146 146: Covering Hands for Rain (9)
The emperor has no way, and now by the order of the Queen Mother, the emperor is abolished as the king of Luling. (Have) β (Meaning) β (Thought) β (Book) β (Hospital)
In February of the first year of Guangzhai, Emperor Li Xian was deposed as the king of Luling by the empress dowager Wu Zetian, and Li Dan, the king of the prime minister, was the son of heaven.
This abolition came very suddenly, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all stunned, and when Li Chen got the news, he was also shocked. Although she knew that her mother would abolish Li Xian, was it so fast?
Her third brother ascended the throne for only two months, and was deposed by his mother like this?
What's going wrong?
Li Chen was buzzed by the news from the palace, and Song Jing had not come back at this time. The situation between the DPRK and China has changed dramatically, and now he can come back to have a ghost. Li Chen circled around the room twice like a headless fly, a little impetuous. At this time, Shu Zhi hurriedly came.
"Princess, Princess Taiping is hereβ"
Before Shu Zhi could finish speaking, the pot-bellied Taiping lifted the curtain and came in.
"Sister!"
Li Chen turned around and saw that Taiping's face was covered with beads of sweat, she hurriedly stepped forward to help Taiping, "Sister, be careful!" β
Before Li Zhi died, Taiping had been pregnant for several months, and in four months, he would be born. Li Chen watched the pot-bellied Taiping come in in a hurry, and was startled by her.
Taiping grabbed Li Chen's hand and calmed down, "I heard that my mother abolished the third brother, what's the matter?" β
Li Chen, who was still very impetuous, suddenly calmed down when he saw Sister A, and he didn't know why.
She helped Taiping to sit on the couch, and then instructed Shu Zhi and the others to get some fruit snacks, "Sister, I don't know." "The news came from the palace, but no one knew what it was. If you want to inquire, you can only inquire after all the civil and military officials have gone down to the court.
Mother deposed the emperor with lightning speed and changed to Li Dan, the prime minister, must have been planning for a long time, since she dared to do it, she must have thought about various names such as crimes. Li Chen thought, maybe they didn't need to ask, and his mother would tell the world the reason why she wanted to abolish Li Xian.
People are very strange a lot of the time.
Li Chen used to think that once he encountered something very important, he thought that people could do a lot of things. For example, how to solve it? How to rescue? How many people are going to run to tell each other? Is there something she needs to do about it?
But when these things happened that she thought were very important, she found that there were so few things that people could do.
No, maybe it's not that people can do so little, but that they can do so little.
What can she and Taiping do?
Nothing can be done.
The civil and military officials of the imperial court have their own mother's control, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, she must have already thought of the next move. I am afraid that if there is anyone in the court who dares to oppose the prime minister Li Dan as the emperor, he will face the fate of having his head moved.
And she and Taiping, will Li Xian be deposed because of this?
Of course not, whether it is a brother as an emperor or a mother as an emperor, she and Taiping are both mother's daughters and princesses of this empire. Mothers don't need to worry about their ambitions to seize power, they will only pamper them more and make them beautiful.
Maybe one day they will make their mother unhappy, maybe they will become a chess piece in their mother's hands, but they are still noble.
Who would dare to dislike them?
Who would dare to say that they are not?
No one dared.
Li Chen was holding hot tea in both hands, and at such a time, she could still look at the flying snow outside the window very calmly, and then take a sip of tea slowly.
Li Chen thought expressionlessly: I am so calm that I admire myself.
Just when Li Chen was thinking wildly, Taiping's voice sounded faintly.
"Sister, I don't know what's going on, I've been dreaming about my father lately. My father in my dream was sometimes very angry, sometimes very sad, I dreamed last night that my father suddenly appeared in front of my bed, and said to me, I named you Taiping that day, but unfortunately it is difficult to be peaceful now. He also told meβ"
Taiping paused, raised his eyes to look at Li Chen, grabbed Li Chen's hand and didn't know how much strength he used, making Li Chen's wrist a little painful, Taiping's voice was a little frightened, "Sister, my father also told me that the Xue family will have a bloody disaster!" β
Li Chen: "...... What are your dreams? β
Taiping shook his head slightly, "I don't know, doesn't it mean that if the deceased person has concerns in his heart, he will entrust his dream to the person who is still alive?" Yongchang, I'm always scared-"
Li Chen interrupted Taiping's words, and she stretched out her other hand to cover the back of the hand that Taiping grabbed her, "Sister, that's just a dream." β
Taiping looked up at her.
Li Chen met her gaze and said softly: "My father has died, and people die like lights going out, if there is really Western Bliss, or if there is another world, he should have been reincarnated a long time ago, what are you still worried about these many things?" Aren't you tired? β
Taiping: "......"
Li Chen looked at Taiping's somewhat stunned gaze, and sighed with a smile, "Sister, I always feel that after my father died, our days were not steady. But no matter how unsteady, it's better than the two brothers. Now that the third brother has been abolished and the fourth brother has been established as the new emperor, it is estimated that he will not be much happy in his heart. β
Taiping looked at Li Chen's indifferent appearance, and suddenly felt that his sister had become a little strange. But what she said was telling the truth.
Children who have probably grown up in the court since they were children will have a lower moral bottom line than others in all aspects. 's father died, and her bones were not cold, so her mother had a plaything, and Xue Huaiyi, who was raised in Princess Taiping's mansion, was the result of her trying to please her mother.
Taiping has always been a smart person, she faintly feels that the storm is coming, but she feels that no matter what kind of wind and rain, it will not affect her, after all, she will not have any hostility with her mother.
My father died, but my bones were not cold, what could I do?
Now that her mother is in power, she has been dormant for so many years, and finally survived until her father died, such a God-given opportunity, can my mother not take action?
The dead can't control the affairs of the living, at least that's what Taiping thinks, so she spares no effort to please her mother, and it is always impossible to follow her mother.
But even if I thought so in my heart, I dreamed back at midnight, and I still felt very ashamed of my father.
The most favored daughter in her father's heart is indeed Ah Mei, but she didn't say anything about her, when she and Xue Shao got married, her father also granted her amnesty to Luoyang, the eastern capital, even if it was the crown prince Li Hong, when he set up the crown princess, it was also an amnesty for Jinzhou.
Taiping thought, looked down at his bulging abdomen, raised his hand and put it up, "Sister, do you believe in gods and Buddhas?" β
Li Chen was silent and said, "I am in awe of life and death. "But not to take refuge in gods and Buddhas.
Taiping lowered his head, the corners of his mouth hooked a far-fetched arc, and said softly: "What can you do if you fear life and death?" The world is so big that it is not the king's land. In this land, the life and death of everyone can be decided by the king. β
Li Chen's heart trembled slightly, she knew that what Taiping said was not wrong at all.
Taiping sighed lightly, then looked up, and when she looked up, the expression on her face was already quite calm.
Li Chen: "Do you want to stay with me today, or go back?" β
Taiping was crooked on the couch, looking at a certain point in the air with some distraction, "I want to stay here." β
Li Chen looked at Taiping, who was a little depressed, and felt aggrieved for no reason.
No matter what the third and fourth brothers are, they are all their father's flesh and blood, and they are noble, why have they become a puppet now? The mother has not officially ascended the throne, and in the future, when the mother ascends the throne, won't she live like a lost dog?
Father said, Yongchang, no matter what your brothers and sisters do wrong, don't dislike them.
The father also said that you should be the princess of the Tang Dynasty first, and then the mother's daughter.
So, as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, does she also have the right to do something? Could it be that she worked so hard just to protect her brother and sister, and then continue to be supported by this system of imperial supremacy?
Suddenly, a bold idea occurred in Li Chen's heart.
There's a lot more I have to do, she thought.
I may have to go down a path that no one can understand.
But it doesn't matter, people can't go in vain when they come to the world, no matter whether they succeed or fail, they always have to give it a go.
What if she's not careful, and she wins?
When Song Jing returned to the princess's mansion, it was already dark. The main road in Chang'an City was forbidden, and he was able to return to the princess's mansion only after getting the queen mother's token.
When she returned to the princess's residence, Li Chen had not yet fallen asleep, and under the dim candlelight, her long hair was draped behind her, and she was holding a book in her hand to read in the candlelight. Song Jing was slightly stunned, he thought that he put Li Chen on the tip of his heart before he knew it, and it was also very reasonable, in this world, no one has such picturesque eyebrows as her, and no one has such a fickle temperament.
She always disguised herself well, and her identity as the daughter of the heavenly family gave her a natural willful arrogance, so she was not afraid of anyone's eyes, and in front of everyone, she constantly tested her mother's bottom line, first Li Jingye, and then Master Wuyun.
Song Jing thought, now that the Queen Mother has abolished Li Xian as the king of Luling, and set up Li Dan, the prime minister, as the emperor, what will happen to his princess next?
As he thought, the eyes of the man with the scroll were already on him.
"Coming back?"
Song Jing silently changed his court clothes, and then walked towards her, "Well, you know everything?" β
Song Jing's words had no beginning or end, but Li Chen understood.
She nodded lightly, "I know everything, the third brother wants to give the Tang Dynasty to Li Siwen, so my mother deposed him as the king of Luling, and set up the fourth brother Li Dan as the new emperor." "The civil and military officials are scattered, and Song Jing, as one of the cronies that the Queen Mother relies on, is impossible to put him back when he goes down to court.
The change of political power, even if it is the replacement of the emperor without real power, is also a major event of the country, and the slightest mistake will be discredited.
Song Jing raised his eyebrows and walked over, "You look very calm. β
"Or else? Am I going to cry? Li Chen put down the scroll in his hand and leaned lazily on the big pillow behind him.
Song Jing snorted slightly, sometimes he felt that he was very close to Li Chen, and sometimes he felt that he was too far away from her. When she faced these palace coups, her face did not change, in fact, it was not only Li Chen, but Taiping was also like this.
Song Jing thought, no wonder it is the most ruthless emperor family, even if it is a brother and sister, the moment they hear the bad news, they can only sigh at most.