At the end of December of the third year of Yonghui.

Tang Dynasty.

Changan.

Tai Chi Palace.

Tai Chi Hall.

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and his maternal brother Puwang Li Tai were born in Yunxiang.

Gaozong was so grief-stricken that he couldn't get up at all, and he fell ill in the court.

The next day, the fourth year of Yonghui.

Gaozong Li Zhi decreed that he was uneasy due to illness, and it was a ceremony to temporarily dismiss the Yuan Zheng Dynasty meeting.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the DPRK and China.

……

It's night.

Today is supposed to be the first time of the year, and it is the most time to celebrate.

But in the entire Taiji Palace, there is silence and silence at the moment.

If you want to say silent, it's not true, at least in the Lizheng Palace, there are still some whispers.

In the middle of the bed.

The brazier burned vigorously, Li Zhi and Mei Niang sat side by side on the warm blanket not far from the brazier, watching Li Hong happily playing to himself, the expressions of the husband and wife were silent.

After a while, Mei Niang brought a bowl of soup from the side and said to Li Zhi:

"Jiro, why don't you drink some soup.

In today's day, water and rice do not touch your teeth......

It's not good for your body. ”

Li Zhi nodded, took the soup silently, drank two sips gently, then put it down again, looked at the top of the hall for a while, and suddenly asked Mei Niang:

"Mei Niang......

You said......

Will the fourth brother hate me?

In order to be able to get the third brother to follow, he put his life on the line......

But I'm trying so hard to keep the third brother......"

Mei Niang's eyes softened, her eyes were slightly red, and she said lightly after a while:

"If he hates you, why would he do that?

Didn't he do this because he knew that you still couldn't deal with His Royal Highness King Wu with this ruthlessness after all? ”

Li Zhi was silent again.

After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and when I looked up when I heard the sound, it turned out to be De'an.

Dean stepped forward and bowed, which explained the intention:

"Lord, someone from the Ministry of Rites has come to ask about His Royal Highness King Pu's funeral and other matters......

"The funeral officer will give it, be generous," Li Zhi said softly with red eyes, thought about it, got up and sighed again:

"That's it......

Or a hand-edict......

Those people, without seeing the edict, may not be able to handle the affairs of the fourth brother well......"

Mei Niang's nose was sour, and she nodded lightly:

"Yes......

In the final analysis, His Royal Highness King Pu was abolished once, and in the old years, because of his youth and vigor, he offended several old ministers in the court.

I'm afraid that if it weren't for Zhilang's funeral to deal with his posthumous affairs, those old ministers would have set up a way to deduct some. ”

Li Zhi was silent, nodded for a while, got up and walked behind the bookcase.

——On the fourth day of the Yuan Dynasty of Tang Yonghui, Gaozong Li Zhi mourned for his last surviving half-brother, Puwang Li Tai, with the highest form of funeral regulations in the Tang Dynasty.

And asked "Ban Jian Gongren, Yu Bao advocated, 3,000 pieces of goods, 3,000 pieces of rice millet, gave the secret weapon of the East Garden, and the funeral officer gave it, and was generous."

And with the will of the funeral edict, there is another one, that is, to posthumously present his brother Li Tai as a lieutenant, and also the pastor of Yongzhou, and give the edict of Gong.

……

The second day of the first month of the fourth year of Tang Yonghui.

Changan.

The eldest grandson of the house.

Inside the study.

"What is this?!"

Yu Suiliang angrily raised the newspaper in his hand:

"Funerals and the like, that's it......

can also be posthumously presented as a captain, and also as a ...... of Yongzhou

What is this? ”

Yu Suiliang looked at his teacher, and when the eldest grandson Wuji, the uncle of Li Zhi, the son of heaven:

"The teacher is still alive, and he is in the position of a captain......

Is this to give way to the living and the dead?

Or do you want your uncle to abdicate his nephew?!

The Lord's move is too chilling for people's hearts!! ”

Compared with Sui Liang's indignation, the eldest grandson Wuji was very indifferent, he shook his head and said:

"It's just a fictitious title, why should Sui Liang care?"

Yu Suiliang gritted his teeth and said:

"If King Pu didn't have that kind of thing back then, it would be fine......

But the ...... of the year

Teacher, a deposed king who failed to rebel, how can you ...... with your Tang Dynasty?"

"When did King Pu rebel, do you have any evidence?"

Seeing that his beloved disciple was still entangled in this, and the more he talked, the more ridiculous it became, so he couldn't help but ask.

Yu Suiliang was stunned, thought about it, and wanted to open his mouth to speak, but found that there was really nothing to talk about:

Yes......

At that time, although several important ministers of the first emperor, including himself, knew what was going on, and why Li Tai was deposed as king......

But the outside world is completely unaware.

And when it comes to reality, although Li Tai had this intention back then, he really didn't do it.

Compared to the crown prince Chengqian, who really hid everything in his East Palace, he really has no evidence!

"But ......"

"No, but."

The eldest grandson Wuji lightly cut off his words:

"There was no evidence then, and now there is no evidence.

If it is discussed, if it were not for the fact that the first emperor wanted to keep the current lord on the throne, there was no reason at all, and there was no need to abolish the throne of King Pu, just give a decree to order him to leave Beijing and return to the fiefdom.

To say that he is rebelling is nothing more than a reprimand.

Therefore, speaking of it, such a gift from the Lord today is not in disguise to correct the name of King Pu and clear his name?

Why don't you want to compensate him on behalf of the first emperor? ”

Yu Suiliang opened his mouth, but he had nothing to say for a while.

After a while, the eldest grandson Wuji sighed again:

"Suiliang, the old man knows that Qingque did a lot of rude things to you back then.

But in the end, he is also a deceased person, so why fight again?

Not to mention ......"

The eldest grandson Wuji stopped, and said lightly:

"What's more, the Lord has sealed it like this......

Or maybe there is no deep meaning, and I don't know! ”

Yu Suiliang was shocked when he heard this, looking at the eldest grandson Wuji's somewhat guilty and helpless expression, he dared to say lightly for a while:

"Could it be......

Could it be that the Lord knew about the events of that year......"

"I'm afraid that not only the Lord, but even Wu Meiniang herself knows it."

The eldest grandson Wuji let out a long breath, his face was exhausted:

"The old man has acted all his life, and he thinks that he has no remorse.

There is only this one......

Until now, the old man doesn't know whether it's right or wrong. ”

At the same time.

In the Imperial Palace.

After yesterday's day and night of almost toothless self-abuse, today's Li Zhi was finally able to eat something, lay on the couch, and rested for a while.

It's just that he has been stubbornly holding Mei Niang, and he also wants her to lie with him, and he is even more stubborn than the most stubborn Li Hong to accompany Mei Niang.

Such an attitude not only made Mei Niang helpless, but even her favorite son Hong'er was so angry that she cried several times.

But this is the case, he still refuses to let go, at most he just pulls Li Hong in his arms and coaxes.

Fortunately, Li Hong is not a careful-eyed child, and after a few troubles, he realized that this father, who always loves him with a gentle smile on weekdays, seems to have something else on his mind today, so he no longer makes trouble, and actually lies among his father and mother, and falls asleep.

So, a family of three...... No, a family of four, lying on the couch, he ignored everything, just blindly thinking about his own thoughts.

For a while......

"You got it?"

Li Zhi suddenly spoke, asking thoughtlessly, but Mei Niang understood what he was talking about.

understood, but it was not necessarily necessary to answer immediately, and after a while, she sighed, let go of her heart and said:

"Hmm."

After a long silence, Li Zhi asked again:

"Do you blame me?"

Mei Niang thought about it for a while, and then asked:

"What do you blame?

What's so to blame?

When it happened, you were not yet born. ”

Li Zhi was silent again, and only said lightly after a while:

"Indeed, I was not born at the time of the accident; But then ......

I knew the truth one step before you, but it was also true.

Hide from you......

It's even more true.

I don't want you to know about this, embarrassing my biological uncle, and having some resentment towards me, which is naturally my heart and a fact......

You deserve to blame me. ”

Mei Niang was silent, and said softly for a long time:

"If I change to Jiro today, Jiro is me, will I complain?"

Li Zhi lowered his head and said after a while:

"About ......

Yes, it will. ”

"I think so, too.

So, I also complained and blamed it. ”

Mei Niang said lightly:

"A few days ago, I didn't enter the Taiji Hall at a step, and I didn't leave the Lizheng Hall at a time, for this reason.

Jiro also knows? ”