A new word is born.
The calyx building was quiet for a long time, and suddenly someone shouted loudly.
"Sage, I suddenly discovered that this Xue Bai is my lost son!"
Li Longji turned around and saw that it was Yang Zheng who was speaking, and couldn't help laughing.
Yang Yuhuan's father gave birth to four beautiful daughters, but he did not raise a son, so he adopted his brother's son in his name, named Yang Zhu. In other words, Yang Zheng was the concubine's natal brother and the real uncle of the country. He was worshiped by the Honglu Qing, granted the title of Shangzhu, and allowed to have a halberd in his private residence and be guarded by Jinwu.
At this time, Yang Wei made the saint happy with a joke. He couldn't help but feel proud, thinking to himself that he was really funny!
Those who followed behind and joined in the fun were all picking on others' wit, and no one cared about Xue Ling's face.
"Sage, this is obviously my son."
"..."
All joking aside, Yang Hao explained after some greetings: "Don't mind Xue Xiaolang, ahem...it's a compliment for your well-written words, no wonder everyone is competing for it."
He was not in good health and coughed twice.
Xue Bai responded: "I won't mind. Thank you uncle for the praise."
"You said he wrote the lyrics well, but he said they were pieced together randomly." Li Longji laughed and cursed, turned to Xu Hezi, and asked: "Yongxin, this lyrics is a new tune, can you sing it?"
Xu Hezi was thinking hard and before he could answer, Yang Yuhuan trotted to the railing and waved to her.
"Come Yongxin, come soon. This word is in double tone, with six lines in the front and back sections, and five oblique rhymes..."
The two beauties, one on the stage and one by the railing, were discussing in the distance.
When Li Longji saw her, he ignored the ministers and left them to talk to the beauty. He was indeed very good at music and quickly gave her advice.
Xu Hezi then chanted, "East wind, night wind, flowers and thousands of trees..."
"Xue Bai, come here, how are you feeling?"
"It sounds good, like listening to the sounds of nature."
"I asked you if you are in the right tune?"
"Back to the saint, but I don't know the music, so I pieced it together haphazardly."
Yang Yuhuan and Xu Hezi couldn't help but smile, and helped Xue Bai, "You can't make it through this random piece of stuff, can you?"
Their smiles are sweet and touching, and it is indeed very easy for people to forget about national affairs.
But state affairs still came.
A general from the Jinwu Guards hurriedly climbed up to the calyx tower, arriving before anyone arrived.
"Your Majesty, it's not good!"
Li Longji's face immediately darkened after hearing this, and he scolded: "Guo Qianli, you still don't know why I relegated you?!"
Just as Guo Qianli was about to speak, he was scolded right in front of him, and he immediately didn't know what to do.
Seeing this situation, Xue Bai thought about it again and realized that Li Bai's sentence "take the silver platform to protect Ziwei" was not his best exaggeration. This time it was really realistic.
He then reminded in a low voice, "Why don't you wish the saint good health?"
"Oh, yes." Guo Qianli quickly said, "Sage Shangyuan Ankang!"
"It's not serious or serious, go and report something to Xue Hui."
"Here."
When Guo Qianli turned around, he first caught a glimpse of Li Linfu standing there with a sullen face. He couldn't help but secretly thought that was bad. Then he realized that he had forgotten to report it to the right prime minister in his excitement... If even the right prime minister's office despised him this time, he would only have a backer. All gone.
He had no choice but to put on a reluctant attitude, moved closer to Xue Hui, and whispered: "General, this is terrible."
One of the two is close to the East Palace, and the other is seeking refuge with the right prime minister, but tonight they discovered the same major case.
There were already one or two glances in the hall towards Yang Shenjin...
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"saint."
Gao Lishi also got the news and stepped forward to report to Li Longji.
In preparation for the Lantern Festival, Li Longji had slept well during the day and originally planned to stay up all night. At this time, it was only half way through the night, and the atmosphere was getting lively after the wine was drunk. The ministers were no longer restrained. Xu Hezi was preparing to sing a new song. He wanted to accompany him personally. He was considering which instrument, the flute or the flute, was more suitable for the song "The Sapphire Case" .
At this time, something suddenly happened.
Usually at times like this, he would leave the matter to Li Linfu.
"Sage, the Right Chancellor is also involved in this case, but the saint is handling it personally."
Handle it yourself?
The smile on Li Longji's face solidified.
In the past, he could change his mood and anger freely, and his anger was just a feint, just the emperor's method. Only at this moment, he was really unhappy.
The ministers who were secretly observing him in the palace were all shocked when they saw him.
"Taizhen, I still have state affairs. You and Yongxin should talk about it first."
"State affairs are important, Sanlang, go quickly."
Yang Yuhuan sent the saint a gentle blessing and then turned around to continue chatting with Xu Hezi.
Li Longji looked back and heard two peerless beauties discussing the pitch when singing the phrase "Jade Pot Light Turns", and wanted to continue the discussion with them.
He thought it was a problem with Xue Bai's accent. It would be easier to sing in Jianghuai dialect.
Thinking about this in his mind, he walked through the hall with a sullen face and said calmly: "Take a break."
"Sage system, take a break and change your clothes."
~~
Seeing that the banquet was over, Li Niang immediately stood up and hurried towards Li Linfu.
Halfway there, she thought that it was not good to whisper to the right minister in front of everyone, so she turned to her husband Yang Hui.
"what happened?"
"It's not him." Yang Hui leaned into her ear and said, "I saw Wu You pinch him with my own eyes. He is obviously dead. It couldn't be him."
"Is that a ghost?"
This was what Li Niang was most afraid of. She grabbed Yang Hui's collar and shouted in a low voice: "I don't care, he has to be killed. Let Li Linfu do it this time."
"Well, I'll go tell you."
But when Yang Hui looked up, he saw someone approaching Li Linfu.
His eyes narrowed, and the ghost-like fear in his heart deepened.
…
Xue Bai quickly rushed to Li Linfu and said directly: "Right Prime Minister, I have something important to report."
"Let's talk after the banquet."
Li Linfu was very tired. He stayed up from Mao hour on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month to almost Yin o'clock on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. He was no longer in the mood to talk nonsense with Xue Bai.
I just plan to have someone kill and bury him so that he can be clean.
However, Xue Bai dared to directly come forward and whispered: "Yang Shenjin is about to commit a crime, and it is a major treason case that cannot be dealt with. I didn't have time to report it to the right minister, so I took action on my own."
Li Linfu was used to covering the sky with one hand, and he didn't think there was any case that the Right Prime Minister's Office could not settle, but then his mind changed and he suddenly woke up.
Only then did he notice that the saint handled it himself and did not hand over the case to him this time.
It’s really an unexpected big case!
In an instant, the old man's tired look disappeared, and he finally returned to his strong and aggressive attitude.
"Don't you know, Right Prime Minister? Juro..."
Xue Bai suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words.
He did it on purpose.
He couldn't tell everything to Li Linfu in advance, otherwise he would be suspected and jealous, and even be accused of colluding with the dead men of the East Palace to kill more than 30 people under the Right Prime Minister. Therefore, it is best to refuse when Yang Shenjin proposes to marry him, accept Yang Yuyao's arrangement, catch Li Linfu off guard, and make it look like there is an emergency, and there is nothing he can do.
He had an excuse afterwards, "It was too late. I told Li Juro at that time, but Juro didn't listen."
Considering that Li Xiu's character would not hide the matter, he didn't have to make the excuse, Li Xiu would do it himself.
"Come as you are."
Sure enough, Li Linfu was about to change his clothes and sent someone to fetch Li Xiu.
Today, there is an imperial banquet in Huaxe Tower. There is a veranda room for the royal family and important officials attending the banquet to rest. The right minister also has a room.
The guards went in first and inspected it carefully before Li Linfu took Li Xiu and Xue Bai inside.
"Keep it safe, no one can come in."
Li Linfu walked into the veranda and sat down, with a deep expression on his face, and shouted: "Tell me, what's going on?"
Xue Bai said: "The attack on Twenty-one Lang tonight was not accidental. There were dead men pretending to be Jinwu guards. I was worried about Seventeenth Niang, so I chased her all the way to the vicinity of Yang Shenjin's residence and saw with my own eyes those dead men walking in a dignified manner. Went in..."
"What?!"
Li Xiu was so surprised that he wanted to ask, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" But he suddenly remembered the scene when he entered the calyx building and quickly knelt down in front of Li Linfu.
"Master, the child is at fault for this matter. Please take responsibility for it."
"waste."
Li Linfu kicked his son to the ground with one kick.
His anger towards Xue Bai has not subsided, and his murderous intention is still there.
Because Xue Bai is too uncontrollable and has higher talents than all the descendants of the Li family. If he recruits this boy as his son-in-law, he may take away the family property of the descendants in the future.
Just like Wei Jian, Lu Xuan, and Yang Shenjin may take away the phase, such a threat cannot be allowed to exist under the nose, and they must die.
However, now that we know that Xue Bai is not a traitor, there is no need to worry. We can also weigh the pros and cons. This son is available for the time being. The saint praised him again tonight, so he will have time to kill him later.
Xue Bai noticed that Li Linfu's murderous intention was half gone, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The plan is done.
Slowly break away from the control of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and stand on his own without turning against Li Linfu. Next, he must have enough strength to protect himself as soon as possible.
"Right Prime Minister, Yang Shenjin is in great trouble. The top priority is not to let him get involved in the Right Prime Minister's mansion..."
In a flash of thought, Li Linfu had figured out the whole story.
He originally wanted to use Yang Shenjin to overthrow the East Palace and make Xue Bai Yang Shenjin's only son, and then use the demon monk incident to get rid of Yang Shenjin, but now he knew that Yang Shenjin could not be saved.
Don't worry about the East Palace for the moment, the most important thing right now is not to involve Yang Shenjin... Xue Bai has already said that this boy is talented, and too talented.
"You did a good job." Li Linfu said, "Don't worry, no matter what happens tonight, the Prime Minister's Mansion will not be harmed."
"That's good."
Xue Bai breathed a sigh of relief and seemed very concerned about Youxiang Mansion.
Li Linfu looked indifferent and waved his hand to let him go down.
Xue Bai walked to the door but stopped again. After hesitating for a while, he turned around.
"Right Prime Minister."
"Anything else?"
"Tonight...I met the Seventeenth Mother...Although I failed to become the young master of Hongnong County, I am confident that I can earn an identity worthy of the prime minister's mansion in the future..."
Having said this, Xue Bai took out the deed of Fengwei Building again.
Seeing him hesitating, Li Linfu gave a rare smile, and half of the murderous intention in his heart disappeared.
The young man's clumsy look at the beginning of his love affair no longer seemed so threatening.
Xue Bai is still young. In ten years or so, maybe someone among the grandchildren will be able to overpower him. The days are long, so let’s talk about overthrowing the East Palace.
"Take it back. Let Xue Ling come to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a few days. The Xue family cannot be from the East Palace."
"Thank you Prime Minister, I will win over Xue Hui for your Prime Minister and let Li Heng steal the chicken but lose the rice."
"Go ahead."
Xue Bai then left the veranda.
Li Linfu raised his hand and pointed to the door, smiled at Li Xiu and said, "Sure enough, I am fascinated by the Seventeenth Mother."
"That's natural."
Li Linfu caressed his beard and thought deeply, thinking that what happened tonight would be okay. Without Yang Shenjin, he would not be able to move the East Palace for the time being. But maybe we can try to get Yang Qixuan to inherit the title of Duke of Hongnong, and Xue Hui, the left general of the Jinwu Guard...
"Right Prime Minister!"
Someone interrupted his contemplation, but it was the consort Yang Hui.
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"This is the Flower Calyx Tower. It's not appropriate for the prince-in-law to come to me directly."
"Of course there is something important."
Yang Hui walked into the verandah, glanced at Li Linfu's shadow first, and then stepped forward and whispered: "I saw a ghost, otherwise Xue Bai and Xue Xiu's concubine Xue Pingzhao look too much alike..."
"What did you say?"
Li Linfu was shocked, his eyes flashed, and he asked: "Xue Pingzhao?"
"Last winter, I bought a group of slaves in my house. The right minister also knows my mother's habits. She is a princess and I can't control her, so she is a beautiful young man and a beautiful maid. But that day she gave me the deed. Look, among them there is an official slave named Xue Pingzhao, his father’s name is Xue Xiu, his mother is unknown, and he was sent into slavery in June of the 25th year of Kaiyuan.”
Speaking of this, Yang Hui gave his speculation, "Xue Xiu is also the consort. He must have given birth to a son from a foreign wife and kept it in hiding. When the family was confiscated and he became destitute and became too lowly to make a contract, he filled in the real father's name. At that time, Hundreds of people were copied, but the clerk didn’t notice.”
"anything else?"
"When I saw it, I thought Wu You had strangled him to death and thrown him out of the house... Oh, after strangling him, I took a breath and found that he was indeed dead. But today I saw Xue Bai who looked exactly the same!"
"anything else?"
Yang Hui asked: "What else?"
"This 'Xue Xi' is that 'Xue Xi'? But it has the same name? If so, who adopted him in the past ten years? Have you checked all this?"
"What's there to investigate? Just kill him, that's easy! The only thing I don't understand is why he is still alive? Is Xue Bai actually Xue Pingzhao?"
"Xue Bai, Xue Pingzhao...the truth is revealed...the injustice is redressed?"
Li Linfu pondered and murmured: "No, if he had this name just for that case, he would have been five or six years old at that time, and he didn't have a name before?"
As Yang Hui listened, he suddenly thought of something. He felt a coolness on his back. He took two steps forward and asked: "Right Prime Minister, Right Prime Minister."
"explain."
"Do you remember what Concubine Wu Hui said before she died? She said... the ghost of Xue, the deposed crown princess, came to find her... and said that she would break up Xue's soul, otherwise the resentment would make her come back..."
"nonsense!"
"But the Right Prime Minister also said just now that the injustice has been redressed and the truth has been revealed. This is the resentment of the Xue family."
"Someone is scaring you, do you understand?!" Li Linfu grabbed Yang Hui and shouted: "Be clear, these things are all man-made. Concubine Hui was not scared to death by sneakers at all, she was harmed by others."
"who?!"
Yang Hui was surprised and said: "At that time, who dared to harm Concubine Wu Hui?"
"I don't know who it is, but there must be someone behind it."
Li Linfu didn't want to investigate back then, but now he became uneasy and asked: "Who did you buy the official slave from? Who is the original owner?"
"I don't know. I'll strangle you to death. Why do you care about this?"
"Send the deed and Nu Yalang... wait, Nu Yalang? Xin Twelve?"
At this point, Li Linfu suddenly thought of something, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes.
"He is Xue Pingzhao! Your trash can't strangle him to death and let him escape by pretending to be dead, so he keeps making trouble. If you don't kill the snake, you will suffer the consequences."
~~
The imperial censor Lu Xuan was taken to the veranda.
"Right Prime Minister Shang Yuan Ankang."
Li Linfu turned his back to him and said slowly: "Tonight, Yang Shenjin cannot be saved. But tell me, why does he want to recognize Xue Bai as his son?"
Lu Xuan rolled his eyes and said cautiously: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will never let this case involve the Prime Minister's Office..."
"No."
Li Linfu said: "Check, Xue Bai and Yang Shenjin conspired to deceive the Prime Minister into marrying their daughter. What is their intention?"
"Right Prime Minister? Isn't this going to bring trouble to the Right Prime Minister?"
"The truth wants Xue Bai to die, and he will die tonight."
~~
The wind blew the lanterns on the calyx building, the lights swayed, and the scenery was picturesque, as if the painting had come alive.
Li Heng walked through the corridor and stopped at a deserted corner, looking at Chang'an City and enjoying the silence of being alone.
"Your Highness."
Li Jingzhong stepped forward softly and whispered: "When I came back with the wine, I saw Xue Bai. Pei Mian didn't handle things well and left a clue."
"Chang'an is so beautiful." Li Heng murmured, "But if my father continues like this, there will be trouble... Those who know me will say that I am worried, and those who don't know me will say that I want nothing more."
Li Jingzhong waited silently for a while, waiting for the prince to digest his depression.
"What does Xue Bai want?"
"He said that Pei Mian wanted to kill him now because he knew Pei Mian's identity and asked His Highness to kill Pei Mian."
Li Heng was stunned.
Li Jingzhong added: "He also said that although Dong Gong was ruthless in his actions, he was never idle. As soon as Pei Mian died, all the evidence was gone. He could not threaten Dong Gong. His Highness must have been too lazy to pay attention to him before he ascended the throne."
"How dare he speak like this?"
"Not only that." Li Jingzhong said: "Your Highness can kill the old slave to apologize to him."
"How else?"
"He will tell Third Aunt Yang everything... Pei Mian must have a lot of evidence that fell into the hands of this beast."
Li Heng was silent for a long time.
He thought that he had promised Pei Mian that one day he would get what he wanted and he would be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister.
The Yang Shenjin case has been triggered at this time, and all evidence will be destroyed...except Pei Mian.
"What is Pei Mian doing?"
"Go and kill Wu Kangcheng."
"I can't afford to offend the Yang sisters for the time being." Li Heng said bitterly: "Everyone is pressing on me step by step. When can I take a breath? In the five years of Tianbao, unjust cases have been common. How many people have we given up?"
He didn't give any instructions, but Li Jingzhong already understood and leaned over to salute and prepare to leave.
Hundreds or thousands of people are already dead, why would they mind giving up one more chess piece?
"Then the old slave will go and apologize to Xue Bai."
"Um."
Li Heng didn't look back, still staring at the lights of thousands of families in Chang'an City.
Chang'an City symbolizes his Tang Dynasty, and everything he does is to protect it...
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