bastard seizes tang

Chapter 753
After Li Ke explained the matter of Yan Lide and Yan Liben, and then explained some other things, he left Baifu Hall with Wu Meiniang.

Just now in the Baifu Palace, Wu Meiniang hadn't spoken about the construction of the new palace, but she finally spoke after leaving the Baifu Palace.

"Sanlang's order to serve as a supervisor to continue the construction of the Daming Palace, I'm afraid it has other meanings besides emigrating for his mother." Wu Meiniang suddenly spoke to Li Ke on the way out of the Baifu Hall.

Li Ke asked back with a smile, "Why did Mei Niang say that?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "If it's just to build the palace for the queen mother, why should there be such a big regulation, and why should Saburo be so cautious, and he personally sent Yan Liben and Yan Lide to the palace to discuss and explain so many details. Move to Daming Palace?"

"Hahaha, Meiniang is the one who knows me." Li Ke laughed when he heard what Wu Meiniang said.

Li Ke said to Wu Meiniang: "That's right, my decree to continue building the Daming Palace is indeed out of selfishness, but I'm not the only one with selfishness in it. I'm afraid my father also had this in mind when he ordered the construction of the Daming Palace."

The Tai Chi Palace is low-lying, it is hot and humid in summer, and it is bitingly cold in winter. In fact, not only the elderly can't stay here, but even the younger ones feel very uncomfortable.When Li Shimin ordered to build a new palace for Li Yuan, he also had the intention of moving the emperor's residence to the Daming Palace in the future, but later he was busy with the affairs of the Western Regions and Mobei, so he had no choice but to shelve it.

Even without Li Ke, it is imperative to build the Daming Palace, but it will be delayed for more than ten years. At that time, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi was getting old and suffering from wind-related diseases (rheumatism). Unable to bear the hardship, he issued an order to tax the fifteen prefectures of Yan, Yong, Tong, Qi, You, Hua, Ning, Fang, Jing, Guo, Jiang, Jin, Pu, and Qing to urgently repair the Daming Palace. It was completed in about ten months.

Li Zhi rushed to build the Daming Palace due to illness, and it was inevitable that it would be a waste of time and money. Now that Li Ke is not in a hurry to build the Daming Palace, it will naturally be much better.

Wu Meiniang said: "Tai Chi Palace is indeed not a place to live for a long time, it is now the end of spring and early summer, the palace is already extremely hot and humid, both Fan'er and Wei'er are afraid of the heat, and it is so hot that it is difficult to sleep at night, Fan'er It's better to be older, but Wei'er is often crying in the middle of the night, it's really not a solution."

Li Ke said: "It doesn't matter. I've decided on this matter today. In the next few days, I will come up with a regulation for the supervisor."

Wu Meiniang was a little worried and said: "As A Niang said, when Saburo came to the throne, although there were donations from the southeast, it would inevitably consume a lot of national power and people's power. If the construction of a new palace is mentioned at this time, the court only I'm afraid it's hard to say."

The Tang Dynasty started from Li Shimin, the politics was clear, and there were many good admonishers among the officials. At first, Li Shimin was blocked from building a Qianyang Palace, let alone Li Ke. As long as Li Ke mentioned this matter at the court meeting, Some people must have advised him that Li Ke had not been on the throne for a long time, but it was inconvenient for him to disregard his ministers' wishes and end up with the name of an only husband.

Li Ke said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mei Niang. It is not a day's work to build the Daming Palace, and what I want to build is more than just one emperor's bedroom. I want to follow the rules of the Taiji Palace and sleep outside. The official office will also be moved to Daming Palace."

How smart Wu Meiniang is, she immediately understood what Li Ke meant. The Daming Palace is very hot and humid, and it is hard to stay with people in summer. Now it is late spring and early summer, and the weather will be hot and humid in a few days. It's not just Li Ke and Empress Yang who can't stay there. The same is true for these officials working in the Yamen.

As long as the building of the Daming Palace is proposed at that time, the courtiers will also suffer from humidity and heat, especially those senior officials who are old will definitely agree. Anyone who disagrees with the matter will be against the officials. There is no need for Li Ke to speak up by himself. There will also be people who will speak for Li Ke.

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Since Li Ke came to the throne, most of Li Ke's acquaintances have been promoted, Wu Meiniang has been promoted to the next position, Wang Xuance, Ma Zhou and others are in important positions. An exception, this person is Xiao Yuexian.

Li Ke was born as a concubine, and he was able to overcome obstacles step by step. Today, apart from the great help of his confidants, he cannot do without two women, one is Wu Meiniang who is now the empress, and the other is Xiao Yuexian.

In fact, compared with Wu Meiniang, Xiao Yuexian became Li Ke's woman earlier, and the help she gave Li Ke was not weaker than Wu Meiniang.

But not only because of the complicated affairs at the beginning of Li Ke's accession to the throne, but also because of Xiao Yuexian's status as the emperor's daughter in the previous dynasty, Li Ke has not given Xiao Yuexian a title until now, and the things he promised Xiao Yuexian have not yet been implemented.

Chang'an City, Yankang Square, the original Chu Palace.

Li Ke had already ascended the throne and ruled the world, Xiao Yuexian no longer had to act cautiously as before, and moved into the Chu Palace where Li Ke lived before he was the heir apparent, according to Li Ke's wishes.

Xiao Yuexian was sitting by the flowerbed in the backyard of the mansion, looking not far away with slack eyes, frowning slightly, obviously thinking about something.

"Mother, why didn't daddy come to see us?" Xiao Yuexian was thinking about something. The daughter of Xiao Yuexian and Li Ke, five-year-old Li Lan leaned against Xiao Yuexian and asked Xiao Yuexian.

What Li Lan said was exactly what Xiao Yuexian was thinking about just now, what Li Lan said suddenly hurt Xiao Yuexian's heart.

It has been more than half a month since Xiao Yuexian moved into the Prince Chu's Mansion. The Prince Chu's Mansion is spacious, occupying only half a square, so it is much more convenient to move around, but recently Xiao Yuexian's mood is more depressed than before, because she has been waiting for almost a month. , but have not waited for news from Li Ke.

It was okay at first. After all, Li Ke had just ascended the throne, and Li Ke had to go and ask about the important affairs of the court, including Li Shimin's funeral. Before Li Ke expressed his position, Xiao Yuexian began to feel a little uneasy.

Especially in the past few days, Xiao Yuexian's confidantes began to talk about this matter in Xiao Yuexian's ears, worrying whether Li Ke would cross the river and tear down the bridge. Although Xiao Yuexian said it was fine, she became more and more worried.

In the past, Li Ke treated her with affection and righteousness, but emperors have been ruthless since ancient times. Before and after the emperor ascended the throne, his temperament would inevitably change drastically. As time passed, Xiao Yuexian became more and more hopeless.

Xiao Yuexian looked down at Li Lan, slowly picked her up, and asked, "What's the matter? Lan'er misses Dad?"

Li Lan nodded and said: "Didn't Mother say that Dad will come soon after we move here? Lan'er misses Dad a little."

Li Lan is Li Ke's only daughter, and she is very much loved by Li Ke. Since the end of the 18th year of Zhenguan, after Xiao Yuexian returned to Chang'an by Li Ke's order, Li Ke will always find time to see Li Lan no matter how busy she is, but this time there is I haven't seen Li Lan for more than a month. Li Lan asked Xiao Yuexian several times, but Xiao Yuexian couldn't answer the exact time.

Xiao Yuexian thought for a while, and then said to Li Lan: "Lan'er, don't worry, maybe it will be just a few days, if your father doesn't come after a few days, my mother will take you to find him."

(End of this chapter)