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Xuanzong went ashore from the pool naked, the water droplets splashed to the ground, Yang Yuhuan carried a thin silk yellow shirt draped over him and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, how do you feel about staying in the spring pool for an hour?" ”

Xuanzong reached out and touched the water droplets on his face and forehead, "Ahhhhh ”

The two came to lie down on a chaise longue made of white jade pieces, Yang Yuhuan plucked a lychee and put it on Xuanzong's mouth and said, "Open your mouth, ah-"

Xuanzong opened his mouth very obediently, let Yang Yuhuan put the crystal clear lychee into his mouth, took a bite, the juice was sweet, extremely refreshing, and said continuously: "Well, good, good!" ”

At this time, Gao Lishi walked over briskly and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here!" ”

"Let him in!" Xuanzong waved his hand.

"Yes!" Gao Lishi agreed, and then shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree, His Royal Highness the Prince Xuan is here!" ”

The voice of the summons was transmitted to the outside of the palace gate through the voices of the eunuchs in turn, and the crown prince Li Hengcai walked into the palace gate.

By the spring pool, Yang Yuhuan said curiously: "San Lang, what are you doing when Prince Xuan comes here?" ”

Xuanzong thought of his son, and his mood was extremely complicated for a while, and said: "Since the cases of Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhonghei, Du Youlin and Liu Ji, the crown princess Wei became a nun, and the prince Liangdi was deposed as a concubine, the prince seems to have been hit a lot, and his spirit seems to be quite sluggish during this time.

Of course, Yang Yuhuan knew about these cases, and she was quite curious: "Then which woman did Your Majesty give to the prince this time?" ”

Xuanzong said: "My aunt Dou's granddaughter Zhang! ”

After the Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming cases occurred, although Xuanzong suspected that Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming might have colluded, he was unwilling to easily involve the crown prince, and the lesson of the "Three Concubines" was too profound. Xuanzong did not want to expand Wei Jian's case and demanded that the case be closed immediately, so he firmly accused Wei of "making endless progress", demoting him from the secretary of the criminal department to the Taishou of Jinyun County (now Zhejiang), and Huangfu Weiming was dismissed from his post as the envoy of Hexi and Longyou Jiedu on the charge of "dividing the monarch and ministers", and demoted to the Taishou of Banchuan County. The crown prince Li Heng was in danger, and Li Linfu was helpless, but this matter was like a thunderclap on the ground, pushing the prince into an extremely dangerous situation.

It turned out that after Wei Jian was demoted, his younger brother Wei Lan, a young craftsman, and Wei Zhishang, a member of the military department, complained about his grievances, and in order to achieve their goals, they also cited Prince Heng as a witness, who knew that this would cause Xuanzong Longyan to be even more angry. All of a sudden, things got complicated. Seeing this, Prince Heng was extremely frightened, and in order to escape the relationship between himself and Wei Jian's brothers, he immediately defended himself, and asked his father to allow them to divorce on the grounds of "discord" with Concubine Wei, in order to show that "they will not abolish the law with their relatives". Xuanzong was intent on comforting Prince Heng, allowing him to divorce Wei and sever relations. Webster had to cut his hair to become a nun and became a monk in the palace temple.

After this incident, another incident happened, this matter is another political case, the father of Du Liangdi of the crown prince Li Heng (lower status than the crown princess) Du Youlin is a doctor of Zanshan and a subordinate official of the East Palace, he was sued by his other son-in-law Zuo Xiao guard Cao Liuxian, the crime is "the death of the picture of the diagram, the construction of the East Palace, and the accusation of taking advantage of the public opinion", the reason is that the relationship between the two families is not good, and they want to frame their wives, but at this time they were grabbed by Li Linfu and involved a group of friends such as Li Yong and Wang Zeng. In the end, the crown prince was also implicated, and Xuanzong immediately ordered Jingzhao Mansion to interrogate with the officials of Yushitai. The facts of the case soon became clear, and it turned out that it was all Liu Tao's ghost. However, Li Linfu instructed his subordinates to instruct Liu Heng to make false accusations, first expanding the case, and then introducing Li Yong to testify, so that the case suddenly expanded to local officials, and there was a great tendency to depose the crown prince Li Heng. However, Xuanzong was still cautious, and he did not lenient the loan for the whistleblowers of lower-level officials, because Liu Tao and Du Youlin were related to the royal family, they were specially exempted from death, sentenced to death with a cane, and relegated to Lingnan. However, there are great discrepancies in the execution of the cane, Du Youlin and Liu Tao both died under the heavy cane, the corpses accumulated in Dali Temple, and the wives and children migrated far away. Because Li Yong was implicated, Li Linfu specially ordered someone to go to Beihai to kill him, and Li Yong was over 70 years old at the time.

Du Youlin's case frightened the crown prince Li Heng, in order to show his innocence to Xuanzong, he had to throw Du Liangdi out and announce his divorce from her, so Du Liangdi was moved out of the East Palace and abolished as a concubine. The Du family is already dead, exiled, and the situation is very miserable.

Two big cases, two marriage changes, one after another. Wave after wave, wave after wave, all directly related to his own personal safety, Li Heng suffered great physical and mental trauma, his spirit was greatly stimulated, and the power in his hands was also weakened to the extreme.

Li Heng walked over with a little slump on his back, and immediately bowed after seeing Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan: "The sons and daughters see their fathers and concubines!" ”

Xuanzong saw that his son Li Heng had not yet reached middle age, and his hair had fallen out a little, and occasionally there were a few traces of gray, and he felt a little like he was entering his twilight years. Xuanzong, who has been through political storms for a long time, can't help but feel a little compassion, he is very clear about what happened, and he still knows a lot of inside information. From time to time, Gao Lishi conveyed some real information about the court during his inquiries, and often praised Prince Heng's benevolence and prudence, saying that the prince was very knowledgeable. Xuanzong also felt that the crown prince was very able to endure humiliation when he was attacked, and he never asked the emperor for protection in the above table, but dealt with it in his own way. Xuanzong felt a little comforted in his heart, because he felt that the crown prince could be entrusted with big things. However, it was the prince's performance that made him feel a little bitter and hesitant in his heart. Perhaps, Prince Heng's ability to cope with the incident and his endurance to endure hardships are beyond Xuanzong's imagination, his mood is a little complicated, and his attitude is also a little warm.

Xuanzong suppressed the extremely complicated feelings in his heart, raised his hand and said, "Prince, calm down!" ”

"Father Xie, I don't know what my father ordered when he summoned his sons into the palace?" Li Heng got up from the ground, looking extremely respectful, and his waist was bent.

Xuanzong said with a pleasant face: "Prince, first the former crown princess Wei became a nun, and later Du Liangdi was deposed as a concubine, your East Palace can't be without a hostess, there is no woman by your side to help you manage it, look at what has become of you?" Today, my father called you over, just to ask you, do you have a favorite woman, and your father will call the shots for you? ”

Li Heng replied honestly: "The sons have never had a favorite woman, and the father and emperor are worried about the sons!" ”

Xuanzong said: "In this case, my father will tell you another family matter, and let you have a hostess in the East Palace!" ”

These words made Li Heng feel safer in his heart, and told him about family affairs, which showed that Xuanzong had not abolished his thoughts, otherwise Xuanzong would not have done anything more, he hurriedly said: "Thank you father, everything is decided by father!" ”

"Well, in this matter, the father has to ask the woman what he thinks in his heart and what her family thinks, so you can wait for a while with peace of mind!"

"Sons obey orders!"

After the prince finished speaking, he was about to say goodbye and leave, when Gao Lishi walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, Salim, the envoy of the Great Food Country, asks to see you!" ”

"Announce his audience!" Xuanzong waved his hand, looking a little unhappy, the weather was already hot, he was trying to have a good rest, but he didn't want the envoy of the Great Food Country to come over at this time, but it was not appropriate to see it, so he had to endure it.

Li Heng saw that Xuanzong was going to meet with foreign envoys, so he saluted and said: "My father wants to meet with foreign envoys, and my son will retire!" ”

Xuanzong said: "It's okay, you can stay and listen to it!" ”

Xuanzong himself didn't realize that he was beginning to slowly train the crown prince Li Heng how to govern, and Li Heng had to agree when he heard it: "No! ”

Da Shiguo had a war with Datang last year, and therefore withdrew the envoys, but soon after there was civil strife in the country, in order to concentrate on dealing with the domestic rebellion, Da Shiguo had to send envoys to Chang'an to repair the relationship with Datang, so as not to suffer from the enemy, this mission also rushed over not long ago, Salim is the envoy this time.

Salim quickly walked in and saluted Xuanzong: "Salim, the envoy of the Great Food Country, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the noble concubine!" ”

Xuanzong waved his hand: "No courtesy, sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Salim sat down, Xuanzong asked, "What is the matter with Your Excellency the envoy coming to see me this time?" ”

Salim put on a smile and said, "Your Majesty, it is actually a great good thing for the minister to come to see Your Majesty this time. Our Caliph Marwan II has a young daughter named Hera, Princess Hera is eighteen years old, beautiful, unparalleled in talent, so far has not yet been married, our caliph heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country is heroic and heroic, so he wants to form a family with His Majesty the respected Emperor, and the Princess Hera is promised to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country, and our two countries have formed an in-law and will be friendly forever, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? ”

Xuanzong, Yang Yuhuan, Gao Lishi and the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids were all stunned after hearing Salim's words, and the crown prince Li Heng himself was even more stunned. Since ancient times, it has only been the custom of a man to intercede with a woman, but I have never heard of a woman courting a man.

Seeing that Xuanzong and the others were all stunned, Salim immediately thought of the crux of the matter, and he smiled: "Your Majesty, maybe there is no such thing as a woman asking a man to marry in your country, but there is no such attention in our country, especially the royal family and the powerful family, this is not a big deal." Is Your Majesty unwilling? Or do you think that my Great Food Country is a wild person, and my Princess Hera is not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country? ”

Xuanzong came back to his senses and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, Your Excellency has misunderstood." The marriage of the princess and the prince is not a trivial matter in any country, and the royal marriage has not been a private matter since ancient times, and it involves a lot, so I have to be cautious, I still have to think about this matter, and I have to discuss it with the prince and the courtiers, please wait a few days, how about it? ”

"Of course, of course, the matter of marriage must be done by you and me, and the minister is waiting for His Majesty's good news in the embassy pavilion!" (To be continued.) )