It is difficult to obey the order of the common people

Chapter 55. The old story
When Wen Dinggong was mentioned, Emperor Longtai couldn't help being touched by the scene, thinking of the good old days between him and Wen Dinggong's daughter.

Things change and people change, old friends leave...

Emperor Longtai's mood suddenly became heavy, "Yuezhi, you have been with me for so many years, and you also know my thoughts."

This place is the Imperial Study Room, and the eunuchs and maids have been sent outside, but Emperor Longtai still fears that the walls have ears, so he will not speak clearly.

Xiao Yue understood, nodded and replied, "No one can change His Majesty's heart."

In that rebellion back then, too many people died, including Emperor Longtai's beloved wife and son.Lou's rebellion started first, and then the Han Dynasty's rebellion. Emperor Longtai was busy suppressing the rebellion, and for a while he didn't notice that his wife was dying of illness. When he found out, there was no way to recover.

For this reason, Emperor Longtai had to learn from the pain, and spent all these years trying to find the cause of the disease. He had always suspected, or should be said to be sure that his first wife, Empress Zhaode, did not die of illness, but died of the poison of others.

He has already identified the murderer, but because of the lack of evidence and the fact that the other party is powerful, he acted hastily, instead of scaring the snake, and he cannot achieve the purpose of avenging his wife.

The death of Empress Zhaode was Emperor Longtai's heart disease from beginning to end, and it was also his scar.

He and Empress Zhaode agree with each other, and the two love each other. If it weren't for the political situation in the Xianzong Dynasty in his later years, the enemies were fierce, and the Emperor Xianzong was suspicious and suspicious, why would Empress Zhaode spare no effort to support Emperor Longtai?
Whenever he thinks of Empress Zhaode, Emperor Longtai's heart tightens.In his life, the woman he loves the most is undoubtedly Empress Zhaode, but he is sorry for her, and also for Wen Dinggong's family.

For his great cause, Empress Zhaode's family lost everything, including their lives.

The sons of Empress Zhaode, Prince Duanhui and King Dai Gong died at the hands of Lou. The son of Duke Wen Ding also sacrificed his precious life to suppress the rebellion. Duke Wen Ding lost his son and daughter in middle age. The emperor gave Wen Dinggong high-ranking officials and rich salary, glory and wealth, but it still couldn't make up for the grief of losing a son and a daughter.

Facing his wife and her natal family, Emperor Longtai always felt guilty and hurt.

Emperor Longtai, who was good at calculation and forbearance, couldn't help showing kindness to Duke Wen Ding, who supported and helped him at the beginning.

He was nominally the crown prince in the Xianzong Dynasty, but his biological mother died young and was not favored. Who would really take him seriously?

Xianzong was able to bestow the death of his three sons and two daughters for three consecutive days, and his ruthlessness is clear at a glance.

Therefore, Emperor Longtai, the prince, should be cautious and cautious.He is not the first prince established by Xianzong, but he is the most helpless eldest prince.

Xianzong also took a liking to his reputation as the eldest prince and his lack of strength, so he simply made him the crown prince.In this way, there will be no young and popular crown prince threatening his rule.

Emperor Xianzong had no intentions, and Emperor Longtai was not satisfied with being the crown prince. The ministers in the court had their own ideas. As the crown prince, some old courtiers who supported the orthodoxy would support him because of face. As for the others, they had to carefully calculate the gains and losses.

At this time, the support of Duke Wen Ding, a veteran minister trusted by Emperor Xianzong, to Emperor Longtai was very important.

He not only confronted the eunuch Wang Dakai faction and Lou's party members on the surface, but also secretly instructed Emperor Longtai on how to gain the trust of Emperor Xianzong step by step.

Of course, at the same time, he betrothed his only jewel in his palm to be his princess.

Xianzong's establishment of the crown prince was nothing more than to silence the public and he did not want to abdicate in advance to provide for the elderly, so he never cared about the choice of the crown princess.

In this way, Duke Wen Ding's support and help is equivalent to sending charcoal in a timely manner to Emperor Longtai.

To this day, Emperor Longtai is still grateful to Duke Wen Ding for his guidance and assistance.

It's a pity that Duke Wen Ding's ending was not satisfactory, and the wish he promised at the beginning did not come true.

A sad look appeared on Emperor Longtai's face, "The child is in your house, so you can take good care of him for me. When the dust settles, I will make him recognize his ancestors."

Duke Wen Ding's blood was running down his body, no matter what, he would never allow this child to live alone.

Xiao Yue was not surprised by this result, but he had other ideas, "Your Majesty, although the child is inextricably linked with Duke Wen Ding, the two sons of Duke Wen Ding died young, and the children under his knees were also scattered. Everywhere, that child...it's hard to say whether he is the grandson of Duke Wen Ding."

Wen Dinggong and his wife had two sons and one daughter all their lives. Unlike ordinary families, Wen Dinggong did not take concubines, and there were no other women in the mansion except his wife.

In a sense, Duke Wen Ding is one of the few men who can be a couple for a lifetime. The wife of Duke Wen Ding has long been admired and envied by the noble ladies of Daxing for her existence as the most enviable woman.

Xiao Yue believed in Duke Wen Ding's character, and thought that he would never do anything wrong to his wife, so when he first met Tang Feiyang, he found that his features were somewhat similar to Duke Wen Ding's, and subconsciously felt that this person should be Grandson of Duke Wen Ding.

Moreover, he conducted some investigation and found that his parents might be the youngest son and daughter-in-law of Duke Wen Ding whose whereabouts were unknown back then.

In the current capital, there are no relatives of Duke Wen Ding.

Otherwise, something happened to Tang Feiyang's parents, which caused the child to live on the street and was rescued by Yang Shaoyuan.

Yang Shaoyuan?
Xiao Yue thought about the appearance of the two of them carefully, and suddenly he was a little startled. He found that Yang Shaoyuan's face shape was somewhat similar to Tang Feiyang's.

It's just that Yang Shaoyuan is a woman and Tang Feiyang is a boy. No matter how similar the adults and children look, they will be regarded as siblings or parents and children.

But this is just his suspicion. After all, when the two walk together, most people can't see the similarity between them. If Xiao Yue hadn't thought about it, he really wouldn't have noticed.

Emperor Longtai frowned, "What do you mean the child has problems?"

Without full confidence, why did Xiao Yue bother to mention Tang Feiyang?

Xiao Yue shook his head, "No, the youngest son of Duke Wen Ding has been missing for many years and has not been found yet. It is hard to say whether this child is a relative of Duke Wen Ding."

The matter is of great importance, Xiao Yue did not dare to speak nonsense, and he was proud to confirm it again and again before he would report it to the emperor.

After being reminded by him, Emperor Longtai suddenly recalled that Duke Wen Ding had indeed mentioned that he had lost a young son in his early years, but so far no results have been found. I hope he can take more trouble to find it in the future.

"I'm confused," Emperor Longtai patted himself heavily on the forehead, "He has three sons in total, but the youngest son is missing, and the mother-in-law is distraught and refuses to admit it. As time goes by, no one mentions it anymore .”

As he spoke, his tone more than doubled, "Tang Feiyang, he... must be related to Mr. Wending, so please take care of him."

Having just seen Tang Feiyang's portrait, he has already begun to believe that this child must be the grandson of Duke Wen Ding.

Otherwise, wouldn't that look be a copy of Duke Wen Ding?

"Your Majesty ordered, dare not disobey."

Xiao Yue said.

Since Duke Wen Ding died of illness, and his wife passed away two years later, the Huo family of Duke Wen Ding, a huge Duke of Dongping County, left many people one after another in the blink of an eye.

The second son of Huo's eldest son died young, and the children under his knees were young and ignorant. After this blow, the wife and children of the Huo family left the capital and never came back.

According to the news obtained by Emperor Longtai, among the children left by the eldest son and second son of Duke Wen Ding, only two granddaughters survived, and all the grandsons died young.

There is no one to inherit the title of Duke of Dongping, so the court naturally wants to take it back, but Emperor Longtai is unwilling, and has been trying to find an opportunity for Duke Dongping to find a suitable candidate for the title.

It doesn't matter whether the two granddaughters recruit a son-in-law to have a son, or adopt a nephew, anyway, Emperor Longtai wants someone to inherit the duke and duke of Dongping County.

But now it's all right, with a legitimate grandson, Emperor Longtai doesn't have to worry about the title of Duke of Dongping being inherited by collateral.

"Feiyang has talent, and this humble official must give it all to him."

Xiao Yue's words were not nonsense to compliment Emperor Longtai. Tang Feiyang was young but powerful. He didn't resist the beatings of those children before, but he simply hid because he didn't want to fight against the relatives behind these children. down.

The root bone is excellent and the strength is boundless. If it is cultivated well and practiced hard, it may not be impossible to achieve a career.

Duke Wen Ding was an all-powerful man in his life, but he was a weak scholar. He never thought that his descendants would have the talent to practice martial arts.

Emperor Longtai smiled with satisfaction, "Okay, Aiqing has worked hard. I have done a great job in finding Miss Yang Liu, Feiyang, and I have to thank her."

However, Yang Shaoyuan is unknown and has no great achievements, so he rewarded her well, but it aroused criticism and suspicion from others.

Xiao Yue's eyes were bright, and he said quickly, "Your Majesty, Miss Yang Liu is the daughter of the Shouchang Marquis Mansion. She has no worries about food and clothing. The gold and silver treasures are the icing on the cake, and Miss Yang Liu has no outstanding achievements. If your majesty rewards her , the Queen's side..."

In the harem, Empress Nalan seemed to be the hostess. After all, she was the successor of Emperor Longtai. The Nalan family held great power in the previous dynasty, and the crown prince was born to Empress Nalan.

Zhonggong wanted to keep a low profile, but he couldn't.

When Empress Nalan was mentioned, Emperor Longtai's expression changed, and he became serious, "Forget it, I will remember Miss Yang Liu's kindness for the time being, and when I have a chance in the future, let's award it together."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Yue understands that what Yang Shaoyuan wants at this moment is not to be in the limelight, but to gain a foothold.

At the Shouchanghou Mansion, she has not yet reached the point where she can cover the sky with one hand, she is too much in the limelight, and she is careful to attract some people's attention.

"Let's talk about the situation of Miss Yang Liu in more detail. I can probably match her."

(End of this chapter)