Although Liu Xingzhi has an arrogant personality, he is very concerned about whether he can inherit the throne, as if he is obsessed with it. Therefore, he is more anxious about the current three-legged structure than before. In this way, wouldn't he be further away from the throne? step!
When Liu Xun saw his son Liu Xingzhi asking this question, he shook his head and pondered for a moment, "According to reliable sources, some officials headed by Xun Yu and Xun Mou and his son have begun to side with the prince."
Liu Xingzhi's expression changed, "How could this happen? How many years has this old fox shown its tail so easily now?"
"Yes, the current situation is not good. The situation that was originally evenly matched has now shifted to the side of the prince. It seems that we have to make some changes!" Liu Xun said, looking thoughtful, but Looking a little melancholy.
Liu Xingyuan originally didn't like this kind of party struggle, but being in the palace and being the prince's grandson, he was bound to have no choice but to ask, "Father, do you think the current Lu Zuo will come to help us?"
"Lu Zuo?" King Ning Liu Xun seemed to have almost forgotten this person. He reacted for a moment, then smiled contemptuously, "A commoner with no background, I'm afraid he won't be able to achieve anything!"
"But I heard that the prince treated him like a distinguished guest!" Liu Xingyuan had a good impression of Lu Zuo, "Baby, I think this Lu Zuo is quite capable."
"Do you think the prince would care about a little Lu Zuo? He is just like us, just acting on occasion." Liu Xun explained.
Liu Xingzhi glanced at his brother and said angrily: "Brother, how old are you? You don't even understand. These are for the world to see! Otherwise, how can we embody the etiquette and virtue of our corporal!"
After hearing this, Liu Xun laughed, pointed at Liu Xingzhi and said, "Xing Zhi, given time, my father will slowly promote you!"
"Father, you are joking." Liu Xingzhi stretched his brows and couldn't help but smile, "This is a major event for the prosperity of our family, so my children will naturally care more about it than other things."
When Liu Xingzhi said that, he glanced at Liu Xingyuan unnaturally, because recently this brother who was not doing his job had started to work very diligently with the Ministry of Justice, and it was said that he started to like investigating cases again.
Liu Xun knew what Liu Xingzhi meant and felt that Liu Xingyuan was a little unmotivated, so he asked Liu Xingyuan with a straight face, "Xingyuan, I heard that you have been running to the Ministry of Justice every day recently. Is this the case?"
Liu Xun's tone was like that of a father reprimanding his son when he did something wrong.
"Uh..." Liu Xingyuan's face twitched, and he was too timid to answer.
"Although Cui Hao, the Minister of Punishment, is my father's confidant, if you go there every day, you will inevitably give others a handle. It's better for you to go to the Punishment Ministry less often." Liu Xun emphasized loudly when his son lowered his head and remained silent. Turning aside, "Do you understand?"
"I know, kid!" Liu Xingyuan replied awkwardly.
"Dong dong dong" At this time, someone knocked on the door, and an old voice came from outside the door, saying: "Master, is it convenient?"
Liu Xun replied loudly: "Old housekeeper, come in!"
After a while, a silver-haired old housekeeper pushed in the door. Although he was old, he still walked vigorously.
"What's the matter?" Liu Xun asked gently.
"Sir, Master Yang Youxian, the young minister of Dali Temple, Mr. Yang has been waiting in the secret room for a long time." The old housekeeper whispered in a hoarse voice.
Liu Xun responded and asked, "Is it from the secret passage?"
"Exactly, Master Yang ordered me to be very careful."
Liu Xun nodded, "You go and prepare some food and wine to send, and I will be here soon."
The old housekeeper nodded in agreement, then turned and left.
The secret passage in Prince Ning's Mansion was specially built to facilitate communication with his confidants. His subordinates who usually have normal relationships with him do not know about it. Only those who Prince Ning considers to have a prominent status and are his confidants know about this secret passage. The front door of Prince Ning's Mansion is the most prosperous area of Xining Street. Right at this intersection is a restaurant. Prince Ning actually sent someone to buy this restaurant secretly. In fact, in order to hide it from others, a secret passage was built in the woodshed of the restaurant. , leading directly to the woodshed of Prince Ning's Mansion.
Liu Xingzhi felt strange when he saw that his father was mysterious and always let Yang Youxian take secret passages recently, so he asked: "Father, has something happened to Yang Youxian recently? He keeps coming to our house!"
Liu Xun stood up from the armchair behind the desk with difficulty and said, "Let's go and ask together and you will know."
After that, Liu Xun walked in front, followed by Liu Xingzhi and Liu Xingyuan. When Liu Xingzhi saw that his brother was following him, he said in a strange voice: "Brother, my father told me to go and have a look. I think you should go to Aunt Zhou to invite you." Goodbye."
When his brother said this, Liu Xingyuan stopped and watched the two of them walk out of the room with an expressionless face. Then he looked at his brother's flattering movements of supporting his father. He couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart. He suddenly felt a sore nose. After sighing, he went directly to his mother's room to say hello.
Liu Xingzhi helped his father walk a few steps into the yard and came to the firewood shed in the backyard. After seeing that there was no one outside the door, Liu Xingzhi went back to the house and pushed aside the pile of firewood in the corner. Under the corner was a fist-sized stone. Liu Xingzhi leaned over After gently twisting the stone, the mechanism was triggered instantly. Then a secret door appeared on the wall in front of him, and it was slowly opened. Through the firelight inside, you could clearly see the secret room, which was almost four feet square. There was another passage directly opposite, which was through the Xining Street Restaurant. There is only a table and a few armchairs in the middle of the firewood shed.
In the dark room, a middle-aged man wearing regular clothes was sitting and waiting. Seeing Prince Ning appear, he quickly stood up and bowed rudely.
"You're welcome, Mr. Yang. Sit down quickly and let's have a few drinks together." Liu Xun and Yang Youxian sat down humbly.
On the table, the old butler has already placed wine and food. As soon as he sat down, Liu Xun couldn't wait to ask: "How is the situation now?"
Liu Xingzhi knew that something important was going on, so he sat down and listened carefully.
Yang Youxian reported smugly: "According to the official's observations in the past two days, Li Shizhi has indeed begun to become restless and loses his temper with his subordinates. It seems that King Wei really wants to use the knife on him."
"Well!" Liu Xun thought deeply for a moment, "This is not a bad thing for us."
Liu Xingzhi was confused and asked curiously: "What do you mean?"
Yang Youxian explained: "Young master, you don't know. Li Shizhi, the minister of Dali Temple, is the eldest brother of Empress Li. He can be said to be the prince's son. However, during the morning court two days ago, Du Zongting, the imperial censor, took Li Shizhi as his master. The case of 'Wu Qingfeng' was brought out and accused of Mr. Li's negligence back then."
"Oh?" Liu Xingzhi became more and more curious, "I know this, but why would Du Zongting dig out such an old account?"
"Young Master, you may not know that Du Zongting is careful in his actions, and no one can guess who he belongs to! However, since this old guy can advance from the sixth rank of the Taiyuan Censor to the third rank in two years, he can become the Censor in one leap. Doctor Shi, I think the backer behind him must be extraordinary. This time he is resurrecting old scores, probably to bring down Empress Li's eldest brother Li Shizhi." Yang Youxian said incredulously.
