Chapter 99: Entering the Palace Second

Li Qing was a strange butterfly falling into history. At this time, he was small and humble, flapping his delicate wings and brushing a trace of dust, leaving extremely small traces in the history of the Middle Tang Dynasty, as if a loose screw on the rocket took off, quietly changing the trajectory of the Middle Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the fourth year of Tianbao, the left prime minister Li Shizhi was dismissed from the prime minister and was dismissed from political affairs. He was moved to the Prince Taibao. The subordinate minister Chen Xilie and the subordinate minister Pingzhangshi were appointed as the left prime minister. This happened a year later, but the political variables brought about by a Hai family smuggling case occurred in advance. Li Qing, who caused this political change, was at a loss about what happened, but his own fate also gradually changed with his flapping wings.

In the early morning, in the East Palace, Prince Li Heng paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows twisted into a dry willow leaf, and his eyes could not hide his surprise.

"Are you sure that Li Qing knew before someone came to the palace that the emperor wanted to cancel the marriage?"

He had asked this sentence three times, but he still couldn't figure out where the joint was? The emperor canceled Princess Pingyang and his affinity with Yang Yuhuan. Li Heng had already known it through the eyes and ears of the palace, but he couldn't figure out what it had to do with Li Qing no matter what.

Standing at the bottom of the prince was Li Lin. He was also confused about how Li Qing knew about this in advance. He didn't fall asleep all night. After thinking about it, there was only one possibility that the prince took action. He met Li Qing at the gate of the East Palace yesterday. It was very likely that the prince told Cui Qiao that the prince told Cui Qiao that Li Qing saw it. Li Qing heard it on the side. Li Lin came to the East Palace early in the morning to thank him, but found that the prince was also incredible about it. Now, Li Lin completely fell into the chaotic world.

"Your Highness, if this is not done by Your Highness, I think it is, I think it is."

He wanted to send someone to check it out, but suddenly he realized that he was repaying his grudges and hatred. With the prince's nature, if he found it was not good for him, Li Qing might be in trouble, so he couldn't continue.

"Haha! Brother Lin, this is a good thing! I was unable to help with this matter, and I was always uneasy. It would be best if I could solve it like this. There must be many people visiting Brother Lin today. Let's talk about it in detail another day. You can go and do it first!"

As soon as Li Lin left, Li Heng immediately called Li Jingzhong and whispered: "You go and check it immediately to see where that Li Qing went yesterday?"

Li Jingzhong was stunned, looking for a needle in a haystack, and asked him to check how he looked. He said with a sad face: "Can your highness give me a clue?"

"Idiot! This little thing can't be done." Li Heng cursed angrily, lowered his head and took two steps, and turned around and said, "You first check where Princess Yuzhen went yesterday, and then check if Li Qing had seen her yesterday."

I drank a few more drinks yesterday. Li Zhanjun got up at noon. The whole inn was quiet. It was probably because of the greed for the night of Shangyuan Festival. Everyone was hiding out at night during the day and fell down. He looked three times inside and three times outside, and found the front desk before he found a yawning guy, "Waiter, get me a bucket of water."

The waiter was amused and crying, "My master, the water well is right downstairs. Are you not tired after rushing so far?"

Li Chanjun glared at him, "I have paid the store money and tipped me, and I am the imperial official. When will it be my turn to get water? Let's talk less and get water for me!"

The waiter had no choice but to go there. When he arrived at the door, he heard him mutter, "I am the official in the door. He is really an official. Why don't he stay in the Fengyuan? Instead, he came to squeeze in such a low-end inn."

A sentence reminded Li Qing that after the matter was finished, he planned to go back to Chengdu tomorrow, but his luggage and other things were still in the tent. Although someone might be waiting for him, there were still a lot of jewelry and a 5,000-guan Wang Baoji cabinet ticket in the luggage. Don’t worry about the cabinet ticket. The token for withdrawing money is in his own hands, but those jewelry will be worth at least 2,000-guan. It would be a pity if it was lost. No matter what, I still have to go back and take a look. Maybe I will be taken away by the deacon!

Li Qing was thinking about a way to go to the Fengyuan, but suddenly heard someone shouting at the door: "Here! He can be found."

Li Qing was frightened and turned his head to look at it. He saw more than a dozen guards jumping off the horse. He was tall and burly, and compared with Wang Bing, he was the second son of Li Lin's family, Li Huqin.

He rushed forward in two steps and grabbed Li Qing. The tiger-like man said wailingly: "My master, let us run away all our legs thin, why do you live in this broken place?"

"Didn't I tell you last night that I stayed at Sanyuan Inn?"

"Uncle Li, there are at least 30 or 40 in Pingkangfang. If you want to live there, you have to find a better one. I just look for the most broken one. I patted my chest in front of the prince and found you half an hour, but two hours have passed."

In order to get the prince's appreciation, Li Huqin volunteered to take on this job. Now it's almost noon. The prince's appreciation cannot be obtained, but he has gotten a board.

Li Qing originally wanted to curse, 'Who wants to live in this broken place? You have touched my money away!' But he suddenly realized what he meant, and then changed his words: "You mean, the prince is looking for me?"

"What's the matter for me?" Li Qing thought of the prince's careful inquiries from him yesterday. It must be that the prince had thought about what decision he had to make for a night. He vaguely felt that his good luck was coming.

Li Huqin had no time to explain more, dragged him onto the horse, and smiled while walking, "The prince rarely sees anyone like this. I saw you twice yesterday and I want to see you again today. We all think that my brother is going to have a big deal. If the prince is in a good mood later, can you ask me to give up on me? Please spare me."

Seeing that these people were all furious and angry, their eyes were growing on their heads, Li Qing looked at the envious eyes of the people around him, and they must have been children of high-ranking officials in Beijing. He smiled and patted Li Hugen on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, the prince will definitely not hit you. If today is a good thing, I'll invite everyone to drink."

It would be a waste if these high-ranking children don’t make friends with each other!

The results of Li Jingzhong's investigation were the same as Li Heng guessed. Li Qing met Yang Guofei in Princess Taiping's old house yesterday. Li Heng took a breath and his teeth were painful. This was an absurd idea, but it seemed that there was only this reasonable explanation. Li Heng only had the idea of ​​giving it a try, but unexpectedly, this absurd idea became a fact.

"How many secrets are there in him?" Li Heng's curiosity could no longer be controlled.

Li Heng paced back and forth in the room, calculating the time when Li Qing arrived. He wanted to write something, but he picked up the pen and put it down several times. Li Qing had become no longer simple in his heart. "Does this person use it or not?" Li Heng's heart was extremely conflicted.

Li Jingzhong stood at the lower head, folded his eyes and lowered his head, with a usual smile on his face, but from the corner of his eyes, he was secretly observing the master's expression. He knew what the master was thinking, and he also knew that now was the moment to determine Li Qing's fate. This person was very good. He liked it. He gave him a gift worth nearly 3,000 guan for the first time. Li Jingzhong went to Qibaozhai last night and realized that the best emerald was worth at least 2,000 guan. He smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth all night. This was the first time in his life that he had made such a big fortune.

"Our family has to help him!"

Li Jingzhong made up his mind secretly. He turned around and winked at the maid, then took the bird's nest porridge handed over by the maid, and brought it to Li Heng with a smile, "Your Highness, don't worry, then Li Qing is still a ninth-rank official. After hearing your highness's call, aren't you flattered and running over?"

A word reminded Li Heng, yes, Li Qing is indeed just a ninth-rank official, and he has made a big fuss, so he just called him to ask clearly. Li Heng glanced at Li Jingzhong with a squint eyes and thought to himself, "No, Li Qing has something to do with him!"

"This is impossible!" Li Heng immediately denied his thoughts. Li Jingzhong had been with him for many years and could not have anything to do with Li Qing.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and the guards brought Li Qing.

"My minister Li Qing meets the crown prince!"

After a while, Li Heng was not in a state of movement, and the room was extremely quiet. Li Qing couldn't help feeling a little scared, but he didn't dare to raise his head at will.

"Li Qing, please raise your head."

Li Qing looked up and saw a smiley face. His eyes were faint, but there was a hint of coldness. He looked at him with his hands raised his head and raised his slender eyebrows slightly. Li Qing felt a sudden blow in his heart. People said that being with the king is like being with a tiger. This is not yet a king. It’s so difficult. Yesterday, he was gentle to himself, which made people feel like a spring breeze, but it turned into a cold winter just one day.

"I'll ask you, how could you know Princess Yuzhen?"

Li Qing's heart suddenly entered the cold cave, "How could he know about this?" Then he thought, "needless to say, this must be his ability to predict the truth of the matter, this verbal prince!"

The thoughts in his mind were turning rapidly. Neither deny or admit it! It was necessary to deny or admit it.

To make up lies, you need to be skilled. Sometimes when you say a lie, you have to use ten lies to make it happen. The further you go further, you will sooner or later, and you will be able to hear the flaws. Therefore, the most clever lies are to say nine and half truths, and just say half a lie at a critical point.

"Actually, I happened to have nothing to do with it, so I wanted to borrow money from my younger brother Yang, and happened to meet Princess Yuzhen."

So Li Qing met Yang Zhao in Langzhong, and later he happened to save the Yang family, and met the Yang brothers and sisters in Taibailou. Then how did Yang Yuhuan meet him? He asked Yang Yuhuan for help for the purpose of repaying his kindness. He told him the whole story. The only change was to describe his active acquaintance as a coincidence. What he said was completely the truth, without any flaws, and he was not afraid that Li Heng would send someone to investigate later.

Li Heng's face gradually calmed down. He had been in danger of the palace for a long time. What was the truth and what was lies? He knew that he knew that Li Qing was telling the truth, which was exactly consistent with the records in his archives of the Ministry of Personnel. At this time, Li Heng's anger was not only gone, but he admired him three more because of Li Qing's honesty.

The atmosphere in the room was back to spring. Li Heng looked at Li Qing. He had good character and ability, but he didn't know what he knew. If it was good, it would be useful. He sat back on the bed, leaned against the soft pillow, and returned to his usual lazy posture.

"Li Qing, you are an official in Yibin County. You should know about the Nanzhao War. Let's talk about it, what do you think of Nanzhao?"

Recently, the imperial court has been very contentious about the incident after the war in Nanzhao. The emperor ordered himself to write a report on Nanzhao. Li Qing could serve as a representative of the lower-level officials and listen to his views.

"Come on! Sit down and say slowly."

Li Qing also knew that this was an opportunity. He closed his eyes and briefly sorted out the debate with Wang Changling about Nanzhao over the past few months.

"Your Highness, Li Qing is not afraid to forget his worries about the country. I have been thinking about Nanzhao. I think it is a fact that Nanzhao is in power. Since the Battle of Eastern Yunnan, Nanzhao's power has expanded to Eastern Yunnan. Therefore, we must first face it. The court should give it a corresponding position to stabilize its heart. Secondly, we must strictly prevent the alliance between Nanzhao Tubo. In my opinion, Nanzhao is one, and Tubo is also one. They are separated, and they are not scary. What we fear is that the two are added together. This is not a problem of two. Our Yizhou is a country of Tianfu, with a fertile field of thousands of miles. Tubo has been coveting for a long time. If Tubo attacks Songzhou from the west and Nanzhao attacks Yaozhou from the south, he will be attacked from both sides. If the rescue is not effective, Jiannan will be in danger!"

Li Qing talked happily, Li Heng smiled and said nothing. What Li Qing said was discussed by the court. It was already a consensus of the court to gather Nanzhao and prevent the Nanzhao from forming an alliance. However, giving Nanzhao equal status involves the face of the Celestial Empire. At present, it is very controversial. On this issue, he and Li Linfu's views are consistent. The status of the vassal state of Nanzhao must not be changed.

"Not bad! Not bad! It's good enough for you to see these with a small ninth grade official. So what good measures do you have?"

Li Qing's eyes flashed with a bright look. His thoughts were recognized by the superiors, which was undoubtedly a huge encouragement. He could no longer sit still and forgot that he was facing the prince with a high status. He stood up and walked back and forth with emotion.

"Your Highness, I think the fundamental reason for the rise of Nanzhao is in people, so the solution is also in people."

"People? Why not say it more carefully." Li Heng leaned slightly, and a huge curiosity flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, it's a man. The reason why Nanzhao rose was because of the emergence of such a talented and strategic leader as Piluoge. It was his political vision and Pili methods that unified the Six Zhao and won the situation in Nanzhao today. But I heard that Piluoge's health has deteriorated sharply in recent years and may soon be in the world. Therefore, the solution to Nanzhao is to his heirs."

Li Qing stepped forward and whispered: "The fourth son of Piluoge, the eldest son of Ge Luofeng, is quite similar to his father's literary skills, and is highly regarded by the people. He should inherit the throne. However, it is said that Ge Luofeng is not Piluoge's biological son, but is just an adopted son. His second son Yu Chengjie is dissatisfied with him and has publicly turned against him many times. Yu Chengjie is a arrogant and greedy man. If he becomes the lord of Nanzhao, our Tang Dynasty will support him with brocade and lust. Within five years, Nanzhao will be destroyed in his hands."

Speaking of this, Li Qing did not hide his complacentness at all and sneered: "If we can provoke the civil war in Nanzhao again, defeat the West and save the West, defeat the East and save the East, so that their civil war will never stop. In this way, it will be without the need for one soldier and one soldier in the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao will no longer exist."

Li Heng stared at him tightly, and nodded for a long time, thinking to himself: "If this person sincerely votes for me, it can be of great use; if he cannot use it for me, he must be killed to eliminate future troubles."

Li Heng lowered his head and walked a few steps behind his hands, suddenly turned around and smiled at Li Qing, "Your Jiannan Jiedushi has not yet reported to the court, you are just a void official, so it's better not to do it! You are willing to do things for me."

Without thinking, Li Qing immediately took a step back and knelt down on one knee and said, "I am willing to be fooled by Your Highness, and I will never refuse!"

The answer was clean and neat and the attitude was clear. Li Heng was overjoyed and quickly helped him up and said, "I have considered it for you. You have no fame and reputation. You are too restricted to being a civil servant. You cannot be promoted to a high position. You might as well be my guard first. I will give you the title of Zhaowu Captain and be promoted to the future with meritorious deeds. How do you think?"

"I wish to follow your Highness's arrangement!"

The army protecting the prince was the Liuru Mansion, and the chief officer was called the Liuru Mansion, but the guard officer appointed by Li Qing was not in the Liuru Mansion. It was equivalent to the prince's personal bodyguard and did not belong to the official organization. Therefore, Li Heng also appointed him as the sixth-rank official Zhaowu Clerk. The official system of the Tang Dynasty was extremely complicated, so I won't talk about it here. In short, Li Qing had been promoted from a seventh-rank military officer to a sixth-rank Zhaowu Clerk. More importantly, he became the personal bodyguard officer around the prince, but his actual status was much higher than that of the official organization.

Less than an hour after Li Qing was promoted, another record of the Prince's Inner Palace's daily life was quietly placed in front of Li Longji's case. It recorded in detail the words and deeds of Li Qing and the Prince, including the relationship between Li Qing and the Yang family, Li Qing's Nanzhao theory, and the final crown prince accepting Li Qing as his own use.

At night, Li Longji read the report carefully. His eyes flashed. No one knew what he was thinking, but the name Li Qing was deeply imprinted in Li Longji's mind.
Chapter completed!