After arriving at Zhengyang Palace, Li Hao smiled at Wang Yi and said, "Mother, which family is this girl from? You have caught your eye."
Wang Yi was well prepared. He directly asked someone to bring out the portrait and introduced it to Li Hao: "This is Zhang Han, the daughter of Zhang Tan, the imperial censor. Come and take a look."
Judging from the portrait, it can be said to be beautiful, so Li Hao thought about this person's information in his mind and asked: "As far as I know, Zhang Tan, the imperial censor, should be from Lizhou and came from a poor family. , I think my mother is attracted to her not just because of her looks."
Wang Yi looked like you could guess it, and said, "Of course, for a princess, appearance is far less important than moral ability.
Zhang Han is talented and intelligent. She has been studying with her father since she was a child. She has a photographic memory and a talent for reciting everything at a glance. Therefore, she has extensive records. I had summoned her to the palace to see her and sent people to investigate.
She acts carefully without lacking fortitude, and treats her subordinates with generosity without losing dignity. Having her help you with your affairs will also allow you to focus more on the court. "
"Since my mother is so optimistic about it, I don't have any objections. However, I wanted to ask her what she meant in person beforehand. After all, it's not sweet to deal with force.
I think it will be easy for me to choose a concubine. There is no need to embarrass others. Maybe they already have a sweetheart. "
Wang Yi couldn't help but nodded Li Hao's head and said, "You are sympathetic to her. I will summon her to the palace for questioning in two days. Then you can ask her in person."
Li Hao said: "Okay, thank you mother. Also, I would like to ask more, is this choice your mother's own idea?"
Wang Yi didn't say anything when faced with this problem, and Li Hao roughly understood it, and then said goodbye and left.
After leaving the palace, Chen Xi deliberately comforted Li Hao: "Your Majesty, in fact, your Majesty did this because he really believed that this girl is suitable for you."
Li Hao smiled calmly at this: "I am not as fragile as you think. Father, son, monarch, minister, this has been the case since ancient times. But for this Zhang Han, you should also send someone to check after you return."
Jinyiwei's intelligence network in Sudu was very developed, so within a few hours, Zhang Han's information was delivered to Li Hao.
From this point of view, what Wang Yi said is true. It is indeed suitable to be a good housekeeper for IKEA and IKEA.
Wang Yi was very concerned about Li Hao's marriage. Within two days, he found a reason to enjoy the flowers and summoned Zhang Han and other officials' female relatives into the palace.
I found some time in the middle and asked the female historian to take Zhang Han away to the pavilion where Li Hao was, and then left.
Zhang Han was also smart. When he saw someone in the pavilion, he knew that someone wanted to see her. He walked in without any timidity and saluted without hesitation: "My maid pays homage to His Royal Highness."
Li Hao was not surprised that she could recognize him. After all, even if he was not wearing regular clothes, there were only a few men who could walk around the palace at will, so it was not difficult to guess.
"Get up, this is Junshan Silver Needle brought as tribute from Yuezhou. It is soaked in Longshan Spring. It has a good flavor. Try it."
As he spoke, Li Hao poured tea into the cup in front of Zhang Han and motioned for her to have a taste.
Zhang Han picked up the tea cup and took a sip, praising: "The entrance is refreshing and soft, the aftertaste is sweet and fragrant, it is indeed good tea and water. Thank you for the tea, Your Highness."
Seeing her unfazed look, Li Hao smiled and said, "You feel quite at ease. Do you know why I want to meet you today?"
Zhang Han shook his head: "I don't know, your highness, please make it clear?"
After hearing this, Li Hao stared at her for a while and then said, "Why don't you believe me? But since you said that, I can just pretend that you don't know.
I will tell you personally that this time I came to you because I want you to be the crown princess. Are you willing? "
Zhang Han was a little bit defensive this time. Although she had some guesses in her mind, she didn't expect Li Hao to be so direct.
Seeing her like this, Li Hao felt happy and said with a smile: "Looking at you like this, you probably don't have a sweetheart anymore, so becoming the Crown Princess is a good choice.
But I won’t force you. If you don’t want to agree within three days, just send a message to the East Palace. Otherwise, I will report this matter to your mother. "
Li Hao then stood up and left the pavilion. Chen Xi came over from outside and said, "Your Highness, shall we go to the Queen's Empress next?"
"No, their group of female family members are here. I will go back to the palace to talk to the Queen Mother later."
As soon as the two of them left, the female historian who had brought Zhang Han here came to the pavilion and took Zhang Han back to the female family members before going to Wang Yi to report in detail.
It's just that they didn't chat for long before they were frightened by a piece of news coming from outside the palace.
After leaving the palace, Li Hao prepared to return to the East Palace, but he was just about to reach the gate.
Li Hao suddenly noticed a silver needle flying towards his head, subconsciously dodged it, gathered his inner strength and swung his palm in the direction of the flying needle.
It was this palm that forced the assassin who followed the silver needle to dodge.
It was only at this time that Chen Xi and the guards realized something was wrong, which showed that this assassin was really skilled.
But that was it. After Chen Xi realized what he was doing, he immediately drove his horse forward and stood in front of Li Hao.
The guards drew their swords and attacked the assassin directly. At the same time, they also sent a signal to the air to summon the East Palace guards and the forbidden troops in the city.
This group of people who could be selected by Wang Qin were really good at martial arts. In addition, the coordinated training arranged by Li Hao for them in the past two years made it impossible for the assassins to get in or escape.
At this time, Chen Xi saw the assassin's martial arts skills and said to Li Hao: "Your Highness, this person uses Zhu Yiwei's martial arts. Judging from his skills, it seems that he is the most successful assassin in the history of Zhu Yiwei.
Assassinated King Xin of Nanping of An State and Queen Mother Yuan of Chu State. Within one month, he defeated Fengxiang, Dingnan and won the victory of the military Jiedushi envoy Ren Xin of Zhu Yiwei. "
Hearing this name, Li Hao's eyes lit up. When it came to this world, although Li Hao did not delay his practice, he never really took action.
Chen Xi really didn't know much about other people's martial arts skills. If he hadn't mentioned it, Li Hao wouldn't have thought that it would be Ren Xin.
Speaking of which, Li Hao is still very optimistic about her, mainly because she is beautiful, and with his martial arts skills, he is not afraid of her assassination, and keeping her may be useful later.
Therefore, Li Hao planned to let her go. Of course, the time had to be chosen at the right time. Li Hao used his inner strength to suck up a stone from the ground and held it in his hand as if nothing had happened.
The guards of the East Palace provided reinforcements quickly and quickly formed formations to join the battle group. For a time, Ren Xin's space for movement was extremely compressed.
Seeing that he was about to die, just when Li Hao was preparing to take action in advance, the person he wanted to wait for finally arrived.
The Forbidden Army in the city received the rescue signal and found that the location was near the East Palace. They did not dare to delay for a moment, and now they finally arrived in front of Li Hao.
Li Hao immediately ordered: "The man in front of you has just assassinated Yu Gu. Now you immediately assist the guards of the East Palace to capture him. Gu Dao wants to see who dares to do such a treasonous thing."
After receiving the order, the Imperial Guards immediately drew their swords and surrounded them. However, against masters, large numbers of people are not useful.
The imperial army and the guards of the East Palace had not cooperated before, and Li Hao secretly fired stones, which suddenly hit the transition point of the guards of the East Palace, causing them to lose their rhythm.
Ren Xin was rich in experience and found a breakthrough at once. Then he was slashed twice on his back and finally escaped from the encirclement.
After that, without any hesitation, Ren Xinfei climbed onto the roof and headed into the distance.
Of course, Li Hao couldn't cover up blatantly, so he arranged: "The guards of the East Palace will leave behind guards, and the others will immediately go after him. I must see the assassin, no matter whether he lives or lives."
After the Forbidden Army responded, they immediately started hunting. At the same time, someone rushed to notify the Military Command Department that there was an assassin.
After the imperial guards left, Chen Xi stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we'd better go in quickly. If Ren Xin has any accomplices, it's always unsafe outside."
Li Hao nodded: "Okay, let's go and sit in the outer hall first. I think when my father, the Queen, and the Queen get the news, they will call me into the palace for questioning."
Sure enough, before Li Hao had sat down for a while, Cui Ming's personal supervisor came
Arrive at the East Palace.
After seeing Li Hao, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, are you not seriously injured? Your Majesty and the Queen knew about your assassination, but they were frightened."
Li Hao replied: "Thank you for your help, I'm in jail. Fortunately, the guards in the East Palace were able. I was only frightened at first and was not injured."
Hearing this, Hu Naijian let out a long sigh of relief: "Thank God, please come with me to the palace this time. Your Majesty and the Queen are waiting for you in the palace. In addition, Your Majesty has specially asked you to take the Prince's chariot."
At the same time, there are two hundred palace guards coming with me this time, which is enough to ensure safety, so His Highness can rest assured. "
It's good that the prince's chariot is good, but because riding in it is too grand, Li Hao usually doesn't want to bother. After all, it's more convenient to just ride a horse.
But this time there was no choice but to reply: "Okay, then Hu Naijian will sit down for a moment, and I will ask someone to prepare the chariot."
While waiting, the atmosphere in the capital had also changed, because Cui Ming was extremely angry when he heard the news that Li Hao had been assassinated.
Immediately, the imperial army was ordered to take over the city gates and no one was allowed to enter or exit. All the people in the capital government offices were sent out to search for the assassins throughout the city.
So when Li Hao and the others came to the streets again, they were already deserted except for the soldiers patrolling the city.
After entering Zhengyang Palace, Wang Yi rushed up immediately, took Li Hao's hand, and began to look at his whole body carefully.
This made Li Hao so embarrassed that he quickly said, "Don't worry, mother, I was just a little frightened and not hurt at all."
He said that he was afraid that Wang Yi wouldn't believe it, so he patted him all over his body.
Even though Wang Yi didn't see anything wrong, he still couldn't rest assured. He turned to Chen Xi and asked, "Is the prince really not hurt?"
Chen Xi bowed and replied: "Reporting to the Queen, Your Highness is indeed not injured. The assassin missed the first round of hidden weapon shots, and was stopped by the East Palace afterwards, and did not get close to His Highness."
Seeing that he was indeed not injured, Wang Yi was relieved, but then he nagged: "This is your luck. How many times have I told you not to ride a horse by yourself, but to ride in a chariot. Isn't this safer? At least it can prevent hidden weapons." "
In response to these words, Li Hao could only nod his head repeatedly and promise to be obedient in the future, and then the nagging ended.
Then Cui Ming asked about the business: "Hao'er, who assassinated you this time? Do you have any clues?"
Li Hao handed over a silver needle and said, "This is the assassin's hidden weapon. According to the guards in the East Palace, it should be the unique hidden weapon of Ren Xin, the left envoy of Zhu Yiwei."
Cui Ming was shocked when he heard this. After reaching out to take the silver needle, he immediately called Yan Xu, the marquis official, to come over and ask him to identify this thing.
The internal and external marquises are responsible for investigating the intelligence of various countries, and they naturally know the information about Zhu Yiwei's second figure.
After reading it, he immediately affirmed: "This is indeed the same as the belongings of Ren Xin recorded in the file. I just asked the soldiers who fought against the assassin, and I can basically confirm that the assassin is Ren Xin."
After receiving the accurate information, Cui Ming's anger exploded in his heart, and he shouted angrily: "What an emperor, not only wants to seize the treasure of our country, but also assassinates the prince and shakes the foundation of the country. It is simply crazy.
He ordered people to pass on the decree and rushed for eight hundred miles to recall the envoys from Honglu Temple. He quickly rang the Jingyang bell and summoned the ministers to discuss matters in the main hall. "
After Hu Naijian obeyed the order, he immediately began to draft the imperial edict and ordered the other eunuchs to ring the bell.
During this period, Cui Ming did not forget to say to Yan Xu: "I will give you three days to track down the assassin. If no one is found by then, then your position will be handed over to someone more capable. Go down."
The prince was assassinated in the street. As the person who controlled the spy agency, he certainly could not stay out of the matter. This meant that Li Hao had nothing to do, otherwise he would not have resigned, but would have lost his life.
Therefore, Yan Xu didn't even dare to defend himself and hurried out to summon his men. He already had an idea on this matter.
Ren Xin had been injured during the assassination. He always needed medicine and a place to recuperate.
He had known before that Zhu Yiwei had a stronghold in the capital, and had specifically investigated it, but the relationship in the capital was
It was complicated, and there were many places that he couldn't check, so it ended in vain.
But now that this happened, whoever dared to stop him again, he would dare to label him as a conspirator with the assassin, vowing to find the other party, so that even if Ren Xin was not found, he would have a chance to make amends.
When Yan Xu started to be busy, Li Hao accompanied Cui Ming to the main hall. This time everyone knew that Cui Ming was in a bad mood, so the hall seemed particularly quiet.
In the end, it was Cui Ming himself who broke the calm. He told the story of how Li Hao was assassinated by Zhu Yiwei, and then called out the Shuntian Prefecture Yin and the commander of the Army and Horses Division, and gave him a severe scolding.
Although they were not removed on the spot, they all understood that these two people would not stay in this position for long.
Li Hao was very satisfied with this, because these two people were from the Zheng family and the Ming family.
Originally, Li Hao had to find a way to deal with them, but now he saves a lot of trouble.
Cui Ming then asked the officials present for their opinions on how to handle the matter.
At this time, even those who had been against Li Hao before and those who wanted to negotiate peace had to take Cui Ming's emotions into consideration, so everyone present quickly reached a consensus.
That is, facing Anguo's provocation, we must not retreat.
Therefore, Cui Ming immediately ordered that Anding Marquis Chufan and Yongchang Marquis Zheng Zhuo mobilize 50,000 troops to go to Qizhou and send a letter of inquiry to Anguo.
If Anguo doesn't have an explanation, Suguo will not hesitate to fight for this, and let the nobles of Anguo be careful themselves.
