Chapter 16: Blood Splattered in the Court
After Li Kuan stood still, he turned to look at the eldest grandson Wuji who stopped him, and asked the question. The answer given by the eldest grandson Wuji made his brow furrow again. Why invite yourself alone in this court? What is the purpose? This smiling fox, every movement has its own meaning, and if you are not careful, you will fall into his trap. Over the years, Li Chengqian's relationship with himself has been good and bad, mostly thanks to him. So although Li Kuan suppressed an urge in his heart to flatten that fat face like a big cake, he still held back. Beating a prince like this in the court, Li Er was the first to spare himself.
Li Kuan was invited by the eldest grandson Wuji, and stood in the center of the Lizheng Hall without saying a word, neither leaving nor answering, and the atmosphere became even more strange for a while. The court was quiet for a while, and the ministers were silent. They were all waiting for Li Kuan's reply, and even the sound of the cold wind blowing through their clothes could be heard clearly. Even the sound of their breathing could be faintly heard, and the oppressive begging atmosphere seemed to form a substance, pressing on everyone's hearts, like a heavy mountain, rising to the primeval times, after thousands of years, eternal and eternal.
"Second brother!" A soft cry came, interrupting the wordless silence, and the weak body stood timidly at the door, it was Li Liqing. At this time, she was like a weak willow tree in the wind, with green silk hanging down, looking so helpless, the ten fingers of the small and slender plain hand were tightly clasped, and she held it tightly, and between her fingers was a small and delicate golden step. The white fingers were in stark contrast to the dazzling sparkle of the gold jewelry, and the scarlet bare bare on the golden-footed pointed head.
"Beauty. What are you doing here? Li Kuan was surprised, didn't this girl go back to Tibetan Yuzhai, how could she appear here?
It's not just Li Kuan who was surprised. Even Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon chair at this time, was stunned, looking at the small figure standing at the door of the main hall, a sad look flashed in his eyes. This is his favorite daughter, who has been well-behaved and obedient since she was a child, and at that time she was sticking to herself, and she called her father sweetly in her mouth, but now she has done a lot of daring things.
Previously, under the cover of the crown prince Li Chengqian, he ran from Chang'an to Luoyang. It's been more than half a month. Although she received a notification from the defenders of the city at the beginning, and she acquiesced to the matter, she still felt her resistance.
I thought this was after going out for a walk. She will accept her own arrangement, who knew that such a situation would occur! It seems that this girl really doesn't want to marry her cousin, so forget about it! Li Er thought so in his heart, but his face was still silent. The eldest grandson Wuji was still present. He just made an invitation just now, and now he refutes it and revokes the marriage, what will he think?
Li Er weighed in his heart, how to take care of the face of the eldest grandson Wuji, and at the same time satisfy the wishes of that pair of children, he felt very tricky, more troublesome than when he ordered the northern attack on the Turks.
"Second brother. Don't do that! This is Lizhi's life, it's not worth your fight! Father. Lizhi obeys your arrangement and marries Cousin Chong! Li Lizhi said this sentence with a sad look on her face, and her delicate body trembled as she said this, and her slender fingers clenched the veins and veins on the back of her hand were revealed.
"Don't! You can't marry Changsun Chong, I will never agree! Li Kuan hurriedly said, the purpose of his trip is to prevent Li Lizhen from marrying, how could it be like this!
"Second brother, you don't have to say more! You are good to Liqin, Lizhi is remembered, but whether it is from the perspective of a daughter or a subject, Lizhi should be obeyed! ran out of Chang'an before, it was already the greatest tolerance of the emperor to Lizhen, if Lizhi was no longer interesting, he would be a man and a woman in vain, and he would be ashamed to be a minister. Li Lizhen's words made Li Kuan's heart sour, the strong tradition of this era, monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are all shackles that trap everyone in it and cannot be freed. Where is it like in later generations, materialistic desires are rampant, and shameful morality is all left behind.
Three outlines and five constants, the monarch is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife. The slightest disobedience is a great rebellion and will be spurned by the world. Under such a strict hierarchy, the marriage of children is completely the order of their parents, and the words of the matchmaker, two people who have never been born are pulled together and walk together for a lifetime. How sad is this? But China has been like this for thousands of years, and for thousands of years, countless literati and writers have praised a bleak or perfect love story. Let countless people admire it and fall for it. But those things that happen to them are not much different, and yet they stand on the highest ground of morality, criticizing them as worthless.
At this moment, Li Li's words made countless old scholars in the court nod their heads in admiration, and when Li Kuan said something disapproving of him, they all glared at him angrily, all with long beards and gorgeous long blister official uniforms. It seems that they are all so sanctimonious, all of them are the embodiment of justice, but they really are
Is it so respectable to the table? That's not a thing at all, one by one, before and after others, judging if neither of the two is really clean. One by one, they were either born recklessly, or they were the gate valves of the family, and the real children of good families had long been gnawed by them to the point that there were no bones left.
Without a strong background, without extraordinary means of killing people without blinking, these people would have long since known which green mountain their bodies were lying in!
"Second brother, stop being stubborn! Thank you for your love, Lizhi will remember it for a lifetime! Countless old scholars stared straight at Li Kuan, Li Er continued to say nothing, and the atmosphere became frozen again. Li Lizhi stood outside the hall, persuading Li Kuan with a crying voice, who knows, how much she did to come here, how much grievances she endured in order to stop the confrontation between Li Kuan and Li Er, and what price she paid. Li Lizhi was reluctant to say it, because Li Kuan was really for her, and Li Er was her father. Therefore, only Li Lizhi hid in her heart, hidden between the heavy memories. Until the future has been sealed for a long time, I am slowly taking it out and savoring the complicated feelings at this time, maybe it hurts now, but one day in the future, this pain will be the most beautiful memory.
"Kuan'er, see it, Changle also agreed, I didn't force her, and I talked about the eldest grandson of Wuji Aiqing's family. Although he is not a young man, he is also a rare talent, who can be civil and martial. It's also worthy of beauty! Li Er said that this was obviously a compliment to Changsun Chong, and he even did not hesitate to praise him. Let the eldest grandson Wuji below now be happy for a while, and the old face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.
"Lord Eldest Sun, smile so brightly, beware of joy and sorrow!" Li Kuan said coldly to the eldest grandson Wuji.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, these old ministers are provincial! Don't bother Your Highness. It's just a child's wedding, and I hope His Royal Highness will appreciate his face! The eldest grandson Wuji's face was still happy, and he was not moved by Li Kuan's words at all. Years of political career have made him develop a face thicker than iron armor, how can Li Kuan's childish sarcasm make him change color!
"I won't let you get away with it! Look at it! Li Kuan said sarcastically.
Li Kuan is still immature, and now on this occasion. Say something like that. There is no other effect than to make Li Er unable to step down, which will only push things to a worse situation.
Sure enough, Li Er sat on the dragon chair, his old face was gloomy as if it was about to drip water, his hand was pinching the wide armrest, his green tendons swelled, and his eyes flashed with a suppressed rage. He has always been tolerant of Li Kuan and has always allowed him to do what he wants. In retrospect, it seems like a bad decision.
"Enough!" Li Er shouted sharply, shaking the candle flame in the hall: "You two, go back to your own palace and stay, from now on, you two are not allowed to take a step without my order!" I will make people watch, and if you dare to disobey the will, then don't blame me for not warning you! Li Er became furious, he never thought of this, where did he think that Li Lizhi, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, would suddenly appear here and stimulate that kid.
Originally, before the main hall was opened, he and Li Kuan had reached an agreement, and after the court meeting was over, he and Empress Changsun and Changsun Wuji were summing up to see if there was any other solution, which Li Kuan offered in exchange for that thing. But Li Lizhen's confusion and chaos are all messed up, how can this situation be cleaned up now?
"Father!" Li Kuan turned his head to look at Li Er, Li Lizhen also looked at him outside the hall with pitiful eyes, and Li Er felt distressed for a while, these two people were children he liked very much, and they were both children he once held in the palm of his hand, and now he didn't want to. At the beginning, because of guilt, because of the general trend, because of feelings, and because of the pleading of the eldest grandson Wuji, he promised that Li Lizhen and the eldest grandson Chong would become a pair in the future, but now it seems that it is really child's play.
"Not yet?" Li Er raised his eyebrows and said sharply.
"Yes, the retainer obeys!" Li Kuan bowed and promised. Turning around and walking towards the outside of the hall, there was a small figure there, waiting for him, just like when I first saw him nine years ago, small, with a hint of playful smile, and a pair of big eyes under the black Qi bangs.
It's just that the eyes that flashed with adoration back then are gone, there is endless sadness, a faint sadness covers her cheeks, and there is no smile that makes people feel warm, no!
Dreams are sometimes so fragile, as long as the eyes are open, but some dreams are broken and make people sad, and now Li Kuan feels that the dream that gave his lonely self a touch of warmth was broken, he hated himself, it was so useless. At the beginning, the little Li Lizhi used her innocent and pure smile to make herself no longer lonely and let herself out of the initial confusion. Blended into the era and embraced his new identity. Now she needs her own help, but there is nothing she can do.
Li Kuan tugged at his hair and looked up at the dome of the main hall. Don't let the tears have a chance to fall, but why do you still moisten the eyes?
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, hurry up! The ministers still have to go to court! "The eldest grandson Wuji is now starting to beat the water dog, and stepped forward to stimulate Li Kuan.
"Come on...... Li Kuan heard his voice, and the anger in his heart suddenly rose, and he turned around, and his fists were clenched into a fist.
This punch was fast and ruthless, with the sound of whistling wind, and it hit Changsun Wuji's face straight in the face, hitting him in the nose. The fat on the fat face was like a stone being thrown on the surface of the lake, swinging layers of flesh waves. Li Kuan hit so hard that he used the strength of his whole body to punch the eldest grandson Wuji off the ground.
"Whew......" The eldest grandson Wuji, who was beaten, wailed, and fell straight to the center of the hall. Yin Hong's blood gushed out of his nose, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was fat and bloody, finally knew that he was a high blood pressure patient, and the blood was like chewing Xuanmai, and he couldn't stop it when he sprayed it.
Blood splattered, and there was an uproar in the court. (To be continued......)