The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 327 Compassionate about people's livelihood
Yuntai is the residence of the Supreme Emperor. Before Emperor Xiaozong came to the throne, Yuntai was just a place for enjoying the moon every Mid-Autumn Festival.Although there are several palaces and pavilions, the scale is not large, and there are few people who clean them on weekdays, but they are only used during the New Year's Eve.

After the Supreme Emperor abdicated, he fell in love with this place. In order to show his filial piety, Emperor Xiaozong busily ordered skilled craftsmen from all over the country to completely repair the Yuntai inside and out. Not only built a magnificent main hall, but also a beautiful The sixteen-hole Mingyue Bridge is erected horizontally on two mountain beams, allowing palace people to shuttle back and forth.

The Supreme Emperor lost the daily tedious affairs of court, and gradually fell in love with raising birds and flowers. Xiaozong spent huge sums of money to build a transparent flower house made of Western glass in Yuntai, named "Changchun Palace".

There are countless flowers and green leaves in the Changchun Palace. Even though it is windy and snowy outside, it is like spring all year round here, and the flowers bloom undefeated.Among the clusters of flowers, there are bursts of birdsong, and the sound of gurgling streams, which is nothing more than a fairyland.

The Supreme Emperor ordered officials from all over the country to pay tribute to a pair of divine birds to the palace every year to make up for the loss of the Changchun Palace.The Supreme Emperor looked at these vibrant scenes every day, and his days were not as lonely as the outside guessed.In addition, after he recovered from his serious illness, the Supreme Emperor was even more reluctant to go out for a walk, and spent most of his time in Changchun Palace.

There was a lot of noise outside in the past two days, but there was no movement in Yuntai from the beginning to the end.Li Jing couldn't figure out what Grandpa Huang was thinking, whether he supported him or favored Li Hong.So he came up with such a trick, which can not only enter Yuntai to find out, but also force Li Hong to bow his head to him.

Ever since the empress poisoned the Taishanghuang, Yuntai's defense work has become its own system, and even the leader of the Imperial Forest Army can't enter without authorization.Now these imperial guards are the Huben Guards who started training during the time of the Supreme Emperor. Few outsiders know about it. In the past, even Xiaozong had heard of it vaguely.Taishanghuang meant that after a hundred years, he would leave Hubenwei to the prince to consolidate the royal power.But now it came in handy ahead of time.

The leader of the Huben Guard saw the second prince and the fifth prince coming towards the Changchun Palace one after the other, and hurriedly knelt on one knee to salute: "I have seen the two highnesses at the end."

The second prince, Li Jing, smiled slightly, and raised his hand to help him: "Master Kang is always so polite. My two brothers want to pay respects to Grandpa Huang, but I don't know."

The leader of Huben Guard took a peek at Zhengde, saw that the other party was always smiling, and couldn't see anything wrong, so he hesitated for a while, and still didn't let the two of them enter the Changchun Palace directly, but apologized and said: "It's not a coincidence. , The Supreme Emperor is sleeping in the middle of a rest, why don't you go to inquire first? If the Supreme Emperor wakes up, he will naturally be willing to see the two Highnesses."

Li Jing and Li Hong could only agree.Not long after, the leader of the Huben Guard brought a message: "By the Supreme Emperor's oral order, the Fifth Prince Li Hong has an audience."

Li Jing's face was slightly gloomy, this Lord Kang didn't even look at him, he only bowed his body to lead Zhengde into the palace.

Li Hong spread his arms and looked at Li Jing: "Second Brother, it's better for us to pay a visit together."

Li Jing stared at the innocent looking Li Hong uneasily, maybe it was a wrong decision for him to ask to see the Supreme Emperor.Grandpa Huang has always favored Xiao Wu, this is a well-known fact, if he is not satisfied with writing his name on the imperial edict, when Li Hong enters Yuntai, even if he has thousands of troops, he will not be able to openly offend Grandpa Huang.

But if you don't let people in. Li Jing sized up Huben Weikang, if he refused, would this Kang guy just grab people?
While hesitating, Li Jing's palace chased after Yuntai: "Your Highness, the governor of Liangjiang, Gu Peisheng, Mr. Gu, came to pay his respects."

Li Jing had no choice but to leave Zhengde in Yuntai uneasy, and went to the front hall to meet Gu Peisheng himself.

A few green bamboos have been newly added to the Changchun Palace recently, the new greenery is very eye-catching, but Zhengde has no intention of admiring it, and silently followed Mr. Huben Weikang into a side hall of the palace.At this moment, the Supreme Emperor was adding water to a pair of red-billed Acacia Thrush.The Taishang Huang loves it so much that he always feeds and refills it himself without the help of others.

There were rustling footsteps in the ear, the Supreme Emperor did not turn his head, but said indifferently: "The former fierce general Han Yong sent [-] troops to pursue Emperor Gaozu. At that time, Gaozu was young and had only [-] elite soldiers. Why did he intercept him in Surabaya? Han Yong, and captured [-] enemy troops?"

Zhengde thought that the Supreme Emperor would have to ask about his father's condition when he saw him, so he didn't want to say a few words, and after a little thought, he replied cautiously: "Reporting to Grandpa, although Han Yong is a fierce general, he is not a wise man, because he is around Ji Yuan, a counselor, is invincible in attacking and invincible. Everyone in the world regards Han Yong as the most valuable, but they don't know Ji Yuan's merits. However, Gao Zu is both wise and brave, and Han Yong is far from being able to defeat him. In addition, Gao Zu valued talents, and he regarded Ji Yuan as a The guest of honor, recruited several times. Han Yong's 3 horsemen were divided into several groups, and the hearts of the people were not in harmony, so naturally they were defeated."

There was only a hint of a smile on the Taishang Emperor's face: "That's right, Gaozu used less to win more, turned defeat into victory, and after this battle, Taizu decided to make him the crown prince. Hong'er." Taishang Huang Chong Zhengde waved his hand, "Your father is a smart man, and he knows what he should do. Although there are various criticisms about your origin, your talent is far above all princes. Making you a prince is just like Emperor Taizu's decision back then. Just as wise."

The ancestor of the Li family was not the eldest son, and when he was appointed as the heir, it caused a lot of controversy. The Emperor Taizu's strong words "to establish a virtuous man but not to establish an elder" blocked the mouths of everyone.

"Gu's son, Gu still understands a little bit." The Supreme Emperor sighed: "Do you have any cares in your heart?"

"Grandpa Huang cherishes his grandson, and grandson doesn't know how to be grateful. As for the idea, I can't be allowed to see the emperor today, and I have no clue. Grandpa Huang can guide his grandson in the wrong way."

Zhengde knelt in front of the Supreme Emperor with a look of dependence on his face.The Supreme Emperor's heart softened. Although this child has not been with him for long, he has the best relationship with him among the many descendants.Selfishly speaking, the Supreme Emperor would also like him to inherit the Datong.

"Get up and talk." The old man pulled Zhengde up: "There are two ways to go right now. One is to turn against Li Jing directly and expose the truth about his forged edict."

Zhengde smiled wryly: "I'm afraid it won't work. The second emperor brother not only used people from the Zhuozhou Camp to guard Sun'er, but also mobilized the Imperial Forest Army to guard the palace. In terms of military power alone, Sun'er will lose the advantage first."

"Then there is only the second way. Let Li Jing let go of his guard and find an opportunity to take up the post in a certain place in the future, so that he can train troops and buy horses for a great cause."

Zhengde still shook his head and refused, the Supreme Emperor was immediately annoyed, this kid!
Zhengde hurriedly explained: "Grandfather allowing grandson to report back to this plan has the effect of slowing down the army, but in the future, no matter whether grandson rises up and wins a big victory, or the second brother wipes out our army, both sides will inevitably suffer losses and suffer in the end. It’s still the people. The people are the foundation of the country, if the foundation is shaken for the sake of grandson’s own selfishness, grandson would rather hand over the throne and be an idle ordinary person with peace of mind.”

Before the words fell, Zheng De was shocked by the applause from behind the screen!

(End of this chapter)