Han Guangren's words pulled Li Jie back from his state of distraction.

He shook his head, the matter had come to this, no matter what the blessing or the bad was, there was no choice!

Looking at the picture of Kong Shengtu hanging on the wall of the room, that calm look gave Li Jie some confidence.

After composing himself and exchanging glances with Han Renguang, Li Jie got up and left his seat, preparing to greet the envoy to receive the edict.

The palace lantern that exuded the smell of pine oil was blown out by the strong wind brought out by the rushing attendants of the royal mansion, and was immediately lit up by an elegant and mysterious shadow.

When Li Jie got up, he found that it was not the attendant who lit the oil lamp, but a young woman with dignified and elegant manners, Lin Yan, the housekeeper of King Shou's mansion.

She has a dignified appearance and elegant temperament, wearing a thin purple skirt, walking step by step, graceful, and her slender figure pulled out a long shadow under the illumination of the palace lamp.

Lin Yan nodded and said, "The person who came is Gui Jue (1) of the Forbidden Middle School, and Liu Jishu, a lieutenant of the Eastern Army (2), and the content of the edict must be extraordinary. However, the concubine thought that even if there was a change in Chang'an, it was expected that the imperial court would not dare to do anything to His Royal Highness with those hundred and ten horses! ”

Li Jie, as a traverser, could roughly guess the intention of the envoy from Chang'an, and he was not very panicked, he waved his sleeves and said calmly: "Go, go with Gu to receive the edict!" ”

The envoys who came were headed by Liu Jishu, a lieutenant of the Eastern Army, accompanied by Dong Yuancheng, the Xuanhui envoy, and Cui Zhe, Hongluqing.

Due to the long-distance fatigue, they did not get a timely rest, they were all tired and had blank expressions, and they were standing in the main hall of the palace at this time, and soon there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind the house, and Li Jie took Han Guangren and the inner servant Qian Yu and others from the inner house to turn out quickly.

When he came closer, Li Jie gave a respectful salute and said, "Xiao Wang is late, and I hope that all the angels will forgive their sins." ”

Knowing that the Shouwang Li Jie in front of him was a lieutenant of the Western Army, and the person selected by Yang Dacrotch to watch the army, Liu Jishu did not dare to be rude, and also bowed, and then said: "The edict has arrived, please accept the edict from His Royal Highness King Shou!" ”

Li Jie knelt down when he heard this, and listened carefully.

By the time Liu Jishu unfolded the edict and was about to read it, it was almost completely dark, and the empty hall was quite dark for a while.

Qian Yu, the servant in the palace, has always been clever, and when he saw this, he hurriedly ordered the maidservants to light the waxy lamps located in the four corners of the lobby.

The shape of the lantern is like a big tree with scattered branches and leaves, up to several feet, with more than a dozen lamp plates scattered on it, which are ignited by the maidservant and burned one after another, and the light flame suddenly brightened, accompanied by the familiar smell of wax and oil, reflecting the dark lobby like day.

Liu Jishu took out the yellow silk scroll, and his sharp voice knocked on Li Jie's eardrums - "Huisheng filial piety Ding Gong Emperor, edict said: I am sick, I am afraid of not being able to bow to all opportunities, the day is in charge of the government, the prince is young, and he must choose virtuous virtues, and now there is a longevity King Li Jie, who has been driving for many years, and I am loyal to him, virtuous and expected, Yunwen and Yunwu, and can only be entrusted to the country, and now he is the heir of the emperor, and he should be the right military and political order. ”

After hurriedly reading out the holy decree, he immediately stepped forward, helped Li Jie up, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness on being crowned the prince, the old slave is here to say hello first." ”

Li Jie stood up, his face was not happy, but said with a worried face: "Lieutenant Liu, the edict said that Your Majesty is seriously ill, I don't know what Your Majesty's situation is now?" ”

Liu Jishu said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, Your Majesty is now exhausted, and time is running out. ”

"Ahh How so? ”

Li Jie suddenly exclaimed in surprise after hearing this, and his eyebrows were full of grief and care.

"It's hard to put into words!"

Thinking that hundreds of civil and military officials were waiting in Chang'an to meet the new prince at the moment, Liu Jishu's face turned very eager: "Now that the hour is tense, please Your Highness quickly follow the ministers into Chang'an, and be seen by the hundred officials!" ”

Seeing the sad look on Li Jie's face, it seemed that he had not yet been freed from his grief, and his heart couldn't help but be more anxious: "Please leave quickly after responding to the edict, and return to Beijing with the ministers, the family can go slowly, and there must be no delay." ”

Chang'an's danger Li Jie is very clear, taking the book printed with the emperor's jade seal, he knows very well who is leading all this behind the scenes, he - the lieutenant of the Shence Army, the military envoy of the Tenth Army (3) Yang Fugong! Without his support, there would be no such edict!

As for why Yang Fugong did not choose the courtiers and internal supervisors to unanimously support him, and the imperial brother Li Bao, who was more qualified to succeed to the throne, as the prince, he chose himself.

Perhaps in the eyes of his Yang Dacrotch, his young and inexperienced self is obviously easier to control!

Today, the Tang Empire has long been a forest of feudal towns, full of wolf smoke, and above the imperial court, the eunuchs rely on military power, arbitrarily act as authority, and it is also a fact for all to see that the imperial power is next to it.

In the face of such a powerful opponent, if he is not careful everywhere, I am afraid that the ending will not be much better than that of Tang Zhaozong in history.

Before entering Chang'an, Li Jie decided to find an excuse to delay the time and arrange it in advance, he said: "There is thunder outside, it seems to be raining, entering Beijing is a big deal, you can't brave the heavy rain and go on the road overnight!" ”

In fact, everyone faintly heard the sound of thunder, indicating that it could rain at any time.

Liu Jishu said with some reluctance: "Since His Highness said so, then let's set off tomorrow, we are not only here to summon us, but also to welcome His Highness into Chang'an, if you miss a major event, I will not be able to take the blame for death, and please forgive Your Highness!" ”

Li Jie comforted them and said: "All the angels have worked hard for the society, and the road has been bumpy, it is really hard, and tonight it is good to rest and freshen up, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, Xiao Wang will enter Chang'an with you!" ”

Called Qian Yu to quickly arrange the wine and food for the envoys of Chang'an to settle down and rest after eating, Liu Jishu and his entourage immediately thanked him and went with Qian Yu.

On the one hand, Li Jie asked the housekeeper Lin Yan to prepare the car for departure, and on the other hand, asked Han Guangren, who was sacrificial wine, to summon the officials of the royal palace to come to the palace to discuss the matter of entering Beijing.

After sending everyone away, he paced under the porch alone, and the thunder rolled in the dark night sky outside the hall, and a few dazzling lightning flashed in the intervals, echoing the stirring heart, and he hesitated and wandered.

After another burst of muffled thunder, the bean-sized raindrops fell with a bang, and many of them burst open on the spot, splashing on Li Jie's crown belt, and on the silk Zen robe, a stream of coolness penetrated through the clothes, pulling him back from his uncertain state, reaching out and touching the cold rain on the railing, Li Jie's mind gradually hardened.

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided!

Since you have no choice, why not bravely swim against the current?

If you don't try everything, who knows the final result?

Although he is a mortal iron now, it does not mean that he will still be mortal iron in the future, because after being tempered in the oven, in addition to mortal iron, there is also a part of steel!

(1) Jue: It was originally an ornament on the hat of the eunuch in the Han Dynasty, and later it was used as a synonym for eunuchs and chamberlains.

(2) Lieutenant of the Eastern Army: In the late Tang Dynasty, the people of the time called the left and right Shence Army the 'Eastern Army' and 'Western Army', because the decisive forbidden army forces were these two forces, and it was not only troublesome to call the real name, but also redundant.

(3) Guan Tenth Army Military Envoy: After the Tang Dynasty, the forbidden army was dominated by the Shence Army, and the left and right lieutenants were under the command. The two lieutenants each exercise their powers independently and contain each other, but then the emperor in order to appease the eunuchs, deliberately set up the post of the military envoy of the Tenth Army, the rank is above the two lieutenants, at first the post has no real power to command the army, only the right to supervise, and then the eunuch who held this post is more concurrently the position of lieutenant, the power is tilted, and the balance is broken, so there is a power to the world Yu Chaoen, Li Fuguo and other eunuchs, Yang Fugong in the text is also a lieutenant of the Western Army, and the military power of the forbidden army is almost in the hands of one person, Liu Jishu, a lieutenant of the Eastern Army.