Chapter 151: Granting an Official Position

Shen Yu's heart skipped a beat. Li Zhaonian had seen her in the palace, but she was prepared. She nodded to Li Zhaonian calmly.

Li Zhaonian seemed to be stunned for a moment, then smiled warmly.

The bead curtain rang softly, and Li Jincheng came out of his bedroom. His arm was tied with gauze and hung around his neck, and there were some scratches on his face.

"Father." Li Jincheng wanted to kneel down, but was stopped by Emperor Tongxu.

"You are injured, sit down."

Li Jincheng did not sit down. He glanced at Shen Yu and said, "Father, this man fought all the way to save his son and minister. He was exhausted all the way. Please forgive him for kneeling."

The reason why Emperor Tongxu did not ask Shen Yu to stand up before was because there were still doubts. Since Li Jincheng said so, it means that this person is not a problem.

The whole incident, Li Jincheng's description is no different from what Shen Yu said, but he exaggerated the assassin.

Li Jincheng said: "Those assassins are not ordinary people. Ordinary civilian assassins would never be so well-trained. I don't know who I have an enemy with or who has blocked my way, so that the other party would kill me so cruelly."

Everyone present understood the meaning of this. Isn't it pointing the finger at the princes?

Now there is still a seventh prince, Li Yanchang, who has not returned yet, and he is the most suspected.

Li Jifeng looked like he had nothing to do with it. He was very grateful to Shi Yu at this moment.

If he hadn't led them to the north, this fire would have burned on his head today, and Xie Tingzhou would not be able to escape suspicion.

If it was really a prince who did it, the royal secrets could not be made public. At that time, Xie Tingzhou would be the best scapegoat. Even if Beilin had no intention of rebelling, he could still be accused of it.

Li Jifeng felt like he had survived a disaster.

He elbowed Xie Tingzhou and whispered: "You, the guard, are a lucky star."

Xie Tingzhou didn't say anything, but stared at the quilt with his eyes downcast, his mind wandering.

Li Jincheng struck while the iron was hot, "If it weren't for Shi Xiyu, it's hard to say whether the emperor could see the body of his son."

Emperor Tongxu's face became even uglier.

At this moment, the imperial guards hurriedly came to report that the seventh prince Li Yanchang had returned.

"Let him in."

When Li Yanchang came in, everyone in the tent was stunned, including Li Jincheng who was waiting to question him with anger just now.

Emperor Tongxu stood up suddenly and fell back, "What's going on? Imperial physician, where is the imperial physician?"

Li Yanchang was supported by two guards, his crown had fallen off, and his long hair was scattered behind him, looking more embarrassed than Li Jincheng.

"Father..." Li Yanchang took a breath, "Please send someone to search the mountain quickly, there are assassins on the mountain."

Li Jincheng had just been sent out of the bedroom, and now Li Yanchang was welcomed again.

Emperor Tongxu slapped the armrest, raised his hand and pointed directly in the direction of Baishan, "Go and get more people! Turn Baishan over and find the assassin. I want to see who dares to assassinate my princes one after another!"

As a father, he couldn't control the brothers fighting behind closed doors, but he couldn't let outsiders bully them.

Emperor Tongxu panted a few times.

Defu rubbed Emperor Tongxu's back. Emperor Tongxu spread his hands and waved. Defu was stunned for a moment before he understood. He quickly took out the bottle and poured out a pill, and brought tea to Emperor Tongxu to take.

Everyone saw this situation and understood each other tacitly.

Emperor Tongxu's time is running out.

Li Jincheng's eyebrows have never been relaxed since Li Yanchang came in.

He was confused. Li Yanchang also encountered an assassin. Could it be that he didn't plan this?

This is strange. Who is behind this to set up this game to catch them all?

Li Jifeng looked at Xie Tingzhou and was also surprised.

After a while, Li Yanchang also came out.

He was wounded in two places, one on his back and one on his shoulder.

Emperor Tongxu held his head up, and the fatigue on his face was even more severe under the lamp.

"Seventh brother." Emperor Tongxu asked: "Tell me about your attack."

Li Yanchang roughly told it.

The assassin prepared a trip rope in the forest. A guard fell off the horse first. He fled with other guards when he saw that the situation was not right, but he was still ambushed and finally escaped.

After Li Yanchang finished speaking, he looked at Li Jincheng again, "How did big brother escape?"

Li Jincheng said solemnly: "I was lucky. I met the prince's guards. He rescued me. The rest of the guards are missing."

"It's really a coincidence." Li Yanchang said: "Why didn't I meet such a master who could bring big brother back by himself."

"Could it be that my return makes you very unhappy?"

Li Yanchang's face changed.

"That's enough." Emperor Tongxu was used to such tit-for-tat between brothers, and now he just felt exhausted.

"Shiyu has made great contributions in protecting the emperor, reward..." Emperor Tongxu paused, and couldn't think of what to reward for a while, so he said: "Just a reward of 100 taels of gold."

"Uncle is so stingy." Pei Chunli sat there all night, and then he spoke: "The prince is not a stingy person, his guards are naturally not short of gold and silver."

Xuanping Hou scolded, "Why are you kid butting in."

Emperor Tongxu said: "Then what do you think should be rewarded?"

"He originally earned fame in the army, so give him a position." Pei Chunli said as a matter of course: "It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

After saying that, he secretly glanced at Xie Tingzhou, and happened to see Xie Tingzhou looking at him.

Xie Tingzhou seemed to have a smile on his lips, but that smile was a little evil, and the coldness between his eyebrows made people feel cold in their backs.

Pei Chunli thought, Shiyu, Shiyu, you arranged such a task for me, you are not harming me, I am almost killed by Xie Tingzhou's eyes.

Li Jincheng thought about it, if he pushed the boat with the current and promoted Xie Tingzhou's people, it would be considered a favor to Xie Tingzhou, plus he was grateful for Shiyu's life-saving grace, so he said:

"Anan, you are usually lazy, but today you said some human words."

"What are you talking about, cousin?" Pei Chunli started, now he is riding a tiger and can only bite the bullet and say: "Shiyu is very good at kung fu, isn't the court in need of such talents now?"

Li Jincheng said: "Indeed, my father has been worried about the bandit suppression these two days."

This sentence awakened Emperor Tongxu. Since Wen Lesheng was arrested for murder, the various parties in the court have been arguing for the lucrative task of bandit suppression, and they all want their people to take over.

One of the techniques of the emperor is checks and balances.

Emperor Tongxu thought for a while, then called out Shi Yu's name in a deep voice, "I will grant you the position of General of the Central Army and order you to go to Qichang to quell the banditry. Do you have any objection?"

Shen Yu thanked him, "I have no objection."

"I do have an objection." Jiang Lianzhi suddenly stood up.