Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 47 Uncle Take Me

In the first year of Shaosheng's reign, Chang'an.

The first thing Li Xian did after taking the throne was to move the political center from Luoyang back to Chang'an.

The capital of the Tang Dynasty was Chang'an. What's the point of staying in Luoyang all the time?

Li Xian, who had been severely hurt, was determined to cut off from Empress Wu. He knew full well that he would kill the entire Wu clan without giving them any chance to make a comeback.

But for those officials who were attached to the Wu family, Li Xian only liquidated officials above the fifth rank.For those below the fifth rank, forget the past.

It was impossible to resist. Before Li Shimin and Li Zhi left, they had already firmly controlled the Twelve Guards Gang.Furthermore, who knows whether Emperor Taizongwen will appear again?Therefore, Li Xian is not under any pressure.

After more than a month of consolidation, with the assistance of loyal and famous ministers such as Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi, Li Xian had completely taken control of the court.

The former Crown Princess Fang, who was displaced with him, was named Queen after Li Xian ascended the throne; the eldest son Li Guangshun, who was originally eradicated by Wu Zetian in history, was also made the Crown Prince.

Wu Zetian was almost unparalleled in history in terms of ruthlessness and ruthlessness, as can be seen from the experience of Li Xian's second son Li Shouli.

After Li Xian's death in the original history, Li Shouli and the sons of Tang Ruizong Li Dan lived in seclusion in the palace.Because his father was "sinful", he was beaten with a cane for many years without any reason.

Fortunately, he arrived in time and changed the fate of Li Xian's family.

When Li Qing brought Li Shimin and his son from Yonghui in the sixth year, Li Xian was meeting with Li Zhen, the king of Yue.

The first moment she saw Li Shimin, Li Zhen's lips trembled slightly and she was stunned for a long time without saying a word.

"Uncle King Yue."

It was only after Li Xian reminded him from the side that Li Zhen regained her composure and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Unfilial son Li Zhen, welcome your father!"

Looking at the son who was older than himself kneeling on the ground in front of him, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Li Qing and the fate of his son he described.

"Get up."

Li Zhen stood up after hearing the words and stood aside respectfully.

"Sit down, you are not young anymore."

Li Shimin motioned him to sit aside, looked at Li Zhen's gray hair, and said with emotion: "When I came here, you were only as tall as a child slave."

He stretched out his hand to show where his chest was.

"Even if 50 years have passed, I still remember He Xian..."

Speaking of this, Li Zhen felt something was inappropriate.Li Shimin and Li Zhi were both by his side. It was really inappropriate to call that damn Li Zhi the late emperor.

"We are all a family, just like before, let's call them Zhinu."

Li Shimin promptly relieved Li Zhen from her dilemma.

"Yes, Bage, I still think it's kind of you to call me a child slave."

Li Zhi also beat snakes and followed them with a stick. How dare he disobey his father's orders?

Besides, in this era, Bago is so old and he has dedicated his whole life for the Li family, so it’s okay to call him a childish slave.

It’s better than calling me the late emperor, right?I'm not dead yet.

Unable to defeat Li Shimin and Li Zhi, Li Zhen had to accept their request.

Li Shimin was quite satisfied with Li Zhen. Although his son was not very capable, his loyalty to the Li Tang royal family was sufficient.

Thinking about it, a vassal king does not need to be very capable, but being loyal enough is the most important thing.

Li Shimin comforted Li Zhen with his kind words. Li Xian struck while the iron was hot and asked Li Shimin to designate his uncle Li Zhen as the king of Anguo and Yue, ranking first among the kings.Lao Li naturally agreed to everything and highly praised Li Xian's filial piety.

After Li Zhen left, Li Qing took out a pair of mahjong and placed it on the table.

"Touch two handfuls and talk while touching them."

In the past few months of getting along with Li Qing, the three Li family ancestors and grandsons are very familiar with how to play mahjong. Their proficiency in cutting and counting tiles is even better than that of a modern person like Li Qing.

"Let me talk to you guys first. Brother Li and I are going to go to the Jinglong period when Li Xian was emperor... [-] yuan."

Li Zhi immediately grabbed the card: "Eat...uncle, wasn't Li Xian deposed as King of Luling by that poisonous woman and made Li Dan emperor instead? Why is he the emperor again?"

"During Empress Wu's reign, she hesitated whether to pass the throne to her nephew or her son. When she was indecisive, she asked Di Renjie... [-]."

"Di Renjie said that since ancient times, we have only heard of sons offering sacrifices to their mothers, but never of nephews offering sacrifices to their aunts. This sentence made Empress Wu change her mind, so she secretly welcomed Li Xian back and established him as crown prince again."

Li Zhi secretly remembered the name Di Renjie in his heart. He had heard that this man was a wise minister before, but he did not expect that he was actually a very loyal minister.

"In the last years of her reign, five ministers including Zhang and Cambodia jointly forced the palace to pass on the crown prince and return power to the Li family. This was known as the 'dragon coup' in history."

"It was under this background that Li Xian became emperor again." Li Qing concluded.

"Shit luck!" Li Zhi cursed, not feeling at all that he got the throne only because of shit luck.

The eldest brother Li Chengqian and the fourth brother Li Tai fought to the death and took risks to rebel. The fourth brother Li Taili made Zhiwu say stupid things and was caught by Changsun Wuji. As a result, he did nothing and got the throne for nothing.

In terms of luck, he is much better than Li Xian. At least he has never experienced the kind of worry and fear of not knowing when his biological mother will lose him.

"Ouch, don't say that." Li Qing touched a card and said in a sinister tone: "This Li Xian is indeed your biological son. This kid can't compare with you in terms of strict control over his wife. Worse than that.”

"Why did uncle say this?" Li Zhizhang's second monk was confused and didn't understand what Li Qing meant.

"If you ask me, your Li family is a very good one." Li Qing played a single chicken. "In just two generations, we can gather two of you. One of them was usurped by his wife after his death, and the other was born out of his inferior skills." Sheng Yu Lan was actually poisoned to death by his wife and daughter. Looking at the history books, you two can be regarded as scorpion daddies - the only ones."

Li Zhi: ...

Regarding Li Qing's teasing, even though he was thick-skinned, he couldn't help but blush.

Li Shimin slapped a piece of Xifeng on the table, as if it was Li Zhi.

"Hey, thank you, Brother Li, it's settled." Li Qing smiled and pushed away the cards, "The characters are the same color, number 64, hehe."

He took out a bunch of small notes and stuck them on Li Shimin's face.

"I'm willing to admit defeat..."

Looking at Li Zhi and Li Xian who looked admiring, Li Qing said: "...The basic situation is this. Are you two interested in going together?"

"Uncle, I have a question." Li Zhi put the cards neatly.

"Say."

"Xian'er and I are going to see that evil beast. Can we beat him?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I called you two here to watch a show?" Li Qing asked, holding a toothpick in his mouth.

Li Zhi and Li Xian looked at each other and said in unison: "Uncle, take me!"

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