The prosperity of Changguo Duke's Mansion is no longer there.
After Li Pu was demoted to the rank of commoner, he was not directly expelled from the Changguo Duke's Mansion. However, the numerous servants in the mansion had been dismissed long ago. At one time, there were only two old servants left to serve him. Li Pu himself was also restricted from entering and leaving Jinling at will.
City, but at least the county prince's family was not restrained. After Li Changfeng, Li Xiu and others were given important positions one after another, more than a dozen soldiers and servants were sent to serve and protect the garden, but the garden was not completely ruined.
Returning to the mansion, Li Pu sat in the wooden pavilion of the back house for a long time without saying a word, as if he had aged twenty years in one day and became an old man with the vicissitudes of life.
But no matter how Li Pu tried to hide or suppress it, the complex changes in his expression still fell into Zhou Yuan's eyes.
Zhou Yuan had not expected what would happen today, and it was impossible for him to stay out of the matter at this time. However, looking at Li Pu's expression, he was convinced of the matter, and he secretly felt that there was no way out if he continued to waste it like this.
It would be really bad if Li Changfeng or Li Xiu came to visit at this time and saw something unusual. Zhou Yuan immediately said bravely: "Madam, she has always been like this. She will keep a secret in everything. When I first heard about this, I might compare it to the Duke.
You are still shocked, but this matter should be certain. However, the Madam’s intentions may not be as sinister as the Mongol people said. The Mongol people still want to muddy the waters and attract Tangyi’s army to cross the Yangtze River.
Down, so that they can capture everything from the Hehuai River. And since the truth about Xinjinhou’s life experience is revealed, no matter what the Mongol people’s intentions are in revealing this matter, I will go to see my wife and ask her to give an explanation to you, the Duke of the country.”
In any case, now is not the time for them to break up. Zhou Yuan is worried that Li Pu will do something extreme, so he can only forcefully persuade him and stabilize him first before talking about anything else.
"Take this portrait to see Lu Qingxia and call him Lu Qingxia. Yao Xishui will come to see me tonight. If no one comes after tonight, I will risk my life and go to your majesty to expose your plot," Li Pu pointed out.
He pointed at the scroll on the stone table and said to Zhou Yuan, "Of course, Zhou Yuan, don't think that you will get any good results from following Lu Qingxia, and don't think that this portrait is the only evidence in my hand. I think I
If it were claimed that Li Zhigao was the relic of the rebellious dynasty, probably no one would doubt it..."
Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that if the Mengwu people directly threw out the portrait of King Lu, Li Zhigao could still defend himself that the portrait was a forgery, intended to slander and create chaos in Dachu, but Li Pu stood up to testify, and he really wanted to
It is even more trustworthy than this portrait of King Lu.
He saw that after Li Pu returned to the house, he summoned more than a dozen servants in the garden. They were all soldiers from the county prince's palace. He also felt a headache secretly. Knowing that Li Pu no longer trusted him at this time, he said helplessly
: "I'm going to see Madam right away, but maybe it's not appropriate to let Marquis Linjin know about this matter first. Lord Duke..."
"I have my own sense of caution in this matter, but you must also warn Lu Qingxia. Although I am old and my muscles are old, if three or five assassins want to cause trouble in my house, I am afraid it will only make everyone more unhappy."
Li Pu said.
Hearing Li Puman's resentment, Zhou Yuan did not dare to waste any more words, picked up the portrait and left first.
Dusk fell quickly, and Li Pu sat hunched in the night.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhou Yuan walked in with Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui, who were wearing veils.
Under the lantern, their figures were both graceful and strange.
"Wait a minute." Li Pu shouted softly.
Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui stopped at the entrance of the courtyard and allowed Li Pu to arrange for their bodies to be searched.
"What do you have to say?" Li Pu stared at Lu Qingxia who walked to the pavilion, motioned for her and Yao Xishui to stand under the pavilion, tried his best to suppress the resentment in his heart, and asked.
"I don't have anything to say. If the Duke of Guo has any instructions, I will do my best to do it." Lu Qingxia said softly.
"I don't care how Yang Yuanpu dies, I want my descendants of the Li family to ascend the throne within three days." Li Pu said.
"Isn't it too hard for the Duke of the State to make things difficult for others? If this thing had been so easy, the Xu family would never have ended up like this." Lu Qingxia said.
"Zhang Ping and Jiang Huo were kicked aside. In this way, only Anji Xiang and Chen Ruyi were favored in front of Chongwen Palace. In addition to Cishou Palace, these two people almost had the final say in the imperial palace - in my opinion
From what I know about you, one of these two people must be the direct descendant of your arrangement, otherwise they would not be able to survive to this day. Whether it was an assassination or a sudden death, I think Yang Yuanpu's life is probably just a matter of your words."
Li Pu said.
"That being said, it is easy to kill people, but how to deal with the mess left behind?" Lu Qingxia asked with a wry smile, "Wang Chan'er will not just sit back and watch us kill Yang Yuanpu - without Wang Chan'er, we will not obey our words.
How to convince Guo Liang, Zhang Han and other bodyguards and generals, how to convince Shen Yang, Yang En, Yang Zhitang, Chen De, Zhang Chao, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu and other princes and ministers to believe that Yang Yuanpu's death has nothing to do with us? Or, you must have it
Are you sure you can convince your two nephews to advance and retreat with us? You must know that if things go wrong at all, we will all die without a burial place. The Mongol people are very vicious, but their purpose is not to force the Xiangbei Army to plot
Shu, in order to attract the attention of the Tangyi army, we might as well achieve our goal like the Mongols first, and the others can slowly discuss and plan..."
"Unless you now order the assassins who are ambushing outside the palace to come in and kill all the more than 20 people in our palace without leaving a single person alive, otherwise your delaying strategy will have no effect on me." Li Pu stared at Lu.
The eyes above Qingxia's veil said sternly.
"Is there only three days?" Lu Qingxia asked.
"You have been sitting peacefully in Cishou Palace for these years, and you have not prepared for the worst. As long as this thing can come true, you and I no longer need to worry about the Mongolian people blackmailing us with this matter," Li Pu said, "
Of course, I still want to remind you that when Zhou Yuan went to see you, I left a secret letter. If I die without any reason within three days, Changfeng, Axiu, Aqi, and Chai Jian will know the reason! Of course,
Chai Jian may no longer be worthy of my trust, but I believe that Changfeng, Axiu, Aqi and the hundreds of athletes from the county palace are not at your mercy yet."
Lu Qingxia's eyelids twitched, and he stood in front of the pavilion for a long time before saying: "In three days, Li Xiusu will be on duty in the palace, but when the time comes, His Majesty will be assassinated, can you ensure that nothing goes wrong?"
On him?"
"His Majesty was assassinated, and as long as the assassin did not survive, and the Queen Mother made a descendant of the Li family emperor, Axiu and Changfeng are not fools, how could anything go wrong between them? I think it is best for you to worry about the Queen Mother first.
"Li Pu said tit for tat.
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The night was dark in the narrow alley, and I don't know when it started to rain again.
The rain was not heavy, which made the previously scorching hot night cooler, but sitting in the carriage, the irritability in my heart could not be eliminated.
Yao Xishui said in annoyance: "We should not have planned anything with Xiao Yiqing from the beginning."
"It's useless to talk about this at this time." Lu Qingxia was sitting helplessly leaning against the wall of the carriage at this moment.
"In three days, it's too late to send a message to my eldest brother," Yao Xishui thought about the hardships of only three days to find something, and couldn't help but said in frustration, "Why don't we go to Yingzhou now?"
Lu Qingxia shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "The hearts of the people are floating, the generals are noisy, not to mention Tangyi is adjacent to the northeast, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are attacking from the south, how can we resist it? And Han Qian will never tolerate our plotting against Shu.
Such measures will not give us the opportunity to seek Shu..."
Yao Xishui thought that their going to Yingzhou would undoubtedly be tantamount to rebellion.
Not to mention the northeastern side of Xiangbei bordering Tangyi, the imperial troops and horses could then attack Xiangying Sui Deng and other places from various places along the Yangtze River and Han River.
The soldiers in Xiangbei were distraught. Chai Jian and Li Qi, who was serving as general in the Xiangbei Army at this time, would not be controlled by them. It was very likely that Zhang Wei would add insult to injury. They had to retreat to Liangzhou as soon as possible to protect themselves.
But, will Han Qian give them the opportunity to retreat to Liangzhou?
Maybe with an imperial edict, Han Qian would send troops to attack Huangyan Pass and Wujing Pass. He might even go around to the southwest of Caizhou and attack Dengzhou. At this time, 30,000 elite men from Tangyi gathered in Shouzhou and headed up the Huaihe River.
On the other hand, the speed of attacking Sui Deng will definitely be faster than they imagined.
If they don't go to Yingzhou, can they really fulfill their promise to Li Pu within three days?
Yang Yuanpu was assassinated, how could Wang Chaner still be willing to listen to their mercy?
Regardless of the differences between Yang Yuanpu and Wang Chaner as mother and son over the years, they are biological mother and son after all.
Even if Wang Chaner is threatened with her life to make her surrender, as long as she has a different look and is called Shen Yang, Yang En, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Han Daoming, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu and others will see something abnormal, then they will dare to
Are you betting that Guo Liang, Zhang Han and others who control the left and right Wu Yi armies of the Guards and Military Division will obey their orders and not be persuaded by the princes and ministers?
Not to mention that Huang Lu, the commander of the Zuo Wuxiang Army, was the brother of the current Queen Huang Mo. Even if Yang Yuanpu was really assassinated, Huang Lu would definitely be the first to stand up and support Huang Mo's son as emperor.
"The Mongol people probably haven't left Jinling yet. Since they were the ones who caused the incident, go ahead and borrow a few assassins from them to prepare." Lu Qingxia said thoughtfully.
"..." Yao Xishui nodded and framed the assassination of Yang Yuanpu on Tangyi, Huaidong or any other family. Old foxes like Shen Yang and Yang En would not believe it. They would only hand over the information of the Mongol people when the time comes.
Only with the assassin's corpse can they stop their mouths.
"The Queen Mother will not believe that assassins can enter the palace so easily. Even if she does not guess that we are secretly communicating with Xiao Yiqing, Han Qian will definitely remind her when the time comes. What should we do about this?" Yao Xishui asked.
"It's enough to let her and Yang Yuanpu's mother-son relationship break up. After all, she still has a son by her side, and when Yang Yuanpu is dead, she will not be willing to lose her second son's life," Lu Qingxia thought about some key points at this time.
Toru, his voice became colder and colder, he frowned and said, "The only thing that is a little difficult is that Li Yao comes out of the cold palace and becomes the new queen mother. She will not recognize her biological son, and she will need to get rid of her at the same time...
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"Would Li Pu be willing to see his daughter die in our hands?" Yao Xishui asked.
"If you gain something, you must give it up. Li Yao will be dead by then. No matter how unwilling he is, he will have to swallow this bitter pill." Lu Qingxia said ruthlessly.