Queen Sun

Chapter 65
Li Tai looked at his father's kind face in his heart, but felt a deep sense of uneasiness in his heart, but there was still a look of joy on his face, after all, it was also what my mother said, that sometimes your father is like a child, I can't wait to give the best things in the world to the person I love.Hehe, if you want to talk about this point, the eldest brother seems to be more rational and calm recently.In a place few people saw, there was a strange light in his eyes.

In the 14th year of Zhenguan, in the first month, Li Shimin directly issued an edict without any discussion with any courtiers——

Because the king of Wei is the second son of the queen and I, and he has made great contributions to the compilation of "Kuo Dizhi", he pardoned the prisoners in his fiefdom, that is, the prisoners under the death penalty in Chang'an County, Yongzhou, and exempted Yankangli from the current year's rent tax. There are differences among the elderly in the same village.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, the next day's court meeting, the prince claimed that he could not afford to be sick, and the voices of admonitions from the court were endless.

Li Shimin has just passed the age of forty. Although he has been vigorous and healthy except for the serious illness in the eighth year of Zhenguan, the position of the crown prince is the fundamental strategy for the succession of the dynasty. And again and again, the idea of ​​being dissatisfied with the prince and easily stored in his heart finally reached a state of being on the verge of firing at this time.

Pardoning prisoners and exempting from corvee, all these are honors that only the monarch can enjoy, and the king of Wei possessing the emperor's grace as a prince is not only beyond the etiquette system, but in the eyes of others, it will directly make Li Tai the king. The prince's decision was announced to the world.

But this time, it was Li Shimin's most important Zhenguan ministers who stood on the opposite side of the emperor.Chu Suiliang, an admonishing doctor, directly objected: "In the past, the sages made rituals, respecting the concubine and the concubine, and they were called princes. Although the concubine loved him, he could not surpass the concubine. The pros and cons should be respected. If the relatives are sparse, the respected ones are humble." , then the crafty treacherous, take advantage of the opportunity, selfish favors harm the public, and confuse the country, and now Your Majesty loves and favors the King of Wei, but still should not go beyond the rule of the prince, and even give the king's favor."

Li Shimin said indifferently: "The king of Wei and the crown prince were descended from the same line of empresses. It's just the difference between the elder and the younger, so how can there be the distinction between the son and the concubine? If the crown prince loses virtue, he will naturally choose his mother and younger brother."

"Your Majesty's words are wrong." Wei Zheng stood up and said seriously, "The Crown Prince is proficient in both literature and martial arts, let alone has the merits of governing the country. How can he lose his virtue just because of his foot disease? The Yin family is of quality , there is the righteousness of brotherhood and brotherhood, and since the Zhou Dynasty, a heir is bound to grow, so the prying eyes of the evildoers and the source of disasters are blocked, and those who have a country should be very careful."

As soon as these words came out, the monarch and his subjects were all silent, Li Shimin squinted his eyes, and stared at the eldest grandson Wuji who had been silent until now, then he snorted coldly, got up and walked away.

As night fell, the strife between the court and China seemed to disturb the quiet night. In Wei Wang's mansion, Li Tai's study room was still brightly lit. Li Tai was sitting in front of the large desk, flipping through the ancient books in his hand, only to hear The person in front of him smiled flatteringly, so he put down the scroll, took the teacup handed by the other party and said, "Yiai, you said you have something important to say to this king, why didn't you hear anything after you came here?"

Hehe, Fang Yiai smiled flatteringly: "Your Highness, you are focusing on the classics, so how can I disturb you? You can only wait for you to put down the books before listening to my nonsense."

Li Tai smiled lightly: "Tell me, what's important, I have to talk about it at night."

"Your Highness is really not surprised, Yiai is deeply impressed." Fang Yiai bowed deeply to Li Taixian, and then said, "But, Your Highness, you should also plan more for the future now."

"Plan?" Li Tai smiled playfully, "What are you planning? I am now the emperor's prince and the prince's younger brother. What else do I need to plan?"

Fang Yiai's smile deepened, and she leaned closer to Li Tai and whispered: "Your Majesty's thoughts, can't Your Highness see it?"

There was a flash of determination in Li Tai's eyes, and Fang Yiai shrank slightly, but then he said boldly: "Does Your Highness still need to doubt Yiai's loyalty to His Highness? Now Your Majesty has moved Yi Chu's mind, As long as His Highness further deepens His love and trust for you, then the position of the crown prince will be..."

Li Tai didn't speak, just drank the tea in his hand slowly. After a long time, he seemed to say inadvertently: "Yi love, I remember that you should be the husband-in-law of Princess Hepu, why don't you be the concubine of Wei Gui?" The Tenth Prince is planning and planning, but instead worrying about me?"

Fang Yiai was shocked when she heard this, and immediately fell to her knees on the ground, not daring to raise her head: "Your Highness, Yiai really wants to serve His Highness sincerely, if she has two hearts, she will be struck by lightning and die a terrible death."

Seeing this, Li Tai calmed down and said with a smile: "This king is just talking casually. How can I question my beloved's loyalty? But what this king is curious about is, how do you plan to do things for me? "

Fang Yiai's laughter still had some lingering fears: "Your Highness, don't worry, most of your servants are children of important ministers like me, and they are indeed a bit inferior to the prince's side, but there is one person who has passed the exam. Yi Ai expressed her support to His Highness."

"Oh? Who is it?" Li Tai asked with great interest.

Fang Yiai lowered her voice and said, "It's the third prince, His Highness King Wu."

Li Tai suppressed his smile, and said with concentration: "How did you meet Brother Sanhuang, there must be something else wrong with it, right?"

When Fang Yiai saw Li Tai, she believed it to a certain extent, and said sternly: "Your Highness does not know, although Princess Hepu is the adopted daughter of a noble concubine, she has always been on good terms with Concubine Yang Xian, and this His Highness Prince Wu just personally said yes to the princess. The prince's grievances are already deep, if the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, I'm afraid something will happen, it's better to choose another good leader as soon as possible..."

Li Tai nodded and waved his hand, "I understand, you can do whatever you need to do now. If you need taels of silver, you can go to the cashier to get it yourself."

Knowing that Li Tai had completely believed her words, Fang Yiai withdrew respectfully, and couldn't help admiring his wife's ingenious plan in her heart. Sure enough, even if it was born of the same mother, as long as the battle for the throne was involved, King Wei How could the relationship with the prince not become full of gunpowder?And then... Hehe, he smiled darkly and walked into the deeper night.

In the study room alone, Li Tai lowered his eyebrows and looked at the shadow in the cup, and smiled lightly, but the scheming heart in his eyes disappeared, and became deep and serene, and he put down the already cold teacup , He wrote a few strokes on a small piece of white paper, dried the ink and folded it carefully, then got up and left, handed the paper to a shadow in the dark and said: "Old rules, if you are If someone finds out, you don’t have to come back.”

Then, as if nothing had happened, Li Tai quietly walked into his bedroom, and gently apologized to his wife who was lying on the couch: "Wan'er, there are a lot of things today, and you are late, how is your body?" ?”

Yan Wan smiled slightly, lightly stroked the back of Li Tai's hand and said, "With Shangguan's imperial physician here, how can something happen? But you yourself, you have lost a lot of weight recently, is there something embarrassing in the court?"

Li Tai's smile faded slightly: "Don't worry, it's just that the compilation of "Kuo Di Zhi" is too complicated and extensive, maybe I'm a little tired."

"Husband." Yan Wan called softly, "Actually, I don't know anything about the prince..." Li Tai interrupted before finishing speaking: "Wan'er, you just need to rest assured and raise your baby. Leave the rest to me, understand?"

Yan Wan nodded, but still looked at Li Tai worriedly.

Li Tai sighed and shook his head: "Wan'er, no matter what happens now, I'm still the king of Wei, and my eldest brother is still the prince, nothing will change. But..." He paused, then said in a deep voice, "No matter what happens again In a few days, there will definitely be a big change inside and outside the palace."

Ganlu hall, side hall.

"Mr. Chu, what do you think of my writing?" Changsun Zhi put the pen aside and looked at his tutor expectantly.

Chu Suiliang was in a trance tonight. Hearing the student's call, he regained his senses: "Well, the writing is good, Your Highness."

"Sir, how many times have I told you, just call me the last son." Changsun Zhizhi said, "Also, is there anything bothering you today, sir?"

Chu Suiliang looked at the student gently and said: "Your Highness, the royal family is the most respectful of etiquette. As a courtier, how can you call the prince's name or even small characters?"

Chang Sunzhi shook his head impatiently: "Sir, my surname is not Li, but I just have an extra title of prince. What's the point if you call me the last son?"

Chu Suiliang was slightly surprised: "Why did your Highness say that? You just took the queen's surname, but you are still the first prince of the Tang Dynasty."

"Sir!" Chang Sunzhi said with a more serious tone, "You misunderstood me, I am not self-deprecating, but self-pleasure, if it wasn't for the name my father and mother gave me, how could I be so relaxed all day long?" Practicing calligraphy? I just hope that in private, Mr. Su will not regard Mozi as a prince, but just an ordinary student."

Chu Suiliang's eyes couldn't help adding a layer of deep meaning, but he was only a seven-year-old child, but his words and deeds advanced and retreated appropriately, and even hinted a bit of wisdom and freedom. "Your Highness, please forgive me for not being able to follow your wishes. After all, your status is only under His Majesty and the Crown Prince. Even between teachers and students, there are etiquettes that must be observed."

Changsun Zhi smiled helplessly: "Forget it, I knew that Mr. would not agree. You should come and point out my "Lanting Collection Preface"."

Chu Suiliang looked at the original work of "Preface to the Collection of Lanting Pavilion" placed on the side of the table, and couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart. The original work that His Majesty worked so hard to obtain is now just a model post copied by a child, and he doesn't know all the love words in the world. What would people think?Only one thing is true, if it is not for His Royal Highness King Yin or the eldest grandson, if the position of the crown prince is determined only by the degree of love and favor, the fifteenth prince is really the right candidate.

East Palace.

"How is His Highness the Crown Prince's injury?" Changsun Wuji's usually steady voice showed a trace of instability, "Why didn't you tell His Majesty, instead of delaying until now?"

Shangguanping was dripping with cold sweat: "Master Changsun, Xiaguan has been helping the concubine conceive in Wei Wang's residence recently, and was told that the princess was ill just half an hour ago, so he hurried here. A sharp arrow shot."

"Then why don't you take a quick look!" Changsun Wuji said coldly, then turned to Su Weixi and asked, "Crown Princess, what's going on, didn't you say that you are almost better?"

Su Weixi's eyes were slightly red: "His Royal Highness's injury has healed before, but early this morning, he took two guards and went to the Royal Garden to hunt. Later, it was almost Xu time, and he saw His Highness being carried by his followers. I came back, but my feet were already bloody, and I heard from the guards that I was shot by an arrow. I hurried to find the imperial doctor, but he stopped me and said that I must not let anyone know."

"You said he went hunting today because he didn't go to court?" Changsun Wuji's face changed, "And then, he was shot in the foot by a arrow from nowhere? It's ridiculous!"

Su Weixi lowered her head, feeling flustered.

"It's no wonder I had to go to the imperial doctor." Changsun Wuji looked gloomy, "Then who brought Shangguanping here?"

"It was I who saw that the blood on His Highness's leg couldn't be stopped. That's why I sent people to Wei Wang's Mansion. I just found a name and called the Shangguan imperial doctor." Wei Xi's face was completely bloodless, But speaks fluently.

Changsun Wuji was silent for a moment, and said, "That means no one knows about it except the people in the East Palace, right?"

Weixi nodded, only to see Changsun Wuji continue to say: "Princess, please seal this news in the East Palace, and go and call Guangyue and the others."

It seemed that after a long time, Shangguanping came out from the inner room, and said with a look of hesitation: "Master Changsun, the arrow happened to hurt the prince's old wound. Even if the wound heals, it may be difficult to cure it."

"Just right?" Changsun Wuji smiled coldly, then stared at Shangguan Pingdao, "You came here to treat the princess, understand? I will report back to His Majesty, so you should come back to the palace soon .”

Shangguanping looked surprised, then lowered his head and said: "Xiaguan understands." Then he hurriedly left.

At this time, Weixi led the three of Guangyue and came over. Before the eldest grandson Wuji had time to explain the situation to the princess, he said directly to the three old members of the eldest grandson's family: "Danyun, go and find a way to find Sun Simiao." Come on. Mingxia, these days, you will be responsible for taking care of the prince's injuries. As for Guangyue, you and the princess will keep the East Palace under my watch and don't allow any news to go out, understand?"

The three of them looked solemn, and they all nodded respectfully, but Weixi couldn't help but said: "Then how should I hide it from my father?"

Changsun Wuji said in a calm tone, "Don't worry, I will personally tell your Majesty that the Crown Princess only needs to take care of the East Palace."

Seeing his back gradually disappearing into the night, Mingxia slightly widened her eyes: "God, this is probably the second time we see the young master getting so angry, right?"

"What about the first time?" Wei Xi asked.

Mingxia's complexion suddenly darkened, and she remained silent.

That night, Changsun Wuji stayed in the Ganlu Palace overnight, and the next morning, the emperor suddenly issued an edict, and all the ministers above the third rank and the concubines and princesses of the harem drove to the Summer Palace. However, it was still far from going. Summer season.

(End of this chapter)