Chapter 131 The Banquet of the Eastern Palace
The news that Xiao Chen had solved this shocking case came out, and the big guys didn't feel too surprised, because it wasn't the first time this kid had surprised everyone.
Either this case cannot be solved, if it can be solved and it is solved so quickly, I am afraid that only he, Xiao Chen, can do it.
Others are fine, the prince should be grateful to Xiao Chen for his love and reason.
Sending someone to invite Xiao Chen to the East Palace for a drink this day probably meant to express a little gratitude.
Xiao Chen is the host and guest, and there are two accompanying guests, one is official minister Wang Anbang, who is acquainted with Xiao Chen, and the other is former household minister Liu Han, whom Xiao Chen doesn't recognize either.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, the prince retreated from the crowd, it seemed that he wanted to say something private.
"Xiao Chen, everyone here is my own. If I ask you something, you must answer me honestly." The crown prince said with a half-smile, "That Hao Fei is really a member of the Profound Sky Society. ?”
"Yes!" Xiao Chen replied decisively, "This guy is not only from Tianxuanhui, but also the hall master of Qinglong Hall. Last time when Liu Yunhai died, he immediately took over this position. He assassinated the prince just to give Liu Yunhai Yunhai revenge."
"Hao Fei is very familiar to me, and his background is very clean. Back then, he was the personal guard of the emperor, so I never thought that he would be a member of the Tianxuan Society." The crown prince stared at Xiao Xiao with eagle-like eyes. Chen, watching the subtle changes in the expression on his face.
"That's why I said that this man is deeply scheming, and it's really scary. When I found out that he was the real murderer, I broke out in a cold sweat. I told the emperor, and the emperor didn't believe it!" Xiao Chen replied without changing his expression. reasonable.
"Oh... It seems that the old man, the father, sometimes misses it." The prince said.
"Prince, don't worry, Marquis of Pingyang, Commander Wu, and Eunuch Gong are all rectifying and investigating their subordinates. No matter how deep the undercover of Tianxuanhui is, they will definitely be found out." Your majesty, it's very natural to go down.
"Hmph, what a joke! Didn't the incident of assassinating the queen last time be rectified and investigated? No one was found!" the prince said.
"Prince, please calm down the anger of the thunder. Didn't you forget that Hao Fei and the others hadn't entered the palace at that time? How can we check?" Seeing his agitated expression, Wang Anbang hurriedly tried to persuade him, but his words were clearly meaningless. Add fuel to the fire.
"Why is anyone now allowed to enter the palace at will? Didn't anyone thoroughly check their details before they entered the palace? Zhu Xiaotian, Wu Zicheng, Gong Shouli, and Gong Shouli are all good-for-nothings!" Big fire.
"Last time I recommended to Zhu Xiaochuan and the others to let the guards of the East Palace go in and change defenses, but they just refused, otherwise these things would not have happened! If it wasn't for Xiao Chen's quick investigation, I don't know how long these guys will hide It doesn't matter if you assassinate me, but if you assassinate the emperor... the consequences would be conceivable!"
"I heard that Hao Fei and his gang were dispatched by the emperor himself, so it's not easy for Zhu Xiaochuan and the others to investigate too carefully." Liu Han, who had been silent all the time, said coldly.
Liu Han was in his fifties, with a dark complexion, short stature, a sinister look, and few words.
He was originally the Minister of the Household Department, but Li Wanjiang was directly dismissed from his official position because of his disadvantageous handling of affairs. He said that he had made other arrangements, but they never made any arrangements.
Both he and Wang Anbang have close contacts with the prince, because the prince has been in charge of the two important departments of the official department and the household department in name.
Li Wanjiang has three sons in total, all of whom have grown up and are helping the emperor manage government affairs as prince and prince.
Li Xian was the boss and heir, so after the establishment of the Great Zhou, he was immediately made the crown prince.
The official department and the household department he is in charge of can be said to be the two most important departments. One is in charge of the appointment and removal of officials all over the world, and the other is responsible for the taxation of the national population. Both of these are the lifeblood of the country. It can be seen that Li Wanjiang had high expectations for him High.
When he first started management practice, Li Xian actually worked very hard, but his own abilities were limited, but he was too ambitious, eager for success, and impetuous in doing things, and he never considered what the emperor's father thought, what he wanted to do Do whatever you want.
He is Li Wanjiang's son, so he was born with his father's self-willed temper; he was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and he has not suffered all setbacks, so he has the temper of a son-in-law; after becoming a crown prince, he has the temper of a prince.
Sometimes he only loses one kind of temper, sometimes he loses two kinds of temper, and sometimes he loses all three kinds of temper at the same time, which makes his subordinates tremble with fear every time they see him, because they don't know which kind the prince will lose today temper?
Moreover, the instructions he gave are often incomprehensible and ambiguous, and everyone has to guess!
Can a person with this virtue manage government affairs well? Naturally, it was a mess.
Li Wanjiang taught him earnestly more than once, but he ignored all of them, and always felt that the emperor looked down on him, thinking that he was young, ignorant, incompetent.
He was fatuous and incompetent!
Li Wanjiang's heart has grown cocooned because of him...
He doesn’t listen to what he says, he doesn’t understand what he hears, he doesn’t do it when he understands it, he makes mistakes when he does it, he doesn’t admit it when he’s wrong, he doesn’t change it after he recognizes it, he doesn’t accept it when he changes it, He won't say anything after being convinced!
It's so frustrating.
This is still a trivial matter. After all, the prince is still young, and it is understandable for him to make mistakes at work.
But it was another thing that made Li Wanjiang completely disappointed in him, and even moved him to kill him.
Li Xian's ability to do serious things is not good, but he is very good at conspiring and tricking.
It's okay to deliberately make friends with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and to secretly form a prince's party, but he even intends to meddle in military affairs openly and secretly!
Not only colluded with foreign relatives like Shi Mingwen, but also had a close relationship with Wu Zhongze, the admiral of the Nine Gates.
Zhu Xiaochuan and Wu Zicheng are both Li Wanjiang's confidantes. He knew that he could not have a deep friendship, so he turned to the Jin Yiwei and the upper-level senior generals of the Forbidden Army. My dear friend, go in...
This touched Li Wanjiang's bottom line!
Your father and I are in the prime of life, and I am not old enough to be confused. You kid just want to seek power and usurp the throne, you?
Originally, he planned to go on tour several times, but he was forced to cancel it because he was worried about the prince's supervision of the country.
Even so, Li Wanjiang would not want to kill him.
But some time ago, his spies in the East Palace reported that the prince had secret contacts with Wanyan Pingqiu of Mo Jie, Fujita Kichiro of Dongying Amaterasu Fleet, and Prince Seba of Siam!
The reason why the secret agent discovered this secret was because the number of secret envoys from Siam suddenly increased a while ago, and it was the time when Xiao Chen and Liu Ruyun were about to arrive at Jiuxi to cross the border...
Also, the northern border of the Great Zhou is also very unsettled. From time to time, a small group of tribal cavalry harass the border towns and plunder the population and supplies. In addition, the Dongying Fleet has frequently appeared in the East Sea, and is tentatively approaching the Great Zhou waters to provoke, and even openly Attacked Concubine Liu Guifei's fleet!
The wolf's ambition is obvious.
All these pieces of information are gathered together, doesn't it make people think about it with horror, chills down the spine, and hairs stand on end?