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Chapter 83 Li Longji asks for help!
Xiao Ran took a look and realized that what Li Shimin wanted to see was not the young Li Longji, but Wu Zetian!

"Let me go with you so that you can see with your own eyes that the Tang Dynasty that Wu Zetian governed was once your little wife."

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he chuckled. As for Li Shimin next to him, his face darkened instantly.

"According to what you said, Wu Zetian is just a small talent in my harem, and she is not favored by me. How can she have the chance to sit on the throne of God?"

Xiao Ran shrugged: "You have to ask Li Zhi, but you have laid the foundation for Wu Zetian to rise to power."

Li Shimin:?

"Although Wu Meiniang, also known as Wu Zetian, this fourteen-year-old, young and beautiful girl was not liked by you because of her bold actions and cruel heart. She stayed in the harem for twelve years and was not favored. But I didn't If you remember wrongly, during your reign, the concubines of the Tang Dynasty were required to be on duty in addition to sleeping in bed. When you were dealing with government affairs or studying, you would have concubines to serve you. After twelve years in the palace, even if you did not favor Wu Meiniang very much, He’ll also have a chance to meet you.”

"This kind of thing, in the heart of the jealous concubine, is naturally an opportunity to get close to you. Apart from that, it is very boring, but in the hearts of caring people, it is the top class taught by you personally. Wu Meiniang is in your By being around you, carefully pondering, observing your words, and learning how you treat people and deal with government affairs, doesn't this lay the foundation for her step-by-step transformation from Wu Meiniang to Wu Zetian?"

Thinking of Wu Zetian in history, Xiao Ran also felt a little emotional. This woman could take down the empress Wang with rich background in one move, and then take down the Guanlong clan with Li Zhi.
Where did you learn these routines? Teacher Li Shimin is still the best teacher.

When Xiao Ran said this, Li Shimin naturally thought of this and was speechless.

I immediately made a decision in my heart. After completing this list, the first thing I would do when I got back was to change the rule of having the concubine on duty.

……

The second year of the Holy Calendar.

Now Li Longji is fourteen years old and has been imprisoned in the palace for seven years. It is not easy before he has the chance to leave the cabinet again.

I had just retired from the court and returned home, but I couldn't help but worry.

The shadow of last year has not dissipated in Li Longji's heart.

In the first year of the Holy Calendar, although he did not leave the cabinet, he had heard about what happened in the court. Now he is even more trembling. Not only is he worried that the country will fall into the hands of the Wu family, he is also afraid that this time he and his brothers will I had the opportunity to leave the cabinet, but because my grandmother wanted to...

Li Longji couldn't sleep for several days, until one day he found a shining jade stone in his study.

When Xiao Ran and Li Shimin came over, Li Longji was very drunk. Seeing two more people in front of him, he said in a daze: "You...who are you? But...are you sent by your Majesty to take my life?"

When Li Shimin heard this, his face darkened instantly: "The descendants of the Li family were so frightened that they looked like this, living in fear every day, what does it look like!"

This scolding actually made the drunk Li Longji sober up a little. When he took a closer look, he saw that the man in front of him was wearing a dragon robe. He immediately frowned and thought to himself, this is a capital crime. Who dares to be so bold?
"I am the boss of Super Dimension Company, Xiao Ran. This is Li Shimin, your ancestor. I am here to complete your order. Tell me what you think."

Xiao Ran opened his mouth and introduced himself.

"Then what is said on the jade stone is actually true?!"

Li Longji was overjoyed for a moment, rushed forward excitedly, and started to cry.

"I feel bitter in my heart. Please save Datang. I really don't want to see the Li family's world become the Wu family's world."

Li Shimin was puzzled. No matter what, Li Longji was Wu Zetian's grandson. Why did he have fear in his eyes besides being unwilling to accept the change of ownership?
Xiao Ran nodded and said: "There is a certain reason for this. Wu Zetian was already twenty-seven years old when he entered the palace again, while Li Zhi was only twenty-three years old, four years older than Li Zhi. However, it did not affect Wu Zetian's first charge at all, and from then on Starting from one year ago, Wu Zetian gave birth to four sons, Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan, and two daughters, Princess Anding and Princess Taiping. However, Gaozong Li Zhi only had eight sons and four daughters in his life, including Half of it was born from Wu Ze, which shows how favored she is."

Hearing that his young wife and his son had such "deep feelings", even now, before Li Shimin had a chance to see Wu Zetian, he felt more and more resentful in his heart and said to Xiao Ran.

"Let's get down to business, why do you like gossiping about these sexy news so much?"

Li Shimin learned the term "peach news" from watching TV at Xiao Ran's house. It sounds like he has been "modernized" now, and Xiao Ran finds it a bit funny.

"I continue to say that back then, Li Hong died young, Li Xian was deposed by Wu Zetian, Li Xiancai was the emperor for less than two months and was kicked off the throne by Wu Zetian, and the youngest son Li Dan unexpectedly inherited the throne. But Li Dan as a Being a puppet, the emperor was also very aggrieved. At that time, the power in the court was controlled by Wu Zetian. In addition, Li Dan was also feared by Wu Zetian. He was the emperor in name, but he was always kept quiet in the palace. . Later, as Wu Zetian's status became more and more stable, the number of her confidants in the court became more and more intense, and the calls for Wu Zetian to ascend the throne became louder and louder. Li Dan was so frightened that he also quickly asked for the throne to be his mother, and voluntarily changed his surname to ' Wu', now, he doesn't even want to be a member of the Li family anymore."

"This Wu Zetian deserves to die! She actually forced the Li family to change their surname to Wu. What a shame and humiliation!"

Li Shimin was so angry that he wished he could go to Wu Zetian to settle the score now.

Li Longji also felt this and sighed: "Why am I not like this now? What's the difference between the past seven years and being imprisoned?" Li Shimin wanted to scold him for not living up to expectations, but when he thought of Li Zhi, I just feel that this kid deserves a beating. If he hadn't given him a chance, would the country of Tang Dynasty have fallen into the hands of Wu Zetian, a man with a foreign surname?

Although there were many absurd things during Wu Zetian's reign, which emperor was completely meritorious and blameless?

"She's pretty good. At least half of the Zhenguan rule was due to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian got back the territory that Li Zhi lost during his reign. She made great contributions to the expansion of the Tang Dynasty. contribute."

"It's just that the later Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was Li Dan's third son and the grandson of Wu Zetian and Li Zhi."

Even Li Longji, who had drunk some wine at this time, heard Xiao Ran's words clearly.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, could he not be talking about himself? Is it possible that he still has a chance to ascend the throne as emperor?

His heart, which just a moment ago seemed to be filled with despair, now began to beat violently.

"In September of the first year of Tianshou, Wu Zetian ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor as she wished, and changed the name of the country to 'Zhou'. After being the puppet emperor for six years, Li Dan thought that he had thrown away the hot potato of the throne, but in fact There was no relief. His identity meant that he was destined to not get out of this quagmire. Later, Li Dan fell into the "Li-Wu Controversy". At that time, there were two factions in the court, one supported Wu Zetian and established Wu Chengsi as the prince, and the other faction Support the establishment of Li Dan as the crown prince. Out of fear of the old power of Li and Tang, Wu Zetian suppressed her own son more, and finally made Li Dan live in fear all day long. Even the little maid next to Wu Zetian dared to bully him. Tell me. , How can this happen all of a sudden?"

"Then what you said is that Wu Zetian wants to give the throne to the Wu family?" Li Shimin's face was as dark as a carbon ball.

Li Longji, who fell to the ground, also started to beat up and down in his heart. Will his worries come true?

Xiao Ran shook his head: "That's not true. The relationship between Wu Zetian and the Wu family also makes her have no feelings for the Wu family, and she even hates them. If it weren't for balancing the power in the court, she needs the support of some people, and she wouldn't Will support Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi. In 635 AD, Wu Zetian's father, the warrior Xun, passed away, and Wu Zetian was born to his stepmother. His ex-wife, Xianglishi, gave birth to two sons to the warrior Xun. The two brothers did not like to see their stepmother and Sansi. After the death of Samurai Xun, the men in the family naturally made the decision. No one would support Wu Zetian anymore. At that time, the two good brothers would cynicize the mother and daughter from time to time, and also use different tricks to bully them. Therefore, Wu Zetian My girlhood was very miserable, it can be said that I was in dire straits, no better than Li Longji or Li Dan are now."

"No matter how you say it, Li Dan and others are also men. With the support and blessing of ministers who are loyal to the Li family, they are better than helpless women in this world. Afterwards, relatives of the Yang family gave Li Shimin a blow and said The Wu family has a beautiful little girl, so your edict from Li Shimin has arrived. At that time, Wu Zetian was fourteen years old, and Li Shimin was a bad old man. The palace was a huge Colosseum. The Wu family would not Help her, even if Wu Zetian enters the palace, what awaits her will not be glory and wealth, but difficulties in the intrigues. However, Wu Zetian was not doing well at home at the time, so it would be better to enter the palace and give it a try like her father did. She can still have a full meal even though she has no money. She also said, 'Serving the Holy Son of Heaven, don't you know it is a blessing?'"

These are things that Li Longji doesn't know, and it can't be said that he doesn't know at all. It's just that with his identity, even if he heard similar rumors, he wouldn't dare to take them seriously. Now that he heard the real words released by Xiao Ran, he just felt disgusted. When we arrived at Dagua, we had completely sobered up from the wine.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, felt quite sad as he listened. Today's Wu Zetian was certainly hateful to Li Tang, but she herself was also a pitiful person, and even Li Shimin could not deny that considering her as the daughter of a small official, she Status, after losing his father, he was able to reach his current status step by step. His character and methods are far better than many men.

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh: "Second daughter, how wonderful it would be if she were the son of my Li family!"

Li Shimin has also read "The Complete Book of the Tang Dynasty" and "Five Thousand Years of China". Wu Zetian's civil, political and martial arts skills are all excellent, which he cannot deny. And her starting point is very low. Only Zhu Yuanzhang, who conquered the world with one bowl at the beginning, can compete with her in the difficulty of ascending the throne.

Li Longji was a little confused at this time: "According to what Mr. Xiao said, today's saints will not give the throne to the Wu family?"

"This matter should have been concluded last year, you should have seen it. In the first year of the Holy Calendar, Chengsi and Wu Sansi found an opportunity at this time. If they wanted to be the prince, they found someone to tell Wu Zetian, 'Since ancient times, there has never been an emperor. Although Wu Zetian was a little hesitant at this time, she still remembered what happened back then. Even after she came to power, the two brothers were demoted far away by her. Now, although she has given them to her two nephews, A little bit of rights, but how can we not worry about the father and son holding grudges? Later, Di Renjie said to Wu Zetian, "Which one is closer to the aunt or nephew or the mother and the son? If your Majesty establishes a son, he will worship his ancestors in the Taimiao for thousands of years; if he establishes a nephew, he will never hear that the nephew is The emperor offered sacrifices to his aunt in the Ancestral Temple. He also advised Wu Zetian to call back the King of Luling."

"At this time, Wu Zetian has completely given up the idea of ​​letting the Wu family become the prince. However, Li Longji, you are living in her shadow now, so it is normal that you cannot see clearly."

"It is also recorded in history that Wu Nai summoned King Luling to return to the Eastern Capital, Ruizong asked his subordinate King Luling, and Empress Wu made King Luling the crown prince."

So, Li Longji breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good, that's good..."

"This country still belongs to the Li family of the Tang Dynasty..."

Just thinking of himself, Li Longji looked at Xiao Ran again: "I wonder if sir, can you give me a way out? Back then, there was a maid named Wei Tuan'er who wanted to sleep with his father, but his father didn't dare, so he didn't let Wei Tuan'er succeed. .”

Speaking of this, Li Longji gritted his teeth and his heart was full of hatred: "But this Wei Tuan'er did something harmful in order to retaliate against my father. She told Your Majesty that my father's concubine Liu and my biological mother De Fei Dou , performed a witchcraft curse on Your Majesty! Your Majesty did not verify whether this statement was true at the moment, so he ordered Mrs. Liu and my biological mother, Mrs. Dou, to enter the palace to see you. They did not dare to neglect, so they entered the palace in a hurry. "

As he spoke, Li Longji also started to cry. He was just a teenager back then. How could he not feel sad when his mother died?
"But the two mothers and concubines never came back. My father and I were so eager to wait that no one came back. I wanted to go into the palace to ask, but my father was frightened and did not dare to ask for someone from His Majesty. Everyone was I know that they were secretly killed by His Majesty, and I don’t know where the bodies were buried, but I didn’t dare to ask for an explanation. I was only eight years old that year, and I couldn’t afford to bury my mother’s bones and find them for a proper burial.”

"I'm really worried."

From this time on, Li Longji lived a very miserable life. His mother was "disappeared" and his father was accused of "conspiracy" and was interrogated by cruel officials. Li Longji and his brothers were kept in confinement in the palace all year round.

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "As the prince and grandson, you must stand up first! Seeing your ability, I will support you."

"Although Wu Zetian has made great contributions to the country, she is also ignorant of her own children and grandchildren. Now that she is old, it is time to abdicate!"

(End of this chapter)