Seeing the proud expression on the Supreme's face, the Queen didn't know what to say.
In fact, in her opinion, the prince does not need this kind of bloody test now, but should study government affairs well. Since he has been arranged to host disaster relief, it is only a little more difficult for him to set up a test in the disaster relief. There is no need to use such a test to test the prince's handling methods when encountering problems.
However, although she felt that what the Supreme did was unnecessary, it did not mean that she did not agree with it at all.
In fact, it is very important for an emperor to be able to be ruthless when the situation arises, or to know how to take a long-term view and offer ten favors when necessary.
After turning over and getting up, when you get to the Queen of Heaven, there is nothing to avoid or avoid.
Although the Secret Guard was also top secret to her, because she had intervened in government affairs more than once and had been in power, she had the guts to take a look at the Secret Guard information that Li Zhi took the initiative to bring up.
The secret guard's intelligence not only recorded the events that the prince sent out, but also recorded things that were not recorded by the officials during the disaster relief process.
For example...the Prince's two regulations.
After carefully reading the information, the Queen was surprised and said: "What's going on with the Crown Prince? He doesn't care about the overall direction of the adjustment, so why does he care about these small things?"
"It's no small matter, Mei Niang. This time, the prince plans to take advantage of all the advantages he can get in the project."
"Although the road between Chang'an and Luoyang bears the name of the prince, the actual cost is now borne by the Zheng family. As for the other roads, although he also holds shares, it is not the same as the family's shares. In comparison, it’s not so obvious.”
"Because of this, he promulgated two regulations to improve the environment of migrant workers. It seems unnecessary, but in fact it can win the support of the people. You have to know that the regulations are not just issued to all the people."
The Queen frowned and said, "But he didn't consider whether the people can accept it. The health regulations seem to be for the sake of migrant workers, but some people are used to being slovenly and may not appreciate it."
Having said this, the Queen suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi suddenly laughed out loud, looking very proud.
"You deliberately arranged these people, not only to test the prince's reaction ability and decision-making in handling things, but also to create an opportunity for the prince to stand on the side of the people!"
Hearing what the Queen said, Li Zhi's laughter suddenly became more hearty.
If possible, he would rather it was the prince who said this.
However, he really didn't believe that the prince could find him as the mastermind behind this. After all, those in charge had such a clean foundation because they were secret guards. At the same time, in order to pay for one's own sins, not only will it not affect the family, but it will also leave a guarantee for the children, and they will go all out to act.
He breathed a long sigh of relief, burned the secret report, turned around and glanced at the very seductive Queen in gauze, but Li Zhi couldn't seem to be interested at all.
This is not to say that the queen has lost all her charm. As a queen, she can naturally work hard on herself, plus she has a good foundation. Although she is a little old now, she can still win compared with some concubines. Of.
After ignoring the issue of tightness, normally speaking, the emperor should not lose interest in such a queen.
The reason why this is the case is because Li Zhi no longer has such thoughts.
In the past, he always thought that the queen was his good wife, but now, he found that it might not be safe for the queen to interfere in the affairs of the court.
In addition, after so many years of getting along with each other, we are too familiar with each other and there is no freshness, so we can't argue with each other.
Back on the bed, Li Zhi lay down without thinking and covered himself with a thin blanket.
Today, I got the opportunity to sleep with you after a long time, but I didn't get what I wanted, which made the queen a little unhappy. But taking a look at Supreme, who had closed his eyes, she could only suppress her unhappiness in her heart.
As a woman, she has been alone for too long...
The emperor and empress could sleep well, but Li Xian, who was always used to going to bed early and getting up early, was not sleepy at all.
In order not to disturb the eldest wife, he moved back to Li Zhengdian and asked Xiao Xiao to come and accompany her.
If you want to play the drums well, you need a sense of rhythm.
Once you have a good sense of rhythm, at least it won't be too hard to listen to when playing solo.
However, if you want to become a fully qualified drummer, you also need to cooperate well with others.
The combination of piano and drum is very unusual, but Li Xian, who has nothing to do, can only use this method to relieve his emotions.
Xiao Xiao was naturally aware of her husband's strangeness, but she could only pretend not to notice it, endured the messy drum beats, and continued playing the piano.
He didn't know how long he had been making noise like this. Li Xian didn't stop until the palace door was pushed open.
The person who entered was Shangguan Wan'er. After she knelt down to salute, she said, "Your Highness, Zhou Quan is asking for an audience."
"Let him in."
After speaking, Li Xian smiled apologetically at Xiao Xiao and pointed to the door.
Xiao Xiao took the idea, got up and followed Shangguan Wan'er out.
Two went out and one came in. There were only two masters and servants left in the whole hall.
After bowing his hands in a salute, Zhou Quan said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Your Highness, please punish me. I was unable to find out the information."
Li Xian stood up in surprise, walked to Zhou Quan, and said doubtfully: "If Gu's prediction is correct, you should have arrested two people and tortured them to extract confessions!"
"This slave acted without orders, please punish me, Your Highness!"
"Come on, you were right to do what you did, so I don't blame you. On the contrary, could it be that these two people withstood your torture and didn't say anything?"
Although his expression was very bad, Zhou Quan still nodded.
He believed that the punishment he had given to these two people was already very cruel. One of them was chopped into pieces five times with one finger by one of his own, but the two people still said nothing.
To be honest, for such a tough guy, if the prince's order hadn't been completed, he would have given them a happy life.
Seeing Zhou Quan nodding, Li Xian couldn't help but shudder.
Given Zhou Quan's background, if someone is sentenced to death, it must be at the code level.
But even so, these people still haven't let go?
Where did these people come from? Even a noble family cannot have such loyal subordinates!
He walked to the closet, opened it, and pulled out a set of black clothes and a cloak. Li Xian put them on without saying a word.
Seeing the prince acting like this, Zhou Quan immediately understood and went out from the front door, telling Shangguan Wan'er and Liang Di who were waiting in front of the palace gate that the prince needed to think about things alone, and no one was allowed to come in and disturb him except Li Yun, the manager.
After leaving a piece of paper for Li Yun, Li Xian went out from the window of the apse and prepared to leave the palace under the escort of the eunuchs trained by Zhou Quan.
The person on duty at the gate of the East Palace today is Xu Ze.
Compared with Ma Liang, Xu Ze's credibility is slightly higher.
With Xu Ze's help, both Mingde Gate and Yanxi Gate can be easily passed. And leaving Yanximen means leaving the palace completely.
Under the escort of Zhou Quan and his party, Li Xian crossed the street, made a big circle, and walked to Yanshoufang. Because he has the badge of the East Palace, even if Wu Hou, who was patrolling the night, encountered a group of people, he would not interrogate them excessively, and would only take notes.
Yanshoufang is located in the southwest corner of the old imperial city, with the declining Taipingfang to the east.
Once upon a time, because the imperial palace was in Taiji Palace, and all civil and military officials also ran errands in Taiji Palace, Taipingfang was equivalent to Changlefang today.
Without the big bosses living here, Taipingfang has become the residence of low-level nobles because the foundation has been left behind.
However, because Yanshoufang is close to the West Market, it has not changed and is still full of wealthy businessmen. Unlike the low-level nobles who live in Taipingfang, the wealthy businessmen are all owners with inestimable wealth and can afford to hire servants, so there are more residents in Yanshoufang than in Taipingfang.
It is hidden in the city. It is precisely because Yanshoufang is so lively that Zhou Quan chose this place as the center of the intelligence organization he established.
Entering a courtyard with a "Zhou Mansion" sign, I walked straight in, walked through the garden, and walked to a place that looked like a rockery. Not surprisingly, there was a cave inside.
After passing through the cave entrance and passing the iron fence, I saw two stewards who were tied to the torture frame and were already half-dead.
Zhou Quan took a step forward and said helplessly: "Master... Young Master, these two people really only have one breath left now. If they still have some strength, they will definitely try to bite their tongues to commit suicide again."
Li Xian nodded, not feeling wrong about the two people's failure to commit suicide by biting their tongues. In fact, the human brain is sometimes stronger than the human will. Often when a person commits suicide by biting his tongue, the brain will forcibly end the tongue biting state out of protection.
After all, it is extremely rare for people to actually bite their tongues and commit suicide.
but....
Seeing the two people's bruised appearance, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little respect for the two people.
There is no doubt that these two men, like those who were beheaded, were problematic. However, having reached this point, Li Xian himself felt unwilling to dig out their problems.
Zhou Quan picked up the water ladle, scooped out a ladle of cold well water, and poured it on the faces of the two people. The two people who were drowsy just now were forcibly awakened.
Sitting on the chair brought by Zhou Quan, Li Xian crossed his legs and said in a tone that said he could not survive three episodes: "I'll give you one last chance to reveal the mastermind behind you. Otherwise, don't blame us for attacking your family." , even your child whose secret is being protected will not escape death!"
The two people were obviously shocked, but they seemed to have thought of something again, and returned to their half-dead look, but did not speak.
Seeing that the two people were still ignoring each other in front of His Majesty the Crown Prince, Zhou Quan couldn't help but get angry, picked up a whip, dipped it in salt water, and started to whip.
Li Xian stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Quan's behavior and stared at the two people.
After being tortured to this extent, the two of them have not spoken yet. This perseverance clearly indicates that there is a problem between the two of them.
As for their indifferent reaction to having surgery on their family members, it cannot be because they don't care about their families, but because they have already prepared to give up their lives.
What deserves them to make this kind of decision cannot be loyalty or anything else.
There is only one possibility, that is, they have obtained the maximum benefit that can be obtained from this behavior!
Could it be that these people are really from aristocratic families?
If this is really the case, the aristocratic family would be too terrible.
But....
That’s not right either.
If you think about it, if you are the head of a family, although this thing seems to be seamless, as long as you do it, you have to bear the risk. Compared with the possible risks and the current guaranteed profit, there is no doubt which one to choose.
There is no way anyone would be stupid enough to make such a decision, and the same goes for the head of the family.
Well, if you are not from aristocratic family...
A possibility that was hidden in a corner, with a high probability but that he was not aware of subconsciously, appeared in his mind.
Reaching into his arms, Li Xian sighed and pulled out an imperial edict.
Opening the imperial edict, Li Xian said solemnly: "Zhou Dayuan and Xue Zhishu, the test for you ends here. This is His Majesty's imperial edict. After passing this test, you two can be safely appointed by His Majesty to enter the court as officials." "
After hearing this, the two people who were dying raised their heads, looking in disbelief.
immediately....
Not confused or confused, but happy.
The strong joy filled their hearts almost instantly,
After looking at each other, the two of them endured the pain in their bodies and seemed to want to cheer?
Seeing clearly the reactions of the two people, Li Xian finally understood what it felt like to be "dumbfounded".
If nothing else, he should be in this state now.
Zhou Quan also widened his eyes and took a step back. After seeing the contents of the imperial edict in the prince's hand, his compassion for these two people could not be greater.
They survived the punishment of having their hands chopped off, but who knew that at the most desperate moment, these two people would actually lose to Hope.
and....
Looking at His Highness the Crown Prince, Zhou Quan didn't know what to say.
This kind of giving hope to people when they are in the most desperate situation, and turning hope into despair again and again, His Highness the Crown Prince's hand is really...
Zhou Dayuan and Xue Zhishu also realized that something was wrong, especially after seeing the style of the imperial edict clearly.
With their qualifications, there is no need for an imperial edict with a jade axis.
Could it be...
Seeing that the two people's joy was fading, Li Xian sighed and said, "I'll be honest with you, I came to see you today just to test my guess. Who knows, I suddenly tested the guess I was most unwilling to accept. "
"You two don't have to despair. The truth discovered from you will not be revealed. Tomorrow, your two heads will be placed on the construction site together with several others."
After hearing this, the desperate eyes of the two people gained a little more life.
