Those who can enter the Zhenguan Hall and wait for the eunuchs to convey the news about His Majesty's dragon body are naturally the loyal ministers and good generals who followed Li Zhi back then, and at this time they are all seventy or eighty, but whether it is their behavior or speech, they still reveal a sense of confidence and majesty.

Therefore, the Zhenguan Palace, which was occupied by seventy or eighty people, did not seem to be very messy, but looked a little like a large court meeting, knotted together in twos and threes, and whispered some of the recent court halls.

Or maybe something happened in the place, or maybe it's that now the painting boat of the Luoyang River is no longer good, and some young women with good looks and postures have gone ashore, and now a new green building has opened there, and several Oirans have come from the south, etc.

When Di Renjie, Li Qiao, Yao Chong, Wang Xiaojie and others came in, they first stunned the entire Zhenguan Palace, and then these old guys in their seventies and eighties were still chatting about the topics they were interested in.

Or some older people who like to meddle or listen to gossip will stand up and just want to walk in the direction of Di Renjie and the others, but before they have taken two steps, they are pulled back by the people next to them.

"Looking for trouble, your son and grandson are not involved, what are you talking about?"

"I ...... I can't ask him Di Renjie, is it because he is abusing power for personal gain in Dali Temple to cause such trouble to the court and impeach officials. ”

"Old thing, if you have a heart, or care about Your Majesty's dragon health and well-being, the affairs of the juniors, Your Majesty will deal with it today, the monarch is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the monarch is humiliated by the death of the ministers, a few days ago, His Majesty with five surnames and seven hopeful people wrote notices and pasted them all over the streets and alleys of Luoyang City, have they ever thought about Your Majesty's face? Now Di Renjie and others, His Majesty's loyal courtiers, even if they are asking for some interest for Your Majesty, why not. ”

Di Renjie and the other four people pricked up their ears to listen, but because of the distance, it was difficult to take all the words they said into their ears, but even if it was just a few words, it also gave them some understanding and understanding of how these old ministers looked at their actions these days in their hearts.

Quietly waiting in the side hall, they did not deliberately take the initiative to say hello, after all, they are still serving as courtiers, those old guys are all people who are not afraid of death, they are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they are not afraid of death.

And among these people, I heard that when His Majesty the Emperor's vertigo was the most severe two days ago, many of these old guys cried in the Zhenguan Palace, and the sad voice almost overturned the top of the Zhenguan Palace, and even some people committed suicide on the spot in the Zhenguan Palace, threatening to go to the spring for His Majesty first.

So simply, Di Renjie and the others stood in a corner of the side hall under the greeting of the eunuch, and they didn't sit on the chair brought by the eunuch, just stood like that, waiting for Li Hong's summons.

"How many of these people do you say are genuinely coming to visit His Majesty the Emperor?" Yao Chong took two steps forward slowly, blocking the sight of those people in the distance with his back, and then looked at Di Renjie and Wang Xiaojie on the opposite side and asked.

Li Qiao looked at Yao Chong's appearance, so he took a turn of eight steps under his feet, and instantly stood side by side with Yao Chong and the two, which completely blocked the sight of those old courtiers and looked at Di Renjie and Wang Xiaojie.

Di Renjie chuckled twice: "Lord Yao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yao Chong lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled, and then said slowly: "I glanced at it in a hurry just now, there are many people's heirs here, but there is no compatibility between us and us, although some people have not been alarmed for the time being, but it is also a matter of time or time." Therefore, I think that it cannot be ruled out that some people take the opportunity to visit His Majesty the Emperor Taishang, and even threaten to commit suicide and bury His Majesty, in order to win the favor of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, in the hope of getting His Majesty's pardon for their heirs. ”

"There's a lot of people here." Li Qiao turned his back to those old courtiers, looked up to the sky and sighed and said: "Your Majesty's study, there have been a lot of intercession recitals since a few days ago, the Emperor Taishang and the Queen Mother, aren't they also pleading with Your Majesty?" I think that His Majesty has summoned the four of us to meet us this time, and I am afraid that it has something to do with this matter. ”

"It's not a day or two since they came to Zhenguan Hall to wait for the news of the emperor's health and well-being, at least they have been here for more than ten days in a row, I believe that most of them are sincere to visit Your Majesty, and the purpose of some of them is difficult to say." Di Renjie shook his head and did not draw conclusions easily.

"Di Mazi, you are the most annoying at this point, you always leave three points when you speak, you are too slick in being an accident and an official, you are simply an old fox, be careful that one day Your Majesty is unhappy, and once again belittles you like back then, which one of my Datang will be." Wang Xiaojie clasped his hands, glanced at Di Renjie with disdain, and then continued: "Although these words are a great rebellion, people will eventually die, whether it is Your Majesty or our Emperor Taishang, they are very clear about this. Nowadays, among these old guys, there are some people who want to take this opportunity to give future generations some glory and nobility from the royal family! Isn't it just thinking, in case one day the emperor is ....... ”

Even if it was Wang Xiaojie, even if there were only four of them here at this time, Wang Xiaojie still lowered his voice, and after looking around vigilantly and no one paying attention to them, he said cautiously: "Don't you just want to wait for Your Majesty to be a hundred years later, or after these old guys die, can you be qualified to be favored by Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Officials, and then accompany Your Majesty to be buried?" How much glory is that? This is a great thing for some of them to smoke from their ancestral graves and glorify their ancestors, can they not come in a hurry? ”

The four of them were there in a low voice analyzing the old courtiers in the Zhenguan Palace, and many topics between the old courtiers naturally shifted from the young Oiran in the painting boat to the four of them.

And in Li Zhi's imperial study, Li Hong flipped through the chapters that Hua Meng and others brought over, most of the pieces didn't even need to look inside, as long as he looked at who was on them, Li Hong could basically guess that after entering the season when the court and the world were basically fine, these people were still so keen on the book, what was it for.

After flipping through a few copies, the door of the study was opened, and Wu Mei walked in with red eyes.

Seeing this situation, Li Hong simply waved his hand, so everyone, including Hua Meng, immediately walked out of the study with interest, and then gently closed the door.

"The queen mother ......." Li Hong's voice couldn't help but be a little concerned and worried.

"It's okay, it's just that seeing your father being tortured by illness like this, my heart, which has been numb for many years, suddenly has a little more pain today." Wu Mei sat down on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and under the sunlight, I saw that Wu Mei's face had unconsciously accumulated many wrinkles over time, and even faintly could see dazzling white hair mixed with her hair.

"Maybe when Li Xian comes back, as soon as my father is in a good mood, this disease will be cured." Li Hong sat down on the sofa opposite, looked at Wu Mei's sad face, and comforted in a low voice.

"What I'm afraid of is that once Li Xian comes back, your father's spirit will be over, in this case, it is better not to let Li Xian come back, but...... Seeing your father being tortured by illness like this, I can't wait for Li Xian to appear next to your father immediately. Wu Mei, who turned around, looked at Li Hong, whose temperament was already much more stable than in previous years, and couldn't help but shake her head.

Now her heart is full of contradictions, and she is also hateful and helpless for Li Xian at the moment, but she believes that if Li Hong is not the emperor, or if Li Hong is not by Li Zhi's side, Li Zhi, who is now lying on the hospital bed, is the first son he desperately wants to see, it will definitely not be Li Xian, it will only be Li Hong.

"The queen mother doesn't have to worry, her sons have grown up, so how can they still account for those. What's more, Erchen is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so what is there to fear? The queen mother can rest assured. Li Hong smiled at Wu Mei and said.

"I haven't paid much attention to it in the past two years, but I didn't expect it...... The prince who could make the whole palace noisy back then now has wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Wu Mei looked at Li Hong kindly, a man in his thirties, now the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are becoming more and more obvious, and the beard is getting longer and longer.

"You can't just let you and my father grow old, the sons and daughters have always maintained the original appearance, the years are fair, everyone will have an old day in the middle of the ruin, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, no one can force time to let anyone go through the back door." Li Hong said lightly, and then pointed to the music on the table and said: "Erchen selected some, I know, those old courtiers who visited their father in the Zhenguan Palace, followed you and their father back then, and also made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty, but the court must have its own law, and Datang also has laws to follow. ”

"So what are you going to do? If once you do this, these people who are not even afraid of death have never violated my Datang law in their lives, and now for the sake of their children and grandchildren, it is rare for them to open their mouths to your father and emperor once, so they can't really refuse, right? In that case, will the courtiers above the court be cold? Do you think that the royal family is too ruthless and ruthless now? Wu Mei saw that Li Hong was on the topic, and she also became serious and said.

"Alas...... That's why the retainers are embarrassed. No, Erchen summoned Di Renjie and them over, and now they are waiting in the Zhenguan Palace. The queen mother does not have to be in a hurry to ....... Li Hong looked at Wu Mei and was about to speak, and hurriedly stabilized Wu Mei and said: "The reason why Erchen did this is to see what attitude those old courtiers will have towards this matter. However, when Erchen was waiting for the queen mother here, he also thought of a way, and asked the queen mother to help Erchen think about it. ”

"What's the solution, you can just say it."