Chapter 570 Conspiracy Theory
The crown prince is the crown prince, second only to the emperor. If he does anything abnormal, others will naturally pay great attention.
After Li Ke learned the news, he immediately summoned his subordinates' staff to discuss and analyze what happened in the palace. His staff were basically second-rate and third-rate people, and first-rate people could not surrender to his disciples to burn him for a cold stove.
The staff analyzed it through, but did not analyze what conflicts happened between Changsun Wuji and Wang Ping'an. These two people looked very good, and Wang Ping'an was very likely to become Li Yiren's son-in-law and Changsun Wuji's nephew-in-law. Under this relationship, unless there is an irreconcilable conflict, ordinary small fights will not affect their relationship.
But on the other hand, I found a question. Around Wang Ping'an, the people he knew were either rich or noble, but there was an extra palace maid named Wu Meiniang. This palace maid was actually Wang Ping'an's niece. How did this relationship get into? Wang and Wang Ping'an in the East Palace were related, and his cousin called him, but Wang was the crown princess, and he was a big shot after all, but a little palace maid... There was only such an exception around Wang Ping'an, which was something that needed to be studied carefully!
The staff members were guessing randomly. Although they didn't guess what was going on, they found the key point, and it was Wu Meiniang.
Li Ke was a privileged figure in the privileged class of King Wu, and it was not a particularly difficult task to find out who he wanted to find. He immediately ordered someone to go to the Yeting Palace to find the supervisor there, and to ask about Wu Meiniang's identity and origin. He didn't have much effort at all, and he found out the matter almost in one trip.
Wu Meiniang's life experience and her change in her status in the palace, once it was found out, there was a big uproar in the Wu Palace. This woman is amazing!
In the study of the King of Wu Mansion, Li Ke and a group of staff gathered at the table, looking at a message recorded by his subordinates.
Li Ke said: "Such a little palace maid is actually the founding father. She is the daughter of the Duke!"
An aide said: "But from the genealogy, he has nothing to do with the Wang family in Xuzhou. Moreover, she has lived in the deep palace for a long time. How could she have something to do with Wang Ping'an?"
Another aide said: "It's okay to have something to do with it, but why did Wang Ping'an take care of her so much? Even Shi Zhongchen took great care of her? What exactly is she worthy of being taken care of?"
Li Ke said: "Wu Meiniang's family has fallen into decline and the family is ruined. Wang Ping'an and Shi Zhongchen could not have taken a fancy to her background. Wang Ping'an is a good person and is good to everyone, but Shi Zhongchen no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't have any connection with him!"
The staff nodded together. This was right. Shi Zhongchen, let alone having nothing to do with good people, was probably a big bad guy in the hearts of the palace people, and even the number of people who hoped that he would die could not be counted.
An aide pointed to the message and said, "Your Majesty, for this palace maid, Shi Zhongchen first killed a group of palace maids, and then distributed an independent palace to her. Even if the palace is remote, it is still an independent palace! A big palace maid becomes the lord of a palace, but this is not something that can be said."
Li Ke curled his lips and said, "It's really inexplicable that Wang Ping'an has such a big face. Could it be that he and Wu Meiniang have something unspeakable?"
Something that cannot be said clearly? The thoughts of the staff suddenly became active!
An aide suddenly asked, "Prince, the lowly responsibilities do not understand the layout of the palace, but you understand it. The palace of Wu Meiniang is called Lixia Palace. What does it have to do with Lizheng Palace? Are they close?"
Li Ke said casually: "Just next to Lizheng Hall, across a wall, Lixia Hall is a peony garden, very empty!" As soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned and looked up at his large group of staff.
The staff members were like him, staring at each other, and no one spoke.
Just like a flash of lightning suddenly passed in the darkness, illuminating the four fields. All the things that were originally hidden in the darkness appeared.
After a moment, an aide shouted: "This Wu Meiniang, it's something that cannot be said to Wang Ping'an if she doesn't see you!"
Another aide said: "But she is the emperor's former talent, this is a matter of chaos!"
An old white-bearded aide whispered: "This is the best way to make a fuss!"
His hair and beard were all white. He seemed to be in his seventies, but in fact he was only in his early fifties. He turned white too early because he used his brain too much and had to plot against others all his life. But it was a pity that he was born in the early Tang Dynasty when many famous officials were born. The famous officials could plot against others themselves, but they didn't like others as they were himself. So he wasted half of his life and did not get the attention of any important minister. He had no choice but to join Li Ke and became an aide. He did not do anything else, just to burn Li Ke's cold stove.
After a while of quiet in the study, Li Ke shook his head gently and said, "It may not be, maybe it is a coincidence. With Li Zhi's personality, he would never have such courage. If he hooked up with his father's former talent, would he not want to be the crown prince again?"
The old white-bearded aide said coldly: "It may be due to Feng Shui. Since the Sui Dynasty, people who have lived in the East Palace have no good ending. Once they enter the East Palace, they will be crazy and any strange things may happen."
The study room calmed down again, and the old white-bearded aide seemed to be right. Since the former Sui Dynasty built Chang'an and built the Eastern Palace, the prince who lived there was really not very good!
Yang Yong, the first crown prince of the former Sui Dynasty, was killed by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and had no good ending. After Yang Guang became the crown prince, the degree of crazy history was hard to find. Not only did he kill Emperor Wen of Sui, but he also destroyed the Sui Dynasty.
After entering the Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng became the crown prince, but was killed by Li Shimin. Li Shimin only lived in the East Palace for a very short time. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he directly took charge of the government affairs and forced Li Yuan to become the Supreme Emperor. Perhaps it was because he lived in the East Palace for too short that he only harmed others and had not yet retribution fell on him.
Li Chengqian became the prince and lived in the Eastern Palace for a long time, but he thought about treason. After the failure, Li Zhi moved in... Li Zhi should have done something crazy so far, right?
It may be really a matter of Feng Shui. No matter who lives in the East Palace, it is quite unlucky. Li Zhi lived for a long time, but after his death, wasn’t he also changed his dynasty by Wu Zetian. The Tang Dynasty became the Great Zhou. In the Wu Zetian era, whoever dared to live in the East Palace would die, or he would be exiled.
Until the reign of Emperor Minghuang of Tang, Emperor Minghuang of Tang lived there. As a result, he became old and created a Yang Guifei and also caused the Anshi Rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty went from prosperity to decline.
Of course, Li Ke didn't know what happened next, but he knew everything in front of him! He hugged his shoulders with his hands and said, "It's true. The feng shui of the East Palace may be bad. Whoever moves in will go crazy!"
The staff nodded together, but couldn't bear it in their hearts and said to himself: "Then you are trying hard to move in, aren't you afraid of going crazy?"
An aide said: "But, these are all speculations in private and may not be accurate. What if Li Zhi and Wu and other former talented people have nothing to say about?"
The study room became quiet again. Yes, what if nothing happened? Everyone was trying to make a lot of effort to guess and think about it. If nothing happened, wouldn’t it be useless!
The old white-bearded aide said coldly: "So what if it didn't happen? What's it not to be said? To put it bluntly, it's about taking off your pants and wearing pants. As long as they don't hold it down on the spot, they can refuse to admit it."
Li Ke and other staff members thought to themselves: "Are you talking nonsense? If you can really hold it down on the spot, why should we spend so much effort to study this matter?"
The old white-bearded aide's voice became even colder and said, "But why do we have to hold them down? As long as the emperor knows about this, he is dissatisfied with Li Zhi, it is enough!"
This is a typical conspiracy theory! However, in any era of conspiracy, there is a market, and the market is vast, and there has always been a shortage of supply!
When Li Ke heard his words, his eyelids twitched and said, "Then...will the king go and talk to his father? Or ask his mother to tell him something and pretend to chat with him, and mention this matter?"
The staff said together: "Your Majesty, don't say it yourself. The emperor dislikes the person who speaks the little things behind his back. I think that King Li Tai of Wei did such a thing and scared Li Zhi behind his back. As a result, the emperor disliked King Wei and appointed Li Zhi as the crown prince! The prince, this is the lesson of the past, and we must guard against it."
The old white-bearded aide said, "Although the imperial concubine is in the palace, she is calm by nature. I am afraid that she has never said bad things about anyone in her life. I have spread any news. If Leng Ding goes to mention this matter, why don't the emperor be suspicious? At that time, I am afraid that the emperor will not suspect Li Zhi, but he will suspect you, Prince."
Li Ke said angrily: "This is not OK, that is not OK, so what should I do? If someone else talks about this, who will be willing?"
The old white-bearded aide sneered: "But start with Wang Ping'an..." He expressed his ideas.
After hearing this, Li Ke was stunned for a moment and said, "Doesn't this mean sending Xizuo to his place? Who can I send? This must be a reliable person, and I have to be smart!"
"The villain is willing to go!" said the old white-bearded aide loudly. He lifted up his clothes, knelt down for Li Ke, clasped his fists with his hands, and raised his head high.
Li Ke had a solemn expression on his face. He helped up the old white-bearded aide, and then bowed to him, saying, "Sir, high righteousness, Ke will never forget it for the rest of his life. If Ke accomplishes great things in the future, he will never forget his kindness today!"
The old white-bearded aide returned the polite: "The prince is so serious!" After that, he turned around and left the study room, strode away.
The other staff members were stunned and thought to themselves: "It will take a while for Wang Ping'an to return to Beijing and find a new house? You don't need to be the wind and Xiaoxiaoxi Yishuihan now..."
Chapter completed!