Great Tang princess

Chapter 3 The Cause of My Sister's Death

But dare to think about this kind of words in my heart, I dare not say it outright, let alone in front of Wu Zetian, the future real empress.

People in this era believe in mysterious things like gods, ghosts and ghosts. If you really want to say this sentence, even if it is nothing now, maybe in the future Wu Zetian will think of it and kill him directly.

There are many taboos in the royal family, but it doesn't matter what you say.

But having said that, Li Yuechen couldn't help laughing for a while looking at the officials below who were happily raising their wine glasses to chat with Li Zhi.

The Tang Dynasty, indeed, was an era in history when the courtesies dominated other dynasties. It was really hard to imagine that this was a feudal era in such an atmosphere of relaxed chatting with no airs among the officials.

This kind of scene where the emperor and his courtiers can still joke with each other seems to have appeared in "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" that I watched when I was a child.

Before this era, it was really hard to imagine that the relationship between monarchs and ministers could be so relaxed.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Li Yuechen's face. Now it seems that this era may not be bad.

However, what surprised him was far more than this. After he was almost full, the ministers also started dancing to the music.

Although the dance seemed somewhat ugly to Li Yuechen, a bit like the movements before the start of the Mongolian wrestling, but this did not affect the group of ministers dancing with each other in the slightest.

If it wasn't for the fact that the surrounding lanterns couldn't flicker, and the music wasn't loud enough, I'd probably think it was a disco.

Not only the generals, but even civil servants danced along with him.

After seeing this scene, Li Yuechen realized that in this era, the difference between civil servants and generals should not be particularly obvious.

The dance was almost done, Li Zhi ordered people to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and unexpectedly began to recite poems on the spot.

The ministers let Li Zhi choose one after another.

The emperor seemed happy today, and he didn't refuse, so he went straight to the pen and started writing.

After finishing writing, an unknown minister next to him immediately began to chant: "Dragon Tower is bright and dawn, Lu Guan opens the door to the court. The bright sun is heavy with makeup, and the low star is shining..."

After reading a poem, the ministers next to him praised it again, and then came up to write poems one by one.

Li Yuechen discovered that not only civil officials wrote poems, but also military generals followed suit.

Although he, a person with poor liberal arts, can't taste the specific writing, but this is enough to show that in this era, it seems that there is no such thing as emphasizing literature over martial arts.

This can be proved by their mutual attitudes, and it seems that the ministers wrote poems more because of Li Zhi.

After all, there is an emperor who likes to play with words, and the ministers will naturally work hard in this area in order to please the emperor.

I still remember seeing a post on the Internet before, explaining that cricket fighting was popular in the imperial palace during the reign of Emperor Xuande, and it was probably influenced by the emperor.

Of course, love to play does not affect people's governance of the country.

It seems to be the same in this era. Li Zhi likes writing and ink, and his courtiers will naturally work hard in this regard.

Li Yuechen's liberal arts is poor, and he doesn't know anything about poetry. Except for the few poems he memorized before the exam in the textbook, he still doesn't know anything about the rest.

"Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" only remembers one name; Su Shi's "Jiang Chengzi" only remembers a sentence of ten years of life and death; Du Fu's "Climbing the High" and Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" also only remember the first sentence...

Not to mention Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji in the back, who don't remember anything except their names...

Thinking of this, looking at Li Zhi who was reciting poems and the other ministers below, Li Yuechen who finally finished eating a piece of pastry covered his face with his hands, and sighed in his heart that he was not a person suitable for time travel...

However, the appearance of covering his face with his hands was so cute to Li Zhi and the ministers below, they all laughed and burst into praise.

After the dinner was over, I didn't know what time it was, and Li Yuechen didn't know the time by the moon, so he just raised his little hand that was still stained with some pastry residue and rubbed his eyes, expressing that he was sleepy.

My old lady Wu Zetian was also very happy, hugged Li Yuechen and said that she would sleep together today.

To be honest, Li Yuechen really didn't have this plan. After all, he has an adult soul, so it would be awkward for three people to sleep on the same bed.

Even if the emperor's bed was big enough, she still felt cramped, but she obviously didn't have the right to choose.

At night, taking advantage of the not-so-bright candlelight, I looked at Li Zhi who was sleeping soundly on the left, and Wu Zetian who was sleeping softly on the right side facing him. Li Yuechen who was lying in the middle couldn't fall asleep anyway.

I don't know how long I stared at the ceiling before I fell asleep in a daze...

Time passed day by day, the battle ahead was tense, Wu Zetian and Li Zhi and his wife were so busy every day that they never touched the ground.

Basically, I have been receiving ministers continuously since I got up in the morning and had breakfast, and I have been so busy that I have to correct memorials in the bright candlelight after the sun goes down.

Although Li Zhi has poor eyesight, when Wu Zetian was correcting the memorials, he would often serve a cup of tea and listen to her, and would not go to rest together until she was done with work.

Li Yuechen also finally had a lot of free time during this period, and Eunuch Fu and a bunch of maids were responsible for taking care of her.

Because the princess lived in the harem, no man was allowed to enter without permission, so the task of teaching Li Yuechen to learn to read and write was given to Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu was literate, so he began to slowly teach Li Yuechen to read.

After starting to learn how to read, Li Yuechen kept looking for different books to read, apart from pretending to read the books every day.

Not to mention that he doesn't understand history, even if he does, the history a thousand years later is two different concepts from what was clearly recorded decades ago.

Things that are too old are not very necessary, but from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present history, it is always necessary to learn about it.

Now that we have come to the Tang Dynasty, don't think about the Dao of Longevity, you should think about how to survive.

After all, it is said that Wu Zetian, his old mother, is a super ruthless person who can really deal with his own flesh and blood.

Especially the line in the movie: "If you want to achieve great things, you can kill your closest relatives!"

Li Yuechen couldn't help but get goosebumps just thinking about it.

This kind of enthusiasm for reading every day, in the eyes of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, is a natural intelligence, basically every night when they come back, they will play with her for a while before they go to rest.

But this is mostly because there is only one princess, the only little padded jacket, more or less a BUFF bonus.

Time passed day by day, from July to November.

The weather gradually became colder, and Li Yuechen's clothes were added layer after layer.

And the charcoal brazier has already started to be installed in the palace, which is a copper basin with red-hot charcoal inside. This thing is okay for heating, but it is a bit choking.

Although the current books are all in classical Chinese, and they read from right to left, which is very unsuitable, but without the Internet and other entertainment methods, Li Yuechen still read it patiently.

The things during the founding period and the Zhenguan period are basically random, and the most important thing is what happened after his cheap father Li Zhi came to power.

Other things are not very important to Li Yuechen, but one thing he cares about is his sister who died before the full moon.

I saw on the Internet that it was my old lady who killed him herself for the sake of being in power, and then blamed it on Queen Wang.

However, in the books I read now, it is only said that Princess Anding died suddenly.

Of course, even if she really killed it, it is impossible for a historian to watch.

But this doesn't make sense logically.

It has been more than a year since Queen Wang was deposed. If she really did it, how could such a heinous case of murdering members of the royal family drag on for nearly two years?
What's more, through these records, Li Yuechen learned that Queen Wang came from the royal family in Taiyuan, and her background was terrifying. It's not a joke to say that the royal family doesn't take it seriously.

Then, by acting cute and pretending to be stupid, Li Yuechen also found out a lot of things from his mouth.

The Taiyuan Wang family is really a thousand-year-old family. It is not as simple as the second and third generations of officials. The eighteen generations of their ancestors have all been officials!

So at that time, Wang and Queen were basically very arrogant. Important national activities such as spring plowing or ancestor worship often refused to go, and they didn't take Li Zhi seriously at all.

And according to the records, it can be inferred that Changsun Wuji was still alive at that time, and he was a supporter of Queen Wang.

Assuming that the princess was really killed by her, with her strong background and grandson Wuji's monstrous power, she can be completely exonerated.

In this case, Wu Zetian was not a queen at the time, so it was impossible to blame her.

Bearing the serious crime of killing members of the royal family, once the three divisions are interrogated, this matter will not stand the investigation at all.

But if that's the case...

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen put down his books, thinking in his heart, how did his sister die?
I can't get any useful information from Eunuch Fu, only that Princess Anding died in the snowy winter.

Maybe there is some genetic disease or something like that, after all, although my old mother Wu Zetian is in good health, but my father Li Zhi is really not in good health.

And I don't know if it's because of heredity, but the eldest brother Prince Li Hong's health is not very good, and he basically takes a lot of medicine every year.

It stands to reason that it is not right, even if there is some kind of congenital heart disease, there should be a reaction before death, so many maids and eunuchs who look after the princess can't find it?

Li Yuechen put down the book in his hand, rubbed his head, and felt that unless he asked the maid of the year to ask about this matter, he might never know the answer.

Wait, winter?
Li Yuechen suddenly turned his head and looked at the charcoal brazier next to him.

The charcoal in the copper basin is no longer as red as it was at the beginning, and the smoke is slightly larger than before.

Li Yuechen, who was sitting there, stood still for a few seconds, then narrowed his eyes.

Yes, charcoal braziers are burned in the palace in winter, so it is very likely to be carbon monoxide poisoning!
It seems that in the future, I should find an opportunity to ask my old mother Wu Zetian to see if her face was pink when she found out that Princess Anding had died. If so, it probably was like this.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Eunuch Fu, the charcoal fire is no longer hot, let's get a new one!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Eunuch Fu agreed, and immediately walked over to pick up the charcoal brazier and went out.

Li Yuechen pulled the sheepskin cloak over his shoulders, got up and walked to the palace gate.

Looking at the heavy snow falling outside, Li Yuechen fell into deep thought.

The death of Princess Anding is undoubtedly a tragedy, not to mention poisoning, in this age without antibiotics, a cold may kill someone.

And she didn't study pharmacy, and she didn't know how to do things like medicine, not to mention that Li Zhi's family might have a genetic disease.

Now the only way Li Yuechen can think of to keep himself as healthy as possible is...

Decided!Exercise! !This princess wants to practice martial arts! ! !

Li Yuechen clenched his small fists, a firm expression appeared on his cute little face!

Li Yuechen, who was an extreme athlete in his previous life, knows the importance of physical exercise.

After a while, Eunuch Fu came back with a newly replaced charcoal brazier: "Your Highness, it's cold at the door, let's go back inside."

Li Yuechen raised his head: "Where is Grandpa and Madam now?"

Mr. Fu said fairly: "Go back to Your Highness, the saint and empress are both in Zichen Hall."

Li Yuechen raised his legs and walked out: "Take me there!"

Eunuch Fu instinctively wanted to stop him, but seeing that Li Yuechen had already walked out, he quickly put down the charcoal brazier and followed.

This year's snow is not small, and it can make a "creaking" sound when stepping on it. Many eunuchs are sweeping the snow on both sides of the road with brooms.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming over, they all bent down to salute, Li Yuechen waved his hand to tell them not to be too polite, and followed Eunuch Fu all the way to Zichen Hall.

Zhang Chengxin, the chief internal officer standing at the door, saw the princess coming from a distance, and immediately went in to report.

When Li Yuechen came to the entrance of Zichen Hall, Zhang Chengxin smiled and said: "Your Highness, the saint said, just go in directly!"

"It's Mr. Zhang." Li Yuechen nodded and walked in.

Zhang Chengxin bowed and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation: "Don't dare, your Highness has broken us."

After watching Li Yuechen go in, Zhang Chengxin looked at her back with a smile and sighed in his heart.

Although he is already the head of the Ouchi, anyone who sees him will be polite, but it can be seen at a glance that it is all fake.

After all, as the head of the palace, what things in this palace can be hidden from him?

There is only this little princess who has never put on airs to eunuchs or maids, and even has an illusion that this princess really treats them as servants, so the eunuchs and maids in the palace They all like this little princess very much, and Zhang Chengxin is no exception.

After entering the hall, I saw my old lady Wu Zetian sitting behind the table reviewing memorials, and Li Zhi refilled her some tea by the side.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming in, Li Zhi put down the teapot: "Chen'er is here, come quickly!"

In order not to make himself look like a monster, Li Yuechen could only act cute, ran towards him with open arms, and threw himself into his arms.

His head just hit his chest, and with a "boom", Li Zhi staggered and grinned: "Oh, what a lot of strength!"

Then he picked him up, his facial features squeezed together and made an extremely ugly expression that he thought was funny: "Why did Chen'er take the initiative to come here today?"

Li Yuechen grinned, revealing a mouthful of newly grown teeth: "I'll come and see my brother and my mother."

　Regarding the cause of Princess Anding's death, the "Old Tang Book" only said that it was sudden death, and "Tang Huiyao" also said that it was sudden death, but it was used by Wu Zetian to frame the queen.

　　The most outrageous thing is "New Tang Book", which describes vividly and vividly, with all kinds of details, as if watching it with your own eyes.

　　But in fact, during the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether it was official history or unofficial history, there were no relevant remarks.Therefore, the author believes that Princess Anding should have died suddenly by accident.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)