Inside the Tai Chi Temple.

Taizong was dressed in a dark dragon robe, his spirit was flat, and he looked at Wang Deqing for a while, and then said slowly:

"I've already heard from De'an...... Sure enough, it was the crown princess? ”

Li Zhi's expression was sad, and he saluted with his crossed hands:

"Father, the son is not filial, and even these little things need to be shown by the father's will."

Taizong raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly, looked at Li Zhi's jade face that seemed to be extremely painful for a long time, and then couldn't help but look at Wang De, who was also smiling, slowly got up, went down two layers of jade steps, and then stopped and sat down on the middle layer of jade steps, raised his hand again, and motioned for Li Zhi to step forward and sit on the side.

Li Zhi was stunned, after all, he still passed, and sat on the last jade step.

Taizong took his son's hand, held it in his palm and patted it again and again, and said after a long time:

"Childish slave, do you remember what your father said about you, the crown princess, and Xiao Liangdi?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, and then said: "I remember, my father said that the crown princess is calm and stable, and it is appropriate to have an ikea, and Xiao Liangdi is smart and decisive. They are all good women. ”

Taizong nodded, and said:

"Then do you know why my father wants to tell you this?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head blankly.

Taizong said softly:

"Child, you're good at everything, just a little, too kind. Child, it is a good thing to be kind, but if you are too benevolent, then you will not be able to bear the crown of the emperor......

You know, sometimes, in order to achieve great things, there are always some sacrifices.

Just like you, the crown princess! She is from everyone's background, calm and stable, knows what she wants, and never let it go when she should fight, so although she has done all kinds of things since she entered your East Palace, she can always survive the pass.

Moreover, Xiao Liangdi...... She is smart, quick-witted, and knows how to use all means to get herself closer to what she wants, step by step......

Why don't you understand, childish? As their husband, why can't you see through and understand as these two little women?

Kid......

You must remember what your father taught you in the West Market that day.

You are my son, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and after your father goes west, you will be the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty...... The world is all yours, what else can't you dare to want? ”

Taizong patted him on the shoulder before he said:

"Don't worry! There's my father!

If you want anything in the future, just let it go!

Got it?

Don't be here, and be angry with those little women......

Your eyes should be on this Tang Dynasty, not your small East Palace, let alone this Taiji Palace. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was puzzled, but said:

"Father's will...... The young slave is really foolish......"

Taizong said with a smile:

"Childish slave, what you want most now is the position of Concubine Yi, yes or no?"

"Father's ......"

"And your biggest difficulty is that you know that the position of this concubine is not easy - once the Taiyuan Wang family is the head of the five surnames, and it is the concubine recommended by your aunt and grandmother, for the sake of the hearts of the ministers, if she has no major mistakes, you will not be able to make it easy for her, yes or no?

You don't have to make a tone in front of your father, since you were born, your father has carried you to the court, and you can't hide it from your father if you are careful.

Or do you think that your father is so old that you forgot that when you were married to you, you refused to live or die, and you were entangled with your father? ”

“…… Be...... The slave really didn't like her...... Also......

Indeed......

I really want to ......"

Li Zhi was ashamed and hung his head silently.

Seeing this, Taizong patted him with a smile and said:

"What's there to be ashamed of in this? There is nothing wrong with a man and a big man, and he wants to marry what he likes. Father won't blame you. But childish slave, you have to understand that as a descendant of the Li family and the future son of heaven, if you are not sure enough, you can't do what you want.

Got it?

is like my father, although I only love your mother and queen in my life, I have to recruit concubines to win the hearts of all the ministers. Since you are the future master of the Tang Dynasty, you will naturally have to go through this.

Childish slave...... Do you understand? ”

Li Zhi nodded silently and said sadly:

"The Father...... The life of a young slave ...... I can't move her, can I? ”

Taizong knew that what Li Zhi was talking about was the Wang family, so he smiled and said:

"Look at you, just now my father told you that this world will be yours, and you can take what you want...... Now I forgot about it again. Father's intention is to make you think about what to do.

Like you today, you rashly covered up the sins for Xiao Liangdi, but you wanted to achieve what you wanted...... Think for yourself, can you do it? ”

Li Zhi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not ......."

When Taizong saw that he had realized, he smiled and said nothing, free for him to think. Only Wang De brought some tea to serve it to the father and son.

Li Zhi thought for a while before Taizong put down the tea and said slowly:

"Childish slave! Do you still remember that when your mother was still there, there were two beauties surnamed Xiao beside your father, and my father was very displeased. Because they always rely on their own family exploits to compete for favor and flattery, which makes the court uneasy.

But your queen mother ignored them anymore, and only occasionally reprimanded them, and the rest of the time, she only talked to the virtuous mother and concubine......

My father asked you why your mother ignored it?

But your mother told her father a story. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then said:

"What's the story?"

This story is about a woodcutter in the mountain, who went up the mountain to chop wood one day, and suddenly encountered the spirit of the two tigers.

These two tiger demons both wanted to eat people, and this person was shocked, so he wanted to wield a firewood knife to get rid of the two tiger demons, but he was bitten and eaten by the two tiger demons together.

When his son found out, he also went up the mountain, wanting to get rid of the two tigers and avenge his father.

Everyone else stopped him and said: Your father is brave, but he is still invincible to the two tigers, let alone your strength?

But the woodcutter's son said: The father is brave, but after all, he has no plan, and can only be strong with a strong enemy. That's why he died. Now after I go up the mountain, I only need to ask the tiger demon a word, and I can get rid of the second tiger.

Later, he insisted on going up the mountain. Everyone was not at ease, so they secretly followed him up the mountain to see.

As the woodcutter's son said, he only said one word to the two tiger demons, and the two tiger demons died......"

Li Zhi could hear the gods, but said:

"What did the woodcutter's son say that made the two tiger demons die?"

Taizong said with a smile:

"When the woodcutter's son went up the mountain, he cried to the two tiger demons: I know that my life is difficult to protect today, and I don't want to save my life, but I have a lot of flesh and bones, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to fill the two of them at the same time, so I want to ask, I don't know which tiger king wants to eat me?"

As soon as Li Zhiwei thought about it, he immediately felt empowered:

"Father's ......"

"If you are outnumbered and want to control the overall situation, then you will throw blood and eat in the mountains, but you can only watch the tiger fight."

Taizong said with a smile.

Li Zhi was grateful to Taizong, and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you for your father's teachings." ”

Taizong nodded, and said lightly: "Speaking of which, I have a little shame for the Cui family...... But their Cui clan and that Cui Dunli finally erased my shame......

Speaking of which, if I can make my son realize this way, it will be a sacrifice for this Cui family, and it will not hurt. Slave, do you understand what your father means? ”

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with the crown princess and the Xiao family, but it is actually because the Cui family himself does not know the grace of the upper body, and he does not know how to return in case of trouble, so he took the will to die in vain." ”

Taizong shook his head:

"It can't be unrelated, of course it has to be. Those little waiters, you must have brought them and looked at them with the ministers. In the final analysis, Cui's is also a high-ranking family......

Although my father doesn't like these pretentious surnames, we still have to keep them for now, and we can't let Guan Longshi's lord dominate. Got it? ”

Li Zhi nodded: "The young slave understands." ”

"So, you've got to think of a three-pronged solution.

First, you must fulfill the affairs of the Cui family, second, you must fulfill the life of Wang Xiao's second concubine, and third, you must fulfill your own wishes......

Come, tell my father, what should I do? ”

Li Zhi thought for a long time before he hesitated: "Take those few waiters and make a possibility, and then ...... Warn the Wang family and support the Xiao family - after all, the power of her Xiao family is far less than that of the Cui and Wang Ers, so she can cultivate more and use it for us......

In the end, the palace will be like the court, checking and balancing each other? ”

Taizong was overjoyed, patted his son on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Sure enough, it's my childish slave...... Just make sense! ”

……

Next.

There is a report in the East Palace, and the matter of Fengyi Cui's family has been found out before, and it is the people of the Weimo Palace in the palace of the crown princess Wang and the people of the Weimo Palace in the palace of Liangdi Xiao have private grievances and flattery, and they actually harm them. Wang Xiao's second concubine didn't know what was going on.

The crown prince Li was angry, so he killed the servants with a rod, and personally summoned the Wang Xiao family into the main hall of Li, and each of them was either a police officer or a consolation.

This matter is peaceful, and the ministers are good.

All the concubines in the East Palace accepted their sex for a while, but Wang Xiao and the two of them hated each other.

……

February 11, 18th year of Zhenguan.

When Taizong returned to the palace, he heard the bad news from the Ganlu Palace:

Li Anning, the daughter of the eldest grandson queen, Princess Jinyang, is a clear word, and she will not be cured after all.

Taizong fainted for a while.

After waking up, Taizong staggered into the palace of Princess Jinyang, hugged the princess into his arms, cried non-stop, and the sorrow shook the sky......

Later, Taizong dismissed the number of the month and a half, and dozens of mourning a day, did not eat and drink, to the end of March of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Taizong had been thin to the width of the robe, and the close attendant could rise.

The crown prince Li Zhi endured his grief day by day, helped the government, wept night and night, and persuaded Taizong, but he could not stop his sorrow, so he invited his uncle Xuanling and others to come in to comfort him.

Taizong took the hand of the second minister and wept sadly: "Why don't I know that sadness and love are useless?

I just can't stop it, and I don't know why it's so ......sad."

When the ministers heard this, they thought about the children behind them, and they couldn't help but cry like rain.

On the first day of April in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Taizong led the crown prince Li Zhi to drive the Liangyi Palace, and personally sent makeup to Princess Jinyang.

After all the persuasion of the ministers, Taizong stopped slightly, and then issued an edict to the ministers:

"Today, there is Princess Jinyang, who is beautiful, filial and respectful, and the inner court is good.

and the style of his mother, and the protection of loyalty, I don't know how many, so good, once returned to the sky.

I have mercy on it, but it is difficult to disobey the will of heaven, and in the end I have to be hurt and painful, and I will not be happy for the rest of my life.

The existing secretary of the princess Tang Mu is more than a treasure, and the Buddha shrine is on the side of the princess's mausoleum to serve it. To comfort the spirit of the princess, the thought of peace. ”

When the ministers heard this, they thought a lot and Princess Jinyang defended it several times, and they let out a loud cry of sorrow. This incident came out and became an anecdote for a while: since ancient times, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have not been heard, but they have wept for the unmarried emperor.

Taizong wrote the epitaph again, and the prince Li Zhi personally provided a flat pillow for Anyi.

The next day, the princess Lingqi rose, and her father Taizong and his brother Prince Li Zhi followed the princess Ling to Zhaoling, and was buried in the nearest mausoleum of the eldest grandson queen. For a while, the whole country sighed that Princess Jinyang was extremely favored, and she was raised by Taizong before her death, and she was sent to the coffin by Prince Taizong after her death.

(At that time, the funeral rites, that is, the adult aristocratic woman died, and a man needed to put her favorite clothes in the corner of the coffin for her, put her favorite pillow in the coffin, and let her pillow rest it.) Generally speaking, this man is served by the nobleman's family attendant, taking the meaning of waiting. But because Jinyang was brought up by Taizong and Li Zhi, they were unwilling to borrow other people's hands to do these things, and they also achieved Jinyang, a special imperial favor that has no second share in China's 5,000-year history...... Jinyang, go all the way. Your life has had its ups and downs, but it has been a happy one. And he was buried behind his father and queen mother...... You will feel happy. ）