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

Chapter 1787: Zhangsun Wuji's great-grandson writes the history of Li Zhi and Empress Wu

The new moon is like a bud, in the palace of nectar.

The red candles are lit and the stove is warm.

On the bed, the bride in a purple and red wedding dress sat on the inside with a gentle look.

She lowered her eyes slightly, avoiding the sight of the maids around her, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, she became the emperor's concubine.

Even though a whole year had passed since the marriage was agreed upon, Chang Sun Yue still felt inexplicably flustered.

Today is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and she was married into the palace.

It was not as quiet as rumored, with a red sedan chair.

The emperor attached great importance to the Changsun family and gave a generous betrothal gift.

And the one who sent the dowry was the current head of the royal family, King Han Li Yuanjia.

The Governor of Dingzhou, King of Han Li Yuanjia.

Last year, the emperor even tried to appoint King Han as the Minister of Rites.

This time, the King of Han presented the betrothal gift on behalf of the emperor, which was enough to show the emperor's sincerity.

Moreover, family members said that although the emperor was the ruler of the world, he did not have many concubines.

Even though the emperor was in good health, except for Wang Zhaoyi who entered the palace last year, all other concubines were already pregnant...

Thinking of this, Chang Sun Yue's face turned a little red, and there was a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

……

Steady footsteps were heard outside the hall, and Li Xuan, dressed in a bright red dragon robe, walked in.

He stood in the hall, and the maids around him immediately came forward to help him take off his outer clothes.

Li Xuan let out a long breath, and immediately spit out most of the alcohol that had accumulated in his stomach.

After taking off his outer clothes, Li Xuan calmly walked into the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Chang Sun Yue sat there nervously, her face even a little pale.

Li Xuan placed one hand on Chang Sun Yue's fair jade hand, sat down next to her, looked forward, and asked softly, "Are you scared?"

"Slave...Slave is not afraid!" Chang Sun Yue took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down as much as possible.

Li Xuan smiled softly and whispered, "Call me your concubine. You are already one of my nine concubines. In the whole world, there are few people who can surpass you in status. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Zhang Sunyue felt a little more confident, then she leaned over to Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, I greet you."

Li Xuan smiled.

Chang Sun Yue was not a beauty, but she had the dignified temperament of a lady from an aristocratic family, which was not something that ordinary people could possess.

Even Wang Jianniang is not as good as her in this regard.

"Someone, bring two glasses of wine." Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at the palace maid on the side. Immediately, someone brought a pot of wine, and someone else picked up the pot and poured two glasses of wine.

Li Xuan picked up the wine glasses, handed one to Chang Sun Yue, and held the other in his own hand.

The glasses collided and the wine sloshed.

Li Xuan looked at the beauty in front of him and said softly: "Fine grape wine in a luminous cup, beauty like jade and sword like a rainbow."

After saying this, Li Xuan had already finished the wine in the glass.

Chang Sun Yue on the opposite side also drank up the wine in the glass and her face flushed.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at the palace maid beside her and said, "Come here, help Xiurong undress."

"Yes!" Two palace maids immediately stepped forward and began to help Chang Sun Yue remove the gold ornaments on her head, then slowly unbuttoned her collar, revealing her red mandarin duck bellyband.

Li Xuan leaned back slightly, looking straight ahead.

He didn't know when it started, but he became more and more fond of watching beautiful women undressing.

Soon, Chang Sun Yue was lying on the bed.

Li Xuan stood up, and his tall figure stood beside the imperial couch.

Two more palace maids came forward and gently helped Li Xuan take off her clothes.

……

When the red candle burns out, who will care about its tears?

The sky was getting light and the night was over.

The big red curtains on both sides had been lowered at some point.

In the small space, there were only Li Xuan, who had woken up at some unknown time, and Chang Sun Yue, who was sleeping soundly.

Gently holding Chang Sun Yue in his arms, Li Xuan looked up calmly.

I don’t know what I’m thinking.

After a long time, Chang Sun Yue finally woke up.

Feeling herself lying in Li Xuan's arms, Chang Sun Yue's trembling body suddenly calmed down, and she leaned tightly into Li Xuan's arms again: "Your Majesty."

"Awake." Li Xuan pecked Chang Sunyue's forehead gently, and then said in a relaxed manner: "No need to get up too early. I will not go to court from today to the 15th, and I will spend the whole day with you."

Zhang Sunyue looked at Li Xuan with great surprise: "Your Majesty, is it true?"

"Of course it's true." Li Xuan laughed, and then said: "Don't you know that for every wife or concubine of mine who married into the palace, I would spend ten days with her... In fact, now that she has entered the palace, when I was in Prince Peng's mansion, I could squeeze out half a month to accompany her."

"This is more than enough. I am very satisfied." Chang Sun Yue couldn't help but rubbed her palm-sized face against Li Xuan's shoulder, as obedient as a kitten.

Li Xuan hugged his kitten in his arms, and then asked softly: "I have issued an order to transfer your father to the Hongwen Academy as a scholar and supervise the national history. This way, you can see your father several times every month."

"Really?" Chang Sun Yue looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan nodded gently: "Of course, I'm not kidding."

"Hehe!" The kitten laughed happily and started moving restlessly in Li Xuan's arms.

Li Xuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, but his eyes had completely calmed down.

As a scholar of the Hongwenguan Academy and supervisor of the national history, he wanted to see how the Changsun family would write this history.

The relationship between the Changsun family and Li Zhi gradually weakened after the death of Empress Changsun. Until the outbreak of the Changsun Wuji rebellion, countless people in the Changsun family were implicated.

Some are dead, some are crazy, and some have no news at all.

There was only hatred between the two families.

Now, Changsun Wuji's great-grandson is writing about the story of Li Zhi and Empress Wu in the last years of Emperor Taizong. Li Xuan really wants to see how they will write it.

Not to mention, there are also people from the Wang family involved in this matter.

Wang Bo is a person who must participate.

In addition, there are the Minister of War Wang Fangyi and the Minister of Justice Xiao Siye. Li Xuan couldn't help laughing. This matter became more and more interesting.

……

The government office of Julu County, Chang'an.

Dou Huaizheng, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, returned to the mansion a little drunk.

The butler who had been waiting at the door immediately took a half step forward and whispered a few words in Dou Huaizheng's ear.

Dou Huaizhen couldn't help shaking his head and pretended to be sober and said, "Bring wet wipes and tea."

"Here!" The housekeeper immediately asked someone to bring wet wipes.

Dou Huaizheng wiped his face and drank a whole cup of tea. He felt a little more sober and strode towards the study in the backyard.

In the study, Dou Xuande, the Duke of Julu County, was calmly flipping through the "Analects of Confucius" in his hand.

Dou Huaizhen's footsteps sounded outside the door, and then Dou Huaizhen said in a deep voice: "Aye, Dalang wants to see you."

"Come in." Dou Xuande, with white hair and beard, raised his head and looked towards the door.

Dou Huaizheng then pushed the door open and walked in, closing it at the same time. He then turned around and bowed, saying, "My son greets you, my Lord!"

Dou Xuande nodded, put down the Analects, and asked by candlelight, "Are there many people at Changsun's house today?"

Dou Huaizheng cupped his hands and said, "Quite a few people went there. People from the Dugu family, the Du family, the Wei family, the Su family, and even the Yang family, the Xue family, and the Pei family all went there."

"Then do you know that Changsun Yuanyi has been appointed as a scholar of the Hongwenguan by His Majesty, and even supervised the national history?" Dou Xuande raised his head and looked at his son calmly.

Dou Huaizheng was slightly stunned, and said with a folded hand: "I don't know yet, but everyone knows that Changsun Yuanyi will be used by His Majesty, but I never thought that he would be asked to supervise the national history."

"As for compiling the national history, we are just recruiting candidates now, but nothing has been decided yet." Dou Xuande sighed softly, "But do you know who are the people who may be involved in compiling the national history?"

"My son knows a little bit." Dou Huaizheng cupped his hands and said, "Wang Bo, Zhangsun Yuanyi, Kong Huiyuan, Zuo Xiang, Li Xiang, that's all for now."

"Your sense of smell is always not sharp enough." Dou Xuande shook his head and said, "In my opinion, there are two other people who will be involved. One is Su Gui, the Minister of Works, and the other is Yuan Gui, the Minister of Rites, Prince Huo."

"Su Gui, isn't that Princess Hengshan's biological brother?" Dou Huaizheng finally reacted.

Dou Xuande nodded and said, "The nephews of Queen Wang, the direct descendant of Confucius, the brother of Princess Hengshan, the prince of the royal family, and the current Shangshu Zuo Pushe, the Zhongshu Ling, in addition, Xiao Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice will not just watch, and Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of War will also inquire about it. What can these people write about the history of the late Zhenguan period?"

Dou Huaizheng's face turned slightly pale. Emperor Gaozong came to the throne after the dethronement of Prince Hengshan Li Chengqian, and the Su family was quite resentful about this.

After that came Queen Wang who deposed King Liwu.

Changsun Wuji was exiled until his death.

There were also Li Yiyan and Lu Yuanfang who witnessed these events firsthand.

The representative of the royal family is Prince Huo Li Yuangui.

Concubine Xiao Shufei's uncle was watching.

Dou Huaizhen couldn't help but sigh and said, "Sir, why did King Huo, King Han, King Lu and others support King Peng so firmly?"

"Perhaps he has seen enough of the bloody slaughter of Emperor Taizong's lineage. After all, over the years, too many royal families have died at the hands of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Tian." Dou Xuande looked at Dou Huaizheng and said, "Now you understand, once this national history is written..."

"Then your majesty's throne will be unshakable." Dou Huaizheng bowed solemnly.

"What about our Dou family?" Dou Xuande stared at Dou Huaizhen and asked, "How much do you know about Huaiqi's affairs?"

Dou Huaizheng's face changed slightly, and then he cupped his hands and said, "I only know that my cousin has some connections with several of Emperor Taizong's sons-in-law in Youzhou, but I don't know anything else."

Dou Xuande retracted his gaze and said calmly, "Da Lang, do you know which of the great families in the world His Majesty is most wary of?"

Dou Huaizheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It should be the Yang family. After all, the Yang family suffered the most in all the stories. The next ones are the Wei family, the Zheng family, the Cui family and the Lu family. My Dou family..."

Dou Xuande sighed, closed his eyes, and asked, "What do you think Dou Chi and Dou Xiao can achieve?"

Dou Huaizheng's face became serious: "Dou Chi has been with Your Majesty the longest, maybe he can become a general of the First Guard..."

"Huh?" Dou Xuande turned sideways and looked at Dou Huaizheng in surprise.

Dou Huaizheng immediately cupped his hands and said, "If it's not a general of a guard, then... then it's a governor of a state."

"continue!"

"Dou Xiao is now the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and perhaps he can become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue... No, His Majesty will not hand over the Ministry of Revenue to my Dou family, probably..." Dou Huaizheng hesitated.

"If Dou Xiao is lucky enough, maybe he can become the Minister of the Six Ministries, but at most he can be the Minister of Industry... The last of the six ministries, this is the ceiling of our Dou family's future."

Dou Xuande turned sideways and looked at Dou Huaizheng, saying, "Do you know what this means?"

"This means that my Dou family will decline." Dou Huaizheng's face became increasingly ugly.

"What do you think is the chance that Huai Qi will succeed in what he is doing in Youzhou?" Dou Xuande changed the subject lightly.

Dou Huaizheng bowed with a heavy face.

Dou Xuande sneered and said, "Look, you don't believe him, and neither do I. Your Majesty is such a calculating person. He can't even hide what Huai Qi did in Youzhou from you, let alone Your Majesty. And don't forget, there is also Di Renjie, the governor of Hebei, in Yingzhou in the north."

Dou Huaizheng's face became increasingly ugly.

Dou Xuande said calmly, "Choose someone. Princess Fuchang is ten years old, and the crown prince is eight. They should be married in a few years. My Dou family doesn't expect to be chosen, but at least we have to show our attitude."

"Yes, sir!" Dou Huaizheng took a deep breath and said, "If that's the case, why not follow the example of the Changsun family? This way, you may have a better future."

"Are you willing to do so?" Dou Xuande looked at Dou Huaizheng in surprise.

Dou Huaizheng bowed solemnly.

"Okay." Dou Xuande waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and do it."

"Yes!" Dou Huaizhen breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn around and leave. At this moment, Dou Xuande said, "Keep an eye on Huaiqi. Tell Dou Chi what he did and have him tell Commander Zhao of the Secret Guard."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)