Great Tang princess

Chapter 492 Ask Mom Questions

Having said that, Li Yuechen also understood what his mother meant.

To put it bluntly, it is to let her toss as hard as possible while the mother is still there.

Even if something goes wrong, it can be blamed on the emperor without any impact on his reputation.

Li Yuechen came to his senses, it seems that his mother regards himself as the future heir, these words are to tell himself that she has the idea of ​​letting her truly inherit the throne in the future.

"Don't worry, Ma'am, the child will not make mistakes." Li Yuechen smiled, "Don't worry, Ma'am will not be infamous in history!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for her to answer, he suddenly walked up and kissed her on the face, and then grinned: "It's getting late, Ma'am, go to bed earlier."

After speaking, he ran out quickly, leaving only Wu Zetian who was still sitting in a chair in a daze.

It took a long time before she realized it, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

And Li Yuechen, who walked out of Jixian Temple, couldn't help but turned his head and took a look. He secretly said in his heart that he had sworn at the beginning that as long as his mother could protect the country and the people, he would do his best to leave her a "great emperor" in history. name.

The promise to my mother, as a daughter, I am still willing to keep my word!
Leaving Jixian Hall with a relaxed and happy pace, followed the two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er to the outside of the palace.

The few people chatted while walking, and there was no sense of strangeness that they hadn't seen for three years. It seemed that they had endless things to say, and the sisters didn't have a good chat during the meal.

During the journey from Jixian Temple to the imperial palace, Li Yuechen told the two sisters about the interesting things about Shandong, and also showed off how delicious the fish over there is. Princess Xuancheng was moved when she heard it: "Chen'er, Can you take me there to play when you have time in the future?",

"Well, don't worry!" Li Yuechen agreed, thinking that as long as the airship can be made, anything can be said.

While chatting, they came to the gate of the palace, where there were already two carriages.

"Both sisters, get in the car first, I'll take Wan'er's car back." Li Yuechen waved his hand.

"it is good!"

The two sisters agreed, opened the car door first and went up.

Li Yuechen also smiled at Shangguan Wan'er, and followed her into another carriage.

In the past few years, the development of the carriage has not stopped. Not only have transparent glass windows been added, but the interior has also been upgraded a lot.

There is already a small table and two sofas inside, which is not like the carriage of this era at all, but more like the aristocratic carriage of the British Victorian period.

Moreover, there was a pillow on the sofa. Li Yuechen mentioned this thing before, but he didn't expect it to come out.

The two got into the carriage, and the bodyguards beside them also rode on the horses. One of them sat in front of the carriage and was in charge of driving.

Not only the two princesses, Shangguan Wan'er, who is already the commander of the hidden guards, also has bodyguards, about twenty people.

The carriage drove slowly, and with the help of the torch in the hand of the bodyguard who opened the way in front, he slowly moved forward on the quiet and empty street.

After getting into the car, Shangguan Wan'er grabbed a pillow and sat next to Li Yuechen: "Your Highness hasn't returned for many years, and this servant misses you all the time."

"I miss you too!" Li Yuechen reached out and tapped the tip of her nose, "I miss you every night!"

"Then why did His Highness leave?" Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head, and when she asked this question, her tone was still a little stiff.

Li Yuechen smiled suddenly, and gently leaned his upper body towards her: "What's the matter? You don't want me to leave?"

"Of course I can't bear it!" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head and looked seriously at her face, "All these years, I've been thinking about His Highness coming back as soon as possible. But I didn't expect that I would leave after returning."

Speaking of this, his voice was a little choked up, and his eyes were a little red.

Seeing that she was about to cry, Li Yuechen quickly stretched out his arms to hug her: "It's okay, it's okay. There's nothing I can do about it. The country is not stable enough now, so I can't just leave it alone!"

Shangguan Wan'er did not refuse her actions.

Just leaning against her arms, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Now that the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, what exactly is stability for His Highness?"

This question is a bit difficult to answer. Li Yuechen didn't know what to say for a while. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly explained: "The most core problem has not been solved. If I let go now, maybe I can maintain it." Hundreds of years of stability, but my goal is not only that, do you understand?"

Although the words were a bit abstract, Shangguan Wan'er was very smart and understood her meaning.

Can't help grinning: "Your Highness, this ideal is really lofty..."

"It's good that you understand." Li Yuechen smiled, then lowered his head lightly, and kissed her on the forehead, "But don't worry, this wait won't last long."

Shangguan Wan'er nodded: "Well... Wan'er will help His Highness realize his ideal... As long as His Highness can really come back to visit often in the future, don't go away for several years."

"Well, don't worry. Didn't you say that, try to come back once a month in the future, how about it?" Li Yuechen pressed his forehead against hers and turned his head slightly.

"Your Highness must keep his word!" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head.

"Heh..." Li Yuechen smiled lightly, "From childhood to adulthood, which one of the things I have said has never been realized?"

Only then did Shangguan Wan'er laugh, and put her arms around her neck: "That's good."

The two looked at each other, and then their heads touched together.

……

Early the next morning, Li Yuechen got up early, finished his yoga practice, made a little breakfast, then entered the palace early, and waited at the gate of the main hall.

In fact, she didn't want to come to court, but she came back yesterday with such a high profile that everyone in the city saw it, so it was a bit unreasonable not to show her face.

Seeing the princess who hadn't shown her face for three years, the courtiers came to say hello and salute one after another, and Li Yuechen responded one by one.

Among the prime ministers standing behind, Di Renjie was the closest to her, and he also saluted and said hello: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"Mr. Di is free." Li Yuechen raised his hand, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Mr. Di is still handsome."

"Where, the gray hair has increased a lot, I'm old!" Di Renjie responded with a smile, and then asked directly, "It seems that those people in the sky yesterday must be His Highness..."

"Mr. Di, it's better not to inquire about military secrets!" Li Yuechen said with a raised eyebrow.

Di Renjie was taken aback, and quickly agreed: "Yes! The lower official has overstepped, the princess forgives me!"

In fact, his official position is greater than that of the Minister of War, but in front of the princess, he still calls himself a "lower official".

After the reminder from the princess just now, it can be regarded as understanding. Now the royal family has decided to take the army out of the existing system.

In fact, this is a good thing, at least there will be no military officers in the court to fight with them in the ring.But the disadvantage is equally obvious, that is, the civilian officials are not clear about all military operations.

To put it bluntly, if any family plans to rebel and does not know the movement of the army, they may not even know it at the door of their house.

All in all, this isn't really good news for many people trying to build their own extended family.

This example is a bit extreme, but as far as this matter itself is concerned, it is easy to have a great impact on the current system of the imperial court.

Other people around are also listening to the conversation between the two, hoping to hear some useful news from it.

However, as the gate of the main hall opened, all the ministers tidied up their appearances, and then took off their shoes and entered the main hall.

Li Yuechen came to his seat and sat down on his knees, but after sitting down, he quietly changed into a sitting cross-legged position under the hem of his clothes.

Anyway, since she was in the first row, it was not easy to see.

Although it is said that the ancient people's clothes were loose and troublesome, but at this time, loose clothes are a good thing.

With a sharp shout of "Shangchao", the ministers saluted respectfully to Wu Zetian who came out of the passage, announcing the official start of the court meeting.

Today's court meeting was no different from usual. After Di Renjie's questioning in the morning, no one asked what happened to the dozens of hang gliders in the sky yesterday.

Wu Zetian was very satisfied with this situation, and the ministers began to scruple about issues in the court, which was one of the manifestations of the rising imperial power.

Of course, she won't take the initiative to explain. She knows that her daughter intends to separate the military from the government. When she is free, she will not reveal too many military secrets to the civilian officials.

Li Yuechen, who was sitting below, kept looking at his mother with a smile on his face. Not to mention, sitting on this dragon chair really looked majestic.

Even though her head is full of white hair, her sagging skin is not serious, and the wrinkles on the corners of her eyes do not conceal her youthful beauty, on the contrary, one can infer one or two from her temperament.

No wonder that sentence is well said, don't laugh at white hair, time never defeats a beauty.Li Yuechen couldn't remember what was in the middle.

All in all, my mother is definitely a first-class beauty.

……

Since Wu Zetian became emperor, court meetings generally went on very quickly, and ended before noon.

When the ministers went to dinner together, they could still walk slowly on the road and chat a few words by the way.

The imperial court is in charge of a lunch. In order to prevent going to the toilet, the ministers generally do not eat breakfast, so after the court, they will have a lunch in the palace, and they can sit with allies with good relations. Chat together.

But the only bad thing is that since Emperor Li Zhi passed away, the food in this palace is really fantastic.

Sometimes the taste is comparable to all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas in the legend, and it is delicious in color, fragrance and taste, but occasionally there will be meals that look good but are really hard to swallow.

Unlike before, the rice served by the imperial court is basically Hubing plus mutton in a water basin, which is very stable.

The biggest reason for this kind of thing to happen is that the kitchen on the court side has become a research place for the royal chefs in the palace.

Whenever a new dish is researched, it will be made for the ministers to eat, and then secretly observe their expressions and feedback.

Generally speaking, a dish will be added to the emperor's menu only after it has been tested many times and it is confirmed that there is no problem.

The poor ministers thus became the test subjects of the imperial kitchen.

……

After going down to court, Li Yuechen first went out from the front door, and then ran to the back door in a hurry, waiting for his mother to come out.

Wu Zetian and Princess Yiyang, who was in charge of recording the court meeting, came out of the passage together, smiled when they saw Li Yuechen, and took her to Jixian Hall.

In the hall today, Shangguan Wan'er had already made tea and waited here, when she saw a few people coming in, she stood up and saluted.

After sitting down, Wu Zetian touched the warm teacup: "Speaking of which, you mentioned Lu's matter in your letter, what's the follow-up?"

"My child thinks that the patriarch of the Lu family may have been coerced." Li Yuechen replied, and then told all the clues and guesses he had found.

Wu Zetian didn't answer immediately after hearing this, but took a few sips from the teacup before slowly raising his head: "Have you thought about other possibilities?"

"For example?" Li Yuechen asked curiously.

"Only those who have been rich for more than five generations can be called aristocratic families. As the patriarch of these aristocratic families, do you really think that it will be so easy to be caught and threatened?" Wu Zetian asked rhetorically.

Hearing what his mother said, Li Yuechen didn't quite understand for a moment, and lowered his head to think.

The reason why an aristocratic family became an aristocratic family is definitely not only because of its wealth, but more importantly, it also has a huge social influence in the local area.

Only with influence can one have corresponding prestige and social status, and there is a very important reliance in this-family tradition!
The so-called family tradition refers to the rules of the family. The children of the family must accept the education of the family rules, and at least in the eyes of outsiders, they must be strictly enforced.

It is because of strict lessons and the existence of outstanding family traditions and precepts that these aristocratic families can have a very high reputation in the local area.

This is the biggest difference between nobles and nouveau riche.

As the head of a noble family, it is definitely not something that a fool can take on.

The biggest difference between this era and the future is that there are many children in the family. Even if the eldest son is a waste, there are other spare tires to choose from.

Therefore, it is really unlikely that the patriarch of the nobles is an idiot.

However, Li Yuechen has his own explanation: "But Aunt, is everyone afraid of death? If it's really because of this..."

Wu Zetian shook his head and interrupted him: "Depending on the situation, these aristocratic families pay more attention to reputation than life and death. Simply using life and death as a threat is not enough for the head of the clan!"

Hearing what she said was decisive, Li Yuechen fell into doubts.

In terms of scheming and people's hearts, this mother is definitely at the T0 level, and her words should still be listened to, so he asked, "What do you think my mother should do?"

"Although the Yuwen family is famous, it was before the Sui Dynasty after all. Now that it has fallen, it may not be able to fight against the Lu family. Have you ever thought about it, what if the Lu family left a backup for yourself?"

"Follower?" Li Yuechen asked back, "What A Niang means is that Lu Shi has the intention of rebelling, but he is afraid that he will fail in the end, so he thinks that if he fails at that time, he will blame Yu Wen Shi?"

Wu Zetian nodded appreciatively: "What my mother said is just a possibility. You have to check the details yourself."

"It doesn't make sense!" Li Yuechen frowned, "The Yuwen clan was extremely powerful back then, how could it be impossible to see through this matter?"

"Why is it impossible?" Wu Zetian asked back, and then added, "Or, even if you see through it, so what?"

(End of this chapter)