In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Li Baiyu sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face and rubbed his forehead.
On the dragon case in front of Li Baiyu were dozens of pieces of paper, large and small, each of which contained a detailed message.
There were a dozen or so silent Ouchi guards standing around, watching with eyes and noses, not daring to make the slightest move.
I was afraid that I might accidentally touch Li Baiyu's brow.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty!"
Zeng Hai, the chief steward, walked quickly from outside the palace into the imperial study room. He hesitated for a moment before shouting.
Li Baiyu raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Zeng Hai: "Say!"
"Your Majesty, the Qinzheng Palace is now in a state of chaos. The ministers are bickering with each other. Song Shangshu even got into a fight and kicked the Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Works."
"If Your Majesty doesn't show up again, I'm afraid it will be difficult for today's court to continue!"
Li Baiyu frowned slightly, looked at the note on the table and waved to Zeng Hai: "You go and support me first, then tell me that I am unwell, and I will go to court after the imperial doctor has made a diagnosis."
"In compliance with the order, we will retire."
After Zeng Hai left, Li Baiyu picked up a piece of paper on the table, looked through it, and then threw it on the table distractedly.
"Isn't there more detailed information? What is recorded on it?"
"What I want is the information on whether Duke Dingguo and the little princess Wanyan Luoyue of Jin Kingdom are father-daughter, not these messy things."
"You are the imperial guards who secretly patrol the world for me. Is this how you do errands for me? Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs spending a lot of money to let you do errands like this?"
“Jin-skin and rice-skin bags are all wine-skin and rice-skin bags.”
A group of imperial guards hurriedly knelt down on one knee and lowered their heads respectfully: "I know you are guilty, please deal with it."
Li Baiyu sighed helplessly: "Can I find out the result if I kill you? What are you doing here? Why don't you go and continue the investigation? No matter what, you must find out whether this is the Queen's divorce plan, or...
......."
Although Li Baiyu didn't say it out loud, his meaning was extremely clear.
A group of imperial guards nodded hurriedly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."
After the Ouchi guards left, Li Baiyu stood up from the dragon chair and wandered around the imperial study room uneasily.
Li Baiyu raised his head slightly and looked at the portrait of Li Zheng on the wall. His expression was extremely complicated.
"Father, father, what should I do?"
"The Queen Mother is here!"
Li Baiyu was stunned, took a deep breath and walked towards the outside of the hall.
"My sons and ministers see my mother and wish her happiness, longevity and health."
"Your Majesty, no gift."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"The queen mother is not resting in the palace, why did she come to the child's place?"
There was an obvious hint of worry on Nangong Meng's mature and elegant face. Looking at the sadness between her son's brows, Nangong Meng walked towards the chair on one side and sat down with Shi Shiran.
"How could the Yi family not come over when such a big thing happened?"
"Now the whole capital is spreading the news about Mingzhi and the little princess of Jin Kingdom. How can I rest assured if my mother doesn't come over to take a look."
Li Baiyu picked up a pot and poured a cup of tea for Nangong Meng and handed it over: "The queen also knows that the child is unfilial, and the queen is worried again!"
"Worry or not, put it aside for now, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"
Li Baiyu sat on the chair and looked at Nangong Meng with a complex expression: "Haier has sent someone to investigate the authenticity of this matter. We plan to find out the truth and then consider it."
"Before the truth is confirmed, the boy plans to block all audio and video to prevent being taken advantage of by villains and ruining the friendship between the boy and his brother-in-law."
"There are many parties in the court now, and there are many people who are dissatisfied with my brother-in-law. In the past, when my brother-in-law was still in the court, these people dared to be angry and dare not speak out. Now that my brother-in-law is not in the capital, and he is deeply in trouble, how can these people not jump?
Come out and bark a lot."
"When the child heard about this, he was very upset. He was already uneasy. He was afraid that he would mistakenly believe the villain's slander in his confusion, break away from his brother-in-law, monarch and ministers, and destroy the stability of the country."
"Before the Queen Mother arrived, I had just sent out a dozen or so imperial guards to investigate."
Nangong Meng thought for a moment and looked at Li Baiyu quietly: "Your Majesty, tell the Ai family, what if this matter is found to be true? So what if it is false?"
"It would be great if it's fake, but if it's true, how do you plan to deal with Mingzhi's matter?"
"My son..."
Li Baiyu stopped talking, not knowing what to say next.
There was only one thought lingering in my mind.
What should I do myself, how should I deal with this matter, and how should I treat Liu Mingzhi.
Li Baiyu's heart was in chaos, as if tens of thousands of ants were crawling around.
If this matter really comes true, it means that the little princess Wanyan Luoyue of the Jin Kingdom is the biological daughter of her brother-in-law. Naturally, the relationship between the brother-in-law and the empress of the Jin Kingdom is in name only.
It may also be a real relationship between husband and wife.
If so, how should I deal with myself, and how should I face Liu Mingzhi calmly?
Decide to remove Liu Mingzhi from his position as commander? Let him return to Beijing and be bound?
In this way, if Liu Mingzhi is really as loyal to the court as his father said, then everything will be easy and there will be room for return.
But what if Liu Mingzhi had already secretly communicated with the Empress of Jin and was unwilling to fight?
When the time comes, 300,000 cavalrymen follow Liu Mingzhi and turn against him, pointing their troops at Dalong. What should I do?
Facing the allied forces of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks, Dalong struggled to fight in the Three Kingdoms War.
If Liu Mingzhi leads 300,000 cavalry to turn against him, it will be difficult for Dalong to survive without losing his country.
Although Li Baiyu has never led troops and horses on an expedition, he is fairly familiar with military affairs.
As long as Liu Mingzhi makes a little move, the three hundred thousand men on horseback will turn into rebels and bear the name of rebels.
Even if there are generals and soldiers who are loyal to the imperial court, they will undoubtedly end up being killed on an unfounded charge.
Once they are labeled as rebels, the 300,000-strong army will have no choice but to rebel.
Both sides are going to die, so why not follow the commander and fight hard, if you succeed, you can get the great credit of being a minister of the dragon, and then you will have all the glory and wealth.
Li Baiyu took a breath of cold air, calmed down and looked at Nangong Meng quietly.
"Since the Queen is here this time, there must be a place to teach the child. Please ask the Queen to teach me!"
Nangong Meng was slightly startled, looking at Li Baiyu sincerely asking for advice, and nodded with satisfaction.
"As a member of the harem, the Ai family should not interfere in political affairs."
"However, before your father passed away, he left a bag of tips to the Ai family, saying it could prevent Mingzhi from rebelling."
"The Ai family originally thought that if you could handle this matter yourself, this clever tip would just sit in the corner gathering dust."
"But the Ai family heard that there are ongoing arguments in the court, and you stayed in the imperial study room without going to court, so the Ai family knew that you still couldn't resolve the matter."
"That's why the Ai family opened the ingenious plan left by your father and read the contents, so they came to you."
Li Baiyu stared at Nangong Meng blankly, stood up slowly, walked to Nangong Meng and knelt down slowly.
"The child is incompetent. He has been on the throne for nearly a year and is still unable to take charge of the government. Even after his father's great success, he still has to work hard for the child. The child is unfilial. The child is unfilial."
"Your Majesty, please get up. You are the majestic king of a country. How can you be so dignified as to kneel in front of the Ai family?"
"The mother is also the child's mother, the parent of heaven and earth, and the child is the king of a country. The mother has the kindness to give birth to the child, so it is natural for her to kneel down."
"Please ask the queen mother to give your godfather some tips."
Nangong Meng sighed quietly and patted Li Baiyu's shoulder gently.
"If the king doubts the minister, he will be punished; if the minister doubts the king, he will rebel. If the minister is suspicious of the king and does not rebel, then the king will doubt the minister and will punish him; if the king is suspicious of the minister and will not punish him, if the minister is suspicious of the king, he will rebel."
"Then the ruler and his ministers will not be suspicious, but if they are suspicious, there will be chaos."
"My son must remember the teachings of my husband in the past. Never force your ministers to rebel."
"However, this tip is only for Mingzhi and not for others!"
Li Baiyu looked at Nangong Meng blankly and began to think deeply.
The scene when Liu Mingzhi went to the palace to go to war came to mind.
Will I accept your order from the foreign king?
If the brother-in-law is a pine tree, the elder brother is a green mountain.
Qingshan pines and cypresses will never fail!
The ruler and his ministers are not suspicious, but if they are, there will be chaos!