Chapter 0222 Borrowing a ladder to climb up the beam
Ever since Li Yuanji lent Xu Jingzong away, he had become obsessed with Xu Jingzong.
He wanted to know why Li Yuanji borrowed Xu Jingzong instead of others when there were so many talented people in his house. What was it about Xu Jingzong that Li Yuanji valued.
After carefully understanding what Xu Jingzong had done in recent days, he roughly understood why Li Yuanji valued Xu Jingzong.
"Pity……"
After Li Shimin read the letter recording Xu Jingzong's actions, he sighed deeply.
He still admired Xu Jingzong's talent and learning very much. He felt that even if Xu Jingzong had no talent for the country, he would be able to serve as a great prince in the future.
But after Xu Jingzong was borrowed by Li Yuanji, the methods he used were sinister and ruthless, and he was obviously a sinister person.
Yin people are suitable to be cruel officials and to handle some dirty things, but they are not suitable to be high-ranking officials, let alone to be ministers to the princes who value virtue.
So Yin people can use it, but there is a certain time limit.
Once public outrage is caused, or too many secrets are known, it must be dealt with.
So he wanted to repeat Xu Jingzong's words. Xu Jingzong was destined not to live long enough to die.
That's why he said, "What a pity."
"Your Highness..."
Li Shimin put the documents about Xu Jingzong into his sleeves, and Fang Xuanling, Qu Tutong and others hurried into the Xiuwen Hall.
Fang Xuanling, Qu Tutong and others did not look good.
Li Shimin frowned slightly, "There are changes in the matter of conquering Fu Gongyou?"
Fang Xuanling, Qu Tutong and others went to attend the court meeting today with the purpose of delivering a message to Li Yuan so that Li Yuan would have to use him when no one was available.
Fang Xuanling, Qu Tutong and others looked wrong, which meant that something had changed.
Fang Xuanling nodded heavily and said solemnly: "The saint will leave the matter of conquering Fu Gongyou to Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang."
Li Shimin was stunned and said in disbelief: "Why would my father leave this matter to my sister?"
Qu Tutong bowed and said, "Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang took the initiative to take people to the Tai Chi Hall to ask for a fight."
Li Shimin glanced at Qu Tutong and said thoughtfully: "Even so, it is impossible for my father to let my sister go to war."
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
Li Yuanji understood Li Yuan's attitude towards Li Xiuning, and Li Shimin also understood it.
Therefore, Li Shimin believed that it was impossible for Li Yuan to send Li Xiuning to go on an expedition.
Qu Tutong hesitated for a moment and did not speak.
Changsun Wuji said with a complicated expression: "His Royal Highness Prince Qi came forward to help His Highness Princess Pingyang."
They all knew about the transaction between Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, so they knew that Li Yuanji was pretending to be ill, and they also knew that Li Yuanji's purpose of pretending to be ill was to avoid leading troops to the expedition.
So Li Yuanji dragged his "sick body" to the Tai Chi Hall to ask for a fight. He was just pretending.
You don’t even have to guess why Li Yuanji is pretending.
"Why did Yuanji show up?"
Li Shimin frowned.
Changsun Wuji said in a serious tone: "We are afraid that His Highness King Qi has plotted against us."
Fang Xuanling stroked his long beard, with a sullen face, nodded in agreement and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi should have received the news that Fu Gongyou was going to rebel earlier than we did, and also decided to help His Highness Princess Pingyang get the opportunity to go to war.
Therefore, when he made a deal with His Highness, he only promised that he would report his illness, but did not mention that he would not help others gain the opportunity to go to war.
His Highness Prince Qi probably expected that we would not be on guard against His Highness Princess Pingyang, so he lent us our help to help Her Highness Princess Pingyang deal with those who could compete with Her Highness Princess Pingyang."
Qu Tutong and others nodded in unison.
When things have developed to this point, it can almost be said that the plot has been revealed, and it is not difficult to guess all Li Yuanji's plans.
After all, Li Xiuning had a perfect time to rush to the Tai Chi Hall to ask for a fight, and Li Yuanji had a better time to rush to the Tai Chi Hall to help Li Xiuning.
If you say that you haven't discussed and planned it in advance, you won't believe it.
After listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis, Li Shimin showed no expression on his face. He just stared at Fang Xuanling closely and asked, "Then why does Yuanji help my sister?"
Fang Xuanling fell into silence.
Changsun Wuji, Qu Tutong and others also fell silent.
Why Li Yuanji helped Li Xiuning is really difficult to guess.
Because they were not sure whether Li Xiuning took the initiative to approach Li Yuanji and asked Li Yuanji for help, or whether Li Yuanji saw that Li Xiuning had the ambition to display his strategy and offered to help.
Or... Li Yuanji persuaded Li Xiuning and pulled Li Xiuning into his camp.
If it's the first two, then they don't need to worry too much.
If it's the latter, then the problem is huge.
The reason why Li Shimin asked this question was whether he belonged to the latter group.
Seeing that Fang Xuanling and others were all silent, Li Shimin asked again: "What's wrong? Do you not know, or do you know that you don't dare to say anything?"
Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment and said: "I guess that Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang wanted to go on an expedition, so she approached His Highness Prince Qi."
Changsun Wuji said without hesitation: "I feel that His Highness Prince Qi and Princess Pingyang must have some unknown secrets, otherwise His Majesty Prince Qi would not be able to spare no effort to help Princess Pingyang."
When Qu Tutong heard Changsun Wuji's words, he hurriedly said: "I don't agree with you. I think that the reason why His Highness King Qi did this is just to help His Highness Princess Pingyang to show off his hidden strategy."
The others hesitated and nodded, agreeing with Qu Tutong's statement.
Changsun Wuji glared at Qu Tutong, "Now that things have come to this, do you still want to deceive yourself and others? Just because King Qi has some friendship with you, do you want to excuse him without conscience?"
"Isn't the auxiliary machine's words a bit extreme?"
Yin Qiao also stared and looked at Changsun Wuji, "You and I have different opinions on how His Royal Highness Prince Qi is a person, but we have the same opinion on how His Highness Princess Pingyang is a person.
Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang cannot harm her, nor can she harm anyone in the royal family."
Changsun Wuji intended to retort, but considering the deep relationship between Li Shimin and Li Xiuning, he swallowed his words back.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully and said: "Sister, there is no way you can harm me."
Li Shimin still knew Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning is the only person in the royal family, besides Li Yuan, who hopes that the brothers can live in peace.
Therefore, in the matter of seizing the legitimate son, it is absolutely impossible for Li Xiuning to help any of their brothers to harm the other brothers.
Therefore, if Li Yuanji wants to seize the throne, Li Xiuning cannot help Li Yuanji.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang may not harm her, but the same cannot be said for Prince Qi."
Changsun Wuji looked around at the people in the Xiuwen Hall and spoke quietly.
He always felt that people's hearts were separated from each other.
Li Xiuning may not have had the idea of helping his brother before, but that may not be the case now.
After all, Li Xiuning and Li Yuanji were too close, and they had begun to influence some affairs in the court together.
But Li Shimin firmly believed that Li Xiuning would not harm him, so he could only remind Li Shimin to beware of Li Yuanji.
Li Shimin's brows suddenly furrowed even more tightly.
Qu Tutong and Yin Qiao looked at each other, intending to say a few words to Li Yuanji, but they were unable to speak.
Because Li Yuanji really plotted against Li Shimin this time.
Li Yuanji used the ladder built by Li Shimin to help Li Xiuning up.
Li Shimin worked hard and planned a lot, but in the end he didn't get anything.
"Tell me, what exactly does Yuanji want?"
After Li Shimin frowned and remained silent for a long time, he suddenly spoke.
Fang Xuanling and others looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t know how to answer.
Li Yuanji did not show any ambitions, and was not even too enthusiastic about anything that was conducive to ascending to the position of prince.
Therefore, it is a bit far-fetched to say that Li Yuanji is ambitious and wants to seize that position.
But if Li Yuanji has no ambition and does not want to compete for that position, they don't know how to explain what Li Yuanji did.
"No matter what His Highness King Qi wants, His Highness should be prepared."
Du Ruhui, who had been silent in front of the bookcase, suddenly spoke.
Du Ruhui's rank was not high enough, and he was not qualified to participate in daily court gatherings. Only during large court gatherings could he follow other officials of the same low rank and show his face outside the Tai Chi Hall.
Therefore, he had to learn everything about the court meeting through the oral accounts of Fang Xuanling and others.
So he didn't speak much easily.
But the key is opening your mouth.
Du Ruhui's words successfully attracted everyone's attention to him.
"What does Keming mean?"
Li Shimin had already heard the meaning of Du Ruhui's words, but he still asked.
Du Ruhui slightly arched his hands and said: "What Your Highness wants to do cannot tolerate any mistakes, let alone any variables. Therefore, anyone who has the ability to stop Your Highness but is unwilling to help Your Highness should be treated as a
opponent.
Only in this way can everything be ensured.
Only in this way can His Highness get what he wants."
Changsun Wuji agreed very much with Du Ruhui's words and said without hesitation: "Ke Ming's words make sense."
Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully.
Du Ruhui said again: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi can achieve his wish this time by using the ladder built by His Highness, and he can also benefit from the opportunity of the snipe and the clam in the future."
Li Shimin shrank, and the expressions of Chang Sun Wuji and others also changed.
Fang Xuanling frowned, glanced at Du Ruhui, and said: "But His Highness King Qi did not turn to the Crown Prince. It would be unwise for us to become enemies of His Highness King Qi.
So I think the main thing is to win over.”
Fang Xuanling felt that since Li Yuanji was now standing in the middle and had no intention of leaning against anyone or competing for that position, he should work hard to turn Li Yuanji into a friend instead of an enemy.
If you regard Li Yuanji as an enemy and fight with Li Yuanji, you will only gain an advantage over Li Jiancheng.
Li Shimin's biggest opponent will always be only one, and that is Li Jiancheng.
If Li Jiancheng does not fall, no matter how hard Li Shimin fights Li Yuanji, it will only be in vain.
Du Ruhui nodded in agreement and said, "So I'm talking about defense, not being an enemy."
Speaking of this, Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin and said: "I think that what happened to His Royal Highness Princess Pingyang this time is just an opportunity. Your Highness can pretend to go to His Highness King Qi to ask questions, but in fact, you can try to win over him.
Your Highness can speak more clearly so that His Highness King Qi can't deal with you.
If His Highness King Qi is willing to help His Highness, then His Highness can make a certain promise.
If His Highness King Qi is not willing to help His Highness, then His Highness should be on guard against His Highness King Qi."
