Tiantang

Chapter 332 The Old Emperor of Xianyang Palace

Chapter 340 Xianyang Palace and the Old Emperor

Li Heng laughed and waved his hand contentedly.

Zao'er stood up and bowed to Zhang Xuan, "My servant Xie Yongning Wang Jiyan!"

She stood there with bright eyes and bright teeth, her demeanor was a little green, but she had a charming charm.In fact, from the perspective of Zhang Xuan's traveler, Zao'er's face is slightly round, her waist is slightly plump, and she lacks a bit of curvaceous dynamic beauty.

It’s just that plumpness is the aesthetic concept of this era. The skinny beauties upheld by Zhang Xuan have no market in Datang.

Zhang Xuan smiled and avoided Zao'er's gift.

Although Zao'er is a junior, she is now Li Heng's woman, who will be Concubine Xue Shu a few days later.Zhang Xuan would not lose his manners on such a trivial matter, and create unnecessary rifts with Li Heng.

Zao'er blinked her big, watery eyes as if she could speak, and then sat down with a smile.She cuddled up to Li Heng's side obediently, with fluttering long sleeves, extremely soft and charming.

Zhang Xuan looked up at Yang Yuhuan and Wan Chun who were sitting diagonally across from him, and exchanged knowing glances with the two women.The current energy of the two women is not in the palace, and all their love is pinned on Zhang Xuan, so it doesn't matter to them which woman in the palace is in power and favored.

After all, Yang Yuhuan was the imperial concubine of Emperor Xuanzong, the lord of the harem.Even if Li Heng became the emperor, she would be able to stay aloof and stand aloof. If she didn't get involved in the vortex of power disputes in the harem, she would have no problem protecting herself.

And Wan Chun and Zhang Xuan's wedding is imminent, and her heart has already flown to Yongning Palace. In this palace... For her, there is actually nothing to miss.

Yang Guozhong was slightly excited.

In his opinion, if Xue Xiangyun can be favored like Yang Yuhuan, then the Yang family will have another chance to rise again.At least, it can't fall.As for the Zhang family...Yang Guozhong sneered heartily, secretly glanced at Zhang Jiyong, who looked gloomy, and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Jiyong looked up at Yang Guozhong, his eyes met, Zhang Jiyong's face darkened and became ugly.

The world is changing, and just when Zhang Jiyong thought that the Zhang family could take advantage of the situation and take over the Yang family, suddenly another Concubine Xue Shu appeared... It really made him itch with hatred!

It's just that this is beyond his and the Zhang family's control.

During the banquet at Linde Palace, the old lady of the Zhang family, Dou's family, quietly entered the palace in a car.The news that Li Heng didn't intend to seal Zhang Liangdi as a noble concubine was not prepared, and soon spread from the palace to the very sensitive Zhang's residence.

When the old lady Dou heard the news, she immediately entered the palace.

She came here for no other reason than to appease Zhang Liangdi's emotions.

As the only surviving grandmother of the Zhang family, the old lady of the Dou family knows her grandchildren too well.Especially Zhang Liangdi, who was the baby lump she brought up since she was a child.What kind of temperament Zhang Liangdi has, she knows better than anyone else.

She was worried that because Zhang Liangdi couldn't bear the blow, something would happen in the palace, which would get out of hand and eventually affect the whole family.

The old lady quickly entered Zhang Liangdi's bedroom.Hearing that the ancestor was coming, no matter how bad Zhang Liangdi was in her mood, she could only come out of the hall to welcome her.

After entering the palace, she shunned all the maids, maids, eunuchs and subordinates, Dou stared at Zhang Liangdi's somewhat haggard expression, and said with pity, "My dear granddaughter, keep things open, and don't go into a dead end..."

"Besides, you are still the main one in this harem... It's okay, His Highness must have his own ideas for such an arrangement. After two years, the queen's seat will still be yours! Li Heng won't lose money if you are a husband and wife. Yours!" Dou Shi took Zhang Liangdi's hand and comforted her.

Zhang Liangdi forced a smile and said, "The granddaughter is fine, the ancestors don't worry about me. The granddaughter just can't figure it out - besides me, who else in the harem is more suitable for the position of empress? And why does His Highness refuse to be named empress?"

"Is it because I didn't give birth to a prince?" Zhang Liangdi said bitterly, "The relationship between my family and him these years is not as good as that of a little girl who has just entered the palace for a few days. Mrs. Korea is so shameless that she took her daughter When Xue Xiangyun was sent to the palace, he—he even made her Concubine Shu, almost on an equal footing with the slave family, why? Why!"

Zhang Liangdi's words were full of shame, resentment and jealousy.

Dou sighed, "Good granddaughter, men in this world love the new and dislike the old, and are lustful and greedy for flowers. There is nothing to complain about. Your Highness is about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and it is normal to accept a few new concubines. You should think about it."

"From my point of view, the reason why His Highness refuses to confer the title of empress is because it is difficult to establish a crown prince. No matter which prince is appointed as the crown prince, it is not easy to confer you as empress. And if you are to be conferred as empress, whoever enters the East Palace will have no choice Not stable."

"Therefore, good granddaughter, listen to my advice, bear the burden of humiliation and be magnanimous, and don't alienate Li Heng. As long as you can give birth to a prince, I can assure you that the position of queen will still be yours! If you get angry, Li Heng will become more and more tired of you. You, in the future... I'm afraid your imperial concubine position will be difficult to keep."

The old lady Dou sighed and added, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about our family! If you cause trouble in the palace, life for the Zhang family will be difficult."

Hearing this, Zhang Liangdi's heart sank, and her expression became a little bit annoyed.

She was a little moved by the fact that the old lady came to the palace immediately to comfort herself when she got the news at such an advanced age, but hearing what the old lady said, she didn't care about her at all, but was afraid that she would lose favor and cause the Zhang family to lose power.

Thinking of this in her heart, her attitude gradually became colder.

It's a pity that the old lady is old after all, she just babbled and didn't notice the subtle changes in Zhang Liangdi's expression at all.

The more the old lady talked, Zhang Liangdi became impatient.It's just that she didn't dare to be disrespectful to the old grandmother, so she had to sit there patiently, but she didn't enter her ears.

It wasn't until the old lady got tired of talking and wanted to leave the palace and go back to the mansion to rest, that she felt relieved and led the maids and eunuchs all the way to send the old lady out of the palace.

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The night was dark and the north wind was howling.After the snow in Chang'an, the weather is even more severe and unbearable.

Except for some special palaces, this huge palace of three thousand is actually mostly silent in the night, cold and lonely.

There is still heavy snow on many palace paths that have not been walked for a long time.Snow covered the path in front of Xianyang Palace in the southwest corner, and in the night, a group of people came from a distance with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

In front of Xianyang Palace, several palace guards were crowded inside the palace gate to warm up by the fire.The old emperor has been living here in the name of recuperating since Li Heng took him back from the other palace in Lishan.

Because the old emperor was in a drowsy state most of the time, it was almost impossible to wake up, so Li Heng didn't take it seriously, and the guards were not strict, and he no longer prohibited the prince and the old emperor's concubines from visiting. .It's just that apart from a few concubines of the old emperor who would come to take a look, few people in the palace set foot here.

Among the princes and princesses, almost no one came.

So someone came unexpectedly, and the palace guards were surprised.

Sheng Wang Li Qi strode up the steps, and an accompanying eunuch shouted in a low voice—"His Royal Highness Sheng Wang is here!"

"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Sheng!" The palace guards hurriedly kicked away the brazier blocking the way, and knelt down on the ground.

Li Qi frowned, and said lightly, "I'm here to visit my father, please wait and get out of the way!"

After Li Qi finished speaking, he led the people and strode in.

The palace was very deserted. Hearing the sound of someone coming, several eunuchs and palace maids rushed out from the side hall. Before he had time to pay his respects, Li Qi walked over like a gust of wind.

The hall was as warm as spring, and more than a dozen court ladies and eunuchs were waiting in front of the old emperor's sickbed.There are also two imperial doctors on standby in Xianyang Palace at any time in case of emergency.

From this point of view, Li Heng has done his utmost to benevolent and righteous, and his arrangement for the old emperor is quite appropriate.

This is Li Qi's first time here.

He waved his hand coldly to drive away the maids and eunuchs, and walked a few steps to the old emperor's sick bed. Seeing the old emperor's haggard complexion, skinny and bony, his heart was sore, he couldn't help but kowtowed to the ground, and said with a choked voice, "Father !"

"Father..." Li Qi thought of his own situation, Li Heng who was about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and the many princes and daughters who had been suppressed by Li Heng and gradually sank down. Feeling sad, he knelt in front of Li Longji's sick bed. Cried up.

The maids and eunuchs serving the old emperor stood numbly not far away, indifferent.

Li Qi grabbed Li Longji's sick bed with his hands, weeping.Suddenly, Li Qi suddenly felt that his hand was pinched, he was shocked and raised his head suddenly.

Seeing Li Longji's turbid eyes opened slightly, casting a strange brilliance.

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The banquet at the Linde Hall of Xingqing Palace ended happily.Zhang Jiyong drove out of the palace and went back to the mansion. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a figure walking out of the shadows in front of the mansion gate, and softly called out, "Zhang Shangshu!"

Zhang Jiyong was startled, and slowly turned his head to look around, seeing that it was Sheng Wang Li Qi by the cold starlight and the reflection of the snow, he couldn't help frowning.

This Sheng Wang Li Qi's visit at night must have a plan.It's a pity that Zhang Jiyong was well aware of Li Qi's thoughts, but he didn't want to get involved.

Zhang Jiyong doesn't think Li Qi is better than Li Heng.If he had to choose, Zhang Jiyong also felt that Li Heng was more suitable to be emperor than Li Qi.

Although Li Qi is the prince, he has never shown his true nature. In fact, the ministers in the court and China lack understanding of him, and Zhang Jiyong is no exception.

It's just on the face, you can't be rude.Zhang Jiyong cupped his hands hastily and said loudly, "So it's His Royal Highness Sheng Wang, I don't know His Highness is here..."

Li Qi smiled lightly, cupped his hands and said, "Zhang Shangshu, I have something important and confidential to tell you here. I wonder if Lord Shangshu is interested?"

Zhang Jiyong's heart moved, and he said with a smile, "Your Highness, please come into the mansion to talk! Please!"

Li Qi smiled and went straight to Zhang's house without being polite.

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