Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 498

Li Chengqian was reviewing the memorial in the Yichun Palace, just as he was scribbling and writing in the maze, he heard two loud drumbeats suddenly coming from his ears, although he was very deep in the city, he was still taken aback by being caught off guard.

"Ah!" Li Chengqian put down the ink pen, and murmured with anxiety and panic in his eyes: "Thunder in the daytime?"

Just when Li Chengqian couldn't understand the details, Xiao Huangmen, who was standing outside the palace, hurried into the palace, knelt down and said, "His Royal Highness, the Dengwen drum outside the imperial city has been struck!"

"What!" As soon as this remark came out, Li Chengqian was furious, and said sharply, "Quickly ask the imperial guards to go out and have a look!"

No wonder Li Chengqian was so furious. The Dengwen Drum was originally erected by Li Yuan when he ascended the throne. Apart from the fact that Li Shimin was framed by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji as a "Gongmen Belt", Chu Suiliang beat the Dengwen Drum to see the king. It has never sounded even half a sound, but now Li Shimin's imperial conquest, the Dengwen drum that had been silent for more than ten years during Li Chengqian's supervision of the country, was sounded again!
What it means, I am afraid that only the prince knows best.

"Nonsense! Who dares to beat the Dengwen drum! Could it be an official from the King of Yue?" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, walked out of Yichun Palace with his broken leg, and when he reached the gate of the hall, he was almost caught by the threshold because of his anxiety tripped.

For Li Chengqian's outrage, the officials in front of the imperial city gate didn't know it. More than 20 people were all in front of the Dengwen Drum, filled with righteous indignation, like a death squad about to fight.

"My lords, this is the first time I've ever played the Dengwen Drum this time! If we can move to Fang Jun, both of you and I will be remembered in history!"

"That's right! It is our duty to eradicate traitors for the country!"

"We have learned the ways of Confucius and Mencius since we were young, and it is our duty to speak up for the country!"

In their eyes, beating the Dengwen drum is a risk of the world's disgrace, but it can trip up Fang Jun, a traitorous party, and it can be famous in history. This good deal is sure to make money pay!

However, there is a level of pros and cons that they have never imagined, that is, just relying on a nursery rhyme, you can falsely accuse the royal concubine princess?

Beating the Dengwen drum, on the surface, seemed to be impeaching Fang Jun, but in fact it was slapping the face of Li Tang's royal family.They should be thankful that Li Chengqian is currently in charge of the country. If it were Li Shimin, according to the methods of this emperor through the ages, the brothers and sisters will probably celebrate their anniversary next year.

Li Chengqian said that the four of them rushed to the front of the imperial city in a chariot. Seeing Yishui'er's blue official robes, a few traces of ferocity flashed across Qingjun's face.

"These nerds, don't work hard at the Yushitai and beat the Dengwen drum?!"

After getting off the sedan chair, Li Chengqian slowly stepped down from the chariot, looked at the blue-robed censors, and said in a deep voice: "Your family beat the Dengwen drum, why?"

Seeing the arrival of His Highness the Crown Prince, all the censors bowed and bowed, and the red-robed official said, "I want to report to Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is Fang Jun privately accepting the Princess of Xiangcheng."

"Nonsense!" Before the censor could finish speaking, Li Chengqian let out a loud shout, and his face immediately sank.

As the royal family of Li and Tang, how can the courtiers be allowed to talk about housework?What's more, now that Li Chengqian is supervising the country and regent, it is a critical moment to test his ability to govern the country. If you let the censor play it, and wait until Li Shimin comes back to hear about this matter, let alone a roommate, ten or eight in a basket will not be able to Help him sit firmly in the East Palace.

"Who said that at this time?" Li Chengqian's face was cloudy and uncertain, his voice trembled slightly, and his anger was not concealed at all.

Seeing that the prince was angry, all the censors embraced and said in unison: "It's Chang'an nursery rhyme."

"A nursery rhyme? A joke!" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, and said with a flick of his sleeves, "How can a nursery rhyme be taken seriously?"

"His Royal Highness, it was also a nursery rhyme when Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty drew his sword and slashed the snake."

Seeing this group of Daoists citing scriptures, Li Chengqian resisted the urge to hit people, and reprimanded them severely: "Han Gaozu drew his sword and killed the snake? Is that white snake made up from a nursery rhyme?"

"Ah..." Yu Shi was taken aback for a moment, and quickly changed his words: "Back then, Chen Sheng Wu Guang."

"So what should Chen She do? Don't forget about wealth and honor, and later became a prince, didn't he kill the playmates from the same country who came to join him?"

Li Chengqian is familiar with a subset of classics and history. Under the teaching of Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and the great Confucians of the time, his eloquence and thinking have already been outstanding, how could it be possible for a group of nerds to compare.

"What I'm talking about is the destiny!" The speech officer, Yushi, couldn't be reconciled to retreat, and shouted one after another.

"Destiny?" Li Chengqian sneered endlessly with his hands behind his back, looking around at the crowd, and the dark eyes in his eyes were fleeting. Even the prisoner army who helped build the mausoleum in Lishan can't beat them, how can we talk about destiny?!"

"Although King Zhang Han of Yong is leading an army of criminals, the so-called mourning army will surely win."

"Enough! Xiao Wang is not in the mood to discuss with you the ancient events of the late Qin and early Han Dynasties, so he retreated quickly and beat the Dengwen drum, Xiao Wang let the past go!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Without waiting for the speaker to speak, Li Chengqian sat on the chariot by himself, and said to the guards on both sides: "It's good to guard here, if someone beats the Dengwen drum again without reason."

Li Chengqian sat on the chariot, leaning on the handrail, looking at the officials, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Kill him immediately!"

"Your Highness!"

"Prince!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Amidst the loud voices of the officials, Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace in a chariot. In his opinion, these nerds really deserve to die. With Li Shimin dealing with it, these old buddies are probably buried in the ground.

"asshole!"

"Since the first year of Zhenguan, the Dengwen Drum has never sounded. Now that the emperor's father is on a personal expedition, the Dengwen Drum is sounded for no reason. If it is caught by the King of Yue and the King of Jin, wouldn't this matter threaten Xiao Wang's position in the East Palace? gone?"

Li Chengqian leaned back and forth in Yichun Palace, his face flushed red and he gnashed his teeth, and said, "These officials have done more than fail!"

While Li Chengqian was still angry, Xiao Huangmen ran to Yichun Palace in a panic, knelt down and said, "His Royal Highness, those gang officials."

"How? Was he killed for beating the Dengwen drum?" Li Chengqian regretted the moment Xiaohuangmen knelt down. There were very few kings in the past dynasties who dared to kill the officials. The good reputation of forgetting life, but also the infamy of cruelty, can be said to be harmful but not beneficial.

"No. They knelt in front of the East Palace gate and demanded to meet His Highness!"

As soon as Xiao Huangmen said this, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "These bastards finally know how to be afraid!"

"Tell them that Xiao Wang is very busy, what's the matter. Three or six or nine days will come to the meeting!"

Li Chengqian, who was in a state of confusion, hurriedly said an expedient measure, then strode back to the desk, and began to write a letter to Fang Yiai.

"Although the wind and rain are violent, the roots of the tree are big and deep."

After writing down two sentences with deep meaning, Li Chengqian nodded in thought, and then added two more sentences, "Use the candied fruit early, but it will change later."

Looking at the last two sentences, Li Chengqian hesitated for a while, and finally added four more words below, "Burn after reading."

After sealing the rice paper with his own hands and waxing it, Li Chengqian handed the letter to Xiao Huangmen, and said softly: "You go to the Zhuangyuan's mansion in disguise, and give this letter to the son-in-law."

"Observe the decree." Li Chengqian trusted Xiaohuangmen, took the letter and hid it next to him, then hurriedly exited Yichun Palace.

"These officials are really not afraid of death? If you are not afraid of death, then come! Tomorrow's court meeting will see who dares to take the lead!"

Li Chengqian looked at the blue sky from a distance, and the desire for full strength in his heart clearly told him that Xiangcheng must never return to the palace!Otherwise, the alliance between him and Fang Jun would break down, and he would lose the support of the Shandong gentry at that time, and it would be difficult to achieve great things just by relying on an eldest grandson Wuji who would point out everything!

"Changsun Wuji never helped me from the beginning to the end. He was just looking for a qualified puppet for himself, a puppet similar to Emperor Ping and Emperor Xian. He will be Wang Mang and Cao Mengde!"

"But Fang Jun is a flesh and blood, right-hand man who also has a fatal weakness!"

Li Chengqian had already been born when the Xuanwumen Incident occurred, so he had the honor of "witnessing" his father killing his uncle and uncle.And it was precisely this precious and cruel experience that made him understand a truth at a very young age. There are no permanent friends or enemies. Enemies may become friends because of interests, and friends may become friends because of some selfish Become a stranger, and this truth is vividly reflected in Fang Jun and Changsun Wuji.

"Since you have to choose one of the two, let's choose Fang Jun, who is full of flesh and blood, has an affair with his children, and has clear weaknesses!"

After thinking for a while, Li Chengqian applied the truth that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had taught him with their lives to Fang Yiai.This is really a happy and sad news.

"Brother Yu, there is still a long way to go. I hope you can accompany Xiao Wang to the end."

(End of this chapter)