Loyalty Hou Tiansheng rebellious

In the Yangju Palace, the things that Chen Hen casually dropped fell all over the floor, and the clinking sound alarmed the palace servants outside.

Chen Hen hurriedly said: "It's okay, I accidentally knocked something over, I just clean it up."

The people outside responded and quickly retreated.

"Your Highness?" Chen Hen patted Li Yan on the back, and called him twice, "Did something happen?"

"How dare you not tell me?" Li Yan asked lightly, Chen Hen didn't hear it, so Li Yan pretended not to ask.

As if reaching out to hold a ray of light in the darkness, Li Yan wrapped his hands around his waist, and he said in a muffled voice, "Didn't you be told to go back? Why haven't you left yet?"

"Slave..." Chen Hen thought for a while, and made up a lie, "I didn't realize until I was halfway away, it's my turn to keep watch tonight."

"Ah."

"But tonight, the slave will not keep watch, the slave will guard the emperor."

"Why are you always like this..." Li Yan hugged him even tighter, why do you always treat people like this?Too good to let go.

Chen Hen turned his head slightly, like a kitten, rubbed his cheeks against his temples: "It's okay, it's okay, Li Ting is here."

The two of them just sat quietly in the dark for a while.

After a long while, Li Yan sighed and said: "The matter has been found out, it is the father's intention."

whats the matter?Naturally, it was the series of events that the Crown Prince was implicated in those days.It means father emperor, that is, the meaning of old emperor.

Chen Hen thought about it carefully. In history, there are many incidents of father and son brothers fighting each other because of power.

The emperor, who was in his twilight years, liked to watch several sons fight and balance each other, occasionally pulling and pressing, and liked to hold things completely in the palm of his hand.

Not to mention that at that time the crown prince was proud of himself in the court, the people around him, headed by the eldest son of Shen Yushi's mansion, were all the sons of Zhilan Yushu's family, young and vigorous, high-spirited.Even veteran ministers in court often stand on his side when discussing matters at court.

At that time, the people on the prince's side only focused on a few princes, how could they expect such a person?

Later, the crown prince hanged himself in prison, the eldest princess Zhaoyang married to the northwest, and Li Yan was sealed off to the south of the Five Ridges.In addition, hundreds of people from the imperial family were implicated.

Things like this were planned by his biological father.

Chen Hen turned his head to look at Li Yan, and then pressed his forehead, sighing in his heart that no wonder he is feeling so uncomfortable today.

Li Yan always thought that Li Tan did that thing, he thought that the old emperor was deceived by others.After leaving Lingnan, he still wanted to return to Chang'an to reverse the case for the crown prince.

At that time, to reverse the case for the crown prince, not only had to return to Chang'an, but the most important thing was to rely on the Holy One's clear judgment.

How can a child disrespect his father and brother?In the end, they waved their hands away and left the situation of the killing of father and brother to Li Yan.

Chen Hen sighed, and couldn't say anything to comfort him, so he could only pat him on the back again.

"That's the dead end that the father arranged for the elder brother, the dead end he paved for the elder brother."

Li Yan took a deep breath and continued: "That incident was caused by a few private letters between Brother Huang and Jiangnan Manufacturing Mansion. Jiangnan Manufacturing Mansion is just the mother's mother's family, and the content of the letter is just some commonplace. It's not a big deal."

"Later, dozens of small officials in the south of the Yangtze River jointly signed the Shangshu, and involved the ships and firearms built by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Mansion years ago with the Japanese pirates, and dragged the elder brother into the muddy waters in the south of the Yangtze River. The matter involved Haiphong, so it will irreparable."

"I asked the cabinet to investigate privately for a year, do you know what they found out?"

Chen Hen asked: "What did you find out?"

"The file of this big case is only two pages. The case on June [-] was sealed by the cabinet in just two days, and on June [-]. At that time, the cabinet issued several decrees overnight, and hundreds of people were arrested. Do you remember the situation?"

"At that time, I couldn't understand why such a big matter could be dealt with in such a short period of time."

"Later, I realized that this matter was arranged by the emperor, and he was afraid that if the investigation continued, his feet would be exposed, so he could only deal with this matter hastily."

"Those dozens of small officials in Shangshu are not unusual. They were transferred from the south of the Yangtze River in just a few years and scattered to border towns. They all died within a few years. I went to see one of them today, and he was wiped across the neck with a knife. The wound was not deep, and he survived by chance, begging in the east of the city with his head tilted."

"The person who instigated them to sign a joint letter promised them that they would be promoted to high positions, riches and honours. To keep them at ease, that person showed them the emperor's handwriting. He remembered very clearly that there was a private seal on it - Master of Mountains and Rivers. Ask the palace man to find out the old seal for him to recognize, and he recognized it."

"Okay, okay." Chen Hen patted the back of his head, "It's okay, it's okay."

Li Yan continued to speak, but became calmer: "The emperor can't go to Jiangnan in person, so another person is involved behind this, the person who handles this matter for the emperor."

"At that time, in the Jiangnan officialdom, except for the Jiangnan manufacturing mansion of the mother's stepmother's family, the rest, from generation to generation, were all Xu Xie's protégé mansions."

Xu Youxiang, Xu Xie, was the father of Xu Xing. He had served as prime minister for three generations until the Yongjian year, and he held a high position and authority.

Xu Xie married the elder sister of the old emperor, and she went there a few years ago.With this level of in-law relationship, it is cheaper to start things.

Li Yan continued: "Today I went to the east of the city to meet someone, and that person also told me that it was Xu Xie. Otherwise, I really don't know how this matter was done with Li Tan's hands."

Chen Hen thought about it carefully, what Li Yan meant was that at that time Xu Xing was serving as Li Tan's attendant, after Xu Xie arranged everything, he connected with Li Tan through Xu Xing.

This matter seems to be a battle between princes, but in fact, Li Tan was just used by the emperor as a pawn.

Could it be that Xu Xing also got involved in this matter.

He... Chen Hen was taken aback, he was so precious, how could he get involved in such a matter?

It was only at this moment that Chen Hen suddenly remembered that Xu Xing's body was not weak in the past, and it was also from that year that he suffered a serious illness before falling into his old illness.Every winter and spring, I cough badly.

Li Yan took him into his arms and asked, "What are you thinking?"

"Xu pillow sleep..."

Chen Hen thought about it for a second, Xu Xing was in an aristocratic family, and at that time he was Li Tan's attendant, so it was actually nothing to do such a thing.

It's just that each is its own master.

Li Yan said again: "I sent someone to check the booklet made by the criminal department in the palace. On June [-]th of that year, there was a cup of Zhiyun recorded in the booklet."

Zhiyun is the poisonous wine specially used by the Criminal Division. After drinking it, it is like a brocade, with thousands of threads entangled in the heart and lungs.I can't vomit, I can't cough, I can only be tortured to death alive.

Chen Hen was surprised: "That wine... Could it be that Xu Zhenmian drank it?"

He probably didn't drink much, and was barely rescued again, so he left the old disease.

Judging from the current situation, he must be the one who drank Zhiyun.But why did the emperor give Xu Xing a glass of poisoned wine?Isn't he afraid of Xu Xie's chill?

Could it be Xu Xing's own idea?

Chen Hen asked softly: "Who was that glass of poisoned wine originally intended for? Does Xu Xing want to trade himself for someone?"

"I don't understand either."

"What is the emperor planning to do now?"

"I said that I want to vindicate the elder brother, so I will definitely vindicate him." Li Yan paused, and said after considering, "The foundation of the Xu family is too strong, and we can't move it for the time being. I will slowly lay out the layout."

As for the old emperor, Chen Hen thought that Li Yan really had no better way to deal with this matter, one was his elder brother, the other was his father, and the royal affairs were involved.If all of them are exposed, I'm afraid it will lead to instability in the court.

Concealment may be the best way.

Chen Hen rubbed his head, and called softly: "Your Majesty."

"After the Xu family is taken care of, I will issue an edict on behalf of my father." Li Yan said loudly, "This matter must be made clear." Chen Hen was stunned for a while, and then he realized it.This matter not only involves the prince, but also involves hundreds of innocent people.He smiled, and thought to himself that Li Yan has broad shoulders and has taken responsibility.

"Well, the emperor did the right thing."

Li Yan leaned his head on his shoulder and sighed: "These words can only be said to you alone, if you want to tell others, how can they understand?"

Chen Hen smiled and said: "Fang Cainu was watching quietly outside, thinking that the emperor was crying, I was really scared to death."

"Didn't you say that you turned back halfway? Why are you watching quietly outside again?"

"This one……"

Telling a lie, it is true that countless lies will be used to cover it up.

"My lord, it's getting late, wash your face and go to sleep." As a matter of course, Chen Hen pushed him away and got down on the couch, "I went to ask them for some hot water."

He originally leaned over to hug Li Yan, but at that time he only cared about comforting him, he didn't know that half of his body was numb, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, he couldn't stand still.

Li Yan grabbed his arm and helped him: "What's wrong?"

Chen Hen covered his face: "Legs are numb."

Li Yan pulled him onto the couch: "Sit down, I'm going to ask for water."

Then Chen Hen crossed the door of the inner room, and looked suspiciously at Eunuch Gao leading two or three palace men with buckets in. They all lowered their heads, looking uncomfortable.

"My lord, did you not understand?"

Li Yan frowned, thought for a while, then suddenly lowered his head and smiled: "I think they might be wrong."

"Huh? What are they thinking?"

When Chen Hen asked again, Li Yan just smiled and said nothing, so he shook his legs that had improved a little, and walked out to ask by himself.

He just went out, Gao Gonggong led a few young eunuchs to go out.

"Li Ting, that... the emperor is young, and you are young too... take care of yourself..." Eunuch Gao went up to meet him, held his hand, and secretly stuffed the ointment bottle into his sleeve, "This is The old slave just went to Lao Zhang to ask for it, but the old slave went there in person, no one else knew about it. No one dared to talk about it when I beat the people down there.”

Chen Hen hurriedly said: "Wait, Eunuch Gao, did you misunderstand something again?"

Eunuch Gao said to himself: "However, when you are arguing with the emperor, you should also pay attention to it. If you drop something and make a big noise, it will startle the people below. I may not be able to suppress it every time."

"No..." Chen Hen hurriedly explained, "It's because I couldn't place the box stably, it has nothing to do with the emperor. The reason for asking for hot water is..."

"Don't tell me all these things. Can you think about me as an old man?" Eunuch Gao turned and left.

"No, no, really not..." Chen Hen lifted the hem of his clothes, and chased after him with his still numb foot.

Eunuch Gao turned his head and took a deep look at him—he walked like this, and said no.

Chen Hen wanted to chase again, so Li Yan took his arm and dragged him away: "If your legs are inconvenient, don't run around."

Chen Hen wanted to cry but had no tears: "No, the emperor, you explain to them, the slave's legs are numb."

Li Yan seemed to be coaxing him: "Okay, okay, it's numb, it's numb."

"My lord, you are serious!"

Li Yan said seriously: "I'm serious, it's really numb."

It's too late, Eunuch Gao has already left.

Chen Hen was short of breath, and after standing still, he punched Li Yan.With a wave of his sleeve, the plaster bottle that Eunuch Gao stuffed into his sleeve was also thrown out.

so quiet.

There was only the sound of plaster bottles rolling on the ground.

The bottle rolled to the corner, hit the wall twice, and finally stopped moving.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Li Ting, is that yours?"

Chen Hen stared blankly at the thing: "No, Eunuch Gao gave it to me just now."

It's getting quieter.

Li Yan obviously didn't believe it.People on both sides misunderstood him, and Chen Hen felt that it would be impossible for him to explain this matter clearly in his whole life.

"I..." Chen Hen grabbed his sleeve, fearing that something would fly out of it, bowed his head and bowed to him, "I'm going back first."

"Aren't you keeping watch at night?"

So after the Yangju Hall blew the lights, Chen Hen wrapped himself in a quilt aggrievedly, and sat by the bed to keep vigil for Li Yan.

There is a price to be paid for lying.

Li Yan grabbed the back of his neck: "Is it cold on the ground? Come up and sleep."

Chen Hen endured sleepiness and shook his head: "No, if you get up from the emperor's bed tomorrow morning, Eunuch Gao must have misunderstood again."

"What do you care about other people?"

"Slave..." Chen Hen had a flash of inspiration, "My lord, can this slave find a match for Eunuch Gao? Divert his attention so that he doesn't think about messy things all day long."

"If you want to find it, find it for him."

Chen Hen went through all the palace people he knew in his mind, but he couldn't think of anyone who could eat melon seeds with Eunuch Gao.

Just as he was getting excited, he suddenly thought of something again, and said dejectedly: "This method may not work. The old doctor Zhang has a family and a house, and he thinks about these things every day."

Li Yan tugged at his sleeve: "Go to sleep, it's so late."

"Hey." Chen Hen responded, tightened the blanket wrapped around his body, closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep.

"Come up to sleep. I'll wake you up before Eunuch Gao comes tomorrow morning, so I'm sure he won't misunderstand."

Chen Hen thought for a while, patted his sleeves, and happily climbed onto the couch.