Chapter 817: There is a shock inside and outside the palace

Although Shi Zhongchen was sick and sick, his eyes were pretty good. He was not as good as seeing people, but he couldn't tell who it was. When he saw Wu Meiniang's appearance, he was shocked immediately!

Wu Meiniang is now wearing a wide monk's robe, which shows her graceful figure and charming. In Li Zhi's eyes, she is naturally full of passion, but in Shi Zhongchen's eyes, she is just a pile of meat, covered with a layer of cloth, and she has no interest at all!

Shi Zhongchen thought to himself: "Isn't this person Wu Meiniang? The little palace maid who flattered Wang Ping'an and recognized Wang Ping'an as her uncle. She has been taken care of by me! But, wasn't she dead? She was still executed by my order, but why did she come alive and shaved her hair...ah, she has become a nun!"

Others are vague about Wu Meiniang's identity. Even if they know, they can only pretend not to know. For example, those concubines and nuns, but Shi Zhongchen is different. Who are he afraid of? He doesn't need to be afraid of Wang Ping'an. When Wang Ping'an meets him, he has to call him uncle. In terms of seniority, Wu Meiniang has to call him uncle!

Shi Zhongchen didn't know if he didn't need to be dressed, and he was not afraid of being hated at all. Who dared to do anything to him? If he got angry, he would dare to strangle Queen Wang to death, let alone a little Wu Meiniang!

Shi Zhongchen grew older and became more and more angry. After being shocked, he immediately calmed down. He understood that he had been sold by Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an did send Wu Meiniang back to Beijing, but he did not give her to Shi Aiguo at all. Shi Aiguo could not really kill her. As for how this trap was set, there was no need to pursue it. Now that things have come to this point, I wonder what the past is useless, as long as I think about what I did in the future, it will be done!

Shi Zhongchen has seen many things about betrayal, betrayal, and lip service. He is a master of betrayaling others. If he hadn't been the inner supporter in the palace and betrayed Li Yuan, how could Li Shimin have been able to succeed in a mutiny? Back then, Yuchi Gong rushed to Li Yuan with his bloody weapons and asked Li Yuan to abdicate. At that time, Shi Zhongchen was there!

The old eunuch leader has long been accustomed to selling or being betrayed!

Shi Zhongchen stood quietly behind the curtain, motionless, without saying a word. He was neither angry nor thought about taking revenge on Wang Ping'an. He just looked at Wu Meiniang intently, thinking in his heart how to kill her!

He was loyal to the late emperor Li Shimin, and Wu Meiniang was Li Shimin's former concubine, but now he served the father and son and seduced the current emperor. This was something he could not accept, and it was a blasphemy to the late emperor and was very disrespectful!

He had no idea about Li Zhi, and only thought that Li Zhi was bewitched and was the victim, and all the mistakes were from Wu Meiniang, and the person who brought her into the palace must be Queen Wang... These women who were disrespectful to the late emperor would all die!

Standing quietly, the old eunuch head stared at Wu Meiniang like a wolve, as if he wanted to bite her to death and eat her alive so that she could relieve her hatred!

Wu Meiniang sent Li Zhi away and returned to the hall. She was thinking about resting for a while, but suddenly she felt a feeling that made her creepy, as if someone was secretly looking at her and treating herself as prey!

She was shocked. She had never felt this before, and she hadn't. Why did the emperor feel this way as soon as he left? She looked at the hall and looked around, but found nothing. Only the curtains were swaying gently in the hall gate behind the distance. Apart from that, there was nothing unusual.

Wu Meiniang tied her belt, picked up a candlestick, pulled out the candle, used it as a weapon, and slowly walked towards the curtain. She picked up the curtain and saw that there was no one behind her, nothing behind her, and the strong sense of fear also disappeared with her movement!

When Shi Zhongchen saw that Wu Meiniang seemed to have discovered him, he slowly walked to the back door and left the hall gate. There was no sound in between. He left the hall and quickly flashed into the bushes. After waiting for a while, he saw that Wu Meiniang did not come out, he took a few breaths before leaving.

Shi Zhongchen thought to himself: "If it were a few years earlier, I would have gone in now and killed the witch Wu Meiniang, but now it is not possible. I am old and in poor health. If I go in, I might not be able to kill her, but she would have killed her. This woman is very strong, and I am afraid she is not her opponent!"

He did not follow the same route to the side door, but went to another small door, opened the door and walked out. He was the chief supervisor of the palace, and he knew everything about the doors. No one could find him in and out.

Shi Zhongchen left Gengyou Hall and walked back and walked around the front. Seeing that Shi Aiguo was still waiting under the steps outside, he was in a hurry to circle around!

Shi Zhongchen asked, "Why didn't you go with the emperor?"

Shi Aiguo hurriedly said, "Aren't I worried about my elder brother? I just followed the emperor for a short time and then made an excuse to leave. Brother, there is a woman in the hall. Which one is it? Do I know?"

Shi Zhongchen thought about it and might as well take his brother in and kill Wu Meiniang?

No, doing this will cause trouble to brothers. I am old and have a good life in a few days. It doesn’t matter what. As long as things are done secretly, no one can find out, and it won’t cause trouble to brothers. But if the brothers go to work together, they may have to be investigated later.

It is normal for a murder case in the palace. Shi Zhongchen killed the little eunuchs, not one by one, but one by one. Otherwise, the little eunuchs would not hate him so much, but he would not be willing to die of his brother.

If Wu Meiniang dies, he cannot carry out the palace like a little eunuch, and find a place to bury it. Once she dies, she will investigate endlessly, so this matter must be handled carefully. And more importantly, if Wu Meiniang dies, he will be alarmed and he will not be able to solve the problem of Queen Wang. If Queen Wang does not die, he might find a witch to enter the palace again in the future, so her harm is greater than that of Wu Meiniang, and she cannot be kept.

Shi Zhongchen was a very loyal minister, but he was only loyal to the late emperor Li Shimin. As for others, like Queen Wang, let alone loyalty, he did not treat her as a human being. Not to mention killing Queen Wang, even if he killed her family, he would not be ruthless!

Shi Zhongchen said: "It's nothing, it's just a beautiful woman. It's normal for the emperor to be greedy for beauty. It's okay to wait for the novelty to pass, so you don't have to take this woman to heart."

Shi Aiguo said, looked at the palace gate, and didn't say anything again. He felt a little puzzled, but he was not as strong as he had to ask.

Shi Zhongchen said, "I'm going to Ganlu Palace now to listen to the morning court. You can go with me, but don't enter the palace. Just wait outside the door. When the court is dispersed and keep Wang Ping'an, I'll say I want to see him and let him treat me."

Shi Aiguo agreed and helped his elder brother, and the two went to Ganlu Temple together.

When Shi Zhongchen arrived at Ganlu Hall, the court meeting had already begun, and the ministers were excited and were talking loudly. Li Zhi was sitting on the dragon throne with expressionless face and listening to the ministers' discussion.

Shi Zhongchen walked slowly up the steps from the back and stood behind Li Zhi. Seeing that he was coming, Li Zhi turned around and asked happily: "Zhongchen, your illness is better? I am still planning to see you!"

Seeing that the emperor's joy and destiny was not as fake, a warm feeling surged in Shi Zhongchen's heart. The emperor was very good and he was worthy of his love for him. He wanted to get rid of the two disasters of Queen Wang and Wu Meiniang, and the fight became even more firm.

Shi Zhongchen whispered: "I thank you for your concern. After taking the medicine, my body has improved a lot and now I can go to the ground to move."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Well, I also hope that your illness will be cured soon. I will dissipate later and let Wujian show you. Prescribe the medicine and get the medicine out. After you take the medicine, your health will recover soon."

Shi Zhongchen bent over and said with a smile: "I think so too!"

At this time, Changsun Wuji was below and said, "Emperor, the old minister thinks that the matter of establishing the eldest son as the crown prince is actually a wise move, and the old minister agrees!"

Li Zhi turned his head, looked at Changsun Wuji, and smiled and said, "Okay, since my uncle agrees, then do it like this! You guys, but there are still objections. If there is, please raise it now. Don't wait until the matter is settled, and then discuss it privately and say something is not there!"

Shi Zhongchen's heart trembled. It was indeed the case that the crown prince was appointed. It seemed that Li Zhong was not wrong. In this way, the demonic woman Wu Meiniang was sure that it was brought into the palace by Queen Wang. Queen Wang, a bastard, actually caused trouble in the palace for such a thing, and she should have been cut into pieces!

Queen Wang used the means to make Li Zhong the crown prince, which was no big deal, but she shouldn't have been absolutely necessary, so she brought Wu Meiniang into the palace. Wu Meiniang served two generations of father and son, and Shi Zhongchen could not accept this anyway!

This is a small dynasty meeting. All the ministers in the hall are important officials, but the important officials and important officials have different thoughts. Although Changsun Wuji is domineering, he cannot cover the sky with one hand. Many important officials are dissatisfied with Changsun Wuji, but they just don’t do it in front of him.

If anyone in the court can quarrel the most, it must be Xiao Yu, Duke of Song. It is a coincidence that Xiao Yu is also from the Shangshu Province, and he is Zuo Pushe. But Xiao Yu had long been kicked away by Changsun Wuji, just a name. Although he was Zuo Pushe, he did not even have an office space in the Shangshu Province. He called it "Special". This is a misinterpretation. To put it bluntly, he was obscured and just a name.

Xiao Yu was the brother-in-law of Emperor Yang of Sui. His elder sister was the empress of Emperor Yang of Sui. His grandfather was Xiao Xun, Emperor Xuan of Later Liang, and his great-grandfather was Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Zhaoming. If we talk about it, he had some kinship with Concubine Xiao, but in fact, this kind of kinship relationship has been ignored and too far away. Moreover, Xiao Yu never regarded Concubine Xiao as a relative, and Concubine Xiao never recognized him. Even when Changsun Wuji wanted to repair the Xiao clan, he did not count him.

In real history, Xiao Yu died before Li Shimin, but now he is still alive, but Li Shimin is dead. Xiao Yu has no power, and he never talks in the morning court. In Wang Ping'an's words, this old man makes soy sauce every day and never makes jealous once.

Xiao Yu especially likes to quarrel. During Emperor Wen of Sui, he quarreled with Yang Jian, during Emperor Yang of Sui, he quarreled with Yang Guang, during Emperor Gaozu of Tang, and during the late emperor, he quarreled with Li Shimin. Because Li Zhi had not long as he ascended the throne, he had not had time to quarrel with Li Zhi. In short, he was a professional quarrel.

But although Xiao Yu could quarrel, he was right when he quarreled every time. Even Li Shimin admitted that although he could not quarrel, Xiao Yu was sincere in his favor for the country and praised him as a strong man who knew the strong man and was a rude minister.

When Xiao Yu heard Li Zhi’s question, he left the court troupe and said, “Emperor, the old minister thinks it is inappropriate. Now the matter of our crown prince is not a question of whom, but why should we establish it now? The emperor is in his prime and does not need to rush to establish the crown prince. The princes are all young and can’t see anything in terms of morality. It is a bit too early to establish the crown prince now!”

As a minister, he is correct in making this point. He does not seek self-interest but only for the ministers of the country. He should do this.

But when Changsun Wuji heard this, he immediately stood up his eyes and shouted: "What do you mean? Shouldn't I, the Tang Dynasty, have a crown prince?"

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes and immediately became excited. He said, "I didn't say there shouldn't be, but why are you so anxious? Think about it, from the time of the Sui Dynasty to our dynasty, how could anyone make a child the crown prince? And who made the eldest son of the emperor really as the crown prince?"

Changsun Wuji was speechless immediately. Although Xiao Yu hated it, what he said was the truth and he could not refute it. He looked at Wang Ping'an, hoping that Wang Ping'an would stand up and fight against Xiao Yu.

Wang Ping'an immediately turned his head aside, pretended to look at Zhuzi, thinking to himself: "Look at me, I'm just a dozen soy sauce!"

Fang Xuanling and Xiao Yu are great enemies. He and Du Ruhui were both excluded by Xiao Yu, and this great enemies have not weakened slightly for decades!

Fang Xuanling immediately stood up and asked, "Mr. Xiao, are you still thinking about letting the descendants of Xiao be the crown prince? Have you been benefited by Concubine Xiao and want to wait for her son to grow up, and then not become a eldest son, but become a virtuous one? Why do you say that when the youngest son grows up, he will definitely be virtuous than the eldest son?"

Xiao Yu's eyes glared and said angrily: "I didn't say that, don't swear!"

Both old men raised their hands, and they seemed to be fighting and pulling their beards at each other!

Li Zhi was threatened by Queen Wang last night and was very affectionate with Wu Meiniang. He was afraid that Queen Wang would really harm Wu Meiniang, so he agreed to make Li Zhong the crown prince, but now he regrets it. Anyway, he is always unsure of his mind for the rest of his life, and this is not bad!

Li Zhi said: "It's too early to establish the prince now? I'm not sick, what do you think?"

The ministers in the court cursed in their hearts, why did they ask Wang Ping'an again, which onion he is?

Wang Ping'an gritted his teeth, stood up and said, "I think... since I want to test the prince's character, it is better to set up an exam to test them. Whoever gets the best test will be established. This is the most appropriate way!"

Changsun Wuji was amused when he heard this and said, "Yes, let's take the prince exam. This method is the most fair!"

The ministers thought to themselves: "It's not fair. Except for the eldest son, the other princes are not talking smoothly. What are the exams? Can anyone better be fed with breasts and shit?"

Li Zhi said oh, and he also felt that this method was too obvious!

Xiao Yu sneered, "Do you want to quarrel?" I have never been afraid of anyone! The King of Quarrels said, the best in the world. He only said one sentence, and the people in the palace were silent.

Xiao Yu said: "Emperor Gaozu and the late emperor both made adult princes the crown princes. Could it be that the emperor is even stronger than Emperor Gaozu and the late emperor?"

Changsun Wuji was so angry that his mouth was crooked. He did a lot of preparations, but was wiped out by Xiao Yu's words. It was really worse than God's plan, and things entered a deadlock. If Li Zhong could not be made the crown prince, then he would have to continue to kill Concubine Xiao Shu to weaken the variable Li Sujie?
Chapter completed!