Tiantang

Chapter 47 The Death of Li Linfu

Chapter 051 The Death of Li Linfu
"Everyone is flat." Li Longji smiled loudly, and waved his hands vaguely, motioning for everyone to stand up.

When everyone got up, Li Longji's gloomy and formidable eyes flashed past Li Hong, Li Hong couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and secretly broke out in a cold sweat.None of Li Longji's princes, daughters and grandchildren were not afraid of him. Seeing that the emperor's grandfather had a bad look, Li Hong was quite disturbed.

Fortunately, Li Longji didn't seem to pursue his intentions. Seeing Li Longji holding Yang Yuhuan's hand with a smile and sitting down, Princess Yuzhen and others were talking and laughing, Li Hong was very disturbed, and quietly retreated while others were not paying attention. .

However, his thoughts on Cui Ying did not dissipate because of this.

After talking and laughing with Yuzhen for a few words, Li Longji turned his head to look at Zhang Xuan, and said with a faint smile, "Zhang Xuan has produced another excellent work today. I listened to it for a long time, and I appreciate it. Your talent is far better than that of the past. Li Bai was born madly, but you can also bear the nickname of the golden young gentleman that I bestow on you."

Zhang Xuan smiled respectfully, bowed to pay homage, "Your Majesty loves me so much, Zhang Xuan really dare not take it."

"You don't have to be too self-effacing. Thinking of my Tang Dynasty, there are a lot of talents. This is a sign of prosperity... You have great talents. You should study poetry and books so that you can serve the court in the future. Next spring, I will wait in the Jinluan Hall you."

"Lishi, take a sapphire mandarin duck to wear, and give it to Zhang Xuan and Cui Ying."

Gao Lishi came out in response, and ordered the young eunuch with him to bring the sapphire mandarin ducks that he had prepared earlier, and smiled loudly, "Mr. Zhang's family, Miss Cui's family, why don't you thank the emperor for your kindness?"

Zhang Xuan and Cui Ying hurriedly bowed down side by side, shouting in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor."

Li Longji smiled cheerfully and waved his hands, "Forget it, get up. I see that you two are talented and beautiful, and they are really a match made in heaven. I will give you two sapphire mandarin ducks today, and when you get married in the future, I will personally do it for you." I will marry you."

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, and even Cui Ying felt an inexplicable joy in her heart.

The emperor's public award of the sapphire mandarin duck pendant is equivalent to the emperor's public disguised marriage proposal. With this kind of imperial token, their marriage is a foregone conclusion.

Cui Ying's parents who were originally sitting on the other side - Cui Ju and Mrs. Zheng didn't dare to be negligent when they saw this, and they immediately got up and walked to the front and bowed down. .”

Li Longji glanced at Cui Ju, and said calmly, "Cui Ju, you have good eyesight. Humanistically, Zhang Xuan is a dude in Chang'an City, but you, Cui Ju, are the only ones who know people..."

Cui Ju's face turned red, knowing that the emperor's words contained a hint of sarcasm, but he didn't dare to reply.

"Go back."

Li Longji waved away Cui Ju and his wife, and then motioned for the song and dance to continue.

The arrival of the emperor brought today's Yuzhenguan banquet to a climax.After the song and dance, Li Longji was about to raise his glass to drink with the crowd, but he saw a man in his 40s, with a medium build and a pale face. He was Li Linfu's son--the future prisoner Li Xiu.

Li Xiu rushed into the arena, fell to the ground in tears, and shouted hoarsely, "Your Majesty Li Xiu played the Ming Dynasty, and my father died because of his illness... Please make the decision, Your Majesty!

Li Xiu's voice shocked the audience.

Li Linfu is dead? !how can that be?Everyone looked at each other in shock, exchanging unbelievable looks.

Although Li Longji had been mentally prepared for this, the sad news of Li Linfu's death came too suddenly.At the same time, he felt a little sad.After all, regardless of whether Li Linfu was a traitor or not, or whether he was in control of the government and disrupted the Tang Dynasty, he was a loyal minister who had followed him for decades. Now that he died suddenly, Li Longji felt quite uncomfortable.

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Because of the news of Li Linfu's death, the banquet could not be ended hastily.Li Longji immediately issued an edict, ordering the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple and the general prison to discuss the funeral ceremony of Li Linfu according to the etiquette system. It was paid by the imperial court, and 25 of his sons and 25 of his daughters were ordered to mourn for him.

Li Linfu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, third rank under Tong Zhongshu, and Prime Minister of the Left, died.

The news spread like wildfire in Chang'an City very quickly, and caused quite a shock and waves among the public and the core of power in the Tang court.

Zhang Xuan was very relaxed, because everything was within his expectations.When he returned to Zhang's mansion, he saw that Zhang's mansion, including the servants, were all happy. He didn't care, and went back to his small courtyard.

Although the Zhang family's crisis has been passed safely because of the emperor's pardon, Zhang Xuan publicly offended Li Linfu, but it still weighs on the Zhang family's heart like an invisible big rock, and they can't really feel at ease.But now Li Linfu is dead. In this way, the burden on his heart is instantly lifted, how can he not be happy, how can he not rush to tell each other.

Back in the courtyard, I washed my face under the wait of the two maids Ruyan Ruyu, then made a pot of green tea, and leisurely assisted the desk-sider to read a few volumes of ancient books.Of course, it is just an "ancient book" in the eyes of Zhang Xuan, a traveler.

After reading the book for a while and resting for a while, Zhang Xuan asked Ruyan to go to the front yard to find Zhang Li, the servant.

Although Zhang Xuan is still the third son of the Zhang family at this moment, he is quite different from the past.Now, no one in the Zhang family from the Liu family down dared to neglect Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Huan, the eldest son, even respected his third younger brother who had saved his life, which led to the servants.

Zhang Li hurried over, bowed and said, "Little Zhang Li has met the third son."

"Tension." Zhang Xuan put down the teacup in his hand and smiled slightly, "I ask you one thing."

Zhang Li was a little panicked and said, "Third Young Master, just ask if you have something to do, Zhang Li dare not."

"Hehe, it's actually not a big deal. It's just that I always feel a little weak and need to exercise. In this way, you can find a way to help me get something..."

"What is this?" Zhang Li was stunned and hesitated, "Third Young Master, please clarify..."

"It's the equipment used by warriors and sergeants, not weapons. Do you understand what I mean?" Zhang Xuan slowly picked up a sketch he had just drawn and handed it over, "Also, ask the servants in the mansion to help me sew this A thing, the outside is sewn with several layers of coarse cloth, fine sand is added to the inside, and then stitched..."

"No." Zhang Li led the order and left.

Ruyu tilted her head playfully and stood on one side with a crisp smile, "My lord, are you going to practice martial arts? I heard that there was a saying in ancient times that a scholar threw a pen and joined the army. Could it be that my lord wants to imitate the ancients and practice martial arts?" Is it not possible to join the army and serve the country with a picture to seal the marquis and worship the general?"

Ruyan's heart is calmer. Compared with Ruyu's simplicity, she actually has a bit of scheming.She walked over with a plate of exquisite snacks, knelt down in front of Zhang Xuan, pinched a piece of snacks with her white and smooth hands and sent them to Zhang Xuan's mouth, but at the same time she smiled softly, "Ruyu, what do you say?" What kind of crazy words are you talking about? I really don’t know much. Our young master is so talented that he is the emperor’s gold-medal talent, Xiao Langjun. Next year, Chunwei will definitely be the number one in high school. The emperor values ​​it. Kind of a rough thing."

_________ ticket, ticket, where are you?

(End of this chapter)