Pei Min and Li Yi walked out of the palace together.

The two of them didn't say anything all the way, and their minds were a little heavy.

When he was about to leave the imperial city, Li Yi said: "King Pei Jun, the appointment between you and me, I'm afraid it's going to be another day." ”

Pei Min said that he understood that as soon as Li Longji entrusted Gu, the two auxiliary ministers got together and held a banquet to talk, which was indeed a bit inappropriate, and said: "You and I will both be auxiliary ministers in the future, and we should do our best to serve the court together." The opportunity to get along in the future is indispensable, and I am not in a hurry at this time. ”

The two greeted each other, walked out of the palace gate, and walked in the direction of each other's official residences.

Pei Min naturally went to Shangshu Province, whether it was the previous Shangshu Left Servant Shot or the current Shangshu Ling, they were all bigwigs in Shangshu Province.

Although the significance of the status is different, in fact, the power in the hands has not changed much.

Because the power of the bigwigs in Shangshu Province is already immutable.

And the direction in which Li Yi went was Menxia Province.

Li Yi's change in power is the real earth-shaking.

All of a sudden, from a foreign minister and a border marshal, he was directly crowned the champion general, the general of the left guard, the left scattered cavalry, the three products under the door of the Tongzhong book, and was in charge of the affairs of the province.

Theoretically, Li Yi's status did not surpass that of Yuan Qianyao, but Li Longji added a sentence in his appointment, "in charge of the affairs of Menxia Province", which almost hollowed out Yuan Qianyao's power.

As long as Li Yi has a firm foothold in Menxia Province, it is a matter of time before he replaces Yuan Qianyao.

Pei Min has no opinion on this.

Yuan Qianyao never expressed his opinion on major issues, and showed himself as a peacemaker everywhere.

Perhaps his presence has eliminated some unnecessary infighting between hawks and doves, but he has not really done what a prime minister should do.

Perhaps it was because of the mediocrity that Li Longji made Yuan Qianyao the nominal prime minister for so many years.

But since the moment Pei Min served as Shang Shuling, the position of prime minister has been changed.

The status of the servant is undoubtedly greater than that of Shang Shu's left servant, but it is much inferior to Shang Shuling.

Pei Min became Shang Shuling and became the prime minister, so naturally he didn't need a peacemaker like Yuan Qianyao.

In the political arena, some people advance, and some people retreat.

Pei Minjin was awarded the title of prime minister, and it was natural for Yuan Qianyao to let Xian go.

Walking on the way to Zhongshu Province, there was a person walking slowly before Li Yi met, it was Li Heng, the king of loyalty, thinking about whether he should go and say hello.

The other party seemed to spot him first, called "uncle", turned around and strode forward.

Where did Li Yi really dare to call himself "uncle" and salute and say hello.

Li Heng was extremely intimate and said: "It's all a family, so don't be too polite uncle." I didn't have a chance before, but now congratulations to my uncle, I will be in the picture. It is really a great joy that my Li Tang royal family can rise to such a great talent as my uncle. Fortunately, my uncle is here, otherwise the auxiliary ministers are all served by outsiders, which is not a blessing for me to be a big Tang country. After all, your own people are your own people and worthy of trust. ”

Li Yi is both wise and brave, both civil and military, and sensed that there was something in Li Heng's words, and said: "As long as you serve me wholeheartedly, where can you distinguish between insiders and outsiders?" ”

Li Heng shook his head and said, "Uncle thinks so, then he doesn't understand the true intention of his father." It is true that King Pei Jun is the first hero of my dynasty, but how did his father treat him badly? Now his identity is the king of Wuwei County, Shang Shuling, the general of the auxiliary state, the doctor of Guanglu, the scholar of Hongwenguan University, the scholar of Jixian Hall Academy, and also led the Anxi Metropolitan Protector of the Great Protector of the Mansion, the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, the envoy of Hexi according to the inspection, and the governor of Liangzhou. Do you really want to canonize another Tiance general like Emperor Taizong did in the past? ”

"The prince's personality is on the soft side, while King Pei Jun's personality is on the strong side. It is precisely because of this that the father needs his uncle to help the crown prince so as not to have unnecessary problems! Otherwise, why would my father make my uncle the general of the Left Guard? ”

Li Heng didn't explain it, but he said it all to the point.

Li Yi understood the reason when he heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "Your Majesty asked me to be an auxiliary minister, is it really to balance King Pei Jun?" ”

Li Heng didn't say much, but said pointedly: "Outsiders are not as reliable as their own people after all, my nephew will go this way, and I will leave first." ”

He bowed and walked to the end of the street.

Li Yi looked at Li Heng's distant back, frowned, shook his head and sighed, and continued to walk towards the door.

Li Heng walked all the way to the Ten Princes' Mansion, and his expression did not change drastically along the way.

Even before the guards outside the imperial city converged, when he was alone, he didn't show any unusual expression.

It wasn't until he entered the Zhongwang Mansion and locked himself in the room that his face became distorted, gloomy, and terrifying like a demon.

"Why?"

"Why?"

"What am I not as good as that piece of waste, why him, not me!"

Li Heng roared under his breath, like a wounded beast.

"Your Highness! Outside the house, Li Jingzhong asks to see him! ”

Outside the house, the voice of a servant was heard.

"Let him wait in the living room!"

Li Heng tried his best to control his emotions and not let his abnormalities be exposed.

He gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and his fingers were about to dig into the flesh, and it took a while before he forced himself to calm down and walked out of the room without doing anything.

Putting up with what he can't bear is Li Heng's greatest ability.

When he came to the living room, Li Heng's expression was not unusual at all, just like ordinary people, there was no difference.

Li Jingzhong even had Li Heng facing Li Longji's targeting, and he had given up the pursuit of the supreme position.

But Li Jingzhong was unwilling to give up, even if Li Heng gave up, he couldn't let him give up.

is also a grasshopper on a rope, Li Jingzhong knows that if he wants to jump far, he must drive Li Heng.

"The reason for Your Majesty's change of mind, the old slave has already found out."

"What is the reason?"

Four words, Li Heng blurted out.

This is a question he can't figure out and can't figure out, it's all come to this point, why didn't Li Longji choose him!

Seeing Li Heng's impatient questioning the reason, Li Jingzhong was at peace and said, "It's King Pei Jun!" ”

Li Heng listened to the name of the person he feared the most in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "What does this have to do with him?" ”

Li Jingzhong said: "Your Majesty once asked King Pei Jun how His Royal Highness is, and King Pei Jun said that he is not optimistic about His Highness. ”

No matter how deep Li Hengcheng's mansion is, when he hears the anger here, he can't help but rush to his head, and said sharply: "What is this, this king still needs his optimism?" Who does he think he is? Father changed his mind because of his words? Good and dignified, why should he have trouble with this king! ”

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and finally laughed hideously: "That position should be mine, and no one can take it away!" ”