The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1823 About Prince Li

How could it be possible to build a mansion from the ground up in three months and finely decorate it? For such a big mansion, it will take more than a month to lay the foundation.

But this incident reminded Xuan Shijing of an allusion.

According to legend, in the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang and Yu Wenhuaji planned to kill Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, who was still the Marquis of Taiyuan at that time, and then Yang Guang ordered Li Yuan to build a palace in Taiyuan within three months. If the internal construction is not good, Li Yuan will be charged with resisting the edict. If the construction is completed, it will be said that within these three months, how can a palace be built well? This palace must have been built before. Come on, it was a crime of privately building a palace and treason.

It can be said that this is a dead end for Li Yuan.

But Li Yuan has a clever son, Li Er.

Regarding the construction of the palace, there are also two versions. One version is slandering Li Jiancheng, which means that Li Jiancheng built a mansion in Taiyuan in private, but it was used by His Majesty Li Er and repaired. Rumors are not very reliable.

The other one is more reliable, that is, His Majesty Li Er negotiated with the local temple to dismantle the building materials of the temple to build the palace. In this way, the materials are all ready-made, and it only needs to be reassembled in another place.

Later, when Yang Guang arrived in Taiyuan, he saw a palace and wanted to take down Li Yuan. Yu Wenhuaji said how could such a palace be built within three months, it must be Li Yuan who built the palace privately.

However, Li Yuan said that this palace has just been built, as long as the rivets are pulled out, it can be inspected. If it has been a long time, the rivets must be rusty.

Yang Guang ordered people to pull out the rivet, and when he pulled it out, he found that it was a brand new rivet, so the matter was left alone. Li Yuan also got credit for this and was named King of Tang.

The national title of Datang also came from Li Yuan's title of king.

As for the authenticity of this matter, Xuan Shijing didn't know, but he couldn't just ask His Majesty Li Er like this.

"Father, if there is anything missing in this house, please send someone a message, and my son will go and buy it for Father." Jin Yang stood beside his mother and said to His Majesty Li Er.

"For the time being, I don't need anything. Moreover, I brought a lot of people with me this time. Doesn't the village have everything? If there is anything missing, I will let them go out and buy it." His Majesty Li Er said.

He is satisfied with this house, although it is not as comfortable as living in the palace, but everything is new, and it is not as depressing as living in the palace. This is outside the palace, and there are not so many particulars. This is the most The important point is that His Majesty Li Er is much freer than before.

No courtier would jump out to accuse him anymore. After nearly 30 years of that kind of life, he was tired of it.

After staying in His Majesty Li Er's new house for a while, Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang left here. Anyway, the house has been given away, at least to leave some privacy for the couple. As for Zhuangzi, His Majesty Li Er He is still relatively familiar, but his mother-in-law has never been here, Xuan Shijing and the others are staying here, and His Majesty Li Er has no chance to take his wife out shopping, right?

So Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang went back first.

However, it is estimated that the news of His Majesty Li Er's relocation will spread to the academy soon, and then some gentlemen of the academy, who are also His Majesty Li Er's courtiers, will come to visit.

His Majesty Li Er had just left the palace and moved to live in Zhuangzi, and Chang'an City sent Xuan Shijing another message, saying that Xuan Shijing was to enter the palace to face the saint.

Xuan Shijing had no choice but to make another trip to Chang'an City.

It only took a few days to go back to Zhuangzi.

After entering the palace, he was still in the Xuanzheng Hall.

The last time Li Chengqian I saw in the Xuanzheng Palace was still the prince, but this time he became the emperor.

"Chen, I have met Your Majesty." Xuan Shijing bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me." After Li Chengqian saw Xuan Shijing, he stood up from his seat, walked down the steps, and came to Xuan Shijing: "I called you to Chang'an, and I also want to discuss with you, listen your opinion."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"It's been a short time since I ascended the throne. Many ministers in the court are talking about establishing a crown prince. What do you think?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Prince Li?" Xuan Shijing was stunned.

Think about Li Chengqian's three sons, the eldest son Li Xiang, the second son Li Yi, and the third son Li Jue.
Xuan Shijing went through it in his mind. First, he filtered out the second son. He is not in good health, so he must not be a candidate for the crown prince. The only ones left are Li Xiang and Li Jue.

"What did the courtiers say?" Xuan Shijing asked, "Which prince do they propose?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"Is it because His Majesty hasn't made a queen yet?" Xuan Shijing said.

As for the candidate for the empress, it must be the Crown Princess Su Shi.

If the Su family became the empress, then the third son Li Jue would be the first son and the eldest son Li Xiang would be the bastard son. The royal family would establish a crown prince while the first son was still alive, so they would never consider making a bastard son. This is the etiquette throughout the ages.

That is to say, if the Su family is the queen, the crown prince will be Li Jue's [-]% of the time.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Li Chengqian nodded. He also understood the meaning of Xuan Shijing's words. Who is sitting in the queen's seat has a great influence on the establishment of the crown prince, and the Su family is the crown princess, and the queen's seat is very likely. Eighty-nine belonged to the Su family.

Logically speaking, everything is logical, I don't know what Li Chengqian is still struggling with.

But Li Chengqian also considered the age of his two sons. He didn't want to establish a crown prince so early, but the courtiers pressed him hard, and setting up a crown prince could avoid many things.

Li Chengqian himself has been the prince for nearly 30 years, and only he can experience this taste.

Regarding the matter of the prince, Li Chengqian didn't want to make it so early, but if he didn't make it so early, there would be only three sons in total, what if there was another fight over this prince?
Not to mention the battle between them, even the ministers in the court will start to wonder where to stand in line.

"Then what does Your Majesty think about the Empress Dowager?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"It must be the Su family." Li Chengqian said.

Su Shi has been with him for so many years, and she is still a righteous concubine. Now that he is on the throne, isn't the queen's throne belong to Su Shi?
The concubine is the crown prince's main wife. After the crown prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, his main wife is still the main wife, that is, the queen.

And Li Jue is the son of the Su family, the Su family is the queen, and Li Jue is the first son.

(End of this chapter)