Abolishing the crown prince is not a trivial matter, it is related to the future of the country and the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong did not dare to act alone or rashly, but brought it up in the early dynasty for everyone to participate in the discussion.

A minister said cautiously; This matter needs to be carefully investigated before a decision can be made. ”

Someone else said: "The prince is responsible for governing the country and leveling the world, and his injustice is itself a criticism, and he is not qualified to be the prince again." ”

There was a lot of talk.

Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling pondered for a long time and said: "It has been more than 30 years since the emperor ascended the throne and listened to the government, the crown prince and the princes have never left the deep palace since they were children, and they accept the earnest teachings of the sages every day. Now that the crown prince, the king of E, and the king of light have grown up, so far I haven't heard of any unforgivable mistakes they have made, the emperor, you can't abolish the prince because of a few of their complaints, the princes of all dynasties are the foundation of the world, and you can't act rashly if you abolish them. If the emperor must insist on abolishing the crown prince today, I am willing to dismiss the official and not obey the edict. ”

Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling's attitude was resolute enough, which made Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, who was bent on abolishing the crown prince, feel bitter in his heart, he couldn't say bluntly that the prince had violated his own scales and exposed his privacy.

"We'll talk about that later, let's talk about something else first. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji said after being silent for a moment.

Li Linfu, a clear-eyed man looking up, saw through Tang Xuanzong's mind at a glance and knew what he wanted to hear.

On this day, everyone in the early dynasty was in a heavy mood because of the matter of the prince and others, and they didn't have too much nonsense, and they ended the early dynasty early.

After retreating, everyone left, only Li Linfu stayed.

After he lingered in front of the main hall for a while, Zhang Zhongliang, the eunuch beside Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, came out and asked, "Why hasn't Master Li left yet?"

"I muttered something in my heart, and I wanted to talk to someone, but I didn't know who to talk to. Li Linfu said in embarrassment.

Obedient and listening, Zhang Zhongliang immediately understood that Li Linfu wanted to let him pass the message to the emperor, and immediately greeted Li Linfu and said: "If adults can afford me, let's find a place to have a good chat." ”

One has a heart, the other has an intention, and the two hit it off.

"Does Lord Li have any opinion on the matter of the emperor's abolition of the crown prince?" Zhang Zhongliang found a place in the palace where it was more convenient to talk, and sat down, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, I think this matter is a private matter of the emperor's own family, and we as courtiers are not qualified to comment, and today the emperor mentioned this matter in front of all the ministers, which is the emperor's enlightenment, but it should not be swayed by our suggestions. Li Linfu said.

"Mom, what does Li Linfu mean by that? Why did he deliberately stay and talk to the emperor's personal eunuch about this?" Su Tong asked puzzled.

Now that Su Tong's divine consciousness and I have enveloped the entire imperial city, we can all know where there is any disturbance.

He wanted to use Zhang Zhongliang's mouth to hand these words to Tang Xuanzong to show that his position was on the emperor's side. I said.

"That sounds like a normal thing, why did he say it?" Su Tong still didn't understand.

When Tang Gaozong wanted to establish Wu Zetian as the emperor, the eldest grandson Wuji and others objected, and Li Tao said such a sentence to help Tang Gaozong make up his mind. Unexpectedly, after more than 80 years, Li Linfu used this word on Tang Xuanzong again. I said in a deep voice.

"Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling's attitude is so resolute, will Tang Xuanzong listen to Li Linfu's demagogy and insist on going his own way?" Su Tong said worriedly.

I thought about it for a while, shook my head and said, "Tang Xuanzong is a bit indecisive in doing things, and he may not dare to insist on abolishing the crown prince despite public opinion. ”

Things turned out to be as I thought, after Zhang Zhongliang passed Li Linfu's words to Tang Xuanzong, Tang Xuanzong immediately introduced Li Linfu as a confidant, and there was a feeling of sudden enlightenment in his heart, and he whispered in his mouth: "Yes, I can listen to your prime minister's advice on the affairs of the people in the world, and the private affairs of our Li family, let that son be the crown prince, which son will succeed and let the ministers take care of it? If they are allowed to interfere in everything, what is the point of what I am doing as an emperor?"

The more Tang Xuanzong thought about it, the more he felt that he should make a decision to abolish the prince directly.

After spreading out the edict, lifting the pen and writing, and writing down one word at a time, Tang Xuanzong began to hesitate again, the imperial pen in his hand was like a thousand catties, and the guilt in his heart began to emerge. There was an angel in his heart reminding him: Zhang Jiuling was right, the matter of abolishing the prince is not a trivial matter, and he should not act arbitrarily.

Angels and demons waged a fierce struggle in Tang Xuanzong's heart, making him unable to make a decision and not knowing what to do.

The royal pen was picked up and put down, picked up and put down again, and after repeating this several times, he directly threw the pen aside and went to the Shouwang Mansion.

"King Shou, do you want to be the emperor?" Tang Xuanzong sat in King Shou's Mansion and pulled King Shou to chat.

This question was too direct, which made Shou Wang Cheng fearful. As a prince, it would be a lie to say that he didn't want to be the emperor, but if he said directly that he wanted to do it, it wouldn't take three minutes for the whole city to know that King Shou wanted to peep into the throne.

"Where did you start with this?" Shou Wang asked as he pondered his words.

"You're a sincere person, I just want to hear what you're saying today. Tang Xuanzong said with a slight amazement.

"My life is very good now, and I don't have the heart to fight for power. Shouwang thought for a while and said.

"You have no ambitions, don't you want to go to the palace to live?" Tang Xuanzong asked vaguely.

"It's okay to live by chance, but you don't have to let King Shou take that position. Yuhuan said implicitly.

Tang Xuanzong understood Yang Yuhuan's intentions, nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that you and King Shou don't have this ambition anymore, so it's good to be an idle prince and be happy for a lifetime." ”

One sentence made King Shou miss the throne.

Tang Xuanzong went to Shouwang's mansion, Concubine Wu Hui didn't know, in her heart, only her own son was the best, only Shouwang could afford the country's heavy responsibility, in order to abolish the prince and put Shouwang on the throne, she thought and thought, and took a stinky move - she sent her henchman eunuch Niu Gui'er to find Zhang Jiuling to be accommodating.

On that day, Zhang Jiuling got out of the morning court, and when he returned home, he had just finished washing up and had not eaten, and Niu Guier came to visit.

"Mr. Niu, I don't know why I came this time?" Zhang Jiuling looked at Niu Gui'er cautiously and asked politely.

"I'm bored, come to your old place and ask for a drink. Niu Gui'er smiled lightly.