In the first month of the third year of Yifeng, Li Xian entered the Zichen Hall of Hanyuan Palace to greet the emperor, saying: "The first day is auspicious, and the sons and daughters respectfully invite Aya Sheng'an!" The Emperor snorted and motioned for Li Xian to be flat.

Li Xian stood up and stood respectfully on the sidelines, feeling that the emperor's attitude was different from before, and he was not very enthusiastic about him. King Li Zhe and King Li Lun also entered the palace to greet him.

After a while, the palace supervisor and Kong Nei invited the emperor to get up and go to the Hanyuan Hall to receive the Yuan congratulations from the Manchu civil and military officials and the envoys of the four Yi.

The Li Xian brothers went to the Yanying Hall together to greet the queen of heaven. The inner counselor guided the internal and external women to enter in batches and congratulate the queen of heaven. The Yanying Hall was full of people, very lively, and the voices of congratulations were wave after wave.

After saying goodbye, Li Xian returned to the main hall of the East Palace, and the crown princess Fang Xiaoqin came forward and saluted, "Lang Jun is back!" Li Xian hummed and walked to the cradle to visit his young son Li Shouyi.

Liangdi Zhang Hongjiao came in with her infant second son Li Shouli, Li Xian took the swaddling clothes, teased Li Shouli to speak, and coaxed him to call Ye Ye. Li Shouli opened his mouth and spoke.

The eldest son, Li Guangshun, can already walk, and the nurse teases him with toys. Fang Xiaoqin pointed to a pile of gifts placed on the wall and said, "This is a tribute sent by my father, Lord Fang, tomorrow you can give it to Your Majesty and Niangniang!" ”

Li Xian approached and took a closer look, it turned out to be Songzhou's specialty musk, Wen Aya, bad white fish, yellow essence, Meiguohua, sour jujube, silk kudzu and other items, and said with a smile: "Okay, lady!" ”

Zhang Hongjiao said: "Your Highness seems to have something on your mind? Li Xian said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I haven't felt good lately!" ”

Zhang Da'an, the son of the left concubine, came to report that Zhang Wenjun, a guest of the prince, was seriously ill, and Li Xian immediately went to visit Zhang Wenjun's house with Zhang Da'an. On the way, I saw the eunuchs in the palace entering and exiting the gates of various officials, as if they were summoning.

A few days later, the Queen of Heaven asked the emperor for permission to accept the pilgrimage of the civil and military officials and the chieftains of the four Yi at the Gwangshun Gate in front of the Yeonei Hall of Hanyuan Palace. Such a scene is just like when the Empress Wu was first canonized, she accepted the congratulations of the civil and military officials and the chieftains of Fanyi in Suzhangmen.

After more than ten years of the Second Holy Dynasty, Chinese and foreign ministers and the left and right sixteen guards have recognized the diligent, outstanding, fair and capable master, so the Queen of Heaven can easily command the world! Li Xian found that he was still far, far away from commanding the world!

Back then, Li Zhi's purpose in letting Empress Wu accept Chaohe was to raise Empress Wu and kill the morale of the Taiwei faction, but now what does it mean to let the Queen of Heaven accept Chaohe?

Li Xian believes that this means that the status of the two saints of the Queen of Heaven has not wavered, and his efforts for two and a half years are almost equal to nothing. I was abandoned by the emperor, and it is unknown what the reason is, but I will try to clear my name.

After Li Xian returned to the East Palace, he was so angry that he wanted to go crazy and had a strong dissatisfaction with the two saints. He took a closer look at his Donggong team and found that there was no one who could provide him with strong political support.

Zhang Da'an is the new prime minister, but he has little seniority and is at the tail of the prime minister's queue. Zhang Wenqian is already seriously ill in bed and will die soon. The right servant shoots Dai Zhide is an incomprehensible servant, he does not show selfish kindness, only for the sake of the community, not for the sake of the service object, and he is also riddled with old diseases.

The left servant shot Liu Renliang to solve the problem, but he had to deal with the Silla battle situation, and he was so busy that he didn't have the time to tutor him at all. Zhongshu made Hao Chujun old and frail, and he was busy with affairs, so he couldn't take care of him.

As for Liu Neyan, Ge Xixuan, Shi Zangzhu, Zhou Baoning and others are all bachelors and literati, and they can talk about the scriptures and the Tao, but they can't talk about political power.

Li Xian felt that since he had been abandoned, he was powerless to resist, so he had to eat, drink and have fun, and live one day at a time, and since then he has begun to give up on himself, breaking the jar and breaking it, just like his uncle Li Chengqian.

Li Xian is no longer thrifty, he spent a lot of money to build all kinds of fun places, in the East Palace to build a song and dance hall, a juju field, a cockfighting platform, and build a number of mansions outside the East Palace, extremely luxurious and magnificent, like the emperor's palace.

He no longer repaired books and annotations, and no longer took the initiative to take care of government affairs, but sent servants everywhere to search for acrobatic artists and excellent singers who could sing and dance, and brought them back to the palace to perform for his own amusement.

Hu slave Zhao Daosheng is younger than Li Xian, handsome and chic, good at somersaults, carrying tripods, walking ropes and other fish and dragon acrobatics, and also knows a little music and dance, when performing in the song and dance hall and juju field, Li Xian is amused.

Zhao Daosheng would throw a sword, take three short swords in his hand and throw them, throw them with one hand, catch them with the other, and one sword was in the air, which attracted loud applause from the audience. He will also play the ball, step on the big ball with both feet, and turn back and forth to make the big ball roll forward, while he is as steady as Tarzan and does not fall off the big ball.

When singing and dancing, acrobatic performances, and playing juju and horse running in the East Palace, gongs and drums are often beaten to cheer, gongs and drums are noisy, and the sound is transmitted to the outside of the palace. When the queen of heaven hears it, she will come in and accuse Li Xian.

Li Xian and the queen of heaven have incompatible personalities, and because they hate the queen of heaven and begin to alienate women, including his wife Fang Xiaoqin and Zhang Hongjiao, they have not seen each other for many days, lest they say that he is a plaything.

Li Xian likes Hu slave Zhao Daosheng very much, and every time he performs, Li Xian has to reward him with gold silk. In this way, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up, and finally rose to the point of Longyang's goodness.

Li Xian and Zhao Daosheng get along very well and talk about everything. Once sitting on the bed and talking about the queen of heaven, Li Xian said: "When I am free, A-Niang's pastime is like this: get up early in the morning and open the door of my room, criticize me for not sleeping at night and wake up in the morning, criticize me for not cleaning and not tidying up the house!"

Criticize me for not eating fruits and vegetables and not going to the toilet on time, criticize me for going to the toilet for an hour, criticize me for not washing my face and hair and not go out to play, criticize my calligraphy, criticize me for painting, criticize my dressing style, criticize every choice in my life, and then walk out of my room and don't close the door! ”

Zhao Daosheng laughed when he heard it, and thought it was very funny, but did not comment.

Zhao Daosheng sometimes saw that Li Xian was unhappy, as if he had something on his mind, so he asked him: "Is there anything embarrassing about Your Highness?" The younger brother wants to know, maybe he can help? ”

Li Xian sighed and said, "Hey, how happy I was when I was King Pei before, I don't know why I want to be this prince?" When I became the prince and didn't support me, I feel that there must be something strange in this, is there a villain who is sowing discord in it? I have no way of knowing! ”

Zhao Daosheng patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, the little brother will definitely help Your Highness find out this villain!" Li Xian happily invited him to the shoulder and said, "Okay, it's inconvenient for the widow to come forward, so please ask the little brother!" ”

Li Xian handled the fish talisman for Zhao Daosheng's entry certificate to the palace, so that Zhao Daosheng could enter the palace to listen to the news. Cui Liping, Kong's attendant, likes to play acrobatics and learns the technique of playing ball from Zhao Daosheng.

As soon as Cui Liping stepped on the big ball, his body swayed on both sides, and Zhao Daosheng immediately supported him and taught him how to master balance. After practicing for a while, the two sat on a bench to rest.

Zhao Daosheng asked: "Ah Cui, which of His Majesty's concubines and princes do you say is the most handsome?" Cui Liping replied: "I think the prime minister Li Lun is the most handsome!" ”

Zhao Daosheng said: "No, it should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is the most handsome, after all, he will inherit the throne in the future!" "Inherit the throne in the future? That might be. Cui Liping said.

Zhao Daosheng hurriedly said: "In the world, except for the crown prince who can inherit the great treasure, who else is qualified?" Cui Liping said: "Of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is qualified, but didn't you see the scene of the Queen of Heaven's dictatorship and accepting worship?" ”

Zhao Daosheng said: "I have also heard of this, but she will be the queen mother in the future, and it is impossible for her to ascend the throne!" At most, the dynasty weighs the system, and Dabao is always His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Cui Liping leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't be naïve, Doctor Ming said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not have the virtue of an emperor and is not worthy of inheritance!" He can be psychic, can there be anything wrong with what he says? So the emperor alienated the crown prince! ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Daosheng was taken aback and said, "I see! Did Dr. Ming say anything else? Cui Liping said: "He also said that the appearance of King Li Zhe is similar to that of Taizong, and the face of King Li Lun is the most expensive!" I'm also hearsay, don't take it seriously! ”

Zhao Daosheng said: "How can I, a household slave who plays acrobatics, the heart of a rich man? It's just boring to ask! ”

After returning to the East Palace, Zhao Daosheng told Li Xian all the news he had heard. Li Xian was shocked and said: "It turned out that Ming Chongyan, the villain, was making a stumbling block, I never imagined it, I never imagined it!" No wonder Aya suddenly alienated the widow, this guy used magic to confuse the saint, and he deserved to die! ”

Zhao Daosheng asked, "Your Highness, what should we do?" You can't sit still! Li Xian said: "He is being favored now, don't touch him for the time being, wait and see what happens!" Ay! ”

The two opened the wine jar, drank the Sanglu wine relatively bitterly, got drunk, and fell on the bed.

Wei Chengqing, the prince's secretary, wrote to advise the prince, pointing out that Li Xian was wrong, mainly:

(1) Huge investment in building fun places;

(2) Acrobatic singers and dancers in front;

(3) The noise of gongs and drums spread to the outside of the palace;

(4) The servants and villains are close to the left and right.

advised Li Xian to read the scriptures to broaden his virtues, and to suppress his feelings.

Li Xian didn't listen, and continued to hunt, juju, play polo, cockfight, watch singing and dancing, and play with men, so as to relieve his worries, no matter what happens in the future, anyway, happy day by day!

When the crown prince had an awkward quarrel with the emperor and the queen of heaven, it was an eventful time in the Tang Kingdom.

Frequent floods and droughts in the country, poor harvest of grains, soaring rice prices, outside Guanlong, Tubo often invaded, the Protectorate and the Governor's Mansion in the Western Regions withered away, the beacon fire was endless, and the army was tired of transporting grain and grass.

At the time of this national disaster, Li Xian planned to break the jar, play and have fun, and no longer fulfill the responsibility of the prince. The emperor and the queen of heaven saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, so of course they had to beat him often.

The Queen of Heaven ordered the Beimen Scholar to compile books such as "Shaoyang Zhengfan" and "The Biography of the Filial Son" to give Li Xian, teach him how to be a qualified prince, and wrote many letters to reproach him and teach him how to fulfill filial piety, but the relationship between the two sides became more tense, and Li Xian panicked.

In the first month of the first year of Tiaolu, the emperor, the queen of heaven and Li Xian took Luanyu to live in the eastern capital of Luoyang.

At that time, Si Nongqing Wei Hongji had already built the magnificent Shangyang Palace, Suyu Palace and Gaoshan Palace in the Luoshui area. The Emperor and the Queen of Heaven moved to Shangyang Palace, and after dinner, they walked along the promenade that stretched for a mile by the Luoshui River.

Li Zhi also ordered Wei Hongji to build Zigui Palace in the west of Mianchi County to escape the heat, so that there was no need to travel thousands of miles to Jiucheng Palace to escape the heat.

Li Hyun still greeted the emperor and the queen of heaven on time. Once, when he asked the emperor to say goodbye, he passed by the Zhenguan Hall of Ziwei Palace and saw several elderly palace maids cleaning and laying out flower mats.

When he came back from the end of the invitation, Li Xian passed by the gate of Zhenguan Hall again, and saw a gray-haired palace maid and a half-white-haired palace maid chatting, and vaguely heard the word "prince", and was shocked, so he quietly hid behind the screen and eavesdropped.

The gray-haired palace maid said: "I have been serving in the palace for decades, and the prince was in the palace before he was born. The half-white-haired palace maid said, "I heard that the prince and the queen of heaven are not in harmony, what is the reason?" ”

The old palace maid replied: "Hey, this is a big secret, the queen of heaven is strictly not allowed to say it, and she gave the money to seal her mouth!" If you're really curious, I'll tell you quietly! ”

The old palace maid leaned into her ear and whispered, Li Xian pricked up two ears and listened carefully, and vaguely heard the words "Mrs. Han Sheng", and was stunned, dazed, and left the Zhenguan Hall in a hurry.

Back in the East Palace Guangtian Palace, Li Xian and Zhao Daosheng drank wine together, taking advantage of the strength of the wine, Li Xian said: "No wonder the queen of heaven often accuses the widow for no reason, it turns out that the widow is not her own, but her sister Mrs. Han was born!" ”

Li Xian slapped the case and almost knocked the wine glass off. Zhao Daosheng was shocked and said, "How is it possible? Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor and Mrs. Korea, this ......? ”

Li Xian said: "At first, I didn't believe it, but now the more I think about it, the more I believe it. Little brother, think about it, I was born on the way to worship Zhaoling at the end of the fifth year of Yonghui, approaching Chinese New Year's Eve, the cold wind is cold, and Awu is about to give birth, but I have worked hard to go to Zhaoling, and there must be something strange in it! ”

"Besides, Ah Wu gave birth to Princess Anding at the beginning of the year, and gave birth to me at the end of the year, so there is also a big problem in this time period!"

Zhao Daosheng also patted the case and said: "That's right! With such an analysis, everything can be explained! Li Xian cried: "5555, the position of the widow's crown prince will be abolished sooner or later!" Sooner or later, the widow will be finished, little brother! ”

Zhao Daosheng hurriedly comforted and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't panic, don't panic, calm down, calm down!" The younger brother thinks that the queen of heaven cannot abolish His Highness, as long as the emperor does not move, His Highness will be fine! ”

Li Xian stopped crying and said, "Well, it makes sense. ”

Zhao Daosheng said: "As long as the emperor can change his mind, His Royal Highness will be able to bring the dead back to life!" And in order for the emperor to regain his trust, he must kill the Ming Chong who is getting in the way! ”

Li Xian drank a glass of wine and said, "Well, how to kill him?" Let's think about it. ”

Zhao Daosheng said: "The younger brother has read a little book, specializing in the story of the assassination of Wu Wangyi, hiding the dagger in the belly of the fish; and Nie Zheng's assassination of Han Puppet, if you want to assassinate Qingji, it is worth emulating! ”

Li Xian said: "Yes, these three assassins are all men of cloth, brave and loyal!" ”

Zhao Daosheng drank the wine in the cup and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is as kind to the younger brother as a mountain, and the younger brother is willing to sacrifice his life and assassinate the doctor to repay His Highness!" ”

Li Xian suddenly got up and straightened his clothes, and then bowed respectfully, and Zhao Daosheng also knelt down and bowed back!