Heaven and earth return to one

Whenever something difficult happened, the first thing Rong Hongdi thought of was always his own brother.

The newly promoted officials will think that this is a sign that the emperor trusts Prince Duan and entrusts him with important tasks, while those seniors who have been in the court for many years know that it is the opposite—Li Yunshen just does not want Li Yunke to be in the capital. Stay for a long time, so that Prince Duan will not have so much time to form a party for personal gain.

If Li Yunke spent half a year in Yingzhong, then Li Yunshen was probably in a good mood and for the first time did not want to embarrass him.However, such times are still rare. Generally speaking, it is not bad for him to live in the palace for three or four months throughout the year. Most of the time, the Empress Dowager misses him so much that she asks Li Yunshen to send him away. Recall the capital to stay for a few more days.

Therefore, Li Yunke was not surprised by Li Yunshen's decision to leave this matter to himself. After all, this was another good excuse to drive him out of Yingzhong. How could he let it go so easily?But these hundred elite soldiers...

He can be used as a hundred people by himself, isn't he really a curse?

But he is the emperor, so what he says is what he says. Li Yunke's expression did not change at all, and he saluted and said: "Your brother obeys the order."

After leaving the palace gate, Li Yunke yawned lazily.

The palace carriage that sent him into the palace was still waiting outside the palace gate. As soon as he came out, a young boy jumped out of the carriage and ran to him and said, "Your lord, are you tired, go home and rest?"

The young boy was only 15 years old, named Kong Ying, the youngest son of the housekeeper of Prince Duan's mansion, and was raised in the mansion since he was a child.Although Li Yunke didn't stay in the palace very often, every time he came back from the house, he would always think about bringing him something back, and it hurts him to treat this child as his younger brother.

He pinched Kong Ying's nose, put his arms on the young boy's shoulders, and said weakly: "I don't have to rest when I go home, Yingying, brother is going out again, and I can buy you delicious food for fun when I come back." Yes, are you happy?"

Kong Ying's handsome face turned cold, and he said, "My lord, the emperor has made things difficult for you again? You have only stayed at home for a few days, where are you going?"

"Shh, keep your voice down." Li Yunke was much taller than him, and his whole body was piled on top of him, looking a little out of shape, "There are a lot of people here, and you are not afraid of being heard and punished for your crime."

Kong Ying snorted disdainfully and said, "I'm not afraid."

"You are not afraid, I am afraid." Li Yunke stood up straight, patted him on the back, and said, "You go back first, I will leave Yingzhong early tomorrow morning, and I will walk around today, and I will go back by myself later."

Kong Ying blinked a pair of almond eyes and looked at him for a moment, guessing that he must be in a bad mood at this time, so he said nothing more, nodded and said: "Then don't be too late, my lord, otherwise I will be tired if I go on the road tomorrow."

"Understood, little housekeeper!"

After Kong Ying left, before Li Yunke could leave, someone stopped him from behind.He turned around and looked over, saw Qi Lan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, trotting towards this side, so he stepped back to greet him, and said, "Master Qi, what's the matter?"

Qi Lan was over forty and a half years old, and he was a little out of breath after running for a short distance, and the salute to him seemed not so well-behaved.As if he knew that Li Yunke would not care about such things, he did not plead guilty, and directly lowered his voice and said: "My lord, it is inconvenient to talk here, let's go to another place?"

Li Yunke glanced around casually, and said with a smile: "Master Qi, we walked together in full view, I'm afraid it will make more thoughtful people think about it."

Qi Lan was in a dilemma for a while.

"Talk while walking, it's okay." Li Yunke said, already walking forward.

Qi Lan followed, and followed his example, ignoring the gazes of others, and straightened his back to make himself look more upright, but his voice was still low.

"My lord," he said, "I have a bad feeling about what happened this time. I'm afraid it's not just as simple as more than 50 Qiujue soldiers. careful."

"Lord Qi's idea coincides with this king's. I'm afraid this is just the beginning." Li Yunke nodded to him with a smile, "Thank you, Lord Qi, for your concern. This king will definitely not disgrace the holy order."

Qi Lan wanted to roll her eyes when she heard this, and said to herself, who cares if you insult or not, it's your life that matters!But of course he didn't dare to say it directly, and said: "Now the military power is divided into three parts, one part is held by the emperor himself, one part is in the military department, and the other part is controlled by the prince, and now it is transferred to Zhang Shuai..."

Li Yunke said with a gossiping expression and tone: "Master Qi, the emperor handed over the military power to the Ministry of War and Li Xin, but it was just for others to see. When it comes to mobilizing troops, he has to be the one who has the final say. If you dare to act recklessly, I am afraid that you will offend him before the enemy army. This king knows your intentions, but you must not sacrifice yourself for me alone. This thousands of miles of land depends on you loyal ministers and good generals to guard it. When you have to, don't hurt yourself."

Qi Lan opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer it.

Years ago, Li Yunshen transferred the military power from Li Yunke to Marshal Zhang Lixin under the pretext that the military situation on the border was tight, and completely emptied his power.However, the suspicious Emperor Rong Hong didn't know that Zhang Lixin had always supported Li Yunke secretly. There were not a few people like him, which was why everyone had no objection to the transfer of military power.

Cheng Ning is still peaceful on the surface, but anyone who can see the situation clearly knows that the prosperity of this dynasty is just a gorgeous shell. If the court doesn't do anything, war will come to this land sooner or later.

When the emperor did nothing, some good officials began to look for a way out, and the first one they fell in love with was the increasingly outstanding Prince Duan Li Yunke.They secretly contacted each other in private and expanded bit by bit. Today, it is enough to compete with Li Yunshen's power.

But Li Yunke never expressed anything. He said he was interested, but he was just like a loyal minister who wanted to help his elder brother defend the world; he said he had no intention, but he always stood up at every moment that related to the safety of these people, making this group of trouble People will never be able to fathom his mind.

"It's not easy, but it's not too dangerous. I guess Qiujue hasn't thought about making any big moves yet. It should be just a spy." Li Yunke's eyes lit up, and he said, "They came just in time, and I also want to Find out how strong Qiu Jue really is, then you can decide how to arrange it later."

Qi Lan half-understood what he heard, but he felt that Li Yunke was going to do something big that they couldn't think of, and his chest felt hot for no reason.

But before the heat spread to his limbs, it was quenched by a basin of cold water poured from behind——Qi Lan's complexion darkened when he heard someone calling Emperor Uncle behind him.

"Master Qi, let's go first." Li Yunke said briefly and quickly, then turned around, smiled and nodded politely to the young man walking this way, "I have seen the prince."

Prince Li Cheng is the exact opposite of his person and name, and he is very cunning, at least Li Yunke thinks so.Everyone in the Li royal family has a good face, and Li Cheng is no exception, but I don't know if this prince has too many calculations in his heart, Li Yunke always feels that this person is more mean than handsome.

"The emperor's nephew can't be bothered. My nephew came here specially to pay his respects to the emperor." Li Cheng nodded slightly to him, and said hello, but he didn't show much respect for this man.

But thinking about it, Li Cheng is the eldest son of Li Yunshen, but he is three years younger than Li Yunke. Although he is called the emperor uncle according to his generation, he cannot be treated as a real elder.

Li Yunke smiled nonchalantly, and said: "The prince's greeting is timely, otherwise I will leave one day later, and I don't know when it will be."

"..." Li Cheng laughed dryly, "Uncle Huang was joking, but there are only a few dozen bandit soldiers, and Uncle Huang will be able to deal with it in ten and a half months."

Li Yunke quickly waved his hand, "I don't dare to say this. After sneaking into the country, this group of people disappeared. It may not be possible to find them in ten and a half months, let alone solve them. If it takes a long time, the emperor will blame them." , and ask the prince to say a few more good words for me."

Li Cheng curled his lips, "Father is reluctant to blame the emperor's uncle. Who doesn't know that the person who has worked hard for me in Chengning Sheji these years is the emperor's uncle. If he wants to punish you, then the world will have to turn against you!" Already?"

Li Yunke raised his eyebrows and said: "Prince, misfortune comes from your mouth, and your words are not nonsense."

Li Cheng groaned and patted his lips, "My nephew made a slip of the tongue, don't blame the emperor."

"If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I will leave the capital tomorrow, and I still have some things to prepare." Li Yunke knew that the prince was more afraid of himself than his narrow-minded brother, so he didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he found an excuse I want to leave.

"Uncle Emperor," Li Cheng tugged at his elbow, and said, "Nephew wants to ask you, see Father means that he wants you to clean up the bandit soldiers who entered the country, so this matter is over, it seems There is no intention of pursuing Qiu Jue. We have to swallow our anger even though everyone has come to our door, do you think he is ashamed of doing so?"

Here it comes, Li Yunke thought.

But what is this, probing?Then did this temptation come from his father, or from himself?

Li Yunke knew that Li Cheng was dissatisfied with Li Yunshen's many actions in the past few years. He was busy with his own affairs in private, and he was only superficially filial to his father. He can ascend to the throne as soon as possible.

If Li Cheng was smart enough, rather than provoking Prince Duan at this time, he should be more friendly and take the other party for his own use.But this guy is also very realistic. Once Li Yunshen took over Li Yunke's military power a few years ago, he didn't care about this uncle at all.

Li Yunke was really annoyed by this pair of father and son, and he didn't even bother to perfunctory, saying: "I'm just an errand, I don't have any ideas, shame is not shame, the prince should ask the emperor brother."