Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 85
Dezong also wished this to be the case, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed and asked: "How do you know?" Li Mi played again: "Yan Shang and Li Shuming, the father of Li Min, have a lot of quarrels and enmities. Since Li Min returned to Luan, he has been favored by His Majesty. Chong, appointed as the general of the imperial guards, loves Zhenglong, and Princess Gao is the birth mother of the crown princess, starting from the dirty and messy things of the two, a huge case can be raised, that is no small matter, your majesty still needs to pay attention to it." De Zong couldn't help nodding in agreement, but Li Mi had heard quite a lot about Li Min's messing up the palace, so he played again, "Li Min was young and lived in the guard. Since he has been suspected, it is reasonable to dismiss him, so as not to cause more troubles outside the festival." Right and wrong."

Sure enough, Dezong dismissed Li Min from the post of imperial guard the next day, but he never listened to Zhang Yanshang ever since.Zhang Yanshang was self-defeating and depressed.Princess Gao also hated Zhang Yanshang to the bone, and within a few days, she dispatched a skilled guard to kill Zhang Yanshang quietly in the middle of the night.But Li Min lost his official position, so he simply broke the pot and smashed it, and sneaked into the palace all day long to accompany Princess Gao, enjoying love in the palace.

It is strange to say that when her husband just died, Princess Gao was still chaste and quiet, but now that she has become licentious and dissolute, it is not enough to just have fun with Li Min day and night, so she ordered the maids in the palace to quietly marry Guo Shu and Ling. Hu Jian also lured them into the palace.So three young men, accompanied by a middle-aged woman, took turns to have fun.In the end, it didn't work for three months. The three strong boys were all thin and exhausted, but Princess Gao was still very brave and vigorous.

The infatuated Li Min watched Princess Gao's love for him gradually transfer to someone else, and felt jealous, so when the night became more quiet, the three teenagers broke out in Princess Gao's room, and even With a knife and a staff, there was such a commotion that even Prince Li Song heard it in the East Palace.

Prince Li Song, who was furious, immediately led a team of Chinese troops, rushed to tie up the three of them, and locked them in a dark room.The next day, he was sent to the Inner Provincial Yamen for interrogation.Since Guo Shu and Linghu Jian were still in the palace as generals of the imperial guards, they naturally had something to evade, but Li Min had already been dismissed from his post, and he should be sentenced to death for making noise in the inner palace late at night. He was meritorious in escorting, and he was leniently accused of exile and exiled to Lingnan.

There was such a big romantic case in the palace, and for a while, everyone was rumoring that Princess Gao was notorious for being lewd.The princess Zheng'er, who has always tried her best to maintain the image of a chaste and quiet girl, was seriously threatened and affected by an incident. She knelt down in front of her mother, Princess Gao, weeping and persuading her.

But Princess Gao has a very paranoid temperament. If she keeps her chastity, she can be very chaste;Of course, Princess Gao is not the only one like this, many women are like this too.Now Princess Gao met Guo, Li, and Linghu, and in a blink of an eye, she hooked up with three strong and powerful young men, Li Wan, Xiao Ding, and Wei Yun. Among these three young men, Li Wan was the most vicious. Not only polluted the court, but also conspired against the law. When Princess Gao was in bed and made him obsessed, he instigated Princess Gao to murder Emperor Dezong, saying that when the Japanese ascended to the throne, Princess Gao would be the queen. .Princess Gao refused at first, but later Li Wan gave her a magic spell, which is a very common practice, writing Dezong's birth date on a piece of paper and placing it under Princess Gao's mattress, and it would take less than seven days for the emperor to keep it. He died without illness.Then they continued to have fun on this mattress.

Who knows that the secret is not secret, but on the fourth day, someone came to Dezong and reported the secret.Dezong immediately dispatched ten imperial guards to search and arrest Princess Gao's palace. At that time, Princess Gao and the three of them were in a frenzy.

Everything in the mattress is as it should be.The unlucky elder brother and the lucky Emperor Dezong Li Shi was very angry. His little sister, whom he loved the most like a daughter, wanted to murder him. Immediately trembling with anger, he personally slapped Princess Gao on the pink cheeks a few times. Then, he was ordered to enter the limbo and be imprisoned forever.They dragged Li Wan to the bottom of the steps, and ten warriors each took gold sticks to beat him violently, and beat him to death alive at the bottom of the steps.Xiao Ding and Wei Yun were assigned to go outside the Great Wall.

Dezong was still angry, and summoned Prince Li Song to punish him.Prince Li Song saw his father was furious, trembling all over, kowtowed and confessed, and said he was willing to divorce the princess Zhenger.

But Emperor Dezong still called Li Mi into the palace again. Seeing that the emperor had intended to abolish the crown prince Li Song, Li Mi played in horror: "Your Majesty establishes a reserve and tells the ancestors of heaven and earth. The world knows. The prince is innocent now, and suddenly wants to I really think it's impossible to waste a son and make a nephew."

De Zong said: "Although King Shu is my nephew, when he was young, I adopted him as my son; now he is the prince, what's the difference?"

Li Mi knelt and said: "My nephew can't be a son in the end. Your majesty has parents and children and you can't believe it. How can you trust your nephew? And King Shu's filial piety today is out of nature; if his majesty makes him the prince, he will fall into King Shu's place." Unrighteousness, and estrangement gradually arises between brothers, which is not a blessing in human relations."

Dezong was on fire, and when he heard Li Mi's words, his face changed suddenly, and he reprimanded loudly: "This is my family matter, why did the prime minister forcefully disobey my wishes? Aren't you afraid of the crime of extermination?"

But Li Mi was not frightened, and said sadly: "The old minister is trying to take care of the whole family, so he said this loyal advice. If you just stick to Ah Shun and don't save your majesty's loss today, you may fear that your majesty will suddenly regret it when the crown prince is dethroned. Resentment against the old minister for not doing enough to remonstrate and persuade the old minister. At that time, the crime was deserved. Although the family was exterminated, it was not enough to atone for the crime of the old minister's wronging the country! The old minister only had one son. However, the old minister is in Jiuquan, and he has no sons to worship the ancestral hall, although he wants to eat blood, he can't get it!" After Li Mi said, he couldn't help crying bitterly.The Kaiser was really moved by him. Li Mi saw the emperor moved and knew that he was gradually repenting, so he followed up and persuaded him, "From ancient times to the present, father and son have doubts, and there are many disasters in the family relationship. Not to mention the distant things, I think His Majesty can still remember the matter of King Jianning, right?"

It was inconvenient for Dezong to stop here, and asked again: "Zhenguan and Kaiyuan also passed the prince more easily, didn't there be danger and chaos?" Li Mizuo replied: "According to Qian's rebellion, he has committed a serious crime, and now the prince has no fault. Can it be compared? If the crown prince did, I hope that your majesty will follow the ancestral system and abolish King Shu, and establish another emperor and grandson. After all generations, your majesty's descendants will still be in charge of the court. As for Concubine Wu Hui's slander to frame the three brothers of the crown prince Ying, It should be taken as a severe warning to cause injustice in the country. How can the wife and husband be guilty because of the lawlessness of the wife and mother? The old minister dares to protect the prince with his whole family."

Li Mi said, with a determined look on his face, without fear.Dezong said coldly: "This is my family business. Why do you want to fight so hard?" Li Mi responded: "The emperor should take the four seas as his home. The old minister can now be the prime minister. Within the four seas, one If the property is lost, the old minister should be responsible, let alone sit and watch the crown prince be wronged? If the old minister knows but does not speak up, it is dereliction of duty for the prime minister!" Dezong had nothing to say, waved his hand and said: "Let's go, prime minister, let me think carefully, tomorrow Let's talk again."

Li Bi knew that the emperor's determination was not yet firm, so how dare he take it lightly, so he kowtowed and remonstrated: "Your Majesty really believes in the old minister's words, and the father and son will be as loving and filial as ever. I hope that your Majesty will return to the palace today, and in front of the concubines, I will discuss this matter with you." Fortunately, don't reveal the slightest bit, lest some traitors and sycophants will take advantage of the gap and try to attach themselves to King Shu to gain wealth, and the crown prince will be in danger from now on." Dezong nodded and said, "Understood."

After Li Mi returned to the private residence, Prince Li Song heard the news and came to thank the prime minister for his virtue of preservation, and wept bitterly, saying that if the matter is inevitable, he should take the poison and kill himself first, lest the phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. shame.Li Mi comforted him and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, long live Mingde, that's not the case. I only hope that the prince will be more diligent in filial piety from now on, and don't show any resentment. As long as Bi is alive, he will do his best for the prince."

Sure enough, not many days later, Emperor Dezong visited the Yanying Hall alone, summoned him to see him, and said with tears: "The day before yesterday, Feiqing earnestly advised me, and I have made a big mistake today. I only know today that the prince is benevolent and filial, and there is nothing wrong with it." Big mistake. From now on, all important military and state affairs, as well as my family affairs, should be dealt with with you."

3. Flowers bloom again in time
But Li Mi saw that the big event had been decided, and he was too old, so he went back to his hometown.Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the officials of the Huangmen in the court ordered Li Mi to go to Beijing one after another in accordance with the imperial decree.Li Mi was old and frail, thanked him again and again, and refused to enter the court.Dezong then sent his trusted ministers to Li Mi's home for discussion.

It turned out that the Tubo gathered the Qiang and Hun, invaded Longzhou in a large scale, and camped for dozens of miles. Most of the soldiers in the west defended themselves and dared not go out to fight.The people in Longyou were all taken into captivity, and all the women were raped by the Tibetans, and young women were taken back to the camp to enjoy.Most of the old and weak children were cut off their hands and gouged out their eyes, and threw them on the side of the road, which was a horrible sight.Guanzhong was shaken for a while, and even the people in the capital were panicked.And the tribes in Yunnan, Dashi, and Tianzhu all responded to Tubo and harassed the mainland of China together.Dezong was alerted and had nothing to do, so he thought of Li Milai again, so he sent his trusted ministers to ask about the plan to retreat.

Li Miyan smiled and said, "It's easy. What Tubo fears the most is Huihe. Now we only need to send envoys to make peace with Huihe, and Tubo will be terrified and retreat."

The minister asked: "Because of the matter of the first emperor's dust in Shanzhou, I have had a grudge with Huihe for a long time, and now I am making peace with him. I am afraid they will not agree?" One, Dezong sent envoys to Huihe with the letter of state.The Khan of the Huihe Kingdom was suspicious and fearful because he had not been in court for many years. Now he sees the alliance of Chinese repatriated envoys and feels very honorable.Immediately lead the troops to enter the pass in person to meet the emperor of China.When the Tubo soldiers and horses saw the returning generals, they were so frightened that they quietly retreated out of the pass.

Dezong was very happy, and hosted a banquet in honor of Huihe Khan. Seeing that he was handsome and smart, and he was only about forty years old, he issued an edict to marry his eighth princess, Princess Xian'an, to Huihe Khan.The Uighur Khan was overjoyed, and thanked him with a feast.When it was time for the big wedding, Huihe Khan used the most solemn dowry gift and ceremony to marry, and said on the table:

I was a brother in the past, but now I am my son-in-law. If your Majesty suffers from Xirong, I would like to use my troops to eliminate the trouble. Please change my name to Uighur, which means to take the victory as the falcon.

Of course Dezong promised, and also married the princess with the same grand etiquette, and ordered King Teng to send a book, conferring him the title of Longevity Khan, and Princess Xian'an as the Princess of Longevity and Filial Piety.

Unexpectedly, the longevity of Fengzuo is not long, and Princess Xian'an married to Huihe, and within a year, the long-lived relative Khan died.Thousands of miles away, she has become a widow and solitary luan. The young Princess Xian'an is lonely and desolate, and writes a sad letter to the emperor's father of Great China.Dezong felt sorry for his daughter, so he hurriedly sent envoys to bring a few court ladies and a lot of gold treasures, satins and silks, and wrote a letter to Princess Xian'an himself, in which he said countless words of comfort and pity.

Unexpectedly, when the imperial book was delivered to the Huihe Palace, Princess Xian'an had already been paired, and in the brocade quilt embroidery nest, there was already a Ruyi Langjun who comforted her.It turned out that it was the father and son who saved her from the sea of ​​suffering by the customs of wife and mother.Princess Xian'an is young and beautiful, and the little Khan Doros, who is not her own, is also in his prime, and the two are in love at the moment.After the envoy returned to China, he did not dare to raise this matter with Emperor Dezong. He only said that Princess Xian'an's mood has improved now, so there is no need to worry.

4. The power minister bullies the sick king
In August of this year, Prime Minister Li Mi died at the age of 86. Dezong was very saddened by it. Since then, whenever there were major military affairs, he would discuss with the treacherous household servant Pei Yanling. Because he was good at catering to his wishes, Dezong would not Aware of its treachery.

This year, the world was peaceful, and Dezong wanted to overhaul the Shenlong Temple to repay the grace of heaven. Pei Yanling immediately catered to Shangyi and said: "In the valley of Tongzhou, there are dozens of large trees, about eighty feet high, which can be harvested as temple materials. "

Dezong was very surprised and very happy when he heard it: "I heard that during the years of Kaiyuan and Tianbao, because of the large-scale construction in the palace, searching far and near, there was no one in a hundred beautiful materials. Where did you suddenly get such a beautiful tree?"

Pei Yanling immediately took the opportunity to offer a flattering speech: "Innate precious materials must wait for the sage to come out. During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, how did you get this precious wood!" Sure enough, Pei Yanling's words made his plain appearance very much admired by Dezong And happy, so he added another spoonful of oil, "Thanks to your majesty's great blessings. In addition, recently, I got 13 taels of silver from dung, and more than one million satin and miscellaneous goods; these are all envy in the treasury, and should be moved to the miscellaneous warehouse." Don't pay for it."

Immediately, Wei Shaohua impeached Pei Yanling for deceiving the emperor. He implored the third division to investigate why there were such dung in the treasury.But at this time, Dezong favored Pei Yanling to the extreme, no matter how others remonstrated, Dezong always didn't realize it.

Seeing this situation in the East Palace, Prince Li Song couldn't help worrying.There are two courtiers beside Prince Li Song, one is Wang Wu from Hangzhou, and the other is Wang Shuwen from Shanyin.

Prince Li Song once sat down to talk with all the servants, and everyone talked nonsense, only Wang Shuwen didn't say a word.After the servants retreated, Wang Shuwen approached the prince Li Song and said: "As a prince, your highness should pay attention to the meal and say hello, and it is not appropriate to talk about foreign affairs. Now that the emperor has enjoyed the country for a long time, if you suspect that your highness will win people's hearts, how can you do it yourself?" untie?"

Prince Li Song nodded again and again: "Without Mr.'s words today, I would not be able to understand this truth. From now on, I will only follow Mr.'s teachings."

When playing chess with Prince Li Song, Wang Wu and Wang Shuwen took the opportunity to make suggestions, or recommend someone as a minister or general. Of course, these people are the private parties of the two kings. The two kings want to rely on the power of the prince Li Song. Set up their party members, and once the crown prince Li Song ascends the throne, the two of them will be able to hold great power.

Unexpectedly, Prince Li Song suddenly suffered a stroke and fell ill. The condition was very serious, and he was also dumb.At this time, Emperor Dezong also gradually felt uncomfortable. He suddenly heard that the prince Li Song was hoarse, and suddenly he was overwhelmed with grief and rushed to his heart. Wei Cigong entered the inner palace.

When Wei Cigong realized that Emperor Dezong had passed away and that they were called into the palace to write a will, he loudly argued: "Although the prince is sick, he is in the position of the son of the tomb, and he is at home with China and foreign countries. As a last resort, he must also establish the eldest son Guangling King, Otherwise, there will be great chaos. Once the incident happens, who can take the responsibility?" Zheng Yu also tried his best to agree with him.Eunuch Li Zhongyan was helpless, and he didn't dare to go too far against the wishes of the ministers, so he issued the edict of Prince Li Song's enthronement to the outside world.

Prince Li Song knew that because of his illness, people were worried and suspicious, so he tried his best to support him out of the Nine Immortals Gate and summoned all the military envoys.On the next day, Bingshen Day in the first month of 805 A.D., Prince Li Song ascended the throne in Taiji Hall. Wei Cigong still suspected that he was not the real prince. , Unknowingly weeping with joy.

The new emperor Li Song was Shunzong. He respected Dezong as Emperor Shenwu and was buried in Chongling.On the day of the funeral, Emperor Dezong's virtuous concubine Webster petitioned to go out of the palace to serve the Yuanling. Shunzong built her a few houses next to the tomb. The virtue of the concubine.Concubine Wei Xian, who has always been so jealous that she turned Concubine Yu's willingness to be a thief, really has the skills to invite talents. In fact, these few rooms in the garden are not different from the deep cold palace.

(End of this chapter)