A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1272 Entering Lizheng Palace

Changan.

Taiwei Mansion.

After Wu Huaiyu rushed back to Beijing, he first called his wife Fan Xuanfu to the study.

"Have you ever been to the palace to see Second Mother?"

The wife nodded. "The palace notified our family on the same day, and I immediately went to the East Palace with Sanniang, Yunniang and the others to visit. The child was less than three months old, and it was still in human shape after the abortion. Erniang cried very sadly and said that it must be a boy..."

She was also very sad when she talked about this, "You can only know a person's face but not his heart. I used to feel pity for Su, but I didn't know she was so vicious and actually murdered a pregnant woman. Fortunately, Second Mother had severe morning sickness that day and only drank a few sips of the fish maw soup. If she drank a whole bowl, I'm afraid not only the child would be gone, but also the adults."

"The imperial physician has examined the soup and found it to be poisoned."

Fan Xuanfu felt very sad when he talked about it. Wu Meiniang had always had a good relationship with Huaiyu, better than her half-siblings, and they visited each other more often. Fan Xuanfu had even watched her grow up since she was a child. Now that she had been poisoned and had a miscarriage, he was both sad and angry.

She treated Er Niang as her own daughter.

A mother is most heartbroken when her daughter is hurt.

Wu Huaiyu nodded, having already confirmed that the soup was poisonous, and even the other uncooked fish maws sent by Concubine Su were poisonous. At this point in the matter, everyone would be certain that the poison must have been put there by Crown Princess Su.

"I will go to the palace to visit Second Lady later."

Fan Xuanfu said with concern, "Then you must help her get a thorough diagnosis and treatment, you must remove the poison and prescribe some medicine to help her recuperate. Poisoning and miscarriage are too damaging to her body.

Also, Su Shi was so vicious in trying to murder Second Mother, and I am her family, how is my husband going to help her?"

"We, the Wu family, must seek justice for Er Niang in this matter."

Not to mention that the family protects the shortcomings, even if they are wrong, they still have to help. Moreover, the second mother is now completely a victim, so the family has to support her.

Wu Huaiyu was very calm.

It's right for one's family to protect their shortcomings.
But if Wu Meiniang is playing with fire and even endangering the entire Wu family, then he has to think carefully.

There is a record in the unofficial history of the Tang Dynasty that Li Ji's grandson Li Jingye loved riding horses and shooting arrows since he was a child, and he also got into trouble everywhere. Li Ji saw that his grandson was destined to be a rebellious person, and lamented that this child would bring disaster to the family in the future.

So one day he took his family out hunting, and he specifically asked Li Jingye to drive the prey into the forest. After he went in, he set fire to the forest, and the whole forest was burned. When the fire burned the forest, Li Ji led people to look for Li Jingye's body.

But I can't find it.

At this time, a man crawled out from the burnt horse's belly. It was Li Jingye.

It turned out that the situation was very tense and Li Jingye had no way to escape. He thought quickly and killed his mount, cut open the horse's belly, took out the internal organs, and then crawled in to hide.

Although the fire burned the horse, he escaped.

When Li Ji saw his grandson emerge from the horse's belly, he is said to have lamented in his heart, "God has destined my family to be destroyed."

Later, when Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor, Li Jingye led an army in Yangzhou to fight against her, but was defeated and killed by his subordinates. His entire family was implicated, and not only was his surname taken back, his property was confiscated, and even Li Ji, who had died many years ago, was dug up and his body was disinterred.

Li Ji became a top leader in the Gaozong Dynasty, a minister of state and the first person in the military. He lived to be 76 years old. After his death, he was awarded the title of Taiwei, posthumously named Zhenwu, buried in Zhaoling Mausoleum, and later enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. It can be said that he was the most powerful official in the country.

However, because his grandson Li Jingye's rebellion against Wu failed, the Xu family was eventually destroyed, and even Li Ji's body could not rest in peace underground.

It can be said that Li Ji is a very cruel person.
Although he was young and frivolous, he joined Wagang as a bandit at the age of thirteen or fourteen and killed countless people, but he later became more and more calm and was able to stay in Bingzhou for sixteen years. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

Li Ji had a daughter who married Du Huaigong, a son-in-law who knew Li Ji very well.

During the northern expedition against the Xueyantuo, Li Ji asked his son-in-law to accompany him, saying that it would give him a chance to gain military merit so that he could be promoted in the future.

But Du Huaigong actually refused such a good opportunity, saying that his family was poor and had no money to buy equipment. This reason was very false, because Du was born in the Jingzhao Du family, a famous family, and the Du family would not lack those.

He knew that his father-in-law was very cruel.
Yang Su, a powerful official in the Sui Dynasty, was a general and a prime minister. He was also very good at commanding troops. Before each battle, he would deliberately pick out some soldiers who had violated military regulations, and then when the battle broke out, he would arrange them to charge at the front, and they could atone for their sins if they survived.

Yang Su would even let these people charge forward, which was actually a way to die.

However, this kind of suicide charge between two armies can sometimes have a deterrent effect on the morale of the troops. Every time this happens before a battle, the entire army knows that military regulations are strict, and no one dares to slack off, let alone be a deserter.

Based on Du Huaigong's understanding of his father-in-law, this guy would most likely use him to establish his authority.

For example, Dou Gui, the brother-in-law of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, also liked to kill people to establish his authority before a battle. He once killed 14 officers in a row before the battle. Later, when he was sent to govern Yizhou, he also killed his nephew first, and then all the generals in Shu were intimidated.

Du Huaigong refused to go with his father-in-law, saying that he had no money. Li Ji immediately gave his son-in-law a large sum of money. Du Huaigong still refused to go, saying that although he had money to buy equipment, he still had no money to buy horses or servants.

Li Ji immediately sent a good horse and some soldiers to his son-in-law.

Du Huaigong could no longer refuse, so he simply left his wife and children behind and fled into the mountains to seek refuge.

Wu Huaiyu admired Li Ji very much. Although the incident of setting fire to his grandson was only recorded in unofficial history and not in official history, such an incident might not have never happened.

Both the official history books New Book of Tang and Zizhitong Records record that Wu Zetian suffocated her newborn daughter to death herself, and then put the blame on Queen Wang. In the end, she succeeded in the palace fight and killed the Queen.

The official history records that Wu Zetian was extremely cruel and ruthless. Not only did she kill her newborn daughter, but later her son, Crown Prince Li Xian, became more and more outstanding as he grew older, which endangered Wu Zetian's position. So she fabricated a case in which Crown Prince Li Xian killed a fortune teller, and then seized hundreds of sets of armor from the Crown Prince under the pretext of investigating the case.

Li Xian was convicted of treason. Li Zhi wanted to forgive his son, but Wu Zetian insisted on killing him. She first imprisoned him and then forced him to commit suicide. Later, she was also very cruel to Li Xian and Li Dan, and played with them in various ways.

East Palace.

Lizheng Hall,
Wu Liangdi moved from Yichun Palace to Lizheng Hall. She looked around the palace in plain clothes.

Lizheng Hall and Lizheng Hall have similar names, but have special significance in the Tang Dynasty. Empress Zhangsun Wende once lived in these two palaces. When she was the Crown Princess, she lived in Lizheng Hall. Later, when she was canonized as the Queen and moved to Taiji Palace with the Emperor, she lived in Lizheng Hall.

Today, he was wearing plain clothes and no jewelry, no embroidered or woven clothes, and no flowers on his head, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked her to move into this Lizheng Palace.

Although she didn't show it on her face, she was extremely proud in her heart.

She took another step closer to that position.

Lizheng Hall is the main hall of the second courtyard after entering from the main gate of the East Palace. In the entire courtyard, Chonger Hall is on the east and Chongxian Hall is on the west.

Chongxian Hall is the prince's study, and is always staffed by scholars from the Eastern Palace.

Normally, the imperial concubines should not live in such an outer palace. Normally, the Crown Princess's main residence should be north of Xiande Hall in the Eastern Palace.

For example, Wu Meiniang originally lived in Yichun Palace, the third courtyard of the Eastern Palace, while Han Liangyuan lived in Yiqiu Palace.

However, when Li Shimin was the crown prince, he always lived in the front area for the convenience of handling official business, so Empress Zhangsun Wende also lived in Lizheng Hall, which was close to the emperor's usual residence.

It was because Empress Zhangsun lived in Lizheng Palace when she was the Crown Princess that the Crown Prince asked Wu Meiniang to move into this palace that had been vacant for many years.

It has some special meaning.

"Your Highness, the Grand Commandant has entered the palace and is discussing matters with Your Highness in Chongxian Hall. The Crown Prince sent someone to tell him that he and the Grand Commandant will come to visit you in a while." A eunuch came to report.

"understood."

Wu Meiniang sent away the eunuch, turned to the dressing table, looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and adjusted her expression.

Then she went back to lying on the couch, messing up her hair on purpose, trying to calm down her emotions. Thinking about the child who was not even three months old and hadn't grown into a human form, she was gone, and finally tears came out.

The tears kept flowing and could not be stopped.

She thought about the hard work she had endured in the palace over the years.
When she was a naive teenager, she entered the palace and followed the queen for several years. Although she was the daughter of a meritorious official, her father was the prime minister and a duke, and her cousin was also the prime minister.

But after entering the deep palace, the girl suffered a lot and endured many grievances.

After finally returning to the East Palace, the prince never consummated his marriage with her, which made her cry many times in the middle of the night. After finally giving birth to a son, someone came to take him away.

What belongs to her, no one can take it away.

In Chongxian Hall,

Prince Cheng Qian poured tea for his teacher and apologized, feeling very guilty, "It was because of my poor care that Second Mother was killed, and the poor baby in her belly died before it was even formed.

Fortunately, my second mother had severe morning sickness that day and could not drink more than two sips of soup, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

I didn't take good care of my second mother, and I feel guilty towards my teacher and the Wu family."

"Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself too much. This incident was unexpected. How is the investigation going now?" Wu Huaiyu asked.

"We found out that the soup was poisoned, and we also found out that the poison was in the fish maw that Su's bitch sent us."

"Can we find out where this poisonous fish maw comes from? Is it because the fish maw is moldy or something else?"

"Someone poisoned the fish maw," Cheng Qian was very angry. "It's very obvious that it was that bitch Su who poisoned it. She was crazy. She wanted to adopt Mei Niang's child under her name, but Gu refused. So she went crazy and wanted to poison Mei Niang.

Not only did she poison Mei Niang and her unborn baby, she even killed Xian Er."

Li Xian also developed a high fever that day. Although it was found that he was not poisoned, Li Chengqian also blamed Su for it.

"Where is Crown Princess Su now? What did she confess?"

"I locked her up in Yichun Beiyuan, and this bitch refused to say anything."

"What about the people around her? Murder and poisoning cannot be done by her alone."

"Those bastards beat a few people to death, but no one was willing to confess honestly."

Wu Huaiyu did not really believe in such things as preferring death to surrender, especially for the ordinary palace servants, eunuchs and female officials. Even if some of them were loyal to their masters, it was impossible for everyone to be so loyal, and it was even more impossible for everyone to withstand torture and forced confessions.

This made his heart sink.

He was getting closer and closer to his guess.

Although everything pointed to Princess Su, their reactions showed that they might really know nothing and were completely framed.

"If it weren't for the martial arts Su family, I would have killed that bitch with my sword. I have now written to the saint, requesting that the bitch be demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in a separate courtyard, and that her mother and brothers be exiled and exiled to the Western Regions."

(End of this chapter)