August 14, the 23rd year of Zhaohua.

Li Chenan entered the Dingguo Hou Mansion and did not return to Huaxi Villa until late at night.

Of course, this matter fell into the eyes of some interested people, but no one knew what Mrs. Fan and Li Chenan actually talked about.

On August 15th, in the morning, Ning Chuchu, the fourth princess of Ning Kingdom, went to Huaxi Villa.

She took Li Chenan and Zhongli Ruoshui into the palace, not her princess mansion.

But the East Palace!

Li Chenan stayed in the East Palace for another whole morning, and His Royal Highness even stayed with him to have lunch with him.

No one knows what they said.

Even Huo Baiyang, the close minister of the Crown Prince, just followed Li Chenan into His Highness the Crown Prince's study.

The door of the study room was closed, and not even a single maid was left inside.

On the afternoon of August 15th, Wang Zheng Jinzhong of the Imperial City Department personally drove Li Chenan to the Palace of Hell in a carriage.

It was not until evening that he came out of the Imperial City Department.

Changsun Jinghong personally escorted him to the dark gate of the Imperial City Department!

This even surprised some people.

Because Changsun Jinghong, the old king of hell, dared to refuse the emperor's summons, but he sent Li Chenan out anyway.

When I came out, I was still smiling!

Of course, Li Wenyuan could not see Li Chenan, so Li Wenhou's intention to kidnap Li Chenan to the Yue Kingdom naturally failed.

This autumn rain is still falling.

It's even bigger than the one from yesterday.

On this Mid-Autumn Festival night, of course there will be no bright moon.

On this Mid-Autumn Festival night, many people in Kyoto felt a sudden chill.

Even Wei Xuanmo looked at Qiu Yu outside the door for an hour after hearing the news.

"Sir, does this mean that the struggle between the Ning Prince's family and the Second Prince's family is now on the table?"

Yang Duoduo, wearing a Confucian shirt, respectfully handed a cup of tea to Wei Xuanmo and asked this question.

After a while, Wei Xuanmo stroked his long beard and said leisurely: "Your analysis is correct, our opportunity to cross the country has come!"

"...Will Li Chenan die tonight?"

"There should be no surprises. After all, Prime Minister Ji made this game a fatal one!"

Wei Xuanmo pondered for a moment and then said: "I was invited by Prime Minister Ji a few days ago. Prime Minister Ji said that at the Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Festival, as long as Li Chenan loses, the emperor will definitely decree that he should die!"

"So the second prince and his family have not taken action against Li Chenan these days. I think they also hope that Li Chenan will die in the hands of Emperor Ning Guo."

"But today, people from the prince's family have come forward one after another... They should have come forward after the Wenhui decided the winner, and after Li Chenan became the leader."

"This is where I am confused as a teacher!"

"This illustrates two points!"

"First, they firmly believe that Li Chenan will win tonight!"

Yang Duoduo looked puzzled. He didn't know how Li Chenan defeated them.

Regardless of how many students Ji Tai bought from Taipei College to participate in this cultural gathering, just with these classmates of his, he, Li Chenan, is no match!

Especially since Ji Tai had revealed to the teacher yesterday the topic that Emperor Ning Guo was most likely to choose for this cultural conference!

This made the students from Yue State who came to participate in the cultural conference very disdainful, but at the same time it also made them more aware of the faces of officials from Ning State.

The teacher also acquiesced.

Although victory is not possible with force, but for the great cause of the Yue Kingdom... so long as we win, so what?

"Secondly, maybe they are also ready to take advantage of the emperor's order to kill Li Chenan... to initiate a palace coup!"

Yang Duoduo was startled, her big eyes opened suddenly, and she hesitated for a moment before saying: "Ji Xiang and his group have already made arrangements, waiting for them to rebel... Didn't this move fall into the hands of Ji Xiang?"

"Yes, but no one can say for sure whether the prince's family has already prepared for it!"

"Otherwise, with the wisdom of Fan Taohua and Changsun Jinghong, how could they choose this moment to meet Li Chenan?"

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Prime Minister's Mansion.

Looking towards Lingyan Lake from Lingyan Pavilion, it looks like a vast ink painting with misty waves.

Jitai was standing in the Lingyan Pavilion at this moment, stroking her long beard and looking at this beautiful picture.

There is a wheelchair next to him.

The person sitting in the wheelchair is naturally the old man in black robe.

He also looked at Lingyan Lake, his eyes were not as indifferent as Jitai's, but filled with worry like the autumn rain.

"It's getting late!"

He withdrew his gaze, raised his eyes to Ji Tai, and said again: "Are you really not worried that something big will happen tonight?"

Ji Tai smiled slightly and did not answer his question. Instead, he pointed at Lingyan Lake and said, "I like Qiu very much!"

"On such an autumn day, there is no summer heat, and no more the chirping of cicadas."

"There is... the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, the splendor of chrysanthemums, and the smoke-like autumn rain."

"Of course, the most important thing is the harvest in autumn!"

He turned his head to the old man in black robe, and the smile on his face became stronger.

"Although you also have extremely high wisdom, unfortunately, you are not Xi Wei after all."

"Do you know what Xi Wei is best at?"

Ji Tai looked at the doubtful light in the eyes of the old man in black robes, and then turned to look at Lingyan Lake.

"False and false, true and false, misty, appearing and disappearing, like looking at the moon in water, like flowers in the mist..."

The old man in black robe suddenly trembled, "The Mid-Autumn Festival is just a cover!"

"Use the Mid-Autumn Festival Literary Society to deal with Li Chenan, so that everyone's attention will be focused on Li Chenan's life and death!"

"The Duke of Dingguo's Palace, Duke Cheng's Palace, Duke of Qi's Palace, the East Palace, and the Imperial City Department are all paying attention to the results of this cultural meeting!"

"Then, they will definitely ignore other places..."

"Where will it be?"

Ji Tai didn't answer.

A victorious smile appeared on his face, confirming that the old man in black robe's guess was correct.

This is Xi Wei’s plan!

The intention is not Li Chenan at all!

But... the tax grains are being shipped to Kyoto from all over the country!

Especially the recent taxes and grains from Jiangnan Province!

Why should Li Chenan be afraid of this?

Now in Ningguo, food is more important than anything else!

Everyone in Kyoto focused their attention on Li Chenan on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The tax grains transported from Jiangnan Province to Kyoto happened to arrive at the Shili Slope of Shuangjiao Mountains on this Mid-Autumn Festival night!

Shilipo is still ten days’ drive from Kyoto.

Ten days later, the news came back to Kyoto that this batch of tax grains had fallen into the hands of Ji Tai.

So what if Dingguo Houfu has military power?

Without food and grass, the more soldiers you have, the more serious the problem you will face.

Without the tax grain from Jiangnan Province, this year's tax grain from Annan Province cannot be transported to Kyoto, because Yan Zifu is heading to Annan Province with his grandfather's order.

Of course he is going to Wuya Pass.

But not now.

He will arrive at Wuyaguan with the stolen taxes and grain.

Then...it's time to wait.

Wait for the time to come, lead the Red Flame Army, and fight back to Kyoto!

At present, everything is going smoothly.

In addition to the taxed grains in Jiangnan Province, all the excess grains were purchased by the Miss Shen family arranged by the Huo family. Although it is 30% more expensive, the price of grains next year will only increase by 30%!

Ji Tai retracted his thoughts and raised his eyes to look at the sky.

It's getting late.

When they go to the palace and go to the literary world with the emperor, they will put on a play that they think is very important!
Chapter completed!