People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1114 August rd, everything turned upside down

On the third day of the first lunar month, the streets are filled with red.

Gao Qi went to Prince Peng's Mansion to send congratulatory gifts, and then he and a group of people watched Li Xuan go to the Lecheng County Government Mansion to welcome the bride.

Finally, when the crowd was in chaos, he quietly left.

In the black carriage, Gao Qi calmly pressed his hands on his sword in front of his knees, his face solemn and his eyes solemn.

"Bang bang bang!" Three soft sounds rang outside, and then a voice came: "Sir, Jia Si has already entered."

"Go to Changlefang and walk slowly." Gao Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and Gao Qi turned sideways to look at the swaying curtains.

Outside the car curtain, the tall Big Wild Goose Pagoda stands tall.

……

In Ci'en Temple, a rather old Turkic old man walked into the Main Hall with great piety step by step, mixed in with the crowd, walked under the solemn Tathagata Buddha statue, and knelt down.

After kneeling three times and prostrating nine times, the old man stood up while chanting softly, and then walked toward the stupa in the backyard.

One stupa, another stupa. After spending more than half an hour, the old man flashed from the edge of the stupa into the Zen room in the backyard.

In the deepest Zen room, a curtain blocked the eyes from inside and outside.

The old man clasped his palms together, bowed seriously, and chanted softly: "From the east comes Maitreya Buddha!"

"Buddha bless you!" A young voice sounded from behind the curtain.

"Master." The old man put his palms together and asked in a low voice: "When will the Buddha protect you?"

The young man behind the curtain fell silent. After a moment, he slowly said, "Are you sincere?"

"If you are sincere, I offer you six hundred sincere hearts." The old man bowed his head devoutly, and at the same time cupped his hands and said, "May the world be peaceful, and the inside and outside be the same."

Behind the curtain, a young voice sounded softly: "May the world be peaceful and everyone be content with their destiny."

"When is destiny?" The old man raised his head and stared behind the curtain.

The young man took a deep breath, sighed softly, and said, "August 23rd."

"Thank you, Master." The old man clasped his hands together without asking for details, then turned and left: "Maitreya Buddha comes from the east!"

"Buddha bless you." Behind the curtain, footsteps also sounded instantly.

The wind blew in from the window and there was no one in the room.

A black figure appeared outside the window. He glanced expressionlessly on his stern face, then turned and left.

……

The carriage swayed along Changlefang towards Zhuque Street, surrounded by salesmen walking through the streets.

Listening to the cries lingering in his ears, Gao Qi's hand on the sword couldn't help but tremble.

Because he knew that if everything he did today was known to the court, the entire Gao family would definitely be completely confiscated and exterminated.

But, he couldn't help it.

Ever since he saw the prince's pitiful appearance of being frightened every time he heard news from the palace, Gao Qi knew that he and the prince had completely no way out.

Now we can only go step by step.

Gao Qi clenched his fists immediately and looked ferocious. They were all forced.

Forced by the palace.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and Gao Qi grasped the hilt of the sword in an instant.

"Bang, bang, bang," three familiar knocking sounds sounded. Gao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the hilt of his sword, and asked in a low voice: "How?"

"Everything went well." A note was handed over.

After Gao Qi took one look, he felt completely relieved.

The next moment, the paper was completely crushed by him.

"Tell Jia Si to go to Luoyang now, hand this letter to Jia San, and then go directly south to Yangzhou and take orders in Yangzhou." Gao Qi said, and a letter was handed out from the window.

There is nothing wrong with an ordinary envelope. The letter paper is well glued and no flaws can be seen.

"Yes!" The voice outside responded, and in a blink of an eye, the footsteps left quickly.

Gao Qi raised his head and said, "Let's go back to Kaihuafang from Zhuque Street and back to Prince Peng's Mansion."

"Yes!" The coachman's voice sounded outside, and the carriage began to slowly move towards Kaihuafang.

On the watchtower in the distance, a figure in black stood in front of the fence holding a sword, watching the carriage leave with indifferent eyes.

……

He is a beautiful neighbor to the east, and he learns etiquette, Ming calligraphy and poetry.

On the 15th day of the lunar month, I ascended to the king's palace and got married.

May we be together forever and stay together for a hundred years.

As time goes by, joy and love will never move.

Liu Shubi pursed her lips slightly and held the red sachet in her hand.

In this way, she got married from the Lecheng County Duke's Palace, and then married into the Nanchang Prince's Palace under the red silk all over the streets.

After three bows and nine kowtows, he was sent to his new house.

Ruyi, inlaid with gold and jade, gently raised her red hijab, and her eyes instantly brightened.

The beloved whom she had met countless times appeared in front of her. Liu Shubi bit her lips, lowered her head subconsciously, and softly called out: "Sister..."

"Call me husband." Li Xuan reached out and grabbed Liu Shubi's delicate hand and whispered: "From now on, you are my husband's wife, and you will call me husband from now on!"

At this point, Li Xuan leaned close to Liu Shubi's ear and whispered: "Whatever do you want to be called? You can wait until the night is late, but now, you have to call me husband."

Liu Shubi couldn't help her cheeks blushing immediately, but she still shouted softly: "Husband!"

"Well!" Li Xuan straightened up and put the wine glass into Liu Shubi's hand.

Let's have a drink and eat together. The ceremony is complete.

……

Pushing cups and changing cups, drinking and drinking together.

Li Xuan did not expect that so many people would come to attend the wedding today.

This time he got married, not even a concubine, but a concubine. But except for Di Renjie, Laisui, Qin Ming, and Yao Chong, all the major families in the city sent people over.

The gift money is not light.

Even in the East Palace, Xue Yao came with Gao Qi and others, and they waited until the evening to have a wedding together.

After Li Xuan completed a circle of respect, he relaxed a little.

"Da Lang." Zhao Gong's voice sounded behind him, and Li Xuan immediately bowed: "Uncle!"

The joy on Zhao Gong's face, who was dressed in green, had faded a lot, and his expression was calm.

Li Xuan looked over his shoulder and looked into the courtyard behind.

Uncle Ouyang Tong, mother concubine Ouyang Shi, and all the children of the Ouyang family and the Zhao family are all inside.

Of course, in other courtyards, there were literati who were close to Ouyang Tong, Wang Dezhen, Ge Yuanfu, and Cen Changqian.

"There are a lot of people here in the East Palace today!" Zhao Gong stood in the dark shadows and looked at Xue Yao, Gao Qi, and Yuchi Xunyu in the center of the courtyard.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed slightly, and then she said softly: "Uncle, there are indeed many more people here today than expected."

"Many people are here for you." Zhao Gong raised his head and smiled, and then said: "What happened at the Zhengdan Banquet has spread throughout Chang'an, even to Luoyang, and will spread throughout the world in the future. Come on, you won so easily, so easily that even His Majesty wants to take advantage of it."

Li Xuan immediately understood that the emperor wanted to use his words to cheer people up.

"Will there be any news on the grassland?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

"Yes." Zhao Gong nodded, and then whispered: "It's useful, but I don't want him to be of much use."

"My nephew hopes so too." Li Xuan nodded seriously. If such news really comes to be of great use, it means that Li Xuan has already appeared on the grassland.

Once Li Xuan appears on the grassland, it means that Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui have all been defeated.

"How is Chang'an? Can you control it?" Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong with a serious expression.

Zhao Gong nodded, smiled easily, and said: "Don't worry, all those who should be monitored are already under surveillance. The rest depends on when Your Majesty and the Queen make up their minds."

Li Xuan nodded slowly, and it could be seen that the secret guard had more and more things under his control.

Likewise, this also means that Li Xian is moving more and more.

Li Xian is getting closer and closer to being deposed.

"Uncle, be careful, don't have any accidents." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh softly, and whispered: "Once there is an accident, everything will be turned upside down."

"Don't worry, uncle understands the risks involved." Zhao Gong nodded seriously.

Since the prince has decided to take action, once he starts taking action, it means that he has a chance to win.

At least that's how it seemed to him.

If something really went wrong and allowed Li Xian to succeed, not only would the emperor be in danger of being deposed and killed, but even Li Xian and Li Dan would not have it easy.

There was already a precedent back then.

That's not all. It seems that Li Xian is taking action at the moment, but I don't know how many conspirators are really hiding in the dark.

Who knows what someone might do while Lee Hyun-mou is in chaos.

Not to mention rushing into the palace to kill the emperor and blaming everything on Li Xian, just burning, killing and looting in Chang'an City was enough to make many people unlucky.

Zhao Gong is in charge of the secret guard, and he has very important responsibilities here.

Li Xuan was in Changzhou, and it was not easy to attack Tubo.

The uncle and uncle talked a lot, and then Li Xuan went to greet everyone.

It took half an hour before Li Xuan sent everyone away, but before they left, he finally grabbed Li Xian.

……

In the backyard, Li Xian sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, looking straight ahead. He had drank a lot tonight.

A cup of hot tea was handed over from one side, and Li Xian drank it in one gulp without thinking.

Li Xuan took the tea cup again, filled it up, handed it to Li Xian, and said, "I heard that after Liu Jingxian was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng, the East Palace and the Liu family became very close."

"Yes!" Li Xian nodded, holding the teacup and said: "Liu Jingxian was talented since he was a child. He once accompanied his father Liu Xiangdao to study with his second brother, and they were close to each other. However, after he became an official, he never held a position in the East Palace, and he He is an upright person with a straightforward temper, and his relationship with Dong Palace is not close."

"That's it." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then asked in a low voice: "Then Dong Palace asked him to help with things, did he do it?"

"I heard that some did it, and some didn't." Li Xian raised his head and said solemnly: "The past two days are still short, and I can't see anything yet. Why, is there anything wrong?"

Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty promoted Cui Zuocheng to be the Minister of the Huangmen, and promoted Liu Jingxian to the position of Minister Zuocheng. This was done after careful consideration. If nothing else happens, these two people should all be His Majesty's. If this is the case, if they are doing this now, they are not helping the prince, but distracting him from his power."

Li Xian paused, then looked at Li Xuan in surprise, and whispered: "Is this really true?"

"Your Majesty will try his best to control everything." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian deeply and warned seriously: "So, during this period, if you have any arrangements, try to stay as far away from the East Palace as possible, in case there is really something wrong. When it comes to involving you again... His Majesty won't have so much thought to distinguish it at that time."

Li Xian's brows jumped for an instant, and then his face became horrified. He nodded seriously and said, "Uncle Wang, don't worry, Sanlang understands."

Once the prince rebels, the emperor will completely sweep all the chess pieces on the table.

Anyone who shows up at this time and is swept away can only consider himself unlucky.

Li Zhike had never planned to go to Li Yuan.

"Don't have anything to do with the Turks, don't worry about things there, and concentrate on promoting the loom in Jiangnan." Li Xuan repeatedly asked.

Li Xian presented the loom and the drawings of its manufacture at the court meeting. Unfortunately, at that time, the attention of both the government and the public was focused on the Turks, and they did not pay much attention to him.

But this is definitely no small matter.

Especially for Li Xuan.

(End of this chapter)