Taiping Inn

Chiyang Weng should leave first, followed by Zhao Lianggeng and Ding Ce, and only Xie Zhi, Jin Wang and Liu Yi were left in the hall.

Xie Zhi sat down again, as if she was a little tired, her body was tilted and her forehead was supported with her hands.

Not long after, the Sili Supervisor, Yang Lu, King Yan, and Emperor Tianbao arrived.

Needless to say, Yang Lu is now the royal family is headed by King Jin and King Yan, so the two did not live in fiefdoms, but lived in the imperial capital for a long time and participated in political affairs. The King of Jin was in his prime and was quite heroic. But King Yan is now in his seventies. Not only is he twice as old as King Jin, but his seniority is also one generation higher. He is the oldest among the royal kings, and King Yan is also close to King Qi back then. When Xu Wugui was able to send Xie Zhi into the palace, the King of Yan made an indelible contribution.

As for Emperor Tianbao, he is already a young man. In the eleventh year of Wude in the Great Wei Dynasty, Emperor Muzong passed away in Yanbo Hall in Xiyuan. He was only ten years old at that time, and now he is eighteen years old.

Most emperors of all dynasties had to get married and have children before the age of eighteen, the early one was thirteen and the late one was seventeen. The queen is roughly the same age, so the queen who was the queen for eleven years was only twenty-two years old when she died of difficult labor. Nowadays, the world is to marry early and get married early. Even if the emperor is old, he will take the concubine at this age. Because of this, the age of Emperor Xie Zhi of Tianbao is actually not much different.

People like Li Xuandu who are nearly thirty years old and are still unmarried seem a bit unique in today's world. However, after thinking about it again, the deeper the cultivation level, the longer the lifespan will be, and the less anxious you will be to get married and have children too early. For example, Li Xuandu, Qin Qing and others, for a hundred years, why bother getting married and having children at the age of less than 20? But ordinary people are rare in the seventy years of age, and most people only have to have children early in their lives.

Seriously speaking, Li Xuandu entered the world at the age of ten, and Emperor Tianbao ascended the throne at the age of ten, and both were ten adults. Li Xuandu had already begun to participate in the sect struggle with the support of his second senior brother Zhang Haishi when he was eighteen. Tianbao When the emperor was eighteen years old, he also began to have his own voice in the court. But the sound is still very weak, and there is still a long way to go before there is only one sound.

The three of them saluted Xie Zhi. Needless to say, Emperor Tianbao, as the emperor, naturally had a seat and sat east of Xie Zhi's head. As the oldest person in the royal family, the King of Yan sat west of Xie Zhi's head. Yang Lu and Liu Yi and Liu Yi stood beside Xie Zhi on the left and right.

Xie Zhi looked around for a week, "Now everyone here is all his family."

Whether it is the Tian Family Royal Family or the aristocratic family, many family slaves are still above the family members, such as various butlers, who can participate in family affairs. In the royal family, the eunuchs in the Silijian were also family slaves, but this family slave was better than many princes and princes without real power, so Xie Zhi said that they were all his own family members, and that was not wrong.

Hearing this, whether it was Yang Lu, the eunuch in charge of the Silijian, or Liu Yi, the chief pen of the Silijian, they all shortened their bodies, while the sitting Emperor Tianbao, King Yan, and King Jin were straight. Lower body.

Xie Zhi sighed, "We still have to take responsibility for our own affairs."

While speaking, four palace maids entered the hall. Each of them held a tray with a pink and green porcelain bowl on it, which was as thin as paper. At first glance, it looked blue, and when it looked closely, it showed a faint pink from the blue. , can be called a magical quality. The spoon in the bowl is also the best. The outer glaze is all white, but a faint dizzy yellow is revealed from the inside. On the contrary, the things in the bowl are not very strange, they are just ordinary lotus seed soup.

There are four bowls in total, one bowl for each of the Empress Dowager Xie Zhi, Emperor Tianbao, King Yan and King Jin.

Xie Zhi held the bowl, scooped a spoon and put it to her mouth, blew it gently, and then put it in, but it was put in it. It took a long time to swallow it, and said to Emperor Tianbao: " When the old master Zhang Jingxiu came to the imperial capital, he said to the late emperor: "There is no jade liquid for health preservation." According to the old master, the saliva in his mouth is the "jade liquid" in the "golden elixir jade liquid", also called "longevity wine". Pull it out and swallow it again. This is called 'sublingual fluid, swallowing jade liquid Changsheng wine'."

Emperor Tianbao had no choice but to follow Xie Zhi's appearance and put the lotus seed soup in his mouth. After a while, he swallowed it and was speechless.

But the King of Jin never believed this and had already spoken: "Can Li Xuandu still make the great Wei court a big deal? Is the Chi Yang Weng a little exaggerated?"

Xie Zhi said lightly: "Whether it is exaggerated, the Confucian Sect itself knows. It is said that on Yuxu Peak, the Confucian Sect has produced all the elites, but in the end they returned home in vain and even lost the life of a hermit."

Because of his old age, the King of Yan sat on a chair, squinting his eyes, and drowsy. At this time, he slapped his eyelids and said, "Li Xuan has made a lot of noise, even I, who doesn't leave the house. The old man heard a lot about him, saying that he would return to the imperial capital and avenge Zhang Suqing. I used to be just a joke, but now it seems that he cannot underestimate it. Even if he can't shake the court, if he fights It is still not difficult to make up the idea of ​​which person's head to be removed. Maybe Li Daoxu and Dan Taiyun will restrict Li Xuandu for the sake of the overall situation and prevent him from making a big fuss, but in this kind of thing, is it that Li Daoxu and Will Dan Taiyun be the guard of whom?”

At this moment, another voice came from outside the hall, "Kill people? Not only can he kill people, but we can also kill people. It would be fine if he causes trouble outside, we can't control it, but if he dares to come to the imperial capital, he will not be able to do so. I know who kills whom!”

After the words came, a young man in princely clothes walked in. It was the late King of Tang. He was younger than the King of Jin, but he was over thirty years old. He was the third among the royal kings. The character, placed in the entire royal family, is also the fifth person behind the Empress Dowager, Emperor Tianbao, King Jin and King Yan.

Liu Yi said softly: "What Your Highness said is that now all the Confucian masters gather in the imperial capital. In this matter, Li Daoxu will not support Li Xuandu. If Li Xuandu dares to come, we can set up a situation to Li Xuandu and his best friend rushed to kill them together."

"Not to mention whether Li Xuandu can be killed, even if Li Xuandu can be killed, I don't know how many people will die." Yang Lu Youyou said, "You guys should know what happened in the Dazhen Mansion last month's fifteenth. The Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingchen also had this idea. He wanted to set up a plan to get rid of Li Xuandu, but what happened? The Great Heavenly Master was beaten to death by Li Xuandu in his own Dazhen Mansion before he could get the title of the court. , The title of Great Heavenly Master was deposed by the outsider Li Xuandu, which is really a big deal. In the end, Li Xuandu supported a new Great Heavenly Master, and this Great Zhenren Mansion became Li Xuandu's Great Zhenren House."

The King of Tang sat in the seat opposite the King of Jin and asked, "What does Eunuch Yang mean? How can a mere real mansion be compared with the huge imperial capital?"

"What Your Highness said is that the great master naturally cannot be compared with the imperial capital. We may not be able to do what Zhang Jingchen cannot do." Yang Lu bowed slightly first, then changed the subject, "The key is to kill a Li." How many people will Xuandu die? If he starts a massacre before he dies, he will take someone to take the blame, I am afraid it is…”

The King of Yan said, "Eunuch Yang is a very honest and polite word. Killing a thousand enemies and harming himself by 800 is actually a bad idea."

The King of Tang looked at the King of Yan, "Fourth Uncle, what are the best and most important strategies for you? You might as well tell me."

"Isn't this a discussion?" The Yan King was sophisticated and beat him up. "If there is a countermeasure, then we don't have to discuss it here."

King Tang snorted softly and turned his head away.

At this moment, Xie Zhi spoke, "If you discuss matters, don't be angry."

Everyone lowered their heads slightly to show respect.

After a while, Xie Zhi said again, "But what his seventh uncle said is right. From the golden tent to the northwest and then to Liaodong, if you want to rebel, you always have to suppress it. Since it is a suppression, there is no immortal. ”

King Yan said: "But the problem now is that fighting requires money, and fighting rebellion requires money. You can't even coax the rice and chickens without having to coax the national treasury. The national treasury is deficient. This is the biggest truth of the court."

The Tang King said: "Liaodong is rich, Li Xuandu is rich, and there are so many sect families, all of which are rich."

Xie Zhi suddenly raised her voice, "King Tang, enough!"

The King of Tang suddenly kept silent.

Xie Zhi looked at King Yan, "What should you do if you always say?"

The King of Yan sat upright and said, "In the opinion of the old minister, this matter will still fall on the Confucian school."

Xie Zhi immediately understood that the condition proposed by the Confucian Sect was to let Emperor Tianbao take charge of the rule. So Xie Zhi turned his gaze to Emperor Tianbao. At this time, Emperor Tianbao had finished drinking the lotus seed soup in his hand, as if he had not heard anything, and sat there very quietly.

Xie Zhi picked up the handkerchief to cover her mouth and began to sob softly.

In an instant, Emperor Tianbao, King Jin and King Tang immediately stood up from the seat, followed by King Yan with a hard time with a cane, and then knelt on the ground together with the two eunuchs from the Silijian.

Xie Zhi choked and said, "This is bullying our orphans and widows."

The King of Jin stood up and whispered loudly: "Although the late emperor is gone, there are still civil and military officials in the court and subjects all over the world, and they will definitely be able to eliminate the chaos."

At this moment, an autumn rain fell and rustled. But there was a dead silence in the hall, and everyone was silent.

Xie Zhi gently wiped away the tears on her face, "Then I'm going to ask King Jin."

The King of Jin kowtowed, "I will receive the order."

Xie Zhi looked at the Tang King again, "Uncle Seven, you should also be more careful and give us mother and mother a safe birthday."

"Yes." King Tang straightened up.

Xie Zhi glanced at Yang Lu and Liu Yi, "Why don't you help the King of Yan up."

Two eunuchs helped up the trembling King Yan.

King Yan held the crutch and took a breath, "No matter what, he can't avoid the Confucian Sect."

Xie Zhi wiped the corner of her eyes again, "You're going to have to worry too much."