Exiting Fang's House, Li Tong pulled Li Shouli to comfort Li Guangshun.

Li Guangshun's eyes were still red, and he apologized to them again and again. This gesture convinced Li Tong that this brother must bear far greater sorrow than him and Li Shouli, and he could not even get the intimacy of his mother-in-law, and his future was unpredictable, and he could not get the warmth of family affection.

Back at his house, there was still a period of time before it got dark, so Li Tong called Zheng Jin and asked, "I see that my mother is very strict with my eldest brother, do you know why?" ”

When Zheng Jin heard this, he sighed with emotion: "Da Lang is also a poor person, his biological mother is too ruthless, and he doesn't want to share the blessings and misfortunes with his family, so he even abandons his own womb and child, which is quite similar to the supreme character......"

With Zheng Jin's chatter, Li Tong understood the reason. It turned out that Li Guangshun's biological mother chose to be expelled from the house as early as when Li Xian was deposed, and she did not want to stay and share the blessings and woes with her family.

There is no lack of human considerations in the Datang Decree, even if it is a heinous crime, it also adheres to the principle that the disaster does not affect the family. As long as evidence is provided that has nothing to do with the sin, even close relatives such as parents and brothers can be exempted from punishment.

Of course, the law is one thing, and the implementation is one thing, especially in the era of cool officials in power after the martial arts, Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and other cool officials are trapped, lest the case is not big, and the Tang Dynasty criminal law is simply a joke.

For example, in the case of the rebellion of the late prince Li Xian, Gao Shilian's grandson Gao Qi was involved in the case and was ordered by Gaozong to return home and commit suicide. Gao Shilian is the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji, and his family has been implicated in the rebellion of the eldest grandson Wuji.

As for Li Guangshun's biological mother's request to leave the house, according to Zheng Jin, it was specially approved by the Empress Wu. The reason for this, Li Tong also understood after a little thought about it that his father Li Xian was quite virtuous when he was the prince, and even a case of rebellion could not completely dispel people's expectations.

Empress Wu was about to suppress Li Xian at that time, even if she was as close as a concubine, she was unwilling to live in the same room with a rebellious and unfilial sinner like Li Xian, Wu Zetian was happy to see it, which is also very understandable.

But it can be seen that although Wu Zetian is ruthless to his son, he does not want others to let down his son, especially when choosing an heir for Li Xian, he abandoned Li Guangshun, the eldest son, and chose Li Shouli, and even Li Guangshun was tortured and killed to death, which is probably an afterglow after the passage of time. Even when changing the names of his grandchildren, he deliberately excluded Li Guangshun.

After learning this, Li Tong also had a deeper understanding of the relationship between his family. Li Guangshun's mother still had to fall into the trap when the catastrophe was coming, which was in stark contrast to the martyrdom of his biological mother Shen.

Fang's love for Li Xian, whoever is really affectionate to Li Xian will naturally treat his son better, which is no wonder Fang's willingness to kill himself to see himself to ensure his safety, but he is so cold and mean to Li Guangshun.

However, Li Tong also understood that his biological mother's martyrdom was probably also undesirable to Wu Zetian. One reflects Wu Zetian's affection as a mother, and the other will probably make Wu Zetian reminisce about the past.

In the later period of Tang Taizong, there were two concubines who were more well-known, one was naturally Wu Zetian, and the other was Xu Hui. Xu Hui probably entered the palace at the same time as Wu Zetian, and was also named a talented person, but unlike Wu Zetian, who was cold and unknown at that time, Xu Hui was quite loved by Tang Taizong, his status was improved, and after Tang Taizong's death, he was so sad that he refused to use medicine, and finally followed Tang Taizong, and was posthumously named a virtuous concubine and buried in Zhaoling.

Xu Hui's deeds are in stark contrast to Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian naturally doesn't like Shen as Xu Hui's daughter-in-law. And what is even more stinging is that Li Tong's biological mothers, Shen and Xu Hui, are both from Huzhou, Jiangnan, that is, Wuxing, which will inevitably be compared.

If Li Tong knew that Wu Zetian's previous evaluation of his mother was "a foolish woman in the countryside, and it is not a pity to die", he should know that his psychological grasp of Wu Zetian was quite accurate. However, he naturally has no way of knowing this, but he can also understand the records related to Prince Zhang Huai's family in later generations, except for the concubine Fang's family, only Li Shouli's biological mother Zhang's family exists, which is probably also related to Wu Zetian's personal likes and dislikes.

Knowing this, it only cleared up a doubt in my heart. What is really in front of him is still the threat brought by the straight Xu clan. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and after a long time, Li Tong was full of a sense of crisis when he thought that there was always a bad eye around him who was watching his diet and daily life.

Fang's is cautious and does not want to cause trouble, the eldest brother Li Guangshun is also cautious and self-pitying, and the second brother Li Shouli is just right and does not mention him. No matter how you look at it, the only reliable person in the family at the moment is Li Tong himself, and this matter can only be operated by him.

Sitting in the room and chanting for a long time, Li Tong instructed the palace maid to prepare paper and ink, calligraphy is one of his hobbies in later generations, barely has more than ten years of amateur skills, learning is more friendly to amateurs Yan Ti Kaishu, although not called everyone, but not to mention the pen timidity.

Li Tong was scribbling on the paper while recalling, and what he wrote was a food list. Previously, he enlisted the director of the Folk Street Project to do a lot of research, including food. The diet of the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially the diet of the nobility, has a very important document, that is, the Wei Juyuan roasted tail banquet menu during the Li Xian period of Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Tong is no stranger to this, and he quickly wrote more than 30 dishes that belong to the roasted tail banquet menu. When the ink dried, he summoned Zheng Jin and instructed: "Send this food list to Zhitang, there is still a custom of warm house in the folk housewarming, and my family's new residence Renzhi Yuan should also be a little expressive." ”

Zheng Jin did not doubt that he had him, and after hearing this, he put away the food list and went straight to the backyard and threw it to the Zhangzhi Xu family.

Xu had regained her previous composure at this time, and she had just returned from the former concubine. The concubine's attitude towards her was acceptable, but she did not apologize to the third son for humiliating her, but just asked her to concentrate on handling the affairs of the courtyard and did not have to come to serve.

This is naturally not enough to dispel the resentment in Xu's heart, Concubine Fang's self-injury has caused her to be demoted from a pawn to a leader, and it is a place like Renzhiyuan that is destined to be left out in the cold, which is probably similar to being demoted from the center of Taiwan Province to a remote state and county, and both her power and benefits have been greatly reduced, which can be regarded as a feud.

Not to mention that the three fallen sect kings actually dared to face her humiliation in front of many palace servants, the Xu family naturally had a deeper grudge in his heart. When Zheng Jin arrived, she was re-wiping her beloved chess set that was slapped by King Yong, and when she heard Zheng Jin say that she wanted to warm up, she sneered in her heart.

When he opened the food list and saw the delicacies listed on it, Xu couldn't help but sneer even more, only to feel that this family was really stupid and ridiculous, and they had been reduced to such a point that they were still greedy for appetite.

She was going to ignore the menu, but after a brief change of thought, she summoned a female historian and sent her to the Forbidden Middle School Division's dining place. What happened just now also made her realize that although the Yongwang family was in danger, it was not an ordinary female official who could disobey her face at will.

There is still a long time ahead, and she has a lot of opportunities to take revenge on the other party, and she doesn't have to rush to make things difficult right now. The dishes on the food list are all precious and luxurious, far from being qualified to enjoy by the current Yongwang family, and the catering office will naturally refuse, so that the family will realize their pitiful situation, and there is no need for her to be a bad person at all.

However, after the food list was sent, more than an hour later, the food department actually sent the meals over, most of the dishes were complete, only some of the dishes that took too long or were not prepared, but they also compensated for other similar dishes.

This inevitably made the Xu family both shocked and suspicious, and said in their hearts, could it be that the situation of King Yong's family had taken a turn for the better?

Before she was demoted, she was just an ordinary pawn in the Twenty-Four Division, and the information channels she could access were really limited, and her contempt for the Yongwang family was only known in the old days. The courtesy expressed by the catering office at the moment suddenly made her a little unsure of the situation of King Yong's family.

With doubts in his heart, the Xu family didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and ordered the palace people to send these meals to the front house, and he even went there himself.

It was now dinner time, and the family had gathered in the inner hall next to Fang's House. Li Tong also met the little sister Li Youniang, this seven-year-old girl is beautiful and cute, but her health is not good, and the toss for a period of time before also made her panic, because her face is thin and her eyes are very big, black and white, but her eyes are full of cowardice, and she is not as lively as a child, which is pitiful.

Li Shouli is now playing tricks to make his little sister happy, and the previous turmoil has affected the whole family, including this little sister. However, Li Shouli was still cheerful and ignorant, and he showed off the throwing stunt he had practiced during the period of solitary confinement at the banquet, twisting it into a small ball of paper to point and hit wherever it was, and it was said that even the flying mosquitoes and flies would hit every bullet.

Li Tong watched Li Shouli happily flirt, occasionally playing Baolu ugly, which also made the hall laugh again and again, and even Li Guangshun, who was forced out by him and barely attended, was no longer full of sadness, and occasionally clapped his hands and applauded. And the little sister Li Youniang was even more smiling like a flower, and her face was full of surprise and admiration commensurate with her age.

It can be seen that no heart and no lungs are not useless, with such an optimistic relative as Li Shouli to drive the atmosphere, the family can still enjoy a moment of joy in this dangerous situation with an uncertain future.

However, it is not without exception, Li Shouli's biological mother Zhang sat on the seat, looking at her own flesh and blood, her face was not happy, and even wanted to open her mouth to scold Li Shouli because she deliberately made a fool of herself several times, but she was always stopped by Fang's sight. But it can still be seen that Zhang's is incompatible with the relaxed atmosphere in the current hall.

Not long after, the Zhangzhi Xu family had already led the palace people into this, first to pay tribute to the concubine and the three kings, and then diligently ordered the palace people to arrange a meal. Fang's was originally surprised by the change in Xu's attitude, but after seeing such a sumptuous meal, he couldn't help but be surprised, and when he heard Zheng Jinyan say that it was Li Tong's custom to prepare a food list to warm up, Fang's eyebrows and eyes stretched, and his eyes softened when he looked at Li Tong: "Anu is really a caring person, and he lives up to your ......."

Li Shouli ignored the others, seeing that the table was full of delicacies, he didn't wait for others to raise the spoons, and he had already eaten a lot. In his words, the meal in the past few days was shabby, and he hadn't eaten a delicious meal for a long time.

Being able to speak in a casual tone about one's suffering is a talent in itself. But when Li Tong heard it, he felt even more pity about the family's situation.

He and this family do not have any blood thicker than water family relationship at the moment, but it is precisely because of the existence of these people that he will not be isolated alone in the treacherous tide of the Wuzhou Revolution, and he has also deepened his determination to change the situation and destiny of the family.