Sure enough, before the court meeting on the first day of the fifth month, the people of the Eastern Roman Empire came to look for trouble. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 On the morning of April 28, the Eastern Roman Empire's envoy to Xinjing, Clelius, lodged a solemn protest against the new Honglu Temple's secretary, Hong Xu.

"Lord Hong, I have heard that the Bolgars have submitted a request to your country for annexation and canonization, and their mission has arrived in Xinjing, and it is said that the king of your country will receive them, isn't that so?"

In the face of Clerius's menacing questioning, Hong Xu smiled and reassured: "I didn't expect that His Excellency the envoy's news is quite well-informed. Not much, what Your Excellency said is true, the Khan of the Bolgar Khanate, Terec, has indeed written to our royal court to request annexation, claim tribute, and request canonization! This is an undesirable thing for our country, of course, it is not easy for our royal court to refuse, now that King Terratz Khan and the embassy are already in Xinjing, our king has issued an edict to meet with King Terretz Khan at the court meeting on the first day of the next month, but it is not known whether this matter can be achieved in the end! Your Excellency came over early in the morning to question this official violently, I don't know what Your Excellency means? ”

Clelius said loudly: "Lord Hong, you must know that our Eastern Roman Empire and your country are allies, your country's every move in diplomacy will involve the interests of our Eastern Roman Empire, and it is not conducive to our Eastern Roman Empire to include the Bolgar Khanate in your tributary system without authorization, I hereby lodge the strongest protest to your country, if your country insists on going its own way, it will inevitably affect the relationship between our two countries!" ”

Hong Xu continued to reassure: "Your Excellency, don't be impatient!" This official can understand your feelings, the Bolgar Khan King Telec is indeed in Xinjing now, but it is not certain whether our king and the royal court will agree to accept it, you should not be so excited, you are excited for the interests of your country, this official understands, but we in Western Qin should also consider the interests of our Western Qin, and the Bolgar people want to pay tribute to our Western Qin, of course we can't refuse in one bite. If someone offered to be a slave to you, would you refuse? Your Excellency will not refuse in one go, right? Therefore, you have to give my royal court some time to think about this matter, and this matter is not for the official to decide, and it will not make any difference for you to make trouble here with the official! ”

Crrilius came to visit, but did not get any useful information, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I can go, but I hope to attend the court meeting on the first day of the next month!" ”

Hong Xu shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, this official can't promise you, the two great court meetings every month are important days for my Western Qin monarchs and ministers to discuss military affairs, and the content is top secret, unless they get the edict of our king, no foreign minister is allowed to enter the palace." However, for your request, this official can report to the king of our country, and it is not up to the official to decide whether the king of our country will receive you! ”

"Thank you, Lord Hong!"

After sending Crarianus away, Hong Xu considered whether to report his request to Zhao Ziliang, and after some thought, he decided not to make extraneous complications at this juncture, and let the Eastern Romans join in for fear that it would make things more and more complicated.

Although Hong Xu did not report to Zhao Ziliang that Clelius had come to Honglu Temple to protest and request, there were still other people who reported the matter to Zhao Ziliang, and the internal guard commander made Zhou Shan get the report of the secret agent planted in Honglu Temple, and immediately entered the palace to report the matter to Zhao Ziliang.

After listening to Zhou Shan's report, Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a long time and said to Zhou Shan: "Don't worry about it, since Hong Xu doesn't report, he naturally has his considerations, and letting the Eastern Romans intervene at this time may indeed make things complicated, and it may also make the Eastern Romans think that their protest has played a role, does this king still need to look at his face in the Eastern Roman Empire?" Okay, you go down, but the monitoring of the detailed work of various countries must not be relaxed, but also strengthened, and any disturbance must be vigilant and report at any time! ”

"Wechen obeys! Wechen retires! ”

After Zhou Shan left, Zhao Ziliang got up and walked around the hall, thinking about the problem of the Great Food Country, with the current level of provocation of the Great Food Country, Zhao Ziliang actually wanted to send troops to attack now, and give the Great Food Country a profound lesson, but these days he asked Dugu Wenshu and Liu Shan about the government affairs, knowing that it is indeed not suitable to go to war in the last one or two years, and these two years are a critical period for the development of Western Qin. Then there will be no problem in sending troops to fight again!

Soon, a eunuch walked in and reported: "King Qiyu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard has asked the emperor to see him!" ”

"Xuan!"

"Yes!"

Huang Fuxian quickly walked in, clasped his fists and bowed, and said, "I've seen the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "No courtesy, let's talk about something, is there progress in that case?" ”

Huangfu Xian said: "Yes! But?????? Please retreat from the king! ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and immediately raised his arm: "All retreat!" ”

"Yes!" The eunuchs and ladies in the palace saluted together, and then Yuguan withdrew from the main hall.

"Say, could it be that this matter has been investigated and the people around this king have been found out?" Zhao Ziliang looked at Huang Fuxian after speaking.

Cold sweat broke out on Huangfu Xian's forehead, and after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "According to the confession of the relevant criminals, it is Liu Guangren, the eunuch in the North Palace, who contacted them, and the second prince, Princess Yining and Princess Li, seems to be involved!" This case is very important, if the investigation continues, in the end, I am afraid that Weichen will not be able to keep the head of this item! ”

Zhao Ziliang's brows were twisted together, almost knotted, he stared at Huangfu Xian and snorted coldly: "What? Are you afraid that you will find out Concubine Xian and the second prince Concubine Li in the end? Are you wary of Concubine Xian killing you or are you worried that this king will kill you? ”

With a "plop", Huang Fuxian knelt on the ground and said repeatedly: "The minister's death penalty, the minister's capital crime!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said angrily: "This king asks you, who are you loyal to?" ”

"Allegiance, of course, is the king!"

"In this case, if this king asks you to check, you will continue to check, if it is really her, this is also this king's housework, what does it have to do with you? You have been the commander of the Jinyi Guard for so many years, don't you understand the way to be a minister? ”

"Yes, the minister is confused, the minister is confused, and the minister must investigate thoroughly!" Huangfu Xian kowtowed again and again.

After sending Huang Fuxian away, Zhao Ziliang sat down after returning to the imperial case, and the light in his eyes flickered from time to time. He knew that the mastermind behind this case was only afraid that nine times out of ten it was the virtuous concubine Li, that is, the former princess Xinping. Thinking about it carefully, it all makes sense, he has been in Chang'an for a few years, Queen Chen Qingying, Concubine Wang Zhiyun, etc., then took the children to Chang'an, among the concubines, only Concubine Meng and Concubine Li were in Xinjing, and Concubine Meng's background was low, she only felt psychologically inferior to Concubine Li, so everything in the palace let Concubine Li be the highest status, what she wanted to do, others couldn't stop her at all. Of course, in this matter, it cannot be ruled out that other people are using the identity of Concubine Xian to act under her banner, which is not impossible.

Also, this matter also involved the second prince Zhao Ting's main room, Princess Yining of the Li family, Princess Yining is the niece of the virtuous concubine Li, and the two of them have an undeniable relationship in blood, so what role does Princess Yining play in this matter? Or was she just implicated and not actually involved? All this remains to be clarified!

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Ziliang walked outside, walked to the door of the main hall and instructed the eunuch standing outside: "Go and pass on Sun Tingxiang, the deputy governor of Xichang, to see the king in Qianquan Palace!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang came to the fish pond in front of Qianquan Palace and sat down in a pavilion, and told the eunuch to come over with a fishing rod, and when the eunuch brought the fishing rod, he sat in the pavilion and fished quietly.

Soon Sun Tingxiang, the deputy governor of the West Factory, arrived, and saluted Zhao Ziliang's back: "Sun Tingxiang, the deputy governor of the West Factory, see the king!" ”

"Get up, there's a stool next to you, sit!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he waved his hand to the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids, asking them to leave a little farther away.

When Sun Tingxiang saw Zhao Ziliang like this, he knew that Zhao Ziliang must have something confidential for him to do, so he immediately sat next to him obediently and said: "If the king has something to do, even if he orders, Weichen will never give up!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Some time ago, there were officials in Xinjing who secretly conspired against each other, do you know about this?" ”

Sun Tingxiang was shocked when he heard this, and replied honestly: "Wechen has heard about it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The east and west factories have always been particularly valued by this king, they are not in the official establishment of the royal court, and are maintained by the king's separate appropriation, so the vast majority of the courtiers do not know their existence, or know but do not understand their functions, only a very few people know what you do, even if these people know, they dare not spread it casually." Regarding this secret conspiracy case, this king ordered you Xichang to bypass Jinyiwei to investigate alone, and also to avoid Jinyiwei, so that they can't find out the clues, can you do it? ”

Sun Tingxiang got up and hugged his fists and said, "Weichen obeys!" ”

"Okay, then you can go, and report the progress of the investigation to this king at any time!"

"Wechen retires!"

Zhao Ziliang was a little disappointed in Huang Fuxian, not because he doubted his ability, but because he was a little disappointed that his political position was not firm, and he didn't know who to listen to in this situation, which was why Zhao Ziliang was a little annoyed.

"Huang Fuxian has been in charge of the Jinyi Guard alone for too long, it seems that it's time to find him a deputy!" Zhao Ziliang thought about it, and shouted to the eunuch in the distance: "Someone is coming, pass on the king's oral message, and Zhang Zhaoyuan, the servant of the Punishment Department, will be the commander of the Jinyi Guard!" ”