Chapter 1: The dove occupies the magpie's nest
"Your Highness! Hurry up! ”
Li Yun heard someone calling him eagerly, obviously he had heard it, but he felt that his brain was still confused, and his eyes couldn't be opened.
"His Royal Highness! The time has come, and if you don't get up, you'll be in trouble! ”
There was another sound of stomping his feet, and then, Li Yun felt a lightness on his body, as if someone had lifted the thin quilt covering his body. Then, a warm hand grabbed his sleeve and pushed and tugged at his arm.
Li Yun suddenly opened his eyes and sat up reflexively, and was a little confused in an instant. As soon as he turned his head, he saw that the white tent was opened, and in front of the couch stood a fourteen or fifteen-year-old chamberlain wearing a cylindrical gauze hat.
Li Yun immediately remembered what he asked him to remind himself before going to bed, and hurriedly asked, "The hour hasn't passed, has it?" Did the prince send someone to urge him? ”
"Not really, but it's been a long time since noon!" Fu Nu turned around and took a pair of black silk boots and socks like cloth bags, picked up Li Yun's feet and began to put them on.
Seeing that the boots and socks were all put on, Li Yun stretched out his hands and stood in a large shape, Fu Nu picked up a silk dark color fine flower robe, helped the master put it on carefully with his hands and feet, and put on a black saro head, turned around and went to get green salt, willow branches, and copper basins to serve the master to wash the se, not wanting Li Yun to stride away.
"It's a good noon, what are you delaying, hurry up and prepare the car, I don't want to be late!"
After taking a nap and almost missing the hour, Li Yun couldn't care about his appearance anymore, hurriedly smoothed his robe, and walked out of the palace of King Li, and after waiting for a while, he saw that Fu Nu had already driven the carriage from the side courtyard and stopped at the bottom of the steps in front of the door.
Li Yun climbed into the carriage and shouted: "Get on!" ”
Funu, who was driving in front, raised his horsewhip, and the two horses and four hooves stepped on it, and soon left Xingning Fang and set off towards the Jiannan Liquor Store in Dongshi, which had been agreed in advance.
Taking advantage of the free time in the car, Li Yun began to sort out his thoughts, and when he met the prince later, how could he not reveal his intentions and speak in a timely manner? I don't know if he arrived first, preferably if he didn't invite anyone else.
Li Yun thought about changing to a comfortable sitting position, and subconsciously touched the back of his head when he leaned back, feeling that the scalp abrasion had scabbed, and this small injury should not be missing a piece of hair or something. As a prince, a head injury is not an ordinary thing, and speaking of which, it is also to blame the original owner of this body for not being very sensible and being yin.
In my memory, it was three days ago, when the original owner of this body skipped class when he was studying in Hongwen Hall, took Funu to run and bow with a group of small eunuchs and was knocked off the horse, and as a result, he was injured and hurt his soul. In another world, his name is also Li Yun, I wonder if it was because the name was not good, which led to some kind of coincidence in the underworld?
Thinking that he is a three-year-old cross-border company executive, who can still have an immortal soul after being in a man-made car accident, and came to Datang to possess a sixteen-year-old second son of the emperor, it is reasonable to say that it is a blessing, but in fact, the future is bleak, and he is also facing a huge life and death crisis.
In the past few days, whether it is day or night, as long as he lies down, he will definitely have nightmares, disturbing him uneasy, and often has to make up for sleep during the day. And the story in the dream is much the same, always dreaming that he was inexplicably pressed to the ground by a group of eunuchs, pinched his chin and poured a pot of wine, and then whimpered and struggled in vain until he convulsed and bled from the seven orifices......
This dream illustrates at least one problem, the identity of the prince is a huge pit, and there is a great danger lurking. As a successful person at the top of society, Li Yun's desire for power is already very strong, and often after nightmares, there is still a trace of inexplicable excitement in his heart.
Of course, he is not afraid of fighting with people, it depends on what the purpose and meaning are. Although the eldest brother has been made the crown prince, in the Middle Tang Dynasty, the prince is just a false name, and if he can't open the mansion, he will have no fundamental strength, and he must help him stabilize the position of the prince at present, because the third brother is looking at the delay. If the prince is deposed or has an accident, he will also be involved.
The power structure of the Tang Dynasty is delicate and complex, and it is not necessarily a good thing to compete for the prince, even if it is successful, it is only a puppet in the hands of the eunuchs, because the eunuchs are in charge of Xuanhui and Privy Council in one hand, meddling in the government and even setting up the outer courts, and in one hand they control the Shence Army and supervise the feudal towns, and the power is rapidly expanded.
According to the inherent routine in the system, Li Yun does not feel that there is any hope for energy storage. You don't see Shen Sheng in danger inside, he is safe outside, he is looking for an official position away from Chang'an, and he has to make political achievements, and jumping out of the circle to develop is the only way out for him. Moreover, there is no contradiction with the prince for the time being, and they can work together.
In any case, your own future and destiny must be in your own hands. As the saying goes, life is like a play, and it all depends on acting skills. Whether the salted fish can turn over, or even step towards the sky, ascend to the throne, and let the glory of the Tang Dynasty reappear, it depends on how to do it.
When the carriage entered the East Market, the noisy noise interrupted Li Yun's train of thought, he frowned slightly, his eyes were half-squinted, he reached out to open the curtain of the carriage, and looked out of the carriage with interest.
The West Street is full of pedestrians, busy with traffic, and bustling. At the end of the line of sight, the banner of the Jiannan wine shop fluttered in the wind, and I couldn't help but feel happy in my heart, but then the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Your Highness! Look at the street on the right, those Bai Wang from the Inner Government Bureau are doing nonsense again......"
Hearing Fu Nu shouting in front of him, Li Yun sat down at the window on the other side of the carriage, and when he opened the curtain, he saw that the street was in chaos, and a group of palace market attendants were scolding and whipping a few vendors, crying and begging, and people couldn't bear to look at it. The crowd of onlookers in the distance pointed and pointed, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.
"This kind of thing happens every day...... Let's go! Out of sight is quiet! ”
Li Yun sighed secretly in his heart, the palace market was not opened in the palace, but the materials needed in the palace were originally purchased and sent to the palace by Chang'an Wei, and this power was transferred to the hands of the Inner Government Bureau during the time of Dezong.
In order to embezzle wealth and goods, the eunuchs often leave the palace with hundreds of people at a time, and take turns to stand guard in batches to watch the wind, and this kind of eunuch is despised by the people of the time as "white hope". Once there is an eye-catching goods, they are directly snatched and sent to the palace by the owner, and often they don't even give half the price of the goods.
In my memory, there were many times when court officials wrote to point out the shortcomings of the palace market, but the emperor ignored them. In the opinion of professional Li Yun, this is a matter of system and finance and taxation, but if the prince who leaves the cabinet does not receive an official position, it is inconvenient to go to the book easily, and the water in it is very deep......
The carriage turned into an alley and drove directly into the side courtyard of the Jiannan liquor store, and Funu jumped out of the carriage first and went to the store to ask for the room number. After a while, he brought a guy out and led Li Yun to the private room on the second floor of the restaurant.
When he arrived at the door of the No. 1 private room in A, Li Yun couldn't help frowning, there were actually five people who had arrived first. If you look closely, there are two middle-aged officials wearing a hat, one wearing a dark green embroidered fine flower official robe, and the other wearing a dark blue official robe, both of whom are sixth- and eighth-grade petty officials, sitting neatly behind the long-shaped plan of the flower hall in front of them, with their faces facing the window facing the street.
Behind the two officials, on the other side of the table, stood three eunuchs, who were acting rudely and shouting at the two officials. However, the two officials turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear to the shouting, which angered the three eunuchs even more.
A tall and thin eunuch behind the side scolded loudly and unceremoniously: "Do you care if your mother is the plague official of the Hanlin Academy, or the official of the Ministry of Industry, get out of me, this private room has always been ordered by our king, do you know that this is the dove occupying the magpie's nest?" ”
"It's okay to talk about it here, our family doesn't have the time to reason with you, if you don't leave, our family will do it, you have to complain about our ......" The short and fat eunuch at the head should have some low-level positions, and he directly signaled to do it left and right.
The eunuch dared to be so arrogant, Li Yun suspected that the shopkeeper had taken the wrong room, looked up and saw that there was the word "Jiayi" on the door, and heard the waiter shouting and scolding the two of them for being officials of the Hanlin Academy, which must have been invited by the prince, he couldn't help but sink his face and shouted angrily: "You wait for three dog slaves, what are you doing here?" Why don't you get out of ......."
"Who are you? Dare to meddle with me! Is the mother-in-law's eye blind? I'm waiting for an angel to ......" The tall and thin eunuch lifted a stool and was about to start it, when he saw the man at the door, thinking that it was the companion of the two officials, he opened his mouth and scolded.
The short and fat eunuch led by him was about to help, but when he saw that although Li Yun was young, he had the awe-inspiring momentum of a superior person, so he had a more heart, turned his head and looked carefully, and saw that the other party was wearing a black hollow gauze head, a light dark color fine flower round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, and short soft boots, the texture and workmanship of this dress are excellent.
Moreover, the person with a handsome face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and an extraordinary bearing, seemed to be a little familiar, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he cautiously stepped forward, bowed, and asked tentatively with a pair of mung bean-like eyes: "Dare to ask where the little brother is on an errand in the palace?" Ayagiden is still ...... Penglai Temple? Provincial ...... Or is it a province of internal servants? ”
Poor vision! He thinks of himself as his own kind.
Li Yun was furious in his heart, the corners of his mouth flashed with a hint of sarcasm, he snorted coldly, he didn't bother to answer with his hands behind his back, his eyes turned to the two officials who had already gotten up on the opposite side of the table, and asked in a gentle tone: "You two are employed in the Hanlin Academy, what are your names?" Running out to drink at noon, aren't you afraid of the impeachment of the imperial history? ”
The middle-aged official in the eight-grade Qingqing official uniform was stunned when he heard this, stepped forward and replied: "If we are on leave, it is okay, but we can only hate this kind of eunuch and deceive people too much, which makes Xiaoyou laugh!" My surname is white, the word is Lotte, I don't know which family Xiaoyou is? ”
"Word Rakuten? White Lotte? Li Yun was surprised, and muttered in his heart, isn't Bai Lotian Bai Juyi!
Others didn't know, but this person was too familiar, and couldn't help but look carefully at the official in front of him, only to see that this person was in great shape, with a square face, slender and soft eyebrows, and a bright gaze, but the corners of his eyes were slightly wrinkled, and his upper lip and chin had a short beard, and he was about thirty years old.
"Exactly!" Bai Juyi nodded and replied.
Li Yun was a little excited in his heart, and was about to introduce himself, so as to get acquainted with the ancient great writers, when he saw the two chamberlains turn around and want to slip away, he couldn't help shouting: "Stop!" Where do you want to go? Come over and give the two gentlemen fifty rings to admit their mistakes, and slap each other's mouths fifty times to remember it, otherwise they will wait to report to the inner temple uncle, and from then on go to the palace to serve hard labor! ”
The Inner Temple Bo and the Yeting Palace, that is the inner court that the inner servants talk about the change of color and the criminal punishment institutions, once you enter, you have to shed your skin if you don't die.
When the two chamberlains heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, a little afraid in their hearts, and hesitated to step forward, and peeked at the jade pendant on Li Yun's waist from time to time, which seemed to be only available to county kings and princes.
"What? Do you really want to go it alone? Li Yun was so angry in his heart that he had to identify himself.
Seeing that the guess came true, the three attendants turned pale, their knees weakened, and they knelt down with a pop, crying, "Spare your life!" Slaves and maids are also acting on orders, and no one can afford to offend! ”