Chapter 5: The Temptations of the Family

Sitting in the private room of the restaurant, Li Jie drank alone. Thinking about what had happened in the past few days, he knew that he wanted to keep a low profile, but it was impossible. When he was in the palace, he was a pig, his fate was in the hands of others, and he was dispensable to most people. And since the day he moved out of the palace, he has been somewhat out of the grip of some people, while others have thought of him. This makes it possible for his plan to be leaked, and the people who have been monitoring him in the past few days are probably other than the one in the palace. Although he doesn't take these people seriously, he will never expose his hole cards until he has great strength, and when he shows great strength, his goal will be the whole world.

A commotion interrupted Li Jie's train of thought, and there was a noise in the private room next door, and the more noisy it became, the more fierce it became, and the sound of cups and plates breaking also came. He glanced back at the guards, one of whom immediately pushed the door open. After a while, the guard's voice sounded in the private room next door, "Who is making noise here and disturbing the prince's meal, hurry up!" It was immediately quiet over there, and after a while, the guards came in and saluted, "Your Highness, there are people outside asking to see you", and Li Jie nodded "Let him in." The guards went out and brought in a man about forty years old. After entering the door, he bowed to the end, "Your Highness forgives your sins, Weichen Cui Hao is feasting for friends today, and disturbing Your Highness without a way to disturb Your Highness also asks Your Highness for forgiveness." Li Jie smiled slightly when he heard this, Cui Hao, it must be the Cui family, I have only been out of the palace for a few days, and the family came to the door. You don't have to look for such a lame reason to find a reason! Alas! The Tang Dynasty has been occupied by the waste of these families, and all day long they only know how to talk about extravagance and lasciviousness. They were loyal only to their family, and the emperor was like a garment to them. Li Jie raised his hand, "It's okay, this king just stayed in the mansion and felt bored before he came out for a walk." Alas! It's really boring to death in the palace, but it's better to come out and have fun." Cui Hao arched his hand and said, "Your Highness must not be greedy for fun, and should read more books of sages." share worries and solve problems for His Majesty, and contribute to the Tang Dynasty". Li Jie said, "This king knows, and besides, there is an emperor and a father in state affairs, how can I bother this king, wait for this king to play for a few more days, and naturally read more sage books in the house, you go down first!" Cui Hao arched his hand, "Your Highness, don't linger too much on this vulgar thing, and look at His Highness's thoughts here, and Weichen will retire." Cui Hao withdrew from the room with a contemptuous smile on his face, waved his hand and walked out of the private room next door A few more officials came out, a few people went downstairs to get into the carriage, Cui Hao said a sentence "just a shaft", waved to the other side of the street, and soon ran out of a teahouse opposite. Cui Hao came to the carriage, Cui Hao said "go back", and several carriages left along the street, disappearing into the distance after a while.

Li Jie upstairs saw all this. If nothing else, the people outside the gate will all be evacuated today. The people who monitored him were Ryota Reiji and the Sake. And it is impossible for Tian Lingzi not to know that the family is also monitoring him, but if the family gives up on him Li Jie, then his Li Jie will be of great value to Tian Lingzi, so Tian Lingzi will also give up on him temporarily. Thinking of this, Li Jie smiled, you old foxes want me to be a puppet, dream about it! When Huang Chao comes over and helps me solve the family, I will accumulate strength to gradually solve the tumors that you are attached to my Datang. I will recreate a new Datang, a Datang that has never been seen before, this Datang will be a powerful empire on which the sun never sets, and the people of this world will be proud to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. And Datang will be the most glorious symbol of everyone.

Walking on the street, the sun shining on his body is very comfortable, and Li Jie feels very relaxed to get rid of the surveillance of the family and officials. As long as he continues like this, there should be no one to disturb him, and all he has to do is to leave Chang'an as soon as possible. I hope that I can find what I am looking for as soon as possible, because the initial development needs to be realized by it. Walking aimlessly in Chang'an City, the sky was close to dusk, and he wandered back to the mansion, and the people who were watching at the gate were all withdrawn. However, Li Jie thought to himself, "The dead eunuch must not be at ease, and he may send someone in two days, but it doesn't matter, the master will continue to play with you." A maid came in and said a blessing, "Your Highness, Madame will let you go over", Li Jie got up and followed the maid to the nurse's room, as soon as he entered the door, Li Jie saw a middle-aged man sitting at the table. This must be the nurse's brother. The middle-aged man saw Li Jie come in and hurriedly stood up and bowed, and the nurse also came out of the room, "Your Highness, this is my mother's brother, if there is anything you tell him to do." Li Jie said, "Even if he is the nurse's brother, he is naturally my uncle", and the middle-aged man hurriedly knelt down and "Xiaomin doesn't dare". Li Jie picked up the man and said, "Don't be polite, and don't make these false courtesies again." You have to keep in mind what I am saying now. The man hurriedly agreed, and Li Jie continued, "It's not a big deal, it's just that the nurse will be inconvenient in the future, so I let you come, and after you go back, you will live as usual, and five days later, you will find a relatively hidden place in the mountains around Chang'an, build a few houses, and dig a few big pits in the ground to store some food." The amount of food is based on 20 people for 5 months. Go to the account office and take a thousand taels of silver, and tell the outside world that I have given you a reward. "The villain will do it as soon as he goes back!" The man replied with a deep bow. Li Jie said again, "Well, I'll go back if it's okay, you stay in the house for one night and talk to the nurse." The man saluted again, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness", Li Jie was about to leave, the nurse shouted "Stop", Li Jie turned around, "What's the matter with the nurse", the nurse said, "How are the girls in your house, don't you like it?" Li Jie's face flushed, "Nurse, I'm still young." The "nurse" sounded, "someone came", and a girl walked in from outside the house. The nurse said, "Wanli, from today onwards, you will serve Your Highness," and the girl bowed her head and said "Yes".

In desperation, Li Jie led the woman back to the room, sat at the desk, Li Jie looked at the girl carefully, a pure beauty was very attractive. Li Jie's heart was moved, and he asked casually, "Where are you from, what is your name?" "The slave maid is a native of Zizhou, surnamed He, and her name is Wanli." Li Jieru was struck by lightning and stood on the spot. Queen He, the girl standing in front of her is the hard-working Queen He. When Li Ye was the king of Shou, the He family entered the palace to serve the marquis, she was graceful, beautiful and wise, Li Ye liked her very much, Li Yu, the king of He's Shengde, and Li Zuo, the king of Hui. After Tang Zhaozong Li Ye ascended the throne, he made He a concubine. During the Qianning period, Li Maozhen rebelled, Tang Zhaozong fled to Huazhou, and canonized He as the queen, which was the first time that the Tang Empire was canonized as a queen in 100 years after Tang Dezong.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, the eunuchs of the feudal towns were in turmoil, and the emperor often fled from Chang'an. During the Jingfu period, due to the rebellion of traitorous ministers, Tang Zhaozong fled again, thanks to the care of Queen He. In the third year of Guanghua (900), Tang Zhaozong returned from hunting at night, Empress He sent the crown prince Li Yu back to the palace, Li Yu met the eunuch Liu Jishu on the way, and Li Yu was left in the Purple Court. The next day, Liu Jishu led his troops to chase Tang Zhaozong's Zen throne to Li Yu, Empress He was afraid of hurting the emperor, so she took out the jade seal and awarded it to Liu Jishu, and Empress He and Tang Zhaozong were imprisoned in the East Palace. Liu Jishu established Li Yu as the emperor, respected Zhaozong as the emperor, and the empress as the empress. The following year, several high-ranking officers of the Shence Army staged a counter-coup d'état, and Tang Zhaozong and Empress He were reinstated.

In the first year of Tianyou (904), Tang Zhaozong and Empress He were kidnapped by Zhu Wen, the king of Liang, and went to Luoyang. The two cried opposite each other, and the queen did not leave Zhaozong for a while. In August, Zhu Wen's henchman Jiang Xuanhui killed Zhaozong. The crown prince Li Ji (i.e., Li Zuo, the king of Hui) ascended the throne and respected his mother, Empress He, as the queen mother. Migrated to Jishan Palace, called Jishan Queen Mother.

In December of the second year of Tianyou (905), Zhu Wen wanted to usurp the throne, but Jiang Xuanhui believed that the world was not peaceful and should not be rushed. Zhu Wen was not happy. Empress Dowager He knew that Zhu Wen would usurp the throne sooner or later, and sent palace people Ah Qiu and Ah Qian to beg Jiang Xuanhui to let her mother and son go after changing the dynasty. Xuanhui's deputy envoys Wang Yin and Zhao Yinheng were jealous of Jiang Xuanhui's favor, and framed Jiang Xuanhui and Empress Dowager He for plotting to restore the Tang dynasty, and did not support Zhu Wen to step up the usurpation of the throne in order to wait for the opportunity. Zhu Wen was furious, and sent an envoy to Luoyang on the same day, killing Jiang Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan, Liu Can and others, and secretly ordered Wang Yin and Zhao Yinheng to hang the Empress Dowager He in Jishan Palace, and killed the palace people A Qiu and A Qian in front of the palace, forcing Emperor Tang Ai to issue an edict saying that the Empress Dowager He committed suicide by fornicating with Jiang Xuanhui, posthumously abolishing the Empress Dowager He as a concubine, stopping the New Year's suburban ceremony, and abolishing the Jishan Palace.

In April of the fourth year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty (933), Empress He of the Later Tang Dynasty Mingzong posthumously registered Empress He as Queen Xuanmu, and the temple was feasted, and the hundred officials entered the name to be comforted, and the dynasty was abolished for three days.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Li Jie fell into deep thought, the pace of history has not changed, everything is still developing on the original trajectory, and he has not changed anything. Seeing that Li Jie stopped talking, the girl didn't know what she was thinking. Quietly retreated, and after a while, he came over with a face wash. Put down the basin and wet the towel and gently wipe Li Jie's face. Li Jie, who came to his senses, looked at the girl who wiped his face, his heart was touched again, his two hands were gently placed on the girl's waist, he lowered his head and kissed the girl's lips gently, so soft and intoxicating. The girl was frightened, threw down the towel and covered her face and ran away. Li Jie smiled and the taste of happiness was so good, and a girl's scream came from the yard. The frightened Li Jie rushed out of the house at once, but saw that at some point, Xue Liang was kneeling in the courtyard in front of his door, and his sister was also kneeling next to him with tears in her eyes. And the girl was at a loss as she clung to the pillars of the porch. Li Jie walked over and took the girl into his arms, the girl was frightened, and suddenly hugged Li Jie tightly and did not let go. Li Jie gently patted the girl's back and whispered, "It's okay, I'll send you back to rest first", the girl hugged him and nodded gently. Li Jie bent down and picked up the girl, didn't look at Xue Liang, turned his head back to the room, gently put the girl on the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, took the girl in his arms, and gently patted her back. Looking at the delicate lips, Li Jie couldn't help but kiss him gently. "Ah" The girl woke up from the fright, and was so ashamed that she broke free from Li Jie's arms and put her head into the quilt, Li Jie smiled and gently patted the girl's buttocks, and the girl was so frightened that she wrapped herself in the quilt. Li Jie smiled and turned around and walked out of the room.

"Have you thought about it" Li Jie asked, "Have you thought about it" Xue Liang replied, looking at Xue Liang in front of him, his eyes were bloodshot and his face was haggard. Li Jie said, "What I want to hear is the truth, what I want to hear, and what I want to hear. "Xue Liang hugged his fists" His Royal Highness, the villain is indeed called Xue Liang, the ancestor Xue Rengui, because of the family's downfall, he just sought an official position as a captain in the Huainan Army, and the family life has passed. But who would have thought that last year, the official army encircled and suppressed Huangchao but suffered a fiasco, and my subordinates fled to death. But Shangguan still had to cut off the heads of the brothers and take credit. I fled overnight for fear that they would harm me, and when I returned home, I found that the village had been slaughtered by the officers and soldiers, and both parents had been killed, leaving only a younger sister. I took my sister and the remaining villagers in the village all the way to Chang'an, along the way to take in a lot of remnants of soldiers and people Zhuang people about 4,000 people, because there are too many people afraid of being killed by officers and soldiers, we occupy a cottage at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei, after settling down, I took my sister to Chang'an to find a way out for everyone, just a few days ago a father-in-law in the palace found me, asked me to find an opportunity to sneak into the house to monitor you, report your situation at any time, and ensure that I am the captain of the fold Chong after the fact. It wasn't a hurtful thing to think about when I was small, and my brother agreed to arrange it. But what you said yesterday, Your Highness, made me think a lot. Today, I, Xue Liang, swear to the heavens that from today onwards, I am willing to follow His Highness by his side, never abandon life and death, if I betray His Highness, my sister and I will be shattered, and our souls will be scattered." Xue Liang's sister also said loudly at this time, "I swear that life and death will never give up" Li Jie stepped forward to help Xue Liang's brothers and sisters, "Okay, you and my brothers and sisters are united in life and death for the land of China, for the life and death of the people of Li, to drive out these feudal towns that plague the people, to clear the families and eunuchs who exploit the people, and to give the people a world of equality and prosperity, and to the people of the world a world of glory of the Tang Dynasty." The three hands were clasped tightly together, what Xue Liang didn't know was that when he remembered the oath he had made when he was dying, he found that the glory of his Xue family and the glory of many families started from that day.

Xue Liang took his sister back, and Li Jie returned to the room to see He Wanli already tidying up in the house. After thinking about it, he said, "Wanli, discuss something with you, your name is too confusing, I'll change your name to Xing'er, okay?" The girl bowed her head and said, "Your Highness." "So are we going to make a game", "what game" gently dragged the girl and held her in his arms, and the girl rested her head on his chest" and whispered "Your Highness, the slave is also willing to serve you for the rest of your life", Li Jie's heart was intoxicated.