Chapter Twenty-Seven: Opinions Differ
Tonight's Shanglin Garden is no longer as lively as before, and the turmoil during the day has not completely subsided. If it weren't for the calmer generals in Shanglin Yuan, the gate of Shanglin Yuan would not have been repaired so smoothly, and the entourage of the Shangguan family would never have walked out of Chang'an Avenue so smoothly.
The four people who returned to Tiance Mansion all seemed to be preoccupied at the moment. Li Fu and the others have not yet come out of the story told by the toast, Yang Ning is very curious about today's events, what happened in the Taimiao?
"Young Mansion Master, why did Lord Toast suddenly want to see the three of you? What the hell is going on? Yang Ning asked after a moment of silence.
Li Fu looked at him with a solemn expression and said, "You really want to know?" It's about royalty. ”
Yang Ning chuckled a little helplessly, and said, "In this Eastern Capital, are there still few things about the royal family?" After more than 800 years in the Tang Dynasty, there is no royal family behind any major event......"
Li Fu shook his head and wanted to refute Yang Ning's words, but he suddenly found that what Yang Ning said was right. In the final analysis, most of what has happened in the Tang Dynasty in the past 800 years is related to imperial power.
From Taizong to the Holy Queen, and then to the current Your Majesty. Which one doesn't have blood on his hands. The throne without temperature is like a fruit full of magic, completely exposing the darkest and most ruthless side of human nature.
If it weren't for the toast, who would have thought that his own son would poison him? Who would have thought that the pillow person lying next to her every night would plot her unknown secret in the night. Even the ginseng soup that she put into her mouth was filled with the medicinal powder she sprinkled with her own hands.
The emperor's house does not seem to be warm.
Yang Ning listened quietly to Li Fu's retelling of this story, feeling a little cold.
The cold wind shined through the unclosed window, constantly blowing the candlelight in the room. The four of them sat cross-legged in the room, and no one had the intention of closing the window.
"So, all the things recorded in the history books are fake? Taizong didn't die because of an attack on an assassination injury, and Emperor Taizu didn't die because of liver disease?! Yang Ning looked at Li Fu and said in shock.
Li Fu thought for a while and said, "Not really, it's just that all those unsightly methods are hidden." ”
Yang Ning was silent for a moment and asked, "Why do you want to tell you about this matter today?" Could it be that the prince of the year still has descendants living in Dongdu? ”
There has always been only one prince of the Tang Dynasty, and there is only one of them in the minds of the Tang Dynasty, and that is the eldest son of Emperor Taizong - Li Chengqian.
Gaozong has established a crown prince, and Zhongzong has also established a prince. Even when the Holy Queen was in the court, there was no crown prince. But in the end, it didn't end well. The crown of the Tang prince is like a magic spell, as long as it is stained, it is either a different body or exile.
Yang Zixu scratched his head and rolled his eyes. Turning sideways and asking Yang Ning, "Have you ever thought that you are the descendant?" ”
Yang Ning didn't knock on Yang Zixu's head this time, but replied very seriously: "No, children of the royal family, you must have a golden jade disc when you are born." If there is no jade butterfly issued by Taichang Temple, there will be no royal status. Even if it is a descendant of the royal family who is exiled, there must be a jade butterfly of the previous generation, otherwise even if the three princes are the witnesses and the toast is the guarantee, they will not be able to return to the temple. I was brought back to the Eastern Capital by my father-in-law from Yanmen Pass, and for as long as I can remember, I didn't have that thing on my body, how could it be me. ”
Yang Zixu said: "That's right, if you have anything good, I will definitely be the first to know." I haven't seen it for more than ten years. ”
Jiang Moyuan seemed very quiet, and he hadn't opened his mouth since he entered the room. His eyes have been on Li Fu's body.
"What's wrong?" Li Fu suddenly noticed Jiang Moyuan's gaze and wondered.
"Young Mansion Master, didn't you think that you were the seedless?" Jiang Moyuan's voice was very calm, very light, very light. It's like saying something inconsequential.
The three people in the house, including Li Fu, were puzzled.
"Sixteen years ago, Taifu stayed away from the Tang Dynasty. But on that night, Master Taifu killed all the way out of Chang'an Street with a sword, and no one knew what the reason was. After that night, the three princes were erased forever in the Eastern Capital. The court and the central government have almost half of the important ministers. And the young master, you also happen to be sixteen years old, which is in line with the time when Taifu left the Eastern Capital. Of course, this alone doesn't mean much. And Taifu personally taught the profession, this is the treatment of the descendants of the royal family, not to mention, you are now the young lord of Tiance, that is, the controller of Tiance in the future. In half a day, the identity of your young mansion lord has spread all over the major nobles in the Eastern Capital, and there is no news from the royal family now, it seems that the identity of your young mansion lord has been tacitly acquiesced, why is this, have you thought about it? ”
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Mo Yuan was right. But the appointment of the lord of the Tiance Mansion in the past dynasties was made by His Majesty's own decree, but now the matter is so big. It is impossible for the royal family not to know the identity of my current young mansion master, and if I were that seed, His Majesty would not have made me this young mansion master. But why doesn't the palace even have a word about this matter now? Isn't that abnormal? ”
Li Fu shook his head, Jiang Moyuan's statement was not at all. Tiance Mansion is one of the most important armies of the Tang Dynasty, not the private army of Emperor Wuhou. Even if Emperor Wuhou wants to pass on the rights of Tiance Mansion, he must report it to the imperial court, and the imperial court will personally issue the imperial decree. Privately supporting tens of thousands of soldiers, that is the crime of rebellion, this kind of thing, Emperor Wuhou will not know.
Xu Changhai, the loyal and powerful god general, had already announced his identity as the young mansion lord on Chang'an Street yesterday, if there was no royal approval, just that sentence would make Tiance doomed. But why is there no movement in the Daming Palace now?
The room fell silent again. The faces of all four of them became extremely ugly.
Li Fu gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "I am definitely not that seed, the ruthlessness of the emperor's family is definitely not caused by one or two generations." If it is for one's own benefit, it will be bloodied. It's better to let this kind of seed never sprout. ”
Yang Ning understood what he meant, and Jiang Moyuan also understood, but Yang Zixu said a different opinion.
"But don't forget, that seed will sprout sooner or later, just like the lotus flower in the lotus pond, no matter how long it has been buried in the ground, even if it is a hundred years or a thousand years. As long as there is the right soil and the right timing, it will still bloom after all. What's more, in his later years, Taizong passed on the throne and the late prince, but he was just taken away. ”
"What about Taizong? Didn't Taizong's position also take away? ”; Li Fuchang sighed, his tone was very calm, and his expression was very sincere.
Yang Zixu looked a little excited, and said mockingly: "Taizong's position is good, but Emperor Taizu did not explicitly designate who will ascend the throne back then. Why can't Taizong take it? Therefore, the descendants of the prince are different, and Taizong has an edict. ”
"Is there one? That's just what the toast said, but none of us have seen it. Li Fu lowered his head slightly, unable to see the expression on his face.
"Toast said yes, then there must be! Since someone has discovered it, then there is still a little bit of it in this world. Right! must still be in this world, and today's Datang is no longer as stable as when His Majesty first ascended the throne. The envoys of the states and counties, and the princes stationed in various places, which one is not self-respecting. And now there are only four of the five major protectorates, and they can't guard the border of the Tang Dynasty at all. Your Majesty doesn't care about state affairs now, everything is governed by the prince, but the prince is a waste, the originally good Tang Dynasty, in just a few years, has made a miasma, and now he has made a festival to make the system come out! It's time for Datang to change blood, and it's a big blood change! Yang Zixu's voice became sharp, and he looked very angry.
Fierce medicine to get rid of scabies, heavy canons to control chaos. This is a sentence from "Tang Li".
This is exactly what Yang Zixu expressed.
In the past few decades, Datang has indeed been in a state of illness. The four major protectorates have not had fresh blood replenishment for several years, and they are all garrisoned by veterans. And the defenders of Yumen Pass have not changed their guards for many years. The elites of the founding period of the Tang Dynasty were all exhausted in the war for the throne. Even the most important Cangyun Xuanjia Army was almost cut down.
All this is because the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has lived in the deep palace for a long time and rarely cares about political affairs. Above the court, so everything goes through the hands of the prince first, and then presents it to the emperor. It is said that the emperor did not even look at some current affairs in the court, and directly handed over full power to the crown prince. Even the matter of the festival envoy, the emperor directly passed, and completely trusted what the prince did.
Yang Ning patted Yang Zixu's hand slightly, signaling him not to say anything. In the absence of absolute evidence, arbitrarily identifying a person as a descendant of the late prince may bring him a lot of unnecessary trouble.
"Alright, let's do this tonight. If there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow. Zixu, you don't want to go back to the house tonight, just stay in this Tiance Mansion. Yang Ning stood up, pondered slightly, and then looked at Yang Zixu and said seriously.
Back in the room that temporarily belonged to Li Fu in Tiance Academy, Li Fu felt that his eyelids were a little heavy and he was very sleepy.
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A table full of ancient charm in the Huaqing Palace is full of fruits, pastries, wine, and dishes.
The sound of musical instruments in the hall sounded in unison, and countless graceful figures, ice muscles and jade bones, delicate and beautiful palace maids wore white palace groups, like fairies in the clouds, dancing in the palace.
"Your Majesty! ——”
Just when the palace maids were performing the palace dance in the center of the hall, a duck voice, a sharp voice suddenly came from outside the hall, interrupting the music.
I saw a middle-aged eunuch with a white face, gray hair, and an indescribable feminine feeling, holding a gold scroll in his hand, and walked in from the palace.
"What?"
A voice came from above the main hall, and in front of this voice, everyone felt a tremor from the depths of their souls.
"It's about Tiance......"
The middle-aged eunuch knelt in front of the white jade stairs, holding the golden scroll in both hands, and said respectfully.
"Emperor Wuhou is back?"
The human emperor glanced at him lightly, waved his hand, stepped back the palace maid in the hall, and said calmly
"No, it was the Tiance Mansion and the Shence Shangguan family that clashed twice on Chang'an Avenue before, killing and injuring many people, including Wan Zhonghou....Not only that, but Shengwuhou also returned to Beijing. After many years, the toast also spread the news from the Taimiao. ”
The middle-aged eunuch knelt in front of the white jade stairs and said in fear.
"Bring it in."
The Human Emperor's voice said coldly.
"Yes"
A moment later, a huge figure was projected from the hall, there was no sound, there was no movement, when the figure appeared, it instantly became the center of the entire heaven and earth, heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, mountains, rivers, and even all things surrendered to his feet.
He stood like a god in the center of the entire hall, and in an instant, the atmosphere in the whole hall became extremely solemn. The sound is quiet, and the needle drop can be heard.
"Summoning the Zongren Mansion and finding out the origin of the person named Li Fu. Is it the widow of that person, I want accurate information! If yes, you don't have to come back, you know what to do. And....Message to King Jiuling, I want to see him. ”
The human emperor threw the gold scroll in his hand on the table at will, and said coldly.