Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Du He pulled Li Yi back to the bedroom and gave orders to the maid guarding the door.

"Go and tell the nurses to take the prince to sleep."

The maid replied respectfully: "Yes, sir!"

After she finished her greeting, she lowered her head and walked quickly to the bedroom next door.

Du He said with a smile: "Yier, without Du Ping'an to disturb us tonight, your husband can finally show off his boxing skills."

Li Yi lowered her head slightly, her fair and pretty face already blushing with shame.

As the dormitory door closed quickly, a strange sound soon came from the room.

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The next day.

Du He, feeling refreshed, walked out of the dormitory with a smile on his face.

As expected, without anyone getting in the way and disturbing me, I can enjoy whatever I do.

Half an hour later.

Du He's carriage wobbled out of the princess's mansion and slowly moved towards the imperial palace, and soon arrived at the Taiji Hall.

The advantage of living close to the palace is that it doesn't take long to get to the palace, unlike ministers who live far away and need to set out half an hour in advance.

When Du He arrived at the gate of Taiji Hall, he saw a group of ministers dressed in scarlet and purple official robes, bowing to each other with tablets in both hands.

If Du He had not known about their secret actions and how they were racking their brains to compete for the two important posts of Zhongshu Shilang and Huangmen Shilang, he would have thought that they were very harmonious and friendly.

A group of officials from the third, fourth and fifth ranks, upon seeing Du He coming over, they all saluted with their tablets in hand.

"Meetings, Mr. Du."

Du He waved at them.

He walked up to Ma Zhou and whispered, "Brother Ma, after the court meeting, come to the Ministry of Industry for a cup of tea."

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "Okay."

Ma Zhou was not at all surprised that Du He took the initiative to invite him to the Ministry of Industry for a chat.

Because yesterday afternoon, the eunuch came to the Censorate to announce the emperor's decree that his majesty had removed him from the position of Crown Prince's Secretary, and that he would no longer be required to go to the East Palace to teach the Crown Prince.

Faced with this sudden change, Ma Zhou knew that there must be a problem between His Majesty and the Prince.

So he went to Liu Li privately to find out more, and found out that Liu Li had also been removed from his position as Prince's Left Assistant by His Majesty, and that he was no longer needed to teach in the Eastern Palace.

Later, the two of them went together to find another prince's left minister, Cen Wenben. After some understanding, they found that Cen Wenben had not received any order from His Majesty to transfer.

Ma Zhou and Liu Li also understood clearly that His Majesty wanted to curb the power of the Crown Prince!

Not long after, the door of Taiji Hall was slowly opened by the eunuchs, and the officials walked in one after another according to their positions.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin, with a dignified look on his face, and Li Chengqian, with a calm and indifferent expression, came to the Taiji Hall.

All the civil and military officials in the court looked at His Majesty and the Crown Prince and felt that there was something strange about them, but they couldn't tell exactly what was strange about them.

There was nothing important happening in winter, and the court meeting lasted less than an hour before it ended.

Ma Zhou first went back to the Censorate to arrange the day's government affairs, and then went to the Ministry of Works alone.

In the office of the Minister of Works.

Du He, who had already prepared tea and was waiting, stood up quickly to welcome Xiao Kai and Ma Zhou when they came in.

"Brother Ma, please take a seat."

Ma Zhou nodded calmly, then walked to the cushion opposite Du He and sat down.

Xiao Kai knew that Du He and Ma Zhou were discussing confidential matters, so he walked out of the office silently and closed the door quietly.

Du He poured a cup of tea for Ma Zhou, then asked in a low voice with a smile.

"Brother Ma, you should have received the imperial edict from His Majesty to remove you from the position of Crown Prince's Secretary, right?"

"Yes." Ma Zhou responded, then frowned and asked, "Brother Du, Minister Liu and I are doing well in the East Palace, why did His Majesty issue this order?"

"Who will your majesty let take our place in the East Palace now?"

Although the prince is now back on the right track, Ma Zhou believes that his mentality has not been completely corrected.

If the officials appointed by Your Majesty do not get along well with the Crown Prince, it may arouse the Crown Prince's rebelliousness again, and then the Crown Prince may be deposed.

Du He whispered, "Your Majesty has asked Yu Zhining to replace you as the Crown Prince's Secretary, and has asked Zhang Xuansu to replace Liu Shizhong as the Crown Prince's Left Secretary."

"Your Majesty's intentions are not difficult to guess. First, he wants to weaken the power of the Crown Prince. Second, he has sent two direct ministers to monitor the Crown Prince's every move."

Although Li Shimin's argument was to send two loyal ministers to assist Li Chengqian, the purpose was to point out Li Chengqian's mistakes in a timely manner.

But anyone with a discerning eye knew that these two loyal ministers of Li Shimin were the ones who used to monitor the Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

Ma Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "Why would His Majesty send these two ministers to the East Palace?"

"If Your Majesty wants to check and balance the Crown Prince, why not send other ministers to the East Palace?"

He could understand His Majesty's intention to control the power of the Eastern Palace, but he could not understand why he sent these two ministers who had conflicts with the Crown Prince.

Moreover, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu were not the only ministers who spoke frankly and gave advice. Ministers like Chu Suiliang, Xiao Yu and Gao Jifu were also people who spoke frankly and gave advice.

Especially the minister Xiao Yu, who was no less capable than Wei Zheng.

If these people who have no conflicts with the prince are arranged to go to the Eastern Palace, wouldn't it be better than arranging Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu?

Du He spread his hands and said, "Brother Ma, the emperor's mind is hard to predict. I can't guess what His Majesty is thinking."

"But I have already talked to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yesterday. Although the Crown Prince is in a rather impetuous mood, he can still suppress it at the moment, so there is no need to worry too much."

Now Li Shimin's weakening of Li Chengqian's power is not excessive and has not touched Li Chengqian's bottom line.

If Li Shimin ever takes action against himself and Xue Rengui and others, Li Chengqian will probably plan a palace coup without saying a word.

Now that the basic team for a turnaround is gone, Crown Prince Li Chengqian has become a lamb to be slaughtered. When is the last time he should rebel?

"Hey!"

Ma Zhou sighed helplessly.

As an official who was well-versed in classics and history, he knew a lot about the succession of imperial power and also had his own unique insights.

But now that it was happening before his eyes, he felt so insignificant and powerless.

Du He looked at Ma Zhou's worried expression and then told him another piece of bombshell news.

"Brother Ma, His Majesty privately wrote a book called "The Emperor's Model", which discusses the way of being a monarch!"

"Your Majesty did not give this book to the Crown Prince first, but gave it to the King of Jin to study first. This approach can easily arouse the King of Jin's evil thoughts!"

what!

Your Majesty, did you write "The Emperor's Model" yourself and show it to the King of Jin?

Ma Zhou, the chief secretary of Prince Jin's Palace, suddenly changed his expression when he heard the news from Du He.

Ma Zhou said solemnly: "Brother Du, King Jin never told me this!"