bastard seizes tang

Chapter 458 Wu Shun Visits
Li Ke stayed in Da'an Palace for seven full days, and only returned to his Chu Palace after the funeral ceremony was over.After the funeral, the coffin is suspended, and the burial can only be carried out after the completion of the mausoleum offered by the Supreme Emperor.

The day after Li Ke returned to the mansion, outside the palace of the Prince of Chu.

Eight days ago, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan passed away. In order to express his condolences, the visits to relatives and friends in every household in Chang'an City stopped. The whole Chang'an City was much deserted, and it was not until after the funeral that it slowly became lively again. Get up, and just today, Chu Wangfu also has his guests.

Wu Meiniang's elder sister, Wu Shun, went north to Daizhou in July, and Xue Jiazu returned to Chang'an after offering sacrifices, and did not visit her again until today.

Wu Shun set off from Yingshangong Mansion, got off the carriage outside the gate of the Wang Mansion, and before entering the gate, he only looked at the three words "Chu Wang Mansion" hanging high above the door, but he sighed inexplicably in his heart.

Although Wu Shun and Helan Yueshi got married last year, their engagement was long before that.

Samurai Xun and Helan Shiren, the father of Helan Yueshi, are old friends. As early as the end of the Wude period, warrior Xun and Helan Shiren made a marriage agreement for Wushun and Helan Anshi.

Perhaps it was because the Helan family was a wealthy family in the north, and the Wu family started at the end of the century, so although the Wu family and the Helan family were married, after the death of Master Helan, the two families did not have much contact with each other. The Wu family and Wu Shun didn't pay much attention to it either, as Wu Shun could tell by himself.

But since the end of the seventh year of Zhenguan, when Mei Niang, the second daughter of the Wu family, got engaged to Li Ke, the king of Chu, everything changed. He Lanxuan, the patriarch of the Helan family in Daizhou, wrote a letter of greetings in person, and specifically asked him to wait for Helan Yueshi to worship at the ancestral hall.

Helan Yueshi is not the long house. It is already a great honor for Wu Shun to enter the ancestral hall as a concubine daughter-in-law. Naturally, this honor is not due to Wu Shun himself. The face of Li Ke and Wu Meiniang.

As for Wu Meiniang, Wu Shun said that it was impossible for her not to be envious. They were also daughters of the Wu family, direct sisters. She has become one of the few noble women among all the women in the world, but Wu Shun is only looked at by others because of Wu Meiniang's virtue.

If you talk about jealousy, it's not so much, the Wu family sisters have a deep brotherhood, Wu Meiniang has helped her a lot in the past, Wu Shun is not jealous, but sometimes Wu Shun will feel a little bit annoyed.

Wu Shun still clearly remembers what Concubine Yang asked them in the Zhaoqing Palace last year: "Wu Shun and Wu Jue seem to be young, but have they ever said anything about them?"

That time was her chance to almost become Princess Chu, but it was a pity that she missed all of this from the very beginning.

But if we go back to the beginning, sometimes Wu Shun even thinks, if Li Ke was killed in the Honghu Lake, it was not Wu Meiniang who rescued Li Ke on the water, but her Wu Shun, if Wu Shun hadn't made an appointment with Helan Yueshi early in the morning Marriage contract, so today's Princess Chu is her.

This kind of thinking seems absurd, but it is not impossible. She used to be so close to Princess Chu's position, but she just missed it from the beginning.

But after thinking about it, I can only think about it after all. Wu Shun looked at the imposing door plaque of Chu Palace, dazed for a moment, then went to the door and entered the palace.

"Sister, Sanlang and I just talked about you, and you came here." In the inner courtyard of Chu Palace, Wu Meiniang saw Wu Shun enter the door, she stepped forward and smiled at Wu Shun.

Hearing this, Wu Shun asked curiously, "Why did the princess mention me all of a sudden?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Ever since the emperor became seriously ill, my father's health has been worse than before, getting worse and worse. Sanlang and I were worried that it would be wrong for my father to be an official in Jingzhou alone, so we discussed this matter with my father, and my father has agreed. Father resigned from the post of Governor of Jingzhou, and was transferred to Doctor Guanglu, Wen Sanguan, and recuperated in Beijing. At that time, Saburo and I will not be in Beijing, so father still needs sister to pay more attention to his side."

Wu Shun was slightly surprised when he heard the words, he didn't expect that Li Kezhen was going to be a special post for a warrior, then he nodded and agreed.

During the Great Tang Dynasty, there were a total of 29 grades of Wensan officials, and Dr. Guanglu was the second, and the official was worshiped as the second rank. He was under the third division of Kaifu Yitong and above Dr. Jinzi Guanglu, although he did not hold real power. , but it is extremely honorable. As an elderly founding father like Samurai Xun, it is also an excellent home.

It has been nearly eighteen years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many founding fathers who have retired, but there are no more than eight people who can win high-ranking officials such as Doctor Guanglu. It can be seen that it is not easy. Relying on the warrior Xun, he naturally does not have such weight in front of Li Shimin, and most of it is Li Ke's face.

Wu Shun asked Wu Meiniang: "Wangfei said so, but will soon follow His Highness to go north?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Father has issued an oral order to allow me to go to Bingzhou with Sanlang in the next year. After a while, when my grandfather is buried, I should go north. Although my father has two elder brothers to look after me, it's just that they It’s a man, he’s a little careless, I’m afraid there’s something he can’t do, so I need my sister to go and see it often.”

Wu Shun replied, "Your Highness and Concubine Wang have to worry about Father's matter. Please rest assured, Your Highness and Princess Wang. I will take care of Father's side carefully."

Wu Meiniang said: "My father is old, he was raised in Chang'an, he should have nothing else to do, but just in case, when my sister is in Beijing in the future, if there is anything I can't deal with, just go to Taiyuan."

Hearing this, Wu Shun nodded his head, seemed to be moved intentionally, and was about to speak, but then stopped and didn't speak, obviously he was a bit embarrassed.

Wu Shun's reaction fell into Li Ke's eyes. Li Ke guessed that Wu Shun's visit might have something important to do, so he asked: "Just now I only cared about talking to my sister about my father-in-law's affairs. My sister's visit this time must be related to something. business."

With Li Ke speaking, it would be much easier for Wu Shun to speak. Wu Shun responded softly, and said to Li Ke, "I want to ask Your Highness for help."

Li Ke asked: "It must be important to ask my sister to come to the door in person. Let me tell you, sister, if it is within the king's responsibility, the king will definitely help."

Wu Shun said: "Speaking of it, it's not an important matter, it's just my husband's matter. My husband is an official in Chang'an. Although he guards the house, he always feels that it is too mediocre. The trip to Bianzhou is not only for experience, but also for a chance to make contributions. It’s not good to live on the legacy of our ancestors, so my husband asked me to come to the palace, and ask Your Highness to help me."

The Great Tang Shangwu, Helan Yueshi came from the Helan family of Wuchuan, and the Helan family was born in a family of martial arts. It is reasonable for Helan Yueshi to have the desire to make contributions.

Li Ke said: "This is a good thing. This king should help me, but I don't know where my brother wants to go?"

Wu Shun replied: "Northwest and Heshuo are the most frequently fought in the frontier states of the Tang Dynasty. Your Highness is in charge of Hedong. To avoid suspicion, it is naturally inconvenient to go to Heshuo. I wonder how the Northwest is?"

Li Ke heard the words, thought for a moment, and agreed: "That's fine, Li Daozong, the governor of Hezhou and the king of Rencheng, is the uncle of the king's family. One letter, recommending elder brother to Ren Chengwang."

(End of this chapter)