Fu Tang

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting blankly after hearing this: "What? Not from Korea?"

He carefully recalled Han Xuancheng's various behaviors and actions, and felt that he was an out-and-out Korean, why did he change his mind as soon as he turned his head?

Shi Xueting nodded and said, "Guess where he is from?"

Li Congjia's first reaction: "Japanese?"

Shi Xueting shook his head, Li Congjia asked again: "Khitan people?"

Shi Xueting still shook his head, Li Congjia was really at a loss this time, and tentatively asked again: "People from Bohai?"

Ten years before the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed by Khitan. Later, most of the people from Bohai entered Korea. Anyway, he can only think of this now.

Shi Xueting said: "Now the Bohai people are almost assimilated by the Korean people, what else do they have?"

Li Congjia reached out and patted Shi Xueting's bald head and said, "Hurry up, don't be fooled."

Shi Xueting said: "Han Xuancheng is from Dali."

Li Congjia... The question mark on Li Congjia's face, Dali?Nima, Korea and Dali are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles. I have never heard of any exchanges between these two countries. How could there be people from Dali pretending to be Koreans?

The most important thing is that the assassin himself is working for Goryeo's welfare, unless this person has been instigated by Goryeo!

Li Congjia couldn't figure it out, but Shi Xueting hit the nail on the head: "Dali's real purpose is to let you die, and then plant it on Gao Li, so that Datang's anger will only burn on Gao Li, and will not affect Dali, and Dali will win instead." Li, maybe Duan Susu can take power?"

Li Congjia sneered: "Are they dreaming? What is Duan Susu? It's just a royal concubine. I have a prince, unless they also take the prince..."

Li Congjia couldn't help frowning at this thought, they even killed the emperor, what's wrong with killing a prince?It's just that Duan Susu is a concubine after all, even if he wants to choose an heir from the other children of the royal family, there is no need to inform her. At that time, Duan Susu and Gao Xi will be driven to a certain palace to die, and they will almost go outside The ancient Buddha with blue lanterns in the nunnery has been with him all his life.

Shi Xueting asked: "What do you plan to do with the two women in the harem?"

For these two people, Shi Xueting was really annoyed. He didn't have any opinions on Li Congjia's wives and concubines, but compared with Yelu Trigu, these two people were really stupid. If Li Congjia didn't need it urgently As a shield, Shi Xueting will definitely not let them enter the palace.

Of course it's annoying, but Shi Xueting didn't feel that these two people were damned, and added: "No matter how you deal with it, just don't hurt their lives."

Li Congjia said calmly: "How should I deal with it? I'm relegated to the sidelines."

Anyway, as long as these two people are together, it doesn't make any difference to them whether they are cold or not.

Shi Xueting suddenly said: "He can enter the palace so smoothly, I wonder if it has nothing to do with the two of them."

Li Congjia was a little hesitant for a while, he thought it wouldn't matter too much, but when he thought about Duan Susu's power in the harem, he used to think that there were not many people in his harem anyway, so it didn't matter if he gave Duan Susu the highest authority , but now that I think about it, this is really a big loophole.

Li Congjia patted his head and said, "It's my fault, but... You must have asked this question before, right?"

Since Shi Xueting thought of this, it made no sense not to ask, Li Congjia couldn't believe that he really didn't ask.

Shi Xueting stretched out his hand and patted his head and said: "Of course I asked, it's true that it has nothing to do with the imperial concubine, but I just want to remind you, don't make such a hasty decision next time, no matter what authority it is, you should not easily compete with it." people."

Li Congjia nodded honestly, turned her head and asked Duan Susu to accept Duan Susu's imperial concubine seal. Duan Susu only knew that Li Congjia was assassinated, but did not know the real identity of the assassin, or she thought the assassin was really a Korean. She thought she had something to do with Dali, so when Li Congjia took away her seal, she was at a loss.

After being dazed, Duan Susu naturally wanted to ask clearly. No matter who she likes, as long as it is a human being who has power in her hands, it will be difficult for anyone to accept it, even if there are few people in the harem.

What's more, Duan Susu, relying on her high status and power, would step on Concubine Yelu Trigu from time to time. Even if it was a trivial matter most of the time, Yelu Trigu didn't intend to be as knowledgeable as Duan Susu, but Duan Susu was very worried. After losing the power of the harem, didn't Yelu Trigu step on her if he wanted to?

This time Duan Susu didn't rush into Li Congjia's study. The lesson she learned last time was profound enough. This time, she just asked someone to tell Li Congjia a message. She just said that she didn't know what made Li Congjia angry, so she apologized first.

Li Congjia didn't hide it either, after all, taking away the imperial concubine Yinxi was the first and demotion was the last, there must be a valid reason, so he directly told Duan Susu that the assassin was from Dali.

Duan Susu was stunned when she knew about it. At that moment, she was even trembling because of fear. Gao Xi didn't expect it to be like this. After seeing that Duan Susu had lost her mind, she couldn't help but whispered: "Susu, cheer up, Don't mess yourself up!"

Duan Susu looked at Gao Xi, and couldn't help but shed tears: "Why are we two so miserable? We can't escape the shackles no matter what, what should we do now? Dali sent assassins to assassinate His Majesty, where is the Tang Dynasty?" Our foothold?"

Gao Xi used the most sinister intentions to speculate on Li Congjia: "Maybe it was just Datang casually planting Dali? It is clear that the assassin was determined to be from Korea before, but now he is from Dali again. If he is really a citizen of Dali At this moment, the emperor is probably not just taking away your seal."

After hearing this, Duan Susu calmed down slightly: "So, this is just an excuse that Datang wants to fight Dali? But Datang is currently in civil strife, and the relationship with Korea is also in dire straits. It seems that the relationship with Japan is not very harmonious. Is it time to start a war with Dali?"

Gao Xi sneered and said, "There is only one excuse. As long as this excuse is there, isn't Datang the right to start the war?"

Duan Susu bit her fingernails and said, "Then... don't you want to tell daddy to act first?"

Gao Xi was a little hesitant: "But... what if Emperor Tang wanted us to communicate with Dali and instigate them to attack in advance? Then they can attack Dali in a legitimate way."

Duan Susu was taken aback, and couldn't help but said angrily: "I can't go left or right, so what should I do?"

Gao Xi couldn't help but sigh. In the final analysis, Dali was too weak to go to war without authorization. If Dali had the national strength of Datang, how could it be threatened?

Gao Xi pondered and said: "The current plan, all we can do is to back down, go to the Tang Emperor to clarify, and by the way, ask yourself to step down."

Duan Susu was a little hesitant: "Your Majesty just took away my seal, and all the treatment is still the same. What if I ask for a demotion and really do?"

"It seems that your imperial concubine is very happy." Gao Xi said lightly.

Duan Susu quickly took Gao Xi's hand and said: "I'm not greedy for this position, I'm just worried... If we are all equal to Concubine Min, then what if she troubles us?"

Gao Xi said with a bit of resentment: "Why don't you think about it, if you ask yourself to step down now, maybe you can still sit on an equal footing with Concubine Min, if you don't take the initiative, maybe we both have to salute when we see Concubine Min in the future! "

Duan Susu was taken aback. Thinking about it carefully, it was really possible. The most important thing now is to go to Li Congjia to pick them out. If they keep silent, wouldn't it be miserable for Li Congjia to take them as their default?

Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with them.

Duan Susu sighed and said, "Perhaps the most important thing we should do now is to repair the relationship with His Majesty."

Gao Xi asked sharply: "Repair the relationship? How do you want to repair it?"

Duan Susu said: "Isn't that good when we first entered the palace? It's like what His Majesty said, um, yes, it's about cooperating with each other."

Gao Xi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "After we entered the palace, his cooperation with us has almost ended, but... let's work hard."

So Duan Susu asked to see Li Congjia. Li Congjia didn't really want to see Duan Susu at first, but after thinking about it, he got the two young ladies into the palace as a shield, regardless of whether they were in love or not, he always had to accept their love.

Li Congjia met Duan Susu. When Duan Susu came to see him, he took off all his hairpins and turned his face to the sky. As soon as he came in and saw Li Congjia, he bowed gracefully and said, "The sinful woman Duan Susu has seen Your Majesty."

Li Congjia was taken aback by her sudden change in style, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"

Duan Susu choked with sobs and said, "Report to Your Majesty, about the assassin... Although the criminal woman didn't know about it, it was done by the country I was born in, so I have come to plead guilty to Your Majesty."

Li Congjia frowned slightly, he pondered for a while and said, "Do you still have contact with your brother?"

Duan Susu immediately said: "Yes, it's just... now my elder brother has been placed under house arrest by the Gao family. If I didn't have a tough attitude, I am afraid that the Gao family would not give me a chance to contact my brother."

Li Congjia immediately asked: "That is to say, the assassin's matter is likely to be done by the Gao family?"

Duan Susu hesitated for a moment, she knew that if she nodded, Gao Xi would probably be implicated, but she changed her mind, as long as she could keep her imperial concubine position, even if Gao Xi was demoted, she would take care of her. Be wronged.

If both of them are implicated and lose their power, they will really have nothing in the future—even if the harem of an ordinary emperor is demoted, they can still work hard to see if they can make a comeback. It is almost a luxury to reach Li Congjia's harem , Duan Susu didn't dare to gamble, so she could only grit her teeth and respond: "Yes, but we don't know exactly what happened, Xixi... She has always been tolerated by the Gao family, and she has nothing to do with the Gao family."

After all, Duan Susu said something for Gao Xi, but what she said was not a lie. Gao Xi was close to her, and had been speaking for the Duan family. Well, people from the Gao clan did try to contact her, but she avoided them all.

Li Congjia nodded and said: "Although this matter has nothing to do with the two of you, if it spreads out, I am afraid that someone will target you, so I will take away your seal and demote you to be a concubine. For Madam, the treatment of the two of you will remain the same as before, so let's stop here."

Duan Susu's heart tightened, she wanted to ask for love, but she didn't dare to speak, for fear of annoying Li Congjia.

In the end, she still bowed down Yingying, thanking Li Congjia for not killing him.

When she came out of the Zichen Palace, she looked back at this magnificent palace, and suddenly felt that her life in the past was really muddled. After all, she had always stood at the place closest to the highest point of power, but she herself didn't care. It's too late to wake up now.

From the imperial concubine to the concubine, the gap between them is like a moat. Before, she was optimistic that she would be reduced to a concubine at most, but now she can only be a concubine. Although the material treatment is the same, what's the use of that?

No, it's not too late, Duan Susu cheers herself up, there is always a chance to stand up, she doesn't believe that Li Congjia is really so devoted to Shi Xueting, not to mention that some men are beautiful when they are young, but as they get older The growth and facial changes are definitely not as good as when he was a teenager. Li Congjia liked Shi Xueting at that time, but he may not like the middle-aged Shi Xueting.

She touched her face, she was still young, how could she give up so quickly?

Although it is said that ministers cannot interfere in the harem, changes in the harem cannot be concealed, not to mention that some things used by concubines in the harem need to pass through the Ministry of Rites, so they must communicate with the Ministry of Rites. We all know.

The fact that Han Xuancheng is from Dali can't be concealed naturally. After the news spread, there was an uproar in the government and the public. No one thought that there was something about Dali in it. All of a sudden, the people were excited, and the assassination of the emperor was enough to make the people of the Tang Dynasty Very angry.

Many people think that Li Congjia is too kind. Princess Dali is in charge of the harem and has a lot of power. Isn't it easy to arrange for someone to enter the palace?Han Xuancheng sneaked into the palace so easily, there must be her handwriting!

All the arrows point to Duan Susu and Gao Xi, as if Li Congjia's execution of these two women is not enough to anger the people.

This made Li Congjia very surprised. Although he had disliked these two women before, and felt that it was unethical for them to bully Yelu Trigu, but what happened to this group of elders targeting these two women?Dali, who was the instigator, didn't pursue it?

Li Congjia was suspicious, so he asked Shi Xueting to find someone to check, and found that some of them were the family members of the palace guards who were punished, and there was also a faint shadow of the cabinet.

Li Congjia understands the family members of those palace guards better. After all, this incident has lost the heads of many people. Those family members are sad and cannot resent Li Congjia. Naturally, they need a place to vent. Dali is too far away, and it happens that Dali has two "hostages." "Here, it's just them!

But the cabinet... What's the fun with this?

Li Congjia had been hiding the intelligence department before, just not wanting everyone to fear the intelligence department, but this time he decided not to bear it.

So after the small court meeting, Li Congjia directly left all the ministers in the cabinet, and said, "Are you guys busy recently? Are you having trouble with two women?"

The four people in the cabinet didn't show any expression after hearing this, as if they didn't care about Li Congjia's ridicule at all, Fan Zhi said directly: "Dali's wolf ambition, these two women really can't stay."

Li Congjia was a little annoyed: "When will you stop talking about women? Blame the women if the country is in trouble, and blame the women if the country is subjugated. When will you be able to find problems in yourself? The root of this matter is Dali. If you can kill two women to vent your anger, Dali wouldn't even dare to touch it, right?"

Seeing that Li Congjia had a bad expression, Wei Renpu's heart sank. No one would think that Li Congjia was a friend of women, but that the two women in Dali had confused Li Congjia, and Li Congjia loved them very much, so he insisted not to punish them.

Wei Renpu said directly: "It is indeed not a good time to deal with Dali, but if we keep them in the palace, something big will happen sooner or later."

Li Congjia frowned: "The imperial concubine has been reduced to a plain concubine, and I have taken back the seal in her hand. What is there to worry about? What's more, the palace is free and restricted. If even ordinary concubines can be put in at will People come, then I really have to wonder if the left and right Wuwei should clean up."

Wei Renpu gasped, Li Congjia didn't think it was a big deal and wanted to expand the scope of attack?The energy of these two witches is too great, right?How could the emperor trust them so much!

But they didn't know that Li Congjia didn't believe in Duan Susu and Gao Xi from the beginning to the end, he believed in Shi Xueting!

Because Shi Xueting said that this matter had nothing to do with those two women, so he insisted that it had nothing to do with them, but he would not say this matter, so it caused a misunderstanding.

The more Li Congjia objected, the more the cabinet ministers and even the important officials in the court felt that they could not let these two witches continue to confuse their emperor. Indulging in flowers, neglecting political affairs.

Li Congjia does not currently have this trend, but who can say for sure?What's more, in their opinion, how can they pamper two foreign women?If a foreign woman has a child, wouldn't the prince's status be guaranteed?

It has to be said that the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty have big brains. The higher the official position, the bigger the brains. The more they think, the more worried they are, especially the cabinet ministers. She is good-looking, polite and smart, she already has the appearance of a wise monarch at a young age, and now she is also a loving father and filial son to the emperor. This kind of royal family is what everyone expects, so those who get in the way must be removed.

So the cabinet ministers didn't say anything more. Li Congjia thought he had persuaded them, but he didn't take this matter to heart. As a result, within two days, he received a remonstrance from Yu Shi, asking him to send Duan Susu and Gao Xi to the court. To the nunnery!

Li Congjia couldn't help but slapped his head when he saw this brochure: "Are these people free to do something? Do they have to seize this matter to make a fuss? They don't want to fight Dali for the time being. Let's go to Korea first." Now, why are everyone so stubborn?"

Seeing Li Congjia's irritated face, Shi Xueting couldn't help saying, "Maybe they just think you're bewitched by beauty."

Although it sounds like a very common sentence, Li Congjia immediately rang the alarm in his heart, turned around and kissed Shi Xueting in his arms and said: "Even if I am fascinated by beauty, I am only deluded by your beauty." Ah, what are they two?"

Shi Xueting couldn't laugh or cry at once, and returned a kiss. After the kiss was over, both of them were a little moved. In the end, Li Congjia held back his eager hand and said, "No, I still have some excerpts to read."

Shi Xueting had no choice but to close his ripped collar regretfully, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Hurry up."

Li Congjia swallowed his saliva and nodded, turned his head and threw the paper aside. He thought that these people would be distracted by new things after a while, but he didn't approve the paper. Seeing that Li Congjia didn't reply, he began to persevere and continue to submit the papers. Almost the entire Yushitai was criticizing Duan Susu and Gao Xi.

It's just that Duan Susu and Gao Xi haven't done anything outrageous since they came to the Tang Dynasty, and they have always been relatively honest in the harem before. Not showing anything for a long time is counted as a crime.

Li Congjia couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. He really felt that these people were sick, but he also knew that the more he resisted against Duan Susu and Gao Xi, the stronger the backlash would be.

Shi Xueting said directly: "It is estimated that there are many people here who want to become relatives."

Li Congjia snorted coldly: "I'm not going to be a queen, even if I'm a foreign relative, I'm a copycat!"

Li Congjia can ignore Yushi's report, but Duan Susu and Gao Xi are living a life of fear. It's not that the harem is completely unaware of the news, especially this time the incident has become so big.

After thinking about it, Duan Susu felt that she had to take a risk, so one night after Duan Susu coaxed Gao Xi to her own bedroom, she picked out a set of clothes that were almost entirely gauze, and she didn't wear any obscene clothes. Then ask someone to tell Li Congjia that there is something important to tell him.

Originally, Li Congjia was about to go to bed, and he had been messing with Shi Xueting for too long before, so he was not energetic, but Duan Susu came so late that there might be something really going on, so he met Duan Susu.

In the end, after meeting Duan Susu, he regretted it all. The damn clothes are wrong.

After seeing Li Congjia, Duan Susu said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, there is only one way to save me now, please give me a child!"