Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 25 Love and Lore
After the King of Qin left the palace, he quietly summoned soldiers and horses to lay ambushes outside the palace gate. He also ordered the army to join the army and lead a team of troops to wait outside the gate of the Prince's mansion.

Sure enough, as expected by King Qin, the little Huangmen overheard what King Qin said to Emperor Tang in the palace, and reported it to Zhang Jieyu.The officer of the Huang family had just reached the gate of the Prince's Mansion, when he was captured by soldiers ambushing in the dark and sent to the Prince Qin's Mansion.Under the torture of the King of Qin, the Huangmen officials couldn't bear the pain, so they told how the prince had committed adultery with his concubines, how he murdered the King of Qin; .Naturally, Li Shimin was reluctant to kill this Huangmen official. He sent this Huangmen official to the palace and handed it over to the emperor's father. There is iron evidence.

In the early morning of the next day, King Qin rode a horse and led thirty warriors to Xuanwu Gate for a week of inspection. Seeing that the people and horses were stationed very tightly outside the palace wall, he entered the palace and waited in peace.After a while, the imperial decree came down and ordered Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Yuwen Shiji, Dou Dan, Yan Shigu and other civil and military ministers to enter the palace, and then ordered to summon Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

When Emperor Tang came to Linhu Palace, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji didn't know what had happened, so they brought twelve warriors with them, and came to meet their father in Linhu Palace.When the two of them reached the gate of the court, the imperial forest army came forward and detained twelve warriors outside the gate, saying that there was an order for long live, and that the crown prince was not allowed to bring guards with him when he entered the court.When Li Yuanji saw it, he felt a little suspicious.The two rode into the palace gate and walked along the corridor.Li Yuanji took a closer look, and saw soldiers ambushing on both sides. When he walked to the gate of the hall, the gatekeeper shouted and dismounted. Li Jiancheng was about to dismount.At this moment, only the voices from the hall could be heard: "Hurry up and announce that the prince and the king of Qi are going to the hall!"

Li Yuanji knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled to the door.Seeing that Li Yuanji escaped from the palace gate, the crown prince also turned around to applaud his horse, and fled from the corridor to the gate.As he was fleeing, he suddenly heard the voice of the King of Qin behind him, yelling at Li Jiancheng, "Stop! Father has a decree", and then three arrows flew past his ears, and the last one hit the back of the prince's heart. Li Jiancheng just yelled With a sound of "ah yo", he couldn't help but knocked off the horse and died.

King Qin grabbed the Prince's horse and rode on, and hurriedly chased Li Yuanji outside the palace gate.Seeing that he was about to catch up, Li Yuanji turned around, drew his bow and set up an arrow, swish, swish, three arrows in a row, and shot directly at King Qin's face.King Qin lowered his head, dodged the arrows, and still chased after him.Just at this time, Yuchi Jingde rushed out from the cross road ahead, raised his knife and fell, hacking Li Yuanji to death under his horse.

Seeing that Li Shimin had been eliminated as a major obstacle to the succession of the emperor, the two happily returned to the court immediately.Suddenly, I heard drums beating like thunder at Xuanwu Gate, and Pegasus reported that 2000 soldiers and horses under the Prince's army were besieging Xuanwu Gate.The King of Qin hastily swung the silver spear in his hand, and the ambush soldiers in the palace immediately followed the King of Qin to kill Xuanwu Gate.For a moment, shouts were like thunder, arrows were like locusts, and flesh and blood flew across.Several arrows even landed in front of the Emperor Tang's throne, and Pei Ji hurriedly protected the Emperor and retreated into the apse.

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda hurried forward and knelt down and said: "Jianjian and Yuanji have no merit, but they are also worried about Xiao Qiang. King Qin's achievements have conquered the world, and he has his heart inside and out. He should be established as a prince and be entrusted with important military and state affairs. Your Majesty can relieve the heavy burden."

Tang Huang, who always followed the words in his heart with soft ears, nodded immediately and said: "I have wanted to make King Qin the crown prince for a long time." So he ordered Yuchi Jingde to go to the tower of Xuanwu Gate with the imperial edict, Read aloud, saying that Li Jiancheng is dead, and Li Shimin is made the prince.When Li Jiancheng's rebels heard that Li Jiancheng was dead, they immediately lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions.

When Li Shimin came back to the palace, he fell down at the feet of the Emperor Tang crying with grievance and grief. It wasn't until the Emperor Tang comforted him that he used this step to come down contentedly, and went back to the mansion to celebrate secretly.

4. Li Yuanye Zen position
After Li Shimin became the crown prince, he moved into the East Palace and held funerals for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.The coffin passed by Xuanwu Gate, and Li Shimin leaned over the coffin and cried very sadly in front of the Tang Emperor, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji's old ministers. The big cat couldn't stop crying tears of joy.

But the Emperor Tang was in a trance from then on. The poor old father was depressed and almost never summoned a concubine again. It seemed that he was no longer an emperor, but just a sad old father in his twilight years.Soon Li Yuan issued an edict to pass on the throne to Prince Li Shimin, who was called Emperor Taizong and changed his reign name to Zhenguan. As the Supreme Emperor, he himself moved to Da'an Palace.

5. Nie Zi

After Emperor Taizong came to the throne, he worshiped Fang Xuanling as the order of Zhongshu, Xiao Yu as Shangshu Zuopushe, and the rest of Yuwen Shiji, Feng Deyi, and Du Ruhui all became high-ranking officials; he also made his concubine Changsun the queen.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Supreme Emperor died in the Chuigong Hall, and the temple was named Gaozu.Emperor Taizong moved all the concubines who had been favored by the ancestors into other palaces together, and let three thousand court ladies out of the palace. From then on, the palace was very quiet and orderly.Only the two concubines Zhang and Yin used to slander in front of Gaozu, causing Taizong to suffer a lot of grievances. Taizong never forgot this, but he magnanimously said to his ministers that the sons of the two concubines mourned Wang Li Yuanheng and Zhou Wang Li Yuan Fang Du is still young, I love them very much, so I can't bear to hurt their mother.The ministers were very moved. There is no doubt that Taizong is a benevolent monarch.

Li Yuanheng and Li Yuanfang were innocent and innocent, and they were very close to Taizong when they saw Taizong. However, the two concubines Zhang and Yin had been in the deep palace for many years. The more he cut it, the more afraid his son would die in an unexplained assassination one day, so he went to beg Guo Jieyu.Guo Jieyu's son Xukang Wang Li Yuanli is 48 years old now. discipline.

Xu Kangwang Li Yuanli's eldest son, named Mao, was named Huainan King and established a separate mansion.The king of Huainan often led Li Yuanheng and Li Yuanfang to shoot arrows and shoot balls on horseback. Gradually, they were also led to do treacherous and out-of-the-ordinary things.Li Yuanheng and Li Yuanfang gradually followed suit, and the three brothers had an affair with the group of young concubines in Xukang's mansion.

The romantic and suave King Huainan didn't make much effort, so he hooked up Zhao Ji, who was the most beautiful and most beautiful in the arms of his father, who was newly accepted into Xu Kang's mansion. Brothers Li Yuanheng and Li Yuanfang often teased and made fun of her together. Li Chengdao, King of Anlu, Li Chengde, King of Hedong, Li Chengxun, King of Wu'an, Li Chengming, King of Runan, and Li Chengyi, King of Julu, also smelled fishy smell and often came to King Xukang's mansion to fool around.King Xu Kang saw that they were all fatherless children, and felt sorry for them. He never thought what they could do without telling him.

One day in midsummer, King Xu Kang woke up from his afternoon nap, and without calling his servants, he walked to the garden alone to enjoy the cool air, not wanting to catch a glimpse of the big flower hall, where these little princes were hugging a concubine from the mansion, teasing and playing there .The most eye-catching thing is that his son, King Huainan, actually hugged his favorite Zhao Ji in his arms.King Xu Kang shouted in anger, and the group of dogs and men rushed away immediately, only King Huainan stood still.

King Huainan was young and powerful, and he pushed his father's chest. King Xu Kang couldn't stand still, so he fell to the ground, tripped over a chair again, hit his forehead on the pillar, and passed out immediately.

After waking up, Xu Kangwang found that his body was already on the bed mat. When he opened his eyes, there was no one in the room.King Xu Kang felt his mouth was dry, and he shouted hoarsely, but no one came into the house and poured him a glass of water to moisten his throat. It seemed that King Huainan must have ordered something, so none of the servants dared to come in to serve him.For a while, King Xu Kang was angry, anxious and painful, so he had to struggle to get up, but he didn't want to get dizzy, so he fell down and passed out.When he woke up again, it was already midnight, the yard was quiet, and no one in the house lit a lamp for him.When everything was silent, he suddenly heard the sound of men and women making love from the next room. King Xu Kang noticed that it was King Huainan and Zhao Ji who were doing that shameless thing there. Needless to say, it was his favor. The son is angry that he is doing this in the next room.Immediately, Xu Kangwang burst into the sky with anger and rushed straight to his forehead. There was a severe pain in his head, and he passed in a daze again.

King Xu Kang was like this, sober for a while and dizzy for a while. Finally, at dawn, a little servant girl came into the room. King Xu Kang called her, poured a glass of water to drink, and ordered her to call Huainan King.After staring helplessly for a long time, he saw King Huainan walking into the room, standing at a distance, with cold eyes and a hard expression, facing him confidently.King Xu Kang said tremblingly: "You see it for the sake of our father and son. Now that I am so sick, I should call a medical officer to treat me."

Huainan Wang turned his eyes coldly, suddenly he looked out of the window, and shouted loudly: "Being king for 50 years, you should be satisfied, why bother with medical treatment, old but not dead, I hate it!"

One sentence made King Xu Kang spit out a mouthful of blood in anger, and fainted again.From then on, King Xu Kang slept on the bed, dying of hunger, cold and illness, but no one took care of him.Huainan King was still having fun with Li Yuanheng, Li Yuanfang, Li Chengde, Li Chengdao, a group of licentious royal children, and a group of concubines in the mansion.But King Xu Kang starved to death on the eighth day.

When this matter got to Taizong's ears, he was very angry. He immediately sent Lieutenant Situ to lead the Yulin Army, went straight to Xukang's mansion, and tied up this group of uneducated young princes into the palace. Taizong personally interrogated them.The King of Huainan could not deny it, and confessed one by one.Emperor Taizong ordered them to enter the West Prison, and the imperial decree came down the next day, and the king of Huainan was sent to Zhenzhou; as for Li Yuanheng and Li Yuanfang, please forgive their youth and ignorance, and they will be imprisoned in the West Prison forever.This hand is really beautiful, it can be said that there is no blood in the murder, and the two concubines Zhang and Yin can't tell the pain.As for Li Chengdao, King of Anlu, Li Chengde, King of Hedong, Li Chengxun, King of Wu'an, Li Chengming, King of Runan, and Li Chengyi, King of Julu, because they are the sons of rebels, and now they commit such lewd and incestuous things. Wei Ya went to the southern suburbs to behead him.

Yuwen Shiji went to the palace again to play: "Your Majesty kills Li Jiancheng's son now, and the grass frightens the snake, so Li Yuanji's son must also feel uneasy. I am afraid that there will be rebellion. It is better to kill the grass and roots. Take this opportunity to kill Li Yuanji." Li Yuanji's sons were also captured and beheaded to avoid future troubles." Taizong followed, and Li Yuanji's sons Li Chengye, king of Liangjun, Li Chengluan, king of Yuyang, Li Chengju, king of Pu'an, Li Chengyu, king of Jiangxia, and Li Chengdu, king of Yiyang, also joined him. He was kidnapped and sent to the school grounds for execution.Hou Junji made another list of more than 100 members of the Eastern Palace Remnant Party, and asked Taizong to capture them by name.It was Yuchi Jingde who tried his best to dissuade them, saying that there were only two culprits, and now they have been killed together with their heirs, so it is not appropriate to be involved again; if they are pursued endlessly, it may cause chaos instead.Emperor Taizong then issued an edict of amnesty, and also selected a few talented and learned people from the remaining party in the Eastern Palace to add him as an official and enter his rank. Everyone was grateful for a while.Only Wei Zheng, the horse-washing officer of the old prince, refused to accept the official position.

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