The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"From now on, the correspondence will be sent to Cuiwei Palace." Li Fu said.

Li Shimin wrote to inform him and Li Chengqian that the correspondence should not be sent to Chang'an City in the future.

Let the people here know the whereabouts of the emperor and empress.

I can only say that Erfeng is thoughtful.

Li Fu's mouth corners slightly raised, thinking so in his heart.

As for the idea, although there is a little bit of anti-Tiangang, we think about it in our hearts and don't say it out loud. It doesn't break the rules or break the law.

The laws of the Tang Dynasty don't stipulate it, so we can't even think about it.

"The palace will set off for Cuiwei Palace tomorrow." Li Fu said: "Along the way, the palace servants, the midwives on call at any time, and the imperial doctors of the Imperial Medical Bureau will all go to Cuiwei Palace together."

"But from Taiji Palace to Cuiwei Palace, my mother is now in a bad condition..." Li Chengqian's face was full of worry.

"Your mother must not ride in a carriage. She must ride a sedan chair when she goes to Cuiwei Palace."

Empress Changsun will give birth in half a month. She must not ride an ordinary sedan chair when she goes to Cuiwei Palace. She must be carried by at least eight people, and someone must hold a fan beside her.

At this moment, Li Shimin would rather sacrifice himself and ride a horse to Cuiwei Palace than sacrifice the empress's ceremonial guard. Not to mention a sedan chair with eight people, even sixteen people would be fine.

Let someone carry Empress Changsun, and he can ride a horse to Cuiwei Palace happily.

"In two days, Uncle Wang will take you to Cuiwei Palace. At that time, you will stay in Cuiwei Palace with your father." Li Fu said.

"Uncle Wang, aren't you going to live in Cuiwei Palace for a while?" Li Li asked.

"You have seen that there are so many things going on in Zhuangzi. Let's see when the time comes." Li Fu smiled and responded, "Don't worry about that for now. Anyway, it will take at least two or three days to prepare to set off from the palace and then arrive at Cuiwei Palace. Cuiwei Palace must also be fully prepared. Even if you worry about that now, it's useless. This is not something you kids can worry about."

"I'm thinking that when I send you to Cuiwei Palace, I will discuss with your father about building a temporary palace for the emperor here." Li Fu said.

Although the cultivation palace is his personal filial piety, he is only a prince after all. If the emperor does not nod, it will be considered as private construction of a temporary palace, which is a serious crime.

Li Fu once heard a story that when Li Yuan was an official in Taiyuan, someone in the court wanted to murder Li Yuan with the help of Emperor Yang of Sui, so he wrote to Emperor Yang of Sui and asked Li Yuan to build a luxurious temporary palace within 100 days. If he could not complete it on time, he would be executed.

This matter worried Li Yuan a lot. In the end, it was Li Erfeng who gave the idea, which was to spend a lot of money, hire more skilled craftsmen, and speed up the construction.

The palace did not need to be too large, but it must be exquisite and luxurious.

So while purchasing things for the palace, they hired a large number of skilled craftsmen to build it.

Within a hundred days, the palace was indeed built.

Except for the small area, there were no other problems, and it met the requirements of Emperor Yang of Sui.

However, some ministers in the court said that it was absolutely impossible to build it within a hundred days, and it must be that Li Yuan had built the palace privately before.

Privately building a palace is a capital crime.

How could it be built within a hundred days?

Finally, Li Erfeng stood up and said that it could be verified whether the palace was newly built. If it was built before, the nails would definitely rust and there would be mold on the tiles.

In this way, it was clear whether the palace was built before or newly built.

Emperor Yang of Sui sent people to check, pulled out the nails, and uncovered the tiles. Sure enough, they were all new.

The Li family escaped the disaster.

The story that has been passed down is nothing more than to show Li Erfeng's courage, carefulness, resourcefulness, and wisdom to save his father.

But at the same time, one thing that is impressive is that privately building a palace is a capital crime.

It is impossible to say that Li Fu said that he wanted to show filial piety to the emperor, and it was reasonable and legal to build a temporary palace in Jingyang County without the consent of the court.

The temporary palace has its own regulations, and the private residence has its own system. There is no comparison between the two.

Unless it is said that another house with the same specifications as the prince's mansion is built, then Li Yuan will be given a surprise.

Obviously, the system of the prince's mansion is not worthy of Li Yuan's status as the emperor.

When the three-day deadline came, a large group of people in Chang'an City began to set out for Cuiwei Palace. Li Shimin wore a casual dress and rode on horseback, followed by the empress's guard of honor. Li Shimin was personally escorting his empress.

Empress Changsun sat on a sedan chair carried by eight people, and the guard of honor wasWu was moving slowly, with the Jinwu Guards in the palace at the outermost side, guarding from front to back, left to right, and the eunuchs and the imperial doctors of the Imperial Medical Bureau were serving on both sides of the empress's palanquin to deal with various situations.

The people along the way were blocked by the Jinwu Guards on both sides and could only watch the royal team walk out of the city from a distance.

Li Shimin looked around, he also wanted to see how the people in Chang'an were doing.

Zhuque Street, also known as Tianmen Street, or Tianjie for short, stretches straight from the Imperial City Gate to Zhuque Gate. It is more than 150 steps wide, so wide that people standing on both sides of the street can't see each other.

After leaving Zhuque Gate, on the way to Cuiwei Palace, the road was not as flat as in the city. Fortunately, Empress Changsun was riding a palanquin, which was carried by manpower and would not be too bumpy.

The team set out early, and the palace was ready to set out before dawn. In the hot summer, they could only set out in the morning or evening to avoid suffering so much on the road.

It was noon when they arrived at Cuiwei Palace. Li Shimin quickly asked Empress Changsun to settle down first, and told her not to worry about anything else, and he would arrange it, for fear that the fatigue along the way would make the queen feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, everything was fine.

The environment was much better than when they were in Lizheng Hall.

As soon as people left the palace, they felt more relaxed and energetic.

The nobles in the palace moved here, and the steward of Cuiwei Palace had already cleaned up this place, and all the things that needed to be arranged were arranged in advance. If there were any omissions, Wang De, the eunuch beside Li Shimin, would take care of the arrangements.

On this day, three people came on the road to Zhuangzi in Jingyang County.

The young man in the lead was wearing cloth clothes and a hat, with a sword hanging on the side of his horse's back.

The two people following behind him were wearing coarse cloth short shirts, holding the reins in one hand and holding a weapon in the other.