The two turned their heads and looked towards the door where the voice came from, only to see Lady Han Guo, Wu Shun, accompanied by Lady Rong Guo, Yang, slowly walking out of the door.

The two stood at the door with smiles on their faces. Yang continued, "What's wrong with Hong'er? Did you quarrel with your cousin again? Look at what's happened to you two. Why are you even holding a knife? Put it away quickly. What's wrong with your cousin? How did he offend you? Tell grandma and she will punish him."

Li Hong walked around Helan Minyue who was about to help Helan Minzhi up, took two steps forward and saluted, saying, "Hong'er greets grandmother and aunt."

"Hong'er is so sensible and well-behaved. What's wrong with you today? Why did Minzhi make you angry? Let these people leave. How can we make a fool of ourselves? You have been the crown prince for ten years. Your father and mother have always praised you. Now you are the regent crown prince. Your father and mother are not in Chang'an. You must consider the overall situation." Yang's face was full of kind smiles. She said to Di Renjie and others, "The crown prince is young and it's okay for him to follow his temper. Why don't you understand things? Leave quickly. No matter how big the problem is, I, an old woman, will help them reconcile the brothers."

Li Hong stood there with only laughter in his heart. With these words, he not only lightly attributed the crime of privately minting new coins to the royal family's family affair, but also did not mention or ask what Helan Minzhi had done wrong. Instead, he used his father and mother to suppress himself first, and shamelessly put himself in the position of the royal patriarch.

Now Li Hong has seen through these people's shameless attitude and despicable means towards his mother. The four of them have joined hands, hoping to force his mother to divide the queen's power in order to achieve their own selfish desires, and even make Helan Minzhi a prince.

Therefore, he would not be as worried about these people as before. He said, "This matter is not something you can handle, grandmother. This is a major matter of the court. If it is found out, it is a capital crime to privately mint new coins in violation of the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Even if Li Sujie and Li Xian, our royal descendants, dare to violate the crime of privately minting new coins, they will be arrested. Now, although Helan Minzhi is a royal relative, the laws of the Tang Dynasty do not allow him to be given a break just because he is a royal relative."

Li Hong's words not only reclassified the matter as an incident under the law of the court, but also drew a clear line between the relationship between the royal family and Helan Minzhi, including Lady Rongguo and others.

We are brothers, and we are so close. There are plenty of people in my royal family. I won't let Helan Minzhi be included in the royal clan just because of a word from you, Yang.

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Yang's face changed slightly. She looked at Li Hong's determined eyes. She didn't expect that this young boy already had such an opinion. With just a few words, he turned his family affairs, which were originally related to the royal family, into a national affair again.

Lady Wu Shun of Korea saw that her mother's face looked a little ugly. She was afraid that she would have another conflict with Li Hong on the spot, so she walked up to Li Hong with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, Hong'er will do whatever you say. It's all up to you, the regent prince. But your grandmother is so old now. Usually, Sansi and Chengsi are not around. Only Minzhi is left by her side. You took her away all of a sudden. Your grandmother is the only one left in Changlefang. Aren't you afraid that your grandmother's health will be in trouble? Then you will be blamed by your father and mother, and you still think that their punishment is not enough."

As Wu Shun spoke, he walked up to Helan Minzhi, brushed off the dust on his brocade robe, and continued, "Auntie has an idea for you. How about you detain Minzhi in Changlefang for the time being? How about you wait until your father and mother come back, and then deal with him? Anyway, Minzhi also likes to be with grandma. In order to take care of grandma, where else can he go? Isn't it better for him to stay here and wait for your call?"

If it were in the past, Li Hong might have agreed. At worst, he could wait for the next opportunity to deal with Helan Minzhi.

But now that he had seen through these people's faces, he naturally would not be polite to them. So he looked at Yang on the steps, then at Lady Han Guo and the other two, and said calmly, "This matter is easy to handle. If you are worried that grandma is ill, then it's just right. My Prince Pu's Mansion has been empty for a long time, and the furnishings are not worse than this Changlefang. It's just right for me to take grandma and aunt there and let me take care of them."

As soon as Li Hong's calm words came out, Rongguo Madam Yang, Hanguo Madam Wu Shun, as well as Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi were shocked at the same time! Li Hong was going to put them under house arrest completely! He would never give them any space at all.

Whose idea was this? Did Wu Mei pass on the message to Li Hong in Luoyang? Did His Majesty not know? Did Wu Mei and Li Hong team up to deal with them?

Lady Han Wu Shun and her mother Lady Rong Guo Yang looked at each other involuntarily. Could it be that Wu Mei had become too anxious during this period of time? So she used the Crown Prince's hand and the opportunity of privately minting new coins to get rid of them?

Madam Hanguo's smile was so stiff that she could even feel it. She reluctantly spoke to Li Hong again, "This... It's rare for Hong'er to be so filial. But you know your grandmother. She is used to living in Changlefang now. If she moves to your Prince Pu's Mansion... If she is not used to it, it will have a great impact on her health..."

"Aunt, you are worrying too much. The Tang Dynasty belongs to my Li family, not to mention Changlefang. My Prince Pu Mansion is not small. Since I am worried that grandma will not be able to adapt, why not take her there now and let her rebuild the Prince Pu Mansion according to her own wishes. I believe that there must be many things in Changlefang that grandma will not be satisfied with. By the way, all the palace maids and eunuchs here will naturally follow her."

At the end of his speech, Li Hong slowly stepped up the stairs, one step at a time, and stood next to Mrs. Rongguo, with a faint smile on his face, but his eyes reflected a chilling indifference.

"Please come in, grandma. For so many years, Hong'er has not been by your side to fulfill his filial duty on behalf of your majesty. Today is a good opportunity, I hope you won't refuse. Di Renjie, take Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi back to the Dali Temple and take good care of them. If they are wronged, I will hold you accountable! Hua Meng, immediately convey the order to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ordering all the palace maids and eunuchs in Changlefang to follow Madam Rongguo and move to Prince Pu's Mansion." Li Hong's face was full of smiles. If it weren't for the cold light in his eyes, he really looked like a well-behaved and clever grandson.

"I have been in Changlefang for many years now and I don't want to move. Thank you Hong'er for your kindness. If Hong'er really cares about me, let Minzhi stay with me." Mrs. Rongguo's face was also cold. What happened to this little evil star? Why did he become so bold all of a sudden?

Did Wu Mei say something to him? Or was Li Zhi fed up with Wu Shun and her daughter? So they wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of him?

"How can that be possible, grandma? If you insist on not going, wouldn't that be a waste of your grandson's filial piety? You can't always favor Helan Minzhi." Li Hong looked at the expressionless Lady Yang of Rongguo and smiled in his heart.

If you want to fight with me, all of you combined are still a little too young. If you hadn't understood mother's feelings and were always afraid of her blame, you would have killed your little lover Helan Minzhi long ago.

"Hua Meng, please ask Madam Rongguo to go to Prince Pu's Mansion. All expenses will be paid by the Prince's Mansion." After Li Hong finished speaking, he smiled and walked down the stairs briskly, taking Di Renjie, and the imprisoned Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi with him and left happily.

In the Qianyuan Hall of Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, Li Zhi was holding a memorial handed over by Yang Wu. This was one of the countless memorials that came from Chang'an.

He did not blame Li Hong for dismissing Dai Zhide because Li Hong and Dai Zhide had been at odds with each other for many years, and it was only a matter of time before Dai Zhide was dismissed.

Moreover, as a minister, Dai Zhide had indeed gone too far. He never gave Li Hong face in the court. The two had argued many times, and judging from the final results, most of them were confirmed by Li Hong's views. Therefore, Dai Zhide's dismissal was not something that Li Zhi found difficult to accept.

But what puzzled him was that Li Hong actually appointed a local official whom he had never met before: Zhang Jianzhi!

Moreover, he had rarely heard of this person. He didn't understand why Li Hong chose Zhang Jianzhi to be the Minister of Rites?

The memorial in his hand was presented by the Minister of Personnel. It recorded many ministers who had interacted with or met Crown Prince Li Hong, but Zhang Jianzhi was not mentioned.

In his heart, he always believed that Li Hong's best candidate for the Minister of Rites would definitely be Zong Chuke, and then he would promote a new candidate to replace Zong Chuke.

But no matter how he thought about it, he never expected that it would be Zhang Jianzhi, an unknown person thousands of miles away!

Li Zhi looked at Zhang Jianzhi's resume and didn't find anything special about him. So why did Li Hong choose him so much?

"Is Chang'an City peaceful these days?" Li Zhi was thinking about Chang'an City from afar. At this moment, he kept muttering to himself. Li Hong, who had not issued any decrees for several days, couldn't help but smile. It was not a bad thing to make the little guy anxious.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince..." Yang Wu followed respectfully behind him, hesitant to speak.

"Tell me, I am prepared. I would be surprised if the little bastard didn't cause some trouble in Chang'an City. Tell me, what earth-shattering thing have you done?"

Li Zhi walked to the palace fence, where a small leisure garden was specially designed according to Li Hong's instructions. He lay down comfortably on the recliner, and the palace maid beside him hurriedly put a cotton pad on his back.

Yang Wu was a little nervous, his palms were sweating as he said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has confiscated Changlefang. Now Madam Hanguo and Madam Rongguo are under house arrest in Prince Pu's Mansion, and Madam Weiguo Helan Minyue and Duke Zhou are being held in the Dali Temple..."

Li Zhi jumped up from the recliner, his eyes wide open as he asked in shock: "Is he going crazy? What is the little bastard trying to do? What has he done wrong?"