Among the three palaces of the Tang Dynasty, Taiji Palace has always been known as Zhengshuo's "Great Interior", and this dynasty will only come in rare cases because the Son of Heaven likes to drive "Nannei", such as major festivals, sacrifices, and prisoner offerings, after all, the square area there is much larger.

Traditionally, a building complex located on the east side of Taiji Palace has a very special status, once used as the residence of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and Gaozong Li Zhi before succeeding to the throne, and its history can even be traced back to Yang Guang, the son of Daxing in the former Sui Dynasty.

This is the "East Palace" for the prince to live and grow up, and to serve as a director.

Of course, before these three famous emperors, there were also some famous figures, such as Yang Yong, the deposed prince of the former Sui Dynasty, Li Jiancheng of the Wude Dynasty, Li Chengqian of the Zhenguan Dynasty, Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian of the Gaozong Dynasty, and Li Dan, the father of the current son.

Perhaps for Li Longji, his father's time in the East Palace was not a good memory, so after he himself became the successor of this high-risk profession, he uncharacteristically did not live in it, but chose the mansion in Xingqingfang, and further expanded it into Xingqing Palace after succeeding to the throne.

Naturally, the crown prince of his dynasty could only change with him, not only in terms of residence, but also in the system of the previous dynasty, which greatly weakened the prince's subordinate officials.

You must know that before this, the prince had a complete set of official offices no less than that of the imperial court, and even the army had the left and right guard rate mansions, the left and right division of the imperial rate mansion, the left and right Qingdao rate mansions, the left and right prison gate rate mansions, and the left and right internal rate mansions, from the previous "six rates" to "ten rates".

How can such a prince not summon the king's jealousy?

In May of the eleventh year of Tianbao, for the crown prince Li Heng, who had never settled in the East Palace, the situation was so bad that it could not be worse, and there was finally a glimmer of light.

His eldest brother, the eldest son of the most threatening emperor in law, Li Cong, died of illness.

Because when the only queen of today's son has nothing to do, and after being abolished in the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, there has never been a queen, so the thirty princes of the Son of Heaven no longer have the distinction of concubines, in terms of eldest and youngest, there are two brothers in front of Li Heng, who ranks third, because the mother of the second son of the emperor Li Ying at that time, Zhao Life, was favored, and the eldest son of the emperor was injured because of the hunting, so he became the first choice of the prince.

This has been a full twenty-three years!

Facts have proved that it is an extremely dangerous thing to become the crown prince of a long-lived emperor, as secluded as the prince of the former Han Dynasty, from the monarch's suspicion to his own suspicion, he will always drive people crazy.

What's more, in a dynasty like the Tang Dynasty, Li Ying finally failed to escape the fate that the first crown prince must not be fortunate enough to ignore it, first being greedy, then degraded, and finally killed.

For the brother who is five years older than himself, Li Heng's feelings are complicated, as a prince, no one is unwilling to go further, not to mention that no one is much lower than anyone's identity, why do you have to be a minister if you are the king in the future, but the bloody wind of the palace ban has made this road a thorny one.

When the crown prince suddenly came to him, he had forgotten if he had any surprises, because then he enjoyed the torment of his brother, which was fifteen years!

"After the ceremony, get up!"

The sharp voice of the palace people woke him up from a trance, and in front of him was a full of white flags, Li Cong, who had just passed away and was posthumously named "Prince Jingde", lay quietly in the coffin, and was buried on the side of Weishui with the prince's full payment of honor, the legendary garrison of Zhou Yafu.

Hosoyanagigahara.

His face has just the right amount of sadness, neither too self-conscious, but also not false, on behalf of the heavens, hundreds of officials to send off, it can be said that it is extremely grieved, his Royal Highness the prince of the main sacrifice, in the eyes of the ministers, is humble, benevolent, and even a little humble.

At the age of only forty years old, his back already looked a little rickety, which was the result of having to turn it into an instinct under long-term pressure, and at the same time, his heart was trained to be tough and sensitive, and in a short time, he soon discovered it.

Among the ministers who have arrived today, there is no minister who leans towards the government and the opposition.

Inexplicably, his heart was relieved, in the past fifteen years, the name Li Linfu has been like a dark cloud, always hanging overhead, no need to be in the same place with him, Li Heng only feels that even the air is much fresher.

This is extremely unusual, who doesn't know, this minister controls everything in the court, such a good opportunity, he will never let go, so the question is, by the Weishui River in May, there is no cold wind, but it is the season for the people of Chang'an to travel, why did he miss it?

"It is rumored that Li Xiangguo is ill, in the past seven days, he has summoned the imperial doctor twice, Gao Gong, once came to his mansion in person, and the Son of Heaven has been giving medicine for many days, and some people even say that he is about to get up." The whispered reminder in his ear was a chamberlain named Cheng Yuanzhen, who had been in the palace very early and had been transferred to the palace before Li Heng became the crown prince.

Li Heng maintained that sad expression on his face, such news is not surprising, after all, the old guy is almost seventy years old, but every time, when everyone thinks that he will never be able to get up again, they will always be disappointed to see that he is still active in the court, giving his opponent a fatal blow.

When the last official saluted him and left, only his cronies were left, and Li Heng still had that expression, a person, acting for decades, the fake would become real, because it would imperceptibly affect the master's mind.

Looking at those new stone men and stone horses, he had a heartfelt mourning, his brother's life, at least without disasters, almost enjoyed the longest prosperous life of the Tang Dynasty, but there was no pressure, but what about himself? There seems to be no end to this road, and I don't know how long it will take.

"Let's go." He took the palace people and guards who accompanied him and prepared to leave by public opinion, but a team of unexpected people blocked their way, and the right Yulin Yilang general in charge of the guard was very nervous, and he was almost about to meet each other.

Because these people are not only dressed as aliens, but also all of them are Tibetans!

Who doesn't know that the two countries are fighting each other, at this time, even if it is an embassy, there is no reason to act at will, who knows what they will do, in case of any big mess in this capital, such as making the prince behind him frightened, how many heads he has enough to cut off?

Fortunately, the number of Tubo people in this group is not large, there are only about 20 horsemen in total, and the cavalry of the Tang people is more than 1,000.

"Bold, dare to collide with the prince Luan, and don't get off the horse quickly." General Lang's hand pressed the hilt of the sword, and the cavalry behind him quickly unfolded, blocking the front of the car, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Don't do it, we are the envoys of Tibet!"

The Tubo people led by him have come to the front, he lowered the speed of his horse, raised his hands high, indicating that he has no weapons, under his leadership, the Tubo people behind are also the same movements, these people face the formation of the Tang army purely with their feet to control the horse, and force forward without showing weakness.

"Check it out." Li Heng commanded, Cheng Yuanzhen nodded and walked through the Tang army's military formation to the side of the general.

"What's going on?"

"They claim to be Tibetan envoys." Lang Jiang shook his head and stared at the man in charge with a nervous expression.

"We are indeed the envoys of Tibet, and we have the national letter as a basis, so we live in your post house." The Tubo people led by him jumped off the horse, looked at Cheng Yuanzhen dressed as a palace person, and saluted him.

Cheng Yuanzhen glanced at the so-called national letter, although it did have the seal of the Ministry of Rites, but there was no higher-level jurisdictional seal, such as several ministers, indicating that they had not been officially received by the imperial court, let alone faced the saint!

Then the plans of these people are somewhat intriguing.