Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 707 Questions and Answers

Shou'an Palace.

The weather is getting colder and colder. In the past two days, the Empress Dowager Wan suffered from the cold and was recuperating in the palace. Li Zhiyun served her knees every day.

Empress Dowager Wan held the hot water bottle and leaned against the soft silk cushion.

"Recently, someone in the palace has had a miscarriage. I wonder if you can visit her?"

"I know about it, I have already seen it, and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and prescribe medicine." Li Zhiyun replied.

In recent years, there have been two or three miscarriages in the palace, most of them are Li Zhiyun's lucky maids.The child's death was inevitable, and he was used to it.It's not that he is cold-blooded and ruthless, but that the world is like this and cannot be forced.

"That's good." Empress Dowager Wan said: "You are busy with government affairs, and Aijia knows it, but you should also pay attention to the affairs of the harem. The empress has done a good job, but after all, it is not as comforting as you."

"Yes, the child knows."

After a pause, the Empress Dowager Wan hesitated, as if she didn't know whether she should say something or not.

Li Zhiyun noticed it, and said, "Madam, if you have something to say, you may as well speak up."

"Well, let me just say, how to do it is up to you." The Queen Mother Wan said: "Now that the sons under your knees are gradually growing up, and the East Palace is empty, you still need to make a decision early. The old affairs of the former emperor's dynasty, you Take it as a warning and never repeat it.”

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun sighed slightly.

"How can I not know what A Niang said. It's not because I don't want to do it, but because I dare not make up my mind easily. This emperor is cold and heartless, and is served by others. If the crown prince is incompetent, how can he sit comfortably?"

Empress Dowager Wan also sighed, "You are right. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be a crown prince. How many pairs of eyes are watching from inside and outside. If there is a little carelessness, the government and the people will be in peace."

Li Zhiyun said again: "But what A Niang said, the child will seriously consider it."

"The Ai family has no other expectations. I just hope that you can handle this matter properly. In the former Sui Dynasty, the two sons were fighting each other, and the first emperor was in court. It doesn't matter if you don't mention it, you still need to pay more attention to yourself."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun left the Shou'an Hall and returned to the Ganlu Hall.

Although the Queen Mother Wan's reminder was not a 'wake-up call', it also made Li Zhiyun realize that time passed quickly.

His sons are almost grown up.

Now there are twelve sons under her knees, the eldest son of the emperor, Cheng Jing, is twelve years old, and the eldest son, Cheng Zhao, is nine years old.

Perhaps, it's really time to think about the East Palace.

Thinking of his sons, he felt guilty, because he was busy with court affairs, so he knew less and less about them.

It's really hard to say who is talented and who is not.

It is not a good thing to make a hasty decision on the East Palace.

After much deliberation, Li Zhiyun decided to take another look.

Once the storage position is decided, it cannot be changed easily, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

As the time approached the end of the new year, Chang'an became more and more lively. Officials returned to Beijing to report on their duties, soldiers were replaced on duty, merchants moved around, and the flow of people coming and going made Chang'an, the imperial capital, look bustling.

"Isn't it bad for us to sneak out like this?"

In the corner, two men stood side by side.One of them was tall and strong, very strong.The other was thin and thin, not like a man.

But in fact, this person who looks like a 'man' is indeed not a man, but a woman.

Princess Yongning!

Xue Li is in a panic now, Yong Ning dragged him out to go shopping, but it frightened him.If someone finds out, wouldn't he be hanged up and beaten by His Majesty the Emperor?

"Are you scared?" Yongning asked back.

Can you not be afraid, the key point is that I am afraid of you!

Xue Li wanted to cry, but shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid, not at all."

Really, I'm not afraid at all.

"Then why are you trembling?" Yongning frowned slightly.

"I am cold."

"Oh." Yongning didn't think too much, and said: "Let's go, let's go to the West Market first, I heard it's very lively there."

"it is good."

The two hid in the crowd and headed towards West Market.Where they could not see, a group of guards in disguise followed closely behind, silently protecting them.

Imperial Palace, Yongning Hall.

"It's outrageous, it's outrageous, my concubine can't teach my daughter well, please punish her!" Wei Gui was so angry when he learned that his daughter ran out to meet Xue Li privately.There is no trace of ladylike appearance here, it is simply impolite!
"It's outrageous, it's too outrageous." Li Chengming, the two-year-old ninth son of the emperor, repeated the words of his mother and concubine with a smile.

The third son Chenglie raised his eyebrows and quickly covered his brother's mouth.

This is not good for learning.

Seeing the small movements of the two children, Li Zhiyun reached out to support Wei Gui.

"I have sent someone to protect them secretly, nothing will happen."

"But if people see it, wouldn't the concubine embarrass His Majesty." Wei Gui said with some fear.

"It's okay, it's a small matter." Li Zhiyun smiled.

The family sits together, roasting by the fire, drinking hot wine, and eating barbecue.

"Chenglie, what book are you reading recently?"

"Return to father, my son has recently learned about the chaotic history of the Three Kingdoms."

"Do you have any experience?" Li Zhiyun looked at his son.

Hearing this, Wei Gui was also a little nervous about his son's answer, and quickly lowered his eyes.

Cheng Lie thought for a while and said, "I think the chaos of the Three Kingdoms is the crime of the Yellow Turban."

"Oh, keep talking." Li Zhiyun smiled with a kind face.

Xu Shi read very seriously, and Li Chenglie seriously explained to his father how the Yellow Turban Rebellion brought harm to the Han Empire at that time.

After a stick of incense, Li Zhiyun asked: "That's why, do you think that if there hadn't been the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the subsequent troubled times wouldn't have happened?"

"Yes." Li Chenglie said: "The Han Dynasty has been in peace for four hundred years, people's hearts are drawn to the Han, and foreign races are also frightened by the strength of the Han. If there is no Yellow Turban, the Han will continue to exist."

"Hehe." Li Zhiyun smiled and praised: "Not bad, I read a lot."

"Thank you, father." Li Chenglie smiled happily.

Wei Gui sighed slightly in his heart, answering like this has already fallen behind.

That night, Li Zhiyun stayed overnight in Changle Hall.

Li Chengzhao is nine years old, still very naive, playing on the ground with a pony cart, like a child who has not enlightened.

"Zhaoer."

"Ah?" Li Chengzhao raised his head ignorantly, and looked at his father, queen mother, sister Jinyang who looked contemptuous, and his seventh younger brother Li Chengxuan who was more childish than him.

"come over."

"Oh."

Li Chengzhao got up and walked over, kneeling down in front of the emperor and empress.

"I heard from your third brother that you recently learned about the chaotic history of the Three Kingdoms?"

"Ah."

"Why do you think the Later Han will perish?"

"Why did it die?" Li Chengzhao didn't even think about it, and said directly: "Because the people didn't have enough to eat, the Later Han died."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but smile.

"Answer seriously!" Empress Yang reprimanded: "How dare you be so careless in front of your father!"

"Oh." Li Chengzhao scratched his head and said, "I feel that because in the later Han Dynasty, the rich clans and lands oppressed the people wantonly, so the yellow scarf bandits climbed up and shouted, and the whole world rebelled."

"Is there any more?" Li Zhiyun asked again.

"What's more, my son felt that at the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the ministers were strong and the ruler was weak, and the emperor changed frequently in the late Han Dynasty, so this gave the thieves an opportunity."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun's eyes gradually solidified, and he suddenly asked, "Did you come up with these things yourself?"

"Ah, do you want to think about it?" Li Chengzhao looked confused, "Isn't this all written in "Han Ji"?"

Li Zhiyun was speechless for a moment, and wanted to say something, but seeing his son's confused expression, he couldn't say anything.

Then he asked: "Then I will ask you again as a father, why did Qin die?"

Li Chengzhao said: "Emperor Qin Shi wanted the merits of the world, but what the people of the world want is only an emperor who can let them farm the land with peace of mind."

It seems that Cheng Zhao's answer is irrelevant to the question, but he has already hit the nail on the head.

(End of this chapter)