Since ancient times, although the prince of the East Palace is said to be the future prince, he generally needs to be a man with his tail between his legs. This is too capable, the emperor feels that you are a threat, and in the end there may be a possibility of deposing, and as we all know, the abolished prince basically has no way to live; If this is too mediocre, the emperor can't look down on hundreds of officials, and there are still a lot of dragons and phoenixes waiting to take your position, and this end is basically not wonderful.

All in all, it is absolutely no good for the prince to sit in this seat for too long.

And now, there are four people on the highest seat in the Tang Dynasty: the forty-six-year-old Emperor Taishang, the fifty-year-old Empress Taishang, the twenty-one-year-old emperor, and the twenty-year-old prince.

This is the supreme leadership of Datang today, how strange it looks. In the face of this unprecedented situation, it is not that no minister has questioned it bitterly, but at that time, Li Zhi seemed to have eaten the scales and had an iron heart, and the eight horses couldn't pull it back, and when the matter became a foregone conclusion, it would be useless to persuade again?

Could it be that the abdicated Emperor Taishang came back to be the emperor, and let the current emperor go back to be the crown prince, this must not be a big mess! Knowing that what has happened cannot be reversed, many people have made up their minds about other things, after all, it is not easy to be an official these days, and it is even more difficult to be promoted. If you don't have a chance, it is likely that when Zhishi retires, he will be at most in Qipin.

Compared with this situation, if this crooked and evil path is done well, it may be possible to be promoted to an official position and make a fortune, which is also the wishful thinking of many people. However, the basis for doing this well is that you have to figure out the mind of the person in charge.

Because her husband has recently shown signs of insecurity, Empress Wu naturally has to strengthen her monitoring, controlling the people who can see Li Zhi on the one hand, and stepping up the infiltration of the palace attendants around Li Zhi. And she herself is busy with power and affairs, although she is very interested in receiving those who are willing to be loyal to her, but what the Empress Wu values is not the kind of courtier who can play tricks. In addition, there is absolutely not enough time, and over time, we can only focus on talents.

This Taishang couple was not so easy to approach, let alone the emperor, who spent at least a third of the year recuperating. Of course, it is not impossible to hug the prime minister's thick thighs and seek a step to the sky, but the premise is that you can impress the cold face Hao Chujun. can grind Pei Yan, who is the most intriguing person, and can be higher than Liu Zhi's pen. can talk freely with Shangguan Yi about the poetry of Pun. If you can't do that, then you hardly have to go through this doorway.

In this way, although Li Xian's path is not easy to follow, it seems to be much easier than the above. Moreover, almost everyone knows the personnel situation in the East Palace, there are so many vacancies, and it is very likely that it will be a solid court team in the future, which is a pawn. Maybe he will be a high-ranking official in the future, who is not happy?

So, after taking a few days off from the court, Li Xian was faced with faces that were smiling unusually brightly. Although he didn't like people with rigid faces, the sight of everyone smiling couldn't help but make people feel furious, so he just walked by briskly with a little nod. Until he rushed into the middle of the four prime ministers, he saw that most of the officials did not dare to follow him again. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Li Xian wiping a handful of sweat vigorously, he asked such a question angrily. Shangguan Yi and the others did not sneer as before, but exchanged glances with each other, and their expressions were a little wrong. In the end, Hao Chujun, who had always been the first gun, coughed and broke the deadlock.

"Your Majesty issued an edict yesterday. He said that there would be no pre-meeting today. ”

Li Xian couldn't help but be puzzled when he heard this. Isn't that a common occurrence? Needless to say, the only person who will appear today is his eternally energetic mother. Because his father Li Zhi seems to have eaten a bad stomach two days ago, he is also taking care of him in the hospital and recuperating in bed. In this case, also need a group of prime ministers who are not surprised to frown here?

Although the four prime ministers have a good relationship with Li Xian, if they want to talk about their private friendship, they have to count Liu Zhi, a drinking friend who has drunk countless drinks with Li Xian. He quietly dragged Li Xian aside, and then explained in a low voice: "Someone is gossiping, saying that Your Majesty's body can't last a few years, and that you can't go before the emperor, otherwise how can this crown prince pass on his younger brother without passing on his son?" ”

Li Xian hadn't heard this kind of gossip once or twice, and he didn't pay much attention to it at first glance. Even if you have the power in the world, can you still forbid others to talk and speak in private? Therefore, he just smiled and said: "Don't worry about these market words, don't you think Yuan Zhenren has seen the appearance of the Emperor and His Majesty?" Yuan Zhenren is a well-known immortal, and there are still pushback pictures popular in the world, which is much more credible than those rootless rumors. "When has he ever been afraid of others?

Li Xian would say this, and it was not surprising that none of the four people present. But there are some things that Li Xian is not worried about, but they have to weigh them carefully. Moreover, looking at the posture of those officials in the DPRK and China, it seems that they are already considering the issue of taking sides.

In the solemn Xuanzheng Palace, the discussion of politics is in full swing, but more people are thinking about their own future. The political struggle in the Tang Dynasty can be described as unprecedentedly cruel and fierce, Taizong appointed Fang Du at the beginning, but all the descendants of Fang Du were involved in true or false rebellions, and as a result, the two great families collapsed; At the beginning of Li Zhi's ascension to the throne, those ministers who supported Gu were also dead a long time ago, and the eldest grandson's family was still the title that Li Zhi had recently returned on a whim; As for other families who have been trampled on for rebellion or various crimes, there are countless others.

On this day, the discussion was only for disaster relief in Guanzhong, and there was no major conflict, so the court meeting passed only a short time. And Empress Wu obviously has something to deal with, so she didn't have time for Li Xian to have any more mother-son filial piety, so she left in a hurry after the next dynasty. Li Xian, who was at the end, slowly went to Menxia Province to prepare to participate in the joint meeting of the political affairs hall, but halfway through, he was intercepted by someone who caught up.

It was about the hot weather and the rush of running, Ah Qian's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, her cheeks were crimson, and even her hair bun looked a little scattered. Because Li Xian walked slowly, there were no officials around him for a long time, and even if there were palace attendants, they all avoided it, so they looked at each other face-to-face, and they showed a little friendship with each other.

"In such a hurry, in a hurry?" Li Xian gently pinched Ah Qian's hand, and when he saw that the well-maintained face showed a little light, he suddenly felt a little pity, "Even if there is an emergency, someone can call me, and I won't worry about going to the political hall later." ”

If these words came out of someone else's mouth, Ah Qianding would have spat it immediately, but at this time, he just glanced at him with a smile and disgust, and immediately put away his joking face: "The law does not spread to the ears of outsiders, if this is not an urgent matter, who will take care of you, a dead ghost?" Yesterday, I went with the Empress Taishang to visit the Emperor Taishang, and I heard two little chamberlains chewing their tongues and saying something in the Zhenguan Palace...... It is said that there is no prince in the world who will never ascend the throne. ”

Just for this? Thinking that a few prime ministers had also solemnly said to themselves just now that Li Hong was going to be absent from the court meeting for a while, Li Xian couldn't help but feel funny. But before this smile was revealed, he was beaten back by A Qian's words.

"I know that you are not self-motivated, and it is not uncommon for this prince, but don't forget, the deposed king certainly has no good end, and how many deposed princes have a good end? The Emperor Taishang is first-class capricious, and even the Empress Taishang may not be able to figure out his mind sometimes. You should also know that he muttered something from time to time, as if he had regretted his decision to abdicate, you can't be too careless! ”

That's not all, Ah Qian, who has always said that the wind is the rain, also coldly threw down another sentence: "Who told me last time, the four corners are the most unstable, and the shape will change greatly when you pull it, or the triangle is the most stable." What do you say about the four corners, what do you say about the triangle, you don't need me to teach you! ”

This Ah Qian man rushed away in a rage, but Li Xian stayed in place but was stunned, his mind full of confused consciousness. Of course, he had learned his father's nagging, and every time he had to spend the boss's effort to persuade him properly, but even so, because he had been used to living peacefully for more than a year, his initial doubts had long since disappeared. Thinking about Li Zhi's eye disease has improved greatly, Feng Dizzy seems to have not been committed for a while, and then thinking about his father's capricious personality, he suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back.

Isn't it, who was so eager to urge something to abdicate in the first place, and now it seems that he wants to regret it?

With such a terrible realization, he was absent-minded when he stepped into the provincial government hall under the door, and after an hour of meeting, he spent most of his time deserting, even if he only spoke with two words--- it was either umh or ah. Although he doesn't take his meetings very seriously on weekdays, he occasionally comes up with one or two constructive suggestions, where is it like today? "Ahem!" Shangguan Yi coughed heavily, and seeing that Li Xian finally cast a blank look, he had to repeat the topic just now, "There is Liu Renliang in the northwest, and we plan to recall Qi He Li as the general of the right Yulin, does Your Highness have any objections?" ”

Old deeds? Of course, Li Xian had no opinion, and nodded briskly. However, the matter was not over yet, Shangguan Yi next mentioned the replacement of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, but this time Li Xian refused. Just kidding, Xue Rengui is doing a good job over there, if he hastily changes the leader, and then destroys the stable situation, who will bear the responsibility?

"But Xue Rengui has been serving in the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate for two years, even if it is changed this time, it will be changed in a year. The state-owned Ming system, if it will be rotated for three years......"

"I think that when the old Liu Xianggong was in Haidong, there was no one urging to change the guard at that time, what was the result? Not all of them are left there! If you are stationed outside, you have to act on public will, and only suspicion is just ruining the situation! Needless to say, just do as I say! ”

The person who was still ignorant just now suddenly put on an undoubted expression, which made the four people in the political hall look at each other at the same time. Although there are some disapprovals, but in general, the four of them are still happy---- as long as this Li Xian does not desert, he is basically a responsible prince.