The three of them stared at Changlefang closely. The answer at this point was self-evident. If it was not the Eastern Palace, then it must be Changlefang.
Whose place is Changlefang? Li Hong's grandmother! Rongguo Madam Yang's current residence, the entire Changlefang belongs to her family!
Madam Rongguo may not sound like much, she is just the prince's grandmother, the emperor's mother-in-law and the queen's mother!
But if we refer to the important and prominent position of Changlefang in Chang'an today, we will understand why not only Di Renjie and Gao Junya shook their heads, but even Li Hong, looking at Changlefang on the sand table, couldn't help but shake his head.
Changlefang is adjacent to the East Palace, separated by a road, but behind the two houses is the symbol of imperial power of the Tang Empire: the Daming Palace.
The three buildings are now completed in the shape of a product, which is enough to imagine the position of Changlefang in the hearts of the royal family. This is equivalent to building a private villa in Tiananmen Square for people to live in, just like in the previous life!
To find out the owner of this land, even Li Hong would have to think carefully about it.
Even so, this time he took advantage of the flood drainage to evacuate Daning, Xingning and other neighborhoods, leaving only Changlefang, which was like a nail house. This was enough to show that he was very wary of Changlefang in his heart.
Li Hong bit his lip and stared at Changlefang. After a long while, he slowly said, "I will be responsible for all the consequences if we investigate further. When Bai Chun comes back, I will inform you, Huaiying. You can interrogate him in my East Palace or Prince Pu's Mansion, but you must not bring him to the Dali Temple for questioning."
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Di Renjie smiled helplessly and said, "Your Highness, I would like to ask you about Miss Bai's question. As for Changlefang, I am willing to go there to investigate."
After finishing speaking, Di Renjie looked at Li Hong with clear eyes. His meaning was self-evident. He was not afraid of the powerful, but he distinguished between superiors and subordinates. It was always against the rules for officials to investigate the East Palace. Moreover, he believed in his heart that this matter was definitely not done by the prince.
He was responsible for making new money himself, so there was no need for him to open a workshop to make fake new money. That was illogical.
Bai Chun has followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for many years. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always handed Taiyi City over to Bai Chun to manage. This is enough to show that Bai Chun will definitely not build it privately, but where is the problem?
He, as a minister, needs to investigate the case. As for how to deal with it at that time, I'm afraid the case will not involve too many people, and it may become a royal family affair.
Li Hong looked at Di Renjie with a sincere face and nodded silently: "Okay, I'll listen to you and do it."
After seeing Gao Junya and Di Renjie off, I saw that it was almost noon, so I had to eat by myself.
Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue accompanied Li Hong to dinner, but Li Hong was thinking about whether he should ask Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu for some advice on the matter of Goryeo and Japan. Although these two people have been away from the court and have been kept in Chongwen Hall by him, they still have unique insights into the affairs of the court.
Should I listen to their opinions and see if they can provide me with unexpected help in the matters concerning Goryeo and Japan?
Li Xian and others also sent someone to inform him to go to Yang'an Tower quickly to see Helan Minzhi's miserable look, but Li Hong dismissed several of their personal eunuchs, so he was too lazy to see what Helan Minzhi looked like.
Because he couldn't go even if he wanted to, Yi Yang and Gao An sent people to ask him to go to Concubine Xiao Shufei.
Today, after the royal family moved to the Daming Palace, the Taiji Palace has become a labor camp, with many officials' families imprisoned deep in the harem.
Among these people, by some strange coincidence, Concubine Xiao Shu, who had no rank and had been demoted to a commoner, became the head of the Taiji Palace harem.
Li Hong walked slowly on the road to Taiji Palace, looking at this large palace that was gradually forgotten by the royal family, feeling an indescribable sense of irony in his heart.
Concubine Xiao Shufei, who had competed with her mother for the position of the mistress of the harem, finally achieved her goal after deviating from the original trajectory of history and became the mistress of the harem in Taiji Palace. Unfortunately, Taiji Palace has lost its symbol of power and is no longer the same as it used to be.
Not far from the Lingyan Pavilion where the pictures of the Twenty-Four Heroes were hung, near the bank of the Jinshui River, there is a small palace that looks quite crowded. A few scattered palace maids are cleaning the yard.
Accompanied by Yi Yang and Gao An, Concubine Xiao Shufei was facing the sun in the sky at this moment. With a lazy smile on her lips, she sat leisurely in a rocking chair, listening to the two women chattering in front of her, not knowing what they were talking about.
Xiao Shufei was one year younger than Li Hong's mother, Empress Wu Mei, and was 41 years old at the moment. Although she was now imprisoned in the depths of the harem, the tempering of her state of mind from being alone for so many years, coupled with her interest in Buddhist scriptures, made her a lot calmer and more relaxed.
Time seemed to be particularly kind to her, leaving few traces of time on her beautiful face. Her complexion was even not much worse than Wu Mei's.
Without waiting for a eunuch at the door to report, Yi Yang saw Li Hong walking in with Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue, looking around.
Suddenly, Yi Yang, like an old hen protecting her chicks seeing an eagle hunting, walked quickly to Li Hong with her teeth bared and claws dancing. Her beautiful face, which was no less beautiful than her mother's, was almost touching Li Hong's face.
The thing on his chest was so high that if Li Hong hadn't stepped back quickly, it would have hit him in the chest.
"Yi Yang, are you crazy? Did I provoke you that you are so stubborn?" Looking at the aggressive Yi Yang, Li Hong hurriedly took two steps back to prevent Yi Yang from falling into his arms.
"Hmph, stop pretending in front of me! Let me ask you, was it your idea to let Yang Anlou kill Helan Minzhi for five thousand taels of silver?" Yi Yang stood in front of Li Hong with his hands on his hips and questioned.
"Don't block the way. I'll go pay my respects to my mother first." Li Hong reached out and pulled Yi Yang's head. She was not even as tall as him now, so pulling her was like pulling a chicken.
"Explain it to me clearly first before you go to pay your respects to your mother." Yi Yang refused and instantly grabbed Li Hong's arm and held her in his arms. Seeing that Li Hong ignored her and wanted to move forward, she pounced on her food like a hungry tiger, not paying any attention to her image as a royal princess, and clung to Li Hong like a fish.
"Yi Yang, are you crazy? Come down quickly, how old are you?" Li Hong was really impressed by this silly girl.
Yi Yang is now 22 years old, no longer a naive little girl, and Li Hong has also grown up and can no longer stand Yi Yang's behavior, throwing her around at every turn.
It was fine before because Li Hong was still young, but now that he is getting older, he can no longer reach out and push Yi Yang away. Otherwise, if he is not careful, his hand will touch places that it should not touch.
Yi Yang ignored his warning and laid on his back, wrapping his arms around his neck tightly.
Li Hong could clearly feel Yi Yang's towering breasts pressing tightly against his back, as well as his slender and powerful legs... This idiot had actually wrapped his legs around his waist from behind, trying to prevent him from moving forward!
"Xia Zhi, quickly pull her down." Li Hong said as he walked forward with difficulty.
Concubine Xiao Shu watched Yi Yang and Li Hong playing together, and didn't care about Yi Yang's excessive body movements at all.
He lazily propped himself up on the recliner and said calmly, "Hong'er is here, please sit down."
Concubine Xiao Shufei is no longer the same Concubine Xiao Shufei as before. Now, when she saw Li Hong, she would just sit down and greet him with a smile, instead of standing up to greet him like before.
"Your son greets your mother." Li Hong drove away Gao An, who was sitting next to Concubine Xiao Shufei, and sat down next to her.
"You're finally here. If you hadn't come, I would have been annoyed to death by those two." Every move of Concubine Xiao Shu now seemed to carry an indescribable sense of tranquility and Zen.
"Oh, why are they bothering you?" Li Hong asked knowingly.
"What else could it be? It's nothing more than that you and Sujie and the others tricked Helan Minzhi last night. They were afraid of Helan Minzhi's revenge, so they came to me early in the morning to complain." Concubine Xiao Shu looked at Xia Zhi personally handing Li Hong a glass of water, and said nonchalantly.
Li Hong also had a normal expression. He couldn't remember when he started to be like this after coming to Concubine Xiao Shufei's place.
Even when he came here to dine with Li Sujie once a year, all the expenses were arranged by Xia Zhi and others. Xia Zhi and others never let Li Hong touch anything that belonged to Concubine Xiao Shujie.
Li Hong never asked Xia Zhi, and Xia Zhi and others never explained. Concubine Xiao Shufei and others would not ask either. Naturally, everything was arranged by the palace maids around Li Hong.
Even Yi Yang and Gao An had never questioned Li Hong since the first time during the summer solstice, as if all this was so natural.
"Then you two should go to Li Sujie for this matter. Why are you looking for me?" Li Hong took a sip from the water cup and said to Yi Yang and Gao An.
"You still dare to say that? If it weren't for you, would Li Sujie dare to do that? Humph, I'm afraid without you, Li Sujie would not have had time to hide when he saw Helan Minzhi, how dare he provoke that evil star!" Gao An looked furious!
"That's right. Everyone knows that now they all follow your lead. If you didn't instigate them, would they dare to provoke you? It was you who took the lead, so naturally they will come to settle accounts with you!" Yi Yang snorted like a tigress.
Li Hong calmly put down the cup in his hand, raised his eyelids, and said nonchalantly: "So what if I take the lead? Do I, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, have to look at Helan Minzhi's face?"
"Hey, please don't be so irresponsible. This is a grudge between you and Helan Minzhi. Please don't involve us, okay? We can't afford to offend him. What if he retaliates in the future? We will be bullied like little ants." Yi Yang pursed his red lips, looking indescribably seductive.
In the past few years, she has grown into a beautiful and elegant royal princess. If it weren't for her aggressive style, she would be a charming lady-like beauty.
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