The Grand Princess - Chapter 153

Li Rong groaned without speaking.

Xiao Wen is the son of Xiao Su. Li Ming summoned Xiao Wen into the palace at this time. Someone left Huajing after Xiao Wen left the palace. It is very likely that Li Ming contacted Xiao Su through an unconventional channel.

Under what circumstances would an emperor go to contact a frontier general through the tightest and least error-prone channel, avoiding layers of eyes and ears?

Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan are very clear in their hearts.

It was not the first time they experienced the mutiny.

Whether it was Li Chuan being abolished in the past, Li Ming was abolished by the Qing emperor of the aristocratic family, or the aristocratic family tried several times to rebel against the palace, in 30 years of political ups and downs, this was not one thing that made them panic.

It’s just that this is a big event after all, so both of them are silent.

Shangguan Ya saw that the atmosphere was low, and she was also interested. After bowing her hands, she turned and walked out.

When only Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan were left in the room, Pei Wenxuan finally said, “I need to make a decision early.”

“Are you in such a hurry?” Li Rong’s voice was soft, she thought, “What does the father think?”

In the last life, Li Ming did not seem to have acted on Li Chuan so early.

Li Rong felt a little absurd and couldn’t help but raised her lips: “Could the father really be so angry that he has to save Concubine Roux?”

“I heard that your majesty’s condition is getting worse now.”

Li Rong’s action paused, Pei Wenxuan sat opposite Li Rong, and said slowly: “Your Majesty wants to stabilize Su Wang’s position earlier, and it is understandable.”

After all, since the Shangguan’s own internal inventory, the power in the court has been reduced a lot. The current family and Li Rong have just formed an alliance. From the perspective of the strength of the court, Li Rong and the family have the upper hand, but if it is to launch a mutiny , But not necessarily.

In Li Ming’s hands, Xiao Su’s army in the northwest, and the Li family’s army that he has operated for many years, add up to a total of 100,000 troops, and he is not afraid to face any family alone.

What he was afraid of was that after the gathering of the family, a new army would be integrated with Li Chuan as the representative.

But now the family is in chaos. After the establishment of the Supervisory Department, although it seems to unite to punish the Rou concubine, in reality they all had different intentions.

If Li Chuan didn’t have enough troops in his hands, and then launched a mutiny, Li Ming did have enough advantages.

“Your Majesty has nearly 100,000 people in his hands, 50,000 in Xiao Su’s hands, 10,000 in Beijing, and 40,000 in all parts of Huajing.” Pei Wenxuan said, took out a map from under the table, spread it on the table, and carried it. Point your hand on the northwest corner of the map, and then draw all the way to the direction of Huajing, “If your Majesty starts to transfer troops from the northwest now, Xiao Su will stay up and down from preparation to marching here, and it will take at least one month.”

“But the distance from Huajing to the northwest is separated by Su and Xie.” Li Rong thought, “If they stop a little bit, it may take more than two months.”

“But will they?” Pei Wenxuan asked back. Li Rong paused and looked up at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan reminded him seriously, “You and me are not the only ones who know the future.”

If Su Rongqing had already returned, then he could not sit still.

Although the Xie family has been silent since Xie Lanqing was exiled, it is afraid that they have long been distracted by Li Chuan. Separately from the northwest were Su and Xie, so Xiao Su crossed the border, and the worst result might be to bring Su and Xie’s army to Huajing.

“Su Rongqing…”

Li Rong tapped on the table and couldn’t help saying Su Rongqing’s name. Pei Wenxuan listened to her murmur, raised his hand to drink tea, and said casually: “Why, miss someone?”

“Isn’t it?” Li Rong exclaimed, “I still underestimate him. Xie Lanqing’s exile, he is afraid that he has been arranged very early.”

Looking back now, Xie Lanqing, as the Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry, targeted her everywhere. At first, she was only because of the conflict of interest between the Supervisory Department and the Criminal Ministry, but now that I think about it, I am afraid that Su Rongqing will do something later.

Su Rongqing forced her to abolish Xie Lanqing early, and cut off the road between Xie and Li Chuan, unless Li Chuan really decided not to use her as the eldest sister.

But Li Chuan could not do this.

The feud between Xie’s and Li Chuan is nothing on weekdays, but today it has become the key.

If Xiao Su can drive straight into Huajing without hindrance, then no matter where she draws troops from, it is impossible to arrive earlier than Xiao Su.

Once Xiao Su’s army came to Beijing, Li Chuan would no longer survive.

Li Chuan is dead, and the family has lost the leader. Unless another leader is elected to rebel, it will be a mess. With the family’s temperament, it is probably to retreat and protect himself. At this time, Li Ming and his kindness and power, took the opportunity to remove the Shangguan, and no one dared to say more.

Li Rong lightly closed her eyes and raised her hand to pinch her eyes to the Ming acupoint: “Let Zhao Chongjiu immediately send a message to the northwest, let Qin Lin stare at Xiao Su, once Xiao Su’s army goes to Huajing…”

Li Rong hesitated for a moment, and she felt a little uneasy.

It was indeed too early for them to use force at this time, and Qin Lin directly intercepted Xiao Su’s army, which was a rebellious move in any case.

“Then you must stop.”

Pei Wenxuan saw her hesitation, and he said decisively: “His Royal Highness, it’s time to use Lin Feibai, call him back to Beijing.”

“What do you do when you return to Beijing?”

Li Rong frowned, Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and tapped on the map: “Recognize the ancestor and return to the clan.”

Li Rong immediately reacted. Even if Lin Feibai was a sinner, he even confessed Xie Lanqing with one hand, but he was Xie Lanqing’s son after all. Once the Xie’s aunt is gone, he has the opportunity to inherit the Xie’s.

If it had been before, even if Xie Lanqing’s son had died, Lin Feibai would not have had his turn. But now Lin Feibai has military power.

With the military power and the identity of Xie Lanqing’s son, Lin Feibai inherited the Xie family, which is a matter of operation.

“Although the Xie family has a contradiction with His Highness, the matter of paying taxes is related to the entire family. The Xie family cannot be a piece of iron. Now Lin Feibai has the military power. As long as the head of the Xie family, Xie Chunhe, is dead, then Lin Feibai will become the new Xie Xie. Patriarch is just a matter of operation.”

“So the first thing we need to do is to kill Xie Chunhe.”

Hearing this, Li Rong raised her eyes to look at Pei Wenxuan: “Why not just kill Li Cheng?”

Once Li Cheng dies, if Li Ming kills Li Chuan again, the Li clan will really be ignored.

“In the past, when I killed Li Cheng, my father was afraid that he could have another son, so he took the opportunity to abolish Chuan’er. But now, he probably doesn’t have the ability and time to have a son.”

Li Rong’s voice was flat: “If I take action, he probably won’t be able to spare me, but since he has made plans to call Xiao Su from the northwest, it can be seen that he doesn’t plan to spare me and Chuan’er. Li Cheng stayed, too. No need.”

“If your Highness intends like this,” Pei Wenxuan’s voice was very soft, “it’s not impossible.”

“Kill Li Cheng and Xie Chunhe,” Pei Wenxuan’s hand rolled lightly on the map, “If Su Rongqing still doesn’t want Chuan’er to ascend the throne, there is only one way to rebel. Su Minzhi will not agree.”

“In this way,” Pei Wenxuan said, “Even if Xiao Su enters Beijing, it won’t work anymore. But this way, the only risk is,” Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes and looked at Li Rong, “Your Majesty may vent his anger. Will kill you and the queen.”

Li Rong remained silent, Pei Wenxuan looked at her: “Only move Xie Chunhe, your majesty may not realize our true intentions. His goal is the prince. He will not move you just for the sake of a Xie Chunhe. If Li Cheng is moved, it can be done once and for all, but your Royal Highness,” Pei Wenxuan said softly, “At that time, His Royal Highness is the only heir to your Majesty. In order to minimize the influence of Shangguan family on the Prince, he will inevitably take some measures. Very means. Whether for personal enmity or for the future of the prince, your majesty will kill you and the queen at any cost. Do you want to do this for the prince,” Pei Wenxuan said seriously, “you think about it again.”

“Are you trying to persuade me?” Li Rong asked directly after listening to Pei Wenxuan’s analysis.

Pei Wenxuan chuckled: “Where can I persuade you?”

He slowly raised his head, his eyes full of tolerance: “I’m just with you.”

When Li Rong was talking with Pei Wenxuan, Hua Le held the token given to him by Concubine Rou, restrained the tremor, and hurriedly returned to Xiao’s house.

She kept comforting herself.

She can’t panic, can’t panic at this time.

She must be calm, and don’t let anyone read her jokes and think that if Concubine Rou is gone, she is weak to be deceived.

When Hua Le arrived at Xiao Mansion, she calmed down. She held the token Roufei gave her and walked off the carriage.

The Xiao family has been in business for many years, and there are only two uncles who have been promoted.

One is the elder uncle Xiao Su in the northwest, and the third uncle Xiao Ming in the Yulin Army.

Hua Le entered the room and saw Xiao Ming, her whole body almost softened, but she braced herself forcibly and saluted with red eyes: “Uncle San.”

“Don’t panic,” Xiao Ming raised his hand to let Hua Le sit down, held the tea cup, frowned and said, “What can your mother leave?”

“Stayed.”

Hua Le nodded hurriedly. She took out the token in her hand, handed it to Xiao Ming, wiped her tears, and said anxiously: “Mother said to give this token to me, and let me kill Li Chuan, it can kill Li Rong. better.”

“Kill the prince?!”

Xiao Ming was shocked. Hua Le nodded. She was afraid that Xiao Ming would not dare. She added: “Uncle, now my mother can no longer keep it. Now our only way out is to kill Li Chuan quickly. Cheng’er is left. Cheng’er is the only heir. Her father is no longer good. Cheng’er will be able to ascend the throne as soon as he dies. Then you will be your majesty’s uncle and I will be the eldest princess. Look at the beautiful scenery of Shangguan, right Because they are the mother of the father?”

Xiao Ming remained silent. Hua Le was a little anxious. She hurriedly said: “Uncle, this is the only way to save mother and brother. When Li Chuan becomes the throne, will you spare us for him and Li Rong? Shangguan sees us not pleasing to our eyes. It’s been a long time, are you planning to sit still like this? You…”

“Hua Le.” Xiao Ming interrupted her and said slowly, “This matter is too big, you let me think about it, you go back first.”

“Uncle?” Hua Le looked at Xiao Ming in shock, “Are you planning to watch my mother die like this?”

“Even if you kill Li Chuan, you won’t be able to save your mother.” Xiao Ming sighed, “Uncle didn’t help you, but was thinking of a surefire solution. You should go back and rest first, and I will think about it. It’s just that time is too tight,” Xiao Ming Muttered, “I don’t know if I can wait until the winter hunt this year. This is a good opportunity.”

Hua Le’s eyes lightened when he heard this.

Xiao Ming glanced at Hua Le, and then let people send Hua Le out.

After Hua Le went out, the butler came to Xiao Ming, poured tea for Xiao Ming, and whispered: “You said that the empress is too, let Hua Le Hall go down to assassinate the prince, isn’t this a joke? If the prince is so good at assassination, Can you wait until today?”

“It’s not easy to assassinate a person, it’s not that there is no chance, chances are all done by people, just afraid of the price.

Xiao Ming gently pasted the edge of the teacup with his hand: “My sister is not stupid to be able to go to this day. Do you think she really counts on Hua Le to assassinate Li Chuan?”

Xiao Ming sneered: “She is looking for someone who wants to be a substitute for death. Nowadays, I want to make Li Chuan die a lot. As long as Hua Le is willing to be the backer after the accident, everyone is willing to help her.”

“Then…” The butler frowned, “Manny, are you planning to not protect Your Highness Huale?”

“Use a daughter to exchange the throne of a son,” Xiao Ming held up the teacup, “In the eyes of the empress, it is not a disadvantage. It is also a comfort to wait for His Royal Highness Su ascends the throne in the future and pursues His Highness Huale. There is not a good thing. Look at Hua Le, the princess who opened her mouth and closed her mouth. Do you think she cares about her mother?”

Xiao Ming’s eyes were a little taunting: “A daughter wants her mother to change the position of the eldest princess. A mother wants to use her daughter to change the position of the queen mother. It is very interesting.”

“Then, the master looks at it like this?”

The steward hesitated: “After all, the Niang Niang and the Xiao family are both prosperous and both prosperous.”

“Naturally, I didn’t look at it. I quickly asked the individual to pass the news into the palace to his majesty. He said that Hua Le was emotional and wanted to assassinate Li Chuan. Oh, remember,” Xiao Ming squeezed the tea bowl and exhorted, “Only Let your majesty know, don’t let the people around him monitor too much, who knows what monsters and monsters around him?”

“Yes.”

The butler respectfully responded.

The news that Hua Le had assassinated Li Chuan reached Li Ming that night.

Li Ming thought about midnight in the hall alone, and when he came to court the next day, Li Ming set a date for winter hunting.

Winter hunting is the custom of Daxia. It is said that winter hunting is actually the time when Huajing internal military exercises and competitions are held every year.

There are six armies in Huajing, the Yulin Army in the hands of the emperor, Yu Linwei in the hands of the prince, and the remaining four armies guarding the four city gates.

The commanders of the four armies were from the Shangguan clan, Su clan, Pei clan, and Li Ming’s direct line of King Ning.

Every winter hunting, these six armies will conduct drills in the forest to prevent the army from slackening.

Li Rong listened to Li Ming set the date of Winter Hunting, and had a plan in his heart. After the next day, Pei Wenxuan walked to Li Rong’s side, and they walked side by side, looking ahead.

“The winter hunting time is set ten days later, have your Highness’s thoughts settled?”

“How long will Lin Feibai come back?”

“He is alone, so he can get there in three days.”

“First prepare to kill Xie Chunhe.”

“This is a small matter.”

Pei Wenxuan chuckles: “I will arrange the winter hunt.”

Li Rong responded, and the two walked out of the palace gate together, and Pei Wenxuan respectfully saluted: “Your Highness, I will go back first.”

Li Rong nodded, Pei Wenxuan couldn’t help but glanced at her more. Seeing Li Rong didn’t keep him, he still felt a little regretful.

Today, his relationship with Li Rong is that Li Rong haunts him to the outside world. Although Li Ming may have doubts about him after the incident with Concubine Rou, Li Ming still has to face it. Maybe Li Ming is not that smart?

Therefore, Li Rong didn’t keep him, nor could he stay, so after saluting, he went back to his carriage pretending to be indifferent.

He just sat down when he got on the carriage, and when he turned his head, he saw Li Rong jumping on the carriage.

Pei Wenxuan was taken aback for a while, Li Rong sat next to him, raised an eyebrow and smiled: “Why, I can’t sit down?”

Pei Wenxuan slowed down. He smiled and patted his leg: “Come, sit here.”

As soon as Li Rong’s waist turned, she sat on Pei Wenxuan’s thigh, raised her hand to hook him, and said to the outside: “Let’s go, this palace will send Master Pei a ride.”

Pei Wenxuan sat upright, but Li Rong seemed to have no bones. The driver didn’t dare to look at the situation inside, he only hesitated and said, “My lord?”

“Let’s go.” Pei Wenxuan’s voice came out of the carriage, bringing some coldness, “Listen to your highness.”

The coachman only acted as Pei Wenxuan helpless, looked at Pei Wenxuan with some pity, and drove the carriage to Pei Mansion.

The carriage creaked and remembered, Pei Wenxuan wrapped Li Rong’s waist with one hand, and whispered softly: “I thought your Royal Highness went back to the mansion.”

“You are my dear little baby,” Li Rong leaned against Pei Wenxuan’s chest, “How can I be willing to you?”

Pei Wenxuan laughed and said nothing, listening to Li Rong’s nonsense. After Li Rong leaned for a while, he heard Pei Wenxuan ask: “His Royal Highness can’t decide?”

“Pei Wenxuan.”

Li Rong whispered: “If I kill Li Cheng, and my father really wants to kill me, Huajing will inevitably make a mutiny. Chuan’er has 5,000 Yu Linwei in his hand, and I have 1,000 inspectors in my hand. There are four thousand people between the clan and you, and the total is no more than ten thousand. But the father Huangguang is the Yulin Army and it is more than ten thousand. If Su Rongqing and King Ning join forces, do you think Chuan’er would be willing to protect me and fight with his father?”

Pei Wenxuan didn’t speak, he raised his hand and stroked Li Rong’s back.

“If he doesn’t want to fight for me, I will die.”

Li Rong raised her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan: “I will die for the throne of a prince like a concubine Rou.”

“His Royal Highness cannot trust His Royal Highness.”

Pei Wenxuan must have spoken out. He thought for a while, and his voice was steady: “If your Royal Highness wants to kill Li Cheng, Pei’s family has two thousand troops in the city, as well as one thousand mansions in the city. My own private manpower will be all over Huajing. , If the prince abandons your highness, I will **** your highness out of the city, and your highness will escape from the city to Qingzhou. You have a garrison there. When Huajing seizes the prostitutes first, no one will pursue your whereabouts. If the prince wins, you Just come back. If the prince loses, you abandon Qingzhou and travel to Dongying to save your life.”

Li Rong didn’t speak, Pei Wenxuan paused when he stroked her back. After a while, he couldn’t help but smile: “You don’t believe me either.”

“Pei Wenxuan,” Li Rong’s voice was dumb, she nestled in Pei Wenxuan’s arms, “I’m sorry.”

Pei Wenxuan took a deep breath, and he raised his hand to hug Li Rong tightly.

“It’s not your fault, it’s that this world didn’t teach you to believe in anyone. It’s okay,” Pei Wenxuan kissed her. “If you are afraid, kill Xie Chunhe first. After Lin Feibai takes control of the Xie family, the Xie family Stop Xiao Su from entering Beijing, Qin Lin chases after Xiao Su from behind, you and Shangguan’s army join forces to enter Huajing, and we will do it step by step.”

“The price is too high.”

Li Rong closed his eyes: “Also, if Su Rongqing joins forces with his father, and anything goes wrong in the northwest, we are all over.”

“We have to kill Li Cheng.”

Li Rong’s voice was calm: “However, once I close my eyes, I think of my previous life.”

“I last met Chuan’er in the last life, and he asked me to play chess. He didn’t tell me anything about me, nor did he ask me how I was. He said that he had a new kind of elixir that he could live forever after eating. He asked me about Li Chu, and asked me about Li Ping.”

“There is nothing in his eyes, all chess pieces.”

Li Rong opened her eyes in a daze: “Wen Xuan, although I am very Chuaner and my mother, they are my family. But deep down in my heart, I have always been scared.”

Li Rong’s expression was calm, but Pei Wenxuan saw from Li Rong’s calmness that she was hiding deep in her heart, hiding for many years, not dare to speak, deceiving herself and others, making her whole body tremble. Of pain.

“They don’t love me so much, and I don’t love them so much.”

“My mother concubine will let me die for Chuaner.”

“Everything I have done for Chuaner is for him and for myself.”

“And Chuaner…”

Li Rong’s eyes were blank for a moment: “If he came back in his previous life, after I killed Li Cheng.”

“He will let me die.”

With sister and mother, in exchange for the overall security, in exchange for the agreement with the father, in exchange for the throne of high seat, in exchange for absolute control of the world.

If Li Chuan from the last life in the world stood here.

Li Rong has so many cold in her heart–

He will let her die.

When this point emerged, Li Rong’s hands and feet were cold.

Pei Wenxuan watched Li Rong quietly, and Li Rong smiled reluctantly: “Sorry, let you see such an ugly thing.”

A family cannot become a family, and a country cannot become a country.

Everyone in this palace seemed to have become an alienated beast, trapped in this Colosseum.

“His Royal Highness,” Pei Wenxuan shook Li Rong’s hand, “try it.”

Li Rong looked up blankly and looked at Pei Wenxuan: “What you are afraid of is being let down. But if you don’t give a chance for everyone to prove yourself, then you will never know that someone in this world can trust you.”

“Try it once.” Pei Wenxuan looked at her with pity in his eyes, “I promise, you will be fine.”

He didn’t know what choice Li Chuan would make.

But as long as he lives.

With the body as the bridge and the bone as the wheel, he will send her out of Huajing.

“We have lived all our lives, Rongrong,” Pei Wenxuan took her into his arms, “I don’t want you to live a whole life with despair as you were in your previous life.”