" Li Chuchen looked at Yu Zhi with an air of air.
Yu Zhi said calmly: "You are not here to find you."
"Yu Zhi, this is Kyoto, don't be too arrogant, be careful of the trouble coming from your mouth." Li Chuchen threatened.
Yu Zhi suddenly smiled and said, "I've always thought that you and Tong'er are twin sisters, but why are you so proud of them?"
"But I can't figure it out no matter how hard I think about it. However, I do know that Jamel Xiao doesn't like women like you."
Yu Zhi's words were the sharpest poisonous needle in the world, piercing Li Chuchen's heart.
Li Chuchen had been married to Xiao Jingyao for several months, but Xiao Jingyao had never consummated the marriage with him, and even slept in two separate beds at night.
This already made Li Chuchen feel uneasy.
Yu Zhi's words undoubtedly hit Li Chuchen's pain point.
"Brother Prince is willing to marry me, how could he not like me!" Li Wantong said coldly.
Yu Zhi smiled meaningfully and said: "Do you know the maid Wan'er beside the prince? She is dead..."
"She's dead, what does it have to do with me..."
"Then do you know who is the murderer of Wan'er?"
Li Chuchen was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
Yu Zhi wanted to continue speaking, but heard an angry scolding coming from outside the lobby.
"enough!"
Li Xiuyuan hurriedly walked into the lobby, his cold and angry eyes scanning Yu Zhi.
"grandfather..."
"Chen'er, you go down first."
"Can..."
"Grandpa will tell you everything. You go down first."
After Li Chuchen left, Li Xiuyuan looked at Li Qingru.
What is the purpose of this unparalleled scholar from Chu State coming here today?
Li Xiuyuan had a bad feeling in his heart.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Li Qingru. Even though he had been an official for decades and his eyesight was amazing, he could not see anything unnecessary in this woman.
"Why are you two here?" Li Xiuyuan said.
Li Qingru, who had been silent, said: "My nephew Yu Zhi and Li Wantong, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Li, have a marriage. As an elder, it is natural to come and see the in-laws."
Li Xiuyuan recalled the marriage contract and said, "Wan Tong has been raised outside the mansion since he was a child, and outsiders don't know his identity. You two are getting married, so you don't need to notify the prime minister."
"Does Prime Minister Li disown this granddaughter?" Yu Zhi raised his eyebrows, feeling unjust for Li Wantong.
"The sudden appearance of Miss Xiangfu's identity will bring criticism to Tong'er... In short, I have no objection to your marriage." Li Xiuyuan looked like he was thinking about Li Wantong.
Yu Zhi sneered: "I'm afraid it's for your own reputation."
Abandoning his disabled granddaughter and sending someone to assassinate him... this was just to protect his reputation, Li Xiuyuan.
A mistake can only be covered up by another mistake.
Li Xiuyuan had a cold face and didn't want to answer this question.
Li Qingru said at the right time: "Mr. Li, do you know why Yu Zhi and Tong'er arranged this marriage?"
Li Xiuyuan stroked his beard and looked at Li Qingru doubtfully.
After being silent for a long time, Li Xiuyuan said: "Back then, my son Li Shi'an once told me that if the child in his belly was a daughter, he would have been married. If it was a boy, he would be a brother of the opposite sex. But he never told me I, who does this fate come from?”
"It wasn't until Yu Zhi came here with the letter and the white jade token that I remembered the past."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Yu Zhi, as if he had guessed something, but didn't say much.
Li Qingru took over the conversation and explained: "Yu Zhi is the son of Yu Shanhe, the head coach of the Beidou Camp. And your son Li Shi'an is one of the seven-star generals of the Beidou Camp - Yuheng Star Li Shi'an."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiuyuan trembled suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.
Li Shian never told him this.
Li Xiuyuan thought about Li Shi'an's deeds during his lifetime, his eyes kept trembling, and finally murmured: "He never said this. But he was always in the North during those years."
"Beidou Camp is an adaptation of the Royal Guards, and its identity is a secret. Li Shian did not make this clear for the sake of the Prime Minister's Palace." Li Qingru explained.
"At first, Chan'er and Xiyue were pregnant at the same time. The two had the intention of getting married. Unexpectedly, on the eve of the birth of the child, the eldest brother was brutally murdered and Beidou Camp was destroyed. This marriage became a secret that no one knew about."
Chan'er is Li Shian's wife.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Li Qingru, recalled the bloody night in Kyoto, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
He was a witness and experiencer of that night's chaos.
When Beidou Camp was trapped and killed in Kyoto, he was in the palace, waiting for news.
"Twenty years ago at night, the Beidou Battalion entered the capital, and Shi'an was among them?" Li Xiuyuan said in a trembling voice, his face turned pale, and his hands were trembling, holding on to the table beside him.
At this moment, he couldn't even sit still.
Li Qingru nodded. "When I entered the capital, my eldest brother brought Yuhengxing and Tianshuxing with me. Unexpectedly, no one escaped from the capital in that battle."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Li Qingru as if he was lying.
He did not expect that his son would die in front of his eyes, but he thought that Li Shian had an accident while traveling in the north.
"Prime Minister Li, whether you believe it or not. If you think about it carefully, there are traces of all this."
"Now, I want to know what role Xiao Yuande played in it."
Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and stopped looking at anyone. One hand trembled and held the corner of the table to support his body sitting on the chair.
Anger and grief... filled Li Xiuyuan's heart.
For a long time, the corners of Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched, his breathing became rapid, and he could not suppress his anger.
"Xiang Ji, it turns out to be Xiang Ji. This is the traitor!" Li Xiuyuan roared, like an old lion, only growling.
Li Qingru took his time and waited for Li Xiuyuan to calm down.
"Prime Minister Li, your enemy is Xiang Ji, maybe far more than Xiang Ji."
Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan opened his eyes, stared at Li Qingru, and said seriously: "No, only Xiang Ji. The only person who killed my son is Xiang Ji!"
...
Li Qingru and Yu Zhi left the Prime Minister's Mansion, but they also knew what they wanted to know.
"Li Xiuyuan is really an old fox." Yu Zhi said.
Li Qingru said: "Li Xiuyuan has been an official for decades, but he only knows how to judge the situation. Xiang Ji killed Beidou Ying and pinned the charge of rebellion on Beidou Ying. Xiao Yuande sat on the throne as he wished. Li Xiuyuan was in authority again. The mighty Prime Minister of Chu."
"After twenty years of fighting for the right to inherit the throne, all three of them got everything they wanted."
"Now that Xiang Ji is plotting rebellion, even if Xiao Yuande is the mastermind behind Beidou Camp's murder, Li Xiuyuan must stand unswervingly on Xiao Yuande's side."
"Judging from Li Xiuyuan's reaction just now, none of the three of them are responsible for the collapse of Beidou Camp."
Yu Zhi thought for a moment, sighed and said, "If Li Xiuyuan was involved, wouldn't it be that he killed his own son?"
Li Qingru also showed a look of regret. "I'm afraid that's the case."
"Love is always the same across thousands of rivers and mountains. Can you vote for me?"
