Tiantang

Chapter 327

Chapter 333

An Sishun spoke very directly, but also a little recklessly.

Li Heng smiled slightly, "I know that you are loyal to the imperial court, so I don't doubt him. Anlu Mountain supports its own army and builds its own country in Fanyang. If it doesn't respect the imperial government's orders, it will be against them sooner or later. This is known to everyone in the world. things."

"If you are in Jiannan, if you can appease the Southwest for the imperial court and deter Nanzhao, if the Fan Yang'an bandits make any changes, report to the imperial court immediately... In this way, my palace can also feel at ease."

"I am grateful for your highness's favor. I will die for your highness!" An Sishun arched his hands and said respectfully, "this time I went to Beijing to report on my duties, and I have brought all my family members back to Chang'an. After your highness's enthronement ceremony and King Yongning's wedding , Chen Dang went to Jiannan alone, and performed his duties faithfully, not daring to slack off in the slightest!"

An Sishun's attitude is very sincere and firm.

Most of the suspicion in Li Heng's heart finally dissipated. He nodded with satisfaction, "Your family members stay in Chang'an. Jiannan is a barbarian place. After all, it is not as rich and prosperous as Chang'an! I heard that your eldest son is quite talented, so I will stay here." Stay in the capital to stay in the spring next year, and also take a family background to serve the court!"

"Now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, so this palace should not stick to one pattern and send down talents!"

Hearing what Li Heng said, An Sishun felt less uneasy.

If Li Heng's trust can be exchanged, so what if he cut off relations with An Lushan and left his family in the capital.He is willing to do so, as long as it can change the status quo of being excluded and suppressed.

In fact, most of the family members of the Datang feudal town stayed in the capital, which was a kind of hostage in disguise.

Ge Shuhan is like this, Zhang Xuan is like this, Cheng Qianli and Yang Qi are like this.An Sishun took the initiative to bring his family to Beijing this time, and Yan Zhenqing also transported his family to Chang'an in advance, just to dispel the court's suspicion.

If it weren't for this unwritten unspoken rule, Zhang Xuan would definitely have taken Cui Ying and some family maids with him in the feudal domain of Longshuo.

An Sishun was so knowledgeable, Li Heng felt very comfortable.

Although he still couldn't feel completely relieved, his suspicions were greatly reduced after all, and he no longer insisted on transferring An Sishun to Beijing.Of course, he also knew in his heart that mobilizing the feudal town at this juncture would definitely cause chaos.This is the key to him not moving An Sishun.

An Sishun bid farewell in fear and trepidation.

When Zhang Xuan and Chen Xilie were about to leave, Li Heng suddenly said softly, "Zizhan, Prime Minister Chen, I have something to ask."

"Your Highness, please speak! I dare not refuse." Chen Xilie and Zhang Xuan bowed back together.

"My palace is about to ascend the throne. In order to avoid turmoil in the harem, the empress concubine and the heir of the Eastern Palace should be registered in time... Only this palace is a little hesitant about the candidate for the heir of the Eastern Palace."

Li Heng sighed, "There are more than ten sons in this palace, and Chu King Li Yu is the eldest son, but Li Yu just committed a serious crime of forcing the palace, so he should not be in the list of candidates for the heir. However, except for the youngest son Li Xi, who is still young, the others The capital of the capital has made great achievements in literary and martial arts, and this palace is constantly weighing up and down, so it is difficult to make a decision."

Chen Xilie's expression changed. How could he dare to speak nonsense about such a major matter of setting up a prince.If one is not done well, he will be in the vortex of imperial power and heir apparent.

Chen Xilie hesitated to speak, while Zhang Xuan frowned, wondering what Li Heng was planning again.It was already obvious that Li Yu was unbearable to be an emperor. Among Li Heng's sons, only Li Tan, the king of Jianning, performed very well and should be established as the heir apparent.

Zhang Xuan pondered, and understood that Li Heng must have been "shocked" by the fact that Li Yu forced the palace. In order to prevent his sons and brothers from fighting against each other, he decided to establish a prince early to calm the incident.

He originally favored Li Yu and Li Tan, but he wavered slightly between them.Now that Li Yu has withdrawn from the competition, Li Tan is the only one left.But... Li Heng has other worries.

Zhang Xuan looked up at Li Heng, and seemed to understand something from his expression and eyes.

Li Heng wanted to make Zhang Liangdi the queen.But in this way, a problem emerged: Zhang Liangdi has not yet given birth to a prince, she is still young, and there is still a possibility of giving birth to a prince in the future.But if Li Tan is established as the crown prince of the East Palace, how should Li Tan's biological mother be canonized?Furthermore, in case Emperor Zhang Liang gave birth to a prince in the future, the empress's son is not the heir apparent, and there will be a dispute with Li Tan.

Therefore, Li Heng hesitated.If Li Tan was established, there would be hidden dangers on Zhang Liangdi's side; but if he did not establish a crown prince for the time being, he worried that these sons of his would follow his brothers' example, eyeing the position of crown prince, and even lead to bloodshed.

Also, if Zhang Liangdi can't give birth to a prince in the future, how should he feel?
When Li Heng thought of this, his headache was about to split.

Zhang Xuan sighed lightly, "This is His Royal Highness's family affairs, I dare not speak nonsense!"

Li Heng smiled wryly, "Zizhan, I just learned today that family affairs are more difficult to decide than state affairs."

Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing.

Although he intends to recommend Jianning King Li Tan, but judging from Li Heng's intentions, it may be difficult for Li Tan to get his wish for the time being.Zhang Xuan thought of Zhang Liangdi and the Zhang family again, and suddenly said softly, "If your Highness is having a hard time making a decision, you might as well put it aside for now and talk about it later!"

"How to say?" Li Heng suddenly looked up at Zhang Xuan.

"Forgive me to speak bluntly, what His Highness is worried about is nothing more than worrying that the princes will fight for the position of the crown prince and cause troubles, which will cause brothers to be at odds... I think that if..."

Zhang Xuan suddenly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Li Heng's ear, Li Heng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he burst out laughing heartily.

Then Chen Xilie and Zhang Xuan were released from the palace.

Zhang Xuan and Chen Xilie went out of the palace together, along the way, Chen Xilie was always curious about what Zhang Xuan whispered into Li Heng's ear.But Chen Xilie was too embarrassed to ask, resulting in a weird expression.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Chen Xilie, laughed and said, "Chen Xiang, are you curious about what this king said to His Highness?"

Chen Xilie chuckled, cupped his fists and said, "It's because I'm curious."

"Zhang told His Highness that since Zhang Liangdi has no princes under her knees, it is inappropriate to be canonized as empress. She will be concubine for the time being, temporarily acting as the head of the harem. If a prince is born in the future, she will be crowned prince and queen. The crown prince! In this way, the positions of the empress and the East Palace will all be vacant, and the dispute with the crown prince will no longer exist."

Zhang Xuan lowered his voice.

Chen Xilie nodded secretly, cupped his fists in salute, and said with a smile, "Wonderful! Wonderful!"

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Li Hengmao suddenly understood what Zhang Xuan said.What he was worried about was that Zhang Liangdi, who had been conferred the title of Empress, would compete with Jianning King Li Tan, and the situation would turn into fire and water.But if according to Zhang Xuan's words, let's not canonize the queen and the East Palace for the time being, and wait for the situation to be discussed in the future, there will be no dispute between the Harem and the East Palace.

If Zhang Liangdi can give birth to a prince, she will make her a queen and her son as a prince, if not, then make another prince.

But the idea was made up, Li Heng felt relieved for a while, but immediately felt a headache again.

He has already promised Zhang Liangdi to make her a queen right away, if it is delayed... Li Heng sighed, scratched his head, and decided to go to Zhang Liangdi to test Zhang Liangdi's tone.

Li Heng went to Zhang Liangdi's place, but learned that Zhang Liangdi had just left the palace and returned to her natal family.

Li Heng was stunned, and then realized that he must have appointed Zhang Jiyong as Tong Zhongshumen Xia Pingzhangshi and concurrently Minister of the Ministry of War at the court meeting just now - this news must be a sign of prosperity for the Zhang family.As a woman of the Zhang family, Zhang Liangdi went back to her mother's house to celebrate and have a feast with her clansmen, which was also human nature.

Li Heng was a little disappointed, and the idea faded away.

At this moment, the Zhang family is full of joy and joy, and the atmosphere is very warm.The news that Zhang Jiyong was canonized as Minister of the Ministry of War came out of the palace, and the whole Zhang family was boiling, sweeping away the haze of Zhang Qing being exiled and Zhang Jiyong being dismissed.

Compared with the happy atmosphere of the Zhang family, Yang Guozhong's house was shrouded in gloom.

Although the members of the Yang faction had not reached the point where the trees had fallen and the monkeys were scattered, many people had secretly turned to Chen Xilie or Zhang Xuan, or even the princelings.

Yang Guozhong ate "dried noodles" at the court meeting, and the two key figures who caused his face and authority to be greatly damaged were Yang Lian and Yang Qi from the Yang family. It is conceivable that he was in a bad mood.

As soon as he returned to the house, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Han came over to ask for news.

Hearing that these two vain and money-loving women came again, Yang Guozhong suddenly became angry, and angrily scolded the servant who came to report, "No! Not at all! Tell these two stinky bitches, in the future Don't come to the real man's house to fight the autumn wind! Also, when the Yang family comes, they will all be kicked out of the mansion, and the real man doesn't care about anyone else!"

The house slave went out in fear, not daring to say the exact words, but basically told Yang Guozhong's main point.

Hearing this, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Han were furious.They had long been somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Guozhong's arrogant and arrogant attitude, and after being shut down today, the anger in their hearts was hooked out.

After discussing for a while, the two women diverted to go to Mrs. Yang Sanjie, the wife of Guoguo.

Since she followed Zhang Xuan, Sanjie Yang gradually had less contact with Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Han, and her relationship faded.But in any case, after all, the sisterhood is still there, and she can't miss Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Han when they visit.

Third Sister Yang also knew why the two girls came.

Sure enough, after seeing Sanjie Yang, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Han began to accuse Yang Guozhong endlessly, scolding Yang Guozhong like a dog.

Third Sister Yang looked at her elder sister and younger sister helplessly, and sighed quietly, "Elder Sister, Eighth Sister, you don't have to blame Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong is in trouble now, and he can't take care of you at all... The Yang family is no longer what it used to be, From the perspective of the slave family, it is better for you to stick to your door and live your own life, and stop being as ostentatious as before."

Mrs. Qin frowned and said, "Third sister, what are you talking about? We sisters are also conferred by the imperial court as Mrs. Guo, why do we still keep our door shut and think about our mistakes?"

(End of this chapter)