3.003: Aftermath Turmoil (3)
It was not the first time Li Chen had seen the crown prince Li Hong, but it was the first time he had seen such a lively Li Hong.
Li Chen felt that this prince brother didn't know what was going on, every time he saw him, he was either coughing or feverish, and he was sick, and her biological age was indeed very young, so she was not suitable for staying with patients all the time, so she rarely saw him.
Li Chen didn't know what kind of illness the prince's brother had, but she was very surprised to learn that the prince's brother worshipped Xuanzang as his master.
Li Chen was not very interested in ancient history in the past, of course, he would know a little bit. However, she knew that Xuanzang started from the Journey to the West of Liuxiaolingtong, and he didn't get it from any official history.
Brother Yu, who doesn't know.
But after she came to the Tang Dynasty, she found out that the eldest disciple of her brother was not Sun Wukong, but her prince's brother Li Hong.
According to the palace maid's gossip, it was because Li Hong had been weak since he was a child, so Wu Zetian specially asked him to worship the Taoist monk Xuanzang as his teacher, as well as the Dharma name, as for what the Dharma name was, given that she was too surprised at the time, she didn't pay attention to it.
When Wu Zetian and Li Chen appeared in the Chongxian Pavilion, the young master of the crown prince, Xu Jingzong, was taking a class with Li Hong.
When Li Chen looked at the prince brother whose spirit was good, he was thinking in his heart whether the crown prince's brother's law name was Wukong or Wuneng, or Wujing's kung fu, Xu Jingzong and Li Hong had already come to visit Wu Zetian.
Xu Jingzong looked at Li Chen and couldn't help but admire: "The little princess is carved in pink and jade, and her eyebrows are like Her Royal Highness the Queen." ”
When Wu Zetian heard this, he smiled slightly, took the top hat sent by Xu Jingzong, and asked, "I came with the princess, did you disturb Xu Qing and the prince?" ”
Xu Jingzong: "Chen Shicai is talking with His Royal Highness about the excellent anthology of ancient and modern times, and now it is just a time to rest. ”
Wu Zetian nodded, turned his head to look at Li Hong, who was playing with Li Chen's chubby little hands, "Hong'er, do you have any experience?" ”
When Li Hong heard this, he answered Wu Zetian's words clearly, and Wu Zetian asked him what he had learned recently, and after a few investigations, his bright eyes glanced at Xu Jingzong again.
Xu Jingzong smiled, stroked his beard, and said: "The minister knows that the queen has a lot of experience in learning calligraphy on weekdays, and the prince is good at calligraphy recently. ”
When Wu Zetian heard this, a slight smile appeared in his eyes, "Hong'er, are you willing to fetch it for me to see?" ”
The young prince nodded, with a gentle smile on his face, "It's okay, I want to show it to my mother." Mother waits, son goes and returns. ”
Li Hong was quietly pushed away, and the expression on Xu Jingzong's face immediately became solemn, "Her Royal Highness." ”
Wu Zetian's expression was faint, "Do you know what Shangguan Yi and the saint are going to abolish after the abolition?" ”
Xu Jingzong nodded, "The minister just knew, and he couldn't share the worries for Her Royal Highness the Empress, and the minister was afraid." ”
"I don't blame you, things in this palace are unpredictable, even I can't know what will happen in the next moment. Wang Fusheng went to falsely accuse me and the Taoist Guo Xingzhen of doing something disgusting in the palace with the sage, and Shangguanyi was always dissatisfied with me, so he took the opportunity to instigate the sage to depose me. ”
Xu Jingzong frowned and reprimanded angrily: "Shangguan Yi is so rebellious! Immediately, he said to Wu Zetian very easily: "Your Royal Highness the Queen, rest assured, this matter will be handled properly and will not leave you with any trouble." ”
Li Chen: "......" is what Xin Niang said Wu Zetian is going to set off a storm? Thinking about it, Li Chen, who had been held by Wu Zetian, couldn't help but raise his head and look at Wu Zetian.
Just met Wu Zetian's eyes full of maternal love, Wu Zetian's hand gently patted her little daughter's back, and while showing a gentle smile to her daughter, she said lightly to Xu Jingzong: "Shangguanyi and Wang Fusheng have both worked on the left and right of the former prince Li Zhong. ”
Xu Jingzong was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "The minister understands!" ”
The little Li Chen looked at Wu Zetian and Xu Jingzong, confused: I don't understand, Xu Jingzong, what do you understand?
Shangguan Yi and Wang Fusheng once did things for Li Zhong, what happened? The former prince has been abolished, and the tone of the palace maids talking about the prince Li Zhong is full of sympathy, saying that Li Zhong is really pitiful, he used to be the prince of a country, but after Wu Zetian became the queen, a group of ministers represented by Xu Jingzong, who was still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, persuaded Li Zhi, saying that Li Zhong was not Wu Zetian's descendant, and he should be deposed and set up another prince. Later, Li Zhi really deposed Li Zhong and changed the title of King of Liang. Li Zhong, who became the king of Liang, was nervous all day long, and often felt that someone was trying to harm him, so he often stole women's clothes in the middle of the night to avoid those assassins who wanted to assassinate him. Later, he was even more panicked and secretly helped himself divination, and later his deeds were revealed, and he was demoted to a concubine.
As an ancient person, Li Chen, who pretends to have a modern soul and doesn't read much in history books, can't figure it out, Li Zhong is a commoner, what else can he achieve? Why did her mother, Wu Zetian, mention him to Xu Jingzong?
Three days later, the Zhongshu ordered Xu Jingzong to go to the imperial court, saying that Shangguanyi, the squire of Xitai, colluded with Li Zhong, a concubine, with the intention of rebellion, and the evidence was conclusive, and asked the saint to execute Shangguanyi. So, Emperor Li Zhi waved his pen, Shangguan Yi was guilty of rebellion, the deity and his son were executed together, and the female dependents of the family did not enter the court as coolies, and Wang Fusheng was executed together. What Li Zhi said that day that Wu Zetian and Taoist Guo Xingzhen were disgusted with in the palace was the secret that Wang Fusheng told Li Zhi.
Two days after Shangguanyi was executed, Li Zhi ordered that Li Zhong hang himself.
When Li Chen knew about this, Wu Zetian was teasing her in Qingning Palace, and he was still holding a soup spoon in his hand, feeding her rice cereal.
Liu Chun served on the side, and said to Wu Zetian: "Your Royal Highness the Queen, the sage has issued an edict to give death to the concubine Li Zhong." ”
Li Chen was opening his mouth to eat that mouthful of rice cereal, and when he heard Liu Chun's words, his mouth closed, and he lost his appetite completely.
If she couldn't figure it out before, and then vaguely understood, then she completely understood it now.
Kill three birds with one stone, cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Even if Li Zhong is a commoner, for Wu Zetian, it is also a trouble. At this time, Shangguan Yi and Wang Fusheng instigated Li Zhi to abolish it, and offended Wu Zetian, and these two people also worked around Li Zhong in the past, so Wu Zetian simply wiped them all out and solved these people together, saving more disasters in the future.
If you want to add sin, there is no excuse.
became cannon fodder for the emperor's husband and wife for no reason, and the consequences were very strict and the price was huge.
Li Zhi also knew in his heart that Wang Fusheng and Shangguanyi were innocent, but for the emperor, there was no way, and he always had to find a scapegoat for what happened after the abolition. He couldn't abolish Wu Zetian, so he had to sacrifice a eunuch and a Xitai squire, and he had to give the eldest son of the concubine to death.
What does it mean to be a companion like a tiger?
What is the most ruthless imperial family?
Shangguan Yi was originally a loyal king, but in the end, he ended up with such a broken family, and others said that it was a pity to say it painlessly.
Li Zhong is only twenty-two this year, has no children, and then an edict was ordered by his father to be given to death. When Wu Zetian heard Liu Chun's words, his face did not change, and he only said the word "good".
Li Chen blinked at Wu Zetian with a pair of black and white eyes, and Wu Zetian helped her wipe some rice cereal from her mouth with a gentle smile on her face, "Chen'er has eaten well?" ”
Li Chen didn't say anything, just rubbed her little face against her hand.
At this moment, a windy Tai Ping rushed in, still holding a snack in the shape of a pig.
"Auntie, what do you see here?"
Wu Zetian looked back, Taiping's face was flushed, and her forehead was still sweating, this princess was probably lively and naughty since she was a child, and the palace maids behind were all out of breath when they caught up.
"I've seen Her Royal Highness."
Wu Zetian glanced at them, and then frowned and scolded Taiping, "Taiping, how many times have I told you that you are not allowed to go on such a rampage in the palace." ”
Taiping grinned, and stuck out his tongue at Wu Zetian, "I went to Sister Helan to play just now, and she gave me a little pig that I can eat, Auntie, look at how cute this little pig is." "Sister Helan mentioned by Taiping is Mrs. Wei Guo.
When Wu Zetian heard Taiping say that he had gone to Helan's place, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out and said, "I told you that Sister Helan is unwell, don't disturb her recuperation." ”
Taiping blinked, and his tone was very reasonable, "Why can't you go, I am the daughter of Aya and A-Niang, Aya said that I am a gift from God and will bring good blessings to Datang, and if I go to see Sister Helan, I will bring her good blessings." As she spoke, she was so happy that she held the little pig snack in her hand to Li Chen, with a somewhat conspicuous look, "Sister, do you think this looks good?" ”
Li Chen happened to be a little depressed in her heart, she just saw the pig's head in front of her, she didn't think about it, her mouth was open, and she gnawed the little pig's head in front of her with a "ahhhhh
Taiping was stunned.
Probably because Li Chen was not in a good mood, so he didn't feel anything when he ate it, and his bun face showed a rather disgusted look.
Taiping looked at Li Chen, and then looked at the little pig dim sum in his hand that no longer had a pig's head, in the end, it was a child, he just got a little thing he liked, and he was gnawed off before the freshness passed, and he was so sad that he couldn't do it when he came back to his senses, "Wow" cried at once, and complained while crying: "Ah Mei bit off my pig's head!" ”