Chapter 99: The Royal Night Banquet
Gao Yang is the same age as Li Zhi, but the Wu family is several years older than her, and the two used to be mother and daughter, but now they are called sisters-in-law. On weekdays, the proud Gao Yang would definitely not have a good attitude towards the Wu family, but today he replied with an unexpected smile.
"I just heard Uncle Guo say that His Majesty wants to let Fang Er out of Beijing, isn't it a happy thing."
As soon as Gao Yang's words came out, Li Zhi, who was holding a wine glass, had an unnatural expression. In fact, it was not the intention of the eldest grandson Wuji to let Fang Yiai go out of Beijing, the eldest grandson Wuji wanted Fang Yiai to stay in Beijing so that he could be his bait. It's a pity that I don't know who stirred up the situation, and said that Taifu Siqingfang's bereaved love was not effective in office, and he wanted to demote him out of Beijing.
However, there are still many people who seconded the proposal, Li Zhi is also a smart person, and he knows that there are masters who give advice to Fang Yiai, and the purpose must be to protect the Fang family and keep Fang Yiai away from Chang'an City, which is now surging undercurrent.
He also thought that Gao Yang was really happy because of this matter, after all, who in the world didn't know Gao Yang's romance, and who didn't know the nest of Fang Yi's love. As soon as Fang Yiai is released out of Beijing, Gao Yang will not be in Beijing in the future, and there will be no restraint at all.
Li Zhi sneered, "There is a royal history impeachment house attached to the horse, but I don't think it's a big deal. β
Gao Yang replied with a smile, "Your Majesty must not say this, although he is my concubine, he can't bend the law because of this." The state has national laws, the family has family rules, the prince violates the law, and he is guilty of the same crime as the common people, since the horse was impeached by the imperial history, if it is verified that this is indeed the case, then whether it is dismissal or demotion and release of officials. I, the imperial sister, will fully support the imperial court's approach. β
Li Zhi's eyes flashed, "What I said is also reasonable, Zhongshu is also discussing this matter, I don't want to delve into it, but I should be warned, I plan to degrade Fang Horse as Shannan Fangzhou Assassin History, but you can stay in Beijing, you don't have to follow you." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Yang bowed down and thanked him.
"Why should the family be polite, if you want to thank you for this, you will thank Wu Zhaoyi, it was she who said in front of me that it was not easy for you to let you stay in Beijing."
Li Zhi dotes on the Wu family, but the relationship between Gao Yang and the Wu family has always been not very good, and at this time he also intends to ease the relationship between the two.
When Gao Yang heard this, he turned his head and bowed down to the Wu clan to thank him, "Gao Yang thanked his sister-in-law." β
A sister-in-law, but the Wu family is full of joy. She was a monk in Ganye Temple for a few years, and after being admitted to the palace by Li Zhi, she fought with Concubine Xiao Shu and Queen Wang in the harem, and finally won the favor little by little. Now, although the harem is the most favored by the emperor and has given birth to a prince and princess, there are few people in the court who support it.
Although the martial arts family is also the family of the Tang Dynasty, after all, her father was only a businessman in her early years, no more than Queen Wang from the Taiyuan Wang family, which is a woman with five surnames, and has the support of countless Guanlong nobles. Even Concubine Xiao Shu, who was also from a top scholar family.
For the first time, the Wu family discovered that Gao Yang, who had always been annoying, was so cute.
She is a Zhaoyi, not even a fourth concubine, but she was called a sister-in-law by Gao Yang, which is so happy.
"Seventeen Niang, I heard that you have a new village in Lantian? It just so happens that I also have a few hundred acres of land over there, so I'll give it to you. In the future, if you have time, Your Majesty and I will also go to your Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat. β
One is called sister-in-law, the other is called seventeen sisters, and the two sisters-in-law are smiling like flowers, but they really seem to have a good relationship.
Li Zhi also simply let Gao Yang sit beside him and chat with the Wu family.
The banquet continued, silk and bamboo played music, drank and sang, and the royal people were also happy.
It's just that this joyful atmosphere is only a faΓ§ade, and someone soon breaks this appearance.
Li Zhen, the eighth son of Taizong, and his mother Concubine Yan De, the twenty-six-year-old imperial uncle, was good at riding and archery, and was praised by Taizong as both civil and military.
This imperial uncle was successively named the King of Han, the Yuan King, and the King of Yue in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and served as the governor of Yangzhou and the assassin of Xiangzhou, and he was actually sealed for 1,000 households.
At present, he is the general of the left guard and the governor of Anzhou.
Among the emperor's brothers, Wu Wangke, Yue Wangzhen, and Ji Wangshen are all virtuous and capable. At the beginning, the crown prince Chengqian was deposed, and Wei Wangtai was also deposed, and the most qualified to be the crown prince were actually Wu Wangke, Yue Wangzhen and Jin Wangzhi.
It's just that in the end, Li Zhi had the support of his maternal uncle, the eldest grandson Wuji, and he overwhelmed the brothers.
With three points of wine, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, stood up.
He advised the emperor that sending troops to Liaodong next year was not a good plan.
Li Zhi frowned, feeling unhappy in his heart.
He has been on the throne for four years, but he has not yet fully mastered the court, and his imperial uncles, brothers, and brothers, as well as many others, are still unconvinced.
Even the eldest grandson Wuji, the uncle who helped him on the horse, has not yet handed over power to him.
He urgently needs to fight a battle to conquer Liao, and he desperately wants to win this battle, he needs this victory, and he doesn't want anyone to stop him.
He needs to establish his prestige.
"Brother Eight Emperors!" Li Zhi's voice was already a little dissatisfied, this Eighth Emperor Brother was only one year older than him, but his mother was Concubine De, and her reputation had always been very good, which was a great threat to Li Zhi.
Wu on the side saw that her husband's face was uncertain, for fear that he would not be able to control himself, so he hurriedly interjected.
"Today's family banquet originally didn't talk about military affairs, but since King Yue has something to say, he must have his own golden and jade good words, so it's better to listen to King Yue."
"Maybe King Yue has a good plan for pacifying Liao."
In a word, turn passive into active.
Yue Wang Li Zhen talked about Pingliao's improper decision-making on this occasion at this time, and now Wu said that he had a better decision, if Yue King Li Zhen couldn't say it, then it would be difficult for him to end up today.
In a word, Li Zhen is also a little difficult to ride a tiger.
In the hall, there were even some clans that were lively.
Although the palace is full of royal families, even so, there are still some people who can't see others good.
Although Li Zhen is both civil and military, he is only twenty-six years old this year, even if he has served as a governor, he is actually only a remote leader, and he has never been out of Beijing at all, let alone a real leader. A lot of insight is just on paper.
He opposed the conquest of Liao, but it was only because he felt that even Taizong's personal conquest was unsuccessful, so he felt that Li Zhi was a little too eager, but it was difficult for him to say a better strategy.
After all, anyone can oppose it, but how easy it is to say a good idea.
Emperor Li Zhi's eyes swept over Li Zhen, and when he saw him standing there, with the smell of wine on his face, but he couldn't answer, he felt a little happy in his heart.
He looked at the Third Emperor Brother Li Ke next to him again.
"King Wu, do you have a good plan for leveling Liao?"
Wu Wangke, who is thirty-four years old, is the most famous among the kings of the clan, his biological mother Concubine Yang, the daughter of Yang Guang, is powerful and virtuous by nature, and has the demeanor of Taizong. Even Taizong once thought about making him the crown prince, and Li Zhi always regarded him as a threat.
Li Ke didn't have a better way to calm Liao for a while.
Gao Yang has always liked Wu Wangke, and at this time, seeing that Wu Wang was in trouble, he was a little anxious.
The emperor said a word, if Yue Wangzhen and Wu Wangke couldn't answer, they were afraid that they would be discredited.
Her heart suddenly moved, and she remembered what Li Xiao had talked to her about the expedition to Liao before, and maybe she could use it to save the end.