bastard seizes tang

Chapter 455
Li Yuan's serious illness had dragged on for more than half a month. Everyone knew about Li Yuan's condition early on. Li Yuan's death was said to be sudden and sudden, but it was not unexpected.

As early as when Li Yuan was seriously ill and Sun Simiao concluded that there was no way to return to heaven, the palace had already begun preparations for the coffin and filial piety. Therefore, when Li Yuan died in the Chuigong Palace, the response inside and outside the palace was not obvious. .

Da'an Palace, inside Yingtian Gate, is Jiwu Hall.

Jiwu Hall is the main hall of Da'an Palace, facing Yingtianmen, the main gate of Da'an Palace. Li Yuan's coffin was placed here, where he stayed for seven days and was worshiped by all people in the world.

"Sanlang, you are attending the funeral for your grandfather in Jiwu Hall, do you really not need me to go with you?" Wu Meiniang asked Li Ke in the back room of the side hall of Da'an Palace, who was changing Li Ke's filial piety clothes.

Li Ke said with pity: "You have to kneel for most of the seven days of the funeral. You are young and your body is weak. How can you bear it? You don't have to go every day."

Wu Meiniang worried: "If Meiniang is not here, no one will gossip."

Li Ke said: "It's no problem. The Emperor Father has also explained that we brothers can go. You, the Crown Princess and Princess Wei don't have to be there all the time, as long as you arrive at the time of worship. If you are really afraid of people Gossip, you can also go to the palace on weekdays to help Aniang with internal and external affairs, these are all visible to others."

Li Yuan passed away, and the affairs inside and outside the palace were complicated. As a noble concubine, Concubine Yang was in charge of the affairs of the harem, and Concubine Yang was naturally busy. Wu Meiniang went, so it would be good to help Concubine Yang.

Wu Meiniang nodded, and still said to Li Ke with some concern: "San Lang will be there for his grandfather's funeral for seven days. Although it's a rare encounter, it's also a lot of hard work. San Lang still needs to take care of his own body."

Li Ke replied: "It's okay. I practiced martial arts since I was young, and my body is very solid. It's okay to stay for a few days, and I can carry it through."

Listening to Li Ke's words, Wu Meiniang suddenly remembered something, took out a small cloth bag from her arms, took out another thing from the small cloth bag, and stuffed it into Li Ke's mouth.

Li Ke saw that Wu Meiniang brought something to feed him, so he opened his mouth and ate it without thinking too much. After chewing for a while, his mouth was full of sweetness, with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers. What Yuan Meiniang gave him was actually osmanthus flowers sugar.

"According to the regulations, no food is allowed for three days before the funeral, only water is allowed. Saburo eats some cushions first, so as not to be hungry when he gets it." Wu Meiniang looked at Li Ke and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke gently pinched Wu Meiniang's cheek, and said dotingly: "You are the smartest person, aren't you afraid that the king will blame you for breaking the rules?"

Wu Meiniang said softly: "Meiniang is not afraid, you, if you dare to accuse me of this matter, I will take all this bag of sweet-scented osmanthus candies away, so that you will have nothing to eat, and your stomach will growl with hunger. Then you'll know you're sorry."

Li Ke heard the words, with a look of fear on his face, he hurriedly said: "Then I don't dare, Mei Niang is in charge of the affairs of the palace, if Meiniang is annoyed, wouldn't this king pack up and go to sleep in Tianjie?"

Seeing Li Ke's appearance, Wu Meiniang burst out laughing, and said to Li Ke: "It's good if you go to sleep in Tianjie, you are not restricted by the curfew, and the army of Marquis Marquis Wu dare not chase you away. "

Li Ke said: "That can't be done. In the king's mansion, there is a big bed of brocade, and the soft jade is warm and fragrant. My king will go to the street to sleep well on that day."

Wu Meiniang lightly tapped Li Ke's chest, and said, "You know how good I am."

As Wu Meiniang said, she stuffed the remaining small cloth bag containing sweet-scented osmanthus sugar into Li Ke's bosom, and said to Li Ke: "It's hard for people to see that this candy is not much, just enough What you eat for a day, remember to carry others on your back when you eat, I will bring it to you tomorrow, every day."

"Then I will trouble Princess." Li Ke listened to Wu Meiniang's exhortation, and his heart was as sweet as the bag of sweet-scented osmanthus in his heart.

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After Li Ke finished changing clothes in the side hall, he rushed to the Jiwu hall. Many people had already gathered outside the main hall of Jiwu, including all the dignitaries and important officials in the entire Chang'an city.

Under the relatively secluded corridor on the side of the Jiwu Hall, Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Sun Chong, Chief of Staff and Military Affairs of Bingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, were waiting.

Changsun Wuji's expression was quite normal, but when he saw Li Ke not far away, dressed in filial piety, walking into the gate of Jiwu Hall from the main entrance, his expression suddenly became ugly.

"I don't want the emperor to pass away this time, but to make Zhu Zi sit on a huge profit." Changsun Wuji saw Li Ke's figure entering the Jiwu Hall, and naturally knew why Li Ke had gone here, and he was inevitably dissatisfied in his heart. Chong whispered.

Changsun Chong heard the words and asked: "Is what Dad said about the governor entering the inner hall to watch the funeral?"

Changsun Wuji said: "Other than that, what else could be the matter? Li Kefei is not a legitimate son, so how can he be able to enter the inner hall to guard the funeral and stand side by side with the crown prince."

Changsun Chong said: "This time the governor entered the palace to hold the funeral for the emperor. It is the emperor's last edict. It was so sudden that no one expected it."

Changsun Wuji said: "This son has always acted perversely, with deep methods, and I don't know how he was able to confuse the emperor to issue this edict. In the future, I'm afraid he will become even more rampant."

Changsun Chong heard Changsun Wuji's words, he didn't immediately go to answer Changsun Wuji's words, but paused, and then said: "As far as my son knows, the governor and the emperor were not very close before, and the emperor was seriously ill. The Metropolitan Governor just returned to Beijing in a hurry, I am afraid that the Metropolitan Governor may not have known about it before the Emperor issued this will."

What Chang Sun Chong said was quite reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it, but Chang Sun Wuji frowned when he heard Chang Sun Chong's words.

It is true that what Chang Sun Chong said is not wrong if it comes from other people, but it is very wrong to say it from Chang Sun Chong.

What Changsun Chong said meant to argue for Li Ke, but who is Changsun Chong? He is the nephew of Empress Changsun and the cousin of Prince Li Chengqian. Changsun Chong and Li Chengqian are the same family, but Li Ke is Li Chengqian's opponent. It should be Chang Sun Chong's opponent, how could Chang Sun Chong speak for Li Ke.

Changsun Wuji sensed something wrong with Changsun Chong in his heart, and said to Changsun Chong: "What does Chong'er mean by this, why did you speak to Li Ke?"

Chang Sun Chong explained: "I don't mean to be towards the governor, since I have been under the tent of the governor recently, I know a little about the governor, so I just tell the truth."

Changsun Wuji said displeasedly: "Great Governor, Great Governor, you have a big governor, you have only been an official under his tent for a few days, do you really call yourself his disciple? Are you still a child of my eldest grandson's family?"

Seeing that Changsun Wuji was angry, Changsun Chong hurriedly said, "Your son is naturally a child of the Changsun family, what you said just now is just out of feeling, and has no other intentions."

What Chang Sun Chong said was indeed what he thought in his heart. In the past half a year, Chang Sun Chong, as the secretary of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, joined the military, followed behind Li Ke, and was in charge of the confidential documents of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. He knew what kind of person Li Ke was. .

During this half a year, he watched Li Ke lead his troops to the North War, risking his life and forgetting to die; he watched Li Ke share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, loving soldiers like sons; Gentle as jade.In Changsun Chong's eyes, Li Ke was far, far better than the crown prince Li Chengqian, no matter his manners or tactics, or how he handled things.

After all, a person who can write such heroic and vast poems as "the long river sets the sun round, and the desert solitary smoke goes straight", even if he is not a generous and benevolent gentleman, he should not be a mean villain.

But Changsun Wuji heard Changsun Chong's words, but hurriedly said: "Since you are a child of my eldest grandson's family, you should know what to say and what not to say. If your words reach the ears of the prince and queen, the prince and queen will What should I think? These words must never be said again in the future."

(End of this chapter)