"Tell me what's going on." Li Zhi sat behind the imperial court and looked at the ministers in front of him casually. His expression was unexpectedly calm, and there was even a hint of fun in his eyes.
Pei Yan took a step forward and held his hand seriously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, someone stole the prince's gift from Henan Station and hid it in Tiangong Temple."
"Hide!" Li Zhi glanced sideways at Empress Wu and said, "The word "hide" is used very well."
Empress Wu immediately said: "Your Majesty, do you want eminent Buddhist monks to pray for your Majesty outside the imperial city this year?"
Li Zhi shook his head directly and said: "Over the years, I have treated the Buddhists fairly, and the Buddhists have no additional complaints. After all, I have never received a complaint from the Buddhists.
Moreover, due to the severe floods in the south this year, Buddhism has sent countless monks to the south to provide disaster relief. I am still grateful for this. "
Li Zhi raised his head, looked outside the main hall, and said softly: "Tell the eminent monks of White Horse Temple that the death of the abbot of Tiangong Temple will be investigated by Di Renjie. I hope Luoyang Buddhism can facilitate it. This case must be solved in the shortest possible time." cracked.
As for the birthday ceremony, let the secret guards cooperate with the Buddhist monks.
Since some people don't want them to appear, then I will let them participate quietly. "
Having said this, Li Zhi sneered: "I want to see what kind of tricks these people behind the scenes are doing."
The more others don't want him to do something, the more Li Zhi will do it.
"Your Majesty is wise." All ministers raised their hands at the same time.
Li Zhi looked up at Li Xian who was standing on one side and said, "Prince, you have to decide on your own gift. Should you change it into a new one, or should you just use the current one?
I don't care about anything else. Your gift will be sent to you in the end without any problems. "
"My son, take your orders." Li Xian suddenly became solemn.
The gift he got back from overseas was suddenly stolen and then found again.
In this, it seems that he has not suffered any losses, but if he thinks about it carefully, he has a huge problem here.
Once someone plays tricks on the gifts, and something happens in the future, he will be the first to be unlucky.
Even thinking further, this may be someone else's method, and the original intention is to let him change a set of gifts.
A set of congratulatory gifts that have been tampered with by others.
If someone is really playing tricks on gifts, Li Xian must be the unlucky one in the end.
Without waiting for Li Xian to make a decision, Li Zhi waved his hand slightly and said, "Everyone, please step aside. Today's matter was handled properly."
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty." The ministers cupped their hands at the same time, and then all retreated.
After the ministers left, Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said, "This year, the war in Tubo finally rested for a while, but someone jumped out to cause trouble again. Since they want to take action, let's catch them all."
"Here!" Empress Wu nodded immediately.
…
It was dark, where the north gate was.
Yuan Wanqing walked in with an ugly expression.
Fan Lubing looked up at him and asked, "Why, Pei Yan doesn't believe that this matter has nothing to do with us?"
"No." Yuan Wanqing sat down on the short couch, shook his head, and said helplessly: "This thing is such a coincidence, Pei Yan immediately thought that we were plotting against him."
After leaving Qianyang Palace, Pei Yan never gave Yuan Wanqing a good look. Even if he rushed to explain, Pei Yan didn't believe it at all.
Yuan Wanqing simply came back on his own.
"Pei Yan's attitude is not important. It's good that the Queen knows that he is not a fool." Fan Lubing comforted him a little, and then said: "No matter what, that person must be hidden among the foreign envoys and internal ministers who came to Beijing this time."
"Foreign envoys collude with internal ministers." Yuan Wanqing sneered and said, "There are at least more than 40 foreign envoys in Luoyang, and the internal minister is most likely Li Jingye."
"He deserves to die. People have already forgotten him." Fan Lubing raised his head and said, "Let's do it now. It must be ended before His Majesty's birthday."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Yuan Wanqing nodded directly.
Watching Yuan Wanqing walk out of the door, Fan Lubing calmly said to himself: "In this case, we can also test whether it is him?"
…
"Tiangong Temple?" Liu Jinyu hugged Xia'er, looked up at Li Bi, and said with surprise: "It turned out to be Tiangong Temple. Didn't they notice someone breaking in?"
"No, the eminent monks in the temple are all practicing Qiang. The driver who delivers the things only collects the money and then delivers the things to Tiangong Temple."
Li Bi paused for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "Buddhism is also preparing to celebrate His Majesty's birthday and is also preparing gifts, so..."
"Someone took advantage of troubled waters." Liu Jinyu nodded, and then asked hesitantly: "Do you feel that this person is familiar with everything in Luoyang?"
"What the princess said is true. Not many people in the court know about the underwater trees that the East Palace brought back from the southeast, and even fewer know the exact time and whereabouts." Li Bi hesitated. , but still said cautiously: "There are not many people who dare to attack the prince today, and there are not many people who have reason to attack the prince."
"It's not necessary, there are only two, the Secret Guard and Li Jingye." Liu Jinyu also immediately suspected the Secret Guard and Li Jingye.
On the emperor's birthday, there were many things that could really be destroyed, but he only targeted the prince's birthday gift.
The flavor here is too strong.
"Something is going to happen!" Liu Jinyu keenly noticed something was wrong and said in a deep voice: "I'm passing on the order. From today on, there is no need for people in the house to go out.
Four days later, His Majesty's birthday will be celebrated. The house is closed, and everyone goes to the Xifu to stay. If there is anything to do, let's spend the first day of the birthday first. "
"Here!" Li Bi immediately handed over his hands with a solemn expression.
The emperor's birthday was celebrated in Chang'an and Luoyang for three days, but only on the first day, Liu Jinyu took Xia'er and Zhao'er and accompanied his mother, Ouyang, to the palace to celebrate his birthday.
"In addition, if someone comes to visit us in the past few days, we will welcome them and send them off respectfully. We will not receive outsiders in the past few days. At the same time, we would like to remind them that the wind direction in Luoyang is wrong, so they should be cautious." Liu Jinyu's tone seemed to be Feeling a bit frightened.
Li Bi didn't have the slightest surprise, and directly said: "Here! Princess, should we go investigate the British Duke?"
"Don't go." Liu Jinyu shook his head directly, looked towards the direction of the palace, and said softly: "Now we are not the only ones who can think of Li Jingye. The secret guards and the East Palace can also think of it. They may have sent people to investigate now. , if we interfere again, it will easily cause other people to misunderstand."
"Yes!" Li Bi bowed and promised.
Liu Jinyu looked in the direction of the palace and said thoughtfully: "Li Jingye chose to take action at this time, and his purpose may not be simple.
When the emperor celebrates his birthday, all states celebrate and all nations pay tribute.
This guy is probably planning to kill two birds with one stone. "
Li Jingye is the direct grandson of Li Ji. Even the emperor has not deprived him of his title of British Duke.
Even when Li Jingye committed a crime, the emperor drove him out of Chang'an before the New Year and refused to let him live in Chang'an for consecutive years.
What worries me is that he has collusion with the governors of various states.
It's the same today.
If Li Jingye really wanted to pull a trick on the emperor's birthday, in addition to attacking the royal family, he might have to contact the British Duke Li Ji's old department.
These people served as governors, generals, temple ministers, ministers, and even prime ministers in the court, and there were countless others.
Regardless of their respective positions, once the emperor becomes suspicious, the entire government and opposition will be in turmoil.
This is not alarmist. Liu Rengui, Dai Zhide, and other prime ministers in the court have all worked with Li Ji to some extent.
Even Yuan Wanqing followed Li Ji on his expedition to Liaodong, and was Li Ji's record of Liaodong road management.
It's just that now everyone has their own positions, and few people will offend the emperor because of Li Jingye.
But there are still few.
In addition to high-ranking officials in the court, there are also foreigners.
Li Ji has destroyed many countries and conquered many monarchs over the years. If Li Jingye really wants to do something, some people will still be used by him.
Or to put it conversely, someone will take advantage of Li Jingye.
…
"Turk." Liu Jinyu suddenly became alert.
There have been droughts in Turks for two years, and this year there have been frequent heavy rains.
Some Turkic tribes are afraid that it will become increasingly difficult, and it is normal to seek changes under such circumstances.
Li Bi stood on one side, with a trace of worry on his face.
Under Li Xuan, Li Bi knew best how much Datang needed this year of rest and recuperation.
Even though there is a lot of rain in the south, Datang still recovers a lot.
At least the tight string will not break. If the Turks make trouble at this time, it may be detrimental to the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Princess, do you need to inform the left minister about this?" Li Bi asked carefully.
Liu Jinyu thought for a while, shook her head and said, "When I can think of it, Aweng and the others have no reason not to think of it. They are probably already taking measures to deal with it now."
After a slight pause, Liu Jinyu said with rare helplessness: "There are ten surnamed tribes in the Western Turks, and there are twenty-eight tribes in the Eastern Turks. Even if the Eastern and Western Turks destroy the country, there will still be at least one million households of the remaining Turkic tribes. Inside and outside the Great Wall, in the southern and northern deserts, in the eastern and western Turks, it is not uncommon for millions of people to control strings, and it is not an easy task to deal with them."
The Tang Dynasty had done its best to divide the Turks, but the Turks were still very powerful.
"The reason why the Turks have dared to waver in these years is mainly because of the defeat of Dafeichuan and the subsequent fall of the four towns of Anxi." Liu Jinyu looked at the palace and said softly: "It is in these years, The west town of Anxi was recaptured by the Tang Dynasty, and last year's victory over Dafeichuan gave the Turks some peace, but..."
But it happened to catch up with two years of Turkic drought, and there were heavy rains this year.
That's all. Li Jingye showed up at this time. No wonder the Turks were uneasy.
In fact, the uneasiness of the Turks is not a recent manifestation.
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the filial emperor Li Hong died of illness, and the Turks began to take action, trying to rescue the direct grandsons of Tuli Khan and Jieli Khan from Chang'an back to the grassland. That is, Li Xuan caught up Only stop it, otherwise things will be serious.
When the Tang Dynasty was fighting against Tibet, it had to be on guard against the Turks, making it even more difficult to win on the battlefield.
…
"In this way." Liu Jinyu spoke directly and said: "Take the prince's token and go to Honglu Temple and the Imperial College to ask how the heirs of the envoys from various countries have reacted in Chang'an and the Imperial College recently. Are there any rumors? Check them all out, and besides..."
"The princess ordered." Li Bi bowed.
"You take the black-clad heavenly kings at home to the Tianshan Duke's mansion and tell them some recent sensitive things.
In addition, we should find ways to find out the real news in Tuyuhun. "Liu Jinyu's eyes were faint, even with a hint of ruthlessness.
"Here!"
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East Palace, main hall.
Everyone left, and Li Xian stood alone in the hall.
He looked straight at the underwater tree.
(End of chapter)
