A few days later.
The Li family's mansion.
Li Zhang seemed a little strange today. After going to the morning, he did not stay in the study as usual. Instead, he stood in the courtyard with his hands folded and his eyes looking at the sky, as if he had something on his mind.
Seeing his father looking like this, Li Fu secretly wondered in his heart.
Every morning after returning from court, my father would read in his room. This habit has been a rule for decades, but why has it been broken today?
"Father, what are you..."
Li Fu just stepped forward and wanted to ask his father if there was anything bothering him.
As a result, before he could finish his words, there was a sound of flapping wings in the air. At the same time, several feathers fell from the sky.
Li Fu looked up curiously and saw a snow-white carrier pigeon stopping in the sky, and then landed on Li Zhang's outstretched hand.
Li Zhang's face, which had not seen a smile for many days, finally showed joy: "Fu'er, come up and help."
Li Fu quickly stretched out his hand to gently hold the pigeon down, allowing Li Zhang to remove a piece of cloth tied to the pigeon's leg.
The cloth strip was rolled very tightly and tied with a red rope, so it was not conspicuous on the pigeon's legs. Li Biao could tell at a glance that he had expected the arrival of this homing pigeon.
Li Fu on the side handed the carrier pigeon to the servant next to him and asked him to put it in a pigeon cage in the Li family's mansion to feed it and keep it for later use.
"Fu'er, come with me."
Holding the cloth tightly in his hand, Li Zhang strode towards his study.
There was a faint feeling of excitement in his expression.
Li Fu was also full of curiosity about this. After serving as an official in the court for decades, his father's mental skills had become extremely proficient. Don't be happy with things and don't be sad with yourself. Wherever you go, you always have the same face.
How come today, I am so unable to control my temper?
He was even more curious about the piece of cloth in front of him.
Walking into the study, Li Fu saw his father eagerly unfolding the strip of cloth. This strip of cloth was as thin as a cicada's wings and looked like just a small roll, but after unfolding it, it spread out into a large piece.
"Quick, close the door."
Li Zhang greeted Li Fu while unfolding the cloth strip in his hand.
Li Fu closed the door and hurried to the table, wanting to see what it was that was worthy of his old father's mystery.
Seeing this, Li Fu was stunned.
I saw that on this large piece of snow-white silk cloth, there were hundreds and thousands of black traces made of unknown things horizontally and vertically.
Although it's a little messy, it looks like it was drawn in a hurry. But after a few glances, you can still tell that this is a map.
"Can you tell what this painting is?" Li Zhang asked his son beside him.
Li Fu's voice trembled and he looked in disbelief: "This is the defense plan of the capital?!"
"Dad, where did you get this?"
After saying that, he felt that his voice was a little louder and looked around.
Li Zhang laughed twice and stroked his gray beard, like an old fox who had succeeded in his scheme:
"A few days ago, I sent assassins to the palace. I originally wanted to give Prince Lin a beating and tell him that although the royal family is powerful, there are still undercurrents surging above the court, and there are still many eyes that are looking for death. Staring at him."
"However, strange to say, it seems that the assassin's actions were seen through by him. Fortunately, Qiuyun came to the rescue in time and performed a scene of blocking the knife with her body, which saved the situation."
"This is a coincidence. Wang Lin trusts Qiu Yun even more. Qiu Yun found the right opportunity to copy this picture for us!"
After Li Fu heard this, he touched the defense map in front of him with slightly trembling hands and looked at the details on it.
"Father, what a wonderful idea!"
"In this way, the entire capital city is within easy reach for us."
"I don't think there is anyone in the court today who would dare to go against our Li family!"
…
at the same time.
Imperial Palace, Yangxin Palace.
Brothers Wang Chen and Wang Lin were still sitting in the Heart Cultivation Hall talking to each other.
However, their expressions are not as good-looking as those of the Li family and his son.
In the huge Yangxin Palace, all the maids and eunuchs were dismissed by Wang Chen, making it look empty. It also shows that what the two are talking about now is not trivial, and it is not something that these bystanders can pry into.
"Brother Lin, this rumor in the palace has been spreading more and more recently. Look..."
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Wang Chen's face.
Because what he was talking about at this time was exactly a rumor that was circulating in the palace recently.
That is the rumor that Wang Chen has not had any royal heirs among the three thousand in his harem for so many years. This is all because Wang Chen is unable to recruit people and cannot reproduce the blood of the royal family.
Your Majesty, he can't do it!
The reason for Wang Chen's embarrassment was not just because the matter concerned him, but because the rumors were not false and he really had not added a child to the royal family.
For this matter, a few days ago, I asked the younger brother in front of me to do it for me...
However, Wang Lin immediately broke the embarrassment in front of him.
"This brother has sent people to investigate, but before he finds out, the emperor only needs to refuse to acknowledge the matter."
Speaking of this, Wang Lin also recalled that a few days ago, Wang Chen wanted him to give birth to a prince for him and establish him as a heir apparent.
In fact, this idea is not unreasonable. For so many years in Daxia, the entire empire seemed to be calm, but various problems have been accumulated and difficult to recover.
Various interest groups in the court were entangled, sometimes even to the point of overpowering the imperial power.
The reason is that Wang Chen has weak bones. Although he could still suppress these ministers when he was healthy, now he is just a sick body, and all the monsters and ghosts in the entire court have jumped out on their own.
Therefore, it is not incomprehensible to want to give birth to an heir and stabilize the government.
However, this matter is really unacceptable to Wang Lin.
Therefore, he could only ask his royal brother to deny it and wait until the storm was over before making any plans.
No matter what happens to Wang Chen, he is still the emperor of Daxia today.
No matter how outrageous the rumors are, no one will come to Wang Chen specifically to gossip.
In fact, before that, he had already photographed Jin Yiwei to investigate the matter.
Something strange happened, and someone must be behind it. The target that Wang Lin asked Jin Yiwei to focus on was in this harem.
After all, although the previous dynasty was chaotic, no one really cared about what was going on in the emperor's crotch. They also wished that the emperor had no heirs so that they could make trouble in the court.
As expected, Jin Yiwei's investigation in the harem yielded quite a harvest.
After an intensive investigation, Jin Yiwei presented a familiar name——
Concubine Xiao Shu.
