On the Imperial City Street, Li Xuan rode forward slowly on horseback with a calm expression. Li Zhu slowly led the horse away in front.
In front of you is Yanxi Gate. Seeing Li Xuan approaching, the guard from the Zuojian Gate guarding the palace gate stepped forward to check Li Xuan's identity and house number.
These Zuojianmen guards are extremely strict. Even if the prime minister passes by, they will check in detail.
But soon, the strict investigation was over and the guards at the left prison gate let him go.
Li Xuan slightly bowed her hand to the guard general of the left prison guard who was standing inside, and the middle-aged guard immediately returned the gesture.
Immediately, Li Xuan entered Yanxi's family.
The light turned dark for a moment, and Li Xuan finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
In the city gate cave, looking back in the direction of Daming Palace, I felt solemn in my heart.
After this meeting with His Majesty, Li Xuan could finally confirm that everything in Chang'an City was planned by the Emperor.
When Xue Zhongzhang was brought back to Chang'an from Hangzhou by Gao Ping and Leng Lin, it was the emperor's order through the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment.
It now seems that the emperor wanted to use Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang to find out who in the court was in contact with the King of Donghai. But unexpectedly, Wen Xu suddenly died on the Wei River, taking Xue Zhongzhang, Gao Ping, and Leng Lin with him. Killed at the same time.
At this time, the emperor's plan could not proceed, and he naturally wanted to find out who was responsible for this case.
Li Xuan, Pei Yan, Li Jingye, and even Wu Chengsi were all on his suspicion list.
Previously, Li Xuan was arranged to stay at home and not come out. There was also the luncheon after the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting, and many other things that Li Xuan didn't know about. They were all arranged by the emperor and he was observing.
Of course, there were some things that were not expected by the emperor, such as Li Xuan's assassination in Luoyang, and the Leng family's mother and son being forced to commit suicide.
But the King of East China Sea and others all tried to get involved, but they were all seen by the emperor.
On the surface, Pei Yan is the Minister of Punishment and a close confidant of Empress Wu, Li Jingye is Li Ji’s direct grandson and heir to the British throne, and Wu Chengsi is Empress Wu’s nephew. Among the few people, the one who seems to have the closest connection with the King of East China Sea is Li Jingye. Gorgeous.
Especially in the case of Wenxu's murder, Zhao Gong began to suspect that Li Xuan had discovered the Yinhuo poison of the Tianyin Sect, which ultimately led to Wenxu killing someone and then setting himself on fire. This was almost close to the truth, but unfortunately, this There are some details in it that are completely incomprehensible, or even completely different.
First of all, Yinhuo poison requires someone to inject the poison on Wenxu, and the only people on the boat at that time were people from the Criminal Department.
The relationship between Li Xuan and the Ministry of Justice is not very good.
Secondly, Li Xuan had just been assassinated by Taoist Master Wusheng in Luoyang at that time. One after another, it looked too much like the Tianyin Sect was taking action.
Finally, there was the suicide of Leng Lin's mother and son. It was obvious that there were other things happening to Leng Lin.
Leng Lin is someone else's chess piece, which means that the deaths of Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang were all manipulated by the people behind Leng Lin.
Li Xuan didn't know what Li Zhi found out, but Li Xuan had nothing to do with Leng Lin.
The only one who is related to Leng Lin is Pei Yan.
Pei Yan is also Xue Zhongzhang's uncle. Xue Zhongzhang and Li Jingye are classmates, and they are also Wu Chengsi's subordinates, because they are all involved in this case.
As for Li Xuan, in fact, he just sent a pill to Wenxu in the name of the King of Donghai. After that, Wenxu did the rest.
Wen Xu may be the key to catching the King of East China Sea in the eyes of others, but in Li Xuan's eyes, he is of little use at all.
Few people know that Wen Xu is just Wen Fuzhi's stand-in. He stays in Hangzhou all year round and may not even have met the King of East China Sea at all.
So even if he knew some clues about the King of East China Sea, it took such a long time from Hangzhou to Chang'an that the King of East China Sea would have had enough time to erase everything Wen Xu knew.
Wenxu is just a dead chess piece, it's just that Li Xuan made him act as if it was useful.
He is of no importance to the King of East China Sea. Instead, he becomes more likely to be a tool for the leaders of the government and the public to criticize each other.
It would be fine if he really had something to do with Xue Zhongzhang, but in the final analysis Xue Zhongzhang was just a pawn being used.
He had no connection with the King of East China Sea at all, but Li Xuan was manipulating him behind his back, making it seem like he was really having a connection with the King of East China Sea.
But if you think about it carefully, Pei Yan was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment at the time, and was only one step away from becoming the prime minister; Li Jingye was a descendant of Li Ji, and he did not have to do anything, he was the way of light, and Wu Chengsi was the nephew of Empress Wu, who was born with the King of Donghai The position is hostile.
It's just that the emperor couldn't bear the consequences of any of them colluding with the King of East China Sea, so he laid out the plan.
If Wen Xu and Xue Zhongzhang were really allowed to return to Chang'an alive, then the courtiers below would criticize each other, but the emperor could clearly see the truth in this.
Not to mention that behind these people, there was one person involved - Empress Wu.
Li Xuan may have some hands-on ability, but it is nonsense to suspect that he is connected with the King of East China Sea.
Several conspiracies between the King of East China Sea and the Tianyin Sect were all detected by Li Xuan, not to mention that Li Xuan personally destroyed the Tianyin Sect.
So although everyone has some doubts about Li Xuan, they are just doubts.
After all, compared to the other three people, Li Xuan is just a young minister of Honglu Temple even today, and the harm is minimal.
The assassination case above Luohe completely cleared the suspicion of his collusion with the King of East China Sea.
On the other hand, in the case of Leng Lin's wife's suicide, although no real evidence seems to have been found, all parties seem to have a direction.
Li Xuan has been away from Chang'an all year round, so he can't figure out the mystery behind it. He just knows that it has nothing to do with him.
This is enough, there is no need to wade through this muddy water again.
After walking out of Yanxi Gate, Li Xuan's expression became solemn under the sunlight.
This matter is far from over. Li Xuan, Li Jingye, Pei Yan, and Wu Chengsi are all suspects, but if they want to get rid of such suspicions, the best way is to capture the King of East China Sea.
However, in Li Xuan's view, his real opponent is not the King of East China Sea, but Li Jingye, Pei Yan and Wu Chengsi.
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On the north side of Yanximen Street is the Prince's Palace, and on the south side are Zuochunfang, Youchunfang, the Prince's Jialing Temple, the Prince's Left and Right Qingdao Palace and other officials of the East Palace.
As soon as Li Xuan came out of Yanximen Street, she saw a familiar figure walking slowly in front of her.
Wearing a scarlet robe, with an upright body and a solemn expression, Li Xuan recognized him at a glance.
"Uncle Lu Shi!" Li Xuan shouted, urging the horse a little, catching up with Lu Yuanfang before, then turned over and dismounted, cupped his hands to Lu Yuanfang who stopped and said, "I have a lot of things to do in the new year, and I asked you to forgive me for not paying a visit to Uncle Lu Shi. "
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. Xizhong has just settled the house and is busy in the New Year." Lu Yuanfang had a wry smile on his face, and then he bowed his hands to Li Xuan: "I heard that Your Majesty has been appointed as the young minister of Honglu Temple. Congratulations. Your Majesty."
"Uncle Shi, you're welcome." Li Xuan looked at Lu Yuanfang, who seemed to have just come out of the East Palace, and asked with some curiosity: "Uncle Shi, is he working in the East Palace?"
"That's right!" Lu Yuanfang nodded, then took two steps back, and saluted Li Xuan solemnly: "I will be the official minister of Chaoyi, the prince who inspects the horse, and the imperial censor Lu Yuanfang has met the prince of Nanchang."
"Uncle Shi, please get up!" Li Xuan quickly helped Lu Yuanfang up, then walked side by side with him, and said at the same time: "I heard what Uncle Shi said, Uncle Shi was transferred from the fifth rank to the Sima of the Yangzhou Governor's Office and was transferred to the sixth rank. He serves as the imperial censor, but he was selected from the fifth rank of Prince Xima, and your majesty also awarded him the title of imperial minister of the fifth rank. Could it be that your majesty intended to let Shishu take over as the censor Zhongcheng."
Yushi Zhongcheng, the fifth-rank official, is the second-in-command in the supervisory system of the Tang Dynasty, second only to the third-rank Yushi doctor.
However, there is no permanent position for the imperial censor, and now it is even more vacant.
Today's Censor Zhongcheng is the actual leader of the Tang Dynasty's supervisory system. He has six serving censors, six serving censors in the palace, and fifteen supervisory censors. He is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, impeaching illegal acts, and patrolling the state. In the county, inspect the prison proceedings and know the outline of the department.
The imperial censor's rank is from the sixth rank, the imperial censor's rank is from the seventh rank, and the supervisor's censor is from the eighth rank.
From prime ministers, princes, to generals, they are all included in the scope of impeachment by the censor.
Typically humble and powerful.
Therefore, when the emperor's trusted ministers were appointed as censors, they would also review other positions, such as Lu Yuanfang's prince Xima.
Today's Lu Yuanfang is equivalent to being transferred from Sima of the Yangzhou Governor's Office from the fifth rank to Prince Xima from the fifth rank. It seems that he is only promoted one level, but I don't know how many people are extremely jealous, but they can't make it even half a step.
Not to mention, Lu Yuanfang now holds multiple positions and seems to be the head of the six imperial censors.
As long as he rises further, he will immediately become the fifth-rank Yushi Zhongcheng, and he will be on an equal footing with the Jiushi Temple Minister.
The emperor's deep trust can be seen from this.
Seeing the not too happy expression on Lu Yuanfang's face, Li Xuan was a little surprised and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Shi seems to be a little unhappy, but...did something happen in the uterus just now?"
"It's nothing, it's just a pity that I didn't meet the prince." Lu Yuanfang sighed softly. He originally had a lot of advice to give to the prince Li Xian, but the people below didn't seem to value the censor, "Enthusiasm." After a good reception, they saw off the guests.
"This matter is not the fault of the prince. It's because Xuan was too talkative in the past few days. The prince and the princess..." Li Xuan was halfway through her words when she couldn't continue.
At this time, Lu Yuanfang smiled and said: "The lower officials know about this matter. No wonder I can't see His Highness the Crown Prince when I go on duty today."
"Xuan will discuss this matter with His Highness the Crown Prince in detail later. If Uncle Shi has any suggestions, I'll be ready." Li Xuan smiled and cupped her hands slightly.
"Then I'll trouble you, Your Majesty." A sigh flashed through Lu Yuanfang's heart, and then he turned to Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, you know that Dou Weng was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs today."
"We just passed by each other when I met Your Majesty, and I'm going to visit you in two days." Li Xuan sighed softly.
This time, several of them came back from Yangzhou together. Li Xuan was appointed as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Lu Yuanfang was appointed as the Shiyushi, and Dou Xuande was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It can be said that they were all promoted.
If we include Duan Baoxuan, who was previously appointed minister of Dali Temple, Yuan Jiazuo, who was transferred to the governor of Yuezhou, and Lai Jingye, who was transferred to the governor of Hangzhou, all the people who participated in the annihilation of Tianyin Sect and aid to Dongdao have all been promoted.
Walking in the middle of the road, Lu Yuanfang raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "I need to thank the prince for taking care of Ji Zhen for many days."
"Ji Zhenxian's talent is young now. If the current scientific examination is not appropriate, just wait a little longer. Getting the first place is better than getting the first place." Li Xuan looked at the road in front of him and said to Lu Yuanfang. : "We split our ways here, Uncle Shi, take care."
"Your Majesty, take care." Lu Yuanfang solemnly raised his hand to Li Xuan.
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In early February, spring is coming.
(End of chapter)
