Wei Zheng walked to the palace, saluted meticulously, and said in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "Your Highness, my Highness has agreed to your request. In order to avoid you sending someone again, my Highness has asked Zheng Shangshu to invite His Highness the King of Qin. I believe it will be very soon." There will be news soon."
Li Yuanji looked at Wei Zheng and said happily: "It seems that the Li family in Zhaozhou has given my eldest brother a lot of benefits, otherwise my eldest brother would not agree to my request."
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had become incompatible with each other. Li Jiancheng had assassinated Li Shimin once before in Quchi.
If you invite Li Shimin to a banquet in Quchi again, you have to show a certain face and agree to many of Li Shimin's rude requests.
With Li Jiancheng's current relationship with Li Shimin, it is almost impossible for him to bow to Li Shimin.
Now that he has bowed his head to Li Shimin, it means that the Zhaozhou Li family has given him a lot, so much that he can ask Li Shimin to come forward without caring about his face or being made difficult by Li Shimin.
Wei Zheng seemed to have not heard what Li Yuanji said. After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he said to himself: "If His Highness the King of Qin agrees to attend the banquet, will His Highness also agree to attend the banquet?
If so, I will go back and report to my Highness."
Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation: "This is natural..."
After experiencing an assassination, Li Shimin and the people around Li Shimin will definitely try their best to protect Li Shimin's Zhou Quan.
In this way, he would not have to worry about his own safety when he went to the banquet with Li Shimin.
Therefore, even if Li Jiancheng hosted the Hongmen Banquet, he had nothing to fear.
In fact, he was never afraid from beginning to end.
With the few troops Li Jiancheng had and the few generals he had, it would be difficult to even get close to him, let alone assassinate him.
Therefore, he is not afraid at all that what Li Jian builds is the Hongmen Banquet.
The reason why he proposed to invite Li Shimin together was firstly to make things difficult for Li Jiancheng, and secondly to prevent Li Shimin from thinking wildly.
At this juncture when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were about to face each other, nothing he could say could stimulate Li Shimin's nerves. Otherwise, when the time came to take action, Li Shimin might kill him first and then Li Jiancheng.
In that case, he would have to deal with a lot more trouble.
He was not afraid of trouble, but he also did not want to take advantage of Li Jiancheng.
"In that case, I will go back and resume my duties."
Wei Zheng said, bowed and left the hall without hesitation.
After Wei Zheng left, Ma Sanbao reappeared in the palace, chewed his teeth and said: "Compared to before, Wei Zheng has become more decisive, and he is not sloppy at all in his words and actions."
Li Yuanji looked at Ma Sanbao and asked, "Do you know him very well?"
Ma Sanbao smiled and said, "I used to be a member of the royal family of His Highness the Crown Prince. Although he was not favored by His Highness, I had some contacts with the ministers around him, so I got to know the ministers around him more or less."
"Including Wei Zheng?"
"No, no, no, he is the person I can't understand the most."
Speaking of this, Ma Sanbao hesitated for a moment, and then added: "It's not that I can't see through it, but I always feel that what I see about him is different from his real appearance."
Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "You mean...he is hiding himself?"
Ma Sanbao hesitated and said: "Maybe, maybe not. Anyway, I can't see through him. The one I know best is Feng Li."
Li Yuanji nodded and said no more.
He also knew Feng Li, and many people in the Tang Dynasty also knew Feng Li.
After all, Feng Li seems to be very shrewd, but in fact he is a man of little wealth, so many people can see through him at a glance.
So there is nothing to talk about on the topic of Feng Li.
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In the evening of that day, Li Jiancheng once again sent someone to Jiudao Palace to deliver a message, saying that Li Shimin had agreed. About three days later, the three brothers would talk to each other in Quchi.
Li Yuanji did not reply because he had already told Wei Zheng what he meant.
Li Shimin agreed to what he promised, and he never thought about going back on his word on this matter.
Since Ma Sanbao returned to Beijing in secret and could not be exposed, he had been hiding in Jiudao Palace. He had no interest in the follow-up of Li Jiancheng's banquet for the two brothers. He only hoped that Li Yuanji would drop by to see him when he returned to Chang'an City. See Li Zhongwen.
This is what Li Xiuning meant.
Li Xiuning felt that she was fighting with Li Zhongwen and that Li Zhongwen was going to die soon. She had to ask her questions to see what else Li Zhongwen wanted to tell her about his funeral.
Although Li Zhongwen betrayed the Tang Dynasty, his betrayal was not complete. After Li Xiuning arrived at Weize Pass, he behaved quite submissively, so Li Xiuning felt that she could not save Li Zhongwen, but if Li Zhongwen had some trust, she would not mind irradiation Let’s talk about Li Zhongwen’s wife and children.
In the Tang Dynasty, only the direct descendants of the Li family dared to do this, because everyone knew that no matter what they did in this kind of thing, they would never rebel against their own family.
Therefore, if a direct descendant of the Li family does this kind of thing, there won't be any trouble.
Li Yuanji admired Li Xiuning's kindness to Li Zhongwen, and also wondered why Li Zhongwen was not dead yet.
"If I remember correctly, half a year has passed since Li Zhongwen was escorted back to Chang'an City, right? How is he still alive?"
Li Yuanji put his hands behind his back, feeling the cool breeze blowing from the mountains, and stared at Ma Sanbao who was also feeling the cool breeze in astonishment and asked.
What Li Zhongwen committed was a serious crime of rebellion.
Logically speaking, he should have been executed along with his clan members on the day he was escorted to Chang'an City.
But Li Zhongwen is still alive today, which is simply a miracle.
Li Yuanji wanted to know why Li Yuan did not rush to execute Li Zhongwen.
Did they discover the inside story of Li Zhongwen's rebellion, or did he feel that the Tang Dynasty was already powerful enough to ignore stupid rebels like Li Zhongwen?
Ma Sanbao opened his five fingers and let the cool breeze pass through his fingertips. He said quietly, "It is said that a large number of treasures were dedicated to the saint. The saint was merciful and allowed him to live a few more days."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuanji stared at Ma Sanbao closely and said nothing.
He didn't believe this.
Li Yuan's attitude towards rebels has always been zero tolerance. How could he let Li Zhongwen live for a few more days just for a little money?
If he was greedy for money, he wouldn't be in the position he is today.
Besides, as long as the money in Li Zhongwen's hand exists, whether Li Zhongwen is dead or alive will not affect Li Yuan's receipt of the money.
After all, it was too easy for Li Yuan to find a sum of money that he had just hidden.
As long as we follow Li Zhongwen's life and actions and trace them all the way, it will be easy to find this money.
Therefore, Li Yuan not only had no reason, but also no need to let Li Zhongwen live for a few more days.
So what Ma Sanbao said is simply not true.
Under Li Yuanji's gaze, Ma Sanbao was gradually defeated and shocked. He smiled bitterly and said, "If I told you that the reason why Li Zhongwen rebelled was for the sake of the princess, would you believe it?"
Li Yuanji shook his head without hesitation.
Li Zhongwen was a little stupid, but not stupid enough to commit rebellion to save Li Xiuning.
If he really wanted to save Li Xiuning, who was under house arrest at the time, there were too many methods he could use.
Whether it was making some noise in Weize Pass, pretending that the Turks were moving south, forcing Li Yuan to let Li Xiuning go back to Weize Pass to take charge, or setting off a decent mutiny in Weize Pass, and telling Li Yuan about the actions of Li Xiuning at Weize Pass.
Even if he is dissatisfied with his experiences, he can achieve his goal of saving Li Xiuning.
Although there is a certain price to be paid for doing so, it is nothing compared to treason.
Therefore, it is simply nonsense to say that Li Zhongwen rebelled because he wanted to save Li Xiuning.
Ma Sanbao smiled bitterly and said: "This is what Li Zhongwen said to Her Royal Highness the Princess in private..."
Li Yuanji said blankly: "Why is he so thick-skinned?"
Ma Sanbao smiled bitterly again and said: "Your Highness the Princess believes it."
Li Yuanji hesitated to speak, and after a long time said angrily: "My third sister is pretending to believe it, right?"
What Li Zhongwen did at Weizeguan was completely inconsistent with what he said. It was impossible for Li Xiuning not to see the fishiness in this.
So Li Xiuning didn't really believe him, but chose to believe him.
The reason why Li Xiuning did this was obviously to fulfill the master-servant relationship between her and Li Zhongwen and to preserve Li Zhongwen's bloodline.
"Yes, Her Royal Highness did pretend to believe it..."
Ma Sanbao made a sad face and said with emotion.
Li Yuanji couldn't help but sigh: "My third sister is really kind and righteous to you."
Ma Sanbao nodded solemnly and said, "It is precisely because of this that I am willing to do anything for her."
Li Yuanji wanted to tease Ma Sanbao, and wanted to ask, "Is it OK to help her rebel?" But when the words came to his lips, he did not say them out because it was inappropriate.
"So the reason why Li Zhongwen is alive today is because my third sister begged for him?"
Li Yuanji stared at Ma Sanbao and asked.
Ma Sanbao shook his head slightly and said: "That's not true. It's not like you don't know that Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Saint are already at loggerheads. If she pleads for Li Zhongwen, Li Zhongwen will only die faster.
Her Royal Highness the Princess asked two old palace servants in Jinyang Palace to ask for Li Zhongwen's request."
Li Yuanji said in disbelief: "Why does the old palace man have so much face?"
What Li Zhongwen committed was a crime of rebellion. If he, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin came forward, they might not be able to let Li Zhongwen live a few more days.
It was hard for him to believe that the two old palace men of Jinyang Palace could actually do it.
"What other old palace people could they be? They are the two former concubines of the Sui Dynasty who were personally taken care of by the saint..."
Ma Sanbao hesitated for a moment and whispered.
Li Yuanji instantly understood what was going on.
This is the romantic debt Li Yuan incurred.
Li Yuan brought disaster to others, but instead of taking them to Chang'an City, he threw them into Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan.
Now that people are coming to visit him, Li Yuan has to give them some face.
If Li Yuanji's guess is correct, these two people may not only have been 'taken care of' by Li Yuan personally, but they may also be Li Yuan's old acquaintances when he served as Qian Niu's bodyguard in the former Sui Palace.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a big face.
Regarding this kind of thing, Li Yuanji could only say one sentence.
Your circle is so chaotic!
Li Yuan's aunt is Empress Dugu of the former Sui Dynasty, who is also Yang Guang's mother. Li Yuan and Yang Guang are cousins. Li Yuan 'takes care of' Yang Guang's concubines... This, can this not be chaotic?!
Speaking of which, Li Shimin also took in the granddaughter of Queen Dugu... This, this is even more confusing!
